In addition to the general purposes of this chapter as set forth in Article I, the following specific purposes are set forth for Residence, Mixed Use, Commercial/Manufacturing Districts and Floating and Overlay Zones:
A.
Residence Districts.
(1)
To promote and encourage a suitable environment for
family life where safe streets, wide yards and quiet neighborhoods
are of paramount importance.
(2)
To avoid, as far as possible, commercial traffic and
through traffic of all kinds in residential areas.
(3)
To encourage a balanced variety of housing types,
sizes and densities, consistent with the character of existing neighborhoods
and the provision of adequate open space, sunlight and air.
(4)
To provide for a low-density housing environment allowing
for both single- and two-family dwellings in single- and two-family
districts.
(5)
For the R1-WF-10 Waterfront Residence District, to
encourage the continuation of water oriented membership and yacht
clubs in waterfront residential areas.
(6)
For the R1-CH Cluster Residence District, to promote
the development of one-family attached or detached dwellings on sites
where topographic features, landscape resources, locational characteristics,
and acreage suggest clustering of buildings as the most appropriate
building type.
(7)
For the R1-HIST Historic Residence District, to protect
the historic character of existing development and to require that
new development alterations and additions be compatible in siting,
design, scale and proportion to the area in which it will be located.
(8)
For the R-URTH Urban Renewal Townhouse District, to
promote the development and construction of one- and two-family attached
dwellings within an area designated by the City Council for urban
renewal.
(9)
For the RMF-0.4 Multifamily Residence District, to
provide a medium-density housing environment that promotes the development
of one- and two-family dwellings; also, for the conversion of large
existing dwellings to two-family use, and encourages the construction
of new multifamily dwellings, not to exceed four units, on sites where
adequate on-site parking and open space can be provided.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance shall take effect
on February 12, 2004; except that for those developments in the RMF-0.4
District which received final site plan approval during February 2003
through January 2004, this ordinance shall take effect on the first
anniversary date of the Planning Board meeting at which such approval
was granted unless a building permit based on such approval has been
issued prior to such anniversary date.
(10)
For all RMF Multifamily Residence Districts,
to encourage the development of dwelling units suitable for a variety
of household sizes at higher densities which will allow for the construction
of such housing at a relatively more moderate cost. Such districts
are generally intended to be located in convenient proximity to employment,
shopping, transportation, and community facilities. Adequate on-site
parking and usable open space are required.
(11)
For the RMF-SC-4.0 Multifamily Senior Citizen
Residence District, to provide low-cost housing opportunities for
senior citizens in locations convenient to shopping, transportation
and community facilities.
B.
Mixed Use Districts.
(1)
For the H Hospital District, to ensure the development
and continuation of hospital and medical related facilities needed
to serve the City's health care needs and encourage the development
of housing for health care workers and families.
(2)
For the DMU Downtown Mixed Use District, to encourage
the development of a regional office center in combination with high-density
residential uses so as to vitalize the City's center, provide a strengthened
tax base, and create new jobs and housing.
(3)
For the DMUR Downtown Mixed Use Urban Renewal District,
to encourage mixed-use residential and commercial development located
in downtown New Rochelle, within an area officially designated by
the City Council for urban renewal.
(4)
For the ROS Recreation Open Space District, to preserve
and enhance major open spaces and recreational areas by protecting
the natural amenities they possess and by encouraging only that development
which respects and is consistent with those natural amenities.
(5)
For the WR Waterfront Related District, to promote
the development of water-dependent uses of both recreational and commercial
types and limit non-water-dependent uses by special permit. Priority
should be given to water related uses.
(6)
For the PWD Planned Waterfront Development Districts,
to encourage mixed-use water-dependent and water related, possibly
including residential and commercial development, to preserve views
of the water and smaller harbor area, particularly where the visual
quality of the area is an important component to the area's appeal
and identity, and limiting the bulk and height to dimensions considered
appropriate in different areas and to encourage, whenever possible,
public access to and enjoyment of the waterfront.
(7)
For the MUFE Mixed Use Family Entertainment District,
to encourage the development of a major family entertainment and commercial
retail center on the site of the former New Rochelle Mall, which center
is designed to create the focal point for commercial redevelopment
throughout downtown New Rochelle.
(8)
For
the NA North Avenue Zone, to encourage mixed-use redevelopment and
private investment to revitalize the North Avenue Corridor, recognizing
its function as a gateway into the downtown and a neighborhood business
corridor serving adjacent residential neighborhoods and the Iona College
Campus.
[Added 12-14-2010 by Ord. No. 203-2010]
(9)
For
the NB-H Neighborhood Business-Hospital District, to encourage the
development, redevelopment and continuation of retail, personal service,
office, medical office and related facilities, and residential uses
to serve neighborhood residents, health care workers and families.
The zone is also established to be complementary to the nearby hospital
facility. To that end, the zone is designed to encourage medical uses
that will support and be compatible with the hospital and also encourage
greater residential development.
[Added 3-15-2016 by Ord.
No. 75-2016]
C.
Commercial/Industrial Districts.
(1)
For the C-1M General Commercial Modified District,
to provide a general commercial area with adequate buffers and screening
for any nearby or adjacent residentially zoned property.
(2)
For the NB Neighborhood Business District, to serve
the retail, personal service and office uses located in residential
neighborhoods throughout the City, including the provision of adequate
on-site parking.
(3)
For the DB Downtown Business District, to allow the
future growth and orderly development of the primary downtown area
in the City with a wide variety of retail, office, service business
and residential uses.
(4)
For the LSR Large Scale Retail District, to encourage
the redevelopment and revitalization of the area as a viable commercial
district through the development of key parcels for retail outlet
and light industrial use.
(5)
For the LI Light Industry District, to promote a combination
of manufacturing, warehousing, wholesale storage, and other industrial
type uses in areas with good highway access and which have already
developed an industrial character.
(6)
For the I Industry District, to provide appropriate
location and development standards for more intensive types of industrial
development.
(7)
For the NB-2.0 Neighborhood Business 2.0 District, to serve the retail,
personal service and office uses located in residential neighborhoods
that are close to downtown, but primarily not within the Downtown
Overlay Zone, including the provision of adequate on-site parking.
[Added 9-20-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-184]
(8)
For the LI-H Light Industry Hotel District, to encourage the redevelopment
and revitalization by providing light industrial uses, as well as
hotels and their accessory uses.
[Added 10-16-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-218]
D.
Floating Zones.
(1)
For the SFCH Single-Family Cluster Housing Zone, to
permit the grouping of structures in order to plan more usable open
space or to preserve open space or historic or scenic features without
exceeding overall density or land coverage requirements.
(2)
For the INST Institutional Zone, to ensure the comprehensive
and planned future growth and orderly development of the major educational
institutions in the City.
(3)
For the PUD-AH Planned Unit Development Affordable
Housing Zone, to provide for affordable housing opportunities for
the City's families and senior citizens within a planned and secure
environment.
(4)
For the PWDE-5 Planned Waterfront Development Extension
Zone, to facilitate and support appropriate mixed-use waterfront development
by extending inland certain uses which are allowed by special permit
under existing planned waterfront development zoning.
[Added 7-15-2003 by Ord. No. 169-2003]
(5)
For the West Downtown Business Floating Zone WDB-F
to bring a critical mass of street level activity into New Rochelle's
West Downtown Area in a compact core to help strengthen retail and
commercial uses and promote the downtown's continued renewal.
[Added 7-19-2005 by Ord. No. 182-2005]
E.
Overlay Zones.
(1)
For the SFSC Single-Family Senior Citizen Zone, to
facilitate development of homes that are specifically designed to
meet the needs of senior citizens who prefer the single-family type
home and single-family form of ownership.
(3)
For the WV Water View Zone, to preserve water views
currently enjoyed by the public on adjacent rights-of-way or by upland
property owners, including winter water views.
(4)
For the RMF-SC 4.0 Senior Citizen Zone, to provide
for proper multifamily housing of the City's senior citizens.
(5)
For the Fifth Avenue Overlay Zone (FA), to improve
the function, aesthetics and accessibility of Fifth Avenue, Potter
Avenue, Pleasant Avenue, Plain Avenue, and other streets contained
within the area bounded to the north by Fifth Avenue, to the east
by the City limit line, to the south by the New York Thruway, and
to the west by Potter Avenue, so as to phase out nonconforming buildings
and uses and to promote attractive commercial and light industrial
development which will complement and be compatible with City Park.
[Added 12-10-2002 by Ord. No. 229-2002]
(6)
For the CPA Central Parking Area Zone, to provide
less restrictive parking standards than in other areas in the City,
because of the availability of public transportation, the proximity
to the Intermodal Transportation Center, the availability of on-street
and off-street public parking facilities, and the possibility of multiple
trips by foot to various locations within the Central Parking Area.
[Added 5-21-2003 by Ord. No. 106-2003]
(7)
For the Downtown Density Bonus (DDB) Overlay Zone,
to encourage large-scale redevelopment of larger properties and appropriate
in-fill development of smaller properties in accordance with existing
public policy documents and to provide public benefits and amenities
in the downtown area.[3]
[Added 5-16-2006 by Ord. No. 110-2006]
A.
The accompanying list of use regulations lists and
defines the permitted uses of land, buildings and structures. All
permitted uses are set forth in the list of use regulations by district.
Any use not specifically listed as being permitted shall be deemed
to be prohibited. Only in multifamily and nonresidence districts is
more than one permitted principal use allowed on a single lot.
B.
The list of use regulations prescribed in Articles VI through XI is subject to the Schedule of Dimensional Regulations, which is hereby incorporated and made part of this chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Schedule of Dimensional Regulations is included as an attachment to this chapter.
