Pelham Manor City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIII
Residence B Districts
§ 210-50 Permitted uses.
In a Residence B District no building or lot shall be used or occupied for any purpose other than as follows:
§ 210-51 Density.
A.
No lot hereafter used for residential purposes shall contain an area of less than 5,000 square feet and no lot hereafter used for nonresidential purposes shall contain an area of less than 40,000 square feet; provided that a dwelling may be erected or maintained on any lot separately owned at the time of passage of this chapter, and provided further that all the other provisions of this chapter are observed.
B.
No building shall hereafter be erected on a lot having a frontage of less than 50 feet on any street on which the lot abuts.
C.
No nonresidential building shall be erected, altered, enlarged or moved on a lot to occupy, together with other buildings on the lot, more than 20% of the area of the lot.
§ 210-52 Setbacks.
A.
No building shall hereafter be erected, altered, enlarged or moved on a lot nearer to a street line than the building nearest the street line heretofore lawfully erected on an adjoining lot on the same street, but not nearer than 20 feet.
B.
The following features may extend into any front, side or rear yard not to exceed the distances specified:
(1)
Cornices, canopies, eaves, gutters, leaders or any similar features: 36 inches.
(2)
Stoop, consisting of a raised entrance platform with steps leading up to it with its floor no higher than that of the entrance to the building: four feet. A railing no higher than three feet may be placed around the stoop.
(3)
Steps: no limit.
(4)
A chimney: 24 inches.
(5)
Belt courses, window sills and other similar ornamental features: six inches.
§ 210-53 Yards.
Each lot shall have side and rear yards and no building shall hereafter be erected, altered, enlarged or moved on a lot so as to be nearer to a lot line than the following distances:
B.
On a corner lot, one side yard shall not be less than 10 feet, and the other side yard not less than 25 feet.
C.
Rear yards: not less than 25 feet. However, detached accessory buildings which do not exceed one story nor 15 feet in height may be erected, altered, enlarged or moved, as long as no part shall be nearer than two feet to a side or rear lot line. Required front yard setbacks shall be observed.
§ 210-54 Separation.
Detached buildings, including accessory buildings on the same lot shall be separated from one another by a free and open air space of not less than 10 feet.
§ 210-55 Height.
[Amended 6-26-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
No building shall hereafter be erected, enlarged or altered to exceed 2 1/2 stories or 35 feet, whichever is less, above a basement or cellar in height. This height limitation shall not apply to steeples of places of worship if such steeples do not exceed 150 square feet in area.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Section 43, Subsection 7, Coverage, which immediately followed this section, added 6-26-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000, was repealed 2-10-2003 by L.L. No. 1-2003.