In a BB Residence District, the regulations in this article
shall apply.
In a BB Residence District, a building may be erected, altered
or used, and a lot or premises may be used, for any of the following
purposes and for no other:
A. One-family detached dwellings.
B. Public libraries, public schools, public parks, public playgrounds
or recreation areas and municipal uses.
C. The following uses, provided that a special exception from the Zoning
Board of Appeals is first obtained, and subject to such conditions
and safeguards as deemed appropriate and imposed by such Board:
[Amended 3-8-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010]
(2) Boat clubs, yacht clubs, tennis courts and private parks.
[Amended 1-24-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
(3) Churches, parish houses and convents.
(4) One parent-child residence, with both dwelling units located in the
main dwelling only, provided that the certificate of occupancy shall
indicate that it is a one-family dwelling with a temporary second
kitchen, and there shall be a recorded covenant confirming same. No
dwelling unit for a parent-child residence shall be located in an
accessory building. The minimum frontage for such residence shall
be 90 feet, and the minimum lot area shall be 25,000 square feet.
The minimum side yard shall be 14 feet and the minimum aggregate side
yards shall be 30 feet. The minimum rear yard shall be 40 feet.
[Amended 7-8-2013 by L.L. No. 2-2013]
(5) Private boathouse without a main building on a lot. Such boathouse
shall comply with all requirements as to area, height and setbacks
as an accessory building unless the ZBA, in its discretion, shall
grant an area variance as to any of such requirements.
(6) Renewal of two-family dwellings approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals
as special exceptions prior to March 3, 2010.
[Added 5-11-2015 by L.L.
No. 4-2015; amended 10-26-2015 by L.L. No. 7-2015; 2-26-2018 by L.L. No. 1-2018]
D. Accessory uses on the same lot customarily incidental to any of the
above permitted uses including private garages and boathouses.
In a BB Residence District, each lot shall have a frontage of
at least 90 feet, a depth of at least 100 feet and an area of at least
12,500 square feet, except that, if a plot having a frontage of not
less than 50 feet was in one single separate ownership on September
10, 1945, or if a plot having a frontage of not less than 60 feet
was in such ownership on January 6, 1947, or if a plot having a frontage
of not less than 70 feet was in such ownership on the 26th day of
July 1954 or if a plot having a frontage of not less than 90 feet
and an area of not less than 10,000 square feet was in such ownership
on the 28th day of May 1987, a building may be erected on such plot,
provided that all other provisions of this Code are complied with,
and further provided that such single and separate ownership is continuously
maintained following the aforesaid dates.
In a BB Residence District:
A. No one-story dwelling shall contain less than 750 square feet of
habitable floor space.
B. No one-and-one-half-story dwelling shall contain less than 1,000
square feet of habitable floor space.
C. A dwelling of two or more stories shall contain not less than 1,150
square feet of habitable floor space.
D. No dwelling shall be less than 24 feet in width exclusive of unenclosed
porches and bay windows.
No building or structure in the BB Residence District shall
exceed 30 feet in height.
In a BB Residence District, no building shall have a roof pitch
which is less than four inches to each one foot on the main part thereof,
except that, upon due cause being shown, the Zoning Board of Appeals
may grant a special exception.
In a BB Residence District, the building area shall not exceed
20% of the lot area.
A building or structure other than an accessory building shall
have two side yards, one on each side, the aggregate widths of which
shall be at least 28 feet. Neither side yard shall be less than 14
feet wide.
A building or structure other than an accessory building shall
have a rear yard the depth of which shall be at least 25 feet, provided
that if on August 4, 1930, any lot was held in single and separate
ownership with a depth of less than 100 feet, the depth of the rear
yard shall be at least 15 feet.
[Amended 2-8-2021 by L.L.
No. 1-2021]
Accessory buildings in a BB Residence District shall contain
an area of not more than 800 square feet and an average height of
not more than 14 feet as measured by the average grade adjacent to
such building; except boathouses, which shall have an average height
of no more than 18 feet. The yard area occupied by such accessory
building shall, however, be included in computing the maximum percentage
of the lot area which may be built upon. No part of an accessory building
shall be nearer the rear or side lot line than four feet. No lot shall
have more than two accessory buildings, and no accessory building
shall have habitable space or more than three fixtures of interior
plumbing for a toilet, shower, sink or faucet.