In accordance with the recommendations and policies of the Town Master Plan, this district is intended to promote and encourage a suitable environment for family living by protecting and stabilizing the residential character of the Town's established neighborhoods. The residential character of this district offers a variety of lot sizes consistent with suburban standards.
In a Residential Low Density RLC District, no building or premises shall be used, and no building or part of a building shall be erected or altered which is arranged, intended or designed to be used, in whole or in part, for any uses except the following:
A. 
Permitted uses shall be as follows:
(1) 
Single-family detached dwellings not to exceed one dwelling on each lot.
(2) 
Family day-care homes.
(3) 
Buildings, structures and uses owned or operated by the Town of Brighton for municipal use.
(4) 
[1]Any accessory use permitted in a Residential RLB District.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection A(4), allowing the keeping of roomers and boarders as a permitted use, was repealed 1-11-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006. This local law also redesignated former Subsection A(5) and A(4).
B. 
Conditional uses as follows shall be permitted, subject to approval of the Planning Board in accordance with Chapter 217, Article II, of these regulations, and subject to the requirements specified below and elsewhere in these regulations, including site plan approval in accordance with Chapter 217, Article III, of these regulations:
(1) 
Any conditional use permitted in, and regulated in, a Residential Low Density RLB District.
(2) 
Nursing or convalescent homes, subject to the following special requirements:
(a) 
No building or part thereof shall be located within 100 feet of any street or lot line.
(b) 
The sum of all areas covered by principal and accessory building shall not exceed 20% of the area of the lot. Minimum lot areas shall be five acres.
(c) 
The maximum height shall be 40 feet at grade.
(d) 
The entire lot, except for areas covered by buildings, parking or loading areas, shall be suitably landscaped and properly maintained.
C. 
Home occupations. The same regulations as in Residential RLB District shall apply.
[Amended 4-13-2005 by L.L. No. 4-2005]
All uses shall be subject to all applicable off-street parking and loading requirements set forth in Chapter 205, Articles II and III, of these regulations. In addition, the following off-street parking and loading standards shall apply:
A. 
For nursing and convalescent homes, no parking or loading shall be located within 100 feet of any street or lot line.
B. 
For private golf courses, no parking or loading area shall be located within 150 feet of any street or lot line.
C. 
No overnight parking of commercial vehicles, except within an enclosed garage, shall be permitted within a residential district.
See the sign regulations in Chapter 207, Article VI, of these regulations.
[Added 7-23-1997 by L.L. No. 5-1997]
See the communication facilities regulations in Chapter 207, Articles VIII and I, § 207-3D, of these regulations.
See the access control regulations in Chapter 207, Article IV, of these regulations.
See the landscaping regulations in Chapter 207, Article V, of these regulations.
See the supplementary regulations in Chapter 207, Article I, § 207-3 of these regulations.