[Amended 3-6-1967]
[Amended 4-7-1980 by L.L. No. 3-1980]
In Residential R-2 Districts, no buildings or
premises shall be used and no building shall be erected or altered
for other than one or more of the following uses:
[Amended 6-19-1978 by L.L. No. 6-1978; 6-3-2013 by L.L. No.
9-2013; 11-7-2016 by L.L. No. 12-2018]
No building shall be raised and no building
or any part thereof shall be erected or altered in a Residential R-2
District which is higher than two-and-one-half stories above the curb
level of the street. In no event shall the top of the ridge be more
than 30 feet above the level of the curb. Houses located in the flood
zone may be raised/altered to a height of 33 feet. (The ridge may
not be more than 33 feet above the curb level.) A house in the flood
zone may be raised or altered to three stories in height if the following
are met: the lowest story is for limited storage, vehicle access or
house entry; no windows are to be permitted in this story; flood vents
as required.
[Added 4-6-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987;
amended 10-1-2007 by L.L. No. 14-2007]
A.
Accessory buildings may occupy 40% of the required
area of the rear yard up to an average height of 12 feet.
B.
The area occupied by an accessory building shall be
included in computing the maximum percentage of the lot area which
may be built upon.
C.
No accessory building shall be nearer any front property
line than 45 feet.
D.
Wood frame accessory structures shall have side and
rear yard set backs of no less than five feet.
[Amended 9-8-2015 by L.L. No. 4-2018]
E.
Masonry accessory structures shall have side and rear
yard set backs of no less than two feet.
[Amended 4-6-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987; 10-6-1997 by L.L. No.
9-1997; 8-9-2004 by L.L. No. 3-2004]
A.
The first story of any building constructed pursuant
to this section shall have a minimum area of 800 square feet exclusive
of porches and garages.
B.
The phrase “minimum usable space” as above
provided shall not at any part thereof be less than seven feet six
inches in height.
C.
The total building area, including all accessory buildings,
shall not exceed 30% of the lot area.
No building shall be erected on any plot which
has a frontage of less than 60 feet and a total area of less than
6,000 square feet. However, the foregoing shall not affect plots presently
having a frontage of less than 60 feet but 40 feet or more where such
owners do not own contiguous plots of land fronting on the same street
and where such plots were in single and individual ownership prior
to August 4, 1952, and have been so maintained to date.
A front yard of 25 feet shall be required. In
the case of a corner lot the front yard on each street shall be as
noted above, except that as to plots which were in single and separate
ownership prior to August 4, 1952, and have been so maintained to
date and which have a frontage of less than 60 feet and on which a
residence may be lawfully erected in accordance with the ordinances
of this Village, the required side yard toward the street shall be
reduced to the extent of one foot for every two feet of total plot
width which is less than 60 feet.
[Amended 4-3-2006 by L.L. No. 9-2006; 5-1-2006 by L.L. No.
13-2006]
A side yard is required along each side of a
building.
A.
The side yards along the sides of a building used
exclusively as a one- or two-family dwelling, shall have an aggregate
width of no less than 16 feet. Neither side shall be less than six
feet in width, except on corner plots, the side yard shall be six
feet.
B.
Other than one- or two-family dwelling.
(1)
On a corner lot, a building other than a one- or two-family
dwelling shall have only one side yard. Said side yard shall have
a width of no less than 15 feet.
(2)
On an interior lot, a building other than a one- or
two-family dwelling shall have two side yards, neither of which shall
be less than 20 feet.
A rear yard of not less than 25 feet shall be
required on every plot.
[Amended 4-7-2003 by L.L. No. 5-2003]
A.
All buildings permitted by this chapter shall be erected
with roofs other than those of the character and description known
as "flat roofs." Such flat roofs are permitted for one-story extensions
and appurtenances only and are not to exceed 240 square feet in the
aggregate.
[Amended 2-7-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2005]
B.
Should a variance from this section be granted by
the Board of Zoning Appeals, then in no event shall a building exceed
the prescribed height as set forth hereinafter:
(1)
One-story building: eighteen feet zero inches to the
high point of the roof above the mean level of the curb. A parapet
shall not exceed three feet zero inches above the high point of the
roof.
(2)
Two-story buildings: twenty-one feet zero inches to
the high point of the roof above the mean level of the curb. A parapet
shall not exceed three feet zero inches above the high point of the
roof.
[Amended 1-9-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
A.
In a front, rear and side yard, a roof eave may project
not more than 12 inches into the required setback.
B.
In a side and rear yard, a chimney may project not
more than 20 inches into the required side or rear yard setback.
C.
Side entrance steps may project into the side yard
not more than 36 inches into the required setback. The height of such
steps and/or platform shall not exceed 36 inches above the height
of the curb and shall not have any cover or other structure over the
same. Where the steps are covered, the same shall be considered part
of the building and no encroachment will be permitted.
D.
Entrance and exit steps may encroach into the required
front or rear yard. The platform for such steps may not exceed three
feet in projection and six feet in width. A three-foot projection
and six-foot width one-story open (not enclosed) roof overhang may
encroach three feet into the required setback.
