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R-5 Zoning District

One Family: 5,000 Square Ft | R-5

Last Update: 10/3/19

Planning Department

Dimensional Requirements:

FAR:

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Stories:

2 1/2

Height:

35

  • Minimum Required Yard: Front

20 Feet

  • Minimum Required Yard: Lesser Side

6 Feet

  • Minimum Required Yard: Two Sides Combined

14 Feet

  • Minimum Required Yard: Rear

25 Feet

Maximum Coverage All Buildings (as percentage of lot area)

35%

Other Requirements

See Notes 1, 2 & 3

Minimum Lot Area

5,000 Sq Feet

Minimum Lot Width and Frontage

50 Feet

Minimum Lot Depth

100 Feet

Minimum Habitable Floor Area

2-Story: 1,400 Square Feet

1-Story: 1,100 Square Feet

Parking RequirementsSchedule of Off-Street Parking

Notes:

1. The following minimum distances shall be observed between buildings on the same lot: a distance equal to the average height of such buildings at the points where such buildings are nearest each other

2. 6 For off-street parking and loading requirements, see Article VIII

3. Every accessory building or structure shall conform in all respects to the minimum front and side yard setbacks applicable to the lot in question and shall not be located closer than six feet to the rear lot line.

Permitted principal uses. The following are the only principal uses permitted in the R-5 One-Family Residence District:

(1) One-family dwellings, not to exceed one such dwelling on each lot.

(2) Places of worship and religious instruction, including parish houses. (Special permit required)

(3) Any municipal uses of the Village of Mamaroneck.

(4) Public schools.

(5) Private schools having a comprehensive curriculum of studies similar to a public school, provided that the lot on which they are located at least meets the site size requirements of the State Department of Education. (Special permit required)

(6) Nursery schools. (Special permit required)

(7) Annual membership clubs, such as beach, golf, country, yacht and similar clubs, but only if incorporated pursuant to the provisions of the Membership Corporations or Benevolent Order Laws of the State of New York. (Special permit required)

(8) Transformer stations and customary accessory uses, subject to a finding by the Board of Appeals that service cannot be adequately supplied by transformer stations located in a district other than a residence district, that a public necessity exists for a transformer station in a residence area and that the particular site for which application is made is the least objectionable from the public standpoint and is so located as to facilitate adequate electric service to the area. (special permit required)

(9) Planned residential developments (special permit required)

(10) Family day-care homes and group family day-care homes, for which a permit has been issued pursuant to § 390, Subdivision 1(a), of the Social Services Law of the State of New York.

(11) Adaptive reuse of educational and religious buildings by special permit from the Planning Board as permitted by § 342-52.2.

For the full text of the zoning code, please visit the online zoning code here: https://ecode360.com/7712654