Concord City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
R-2 General Residence District Regulations
§ 150-33 Permitted uses and structures.
Permitted uses and structures shall be as follows:
A.
Principal uses and structures.
(1)
Single-family dwelling.
(2)
Church or other place of worship or religious education, parish house, convent, rectory or parsonage.
(3)
Fire station without club facilities.
(4)
All forms of manufactured housing designed for single-family dwelling purposes, other than a mobile home as defined herein.
(5)
Public school, public library or public museum.
(6)
Private, nonprofit, elementary or secondary school accredited by the New York State Department of Education.
(7)
Public and private clubs with at least a nine-hole golf course, including accessory buildings, uses and structures which are necessary for or customary to golf course operation; provided, further, that no building or structure shall be less than 100 feet from any road line, street line or any other lot in an R District.
(8)
Two-family dwelling.
(9)
Multifamily dwelling or condominium.
(10)
Dwelling group, provided that all buildings are located so as to permit future division of the property into separate lots with minimum area and yard requirements as stipulated for a two-family dwelling in the R-2 District.
(11)
Hospital or institution of a religious, charitable or philanthropic nature, provided that it is not used for penal or correctional purposes. Such principal buildings shall be at least 50 feet from any other lot in any R District.
(12)
Group home for developmentally disadvantaged, unrelated persons, subject to side yard requirements for other principal buildings.
(13)
Nursing, custodial or convalescent home, subject to side yard requirements for other principal buildings.
(14)
Nursery school or day nursery, subject to side yard requirements for other principal buildings.
B.
Accessory uses and structures.
(1)
Private garage or off-street parking spaces as regulated in this chapter, including the parking of not more than two commercial vehicles, provided that the vehicles are used by the occupants of the premises.
(2)
Storage of campers, house trailers, utility trailers or boats, owned by the occupant of the premises, for his/her personal use, provided that such storage is located to the rear of the front setback line and does not occupy any part of a required side yard.
(3)
On premises of four or more acres, private horse stables for use by the occupant of the premises and his/her occasional guest without compensation, provided that such uses and structures are located to the rear of the front setback line and do not occupy any part of a required side yard.
(4)
A building for private greenhouse purposes, not to exceed 500 square feet in floor area, and provided that such building is located to the rear of the front setback line and does not occupy any part of a required side yard.
(5)
A private tennis court and/or private swimming pool, provided that any such facility is located to the rear of the front setback line and does not occupy any part of a required side yard. In the case of any private swimming pool, such pool shall comply with any applicable swimming pool regulations enacted by the Town of Concord.
(6)
Professional residence-office, except under clustering, conducted in a dwelling by the occupant thereof when approved by the Concord Town Board, provided that:
(a)
Such use shall be located entirely within a dwelling.
(b)
Such use shall not include the confinement of any person under care or treatment.
(c)
Such use shall not occupy an area of more than 1/5 of the total gross floor space of the dwelling in which it is located or 300 square feet, whichever is less.
(7)
Accessory uses and structures customarily incidental to permitted principal uses.
(8)
Accommodations for not more than three roomers or lodgers within a dwelling.
§ 150-34 Minimum lot size.
Unless otherwise provided, the minimum lot size shall be as specified in this section. None of the principal uses and structures delineated in § 150-33 above, other than single-family dwellings and two-family dwellings, shall be permitted in the R-2 District unless said principal uses and structures are served by public utilities.
§ 150-35 Maximum height of buildings.
§ 150-36 Required yards.
Unless otherwise provided, the minimum required yards and other open spaces shall be as specified in this section.
A.
Front yard: 50 feet.
B.
Side yards: two required, 15 feet per side.
C.
Rear yard. Except as otherwise provided, a rear yard shall be required; provided, however, that no rear yard shall have a depth of less than 30 feet or a distance equal to the height of the principal building, whichever is greater.
§ 150-37 Off-street parking reference.
For applicable off-street parking requirements, see Article XXI of this chapter.
§ 150-38 Sign regulations reference.
For applicable sign regulations, see Article XXV of this chapter.