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38.
Dogs ...........................................
3801
Article I General Regulations [L.L. No. 1-1976]
Article II Fees [L.L. No.,5-1978]
39.
(Reserved) ..........................................
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(Reserved) ....................................
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Ducks
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(Reserved) .......................................
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Electrical Inspections [L.L. No. 1-1978] ........ ....
4301
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Environmental Quality Review [L.L. No. 3-1978] ....
4401
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Fire Prevention [L.L. No. 3-1980] ...................
4501
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Floodplain Management [L.L. No. 1-1980] ..........
4601
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(Reserved) ...... ...................... ...........
4701
48.
Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse : ........ ............
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Highway Defects, Notice of [L.L. No. 3-1977] ........
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Home Improvement Contractors [L.L. No. 4-1975] ...
5001
51.
(Reserved) ........................................
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Housing [L.L. No. ........... ..............
5201
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(Reserved) .......................................
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Junkyards .......... ...................
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(Reserved) ........ ; ..............................
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(Reserved) .......................................
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Littering [L.L. No. 2-1973] ........................
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Parks and Recreation Areas ......................
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Article I Use Regulations and Restrictions [L.L.. No. 1-1981]
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Parking at Beaches ..............................
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Peace and -Good Order ...........................
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Article I Public Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages
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(Reserved) .....................................6801
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Peddling and Soliciting ..........................
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Article I Licensing and Regulation [L.L. No. 3-1973]
Article II Entrance onto Private Property
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Records, Public Access to ........................
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Shellfish .......................................
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Article II Taking of Shellfish
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§ 65-3 PARKING AT BEACHES § 65-3
(a) The number of rental units available at the ap-
plicant's premises.
(b) The number of permits applied for.
(c) The designated business name, if any, of the
premises applied for.
• (2) Upon a determination by the Town Clerk or a person
designated by him that the applicant is entitled to
such permits, and upon payment of the required
permit fee, permits shall be issued; provided, however,
that the number of permits issued shall not exceed the
number of rental units available at the premises
applied for. Such permits shall be inscribed with the
name of the applicant or the designated business name
of the applicant's premises, and shall be used only by
paying guests occupying the premises for which such
permits are issued.
(3)
Hotel -motel parking permits shall be transferable and
shall be issued in a clear plastic case and designed to
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be affixed temporarily to the interior right-hand
windshield or right-hand front. door window of the
vehicle. The owner or manager to whom such permits
are issued shall make no charge for the use of such
permits by such guests, but may require a deposit, not
to exceed five dollars ($5.) to ensure return of a permit.
(4)
The fee for the issuance of a hotel -motel parking
permit shall be such fee as shall be prescribed by
resolution of the Southold Town Board.
D. One -day nonresident permits.
(1)
One -day nonresident parking permits may be issued
for the parking of vehicles on the parking areas at
"Southold Town Beach," "Norman E. Klipp Marine
Park" and "New Suffolk Beach" to any person by the
attendant on duty at such parking areas. [Amended 5-
9-721
(2)
Such permit shall be valid only for the day on which
the same is issued.
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(3) The fee for the issuance of a one -day nonresident
parking permit shall be such fee as shall be prescribed
by resolution of the Southold Town Board.
§ 65-4. Duration of permits.
All parking permits provided for in this chapter, except one -day •
nonresident permits, shall expire on December 31 of the year in
which issued.
§ 65-5. Other regulations.
Persons using parking areas pursuant to the provisions of this
chapter shall comply with all laws, ordinances, rules, regulations
and resolutions applicable thereto.
§ 65-6. Removal of vehicles parked in violation.
"Any vehicle parked in violation of the provisions of this chapter
or any other law, ordinance, rule or regulation may be removed or
caused to be removed by a police officer of the Town of Southold, w
and, after such removal, stored or caused to be stored in a suitable
place at the expense of the. owner. The owner or person in charge
of such vehicle may redeem the same upon payment to the
Southold Town Police Department of the amount of all actual and
necessary expenses incurred in the removal and storage of such
vehicle. The said Police Department shall ascertain, to the extent
possible, the owner or person in charge of such vehicle and notify
him of the amount which will be required to redeem the same.
§ 65-7. Penalties for offenses.
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation
.punishable by a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty (250) dollars
( $250.) or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding fifteen (15 )
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of
an offense against the provisions of this chapter shall constitute,
for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct
offense hereunder.
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Chapter 100
ZONING
ARTICLE I
• General Provisions
§ 100-10. Purposes.
§ 100-11. Conflicts.
§ 100-12. Exceptions.
§ 100-13. Definitions.
ARTICLE II
Districts
§ 100-20. District designations.
§ 100-21. Zoning Map.
§ 100-22. District boundaries.
§ 100-23. Effect of establishment of districts.
ARTICLE III
A Residential and Agricultural District
§ 100-30, Use regulations.
§ 100-31. Bulk, area and parking requirements.
§ 100-32. Accessory buildings.
§ 100-33. Established front yard setback.
§ 100-34. Corner lots.
§ 100-35. Fences, walls and hedges.
§ 100-36. Substandard lots.
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ARTICLE IV
M Light Multiple -Residence District
§ 100-40. Use regulations.
§ 100-41. Bulk, area and parking requirements.
§ 100-42. Livable floor area.
ARTICLE V
M-1 General Multiple -Residence District
§ 100-50.
Use regulations.
§ 100-51.
Bulk, area and parking requirements.
§ 100-52.
Building length and separation.
§ 100-53.
Livable floor area.
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ARTICLE VI
B Light Business District, --
§ 100-60. Use regulations.
§ 100-61. Bulk, area and parking requirements.
§ 100-62. Retail shopping centers.
§ 100-63. Uses confined to enclosed buildings.
ARTICLE VII
B-1 General Business District
§ 100-70. Use regulations.
§ 100-71. Bulk, area and parking requirements.
ARTICLE VIII
C Light Industrial District
§ 100-80. Use regulations.
§ 100-81. Bulk, area and parking requirements.
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ARTICLE IX
C-1 General Industrial District
§ 100-90. Use regulations.
§ 100-91. Special' exception uses; site plan approval.
§ 100-92. Signs.
• § 100-93. Bulk, area and parking requirements.
ARTICLE X
Tourist Camps, Camp Cottages and Trailers
§ 100-100. Permits required.
§ 100-101. Automobile trailers or house cars.
§ 100-102. Exemptions.
ARTICLE XII
Board of Appeals
§ 100-120. Appointment; membership.
§ 100-121. Powers and duties.
§ 100-122. Additional conditions and safeguards.-
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ARTICLE XI
General Regulations
§
100-110.
Signs.
` §
100-111.
Continuation of existing signs.
§
100-112.
Off-street parking areas.
§
100-113.
Off:street loading areas.
§
100-114.
Prohibited uses in all districts.
§
100-115.
Junkyards.
§
100-116.
Dwelling unit density.
§
100-117.
Hotel and motel unit density.
§
100-118.
Nonconforming uses.
ARTICLE XII
Board of Appeals
§ 100-120. Appointment; membership.
§ 100-121. Powers and duties.
§ 100-122. Additional conditions and safeguards.-
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§ 100-123. Rules of conduct and procedure.
§ 100-124. Fees.
§ 100-125. Notice of hearing.
ARTICLE XIV
Administration and Enforcement
§ 100-140. Administrative and enforcing officer.
§ 100-141. Building permits.
§ 100-142. Revocation of permit.
§ 100-143. Stop orders.
§ 100-144. Certificates of occupancy.
§ 100-145. Penalties for offenses.
§ 100-146. Remedies.
ARTICLE XV
Amendments
§ 100-150. Procedures.
§ 100-151. Fees.
Bulk and Parking Schedule
[HISTOR.Y: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of
Southold 4-9-57; amended in its entirety 4-8-58 and 11-23-71.
Sections 100-13, 100-20G, 100-30B(7)(a), 100-30B(9)(a), 100-30C,
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ARTICLE XIII
Site Plan Approval
§ 100-130.
General requirement.
§ 100-131.
Objectives.
§ 100-132.
Effect of approval.
§ 100-133.
Procedure.
§ 100-134.
Site development plan elements.
§ 100-135.
Fees.
§ 100-136.
Cluster development.
ARTICLE XIV
Administration and Enforcement
§ 100-140. Administrative and enforcing officer.
§ 100-141. Building permits.
§ 100-142. Revocation of permit.
§ 100-143. Stop orders.
§ 100-144. Certificates of occupancy.
§ 100-145. Penalties for offenses.
§ 100-146. Remedies.
ARTICLE XV
Amendments
§ 100-150. Procedures.
§ 100-151. Fees.
Bulk and Parking Schedule
[HISTOR.Y: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of
Southold 4-9-57; amended in its entirety 4-8-58 and 11-23-71.
Sections 100-13, 100-20G, 100-30B(7)(a), 100-30B(9)(a), 100-30C,
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§ 100-10 ZONING § 100-10
100-70A(1), 100-90A(22), 100-121C(2)(i), 100-141J(5), 100-144B
and 100-145 amended during codification; see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Article II. Other amendments noted where ap-
plicable. (
GENERAL REFERENCES
Housing — See Ch. 52.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. A100.
ARTICLE I
General Provisions
100-10. Purposes.
There is hereby established a comprehensive zoning plan for the
Town of Southold, which plan is set forth in the text and map that
constitute this chapter. Said plan is adopted for the purposes set
forth in,Article 16 of the Town Law, which, in the interest of the
- protection and promotion of the public health, safety and welfare,
> shall be deemed to specifically include the following, among
others:
A. The facilitation of the efficient. and adequate provision of
public facilities and services.
B. The assurance of adequate sites for residence, industry and
commerce.
C. The provisions of privacy for families.
D. Tl:e prevention and reduction of traffic congestion so as to
promote efficient and safe circulation of vehicles and
pedestrians.
E. The maximum protection of residential areas.
F. The gradual elimination of nonconforming uses.
G. The enhancement of the appearance of the Town of
Southold as a whole.
11. The encouragement of flexibility in the design and
development of land in such a way as -to produce the most
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appropriate , use of lands, to facilitate the adequate and
economical provision of streets and utilities and to preserve
the natural anti ,scenic qualities of open lands.
I. The fostering and protection of agriculture and fisheries.
§ 100-11. Conflicts. '
A. Where a provision of this chapter conflicts: with or imposes
a different requirement from any other provision of this
chapter, the provision or requirement which is more
restrictive or which establishes the higher standard shall
govern.
B. Where the provisions of this chapter conflict, with or im-
pose a different requirement from any other ordinance of
the Town- of Southold or any rules or regulations adopted
thereunder, the ordinance, rule or regulation which
establishes the higher standard or requirement shall
govern.
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§ 100-12. Exceptions. [Amended 10-30-73 by L.L. No. 5-19731
All of the lots on the following subdivision maps shall be ex-
cepted from the lot area and lot width requirements of this
chapter, and the lot areas and lot widths applicable to said lots
shall be as shown and designated on said subdivision maps: Green
Acres; Stratmors; Marion Manor; Cleaves Point, Section II;
Fordham Acres, Section I; Fordham Acres, Section II; Sterling
Homes; Eastern Shores, Section I; Eastern Shores, Section II;
Eastern Shores, Section III; Eastern Shores, Section IV; Eastern
Shores, Section V;"•Southold Shores; Sunny Shores; Moose Cove;
;Nassau Point; Deer Park; Village Manor; G. I. Tuthill; Edgemere
Park; Willow Terrace; Soundcrest Woods; Gardiners Bay Es-
tates, Section III; Harvest Homes, Section I; Bayview Woods
Estates; Willow Point; Harbor Lights Estates, Section 1; Terry
Waters; Bay Haven; Corey Creek Estates; West Creek Estates;
Northwoods; Vista Bluff; Jacksons Landing; Bennett's Pond;
Rosewood Estates; Sunset Knolls, Section II; Smithfield Park;
Paradise Point; Harbor Lights Estates, Section III; Highwood;
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Nunnakoma Waters; Yennecott Park; Downsview; South Harbor
Homes; Peconic Shores, Section I; Peconic Homes, Section I; Pe -
conic Homes, Section II; Peconic Bay Oaks; Laurel Country Es-
tates; Orient -By -The -Sea, Section II; Cleaves Point, Section III.
• § 100-13. Definitions.
A. Word usage. Words used in the present tense include the
future; the singular number includes the plural, and the
plural the singular; the word "person" includes a cor-
poration as well as an individual; the word "lot" includes
the word "plot;" the term "occupied" or "used," as applied
to any building, shall be construed as though followed by
the words "or intended, arranged or designed to be oc-
cupied or used."
B. Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the
following terms shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have
the meaning herein indicated:
t y J ACCESSORY — A building or use clearly incidental or
subordinate to, and customary in connection with, the
principal building or use on the same lot.
BASEMENT — A story in a building, the structural
ceiling level of which is four (4) feet or more above the
average level of the finished grade .here such grade abuts
that exterior wall of such building which fronts on any
street, and the floor level of which is below finished grade
at any point on the periphery of the building.
BILLBOARD — A sign, including the type commonly
known as a "billboard," which directs attention to a
business, commodity, service, entertainment or attraction
which is sold, offered or existing elsewhere than upon the
same lot where such sign is displayed or only incidentally
upon such lot.
BOARDING AND TOURIST HOUSES — A building,
other than a hotel, where lodging, with or without meals,
for five (5) or more persons is furnished for compensation.
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BUILDING — Any combination of materials forming any
construction, except where entirely underground so as to
permit the use of the ground above same as if no
"building was present; the term "building" shall include
the term "structure" as well as the following:
(1) Signs.
(2) Fences. •
(3) Walls, other than retaining walls projecting above the
ground . not more than three (3) feet at ..the higher
ground level and not more than six and one-half (61/2)
feet at the lower ground level.
(4) Radio and television receiving and transmitting
towers and antennae, except for such antennae in-
stalled on the roof of a building and extending not
more than twenty (20) feet above the highest level of
the roof of such building.
(5) Porches, outdoor bins and other similar structures.
CELLAR — Any space in a building, the structural ceiling
level of which is less than four (4) feet above the average
finished grade where such grade abuts that exterior wall of
such building which fronts on any street. A "cellar" shall
not be considered in determining the permissible number of
stories.
COURT, INNER — An open space enclosed on all sides by
exterior walls of a building.
COURT, OUTER — An open space enclosed on three (3)
sides by exterior walls of a building.
COURT, OUTER, DEPTH OF — The linear average
dimension measured from the unenclosed side of the court
to the farthest wall thereof.
COURT, OUTER, WIDTH OF — The linear dimension of
the unenclosed side of the court.
CURB LEVEL — The established elevation of the street
grade at the point that is opposite the center of the wall
nearest to and facing the street line.
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DWELLING, MULTIPLE — A building or portion
thereof containing three (3) or more dwelling units.
DWELLING, ONE -FAMILY — A detached building
containing one (1) dwelling unit only.
DWELLING, ROW OR ATTACHED — A one -family
dwelling with two (2) common or party walls separating it
• from adjacent units on both sides.
DWELLING, SEMIDETACHED — A one -family dwell-
ing with one (1) wall in common with an adjacent dwelling.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY — A detached building
containing two (2) dwelling units only.
DWELLING UNIT — A building or entirely self-
contained portion thereof containing complete house-
keeping facilities for only one (1) family, including any
domestic servants employed on the premises, and having
no enclosed space (other than vestibules, entrance or other
hallways or porches) or cooking or sanitary facilities in
common with any other "dwelling unit._" A house trailer a
boarding or rooming house, convalescent home, fraternity
or sorority house, hotel, motel, inn, lodging or nursing or
other similar home, or other similar structure shall not be
deemed to constitute a `,'dwelling unit."
FAMILY — One (1) or more persons occupying a dwelling
unit as a ,single nonprofit housekeeping unit. More than
five, (5) persons, exclusive of domestic servants, not related
by blood, marriage or adoption, shall not be considered to
constitute a "family."
FLOOR AREA — The sum of the grosshorizontal areas of
the several floors of the building or buildings on a lot,
measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls or from
the center line, of party walls separating two (2) buildings,
excluding cellar and basement areas used only for storage
or for the operation and maintenance of the building.
FLOOR AREA, LIVABLE — All spaces within the ex-
terior -walls of a dwelling unit, - exclusive of garages,
breezeways, unheated porches, cellars, heater rooms and
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basements having a window area of less than ten percent
(10%) of the square foot area of the room. Usable floor area
shall include all spaces not otherwise excluded above, such
as: principal rooms, utility rooms, bathrooms, all closets
and hallways opening directly into any rooms within the
dwelling unit and all attic space having a clear height of six
(6) feet from finished floor level to pitch of roof rafter with a •
clear height of seven (7) feet six (6) inches from finished
floor level to ceiling level over fifty percent (50%) of the
area of such attic space.
FLOOR AREA RATIO — The floor area in square feet of
all buildings on a lot divided by the area of such lot in
square feet.
GARAGE, PRIVATE — A building used for the storage
of one (1) or more gasoline or other power -driven vehicles
owned and used by the owner or tenant of the lot on which
the garage is erected, and for the storage of not exceeding
two (2 ) additional vehicles ( not trucks) owned or used by
others.
GARAGE, PUBLIC — A building, other than a private
garage, used for housing or care of gasoline or other power -
driven vehicles, or where such vehicles are equipped for
operation, repaired or kept for remuneration, hire or sale.
HEIGHT — The vertical distance measured from the
average elevation of the finished grade at the front of the
building to the highest. point of the roof for flat and
mansard roofs, and to the mean height between eave and
ridge for other types of roofs.
HOME OCCUPATION - This shall be understood to
include the professional office or studio of a doctor,
dentist, teacher, artist, architect, engineer, musician,
lawyer,- magistrate or practitioners of a similar character,
or rooms used for "home occupations" including home
baking, millinery or similar handicrafts, provided that the
office, studio or occupational rooms are located in a dwell-
ing in which the practitioner resides or in a building ac-
cessory thereto, and provided, further, that no goods are
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publicly displayed on the premises and no sign or ad-
vertisement is shown other than a sign not larger than two
(2) square feet in total area, bearing only the name and
occupation (words only) of the practitioner.
HOTEL — A building occupied as the more or less tem-
porary abiding place of individuals, who are lodging with
or without meals, in which there are more than ten (10)
rooms usually occupied singly and in which no provision is
made for cooking in any room or individual apartment.
JUNKYARD — Land occupied or to be occupied for
storage of old wood, paper, cloth or metal, including old
automobiles, trucks, equipment, machinery, fixtures and
appliances not usable as originally designed, and also
including any portion of such old automobiles, trucks,
equipment or machinery as may be sold as and for junk or
salvage.'
LOT -- Any parcel of land, not necessarily coincident with
a lot or lots shown on a map of record, which is occupied or
which is to be occupied by a building and its accessory
�j buildings, if any, or by a group of buildings accessory
thereto, if any, together with the required open spaces
appurtenant to such buildings or group of buildings.
LOT, CORNER — A lot at the junction of and abutting on
two (2) or more intersecting streets where the interior angle
of intersection does not exceed one hundred thirty-five
degrees (135*). A lot abutting a curved street shall be
deemed a "corner lot" if the tangents to the curve at the
points of intersection of the side lot lines with the street
lines intersect at an interior angle of less than one hundred
thirty-five degrees (135").
LOT DEPTH — The minimum distance from the street
line of the lot to the rear lot line of such lot.
LOT LINE — Any boundary of a lot other than a street
line.
LOT LINE, REAR — The lot line generally opposite to the
street line; if the "rear lot line" is less than ten (10) feet in
I Editor's Note: See also Ch. 84, Junkyards.
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length, or if the lot comes to a point in the rear, the "rear
lot line" shall be deemed to be a line, not less than ten (10)
feet long, lying farthest from the front lot line and parallel
to the front lot line.
LOT WIDTH — The average distance between side lot
lines,. taken at the front yard or setback line and measured
at right angles to the side lot lines or along a line parallel to
the street.
MAIN FLOOR — The largest area found by the projection
of a horizontal plane through the livable floor area which is
enclosed by the exterior walls of the building.
MANUFACTURING — Any process whereby the nature,
size or shape of articles or raw materials is changed, or
where articles are assembled or packaged.
MARINA or BOAT BASIN — Any premises containing
one (1) or more piers, wharves, docks, moorings,
bulkheads, buildings, slips, basins or land under water,
designed, used or intended to be used primarily for the
docking or mooring of boats, for or without compensation.
MOTEL — A building containing guest rooms, each of
which, or each pair of which, has a separate entrance
leading directly from the outside of the building, with
parking space conveniently located to each unit, and which
is designed, used or intended to be used primarily for the
accommodation of motor vehicle transients.
NONCONFORMING USES — A nonconforming use is
any use, whether of a building or tract of land, or both,
existing on the effective date of this chapter, which does
not conform to the use regulations of the district in which it
is located.
PARTIAL SELF-SERVICE GASOLINE SERVICE
STATION — A gasoline service station primarily for the
servicing of motor vehicles and the dispensing of gasoline
by means of a qualified attendant controlling an approved
console regulating the flow of gasoline into fixed and
approved dispensing equipment thereafter to be operated
by the customer at one (1) set of pumps on one (1) pump
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island and by a qualified attendant operating dispensing
equipment at all other pump islands. [Added 4-11-78 by
L.L. No. 2-1978]
PRINCIPAL BUILDING — A building in which is
conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which said
building is located.
• PUBLIC WATER; PUBLIC SEWER — Communal
sewage disposal systems and communal water supply
systems approved by public agencies having jurisdiction
thereof. [Amended 10-26-76 by L.L. No. 5-1976]
(Cont'd on page 10013)
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§ 100-13 ZONING § 100-13
SIGN — Any structure or part thereof, or any device
attached to a building or painted or represented thereon,
which shall display or include any letter, word, model,
banner, pennant, insignia, device, trade flag or
representation which is in the nature of, or which is used
as, an announcement, direction or advertisement, for
• commercial purposes or otherwise. A "sign" includes a
billboard and a neon tube, string of lights or similar device
outlining or hung upon any part of a building or lot, but
does not include the flag or insignia of any nation or group
of nations or of any governmental agency or of any
political, educational, charitable, philanthropic, civic,
professional, religious or like campaign, drive, movement
or event. Excluded from this definition are "signs" which
are solely devoted to prohibiting trespassing, hunting or
fishing.
SIGN AREA — Includes all faces of a sign, measured as
follows:
1 (1) When such sign is on a plate or framed' or outlined, all
of the area of such plate or the area enclosed by such
frame or outline shall be included.
(2) When such sign consists only of letters, designs or
figures engraved, painted, projected' or in any manner
affixed on a wall, the total area of such sign shall be
deemed the area within which all of the matter of
which such sign consists may be enscribed.
STORY — That part of any building, exclusive of cellars
but inclusive of basements, comprised betweerf the level of
one (1) finished floor and the level' of the next higher
finished floor, or if there be no higher finished floor, then
that part of the building comprised' between the level of the
highest finished floor and the top of the roof beams.
STORY, HALF — Any space -partially within the roof
framing where the clear height- of not more than fifty
percent (50%) of such space between the: top of the floor
beams and the structural ceiling level is seven (7) feet six
(6) inches or more.
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§ 100-13 SOUTHOLD CODE § 100-13
STREET — A street, improved to the satisfaction of the
Planning Board, which is one (1) of the following:
(1) An existing town, county or state highway or street.
(2) A street shown on an approved subdivision final plat.
(3) A street shown on a map filed with the County Clerk
(in accordance with Section 280-a of the Town Law)
•
prior to Planning Board authorization to review
subdivisions.'
(4) A street shown on the Town Official Map.
STREET LINE — The dividing line between a lot and a
street.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION — Any change in the
supporting members of a building, such as beams, columns
or girders.
TOURIST CAMP — Any lot, piece or -parcel of ground .
where two (2) or more tents, tent houses, camp cottages,
house cars or house trailers used as living or sleeping
quarters are or may be located, said camp being operated
for or without compensation.3
TOURIST COTTAGE — A detached building having less
than three hundred fifty ( 350) square feet of cross-sectional
area, designed for or occupied as living and sleeping
quarters for seasonal occupancy.
TRAILER. —. Any vehicle mounted on wheels, movable
either by its own power or by being drawn by another
vehicle, and equipped to be used for Iiving or sleeping
quarters or. so as to permit cooking. The term "trailer"
shall include such vehicles if mounted on temporary or
permanent foundations with the wheels removed.
USABLE OPEN SPACE — An unenclosed portion of the
ground of a lot which is not devoted to driveways or
parking spaces, which is free of structures of any kind, of
2 Editor's Note: For additional provisions regarding approved streets, in sub-
divisions, see Ch. A100, Subdivision of Land.
3 Editor's Note: See also Ch. 88, Tourist and Trailer Camps.
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§ 100-13 ZONING § 100-20
which not more than twenty-five percent (25%) is roofed for
shelter purposes only, the minimum dimension of which is
forty (40) feet, and which is available and accessible to all
occupants of the building or buildings on the said lot for
purposes of active or passive outdoor recreation.
USE, ACCESSORY — A use customarily incidental and
• subordinate to the main use on a lot, whether such "ac-
cessory use" is conducted in a principal or accessory
building.
YARD, FRONT — An unoccupied ground area open to the
sky between the street line, or between the street line
established by the Official Map of the town or an approved
subdivision plat,' and a line drawn parallel thereto.
YARD, REAR — An unoccupied ground area fully open to
the sky between the rear lot line and a line drawn parallel
thereto.
YARD, .SIDE — An unoccupied ground area fully open to
the sky between any property line other than a street or
rear lot line and a line drawn parallel thereto between the
front and rear yards.
ARTICLE II
Districts
§ 100-20. District designations.
For the purpose of this chapter, the Town of Southold, outside
of the incorporated villages, is hereby divided into districts
designated as follows:
A. A Residential and Agricultural Districts.
B. M Light Multiple -Residence Districts.
C. M-1 General Multiple -Residence Districts.
D. B Light Business Districts.
4 Editor's Note: For provisions regarding approval of subdivision plats, see Ch.
A106, subdivision of Land.
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§ 100-20 SOUTHOLD CODE § 100-22
E. B-1 General Business Districts.
F. C ' Light Industrial Districts.
G. C-1 General Industrial Districts.
§ 100-21. Zoning Map.
The boundaries of the said districts are hereby established as •
shown on the Building Zone Map, which accompanies this chapter
and which, with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby adopted
and made a part of and incorporated into this chapter. Said map,
indicating the latest amendments, shall be kept up-to-date and. a
copy thereof shall be kept in the office of the Building Inspector
for the use and benefit of the public.
§ 100-22. District boundaries.
-In determining the boundaries of districts shown on the Zoning
Map, the following rules shall apply:
A. Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately _
following the center lines of streets, highways, waterways
or railroad rights-of-way, or such lines extended, such
center lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.
B. Where such boundaries are indicated as approximately
following the property lines of parks. or other publicly
owned lands, such lines shall be construed to be such
boundaries.
C. Unless otherwise shown, all district boundaries running
parallel to streets shall be construed to be two hundred
(200) feet back from the rights-of-way of said streets.
D. In all cases where a district boundary divides a lot in one
(1) ownership and more than fifty percent (50%) of the area
of such lot lies in the less restricted district, the regulations
prescribed by this chapter for the less restricted district
shall apply to such portion of the more restricted portion of
said lot which lies within thirty (30) feet of such district
boundary. For the purposes of this subsection, the "more
restricted district" shall be deemed that district subject to
regulations which:
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§ 100-30 ZONING § 100-30
(1) One -family detached dwellings, not to exceed one (1)
dwelling on each lot.
(2) The following commercial agricultural operations and
accessory uses thereto, including irrigation, provided
that there shall be no storage of manure or other odor -
or dust -producing substance or use, except spraying
and dusting to protect vegetation, within one hundred
fifty (150) feet of any lot line:
(a) The raising of field and garden crops, vineyard
and orchard farming, the maintenance of nur-
series and the seasonal sale of products thereof in
buildings, subject to the following special
requirements:
Ill All one-story buildings for display and retail
sales of agricultural and nursery products
grown primarily on the premises shall not
exceed one thousand (1,000) square feet in
floor area. Display of produce shall be not
less than ten (10) feet from all street and lot
lines. Any stand in excess of one hundred
(100) square feet in floor area shall be set
back twenty (20) feet from the street line.
Any stand in existence at the effective date
of this chapter must, within one (1) year,
comply with all of the provisions hereof.
(2] All signs shall conform to the provisions of
§ 100-30C(6)(b). -
(b) The keeping, breeding and raising of fowl, except
ducks," and large domestic animals on lots of ten
(10) acres or more.
(c) The keeping of not more than two (2) horses
and/or ponies owned and used by the owner of the
premises for his personal use, provided that the
land area devoted to such use shall not be less
than forty thousand (40,000) square feet.
[Amended 5-30-75 by L.L. No. 3-1975]
6 Editor's Note: For provisions regarding the raising of ducks, see Ch. 41, Ducks.
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§ 100-30 SOUTHOLD CODE § 100-30
(d) Barns, storage buildings and other related
structures, provided that such buildings shall
conform to the yard requirements for principal
buildings.
(3) Buildings, structures and uses owned or operated by
the Town of Southold.
B. Uses permitted by special exception by the Board of •
Appeals. The following uses .are permitted as a special
exception by the Board of Appeals, as hereinafter
provided, and subject to site plan approval by the Planning
Board in accordance with Article XIII hereof:
(1) Two-family dwellings, conversion of existing buildings
and new construction, not to exceed one (1) such
dwelling on each lot.
(2) Places of worship, including parish houses (but ex-
cluding a rectory or parsonage, which shall conform to
the requirements for a one -family dwelling), subject to
the following requirements:
(a) No building. or part thereof shall be erected nearer
than fifty (50) feet to any street line and nearer
than twenty (20) feet to any lot line.
(b) The total area covered by all principal and ac-
cessory buildings shall not exceed twenty percent
(20%) of the area of the lot.
(3) Private . schools, colleges and other educational in-
stitutions, subject to the following requirements:
(a) No building shall be less than fifty (50) feet from
any street or lot line.
(b) The total area occupied by all principal and ac-
cessory buildings shall not exceed twenty percent
(20%) of the area of the lot.
(c► Any such school shall be a nonprofit organization
within the -meaning of the Internal Revenue Act
and shall be registered effectively thereunder as
such.
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§ 100-30 ZONING § 100-30
from any lot line, and any such building, tent,
activity area or recreation facility shall be ef-
fectively screened therefrom as required by the
Planning Board. Buildings intended for use as
sleeping quarters shall be not less than thirty (30)
feet from each other, except tents, which shall be
not less than ten (10) feet apart.
• (b) The minimum lot area shall be not less than ten
thousand (10,000) square feet for each cottage,
tent or other principal building, and not less than
three thousand ( 3,000) square feet of land area
shall be provided for each person accommodated
in the buildings or tents on the premises.
(c) All outdoor lighting shall be arranged and/or
shielded to eliminate the glare of lights toward
nearby residential lots, streets or other public
facilities.
(d) The sound level of all outdoor public-address
systems shall not exceed the intensity tolerable in
a residential neighborhood.
(8) Labor camps, farm and nonfarm, subject to the
following requirements:
(a) All farm labor camps on farms shall be con-
structed in conformance with applicable laws and
shall not be located nearer to any other residence
than the residence of the employer, except by
specific review and approval of the Board of
Appeals.
(9) Boat docking facilities for the 'docking, mooring or
® accommodation of noncommercial boats, subject to
the following requirements:'
(a) There shall be docking or mooring facilities for no
more than two (2) boats other than those owned
and used by the owner of the premises for his
personal use.
7 Editor's Note: See also Ch. 32, Boats, Docks and Wharves.
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§ 100-30 SOUTHOLD CODE § 100-30 ^�
(10) Veterinarian offices and animal hospitals, subject to
the following requirements:
(a) The housing of all ' animals shall be in a fully
enclosed structure if nearer than one hundred
(100) feet to any lot line.
(11) Cemeteries.
(12) Stables and riding academies. •
(13) Funeral homes and undertaking establishments.'
C. Accessory uses, limited to the following:9
(1) Home occupations, provided that:
(a) No display of goods is visible from the street.
(b) Such occupation is incidental to the residential
use of the premises and is carried on in the main
building by the resident therein with not more
than one (1) nonresident assistant.
(c) Such occupation is carried on in an area not
exceeding thirty percent (30%) of the area of one
(1) floor of the main building.
(d) There shall be no exterior effect at the property
line, such as noise, traffic, odor, dust, smoke, gas,
fumes or radiation.
(e) Studios where dancing or music instruction is
offered to groups in excess of five (5) pupils at one
(1) time, or where concerts or recitals are held, are
prohibited.
(2) Garden house, toolhouse, playhouse, wading pool or
swimming pool incidental to the residential use of the
premises and not operated for gain, subject to the S
following requirements:
(a) Any swimming pool shall be completely enclosed
with a permanent chain-link (or similar type)
8 Editor's Note: Former Subsection (14), which permitted sales of personal prop-
erty, was repealed 5.28.73.
9 Editor's Note: Original Subsections (e) and (f ) of this Subsection C were deleted as
they duplicated Subsections (b) and (c).
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§ 100-30 ZONING § 100-30
fence of not more than two-inch mesh, not less
than four (4) feet in height, erected, maintained
and provided with a self-closing, self-locking gate
to prevent unauthorized use of the pool and to
prevent accidents. However, if said pool is located
more than four (4) feet above the ground, then a
® fence is not required, provided that all points of
access to said pool are adequately protected by a
self-closing, self-locking gate. Any swimming
pool in existence at the effective date of the
provisions of this subsection shall, within one (1)
year from such date, comply with all of the
provisions hereof.
(3) Private garages; provided, however, that not more
than two (2) passenger automobile spaces in such
garages may be leased to persons not resident on the
premises.
(4) The storage of either a boat or trailer owned and used
j by the owner or occupant of the premises on which
such boat or trailer is stored, for his personal use,
subject to the following requirements:
(a) Such boat or trailer shall not exceed thirty (30)
feet in length.
(b) Such boat or trailer shall be stored only in the
required rear yard, and the area occupied therefor,
together with the area of all buildings in the rear
yard, shall not exceed forty percent (40%) of the
area of the required rear yard.
(c) Such boat or trailer shall not be located within
fifteen (15) feet of any street or lot line.
(5) Horses and domestic animals other than household
pets, provided that such shall not be housed within
forty (40) feet of any lot line. Housing for flocks of .
more than twenty-five (25) fowl shall not be con-
structed within fifty (50) feet of any line. [Amended 5-
29-73; 5-30-75 by L.L. No. 3-19751
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§ 100-30 SOUTHOLD CODE § 100-30 1
(6) The following signs, subject to the supplementary
sign regulations hereinafter set forth:
(a) One (1) indirectly illuminated nameplate or
professional sign not more than two (2) square
feet in area.
(b) Not more than three (3) signs with a combined
total area of not more than seventy-two (72)
square feet, no one (1) of which shall be larger
than four by six (4 x 6) feet in size, advertising
only the sale of farm, garden or nursery products
produced or grown on the premises or of animals
raised on the premises.
(c) One (1) real estate sign, either single- or double-
faced, not larger than three by four (3 x 4) feet in
size on any one (1) or more lots, advertising the
sale or lease of only the premises on which it is
maintained, and set back not less than ten (10)
feet from any lot line.
(d) One (1) sign, either single- or double-faced, not
exceeding twenty-four (24) square feet in size, set
back at least thirty-five (35) feet from the street
line and ten (10) feet from either side line, ad-
vertising the sale or lease of acreage or the sale of
lots in a subdivision having a continuous frontage
of five hundred ( 500) feet or more.
(e) One (1) bulletin board or other announcement or
identification sign for uses permitted in § 100-
30B(2), (3), (4), (6), (7) and (10) hereof, not more
than thirty-two (32) square feet in area, located
not less than five (5) feet from any' street or lot
line.
(f) Such other signs as may be authorized as a
special exception by the Board of Appeals as
hereinafter provided.
(7) [Added -5-29-73] Yard sales, attic sales, garage sales,
auction sales or similar type sales of personal property
owned by the occupant of the premises and located
thereon, subject to the following requirements:
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4n § 100-30 ZONING § 100-33
(a) Not more than one (1) such sale shall be con-
ducted on any lot in any one (1) calendar year.
(b) Adequate supervised parking facilities shall be
provided.
(c) No signs, except one (1) on -premises sign not
larger than three by four (3 x 4) feet in size,
• displayed for a period of not longer than one (1)
week immediately prior to the day, of such sale,
shall be permitted.
(d) A permit is obtained therefor from the Building
Inspector upon the payment of a fee of fifteen
dollars ($15.).
§ 100-31. Bulk, area and parking requirements.
No building or premises shall be used and no building or part
thereof shall be erected or altered in the A Residential and
Agricultural District unless the same conforms with the "Bulk
and Parking Schedule" incorporated into this chapter, by
} reference, with the same force and effect as if such regulations
were set forth herein in full.
§ 100-32. Accessory buildings.
In the A Residential and Agricultural District, accessory
buildings and structures or other accessory uses may be located in
the required rear yard, subject to the following requirements:
A. Such buildings shall not exceed eighteen (18) feet in height.
B. Such buildings shall be set back not less than three (3) feet
from any lot line.
C. All such buildings in the aggregate shall occupy not more
than forty percent (40%) of the area of the required rear
yard.
§ 100-33. Established front yard setback. [Amended 5-29-731
Where property in the vicinity is improved with permanent
dwellings with a front yard area of less than that required by the
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§ 100-33 SOUTHOLD CODE § 100-36
provisions of this chapter, the front yard setback shall be the
average setback of the existing dwellings within three hundred
(300) feet of the proposed dwelling on the same side of the street,
within the same block and the same use district.
§ 100-34. Corner lots.
On a corner lot, front yards are .required on both street front- •
ages, and one (1) yard other than,. the front yards shall be
deemed to be a rear yard, and the other or others, side yards. No
obstruction to vision exceeding thirty (30) inches in height above
curb level shall be erected or maintained at street intersections
within the triangle formed by the street lines of such lot and a line
drawn between points along such street lines thirty (30) feet
distant from their point of intersection.
§ 100-35. Fences, walls and hedges.
Subject to the provisions of. § 100-34, fences, walls, hedges or
other live plantings within five (5) feet of the property lines may i
be erected and maintained, subject to the following height
limitations:
A. When located in the front yard along the front yard prop-
erty line, the same shall not exceed four (4) feet in height.
[Amended '5-29-731
B. When located along side and rear lot lines, the same shall
not exceed six and one-half (6'/z ) feet in height.
C. When located other than in the front yard area or along
side or rear lot lines, the same shall not exceed eight (8) feet
in height.' °
§ 100-36. Substandard lots. [Added 5-29-731
In the A District, in the case of a lot held in single and separate
ownership on the effective date of this chapter and thereafter,
10 Editor's Note: Former subsection D, regulating proximity to property lines, was
repealed 5.29.73.
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§ 100-36 ZONING § 100-40
with an area and/or width of less than the requirements of this
chapter, a single-family dwelling may be constructed thereon with
side yard requirements reduced by twenty-five percent (25Go),
provided that all other yard requirements are complied with.
ARTICLE IV
• M Light Multiple -Residence District
§ 100-40. Use regulations.
In an M 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 use except the following:
A. [Amended 5-30-75 by L.L. No. 3-19751 Permitted uses,
subject to site plan approval of the Planning Board in
accordance with Article XIII hereof.
(1) Any permitted use set forth in, and as regulated by,
' § 100-30A of this chapter.
(2) Multiple dwellings not exceeding one hundred twenty-
five (125) feet in length designed for and occupied by
not more than four (4) families.
(3) Boardingand and tourist houses.
B. Uses permitted by special exception by the Board of
Appeals. The following uses are permitted as a special
exception by the Board of Appeals, as hereinafter
provided, and subject to site plan approval by the Planning
Board in accordance with Article XIII hereof:
(1) Any special exception use set forth in, and as
regulated by, § 100-30B of this chapter.
C. Accessory uses.
(1) Any accessory use set forth in, and as regulated by,
§ 100-30C of this chapter.
(2), Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily
incidental to any permitted use and not -involving a
separate business.
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§ 100-40_ SOUTHOLD CODE § 100-50 -'
(3) Signs, subject, to the following requirements:
(a) One (1) advertising sign, either single- or double-
faced, not more than fifty (50) square feet in area,
the lower edge of which' -shall not be less than -four
(4)
hanfour-
(4) feet above the ground, exclusive of pillars and
posts, and the upper edge of which shall not
project more than fifteen (15) feet six (6) inches •
above the ground. Such sign shall advertise only
the business conducted on the premises upon
which it is located. Such sign shall be set back not
less than five (5) feet from all street. and lot lines.
Such sign shall. comply with all of the sup-
plementary sign regulations hereinafter set forth.
§ 100-41.' Bulk,` area and parking requirements.
No building or premises shall be used and no building or part
thereof shall be erected or altered in the M Light Multiple -
Residence District unless the same conforms with the "Bulk and
Parking Schedule" incorporated into this chapter by reference,
with the same force and effect as if such regulations were set forth
herein in full. -
§ 100-42. Livable floor area. [Added 5-30-75 by L.L. No. 3-19751
Each dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling in the M Light
Multiple -Residence District shall have a livable floor area of not
less'than.eight hundred fifty (850) square feet, except that a one -
bedroom or studio dwelling unit shall have a livable floor area of
not less than six hundred (600) square feet.
ARTICLE V
M-1 General Multiple -Residence District
§ 100-50. Use regulations.
In an M-1 District, no building or premises shall be used, and no
building or part of a building shall be erected or altered which is
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§ 100-50 ZONING § 100-51
arranged, intended or designed to be used, in whole or in part, for
any use except the following:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) Any permitted use set forth in, and as regulated by,
§§ 100-30A and 100-40A of this chapter.
• B. Uses permitted by special exception by the Board of
Appeals. The following uses are. permitted as a special
exception by the Board of Apeals, as hereinafter provided,
and subject to site plan approval by the Planning Board in
accordance with Article XIII hereof:
(1) Any special exception use set forth in, and as
regulated by, § 100-30B of this chapter.
(2) Marinas for the docking, mooring or accommodation
of noncommercial boats."
(3) Multiple dwellings.
(4) Hotels and motels.
i (5) Tourist camps."
C. Accessory uses.
(1) Any accessory use set forth in, and as regulated by,
§§ 100-30C and 100-40C of this chapter.
(2) Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily
incidental to any permitted use and not involving a
separate business.
§ 100-51. Bulk, area and parking requirements.
No buildings or premises shall be used and no building or part
• thereof shall be erected or altered in the M-1 General Multiple -
Residence District unless the same conforms with the "Bulk and
Parking Schedule" incorporated into this chapter by reference,
with the same force and effect as if such regulations were set forth
herein in full.
Editor'® Note: See also Ch. 82, Boats, Docks and Wharves.
" Editor's Note: See also Ch. 88, Tourist and Trailer Camps.
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§ 100-52 . SOUTHOLD CODE
§ 100-52. Building length and separation.
§ 100-60
A. No building shall exceed one hundred twenty-five (125► feet
in length.
B. The minimum distance between principal buildings shall be
equal to two (2). times the height of the highest building,
and the minimum distance between a principal and an
accessory building shall be twenty (20) feet.
C. Any inner court shall have a minimum dimension of sixty
(60) feet, and any outer court shall have a minimum
dimension of twenty (20) feet and its depth shall not exceed
its width.
§ 100-53. Livable floor area. [Added 5-30-75 by L.L. No. 3-19751
Each dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling in the M-1 General
Multiple -Residence District shall have a livable floor area of not
less than eight hundred fifty (850) square feet, except that a one -
bedroom or studio dwelling unit shall have a livable floor area of
not less than six hundred (600) square feet.
ARTICLE VI
B Light Business District
§ 100-60. Use regulations.
In a B 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.
(1) [Amended 10-26-76 by L.L. No. 5-19761 Any permitted
uses set forth in, and as regulated by, the following
provisions of this chapter:
(a) Subsection A(2) and (3) of § 100-30.
(b) Subsection A(3) of § 100-40.
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§ 100-61 ZONING § 100-62
§ 100-61. Bulk, area and parking requirements.
No. building or premises shall be used and no building or part
thereof shall be erected or altered in the B Light Business District
unless the same conforms with the "Bulk and Parking Schedule"
incorporated into this chapter by reference, with the same force
and effect as if such regulations were set forth herein in full.
§ 100-62. Retail shopping centers.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article, a building
or a combination of buildings containing retail stores, mercantile
establishments, offices, banks and financial institutions, com-
monly known as shopping centers, may be erected or altered in the
B Business District, subject, however, to the following
requirements:
A. Approval of site development plans by the Planning Board
in accordance with Article XIII hereof.
B. The lot area shall be not less than one (1) acre and the lot
width shall be not less than one hundred fifty (150) feet.
C. At least twenty-five percent (25%) of the lot area shall. be
landscaped with grass and plantings.
D. The required front yards shall be not less than thirty-five
(35) feet, except that where the property in the vicinity is.
partly built up with permanent buildings and an average
setback line has been established, no building shall project
beyond the line of the average setback so established.
E. The required side yards shall be not less than twenty-five
(25) feet.
F. The required rear yard shall be not less than twenty-five
(25) feet.
G. Parking shall be provided in off-street parking areas which
shall provide one (1) parking space, three hundred fifty
(350) square feet in area, for each one hundred (100) square
feet of sales floor area or office floor area in each building.
[Amended 5-29-73]
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H. All rainfall and stormwater accumulated on the premises
shall be returned to the ground within the boundaries of
the premises.
I. The total floor area for each retail or service establishment
located therein shall not exceed ten thousand (10,000)
square feet.
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§ 100-63. Uses confined to enclosed buildings. [Amended 5-30-75
by L.L. No. 3-1975]
All uses permitted in a B District, including the display and
sale of merchandise and the storage of all property, except living
plants, shrubs or trees, shall be confined to fully enclosed
buildings on the premises.
ARTICLE VII
B-1 General Business District
§ 100-70. Use regulations.'
In the B-1 District, no building or premises shall be used, and
no building or part thereof 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.
(1) [Amended 7-31-73; 10-26-76 by L.L. No. 5-19761 Any
permitted use set forth in, and as regulated by, the
following provisions of this chapter:
(a) Subsection A(2) and (3) of §'100-30.
(b) Subsection A(3) of § 100-40.
(c) Subsection A(2) to (9), inclusive, of § 100-60.
(d) Section 100-62.
B. Uses permitted by special exception by the Board of
Appeals. The following uses are permitted as a special
exception by the Board of Appeals, as hereinafter
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operate only when a dispensing nozzle is removed
from its bracket on the pump and the switch for
this pump is manually operated.
(e) The self-service pump island shall be protected by
an automatic fire protection system in the form of
an approved system of dry power release which
will act as an automatic fire extinguisher.
(f) No customer shall be permitted to dispense
gasoline unless he shall possess a valid motor
vehicle operator's license.
(g) There shall be no latch -open device on any self-
service dispensing nozzle.
(6) Cabinet shops, carpenter shops, electrical shops,
plumbing shops, furniture repair shops and bicycle
and motorcycle shops. [Added 5-30-75 by L.L. No. 3-
19751
_ C. Accessory uses. [Amended 10-26-76 by L.L. No. 5-19761
,- (1) Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily
incidental to any permitted use and not involving a
separate business.
§ 100-71. Bulk, area and parking requirements.
No building or premises shall be used and no building or part
thereof shall be erected or altered in the B-1 General Business
District unless the same conforms with the "Bulk and Parking
Schedule" incorporated into this chapter by reference, with the
same force and effect as if such regulations were set forth herein in
full.
ARTICLE VIII
C Light Industrial District
§ 100-80. Use regulations.
In a C District, no building or premises shall be used, and no
building or part of a building shall be erected or altered which is
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arranged, intended or designed to be used, in whole or in part, for
any purpose except the following:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) [Amended 10-26-76 by L.L. No. 5-19761 Any permitted
uses set forth in, and as regulated by, the following
provisions of this chapter:
(a) -Subsection A(2) and (3) of § 100-30.
(Cont'd on page 10039)
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B. Uses permitted by special exception by the Board of
Appeals, as hereinafter provided, subject to site plan
approval by the Planning Board in accordance with Article
XIII hereof.
(1) Industrial uses, including manufacturing, assembling,
converting, altering, finishing, cleaning or other
• processing, handling or storage of products or
materials, involving the use of only oil, gas or elec-
tricity for fuel.
(2) Research, design and development laboratories; office
buildings.
(3) Wholesale storage and warehousing.
(4) Building contractors' yards.
(5) Public utility structures and uses.
(6) Newspaper and printing establishments.
(7) Bus and truck terminals (garages, parking facilities,
loading docks, etc.).
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(8) Food, processing and packaging plants.
(9) Marinas for the docking and mooring of all types of
boats."
(10) Launching facilities.
(11) Ferry terminals.
(12) Yacht clubs; charter fishing docks.
(13) Eating and drinking establishments.
(14) Retail sales of boats and marine items.
(15) Boat building; boat servicing; boat storage facilities.
(16) Yards for sale and storage of fuel and building
materials.
(17) Special exception use. [Repealed 10-26-76 by L.L. No.
5-1976]
1' Editor's Note: See also Ch. 82, Boats, Docks and Wharves.
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C. Accessory uses.
(1) Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily
incidental to any permitted use and not involving a
separate business.
§ 100-81. Bulk, area and parking requirements.
No building or premises shall be used and. no building or part •
thereof shall be erected or altered in the C Light Industrial
District unless the same conforms with the "Bulk and Parking
Schedule" incorporated into this chapter by reference, with the
same force and effect as if such regulations were set forth herein in
full.
ARTICLE IX
C-1 General Industrial District
§ 100-90. Use regulations.
A. [Amended 7-31-73; 10-26-76 by L.L. No. 5-19761 In the C-1
District, buildings and premises may be used for any
lawful purpose, except that no building and/or premises
shall be used for dwelling, boarding and tourist home,
hotel, motel or tourist camp purposes, and the uses
hereinafter set forth are permitted only by special ex-
ception by the Board of Appeals, as hereinafter provided,
and are subject to site plan approval by the Planning
Board in accordance with Article XIII hereof:
(1) Abattoirs.
(2) Acetylene gas manufacture or gas manufacture from
coke, petroleum or from any other product, or the
storage thereof.
(3) Acid manufacture.
(4) Ammonia, bleaching powder or chlorine manufacture.
(5) Arsenal.
(6) Asphalt manufacture and asphalt mixing plants.
(7) Blast furnace.
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B. The following types of signs or artificial lighting are
prohibited:
(1) Billboards.
(2) Flashing signs, including any sign or device on which
the artificial light is not maintained stationary and
constant in intensity and color at all times when in
• use.
(3) Signs which compete for attention with, or may be
mistaken for, a traffic signal.
(4) The outlining by direct illumination of all or any part
of a building,.such as a gable roof, side wall or corner.
(5) Signs made out of cardboard, paper, canvas or similar
impermanent material.
§ 100-111. Continuation of existing signs.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, any sign
in existence at the effective date of this chapter, as first enacted
in 1957, which does not conform to the provisions of this chapter,
shall, within five (5) years from such date, be discontinued unless
its continuance is authorized as a special exception by the Board
of Appeals as hereinafter provided.
§ 110-112: Off-street parking areas.
Off-street parking spaces, open or enclosed, are permitted
accessory to any use, subject to the following provisions:
A. Schedule of parking requirements. Accessory off-street
parking spaces, open or enclosed, shall be provided in all
use districts for any use specified below. Any land 'which is
developed as 'a unit under single ownership and control
shall be considered a single lot for the purpose of these
parking regulations. Reasonable and appropriate off-street
parking requirements for structures and uses which do not
fall within the categories listed below shall be determined
by the Planning Board upon consideration .of all factors
entering into the parking needs of each, use.
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§ 100-112 SOUTHOLD CODE
Type of Use
Places of worship, libraries
and other public buildings
Golf courses and other coun-
try clubs
Secondary schools
Elementary schools
Hospitals, sanitaria, nursing
homes, philanthropic or elee-
mosynary institutions
Rooming houses
Eating and drinking places
Undertakers and funeral homes
Hotels and motels
Bowling alleys
Home occupation or accessory
professional office, except
physicians and dentists
§ 100-112
Number of Parking Spaces
At least 1 for each 200 square
feet of floor area, but not less
than 1 for each 5 seats where
provided
At least 1 for each 2 members
or accommodations (such as
lockers), whichever is greater
2 spaces per classroom, plus 1
space for each 5 seats in any
auditorium or place of
assembly
2 spaces per classroom, plus 1
space for each 5 seats in any
auditorium or other place of
assembly
At least 1 for each bed
At least 1 for each guest room
At least 1 for each 5 seats
At least 1 for each employee,
plus 25 spaces for each chapel
At least 1 for each guest room,
plus 1 for each employee
5 spaces per alley
3 spaces per home occupation
or accessory professional office
Professional office of physi- 5 spaces per each physician or
cian or dentist dentist
B. Areas computed as parking spaces. Areas which may be
computed as open or enclosed off-street parking spaces
include any private garage, carport or other area available
for parking, other than a street or a driveway. However, a
driveway within a required front yard for a one -family or
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§ 100-118. Nonconforming uses.
§ 100-118
Unless otherwise authorized as a special exception by the Board
of Appeals, as hereinafter provided, the following provisions shall
apply to nonconforming uses:
A. The lawful use of a building or premises existing on the
effective date of this chapter" or authorized by a building
is
permit issued prior thereto may be continued although
such use does not conform to the provisions of this chapter
and such use may be extended throughout the building
lawfully acquired to said date:
B. A nonconforming use of a building or premises may be
changed to a use of the same or higher classification ac-
cording to the provisions of this chapter.
C. Whenever a district shall hereafter' be changed, any then
existing nonconforming -use of a building or premises in
such changed district may be continued or changed to a use
of a similar or higher classification, provided that all other
regulations governing the use are complied with.
D. Whenever a nonconforming use of a building or premises
has been discontinued for a period of more than two (2 )
years or has been changed to a higher classification or to a
conforming use, anything in this section to the contrary
notwithstanding, the nonconforming use of such building
or premises shall no longer be permitted unless a variance
therefor shall have been granted by the Board of Appeals,
as hereinafter provided.
E. A nonconforming building may not be reconstructed or
structurally altered during its life to an extent exceeding in
aggregate cost fifty percent (50%) of the fair value of the
building, unless the use of such building is changed to a
conforming use.
F. A nonconforming building which has been damaged by fire
or other causes to the extent of more than fifty percent
(50%) of its fair value shall not be repairedor rebuilt unless
the use of such building is changed to a conforming use.
20 Editor's Note: For the purposes of this section, the effective date of the chapter
was the date of the original enactment, 4.9.57.
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§ 100-120 SOUTHOLD CODE § 100-121
ARTICLE XII
Board of Appeals.
§ 100-120. Appointment; membership.
The Town Board shall appoint a Board of Appeals consisting of
five (5) members, as provided by the Town Law.
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§ 100-121. Powers and duties.
In addition to such powers as may be conferred'upon it by law,
the Board of Appeals shall have the following powers:
A. Appeals. To hear and decide appeals from and review any
order, requirement, decision or determination made by the
Building. Inspector.
B. Variances. Where there are practical difficulties or un-
necessary hardships in the way of carrying out the strict
letter of these regulations, the Board of Appeals shall have
the power to vary or modify the application of such
regulations so that the spirit of the chapter shall be ob-
served, public safety and welfare secured and substantial
justice done.
C. Special exceptions, special permits and other approvals.
Whenever a use or the location thereof is permitted only if
the Board of Appeals shall approve thereof, the Board of
Appeals may, in a specific case and after notice and public
hearing, authorize such permitted use and its location
within the district in which this chapter specifies the
permitted use may be located, subject, however, to the
following:
(1) Before such approval shall be given, the Board of
Appeals shall determine:
(a) That the use will not prevent the orderly and
reasonable use of adjacent properties or of prop-
erties in adjacent use districts;
(b) That the use will -not prevent the orderly and
reasonable use of permitted or legally established
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§ 100-121 ZONING § 100-121
uses in the district wherein the proposed use is to
be located, or of permitted or legally established
uses in adjacent use. districts;
(c) That the safety, the health, the welfare, the
comfort, the convenience or the order of the town
will not be adversely affected by the proposed use
. and its location; and
(d) That the use will be in harmony with and promote
the general purposes and intent of this chapter.
(2) In making such determination, the Board of Appeals
shall also give consideration, among other things, to:
(a) The character of the existing and probable
development of uses in the district and the
peculiar suitability of such district for the
location of any of such permitted uses;
(b) The conservation of property values and the
encouragement of the most appropriate uses of
land;
ID (c) The effect that the location of the proposed use
may have upon the creation or undue increase of
vehicular traffic congestion on public streets or
highways;
(d) The availability of adequate and proper public or
private water supply and facilities . for the
treatment, removal or discharge of sewage, refuse
or other effluent (whether liquid, solid, gaseous or
otherwise) that may be caused or created by or as
a result of the use;
(e) Whether the use or the materials incidental
thereto or produced thereby may give off ob-
noxious gases, odors, smoke or soot;
(f) Whether the use will cause disturbing emissions
of electrical discharges, dust, light, vibration or
noise;
(g) Whether the operation in pursuance of the use
will cause undue interference with the orderly
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enjoyment by the public of parking or of
recreational facilities, if existing or if proposed by
the town or by other competent governmental
agencies;-
(h)
gencies;
(h) The necessity for bituminous -surfaced space for
purposes of off-street parking of vehicles in-
cidental to the use, and whether such space is
reasonably adequate and appropriate and can be
furnished by the owner of the plot sought to be
used within or adjacent to the plot wherein the
use shall be located;
(i) Whether a hazard to life, limb or property because —
of fire, flood, erosion or panic may be created by
reason of or as a result of the use, or by the
structures to be used therefor, or by the inac-
cessibility of the property or structures thereon
for the convenient entry and operation of fire and
other emergency apparatus, or by the undue
concentration or assemblage of persons upon such
plot;
(j) Whether the use or the structures to be used
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therefor will cause an overcrowding of land or
undue concentration of population;
(k) Whether the plot area is sufficient, appropriate
and adequate for the use and the reasonably
anticipated operation and expansion thereof; and
(1) Whether the use to be operated is unreasonably
near to a church, school, theater, recreational area
or other place of public assembly.
§ 100-122. Additional conditions and safeguards.
In deciding any matter before it, the Board of Appeals may
impose such conditions and safeguards as it deems necessary or
appropriate to preserve and protect the spirit and the objectives of
this chapter.
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(8) Location, width and purpose of all existing and
proposed easements, setbacks, reservations and areas
dedicated to public use within or adjoining the prop-
erty.
(9) A complete outline of existing deed restrictions or
covenants applying to the property.
(. (10) Existing zoning.
B. Natural features.
(1) Existing contours at intervals of five (5) feet or less,
referred to a datum satisfactory to the Board.
(2) Approximate boundaries of any areas- subject to
flooding or stormwater overflows.
(3) Location of existing watercourses, marshes, wooded
areas, rock outcrops, isolated trees with a diameter of
eight (8) inches or more measured three (3) feet above
the base of the trunk, and other significant existing
features.
C. Existing structures and utilities.
(1) Location of uses and outlines of structures, drawn to
scale, on and within one hundred (100) feet of the lot.
(2) Paved areas, sidewalks and vehicular access between
the site and public streets.
(3) Locations, dimensions, grades and flow direction of
existing sewers, culverts and water lines' as well as
other underground and aboveground utilities within
and adjacent to the property.
(4) Other existing development, including fences, land-
scaping and screening.
D. Proposed development.
(1) The location of proposed buildings or structural
improvements.
(2) The location and design of all uses not requiring
structures, such as off-street parking and loading
areas.
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(3) The location, direction, power and time of use of any
proposed outdoor lighting or public-address systems.
(4) The location of and plans for any outdoor signs.
(5) The location and arrangement of proposed means of
access and egress, including sidewalks, driveways or
other paved areas; profiles indicating grading and
cross sections showing width of roadway, location and •
width of sidewalks and location and size of water and
sewer lines.
(6) Any proposed grading, screening and other land-
scaping, including types and locations of proposed
street trees.
(7) The location of all proposed water lines, valves and
hydrants and of all sewer lines or alternate means of
water supply and sewage disposal and treatment.
(8) An outline of any proposed deed restrictions or
covenants.
(9) Any contemplated public improvements on or ad- t�>
joining the property.
(10) If the site development plan indicates only a first
stage, a supplementary _plan shall indicate ultimate
development.
E. Any other information deemed by the Planning Board
necessary to determine conformity of the site plan with the
intent and regulations of this chapter.
§ 100-135. Fees.
All applications to the Planning Board for approval of site
development plans shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty-five
dollars ($25.).
§ 100-136. Cluster development. [Added 5-29-731
The Planning Board may approve cluster developments for one -
family -detached dwellings in an A Residential and Agricultural
District according to the procedure and requirements specified
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below. The purpose of such development is to provide flexibility in
the design and development of land in such a way as to promote
the most appropriate use of land to facilitate the adequate and
economical provision of streets and utilities, and to preserve the
natural and scenic qualities of open space.
. A. The maximum number of single-family lots that may be
approved in a cluster development shall be computed by
subtracting from the total gross area a fixed percentage of
twenty percent (20%) of said area and dividing the
remaining eighty percent (80%) of the area by forty
thousand (40,000) square feet.
(1) In computing the maximum number of lots that may
be created, any lands which are subject to flooding or
which are occupied by public utility easements in such
a manner as to prevent their use and development
shall not be considered part of the total gross area.
(2) In a cluster development, lot area, width, depth, front
yard, rear yard and side yards shall not be reduced by
more than fifty percent (50%) of the minimum
requirements set forth in the "Bulk and Parking
Schedule."
B. The area of a cluster development shall be in single
ownership or under unified control.
C. Prior to the issuance of a building permit in a cluster
development, a site plan shall be submitted to and ap-
proved by the Planning Board in accordance with Article
XIII of this chapter and the following conditions:
(1) Said site plan shall include areas within which
structures may be located, the height and spacing of
10 buildings, open spaces and their landscaping, off-
street open and enclosed (if any) parking spaces, and
streets, driveways and any other physical features
relevant to the proposed plan.
(2) Said site plan shall include a statement setting forth
the nature of all proposed modifications of existing
zoning provisions.
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D. Nothing contained in this chapter shall relieve the owner or
his agent or the developer of a proposed cluster
development from receiving final plat approval in ac-
cordance with the town subdivision regulations.21 In
approving the final plat for a cluster development, the
Planning Board may modify the acreage requirement for
recreation areas as set forth in the town's rules governing •
subdivision review, provided that the common land
dedicated meets all other requirements of the town sub-
division regulations.
E. A cluster development shall be organized as one (1) of the
following: a Homes Association approved by the Federal
Housing Administration for mortgage insurance as a
Planned Unit Development, and the Town Board; a Homes
Association approved by the Town Attorney and Town
Board; or any other arrangements approved by the Town
Attorney and Town Board as satisfying the intent of this
chapter. Whenever a Homes Association is proposed, the
Town Board shall retain the right to review and approve
the Articles of Incorporation and Charter of said Homes
Association, and to require, whatever conditions deemed
necessary to ensure that the intent and purpose of this
chapter are carried out. In consideration of said approval,
the Town Board shall, in part, require the cluster
development to meet the following conditions:
(1) The Homes Association shall be established as an
incorporated nonprofit organization operating under
recorded land agreements through which each lot
owner, and any succeeding -owner, is automatically a
member, and each lot is automatically subject to a
charge for a proportionate share of the expenses for
the organization's activities.
(2) Title to all common property shall be placed in the
Homes Association, or definite and acceptable
assurance shall be given that it automatically will be
so placed within a reasonable period of time.
21 Editor's Note: See Ch. A100, Subdivision o4 Land.
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§ 100-141
issued upon application to the Building Inspector. No building
permit shall be issued unless the proposed construction is in full
conformity with all the provisions of this chapter and the
provisions of all other applicable laws, ordinances, rules and
regulations. Any building permit issued in violation of the
provisions of this chapter shall be null and void.and of no effect
without the necessity for any proceedings, revocations or
i, nullification thereof; and any work undertaken or use established
pursuant to the issuance of a permit in violation of the provisions
of this chapter shall be unlawful.
A. Applications. Every application for a building permit shall
contain the following information and be accompanied by
the required fee and a plot plan drawn to scale and signed
by the person responsible for each drawing. If no such plot
plan is available, a survey is required, prepared by a
licensed engineer or land surveyor.
(1) The actual shape, dimensions, radii, angles and area of
the lot on which the building is proposed to be erected,
or of the lot on which it is situated if an existing
building.
(2) The block and lot numbers-, if. any, as they appear on
. ,the latest tax records.
(3) The exact size and locations on the lot of the proposed
building or buildings or alteration of an existing
building and of other existing buildings on the same
lot.
(4) The dimensions of all yards in relation to the subject
building, ar. d the distances between such building and
any other existing buildings on the same lot.
(5) The existing and intended use of all buildings, existing
or proposed, and the use of land and the number of
dwelling units the building is designed to ac-
commodate.
(6) Such topographic or other information with regard to
the building, the lot or neighboring lots as may be
necessary to determine that the proposed construction
will conform to the provisions of this chapter.
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B. No building permit shall be issued for the construction or
alteration of any building upon a lot without access to a
street or highway as provided by § 280-a of the Town Law.
C. No building permit shall be issued for any building where
the site plan of such building is subject to approval by the
Planning Board, except in conformity with the plans
approved by ,the said Board.
D. No building permit shall be issued for a building in any
district where such use is permitted by special exception or
,special permit of the Board of Appeals, unless. and until
such approval has been duly granted by such Board.
E. No building permit shall be issued for any building until
approval has been received from the County health
Department for the proposed water supply and sewage
disposal system.
F. The building permit application and all supporting
documentation shall be made in triplicate. Upon the
issuance of a building permit, the Building Inspector shall
return one (1) copy of all filed documents to the applicant.
G. The Building Inspector shall, within ten (10) business days
after the filing of . a complete and properly prepared ap-
plication, either issue or deny a building permit. If a
building permit is denied, the 'Building Inspector shall
state in writing to the applicant the reasons for such denial.
H. Every building permit shall expire if the work authorized
has not commenced within twelve (12) months after the
date of issuance, or has not been completed within eighteen
(18) months from such date. If no zoning regulations af-
fecting the property have been enacted in the interim, the
Building Inspector may authorize, in writing, -the ex-
tension of the permit for an additional six (6) months.
Thereafter, a new permit shall be required. [Amended 5-30-
75 by L.L. No. 3-1975]
(Cont'd on page 10069)
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I. As soon as the foundation of a building or of any addition
to an existing building is completed, and before first -story
framing or wall construction is begun, there shall be filed
with the Building Inspector an accurate survey, signed by
the person responsible for said survey, showing the exact
location of such foundation with respect to the street and
• property lines of the lot. No further construction shall be
performed until such survey is approved by the Building
Inspector.
J. Permit fees. The following fees shall be paid upon the filing
of an application with the Building Inspector for a building
permit, which fees shall be paid into the general fund if the
application is approved, or returned to the applicant if the
application is denied:
(1) Dwellings.
(a) New dwellings, twenty-five dollars ($25.) plus five
cents ($0.05) for each square foot of floor area
over one thousand (1,000) square feet.
(b) Additions and alterations, fifteen dollars ($15.).
(c) Accessory buildings, ten dollars ($10.) plus five
cents ($0.05) for each square foot of floor area
over eight hundred fifty (850) square feet.
(d) Additions and alterations to accessory buildings,
ten dollars ($10.).
(2) Hotels, motels, business and industrial buildings.
(a) New construction, fifty dollars ($50.) plus ten
cents ($0.10) for each square foot of floor area
over ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
(b) Additions and alterations, twenty-five dollars
($25.) plus five cents ($0.05) for each square foot
over one thousand (1,000) square feet.
(c) Accessory buildings, fifteen dollars ($15.).
(3) Farm buildings, fifteen dollars ($15.).
(4) All other structures, fifteen dollars ($15.).
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(5) Signs. The fee for all signs, except signs permitted by
§ 100-30C(6)(a), shall be twenty-five cents ($0.25) for
each square foot of sign area, with a minimum fee of
two dollars ($2.). [Amended 7-31-73]
§ 100-142. Revocation of permit.
The Building Inspector may revoke a building permit
theretofore issued and approved in the following instances:
A. Where he finds that there has been any false statement or
misrepresentation as to a material fact in the application,
plan or specifications on which the building permit was
based.
B. Where he finds that the building permit was issued in error
and should not have been issued in accordance with the
applicable law.
C. Where he finds that the work performed under the permit
is not being prosecuted in accordance with the provisions
of the application, plans or specification.
D. Where the person to whom a building permit has been
issued fails or refuses to comply with a stop order issued by
the Building Inspector.
§ 100-143. Stop orders. [Amended 8-26-76 by L.L. No. 3-19761
Whenever the Building Inspector has reasonable grounds to
believe that work on any building or structure is being prosecuted
in violation of the provisions of the applicable law, ordinances or
regulations, ' or not in conformity with the provisions of an ap-
plication, plans or specifications on the basis of which a building
permit was issued, .or in an unsafe and dangerous manner, he shall
notify the owner of the property, or the owner's agent or the
person performing the work, to suspend all work, and any such
persons shall forthwith stop such work and suspend all building
activities until the stop order has been rescinded. Such order and
notice shall be in writing and shall state the conditions under
which the work may be resumed, and may be served upon a person
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to whom it is directed either by delivering it personally to him or
by posting the same upon a conspicuous portion of the building
under construction and sending a copy of the same by certified
mail.
• § 100-144. Certificates, of occupancy.
A. A certificate of occupancy shall be applied for from the
Building Inspector and it shall be unlawful to do "any of the
following until a certificate of occupancy is issued therefor,
to wit:
(1) Occupancy and use of a building erected, recon-
structed, restored, structurally altered or moved, or
any change in use of an existing building.
(2) Occupancy, use or any change in the use of any land.
(3) Any change in use of a nonconforming use.
B. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for the use of a
building or lands requiring a special exception or special
% permit by the Board of Appeals, or for any land. or use
requiring a site plan approval by the Planning Board,
unless , and until such special exception or special permit
use or site plan approval has been duly granted. Every
certificate of occupancy for which a special exception,
special permit or site plan approval has been granted, or in
connection with which a variance has been granted by the
Board of Appeals, shall contain a detailed statement of any
condition to which the same is subject. [Amended 7-31-73]
C. Application for a certificate of occupancy for a new
building or for an existing building which has been altered
shall be made after the erection of such building or part
thereof has been completed in conformity with the
provisions of this chapter, and, in the case of a new
building, shall be accompanied by an accurate plot plan, or
if not available, by a survey prepared by a licensed land
surveyor or engineer, showing the location of the building
as built. Such certificate shall be issued within ten (10)
days after receipt of the properly completed application,
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provided that the application states that all requirements
of all other applicable codes or ordinances in effect are
complied with.
D. If the proposed use is in conformity with the provisions of
this chapter and all other applicable codes and ordinances,
a certificate of occupancy for the use of vacant land or for a
change of use or a nonconforming use shall be issued by the
Building Inspector within ten (10) days after receipt of a
properly completed application. If a. certificate of oc-
,,cupancy is denied, the Building Inspector shall state the
reasons therefor in writing to the applicant.
E. Every application for a certificate of occupancy or a
temporary certificate of occupancy shall be accompanied
by a fee of five dollars ($5.). Copies of such certificate will
be issued upon payment of one dollar ($1.) per copy.
F. A certificate of occupancy shall be deemed to authorize and
is required for both initial occupancy and use of the
building or land to which it applies.
G. `Upon written request and upon payment of a fee of five
dollars ($5.), the Building Inspector shall, after inspection,
issue a certificate of occupancy for any building or use
thereof or of land existing at the time of the adoption of
this chapter, certifying such use and whether or not the
same and 'the building conform to the provisions of this
chapter.
H. A record of all certificates, of occupancy shall be kept in the
office of the Building Inspector, and copies shall be fur-
nished on request to. any agency of the town or to any
persons having an interest in the building or land affected.
§ 100-145. Penalties for offenses. [Amended 7-31-731
For every offense against any of the provisions of this chapter
or any regulations made pursuant thereto, or.failure to comply
with a written notice or order of the Building Inspector within the
time fixed for compliance therewith, the owner, occupant, builder,
architect, contractor or their agents or any other person who
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SOUTHOLD SUPPLEMENTAL INDEX
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DEFINITIONS
Taxpayer, 77-201
DOGS; fees, 38.7
FEES
Dogs, 38-7
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SHELLFISH
Dredges and scrapes, 77-211.1
Purpose, 77-200.1
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TAXPAYER defined, 77-201
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