[Amended 3-28-1961; 7-19-1983 by L.L. No. 5-1983; 1-22-1985 by L.L. No. 5-1985; 1-13-1987 by L.L. No. 3-1987; 1-12-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988; 5-10-1988 by L.L. No.
5-1988; 4-8-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997; 3-24-1998 by L.L. No. 2-1998; 1-23-2001 by L.L. No. 4-2001; 10-9-2007 by L.L. No. 11-2007; 1-13-2015 by L.L. No. 1-2015]
A. Subject to the exceptions specified in §
310-67 of this chapter, no building shall hereafter be erected in any residence district, except on a lot which, for each principal building, together with its accessory buildings, has an area of at least:
(1) In a Residence AA-1 District: two acres (87,120 square feet).
(2) In a Residence A-1 District: one acre (43,560 square feet).
(3) In a Residence A-2 District: 20,000 square feet.
(4) In a Residence A-2a District: 15,000 square feet.
(5) In a Residence A-3 District: 10,000 square feet.
(6) In a Residence A-4 District: 7,500 square feet.
(7) In a Residence A-5 or C District: 5,000 square feet.
B. No part of a lot shall be included in calculating the required lot
area except such part as falls within either an inscribed quadrilateral,
no part of which has less than 1/3 of the minimum required lot width,
or an inscribed circle.
C. In calculating lot area, no more than 10% of the lot area shall consist
of any body of water or portion thereof, floodplain property or property
designed as a retention basin for drainage control. "Floodplain property"
shall mean property within the special flood hazard areas subject
to inundation by the one-percent (one-hundred-year) annual chance
flood as shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps or other such document
for the Village of Scarsdale, as issued by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, or such other agency of legal jurisdiction.
D. Each lot must have a measurable front yard, rear yard and two side
yards that conforms to the requirements of this chapter. The creation
by subdivision of a triangular shaped lot(s) in which two yards merge
to eliminate a fourth yard is prohibited.
[Amended 3-28-1961; 1-13-1987 by L.L. No. 3-1987; 1-12-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988; 5-10-1988 by L.L. No. 5-1988; 4-8-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997; 1-23-2001 by L.L. No.
4-2001; 2-28-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012]
A. Subject to the exceptions specified in §
310-67 of this chapter, no building shall hereafter be erected in any residence district except on a lot which, for each principal building, together with its accessory buildings, has both a lot width and a length of street line frontage of at least:
(1) In
a Residence AA-1 District: 250 feet.
(2) In
a Residence A-1 District: 150 feet.
(3) In
a Residence A-2 or A-2a District: 100 feet.
(4) In
a Residence A-3 District: 70 feet.
(5) In
a Residence A-4 District: 60 feet.
(6) In
a Residence A-5 or C District: 50 feet.
B. These requirements
are in addition to and complement § 7-736 of New York State’s
Village Law.
[Amended 3-28-1961; 1-23-2001 by L.L. No. 3-2001; 1-23-2001 by L.L. No. 4-2001]
The special setback provisions referred to in §
310-67 of this chapter are as follows:
A. The distance that any such building is required by
the other provisions of this chapter to set back from a front line
shall be reduced one foot for each foot that the depth of the lot
is less than 150 feet in a Residence AA-1 District, 120 feet in a
Residence A-1 District and 110 feet in a Residence A-2 or A-2a District,
but in no event in any district to less than 30 feet.
B. The distance that any principal building is required
by the other provisions of this chapter to set back from a side lot
line shall be reduced three inches for each foot that the width of
the lot, if it is located in a Residence AA-1 or A-1 District, is
less than 100 feet and two inches (or four inches if such side lot
line is a street line) for each foot that the width of the lot, if
it is located in a Residence A-2 or A-2a District, is less than 90
feet, but in no event in any district to less than 10 feet or to less
than 15 feet if such lot line is a street line.
C. If such lot is located in a Residence AA-1, A-1, A-2
or A-2a District and is less than 130 feet in depth, the minimum distance
which an accessory building shall be required to set back from any
street line, in order that its setback from a side line other than
a street line need be only 10 feet, shall be 60 feet.
[Added 1-12-1988 by L.L. No. 2-1988;
amended 2-28-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012]
A. The creation of lots at a distance from a street is
prohibited. Such interior lots, commonly called “flag lots,”
provide access to a street over a narrow strip of land running from
the main portion of the lot.
B. Legal nonconforming interior lots approved under former
Section 12-10-7 and interior lots permitted by variance are subject
to site plan review by the Planning Board. Any proposed erection,
enlargement or alteration of a building or buildings on such lot,
including swimming pools and tennis courts, must be approved by the
Planning Board.
C. Applications for approval of a site plan under this section shall comply with all requirements imposed by the rules and regulations of the Planning Board. The Planning Board shall consider whether there is adequate provision for ingress, egress and maneuverability of waste collection trucks, fire-fighting equipment and other traffic, taking into account any existing or potential uses of the same access for other lots; whether there is adequate provision and access for a separate sewer connection and a separate water service line to each principal building complying with the requirements of Chapter
132, Building Construction and Fire Prevention, and Chapter
A320, Water, of this Code; whether in other respects the lot is of such a character and location that it can be used safely for the purpose and in the manner proposed without danger to health or peril from fire, flood or other menace; whether there is any reasonable basis for assuming that a street will later be opened adjacent to any part of such lot, and if so, whether the proposed use might interfere with any such street or result in any noncompliance with the provisions of this chapter in the event that any such street will be in harmony with the general purpose and intent of this chapter and consistent with public health, safety and the general welfare. In approving a site plan, the Planning Board shall hold a public hearing and may impose such conditions and safeguards as it may deem appropriate to assure compliance with the purposes of this section.