The purpose of the HC1 — Hamlet Center Zone is to provide
opportunities for village- and hamlet-scale residential and small-scale,
pedestrian-oriented, commercial development to serve the varied needs
of local residents, to encourage redevelopment of the Town's hamlet,
and to provide the Town with the ability to assert reasonable controls
over such development consistent with the Ulysses Comprehensive Plan
and the goals of organized and logical growth, increased employment
opportunities and an increased tax base.
In the HC — Hamlet Center Zone, no building or structure
shall be erected, altered or extended, and no land or building thereof
shall be used for any purpose or purposes other than the following:
Such necessary uses as are customarily incidental to the above
uses:
A.
Accessory building for business.
C.
Bed-and-breakfast establishments.
E.
Family child care.
F.
Family adult care.
G.
Home occupations.
I.
Off-street loading areas.
J.
Professional offices, where such office is part of the residence
property and no more than three persons not residing on the premises
are employed.
The following uses are allowed upon approval of a site plan by the Planning Board pursuant to Article III, § 212-19, subject to the design standards set forth in relevant sections of Article XX:
A.
Adult care centers.
B.
Adult group care.
C.
Banks and other financial institutions, provided that there is no
drive-through window.
D.
Child-care centers, group child care.
E.
Churches, mosques, synagogues, temples and other places of worship,
convents, rectories, parish houses.
F.
Clinics.
G.
Community centers.
H.
Fire stations and other public buildings necessary for the protection
or servicing of a neighborhood.
I.
Clubhouse, hall, post, temple and other facilities associated with
the activities of social organizations, except that the on-premises
sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited.
J.
Funeral homes.
L.
Inn.
M.
Libraries, museums.
N.
Life-care facilities.
Q.
Outdoor dining facilities, excluding any permanent structures within
any required setback areas.
R.
Places of amusement, such as theatres, including bowling alleys,
game arcades, and skating rinks.
S.
Professional offices.
T.
Public and private schools, nursery schools and institutions of higher
education.
U.
Public and private community parks and preserves.
V.
Residential care/assisted living/rehabilitation facilities.
W.
Restaurants, bars and other places for serving food and beverages,
and provided that there is no drive-through window.
X.
Repair shop, personal services, provided the establishment does not
exceed 5,000 gross square feet in floor area, with the exception of
basement storage areas.
Y.
Retail use, provided the establishment does not exceed 5,000 gross
square feet in floor area, with the exception of basement storage
areas, and provided that there is no drive-through window.
A.
There shall be no more than one principal building on any lot in
the HC — Hamlet Center Zone.
B.
Minimum lot area shall be 10,000 square feet.
C.
Minimum lot width at front lot line setback shall be 50 feet.
D.
Minimum lot depth shall be 120 feet.
E.
Minimum front yard setback shall be 10 feet for all single-family
and two-family residences, bed-and-breakfast establishments and adult-
and child-care facilities, and zero feet for all other uses.
F.
Minimum side yard setback shall be five feet, except in the instance
where two or more single-family dwellings are attached with a common
wall, or two or more commercial structures are attached with a common
wall, in which case the setback may be zero feet. Property owners
are encouraged, but not required, to minimize driveway impacts by
creating shared driveway easements.
G.
Minimum rear yard setback shall be 10 feet, except for detached garages
and other accessory buildings or parking lots, in which case the minimum
setback shall be five feet.
H.
Maximum building height for any building or structure shall be 40
feet above average grade measured at the building perimeter.
I.
Maximum lot coverage of all buildings shall be 50% of the lot area
unless otherwise noted.
A.
All primary buildings must include a primary entrance facing the
street. Primary entrances should be architecturally detailed, incorporating
a porch, stoop, or lightwell for single-family homes and porch, stoop,
lightwell, canopy, awning or marquis entries for all other primary
buildings.
B.
New buildings and any new lots should be designed so that buildings
fill a minimum of 50% of the lot width in the Hamlet Center.
C.
Buildings including commercial uses must include transparent windows
with a view to the building interior covering least 50% of the street
facing facade area between three feet and eight feet above grade.
D.
New multiple-family residences and nonresidential buildings on lots
larger than 10,000 square feet must include at least one entry facing
the street for every 60 feet of frontage.
E.
New buildings must include architectural features such as peaked
roofs, architectural brackets supporting a flat roof or an architectural
cornice facing the street.
F.
New buildings may not have blank walls longer than 30 feet facing
any street.
Buildings or other structures or parking areas are required to be setback from perennial and intermittent streams and any state, federal or locally designated wetlands as provided in § 212-124.