The following additional provisions shall apply
to accessory buildings and uses:
A. The accessory building or use must be located on the
same lot as the principal building or use to which it is accessory
or on a lot immediately adjoining it. If it is located on a lot immediately
adjoining the lot on which the principal building or use is located
and the lots are severed, the accessory use shall cease.
B. The accessory use shall not be carried on by any person
other than the occupant of the principal building or, in case of vacant
property, by the owner or lessee of the lot.
C. The area occupied by accessory buildings shall be
included in computing the maximum portion of the lot area which may
be built upon in any given district. The area occupied by accessory
buildings shall not exceed 8.5% of the area of the lot.
[Amended 11-10-2016 by L.L. No. 2-2016]
D. Except as otherwise indicated in this chapter, the
following shall be the minimum distances, by district, between any
accessory structure or garage and the side and rear property lines
of the lot on which the accessory structure or garage is situated:
[Amended 9-13-2004 by L.L. No. 7-2004]
District
|
Minimum Distance
(feet)
|
---|
Residence AA
|
15
|
Residence A
|
10
|
Residence BB
|
8
|
Residence B
|
8
|
Residence C-1
|
4
|
Residence C-2
|
4
|
Residence D
|
4
|
Residence E
|
4
|
Residence FF
|
4
|
Residence F
|
4
|
E. No accessory building shall be permitted in the Business
K District.
[Added 9-13-2004 by L.L. No. 7-2004]
F. Accessory buildings located within a required setback shall not contain
habitable space.
[Added 11-10-2016 by L.L.
No. 2-2016]
[Amended 6-8-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994; 1-14-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010]
Where a lot or premises in a residence district
is permitted to be used in part as the office of a professional person,
the following additional regulations and conditions shall apply:
A. Such
use is limited to the office of not more than one practitioner of
medicine, osteopathy, physiotherapy, dentistry, podiatry, optometry,
psychology or chiropractic duly licensed under the Education Law of
the State of New York, and the building in which such office is located
shall be the primary residence of such practitioner and the immediate
family of such practitioner.
B. Not
more than one assistant or associate licensed practitioner and not
more than one nurse or assistant or associate worker may be employed
in such office.
C. 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.
D. Such
office must be located in and as part of the principal dwelling of
the practitioner and the immediate family of such practitioner and
may not be housed in a separate building.
E. In no
case may the practice of a profession be permitted as a principal
use.
A private garage is permitted only as an accessory
use and is subject to the following conditions:
A. No private garage shall be permitted within a side
yard or within a rear yard, except under the following conditions:
(1) When used as accessory to a dwelling for one family
only or for not more than two families, a private garage may be constructed
in a side yard or a rear yard, provided that no part thereof is nearer
than 15 feet, in a Residence AA District; 10 feet, in a Residence
A District; eight feet, in a Residence BB or B District; or four feet,
in any other residence district, to the nearest property line.
[Amended 6-14-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
(2) In a business district, such garage shall accommodate
not more than five motor vehicles, and no part of the building shall
be nearer than four feet to the side or rear property line; provided,
however, that, in the case of a corner lot, a garage may not be nearer
to the street line of the street on which the lot has the greater
frontage than the front building line established for that street.
(3) When used as accessory to a building other than a
dwelling for not over one family or for not over two families, such
garage shall be permitted if authorized as a special exception by
the Board of Appeals under such conditions as it may impose.
(4) In the case of a corner lot, a garage may not be nearer
to the street line of the street on which the lot has the greater
frontage than the front building line established for that street.