In a B Residence District, the following regulations
shall apply.
A.
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:
(2)
A municipal administration or recreational use.
[Amended 1-6-1976 by L.L. No. 3-1976][2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Original Subsection A(6) and
(7), which listed certain permitted uses and which immediately followed
this subsection, was repealed 1-6-1976 by L.L. No. 3-1976 and 12-6-1982
by L.L. No. 5-1983, respectively.
B.
In no event may a boardinghouse be a permitted use
in this zone.
[Added 6-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
[Amended 1-6-1976 by L.L. No. 3-1976; 10-30-1979 by L.L. No.
9-1979; 6-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
No building or structure shall exceed 26 feet
in height.
A.
The building area shall not exceed 20% of the lot
area.
[Amended 8-7-1986 by L.L. No. 2-1986; 8-20-1987 by L.L. No. 12-1987]
B.
No building shall occupy a lot or plot having a frontage
of less than 100 feet and a depth of 100 feet, except a plot having
a frontage of not less than 50 feet and being in single and separate
ownership on or before November 12, 1952, or a plot having a frontage
of not less than 75 feet and being in single and separate ownership
on the effective date hereof. However, a building may be erected on
such plot, provided that all other provisions of the Building Zone
Ordinance of the Village of Lindenhurst are complied with. No flag
lot shall be permitted.
[Amended 8-7-1986 by L.L. No. 2-1986; 10-7-2008 by L.L. No.
3-2008]
C.
No dwelling, the amount of habitable space computed
by the square feet of the exterior measurement of such dwelling, excluding
breezeways, garages, utility rooms and open porches, shall be erected
or altered with less than the following:
[Amended 1-6-1976 by L.L. No. 3-1976]
(1)
A one-story dwelling, 1,000 square feet, and such
dwelling shall have a pitched roof, the center ridge of which shall
not be less than five feet above the attic floor.
(2)
A one-and-one-half-story dwelling, 768 square feet
on the ground or first floor, and such dwelling shall have a pitched
roof, the center ridge of which shall not be less than 10 feet three
inches above the attic floor.
(3)
A two-story dwelling, 1,440 square feet, and the second
floor area is to be not less than 75% of the area of the first or
ground floor.
[Amended 8-20-1987 by L.L. No. 12-1987]
[Amended 8-7-1986 by L.L. No. 2-1986; 8-20-1987 by L.L. No. 12-1987]
In case of a single-family dwelling, there shall
be two side yards, one on each side of the main building, the aggregate
width of which shall be at least 25 feet. Neither side yard shall
be less than 10 feet. In case of a single-family dwelling constructed
with its greater dimension parallel to the front street, a one-story
porch, either enclosed or unenclosed, may project into one of the
side yards, provided that the width of such yard is not thereby reduced
to less than the required minimum of 10 feet.
[Amended 8-7-1986 by L.L. No. 2-1986]
There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which
shall be at least 25 feet, provided that, if at the time this chapter
becomes effective any lot is held in single and separate ownership,
with a depth of less than 100 feet, the depth of the rear yard shall
be at least 15 feet.
[Amended 8-7-1986 by L.L. No. 2-1986; 8-20-1987 by L.L. No. 12-1987; 6-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992; 12-7-2010 by L.L. No. 6-2010]
No accessory building shall be nearer the front
street than 45 feet. Accessory buildings may occupy 15% of the required
area of the rear yard up to a height of 14 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. No
part of an accessory building shall be nearer the rear or side lot
lines than five feet. Accessory buildings shall be limited to two
per lot and shall not exceed an aggregate of 600 square feet.
[Amended 1-6-1976 by L.L. No. 3-1976]
No dwelling shall hereafter be erected or altered
to accommodate or make provision for more than eight families on any
acre of land or more than a proportional number of families on a fractional
part of any acre of land.
A.
In a B Residence District, a fence, as defined in
this chapter, not exceeding six feet in height, may be erected on
the rear lot line and such portion of the side lot lines as shall
be lot lines enclosing the required rear yard, and, with respect to
all other lot lines, any such fence shall not exceed four feet in
height, provided that, if such fence shall be erected along any road
or highway, the permitted height thereof shall be measured from the
existing elevation of the center line of such highway opposite such
fence and provided, further, that such height so measured shall not
exceed two and one-half (2 1/2) feet at any point within a radius
of 15 feet of the corner formed by any intersecting roads or highways
unless otherwise permitted by the Board of Appeals. The provisions
hereof shall also apply to hedges and other densely growing shrubbery.
B.
Any fence shall have the smooth or finished side facing
the outside of the property, and all posts, braces must be placed
on the inside of the fence.
[Added 6-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
C.
For purposes of this section, the rear yard shall
be deemed to include the front line of the residence, however, not
closer than 25 feet to the street line on which the lot abuts.
[Added 10-17-1995 by L.L. No. 7-1995]
[Added 6-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
An open porch may extend into the required front
yard not over six feet.
[Added 6-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
Where a lot abuts on a parkway, the lot may
be considered to have a front and front yard on the street and also
on the parkway, and, where the building accords with this section,
a private accessory garage may be incorporated in the building or
attached thereto regardless of distances from streets.
[Added 6-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
The use of a cellar as a residential dwelling
shall not be permitted.
[Added 6-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
The use of boats, barges, houseboats or any
other structures upon the waters, bays, rivers or canals within the
Incorporated Village of Lindenhurst as places of residential dwelling
is prohibited. This section shall apply to owners, operators and/or
tenants.
