§ 85-658. Enhanced dimensional requirements.  


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  • A. 
    Minimum front yard setback.
    (1) 
    The setback for structures, vehicular movement, and vehicular parking areas shall be 25 feet, with the exception of permitted curb cuts and access drives (only where necessary) and the Hoover Court Area (see below). Upon petition, review and approval of the Planning Board, previously developed lots may seek relief from this section up to 10%, and the Planning Board herein is empowered and authorized to grant such relief upon a finding that it is the minimum amount necessary to permit the alternative development and accomplishes the goals set forth herein, and provided all other landscape and buffer requirements are met.
    (2) 
    For through lots (lots with frontage on parallel streets) and corner lots facing existing side roads, the secondary front yard setback shall also be a minimum of 25 feet.
    (3) 
    Except as otherwise provided herein, the minimum required landscaped front yard shall be 25 feet.
    (4) 
    Hoover Court: The area on the north side of Montauk Highway, beginning 300 feet east of Park Avenue, along both Montauk Highway and Hoover Court and extending east to Titmus Drive (with the exception of the parcel identified as SCTM #200-852-1-063.1, which does not include the strip of land designated for parking) (from herein to be known as the "Hoover Court Area") contains a fifty-foot (as well as 25 feet along the west side of Bonny Drive) strip of land which is neither Town-owned nor privately owned, but exists for the common use of the adjoining parcels. Only in areas where this common land is present, the building setback from the private property line along Montauk Highway may be reduced to a minimum of one foot in order to maintain landscaping along the Montauk Highway side of the parcels, within the common area and to provide coordinated parking to the north of the uses with access from Hoover Court.
    B. 
    Required side yard setback.
    (1) 
    The minimum side yard setback shall be 10 feet.
    C. 
    Required rear yard.
    (1) 
    The minimum rear yard setback shall be 25 feet.
    D. 
    Floor area ratio (FAR).
    (1) 
    The maximum FAR within the Transitional Area Overlay District shall be 35% except in the Hoover Court Area where it shall be 30%.
    (2) 
    In the Hoover Court Area, the lot area and resulting FAR calculation should include the fifty-foot-wide common area described above.
    (3) 
    Front porches which enhance the residential style of a building may be excluded from the FAR.
    E. 
    Height.
    (1) 
    Maximum height may not exceed 35 feet or 2 1/2 stories.
    (2) 
    The maximum height of accessory structures may not exceed 18 feet in height.
    F. 
    Second-story residential density.
    (1) 
    Must conform to Suffolk County Sanitary Code or as approved by SCDHS BOR for additional density.