Town of Tuxedo, NY: zoning for new construction

Special Recreation - No ordinary dwelling is permitted here. The only housing is a dwelling restricted to park employees, on the same lot and yards but with 20% coverage and site plan approval.

• Coverage counts driveways, parking and every other improvement, not just buildings
• A street frontage of at least 100 ft applies too, as a standard separate from lot width
• A visitor centre may cover 25%
• A reservoir and public utilities need a special use permit and are held to 15 ft and one storey

Conservation - A house here needs a special use permit rather than being a use by right, and the figures shown come with that approval. Coverage counts driveways, parking and every other improvement, not just buildings.

• Agriculture is permitted by right on at least one acre with at least a hundred and twenty-five feet of width, yards of at least twenty-five feet and at least fifty for the pair of side yards
• A standalone caretaker cottage is an accessory use and needs a lot of at least five acres
• A street frontage of at least 250 ft applies too, as a standard separate from lot width
• A golf course needs at least sixty acres, a resort lodge at least twenty-five, and commercial outdoor recreation or a commercial stable at least ten each
• A resort lodge also needs at least five hundred feet of lot width and a front yard of at least two hundred feet, and may rise forty-five feet

Low Density Residential - A single-family house is permitted by right, and no two-family house or attached dwelling is permitted. Coverage counts driveways, parking and every other improvement, not just buildings.

• A street frontage of at least 150 ft applies too, as a standard separate from lot width
• Agriculture needs at least one acre on at least a hundred and twenty-five feet of width, with yards of at least twenty-five feet

Low-Medium Density Residential - A two-family house needs a special use permit and at least an acre and a half, with coverage up to 25% on the same lot width and yards. Coverage counts driveways, parking and every other improvement, not just buildings.

• A street frontage of at least 125 ft applies too, as a standard separate from lot width
• Agriculture needs at least one acre on at least a hundred and twenty-five feet of width, with yards of at least twenty-five feet

Southfields Hamlet Residential - The district provides only for a single-family detached dwelling and public utilities, not two-family, attached or multifamily dwellings. Coverage counts driveways, parking and every other improvement, not just buildings.

• A street frontage of at least 75 ft applies too, as a standard separate from lot width

Tuxedo Town Center - The figures shown are for small shops such as an antique shop, art gallery, bank, bar or office. Coverage counts driveways, parking and every other improvement, not just buildings.

• An animal hospital needs at least a full acre on at least two hundred feet of width, with a front yard of at least seventy-five feet
• A pre-existing automotive gas station needs at least twenty thousand square feet and is held to 15 ft and one storey
• A street frontage of at least 100 ft applies too, as a standard separate from lot width

Neighborhood Business - Every use here needs site plan approval, and nearly every commercial use takes the same lot and yards shown. Coverage counts driveways, parking and every other improvement, not just buildings.

• A street frontage of at least 125 ft applies too, as a standard separate from lot width

General Business - The figures shown are for ordinary shops and offices, and lot depth varies by use between a hundred and two hundred feet. Coverage counts driveways, parking and every other improvement, not just buildings.

• Industrial agriculture needs at least five acres on at least three hundred feet of width, with at least two hundred feet of street frontage
• Industrial agriculture needs a front yard of at least a hundred feet and side yards of at least a hundred and fifty feet for the pair
• Industrial agriculture may cover 35% and rise to forty feet in two storeys
• A bank also needs at least an acre, but may rise to forty feet in two storeys
• A street frontage of at least 150 ft applies too, as a standard separate from lot width

Tourism Business - The figures shown are for ordinary shops and galleries. Outdoor commercial recreation needs at least fifteen acres on at least three hundred feet of width, with a front yard of at least a hundred feet and at least two hundred and fifty feet of street frontage.

• An animal sanctuary needs at least five acres on the same lot shape as outdoor commercial recreation
• Indoor commercial recreation needs at least two acres and is held to 10% development coverage
• Coverage counts driveways, parking and every other improvement, not just buildings
• A street frontage of at least 150 ft applies too, as a standard separate from lot width

Research Office - The figures shown are for ordinary offices, and coverage counts driveways, parking and every other improvement, not just buildings. A street frontage of at least 150 ft applies as a standard separate from lot width.

• Industrial agriculture needs at least five acres on at least three hundred feet of width, a front yard of at least a hundred feet and at least two hundred and fifty feet of street frontage
• Industrial agriculture may cover 35% and rise to forty feet in two storeys
• A building contractor establishment needs at least two acres and a front yard of at least fifty feet, with coverage up to 40%, and is held to 15 ft and a single storey
• A building contractor establishment with outdoor storage needs a special use permit

Light Industrial Office - The figures shown are for ordinary offices and light assembly, and coverage counts driveways, parking and every other improvement, not just buildings. A street frontage of at least 150 ft applies as a standard separate from lot width.

• Heavy assembly needs at least four acres and side yards of at least seventy-five feet each and a hundred for the pair, and may rise forty feet in two storeys
• Agricultural industry needs at least five acres on at least three hundred feet of width, with a front yard of at least a hundred feet
• A building contractor establishment needs at least two acres, with coverage up to 40%, and is held to 15 ft and one storey

Cannabis Retail Dispensary Overlay - This overlay carries a single use, a cannabis retail dispensary, which needs a special use permit and site plan approval. The figures shown apply to that use only; the district beneath governs every other use on the parcel.

• Coverage counts driveways, parking and every other improvement, not just buildings
• A street frontage of at least 100 ft applies too, as a standard separate from lot width

Medium Density Residential - Two-family, semi-attached and townhouse dwellings are possible here, each with a special use permit and site plan approval. A two-family house needs at least thirty thousand square feet on at least a hundred and twenty-five feet of width, with coverage up to 30%.

• A semi-attached dwelling needs at least fifteen thousand square feet on at least seventy-five feet of width, with coverage up to 35% and no more than three units to the acre
• A townhouse needs at least seven thousand five hundred square feet on at least fifty feet of width, with coverage up to 40% and no more than six units to the acre
• Where dwellings are attached, no side yard is required along the shared lot line, and their other side yards must be at least twenty-five feet
• Coverage counts driveways, parking and every other improvement, not just buildings
• A street frontage of at least 85 ft applies too, as a standard separate from lot width

Medium-High Density Residential - Two-family, semi-attached, townhouse and multifamily dwellings and a senior care facility each need a special use permit and site plan approval. A multifamily building needs at least two acres on at least two hundred feet of width and depth, at no more than six units to the acre.

• A two-family house needs at least twenty thousand square feet, at two units to the acre
• A semi-attached dwelling needs at least twelve thousand five hundred square feet at three to the acre, and a townhouse at least seven thousand five hundred at six to the acre
• A senior care facility needs at least three acres, at 60% coverage and eight units to the acre, and may rise forty-five feet and three and a half storeys
• Coverage counts driveways, parking and every other improvement, not just buildings; for multifamily it is 50% of the whole site
• Where dwellings are attached, no side yard is required along the shared lot line, and their other side yards must be at least twenty-five feet
• A street frontage of at least 80 ft applies too, as a standard separate from lot width

Southfields Hamlet Business - A dwelling is possible here only above ground-floor retail and only on a special use permit, and every use needs site plan approval. The figures shown are for small shops such as an antique shop, art gallery, bank, bar, office or craft studio.

• A grocery store, hotel, indoor commercial recreation, animal hospital or pre-existing gas station needs at least an acre on at least a hundred and fifty feet of width
• Those larger uses need side yards of at least fifty feet each and a hundred for the pair, and coverage drops to 50%
• Coverage counts driveways, parking and every other improvement, not just buildings
• A street frontage of at least 100 ft applies too, as a standard separate from lot width