A.Â
In a Residence A District, any use is permitted which
may be lawfully conducted in a Residence AAA District or Residence
AA District, except as may be otherwise provided in this article.
B.Â
The following uses are also permitted in a Residence
A District:
(1)Â
Accessory private garage. No such garage shall provide
storage for more than one motor vehicle for each 2,000 square feet
of lot area. However, not more than three vehicles shall be permitted
to be garaged therein. One commercial vehicle only of not more than
one-ton rated capacity shall be permitted to be garaged upon the premises,
provided that said commercial vehicle shall be owned by or be under
the dominion and control of an occupant of the premises. Every such
garage shall be at least three feet from a rear lot line and at least
three feet from each side lot line, except that if within 50 feet
of any street line, such garage shall be distant at least five feet
from every side lot line.
[Amended 12-4-2007 by L.L. No. 15-2007]
(2)Â
Accessory carport. Not more than one vehicle shall be permitted in a carport. Each such carport shall be at least three feet from a rear lot line and at least three feet from each side lot line, except that within 50 feet of any street line, such carport shall be distant at least five feet from every side lot line. No storage within or enclosure, whether by screens, walls or windows, of any carport shall be permitted. The entire area under a carport shall be paved, and such paved area shall be part of a driveway meeting the requirements of Chapters 50, 78 and 116 of this Code.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also redesignated
former Subsection B(2) as Subsection B(3).
(3)Â
Accessory use on the same lot.
(a)Â
This shall be understood to include only the
professional office or studio of a doctor, dentist, artist, architect,
engineer, musician, accountant or attorney at law, provided that the
office or studio is located in the dwelling in which the practitioner
resides, and no sign or advertisement is shown other than one sign
not larger than six inches by 12 inches bearing only the name and
profession (words only) of the practitioner.
(b)Â
The ground floor of a building does not include
the cellar of such building.
[Added 4-18-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
(c)Â
The accessory use shall be understood to be
inapplicable to Class B multiple dwellings, community residences,
homeless shelters, halfway houses, and group family day-care centers.
[Added 4-18-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000;
amended 1-21-2020 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
[Added 4-18-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
In a Residence A District, the following uses
are prohibited:
[Amended 3-4-2008 by L.L. 3-2008]
No dwelling shall be greater than 2Â stories
or 30 feet in height.
Building area shall not exceed 30% of the lot
area.
No story of any building shall be nearer to
the street line on which it faces than the average alignment or setback
of the existing buildings within 200 feet on each side of the lot
and within the same block. Wherever the setback of a building is not
determined by the foregoing provisions of this section, there shall
be a front yard the depth of which shall be at least 25 feet from
the street line.
In case of a corner lot, a front yard shall
be required on each street on which the lot abuts.
No dwelling shall be erected upon a lot having
a frontage of less than 40 feet upon a public street, and such 40
feet of width shall continue for a depth of 100 feet or to the rear
line of the dwelling, whichever is greater.
A side yard is required along each side lot
line. The aggregate widths of both side yards shall be at least 15
feet. No side yard shall be less than five feet wide at any story
level, except that a chimney not more than two feet deep may encroach
on any side yard.
A.Â
The depth of a rear yard for a lot 100 feet deep shall
be at least 20 feet.
B.Â
Where a lot is more than 100 feet deep, 1/4 of the
additional depth shall be added to the required rear yard depth. Where
a lot is less than 100 feet deep, 1/2 of the difference between the
actual depth of the lot and 100 feet shall be subtracted from the
required depth of the rear yard; provided, however, that no part of
any rear yard shall be less than 10 feet in depth.
No dwelling shall hereafter be erected on a
plot less than 4,000 square feet in area.