Uses and structures permitted in the R-A District are as follows:
A.
Permitted uses and structures:
(1)
Principal uses and structures permitted in the R-2 District.
(2)
Two-family dwellings.
(3)
Agricultural, floricultural and horticultural pursuits,
including but not limited to, general farms, greenhouses, plant nurseries,
truck gardens, dairy husbandry, animal husbandry and poultry and livestock,
together with all customary buildings and other structures necessary for the
production and storage of the products of such pursuits, provided that buildings,
pens and runways for the confinement of livestock or poultry shall be at least
100 feet from any property line of an R District and no manure or other odor-
or dust-producing substances shall be stored within 100 feet of any lot line.
(4)
Veterinarians, small-animal hospitals and dog kennels;
provided, however, that buildings, pens or runways for the confinement of
animals shall be at least 100 feet from the property line of an R District
and no manure or other odor- or dust-producing substances shall be stored
within 100 feet of any lot line.
(5)
Private wildlife reservations or conservation projects,
including the customary buildings and structures therefor.
(6)
Cemeteries.
(7)
Hospitals or institutions of a religious, charitable,
rehabilitative or philanthropic nature.
(8)
Nonprofit private clubs, including club swimming pools
and/or tennis courts, catering exclusively to members and guests.
B.
The following uses by special use permit authorized by
the Town Board (See Article XXXII.):
(1)
Radio, paging, telephone, cellular communication, television
and related transmission or telecommunications facilities, antennas or towers;
and receive only antennas and mountings or towers having a combined weight
exceeding or equal to 50 pounds, subject to the following conditions and limitations:
[Amended 4-17-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991; 6-16-1997
by L.L. No. 6-1997]
(a)
The Town Board shall consider as factors in granting
such a permit the purpose for which the permit is being sought and the availability
of other means of transmitting or obtaining the transmission or signal sought
by the applicant.
(b)
The location of such antenna may be a condition in the
granting of a special permit.
(c)
Insofar as is practicable, each antenna shall be located
in an area not readily visible from the street or by adjoining property owners
and shall be screened or buffered in a manner that will not materially interfere
with the transmission or reception of any signal.
(d)
No antenna may be placed in any required front yard or
side yard.
(e)
Where any such antenna shall, at the time of operation,
be intended, in whole or in part, for use as a telecommunications facility
as hereafter defined, said application shall be subject to § 123-128.1,
supplemental regulations regarding approval and construction of telecommunication
facilities contained in this chapter.
(2)
Gun clubs.
(3)
Private airports.
(a)
Any permit granted shall be subject to or conditioned
upon the granting of approval of the proposed and completed airstrip by the
agency of the federal government having jurisdiction.
(b)
The applicant shall furnish proof that he is duly licensed
to fly the private aircraft for which the landing strip is proposed.
(c)
Such an airstrip shall be permitted only to the applicant
on a nontransferable basis and only for use as an accessory use to the main
use or building as permitted in an R-A District.
(d)
Such an airstrip may be used only for one aircraft by
the resident for his own private aircraft and, for a maximum period not exceeding
24 consecutive hours, by not exceeding one additional guest aircraft in any
consecutive twenty-four-hour period.
(e)
Such a permit shall be granted only for a period of two
years and shall lapse automatically if unused for a period of one calendar
year or more. Failure to comply with regulations hereby imposed shall be proper
cause for revocation or refusal of renewal of the permit.
(f)
Such a permit may be granted by the Town Board only after
a public hearing and determination that it is in the public interest to grant
the same and that the proposed use will not unreasonably conflict with the
rights of adjoining or adjacent owners of property and the general public.
(4)
Picnic grounds or groves for which a fee or rental is
charged for the use of the premises, excluding all amusement devices other
than customary playground apparatus.
(5)
Fur farming. The raising of fur-bearing animals for their
fur with no attempt at domestication of these animals.
(6)
Raising of domestic honeybees.
(a)
Permit for keeping of bees may not be granted for a period
exceeding two years.
(b)
Determining whether or not such permit shall be granted,
the Town Board shall consider the following factors:
[1]
The location of any beehive with respect to the boundary
lines of the property.
[2]
The distance of any beehive from adjacent dwellings or
other areas regularly used by adjoining landowners.
[3]
Any other factors relating to the health, safety and
convenience of the applicant and adjoining landowners and/or residents.
C.
Accessory uses and structures.
(1)
Accessory uses permitted and as regulated in the R-2
District.
(2)
Accessory uses and structures customarily incidental
to permitted principal uses.
(3)
Refreshment stands dispensing food and nonalcoholic beverages
incidental to the operation of a commercial picnic grove.
(4)
Temporary occupancy permits for six months' duration,
on the approval of the Code Enforcement Officer, for the sale and display
of agricultural products. Any stand used for the sale and display of such
products shall contain not more than 200 square feet of floor area and shall
be set back at least 20 feet from the street line.
(5)
No limit on the size of vehicles or equipment used for
farming operations. Parking of one or more vehicles over one ton other than
farm equipment and the tractor half of a tractor-trailer rig combination,
only on permit by the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Unless otherwise provided, the minimum lot size in the R-A District
shall be as specified in this section.
Unless otherwise provided, the maximum height of buildings in the R-A
District shall be as specified in this section.
A.
Dwellings: 2 1/2 stories, not to exceed 35 feet.
B.
Other principal buildings: as regulated by yard requirements,
up to a maximum of 35 feet.
C.
Clubs: three stories, not to exceed 35 feet.
D.
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection D, Accessory buildings, was
repealed 2-4-2004 by L.L. No. 3-2004. For current provisions, see § 123-136B(4).
E.
Farm buildings: no limit.
Unless otherwise provided, the minimum required yards and other open
spaces in the R-A District shall be as specified in this section.
A.
Front yard: 50 feet.
B.
Side yards: two required.
(1)
The minimum width of any side yard shall be 10 feet.
(2)
Other principal buildings, accessory buildings and farm
buildings: Except as otherwise provided, each side yard shall equal 30 feet
or a distance equal to the height of the principal building, whichever is
greater; provided, however, that when a side yard adjoins a lot in any district
other than an R District, such side yard shall equal 15 feet or a distance
equal to 1/2 the height of the principal building, whichever is greater.
C.
Rear yard. No rear yard shall have a depth of less than
30 feet or a distance equal to the height of the principal building, whichever
is greater.
D.
Maximum lot coverage: 7%.
For applicable off-street parking regulations, see Article XVIII.
For applicable sign regulations, see the Town of Boston chapter regulating
signs.[1]
