In the Residence District, a building may be erected, altered
or used, or a lot or premises may be used for any of the following
purposes and for no other:
A. Single-family detached dwelling;
[Amended 2-2-2023 by L.L. No. 2-2023]
B. Church, private or public school, public library.
C. Club, except one, the chief activity of which is customarily carried
on as a business.
E. Farming, truck gardening, nursery or greenhouse, provided that there
is no display for commercial purposes or advertisements on the premises.
F. The office of a doctor, artist, lawyer or other professional person,
or a customary home occupation, such as dressmaking, millinery and
similar unharmful house occupations, conducted by resident occupants
only, provided that there is no display or advertisement of any kind,
other than an ordinary small nameplate or sign not larger than six
inches by 12 inches and bearing only the name and occupation, and
provided, further, that no goods or wares are publicly displayed on
the premises. Such occupations shall not be conducted in a basement
or cellar or in an accessory building.
G. A billboard, sign, board or other advertisement sign shall not be
allowed, except that a real estate sign, not larger than four square
feet, for the sale or rental of the property upon which it appears
may be used. The placement of a real estate sign upon the property
requires a permit to be issued by the Village Administrator. The fee
for said permit will be $50. The permit shall be renewed annually.
[Amended 9-5-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991; 4-1-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
H. Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily incidental to
any of the above permitted uses, including a private garage, greenhouse,
small announcement or professional sign.
In case of a dwelling house, no building shall be less than
1 1/2 nor greater than 2 1/2 stories in height.
In the case of a building other than a dwelling house, no building
shall be greater than three stories or 45 feet in height, except a
church.
No building or part thereof, exclusive of steps, shall be erected
or altered that is nearer the street line upon which it fronts than
20 feet. On corner lots, the setback distance from both front and
side street lines shall be not less than 20 feet.
[Amended 11-6-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2015]
A side yard is required along each side of each building, which
side yard must be at least five feet in width. A rear yard is required
on every lot. The depth of a rear yard shall be at least 15 feet.
[Added 11-6-2014 by L.L.
No. 1-2015]
In the residential district of the Village, the building coverage
on a particular building lot shall in no event exceed 30% of the total
lot area. Building coverage is the aggregate of the entire horizontal
cross-sectional area, including projections, of the main building
and accessory buildings on a lot.
[Added 12-1-2022 by L.L. No. 4-2022]
A. No person shall construct or maintain in the front yard of any residential
lot in the Village any driveway, passageway or walkway, or any portion
thereof, of any material; connecting such lot to any public street
in the Village that is not laid at a grade reasonably acceptable to
the Building Inspector, to be consistent with the grade of sidewalks
and any portions of the driveway, passageway or walkway that extend
into the abutting public right-of-way.
B. No paved or other impervious surface shall be permitted in the front
yard of any lot used for residential purposes except for use as a
driveway, parking area or walkway from the sidewalk or the driveway
to the front entry of the residence.
C. The aggregate width of all driveway and continuously or intermittently
paved area for the parking or storage of motor vehicles on any lot
used for residential purposes shall not exceed 35% of the width of
the lot upon which it is located; provided, however, that such aggregate
width shall in no event exceed 20 feet, and, with respect to any corner
lot as to which the Board of Trustees has approved a second curb cut
so that there is a curb cut permitted for both front yards of the
corner lot, such aggregate width shall in no event exceed 10 feet
for such other front yard. No walkway or passageway from the sidewalk
to the front entry of the residence in a front yard that also contains
a driveway shall be wider than four feet, or closer than four feet
to such driveway, except with respect to that portion of a walkway
that does not exceed four feet in length or width and that connects
the walkway to the driveway. The area of a front yard that does not
contain paved area for the parking or storage of motor vehicles or
for any such walkway or passageway shall contain lawn or plantings
or other vegetation.
D. No motor vehicle shall be parked in any front yard of a lot used
for residential purposes except on an impervious surface that satisfies
the foregoing provisions of this section.