Town of Day, NY: zoning for new construction

Lakefront Residential - The binding line on a lakefront parcel is the 75 ft shoreline setback from the mean high water mark of Great Sacandaga Lake, with a 50 ft stream setback from the mean high water mark of any navigable lake, pond or stream.

• An existing structure inside the shoreline setback area may not be expanded within it.
• Accessory structures take a 15 ft setback, but one of 100 sq ft or larger is subject to the shoreline setbacks, and one of any size takes the same front yard as a principal building.
• A fence counts as a structure, so the shoreline setback reaches it; boundary and perimeter fences up to 6 ft may stand inside the setback area except in shoreline areas, where § 8.2C governs.
• A small lot separately owned when the law passed may be built on without a variance, with side yards reduced in proportion to the width shortfall, if it adjoins no other property the applicant owns.
• The front yard may instead equal the average depth of the buildings within 100 ft on either or both sides, subject to a floor of 40 ft and never more than the district requires.
• The rear yard is reduced in proportion on a lot that was already under the district minimum when the law passed.

Neighborhood Commercial - The dimensions here are identical to the lakefront district's and the two are separated entirely by use. A one-family dwelling is permitted by right, but a multi-family or apartment house is not available in NC: it exists only in RMD and RLD.

• A 75 ft Great Sacandaga shoreline setback and a 50 ft stream setback run beside the yards.
• Senior citizen housing and an assisted living facility for seniors are site plan uses here, which is the Town's only multi-unit residential path outside RMD and RLD.
• Accessory structures take a 15 ft setback, but one of 100 sq ft or larger is subject to the shoreline setbacks, and one of any size takes the same front yard as a principal building.
• A small lot separately owned when the law passed may be built on without a variance, with side yards reduced in proportion to the width shortfall, if it adjoins no other property the applicant owns.
• The front yard may instead equal the average depth of the buildings within 100 ft on either or both sides, subject to a floor of 40 ft and never more than the district requires.
• Retail fuel sales, a laundromat, a shopping centre and a hospital are available here and nowhere else in the town, each by site plan approval.

Residential Moderate Density - A multi-family dwelling or apartment house is available here by site plan approval, in one of only two districts where it is available at all, and no separate dimensional standard is published for it: the district figures govern and unit count is settled in site plan review.

• A 75 ft stream setback and a 75 ft Great Sacandaga shoreline setback run beside the yards.
• Senior citizen housing and assisted living are site plan uses here as well.
• Accessory structures take a 15 ft setback, but one of 100 sq ft or larger is subject to the shoreline setbacks, and one of any size takes the same front yard as a principal building.
• A small lot separately owned when the law passed may be built on without a variance, with side yards reduced in proportion to the width shortfall, if it adjoins no other property the applicant owns.
• The front yard may instead equal the average depth of the buildings within 100 ft on either or both sides, subject to a floor of 40 ft and never more than the district requires.
• The purpose of the district expressly encourages consolidating vacant undersized lots to bring them into conformity.

Residential Low Density - A 75 ft stream setback runs beside the yards here. No shoreline setback is stated for RLD, because the district does not reach the lake. A multi-family dwelling or apartment house is available by site plan approval, in one of only two districts where it is.

• Hunting or fishing camps and cabins are permitted by right here, where RMD requires site plan approval, and agriculture is by right.
• Senior citizen housing and assisted living are site plan uses here as well; an adult entertainment establishment is available in RLD alone, by site plan.
• Junkyards, kennels, light industrial use, sawmills and mining are site plan uses in RMD and RLD alike.
• Accessory structures take a 15 ft setback, but one of 100 sq ft or larger is subject to the shoreline setbacks, and one of any size takes the same front yard as a principal building.
• A small lot separately owned when the law passed may be built on without a variance, with side yards reduced in proportion to the width shortfall, if it adjoins no other property the applicant owns.
• The front yard may instead equal the average depth of the buildings within 100 ft on either or both sides, subject to a floor of 40 ft and never more than the district requires.

Residential/Resource Conservation - A one-family dwelling is not permitted by right in RRC: it takes site plan approval, and this is the only district in the town where that is so. Underwrite RRC as forest and recreation land rather than as a housing site.

• The 400 ft of lot width applies except for hunting and fishing camps, and a 100 ft stream setback runs beside the yards.
• Agriculture, forestry and hunting or fishing camps and cabins are permitted by right; campgrounds, clubs or lodges, golf courses, group camps, mining and quarrying take site plan approval.
• Multi-family, senior housing and assisted living are all unavailable here, as are bed-and-breakfasts, restaurants, taverns, retail and offices.
• Accessory structures take a 15 ft setback, but one of 100 sq ft or larger is subject to the shoreline setbacks, and one of any size takes the same front yard as a principal building.
• The front yard may instead equal the average depth of the buildings within 100 ft on either or both sides, subject to a floor of 40 ft and never more than the district requires.