§ 105-113. Front, side and rear yards.

A. 

Front yard. With respect to all plots having front yards abutting on an arterial highway, other than a parkway, the front yard depth shall not be less than 150 feet. Such requirement of a one-hundred-fifty-foot setback may be reduced to 100 feet on Marcus Avenue upon approval of the Village Board of Trustees, upon recommendation of the Planning Board, if no parking for motor vehicles is provided for in the entire setback area directly in front of the entire length of the building fronting on Marcus Avenue and if there is maintained a densely landscaped and screened fifty-foot buffer strip along Marcus Avenue not lying directly in front of the building. The front yard depth on plots abutting other public streets, including a parkway, shall not be less than 100 feet.

B. 

Side yard. Each side yard width shall not be less than 50 feet, except that a side yard abutting a parkway or abutting property in a residentially zoned district, either within or outside the Village, shall not be less than 120 feet.

C. 

Rear yard. Rear yard depths shall not be less than 50 feet, except that a rear yard abutting a parkway or abutting property in a residentially zoned district, either within or outside the Village, shall not be less than 150 feet.

D. 

Method of measurement. All setback dimensions shall be measured from the property line of the plot to the nearest point of the building measured at grade or any projection above grade.

E. 

Buffer strip and building lines on arterial highways. As part of the yard requirements provided in Subsections A, B and C above, a fifty-foot-wide buffer strip shall be maintained, extending the entire length of and adjacent to New Hyde Park Road, in the Economic Development A District, which buffer strip, broken only by access roads and streets, shall be densely screened with trees, both deciduous and evergreen, and shall be planted with such additional trees as the Planning Board may deem necessary effectively to mask from view of adjacent residential areas any buildings to be erected in the Economic Development A District, and the owner of such property shall be charged with the responsibility of protecting and maintaining the existing trees and future plantings within such buffer strip. Such buffer strip shall be in lieu of the fifteen-foot screening and landscaping area required in § 105-117 A and B of this Article. In no event, however, shall the building line of any property abutting New Hyde Park Road be less than 150 feet from the nearest point on New Hyde Park Road, nor shall the building line of any property abutting Marcus Avenue be less than 100 feet from the nearest point on Marcus Avenue.

F. 

Modifications in group development. In the case of group development, whether or not the plot is subdivided, the Planning Board may, in its discretion, modify internal front, side and rear yard requirements to the extent necessary to accommodate a more advantageous grouping of structures; provided, however, that distances between buildings shall not be less than 50 feet at any points.

[Added 7-20-1966]

Amended 7-22-1968