Village of Monroe, NY: zoning for new construction

Suburban Residential - Habitable space is held to thirty feet and two storeys, while total height at the peak may reach the thirty-five feet shown. An accessory apartment, bed-and-breakfast or residential gathering place takes a house's lot and yards but needs a special permit.

• The special permits for those uses fall under §§ 200-49, 200-60 and 200-60.1.
• A neighbourhood place of worship needs at least twenty thousand square feet, and a community place of worship at least sixty thousand on at least a hundred and fifty feet of width.
• A school of general instruction needs at least a hundred and twenty thousand square feet on at least two hundred feet of width and a rear yard of at least fifty feet, plus more land under § 200-60.4.
• A building is capped at the lesser of the height in feet and the storey count shown.

Suburban Residential - Habitable space is held to thirty feet and two storeys, while total height at the peak may reach the thirty-five feet shown. An accessory apartment, bed-and-breakfast or residential gathering place takes the same standards as a house but needs a special permit.

• A convalescent home needs at least thirty thousand square feet on at least two hundred feet of width, with a front setback of at least a hundred and fifty feet and coverage up to sixty percent.
• A community place of worship needs at least sixty thousand square feet; a neighbourhood place of worship needs at least twenty thousand square feet, the same as a house.
• A school of general instruction needs at least a hundred and twenty thousand square feet, with a front setback of at least eighty feet.
• A building is capped at the lesser of the height in feet and the storey count shown.

Urban Residential-Multifamily - Land per dwelling unit sets density here: at least three thousand square feet a unit for rental and townhouse developments, and at least seven thousand five hundred for a two-family house.

• The lot figures shown are for a one-family house. A two-family needs at least fifteen thousand square feet, and multifamily rental and fee-simple townhouses at least forty thousand each.
• A mobile home court needs at least five acres.
• Each unit needs at least a thousand square feet of liveable floor area, or at least twelve hundred for a fee-simple townhouse.
• No side yard is required for multifamily or townhouse development, except that a corner or end unit takes at least twenty feet.
• A building is capped at the lesser of the height in feet and the storey count shown.

Village Recreation - The figures shown are for an indoor recreation facility, which needs a special permit under § 200-57. An outdoor recreation facility needs at least five acres.

• A building is capped at the lesser of the height in feet and the storey count shown.

Central Business - For commercial uses the code specifies no minimum lot area, lot width or front setback, which lets a downtown building stand on the street line on a lot of any size.

• An existing residential building has separate standards: at least ten thousand square feet on at least a hundred feet of width, with coverage up to twenty-five percent.
• An existing residential building needs a front yard of at least thirty feet, side yards of at least fifteen feet each and at least thirty for the pair, and a rear yard of at least thirty-five feet.
• A hotel may reach fifty-two feet and four storeys.
• A building is capped at the lesser of the height in feet and the storey count shown.

General Business - A car wash needs at least forty thousand square feet on at least a hundred and fifty feet of width, with side and rear yards of at least twenty-five feet.

• A garden centre needs at least forty thousand square feet, with coverage up to fifty percent and a front yard of at least forty feet.
• A drive-through use needs a special permit under § 200-59 and at least a hundred and fifty feet of width.
• A building is capped at the lesser of the height in feet and the storey count shown.

Light Industrial - The figures shown are the general commercial standards that most permitted uses share. Light industry itself needs a special permit and at least forty thousand square feet, with coverage up to fifty percent and shallower side and rear yards.

• Motor vehicle repair and existing motor vehicle uses need at least forty thousand square feet on at least a hundred and fifty feet of width.
• An existing residential building needs at least ten thousand square feet on at least a hundred feet of width, a front yard of at least thirty feet and side yards of at least fifteen feet each.
• A building is capped at the lesser of the height in feet and the storey count shown.