A.
Lot frontage. The minimum lot frontage of any lot shall be measured
along the minimum building setback line as required for the district
in which it is located.
B.
Corner lots. At all street intersections, no obstruction to vision
which is a hazard to vehicular movement and which exceeds 30 inches
in height above the established grade of the street at the property
line shall be erected or maintained on any lot within the triangle
formed by the street lot lines of such lot and a line drawn between
the points along such street lot lines 30 feet distant from their
points of intersection.
C.
Required area or space cannot be reduced. The area or dimension of
any lot, yard, parking area or other space shall not be reduced to
less than the minimum required by this chapter; and, if already less
than the minimum required by this chapter, said area or dimension
may be continued and shall not be further reduced.
D.
Minimum lot size for dwellings for two or more families. Lots to
be developed with private water supply and sewage disposal systems
or private sewage disposal systems for dwelling structures for two
or more families may require larger lot sizes and widths than are
specified because of unusual subsoil or geological conditions found
to exist on the particular location in question. In such cases, the
minimum lot area otherwise required shall be increased where necessary
to the extent required to allow the proposed water and/or sewerage
installation to operate effectively in order to protect the public
health, safety and welfare. Detailed plans for such water and/or sewerage
systems shall be submitted to the Building Inspector and shall be
approved by him before a building permit shall be issued. The suitability
of the proposed systems shall conform to the standards of the New
York State Department of Health.
Permitted exceptions. Height limitations stipulated elsewhere
in this chapter shall not apply to open amusement uses, church spires,
belfries, cupolas and domes, monuments, water towers, chimneys, smokestacks,
flag poles, radio and television towers, masts and aerials, nor to
parapet walls, except that no parapet wall may extend more than four
feet above the limiting height of the building.
A.
Front yard exception. When a vacant lot is situated between two improved
lots, each having a principal building within 25 feet of any side
lot line of such unimproved lot, and when both such improved lots
contain principal structures which do not conform to the minimum front
yard setbacks in that district, the front yard requirements of the
unimproved lot may be reduced to the greater of the two front yard
setbacks of the adjoining improved lots but in no case shall be less
than eight feet. However, where any lot shall front on a right-of-way
which is proposed, on the Official Map of the Village of South Glens
Falls, to be widened, the front yard shall be measured from such proposed
future right-of-way.
B.
Additional yards required where C and M-1 uses abut R-1 or R-2 Districts.
All uses permitted in C or M-1 Districts which abut, at the lot line
or on the same street, an R-1 or R-2 Zone shall provide yards where
they abut of at least the minimum front yard requirements in accordance
with such R-1 or R-2 Districts.
C.
No buildings or uses, including parking areas or sidewalks, are allowed
in the setback area of yard of a parcel in the C or C-2 District that
abuts a parcel in the R-1 or R-2 District.
D.
Parcels in the C or C-2 Districts with a yard or yards abutting a parcel in the R-1 or R-2 District shall be required to provide screening elements throughout the setback area of the abutting yard. The screening elements shall include vegetation, berming and/or fencing in a design to sufficiently and effectively screen built elements on the parcel in the C or C-2 District from the view of adjoining residence(s) (see § 153-21).
A.
Minimum yard regulations.
(1)
Any unattached accessory structure, whether permanent or temporary,
in any zone may be erected in accordance with the following restrictions:
(a)
No accessory structure shall be located closer than five feet
to the side and rear lot lines.
(b)
No accessory structure shall be located closer to the street
than the street wall of the principal structure. In the case of a
property on a corner or more than one street, no accessory structure
shall be located closer to the street than any street wall of the
principal structure.
(c)
No accessory structure shall be located closer to a principal
structure than five feet.
(2)
Any attached accessory structure, whether permanent or temporary,
in any zone, when attached to the principal dwelling, shall comply
in all respects with the requirements of this chapter applicable to
the principal building.
(3)
Any accessory structure, whether permanent or temporary, in any zone shall be exempt from the requirements of paying any fee for permission to construct or maintain such accessory structure if the overall and maximum dimensions of the footprint of the accessory structure is less than 100 square feet; however, said accessory structure shall require, before construction or placement, an accessory building permit application and shall be required to comply with minimum yard regulations specified in § 153-14A.
B.
Prior to the installation or construction of any accessory structure,
an application shall be presented in writing to the Building and Zoning
Department on an approved accessory building permit application and
the requisite fee shall be paid for issuance of such permit. An application
and permit shall be required where the installation or construction
of any accessory structure is 100 square feet or less in overall dimension;
however, no fee shall be imposed for the issuance of the permit.
C.
There shall be a limit of no greater than two accessory structures,
whether permanent or temporary, on any one tax map parcel.
D.
There shall be a requirement that all preexisting accessory structures, whether permanent or temporary, preexisting on the effective date of enactment hereof shall be brought into conformity with the requirements of § 153-14 within the period of 12 months. This provision is in no way intended to impair, diminish or extinguish any preexisting right that any premises may enjoy with respect to a preexisting nonconforming permanent accessory structure in existence and in use on the date of enactment.
E.
Temporary cargo container units.
(1)
Placement or utilization of any metal container storage unit or tractor-trailer
cargo container unit generally utilized for transport and storage
of materials shall not be maintained on any site and utilized as an
accessory structure or as a storage unit in any zone, except in the
M-1 Industrial Zone, and consistent with the minimum yard regulations
herein provided.
(2)
Placement or utilization of any metal container storage unit or tractor-trailer cargo container unit to be utilized for the storage of materials on any premises shall require application on an accessory building permit application and, for the purposes of an application fee, shall be deemed the equivalent of a garage and shall not be limited in number as specified in § 153-14C.
Any use which is in, abuts, is adjacent to or is less than 50
feet from the R-1 or R-2 District boundary and which is not conducted
within a completely enclosed building, such as storage yards, lumber-
and building materials yards, parking lots and like uses, shall be
entirely enclosed by a fence or landscaping sufficient to effectively
shield such uses. This section shall not apply to nurseries and the
display for sales purposes of new or used cars, trucks, trailers,
bicycles, motorcycles or farm equipment.
