In an H Historical District, the regulations in this article
shall apply.
In an H Historical 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.
Churches or similar places of worship, parish houses and convents.
C.
Public libraries, public schools, public parks, public playgrounds
or recreation areas and municipal uses.
D.
Business, professional or banking offices, funeral homes and retail
stores.
E.
Stores for the sale of goods at retail or for the performance of
customary personal services or services clearly incidental to retail
sales, but no processing or fabrication or manufacturing except as
is incidental to and in the same premises with such retail sales,
provided that such incidental processing, fabrication or manufacturing
is conducted entirely within a building and does not occupy more than
20% of the floor area used for business purposes.
A.
In an H Historical District, no permit shall be issued to erect a
structure or building (excluding signs) or to alter or add to an existing
structure or building, in such manner as to change the outside dimensions
or to change the exterior appearance thereof, unless approved by the
Planning Board.
B.
On all applications to the Planning Board under this article, in
addition to all other requirements and standards, the Board shall,
in making its determination, consider the following:
(1)
Whether the proposed building or structure or proposed alteration
of an existing building or structure is in harmony with and is consistent
in appearance with and will preserve and enhance the value of neighboring
and adjacent buildings and structures and the district as a whole
or a part thereof.
(2)
The visual relationship between the property in question and existing
structures and the character of the district as regards architectural
style in relationship to properties which are within view of existing
structures or buildings of historical significance or of meritorious
architectural quality.
(3)
Heights and masses of buildings, and the location and arrangement
thereof, including the screening from view of any feature deemed visually
inappropriate in the district.
(4)
The maintenance of the visual character of the district as indicated
by such matters as landscaping, setbacks, heights, materials, mass,
line, color and detail.
C.
The considerations hereinabove set forth shall be applied so as to
assure that new construction and alteration of existing construction
will result in a visual composition which will be in harmony with
the character of the district.
In an H Historical District, each lot shall have a frontage
of at least 100 feet, a depth of at least 100 feet and an area of
at least 15,000 square feet, except that, if a plot having a frontage
of not less than 100 feet and an area of not less than 12,000 square
feet was in one single separate ownership on May 28, 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
date.
In an H Historical District:
A.
No one-story dwelling shall contain less than 1,000 square feet of
habitable floor space.
B.
No one-and-one-half-story dwelling shall contain less than 1,200
square feet of habitable floor space.
C.
A dwelling of two or more stories shall contain not less than 1,500
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 H Historical District shall
exceed 32 feet in height.
In an H Historical 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.
A.
In an H Historical District, the required front yard depth shall
be no less than the average front yard depth of the existing buildings
within 200 feet on each side of the lot and within the same block,
or, if there are no existing buildings on the same side of the street,
the average front yard depth of existing buildings within 200 feet
on each side directly opposite the lot, but no front yard shall be
required to have a depth greater than 30 feet. The foregoing provision
shall not affect the required front yard between the proposed building
and the side street in case of a corner lot. Parking shall not be
allowed between the front line of a building and the front street
line of the lot on which the building is located, for the entire width
of said lot.
In an H Historical District, there shall be 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.
In an H Historical District, there shall be a rear yard the
depth of which shall be at least 25 feet, or at least equal to the
height of the building, whichever is greater.
Accessory buildings in an H Historical District may occupy 1,000
square feet of the required area of the rear yard up to an average
height of 14 feet as measured by the average grade adjacent to such
building. No part of an accessory building shall be nearer the rear
or side lot line than four feet.
In the H Historical District, the building area shall not exceed
32% of the lot area.
