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Town of Ulysses, NY
Tompkins County
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The purpose of an HN — Hamlet Neighborhood Zone is to provide opportunities for village- and hamlet-scale residential development to serve the varied housing needs of the residents while preserving the historical nature of the Town. This zone encourages the redevelopment of the Town's hamlets while providing the Town and the residents of the zone with the ability to assert reasonable controls over development in the designated zone that is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, the historic nature of the zone, and organized and logical growth.
In the HN — Hamlet Neighborhood, no building or structure shall be erected, altered or extended, and no land or building thereof shall be used for any purpose or purposes other than the following:
A. 
Single-family residence and their accessory buildings, subject to Article XXIV, § 212-167, Accessory buildings and accessory dwelling units.
B. 
Two-family residence and their accessory buildings, subject to Article XXIV, § 212-167, Accessory buildings and accessory dwelling units.
Such necessary uses as are customarily incidental to the above uses:
A. 
Accessory buildings, subject to Article XXIV, § 212-167, Accessory buildings and accessory dwelling units.
B. 
Bed-and-breakfast establishments.
C. 
Accessory dwelling unit, subject to the provisions of Article XX, § 212-128.
D. 
Family child care.
E. 
Family adult care.
F. 
Home occupations.
G. 
Professional offices, where such office is part of the residence property and no more than three persons not residing on the premises are employed.
H. 
Signs as regulated under Article XX, § 212-122.
I. 
Temporary buildings as defined in Article IV.
J. 
Vehicle parking, pursuant to the provisions of Article XX, § 212-121. Limited parking is permitted between the facade of a primary building and the street; most parking must be located to the side or behind primary buildings.
K. 
Minor solar collection system subject to the provisions of Article XX, § 212-139.1.
The following uses are allowed upon site plan approval by the Planning Board pursuant to Article III, § 212-19, subject to the design standards set forth in relevant sections of Article XX:
A. 
Adult group care.
B. 
Child-care centers, group child care.
C. 
Churches, mosques, synagogues, temples and other places of worship, convents, rectories, parish houses.
D. 
Community center.
E. 
Clubhouse, hall, post, temple and other facilities associated with the activities of social organizations, except that the on-premises sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited.
F. 
Library, museum.
G. 
Multiple-family residence, subject to the provisions of Article XX, § 212-133.
H. 
Nursery school.
I. 
Public and private community parks and preserves.
J. 
Residential care/assisted living/rehabilitation facilities.
K. 
Major solar collection system subject to the provisions of Article XX, § 212-139.2.
A. 
There shall be no more than one principal building on any lot.
B. 
Minimum lot area shall be 21,780 square feet (1/2 acre).
C. 
Minimum lot width at front yard setback shall be 50 feet.
D. 
Minimum lot depth shall be 175 feet.
E. 
Minimum front yard setback shall be 20 feet.
F. 
Minimum side yard setback shall be 15 feet.
G. 
Minimum rear yard setback shall be 35 feet, except for detached garages and other accessory buildings, in which case the minimum setback shall be five feet.
H. 
Maximum building height for any building or structure shall be 32 feet above average grade measured at the building perimeter.
I. 
Maximum lot coverage for all buildings and structures shall be 30% of the lot area.
J. 
Flag lots, subject to the standards set forth in Article XX, § 212-130.
K. 
Maximum floor area of a new building shall be 5,000 square feet except accessory dwelling units pursuant to § 212-128 (Standards for accessory dwelling units).
No buildings or other structures, or parking areas shall be located within 50 feet from a perennial or intermittent stream edge or any wetland as defined by local, state or federal law and further provided for in § 212-124.