§ 55-10.   Setbacks for buildings and structures in the residencetial dwellings and business buildingsdistricts. [Amended 10-9-1965; 9-22-1973; 9-29-1979 by L.L. No. 3, 1979; 8-23-1986 by L.L. No. 4, 1986]

 

A.                 Interior lotted areas. No part of any building or structure in the residence district, including permitted non-residential buildings and accessorial structures such as decks, open porches and swimming pools, residential dwelling, including accessorial structures, such as decks, open porches and private aboveground swimming pools, shall be erected or altered in the interior lotted areas within twenty (20) feet of the front line and within fifteen (15) feet of the side and rear lines of a building plot, other than walks of not more than six (6) feet in width for access to village walks; bicycle racks; one (1) platform or enclosure for storage of garbage containers not to exceed twenty-five (25) square feet in area and to be set back at least two (2) feet and not more than three (3) feet from the adjacent village walk, and, if enclosed, the height of such enclosure not to exceed three (3) feet above the level of the adjacent village walk or four (4) feet in height above ground level; and a sewerage tank which shall be not less than ten (10) feet from the rear line of a building plot and not less than sixteen (16) feet from any water supply. The term "front line" on the interior lotted area shall mean that part of a building plot which abuts upon the north-south walks of the village, except in the case of parcels which abut upon both north-south and east-west walks of the village, whereupon the land abutting both walks shall constitute front lines, and no part of any residential building or structure in the residence district, including permitted non-residential buildings and accessorial structures such as decks, open porches and swimming pools, shall be erected or alteredstructure, including ancillary structures, decks and open porches , shall be erected within twenty (20) feet of such walks.

 

B.                 Bayfront and oceanfront areas. No part of any building or structure in the residence district, including permitted non-residential buildings and accessorial structures such as decks, open porches and swimming pools,No part of any residential dwelling, including accessorial structures, such as decks, open porches and private, aboveground swimming pools, shall be erected or altered in the bayfront area within twenty (20) feet and in the oceanfront area within forty (40) feet of the front line and within twenty (20) feet of the line abutting any village walk, and within ten (10) feet of all other lines of a building plot, other than walks of not more than six (6) feet in width for access to village walks, bicycle racks, one (1) platform or enclosure for the storage of garbage containers, as defined in  § 55-10A, and a sewerage tank which shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet from the rear line of a building plot and not less than sixteen (16) feet from any water supply.

 

(1)               The term "front line" in the bayfront area shall mean that side of a building plot which abuts on Bay Promenade as the same may be extended hereafter. The term "front line" in the oceanfront area shall mean the dune crest line. The term "dune crest line" in the oceanfront area shall be a line drawn parallel to the northerly boundary line of the plot from a point established as the highest median elevation above sea level encompassed by the building plot. The dune crest line shall be confirmed by a licensed surveyor and so indicated on the plot survey attached to the application for a building permit, and shall reflect the physical location of the crest of the dune as of the date of such survey.

 

(2)               No boardwalks, decks, stiles, steps or other similar structures shall hereafter be erected, altered or maintained to permit entrance or egress from oceanfront area building plots to the beach strand, except when erected by the Village as natural extensions of dedicated village walks.

 

C.                 Unlotted acreage. No part of any building or structure in the residence district, including permitted non-residential buildings and accessorial structures such as decks, open porches and swimming poolsNo part of any residential dwelling, including accessorial structures, such as decks, open porches, private, aboveground swimming pools and sewerage tanks, hereafter erected or altered in the unlotted acreage shall encroach within twenty (20) feet of the boundary lines of building plots other than a walk of not more than six (6) feet in width for access to village walks, bicycle racks, and one (1) platform or enclosure for the storage of garbage containers, as defined in § 55-10A.

 

D.                 No part of any business building or structure in the business district, including ancillary structures, decks and open porches, but excluding walks not more than ten (10) feet in width for access to village walks and bicycle racks, shall hereafter be erected or altered within twenty (20) feet of the front lot line, which, in the case of interior lotted areas, shall mean the north-south walks and, in the case of building plots on Bay Promenade, shall mean both the north-south walk and Bay Promenade, and within fifteen (15) feet of the side and rear lines of a building plot. Sewerage tanks shall not be less than ten (10) feet from side or rear lines of a building plot and not less than sixteen (16) feet from any water supply line. [Amended 9-22-1973; 10-8-88 by L.L. No. 9, 1988]

 

E.                  Fences. [Added 10-8-1988 by L.L. No. 9, 1988]

 

(1)               Permitted fences other than those erected for purposes of protecting an area used for cultivation or recreation may be erected along the front, sides or rear of a building plot at any point from the property line to the setback line described in the appropriate subsection of this section.

 

(2)               Permitted fences erected for purposes of protecting an area used for cultivation or recreation may be erected along the front, sides or rear of a building plot at any point no closer to the property line than one-half (1/2) the distance between such line and the setback line described in the appropriate subsection of this section.

 

F.                  Privacy screens. A privacy screen otherwise conforming to the building requirements set forth in § 55-19 of the Village Code may be erected along the front, sides or rear of a building plot at any point no closer to the property line than one-half (1/2) the distance between such line and the setback line described in the appropriate subsection of this section. [Added 10-8-1988 by L.L. No. 9, 1988]

 

 

§ 55-11.   Maximum plot occupancy. [Added 9-22-1973; amended 9-29-1979 by L.L. No. 3, 1979, 7-15-1983 by L.L. No. 12, 1983; 8-23-1986 by L.L. No. 4, 1986; 11-13-1999 by L.L. No. 8, 1999]

 

A.                 In the lotted areas, no part of any building or structure in the residencetial or business structuresdistricts, including accessorial structures, such as decks, open porches and private, aboveground swimming pools, wherever located, but excluding one (1) access walk not more than six (6) feet in width, extending from a village walk to the nearest construction of the building plot; and one (1) open platform for parking bikes, not exceeding sixty-four (64) square feet in area; and one (1) platform or enclosure abutting a village walk for storage of garbage containers, such platform or enclosure not exceeding twenty-five (25) square feet in area, hereinafter erected or altered shall occupy in excess of thirty percent (30%) of such plot, and not more than twenty percent (20%) of the building plot up to a maximum of one thousand eight hundred (1,800) square feet may consist of enclosed areas, such enclosed areas to include any permitted swimming pool roofed by a permanent structure.

 

B.                 In unlotted areas where any structure is hereafter erected or altered in an unlotted area, the same provisions shall apply as in subsection A above, except that, as a further limitation, the total plot coverage shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of such plot, and not more than sixteen and two-thirds percent (16 2/3%) of the building plot up to a maximum of one thousand eight hundred (1,800) square feet may consist of enclosed areas, such enclosed areas to include any permitted swimming pool roofed by a permanent structure.

 

 

§ 55-13.   Maximum height of buildings and structures in the residencetial  dwellings and business structuresdistricts. [Added 9-22-1973; amended 9-29-1979 by L.L. No. 3, 1979; 5-27-2002 by L.L. No. 4, 2002]]

 

A.                 No structure shall hereafter be substantially improved or erected to a height which shall exceed the maximum height as that phrase is defined in this subdivision A. of Chapter 55-13.  Maximum height as used in this code, shall mean at the option of a permit applicant, either (I) the greater of twenty-seven feet measured minimally from the average of the four corner elevations or by using as many additional elevation points as the building inspector may require to reflect the average grade, to the peak of the roof of such structure, or (ii) the sum of twenty-three feet, plus the Benchmark level as defined in chapter 28.  Maximum height shall be measured to the highest point on the roof of such structure, excluding stacks, chimneys and antennas. 

 

B.                 Irrespective of the permit applicant’s choice of measurement standard of clause (I) or (ii) of the foregoing subdivision A of this Chapter 55-13, the applicant shall comply with elevation standards of section 28-17 or section 28-18 of this code as may be applicable. 

 

C.                 Satellite, earth station or dish antennas may not be erected on the roof of any dwelling or business structure within the village. All such Installations must be erected at ground level, adequately anchored and protected on all four (4) sides by a suitable louvered or palisade fence not to exceed eight (8) feet in height. Such dish antennas and fenced enclosures must adhere to the normal building setback restrictions as established by § 55-10A, B and C. A building permit will be required for all such installations. [Added 7-15-1983 by L.L. No. 9, 1983]Section Deleted

 

D.                 Radio,  and television and satellite dish antennas.. Up to a maximum of two Television Television and FMor FM antennas of the normal dipole type, and up to a maximum of two satellite dish antenna of a maximum diameter of 30 inches  may be erected on the roof of any structure, provided that the supporting mast does not exceed four (4) feet in height above the peak or highest elevation of the roof structure as established by § 55-13 of this chapter. [Added 7-15-1983 by L.L. No. 9, 1983]

 

E.                  Citizen band, amateur radio or marine frequency transmitting and receiving antennas may be erected on the roof or chimney of any structure, provided that the lead-in base of such antennas is located not more than two (2) feet above the peak or highest elevation of the roof structure as established by § 55-13 of this chapter. [Added 7-15-1983 by L.L. No. 9, 1983]