Farmingdale City Zoning Code

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning Ordinance of the Incorporated Village of Farmingdale."

For the purpose of regulating and restricting the location of trades and industries and the location of buildings designated for specified uses and for the purpose of regulating and determining the density of population and the area of yards and other open spaces surrounding buildings hereafter erected or altered, the Incorporated Village of Farmingdale is hereby divided into the following districts:

The boundaries of said use districts shall be as shown on the Use District Map which accompanies this chapter and amendments thereto and is hereby declared to form a part thereof. The use district designations which accompany said Use District Map and all other legends on such map are hereby declared to be a part of this chapter. When the location of a district boundary line is not otherwise determined or specified, it shall be determined by the scale of the map measured from a given line.

The minimum setback of all buildings and structures from the nearest street lines in Business D and Industrial I Districts shall be shown and designated on the Use District Map, as amended; provided, however, that where no setback lines are shown upon said map for any street or portion thereof in either of said business districts or industrial district and no provisions are made for such setbacks or front yards in any other provisions of this chapter, then no setback or front yard shall be required. The minimum setbacks designated on said Use District Map are hereby established, and the setback designations which accompany said map and all other legends thereon are hereby declared to be part of this chapter.

No building or premises shall be used and no building shall be erected or altered for any purpose other than the purposes permitted in the district wherein the same shall be located and except in conformity with the regulations therein prescribed for such district. The Board of Trustees shall be authorized to establish a schedule of regulations setting forth the zoning regulations pertaining to each district. Such schedule of regulations shall be considered part of this chapter.

No building or structure shall be erected, altered or used so as to encroach on the setback areas designated in the Use District Map which accompanies this chapter, as amended.