The Residence A District is hereby described as all of that
part of the Incorporated Village of the Branch not contained within
the boundaries of any other zoning district of the Village.
In the Residence A District, no building or structure shall
hereafter be erected and no premises shall hereafter be used except
for one or more of the following purposes:
B. Church, synagogue, temple or other place primarily devoted to public
religious worship, located on a plot containing at least 217,800 square
feet.
C. Public or private school on a plot containing at least 217,800 square
feet; provided, however, that the grounds thereof shall be enclosed
at the rear and at both sides by a Dubois-type fence or a woven-wire
link-type fence not less than six feet in height.
D. Customary agricultural uses and pursuits, provided that the same
shall not be commercial in nature or in any way conducted as a business
or profession, and provided that the same shall only be permitted
when such use or pursuit is in connection with the general use of
the property for residential purposes, and provided further that no
horse, sheep, cattle or nondomesticated animal shall be harbored or
maintained on any property within 250 feet of any residence.
E. Any public purpose of the United States, the State of New York or
the Incorporated Village of the Branch, provided that the same shall
be conducted on premises owned by any or all of said governmental
entities.
F. Accessory uses of such property on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the principal uses of the property described in Subsections
A through
E above; provided, however, that the same shall not be commercial in nature or in any way conducted as a business not permitted in the Residence A District.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no building or
structure of any kind shall hereafter be erected in the Residence
A District on a lot containing less than 21,780 square feet, nor shall
more than one principal building or structure be erected on each 21,780
square feet of such lot.
In the Residence A District, not more than 25% of the area of
any lot shall contain buildings or structures of any kind hereafter
erected.
In the Residence A District, no building or structure of any
kind shall hereafter be erected on any lot containing less than 100
feet fronting on any public or private street, road or highway when
measured at the front setback line.
In the Residence A District, every part of a principal building
shall be set back at least 40 feet from every public or private street,
road or highway adjacent thereto, and every part of a detached accessory
building or structure shall be set back at least 60 feet from such
street, road or highway and in no event shall be erected or constructed
nearer to such street, road or highway than the principal building
contained on such lot.
[Amended 1-5-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]
In the Residence A District, no principal building of any kind
shall hereafter be erected on any lot containing a side yard less
than 25 feet in width or containing less than a total of 50 feet in
width for both of the required side yards.
[Amended 1-5-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]
In the Residence A District, no principal building of any kind
shall hereinafter be erected on any lot containing a rear yard of
less than 50 feet in depth.
A. Permanent accessory building. In the Residence A District, no permanent accessory building occupying in excess of 100 square feet of ground space shall hereinafter be erected on any lot within 25 feet of any rear lot line or side lot line. No accessory building of any kind or nature shall be erected so that the building extends in front of the rear building line as extended to the side yard lines of the lot on which it is placed. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent construction, erection, installation, modification, alteration, demolition or change of a swimming pool in such a rear yard so long as all provisions of Chapter
242, Swimming Pools, of the Code of the Incorporated Village of the Branch are met with respect thereto. In the Residence A District, no permanent accessory building occupying less than 100 square feet of ground space shall hereinafter be erected within five feet of any rear lot line or side lot line. Building permits and certificates of occupancy shall be obtained by any person constructing a permanent accessory building.
B. Temporary accessory building. In the Residence A District, no temporary
accessory building of any kind shall hereinafter be erected within
five feet of any rear lot line or side lot line. No building permit
or certificate of occupancy shall be necessary for any temporary accessory
building.
C. Number and size of accessory buildings. In the Residence A district,
excluding swimming pools, no improved one-family residential building
lot shall contain more than two accessory buildings, either temporary
or permanent, and such accessory buildings shall not be more than
750 square feet in area.
[Amended 9-22-2022 by L.L. No. 4-2022]
[Amended 1-5-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988; 6-17-1993 by L.L. No. 2-1993]
A. In the Residence A District, no building or structure of any kind
shall hereafter be erected or altered so that any part thereof shall
be more than 35 feet above ground level, except for accessory buildings,
either temporary or permanent, which shall not be more than 14 feet
above ground level; provided, however, that spires, belfries, cupolas
and domes of churches, synagogues, temples or other places primarily
devoted to public religious worship or buildings or structures owned
by and used for the public purposes of the United States, the State
of New York or the Incorporated Village of the Branch shall be excluded
from the foregoing height limitations so long as no part thereof shall
be used for human habitation.
B. In addition to the restrictions contained in Subsection
A above, no building or structure of any kind shall hereafter be erected or altered so that the total amount of habitable space in any residential structure shall be in excess of double the habitable space of the ground floor of the residential structure.
[Amended 2-12-1985 by L.L. No. 2-1985; 7-14-1987 by L.L. No. 3-1987; 5-11-2021 by L.L. No. 3-2021]
A. Except as otherwise provided in this article or any other local law
or ordinance of the Incorporated Village of the Branch, or except where authorized by special exception granted
by the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Village, no fence, wall or hedge
shall hereafter be erected, continued or maintained in the front yard
of any premises, and in no event shall any fence, wall or hedge, wherever
located, be more than six feet in height. On a corner plot, the front
yard will be divided into two front yard zones defined as the following:
(1) Primary front yard: will be determined on the street where the mailbox
is located. Within the primary front yard, no fence, wall or other
structure and no hedge, shrub or other growth shall be erected, continued
or maintained. The only fencing in the primary front yard shall be
in line with the front of the house as the code reads.
(2) Secondary front yard: the other intersecting street. The setback
for the fence in the secondary front yard shall be 20 feet from the
curb line. In no event shall any fence, wall or hedge, wherever located,
be more than six feet in height.
B. Any fence erected in the Village of the Branch which has a finished
and unfinished side shall be constructed so that the unfinished side
faces the fence owner's property and the finished side faces all neighboring
properties.