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Rural III - R-3 covers land within 500 ft of a state or county highway shown on the district map, with direct frontage and access; land on a town road falls in R-5. If any part of the parcel carries a development limitation, § 410H doubles the lot minimum and adds 50 ft of frontage.

• The front setback is 75 ft from the road center line and at least 25 ft from the right-of-way. The 50 ft shown assumes a 50 ft right-of-way.
• On a narrower right-of-way the front setback grows; on a wider one it shrinks toward the 25 ft floor.
• The lot depth-to-width ratio may not exceed 4:1.

Rural V - R-5 takes in all land not in another district, generally most of the town. If any part of the parcel carries a development limitation, § 410H doubles the lot minimum and adds 50 ft of frontage.

• The front setback is 75 ft from the road center line, with no floor measured from the right-of-way. The 50 ft shown assumes a 50 ft right-of-way.
• On a hundred-foot right-of-way the front setback comes to 25 ft from the lot line, and nothing stops it going lower on a wider one.
• The lot depth-to-width ratio may not exceed 4:1.

Business Commercial - The minimum lot is 20,000 sq ft only with both public water and public sewer; without them it is 40,000 sq ft. BC runs along Route 28 from the Village of Margaretville line east to the Delaware and Ulster Railroad recreational complex in Arkville.

• One-family and two-family dwellings are permitted outright, and multifamily needs site plan review.
• If any part of the parcel carries a development limitation, § 410H doubles the lot minimum and adds 50 ft of frontage.
• The front setback is 75 ft from the road center line and at least 25 ft from the right-of-way. The 50 ft shown assumes a 50 ft right-of-way.
• On a narrower right-of-way the front setback grows; on a wider one it shrinks toward the 25 ft floor.
• The lot depth-to-width ratio may not exceed 4:1.

Hamlet I - Front, side and rear setbacks in H-1 must each be at least the average of the two closest parcels in the district with buildings on the same side of the road, so the 10 ft shown is only the floor. Lot coverage may not exceed the average of those same two parcels.

• H-1 covers the hamlets of New Kingston, Halcottsville, Dunraven, Kelly Corners and Clovesville, and the part of Arkville not in BC, I or H-1/2.
• If any part of the parcel carries a development limitation, § 410H doubles the lot minimum and adds 50 ft of frontage.

Hamlet One-Half - H-1/2 covers only the residential parts of Arkville served by both public water and sewer, so a parcel without both is not in it. Each setback must be at least the average of the two closest parcels in the district with buildings on the same side of the road, with a 10 ft floor.

• Lot coverage may not exceed the average lot coverage of those same two parcels.
• If any part of the parcel carries a development limitation, § 410H doubles the lot minimum and adds 50 ft of frontage.

Industrial - One one-family and one two-family dwelling per lot are permitted outright. The code sets no minimum lot size, so 100 ft of frontage and 50 ft yards on every side are what size a lot here.

• If any part of the parcel carries a development limitation, § 410H doubles the lot minimum and adds 50 ft of frontage.
• The district covers the industrial park along the Arkville cut-off road and several adjacent properties.

Development Limitations Overlay - DL doubles the minimum lot size of the district beneath it and adds 50 ft to its required frontage, wherever the overlay reaches and with no threshold.

• Under DL, R-5 land needs ten acres and 300 ft of frontage, and R-3 land needs six acres and 250 ft.
• Under DL, H-1 land needs two acres and 100 ft of frontage, and H-1/2 land needs one acre and 100 ft.
• Front, side and rear setbacks, lot coverage and the depth-to-width ratio are the same as in the underlying district.