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Village of Amityville, NY
Suffolk County
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As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
FLOATING HOME
Any vessel designated or in fact used or occupied as a dwelling unit, living and sleeping quarters, business office or source of any occupation or for any private or social club of whatever nature, including but not limited to a structure constructed upon a barge primarily immobile and out of navigation or which functions substantially as a land structure while the same is moored or docked, whether such vessel is self-propelled or not.
A. 
Floating homes moored or anchored over public lands under water shall be prohibited from all zoning districts.
B. 
Floating homes moored or anchored over private lands under water shall be prohibited from all zoning districts except the FH Floating Home District.
In the FH Floating Home District, no floating home shall be hereafter used or occupied, except for the following use:
A. 
One-family dwelling.
In the FH Floating Home District, no floating home shall be more than 21 feet high, as measured from the waterline.
In the FH Floating Home District, no floating home shall be moored or anchored on or over an underwater lot having an area of less than 7,500 square feet.
In the FH Floating Home District, the total area of a floating home shall not exceed 25% of the underwater lot area.
In the FH Floating Home District, there shall be a distance of five feet between the pier or bulkhead line and front wall of a floating home.
In the FH Floating Home District where two or more floating homes are moored together, there shall be 24 feet of open water space between the side walls or floats of adjacent floating homes.
In the FH Floating Home District, all floating homes shall be provided with electricity, municipal water service and municipal sewage disposal facilities in accordance with the Suffolk County Sanitary Code.
In the FH Floating Home District, a minimum of two paved off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each floating home on the adjacent upland unless there is a greater requirement pursuant to § 183-129 of this Code.
In the FH Floating Home District, all floating homes shall be subject to the provisions of the Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
In the FH Floating Home District, every application for the creation of a Floating Home District shall be subject to the approval of the Planning Board of the Village of Amityville.
No application for a Floating Home District shall be approved without an environmental determination by the Planning Board as lead agency that such application will have no adverse environmental impact.