Highland Falls City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IV
Publicly Assisted Senior Citizens Multiple Dwellings as Conditional Uses
§ 240-11 Conformity to standards.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this article or elsewhere in the this chapter of the Code of the Village of Highland Falls, the Board of Trustees may issue a conditional use permit for a publicly assisted senior citizens multiple dwelling within any R-5 Zone of the Village of Highland Falls when the proposed multiple dwelling conforms to the standards set forth in this article.
§ 240-12 Definitions.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A senior citizens multiple dwelling which receives financial assistance for rent payments pursuant to § 8 of the National Housing Act of 1937, as amended.
An apartment building wherein not less than 75% of the dwelling units therein provide living and dining accommodations solely for an elderly family whose head or spouse or whose sole member is at least 62 years of age or a disabled or handicapped person.
§ 240-13 Maximum height.
No senior citizens multiple dwelling may exceed a maximum height of 70 feet.
§ 240-14 Maximum lot coverage.
The maximum area of the lot which a senior citizens multiple dwelling and accessory structure may cover shall be 65% of the lot.
§ 240-15 Front, rear and side yards.
A.
A senior citizens multiple dwelling shall have a front yard which shall be a minimum of 20 feet and a rear yard which shall be a minimum of 25 feet, except that the Board of Trustees, by resolution and upon such terms and conditions as it deems suitable, may permit a smaller front or rear yard where appropriate due to the nature of the plot and building and/or the character and design of surrounding uses and buildings.
B.
The side yard of the senior citizens multiple dwelling shall be a minimum of 10 feet wide, except that, where appropriate due to the nature of the plot and building and/or the character and design of surrounding uses and buildings, the Board of Trustees, by resolution and upon such terms and conditions as it deems suitable, may permit any side yard to be a minimum of five feet.
§ 240-16 Minimum dwelling unit area.
The minimum square foot per dwelling unit in relation to the lot area shall not be less than 1,700 square feet per dwelling unit.
§ 240-17 Minimum lot area.
No senior citizens multiple dwelling shall hereinafter be erected or altered on a lot less than 12,000 square feet.
§ 240-18 Accessory uses.
A senior citizens multiple dwelling shall be permitted to have any accessory use customarily incidental to a senior citizens multiple dwelling. The term "accessory use," however, does not include a business or any building or use not located on the same or an adjacent lot with the building or use to which it is accessory.
§ 240-19 Parking.
A senior citizens multiple dwelling shall have a number of parking spaces that the Board of Trustees, by resolution, upon such terms and conditions as it deems suitable, may allow or require, taking into consideration the nature of the plot and building and/or the character and design of surrounding uses and buildings. The Board of Trustees, in approving said parking spaces, may establish conditions relating to the configuration of the spaces, ease of driving access and egress, lighting, planting and screening and any other safeguards proper to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of the Village.
§ 240-20 Common space.
A senior citizens multiple dwelling may provide common space for a community room or rooms for the use of the residents of the building.
§ 240-21 Laundry room.
A senior citizens multiple dwelling may provide a laundry room for the use of the residents of the building.
§ 240-22 Issuance of conditional use permit.
The Board of Trustees, after holding a public hearing, may issue a conditional use permit for a senior citizens multiple dwelling for a limited period of time or otherwise, subject to such conditions and safeguards as shall be deemed appropriate when, in its opinion, it shall find that such proposed use and improvement shall conform to the general character of the neighborhood in which the property to be used is located, that it will be consistent with the public health, morals, safety and general welfare of such neighborhood and that it will be in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan.