The regulations set forth in this Article or set forth elsewhere in this chapter and applicable to this district are intended to provide for an intermediate to low density of multiple residence use. The regulations are adaptable to the construction of garden-type apartments in older residential sections of the community where such development is appropriate.
A. [Amended 6-6-89 by Ord. No. 89-ZC-214] Use regulations. In the R-3M Apartment District, a building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
(1) Any use permitted in the R-80, R-15 and R-5 Residence Districts.
(2) Multiple-family dwellings.
(3) Any accessory use or structure permitted in the R-80 Residence District, subject to the same limitations and restrictions enumerated in §198-13B.
B. Off-street parking and loading regulations. See Article VII and VIII.
C. Height, area and bulk regulations. See Article IX.
D. Supplementary use regulations and conditionally permitted uses. See Article XI.
E. [Amended 12-30-1969 by Ord. No. 69-ZC-2] Supplemental height, area and bulk regulations. See Article IX. In addition, the following shall apply:
(1) In connection with an urban renewal plan for all or part of an urban renewal area which has been designated as such under the provisions of Article 15 of the General Municipal Law, the Town Board may approve a plan providing for residential density of not more than 40 dwelling units per acre and may approve a building height for such residential structures of not more than five stories or 45 feet.
F. Site development plan. Building and site development plans for a proposed use shall be submitted to the Town Planning Board before an application for a building permit is made. The Planning Board shall review such plans and act thereon as specified and limited in Article XVII, and no building permit may be issued until the plan has been approved. [Amended 7-10-1973 by Ord. No. 73-ZC45]
[Amended 7-10-1973 by Ord. No. 73-ZC-45; 2-28-1978 by Ord. No. 78-ZC-74; 12-6-1983 by Ord. No. 83- ZC-125; 3-3-1998 by L.L. No. 8-1998]
A. Use regulations. In the R-RM Residence District, a building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
(1) Any use permitted in the R-80 Residence District.
(2) Multiple residences designed to provide living and dining accommodations for aged persons, including social, health care or other supportive services and facilities, to be owned and operated for such purposes under the laws of the State of New York.
(3) Any accessory use or structure permitted in the R-80 Residence District, subject to the same limitations and restrictions enumerated in §198-13B and below.
(4) Congregate-care, assisted-living facilities and lifecare communities.
B. Off-street parking and loading regulations. See Articles VII and VIII.
C. Height, area and bulk regulations. See Article IX. In addition, the following shall apply:
(1) No building shall exceed the height permitted in the most restrictive zoning classification adjoining the subject site nor 35 feet, whichever is less.
(2) Notwithstanding other section of this code, when a congregate-care facility, assisted-living facility or a life-care community is to occupy a site, then the minimum lot size shall be five acres; however, conversion of any of these facilities to senior citizens housing, which is exclusively independent living, shall require 10 acres.
D. Supplementary use regulations and conditionally permitted uses. See Article XI. In addition, the following shall apply:
(1) A lot shall have frontage on a major collector street, and circulation facilities shall be so designed that vehicular traffic generated by the use is not directed primarily over minor residential streets.
(2) A buffer strip not less than 25 feet in width, consisting of massed trees and shrubbery, shall be maintained along property lines adjacent to residentially zoned property. The trees and shrubbery shall consist of evergreens and deciduous plant material to create a tall, dense buffer creating habitat for wildlife and visual relief for the neighbors. A landscape plan shall be required for all projects approved under this section.
(3) Not more than 25% of the site may be covered by buildings and at least 25% of the total site area shall be devoted to unpaved nonvehicular open space which shall be landscaped and well maintained with grass, benches, appropriate recreational amenities, walking paths, trees, shrubbery and other suitable plant materials approved during site plan review and consistent with the town's regulations for landscaping (Town of Huntington Subdivision Regulations and Site Improvement Specifications).
(4) Any property line that is contiguous with the property line of any residentially zoned property shall have a one-hundred-foot building setback, and accessory structure and parking setbacks shall not be any closer than 50 feet to any adjacent residentially zoned property.
(5) Parking shall not be allowed within 50 feet of the front property line.
(6) When adjacent to any residence district, no signs shall be permitted other than one indirectly illuminated identification sign on each major street frontage. Such freestanding or monument sign or signs shall not be more than 20 square feet in area, not more than six feet above grade level in height and set back at least 10 feet from any property line. When located in an area that is wholly surrounded by business zoning district(s), all applicable regulations (Town Zoning Code, Article XIV, §198-91 through §198-101) shall apply for size and location of signs. When located in or adjacent to residentially zoned property, facial signs shall be limited to building entrance and direction signs only; freestanding signs may be permitted on the subject grounds, but they shall be limited in height, illumination and to providing direction/instructions for visitors by the Planning Board during site plan review and approval.
(7) Exterior illumination other than for identification signs shall be limited to the illumination of the building entrance, recreation areas, parking areas and access ways, for security and safety, and the intensity of such illumination shall be the minimum necessary for such purposes. Lighting devices and location shall be approved during site plan review and shall be so shielded and directed that no illumination shall extend beyond the limits of the lot,
(8) When a congregate-care, life-care or assisted-living facility will occupy the same parcel of land as does a nursing home, then more than one main building may be located on the subject site, provided that the subject site meets the area requirements for both uses (e.g., nursing home and congregate-care on the same site requires five acres for each use; total required is minimum 10 acres). When the congregate-care facility and the associated nursing home occupy adjacent but separate lots, then for the purposes of determining yield buildings on both lots shall meet all of the setback, frontage and area requirements specified above and in Article IX, §198-55, Chart of Height, Area and Bulk Requirements, of this code.
(9) During site plan review the Planning Board may modify setbacks and landscape buffer widths at a contiguous lot line when two facilities are approved, pursuant to this section, adjacent to one another, if such setback modification will encourage better site design, including minimizing impacts on the surrounding community and more efficient traffic circulation.
(10) A congregate-care facility, assisted-living facility, life-care facility or senior citizens housing project shall not be located any closer than 500 feet to any other facility approved pursuant to this section.
E. Supplementary height, area and bulk regulations. See Article IX.
F. Site development plan. Building and site development plans for a proposed use shall be submitted to the Planning Board before an application for a building permit is made. The Planning Board shall review such plans and act thereon as specified and limited in Article XVII, and no building permit may be issued until the plans have been approved.
[Added 8-29-1978 by Ord. No. 78-ZC-80]
A. Use regulations. In the R-MS Medical Services District the premises and any structures thereon shall be used only for the following purposes:
(1) Detached single-family dwellings and the uses and activities normally accessory thereto, as specified and limited in the R-80 Residence District.
(2) Nonprofit general hospitals, excluding institutions operated principally for the care of mental patients or persons addicted to drugs or alcohol. Accessory uses, buildings and structures maintained as accessories to a permitted hospital use shall be limited to detached single-family dwellings used as living quarters for personnel employed on the premises or teaching facilities operated in connection with the principal use or parking lots or structures.
B. Signs shall be as permitted and limited in Article XIV.
C. The minimum off-street parking requirement for hospitals in the R-MS Medical Services District shall be one space for each two patient beds, plus one space for each 200 square feet of floor area devoted to emergency, out-patient and diagnostic services, plus one space for each full-time professional staff member and one space for each two employees on the maximum work shift. In addition, all provisions and requirements of Article VII of this chapter not inconsistent herewith shall apply. [Amended 10-17-1978 by Ord. No. 78-ZC-85]
D. Off-street loading requirements shall be as specified and limited in Article VIII. [Added 10-17-1978 by Ord. No. 78-ZC-85]
E. Height, area and bulk regulations; landscaping; exterior illumination.
(1) In the case of a nonprofit general hospital, the lot shall contain not less than 10 acres, and in the case of a detached single-family dwelling, the lot for such dwelling shall contain not less than the area required in the residence district which applied to the property immediately prior to any reclassification to the R-MS District.
(2) Not more than 20% of the lot shall be covered by buildings.
(3) A main building shall not exceed six stories in height. Accessory buildings shall not exceed three stories or 35 feet in height. Parking structures shall not exceed two levels or 15 feet in height.
(4) Except in the case of a detached single-family dwelling, the lot shall have frontage on a major street as specified on the Comprehensive Town Plan, and circulation facilities shall be so designed that vehicular traffic generated by the use is not directed primarily over minor residential streets.
(5) Any new building or building addition shall not be located within 100 feet of a front or side property line, nor within 75 feet of a rear property line. In the case of a dwelling, the front, side and rear yard requirements shall be as specified in the regulations of the residence district which applied to any reclassification of the R-MS District. A parking structure may be located within a required yard area, but shall not be located within twenty-five (25) feet of a lot line in any case.
(6) Require landscaping and screening shall be provided and maintained along side and rear property lines, and any required planting screen shall not be less than ten (10) feet in horizontal depth.
(7) Exterior illumination other than for identification signs shall be limited to the illumination of the building exterior, parking areas and accessways for security and safety, and the intensity of such illumination shall be the minimum necessary for such purposes. Lighting devices shall be so shielded and directed that illumination shall not extend beyond the limits of the lot.
F. Supplementary height, area and bulk regulations. Supplementary height, area and bulk regulations shall be as specified and limited in Article IX.
G. Site development plan. Building and site development plans for a proposed use, or for addition, expansion or revision of an existing use, shall be submitted to the Town Planning Board before an application for a building permit is made. The Planning Board shall review such plans and act thereon as specified and limited in Article XVII and no building permit may be issued until the plan has been approved. [Added 10-17-1978 by Ord. No. 78-ZC-85]
