HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/24/1966BUILDING ZONE ORDINANCE
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
SUFFOLK COUNTY
NEW YORK
MAY 24, 1966 25c
BUILDING ZONE ORDINANCE
Town Of Southold
Suffolk County, New York
An ordinance classifying, regulating and restricting the height, number
cfi stories, size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot thai
may be occupied, the size of yards and other open spaces, the density oi
popnlati,m, the location and uae of buildiugs, structures and land for trade.
industry, residence and other lmrposeL (provided that such regulations
shall apply to and affect only such part of the town outside the limits of alt.','
incc, rporated village), establishing the boumlaries ui districts for said pur-
poses so as to promote the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the
Town of Southold with reasonable consideration, among other things to the
most desirable uae fi,r which the land of each district may be adapted, thc
peculiar suitability for particular use of a district, the conservation of prop
erty values and the direction .[ building development iu accordauce with a
well considered plan and ;dso to establish penalties for violation o£ these
regulations aa prescribed bx the statutes.
Short Title
ARTICLE I
ARTICLE I[
ARTICLE I[I
ARTICLE IliA
ARTICLE IIIB
ARTICLE IX.;
ARTICLE IVA
ARTICLE IVB
ARTICLE V
ARTICLE VI
ARTICLE VII
ARTICLE VIII
ARTICLE iX
ARTICLE X
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section
Definitions ..................................... 100
Districts ....................................... 200
"A" Residential and Agricultural District ........ 300
"51'" Multiple Residence District ................ 350
"M 1" Multiple Residence District ............ 370
"B" Business District ........................... 400
"B-I" Business District .......................... 420
"B 2" Business District ........................ 440
"C" Industrial District .......................... 500
Tourist Camps. Camp Cottages and Trailers ...... 600
Applications and Permits ....................... 700
Buard of Appeals ............................... 800
Amendments ................................... 900
General Provisions ............................. 10013
WHEREAS, all the matters and things required to be doue by the Town
Law of the State of New York in order that the Town Board of the Toxvn of
Southold. Suffolk County, State of New York, ~nay avail itself of the powers
conferred hy said law have been dtdy complied with.
NOW THEREFORE, the Town Board of the Town o[ Southold, Suf-
folk County, State of New York, by virtue of the authority in it fly law
invested hereby ordains and enacts the following ordinance.'
SECTION 1--This ordinance shall be knowu and may be cited as "The
Building Zone Ordinance of the Towu of Southold, Su~olk County, New
York."
ARTICLE I
SECTION 10~Defini~ions--For ihe
p~rpose of this Ordinance, certain
includes the plural and the plural the
singular, the word "building" includes
includes ihe word "plot" at~d the word
building, subordinate go the main build-
main buildin2.
able to this O~inance sh~ll refer to
3 ~ ~OA~DING AND TOURIST
HOUSES -A buddin~ other ~han a
hotel where l~giug, with cr wi[hou~
building.
section area of the buildi~s on a lot,
eighteen (18) inches, ~eps, one (I)
level te lhe hi~hest point of the roof
sur~gce, if ~ Ilar roof, to the deck line
VIDED that chimneys, spires, ~owers,
projections sh~l not ~ included In
{he height. For building set back from
surrounding ~he building.
de~ached buildin~ designed for or ~-
Il--GARAGE-PUBLIC --A building
other £ha.n a private garage, used for
place of individuals who are lodging
dividual apartment.
Land occupied or to be occupied for
the storage of old wood, paper, clolh
or metal, including old i~utomobiles,
and appliances no~ usable as originaEy
designed; and also including ~ny por-
13--LOT--Land occupied or lo be
buildings together with such open
dinance and having Its principal front-
age upon a public street or officially
14~LOT-CORNER -- A lo~ $iluated
streets.
16--LOT-THROUGH -- An interior
17--LOT LINES--The lines bound-
ing a lot as defined herein.
piers, wharves, docks, bulkheads, build-
directly or indirectly.
of which, or e~ch palr of which bas
from the outside of the building, with
located to each unit, and which is
lations of the use district in which it
proiecting more than five ~51 feet.
kind of billboard, sign board, device
.ncluding any writing, letter, figure,
symbol or mark painted upon or in-
20--STOi%Y -- That portion of a
building Included between the surface
it and the ceiling next above lt.
than L~o (2) feet above the Iin[shed
the sod.
of a building, such as bearing walls,
de~ached building having less than
three hundred fifty (350) square feet
abuts.
whole vddlh of the lot.
space extending along the side let lines
28--SIZE O}~ LOT-AREA--The ~rea
of ~ lot shall be the total area meas-
ilred inside ull of Its boundaries
Districts
fncorporaled Villages, Is hereby divided
SECTION 251 -- The boundaries
said districts are hereby established
This shall be understood to include
the profes~iolaul ~ffice or studio of ~
to, and PHOVIDED further, no goods
are publicly displayed on the premises
three i3) feet by four (4l feel in size
on which it is maintained and set b~ck
al!stance and not less than ten (10)
%Vhen the advertising sign is for the
Is set back not less than the front
than ten (10) feet from each side line.
The lower edge of the sign shall be
fifteen (15) feet slx (6) inches above
the ground. If the premises has a
frontage of less than five hundred
the "A" Residential and Agricultural
or altered, shall exceed thirty-five (35)
ings may be erected to a height not
ceed the height of thirLy-five (35) feet.
Agricultural District, no building shall
five hundred (12,500) square feet and
shall be at least thirty-five (35) feet
SECTION a05 -Where I~roperiy in
lot of record ~t the time of the pas-
been established then a front yard,
thirty-five 135) feet deep, shall be re-
Board of Appeals as hereinafter
provided.
rural District, there shall be two (2)
bo~h sides shall be twenty-five (25)
feet and no one ill side yard shall be
le~s th~n ten (10) feet.
ship at the effective date of this
Ordinance, of a width less than one
hundred (100) feet and of an area leas
than twelve lhousand BYe ~ Areal
(12,500) feet, a single family dwelling
reduced fifty (50l percent and may be
further reduced when authorized a.s a
special exception by the Board of
Appeals as hereLuaRer provided.
In the "A" Residential and Agricul-
tural District, there shall be a rear
y~rd having a minimum depth of
twenty-five (25) feet.
PROVIDED that. in case of a lot
held in single and separate ownership
at the effective dale of this Ordinance,
having a total depth of less than one
htmdred (10O) feet, a single family
dwelling may be buill thereon with a
rear yard of less than twenty-five (25t
hereinafter provided and PROVIDED
yard be less than fifteen (16) feet.
SECTION 509 -- "A" ACCESSORY
BUILDINGS--In /he "A" Residential
an average height of eighteen (10) feel.
cessory buildings shall be included In
to be built upon and PROVIDED
further that no building of any kind
or nature shall be built within three
SECTION 310 -- OFF- STREET
PARKING AREA--In "A" Residcn-
building shall be hereafter erected or
altered or added to in excess of fifty
(50) percent of ils area prior to the
adoption of this Ordinance. unless not
e~ch f~mily uni~ therein shall be pro-
vided for. For all places of public as-
and simlllar public gathering places
erected there shall be provided not
less th~n one (li parking space for
total are~ within such building or
ises shall be used, and no building ~hall
Multiple Residence Districts.
exception by the Board of Appeal~ as
hereinafter provided,)
4~Tourist camps, when authorized
:~s a special excep£ion by the Board of
shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet or
three ~3) stories in ltelghh
the tolal building area shah not exceed
donee District, no I~uilding shall be
hundred (12,500) square feel and a
(100) feet.
In the "M" Multiple Residence District,
the required fronf yard shall be not
less than thir~.y (50i feet.
in the ¥icinily is parIly built up with
setback line has been esiablished, no
building hereinafter erected or altered
shalI projec~ beyond the line of the
SECTION 350- In the case of a
on each street, the yard depth shaTl
be estabILshed on a line with said
setback lines have been established, the
required front yard shall no~ be less
exception by the Board of Appeals as
(1) on each side of the buildings, the
the '"M" Multiple Residence District
there shah be a rear yard havi~g a
feet.
SECTION 359 -- OFF-STREET
Multiple Residence DLs~rick no build-
lng shah be hereafter erected or altered
or added to In excess of fifty (50)
percent of its are~ prior to the adop-
tion of this Ordinance, unless a mini-
,nuHt provision for off-street parking
shall be made as follows:
(al Dwellings -- One (1) parkh~g
space for each family unit.
(bt Ho/eLs, boarding and tourist
houses -- One (1) parking space Ior
each tw~ (g~ guest rooms.
and betiding materials. · --Printing plants.
? Eookbinding plants,
8~Laundry, dry cleaning and dyeing
plants.
plants.
12--Blacksmith shops
l~Upholsterer shops.
15---Tinsmith shops.
SECTION 401--No building may be
that has been adjudicated a public
"B" Business District, no building
no but]ding shall be erected or altered
lng to exceed seventy (70) percent of
quired front yard shall be at least
shall project beyond the line of the
In the "B" Business District, If a build-
lng is used In whole or in part aa a
dwelling, there shall be a rear yard
having a minimum depth of fifteen
(15) feet. PROVIDED further that.
the case such building is over forty (40)
feet high, the depth of the rear yard
shall be increased five (5) feet for
each ien (10) feet or fraction thereof
which the building exceeds forty (40)
feet in height.
SECTION 407 -- "B" DENSITY OF
POPULATION--In the "B" Business
District, no bu!lding shall hereafter be
erected or altered to accommodate or
make provisions for more than twenty
~20~ families on one (1) acre of ground
or more than a proportional number of
families on a fractional part of any
acre of land, based on the require-
menls ~s outlined above.
SECTION 408 -- SIGNS -- Unless
copt!on by the Board of Appeals as
hereinafter provided, the following
District:
double faced, not more than six
feet six (61 inches in height and twelve
(12) feet six (6) inches in width, the
than three (3) feet above the ground
and the upper edge of which shall not
extend more than fifteen (15) feet
six 16) inches above the ground, which
sign shall be set back not less than
lb) WALL SIGNS--One (I) sign at-
tached to or incorporated in each
building wall on a public street and
ed in such building, provided such sign
such wail. and.
2 -- Exceed In width one hundred
(100) percent of lhe horizontal me~s-
S--Exceed ten (10) feet in height, and
4~Exceed fifteen (151 feet six (6)
edge of sign, and
it) ROOF SIGNS--In lieu of a wall
division (bt, a roof sign shall be
permitted provided the same is at-
which sign shall ~dvertise only the
business conducted In the building
upon which it is attached, and pro-
vided that such sign does not:
2--Extend above the highest point
of the roof in the case of a pitched
two (2) feel si~ (6) inches in height
above the highest point of the roof.
3~Project beyond the edge of the
S~- ~'ION 409--"B" SIZE OF LOT
AREA--In the "B" Business District,
no building shall be erected or altered
seventy-five hundred i7,500) ~quare
feet and a frontage of less than llfty
(50) feet.
cass of fifty (50) percent of its area
prior to the adoption of this Ordinance,
street parking shall be made as follow~:
(at Hospitals -- One (lt parldng
(et All places of public assembly
first Boor, an additional space shall be
dwelling unit.
(g) All other business buildings
(2,500) square feet -- One (1) parkmg
space for each tw~ hundred (200)
five hundred (2,500) square feet.
The formula for providing an adc-
hundred thirty-four (004) square fee~
shall be used and no building shall be
Residence, "M-I" Multiple Residence
SECTION 421--All premises tile
"B-I" Business District shall comply
with the provisions of Article IV wi~h
respect to building height, building
shall be used and no building shall be
7. Offices.
sales).
lishments.
liners' shops.
I4. Sh~ repair shops.
wi~h the provision~ of Article ~V with
buildings shall project beyond the line
of the average s~.tback so established.
4. The required side yards shall be
not less than twenty-five 125~ feet.
5. Tho requd'ed rear yard shall be
not less than twenty-five ~25) feel.
6. Parking shall be provided in
offstreet pnved parking areas which
shall provide for one ti) parking space,
three hundred thirty-four ~534~ square
feet in area, for each one hundred
3--Acid manufactuxe.
5--Arsenai.
7~Blast furnace.
8--Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster
other junk yards.
22--Ore reduction.
23 Paint, oil, shellac, turpentine or
26~Polash works.
facture.
29--Salt works.
34--S~ockyards or slaughter houses.
35--Stone mill or quarry.
36~Struetural steel or pipe works.
37--Sulphu~ic, nitric er hydrochlorig
acid manufacture.
3S--Sugar refin/ng.
cr treatment.
Ordinance shall apply to signs in a
SECTION 503--"C" FRONT YARD--
In the "C" Induslrial District, the
required front yard shall be at least
trict, no building shall be erected or
than twelve thousand five hundred
(12,500) square feet and a frontage of
less than one hundred (100) feet.
dustrial District, no building shall be
~b) All places of public assembly--
per required motor vehicle unit.
Tourist Camps, Camp (~ttages
SECTION 600 -- PERIVfITS
QUIRED--No tourist camp shall be
established, maintained or operated in
any district, nor shall any tent, tent-
Ordinance dated June 3g, 1953.
SECTION 601 -- AUTOi~IOBXLE
thorized by the Town Board, and sub-
scribed by the Town Board.
of the Building Inspector, or such per-
and he is hereby given the power and
this Ordinance.
partying plot plan shall contain all the
o£ this Ordinance.
SECTION ~02--No building permit
shall be issued unlil the Building In-
spector ha~ ceriified that the proposed
Metal identification tags. serially num-
bered shall be affixed by the Building
of a building or premises.
SECTION g04~AIl permit fees and
be established by the Town Board.
the renewal fee lo be one half (%~)
SECTION 707 -- For each proposed
the Zoning M~p as provided by SecLion
by the To~,m Law.
SECTION 801A--The Eoard of Ap-
Where there are praclic~l difficul-
lhat the spirit of the Ordinance shall
thereof, Is permitted only If the Board
given, the Board of Appeals shall de-
(1) That the use will not prevent
adjacent use districts;
(2) That the use will not prevent
to be located or of permitted or legally
~gl _mt the safety, the health, the
welfare, the comfort, the convenience
or the order of the Town will net be
and its location: and
(4) That the use w~ll be In h~rmony
and intent of this Ordinance.
(2) The conservation of property
(~ The effect that the lccalion of the
proper public or private facilities for
(9) Whether the use will eaouse dis-
lnterlerence with the orderly enjoy-
or property because of fire. flood,
or by the inaccessibility of the prop-
(10) Whether the use, or the strue-
con/ration of population;
(1D Whether the plot are~ is suf-
(12) Whether the use to be operated
other place of public assembly
SECTION 100I -- Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Ordl-
h~dges shall be subjec~ to the approval
SECTION 1007 -- NON-CONFORM-
IN/3 USES -- Unless otherwise au*
thorized as a special exception by tho
Board of Appeals as hereinbefore pro-
vided, the Iollowing provisions shaI1
la) The lawful use of a buildin~ or
premises existing on the effective date
of this Ordinance, or authorized by a
building permit issued prior thereto,
be extended throughout the budding
Ordinance.
granted b,v the Board of Appeals as
altered during its life lo sn extent ex-
(f) A non-conforming building which
be considered lo lie within the "A"
HesidentiaI and Agriculturdi District
the Town of Southold e×cep[ upon the
approval of the Board of Town
potent Jurisdiction to be invalid, such
decisions shall not effect the validity
other part thereof.
merits for the promotion of the health,
of the Town. It is not intended by this
issued thereunder, or the rules and
case any building or structure is erect-
ed, constructed, reconstructed, mltered.
repmired, converted or maintained, or
any building, structure or land is used
in ¥iolation of th~s Ordinance, or of
in addition to other remedies provided
SECTION 1012--PENALTIES -- For
any and every violation of the provi-
sions of ~his ordinance, the owner, the
general agenl, or contrmctur of a build-
SECTION 1013 -- EXCEPTIONS AS
TO CEt%TAIN SUBD IV ISION LOTS--
ated at East Marion, Town of South-
old, Suffolk County, New York, filed
in Suffolk County Clerk's Office on
map. the sldeyard requirements shah
on said map, the setback lines and
reduced to twenty (20) feet.
described maps shall be excepted from
(1) Sub-division Map of Section 2,
daged July 21, 1957;
(2) IW~p of Belxedon Es~ate~, Flied
March 16, 1947 as Map No. 1472.
~3) ab-division Map of Founders
Estates, dated March 18, 1927, and
(4) Map of Sub-division known aa
Kennewood, dated January 9, 1954, filed
(5) M0,p of Southwood, Map file No.
(6) Plan of Lots ov~med by George
(9) Sub-division MaD of Cedar Beach
(lO) Map of Goose Neck, Southold,
Map of Jesse Wells, da~ed December
(14) Nassau Point Club Prc~erties,
(15) Captain Kidd Estates, N/attituck,
(161 Amended Map of i~Iattituck
(17) Point Pleasant~Mattituck. N. Y.
(1~) S~lt Lake Village, 1Vrattituck,
N. Y. Map by O. W. Van Tuyl, July
File No. 41.
multiple dwelling shall be erected,
feet far each family or dwelling unit.