The general purpose and intent of this residential district is to provide for areas within the Village of Unadilla where the living environment associated with single-family residential development and their related facilities can be preserved and/or where the development of such an environment is encouraged. In promoting the general purpose of this Zoning Chapter, the specific intent of this article is to:
A. 
Encourage the construction of and the continuous use of the land for single-family residential dwellings; encourage the development of recreational, religious and educational facilities required for and compatible with a balanced single-family residential neighborhood; and permit offices of physicians, surgeons, dentists, lawyers and architects, engineers or like professions when part of their family residence.
B. 
Discourage all business, commercial and industrial development of the land and multiple-family units, clustered developments, mobile homes or mobile home parks and to prohibit any other use which would substantially interfere with or be deleterious to the development or continuation of single-family dwellings in this residential district.
C. 
Discourage all land uses which would generate traffic on residential streets other than normal traffic to the residences on those streets.
Uses permitted by right shall be as follows:
A. 
One-family dwellings, to include new modular homes, but not including mobile homes.
B. 
Accessory uses and structures to any permitted use. (See § 159-81 for private swimming pool regulations.)
A. 
The following uses are subject to the approval and issuance of a special permit by the Zoning Board of Appeals (See § 159-105C.):
(1) 
Home occupations.
(2) 
Public and semipublic uses.
(3) 
Two-family dwelling units.
(4) 
Alternative energy systems and equipment.
B. 
Other uses upon the finding by the Zoning Board of Appeals, with consultation with the Planning Board as needed, that such use is of the same general character as the uses permitted and which will not be detrimental to current uses within the district.
[Added 2-21-2017 by L.L. No. 3-2017]
The following regulations apply to all uses permitted by right or by special permit:
A. 
Minimum lot requirements shall be as follows:
Type
Minimum Requirements
Lot size
12,000 square feet
Frontage
75 feet
Front yard
30 feet
Rear yard
30 feet
Side yard
15 feet
B. 
Increasing front yard depth. Front yard depth along collector and arterial roads shall be increased to 50 feet, except where existing development occurred prior to the enactment of this Zoning Chapter. In those cases, the front yard depth may be the average of the front yard depth for 250 feet on both sides of the proposed use along the contiguous street line.
C. 
Increasing side yard depth. On a corner lot, the minimum side yard requirement shall increase to 25 feet for the side yard between the street line and the building line on the side street.
D. 
Lot coverage. No more than 30% of the lot may be covered by buildings, including garages and accessory buildings.
E. 
Garages, accessory buildings and parking areas. Garages, accessory buildings and parking areas must be built according to the following requirements:
(1) 
Attached garages must meet setback and yard requirements listed above for principal buildings.
(2) 
Detached garages, accessory buildings and parking areas must be located behind the front yard line, have a minimum side yard depth of 10 feet and a minimum rear yard depth of 10 feet.
F. 
Building or structure height. No building or structure shall be erected to a height in excess of 35 feet, except upon approval of a special permit application by the Zoning Board of Appeals. (See § 159-74 for exceptions.)
G. 
Minimum floor area. See § 159-82.
H. 
Walls, fences, hedges and screening. The yard requirements of these regulations shall not apply to any retaining wall nor to any fence, wall, hedge or screening to be erected along the lot lines in conformance with this chapter. Such fence, wall, hedge or screening shall not exceed eight feet in height. (See §§ 159-76 and 159-77 for further regulations.) When fences are along property lines within 15 feet of an adjacent property residence, those fences shall not exceed four feet in height.