Village of Sleepy Hollow, NY: zoning for new construction

One-Family Residence, Open - The figures shown are for a residence. A golf course or country club, the district's other principal use, needs a lot of at least 40 acres with at least 500 ft of width.

• A golf course or country club's principal building owes 100 ft front, 100 ft on one side and 200 ft on both sides combined, and 100 ft rear; an accessory building owes 50 ft in front.
• That use may cover no more than 5% of the lot, and its parking must stay at least 25 ft from a side or rear lot line.
• Any other permitted use has no minimum lot area and no minimum width, and may cover 20% of the lot.
• An educational or philanthropic use needs at least 5 acres.

One-Family Residence, Low Density - The yards shown are for a residence. A public school owes 50 ft front, 25 ft on one side and 50 ft on both sides combined, and 50 ft rear, on a lot of at least 5 acres.

• A public school lot also needs at least 200 ft of width.
• A public park needs at least 1 acre with at least 100 ft of width.
• The 20% coverage cap applies to every use.
• An educational or philanthropic use needs at least 1 acre; an existing facility of that kind keeps its setbacks, lot size and parking, with a change of use subject to site plan review (§ 450-66).

One-Family Residence, Low Density - The figures shown are for a residence. A public school needs at least 5 acres with at least 200 ft of width, and a public park at least 1 acre with at least 100 ft of width.

• A public school owes 50 ft in front, 25 ft on one side and 50 ft on both sides combined, and 50 ft in the rear.
• The 20% coverage cap applies to every use.

One-Family Residence, Medium Density - The yards shown are for a residence. Any other use owes 30 ft in front, 10 ft on one side and 25 ft on both sides combined, and 25 ft in the rear.

• A public school needs at least 5 acres with at least 200 ft of width.
• A public park needs at least 10,000 sq ft with at least 100 ft of width.
• The 30% coverage cap applies to every use.

One- and Two-Family Residence/Neighborhood Commercial - A two-family house is held to the same figures as a one-family house. A commercial use on a single lot has no minimum lot area and no minimum width, may cover 60% of the lot, and owes 20 ft in the rear rather than 25 ft.

• Any other use takes the R-4 figures and may cover 30% of the lot.
• Uses are subject to the performance standards of § 450-43 and to site plan review under § 450-66.

One- and Two-Family Residence - A two-family house is held to the same figures as a one-family house. Any other use needs at least 5,000 sq ft with at least 50 ft of width, may cover 30% of the lot, and owes 5 ft on one side and 15 ft on both sides combined.

Multiple Residence, Medium Density - A multiple dwelling needs at least 50 ft of width and at least 5,000 sq ft of lot for its first three units, plus another 1,500 sq ft for each unit beyond the third, and may cover 30% of the lot.

• A church, an attached dwelling or a planned development needs at least 10,000 sq ft with at least 100 ft of width, and a planned residence development may cover 20% of the lot.
• Side yards for a row of attached dwellings are measured only at the end units.
• Every multiple dwelling must provide 100 sq ft of usable open space for each unit.
• Any other use owes 25 ft in front, 10 ft on one side and 20 ft on both sides combined, and 25 ft in the rear, and may cover 35% of the lot.
• Affordable senior housing needs a special permit and at least 0.4 acre with 100 ft of frontage, is limited to 100 units per acre, and gives each unit 600 to 1,600 sq ft of habitable floor area.
• The Board of Trustees may modify those yards and buffers when it issues that permit.

Multiple Residence, High Density - A multiple dwelling needs at least 10,000 sq ft of lot for its first 15 units and another 500 sq ft for each unit beyond that, and each side yard grows by 1 ft for every 5 ft of building height above 50 ft.

• The 25% coverage cap is the one for a multiple dwelling on a single lot.
• An attached dwelling takes the R-5 yards of 20 ft in front, 5 ft on one side and 15 ft on both sides combined, and 25 ft in the rear.
• Every multiple dwelling must provide 50 sq ft of usable open space for each unit.
• Affordable senior housing needs a special permit and at least 0.4 acre with 100 ft of frontage, is limited to 100 units per acre, and gives each unit 600 to 1,600 sq ft of habitable floor area.
• The Board of Trustees may modify those yards and buffers when it issues that permit.

Highway Commercial - A gasoline service station needs at least 10,000 sq ft with at least 100 ft of width on an interior lot, or at least 5,000 sq ft with at least 50 ft of width on a corner lot. Otherwise the district sets no minimum lot area and no minimum width.

• A landscaped buffer is required (§ 450-36C).
• A planned development group may cover 35% of the lot rather than 60%.
• A service station, an automobile sales use, a repair shop and a mixed-use development each carry added requirements, and site plan review applies under § 450-66.

Central Commercial - A mixed use or a multifamily dwelling has no coverage cap but is held to a floor area ratio of 1. For a mixed use, structured parking inside a building is left out of the floor area.

• The zero front and side yards are for a commercial use, and a mixed use also owes no front or side yard.
• A residence takes the R-5 lot with the R-4 coverage and yards: 20 ft in front, 3 ft on one side and 12 ft on both sides combined, and 25 ft in the rear.
• A multifamily dwelling takes the R-5 lot and yards, 5 ft on one side and 15 ft on both sides combined.
• Where a mixed use or a multifamily dwelling abuts a residential district the rear yard is 25 ft, the last 10 ft of which must be landscaped.
• A commercial use in the Lower Beekman Avenue overlay uses the R-5 yards.
• Affordable senior housing needs a special permit and at least 0.4 acre with 100 ft of frontage, is limited to 100 units per acre, and gives each unit 600 to 1,600 sq ft of habitable floor area.

Cemetery Area - A fence or buffer strip is required along a street or property line next to an adjoining residence district (§ 450-36C).

• The code states no minimum lot width and no maximum lot coverage here.

Hospital - The 15% cap is on all principal buildings, with a further 15% for all accessory buildings and 25% of the lot for the two together. A lot here is at least 20 acres.

• An accessory building owes 300 ft in front, 50 ft on one side and 100 ft on both sides combined, and 300 ft in the rear, and may not exceed 50 ft in height.
• A continuing-care retirement community needs a special permit, may reach 70 ft, and gets one independent-living unit, enriched housing unit or skilled nursing bed for every 9,160 sq ft of lot.
• Its yards are 300 ft in front, 300 ft on one side and 600 ft on both sides combined, and 300 ft in the rear where they adjoin a residential use.
• Where only one side adjoins a nonresidential use that side yard falls to 25 ft, with 325 ft on both sides combined, and the rear yard falls to 100 ft against a nonresidential use.
• An accessory building of that community owes 200 ft on one side and 400 ft on both sides combined against a residential use, falling to 25 ft and 225 ft against a nonresidential use.

Public Parking Area - A buffer is required on the perimeter of any abutting residence or parks district.

• No exposed lighting or glare may fall on adjacent land in a residence district under normal weather conditions.
• The code sets no minimum lot area and no maximum lot coverage here.

Riverfront Development District - The 20 acre minimum applies to the district's permitted and special permit uses, not to a riverfront development project. The code sets no yards here; a 75 ft perimeter buffer is required instead (§ 450-21).

• An owner of less than 20 acres adjoining a proposed, approved or constructed riverfront development may apply as part of that development.
• The 35% coverage, the 70% impervious cap, the 0.8 floor area ratio and the 2,200 sq ft per dwelling unit are all measured against the gross development area.
• The 75 ft buffer does not apply along Beekman Avenue, River Street or the Hudson River, and 15% of the gross development area must be kept as open space.
• South of Beekman Avenue nothing may be built within 25 ft of the Hudson River except a water dependent building of no more than 15 ft.
• North of Beekman Avenue the height limit is 25 ft from 25 to 100 ft of the river, 45 ft from 100 to 200 ft, and 65 ft beyond that, except 42 ft within 300 ft west of the Metro-North property.
• An increase in floor area ratio or height may be granted only by special permit (§ 450-19).

Parks - A fence or buffer strip is required along an adjoining residence district (§ 450-36C).

• No exposed lighting or glare may fall on adjoining property in a residence district.
• The code states no minimum lot width here.

Hudson River - This is the Hudson River, water rather than a buildable zoning district.

Railroad Corridor Unzoned - This is not a zoning district. It covers the active railroad corridor outside the mapped zoning districts.