(See also Article X, Additional Regulations.)
[Amended 6-2-1966; 5-21-1969; 7-3-1969; 8-14-1969; 5-20-1971; 10-10-1974 by L.L. No. 1-1974]
In the Residential 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 for other than one or more of the following specified uses:
A. 
One-family dwellings.
B. 
Public schools, parochial schools or private schools recognized by or under the jurisdiction of the State of New York, public libraries, and churches upon issuance of a special permit as provided in § 625-54.
C. 
Municipal playgrounds or parks.
D. 
Farming, gardening, nursery or greenhouses, provided they are not for commercial purposes.
E. 
Usual accessory uses which are necessary to the above uses when located in the same building or upon the same lot.
F. 
Hospitals and nursing homes. No such use, however, shall be established or permitted on a parcel of land less than 3/4 acre in area or with less than 375 feet of frontage, nor shall any part or portion of such use be permitted closer than 20 feet to any adjoining structure.
G. 
Veterans' organizations upon issuance of a special permit, as provided in § 625-54.
H. 
Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of the Island Park Volunteer Fire Department upon issuance of a special permit, as provided in § 625-54.
[Amended 6-2-1966; 8-14-1969]
In the Residential 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 for any of the following specified uses:
A. 
Cemeteries or crematories.
B. 
Clinics or dispensaries, including but not limited to drug addiction or abuse centers or clinics.
C. 
Clubs, except as such are ordinarily a part of church work.
D. 
Kindergarten, nursery or private schools when carried on as a business or on a commercial basis and when not recognized by or under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education of the State of New York.
E. 
Mortuary undertaking or embalming parlors or similar plants or an office for such establishment or business.
F. 
Philanthropic or charitable institutions.
G. 
Public or private hospitals or other places or buildings where persons suffering from mental or other diseases of any kind whatsoever are kept or treated, except this shall not prohibit a doctor in his own office, when conducted within a dwelling, from making diagnoses or treating patients.
H. 
Homes for animals or in which animals are boarded or a hospital or place where animals are boarded, treated, cared for or sold.
I. 
All uses prohibited in the following districts are prohibited in Residential A Districts: CR Cluster Residence District, Business District, or Commercial A, B and C Districts.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No billboards, signboards, or advertising signs shall be allowed upon buildings or premises in this district except upon permit issued by the Board of Trustees, and except that a small sign showing the premises to be for rental or sale may be used, provided such sign shall be at least 10 feet back from the street line and shall not exceed four square feet in size.
[Amended 6-21-1962; 11-16-2017 by L.L. No. 15-2017[1]]
A. 
No dwelling shall be erected on a lot that has less than 60 feet of frontage. In the case of a lot held in single and separate ownership at the effective date of this amendment having a frontage of less than 60 feet, a dwelling may be built thereon when authorized as a special permit by the Board of Appeals. Each dwelling must have a separate lot area of at least 6,000 square feet. In the case of a one-family dwelling, there shall be not less than 900 square feet of living space above the foundation. In the case of a two-family dwelling, there shall be not less than 900 square feet of living space for the first dwelling unit and not less than 500 square feet of living space for the second dwelling unit. In the case of a two-family dwelling authorized as a special permit on a lot having less than 40 feet of frontage, the first dwelling unit may have not less than 750 square feet of living space and the second dwelling unit may have not less than 500 square feet of living space. Each such dwelling authorized as a special permit may have a lot area of not less than 4,000 square feet. All buildings, including accessory buildings, shall not cover more than 35% of the area of the lot.
B. 
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 Chief Building Inspector 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.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[Amended 12-16-1976 by L.L. No. 5-1976; by L.L. No. 2-1991; 8-15-2013 by L.L. No. 4-2013]
A. 
No building shall be raised, erected or altered in a Residential A District, the height of which exceeds two stories and/or the height of which exceeds the following:
(1) 
On a plot less than 40 feet by 100 feet: 26 feet.
(2) 
On a plot at least 40 feet by 100 feet, but less than 50 feet by 100 feet: 27 feet.
(3) 
On a plot at least 50 feet by 100 feet, but less than 60 feet by 100 feet: 28 feet.
(4) 
On a plot at least 60 feet by 100 feet: 30 feet.
(5) 
In case of a church, school or library: 65 feet.
B. 
For the main roof area of all dwellings, the slope shall be not less than four 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 four vertical over 12 horizontal. The slope ratio requirements shall not be applicable to dormers, one-story wings on multistory buildings, or secondary roof area. See accompanying illustration of roof pitches.
[Added 11-16-2017 by L.L. No. 13-2017]
[Amended 12-16-1976 by L.L. No. 5-1976]
No building or part thereof shall be erected or altered in the Residential A District that is nearer the street line upon which it fronts than the average setback of the two existing buildings adjoining the lot on each side with the same block and the same use district. When all lots on any side of a block are vacant, no street wall of a building need be set nearer than 25 feet to the street line. In no event shall any building or portion of a building be less than 15 feet from the street line. On corner lots, the setback distance from the street line other than the street upon which the building fronts shall be not less than 15 feet.
[Amended 12-16-1976 by L.L. No. 5-1976; 9-18-2013 by L.L. No. 6-2013]
Two side yards, one on each side of the building, the aggregate widths of which shall be at least 14 feet, are required. Neither side yard shall be less than five feet. The following encroachments are permitted: cornices, eaves, gutters or chimneys projecting not more than 18 inches.
[Amended 12-16-1976 by L.L. No. 5-1976]
A rear yard equal to a minimum of 25% of the depth of the lot shall be required on each lot. In no case shall the depth of the rear yard be less than 15 feet.
[Added 12-16-1976 by L.L. No. 5-1976]
A. 
Accessory buildings may occupy 40% of the required area of the rear yard up to an average height of 12 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 accessory building shall be nearer any front property line than 45 feet, and accessory buildings must be at least two feet from the rear and side property lines.
B. 
No accessory buildings, including garages, shall be hereafter altered so that any part thereof shall contain a room or rooms designed for dwelling purposes.
[Added 11-16-1978 by L.L. No. 8-1978]