Sleepy Hollow City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVIII
Lower Beekman Avenue Design Standards Overlay District
§ 450-105 Findings and purpose.
Lower Beekman Avenue has a decidedly residential character, with large, generally well-maintained homes set back from the sidewalk with small front yards, porches or stoops, and many mature street trees. Some of these homes have been converted to two- or three-family homes. The overall effect is to establish an attractive, walkable neighborhood that serves as a link between the downtown and the waterfront and can take advantage of both portions of the Village. Nonresidential uses that are currently allowed in the C-2 District are appropriate on Lower Beekman Avenue, such as professional offices, child care, or small boutiques, but the predominant visual character of the area should be preserved.
§ 450-106 Location.
The boundary of the Lower Beekman Avenue Design Standards Overlay District (LBADS Overlay District) is current lots on Beekman Avenue west of Kendall Avenue and east of Clinton Street.
§ 450-107 Applicable regulations.
All projects within the LBADS Overlay District shall comply with the regulations set forth in the underlying zoning except to the extent of regulations set forth below. All projects shall be reviewed against the annexed "Lower Beekman Avenue Design Standards Overlay District Regulations Booklet."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Lower Beekman Avenue Design Standards Overlay District Regulations Booklet is included as an attachment to this chapter.
§ 450-107.1 Build-to-zones for residential buildings.
Build-to-zone.
A.
South side of Beekman Avenue: Minimum front yard setback of five feet and maximum front yard setback of 12 feet. Exception: the front yard setback may align with the average front yard setbacks of the adjoining improved lots.
B.
North side of Beekman Avenue: Minimum front yard setback of 12 feet and maximum front yard setback of 20 feet. Exception: the front yard setback may align with the average front yard setbacks of the adjoining improved lots.
C.
Within the build-to-zone, the following edge elements are allowed:
(1)
Walls, maximum 36 inches in height.
(2)
Landscape furnishings.
(3)
Ornamental fence (transparent, not chain link, maximum height of 36 inches).
(4)
Stairs, stoops, and porticos.
(5)
Planters and tree pits.
(6)
Landscaping.
(7)
One half of the total depth of proposed front porch(es), stoops or porticos.
D.
Garage doors, parking areas, drop-off or delivery zones, loading docks, port cochere, and semicircular driveways are prohibited within the build-to-zone.
§ 450-107.2 Build-to-zones for commercial or mixed-use buildings.
Build-to-zone.
A.
Minimum front yard setback of three feet and maximum front yard setback of 10 feet. (Exception: the front yard setback may align with the average front yard setbacks of the adjoining improved lots).
C.
Garage doors, parking areas, drop-off, or delivery zones, loading docks, port cochere, and semicircular driveways are prohibited within the build-to-zone.