Valley Stream City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XII
C-1 District
§ 99-1201 Permitted uses.
[Amended 1-14-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013; 12-19-2022 by L.L. No. 5-2022]
A.
Retail uses, including production of goods for retail sale on the same lot.
B.
Business office uses.
C.
Professional uses.
D.
Personal service uses.
E.
Multiple-family dwelling uses.
F.
Funeral homes, but not crematoriums, mausoleums or cemeteries.
G.
Public schools of general or special instruction.
H.
Any existing frame building erected or enlarged prior to January 14, 1974, may be used for business office uses and professional uses, provided that:
(1)
Such use shall be limited only to the basement, first and second floor.
(2)
Such use shall comply with the off-street parking requirements as prescribed by this chapter, for each use within the building.
(3)
Any permitted enlargement shall be of fireproof or non-fireproof class construction.
(4)
Such building shall be structurally sound and the floor loadings shall comply with the Building Code.
(5)
Any frame building in which a residential use and a business office or professional use are being conducted may continue. If such residential use ceases for a period of six months or more or is changed to any other use for any period, it may not be restored within such frame building.
I.
Upon obtaining special use permit approval from the Board of Appeals:
(2)
Theaters.
(3)
Dance halls.
(4)
Bowling alleys.
(5)
Nursery schools.
(6)
Cabaret-type entertainment.
(7)
Health, tennis, swimming clubs.
(8)
Clubhouses or lodges.
(9)
Places of public assembly.
(10)
Nursing homes.
(11)
Medical clinics.
(12)
Residential accommodations for persons engaged in the activities of places of worship and religious related uses.
(13)
Public parking facilities.
(14)
Hotels.
(15)
Places of worship.
(16)
Educational uses, including private schools of religious, special or general instruction.
J.
Parks and parkland, municipal uses, police, fire and ambulance facilities, public parking facilities and public recreational facilities.
K.
Buildings, structures or uses accessory to permitted uses within the district.
§ 99-1202 Lot requirements.
A.
Multiple-family dwellings.
(1)
Coverage: maximum coverage of lot by aggregate building area of all buildings thereon: 40%.
(2)
Minimum frontage: 60 feet.
(3)
Minimum area: 6,000 square feet, but not less than 1,500 square feet for each dwelling unit on the lot; except that a lot containing more than 25,000 square feet shall be permitted one additional dwelling unit where the area remaining after applying the formula of 1,500 square feet for each dwelling unit exceeds 625 square feet.
§ 99-1203 Height requirements.
§ 99-1204 Yard requirements.
A.
Multiple-family dwellings.
(1)
Front setback: 20 feet.
(2)
Side setback: 10 feet minimum on each side; 20 feet minimum aggregate.
(3)
Rear setback: 20 feet.
(4)
For every multiple-family dwelling use, outdoor usable play space at the ratio of 25 square feet per unit, located in a side or rear yard, but not in any front yard, shall be provided on the same lot. Such play space shall be not less than 300 square feet and shall be safely fenced with a chain link fence four feet high.
B.
Other buildings or structures.
(1)
Front.
(a)
No portion of any building, structure or accessory building or structure shall be located nearer than seven feet to any property line abutting a street. Where a building, structure or accessory building or structure exceeds one story in height, the setback of each story above the first story shall be progressively set back from the street property line, five feet greater than the story below it.
(b)
Alternatively, a building may be set back uniformly, without regard to the number of stories, 10 feet from any street property line abutting a street.
(c)
However, where a proposed county widening encroaches into or beyond such required setback area, the required setback area shall be measured from the proposed county widening line. This setback shall be planted and maintained with evergreen low-growing dwarf-type shrubs spaced not more than five feet apart.
(2)
Rear and side.
(a)
No portion of any building, structure or accessory building or structure shall be located nearer than 10 feet from any rear or side property line which is located on or within a zoning district boundary line.
(b)
No portion of any building, structure or accessory building or structure shall be located nearer than 10 feet from any zoning district boundary line where the side and/or rear property line is beyond a zoning district boundary line.
(c)
The foregoing regulations shall not apply where such rear and/or side property line is within or adjacent to an adjoining C-1, C-2 or C-3 District. In lieu thereof, no portion of any building, structure or accessory building or structure shall be located nearer than five feet from any rear and/or side property line.
[Amended 1-14-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013]
C.
For all other uses: none required.
§ 99-1205 Screening.
A.
Screening shall be required along any lot line of a premises used for nonresidential purposes and around off-street parking areas of multiple-family dwellings where such premises abuts a residential district boundary, including all such lot lines facing a residential district boundary across a street. Screening shall be:
(1)
A strip of densely planted shrubs or evergreen trees at least three feet above grade at the time of planting. Such plantings shall form a year-round dense screen at least six feet high within three years for lots adjacent to the boundary of a residential use district and at least four feet high for lots situated across a street from a residential district or along any portion of an abutting residential front yard; or
(2)
A wall or solid wood or commercial grade slatted chain link fence, six feet high for lots adjacent to a residential district boundary and four feet high for lots situated across a street from a residential district or along any portion of an abutting residential front yard.
B.
Screening shall be maintained in good condition and within property bounds all times by the owner of the property or successors in interest or assignees.
C.
Entrances and exits may interrupt screening.
D.
No signs or advertisements shall be attached to the side of the screening facing any residential district other than traffic or caution signs.
§ 99-1206 Parking and loading requirements.
§ 99-1207 Supplementary regulations.
[Amended 12-19-2022 by L.L. No. 5-2022]