Golden Meadow City Zoning Code

No building, structure or land shall be used or occupied, and no building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered after September 15, 1961, unless in conformity with all of the regulations specified in this title for the district in which it is located.

(Ord. 77 § 1.301, 1961.)

No building or other structure shall be erected or altered, after September 15, 1961, to exceed the height, to accommodate or house a greater number of families, to occupy a greater percentage of lot area, or to have narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards, side yards or other open spaces, than required in this title; or shall be erected or altered in any other manner contrary to the provisions of this title.

(Ord. 77 § 1.302, 1961.)

Every building or structure erected on any lot abutting on any street, shown as a designated street on the major street plan or land use plan showing major streets, shall, in the computation of the front and side yard depths as required after September 15, 1961, compute and measure the required depths from the right-of-way lines as set forth in the major street and highway plan for the town.

(Ord. 77 § 1.307, 1961.)

No part of a yard, open space, or off-street parking or loading space, required about or in connection with any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this title, shall be included as part of a yard, open space, or off-street parking or loading space similarly required for any other building.

(Ord. 77 § 1.303, 1961.)

A.

No yard or lot existing as of September 15, 1961, the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title, shall be reduced in size or area below the minimum requirements set forth in this title. Yards or lots created after the date cited above shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by such ordinance.

B.

Within each district, the regulations set by the ordinance codified in this title shall be minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land.

(Ord. 77 § 1.304, 1961.)

All lands within the town which are under water and are not shown as included within any district, shall be subject to all the regulations of the district adjacent to the water area. If the water area adjoins two or more districts, the boundaries of each district shall be construed to extend into the water area in a straight line.

(Ord. 77 § 1.305, 1961.)

Whenever any street, alley or other public way is vacated by official action of the governing body of the town, the zoning district adjoining each side of such street, alley or public way shall automatically extend to the center of same, and all area included therein shall then become subject to all appropriate regulations of the extended districts.

(Ord. 77 § 1.306, 1961.)