Caledonia Town City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVII
Supplementary Regulations
§ 130-90 Frontage on public street or road.
A.
No dwelling shall be erected on a lot which does not abut on at least one street for a distance of not less than 40 feet.
B.
No dwelling may be built or erected directly behind another dwelling having access on the same street or within 200 feet thereof. "Directly behind another dwelling" means within more than 1/2 the width of the structure so placed.
C.
No building in the rear of a main building on the same lot may be used for residential purposes, except for domestic employees of the occupants of the main building.
D.
Dwellings on rear half of lot.
(1)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in an instance where, at the time of the enactment of this chapter, a dwelling structure has been erected on the rear 1/2 of a lot, the Board of Appeals may consider as a special exception a proposal to place a dwelling on the front portion of the lot, provided that:
(a)
The area requirements for the district in which the property is located shall be complied with.
(b)
The height, front yard and side yard regulations for the district on which the property is located shall be complied with.
(c)
A minimum distance of 25 feet shall be maintained between the front and rear building.
(2)
Whenever a building is erected on the front portion of such lot, structural alterations thereafter to the rear dwelling shall be prohibited, and whenever said rear dwelling is damaged to the extent of more than 75% of its fair sales value immediately prior to damage, it shall not be reconstructed or replaced.
§ 130-91 Reduction in lot area prohibited.
A.
No lot, although it may consist of one or more adjacent lots of record, shall be reduced in area to the extent that yards, lot area per family, lot width, building area or other requirements of this chapter, are not maintained. This subsection shall not apply when a portion of a lot is required for a public purpose.
B.
No space applied or necessary under this chapter to satisfy the yard or other open space requirements in relation to any building or area, whether now or subsequently built or occupied, shall be counted as part of a required open space in relation to any other building.
§ 130-92 Obstruction of vision at intersections.
In all districts, on a corner lot, within the triangular area formed by the center lines of the streets from the intersection, as shown on the schedule below, there shall be no obstruction to vision between the height of 3 1/2 feet and the height of 10 feet above the average grade of each street on the center line thereof. The requirements of this section shall not be deemed to prohibit the construction of any necessary retaining wall.
Sight Distance Schedule | |
|---|---|
Street Right-of-Way Width (feet) | Distance From Intersection of Center Line (feet) |
50 or more | 75 |
40 to 49 | 65 |
30 to 39 | 55 |
§ 130-93 Septic systems.
All septic tank installations shall conform to the requirements of the New York State Department of Health.
§ 130-94 Minimum floor area.
A.
No single-family dwelling shall henceforth be constructed, nor shall any existing single-family dwelling be reduced in area, so as to contain less than 950 square feet of floor area usable for living purposes and 300 square feet of floor area usable for storage (not including automobile storage).
B.
No dwelling unit in a two-family or multiple-family dwelling shall henceforth be constructed, nor shall an existing dwelling unit in such building be reduced in area, so as to contain less than 600 square feet of floor area usable for living purposes and 100 square feet of floor area usable for storage purposes.
§ 130-95 Community open space.
On any lot containing more than 12 dwelling units, there shall be provided community open space containing not less than 200 square feet of land area per dwelling unit.
§ 130-96 Private swimming pools.
A private swimming pool installed or maintained as an accessory use in a residential district shall meet the following requirements:
A.
The provisions of Section 901.16 and Part 720 of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code shall be complied with as minimum requirements.
B.
Such pool shall be equipped with an integral filtration system and filter pumps or other mechanical devices which shall be so located and constructed as not to interfere with the peace, comfort and repose of the occupancy of any adjoining property.