Babylon Village City Zoning Code
ARTICLE V
Minimum Interior Area Requirements
§ 365-22 Minimum area required.
A.
No residential building shall hereafter be erected nor shall any existing building be altered, enlarged, rebuilt or moved for residential use unless such building has a ground floor area of at least 800 square feet and there is provided within such building 1,000 square feet of livable floor area.
B.
Within the Village’s downtown Retail Business District, for Village-owned municipal lots and those parking lots privately owned, whether with or without a private dwelling or a commercial establishment, it shall be expressly prohibited to build or improve upon those parcels of land currently designated for parking. All currently designated areas for parking are to remain for parking only.
[Added 3-1-2024 by L.L. No. 3-2024]
§ 365-23 Definitions.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A story partly underground but having at least 1/2 its height, measured from finished floor to finished ceiling, above the curb level at the center of the street front.
A story having more than 1/2 its height, measured from finished floor to finished ceiling, below the curb level at the center of the street front.
The area within the exterior of the walls of the building at grade level, excluding attached garages, unenclosed porches or breezeways but including incorporated garages with livable floor area above them.
The aggregate area of all floors included within the outer walls of a building, excluding basements, cellars, rooms for heating equipment, garages, unenclosed porches, unfinished attics and storerooms and other unheated areas and including only such floor area under a sloping ceiling for which the headroom is not less than five feet, and then only if at least 60% of such floor has a ceiling height of not less than seven feet six inches and if any such floor that is situated above another story has access to the floor below by a permanent built-in stairway. However, 1/2 of the floor area of completely finished and heated rooms in a basement may be included in the aggregate area.
§ 365-24 Interpretation of provisions.
The provisions of this article shall be held to be the minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the general welfare. It is not intended by this article to repeal, annul or in any way interfere with any existing provisions of any other law or ordinance previously adopted or which shall be adopted; provided, however, that where this article imposes greater restrictions upon the use of buildings or land than are imposed or required by such existing provisions, the provisions of this article shall control.