The provisions of this article shall be subject
to such exceptions, additions or modifications as herein provided
by the supplementary regulations contained in this article.
Boats, utility trailers, motor homes, recreational
vehicles and campers shall not be parked on a lot anywhere within
the front yard depth area.
Unlicensed or uninspected operable vehicles
shall not be stored where they are visible from a road or highway.
The outdoor storage or parking of junk vehicles
is prohibited anywhere in the Town of Brutus except in permitted junkyards.
No accessory building shall be used for dwelling
purposes.
Accessory buildings and woodpiles shall in no
event be located closer to the rear or side lot line than 15 feet.
Dumps are prohibited throughout the Town of
Brutus.
In any residential district, each dwelling hereafter
shall have a front yard equal to the average depth of the front yards
immediately adjoining thereto on either side.
Junkyards are prohibited in the Town of Brutus
unless the Town Board issues a special permit for the same.
A lot or yard area required for any new building
or use shall not include any part of a lot that is required by any
other building or use to comply with the requirements of this chapter.
No lot shall be so altered that the area of the lot or the dimensions
of yards or other open spaces are smaller than herein prescribed.
Where a perimeter strip is required by special
permit, there shall be provided along such abutting lines a perimeter
strip having a minimum width on all sides adjoining other parcels
of 25 feet, provided that this strip does not apply to front yards.
This strip is in addition to all side and rear yard requirements and
shall be developed, used and maintained for lawn, shrubs, trees and
bushes to the end that such strip shall afford a screen at least six
feet high effectively barring visibility. The perimeter strip is intended
to remain inviolate of any other use, including piling, plowing or
storage of snow.
Where a permitted residential building is to
be located on the same lot with another permitted residential building,
each such building shall independently be provided with all required
front, side and rear yards and required lot area.
The provisions of §§
125-10 through
125-14 shall not prevent the construction of a single-family dwelling, provided that the yard requirements are observed, on any lot which was lawful when created and which, prior to the effective date of this chapter, was in separate ownership duly recorded by plan or deed.
On a corner lot in any district, no fence, wall,
hedge or other structure or planting more than 3 1/2 feet in
height shall be erected, placed or maintained within the triangular
area formed by the intersecting street lines and a straight line joining
said street lines at points which are 30 feet distant from the point
of intersection, measured along said street lines.
No excavation for purposes other than the construction
of a driveway, walk, a permitted wall or building or part thereof
or accessory thereto or to remove topsoil from one part of the lands
of an owner to another part of the same premises, when such removal
is necessary as an accessory use or is for the purpose of farming
or improving said property, shall be made unless approved by the Zoning
Officer.