Town of Claverack, NY: zoning for new construction

Rural Conservation — THIS FIGURE IS A DENSITY, NOT A LOT MINIMUM. Table 2 heads the row "Minimum lot size or Density of Development as applicable" and prints "density" for RC, RR and RA. § 6.3.1 then allows LOT SIZE AVERAGING in those three districts: an individual lot may be as small as the minimum the Columbia County standards for water and waste treatment allow, provided overall parcel density stays within one dwelling per five acres in RC and RA and one per two acres in RR. The law states no numeric floor for such a lot, so none is recorded. On a corner lot the side yard abutting the side street is 80 ft — a separate figure from the interior side yard above, and one with no field. Minimum lot FRONTAGE is 200 ft, a separate requirement from the lot width above. Commercial or manufacturing building footprint 3,500 sq ft; multifamily structure of 3+ units 5,000 sq ft; institutional structure 10,000 sq ft. The density Table 2 sets is the TOTAL development potential of a parcel: once used up through subdivision no further subdivision is allowed, and the Planning Board maintains an official parcel map and register of each parcel's remaining allotment (§ 6.3.2). DENSITY BONUS: § 6.4 lets an applicant for a residential subdivision, special exception or site plan earn up to 30% MORE dwelling units than Table 2 allows, for preserving 50%+ of a parcel as agricultural land, for moderately-priced housing or for traditional neighbourhood design. What qualifies is the kind of development, which is not a condition axis, so no bonused figure is recorded.

Rural Residential, Rural Agricultural — THIS FIGURE IS A DENSITY, NOT A LOT MINIMUM. Table 2 heads the row "Minimum lot size or Density of Development as applicable" and prints "density" for RC, RR and RA. § 6.3.1 then allows LOT SIZE AVERAGING in those three districts: an individual lot may be as small as the minimum the Columbia County standards for water and waste treatment allow, provided overall parcel density stays within one dwelling per five acres in RC and RA and one per two acres in RR. The law states no numeric floor for such a lot, so none is recorded. On a corner lot the side yard abutting the side street is 25 ft — a separate figure from the interior side yard above, and one with no field. Minimum lot FRONTAGE is 150 ft, a separate requirement from the lot width above. Commercial or manufacturing building footprint 3,500 sq ft; institutional structure 10,000 sq ft. Table 2 prints N/A for a multifamily structure. The density Table 2 sets is the TOTAL development potential of a parcel: once used up through subdivision no further subdivision is allowed, and the Planning Board maintains an official parcel map and register of each parcel's remaining allotment (§ 6.3.2). DENSITY BONUS: § 6.4 lets an applicant for a residential subdivision, special exception or site plan earn up to 30% MORE dwelling units than Table 2 allows, for preserving 50%+ of a parcel as agricultural land, for moderately-priced housing or for traditional neighbourhood design. What qualifies is the kind of development, which is not a condition axis, so no bonused figure is recorded.

Hamlet Residential — HR halves to 0.5 acre with public sewage OR water, recorded as variants. On a corner lot the side yard abutting the side street is 20 ft — a separate figure from the interior side yard above, and one with no field. Minimum lot FRONTAGE is 80 ft, a separate requirement from the lot width above. Multifamily structure of 3+ units 5,000 sq ft; institutional structure 10,000 sq ft. Table 2 prints N/A for a commercial or manufacturing footprint. The density Table 2 sets is the TOTAL development potential of a parcel: once used up through subdivision no further subdivision is allowed, and the Planning Board maintains an official parcel map and register of each parcel's remaining allotment (§ 6.3.2). DENSITY BONUS: § 6.4 lets an applicant for a residential subdivision, special exception or site plan earn up to 30% MORE dwelling units than Table 2 allows, for preserving 50%+ of a parcel as agricultural land, for moderately-priced housing or for traditional neighbourhood design. What qualifies is the kind of development, which is not a condition axis, so no bonused figure is recorded.

Mobile Home Park — MHP is a Mobile Home Park DISTRICT with a 12-acre minimum lot, a 300 ft front setback and a 20 ft height limit — the most restrictive front yard and the lowest height in the town. On a corner lot the side yard abutting the side street is 25 ft — a separate figure from the interior side yard above, and one with no field. Minimum lot FRONTAGE is 300 ft, a separate requirement from the lot width above. Institutional structure 10,000 sq ft. Table 2 prints N/A for commercial, manufacturing and multifamily footprints, and N/A for lot coverage — MHP publishes no coverage limit. The density Table 2 sets is the TOTAL development potential of a parcel: once used up through subdivision no further subdivision is allowed, and the Planning Board maintains an official parcel map and register of each parcel's remaining allotment (§ 6.3.2). DENSITY BONUS: § 6.4 lets an applicant for a residential subdivision, special exception or site plan earn up to 30% MORE dwelling units than Table 2 allows, for preserving 50%+ of a parcel as agricultural land, for moderately-priced housing or for traditional neighbourhood design. What qualifies is the kind of development, which is not a condition axis, so no bonused figure is recorded.

Highway Commercial — On a corner lot the side yard abutting the side street is 70 ft — a separate figure from the interior side yard above, and one with no field. Minimum lot FRONTAGE is 100 ft, a separate requirement from the lot width above. Building footprint 20,000 sq ft for retail and 45,000 sq ft for non-retail; multifamily structure of 3+ units 2,500 sq ft; institutional structure 10,000 sq ft. The density Table 2 sets is the TOTAL development potential of a parcel: once used up through subdivision no further subdivision is allowed, and the Planning Board maintains an official parcel map and register of each parcel's remaining allotment (§ 6.3.2). DENSITY BONUS: § 6.4 lets an applicant for a residential subdivision, special exception or site plan earn up to 30% MORE dwelling units than Table 2 allows, for preserving 50%+ of a parcel as agricultural land, for moderately-priced housing or for traditional neighbourhood design. What qualifies is the kind of development, which is not a condition axis, so no bonused figure is recorded.

Hamlet Business — Table 2 prints HB as "0.5 acre min. lot size (.5 w/public sewage or water)" — the with-utility figure is the SAME 0.5 acre, so the parenthetical changes nothing and no variant is recorded. On a corner lot the side yard abutting the side street is 20 ft — a separate figure from the interior side yard above, and one with no field. Minimum lot FRONTAGE is 80 ft, a separate requirement from the lot width above. Commercial or manufacturing building footprint 6,000 sq ft; multifamily structure of 3+ units 5,000 sq ft; institutional structure 10,000 sq ft. The density Table 2 sets is the TOTAL development potential of a parcel: once used up through subdivision no further subdivision is allowed, and the Planning Board maintains an official parcel map and register of each parcel's remaining allotment (§ 6.3.2). DENSITY BONUS: § 6.4 lets an applicant for a residential subdivision, special exception or site plan earn up to 30% MORE dwelling units than Table 2 allows, for preserving 50%+ of a parcel as agricultural land, for moderately-priced housing or for traditional neighbourhood design. What qualifies is the kind of development, which is not a condition axis, so no bonused figure is recorded.

Hamlet Business 1 — On a corner lot the side yard abutting the side street is 40 ft — a separate figure from the interior side yard above, and one with no field. Minimum lot FRONTAGE is 100 ft, a separate requirement from the lot width above. Commercial or manufacturing building footprint 6,000 sq ft; multifamily structure of 3+ units 5,000 sq ft; institutional structure 10,000 sq ft. The density Table 2 sets is the TOTAL development potential of a parcel: once used up through subdivision no further subdivision is allowed, and the Planning Board maintains an official parcel map and register of each parcel's remaining allotment (§ 6.3.2). DENSITY BONUS: § 6.4 lets an applicant for a residential subdivision, special exception or site plan earn up to 30% MORE dwelling units than Table 2 allows, for preserving 50%+ of a parcel as agricultural land, for moderately-priced housing or for traditional neighbourhood design. What qualifies is the kind of development, which is not a condition axis, so no bonused figure is recorded.

Commercial Industrial Park — On a corner lot the side yard abutting the side street is 40 ft — a separate figure from the interior side yard above, and one with no field. Minimum lot FRONTAGE is 150 ft, a separate requirement from the lot width above. Commercial or manufacturing building footprint 100,000 sq ft — by far the largest in the town — and institutional structure 10,000 sq ft. The density Table 2 sets is the TOTAL development potential of a parcel: once used up through subdivision no further subdivision is allowed, and the Planning Board maintains an official parcel map and register of each parcel's remaining allotment (§ 6.3.2). DENSITY BONUS: § 6.4 lets an applicant for a residential subdivision, special exception or site plan earn up to 30% MORE dwelling units than Table 2 allows, for preserving 50%+ of a parcel as agricultural land, for moderately-priced housing or for traditional neighbourhood design. What qualifies is the kind of development, which is not a condition axis, so no bonused figure is recorded.