Woodsburgh City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IV
Residence C District
§ 150-23 Applicable regulations.
In a Residence C District, the following regulations of this article shall apply.
§ 150-24 Permitted uses.
No building shall be erected, altered or used and no lot or premises shall be used except for one or more of the purposes permitted in a Residence B District.
§ 150-25 Height restrictions.
[Amended 7-25-1988 by L.L. No. 2-1988; 4-25-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991; 1-9-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001]
The maximum height of any building or any part thereof shall be 28 feet in the case of a gable, hip or gambrel roof, or 25 feet in the case of all other roofs, or 2 1/2 stories, whichever is less. No principal building shall be raised and no principal building or any part thereof shall be erected or altered which has a height of less than one story or 20 feet, whichever is less.
§ 150-26 Size of lot.
[Amended 1-14-1952; 4-19-1954; 5-20-1958]
No building shall hereafter be erected or altered on a lot of less area than 12,000 square feet, nor shall a building hereafter be erected or altered unless such lot shall have a frontage of not less than 100 feet on at least one street, except that in the case of a corner lot, such lot shall have a frontage of not less than 100 feet on at least two streets. Any lot smaller in area or with less frontage than in this section required, of which the ownership at the date of adoption of this section differs from the ownership of all adjoining lots, may be improved as herein permitted, provided that the minimum yard areas hereafter required are provided.
§ 150-27 Rear yards.
Every building hereafter erected or altered shall have a rear yard of a minimum depth of 20 feet.
§ 150-28 Front yards.
[Amended 10-9-1946; 9-13-1954]
No building shall hereafter be erected or altered which shall have its front wall nearer to the street line than 20 feet. In case of a corner lot, a front yard shall be required on each street upon which the lot abuts. The interior angles formed by the intersection of the lot's lines with the street line shall not be less than 75° for the street lines to the front yard setback line or lines.
§ 150-29 Side yards.
[Amended 5-20-1958; 3-29-1965; 7-16-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
A.
On every interior lot, there shall be two side yards. Neither side yard shall be less than 15 feet.
B.
On a corner lot, there shall be one side yard. Said side yard shall be not less than 15 feet. The side yard shall be on the side adjoining the interior lot opposite the front yard having the greater front line length. Where the front line lengths for each front line are equal, the side yard shall be on the side of the building immediately adjoining the front wall of the house. The front wall of the house is the wall containing the front yard access to the building. The remaining interior yard shall be a rear yard.
§ 150-30 Habitable floor area.
[Added 10-6-1952]
No main dwelling shall be erected unless it has habitable floor area of 1,600 square feet.
§ 150-30.1 Front height/setback ratio.
[Added 1-9-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001]
The maximum building height to front yard setback ratio shall be 1.050.
§ 150-30.2 Side height/setback ratio.
[Added 1-9-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001]
The maximum building height to side yard setback ratio shall be 1.400.
§ 150-30.3 Maximum floor area.
[Added 1-9-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001]
The maximum permitted floor area shall be calculated based upon the following table:
Lot Size (square feet) | Maximum Permitted Floor Area (square feet) |
|---|---|
0 to 12,000 | 3,000 |
12,001 to 14,000 | 3,000, plus 0.26 times lot area over 12,000 |
14,001 to 16,000 | 3,000, plus 0.25 times lot area over 12,000 |
16,001 to 18,000 | 3,000, plus 0.24 times lot area over 12,000 |
18,001 to 20,000 | 3,000, plus 0.23 times lot area over 12,000 |
20,001 to 22,000 | 3,000, plus 0.22 times lot area over 12,000 |
22,001 to 23,000 | 3,000, plus 0.21 times lot area over 12,000 |
23,001 to 29,000 | 3,000, plus 0.20 times lot area over 12,000 |
29,001 to 30,000 | 3,000, plus 0.19 times lot area over 12,000 |
30,001 and above | 3,000, plus 0.18 times lot area over 12,000 |