To provide additional wellness and health opportunities within
the Town boundaries; the Town Board of the Town of Southold finds
that it is necessary to create a Recreational Floating Zone District
to develop active recreation opportunities through major recreational
facilities in commercial and residential areas located near existing
public recreational complexes or facilities that are accessible from
arterial roadways.
Recreational Floating Zone Districts shall be established by
the Town Board on parcels of land that have been identified as being
appropriate for the location of a major recreation facility. Locations
to be considered for the RFZ District may include locations adjacent
or reasonably near to an existing public recreational complexes or
facilities; and other locations where there has been shown a demonstrable
need for recreation facilities.
The Recreational Floating Zone District (RFZ) zoning is hereby
established as a floating zone with potential applicability to any
property which meets the following eligibility requirements:
A. The parcel is a minimum of three acres or 120,000 square feet;
The boundaries of each RFZ District shall be fixed by amendment
to the official Town Zoning Map as authorized by the Town Board, wherever
this district is applied. A metes and bounds description of each such
district shall be kept on file in the Office of the Town Clerk.
No building or premises shall be used and no building or part
of a building shall be erected or altered which is arranged, intended
or designed to be used, in whole or in part, for any use except the
following:
A. Permitted uses. The following are permitted uses are subject to site
plan approval by the Planning Board:
(1)
Major recreational facility.
B. Accessory uses, limited to the following uses and restrictions set
forth herein:
(2)
Outdoor pavilion, provided that no one pavilion shall be more
than 500 square feet and the total lot coverage of pavilion on any
one lot shall not exceed 1,500 square feet.
(3)
Child care for patrons of the facility.
(4)
Any uses and/or structures which are clearly incidental and
customarily accessory to the permitted principal use on the lot on
which it is located.
No building or premises shall be used and no building or part
thereof shall be erected or altered in the RFZ District unless the
same conforms to the following:
A. Minimum lot size. The minimum lot size shall be 120,000 square feet.
B. Maximum lot coverage.
(1)
The total lot coverage for structures shall be not exceed 20%
of the parcel area.
(2)
The total lot coverage for outdoor recreational facilities shall
not exceed to 50% of the parcel area.
(3)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the combined, total lot coverage
for both structures and outdoor recreational facilities shall not
exceed 50% of the parcel area.
C. Minimum yard setbacks.
(1)
A principle structure shall maintain the following setbacks:
(d)
To residentially zoned property: 100 feet.
(2)
Outdoor recreation facilities and outdoor pavilions shall maintain
the following setbacks:
(d)
To residentially zoned property: 100 feet.
(3)
Parking and loading areas shall maintain the following setbacks:
(a)
Public and private rights-of-way: 50 feet.
(b)
Any property boundary: 50 feet.