Regulations governing lot area and lot width, front, side and
rear yards, building coverage, and building height are specified in
Schedule B: Schedule of Area and Bulk Regulations. Schedule B accompanies
and is hereby made a part of this chapter.[1]
Any lot with an area or a width less than that required in the district
in which said lot is located may be used for any permitted principal
use in the district, provided that all other regulations prescribed
for the district shall be complied with, and further provided that
said lot was held under separate ownership at the time of the adoption
of this chapter and the owner thereof owned no adjoining land that
could be combined with said lot to meet the dimension requirements.
In the event that compliance with the yard and coverage requirements
of the district would result in a residential structure of less width
than 24 feet, the Board of Appeals shall determine and fix yard and
coverage requirements for said lot to permit its reasonable utilization
for a permitted use.
Reduction of lot area. The minimum yards and open spaces, including
lot area per family, required by this chapter shall not be encroached
upon or considered as yard or open space requirements for any other
building, nor shall any lot be reduced below the district requirements
of this chapter. Two permanent dwellings on one lot, other than group
housing, shall be prohibited unless lot area and yard requirements
of the district are met for each dwelling, including required street
frontage.
Corner lot. On a corner lot in any district where a front yard is
required, a yard shall be provided on each street equal in depth to
the required front yard on each such street. One rear yard shall be
provided on each corner lot and the owner shall designate the rear
yard on his application for a permit. The Board of Appeals shall determine
the yards and building width of a corner lot facing an intersecting
street and of record at the time of the passage of this chapter, if
the yard requirements would result in a residential structure less
than 24 feet wide.
Visibility at street corners. On a corner lot in any district where
a front yard is required, no fence, hedge, wall or other structure
or planting more than three feet in height shall be erected, placed
or maintained so as to obstruct visibility of vehicular traffic within
the triangular area formed by the intersecting street right-of-way
lines and a straight line adjoining said lines at points 20 feet distant
from the point of intersection, measured along said lines.
Front yard exceptions. The minimum front yard of all principal buildings
and structures hereafter constructed within a residential district
shall conform to Schedule A[1] and, in addition, shall be not less than the average front
yard of all principal buildings in the block for a distance of 300
feet on each side of such building. A vacant lot within the three-hundred-foot
distance shall be considered as having the minimum front yard required
in the district for the purpose of computing such average front yard.
Where two districts abut on the same street between two intersecting
streets and the front yard requirements of one district are less than
those of the other district, there shall be provided for buildings
hereafter constructed or structurally altered within a distance of
50 feet from the district boundary line in the less restricted district
a front yard equal in depth to the average of the required depth in
the two districts.
Where the side or rear yard of a lot in a residential district abuts
a side or rear yard of a lot in a commercial district, there shall
be provided along such abutting line or lines in the commercial district
a side or rear yard equal in depth to that required in the more restricted
district; and in addition, a planting screen at least 10 feet wide
may be required by the Village Planning Board in an easement in any
commercial district.
The space in any required yard shall be open and unobstructed except
for the ordinary projections of window sills, belt courses, cornices,
eaves and other architectural features; provided, however, that such
features shall not project more than two feet into any required yard.
A paved terrace shall not be considered as part of a building in
the determination of yard sizes or lot coverage, provided that such
terrace is unroofed and without walls, parapets or other form of enclosure
exceeding six feet in height.
In determining the percentage of building coverage or the size of
yards for the purpose of this chapter, enclosed porches or porches
open at the side but roofed shall be considered a part of the building.
An open fire escape may extend into any required yard not more than
four feet six inches, provided that such fire escape shall not be
closer than four feet at any point to any lot line.
Unenclosed entrance steps or stairways providing access to the first
story of a building may extend into any required yard a distance not
to exceed six feet.
Walls, fences and hedges. The yard requirements of this chapter shall
not prohibit any necessary retaining wall nor any fence, wall or hedge
permitted by the Village law, provided that in any residence district
such fence, wall or hedge shall be no closer to any front lot line
than two feet and shall comply with visibility at street corners as
provided in this article.
Chimneys, spires, etc. The height limitations of this chapter shall
not apply to belfries, church spires, cupolas, penthouses and domes
which are not used for human occupancy nor to chimneys, ventilators,
skylights, water tanks and necessary mechanical appurtenances usually
carried above the roof level nor to flagpoles, monuments, transmission
towers and cables, radio and television antennas or towers and similar
structures. Such features, however, shall be erected only to such
height as is necessary to accomplish the purpose for which they are
intended. No advertising device of any kind whatsoever shall be inscribed
upon or attached to that part of any chimney, tower, tank or structure
which extends above the roof limitations.
On through lots. On through lots 120 feet or less in depth, the height
of a building may be measured from the grade of either street. On
through lots more than 120 feet deep, the height regulations and basis
of height measurement for the street permitting the greater height
shall apply to a depth of not more than 120 feet from that street.