Hempstead City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VI
Residence A Districts
§ 139-63 Permitted uses.
A.
In a Residence A District, any use is permitted which may be lawfully conducted in a Residence AAA District or Residence AA District, except as may be otherwise provided in this article.
B.
The following uses are also permitted in a Residence A District:
(1)
Accessory private garage. No such garage shall provide storage for more than one motor vehicle for each 2,000 square feet of lot area. However, not more than three vehicles shall be permitted to be garaged therein. One commercial vehicle only of not more than one-ton rated capacity shall be permitted to be garaged upon the premises, provided that said commercial vehicle shall be owned by or be under the dominion and control of an occupant of the premises. Every such garage shall be at least three feet from a rear lot line and at least three feet from each side lot line, except that if within 50 feet of any street line, such garage shall be distant at least five feet from every side lot line.
[Amended 12-4-2007 by L.L. No. 15-2007]
(2)
Accessory carport. Not more than one vehicle shall be permitted in a carport. Each such carport shall be at least three feet from a rear lot line and at least three feet from each side lot line, except that within 50 feet of any street line, such carport shall be distant at least five feet from every side lot line. No storage within or enclosure, whether by screens, walls or windows, of any carport shall be permitted. The entire area under a carport shall be paved, and such paved area shall be part of a driveway meeting the requirements of Chapters 50, 78 and 116 of this Code.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also redesignated former Subsection B(2) as Subsection B(3).
(3)
Accessory use on the same lot.
(a)
This shall be understood to include only the professional office or studio of a doctor, dentist, artist, architect, engineer, musician, accountant or attorney at law, provided that the office or studio is located in the dwelling in which the practitioner resides, and no sign or advertisement is shown other than one sign not larger than six inches by 12 inches bearing only the name and profession (words only) of the practitioner.
(b)
The ground floor of a building does not include the cellar of such building.
[Added 4-18-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
(c)
The accessory use shall be understood to be inapplicable to Class B multiple dwellings, community residences, homeless shelters, halfway houses, and group family day-care centers.
[Added 4-18-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000; amended 1-21-2020 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
§ 139-63.1 Prohibited uses.
[Added 4-18-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
In a Residence A District, the following uses are prohibited:
§ 139-64 Height.
[Amended 3-4-2008 by L.L. 3-2008]
No dwelling shall be greater than 2 stories or 30 feet in height.
§ 139-65 Building area.
Building area shall not exceed 30% of the lot area.
§ 139-66 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.
§ 139-67 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.
§ 139-68 Frontage.
No dwelling shall be erected upon a lot having a frontage of less than 40 feet upon a public street, and such 40 feet of width shall continue for a depth of 100 feet or to the rear line of the dwelling, whichever is greater.
§ 139-69 Side yards.
A side yard is required along each side lot line. The aggregate widths of both side yards shall be at least 15 feet. 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.
§ 139-70 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 of 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.
§ 139-71 Plot area.
No dwelling shall hereafter be erected on a plot less than 4,000 square feet in area.