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Village of Cedarhurst, NY
Nassau County
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In a Residential D District, no dwelling shall be altered and none shall be erected for other than the following uses and subject to the following limitations:
A. 
Any use permitted in a Residential R-1, R-2 or C Districts.
B. 
A dwelling for one or two families. If for two families, the dwelling must be two stories in height and shall comply with all other regulations herein contained regarding two-family houses. If for the occupancy of one family, a dwelling may be one story in height and shall comply with the following provisions of §§ 265-65 through 265-71.
No one-story dwelling shall have a floor area of less than 800 square feet, exclusive of garages and porches.
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.
When at the time of the passage of this chapter at least 1/2 of the buildings situated on either side of a street between two intersecting streets conform to a minimum setback, no building shall be erected and no existing building shall be altered to project beyond such setback line. The foregoing shall, however, in no case be construed so as to keep the street walls of building more than 25 feet back of the property line. Where there are no existing buildings in the block, no new buildings shall be erected with its street wall less than 20 feet back of the property line.
A. 
Side yards shall be required on each side of a building, the aggregate width of which shall be 15 feet. All side yards shall continue from front to rear of plot. Boiler flues projecting not more than 20 inches shall not be considered an encroachment.
B. 
On a corner plot the side yard on the street line shall not be less than 25 feet, except that as to plots in single and separate ownership 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.
Rear yards shall not be less than 25 feet in depth.
No building shall be erected with roofs of the character known as flat. The Building Official may not vary this requirement.
No garage shall be erected for more than one car nor more than 12 feet in width on a plot less than 60 feet in width. When a garage is attached and part of a one-story dwelling, it shall conform to front, rear and side line restrictions.