Pelham Manor City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XV
Retail Districts
§ 210-63 Permitted uses.
[Amended 3-10-1975 by L.L. No. 1-1975; 3-10-2025 by L.L. No. 1-2025]
A.
No building or land shall be used or occupied for any purpose other than as follows:
(1)
A store or establishment for the sale, at retail, of merchandise or services, provided that no store or establishment selling or serving food or beverage for consumption on the premises shall be permitted within the Retail Districts unless such sales are purely incidental to the operation of a bona fide retail drugstore, grocery store, delicatessen or variety store.
(2)
An establishment for the rendering or furnishing of personal service to the residents of the locality, but not involving fabrication on the premises.
(3)
Offices for the rendering of professional services, or for the transaction of business not involving manufacture or the storage of merchandise.
(4)
Parking garage or parking lot as an accessory to any of the uses enumerated in this section, but not including the storage of gasoline or other materials for servicing vehicles, or the maintenance of equipment for their repair.
(5)
A church or other place of worship, a church school or parochial school, or a public school under the jurisdiction of Free School District #1, Town of Pelham.
(6)
Convenience store.
(7)
Delicatessen.
(8)
Grocery store.
(9)
Restaurant, coffee shop.
(10)
Restaurant, fast-casual.
(11)
Wellness center.
(12)
The following uses, provided 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 in accordance with the general purposes and intent of this chapter:
(a)
A public library, a club restricted to an elective membership for social intercourse, dining service and sleeping accommodations not catering to the general public and not operated for a gain or profit, restaurant full service, convenience store.
B.
No structure, building or land shall be used or occupied for a use permitted in a Multifamily District in combination with a use otherwise permitted by this section.
§ 210-64 Setbacks.
§ 210-65 Yards.
A.
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 lies wholly within the retail or multifamily district and is more than 30 feet from the boundary line thereof, such distance shall be not less 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 level no higher than that of the entrance to the building: 4 feet. A railing no higher than three feet may be placed around such stoop.
(3)
Steps: no limit.
(4)
A chimney: 24 inches.
(5)
Belt courses, window sills and other similar ornamental features: six inches.
§ 210-66 Height.
No building shall hereafter 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.