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City of Plattsburgh, NY
Clinton County
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The restrictions and controls intended to regulate development in each district are set forth in the attached schedules, which are supplemented by other sections of this chapter.
No building, structure or land shall hereafter be used and no building, structure or part thereof shall be erected, moved or altered unless for a use expressly permitted by and in conformity with the regulations herein specified to the district in which it is located, except as hereinafter provided.
A. 
Building and structure height. No building or structure shall hereafter be erected or altered to exceed, in height, the limit designated for the district in which it is located.[1]
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Editor's Note: Schedules regulating permitted uses in all districts, area and bulk controls and formulas for calculating area and bulk controls are included as Schedules I through III, respectively, as attachments to this chapter.
B. 
Space and area regulations. No building or structure shall be hereinafter erected, nor shall any existing building or structure be altered, enlarged or moved, nor shall any lot, yard, lot width, open space, loading or parking space required in relation to any building or structure or use be encroached upon or reduced in any manner not in conformity with the lot area, lot area per family, lot coverage, open space and building bulk regulations, yard requirements and other space and area regulations designated herein for the district in which it is located unless such reduction is by a duly constituted public authority for a public purpose.
C. 
Required yard restriction. No part of a yard or other open space required appurtenant to any building or use shall be included as a part of a yard or other open space required for any other building on any other lot.
D. 
Use of yards. Yards, as required herein, shall not be used for the storage of merchandise, equipment, building materials, junk, vehicles, vehicle parts or any other material or for signs except as specific provision is made therefor.
E. 
The maintenance of livestock is specifically prohibited in the City of Plattsburgh.
F. 
Solar energy systems. Solar energy systems are permitted in all zoning districts on the sites as an accessory use.