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Village of Pelham, NY
Westchester County
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New Laws (4) Index
[Amended 10-1-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991; 7-21-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
No building or premises shall be used in whole or in part for any purpose other than the following:
A. 
Principal uses.
(1) 
Single-family detached dwelling.
(2) 
Church, synagogue or other house of worship.
B. 
Accessory building and uses.
(1) 
Any accessory building or use permitted in a Residence A-1 District, as listed in Article IV.
(2) 
Parish house, Sunday school or school of religious instruction for students excused from public school for such purpose, as accessory to a use listed in § 98-17A(2).
A. 
The following are uses requiring a special permit by the Board of Appeals:
(1) 
Any special permit use allowed in a Residence A-1 District, subject to the requirements set forth in § 98-11.
[Amended 5-6-2003 by L.L. No. 3-2003]
A. 
No building shall be erected to a height in excess of 35 feet or 2 1/2 stories, whichever is the more restrictive, except as provided in § 98-102.
B. 
No building, other than those listed in § 98-10B(4), (5) and (6), shall be erected to a height of less than 1 1/2 stories.
There shall be a lot area of not less than 6,000 square feet, except as provided in § 98-103.
There shall be a lot width of not less than 60 feet, except as provided in § 98-103.
The lot coverage shall not exceed 40% of the lot area for a dwelling and 20% of the lot area for a principal building in nonresidential use.
Yards with the minimum dimensions specified hereinafter shall be provided on each lot:
A. 
Front yard: 25 feet, except as provided in § 98-104.
B. 
Side yards.
(1) 
Seven feet for a single-family dwelling, provided that the aggregate width of the two side yards shall be not less than 22 feet, and 50 feet for a principal building in nonresidential use.
(2) 
On a corner lot, there shall be a side yard on the side street frontage having a width of not less than 15 feet on a lot 60 feet in width; the width of such side yard shall be increased six inches for each additional foot of width of such lot in excess of 60 feet, but in no case need such side yard exceed 25 feet in width.
C. 
Rear yard.
(1) 
Thirty feet for a single-family dwelling and 75 feet for a building in a nonresidential use.
(2) 
The required rear yard shall be open and unoccupied, except that a solar heating device covering not more than 10% of the area thereof may be placed in such yard not nearer than five feet to any lot line.