The Village of Hewlett Neck is hereby divided into districts which are hereby designated as follows:

Said districts are shown on the Building Zone Map which accompanies this chapter and which is hereby declared to be a part hereof. The districts designated on said map are hereby established. The district designations which accompany said Building Zone Map are hereby declared to be a part thereof.[1]

Building zone districts include all public or private streets, ponds, streams and waterways adjacent thereto, whether or not so designated upon the Building Zone Map, including lands under water and lands hereafter formed by filling, accretion, emergence, avulsion or otherwise. In case a public or private street, pond, stream or waterway shown on said map forms the boundary between two or more districts of the same class, the district shall be considered as continuous. In case a public or private street, pond, stream of waterway shown on said map forms the boundary between two or more districts of different classes, each district shall be deemed to extend to the center of the street or the center of the pond or the thread of the stream or waterway, as the case may be. Building zone boundaries shown upon the Building Zone Map, except where they follow streets or water courses, and except as provided in this subsection, are intended to follow existing property lines.

This Building Zone Law is intended to include and apply to all of the territory within the corporate limits of the Village of Hewlett Neck.

In the case of a lot situated partly in two or more districts within the Village, no building, use or establishment shall be constructed, altered or maintained except in conformity with the regulations applying to the most highly restricted district in which such building, use or establishment shall be constructed, altered or maintained, unless the principal building, use or establishment to which it is accessory is one permitted in the district in which such accessory building, use or establishment is situated.

In the case of a lot situated partly within the Village and partly outside of the Village, the part of the lot within the Village must comply with all of the regulations prescribed for the district within the Village in which it is situated to the same extent as if it had been a separate lot, unless the Board of Appeals should grant a special exception as hereafter provided in this chapter.

Shall be less than the minimum size prescribed by the regulations relating to the district in which it is situated;

Shall fail to provide the yards or other open spaces required by the regulations relating to the district in which it is situated in respect to any building, or use then existing;

Shall fail to provide the minimum building area required by the regulations relating to the district in which it is situated in respect to any building or use then existing;

Shall contain any building or use not permitted by the provisions of this chapter; or

Shall directly or indirectly violate any of the terms or conditions heretofore or hereafter imposed by the Board of Appeals in granting a variance or special exception under the provisions of this chapter or upon an appeal under the provisions of the Village Law; unless the portion which fails to comply with the foregoing requirements is added to and becomes part of an adjoining lot in such a way that the adjoining lot, as so enlarged, complies with all such requirements.

One-family dwellings, including the office of a professional person when located within the dwelling.

Churches, synagogues or other houses of worship, other religious uses and private schools accredited by the New York State Board of Regents, subject to the issuance of special use permit and site plan approval from the Board of Trustees in accordance with§ 195-55 and Article XI of this chapter.

Libraries, public museums, playgrounds and parks, subject to the issuance of special use permit and site plan approvals from the Board of Trustees in accordance with Article II of this chapter.

Governmental and municipal purposes of the Village of Hewlett Neck.

Accessory uses, customarily incident to the above uses, but not including a billboard or advertising sign. Except as permitted in Chapter 110, assemblies, gatherings or events, are not accessory uses to a premises used or authorized or intended to be used as a residence, in accordance with a certificate of occupancy for such use.