In order to provide adequate open spaces for
access to light and air, to facilitate the prevention of fire, to
prevent undue concentration of population and to lessen congestion
in the streets, no building or premises shall be erected, altered
or used except in accordance with the standards set forth in this
article.
The attached schedule of density controls is
hereby adopted and declared to be part of this chapter. It is hereinafter
referred to as the "Village of Penn Yan Density Control Schedule."
Wherever a side or rear yard is adjacent to
a street, the standards for front yards shall apply.
Side yards for semidetached, townhouse or multifamily
dwelling units, where permitted, shall be required at the ends of
the total structure only.
The requirements for minimum distance separations between principal buildings, whether on the same or on different lots, shall be those shown in §
202-22, Density Control Schedule (area and bulk schedule).
Projections such as chimneys, silos, spires,
domes, elevator shaft housings, towers, aerials, flagpoles, solar
energy collectors and equipment used for the mounting and operation
of such collectors and other similar objects not used for human occupancy
shall be subject to site plan approval prior to issuance of a building
permit.
Where the side wall of a building is not parallel
to the side lot line or where the side lot line is irregular, the
width of the side yard may be varied. In such case, the average width
of the side yard shall not be less than the otherwise required minimum
width; provided, however, that such yard shall not be narrower at
any point than 1/2 of the normally required width.
In the case of a lot running through from one
street to another street or alley, the frontage on which the majority
of the buildings in the block front shall be considered the primary
frontage for the purposes of this chapter. In cases where there is
no clearly defined frontage, the owner, when applying for a building
permit, shall specify which lot line is considered the primary frontage.
The rear portion of such a lot shall, however, be treated as a lot
front for the purposes of determining required setbacks and locations
of permitted structures and uses.