Village of Buchanan, NY: zoning for new construction

Planned Industrial District - The rear yard rises to 125 ft where the lot abuts a residential district (§ 211-15).

Residential District - The rear yard is 25% of lot depth, capped at 30 ft (§ 211-15).

• A place of worship, a parish house or rectory, or a use of the Village is held to the R-40 district standards instead: a lot of at least 40,000 square feet, 125 ft of width and 200 ft of depth.
• Those uses also owe side yards of 20 ft each and 50 ft together, a 50 ft rear yard, and total coverage capped at 35%.
• The coverage cap is not a building footprint cap: it counts driveways, parking areas, patios, decks, paved walkways and swimming pools as well (§ 211-5).
• No building permit is issued for a lot that is not served by both the public water and the public sewer system (§ 211-18D).
• The lot must also have at least 100 ft of frontage at the street line, the same as the lot width (§ 211-15).
• In a major subdivision the lot yield is net parcel area divided by the district minimum, after deducting wetlands and half their buffers, the flood boundary and slopes steeper than 15%.

Residential District - The rear yard is 25% of lot depth, capped at 50 ft (§ 211-15), so a shallower nonconforming lot owes proportionally less.

Residential District, Residential District - The rear yard is 25% of lot depth, capped at 30 ft (§ 211-15), so a lot at the district's 100 ft minimum depth owes 25 ft and the cap binds only on deeper lots.

• A place of worship, a parish house or rectory, or a use of the Village is held to the R-40 district standards instead: a lot of at least 40,000 square feet, 125 ft of width and 200 ft of depth.
• Those uses also owe side yards of 20 ft each and 50 ft together, a 50 ft rear yard, and total coverage capped at 35%.
• The coverage cap is not a building footprint cap: it counts driveways, parking areas, patios, decks, paved walkways and swimming pools as well (§ 211-5).
• No building permit is issued for a lot that is not served by both the public water and the public sewer system (§ 211-18D).
• The lot must also have at least 75 ft of frontage at the street line, the same as the lot width (§ 211-15).
• In a major subdivision the lot yield is net parcel area divided by the district minimum, after deducting wetlands and half their buffers, the flood boundary and slopes steeper than 15%.

Residential District - The rear yard is 25% of lot depth, capped at 30 ft (§ 211-15), which is what a lot at the district's 120 ft minimum depth owes.

• A place of worship, a parish house or rectory, or a use of the Village is held to the R-40 district standards instead: a lot of at least 40,000 square feet, 125 ft of width and 200 ft of depth.
• Those uses also owe side yards of 20 ft each and 50 ft together, a 50 ft rear yard, and total coverage capped at 35%.
• The coverage cap is not a building footprint cap: it counts driveways, parking areas, patios, decks, paved walkways and swimming pools as well (§ 211-5).
• No building permit is issued for a lot that is not served by both the public water and the public sewer system (§ 211-18D).
• The lot must also have at least 80 ft of frontage at the street line, the same as the lot width (§ 211-15).
• In a major subdivision the lot yield is net parcel area divided by the district minimum, after deducting wetlands and half their buffers, the flood boundary and slopes steeper than 15%.

Neighborhood Commercial District - Where the lot abuts a residential district, the side yard rises to 20 ft and the rear yard becomes that residential district's rear yard (§ 211-15).

• Dwelling units come only in back of or over a commercial establishment, at up to four units per acre and at least 750 square feet each, with at most half the total floor area residential.
• By special permit a multifamily or two-family building may go on a parcel of at least 40,000 square feet that adjoins a residentially zoned district.
• That permit allows no more than five dwelling units per 40,000 square feet of parcel, each unit at least 750 square feet.
• The coverage cap is not a building footprint cap: it counts driveways, parking areas, patios, decks, paved walkways and swimming pools as well (§ 211-5).
• No building permit is issued for a lot that is not served by both the public water and the public sewer system (§ 211-18D).
• Yard screening is required within 15 ft of the boundary where a commercial use, or its off-street parking lot, abuts a residential use (§ 211-21A).

Overlay Zoning District - This is an overlay rather than a base district: every bulk standard is the same as in the underlying C-1 or C-2 district, so the yards are those of whichever district the parcel sits in (§ 211-15).

• Confirm the parcel's underlying district with the building department.

General Commercial District - Where the lot abuts a residential district, the side yard rises to 20 ft and the rear yard becomes that residential district's rear yard (§ 211-15).

• Dwelling units come only in back of or over a commercial establishment, at up to four units per acre and at least 750 square feet each, with at most half the total floor area residential.
• The multifamily and two-family special permit route that C-1 offers is not carried here (§ 211-10).
• The coverage cap is not a building footprint cap: it counts driveways, parking areas, patios, decks, paved walkways and swimming pools as well (§ 211-5).
• No building permit is issued for a lot that is not served by both the public water and the public sewer system (§ 211-18D).
• The lot must also have at least 100 ft of frontage at the street line, the same as the lot width (§ 211-15).
• Yard screening is required within 15 ft of the boundary where a commercial use, or its off-street parking lot, abuts a residential use (§ 211-21A).

Light Industrial District - The rear yard rises to 50 ft where the lot abuts a residential district (§ 211-15).