Amityville City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VI
Historical Districts
§ 183-67 Applicability.
In an H Historical District, the regulations in this article shall apply.
§ 183-68 Permitted uses.
In an H Historical District, a building may be erected, altered or used, and a lot or premises may be used, for any of the following purposes and for no other:
A.
One one-family detached dwelling.
B.
Churches or similar places of worship, parish houses and convents.
C.
Public libraries, public schools, public parks, public playgrounds or recreation areas and municipal uses.
D.
Business, professional or banking offices, funeral homes and retail stores.
E.
Stores for the sale of goods at retail or for the performance of customary personal services or services clearly incidental to retail sales, but no processing or fabrication or manufacturing except as is incidental to and in the same premises with such retail sales, provided that such incidental processing, fabrication or manufacturing is conducted entirely within a building and does not occupy more than 20% of the floor area used for business purposes.
§ 183-69 Review and approval of changes.
[Amended 8-28-2023 by L.L. No. 6-2023]
A.
In an H Historical District, no permit shall be issued to erect a structure or building (excluding signs), to alter, add to, or demolish an existing structure or building in such manner as to change the outside dimensions or to change the exterior appearance thereof, unless approved by the Planning Board.
B.
On all applications to the Planning Board under this article, in addition to all other requirements and standards, the Board shall, in making its determination, consider the following:
(1)
Whether the proposed building or structure or proposed alteration or demolition of an existing building or structure is in harmony with and is consistent in appearance with and will preserve and enhance the value of neighboring and adjacent buildings and structures and the district as a whole or a part thereof.
(2)
The visual relationship between the property in question and existing structures and the character of the district as regards architectural style in relationship to properties which are within view of existing structures or buildings of historical significance or of meritorious architectural quality.
(3)
Heights and masses of buildings, and the location and arrangement thereof, including the screening from view of any feature deemed visually inappropriate in the district.
(4)
The maintenance of visual character of the district as indicated by such matters as landscaping, setbacks, heights, materials, mass, line, color and detail.
C.
The considerations herinabove set forth shall be applied so as to assure that new construction and alteration or demolition of existing construction will result in a visual composition which is in harmony with the character of the district.
§ 183-70 Lot size.
In an H Historical District, each lot shall have a frontage of at least 100 feet, a depth of at least 100 feet and an area of at least 15,000 square feet, except that, if a plot having a frontage of not less than 100 feet and an area of not less than 12,000 square feet was in one single separate ownership on May 28, 1987, a building may be erected on such plot, provided that all other provisions of this Code are complied with, and further provided that such single and separate ownership is continuously maintained following the aforesaid date.
§ 183-71 Size of dwelling.
In an H Historical District:
A.
No one-story dwelling shall contain less than 1,000 square feet of habitable floor space.
B.
No one-and-one-half-story dwelling shall contain less than 1,200 square feet of habitable floor space.
C.
A dwelling of two or more stories shall contain not less than 1,500 square feet of habitable floor space.
D.
No dwelling shall be less than 24 feet in width, exclusive of unenclosed porches and bay windows.
§ 183-72 Height of buildings and structures.
No building or structure in the H Historical District shall exceed 32 feet in height.
§ 183-74 Pitch of roof.
In an H Historical District, no building shall have a roof pitch which is less than four inches to each one foot on the main part thereof, except that, upon due cause being shown, the Zoning Board of Appeals may grant a special exception.
§ 183-75 Front yards for buildings and structures.
A.
In an H Historical District, the required front yard depth shall be no less than the average front yard depth of the existing buildings within 200 feet on each side of the lot and within the same block, or, if there are no existing buildings on the same side of the street, the average front yard depth of existing buildings within 200 feet on each side directly opposite the lot, but no front yard shall be required to have a depth greater than 30 feet. The foregoing provision shall not affect the required front yard between the proposed building and the side street in case of a corner lot. Parking shall not be allowed between the front line of a building and the front street line of the lot on which the building is located, for the entire width of said lot.
§ 183-76 Side yards for buildings and structures.
In an H Historical District, there shall be two side yards, one on each side, the aggregate widths of which shall be at least 24 feet. Neither side yard shall be less than 12 feet wide.
§ 183-77 Rear yards for buildings and structures.
In an H Historical District, there shall be a rear yard the depth of which shall be at least 25 feet, or at least equal to the height of the building, whichever is greater.
§ 183-78 Accessory buildings.
Accessory buildings in an H Historical District may occupy 1,000 square feet of the required area of the rear yard up to an average height of 14 feet as measured by the average grade adjacent to such building. No part of an accessory building shall be nearer the rear or side lot line than four feet.
§ 183-79 Percentage of lot coverage.
In the H Historical District, the building area shall not exceed 32% of the lot area.