[Amended 7-22-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]
This district is planned primarily to protect one-family dwellings from injurious and objectionable uses; to provide privacy; to provide traffic safety by street arrangement encouraging through traffic on the proper streets; to provide homogeneity in lot sizes and locations; to eliminate nonconforming uses; to protect against harsh and conflicting conditions in lot and street layouts; to ensure beauty and permanence; to encourage development; to conserve property values; and to ensure the ends desired in § 66-2.
A.Â
One-family dwelling.
[Amended 7-22-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]
B.Â
Churches or similar places of worship, parish houses, convents.
C.Â
Public parks, playgrounds and recreational areas operated by membership
organizations for the benefit of their members and not for profit.
D.Â
Public and private schools and institutions of higher education,
public libraries, municipal buildings.
E.Â
Philanthropic or eleemosynary institutions other than a camp, hospital,
sanatorium, correctional institution or institution for the insane.
A camp, hospital, sanatorium, correctional institution or institution
for the insane may be permitted upon approval of the Board of Appeals
and subject to such conditions and safeguards as are deemed appropriate
by such Board and upon securing a permit therefor.
F.Â
Customary gardening operations comprising gardens an nurseries, subject
to the following restrictions:
G.Â
Customary home occupations, provided that there shall be no external
evidence of such occupation except a small announcement or professional
sign not over two square feet in area and not illuminated by more
than two bulbs of 60 watts each; maximum, or equivalent fluorescent
lighting.
H.Â
Customary accessory uses and buildings, provided that such uses are
incidental to the principal use and do not include any activity commonly
conducted as a business. Any accessory buildings shall be located
on the same lot with the principal building.
[Added 12-15-1986 by L.L. No. 4-1986]
Public utility or public service uses or public buildings other
than those expressly listed as permitted uses.
A.Â
Building height limit; 2Â 1/2 stories but not exceeding 35 feet.
B.Â
Yards required. Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards not
less than the depths or widths following:
C.Â
Parking and signs. One off-street parking space shall be provided
for each dwelling and the appropriate number as determined by the
Planning Board for each public or semipublic use. Temporary "for sale"
or "to let" signs and institutional or religious identification signs
are not to exceed 15 square feet.