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Town of Brighton, NY
Monroe County
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The following regulations apply to the area of lots, the height of buildings, the yards and other open spaces to be provided, minimum floor areas and all other matters contained therein, as indicated for the various districts established by these regulations, and are hereby adopted and declared to be part of these Comprehensive Development Regulations.
[Amended 10-24-2001; 6-27-2007 by L.L. No. 11-2007]
The bulk regulations for single-family residences in the Residential - Large Lot RLL District, Residential - Low Density RLA District, Residential - Low Density RLB District and Residential - Low Density RLC District shall be as follows:
Minimum Requirements
RLL
RLA
RLB
RLC
Lot area (square feet)
43,560
23,125
13,500
11,250
Lot width (feet)
150
125
90
75
Front yard (feet)
75
60
40
40
Side yard, each
15% of lot width. No lot shall be required to have a side yard greater than 40 feet.
Rear yard (feet)
60
60
40
40
Livable floor area per dwelling unit (square feet)
1,100
1,800
1,100
900
Maximum Requirements
RLL
RLA
RLB
RLC
Maximum permitted building
height (feet)
30
30
30
30
Maximum building coverage
15%
20%
25%
25%
Maximum livable floor area (LFA)* (square feet)
1,908 square feet of LFA plus 57 square feet of LFA for each 1,000 square feet of lot area
Equation: LFA allowed = 1,908 + (.057 x Lot Size)
Maximum size of attached garage (total for lot - square feet)
900
900
900
900
* Note: See also Chapter 209, Incentive Zoning, Article II.
The bulk regulations for the Planned Residential Development PRD District shall be as follows:
A. 
Minimum requirements:
(1) 
Development lot area: five acres.
(2) 
Usable open space per dwelling unit: 1,200 square feet.
(3) 
Lot width:
(a) 
Single-family detached lot: 60 feet.
(b) 
Semidetached lot: 30 feet.
(c) 
Attached lot: 20 feet.
(4) 
Livable floor area per dwelling unit type:
(a) 
Single-family detached: 1,000 square feet.
(b) 
Semidetached: 800 square feet.
(c) 
Attached: 600 square feet.
(5) 
Yard requirements:
(a) 
Yard abutting a state or county road: 100 feet.
(b) 
Yard abutting Town collector street: 40 feet.
(c) 
Yard abutting Town or private local street: 30 feet.
(d) 
Yard between attached dwellings or semiattached units: five feet.
(e) 
Side yard, when provided: 10 feet.
(f) 
Rear yard: 20 feet.
(g) 
Yard abutting a project boundary line, other than street: 30 feet.
B. 
Maximum requirements:
(1) 
Dwelling units per gross acre of development: six.
(2) 
Coverage of lot with buildings: 30%.
(3) 
Number of dwelling per building: five.
(4) 
Building length: 150 feet.
(5) 
Building height: 40 feet.
[Amended 5-22-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996; 6-27-2007 by L.L. No. 11-2007]
The bulk regulations for Residential Medium Density RM District shall be as follows:
A. 
Minimum requirements:
(1) 
Lot area: 7,000 square feet.
(2) 
Lot width: 55 feet.
(3) 
Front yard: 35 feet.
(4) 
One side yard: 10% of lot width.
(5) 
Both side yards: 25% of lot width.
(6) 
Rear yard: 40 feet.
(7) 
Livable floor area per dwelling unit: 900 square feet.
B. 
Maximum requirements:
(1) 
Building height: 30 feet.
(2) 
Coverage: 25%.
(3) 
Maximum size of attached garage: 700 square feet.
(4) 
Maximum livable floor area (LFA): 1,908 square feet of LFA plus 57 square feet of LFA for each 1,000 square feet of lot area [Equation: LFA allowed = 1,908 + (.057 x Lot Size)].
[Amended 5-22-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]
The bulk regulations for the Residential - High Density RHD-2 and Residential - High Density RHD-1 Districts shall be as follows:
Minimum Requirements
RHD-1
RHD-2
Lot area (square feet)
40,000
20,000
Lot area per dwelling unit (square feet)
First unit
8,000
10,000
Each additional unit
1,000
2,700
Usable open space per dwelling unit
(square feet)
600
600
Lot width (feet)
150
150
Front yard (feet)
60
40
Side yard (feet)
40
30
Rear yard (feet)
45
35
Livable floor area per dwelling unit
(square feet)
500
500
Individual lots each having their own unit shall have a minimum lot area of 1,200 square feet, a minimum lot width of 14 feet and a minimum lot depth of 80 feet. End units shall have a minimum side yard of 30 feet.
Maximum Requirements
RHD-1
RHD-2
Height (feet)
80
40
Stories
7
3
Coverage
35%
35%
Density (units)
--
14
[Amended 2-25-1998; 10-24-2001; 8-24-2016 by L.L. No. 5-2016]
The bulk regulations for Office and Office Park BE-1 District, Low Density Office BE-L District, Office - Transitional BE-2 District and Office/Commercial - Mixed Use BE-3 District shall be as follows:
Minimum Requirements
BE-L
BE-1
BE-2
BE-3
Lot area
(square feet)
43,560
40,000
12,000
8,500
Lot width
(feet)
150
150
150
75
Front yard
(feet)
40
50
30
30
Side yard
(feet)
10% of lot width; minimum 20feet
20
20
10
Side yard abutting
a residential
district
(feet)
10% of lot width; minimum 20feet
30
Rear yard
(feet)
40
30
50
50
Rear yard
abutting a
residential district
(feet)
80
Maximum requirements
BE-L
BE-1
BE-2
BE-3
Gross floor area per lot,
excluding parking and
accessory structures
(square feet)
3.500
Gross first floor area
(square feet)
7,000
2,500
Building height
Pitched roof
Feet
22
40
40
40
Stories
3
3
3
Flat roof
Feet
18
40
40
40
Stories
3
3
3
Coverage, including all
improvement surfaces*
50%
65%
65%
65%
Density (gross square feet
floor area per acre)
7,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
Building size (gross square
(feet)
14,000
NOTES:
* Impervious surfaces located within a Town sidewalk easement or Town trail easement shall not be included in impervious coverage calculations.
[Amended 2-25-1998; 8-24-2016 by L.L. No. 5-2016]
The bulk regulations for Low Intensity BE-F District, Neighborhood Commercial BF-1 District and General Commercial BF-2 District shall be as follows:
Minumum Requirements
BE-F
BF-1
BF-2
Lot area (square feet)
8,500
5,000
10,000
Lot width (feet)
75
70
150
Front yard (feet)
30
30
60
Side yard not abutting a
residential district
(feet)
10
10
10
Side yard abutting a
residential district
(feet)
30
30
30
Rear yard not abutting a
residential district
(feet)
50
20
20
Rear yard abutting a
residential district
50
50
60
Maximum Requirements
BE-F
BF-1
BF-2
Maximum gross floor area per lot,
excluding parking and accessory
Structures (square feet)
7,000
--
--
Maximum gross floor area of first
floor per lot (excluding parking and
accessory structures) (square feet)
3,500
--
--
Building height
Feet
40
40
40
Stories
3
3
3
Coverage, including all impervious
surfaces*
65%
65%
65%
Density (square feet of gross
floor area per acre)
10,000
10,000
10,000
NOTES:
* Impervious surfaces located within a Town sidewalk easement or Town trail easement shall not be included in impervious coverage calculations.
[Amended 9-27-2012 by L.L. No. 9-2014; 8-24-2016 by L.L. No. 5-2016]
The bulk regulations for Light Industrial IG District and Technology Office Park TOP District shall be as follows:
Minimum Requirements
IG
IG*
TOP
Project size (acres)
--
--
25
Lot area (square feet)
80,000
40,000
40,000
Lot width (feet)
200
100
60
Lot depth (feet)
200
--
200
Front yard (feet)
100
60
75
Side yard (feet)
50
20
40
Side yard abutting a
residential district (feet)
200
--
100
Rear yard (feet)
50
30
60
Rear yard abutting a
residential district (feet)
200
--
100
Gross floor area of a
principal structure
(square feet)
1,000
--
1,000
* NOTE: Industrial District located on a Town street, or on a private street serving only industrial uses.
Maximum Requirements
IG
IG*
TOP
Building height (feet)
40
40
40
Coverage, including all
impervious surfaces**
65
%65%
65%
Density (square feet of gross
floor area per acres)
10,000
10,000
10,000
NOTES:
* Industrial District located on a Town street or private street serving only industrial uses.
** Impervious surfaces located within a Town sidewalk easement or Town trail easement shall not be included in impervious coverage calculations.
The bulk regulations for the Institutional Planned Development IPD District shall be as follow:
A. 
Minimum requirements:
(1) 
District size: five acres.
(2) 
Front yard: 20 feet.
(3) 
Side yard: 10 feet.
(4) 
Rear yard: 20 feet.
(5) 
All buildings and paved areas adjacent to residential districts: 100 feet.
(6) 
Buffer area surrounding entire district: 50 feet.
B. 
Maximum permitted:
(1) 
Building height: 40 feet.
(2) 
Coverage, including all impervious surfaces other than impervious surfaces located within a Town sidewalk easement or Town trail easement: 65%.
[Amended 8-24-2016 by L.L. No. 5-2016]
(3) 
Density: 10,000 square feet of gross floor area per acre.
The bulk regulations for the Planned Unit Development PUD District shall be as follows:
A. 
Minimum requirements:
(1) 
District size: 50 acres.
(2) 
Overall residential density: four units per acre.
(3) 
Single-family detached: 20%.
(4) 
Open space: 1,200 square feet per dwelling unit.
(5) 
Buffer strips: 100 feet.
(6) 
Office densities in planned unit developments greater than 1,000 dwelling units: one acre per 100 dwelling units.
B. 
Maximum permitted:
(1) 
Overall residential density: eight units per acre.
(2) 
Residential densities for multifamily units: 14 units per acre.
(3) 
Open space devoted to plan areas: 15%.
(4) 
Commercial densities with planned unit developments over 100 to 500 dwelling units: 2,400 square feet.
(5) 
Commercial densities for planned unit developments with 500 or more dwelling units: five-tenths (0.5) acre per 100 dwelling units.
The bulk regulations for the Waterfront Development WD Districts shall be as follows:
A. 
Minimum requirements:
(1) 
Lot size shall be twice the square footage of principal building's first (ground) floor.
B. 
Maximum permitted:
(1) 
Height of principal building: 40 feet.
(2) 
Height of accessory building: 16 feet.
(3) 
Coverage, including all impervious surfaces other than impervious surfaces located within a Town sidewalk easement or Town trail easement: 65%.
[Amended 8-24-2016 by L.L. No. 5-2016]
(4) 
Residential uses: 20% of total acreage of land within district.
(5) 
Residential uses: 10% of canal/river frontage.
(6) 
Second floor offices or residences: 25% of total floor area of principal building.