As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
FLOATING HOME
Any vessel designed 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 whatsoever 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.
In F.H. Floating Home District, no floating
home shall be hereafter moored or altered, unless otherwise provided
by this chapter, except for the following uses.
In the F.H. Floating Home District, the use
of a floating home for a business or profession shall be prohibited.
In the F.H. Floating Home District, no floating
homes hereafter moored or altered shall be more than 21 feet high,
as measured from the waterline.
In the F.H. Floating Home District, no floating
home shall be moored or altered on or over an underwater lot having
an area of less than 7,500 square feet.
In the F.H. Floating Home District, the total
area of a floating home shall not exceed 25% of the underwater lot
area.
In the F.H. 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 F.H. Floating Home District, where two
or more floating homes are moored together, there shall be 10 feet
of open water space between the side walls or floats of adjacent floating
homes.
In the F.H. Floating Home District, no floating
home shall be moored or constructed unless provided with electricity,
municipal water service and municipal sewage disposal facilities.
In the F.H. Floating Home District, two paved
off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each floating home.
In the F.H. Floating Home District, all floating
homes shall be subject to the provisions of the State Building Construction
Code and the Building Construction Code of the Town of Babylon.
In the F.H. Floating Home District, every application
for the creation of a floating home district shall be subject to the
review of the Planning Board of the Town of Babylon.
Each applicant shall be required to prepare
an environmental assessment [similar to that required by the New York
State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA)] and to file this assessment
with the Planning Board, and it shall accompany the site plan application.