Village of Orchard Park, NY: zoning for new construction

R-1 Residential District, R-2 Residential District - The side yard shown is the smallest either side may be: the two sides must total 20 ft, taken as 8 ft and 12 ft or as 10 ft and 10 ft.

• The front setback is 35 ft or the existing building front line, whichever is greater, so on a street already built deeper the existing line governs

R-3 Residential District - Multifamily and townhouses take a different standard entirely: at least 30,000 sq ft of lot, 4,000 sq ft per dwelling unit and 150 ft of width, with 15 ft side yards, a 40 ft rear yard, a 30% coverage cap and at least 800 sq ft of livable floor area per unit.

• A two-family needs at least 15,000 sq ft of lot, 7,500 sq ft per unit and 100 ft of width
• The side yard shown is the smallest either side may be: the two sides must total 20 ft, taken as 8 ft and 12 ft or as 10 ft and 10 ft
• The front setback is 35 ft or the existing building front line, whichever is greater

R-4 Residential District - Multifamily and townhouses take a different standard entirely: at least 30,000 sq ft of lot, 4,000 sq ft per dwelling unit and 150 ft of width, with 15 ft side yards, a 40 ft rear yard, a 30% coverage cap and at least 800 sq ft of livable floor area per unit.

• A two-family needs at least 15,000 sq ft of lot, 7,500 sq ft per unit and 100 ft of width
• A non-residential special use needs at least 15,000 sq ft of lot and 100 ft of width, with the residential yards and a 35% coverage cap
• The side yard shown is the smallest either side may be: the two sides must total 20 ft, taken as 8 ft and 12 ft or as 10 ft and 10 ft
• The front setback is 35 ft or the existing building front line, whichever is greater

Residential District - The side yard shown is the smallest either side may be: the two sides must total 20 ft, taken as 8 ft and 12 ft or as 10 ft and 10 ft.

• The 30 ft front setback here is a plain figure, not a floor that the existing building line can raise

Commercial District - There is no front setback figure here: it is set as deemed appropriate upon site plan review, consistent with the surrounding structures, accommodating sidewalks and pedestrians and following the village's streetscape design requirements.

• Building footprint is capped separately from coverage at 3,500 sq ft per building without a special use permit
• A special use permit is required for any modification or new construction that results in a height of less than 22 ft, or that increases or decreases an existing structure's height by more than 10%
• A dwelling needs 600 sq ft per unit

Professional-Commercial District - This district takes the residential side yards: the two sides must total 20 ft, taken as 8 ft and 12 ft or as 10 ft and 10 ft.

• Building footprint is capped separately from coverage at 2,000 sq ft per building without a special use permit
• A special use permit is required for any modification or new construction that results in a height of less than 22 ft, or that increases or decreases an existing structure's height by more than 10%
• A dwelling needs 600 sq ft per unit

Land Conservation District - The district marks land where substantial development in the form of buildings or structures is prohibited, because of topography, drainage, floodplain or other natural conditions, or because the land lacks the facilities to be developed at reasonable cost.

• Nothing is allowed by right: parks, golf courses, athletic fields and similar uses, farming without animals, and public utilities are special uses