New Rochelle City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
Establishment of Districts; Zoning Map
§ 331-5 Enumeration of districts.
[Amended 12-10-2002 by Ord. No. 229-2002; 5-21-2003 by Ord. No. 106-2003; 7-15-2003 by Ord. No. 169-2003]
The City of New Rochelle is hereby divided into the following classes of districts:
Residence Districts [Amended 5-19-2005 by Ord. No. 120-2005] | |
|---|---|
One-Family Residence | R1-20 |
One-Family Residence | R1-15 |
One-Family Residence | R1-10A |
One-Family Residence | R1-10 |
One-Family Historic Residence | R1-HIST |
One-Family Waterfront Residence | R1-WF-10 |
One-Family Cluster Residence | R1-CH |
One-Family Residence | R1-7.5 |
Two-Family Residence | R2-7.0 |
Urban Renewal Townhouse Residence | R-URTH |
Multifamily Residence | RMF-0.4 |
Multifamily Residence | RMF-0.5 |
Multifamily Residence | RMF-0.7 |
Multifamily Residence | RMF-1.0 |
Multifamily Residence | RMF-1.3 |
Multifamily Residence | RMF-2.0 |
Multifamily Senior Citizen Residence | RMF-SC-4.0 |
Mixed Use Districts [Amended 12-14-2010 by Ord. No. 203-2010; 3-15-2016 by Ord. No. 75-2016] | |
|---|---|
Hospital | H |
Downtown Mixed Use | DMU |
Downtown Mixed Use Urban Renewal | DMUR |
Recreation Open Space | ROS |
Water Related | WR |
Planned Waterfront Development - 3-Story | PWD-3 |
Planned Waterfront Development - 5-Story | PWD-5 |
Planned Planned Waterfront Development - 8-Story | PWD-8 |
Planned Mixed Use Family Entertainment | MUFE |
North Avenue Zone | NA |
Neighborhod Business-Hospital | NBH |
Commercial/Industrial Districts [Amended 11-15-2016 by Ord. No. 244-2016; 9-20-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-184; 10-16-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-218] | |
|---|---|
General Commercial Modified | C-1M |
Neighborhood Business | NB |
Downtown Business | DB |
Downtown Large Scale Retail | LSR |
Light Industry | LI |
Light Industry Hotel District | LI-H |
Industry | I |
Large Scale Retail District - 5-Story | LSR-1 |
Neighborhood Business 2.0 | NB-2.0 |
Overlay Zones [Amended 10-20-2009 by Ord. No. 199-2009; 9-17-2014 by Ord. No. 124-2014; 12-8-2015 by Ord. No. 233-2015; 11-15-2016 by Ord. No. 233-2016; 10-15-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-165] | |
|---|---|
Single-Family Senior Citizen | SFSC |
Cabaret | |
Water View | WV |
Senior Citizen | SC |
Fifth Avenue | FA |
Central Parking Area | CPA |
Downtown (DO-1 — DO-6) | DOZ |
Cultural District Extension | |
Vanguard |
Floating Zones [Amended 4-20-2010 by Ord. No. 72-2010; 12-8-2015 by Ord. No. 233-2015] | |
|---|---|
Single-Family Cluster Housing | SFCH |
Institutional | INST |
Planned Unit Development - Affordable Housing | PUD-AH |
Planned Waterfront Development Extension | PWDE-5 |
§ 331-6 Naming of districts.
A.
The titles of the districts have been created to be as informational as possible. For example, in the case of the R1-20 District, the "R" refers to Residence, the "1" refers to one-family, and the "20" refers to the minimum required lot area of 20,000 square feet. In multifamily residence districts, the maximum permitted floor area ratio (FAR) is the descriptive term used to indicate the differing characteristics among districts. For example in the case of the RMF-0.4 District, the "RMF" refers to multifamily residence and the "0.4" represents the floor area ratio regulation which is used to control the density of development. The numbering following the Planned Waterfront Development District name refers to the height of the structure in stories.
B.
For nonresidence districts the classifications reflect the character of existing development, such as Downtown Mixed-Use (DMU) and the Downtown Mixed Use Urban Renewal (DMUR) District.
[Amended 12-11-2007 by Ord. No. 294-2007]
§ 331-7 Zoning Map.
[Amended 5-19-2005 by Ord. No. 120-2005]
The boundaries of all districts are hereby established as shown on a map entitled "Zoning Map, City of New Rochelle, New York," dated May 19, 2005, as it may be amended from time to time with ordinance numbers and ordinance adoption dates shown on such Map, which Map accompanies and, with all explanatory matter thereon, is made part of this chapter. The official copy of this Map shall be kept by the Building Official and amendments thereto shall be reviewed for accuracy by the Building Official, with copies made available to the public by the City Clerk. Whenever the City Council amends the Zoning Map, the City Clerk shall notify the Building Official, who shall cause the amendment to be made to the official Zoning Map.
§ 331-8 Interpretation of district boundaries.
Where uncertainty exists as to the locations of any boundaries shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
A.
District boundary lines follow lot lines, streets, municipal boundaries, rights-of-way, railroad rights-of-way or watercourses, or are parallel or perpendicular thereto, unless such district boundary lines are fixed by dimensions, as shown on the Zoning Map.
B.
Where district boundaries are shown approximately following streets, rights-of-way, railroad rights-of-way or watercourses, the center lines thereof shall be such boundaries.
C.
Where district boundaries are shown approximately following municipal boundaries or lot lines, such municipal boundaries or lot lines shall be the district boundaries.
D.
Where district boundary lines divide a lot, the location of any such boundary, if not indicated by dimensions, shall be determined by use of the map scale appearing thereon.
E.
If the district classification of any property is in question, it shall be deemed to be in the most restrictive adjoining district.
F.
In all cases where a district boundary is located not farther than 15 feet from a lot line of record, the boundary shall be construed to coincide with such line. In all other cases, where not dimensioned, the location of boundaries shown on the map shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing thereon.
§ 331-9 Order of restrictiveness.
Where zoning districts are referred to as more restrictive or less restrictive, the designations shall refer to the order in which the districts are named in § 331-5, the first named being the most restrictive.
§ 331-10 Lots in more than one district or municipality.
Where a lot in one ownership of record is divided by one or more district boundary lines, the following shall apply: