The following regulations shall apply in all
Residence AA Districts.
[Amended 7-14-1969; 6-21-1971; 7-12-1971; 11-22-1971; 5-12-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008]
The following uses are permitted:
A. Dwellings for not more than one family.
B. Churches or similar places of worship, parish houses,
convents.
C. Elementary public schools, parochial schools, high
schools and institutions for higher learning.
E. Public parks and playgrounds and other municipal recreation
uses.
F. Customary home occupations, such as the office of
a physician, dentist, surgeon or other professional person, provided
that such use is incidental to the primary residence use of such professional
persons, and provided that such use shall be conducted in the principal
building.
G. Garage space or parking space may be provided for
not more than three automobiles in a detached garage and not more
than two automobiles in an attached garage. Commercial vehicles are
permitted, provided that such vehicle does not exceed one-ton rated
capacity, is used only by the owner or occupant of said property and
is parked in a completely enclosed garage at all times when not in
use. Notwithstanding the aforementioned limitations, the Board of
Appeals shall have the power to grant permits for the establishment
and maintenance of parking fields in this and any other zones, subject
to the conditions and limitations provided in § 210-12(N)
herein.
H. Accessory uses to the residence, including a detached
garage, accessory buildings, accessory structures, breezeways, decks,
swimming pools, entry stairs/stoops, unenclosed porches, barbecue
pits, landscape arbors and planters, fences, paved patios sidewalks
and driveways.
[Amended 2-28-1977 by L.L. No. 3-1977]
A. Any use not herein specifically permitted is prohibited.
B. Hospitals or sanatoriums for the treatment of human
ailments are prohibited, except that hospitals or institutions treating
liquor-habit patients, if existing at the time of the enactment of
this amendment, shall be permitted to exist as a lawful nonconforming
use.
C. Tattoo parlors.
[Added 5-23-1983 by L.L. No. 11-1983]
[Amended 5-12-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008]
A. No dwelling shall exceed 35 feet in height nor have more than three stories, and no structure of any kind shall be erected to a height in excess of 40 feet, except that this provision shall not apply to restrict the height of a church spire or belfry or of a monument, flagpole, water tank, elevator bulkhead, or stage tower or home television or radio receiving aerial. No building shall penetrate the sky exposure plane, except for those portions as permitted in §
210-3. No accessory building and/or detached garage shall exceed 15 feet in height if erected with a roof pitched less than six units vertically to 12 units horizontally, and 20 feet in height if erected with a roof pitched six units vertically to 12 units horizontally or steeper.
B. The following sky exposure planes shall apply:
(1) Along front and rear property lines, a SEP pitch of
one unit vertical to one unit horizontal.
(2) Along side property lines, a SEP pitch of 1.5 units
vertical to one unit horizontal.
[Amended 4-8-1968]
No building shall be erected on a lot whose
area is less than 7,500 square feet and on any lot which has a street
frontage of less than 75 feet and on any lot whose width is less than
75 feet at any point between the side lines from the front property
line up to the rear building line of the proposed structure.
[Amended 5-12-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008]
The principal building on any lot shall not
cover more than 25% of the lot area, and no more than an additional
7.5% of the total area of the lot may be used for the erection of
an accessory building and/or detached garage with the maximum lot
coverage of said accessory building and/or detached garage to be limited
to an aggregate area of a maximum of 750 square feet, and no more
than an additional 5% of the total area of the lot may be used for
the erection of an unenclosed porch with the aggregate maximum lot
coverage of said unenclosed porch to be limited to a maximum of 375
square feet. The floor area of the principal building shall not exceed
a floor area ratio of 40% of the lot area.
Every dwelling shall provide a minimum of 1,000
square feet of residential floor area per family. Every dwelling more
than one story in height shall provide a minimum of 800 square feet
of residential floor area on the first floor designed for residential
use.
[Amended 5-12-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008]
A. Yards of the following depths or widths shall be provided
for the principal building on the lot:
(1) Front yard depth: minimum 20 feet or the average depth
of all residential front yards on the same side of the street within
two hundred 200 feet in either direction, whichever is greater, but
in no case more than 50 feet.
(2) Rear yard depth: minimum 20 feet or 20% of the lot
depth, whichever is greater, with the exception that for lots abutting
canals and other navigable bodies of water, the rear yard depth shall
equal the average depths of all residential rear yards abutting the
water on the same side of the canal or navigable body of water within
200 feet in either direction or 20 feet measured landwards of the
average line of the bulkhead, whichever is greater, or, if no bulkhead
exists, measured 20 feet landwards of the rear property line, whichever
is greater.
(3) Side yards width: minimum 10 feet; the sum of the
width of the two side yards shall, at minimum, equal 25% of the lot
width.
B. No structure or building, other than a fence, landscape
arbors and planters, entry stair/stoop, may be erected in the side
yard of a building, and any building other than a dwelling, or an
accessory building serving the dwelling, or a detached garage serving
the dwelling, or a breezeway serving the dwelling, shall have a side
yard of not less than 40 feet measured to the side property lines.
C. Yards of the following depths or widths shall be provided
for accessory buildings, detached garages, accessory structures, barbecue
pits and breezeways on the lot:
(1) Front yard: No accessory building, accessory structure,
barbecue pit, detached garage or breezeway shall be erected in any
front yard.
(2) Rear yard depth: minimum five feet, except for lots
which abut canals or navigable waters, a minimum depth of 20 feet
measured landwards of the average line of the bulkhead shall be provided;
if no bulkhead exists, measured 20 feet landwards of the rear property
line.
(3) Side yards width: No accessory building, accessory
structure, barbecue pit, detached garage or breezeway shall be erected
in any side yard.
(4) Separation from dwellings on adjacent lots: A minimum
separation of 20 feet shall be provided from any existing dwellings
on adjacent lots.
D. Decks extending less than 18 inches above the established
grade in areas mapped outside the floodplain by FEMA FIRM maps or
decks not extending above adjusted grade in areas mapped within the
floodplain by FEMA FIRM maps shall comply with the following yard
requirements:
(1) Front yard depth requirements shall be the same as
front yard depth requirements for principal buildings.
(2) Side yards width: minimum 3 1/2 feet from side
property lines.
(3) Rear yards depth: minimum 3 1/2 feet; except
for lots abutting canals or navigable water, the deck may extend to
the bulkhead.
E. Decks extending more than 18 inches above established
grade in areas mapped outside the floodplain by FEMA FIRM maps or
decks extending above adjusted grade in areas mapped within the floodplain
by FEMA FIRM maps shall be considered to be accessory structures if
freestanding and if attached to or separated by less than four feet
from a building, shall be considered as a part of the principal building,
accessory building or detached garage to which they are attached or
adjacent and shall be regulated by the requirements for those buildings.