In an Apartment AAA District the following regulations
shall apply: No building may be erected or used and no lot or premises
may be used except for:
A. A multiple dwelling or apartment house conforming
to the provisions of the Multiple Dwelling Law, as amended from time to time and to the provisions of
this article.
B. The office of a doctor or dentist residing on the
premises, provided that there is no display, except for a professional
sign or nameplate not exceeding two square feet in area.
[Amended 2-20-1992 by L.L. No. 3-1992]
C. A church or other place of worship, provided that a special use permit has been issued for such use by the Board of Trustees pursuant to Article
XXIX of this chapter.
[Amended 12-2-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
No multiple dwelling shall exceed six stories
with a maximum height of 65 feet, except that this height limitation
shall not apply to ventilators, skylights, water tanks, bulkheads
or similar features, a radio and television antenna installation for
the use of all of the residents of the multiple dwelling, a swimming
pool and/or solarium for the use of all of the residents of the multiple
dwelling and necessary mechanical appurtenances usually carried above
the roof level. However, such features shall be erected only to a
height necessary to accomplish the purpose it is intended to serve,
but in no case more than 14 feet above its lowest point of contact
with the roof. Chimneys will be permitted to exceed the fourteen-foot
height limitation. The total area covered by such features exempted
from the height limit, except recreational facilities, shall not exceed,
in cross-sectional areas, 25% of the area of the roof on which they
are located. All such features shall be enclosed within walls of material
and design in harmony with the main walls of the building on which
they are located, except in the case of a swimming pool or solarium
where no enclosure is required.
[Amended 5-16-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991]
Each multiple-dwelling unit or apartment shall
provide a minimum clear floor area of the following square footage:
A. Studio units: 500 square feet.
B. One-bedroom units: 600 square feet.
C. Two-bedroom units: 750 square feet.
D. Each additional bedroom: 100 square feet.
When two or more multiple dwellings are grouped
on the same lot, the unobstructed open space between the exterior
walls of such buildings shall not be less than the average height
of the buildings facing one another across said open space.
[Amended 7-30-1985 by L.L. No. 5-1985]
All outdoor parking areas abutting residential
areas shall be screened with evergreen plantings of such height, space
and type as shall be approved by the Planning Board, and there shall
be such planting of trees within the parking area as will assist in
screening the overall effect of such parking area from the surrounding
residential areas. The buffer strip shall not be less than five feet
in depth and shall contain a stockade fence six feet in height along
the buffer area with the finished side facing the more restrictive
area.
All exterior lighting shall be of such type
and location and shall have such shading as will prevent the source
of the light from being seen from any adjacent property or from the
street.
No apartment house or multiple dwelling, as
provided for herein, shall be permitted unless provided with municipal
sewerage or unless an independent sewage disposal facility approved
by the Nassau County Department of Health is constructed for the sanitary
disposal of sewage of such building. Stormwater disposal shall conform
to Nassau County standards.
[Amended 7-30-1985 by L.L. No. 5-1985]
Rubbish and garbage disposal facilities must
be approved by the Planning Board.
[Amended 7-30-1985 by L.L. No. 5-1985; 2-5-1987 by L.L. No. 1-1987]
Except as exempted by §
248-252 of this chapter, no building permit shall be issued and no building or use shall be established, except in conformity with a site development plan approved by the Planning Board, in accordance with Article
XXVIII of this chapter.
[Amended 7-30-1985 by L.L. No. 5-1985]
The planning and development of buffer and landscaped
areas in accordance with standards, specifications and procedures
acceptable to the Planning Board or other appropriate Village department
designated by the Planning Board shall be prerequisite to the issuance
of a certificate of occupancy, or, alternatively, a performance bond
sufficient to cover the full cost of the same, as estimated by the
Planning Board, shall be furnished to the Village by the owner.
[Amended 7-30-1985 by L.L. No. 5-1985]
All elevators shall be equipped with an adequate
security safety device as approved by the Planning Board.
Any open balconies shown on elevations shall
be built with solid opaque front and shall be maintained as shown
on the approved plans. No enclosures may be made in future alterations.