Hempstead City Zoning Code
ARTICLE V
Residence AA Districts
§ 139-53 Permitted uses.
In a Residence AA District, any use is permitted which may be lawfully conducted in a Residence AAA District, except as may be otherwise provided in this article.
§ 139-53.1 Prohibited uses.
[Added 4-18-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
In a Residence AA District, the following uses are prohibited:
§ 139-54 Height.
[Amended 3-4-2008 by L.L. 3-2008]
No dwelling shall be greater than 2 stories or 30 feet in height.
§ 139-55 Building area.
Building area shall not exceed 30% of the lot area.
§ 139-56 Habitable floor area.
§ 139-57 Front yards.
No story of any building shall be nearer to the street line on which it faces than the average alignment or setback of the existing buildings within 200 feet on each side of the lot and within the same block. Wherever the setback of a building is not determined by the foregoing provisions of this section, there shall be a front yard the depth of which shall be at least 25 feet from the street line.
§ 139-58 Front yards of corner lots.
In case of a corner lot, a front yard shall be required on each street on which the lot abuts.
§ 139-59 Frontage.
A.
No dwelling less than two stories in height shall be erected having a frontage of less than 100 feet upon a public street, and such one-hundred-foot width shall continue for a depth of 100 feet or to the rear line of the dwelling, whichever is greater.
B.
No two-story dwelling shall be erected upon a plot having a frontage of less than 50 feet upon a public street, and such fifty-foot width shall continue for a depth of 100 feet or to the rear line of the dwelling, whichever is greater, except that where a plot in single and separate ownership on, and continuing since, June 4, 1940, has a frontage upon a public street of not less than 40 feet, one detached dwelling may be erected thereon, provided that all other requirements of this Code of Ordinances have been fulfilled. A certified title report issued by a recognized title company and a current survey certified by a duly licensed surveyor demonstrating such single and separate ownership shall be submitted to the Superintendent of the Building Department, prior to the issuance of a building permit.
§ 139-60 Side yards.
A side yard is required along each side lot line. In case of a single-family dwelling one story in height, the aggregate width of both side yards shall be at least 25 feet, and no side yard shall be less than 10 feet in width. For other single-family dwellings over one story in height, the minimum requirements for the sum of the width of both side yards shall be at least 15 feet, and no side yard shall be less than five feet wide at any story level, except that a chimney not more than two feet deep may encroach on any side yard.
§ 139-61 Rear yards.
A.
The depth of a rear yard for a lot 100 feet deep shall be at least 20 feet.
B.
Where a lot is more than 100 feet deep, 1/4 the additional depth shall be added to the required rear yard depth. Where a lot is less than 100 feet deep, 1/2 of the difference between the actual depth of the lot and 100 feet shall be subtracted from the required depth of the rear yard; provided, however, that no part of any rear yard shall be less than 10 feet in depth.
§ 139-62 Plot area.
No two-story dwelling shall hereafter be erected on a plot less than 5,000 square feet in area. No one-story dwelling shall hereafter be erected on a plot less than 10,000 square feet in area.