Saratoga County

Town of Clifton Park, NY: zoning for new construction

22 districts Min residential lot 10 ac National Grid

The Town of Clifton Park sets a residential minimum of about 10 acres in Planned Development District. THE ONLY FIXED NUMBER IN THIS DISTRICT IS THE QUALIFYING SITE SIZE, WHICH IS WHY EVERY OTHER FIELD IS NULL — that is the correct record of a negotiated district, not missing data. Minimum area for consideration of a Planned Development District designation is 10 CONTIGUOUS ACRES, EXCEPT within the Town Center Zoning Districts TC1, TC2, TC3, TC4, TC5 and TC6, where NO minimum area requirement applies at all — so inside the Town Center a PDD can be sought on any size parcel, which is the main route to exceeding the Town Center's own form and density standards. A planned development may be proposed anywhere in the Town where the applicant can demonstrate that the characteristics of the holdings meet the objectives of the article. DENSITY, YARDS, HEIGHT AND COVERAGE ARE ALL SET BY THE TOWN BOARD CASE BY CASE: § 208-71 provides that because land is used more efficiently in a planned development, greater density than traditional zoning permits can usually be approved, and that the Town Board shall determine the appropriate land use intensity and dwelling unit density for each individual project. There is accordingly no schedule to record. Note also that the Design Overlay (DO) of § 208-22.3I routes development outside the original Town Center Master Plan through the planned development district process, so PDD is the mechanism by which the Design Overlay modifies underlying permitted uses.), one of its 22 zoning districts. No local short-term-rental law on record - which is not the same as permission. Power here is National Grid territory. The district table below has the setbacks, height limits and coverage - confirm the specifics with the building department at (518) 371-6702 before you rely on a figure.

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Zoning districts

District	Min lot	Setbacks F / S / R	Max height	ADU
Agricultural/Residential 3 (§ 208-8. THE STANDARD IS LAND AREA PER DWELLING UNIT, NOT LOT AREA, and it runs on a three-step utility ladder: 80,000 sf with central sewer AND central water, 90,000 sf with central sewer only, 100,000 sf with neither — the recorded 1.84 acres is the best case. A companion density band of 0.43 to 0.55 units per acre is stated alongside it. Minimum lot width at the front building line 150 ft; front yard 50 ft; side yards 20 ft each; rear yard 50 ft; minimum floor area 960 sf per dwelling unit. CLUSTER EXCEPTION: in the R-3 District only, where cluster zoning is used the smallest permissible lot with central water and sanitary sewer drops to 20,000 sf while the unit count for the parcel is still computed on a 40,000 sf density basis — the lot shrinks, the yield does not. LOT OF RECORD: a one-family dwelling may still be built on a pre-August 8, 1967 lot of at least 20,000 sf and 100 ft of width in R-3, provided it is not adjoined at the side by other unoccupied land in the same ownership. On the § 208-98 streets the minimum lot width at the front building line rises to 200 ft in every residential district. Clifton Park sets NO lot coverage percentage in any residential district, so maxLotCoverage is null by design. HEIGHT IS NOT CAPPED IN THIS DISTRICT — it is TRADED FOR SIDE YARD. The Code sets no maximum height figure; instead, for each foot by which a building or structure exceeds 35 feet, the required side yard widens. maxHeight is therefore null, which is the correct record of a trade-off rule, not missing data. § 208-87 separately exempts church spires, cupolas and domes not intended for human occupancy, public utility structures, monuments, radio and television transmission towers, observation towers, belfries, clock towers, windmills, water tanks, elevator bulkheads, chimneys, flagpoles, stage towers and scenery lofts from any height limitation. SPECIAL SETBACK LINE OVERRIDE (§ 208-98): on thirteen named roads the front setback is measured from the STREET CENTERLINE, not from the property line, and it takes precedence over this district's front yard. No building may extend nearer to the center line than 100 feet in a residential district or 130 feet in any other district. The roads are US Route 9, State Routes 146 and 146A, Blue Barn Road, Crescent Road, Elnora-Jonesville Road (Main Street), Grooms Road, Kinns Road from Plank Road to Route 146A, Long Kill Road, Vischer Ferry Road, Lapp Road, Plank Road, Riverview Road from Vischer Ferry Road to Route 146, and Ushers Road. Establish which road a parcel fronts before trusting the district front yard.)	1.84 ac	50 / 20 / 50 ft	—	Special permit
Residential 1 (§ 208-10. Land area per DWELLING UNIT on the utility ladder: 20,000 sf with central sewer AND central water, 30,000 sf with central sewer only, 40,000 sf with neither — the recorded 0.46 acres is the best case, and a lot on well and septic needs double that. Density band 1.11 to 2.17 units per acre. Minimum lot width at the front building line 100 ft; front yard 50 ft; side yards 10 ft each; rear yard 25 ft; minimum floor area 960 sf. LOT OF RECORD: a one-family dwelling may still be built on a pre-August 8, 1967 lot of at least 10,000 sf and 60 ft of width in R-1, provided it is not adjoined at the side by other unoccupied land in the same ownership — half the current minimum area and well under half the current width, which is why so much of older Clifton Park is legally nonconforming but buildable. On the § 208-98 streets the minimum lot width rises to 200 ft. No lot coverage percentage is set in any residential district, so maxLotCoverage is null by design. HEIGHT IS NOT CAPPED IN THIS DISTRICT — it is TRADED FOR SIDE YARD. The Code sets no maximum height figure; instead, for each foot by which a building or structure exceeds 35 feet, the required side yard widens. maxHeight is therefore null, which is the correct record of a trade-off rule, not missing data. § 208-87 separately exempts church spires, cupolas and domes not intended for human occupancy, public utility structures, monuments, radio and television transmission towers, observation towers, belfries, clock towers, windmills, water tanks, elevator bulkheads, chimneys, flagpoles, stage towers and scenery lofts from any height limitation. SPECIAL SETBACK LINE OVERRIDE (§ 208-98): on thirteen named roads the front setback is measured from the STREET CENTERLINE, not from the property line, and it takes precedence over this district's front yard. No building may extend nearer to the center line than 100 feet in a residential district or 130 feet in any other district. The roads are US Route 9, State Routes 146 and 146A, Blue Barn Road, Crescent Road, Elnora-Jonesville Road (Main Street), Grooms Road, Kinns Road from Plank Road to Route 146A, Long Kill Road, Vischer Ferry Road, Lapp Road, Plank Road, Riverview Road from Vischer Ferry Road to Route 146, and Ushers Road. Establish which road a parcel fronts before trusting the district front yard.)	0.46 ac	50 / 10 / 25 ft	—	Special permit
Conservation Residential (§ 208-16, added by L.L. No. 5-2005; a district mapped on the Zoning Map, not a floating overlay, and no parcel in existence as of March 1, 2005 may be reconfigured to escape it). THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IS NOT THE BINDING CONSTRAINT HERE — DENSITY IS, and the gap between the two is the single most important fact about this district. The minimum land area per dwelling runs 10,000 sf with municipal water AND sewer, 20,000 sf with municipal sewer only, 30,000 sf with municipal water only and 40,000 sf with neither (§ 208-11's table omits the water-only tier; § 208-16 is the fuller statement). But § 208-16 then caps yield on unconstrained land: a parcel under 10 acres develops at a maximum of ONE DWELLING UNIT PER THREE ACRES of unconstrained land, and a parcel under 3 acres but larger than 20,000 sf gets exactly one unit; a parcel of 10 acres or more develops at ONE UNIT PER TEN ACRES, unless the applicant designates 50% of the site as permanent open space, in which case the density rises to 0.33 unit per acre of unconstrained land. The Code's own worked example: a 70-acre parcel with 10 constrained acres yields 20 units with the fifty-percent open-space set-aside. So a 10,000 sf minimum lot coexists with a one-unit-per-three-to-ten-acre yield; the small lot is the conservation-design mechanism for clustering units, not a signal of density. Minimum lot width at the front building line 80 ft; rear yard 25 ft; side yards 10 ft each; minimum floor area 960 sf. FRONT SETBACK RECORDED NULL — THE TWO CONTROLLING SECTIONS DISAGREE and the Town should be asked to reconcile them: § 208-11's table prints a flat 30 ft front yard for CR, while § 208-16(8) states a road-character ladder of 25 ft on a local traffic or subdivision road, 75 ft on any other Town or county road, and 125 ft on a state highway. § 208-11 expressly directs the reader to § 208-16 for the CR Zone, so the road-character ladder is the more specific and more likely governing rule, but the flat 30 ft has not been repealed. Do not rely on either figure without calling the Building Department at (518) 371-6702. No lot coverage percentage is set, so maxLotCoverage is null by design. HEIGHT IS NOT CAPPED IN THIS DISTRICT — it is TRADED FOR SIDE YARD. The Code sets no maximum height figure; instead, for each foot by which a building or structure exceeds 35 feet, the required side yard widens. maxHeight is therefore null, which is the correct record of a trade-off rule, not missing data. § 208-87 separately exempts church spires, cupolas and domes not intended for human occupancy, public utility structures, monuments, radio and television transmission towers, observation towers, belfries, clock towers, windmills, water tanks, elevator bulkheads, chimneys, flagpoles, stage towers and scenery lofts from any height limitation. SPECIAL SETBACK LINE OVERRIDE (§ 208-98): on thirteen named roads the front setback is measured from the STREET CENTERLINE, not from the property line, and it takes precedence over this district's front yard. No building may extend nearer to the center line than 100 feet in a residential district or 130 feet in any other district. The roads are US Route 9, State Routes 146 and 146A, Blue Barn Road, Crescent Road, Elnora-Jonesville Road (Main Street), Grooms Road, Kinns Road from Plank Road to Route 146A, Long Kill Road, Vischer Ferry Road, Lapp Road, Plank Road, Riverview Road from Vischer Ferry Road to Route 146, and Ushers Road. Establish which road a parcel fronts before trusting the district front yard.)	0.23 ac	- / 10 / 25 ft	—	Special permit
Hamlet Residential (§ 208-17, added 5-9-2005 by L.L. No. 5-2005; covers Western Clifton Park and the Hamlet of Rexford, and new development must follow the Western Clifton Park Design Guidelines). LIKE CR, DENSITY AND NOT LOT SIZE IS THE BINDING CONSTRAINT: § 208-17C sets a BASE DENSITY OF 0.33 DWELLING UNIT PER ACRE — roughly one unit per three acres — against a minimum lot size of only 6,000 sf. A builder reading the 6,000 sf figure alone would overstate yield by an order of magnitude. Additional density is available only through the open space incentive zoning of Article VB and § 208-45, by securing development rights to Town-identified open space parcels within Western Clifton Park and obtaining Town approval. § 208-11's table states the same standards on the utility ladder: 6,000 sf of land area per dwelling unit with central sewer AND water, 20,000 sf with central sewer only, 40,000 sf with neither; minimum lot width at the front building line 60 ft; minimum floor area 960 sf. Front yard 50 ft; rear yard 25 ft; side yard 5 ft, rising to 10 ft where the lot adjoins a commercial unit. Maximum building height 35 ft — HR is one of the few Clifton Park districts with a real height cap rather than the side-yard trade. Permitted principal uses are one-family dwellings, accessory structures, home occupations, public utility structures, amateur radio installations and Tier 1 solar; two-family attached or semidetached dwellings, community residences, day-care homes, bed-and-breakfasts, farm-market facilities, public utility buildings, places of worship and Tier 2 and Tier 3 solar are special uses under § 208-79. No lot coverage percentage is set. SPECIAL SETBACK LINE OVERRIDE (§ 208-98): on thirteen named roads the front setback is measured from the STREET CENTERLINE, not from the property line, and it takes precedence over this district's front yard. No building may extend nearer to the center line than 100 feet in a residential district or 130 feet in any other district. The roads are US Route 9, State Routes 146 and 146A, Blue Barn Road, Crescent Road, Elnora-Jonesville Road (Main Street), Grooms Road, Kinns Road from Plank Road to Route 146A, Long Kill Road, Vischer Ferry Road, Lapp Road, Plank Road, Riverview Road from Vischer Ferry Road to Route 146, and Ushers Road. Establish which road a parcel fronts before trusting the district front yard.)	0.14 ac	50 / 5 / 25 ft	35 ft	Special permit
Town Center - Boulevard (Article IIIA, § 208-22.1; the primary boulevard through the Town Center, mixed-use buildings up to five stories with dwelling units permitted ONLY above commercial space). THIS IS A FORM-BASED ZONE AND ITS NULLS ARE THE CORRECT RECORD, NOT MISSING DATA. There is no minimum lot AREA and no lot coverage percentage anywhere in the Town Center; the zone regulates lot CONFIGURATION instead — minimum lot width 150 ft and minimum lot depth 300 ft. The front standard is a BUILD-TO LINE at 41 ft from the property line, an exact required placement rather than a minimum setback, so frontSetback is null: a building must sit AT 41 ft, not at least 41 ft. Within that 41 ft the section prescribes the streetscape itself — 8 ft minimum sidewalk, 15 ft minimum landscaped terrace, 8 ft multi-use path to NYSDOT standards, 10 ft minimum tree lawn and a 3 to 5 ft pedestrian footway. Side street build-to line 0 ft. At least 80% of the front lot width and 30% of the side-street width should be occupied by facade at the build-to line, and on corner properties both street facades must be built to the line for the first 30 ft from the corner. Minimum side setback 0 ft, minimum rear setback 5 ft. Greenspace goal 10% minimum. HEIGHT IS IN STORIES, NOT FEET, so maxHeight is null: the main building must be at least 22 ft tall and may not exceed 5 stories, and an ancillary building may not exceed 3 stories. Ground-floor commercial depth at least 40 ft for a main building and 20 ft for an ancillary building; ground-floor finish level no more than 6 inches above the sidewalk; ground-floor commercial ceiling 14 ft clear minimum and upper-floor ceilings 9 ft clear minimum. RESIDENTIAL DENSITY IS CAPPED TOWN-CENTER-WIDE, NOT PER ZONE: § 208-22.6 allows a base of up to 10 dwelling units per acre of unconstrained land and NO MORE THAN 50 DWELLING UNITS PER PROJECT. More is possible only by Town Board local law in exchange for public amenities — a public parking deck, a quarter-acre-plus public park, low-to-moderate-income housing, stormwater capture, an impervious-surface reduction or a payment in lieu — with a $1,500 application fee, and the bonus is automatically rescinded if no building permit is requested within two years. Two parcels have already been granted increases (15 Park Avenue to 100 units by L.L. No. 4-2020, 451 Clifton Park Center Road to 41 units by L.L. No. 4-2021). Retail outdoor display of motorized vehicles and equipment is not permitted in TC6.)	—	- / 0 / 5 ft	—	No
Town Center - Neighborhood (Article IIIA, § 208-22.1; the core pedestrian shopping area and mixed-use neighbourhood, with dwelling units permitted only above commercial space). Form-based, so there is no minimum lot area and no coverage percentage. Lot configuration: minimum width 100 ft, minimum depth 150 ft. The front standard is a BUILD-TO ZONE of 0 ft minimum to 8 ft maximum from the property line — the tightest band in the Town Center and effectively a shopfront-at-the-sidewalk rule — with the same 0 to 8 ft band on a side street; frontSetback is null because a band with a maximum is not a floor. At least 80% of the front facade width and 30% of the side-street width should sit in the build-to zone, and both street facades of a corner property must be built in the zone for the first 30 ft from the corner. Minimum side setback 0 ft, minimum rear setback 5 ft. Greenspace goal 10% minimum. HEIGHT IN STORIES: main building at least 22 ft and no more than 3 stories, ancillary building no more than 3 stories — BUT THE STRUCTURED PARKING INCENTIVE OF § 208-22.7 RAISES TC5 TO 4 OR 5 STORIES, and TC5 is the only zone where it is available. To earn it the structured garage or deck must accommodate 100% of the on-site parking demand generated by the uses on the additional floors, and 20% of all on-site parking provided must be open and readily accessible to the public over and above the project's own need; structured parking within the building footprint but less than 6 ft above grade does not count against the height or story limits. Ground-floor commercial depth 40 ft minimum for a main building, 20 ft for an ancillary; ground-floor finish level no more than 6 inches above the sidewalk; ground-floor commercial ceiling 14 ft clear, upper floors 9 ft clear. The Town-Center-wide residential density cap of 10 dwelling units per acre and 50 units per project under § 208-22.6 applies here too.)	—	- / 0 / 5 ft	—	No
Town Center - Neighborhood General Business (Article IIIA, § 208-22.1, ADDED BY L.L. No. 3-2021 — the newest Town Center zone, and the one most open to housing: it is the only TC zone whose stated intent expressly accommodates compact residential uses and permits multifamily residential in its own right rather than only above commercial space). Form-based, so no minimum lot area and no coverage percentage. Lot configuration: minimum width 100 ft, minimum depth 150 ft. Front and side-street standards are a BUILD-TO ZONE of 0 ft minimum to 15 ft maximum, recorded null because a band is not a floor; on corner properties both street facades must be built in the zone for the first 30 ft from the corner. Minimum side setback 0 ft, minimum rear setback 5 ft. Greenspace goal 10% minimum. HEIGHT IN STORIES AND THE LOWEST IN THE TOWN CENTER: main building at least 22 ft and NO MORE THAN 2 STORIES, ancillary building no more than 2 stories — one storey lower than TC5, TC4, TC3, TC2 and TC1, and three lower than TC6, which is the trade for the broader residential permission. Ground-floor commercial depth 40 ft minimum for a main building and 20 ft for an ancillary; ground-floor finish level no more than 6 inches above the sidewalk; ground-floor commercial ceiling 14 ft clear, upper floors 9 ft clear. Allowed building types include the Commercial Block, Liner Building, Civic Building, Live-Work Unit, Duplex/Triplex/Fourplex and Townhouse/Rowhouse. The Town-Center-wide cap of 10 dwelling units per acre and 50 units per project under § 208-22.6 applies. Note the geographic exclusion attached to mixed-use multifamily in Table 3-1: it is not permitted east of I-87, south of Route 146 and west of Route 9.)	—	- / 0 / 5 ft	—	No
Town Center - Transition (Article IIIA, § 208-22.1; a transitional zone to the outlying areas of the Town Center and the neighbouring residential areas, primarily commercial office with some limited retail and residential). Form-based, so no minimum lot area and no coverage percentage. Lot configuration: minimum width 100 ft, minimum depth 150 ft. Front and side-street standards are a BUILD-TO ZONE of 0 ft minimum to 15 ft maximum, recorded null; both street facades of a corner property must be built in the zone for the first 30 ft from the corner. Minimum side setback 0 ft, minimum rear setback 5 ft. Greenspace goal 10% minimum. HEIGHT IN STORIES: main building at least 22 ft and no more than 3 stories, ancillary building no more than 3 stories. Ground-floor commercial depth 40 ft minimum for a main building, 20 ft for an ancillary; ground-floor elevation above the sidewalk is treated differently by use here — commercial 6 inches maximum but RESIDENTIAL 24 INCHES MINIMUM, a raised-stoop rule that TC2 shares and the other zones do not; ground-floor commercial ceiling 14 ft clear, upper floors 9 ft clear. Allowed building types are the Commercial Block, Liner Building, Civic Building and Live-Work Unit; the Duplex/Triplex/Fourplex and Townhouse/Rowhouse types are marked unavailable. The Town-Center-wide cap of 10 dwelling units per acre and 50 units per project under § 208-22.6 applies.)	—	- / 0 / 5 ft	—	No
Town Center - General (Article IIIA, § 208-22.1; more suburban lot configurations of commercial and office use along the Route 146 corridor). Form-based, so no minimum lot area and no coverage percentage, but THE LARGEST LOT CONFIGURATION IN THE TOWN CENTER: minimum lot width 200 ft and minimum lot depth 300 ft. The front standard is a BUILD-TO ZONE of 38 ft minimum to 80 ft maximum — by far the deepest band in the Town Center, which is what makes TC3 read as a highway-corridor zone rather than a walkable one — recorded null because a band is not a floor. Within it the section prescribes a 10 ft minimum sidewalk, an access lane drive of 12 ft, access-lane parking of 8 ft parallel or 16 ft diagonal, and an 8 ft multi-use path to NYSDOT standards. Side-street build-to line 0 ft, and street facades must be built to it for the first 30 ft from the corner of the property line. Minimum side setback 0 ft, minimum rear setback 5 ft. Greenspace goal 15% minimum. HEIGHT IN STORIES: main building at least 22 ft and no more than 3 stories, ancillary building no more than 2 stories. Ground-floor commercial depth 40 ft minimum for a main building, 20 ft for an ancillary; ground-floor finish level no more than 6 inches above the sidewalk; ground-floor commercial ceiling 14 ft clear, upper floors 9 ft clear. The Town-Center-wide cap of 10 dwelling units per acre and 50 units per project under § 208-22.6 applies.)	—	- / 0 / 5 ft	—	No
Town Center - Edge (Article IIIA, § 208-22.1; the transition between the central commercial districts and the outlying residential areas, PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL IN NATURE with only limited supporting commercial — the most housing-oriented of the numbered TC zones). Form-based, so no minimum lot area and no coverage percentage. Lot configuration: minimum width 150 ft, minimum depth 300 ft. The front and side-street standard is a BUILD-TO ZONE of 10 ft minimum to 15 ft maximum, recorded null because a band with a maximum is not a floor — note this is the only TC zone whose band has a non-zero floor on both the front and the side street. At least 50% of the front facade width and 30% of the side-street width should sit in the zone, and street facades must be built to the line for the first 30 ft from the corner. MINIMUM SIDE SETBACK 8 FT — the only Town Center zone with a real side yard, every other zone being 0 ft — and minimum rear setback 5 ft. Greenspace goal 15% minimum. HEIGHT IN STORIES: main building at least 22 ft and no more than 3 stories, ancillary building no more than 3 stories. Ground-floor elevation above the sidewalk is use-dependent as in TC4: commercial 6 inches maximum, RESIDENTIAL 24 INCHES MINIMUM. Ceiling height 9 ft clear minimum, ground-floor commercial ceiling 14 ft clear. Allowed building types are the Liner Building, Live-Work Unit, Duplex/Triplex/Fourplex and Townhouse/Rowhouse; the Commercial Block and Civic Building are marked unavailable. COMMERCIAL USES IN TC2 ARE ACCESSORY AND CAPPED: personal care services are a special permit accessory use limited to 1,500 sf of gross floor area or 10% of the total building footprint, whichever is greater, and retail is a special permit accessory use limited to 2,000 sf or 10% of the footprint, whichever is greater. The Town-Center-wide cap of 10 dwelling units per acre and 50 units per project under § 208-22.6 applies.)	—	- / 8 / 5 ft	—	No
Town Center - Highway (Article IIIA, § 208-22.1; suburban commercial and office configurations along the Northway corridor, with heightened architecture, tree buffers and landscaping along the I-87 frontage because the backs of these buildings are seen from the highway). Form-based, so no minimum lot area and no coverage percentage, and UNIQUELY AMONG THE TOWN CENTER ZONES IT SETS NO LOT WIDTH OR DEPTH REQUIREMENT AT ALL — the section prints 'No max.' for both, and no minimum is stated either, so lot configuration is unconstrained here. The front standard is a BUILD-TO ZONE of 30 ft minimum to 80 ft maximum with an 8 ft minimum sidewalk and a front parking lot of 65 ft maximum depth, recorded null because a band is not a floor; the side-street band is 10 ft minimum to 30 ft maximum, and street facades must be built in the zone for the first 30 ft from the corner. Minimum side setback 0 ft. MINIMUM REAR SETBACK 40 FT INCLUDING A BUFFER OF TREES — eight times the 5 ft rear setback of every other TC zone, and the practical expression of the Northway-frontage screening intent; on a shallow lot it is the governing constraint. Greenspace goal 20% minimum, the highest in the Town Center. HEIGHT IN STORIES: main building at least 22 ft and no more than 3 stories, ancillary building no more than 2 stories. Ground-floor commercial depth 40 ft minimum for a main building, 20 ft for an ancillary; ground-floor finish level no more than 6 inches above the sidewalk; ground-floor commercial ceiling 14 ft clear, upper floors 9 ft clear. Allowed building types are the Commercial Block, Liner Building and Civic Building; the Live-Work Unit, Duplex/Triplex/Fourplex and Townhouse/Rowhouse types are marked unavailable, so TC1 is the least residential of the Town Center zones. The Town-Center-wide cap of 10 dwelling units per acre and 50 units per project under § 208-22.6 applies.)	—	- / 0 / 40 ft	—	No
Business Nonretail 1 (Article IV, § 208-35; B-1 and B-2 share a single set of space and bulk standards). Minimum net land area 40,000 sf PER ESTABLISHMENT — the unit is the establishment, not the lot, so two establishments on one parcel need 80,000 sf. Minimum lot width at the front building line 150 ft, rising to 180 ft along the § 208-98 streets. Front yard 70 ft, and nothing may encroach into it — no buildings, no parking, nothing other than a wall, berm or sign — unless the Planning Board finds that for a keyhole or similarly configured lot the intent of the chapter is better met by allowing it. No building OR PARKING closer than 25 ft to a side or rear property line. Maximum height 2 stories or 35 ft, a real cap rather than the side-yard trade used in the residential districts. A 10 ft planted screening buffer is required inside the side and rear setbacks along the property lines. Not more than one curb cut per lot unless the Planning Board finds traffic safety would be improved by another. THE COVERAGE FIGURE IS NOT BUILDING COVERAGE, WHICH IS WHY maxLotCoverage IS NULL: § 208-35D(3) caps buildings, parking areas INCLUDING MANEUVERING AREAS, stormwater retention areas and other integral site amenities together at 50% of the total lot area, with the remaining 50% counted as the district's green space requirement. That is a development-coverage cap, materially tighter than a 50% building coverage would be, and it cannot be compared with the building-coverage percentages recorded for other municipalities. Stormwater retention area may be counted toward green space on proof that it is improved and maintained as an integral part of the landscaping scheme. Where a rehabilitated building is involved the dimensional standards must be met where physically possible, and in no case may an approval increase an inherent nonconforming nuisance. SPECIAL SETBACK LINE OVERRIDE (§ 208-98): on thirteen named roads the front setback is measured from the STREET CENTERLINE, not from the property line, and it takes precedence over this district's front yard. No building may extend nearer to the center line than 100 feet in a residential district or 130 feet in any other district. The roads are US Route 9, State Routes 146 and 146A, Blue Barn Road, Crescent Road, Elnora-Jonesville Road (Main Street), Grooms Road, Kinns Road from Plank Road to Route 146A, Long Kill Road, Vischer Ferry Road, Lapp Road, Plank Road, Riverview Road from Vischer Ferry Road to Route 146, and Ushers Road. Establish which road a parcel fronts before trusting the district front yard.)	0.92 ac	70 / 25 / 25 ft	35 ft	No
Business Nonretail 2 (Article IV, § 208-35. § 208-35 governs the B-1 and B-2 Districts jointly, so the dimensional standards are genuinely identical to B-1 — the districts differ in what they permit, not in how they build. Minimum net land area 40,000 sf PER ESTABLISHMENT; minimum lot width at the front building line 150 ft, rising to 180 ft along the § 208-98 streets. Front yard 70 ft with no encroachment other than a wall, berm or sign, subject to the keyhole-lot relief. No building or parking closer than 25 ft to a side or rear property line. Maximum height 2 stories or 35 ft. Ten-foot planted buffer inside the side and rear setbacks. One curb cut per lot unless the Planning Board finds another improves traffic safety. THE 50% FIGURE IS DEVELOPMENT COVERAGE, NOT BUILDING COVERAGE, so maxLotCoverage is null: buildings, parking and maneuvering areas, stormwater retention and other integral site amenities together may not occupy more than 50% of the lot, and the remaining 50% is the green space requirement. SPECIAL SETBACK LINE OVERRIDE (§ 208-98): on thirteen named roads the front setback is measured from the STREET CENTERLINE, not from the property line, and it takes precedence over this district's front yard. No building may extend nearer to the center line than 100 feet in a residential district or 130 feet in any other district. The roads are US Route 9, State Routes 146 and 146A, Blue Barn Road, Crescent Road, Elnora-Jonesville Road (Main Street), Grooms Road, Kinns Road from Plank Road to Route 146A, Long Kill Road, Vischer Ferry Road, Lapp Road, Plank Road, Riverview Road from Vischer Ferry Road to Route 146, and Ushers Road. Establish which road a parcel fronts before trusting the district front yard.)	0.92 ac	70 / 25 / 25 ft	35 ft	No
Hamlet Mixed-Use (Article VA, § 208-43.3. THIS DISTRICT CARRIES TWO SEPARATE DIMENSIONAL ROWS AND THE RECORDED FIGURES ARE THE ONE-FAMILY-DETACHED ROW. Row A, one-family detached dwellings: base density 1 unit per acre, minimum lot size 6,000 sf, minimum lot width 50 ft, minimum lot frontage 50 ft, front yard 5 ft, rear yard 25 ft, side yard 5 ft rising to 20 ft adjacent to commercial units, maximum building height 35 ft. Row B, commercial uses together with two-family, semidetached and multifamily dwellings: minimum lot size 12,000 sf, minimum lot width 80 ft, minimum lot frontage 50 ft, front yard 10 ft, rear yard 30 ft, SIDE YARD ZERO FEET rising to 20 ft adjacent to residential uses, maximum building height 40 ft, minimum greenspace 25%, and maximum building sizes of 40,000 gross sf with a 20,000 sf footprint for office, 20,000 gross sf for retail and 40,000 gross sf with a 20,000 sf footprint for mixed use. THE BINDING CONSTRAINT IS NEITHER ROW'S LOT SIZE BUT THE 25% DENSITY SPLIT: each of the two categories is limited to no more than 25% of the parcel's total potential density, so neither one-family housing nor the commercial-and-multifamily group may take more than a quarter of the site's yield. Commercial base density is stated as floor area per acre rather than units — 4,000 gross sf per acre for office, 2,000 gross sf per acre for retail and 3,000 gross sf per acre for two-family, semidetached and multifamily dwellings — and the Code's own worked example is that a project of 4,000 sf of office, 2,000 sf of retail and 3,000 sf of multifamily requires three acres of unconstrained land. maxLotCoverage is null: the only percentage in the district is a MINIMUM greenspace of 25% on the commercial row, an inverse standard, and the one-family row states no percentage at all. SPECIAL SETBACK LINE OVERRIDE (§ 208-98): on thirteen named roads the front setback is measured from the STREET CENTERLINE, not from the property line, and it takes precedence over this district's front yard. No building may extend nearer to the center line than 100 feet in a residential district or 130 feet in any other district. The roads are US Route 9, State Routes 146 and 146A, Blue Barn Road, Crescent Road, Elnora-Jonesville Road (Main Street), Grooms Road, Kinns Road from Plank Road to Route 146A, Long Kill Road, Vischer Ferry Road, Lapp Road, Plank Road, Riverview Road from Vischer Ferry Road to Route 146, and Ushers Road. Establish which road a parcel fronts before trusting the district front yard.)	0.14 ac	5 / 5 / 25 ft	35 ft	No
Neighborhood Business (Article V, § 208-38). RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ARE THE EXCEPTION HERE AND FOLLOW A DIFFERENT RULE: § 208-38A provides that all buildings intended for residential use, in whole or in part, conform to the R-1 space and bulk standards of § 208-11 rather than to the commercial figures recorded here — so a mixed-use building with dwellings in it is held to R-1, which on well and septic means 40,000 sf of land area per dwelling unit. For everything else the minimum NET land area is 40,000 sf PER ESTABLISHMENT and the minimum lot width at the front building line is 150 ft. Front yard 80 ft, into which nothing may encroach other than a fence, a wall or a sign no larger than 20 sf, and no commercial usage other than parking; NO PARKING AT ALL WITHIN 30 FT OF THE FRONT LOT LINE. Side yard 20 ft for buildings and 20 ft for parking. REAR YARD IS CONDITIONAL ON THE NEIGHBOUR: 50 ft where the adjacent district is residential, 30 ft where it is any other class of district, with no encroachment by structures or parking in the latter case — 30 ft is recorded and the residential case is the one to check first. A 100 FT MINIMUM BUFFER applies wherever the district abuts a residential zone, supplemented as the Planning Board thinks appropriate; on a shallow commercial lot backing onto housing that buffer, not the rear yard, is the real constraint. maxLotCoverage IS NULL BECAUSE THE PERCENTAGE IS AN INVERSE STANDARD: § 208-38G requires green space of 35%, a minimum landscaped area, not a maximum building coverage, and it must not be 'corrected' to 65%. HEIGHT IS NOT CAPPED IN THIS DISTRICT — it is TRADED FOR SIDE YARD. The Code sets no maximum height figure; instead, for each foot by which a building or structure exceeds 35 feet, the required side yard widens. maxHeight is therefore null, which is the correct record of a trade-off rule, not missing data. § 208-87 separately exempts church spires, cupolas and domes not intended for human occupancy, public utility structures, monuments, radio and television transmission towers, observation towers, belfries, clock towers, windmills, water tanks, elevator bulkheads, chimneys, flagpoles, stage towers and scenery lofts from any height limitation. SPECIAL SETBACK LINE OVERRIDE (§ 208-98): on thirteen named roads the front setback is measured from the STREET CENTERLINE, not from the property line, and it takes precedence over this district's front yard. No building may extend nearer to the center line than 100 feet in a residential district or 130 feet in any other district. The roads are US Route 9, State Routes 146 and 146A, Blue Barn Road, Crescent Road, Elnora-Jonesville Road (Main Street), Grooms Road, Kinns Road from Plank Road to Route 146A, Long Kill Road, Vischer Ferry Road, Lapp Road, Plank Road, Riverview Road from Vischer Ferry Road to Route 146, and Ushers Road. Establish which road a parcel fronts before trusting the district front yard.)	0.92 ac	80 / 20 / 30 ft	—	No
Highway Business (Article VI, § 208-46). Minimum net land area one acre (43,560 sf) PER ESTABLISHMENT — the unit is the establishment, not the lot — and minimum lot width at the front building line 150 ft. Front yard 80 ft, into which nothing may encroach other than a fence, a wall or a sign no larger than 20 sf and no commercial usage other than parking, with NO PARKING WITHIN 30 FT OF THE FRONT LOT LINE. Side yard 30 ft for buildings, 20 ft for automobile parking. REAR YARD IS CONDITIONAL: 50 ft where the adjacent district is residential, 30 ft where it is any other class of district with no encroachment of structures or parking; 30 ft is recorded. A 100 FT MINIMUM BUFFER applies wherever the district abuts a residential zone. maxLotCoverage is null because the only percentage is an INVERSE standard — § 208-46F requires 35% green space, a minimum, not a coverage maximum. HEIGHT IS NOT CAPPED IN THIS DISTRICT — it is TRADED FOR SIDE YARD. The Code sets no maximum height figure; instead, for each foot by which a building or structure exceeds 35 feet, the required side yard widens. maxHeight is therefore null, which is the correct record of a trade-off rule, not missing data. § 208-87 separately exempts church spires, cupolas and domes not intended for human occupancy, public utility structures, monuments, radio and television transmission towers, observation towers, belfries, clock towers, windmills, water tanks, elevator bulkheads, chimneys, flagpoles, stage towers and scenery lofts from any height limitation. SPECIAL SETBACK LINE OVERRIDE (§ 208-98): on thirteen named roads the front setback is measured from the STREET CENTERLINE, not from the property line, and it takes precedence over this district's front yard. No building may extend nearer to the center line than 100 feet in a residential district or 130 feet in any other district. The roads are US Route 9, State Routes 146 and 146A, Blue Barn Road, Crescent Road, Elnora-Jonesville Road (Main Street), Grooms Road, Kinns Road from Plank Road to Route 146A, Long Kill Road, Vischer Ferry Road, Lapp Road, Plank Road, Riverview Road from Vischer Ferry Road to Route 146, and Ushers Road. Establish which road a parcel fronts before trusting the district front yard.)	1 ac	80 / 30 / 30 ft	—	No
Highway Business/Restricted Retail (Article VIA, § 208-50.3). THE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS ARE WORD-FOR-WORD IDENTICAL TO B-4 AND THAT IS REAL, NOT A TRANSCRIPTION ERROR — B-4A is a use-restricted variant of B-4, differing in the retail uses it permits rather than in how a site is laid out. Minimum net land area one acre (43,560 sf) per establishment; minimum lot width at the front building line 150 ft. Front yard 80 ft with no encroachment other than a fence, wall or sign no larger than 20 sf, and no parking within 30 ft of the front lot line. Side yard 30 ft for buildings, 20 ft for automobile parking. Rear yard 50 ft where the adjacent district is residential and 30 ft where it is any other class of district; 30 ft is recorded. A 100 ft minimum buffer applies wherever the district abuts a residential zone. maxLotCoverage is null: § 208-50.3F states a 35% GREEN SPACE minimum, an inverse standard, and no building coverage maximum exists. HEIGHT IS NOT CAPPED IN THIS DISTRICT — it is TRADED FOR SIDE YARD. The Code sets no maximum height figure; instead, for each foot by which a building or structure exceeds 35 feet, the required side yard widens. maxHeight is therefore null, which is the correct record of a trade-off rule, not missing data. § 208-87 separately exempts church spires, cupolas and domes not intended for human occupancy, public utility structures, monuments, radio and television transmission towers, observation towers, belfries, clock towers, windmills, water tanks, elevator bulkheads, chimneys, flagpoles, stage towers and scenery lofts from any height limitation. SPECIAL SETBACK LINE OVERRIDE (§ 208-98): on thirteen named roads the front setback is measured from the STREET CENTERLINE, not from the property line, and it takes precedence over this district's front yard. No building may extend nearer to the center line than 100 feet in a residential district or 130 feet in any other district. The roads are US Route 9, State Routes 146 and 146A, Blue Barn Road, Crescent Road, Elnora-Jonesville Road (Main Street), Grooms Road, Kinns Road from Plank Road to Route 146A, Long Kill Road, Vischer Ferry Road, Lapp Road, Plank Road, Riverview Road from Vischer Ferry Road to Route 146, and Ushers Road. Establish which road a parcel fronts before trusting the district front yard.)	1 ac	80 / 30 / 30 ft	—	No
Corporate Commerce (Article VII, § 208-54; the Town's office-park district and, with LI, one of only two districts allowed to build above 35 ft as of right). Minimum lot size one acre (43,560 sf) and minimum lot width at the front building line 150 ft, rising to 180 ft along the § 208-98 streets; frontage may be measured along a public right-of-way or along a privately owned and maintained road that serves more than one parcel and is normally open to the public. MAXIMUM HEIGHT 50 FT, a real cap — but any building or structure proposed over 35 ft triggers a Planning Board visual assessment requiring Appendix B of the SEQR Visual EAF Addendum and a line-of-sight profile with Board-determined control points, so the last 15 ft is discretionary in practice. Front yard 50 ft with no encroachment other than a fence or similar structure or a sign, and no parking or maneuvering area in the front yard except by keyhole-lot relief. SIDE AND REAR SETBACKS ARE ONLY 10 FT AND ARE BUFFER AREAS, NOT CLEAR YARDS — they must be planted with natural or planted vegetation for screening, and internal buffering within a multibuilding office complex is set at site plan review. Accessory buildings may not be closer than 25 ft to a property line, which makes the accessory standard more restrictive than the principal one. THE REAL PERIMETER CONSTRAINT IS NOT THE 10 FT YARD: any structure must be set back at least 100 ft from the nearest property line of any residential district boundary, and no building may be closer than 100 ft to a residential district property line, with nothing but natural vegetation or planted landscaping in that strip. maxLotCoverage is null because § 208-54B is a DEVELOPMENT coverage cap, not building coverage: structures, parking and maneuvering areas, stormwater retention areas and other integral site amenities together may not occupy more than 50% of the lot, with a 50% green space requirement notwithstanding § 208-116A(8). SPECIAL SETBACK LINE OVERRIDE (§ 208-98): on thirteen named roads the front setback is measured from the STREET CENTERLINE, not from the property line, and it takes precedence over this district's front yard. No building may extend nearer to the center line than 100 feet in a residential district or 130 feet in any other district. The roads are US Route 9, State Routes 146 and 146A, Blue Barn Road, Crescent Road, Elnora-Jonesville Road (Main Street), Grooms Road, Kinns Road from Plank Road to Route 146A, Long Kill Road, Vischer Ferry Road, Lapp Road, Plank Road, Riverview Road from Vischer Ferry Road to Route 146, and Ushers Road. Establish which road a parcel fronts before trusting the district front yard.)	1 ac	50 / 10 / 10 ft	50 ft	No
Public/Institutional/Recreational (Article VIII, § 208-59). MINIMUM LOT AREA IS NULL BECAUSE THE CODE SETS NONE: § 208-59A provides that the minimum net land area per establishment SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE PLANNING BOARD, consistent with the purposes of the article — a discretionary standard, not a missing figure, and it means no minimum lot size can be quoted for a PIR parcel without going to the Board. Maximum height 35 ft for any structure, a hard cap with no side-yard trade. No structure or part of a structure may extend nearer than 80 ft to the front street line of any street. Rear yard not less than 25 ft. Two side yards of at least 20 ft each. The district sets no lot coverage or green space percentage of any kind, so maxLotCoverage is null. SPECIAL SETBACK LINE OVERRIDE (§ 208-98): on thirteen named roads the front setback is measured from the STREET CENTERLINE, not from the property line, and it takes precedence over this district's front yard. No building may extend nearer to the center line than 100 feet in a residential district or 130 feet in any other district. The roads are US Route 9, State Routes 146 and 146A, Blue Barn Road, Crescent Road, Elnora-Jonesville Road (Main Street), Grooms Road, Kinns Road from Plank Road to Route 146A, Long Kill Road, Vischer Ferry Road, Lapp Road, Plank Road, Riverview Road from Vischer Ferry Road to Route 146, and Ushers Road. Establish which road a parcel fronts before trusting the district front yard.)	—	80 / 20 / 25 ft	35 ft	No
Light Industrial (Article IX, § 208-65). Minimum lot area one acre (43,560 sf) PER ESTABLISHMENT and minimum lot width at the front building line 150 ft — RISING TO 200 FT along the § 208-98 streets, the largest such step-up in the Code (B-1, B-2 and B-5 step to 180 ft). Frontage may be measured along a public right-of-way or a privately owned and maintained road serving more than one parcel and normally open to the public. MAXIMUM HEIGHT 50 FT, with the same discretionary overlay as B-5: anything over 35 ft triggers a Planning Board visual assessment, Appendix B of the SEQR Visual EAF Addendum and a line-of-sight profile. Front yard 50 ft with no encroachment of buildings other than a fence or similar structure or a sign, and NO PARKING OR MANEUVERING AREA IN THE FRONT YARD except by keyhole-lot relief. Side and rear yards 25 ft, which are buffer areas required to hold natural or planted vegetation rather than clear yards. A 100 FT BUFFER from any residential district property line governs most real sites, with one geographically specific exception written into the Code: where the Light Industrial District line abuts the Saratoga County Sewer easement of roughly 65 ft minimum width in the northeastern corner of the Town, the required buffer is 40 ft, the easement making up the balance to approximately 100 ft. In addition a 25 ft planted buffer is required along the rear and side property lines of all parcels. maxLotCoverage is null because § 208-65B is a DEVELOPMENT coverage cap: buildings, parking and maneuvering areas, stormwater retention and other integral site amenities together may not exceed 60% of the lot, with a 40% green space requirement notwithstanding § 208-116A(8). LI is the most permissive district in the Town on coverage, and still only 60% of the site may be developed at all. SPECIAL SETBACK LINE OVERRIDE (§ 208-98): on thirteen named roads the front setback is measured from the STREET CENTERLINE, not from the property line, and it takes precedence over this district's front yard. No building may extend nearer to the center line than 100 feet in a residential district or 130 feet in any other district. The roads are US Route 9, State Routes 146 and 146A, Blue Barn Road, Crescent Road, Elnora-Jonesville Road (Main Street), Grooms Road, Kinns Road from Plank Road to Route 146A, Long Kill Road, Vischer Ferry Road, Lapp Road, Plank Road, Riverview Road from Vischer Ferry Road to Route 146, and Ushers Road. Establish which road a parcel fronts before trusting the district front yard.)	1 ac	50 / 25 / 25 ft	50 ft	No
Land Conservation (Article X, § 208-70, applying to the uses listed at § 208-69.2). THE MINIMUM IS AN APPLICATION AREA, NOT A LOT AREA: § 208-70A requires that the minimum area for ANY APPLICATION under this article be 100,000 sf (2.30 acres), so the figure is a qualifying-site threshold for a proposal rather than a per-lot minimum. Each proposal must include a front yard of at least 80 ft, a rear yard of at least 50 ft — the deepest rear yard in the Code — and two side yards of at least 20 ft each. The district sets no lot coverage or green space percentage, so maxLotCoverage is null. HEIGHT IS NOT CAPPED IN THIS DISTRICT — it is TRADED FOR SIDE YARD. The Code sets no maximum height figure; instead, for each foot by which a building or structure exceeds 35 feet, the required side yard widens. maxHeight is therefore null, which is the correct record of a trade-off rule, not missing data. § 208-87 separately exempts church spires, cupolas and domes not intended for human occupancy, public utility structures, monuments, radio and television transmission towers, observation towers, belfries, clock towers, windmills, water tanks, elevator bulkheads, chimneys, flagpoles, stage towers and scenery lofts from any height limitation. SPECIAL SETBACK LINE OVERRIDE (§ 208-98): on thirteen named roads the front setback is measured from the STREET CENTERLINE, not from the property line, and it takes precedence over this district's front yard. No building may extend nearer to the center line than 100 feet in a residential district or 130 feet in any other district. The roads are US Route 9, State Routes 146 and 146A, Blue Barn Road, Crescent Road, Elnora-Jonesville Road (Main Street), Grooms Road, Kinns Road from Plank Road to Route 146A, Long Kill Road, Vischer Ferry Road, Lapp Road, Plank Road, Riverview Road from Vischer Ferry Road to Route 146, and Ushers Road. Establish which road a parcel fronts before trusting the district front yard.)	2.3 ac	80 / 20 / 50 ft	—	No
Planned Development District (Article XI, § 208-71 et seq.). THE ONLY FIXED NUMBER IN THIS DISTRICT IS THE QUALIFYING SITE SIZE, WHICH IS WHY EVERY OTHER FIELD IS NULL — that is the correct record of a negotiated district, not missing data. Minimum area for consideration of a Planned Development District designation is 10 CONTIGUOUS ACRES, EXCEPT within the Town Center Zoning Districts TC1, TC2, TC3, TC4, TC5 and TC6, where NO minimum area requirement applies at all (amended 7-18-2016 by L.L. No. 5-2016) — so inside the Town Center a PDD can be sought on any size parcel, which is the main route to exceeding the Town Center's own form and density standards. A planned development may be proposed anywhere in the Town where the applicant can demonstrate that the characteristics of the holdings meet the objectives of the article. DENSITY, YARDS, HEIGHT AND COVERAGE ARE ALL SET BY THE TOWN BOARD CASE BY CASE: § 208-71 provides that because land is used more efficiently in a planned development, greater density than traditional zoning permits can usually be approved, and that the Town Board shall determine the appropriate land use intensity and dwelling unit density for each individual project. There is accordingly no schedule to record. Note also that the Design Overlay (DO) of § 208-22.3I routes development outside the original Town Center Master Plan through the planned development district process, so PDD is the mechanism by which the Design Overlay modifies underlying permitted uses.)	10 ac	—	—	No

Short-term rentals

No local short-term-rental law on record - which is not the same as permission. Clifton Park has NO short-term-rental law. The phrase does not appear in Chapter 208, there is no STR definition in § 208-7, and a full read of the Town Code's chapter list confirms no rental, lodging or STR chapter exists among the roughly sixty chapters of Part II General Legislation — Chapter 129 governs Hotels and Motels and Chapter 189 governs Transient Retail Merchants, which is peddling, not lodging. That silence is NOT permission, and in Clifton Park's case the zoning text points the other way for three converging reasons. First, Chapter 208 is a CLOSED-LIST permissive code: § 208-10B and § 208-8B each provide that no building or land shall be used for any purpose OTHER THAN those enumerated, so a use that is not listed is not allowed. Second, § 208-7 defines DWELLING to expressly EXCLUDE tourist homes, motels, hotels and other structures designed or used for TRANSIENT RESIDENCE — so renting a dwelling transiently arguably takes it outside the residential use under which it is permitted. Third, the only enumerated short-stay use in the residential districts is the BED-AND-BREAKFAST, defined in § 208-7 as a house or portion of a house where short-term lodging rooms AND MEALS are provided for in-house guests, and it is a § 208-79 SPECIAL USE — available by permit in R-3, R-1, CR and HR but not as of right anywhere. A boardinghouse, defined as a dwelling in which three or more rooms are offered for rent, is a separate and separately regulated use. Read together, a whole-house short-term rental is not an enumerated use and the express short-stay route is the special-permit bed-and-breakfast. strStatus is nonetheless recorded as 'unknown' rather than 'prohibited' because the Town has never legislated on the point and no enforcement position has been verified — do not underwrite STR income on a Clifton Park property without a written answer from the Building Department at (518) 371-6702. Separately, New York State has required since 2025 that every short-term-rental host register the unit with the State through the county registry regardless of what the municipality permits.

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