[Added 1-8-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997; amended 5-14-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997; 11-10-2016 by L.L. No. 2-2016]
A. In addition to the district regulations contained in this article,
the maximum permitted height/setback ratios and minimum required front,
side and rear yard setbacks in the Residence AA, A, BB, B, C-1, C-2
and D Districts are presented on the Table 212-12.1 located at the
end of this chapter.
B. In addition to the district regulations contained in this article,
the maximum permitted building area and surface coverage for the Residence
AA, A, BB, B, C-1, C-2 and D Districts are presented on the Table
212-12.2 located at the end of this chapter. Subsurface improvement
areas in excess of surface coverage areas and greater than 500 square
feet and utilized for habitable, storage, or garage space shall count
toward building area and surface coverage calculations.
[Amended 5-17-2017 by L.L. No. 4-2018; 3-9-2023 by L.L. No. 2-2023]
(1)
Subsurface areas shall maintain the following minimum yard setbacks:
(2)
However, subsurface area side yard requirements in C-1, C-2 and D Districts shall be equal to the side yard regulations listed in §§
212-17,
212-18 and
212-19.
C. The permitted surface coverage in a front yard, expressed in a percentage,
shall not exceed the total percentage of lot area that is occupied
by the primary building, all accessory buildings and all rear and
side surface coverage on the same lot.
In the Residence AA District, the following
regulations shall apply:
A. No building shall be erected, altered or used, and
no lot or premises shall be used, except for one or more of the following
purposes:
(1) A dwelling for not more than one family.
(2) Clubs existing at the date of adoption of this chapter.
(3) Social clubs, when authorized as special exceptions
by the Board of Appeals.
(4) Private docks, private boathouses and private bathhouses
for the use of the owner of the premises on which they are located
and his immediate family and guests; provided, however, that no charge
shall be made for the use thereof and that the same shall not be used
for profit.
(5) Public parks and recreational areas; municipal golf
courses, docks and landings of the Village of Lawrence; private catering
facilities operated in and upon such public areas; parking facilities
for the users of such public areas and related facilities, whether
on the same lot or otherwise.
(6) Governmental and municipal purposes of the Village
of Lawrence.
(7) Accessory uses incident to the principal use to which
the lot is devoted.
B. No single-family dwelling shall be erected or altered
to have more than 2 1/2 stories, or a building height of more
than 40 feet, whichever is greater. All other buildings shall be limited
to two stories, or 29 feet. Notwithstanding anything in this subsection
to the contrary, buildings with entirely flat roofs shall not exceed
26 feet in height.
[Amended 6-8-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994; 11-10-2016 by L.L.
No. 2-2016]
C. No principal building or use, together with its accessory
buildings or uses, shall be erected upon or shall occupy a lot or
piece of ground having an area of less than 40,000 square feet and
having a street frontage of less than 150 feet. No portion of such
lot which is less in any dimension than 1/2 of the minimum required
street frontage in this district shall be counted toward meeting the
minimum lot area requirement.
[Amended 5-8-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996; 1-8-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
D. Yard regulations.
[Amended 1-8-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997; 3-10-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
(1) Every building hereafter erected or altered shall
have a front yard of not less than 50 feet, a rear yard of not less
than 60 feet and an aggregate of not less than 70 feet for both side
yards, neither one of which shall be less than 30 feet.
(2) No building shall be erected or altered which shall
have a height/setback ratio of more than the following:
[Amended 12-12-2001 by L.L. No. 4-2001; 11-10-2016 by L.L.
No. 2-2016]
(3) Notwithstanding the preceding, no such yard shall be less than required in §
212-12.1, Schedule of Dimensional Regulations.
H. Every new building lot created subsequent to April
1, 1996, shall be adequate in shape to totally contain within its
boundaries a horizontal circle of not less than 150 feet in diameter,
which circle shall be located no farther than the minimum required
front yard setback distance from the lot's street frontage and within
which circle the principal building shall be located.
[Added 5-8-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
[Added 7-1-2020 by L.L. No. 3-2020]
A. Title. This section shall be known and cited as the "Coastal Conservation
District - Woodmere Club (CC-WC)."
B. Purpose.
(1)
The purpose of this section, in coordination with the contiguous
neighboring Town of Hempstead ("Town") and Village of Woodsburgh,
is to regulate development in the environmentally sensitive coastal
areas that span the municipal boundaries of the Village and the contiguous
Town and Village of Woodsburgh, including the area occupied by the
Woodmere Club, allowing for the enhanced preservation and protection
of the Village's and neighboring Town and Village of Woodsburgh's
environmental, coastal, open space, natural and cultural resources
and the preservation of the residential neighborhoods, both within
the Village, the Village of Woodsburgh and the unincorporated areas
of the Town, in and about the former Woodmere Club.
(2)
In the low-lying southern coastal areas of the Village and the
adjacent contiguous Town and Village there are located golf courses
that have been in place for more than a century, which open spaces
provide not only recreation but a natural mitigation against adverse
impacts on the environment and, therefore, the well-being and safety
of the entire region.
(3)
Climate change is becoming the defining environmental issue
of our time, particularly for vulnerable, low-lying coastal areas.
This change has taken shape already, in the form of more frequent
and intense storms, sea level rise and extreme flooding. It is no
longer a future endeavor, but rather a sound planning imperative that
the Village, the Town and the Village of Woodsburgh, immediately address
ongoing and future conditions, including greater risks of flooding
presented by sea level rise and enhanced storm surge, inland flooding
expected to result from increasingly frequent extreme precipitation
events and the increased risk of compound flooding, resulting from
simultaneous storm surge and heavy precipitation. Through proper and
coordinated regulation, the Village intends to do its part in preserving
the health, safety, and well-being of residents in the area of the
Woodmere Club and the surrounding community.
(4)
Along the coast, and particularly in low-lying coastal areas,
it is imperative that the Village, Town and the Village of Woodsburgh,
as stewards of the environment and protectors of their community safety,
health and welfare, assure that flood risk mitigation measures effectively
preserve the floodplain and surrounding areas. As the Department of
Environmental Conservation has expressed, the goal of managing the
floodplain is not only to ensure that new development is reasonably
safe from flooding, but to address existing risks, to avoid increasing
risk to others and to sustain natural capacities to slow and diffuse
flood flows. Reducing development in flood-prone areas allows the
natural landscape to absorb more floodwaters, reduce flooding to adjacent
areas, recharge groundwater and sustain a healthy ecosystem.
(5)
As a result of declining golf participation and membership at
eighteen-hole golf clubs, golf courses are closing, including the
Woodmere Club. The land of the Woodmere Club ("the Woodmere Club property")
is approximately 118.4 acres in size and is located partially in the
Village (approximately 22.9 acres), the Town (approximately 55 acres)
and Village of Woodsburgh (approximately 40.5 acres).
(6)
As a result, this large and mostly open coastal area, spanning
the boundaries of these three contiguous municipalities, is vulnerable
to residential and commercial development, seriously threatening both
this environmentally sensitive coastal area, and the well-being of
the Village, the Town, the Village of Woodsburgh and the region as
a whole, and which potential adverse impacts and loss of existing
open space will not be adequately mitigated by existing and inconsistent
zoning regulations in both the contiguous Town and Villages with respect
to permissible development, lot size, lot coverage, density, building
height and site-specific development regulations.
(7)
It is the belief of the Village, in coordination with the contiguous
Town and Village of Woodsburgh, that, unless addressed, the loss of
this existing open space to over-development in the environmentally
sensitive coastal area of the Village presents an immediate threat
to the public health and safety of the Village, the adjacent Town
and Village of Woodsburgh, and the region as a whole, and can best
be mitigated, and the additional benefits accomplished, with the coordinated
creation of matching complementary Coastal Conservation District[s]
in each municipality in conjunction with the adjacent contiguous Town
and Village of Woodsburgh.
(8)
The Woodmere Club property is located in a relatively vulnerable,
low-lying coastal area, well within a special flood hazard area (100-year
floodplain) and the New York State Coastal Boundary Area. The Woodmere
Club property is also impacted by shallow groundwater conditions.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC)
has identified the presence of significant natural communities and
rare plants and animals at the Woodmere Club property. The Woodmere
Club property has also been identified by the New York State Office
of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) as a potentially
archeologically sensitive area. Given the presence of these environmental
and cultural resources, the Village intends to provide for a cluster
development, in accordance with Village Law § 7-738, with
reduced lot size requirements, in this area to properly conserve and
protect the low-lying, vulnerable coastal area and natural area and
resources.
(9)
A traditional subdivision layout with a minimum lot size of
40,000 square feet within the approximately twenty-two-and-nine-tenths-acre
Village portion of the course would have a gross yield of approximately
21 lots, but the net yield would be reduced significantly when accounting
for area regulations, open space and/or parkland preservation, roadway
and infrastructure elements and reserved drainage areas. Cluster-style
development provided herein and in the contiguous Town and Village
of Woodsburgh portions of the Woodmere Club property provides for
the preservation of some of the most sensitive environmental portions
of the property, while permitting sustainable residential development
utilizing a cluster subdivision technique within all three municipalities.
Sustainable design elements will be required in all residential development
applications, incorporating a sustainable approach and low-impact
development principles.
(10)
While the Village recognizes its responsibility to provide for
a properly balanced and well-ordered plan of development and land
uses within its community, it also recognizes that, in enacting local
zoning, consideration must be given to regional needs and requirements,
and that there must be a balancing of the local desire to maintain
the status quo within the community and the greater public interest
that regional needs be met.
(11)
The New York State General Municipal Law, § 239-NN,
indicates the intent and purpose of the State of New York to encourage
the coordination of land use development and regulation among adjacent
municipalities in order that each adjacent municipality may recognize
the goals and objectives of neighboring municipalities, and as a result
development occurs in a manner which is supportive of the goals and
objectives of the general area and neighboring municipalities.
(12)
Pursuant to Article 8, §§ 1 and 2-a of the New
York State Constitution, as effectuated by General Municipal Law Article
5-J, § 119-u, Village Law § 7-741, and Town Law
§ 284, the Village, Town, and the Village of Woodsburgh
agreed to coordinate regulation and entered into an intermunicipal
cooperation planning and land use regulation agreement (the "intermunicipal
cooperation agreement") with the purpose of undertaking mutually beneficial,
shared and coordinated comprehensive planning and land use regulation
for the Woodmere Club property in order to promote intergovernmental
cooperation, increase coordination and effectiveness of comprehensive
planning and land use regulation, make more efficient use of infrastructure
and municipal revenues and resources, as to enhance the protection
of community resources which span municipal boundaries.
(13)
It is in that spirit, and pursuant to agreement of all three
municipalities to work together and the intermunicipal cooperation
agreement, that the Village, in conjunction and coordination with
the adjacent contiguous Town and Village of Woodsburgh, adopts and
creates the Coastal Conservation District - Woodmere Club (CC-WC),
for the Village of Lawrence.
(14)
The Coastal Conservation District- Woodmere Club (CC-WC) district
represents an intermunicipal plan that addresses current and future
physical climate risk changes due to sea level rise, storm surge and
flooding. The district recognizes these impacts in relation to the
unique geographical setting of the property at the Woodmere Channel
terminus, its historical and environmentally and ecologically sensitive
setting, and the anticipated flood impacts associated with this location.
The risks to both private and public, and existing and future, development
from flooding in this location under current and anticipated future
conditions, necessitates multijurisdictional regulation guided by
preservation and protection. The CC-WC District incorporates climate
change considerations, while preserving both existing development
and infrastructure, as well as protecting future development, including
development on the Club property, from the virtual certainty of increasing
flood risks as time progresses.
(15)
The Coastal Conservation District - Woodmere Club establishes three subdistricts to ensure the preservation of existing open space and regulate development in a manner that is compatible with area zoning and development patterns. The Open Space/Recreation Subdistrict and the Single-Family Residential Subdistrict both include portions of the Village and the contiguous Town of Hempstead and Village of Woodsburgh, while the Clubhouse/Hospitality Subdistrict is located wholly within the Village of Woodsburgh. The three subdistricts are described in Subsection
J of this section.
(16)
The Village of Lawrence Board of Trustees (hereinafter "Village
Board") finds that the creation of this zoning district, with its
three subdistricts, is in harmony with the coordinated creation of
a similar zoning district in the contiguous Town of Hempstead and
Village of Woodsburgh, is in the public interest and that the provisions
of these coordinated contiguous complementary zoning districts in
each municipality are in the interest of the protection and promotion
of the public health, general welfare and safety of both the residents
of the Village and contiguous Town of Hempstead and Village of Woodsburgh.
(17)
The creation of this district, in coordination with the contiguous
municipalities, is intended to preserve the Village's natural resources
and environmental features, while also preserving community character
and the economic value of other properties in the neighborhood in
and about the Woodmere Club property. Special consideration is provided
for sustainable design elements, which will help to mitigate flood
impacts, preserve open space, decrease stormwater runoff, improve
local water quality, and reduce traffic impacts. The regulations contained
within this section have been designed to be compatible and complementary
with other permitted land uses in the area and contiguous municipalities
and protect the character of their existing and developed residential
communities.
C. Applicability. The intermunicipal Coastal Conservation District -
Woodmere Club (CC-WC) shall apply to the land that comprises the privately
owned golf course commonly known as "the Woodmere Club," and referred
to herein as the Woodmere Club property [Nassau County Land and Tax
Map Section 41, Block F, Lots 37, 40, 48, 310, 123/3024 (Lot Grouping),
3028, 3030A/3030B (Lot Grouping), and 3032; Section 41, Block D, Lots
53 and 55; and Section 41, Block 72, Lot 1/3/4/5A/5B/6-9/11-12 (Lot
Grouping)] (the "property"). Acreages identified within this section
are based upon the Nassau County Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
2018 Tax Parcel database.
D. District Defined; Zoning Map Amended. The area of the Village that
constitutes the CC-WC District is identified as Section 41, Block
F, Lots 37, 40, 48, 3028, 3030A/3030B (Lot Grouping) and Section 41,
Block 72, Lot 1/3/4/5a/5b/6-9/11-12 (Lot Grouping) on the Nassau County
Land and Tax Map. The Zoning Map of the Village of Lawrence is hereby
amended accordingly, to reclassify the district property as constituting
the CC-WC District.
E. Definitions.
COMPENSATORY STORAGE
A standard which preserves the ability of the floodplain
to store water. Compensatory storage means that loss of flood storage
due to buildings or fill in the floodplain is compensated for by providing
an equal volume of storage to replace what is lost.
LOT COVERAGE
The horizontal area of a lot covered by the roof areas of
all buildings and/or structures, in addition to all other impervious
surfaces, including but not limited to driveways, parking areas, patios,
terraces, permeable pavement and paver systems and other similar features.
PERMEABLE PAVEMENT SURFACES
Pervious hardscape surfaces that allow for the infiltration
of water into soils, helping to remove pollutants and recharge the
water table. Examples of permeable pavement surfaces include pervious
concrete, porous asphalt and permeable paving stones. Recycled concrete
aggregate (RCA) shall not be permitted as the base course material.
Open graded natural stone shall be used to facilitate stormwater permeability.
SMART CONTROLLER TECHNOLOGY
An irrigation control system that reduces outdoor water use
by monitoring and using information about site conditions (including,
but not limited to, soil moisture, rain, wind, slope, soil, plant
type), and applying the correct amount of water based on those factors.
F. Master Plan submission.
(1)
A conceptual development plan for the proposed development of
the property shall be filed simultaneously with the Town of Hempstead
and the Villages of Woodsburgh and Lawrence for review purposes prior
to the filing of a map or subdivision application with the Nassau
County Planning Commission. The purpose of this procedure is to facilitate
a coordinated review with the Town and Villages, including a conceptual
subdivision layout for the three subdistricts. The conceptual subdivision
layout shall include existing and conceptual proposed grading, proposed
drainage for the lots and infrastructure, lot configuration, hospitality
development proposal, and plans for maintenance of open space/common
areas.
(2)
Upon receipt of the conceptual development plan, the Town and
Villages shall review the plan for compliance with applicable zoning,
subdivision and site-specific (including any performance standards
and sustainable design) regulations in effect in the respective jurisdictions.
Each municipality shall inform the applicant as to compliance with
such regulations, within 45 days of receipt of the conceptual development
plan, and may also provide comments regarding any relevant matter,
including plans for maintenance of open space and common area.
G. Subdivision map. No permit shall be issued for any building requiring
a building permit unless the site is shown on a subdivision map approved
by the Nassau County Planning Commission and any other jurisdiction
with primary or concurrent subdivision jurisdiction, and filed in
the Nassau County Clerk's office.
H. Interpretation; conflicts with other provisions.
(1)
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this section,
the rules of interpretation applicable to remedial legislation shall
be used so that the spirit and intent of this section shall be observed.
(2)
In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this section
and other provisions of this Building Zone Ordinance, the provisions
of this section shall control.
I. Severability. If Subsection
J or
K of this section shall be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall invalidate the remainder of this section. If any other provision shall be so adjudged, it shall not invalidate the remainder of this section. If there is found to be any imprecision, including but not limited to lot descriptions or acreage of total property, such will not invalidate this ordinance.
J. Subdistricts established. The Coastal Conservation District - Woodmere
Club establishes three subdistricts to ensure the preservation of
existing open space and regulate development in a manner that's compatible
with area zoning and development patterns. The Open Space/Recreation
Subdistrict and the Single-Family Residential Subdistrict both include
portions of the Town of Hempstead and the contiguous Villages of Woodsburgh
and Lawrence, while the Clubhouse/Hospitality Subdistrict is located
wholly within the Village of Woodsburgh. The three subdistricts of
the Coastal Conservation District - Woodmere Club are provided in
Figures 1 and 2 below and are described as follows:
(1)
Open space/recreation subdistrict. Accounting for approximately 21.1 acres of the approximately twenty-two-and-nine-tenths-acre Village of Lawrence portion of the property (92% of the land area within the Village of Lawrence) and approximately 83.3 acres of the approximately one-hundred-eighteen-and-four-tenths-acre Woodmere Club (70% of total land area), the intent of the Open Space/Recreation Subdistrict is to preserve critical coastal open space areas to the maximum practicable extent. These open space areas provide flood mitigation from storm surge, stormwater, and sea level rise, provide critical habitats for wildlife and contribute significantly to the unique community character of the area. In recognition of the flood mitigation provided by these open space areas, and the protection of existing development and infrastructure in the Town and the surrounding area, the use of fill shall be regulated by the restrictions specified herein. Within the Open Space/Recreational Subdistrict, grading for the purposes of floodwater storage, including compensatory storage requirements of the Village of Lawrence (Lawrence Village Code: Chapter
94, Flood Damage Prevention, Article
V Construction Standards, §
94-13, General standards) and the Village of Woodsburgh (Woodsburgh Village Code: Chapter 77, Flood Damage Prevention, Article
V Construction Standards. § 77-15, General standards), shall be permitted. In addition, within the Open Space/Recreational Subdistrict, with the exception of areas associated for access, as defined in §
212-13.1T(3) of this section, any removal of trees greater than six-inch caliper, or raising of grade by more than 12 inches, requires an administrative approval by the Town Board pursuant to Town Code and the Building Zone Ordinance.
(2)
Single-family residential subdistrict. The Single-Family Residential
Subdistrict (approximately 29.4 acres of the approximately one-hundred-eighteen-and-four-tenths-acre
Woodmere Club property, or 25% of total land area) comprises two distinct
development clusters, one in the Town of Hempstead portion of the
Woodmere Club property (approximately 19.3 acres in size) and one
straddling the boundaries of the Village of Woodsburgh and the Village
of Lawrence portions of the Woodmere Club property (approximately
10.1 acres in size). These clusters, zoned for residential housing
(religious and educational uses permitted by special exception), will
allow development that is compatible with the existing one-acre minimum
lot zoning in the Village of Woodsburgh and the forty-thousand-square-foot
minimum lot zoning in the Village of Lawrence, while retaining significantly
more open space than provided for in previous zoning and land use
regulations.
(3)
Clubhouse/Hospitality Subdistrict. The Clubhouse/Hospitality
Subdistrict is limited to approximately 5.7 acres within the Village
of Woodsburgh portion of the Woodmere Club property. The intent of
this subdistrict is to preserve and enhance the existing clubhouse
of the Woodmere Club and its associated hospitality services, including
the parking areas, athletic courts and outdoor swimming pool. This
subdistrict is regulated entirely by the Village of Woodsburgh and
is not subject to the regulations set forth in this section.
K. Permitted uses.
(1)
Within the Open Space/Recreation Subdistrict, a building may
be erected, altered or used and a lot or premises may be used for
any of the following purposes, and for no other:
(a)
Golf course, private or semi-private, including practice golf
areas such as putting greens and practice pitching/sand bunker areas.
(b)
Passive recreation, including walking trails, nature observation
areas and passive recreation features.
(c)
Accessory structures and uses, which are customarily incidental
to any of the above-permitted uses, including maintenance buildings
not greater than 500 square feet with a maximum height of 16 feet
and pavilion/shelter areas not greater than 400 square feet with a
maximum height of 16 feet, are permitted. Setbacks for accessory structures
within the Open Space/Recreation Subdistrict shall be 100 feet from
both perimeter property lines and residential homes. Not more than
one such accessory structure per seven acres is permitted in this
subdistrict.
(2)
Within the Single-Family Residential Subdistrict, a building
may be erected, altered or used and a lot or premises may be used
for any of the following purposes, and for no other:
(a)
Single-family detached dwelling.
(b)
Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily incidental
to the above-permitted use, including a private garage, are permitted.
L. Single-Family Residential Subdistrict Regulations Established. Given the sensitive environmental resources present at the property, special consideration for residential development standards, including bulk regulations, spatial distances and sustainable design features are provided for the Single-Family Residential Subdistrict within Subsections
M through
AA below.
M. Minimum lot area, width and frontage. No dwelling or other building
shall be constructed on a lot unless it contains an area of not less
than 15,000 square feet and has a minimum street frontage of 100 feet
and maintains a minimum seventy-five-foot lot width for a minimum
depth of 125 feet. Building lots located on a cul-de-sac shall have
a minimum street frontage of 50 feet and a minimum lot width of 75
feet at a lot depth of 40 feet offset from the street line, and shall
maintain a minimum lot width of 75 feet for a depth of 125 feet. Each
building lot shall maintain a minimum fifty-foot property line frontage
on the adjacent Open Space/Recreation Subdistrict.
N. Height. No building shall be greater in height than 2 1/2 stories, with a maximum height of 34 feet. Building height within a designated special flood hazard area shall be regulated by § 352H of the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance as of the date of adoption of this section, except that the maximum height restriction of § 352(H)(3) as of the date of the adoption of this section shall be superseded by the maximum heights set forth in this §
212-13.1N.
O. Building area and lot coverage. For a minimum lot size of 15,000
square feet, the building area shall not exceed 37% of the lot area.
In no case shall a building area exceed 5,000 square feet, regardless
of lot size. Overall, lot coverage shall not exceed 60% of the lot
area. Sustainable design is required through the utilization of Village-approved
permeable pavement surfaces, which shall account for a minimum of
50% of any additional lot coverage beyond the building area.
P. Front yards.
(1)
There shall be a front yard, the depth of which shall be set
back at least 30 feet from the street line.
(2)
In case of a corner lot, a front yard shall be required on each
street, and notwithstanding the foregoing, each front yard shall be
not less than 30 feet.
Q. Side yards. There shall be two side yards, one on each side of the
main building, the aggregate width of which shall be at least 30 feet.
Neither side yard shall be less than 15 feet wide.
R. Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall
be at least 40 feet.
S. Sustainable design.
(1)
For all lots, impervious cover shall be reduced to the maximum extent practicable and follow the regulations set forth in §
212-13.1O (Building area and lot coverage) above.
(2)
Each building lot shall provide for the collection, storage
and recharge of stormwater on-site, with no surface or roof runoff
being directed off of each individual lot and, accounting for both
roof and surface runoff, shall be sized, at a minimum, for the volumetric
design of a three-inch rainfall event, based on the one-year, twenty-four-hour
storm event in New York State. Roof runoff will be piped underground,
directly to stormwater drywells, leaching galleys, and/or other accepted
infiltration practice. The use of green infrastructure is encouraged.
Green infrastructure such as rain gardens and bioswales or other green
techniques approved by the Town Engineer will receive an additional
credit of two- times the volume capacity provided up to a total reduction
of 1 1/2 inches. The three-inch volumetric design is separate
and in addition to any stormwater capacity provided for as part of
a real property subdivision map associated with the property.
(3)
Automatic irrigation systems utilizing smart controller technology
shall be required in all new residential construction. All automatic
irrigation systems shall also have rain and soil moisture sensors.
T. Subdivision regulations
(1)
The requirements for subdivision development within the CC-WC
Coastal Conservation District — Woodmere Club shall comply with
all state and local regulations, including compliance with Nassau
County Ordinance No. 46-2009 and Town Code § 181-19, and
obtain all necessary approvals as required by law. Proposed public
streets shall have a fifty-foot right-of-way width and a paved roadway
width of 30 feet, with sidewalk and curb design to be provided in
accordance with County and Town requirements. Private streets shall
have a fifty-foot right-of-way width and, subject to approval of the
Village Engineer, shall provide a paved roadway width of a minimum
of 26 feet, with sidewalk and curb design, if any, commensurate with
those indicative of low-density communities. Maintenance of private
roads, including snow removal and garbage pickup, shall not be the
responsibility of the Village.
(2)
There shall be perimeter open space view corridors, extending
from an interior roadway to the perimeter of the residential lots,
not less than 80 feet in width and provided at a minimum for each
500 feet of contiguous residential property.
(3)
Dedicated rights-of-way providing access to the property shall
be provided at the following locations:
(a)
Single-Family Residential Subdistrict. Access right-of-way shall
be provided off Meadow Drive (to be located 250 feet to the center
line of the new right-of-way south of Broadway) and off Keene Lane
(to be located 280 feet to the center line of the new right-of-way
northwest of Rutherford Lane). Emergency access rights-of-way shall
be provided at the southern terminus of Lotus Street and the northwestern
terminus of Tulip Street.
(b)
Clubhouse/Hospitality Subdistrict. An access right-of-way shall
be provided at the intersection of Meadow Drive and Keene Lane. The
requirements for subdivision development within the CC-WC Coastal
Conservation District Woodmere Club property shall comply with all
state and local regulations, including compliance with Nassau County
Ordinance No. 46-2009 and obtain all necessary approvals as required
by law.
(4)
Infrastructure costs associated with access and right-of-way
improvements shall be addressed by the respective applicant(s), at
the cost of the applicant(s) as determined at the time of an application
made to the Nassau County Planning Commission.
U. Permitted encroachments. The following encroachments are hereby permitted:
(1)
Cornices, eaves, gutters, chimneys, or bay windows projecting
not more than 24 inches.
(2)
Air-conditioning condenser units, emergency generators, basement
stairs and basement areaways, projecting not more than 36 inches into
one of the required side yards.
(3)
Driveway piers not exceeding four feet in height.
(4)
Exclusive of encroachments permitted under this section and
structures approved by Board of Appeals grant, second-story additions
above existing permitted one-story structures may project into any
required yard, provided that they do not extend beyond the wall of
the existing structure.
V. Swimming pools. Swimming pools are regulated by all of the requirements of Article
VII of Chapter
212 of the Village of Lawrence Village Code. Within the Coastal Conservation District - Woodmere Club, all provisions of Article
VII shall apply except for the regulations provided hereinafter:
(1)
There shall be ten-foot side yard and twenty-foot rear yard
setbacks.
(2)
Swimming pool terraces shall have 10-foot side yard and 20-foot
rear yard setbacks.
(3)
Cabanas shall comply with all requirements set forth in §
212-13.1W of this section.
W. Accessory buildings and structures.
(1)
Accessory buildings may occupy not more than 18% of the required
area of the rear yard up to an average height of 12 feet. The yard
area occupied by such accessory building shall, however, be included
in computing the maximum percentage of the lot area which may be built
upon.
(2)
Exclusive of an accessory private garage and a cabana permitted as an accessory to a swimming pool pursuant to §
212-13.1V, only one structure can be erected and thereafter maintained, and such structure shall be erected on the ground and in the rear yard only and shall not exceed 144 square feet of floor area, nine feet in height maximum and 12 feet horizontally maximum, unless authorized as a special exception by the Board of Appeals.
X. Fences. No fence shall exceed six feet in height and shall be permitted
on the rear lot line and those linear portions of the side lot lines
enclosing a rear yard; provided, however, that four-foot fencing does
not extend beyond the front line of the house. Fencing shall not substantially
obstruct line of sight with respect to clear sight triangles.
Y. Signs. Such signs which are authorized for single-family residences under the provisions of the Village of Lawrence Village Code §
212-94 are permitted.
Z. Excavations. No excavations for purposes other than the construction
of a driveway, walk, a permitted wall or building or part thereof
or accessory thereto, or to remove topsoil from one part of the lands
of an owner to another part of the same premises, when such removal
is necessary as an accessory use or improving said property, shall
be made unless approved by the Board of Appeals.
AA. Transition. Within 45 days of the effective date of this section,
unless a greater period is determined necessary, specific amendments
to the Building Zone Map of the Village of Lawrence shall be prepared
by the Building Department or its designate, precisely identifying
the area included in the CC-WC Coastal Conservation District - Woodmere
Club.
BB. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this section shall be fully applicable
to all properties falling within the definition of CC-WC Coastal Conservation
District - Woodmere Club immediately upon adoption of this section
and in accordance with law, and any prior zoning district regulation
or classifications are thereby immediately superseded.
In the Residence A District, the following regulations
shall apply:
A. No building shall be erected, altered or used, and
no lot or premises shall be used, except for one or more of the following
purposes:
[Amended 1-14-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010]
(1) Uses
permitted in the Residence AA District.
(2) The office of a person practicing one of the professions enumerated in §
212-24.1A, provided that the premises on which such office is situated is owned by the professional or the spouse of such professional, and is used as the primary residence of such professional and such professional's immediate family.
(a) In determining whether a premises is the primary residence of a professional or a member of the immediate family of such professional for the purposes of this section or §
212-24.1, the following factors may be considered, in addition to any other relevant factor:
[1] The voting residence of such person;
[2] The address from which such person files income tax returns;
[3] Whether such person maintains a professional office or residence
at another location, and the extent to which such person uses such
other professional office or residence;
[4] The public school, if any, attended by children of such person;
[5] The address of such person used for any public filing or licensing,
including, without limitation, professional licenses, driver's licenses,
and vehicle registrations; and/or
[6] The residence addresses of other members of the professional's immediate
family.
(b) The determination of the Code Official charged with interpreting
or enforcing the Village zoning regulations that a professional does
not reside at a particular location such as to permit use of such
location as a professional office shall be presumed correct, and it
shall be the burden of such professional to overcome such presumption
in any proceeding to review that determination.
B. No single-family dwelling shall be erected or altered
to have more than 2 1/2 stories, or a building height of more
than 38 feet, whichever is greater. All other buildings shall be limited
to two stories, or 29 feet. Notwithstanding anything in this subsection
to the contrary, buildings with entirely flat roofs shall not exceed
26 feet in height.
[Amended 6-8-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994; 11-10-2016 by L.L.
No. 2-2016]
C. No principal building or use, together with its accessory
buildings or uses, shall be erected upon or shall occupy a lot or
piece of ground having an area of less than 20,000 square feet and
having a street frontage of less than 100 feet. No portion of such
lot which is less in any dimension than 1/2 of the minimum required
street frontage in this district shall be counted toward meeting the
minimum lot area requirement.
[Amended 5-8-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996; 1-8-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
D. Yard regulations.
[Amended 1-8-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997; 3-10-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
(1) Every building hereafter erected or altered shall
have a front yard of not less than 35 feet, a rear yard of not less
than 50 feet and an aggregate of not less than 40 feet for both sides,
neither one of which shall be less than 20 feet.
(2) No building shall be erected or altered which shall
have a height/setback ratio of more than the following:
[Amended 12-12-2001 by L.L. No. 4-2001; 11-10-2016 by L.L.
No. 2-2016]
(3) Notwithstanding the preceding, no such yard shall be less than required in §
212-12.1, Schedule of Dimensional Regulations.
H. Every new building lot created subsequent to April
1, 1996, shall be adequate in shape to totally contain within its
boundaries a horizontal circle of not less than 100 feet in diameter,
which circle shall be located no farther than the minimum required
front yard setback distance from the lot's street frontage and within
which circle the principal building shall be located.
[Added 5-8-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
In the Residence BB District, the following
regulations shall apply:
A. No building shall be erected, altered or used, and
no lot or premises shall be used, except for one or more of the following
purposes:
(1) Uses permitted in the Residence A District.
(2) Public schools, public museums and public libraries.
(3) Private schools, when authorized as special exceptions
by the Board of Appeals.
(4) Churches, parish houses and places of religious worship
or teaching.
B. No single-family dwelling shall be erected or altered
to have more than 2 1/2 stories, or a building height of more
than 36 feet, whichever is greater. All other buildings shall be limited
to two stories, or 29 feet. Notwithstanding anything in this subsection
to the contrary, buildings with entirely flat roofs shall not exceed
26 feet in height.
[Amended 6-8-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994; 11-10-2016 by L.L.
No. 2-2016]
C. No principal building or use, together with its accessory
buildings or uses, shall be erected upon or shall occupy a lot or
piece of ground having an area of less than 12,000 square feet and
having a street frontage of less than 90 feet. No portion of such
lot which is less in any dimension than 1/2 of the minimum required
street frontage in this district shall be counted toward meeting the
minimum lot area requirement.
[Amended 5-8-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996; 1-8-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
D. Yard regulations.
[Amended 1-8-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997; 3-10-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
(1) Every building hereafter erected or altered shall
have a front yard of not less than 30 feet, a rear yard of not less
than 40 feet and an aggregate of not less than 35 feet for both side
yards, neither one of which shall be less than 15 feet.
(2) No building shall be erected or altered which shall
have a height/setback ratio of more than the following:
[Amended 12-12-2001 by L.L. No. 4-2001; 11-10-2016 by L.L.
No. 2-2016]
(3) Notwithstanding the preceding, no such yard shall be less than required in §
212-12.1, Schedule of Dimensional Regulations.
H. Every new building lot created subsequent to April
1, 1996, shall be adequate in shape to totally contain within its
boundaries a horizontal circle of not less than 90 feet in diameter,
which circle shall be located no farther than the minimum required
front yard setback distance from the lot's street frontage and within
which circle the principal building shall be located.
[Added 5-8-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
In the Residence B District, the following regulations
shall apply:
A. No building shall be erected, altered or used, and
no lot or premises shall be used, except for one or more of the following
purposes:
(1) Uses permitted in the Residence BB District.
(2) Village disposal plant and pumping stations and other
facilities in connection with the construction, maintenance and operation
of the Village sewerage system.
B. No single-family dwelling shall be erected or altered
to have more than 2 1/2 stories, or a building height of more
than 36 feet, whichever is greater. All other buildings shall be limited
to two stories, or 29 feet. Notwithstanding anything in this subsection
to the contrary, buildings with entirely flat roofs shall not exceed
26 feet in height.
[Amended 6-8-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994; 11-10-2016 by L.L.
No. 2-2016]
C. No principal building or use, together with its accessory
buildings or uses, shall be erected upon or shall occupy a lot or
piece of ground having an area of less than 9,000 square feet and
having a street frontage of less than 75 feet. No portion of such
lot which is less in any dimension than 1/2 of the minimum required
street frontage in this district shall be counted toward meeting the
minimum lot area requirement.
[Amended 5-8-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996; 1-8-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
D. Yard regulations.
[Amended 1-8-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997; 3-10-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
(1) Every building hereafter erected or altered shall
have a front yard of not less than 30 feet, a rear yard of not less
than 30 feet and an aggregate of not less than 30 feet for both side
yards, neither one of which shall be less than 15 feet.
(2) No building shall be erected or altered which shall
have a height/setback ratio of more than the following:
[Amended 12-12-2001 by L.L. No. 4-2001; 11-10-2016 by L.L.
No. 2-2016]
(3) Notwithstanding the preceding, no such yard shall be less than required in §
212-12.1, Schedule of Dimensional Regulations.
H. Every new building lot created subsequent to April
1, 1996, shall be adequate in shape to totally contain within its
boundaries a horizontal circle of not less than 75 feet in diameter,
which circle shall be located no farther than the minimum required
front yard setback distance from the lot's street frontage and within
which circle the principal building shall be located.
[Added 5-8-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
In the Residence C-1 District, the following
regulations shall apply:
A. No building shall be erected, altered or used, and
no lot or premises shall be used, except for one or more of the following
purposes:
(1) Uses permitted in the Residence B District.
(2) Municipal parking areas of the Village of Lawrence.
B. No single-family dwelling shall be erected or altered
to have more than 2 1/2 stories, or a building height of more
than 36 feet, whichever is greater. All other buildings shall be limited
to two stories, or 29 feet. Notwithstanding anything in this subsection
to the contrary, buildings with entirely flat roofs shall not exceed
26 feet in height.
[Amended 6-8-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994; 11-10-2016 by L.L.
No. 2-2016]
C. No principal building or use, together with its accessory
buildings or uses, shall be erected upon or shall occupy a lot or
piece of ground having an area of less than 9,000 square feet and
having a street frontage of less than 70 feet. No portion of such
lot which is less in any dimension than 1/2 of the minimum required
street frontage in this district shall be counted toward meeting the
minimum lot area requirement.
[Amended 5-8-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996; 1-8-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
D. Yard regulations.
[Amended 1-8-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997; 3-10-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
(1) Every building hereafter erected or altered shall
have a front yard of not less than 25 feet, a rear yard of not less
than 30 feet and an aggregate of not less than 25 feet for both side
yards, neither one of which shall be less than 10 feet.
(2) No building shall be erected or altered which shall
have a height/setback ratio of more than the following:
[Amended 12-12-2001 by L.L. No. 4-2001; 11-10-2016 by L.L.
No. 2-2016]
(3) Notwithstanding the preceding, no such yard shall be less than required in §
212-12.1, Schedule of Dimensional Regulations.
H. Every new building lot created subsequent to April
1, 1996, shall be adequate in shape to totally contain within its
boundaries a horizontal circle of not less than 70 feet in diameter,
which circle shall be located no farther than the minimum required
front yard setback distance from the lot's street frontage and within
which circle the principal building shall be located.
[Added 5-8-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
In the Residence C-2 District, the following
regulations shall apply:
A. No building shall be erected, altered or used, and
no lot or premises shall be used, except for one or more of the following
purposes:
(1) Uses permitted in the Residence C-1 District.
B. No single-family dwelling shall be erected or altered
to have more than 2 1/2 stories, or a building height of more
than 36 feet, whichever is greater. All other buildings shall be limited
to two stories, or 29 feet. Notwithstanding anything in this subsection
to the contrary, buildings with entirely flat roofs shall not exceed
26 feet in height.
[Amended 6-8-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994; 11-10-2016 by L.L.
No. 2-2016]
C. No principal building or use, together with its accessory
buildings or uses, shall be erected upon or shall occupy a lot or
piece of ground having an area of less than 6,500 square feet and
having a street frontage of less than 50 feet. No portion of such
lot which is less in any dimension than 1/2 of the minimum required
street frontage in this district shall be counted toward meeting the
minimum lot area requirement.
[Amended 5-8-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996; 1-8-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
D. Yard regulations.
[Amended 1-8-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997; 3-10-199 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
(1) Every building hereafter erected or altered shall
have a front yard of not less than 20 feet, a rear yard of not less
than 20 feet and an aggregate of not less than 16 feet for both side
yards, neither one of which shall be less than seven feet.
(2) No building shall be erected or altered which shall
have a height/setback ratio of more than the following:
[Amended 12-12-2001 by L.L. No. 4-2001; 11-10-2016 by L.L.
No. 2-2016]
(3) Notwithstanding the preceding, no such yard shall be less than required in §
212-12.1, Schedule of Dimensional Regulations.
H. Every new building lot created subsequent to April
1, 1996, shall be adequate in shape to totally contain within its
boundaries a horizontal circle of not less than 50 feet in diameter,
which circle shall be located no farther than the minimum required
front yard setback distance from the lot's street frontage and within
which circle the principal building shall be located.
[Added 5-8-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
In the Residence D District, the following regulations
shall apply:
A. No building shall be erected, altered or used, and
no lot or premises shall be used, except for one or more of the following
purposes:
(1) Uses permitted in the Residence C-1 District.
(2) A dwelling for not over two families.
B. No single-family or two-family dwelling shall be erected
or altered to have more than 2 1/2 stories, or a building height
of more than 36 feet, whichever is greater. All other buildings shall
be limited to two stories, or 29 feet. Notwithstanding anything in
this subsection to the contrary, buildings with entirely flat roofs
shall not exceed 26 feet in height.
[Amended 6-8-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994; 11-10-2016 by L.L.
No. 2-2016]
C. No principal building or use, together with its accessory
buildings or uses, shall be erected upon or shall occupy a lot or
piece of ground having an area of less than 6,000 square feet and
having a street frontage of less than 50 feet. No portion of such
lot which is less in any dimension than 1/2 of the minimum required
street frontage in this district shall be counted toward meeting the
minimum lot area requirement.
[Amended 5-8-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996; 1-8-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
D. Yard regulations.
[Amended 1-8-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997; 3-10-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
(1) Every building hereafter erected or altered shall
have a front yard of not less than 20 feet, a rear yard of not less
than 20 feet and an aggregate of not less than 13 feet for both side
yards, neither one of which shall be less than five feet.
(2) No building shall be erected or altered which shall
have a height/setback ratio of more than the following:
[Amended 12-12-2001 by L.L. No. 4-2001; 11-10-2016 by L.L.
No. 2-2016]
(3) Notwithstanding the preceding, no such yard shall be less than required in §
212-12.1, Schedule of Dimensional Regulations.
H. Every new building lot created subsequent to April
1, 1996, shall be adequate in shape to totally contain within its
boundaries a horizontal circle of not less than 50 feet in diameter,
which circle shall be located no farther than the minimum required
front yard setback distance from the lot's street frontage and within
which circle the principal building shall be located.
[Added 5-8-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
In the Residence E District, the following regulations
shall apply:
A. No building shall be erected, altered or used, and
no lot or premises shall be used, except for one or more of the following
purposes:
(1) Uses permitted in the Residence C-1 District.
B. No single-family dwelling shall be erected or altered
to have more than 2 1/2 stories, or a building height of 36 feet,
except multiple dwellings, which shall have no more than three stories
or exceed 43 feet in height. All other buildings shall be limited
to two stories, or 29 feet. Notwithstanding anything in this subsection
to the contrary, buildings with entirely flat roofs, excluding multiple-dwelling
buildings, shall not exceed 26 feet in height.
[Amended 6-8-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994; 2-13-2002 by L.L. No. 3-2002; 11-10-2016 by L.L. No. 2-2016]
C. No building, together with its accessory buildings,
shall occupy, in the aggregate, more than 30% of the area of the lot.
D. No building shall hereafter be erected or altered
on a lot of less area than 1,500 square feet for each family for which
the building was designed, or which is actually housed in said building,
and in no event on a lot of less area than 9,000 square feet.
E. Every building hereafter erected or altered shall
have a front yard of a minimum depth of 50 feet.
F. Every building hereafter erected or altered shall
have a rear yard of a minimum depth of 25 feet.
G. In the case of a dwelling for one family, two side
yards shall be provided, the aggregate width of which shall be not
less than 16 feet. No side yard shall be less than seven feet in width.
For other buildings, no side yard shall be less than 20 feet in width.
H. No building shall be erected on any lot having a street
frontage of less than 150 feet.
In the Residence FF District, the following
regulations shall apply:
A. No building shall be erected, altered or used, and
no lot or premises shall be used, except for one or more of the following
purposes:
(1) Uses permitted in the Residence E District.
B. No single-family dwelling shall be erected or altered
to have more than 2 1/2 stories, or a building height of 36 feet,
except multiple dwellings, which shall have no more than three stories
or exceed 43 feet in height. All other buildings shall be limited
to two stories, or 29 feet. Notwithstanding anything in this subsection
to the contrary, buildings with entirely flat roofs, excluding multiple-dwelling
buildings, shall not exceed 26 feet in height.
[Amended 6-8-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994; 2-8-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995; 2-13-2002 by L.L. No. 3-2002; 11-10-2016 by L.L. No. 2-2016]
C. No building, together with its accessory buildings,
shall occupy, in the aggregate, more than 30% of the area of the lot.
D. No building shall hereafter be erected or altered
on a lot of less area than 2,000 square feet for each family for which
the building was designed, or which is actually housed in said building,
and in no event on a lot of less area than 12,000 square feet.
E. Every building hereafter erected or altered shall
have a front yard of a minimum depth of 50 feet.
F. Every building hereafter erected or altered shall
have a rear yard of a minimum depth of 25 feet.
G. In the case of a dwelling for one family, two side
yards shall be provided, the aggregate width of which shall be not
less than 16 feet. No side yards shall be less than seven feet in
width. For other buildings, no side yard shall be less than 20 feet
in width.
H. No building shall be erected on any lot having a street
frontage of less than 150 feet.
In the Residence F District, the following regulations
shall apply:
A. No building shall be erected, altered or used, and
no lot or premises shall be used, except for one or more of the following
purposes:
(1) Uses permitted in the Residence D District.
(2) Uses accessory to an apartment house or multiple dwelling
situated on an adjoining lot where such apartment house or multiple
dwelling is a permitted use, provided that no access shall be provided
or permitted to the lot containing such accessory use, except from
and over the lot on which the apartment house of multiple dwelling
is situated.
B. No single-family or two-family dwelling shall be erected
or altered to have more than 2 1/2 stories, or a building height
of more than 36 feet, whichever is greater. All other buildings shall
be limited to two stories, or 29 feet. Notwithstanding anything in
this subsection to the contrary, buildings with entirely flat roofs
shall not exceed 26 feet in height.
[Amended 6-8-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994; 11-10-2016 by L.L.
No. 2-2016]
C. No principal building or use, together with its accessory
buildings or uses, shall be erected upon or shall occupy a lot or
piece of ground having an area of less than 6,000 square feet.
D. Every building hereafter erected or altered shall
have a front yard of a minimum depth of 10 feet.
E. Every building hereafter erected or altered shall
have a rear yard of a minimum depth of 10 feet.
F. Two side yards shall be provided on every lot. No
side yard shall be less than five feet in width.
G. No building shall be erected on any lot having a street
frontage of less than 60 feet.
In the Business K District, the following regulations
shall apply:
A. No building or any part thereof shall be erected,
altered or used, and no lot or premises shall be used, except for
one or more of the following purposes, it being the intent of this
chapter to exclude all uses not specifically permitted:
(1) Retail store where goods are sold or services rendered
only to the retail trade, except that the same shall not include:
(a)
The sale of fresh fish, seafood, poultry and
meat, except as a department of a general food store.
(b)
Outdoor sale or display of food or merchandise.
[Amended 6-11-2003 by L.L. No. 5-2003; 9-13-2004 by L.L. No.
10-2004]
(f)
Bars or similar establishments operated principally
for the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption.
(g)
Business establishments whose principal purpose
is the operation of games of chance, including off-track betting operations.
(h)
Business establishments operated primarily for
recreational purposes.
(i)
Sale of materials, goods, paraphernalia and
merchandise used in association with the smoking, consumption or ingestion
of drugs, narcotics and similar items.
(j)
Flea markets.
[Added 2-13-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
(k)
Adult bookstores, adult drive-in theaters, adult
entertainment cabarets, adult motels, adult theaters, massage establishments
and peep shows.
[Added 6-9-1993 by L.L. No. 3-1993]
(l)
Car washes.
[Added 6-9-2005 by L.L. No. 5-2005]
(m)
Laundromats.
[Added 6-9-2005 by L.L. No. 5-2005]
(n)
Business establishments whose principal activity
is that of check cashing.
[Added 6-9-2005 by L.L. No. 5-2005]
(o)
Business establishments whose activities include
body piercing or application of tattoos.
[Added 6-9-2005 by L.L. No. 5-2005]
(2) Offices, including professional offices and professional
buildings, except that the foregoing shall not include employment
offices.
(3) Multiple dwellings, provided that they comply with all of the terms and provisions of Subsection
I.
(4) Banks and financial institutions.
(5) Restaurants other than diners, lunch wagons, drive-in
restaurants and fast-food operations.
(8) Newspaper printing, including incidental job printing.
(9) Governmental and municipal purposes of the Village
of Lawrence.
(10)
Public schools, public museums and public libraries.
(11)
Municipal parking areas of the Village of Lawrence.
B. Except in the case of a multiple dwelling, no building
shall exceed two stories in height or a maximum of 25 feet. Such height
shall be measured from the grade of the public street in front of
the building.
C. No principal building or use, together with its accessory
buildings or uses, shall occupy, in the aggregate, more than 66 2/3%
of the area of the lot.
D. Every building hereafter erected or altered shall
have a front yard of not less than 10 feet.
[Amended 12-12-2001 by L.L. No. 4-2001]
E. Every building hereafter erected or altered shall
have a rear yard of not less than 15 feet.
[Amended 12-12-2001 by L.L. No. 4-2001]
F. Except in the case of a multiple dwelling, every building
hereafter erected or altered shall have a side yard of not less than
five feet.
[Amended 12-12-2001 by L.L. No. 4-2001]
G. Except in the case of a multiple dwelling, every building
hereafter erected shall have a street frontage of not less than 18
feet.
[Amended 12-12-2001 by L.L. No. 4-2001]
H. Every building hereinafter erected or altered shall
provide on-site off-street parking.
(1) One parking space shall be provided for each 200 square
feet of gross floor area contained in the building.
(2) Each parking space must be at least nine feet in width
and 20 feet in depth and must be readily accessible without interfering
with the use of other parking spaces. Accordingly, at least 300 square
feet of parking area shall be provided for each required parking space.
Parking spaces provided in access lanes shall not be counted.
(3) Off-street parking spaces may be provided off the
site within 100 feet from the use to which it is accessory, provided
that the parking area is wholly contained within this zoning district.
(4) All off-street parking spaces shall be finished with
asphalt or portland cement or other hard-surface dustless material
at least four inches in thickness.
(5) The parking area shall be fenced to a height of six
feet.
(6) There shall be no signs or other advertising matter
other than that stating the use of the parking spaces.
(7) On-site drainage shall be provided.
(8) Off-street parking shall not be permitted on the front
yard of any building or in any side yard abutting a public street.
I. A multiple dwelling shall be a permitted use in the
Business K District, subject to compliance with the following regulations:
(1) The multiple dwelling shall have a minimum of 50 apartment
units.
(2) No building shall exceed four stories in height or
a maximum of 40 feet. Such height shall be measured from the grade
of the public street in front of the building.
(3) No principal building or use, together with its accessory
buildings or uses, shall occupy, in the aggregate, more than 66 2/3%
of the area of the lot.
(4) Every building hereinafter erected shall have a front
yard of a minimum of 10 feet.
(5) Every building hereinafter erected shall have a rear
yard of a minimum of 15 feet.
(6) Every building hereinafter erected shall have a side
yard of a minimum of 10 feet.
(7) A multiple dwelling lot shall have a street frontage
of a minimum of 150 feet.
(8) A landscaping plan shall be required prior to the
issuance of a building permit for a multiple dwelling. Such landscaping
plan shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Building Design.
(9) A traffic plan for ingress and egress to a public street shall be required prior to the issuance of a building permit for a multiple dwelling. Such traffic plan shall be subject to the approval of the Planning Board. Such traffic plan shall require strict adherence to the standards set forth in §§
212-27E and
212-28B with reference to ramps and level platforms and shall, in addition, provide that such ramps and platforms be entirely inside the lot line and that the platform elevation be that of the public sidewalk at the point where the driveway intersects such public sidewalk and shall further provide that no wall, fence, other structure or any plant material, vehicle, object or any other obstruction shall exceed a height of two feet above the established platform elevation within a triangular area at either side of the driveway, extending from a point on the driveway edge 10 feet inside the lot line to a point on the front lot line 10 feet on either side of the driveway.
(10)
Professional offices. No nonresidential use shall be permitted in a multiple dwelling other than professional offices, limited to those professions enumerated in §
212-24.1A, and then subject to the following requirements:
(a)
Such professional offices shall be located solely
on the first floor of the multiple dwelling.
(b)
Such professional offices shall have separate
entrances for ingress from and egress to the street, it being the
intention of this provision to prohibit access into the common areas
of a multiple dwelling.
(c)
The total gross floor area designated for or
used as professional offices, plus ingress and egress in common areas
related thereto, shall not exceed 1/2 of the total gross floor area
of the first floor of the multiple dwelling.
(d)
No display of advertising and no sign shall
be permitted except the name of the professional person or persons
and letters or abbreviations indicating the nature of his profession.
No such sign shall be illuminated except by reflector buttons. No
such signs shall exceed two feet in length or six inches in height.
(11)
Every multiple dwelling building hereinafter
erected or altered shall provide on-site off-street parking as follows:
(a)
At least 1 1/4 parking spaces must be provided
for each dwelling unit.
(b)
At least one parking space must be provided
for each 200 square feet, or any fraction thereof, of the entire gross
floor area and designated for or used as a professional office.
(c)
Each parking space must be at least nine feet
in width and 20 feet in depth and must be readily accessible without
interfering with the use of other parking spaces. Accordingly, at
least 300 square feet of parking area shall be provided for each required
parking space. Parking spaces provided in access lanes shall not be
counted.
(d)
No tenant shall be denied the right to rent,
or apartment owner denied the right to own, at least one parking space.