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Town of Ontario, NY
Wayne County
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[Added 9-21-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
A. 
The Suburban Residential (SR) District is established to designate areas of the Town for single-family residential use, at low density and other uses.
B. 
Any use not specifically permitted in this article is not allowed in the Suburban Residential (SR) District.
The following principal and accessory uses and structures are permitted:
A. 
Accessory structures, subject to § 150-13.
B. 
Adult residential-care facility.
C. 
Building integrated, roof-mounted and small-scale ground-mounted solar energy systems, subject to § 150-42B(26).
D. 
Conversion of existing building into not more than three dwelling units, subject to § 150-42B(10).
E. 
Enclosed storage as an accessory use.
F. 
Excavations or fills, subject to § 150-42B(22).
G. 
Family-care facility.
H. 
Farm, subject to § 150-42B(1).
I. 
Fences, subject to § 150-18.
J. 
Home occupation, subject to § 150-42B(15).
K. 
Library, fire station and other municipal building, subject to § 150-42B(14).
L. 
Mobile/manufactured home dwelling, subject to 150-42B(8).
M. 
Newspaper vending machine, subject to § 150-42B(24).
N. 
Private boat, travel or camp trailer, subject to § 150-42B(25).
O. 
Private garage, subject to § 150-13.
P. 
Private swimming pool, subject to § 150-42B(16).
Q. 
Public utility substation, subject.
R. 
Roadside stand, subject to § 150-42B(3).
S. 
Signs, subject to § 150-48.
T. 
Single-family dwelling.
U. 
State regulated community residences, subject to § 150-42B(11).
The following principal and accessory uses and structures may be permitted pursuant to a special permit issued in accordance with the provisions of § 150-43:
A. 
Bed-and-breakfast facility, subject to § 150-42B(33).
B. 
Cemetery.
C. 
Charitable, educational or fraternal organization.
D. 
Church and related uses, subject to § 150-42B(30).
E. 
Day-care facility or nursery school, subject to § 150-42B(12).
F. 
Farm labor camp, subject to § 150-42B(27).
G. 
Farm market, subject to § 150-42B(2).
H. 
Golf course.
I. 
Hospital/nursing home, subject to § 150-42B(31).
J. 
Large-scale ground-mounted solar energy systems, subject to § 150-42B(40).
K. 
Private, not-for-profit park, playground or other outdoor recreation facility.
L. 
Professional office.
M. 
Public or parochial school, subject to § 150-42B(13).
N. 
Satellite dish, subject to § 150-42B(37).
O. 
Short-wave, ham radio, television and radio antennas, subject to § 150-42B(37).
P. 
Tourist home, boardinghouse or rooming house, subject to § 150-42B(32).
A. 
Minimum lot area.
(1) 
Each lot that is served by a septic system shall be a minimum of 22,500 square feet.
(2) 
Each lot that is served by public sewers shall be a minimum of 18,000 square feet.
B. 
Minimum lot width.
(1) 
The minimum lot width for single-family lots served by a septic system is 125 feet; provided, however, that when an applicant produces engineering data to demonstrate that existing soil conditions on any lot are adequate to produce acceptable percolation tests, in accordance with percolation standards of the New York State Department of Health, the minimum lot width shall be reduced to 100 feet.
(2) 
The minimum lot width for lots served by a septic system, other than single-family lots, is 125 feet.
(3) 
The minimum lot width for lots served by a public sewer is 100 feet.
C. 
Required setbacks:
(1) 
Front setback:
(a) 
Lots fronting on Lake Road: 75 feet.
(b) 
Lots fronting on a state, county or town road: 60 feet.
(c) 
Lots fronting on a subdivision road: 50 feet.
(d) 
If a building permit for a residential structure was issued prior to July 10, 1996, with a fifty-foot front setback, such setback shall also apply to an addition to such structure.
(2) 
Side setback: 12 feet on one side and a total of 32 feet for both sides.
(3) 
Rear setbacks: 40 feet, except that the lake side of lots located on Lake Ontario shall be considered to be the rear yard and the rear setback shall be 50 feet or 20 times the average annual erosion rate, as determined by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, whichever is greater.
(4) 
Patios, decks, pools and unenclosed porches may extend into rear and side yards, but no such structure shall be located less than 10 feet from any property line.
(5) 
Cantilevers may extend into front, rear and side yards by no more than two feet.
D. 
Height. The maximum permitted height of any structure is 36 feet.
E. 
Lot coverage. The maximum lot coverage shall not exceed 20% of the total area of the property.
F. 
Minimum primary structure size:
(1) 
Except as provided in Subsection F(2), below: 1,100 square feet, plus (in the case of a residential structure) at least a one-car garage.
(2) 
Multifamily, multistory structures: 700 square feet on the first floor and a total of 1,100 square feet.
G. 
Off-street parking shall comply with the provisions of § 150-47 of this chapter.