It has been determined by the Board of Trustees that:
Many residents of the Village of Washingtonville and the surrounding area have reached the age where their housing needs are different from those of younger groups.
The special needs of these older persons include suitable and adequate accommodations and facilities, properly located, for social, cultural and recreational activities which will afford them a pleasant and productive way of life.
These special needs of older people are being met nationally by the creation of adult communities which are especially designed to offer such accommodations and facilities,
The quality of life in residential adult communities is enhanced by proximity to, and the potential for interaction with, single-family residential areas not restricted to seniors.
The Board of Trustees recognizes the needs of these adult citizens and the desirability of such adult communities carefully planned to meet such needs and that, unless such needs are met, many older residents whose roots are in the Village of Washingtonville and the surrounding area and who wish to reside therein close to their children and families may be obligated to leave, thereby causing the village to lose a valuable human resource.
The Board of Trustees finds that the creation of a zoning district which will permit the construction of such adult communities in close proximity to single-family residential communities not restricted to seniors is in the public interest and will promote the health, welfare and safety of the residents of the Village of Washingtonville, and the Board of Trustees hereby enacts the following provisions.
Within any R-MRD (Mixed Residential Development) District, no building, structure, lot or land shall be used for other than one of the following uses, except as provided in §§ 175-43 and 175-46.1 and Article XIX:
Single-family dwelling.
Public park or playground.
Community sanitary plant; community water plant.
A planned adult community, consisting of the following uses and subject to the age restrictions and exceptions provided in § 175-35:
Residential accommodations, including rental units, but not including motels, rooming houses or tourist houses or tourist homes. Dwelling units may have one or two bedrooms.
Recreational and cultural areas and facilities for the sole use of residents of the community and their guests, which may include but are not limited to the following: lakes, canals, private marinas, shuffleboard and tennis courts, clubhouses, picnic grounds, sitting areas, group game areas and swimming pools.
Within any R-MRD District, the following accessory uses shall be permitted:
Pursuant to Articles XVI and XVII, the following are permitted. Parking or storage of vehicles and equipment, other than that specifically noted herein, shall be prohibited:
Private garage(s) or private parking area(s) for passenger vehicles customarily associated with permitted uses.
Private garage and private parking area for not more than one truck of not more than three-fourths-ton capacity used in connection with a permitted or accessory use and provided that such truck be regularly kept inside the private garage.
In connection with and solely as accessory to a use permitted pursuant to § 175-42D, necessary accessory buildings and uses, including facilities for maintenance and administration, sales offices, model buildings, gatehouses, off-street parking, storage facilities, laundry rooms, professional and medical offices where the services to be rendered are primarily for the benefit of the residents of the community and those facilities necessary to the operation of utility systems serving the community.
Customary accessory structures and uses.
Home professional office.
Home occupation.
Noncommercial swimming pool, as defined in § 175-3B; provided however, that for purposes of this Article IX, a swimming pool permitted pursuant to § 175-42D(2) shall be considered a noncommercial swimming pool notwithstanding that it is intended for use by more than one household and that a fee may be charged for its use.
Within any R-MRD District, except as otherwise permitted pursuant to Article XVII, no single-family building or structure shall be erected nor any lot or land area utilized for single-family use unless in conformity with the following schedule, which is hereby declared to be a part of this article, as modified by § 175-84.
Residential density: Not more than 1.85 single-family dwelling units per gross acre of land planned and a proved for subdivision under this article.
Minimum lot area: 5,500 square feet.
Minimum lot width: 50 feet.
Minimum yards:
Front yard: 35 feet, provided that the Planning Board may, with respect to any lot or group of lots, reduce the minimum front yard to 30 feet if the Planning Board finds that such reduction is necessary or desirable to accommodate site conditions.
Side yards; attached buildings: Buildings on any two adjoining lots may be attached at a party wall which lies on their common boundary, provided that the minimum side yards of each (measured from the property line opposite the common boundary) shall be not less than 10 feet and that the total of both such side yards shall be not less than 25 feet.
Side yard abutting side street on corner lot: 30 feet.
Rear yard depth: 25 feet.
Maximum height: 35 feet.
In the R-MRD Residence District, no building, structure or land shall be used, erected, enlarged or maintained for a use permitted pursuant to § 175-42D unless it is in accordance with a site development plan approved by the Planning Board of the Village of Washingtonville. Such a site development plan shall meet at least the following minimum requirements:
Minimum area: 15 acres.
Residential density: not more than seven dwelling units per gross acre of land planned and approved under this article.
Building area. Principal and accessory buildings shall together not cover more than 20% of the gross area.
Maximum height: 35 feet.
Yard requirements. No building or structure other than garages, entrance gatehouses, walls or fences shall be located within 30 feet of any exterior boundary line.
Off-street parking: at least one space for each dwelling unit.
Within any R-MRD District, the following special exception uses shall be permitted, subject to approval by the Planning Board, pursuant to § 175-126: