Single-family dwellings.

Agriculture.

Accessory uses, excluding home occupations and short-term rentals.

Undeveloped land.

Two-family dwellings.

Multiple-family dwellings.

Accessory dwelling units (special use permits to be considered by the Zoning Board of Appeals).

Condominiums.

Places of worship.

Healthcare facilities.

Public parks and playgrounds.

Other municipal facilities.

Accessory uses to the foregoing.

Above-ground utility or communication facilities.

Accessory home occupation (special use permits considered by the Zoning Board of Appeals).

Short-term rentals (special use permits considered by the Zoning Board of Appeals).

Community residential facility.

Minimum lot width: 100 feet.

Minimum lot area: one acre (43,560 square feet).

Minimum yard dimensions:

Maximum height: 30 feet.

Lot coverage: no more than 10% of the total lot area.

Single-family dwellings.

Accessory uses, excluding home occupations and short-term rentals.

All special permit uses in R-1.

Hotels.

Schools.

Museums.

Accessory uses to the foregoing.

Minimum lot width: 50 feet.

Minimum lot area: 10,000 square feet.

Minimum yard dimensions.

Maximum height: 30 feet.

Lot coverage: no more than 40% of the total lot area.

Single-family dwellings.

Two-family dwellings.

Multiple-family dwellings in existence prior to 2019 or new multiple-family dwellings of up to three units.

Accessory uses, excluding home occupations and short-term rentals.

All special permit uses in R-1 and R-2.

Multiple-family dwellings of four units or more established after 2019.

Gymnasiums.

Accessory uses for the foregoing.

Minimum lot width: 50 feet.

Minimum lot area: 5,000 square feet.

Minimum yard dimensions.

Maximum height: 30 feet.

Lot coverage: no more than 60% of the total lot area.

Retail stores and shops.

Personal service shops.

Banks.

Offices.

Restaurants.

Theaters, auditoriums, gymnasiums.

Mixed occupancy.

Accessory uses to the foregoing.

Single-family dwellings.

Two-family dwellings.

Multiple-family dwelling.

Museums.

Above-ground utility or communication facilities.

Short-term rentals (special use permits considered by the Zoning Board of Appeals).

Hotels.

Places of worship.

Healthcare facilities.

Recreational facility.

Game room, as a principal or accessory use.

Accessory uses to the foregoing.

Minimum yard dimensions.

Maximum height: 42 feet.

Multiple-family dwellings.

Public parks and playgrounds.

Municipal uses.

Retail stores and shops less than 3,000 square feet in footprint.

Restaurants.

Personal service shops.

Banks.

Offices.

Artist studios.

Light manufacturing less than 3,000 square feet in footprint.

Gymnasiums less than 3,000 square feet in footprint.

Mixed occupancy.

Accessory uses to the foregoing.

Single-family dwellings.

Two-family dwellings.

Dormitories.

Healthcare facilities.

Museums.

Gymnasiums 3,000 square feet in footprint or greater.

Places of worship.

Schools.

Theaters and auditoriums.

Light manufacturing 3,000 square feet in footprint or greater.

Above-ground utility or communication facilities.

Short-term rentals (special use permits considered by Board of Appeals).

Hotels.

Retail stores and shops 3,000 square feet in footprint or greater.

Filling stations.

Warehouses and self-storage units.

Commercial paid parking (special use permits considered by Planning Board).

Auto service stations.

Research laboratories.

Community residential facility.

Recreational facility.

Game room, as a principal or accessory use.

Accessory uses to the foregoing.

Minimum lot area: 3,000 square feet.

Minimum yard dimensions:

Maximum height: 30 feet, except buildings north of Glen Avenue, where the maximum height is 42 feet.

Need. The proposed use, with the exception of home occupations, accessory dwelling units, and short-term rentals, must meet a demonstrated community need, as identified in an adopted municipal plan or land use policy.

Adjacent land uses. The proposed use must not be detrimental to its site or to adjacent parcels. The proposed use must be of such location, size, and character that it will be in harmony with its surroundings and with the appropriate and orderly development of the area in which it is proposed to be situated.

Location and size of use. The nature, volume, and times of operation of the use involved, the size and layout of the site in relation to the use, and the location of the site with respect to existing and future streets providing access must be in harmony with the orderly development of the area in which it is proposed to be situated.

Location, nature, and size of buildings and structures. The location, height, footprint, and volume of buildings and the location, nature, and height of walls, fences, and landscape features must be such that they will not hinder or discourage the development and use of adjacent parcels and buildings.

Density of development. The density of the surrounding area, such as lot size, distances between structures, amount of open space, street width, and parking regulations, must maintain the character of the zoning district in which it is proposed to be situated.

Vehicular access and circulation. Provisions for vehicular traffic access and circulation, including intersections, road widths, alignment, grade, pavement surfaces, stormwater infrastructure, visibility and traffic controls must promote safety considering the proposed use. Accessways must be adequate for safety but not excessive.

Pedestrian circulation. Provisions for pedestrian traffic access and circulation, walkway structures, control of intersections with vehicular traffic and overall pedestrian convenience must promote safety and accessibility.

Parking. Location, arrangement, appearance, and sufficiency of off-street parking spaces and loading berths must be adequate for the proposed use and in harmony with adjacent parcels. The general landscaping of the site must be compatible with plant species generally found in the area and serve to mitigate the visual impact of the parking area.

Layout. The location, arrangement, size, design, and general site compatibility of buildings, lighting and signage must be in general harmony with the character and appearance of the surrounding neighborhood.

Drainage facilities/erosion control. Stormwater management plans and drainage facilities must be in conformance with applicable regulations and must protect natural resources and adjacent parcels.

Landscape. The nature and extent of landscaping on the site must meet or exceed all legal requirements for screening and must not hinder or discourage the development and use of adjacent parcels and buildings. Existing trees and shrubbery must be retained to the extent possible.

Water and sewer. Adequacy of water supply and sewage disposal facilities and their compliance with New York State and Otsego County Departments of Health requirements are required.

Emergency access. Adequate provision for fire, police, and other types of emergency vehicles must be made.

Lighting. New buildings and structures must be designed, constructed, and maintained and new and existing vegetation must be managed so as not to unreasonably impede solar radiation on other properties in order to preserve the economic value of solar radiation on buildings, structures, and parcels; investments in solar energy systems; and options for future uses of solar energy. Artificial outdoor lighting must be kept to the minimum intensity needed for the proposed use, fully shielded to minimize glare and prevent light trespass and sky glow, and confined within the boundaries of the property.

Noise, odor, and other irritants. Adequate nuisance prevention measures have been or will be taken to prevent or control offensive odors, fumes, dust, noise, and vibration that would hinder or discourage the development or use of adjacent parcels and buildings.

Fiscal considerations. The proposed use will not require such additional public facilities or devices as to create a net fiscal burden upon the Village greater than those which characterize uses permitted by right.

Inspection. As a condition of all special permit uses, the Village Zoning Enforcement Officer (see § 300-54) has right of entry for inspection to determine compliance with the conditions of said permit. As a condition of a separate agreement between the Village of Cooperstown and Otsego County, the County Codes Official also has right of entry to determine compliance with the Residential Code of New York State. Short-term rentals will be subject to inspections upon application and annually with registration with reasonable notice. Both Codes Officials have the right to conduct unannounced inspections when investigating a signed complaint.

Duration of permit. As a condition of all special use permits, a time limitation may be imposed.

Surety. In order to ensure the completion of work under a special use permit, performance and permit security may be required for special use permits considered by the Board of Trustees. Forms of acceptable performance security include:

Other restrictions, The approving board may, as a condition of approval of any such use, establish any other additional standards, conditions, and requirements, including but not limited to a limitation on hours of operation, as it may deem necessary or appropriate to promote the public health, safety, and welfare and to otherwise implement the intent of this chapter.

A use subject to an existing special use permit may not be expanded or intensified unless the board with jurisdiction over the special use permit approves an application to amend the special use permit to authorize the expanded or intensified use.

A nonconforming use permitted by § 300-49 of this chapter that is nonconforming due to lack of a valid special use permit may not be expanded or intensified unless the board with jurisdiction over special use permits for that use approves an application for a special use permit for the existing nonconforming use and the expansion or intensification thereof. The denial of an application for an expansion or intensification of the nonconforming use shall not shall not affect the status of the existing nonconforming use under § 300-49 of this chapter.

A board with jurisdiction may hold a public hearing on an application for expansion or intensification.

The occupation or profession will be carried on wholly within the principal building or within a building or other structure accessory thereto,

Not more than one person who does not live on-site may be employed in the home occupation.

If the business owner is not the owner of the property, the property owner must provide written acquiescence to the proposed activity as part of the application.

There will be no exterior display, no exterior sign (except as permitted under Chapter 227, Signs, of the Code of the Village of Cooperstown), and no exterior storage of materials.

Activity generated by the home occupation must not result in traffic, pedestrian or vehicular, that creates a hazard or disturbs the residential character of the immediate neighborhood.

No offensive, noxious or injurious noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors, heat or glare may be produced.

Commercial stables and kennels, restaurants, funeral homes and mortuaries, and short-term rentals are not considered home occupations.

Age-restricted transactions are prohibited.

Activities may be carried out in the home in a residential district without obtaining a special use permit as a home occupation under this chapter, so long as the activity brings no clients or customers to the residence, and no sign of any sort relating to the activity is displayed on or at the residence. Such activities must, nevertheless, observe all limitations imposed on home occupations.

No repair work is performed out-of-doors;

Pumps, lubricating or other devices are located at least 20 feet from any street line or highway right-of-way;

All fuel, oil or similar substances are stored within the safety standards as established by the Village Engineer and all of such substances stored above ground are at least 35 feet distant from any street or lot line;

All automobile parts, dismantled vehicles and similar articles are stored within a building; and

Other conditions and safeguards as deemed necessary by the Board of Trustees shall be carried out.

An ADU may be part of a building that contains the single-family dwelling or in a freestanding accessory structure on the same parcel with the single-family dwelling;

The ADU must be subordinate to the single-family dwelling in square footage and in the case of an ADU in an accessory structure both square footage and height;

The owner of the parcel must reside in either the single-family dwelling or the ADU and either the single- family dwelling or the ADU must be the owner's primary residence;

Parcels with ADUs must conform to the lot coverage requirements of the zoning district in which they are located unless a variance has been granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals;

All required off-street parking spaces must be on-site;

If either the single-family dwelling or the ADU ceases to be the owner's primary residence, the special use permit for the ADU will be revoked.

Exception: A dwelling or business may have one building-mounted antenna less than four feet in height or one dish 40 inches or less in diameter or diagonal measurement without a special use permit, provided such is for private use and does not exceed maximum height requirements in the district where it is located.

Exempt dishes and antennas under Subsection F(1) above must be installed in such a manner as to minimize visual impact and may not be located on the front of buildings or between the façade and street. No review per § 300-26 is required.

The parking plan for said commercial paid parking lot is approved by the Village of Cooperstown Planning Board, and said approved plan provides a minimum of five paid parking spaces in addition to any parking spaces required for other uses on the property. Parking spaces of less than the defined minimum size, or with limited maneuvering space, may be allowed with the approval of the Village of Cooperstown Planning Board and without the need for a variance from the Village of Cooperstown Zoning Board of Appeals. A scaled parking and circulation plan, and an attendant plan, if necessary, must accompany the application.

Commercial paid parking lots are not located adjacent to or across the street from an area zoned residential. This requirement may, however, be waived by the Village of Cooperstown Planning Board in the Business (B) District only, if an adequate buffer or screening is first approved by the Planning Board.

No parking occurs within any required yard. (See § 300-34, Areas computed as parking spaces, and § 300-84, Definitions, definition of "yard.")

The conditions and safeguards as outlined in Article VIII, Site Development Plan Review, § 300-42, Objectives, are satisfied.

All signage approved as per Chapter 227, Signs, of the Code of the Village of Cooperstown.

No exterior alteration or demolition of all or any part of an existing structure is permitted to facilitate the creation of parking spaces, unless the applicant has first obtained a certificate of appropriateness for the alteration or demolition from the Cooperstown Historic Preservation and Architectural Review Board.

No vehicle while in commercial paid parking shall be used for camping, dwelling, sleeping or retail or other business purposes, nor shall any vehicle in commercial paid parking be used to store personal property for more than 36 continuous hours if said personal property is visible from any public street or right-of-way. Recreational vehicles may not be parked in commercial paid parking areas between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.

Exception to conditions, limitations and regulations relative to commercial paid parking. Within the Business and Commercial Districts, trailers, construction equipment or combination vehicles used at a job site, or relative to a special event in the Business and/or Commercial District, may, during the period they are being used, occupy space in commercial paid parking lots.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no boat, trailer or vehicle other than a motor vehicle as defined herein (see definition of "commercial paid parking") may remain in a commercial paid parking lot for more than seven days in any thirty-day period.

Location:

Operator: All short-term rentals shall have at least one operator.

Operator duties: The operator shall:

Occupancy: The maximum occupancy of any parcel in a residential district shall be 10 people, and the building, as demonstrated on a floor plan submitted with the application, shall provide for the operator a minimum of one bedroom for every two family members in residence.

Incidental use: In residential districts, short-term rental use of any parcel shall be incidental to residential use of that parcel.

Parking: Required off-street parking shall be:

Access and maneuvering: In addition to the applicable standards in Article VII of this chapter, the following regulations shall also apply:

Site lighting:

Other laws: Short-term rentals shall comply with all other requirements of the laws (Village, county or state) governing the operation of a tourist accommodation or residential rental property.

Application. An application for a special use permit for a short-term rental shall consist of:

Special use permit. A short-term rental special use permit shall be issued for a period of the current calendar year and two additional calendar years, after which the special use permit shall expire.

Initial registration. Short-term rental registrations shall be issued by the Zoning Enforcement Officer (ZEO) following the Board of Appeals granting of a short-term rental special use permit, the issuance of a fire safety inspection certificate from Otsego County Codes Office, and a favorable site inspection by the ZEO, which shall constitute the annual registration for the first year of operation (until the end of the current calendar year).

Subsequent registrations. The two additional calendar years of the special use permit shall be subject to the registration requirements below.

All transient rentals are subject to annual registration in accordance with the following provisions:

Termination by Board of Appeals: Any transient rental considered by the ZEO to be in violation of the special use permit and approval and/or not operating in accordance with its current preexisting nonconforming use, as well as any property where there has been a signed complaint to the ZEO and the ZEO determines the transient rental has had an adverse effect on the quality of life of the surrounding neighborhood shall require review by the Board of Appeals. Following a public hearing, the Board of Appeals shall authorize approval or denial of the reissuance of the annual registration or may prescribe approval with restrictions to the operation of the transient rental to provide additional safeguards for the neighborhood and the public.

A special use permit for a short-term rental or tourist accommodation shall become invalid, or the preexisting nonconforming transient rental status of a short-term residential unit(s) shall be terminated, in the event of the following:

Following invalidation, expiration or termination, all new applications for a transient rental on the parcel shall be subject to the then-current requirements for a new special use permit for a short-term rental.

Preexisting nonconforming transient rentals that predate the establishment of Zoning regulations for such use in 1988 will be able to continue uninterrupted, subject to the provisions of § 300-17.1E(1), until December 1, 2028. At that time, they shall cease operation. This is intended as a sunset/amortization provision. After December 1, 2028, use of these properties must be in conformance with the then-current zoning regulations. The owner(s) of these properties may apply for a special use permit for a short-term rental based on compliance with all then-current short-term rental standards and regulations, including all occupancy and operation requirements as established for the zoning district in which they are located.

Any transient rental may be used for long-term occupancy without obtaining an additional special use permit from the Village.

Where long-term occupancy is provided in lieu of transient rental, the owner shall remain current with the annual registration. Failure to remain current will result in the termination of the special use permit or loss of nonconforming use status.

Compliance with ordinances. Every temporary use shall comply with this section, all Village regulations, and all county, state and federal requirements.

Duration.

Location. The temporary use is to take place in the Business District, in the Commercial District, or in a residential district at a property with a valid special use permit.

An application for a temporary use permit, and appropriate fees as established by the Board of Trustees, shall be filed with the Village Clerk at least 60 days in advance of the date of the temporary use.

The application must include contact information, a description of the use, a sketch plan showing the location of the use on private property, and documentation that the standards outlined below have been met.

The Board of Trustees may grant a temporary use permit when it is determined that the proposed temporary use complies with all requirements of this section.

The Board of Trustees may hold a public hearing on a temporary use permit when it feels that a hearing would allow for additional information to be collected to inform the decision.

The Board of Trustees may impose conditions as part of the temporary use permit approval to achieve the purposes of this section and to protect public health, safety, and welfare.

Temporary uses that are non-commercial private events on private property, including but not limited to weddings and birthday and graduation parties.

Temporary uses by non-profit or non-commercial entities on private property, which do not exceed a duration of more than four hours.

Yard or garage sales of used personal/household goods conducted wholly on the owner's property and at least three feet from the property line for not more than three days per event and not exceeding three events per year.

Parking of vehicles on private property during a special vending event as permitted in § 277-6.

Temporary uses that take place entirely within a building.

Vending on public property as allowed under Chapter 227.

The temporary use will not cause or threaten to cause an on-site or off-site threat to public health, safety, and welfare.

The additional vehicular traffic and parking needs resulting from the temporary use will not violate parking regulations nor block accessible access or fire lanes.

Provisions have been made for waste disposal (solid and human) and for clearing debris.

Temporary food establishments have Department of Health approval.

A security plan for events with anticipated attendance of over 100 people has been provided by the applicant and approved by the Cooperstown Police Department.

There is paved or graded ingress and egress for emergency services.

The event is covered by liability insurance.

If applicable, the appropriate liquor license has been issued.

Signs related to the temporary use are limited to a total 40 square feet and may only be displayed during the event period.