Pelham Manor City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIV
Multifamily Districts
§ 210-56 Permitted uses.
In a Multifamily District, no building, structure or land shall be used or occupied for any purpose other than as follows:
A.
A use permitted in the Residence B District.
B.
A multifamily house.
C.
A parking garage or parking lot as an accessory to any of the uses enumerated in this section, in which are prohibited the storage or sale of gasoline or other materials for serving vehicles, and the maintenance of equipment for their repair.
D.
The following uses, provided that a special permit is obtained from the Board of Trustees in each specific case after public hearing and notice and further provided that the Board of Trustees finds that such use promotes the general health, safety, morals and welfare of the community and is in accordance with the general purpose and intent of this chapter:
(1)
A public library, a club, restricted to an elected membership, for social intercourse, dining service and sleeping accommodations, not catering to the general public and not operated for gain and profit.
§ 210-57 Density.
A.
No multifamily house or group of houses shall hereafter be erected or altered to occupy more than 20% of the lot area lying within this use district, nor shall such house or houses be designed or used to accommodate more than one family or household for each 3,000 square feet of the area of the lot lying within this use district.
B.
No club shall hereafter be erected or altered to accommodate or make provisions for sleeping accommodations for more than one person for each 1,000 square feet of the area of the lot lying within this use district.
C.
No school shall be erected or altered to occupy, together with other buildings on the lot, more than 20% of the area of the lot.
D.
In no building existing at the time of the passage of this chapter shall rooms or sleeping accommodations be increased to exceed the limitations fixed by this section.
§ 210-58 Setbacks.
A.
No building shall hereafter be erected, altered, enlarged or moved on a lot nearer than 50 feet to the street line of the Boston Post Road or nearer than 35 feet to a street line other than the Boston Post Road.
B.
A public garage accessory to a permitted use, if so constructed that its roof is not higher than the basement ceiling level of the building to which it is accessory, may extend toward but not nearer than five feet from the street line.
§ 210-59 Yards.
No building shall hereafter be erected, altered, enlarged or moved on a lot nearer than 30 feet to a lot line, other than a street line, provided that when such lot line lies wholly within the multifamily district and is more than 30 feet from the boundary line thereof, such distance shall be not less than 20 feet.
§ 210-60 Height.
No building shall be erected, enlarged or altered to exceed 2 1/2 stories 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.
§ 210-61 Parking area.
No building or structure shall hereafter be erected, enlarged or altered unless there be a paved private yard area or garage space or both, sufficient in size to accommodate the required number of motor vehicles as specified in § 210-23 of this chapter.
§ 210-62 Approval of plans.
No building having more than two families, and no group of buildings shall be erected on any lot unless a development plan for the entire lot has been approved by the Planning Board. Subsequent to issuance of such approval, no building permit shall be issued except for building in conformity with the approved development plan.