Town of Pound Ridge, NY: zoning for new construction

Two-Acre Residential District - A buffer of at least 15 ft is required at all lot lines on top of the setbacks. Every setback increases in 5 ft increments where building or lot coverage exceeds the site plan review thresholds of 3,600 sq ft and 9,000 sq ft (§ 113-37 note 4).

• Accessory buildings owe the same side and rear setbacks as the main house.

Three-Acre Residential District - A buffer of at least 20 ft is required at all lot lines on top of the setbacks. Every setback increases in 5 ft increments where building or lot coverage exceeds the site plan review thresholds of 4,500 sq ft and 12,000 sq ft (§ 113-37 note 4).

• Accessory buildings owe the same 50 ft side and 75 ft rear setbacks as the main house.

One-Acre Residential District - A buffer of at least 10 ft is required at all lot lines on top of the setbacks. Every setback increases in 5 ft increments where building or lot coverage exceeds the site plan review thresholds of 2,600 sq ft and 7,000 sq ft (§ 113-37 note 4).

• Accessory buildings need at least 20 ft side and 25 ft rear setbacks.

Planned Business District A - Every yard in PB-A is as shown on the Planned Business A Zoning District Map, so a parcel's setbacks come from that map.

Planned Business District B - No side yard is required, but where one is provided it must be at least 6 ft, at least 25 ft if used for vehicular access, and at least 50 ft where the lot abuts a residential district (§ 113-37 note 8).

• The Planning Board may reduce the 50 ft side yard on site plan review where screening or topography gives equivalent protection.
• On a corner lot the 30 ft front yard is owed from every street the lot fronts.

Planned Business District C - No side yard is required, but one that is provided must be at least 6 ft. A side yard used for vehicular access must be at least 25 ft, and one abutting a residential district at least 50 ft (§ 113-37 note 8).

• Where the Planning Board finds it suits the topography of a sloping site, three stories are allowed on site plan review, still within the 30 ft height.
• The Planning Board may reduce the 50 ft side yard on site plan review.
• The mapped green space areas are a buffer strip where no building, structure, parking area or other use may stand, and must be kept in a natural state (§ 113-48B).
• On a corner lot the 30 ft front yard is owed from every street the lot fronts.
• No building may exceed 2,500 square feet of coverage.
• The 0.15 floor area ratio is the total figure, commercial floor area is capped at 0.10 of the lot, and both count all floor area of all buildings on the lot.

Landscape Nursery and Garden Center District - The figures shown are for a one-family house. A landscape nursery or garden center needs a lot of at least 20 acres with at least 500 ft of state or county highway frontage, and at least 100 ft front, side and rear setbacks (§ 113-37).

• A nursery or garden center is held to two stories and 25 ft rather than the height shown, and at least 15 acres of its lot must be contiguous dry land.
• Buildings on a nursery lot may cover at most 40,000 square feet in total, and no single building may exceed 5,000 square feet of gross floor area apart from basement storage.
• Enclosed nursery buildings must stand apart by at least half the average of their heights, and never less than 10 feet.
• The nursery floor area ratio is 0.04, counting all buildings including greenhouses and shade sheds.
• A buffer of at least 15 ft is required at all lot lines, and it counts inside the required yard rather than on top of it.
• Site plan approval is required, and every yard and the buffer increase in 5 ft steps, where building coverage exceeds 3,600 square feet or lot coverage exceeds 9,000 square feet.