East Rockaway City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XI
Garages
§ 288-67 Location and size restricted.
[Amended 9-12-2005 by L.L. No. 9-2005]
A.
No public garage shall be located on a lot located on any portion of a street between two intersecting streets in which portion there exists an entrance or exit to a public or private school for children less than 16 years of age, hospital, public library or place of worship, or within 200 feet of any charitable institution. No public garage shall be designed or used for the storage or accommodation of more than five vehicles.
C.
In all Residential A and Residential B Districts, lots may be used to provide private garage space for not more than one vehicle for each 2,000 square feet of lot area, except that a lot shall not be used to provide private garage space for more than a total of three vehicles.
§ 288-68 Side yards with detached garages.
When a detached garage is erected as an accessory building on the same property, the side yard used as a driveway as a means of ingress or egress to such garage shall not be less than 10 feet in width.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former § 288-50, One- and two-family areas, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 9-12-2005 by L.L. No. 9-2005.
§ 288-69 One-car garage minimum for one-family dwellings.
Whenever a one-family dwelling shall hereafter be erected, there shall be erected and maintained on the same premises at least a one-car garage.
§ 288-70 Two-car garage minimum for two-family dwellings.
Whenever a two-family dwelling shall hereafter be erected, there shall be erected and maintained on the same premises at least a two-car garage.
§ 288-71 Construction below curb level.
No garage hereafter erected as an accessory to a one- or two-family dwelling shall be constructed below the level of the curb.
§ 288-72 Maintenance and replacement.
All existing garages shall be maintained and, if destroyed or demolished, shall be replaced within four months.
§ 288-73 Public garage, automobile washing or polishing establishment or gasoline service in Commercial A Districts.
[Amended 6-13-1988 by L.L. No. 13-1988; 5-13-2019 by L.L. No. 4-2019]
A.
In a Commercial A District, a public garage, automobile washing or polishing establishment or gasoline service station shall be permitted when approved by the Board of Trustees, after a public hearing had upon at least 15 days' notice, provided that no part of the storage space, workshop or cleaning apparatus incidental thereto shall be nearer than 25 feet to any street.
B.
Permitted principal uses for gasoline filling stations are as follows:
(1)
Use shall be limited to the retail sale of motor fuels, lubricants and other motor vehicle supplies, including spark plugs, batteries, tires and other minor parts for the repair and upkeep of motor vehicles. Minor repairs and servicing shall be permitted, except that body and fender work is expressly prohibited.
(2)
No repair work shall be performed in the open. All repair work, excluding emergency service, shall be conducted only between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
(3)
No pumping or sales of any motor fuels, lubricants or other motor vehicle supplies may be performed between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
§ 288-74 Placement and operation within property lines.
In any district, no building, station, pump or other apparatus for the furnishing or dispensing of gasoline, oil, air or water to motor vehicles shall be altered, erected or installed, unless the same shall be so located and equipped that it must be operated and used wholly inside of the property lines of the premises on which the same may be erected and not in any portion of any public street, road, avenue or highway.
§ 288-75 Sales rooms in Commercial A District.
A sales room where motor vehicles are kept for sale or demonstration purposes, and when no gasoline or oil is stored on the premises, shall be permitted in a Commercial A District, provided that no repair work is carried on nearer than 25 feet to any street.
§ 288-76 Setbacks and proximity to dwellings in residence districts.
In either Residential A or Residential B Districts, no part of any garage shall be nearer to the street line than the greatest setback distance of the street wall of the building, nor shall any garage which is nearer to the street line than the rear wall of a dwelling be nearer than six feet to any side lot line. No garage shall be nearer than eight feet to any part of a dwelling on another lot or nearer to the street line than 25 feet.
§ 288-77 Relation of detached garages to front wall lines.
In either Residential A or Residential B Districts, no part of any detached garage shall be nearer to the street line upon which said garage faces than the front wall line of the main building on said premises. In the event that such detached garage faces on a street other than the street upon which the main house faces, no part of any such garage shall be nearer to the street line than the front wall line of the main building of the adjoining property. If there is no building on the adjoining property, such garage shall not be nearer to the street line than 25 feet.
§ 288-78 Proximity to adjoining property lines in residence districts.
In either Residential A or Residential B Districts, no part of any garage shall be nearer to any adjoining property line than two feet.