Catskill Town, NY Zoning Ordinance

Catskill Town City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IV

District Regulations

§ 160-9 General provisions.

[Amended 8-7-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007]

The restrictions and controls intended to regulate development in each district are set forth in the following district regulations. Any uses not specifically listed in the following district regulations are prohibited in the Town of Catskill.

In all districts that allow one-family and two-family residential dwellings, not more than two single-family or two-family dwelling units may be placed on a lot, provided that each dwelling is located so that it would conform to all area and bulk regulations of the district in which it is located if a separate lot were created for each dwelling. Where two single-family or two-family dwellings are permitted on one lot, said lot may not be subdivided unless there is separate water and sewer for each dwelling.

In zones where multiple-family dwellings are allowed or permitted, there may be more than one multiple-family dwelling per parcel.

§ 160-10 RA Rural Residential/Agriculture.

These areas have soil conditions which generally are not conducive to intense development. They are located in the more rural areas of the Town and development which has already occurred here has taken place on large lots providing a low intensity of development. While the principal type of development should be residential, agriculture should continue in most areas and open-space types of commercial uses are allowed if properly located and designed.

§ 160-11 MR Moderate Density Residential.

Most of these areas have developable soils and are located in proximity to established hamlets. They are designed to accommodate growth emanating out from the hamlets.

§ 160-12 HR High Density Residential.

These districts are generally suitable for an urban scale of development and are located around existing heavily developed areas. The purpose of these districts is to encourage growth in concentrated areas and to reduce the trend toward scattered development.

§ 160-13 GC General Commercial.

These areas reflect past trends toward commercial growth. The intent of these districts is to maintain commercial uses that are compatible with the surrounding moderate- and high-density residential districts.

§ 160-14 HC Highway Commercial.

The intent of these districts is to encourage highway-oriented commercial uses along the heavily traveled principal routes in Town.

§ 160-15 I Industrial.

These areas recognize the considerable industrial investments made in the Town. The intent of these districts is to provide areas for industrial expansion while reducing the potential for conflicts with nonindustrial land uses.

§ 160-16 C Conservation.

These include wetlands and, in the waterfront area, includes lands along the Catskill and Kaaterskill Creeks. These areas are environmentally sensitive and generally should not be developed.

The Zoning Map is designed to show wetlands according to the official New York State Freshwater Wetlands Map. As the New York State Freshwater Wetlands Map changes, so shall the Zoning Map be automatically changed.

§ 160-17 Table of Uses, Yard and Lot Requirements.

Catskill Town Zoning Table of Uses
	P — Permit-by-right, not subject to Site Plan Review X — Permitted Subject to Site Plan Review by the Planning Board SP — Use allowed by Special Permit approval by the Planning Board; includes Site Plan Review
Zone	RA	MR	HR	GC	HC	I	C
Residential Uses
One-family dwellings	P	P	P	P	P		SP
Mobile homes not on permanent foundation	P				SP
Home Occupations	P
Accessory Uses	P	P	P	P	P
Two-family dwellings	SP	X	X	X	SP
Multiple-family dwellings	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
Boarding houses	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
Mobile home parks	SP				SP
Condominiums and townhouses	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
Manufactured Homes affixed to permanent brick or block foundations	P	P	P	P	P		SP
Nonresidential Uses
Accessory uses	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Adult uses						SP
Agriculture	P	P_ii	P_ii	P	P	P	P
Automobile storage or repair shops				X	X	X
Bars or nightclubs	SP			X	X
Boat docking facilities	SP					SP
Boat ramps	SP					SP
Bowling alleys				X	X
Campgrounds/recreation vehicle parks	SP
Cannabis dispensary_v	SP			X	X	X
Cannabis lounge_v	SP			X	X
Car washing stations					X	X
Cemeteries	X	X	SP
Construction yard/storage yard_iii	SP	SP			SP	SP
Crematories						SP
Cultural facilities	X	X	X	X	X
Dance halls or skating rinks	SP			X	X
Day nurseries or camps	X	X	X	X	X
Drive-in theaters	SP
Equipment rental or sales yard					X	X
Forestry					SP	SP
Funeral homes				X	X
General or professional offices	SP		SP	X	X
Golf courses and country clubs	X
Home occupations	P	P	P	P	P
Hospitals	SP	SP	SP
Hotels				SP	SP
Institutional or philanthropic uses	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP		SP
Large-scale solar energy systems	SP				SP	SP
Junkyards						SP
Kennel_iv	SP			SP	SP	SP
Laundry or dry cleaning plants					X	X
Logging	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Manufacture, assembly, and fabrication	SP			SP	SP	SP
Marinas	SP					SP
Membership club or commercial recreational uses	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	X
Mining and other extractive operations	SP				SP	SP
Motels	SP				SP
Newspaper offices and printing shops				X	X	X
Nursing or convalescent home	SP	SP	SP
Private academies or schools or parochial	X	X	X	X	X
Public utilities	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP		SP
Recreational commercial water dependent uses (public or private)	SP
Recreational water dependent uses (public or private)	SP
Religious institutions	X	X	X	X	X
Research laboratories	SP					X
Resorts	SP				SP
Restaurants	SP			X	X
Retail Uses, not otherwise specified	SP			X	X	X
Schools conducted for profit				X	X
Self service laundries				X	X
Service stations				SP	SP
Shipping containers_vi	P			P	P	P
Shopping centers	SP			SP
Short term rentals	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Stables and riding academies	X
Stables for horses for noncommercial purposes	P						P
Theaters or concert halls	SP	SP	SP	X	X
Veterinarian offices, animal hospitals	SP			SP	SP	SP	SP
Warehousing					SP	SP
Water dependent industrial uses						SP
Wholesale business or services not otherwise specifically mentioned					X	X

_i	Limited to parcels within this district with direct frontage on US Route 9W.
_ii	Roosters not permitted in MR or HR.
_iii	The keeping of up to three pieces of functioning equipment is permitted if located at primary residence of contractor, in all zones. 1.5 acre minimum lot size and 50-foot side yard setbacks are required for HR and MR zones.
_iv	In RA shall require a 500-foot setback from nearest residence.
_v	Cannabis dispensaries and lounges are prohibited on the same road and within 500 feet of a school or community facility, on the same road and within 200 feet from a house of worship, and within 2,000 feet of another dispensary or lounge.
_vi	Shipping containers are permitted in RA, GC, HC, and I subject to provisions of Chapter 132A.

Yard and Lot Requirements
Shared common walls in townhouses are exempt from setback requirements. Townhouses otherwise are subject to setback requirements. Land of homeowner associations or the equivalent serving a townhouse complex in combination with the footprint of said townhouses and any other structures serving the townhouse complex shall represent a "lot" for purposes of calculating maximum lot coverage and minimum lot size.

Yard and Lot Requirements

Shared common walls in townhouses are exempt from setback requirements. Townhouses otherwise are subject to setback requirements. Land of homeowner associations or the equivalent serving a townhouse complex in combination with the footprint of said townhouses and any other structures serving the townhouse complex shall represent a "lot" for purposes of calculating maximum lot coverage and minimum lot size.

District	Minimum Lot Size_iv	Minimum Lot Width_ii	Front Yard Setback_iii	Side Yard Setback_v	Rear Yard Setback_vi	Maximum Lot Coverage (%)	Maximum Height
RA without public water or sewer_i	1.50 acres	150 feet	50 feet	30 feet	100 feet	30	35 feet
RA with public water or sewer_i	1.00 acres	150 feet	50 feet	30 feet	50 feet	40	35 feet
RA with public water and sewer_i	0.50 acres	100 feet	50 feet	30 feet	30 feet	40	35 feet
MR_i	0.50 acres	100 feet	50 feet	30 feet	50 feet	30	35 feet
HR_i	0.25 acres	75 feet	25 feet	10 feet	30 feet	30	35 feet
GC_i	0.25 acres	75 feet	15 feet	10 feet	30 feet	None	35 feet
HC_i	0.50 acres	100 feet	25 feet	25 feet	25 feet	None	5 stories
I_i	3.00 acres	200 feet	200 feet	100 feet	40 feet	None	5 stories
C_i	5.00 acres	250 feet	100 feet	200 feet	100 feet	30	35 feet

_i	A parcel's Zoning District can be seen by turning on the zoning layer on the Town's GIS Map, a link for which is on the Town's homepage (www.townofcatskillny.gov).
_ii	The average distance between side lot lines taken at the front yard or building line and measured at right angles to the side lot lines along and parallel to the street.
_iii	A yard extending from the from property line to a building/structure. The front property line is considered the property line that is crossed (e.g., by a driveway) to gain access to the parcel from a public road or approved private road.
_iv	Minimum lot size. Calculation of minimum lot size does not include any portion of a lot beneath a public or private roadway.
_v	A yard extending from the side property line to a building/structure.
_vi	A yard extending from the rear property line to a building/structure.

Catskill Town City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IV

District Regulations

§ 160-9 General provisions.

[Amended 8-7-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007]

In zones where multiple-family dwellings are allowed or permitted, there may be more than one multiple-family dwelling per parcel.

§ 160-10 RA Rural Residential/Agriculture.

§ 160-11 MR Moderate Density Residential.

Most of these areas have developable soils and are located in proximity to established hamlets. They are designed to accommodate growth emanating out from the hamlets.

§ 160-12 HR High Density Residential.

§ 160-13 GC General Commercial.

§ 160-14 HC Highway Commercial.

The intent of these districts is to encourage highway-oriented commercial uses along the heavily traveled principal routes in Town.

§ 160-15 I Industrial.

§ 160-16 C Conservation.

These include wetlands and, in the waterfront area, includes lands along the Catskill and Kaaterskill Creeks. These areas are environmentally sensitive and generally should not be developed.

§ 160-17 Table of Uses, Yard and Lot Requirements.

Catskill Town Zoning Table of Uses
	P — Permit-by-right, not subject to Site Plan Review X — Permitted Subject to Site Plan Review by the Planning Board SP — Use allowed by Special Permit approval by the Planning Board; includes Site Plan Review
Zone	RA	MR	HR	GC	HC	I	C
Residential Uses
One-family dwellings	P	P	P	P	P		SP
Mobile homes not on permanent foundation	P				SP
Home Occupations	P
Accessory Uses	P	P	P	P	P
Two-family dwellings	SP	X	X	X	SP
Multiple-family dwellings	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
Boarding houses	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
Mobile home parks	SP				SP
Condominiums and townhouses	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
Manufactured Homes affixed to permanent brick or block foundations	P	P	P	P	P		SP
Nonresidential Uses
Accessory uses	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Adult uses						SP
Agriculture	P	P_ii	P_ii	P	P	P	P
Automobile storage or repair shops				X	X	X
Bars or nightclubs	SP			X	X
Boat docking facilities	SP					SP
Boat ramps	SP					SP
Bowling alleys				X	X
Campgrounds/recreation vehicle parks	SP
Cannabis dispensary_v	SP			X	X	X
Cannabis lounge_v	SP			X	X
Car washing stations					X	X
Cemeteries	X	X	SP
Construction yard/storage yard_iii	SP	SP			SP	SP
Crematories						SP
Cultural facilities	X	X	X	X	X
Dance halls or skating rinks	SP			X	X
Day nurseries or camps	X	X	X	X	X
Drive-in theaters	SP
Equipment rental or sales yard					X	X
Forestry					SP	SP
Funeral homes				X	X
General or professional offices	SP		SP	X	X
Golf courses and country clubs	X
Home occupations	P	P	P	P	P
Hospitals	SP	SP	SP
Hotels				SP	SP
Institutional or philanthropic uses	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP		SP
Large-scale solar energy systems	SP				SP	SP
Junkyards						SP
Kennel_iv	SP			SP	SP	SP
Laundry or dry cleaning plants					X	X
Logging	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Manufacture, assembly, and fabrication	SP			SP	SP	SP
Marinas	SP					SP
Membership club or commercial recreational uses	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	X
Mining and other extractive operations	SP				SP	SP
Motels	SP				SP
Newspaper offices and printing shops				X	X	X
Nursing or convalescent home	SP	SP	SP
Private academies or schools or parochial	X	X	X	X	X
Public utilities	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP		SP
Recreational commercial water dependent uses (public or private)	SP
Recreational water dependent uses (public or private)	SP
Religious institutions	X	X	X	X	X
Research laboratories	SP					X
Resorts	SP				SP
Restaurants	SP			X	X
Retail Uses, not otherwise specified	SP			X	X	X
Schools conducted for profit				X	X
Self service laundries				X	X
Service stations				SP	SP
Shipping containers_vi	P			P	P	P
Shopping centers	SP			SP
Short term rentals	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Stables and riding academies	X
Stables for horses for noncommercial purposes	P						P
Theaters or concert halls	SP	SP	SP	X	X
Veterinarian offices, animal hospitals	SP			SP	SP	SP	SP
Warehousing					SP	SP
Water dependent industrial uses						SP
Wholesale business or services not otherwise specifically mentioned					X	X

_i	Limited to parcels within this district with direct frontage on US Route 9W.
_ii	Roosters not permitted in MR or HR.
_iii	The keeping of up to three pieces of functioning equipment is permitted if located at primary residence of contractor, in all zones. 1.5 acre minimum lot size and 50-foot side yard setbacks are required for HR and MR zones.
_iv	In RA shall require a 500-foot setback from nearest residence.
_v	Cannabis dispensaries and lounges are prohibited on the same road and within 500 feet of a school or community facility, on the same road and within 200 feet from a house of worship, and within 2,000 feet of another dispensary or lounge.
_vi	Shipping containers are permitted in RA, GC, HC, and I subject to provisions of Chapter 132A.

Yard and Lot Requirements
Shared common walls in townhouses are exempt from setback requirements. Townhouses otherwise are subject to setback requirements. Land of homeowner associations or the equivalent serving a townhouse complex in combination with the footprint of said townhouses and any other structures serving the townhouse complex shall represent a "lot" for purposes of calculating maximum lot coverage and minimum lot size.

Yard and Lot Requirements

District	Minimum Lot Size_iv	Minimum Lot Width_ii	Front Yard Setback_iii	Side Yard Setback_v	Rear Yard Setback_vi	Maximum Lot Coverage (%)	Maximum Height
RA without public water or sewer_i	1.50 acres	150 feet	50 feet	30 feet	100 feet	30	35 feet
RA with public water or sewer_i	1.00 acres	150 feet	50 feet	30 feet	50 feet	40	35 feet
RA with public water and sewer_i	0.50 acres	100 feet	50 feet	30 feet	30 feet	40	35 feet
MR_i	0.50 acres	100 feet	50 feet	30 feet	50 feet	30	35 feet
HR_i	0.25 acres	75 feet	25 feet	10 feet	30 feet	30	35 feet
GC_i	0.25 acres	75 feet	15 feet	10 feet	30 feet	None	35 feet
HC_i	0.50 acres	100 feet	25 feet	25 feet	25 feet	None	5 stories
I_i	3.00 acres	200 feet	200 feet	100 feet	40 feet	None	5 stories
C_i	5.00 acres	250 feet	100 feet	200 feet	100 feet	30	35 feet

_i	A parcel's Zoning District can be seen by turning on the zoning layer on the Town's GIS Map, a link for which is on the Town's homepage (www.townofcatskillny.gov).
_ii	The average distance between side lot lines taken at the front yard or building line and measured at right angles to the side lot lines along and parallel to the street.
_iii	A yard extending from the from property line to a building/structure. The front property line is considered the property line that is crossed (e.g., by a driveway) to gain access to the parcel from a public road or approved private road.
_iv	Minimum lot size. Calculation of minimum lot size does not include any portion of a lot beneath a public or private roadway.
_v	A yard extending from the side property line to a building/structure.
_vi	A yard extending from the rear property line to a building/structure.

Catskill Town City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IV

District Regulations

§ 160-9 General provisions.

[Amended 8-7-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007]

In zones where multiple-family dwellings are allowed or permitted, there may be more than one multiple-family dwelling per parcel.

§ 160-10 RA Rural Residential/Agriculture.

§ 160-11 MR Moderate Density Residential.

Most of these areas have developable soils and are located in proximity to established hamlets. They are designed to accommodate growth emanating out from the hamlets.

§ 160-12 HR High Density Residential.

§ 160-13 GC General Commercial.

§ 160-14 HC Highway Commercial.

The intent of these districts is to encourage highway-oriented commercial uses along the heavily traveled principal routes in Town.

§ 160-15 I Industrial.

§ 160-16 C Conservation.

These include wetlands and, in the waterfront area, includes lands along the Catskill and Kaaterskill Creeks. These areas are environmentally sensitive and generally should not be developed.

§ 160-17 Table of Uses, Yard and Lot Requirements.

Catskill Town Zoning Table of Uses
	P — Permit-by-right, not subject to Site Plan Review X — Permitted Subject to Site Plan Review by the Planning Board SP — Use allowed by Special Permit approval by the Planning Board; includes Site Plan Review
Zone	RA	MR	HR	GC	HC	I	C
Residential Uses
One-family dwellings	P	P	P	P	P		SP
Mobile homes not on permanent foundation	P				SP
Home Occupations	P
Accessory Uses	P	P	P	P	P
Two-family dwellings	SP	X	X	X	SP
Multiple-family dwellings	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
Boarding houses	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
Mobile home parks	SP				SP
Condominiums and townhouses	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
Manufactured Homes affixed to permanent brick or block foundations	P	P	P	P	P		SP
Nonresidential Uses
Accessory uses	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Adult uses						SP
Agriculture	P	P_ii	P_ii	P	P	P	P
Automobile storage or repair shops				X	X	X
Bars or nightclubs	SP			X	X
Boat docking facilities	SP					SP
Boat ramps	SP					SP
Bowling alleys				X	X
Campgrounds/recreation vehicle parks	SP
Cannabis dispensary_v	SP			X	X	X
Cannabis lounge_v	SP			X	X
Car washing stations					X	X
Cemeteries	X	X	SP
Construction yard/storage yard_iii	SP	SP			SP	SP
Crematories						SP
Cultural facilities	X	X	X	X	X
Dance halls or skating rinks	SP			X	X
Day nurseries or camps	X	X	X	X	X
Drive-in theaters	SP
Equipment rental or sales yard					X	X
Forestry					SP	SP
Funeral homes				X	X
General or professional offices	SP		SP	X	X
Golf courses and country clubs	X
Home occupations	P	P	P	P	P
Hospitals	SP	SP	SP
Hotels				SP	SP
Institutional or philanthropic uses	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP		SP
Large-scale solar energy systems	SP				SP	SP
Junkyards						SP
Kennel_iv	SP			SP	SP	SP
Laundry or dry cleaning plants					X	X
Logging	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Manufacture, assembly, and fabrication	SP			SP	SP	SP
Marinas	SP					SP
Membership club or commercial recreational uses	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	X
Mining and other extractive operations	SP				SP	SP
Motels	SP				SP
Newspaper offices and printing shops				X	X	X
Nursing or convalescent home	SP	SP	SP
Private academies or schools or parochial	X	X	X	X	X
Public utilities	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP		SP
Recreational commercial water dependent uses (public or private)	SP
Recreational water dependent uses (public or private)	SP
Religious institutions	X	X	X	X	X
Research laboratories	SP					X
Resorts	SP				SP
Restaurants	SP			X	X
Retail Uses, not otherwise specified	SP			X	X	X
Schools conducted for profit				X	X
Self service laundries				X	X
Service stations				SP	SP
Shipping containers_vi	P			P	P	P
Shopping centers	SP			SP
Short term rentals	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Stables and riding academies	X
Stables for horses for noncommercial purposes	P						P
Theaters or concert halls	SP	SP	SP	X	X
Veterinarian offices, animal hospitals	SP			SP	SP	SP	SP
Warehousing					SP	SP
Water dependent industrial uses						SP
Wholesale business or services not otherwise specifically mentioned					X	X

_i	Limited to parcels within this district with direct frontage on US Route 9W.
_ii	Roosters not permitted in MR or HR.
_iii	The keeping of up to three pieces of functioning equipment is permitted if located at primary residence of contractor, in all zones. 1.5 acre minimum lot size and 50-foot side yard setbacks are required for HR and MR zones.
_iv	In RA shall require a 500-foot setback from nearest residence.
_v	Cannabis dispensaries and lounges are prohibited on the same road and within 500 feet of a school or community facility, on the same road and within 200 feet from a house of worship, and within 2,000 feet of another dispensary or lounge.
_vi	Shipping containers are permitted in RA, GC, HC, and I subject to provisions of Chapter 132A.

Yard and Lot Requirements
Shared common walls in townhouses are exempt from setback requirements. Townhouses otherwise are subject to setback requirements. Land of homeowner associations or the equivalent serving a townhouse complex in combination with the footprint of said townhouses and any other structures serving the townhouse complex shall represent a "lot" for purposes of calculating maximum lot coverage and minimum lot size.

Yard and Lot Requirements

District	Minimum Lot Size_iv	Minimum Lot Width_ii	Front Yard Setback_iii	Side Yard Setback_v	Rear Yard Setback_vi	Maximum Lot Coverage (%)	Maximum Height
RA without public water or sewer_i	1.50 acres	150 feet	50 feet	30 feet	100 feet	30	35 feet
RA with public water or sewer_i	1.00 acres	150 feet	50 feet	30 feet	50 feet	40	35 feet
RA with public water and sewer_i	0.50 acres	100 feet	50 feet	30 feet	30 feet	40	35 feet
MR_i	0.50 acres	100 feet	50 feet	30 feet	50 feet	30	35 feet
HR_i	0.25 acres	75 feet	25 feet	10 feet	30 feet	30	35 feet
GC_i	0.25 acres	75 feet	15 feet	10 feet	30 feet	None	35 feet
HC_i	0.50 acres	100 feet	25 feet	25 feet	25 feet	None	5 stories
I_i	3.00 acres	200 feet	200 feet	100 feet	40 feet	None	5 stories
C_i	5.00 acres	250 feet	100 feet	200 feet	100 feet	30	35 feet

_i	A parcel's Zoning District can be seen by turning on the zoning layer on the Town's GIS Map, a link for which is on the Town's homepage (www.townofcatskillny.gov).
_ii	The average distance between side lot lines taken at the front yard or building line and measured at right angles to the side lot lines along and parallel to the street.
_iii	A yard extending from the from property line to a building/structure. The front property line is considered the property line that is crossed (e.g., by a driveway) to gain access to the parcel from a public road or approved private road.
_iv	Minimum lot size. Calculation of minimum lot size does not include any portion of a lot beneath a public or private roadway.
_v	A yard extending from the side property line to a building/structure.
_vi	A yard extending from the rear property line to a building/structure.