East Rockaway City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
Residential B District
§ 288-15 Uses.
In a Residential B District, no building or premises shall be used and no building shall be erected or altered for other than one or more of the following uses:
A.
Permitted uses.
(1)
All principal uses permitted and as regulated in Residential A Districts.
(2)
Buildings, structures and premises necessary for the use and occupancy by the Village for administrative purposes, water supply, sewage pumping stations, fire and police stations, municipal parking places and municipal airports.
(3)
Two-family detached houses which shall have a roof other than one of the character or description known as a "flat roof."
(4)
Rooming or boarding houses which shall be occupied by not more than two roomers or boarders, provided that it is the principal place of residence of the owner.
§ 288-16 Building height.
[Amended 9-12-2005 by L.L. No. 9-2005]
§ 288-17 Area of lot occupied by building.
No building or part thereof shall be erected or altered in a Residential A or B District that shall occupy, either alone or with other buildings, a greater percentage of the area of the lot than as follows:
§ 288-18 Lot area.
No single-family dwelling house shall be built on property that has less than 40 feet front, and each house must have a separate lot area of at least 4,000 square feet, and no two-family dwelling house shall be built on property that has less than 50 feet front, and each such house must have a separate lot area of at least 6,000 square feet, and no residence shall be erected in the rear of another residence on the same lot.
§ 288-19 Side yards.
A.
On an interior lot, two side yards are required, one on each side of the building, one of which must not be less than four feet wide and the other of which must not be less than 10 feet wide.
B.
On a corner lot, one side yard is required, and such side yard shall be on the side adjoining the interior lot opposite the front yard having the greater street frontage. Said yard shall have a minimum width of four feet.
§ 288-20 Rear yards.
A rear yard is required on every lot; the depth of a rear yard shall be at least 25 feet.
§ 288-21 Front yards.
No building or part thereof shall be erected or altered that is nearer the street line upon which it fronts than the average setback of the buildings on the same side of the street within the same block, but no street wall of a building need be set back more than 25 feet; when all lots within the block are vacant, then any building thereafter erected on a lot shall comply with the minimum setback from the street upon which the building fronts as indicated on the Setback Map. A building erected on a corner plot shall comply with the minimum setback from the abutting street on at least one side as indicated on the Setback Map. The setback distance from the other abutting street shall be not less than 10 feet. One of the interior yards shall have a width not less than the minimum width prescribed for side yards in the district, and the other shall have a depth not less than the minimum depth prescribed for rear yards in the district.
§ 288-22 Satellite antennas.
No person shall cause, suffer or permit the erection and/or maintenance of any parabolic dish or other antenna or device, the purpose of which is to receive television, radio and/or microwave or other electrical signals from space satellites, except as set forth herein.
A.
Any such antenna shall be confined to the rear yard of any parcel of realty.
B.
No such antenna shall be maintained, erected or affixed to the roof of any building.
C.
Upon recommendation of the Superintendent of Construction, the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of East Rockaway is hereby empowered to designate the exact location of the device to be installed or maintained and to require any screening or other procedure in order to reduce or eliminate aesthetic damage to the community which may result from said installation or maintenance.
D.
No such installation shall be permitted or continued except by permit from the Superintendent of Construction.
E.
No such device shall exceed six feet at its maximum height, width or depth, and no part of such device shall be less than 20 feet from the rear and/or side property lines.
F.
There shall be no more than one such device maintained and/or erected on any parcel of realty.