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Elmsford City Zoning Code

§ 335-14

Height of buildings.

[Amended 1-5-1970; 1-17-1972; 12-2-1991 by L.L. No. 10-1991; 1-21-2014 by L.L. No. 2-2014]
A. 
Except as specified in this section, no building shall be erected in excess of the following heights:
(1) 
In Residence R-O, R-1 and R-2 Districts: 36 feet.
(2) 
In Residence R-3 Districts: 48 feet.
(3) 
In RCD Districts: 40 feet.
B. 
Within any business district, neighborhood business district, central business district or any light industrial district, a building may be erected to a height not exceeding 150 feet, provided it is constructed in accordance with the requirements of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, and the lot on which it is to be erected has a width of not less than 100 feet, and further provided that the lot upon which it is to be erected abuts upon a public street or highway or has in front of it a permanently open space of equivalent width abutting upon a public street or highway.
C. 
The hereinbefore specified height limits shall not apply to transmission or aerial towers, masts, flagpoles or monuments, nor to domes, cupolas, church spires, belfries, chimneys, water tanks, elevator penthouses, scenery lofts and similar parts of a building, provided that the aggregate horizontal area of such parts shall not exceed 20% of the ground area covered by the main building; nor shall the specified height limits apply to parapet walls not over four feet high.
D. 
All measurements of buildings shall be made and determined in the following manner:
(1) 
If a curb has been established on a street on which the building faces and the mean level of the entire lot is lower or not higher than five feet than the mean curb level, the measurement shall be made from that curb level.
(2) 
If the mean natural level of the entire lot is more than five feet higher or lower than the mean curb level or if there is no established curb level or if the building is set back more than 50 feet from a street, the measurement shall be made from the mean natural level of the lot on all four sides of a building adjacent to the building foundation. All such measurements shall be made to the mean level of the main portions of the roof.