In a B Residence District, the regulations in this article shall
apply.
In a B 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 one-family detached dwelling.
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 75 feet and the minimum lot area shall be 15,000 square feet. The
minimum side yard shall be 12 feet and the minimum aggregate side
yards shall be 30 feet. The minimum rear yard shall be 30 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 with and customarily incidental to
any of the above permitted uses including private garages and boathouses.
In a B Residence District, each lot shall have a frontage of
at least 75 feet, a depth of at least 100 feet and an area of at least
7,500 square feet, except that, if a plot having a frontage of not
less than 40 feet was in one single separate ownership on September
10, 1945, or if a plot having a frontage of not less than 50 feet
was in one single separate ownership on May 14, 1946, or if a plot
having a frontage of not less than 60 square feet and an area of not
less than 6,000 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 B 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. No two-story dwelling shall contain 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.
In the B Residence District, no building or structure shall
exceed 28 feet in height.
No building in a B Residence District 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 B Residence District, the building area shall not exceed
32% 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 24 feet. Neither side yard shall be less than 12
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 B Residence District shall contain
an area of not more than 500 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 lot area which may be built upon. No part of an accessory building
shall be nearer the rear or side lot line than two 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.