[Amended 1-11-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]
A.
The purpose of the Residence A District is to provide
for areas of relatively open character for single-family detached
dwellings, to provide for additional residential units that are consistent
with the residential environment and to provide for facilities and
uses which serve residents of these areas and which are benefited
by a stable residential environment.
B.
In the Residence A District, no building or premises
shall be used and no building shall be erected or altered which is
arranged, intended or designed to be used except for one or more of
the following uses:
(1)
Single-family detached dwellings, which shall have
a roof other than one of the character or description known as a "flat
roof."
(2)
The office of a doctor, artist, lawyer, dentist, architect
or a professional engineer, when not located outside of the building
in which he resides, provided that there is no display other than
the ordinary professional nameplate not larger than eight inches by
15 inches, and provided that, where the plot is an interior plot,
the entrance to such office shall be approximately at the front building
setback line and, where the plot is a corner plot, the entrance shall
be approximately at the building setback line of either street frontage,
and provided, always, that such use shall not be so conducted as to
be an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood.
(3)
Accessory uses customarily incident to the above uses.
The term "accessory use," however, shall not include a business or
any building or use not located on the same lot with the building
to which it is accessory.[1][2]
C.
If, prior to the effective date of this local law, a one-family or a two-family dwelling was constructed on a lot having a street frontage or a total area less than that described in § 340-5, such dwelling shall be deemed conforming for the purposes of this article. Should such dwelling be destroyed or demolished, a one-family dwelling may be reconstructed with the consent of the Board of Appeals upon a showing that such dwelling will comply with all the conditions of this article other than § 340-5.[3]
[Amended 7-11-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994]
[3]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection D, regarding
two-family dwellings, which immediately followed this subsection,
was repealed 7-11-1994 by L.L. No. 3-1994.
[Amended 1-11-1988 by L.L. No. 2-1988; 7-11-1994 by L.L. No.
4-1994; 7-11-1994 by L.L. No. 5-1994; 1-14-2021 by L.L. No.
1-2021; 3-3-2022 by L.L. No. 2-2022]
The lot for each single-family dwelling shall have a street
frontage of not less than 80 feet on each street on which the lot
abuts and have a total area of not less than 8,000 square feet; provided,
however, that:
A.
The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to any lot
having a street frontage of not less than 60 feet nor less than a
total area of 6,000 square feet shown on a plat filed with the Planning
Board of the Village, whether or not the same has been approved by
the Planning Board, prior to January 11, 1988; and
B.
On and after January 1, 2021, no new subdivision or minor subdivision
shall be approved or permitted unless each lot contained therein or
created thereby shall have a street frontage of at least 80 feet on
each street on which the lot abuts, and a total area of not less than
10,000 square feet.
[Amended 3-1-2011 by L.L. No. 5-2011[1]]
A.
For lots with an area of 8,000 square feet or more, the principal
building area shall not exceed 25%, and the total building area, including
accessory buildings, shall not exceed 30%. For lots with an area less
than 8,000 square feet, the total building area, including accessory
buildings, shall not exceed 30%. The impervious surface area of any
lot shall not exceed 40%; provided, however, that sidewalks, swimming
pools and entrance pathways that lead to a front door shall not be
included in the calculation of impervious surface area for the purposes
of this section. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection,
impervious surface coverage may exceed 40%, but shall not exceed 45%,
where it is established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Superintendent
of Buildings that the disposition of rainfall and other surface water
will comply with standard engineering practices/calculations of water
percolation, or that the property will provide dry wells with sufficient
capacity to retain and dispose of rainfall and surface water on site.)
[Amended 1-5-2015 by L.L.
No. 2-2015]
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also provided that it take effect
upon adoption and filing; provided, however that the amendments effectuated
by it not be applicable with respect to any substantially completed
building permit application filed with the Village Building Department
on or before 3-4-2011, and provided further that such application
not thereafter be amended in any manner which would cause the construction
or development to exceed the parameters or limitations enacted by
this law to any degree greater than proposed in such application as
of 3-4-2011.
[Amended 3-1-2011 by L.L. No. 5-2011; 6-7-2011 by L.L. No.
10-2011]
No building shall be greater in height than 32 feet. For the
main roof area of all dwellings, the slope shall be not less than
six vertical over 12 horizontal. For gambrel or other main roof profiles
composed of two or more segments of differing slope, the average slope
of all segments shall be no less than six vertical over 12 horizontal.
The slope ratio requirement shall not be applicable to dormers, one-story
wings on multistory buildings, or secondary roof area.
No dwelling shall be erected or altered so that
the front yard setback shall be less than the average setback distance
of the dwellings on the same side of the street within the same block,
but need not be more than 30 feet. In no event shall the front yard
setback be less than 25 feet.
[Amended 11-21-1983 by L.L. No. 11-1983; 12-11-1989 by L.L. No. 5-1989; 3-1-2011 by L.L. No.
6-2011; 6-7-2011 by L.L. No. 10-2011]
A.
There shall be two side yards, one on each side of the main building
(See table below.):
(1)
Where the average lot width of a parcel is less than 80 feet, the
aggregate widths of the side yards shall be equal to at least 20%
of the average lot width, and no side yard shall be less than eight
feet wide.
(2)
Where the average lot width of a parcel is 80 feet or greater, the
aggregate widths of the side yards shall be equal to at least 25%
of the average lot width, and no side yard shall be less than 10 feet
wide.
B.
No projections shall extend nearer to the lot lines than the limits
herein set forth.
C.
Table:
|
Average
Lot Width
|
Aggregate Widths of Side Yards
|
Minimum Width of Side Yard
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
80 feet and greater
|
25%
|
10 feet
| |
|
Less than 80 feet
|
20%
|
8 feet
|
D.
No projections shall extend nearer to the lot lines
than the limits herein set forth.
[Amended 3-1-2011 by L.L. No. 6-2011[1]]
On corner plots only, the main foundation wall of any house
shall not exceed, on the side having the shortest street frontage,
beyond the setback line established for the fronts of houses on the
same side of the street within the same block; but no foundation wall
of a house need set back more than 30 feet, nor shall the setback
be less than 25 feet. On the side having the longest street frontage,
the setback of the house shall be at least 20% of the average width
of the lot on the shortest street frontage, but in no case less than
20 feet. The yard opposite the greatest setback shall be not less
than 20 feet in depth and the remaining yard not less than 10 feet
in width.
[1]
Editor’s Note: This local law also provided that it
take effect upon adoption and filing; provided, however that the amendments
effectuated by it not be applicable with respect to any substantially
completed building permit application filed with the Village Building
Department on or before 3-4-2011, and provided further that such application
not thereafter be amended in any manner which would cause the construction
or development to exceed the parameters or limitations enacted by
this law to any degree greater than proposed in such application as
of 3-4-2011.
[Amended 1-11-1988 by L.L. No. 3-1988; 1-9-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989; 7-13-1992 by L.L. No. 5-1992; 7-11-1994 by L.L. No. 6-1994; 6-10-2002 by L.L. No. 5-2002]
A.
Parking space and garage requirements are set forth
in Chart IV of the Rockville Centre Zoning Code. Chart IV is entitled
"Schedule of Minimum Required Off-Street Parking."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Chart IV is included at the end of this chapter.
B.
Commercial vehicles, school buses and vehicles seating
14 passengers or fewer bearing school, car or taxi license plates
and used to transport pupils to and from school shall not be parked
or left standing on any out-of-doors off-street parking area between
the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
C.
New single-family dwellings shall have a garage, detached
from or attached to the main dwelling, such garage to be sufficiently
large to accommodate at least one automobile.
