Haverstraw City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
General District Regulations
§ 245-9 Use and Bulk Tables.
The general regulations affecting the use of buildings and land and the bulk and arrangement of buildings and of materials and equipment occupying land in connection with the nonbuilding use thereof, for each of the districts established by Article II, are hereby established as set forth in this section.
§ 245-10 Utilization of use table.
A.
The Use Table is divided into columns, with each column headed by a capital letter for reference.
B.
In the Use Table, the words "same as," followed by the symbol of the district or districts, shall be construed to include all of the matter set forth in the same column for the district or districts thus referred to, thereby incorporating such matter by reference.
C.
In the Use Table, all uses listed in Column B are permitted by right and subject to the bulk and supplemental requirements as applicable. All uses listed in Column B-1 are special permit uses, permitted on approval of the Board of Trustees or the Zoning Board of Appeals in accordance with Article IV.
D.
The uses identified in Columns B and C are followed in Columns B-1 and C-1 by a letter designating a use group for reference to the Table of Bulk Requirements. Certain uses do not have respective bulk requirements, and the requirements pertaining to the principal use shall apply.
[Amended 8-11-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997]
E.
The uses listed in Column C are followed by parentheses identifying the applicable section number.
[Amended 8-11-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997]
F.
Any use not identified in the Use Table shall be prohibited. Any use indicated by special permit shall be prohibited unless approved in a manner specified by this chapter. Where special permit uses are identified by generic word or description, the Board of Trustees shall determine whether a specific use shall be construed to be part of such generic class.
§ 245-11 Utilization of Bulk Table.
The Bulk Table is divided into columns, each column headed by a number for reference. The Bulk Table is divided into groups, each group being identified by a letter corresponding to the letter symbol appearing in the Use Table adjacent to each use or combination of uses. Each of the uses within each group is regulated by the bulk regulations for the indicated use group.
A.
Other articles herein contain supplemental requirements applying to bulk, setback and coverage of specified uses.
B.
Special bulk requirements. Not more than the percentages indicated in the following table shall be counted as part of any minimum lot area requirement of this chapter:
Item | Maximum Percentage Counted | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Land under water | 50% | ||
Subject to or within the | 50% | ||
100-year-frequency floodplain | |||
Within easements or rights-of- | 50% | ||
way for overhead utilities | |||
With slopes (unexcavated) | |||
Over 25% | 50% | ||
50% or greater | 25% | ||
Within a designated street | 0% | ||
line of any road | |||
Within the Hudson River | 0% | ||
(see § 245-7F) | |||
C.
Street frontage for residential lots fronting on culs-de-sac or on a street with a radius of curvature at the center line of 100 feet or less, or in other appropriate circumstances, may be reduced by the Planning Board at the time of subdivision plat approval to no less than 1/2 of the required dimensions. No portion of the lot, along the access route from its frontage into the lot, shall be narrower than the approved frontage. The Planning Board, at the time of subdivision approval, may modify and reduce the required lot width for any lot, but the same may not be reduced to less than 1/2 of the required lot width.