[Added 10-7-2014 by L.L.
No. 8-2014]
A.
The provisions of this article shall apply to the Steamboat Road
Townhome Redevelopment Incentive Overlay District as hereinafter set
forth.
B.
The boundaries of said district, as shown on the Building Zone Map
of the Village of Great Neck, shall include the following properties
within Section 1 of the blocks indicated, as they appear on the Nassau
County Land and Tax Map on the date that this subsection takes effect:
(1)
Block 64, Lots 1-4, 6, 8, and 207-211;
(2)
Block 124, Lots 1-7, 9, 108, and 208-210;
(3)
Block 128, Lots 1, 4-7, 9, 10, 94-95, 97-99, 108, 196, 295,
302, 308, 402, 502, 547, and 548;
(4)
Block 129, Lots 7-8, 11-18, 21, 41, 344, and 345;
(5)
Block 198, Lots 1-18 and 22-30 ; and
(6)
Block 199, Lots 1-9 and 57-58.
In addition to the uses permitted in the underlying district,
a building may be erected, altered, or used and a lot or premises
may be used for any of the purposes set forth in this section when
permitted by the Board of Trustees, pursuant to the powers set forth
in Village Law § 7-703, as may be amended from time to time,
with regard to incentive zoning, as an incentive or bonus to applicants
who provide or make provision for specific physical, social, and/or
cultural amenities, or cash in lieu thereof, of benefit to the residents
of the Village, as from time to time determined by resolution of the
Board of Trustees, provided such are in accordance with the Comprehensive
Plan established by this chapter.
A.
Single-family detached dwellings in accordance with the zoning limitations
for single-family detached dwellings in Residence D Districts.
B.
Townhomes.
C.
As an accessory to a townhome, the following uses also may be permitted:
(1)
Real estate office for the management, marketing, and/or sales
of the units.
(2)
Indoor and outdoor recreation facilities, including indoor swimming
pools, spas, tennis courts, clubhouses, pool houses, recreation and/or
fitness centers, business centers, meeting spaces, and similar facilities,
provided that such facilities are planned as an integral part of the
principal use and are for the sole use of the residents of such principal
use and their guests.
(3)
Off-street parking areas and garages.
The maximum height for a townhome shall not exceed 30 feet or
22 feet at the eaves.
[Amended 5-16-2017 by L.L. No. 6-2017]
No townhome may be built and no existing building may be converted
to a townhome unless such townhome shall be part of a complex containing
not fewer than 12 townhomes.
No townhome shall be constructed and no existing building shall
be converted for use as a townhome on a lot having street frontage
of less than 100 feet.
No townhome shall provide habitable floor area of less than
1,000 square feet.
The maximum density for townhomes shall be at the ratio of 15
dwelling units per acre.
The building area for townhomes shall not exceed 50% of the
lot area.
The minimum front yard setback shall be 20 feet from the property
line, or, with the approval of the Board of Trustees, not less than
21 feet from the curb, which area shall be landscaped except for necessary
access drives, parking, and walkways.
The minimum side yard setback for each side yard shall be 15
feet, which area shall be landscaped, except for necessary access
drives, parking, and walkways.
The minimum rear yard setback shall be 20 feet.
As part of the site plan approval, the Board of Trustees shall
require a landscape plan that provides adequate buffer and appropriate
design treatment for the uses of the abutting properties.
Encroachments shall be permitted to the extent permitted in
the underlying district.
All accessory structures shall be permitted to the extent permitted
in the underlying district.
All accessory buildings shall be permitted to the extent permitted
in the underlying district.
A.
For all townhome developments, the site plan application shall consider all visual impacts of the proposed development on adjacent properties and the surrounding community, including but not limited to those guidelines specified in § 575-179.
[Amended 10-25-2016 by L.L. No. 4-2016]
B.
In addition, building frontage along a public street should be designed
with principal access to the street. If driveways and indoor garages
are provided in that area, there should be sufficient space for at
least one vehicle to park in the driveway without blocking the sidewalk.
Principal pedestrian access should be provided to the townhome from
the street.
There shall be provided on each lot or premises on which a townhome
is erected, altered, or used, accessory parking facilities for the
use of the occupants of such buildings, which facilities shall include
the following parking:
A.
For each one-bedroom unit: one parking space.
B.
For each two-bedroom unit: two parking spaces.
C.
For each three-bedroom unit: two parking spaces.
D.
For each unit with four or more bedrooms: three parking spaces.
E.
In addition, one guest parking space shall be provided on each lot
or premises for each two units. For clarification, as an example,
a lot with five units would only require two guest parking spaces.
Signage as approved by the Building Department shall clearly designate
each such guest parking space as guest parking only.
F.
Tandem parking, with the condition that all parking spaces that are
in tandem with each other shall be assigned to the same unit, shall
be subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees.
A.
In recognition of the opportunities to advance a specific physical,
cultural, and/or social policy of the Village, in accordance with
the Village's Comprehensive Plan, as set forth in this chapter, in
coordination with such other community planning mechanisms and/or
land use techniques as may be available and appropriate, if any, where
an applicant proposes such an opportunity that the Board of Trustees
may, from time to time, by resolution, find appropriate and that meets
the criteria herein, the Board of Trustees may approve a townhome
development in accordance with this article.
B.
In determining whether or not to grant the development, the Board
of Trustees shall consider the following:
C.
Payment in lieu of community amenities.
(1)
At the request of the applicant or on its own determination
that the identified amenities to the Village are not immediately feasible
or otherwise not practical for the applicant to provide, the Board
of Trustees may require, in lieu of the identified amenities, a payment
to the Village of a sum determined by the Board of Trustees. Alternatively,
the Board may choose to accept a partial amenity and partial payment
in lieu of such proposed amenity. If cash is accepted in lieu of a
community amenity, provision shall be made for such sum to be deposited
in a trust fund to be used by the Board of Trustees exclusively for
specific community amenities that could be applied throughout the
Village authorized by the Board of Trustees.
(2)
Any payment in lieu of community amenities must be received
prior to the issuance of a building permit for the construction of
the proposed development.
A.
The Board of Trustees may approve adjustments to any zoning restrictions
set forth in this article, other than as to use and the other limitations
set forth in this section.
Applications seeking a townhome development in accordance with this article shall comply with the procedural requirements outlined in Article XXXI.
