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Town of Brighton, NY
Monroe County
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In accordance with the recommendations and policies in the Town Master Plan, this district is intended to promote and encourage the development of variety of housing types within the high-density range prescribed in the Master Plan.
[Amended 5-2-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]
In a Residential High Density RHD-2 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) 
Any permitted use or accessory use listed in, and regulated in, the Residential Medium Density RM District, except that no office or studio as set forth in home occupations in the Residential Medium Density RM District shall be permitted in a multiple dwelling or multiple dwelling group.
(2) 
Two-family dwellings.
(3) 
Townhouses and garden apartments subject to the following requirements:
(a) 
The minimum distance between principal buildings shall not be less than 1 1/2 times the height of the highest building or 25 feet, whichever is less.
(b) 
No building shall exceed 160 feet in length.
(c) 
Any apartment building over three stories in height shall be fully serviced by a passenger elevator.
B. 
Conditional uses shall be permitted as follows, subject to approval of the Planning Board in accordance with Chapter 217, Article II, hereof, 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 the Residential Medium Density RM District.
[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 area shall be located within 100 feet of any street or lot line.
B. 
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.