[Added 3-23-1961 by Ord. No. 71]
The only type of club permitted by this chapter
shall be one whose principal purposes are golf and social and whose
membership does not exceed 350 in number. For the purpose of ascertaining
the number of members, a member and his or her lineal descendants,
and any spouse of the foregoing, shall be considered as a single membership.
A.
There may be permitted, as accessory and incidental
to such principal purposes, a swimming pool and not more than 10 tennis
courts.
[Amended 11-14-1974 by L.L. No. 1-1974]
B.
Tournaments, other than interclub or intraclub tournaments,
are not permitted, except with the consent of the Board of Trustees.
C.
Docks and marinas are not permitted.
D.
There may be conducted in the club buildings, for
the exclusive use of the members of the club and their guests, rooms
for meetings, assembly or the conduct of club dances, outings, or
entertainments, a restaurant, a grill, bars, dining rooms for private
parties, card and game rooms, locker rooms, barber and beauty shop
and massage facilities, golf and tennis pro shops and services of
similar nature. Nonmembers may contract for private parties and outings,
subject to codes and laws applicable to nonprofit organizations.
[Amended 8-9-2007 by L.L. No. 11-2007]
E.
There may be an apartment for the use of the club
manager located in the current golf cart building and rooms for living
of up to 50 employees located in the maintenance area north of the
club house or as otherwise permitted by the Board of Trustees. Living
quarters are reserved for employees only. Overnight guests, including
spouses who are not also club employees and children, are not permitted.
Employees may live on club property only during their time of employment.
A code of conduct shall be developed by the Board of Governors of
the club in consultation with the Board of Trustees of the Village
and agreed to by all employees as a condition of residence. If any
part of the club property is used for dwelling purposes, except as
provided above, all of the provisions of this Code applicable to one-family
dwellings shall be complied with for each family living there, subject
to Board of Trustees approval.
[Amended 8-9-2007 by L.L. No. 11-2007]
F.
Under no circumstances shall the club property or
any part thereof be used directly or indirectly for business purposes
or for a service customarily carried on as a business.
No building shall be hereafter erected unless
a plan shall have previously been submitted to and approved by the
Board of Trustees. Such plan shall be drawn to scale and shall show
the boundaries of the club property and all topographical features,
the location of existing buildings and all proposed buildings, parking
fields, roadways and facilities, including those immediately proposed
and those contemplated in the future. It shall show the location of
the golf course and other existing or proposed facilities and shall
contain such other information as the Board of Trustees may require.
Such plan shall divide the property into the clubhouse area, in which
shall be located all principal and accessory structures, and the golf
course area, in which no building shall be constructed other than
sheds for storing supplies and equipment used in the maintenance of
the golf course and shelters for the protection of the golfers against
the weather, and not more than one refreshment stand for the exclusive
use of the golfers. Such plan may, from time to time, be amended by
the club if such amendments are similarly submitted to and approved
by the Board of Trustees.
No building shall be erected or structurally
altered and no parking fields, roadways and facilities shall be changed
in any way contrary to a duly approved plan or amendment thereof.
This shall not prevent the club from changing the roadways in the
interior portions of the property.
No club shall be permitted on an area of less
than 100 acres, including the clubhouse area and the golf course area.
No building or part thereof, other than chimneys,
cupolas and ornamental structures, shall be erected or altered any
part of which is higher than two stories or exceeds 38 feet above
the grade level existing prior to construction at the front wall as
shown upon the plans herein required to be filed.
A.
No building or structure, including accessory buildings
and uses, shall be erected, altered or used any part of which is nearer
than 115 feet to the nearest street line or nearer than 150 feet to
the nearest property line other than a street, except that a porte
cochere may project into such a yard a distance of not more than 25
feet, and except that a tennis court fence may be constructed in a
yard not nearer than 50 feet from the nearest property line.
B.
No building shall be located nearer than 30 feet to
another building on the club property.
[Amended 8-9-2007 by L.L. No. 11-2007]
C.
No parking field shall be constructed, maintained
or used any part of which is nearer than 120 feet to the nearest property
line of the club other than the street line, except that the parking
fields of the club may be located no closer than 75 feet to the property
lines of the property described as lots numbered 171, 175, 176 and
180, in Block 213, Section 42, on the Land and Tax Map of Nassau County.
In the event the parking field of the club is located closer than
120 feet to the property line of the above described property, the
club shall install and maintain along the perimeter of the said parking
field the following:
[Amended 4-8-1976 by L.L. No. 1-1976]
D.
In addition in the yard area between the parking field
of the club and the adjacent properties, the club shall:
[Added 4-8-1976 by L.L. No. 1-1976]
(1)
Install weeping willow trees of not less than 12 feet
in height and not more than 20 feet apart, six feet west of the privet
hedge or other approved shrubbery along the entire length of the parking
field and shall adequately cultivate such trees.
(2)
Install and maintain sufficient drainage to prevent
surface waters from accumulating or running off onto properties adjacent
to the club.
E.
Prior to commencement of the work, a drainage plan
prepared by a licensed engineer shall be presented to the Village.
[Added 4-8-1976 by L.L. No. 1-1976]
A.
Curbs or barriers shall be maintained along the boundaries
of each parking field sufficient to prevent vehicles desiring to park
from entering the required yards herein provided.
B.
There shall also be maintained on the property of
the club, in the yard lying between a parking field or the kitchen
or service portion of the clubhouse and the adjoining residential
area, trees and shrubs of a height and character that will hide the
view of the parking field and the kitchen and service portions of
the clubhouse from such residential area.
C.
The Board of Trustees may, from time to time, require
the club to install and maintain along the boundaries of its property
such fences and barriers or such trees and shrubs as the Board may
determine to be necessary for the protection of the adjoining property
and persons thereon or the protection of persons using the public
streets from golf balls or other dangers or annoyance resulting from
the use of the club facilities.
D.
Exterior floodlights or other means of illumination,
in addition to complying with existing ordinances, shall be so arranged
that no direct light from the bulbs or tubes shall be cast on adjoining
residential property.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit any use lawfully carried on in any building or other structure existing at the time this article takes effect. Such use may be continued, and such buildings may be altered and repaired, but they may not be enlarged except in conformance with Article VIII and other applicable provisions of this Building Zone Ordinance.
