[Amended 9-5-1973; 2-26-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996;5-8-2000 by L.L. No. 7-2000; 1-22-2001 by L.L. No. 4-2001; 9-22-2003 by L.L. No. 10-2003; 6-26-2006 by L.L. No. 3-2006; 12-6-2010 by L.L. No. 11-2010; 8-5-2013 by L.L. No. 10-2013; 10-7-2013 by L.L. No. 10-2014; 11-4-2019 by L.L. No. 15-2019]
In a Single-Family R-A District and in a Single-Family R-A1 District, no building or premises shall be used or maintained and no building or premises or part thereof shall be erected or altered or maintained which is arranged, used, intended or designed to be used, in whole or in part, for any uses except the following:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) One-family detached dwellings, not to exceed one dwelling on each lot.
(2) Churches, including convents and parish houses, and other places of worship. A parsonage and rectory shall conform to the requirements for a one-family dwelling. Special conditions:
(a) No building or part thereof shall be erected nearer than 50 feet to any street line or property line.
(b) The sum of all areas covered by all principal and accessory buildings shall not exceed 30% of the area of the lot.
(c) Such use shall conform to the parking regulations of §
250-27, Parking and loading.
(3) Schools, both public and private. Special conditions:
(b) Any such school shall be nonprofit organization within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Act and shall be registered effectively as such thereunder.
(c) Any such school shall conform to the parking regulations of §
250-27, Parking and loading.
(4) Village parks, playgrounds and related recreational facilities and buildings.
B. Conditional uses permitted upon approval by the Planning Board in accordance with Article
XII hereof. The following conditional uses may be permitted, subject to the approval of the Planning Board in accordance with §
250-51 hereof. These uses are subject to the regulations specified below and elsewhere in this chapter, including site plan approval as specified in §
250-52 hereof.
(1) Private country clubs, golf courses. Special conditions are as follows:
(a) The country club or golf course shall be located on a parcel of not less than 50 acres.
(b) There shall be no more than two permanent single-family dwellings on the club site.
(c) All buildings shall be set back at least 200 feet from all property lines and shall not cover more than 10% of the site.
(d) All athletic or recreational facilities shall be located at least 50 feet from all property lines.
(e) Outdoor public-address systems and lighting may be permitted, subject to the provisions of §
250-28F.
(f) Off-street parking shall comply with the provisions of §
250-27.
(2) Public facility and utility installations, such as a firehouse or pumping station, needed to serve the general neighborhood, subject to a determination by the Planning Board that no other reasonable location in a less restricted district can be used for the purpose contemplated, and subject further to such conditions as the Planning Board may deem to be appropriate for the protection of adjoining properties and of the character of the district and in accordance with §
250-52 of this chapter. Such use shall occupy not more than 25% of the lot and shall not be within 50 feet of any property line or street line.
(3) Professional office or studio of an accountant, architect, artist, chiropractor, city planner, dentist, insurance broker, real estate broker, engineer, surveyor, lawyer, musician, teacher and physician (or similar professional person) or any other professional as defined in the
Education Law of the State of New York, provided that:
(a) Such office or studio is located within the principal building and is incidental to the residential use of the premises and is carried on by a resident and owner thereof with not more than two nonresident assistants.
(b) Such office or studio shall occupy not more than 30% of the area of the ground floor of the principal building.
(c) Studios where dancing or music instruction is offered to groups in excess of four pupils at one time or where concerts or recitals are held are prohibited.
(d) Equipment capable of causing interference with radio or television reception in the neighborhood shall be prohibited unless also equipped with means to prevent such interference.
(e) A minimum of five off-street parking places shall be provided.
(f) Other than the two nonresident assistants provided in Subsection
B(3)(a) above, such use shall be limited to one professional resident of the principal building.
(g) Lot area shall not be less than 15,000 square feet.
(h) Site plan review and approval, as required by §
250-10, shall take into account no less than screening of the parking and other site characteristics of the professional and studio use from surrounding and neighboring properties; eliminating glare of lights from shining onto surrounding and neighboring properties; providing adequate side and rear yard setbacks to protect surrounding and neighboring properties; no parking shall be permitted in front yards.
(i) It shall be unlawful for a practitioner of any of the professions set forth above to maintain office hours or to treat patients or service clients in an office located in such residential district between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m., except for emergencies. "Emergencies" are hereby defined as urgent treatment requiring the immediate attention of the professional with respect to a problem or condition not immediately foreseen and which treatment cannot be held in abeyance for authorized office hours without endangering the life of the patient.
C. Permitted accessory uses limited to the following:
(1) Customary home occupations, provided that:
(a) No display of goods is visible from the street.
(b) Such occupation is incidental to the residential use of the premises and is carried on in the principal building by a resident therein with no assistants except those who are members of the immediate family and who reside on the premises.
(c) Such occupation is carried on in an area not exceeding 30% of the area of the ground floor of the principal building.
(d) At no time shall any premises be used in such a manner as to cause the emanation therefrom of offensive or noxious odors, vapors, fumes, glare, dust, smoke, gas, vibration, noise or radiation or be used in such a manner as to cause injury, annoyance or disturbance to any of the surrounding properties and to their owners and occupants.
(e) At no time shall any premises be used as a rooming house or a boarding house.
(2) Active and passive accessory uses as defined by §
250-9 and regulated in §
250-28 of the Code.
[Added 11-1-2021 by L.L. No. 11-2021]
(3) Wading pool, temporary or permanent swimming pool incidental to the residential use of the premises and not operated for gain, provided that the temporary or permanent swimming pools with an area of 150 square feet or more and a depth in excess of 18 inches shall be subject to the following requirements:
[Amended 11-1-2021 by L.L. No. 11-2021]
(a) No part of such pool shall be nearer than 20 feet to any property lines and in no case within the required front or side yards. In the case of corner lots, no part of such pool may be within the required front yard (as defined in §
250-9 of this chapter) but must be located in either the rear or side yards which, for purposes of this section only, shall be interchangeable as determined on a case-by-case basis by, and subject to the approval of the Building Inspector of the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson.
(b) Fencing.
[1] Prior to the placing of any water in excess of 18 inches in depth into such pool, an adequate permanent fence shall be erected and maintained to prevent accidental entry, etc.
[2] Such fence shall be no less than five feet nor more than 6 1/2 feet in height.
[3] The type of fence shall be approved by the Building Inspector, who, in evaluating a request for approval, shall give due consideration to the structural adequacy and durability of the proposed fence to ensure the safety and welfare of the general public and to the terrain and character of the district with a view to conserving the value of buildings and land and encouraging the most appropriate use of land in the Village. In the event of any question as to adequacy, the matter shall be submitted to the Board of Appeals for determination.
[4] The enclosing fence shall have not more than two openings for ingress and egress. Said openings shall have a self-closing gate or door with an adequate lock which can be opened from outside the pool enclosure only by means of a key or combination. The gate, door and lock shall at all times be maintained in proper working order to ensure that such gate or door shall be kept closed and locked at all times when the owner or occupant is not present at the swimming pool.
(c) Lighting and outdoor sound systems shall be subject to the provisions of §
250-28F.
(d) In the event that an owner shall abandon a permanent outdoor swimming pool, he shall forthwith fill all voids and depressions and restore the premises to a safe and satisfactory condition. The Building Inspector shall be notified of the abandonment so that an inspection of the site may be made and the records of the permit be marked accordingly.
(e) Building permits for permanent swimming pools shall be issued by the Building Inspector. The plans and specifications shall also contain a certification by a professional engineer that the drainage of such swimming pool is adequate and will not interfere with the public or private water supply systems or with existing disposal facilities.
(f) No overhead current carrying electrical conductors shall cross an outdoor swimming pool, and no underground conduits, other than approved equipment accessory to the pool, shall be within 15 feet of such pool.
(4) Private garage or carport for the parking of passenger automobiles of residents on the premises, including the leasing to a nonresident of the premises of space for not more than one such automobile; open off-street parking areas for residents and their guests.
(5) Tennis courts incident to the residential use of the premises and not used for gain.
(a) No part of such court shall be nearer than 50 feet to any property line.
(b) Lighting or sound devices shall be subject to the provisions of §
250-28F.
(6) The keeping of a reasonable number of customary household pets, but excluding the commercial breeding or keeping of the same.
(8) Hot tub.
(a) Every hot tub shall conform to the provisions set forth for swimming and wading pools as contained in §
250-11C(3) above.
D. Buildings constructed of unprotected metal.
(1) Within this district, no buildings constructed of unprotected metal construction shall be erected subsequent to the date of this provision. Buildings constructed of unprotected metal existing as of the effective date of this provision may be reconstructed, restored, and/or structurally altered, provided such buildings comply with all relevant requirements of this chapter.
(2) For the purpose of this section, a building constructed of unprotected metal construction is one in which the exterior facing (exposed to the weather) is unprotected metal. Metal shall be deemed to be unprotected if not covered by shingle, stucco, siding, wood, brick, masonry and/or other material determined to be acceptable for that building by the Planning Board, Building Inspector and/or Architectural Review Committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, standing seam metal roofs shall not come within the definition of unprotected metal construction.
(3) This section shall not apply to accessory buildings or uses permitted in the district so long as the structure involved does not exceed a size of six feet by eight feet or 48 square feet in the case of a metal structure, or eight feet by 10 feet or 80 square feet in the case of a wooden structure.