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Can you build an ADU in Schuylerville, NY?

Village of Schuylerville has 8 districts. 4 districts prohibit ADUs, 4 require a special-use permit. Check your address to confirm the district that applies to your parcel:

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What the Schuylerville code indicates by district

The table below shows how each district treats ADUs, alongside the lot and setback standards that govern a second unit. District boundaries and conditions vary, so treat this as a starting point and confirm the district that applies to your parcel.

District	Min lot	Setbacks F / S / R	Max height	ADU
R-A Residential (the traditional historic residential core, and THE VILLAGE'S SMALLEST RESIDENTIAL LOT: 3,000 SQ FT — under a fifteenth of an acre — with only 30 FT of lot width, 35% maximum coverage, 2 1/2 stories at 30 ft, a 15 ft front yard, a 5 FT side yard and a 15 ft rear yard. TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT HERE ON THE SAME 3,000 SQ FT LOT AS A SINGLE-FAMILY — no additional land, no special permit, identical setbacks. That is the most permissive duplex standard in Saratoga County by a wide margin and it is the district's defining feature: R-A treats a duplex as an ordinary house. THE FRONT SETBACK IS MEASURED FROM THE EDGE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, not the property line — see the district table footnote, and note that R-B measures from the tax parcel boundary instead, so the datum is NOT consistent across this code. ACCESSORY APARTMENTS ARE A SPECIAL USE HERE and their dimensional standards are 'to be set during the Special Use Permitting Process' — the table gives no figures at all, so the envelope for an ADU is negotiated, not stated. Bed-and-breakfast is also a special use, on the same 3,000 sq ft standard. § 3.14F IMPORTS RESIDENTIAL YARDS ACROSS DISTRICT LINES: where a residential district abuts a nonresidential one, the nonresidential side must provide, FOR 50 FEET FROM THE BOUNDARY, a front yard at least equal to the residential district's; and where side or rear yards abut, the nonresidential side must match the residential side or rear yard along that line.)	0.07 ac	15 / 5 / 15 ft	30 ft	Special permit
R-B Residential (a mixed residential and tourist-oriented district: single-family on 3,000 SQ FT with 50 ft of width, 50% coverage, 2 1/2 stories at 30 ft, 15 ft front, 5 ft side and 15 ft rear yards. Two-family, multi-family by conversion, multi-family, townhouse, bed-and-breakfast and ACCESSORY APARTMENTS are all special uses; the accessory apartment row again reads 'Standards to be set during the Special Use Permitting Process'. § 3.14F IMPORTS RESIDENTIAL YARDS ACROSS DISTRICT LINES: where a residential district abuts a nonresidential one, the nonresidential side must provide, FOR 50 FEET FROM THE BOUNDARY, a front yard at least equal to the residential district's; and where side or rear yards abut, the nonresidential side must match the residential side or rear yard along that line.)	0.07 ac	15 / 5 / 15 ft	30 ft	Special permit
R-C Residential (stated as the district for 'higher density residences', but DIMENSIONALLY IT IS THE VILLAGE'S MOST RESTRICTIVE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND ITS USE LIST IS THE NARROWEST: a 10,000 SQ FT minimum lot — more than THREE TIMES R-A's and R-B's 3,000 — with 30 ft of width, a 15 ft front yard, a 5 ft side yard and a 25 FT rear yard, 2 1/2 stories at 30 ft. SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS ARE THE ONLY PERMITTED RESIDENTIAL USE. There is no two-family, no multi-family, no townhouse, no bed-and-breakfast, and — uniquely among the three residential districts — NO ACCESSORY APARTMENT. Home occupation is the only special use. So the district named for higher density is the one where a second unit is unavailable at any price. Read the use list, not the district name. NOTE AN APPARENT INTERNAL INCONSISTENCY IN THE PRINTED TABLE: the single-family row gives 75% maximum lot coverage while the home-occupation row on the same 10,000 sq ft lot gives 25%. Both figures are recorded as printed; 75% is by some distance the highest residential coverage in the Village and sits oddly against the 3,000 sq ft districts' 35% and 50%. Confirm with the Code Enforcement Officer at (518) 695-3881 before relying on 75%. Front setback measured from the edge of the right-of-way. § 3.14F IMPORTS RESIDENTIAL YARDS ACROSS DISTRICT LINES: where a residential district abuts a nonresidential one, the nonresidential side must provide, FOR 50 FEET FROM THE BOUNDARY, a front yard at least equal to the residential district's; and where side or rear yards abut, the nonresidential side must match the residential side or rear yard along that line.)	0.23 ac	15 / 5 / 25 ft	30 ft	No
HM-S Historic Main Street (the Village's downtown district and the most form-based standard in Saratoga County: A SINGLE TABLE ROW COVERING ALL PERMITTED AND SPECIAL USES ALIKE — 2,000 SQ FT of lot, 20 FT of width, 40 ft of height, and a MINIMUM of two stories with a maximum of three. AND A THIRD RULE OVERRIDES BOTH: where adjacent buildings exist, or where similar structures exist across the street, THE MINIMUM SETBACK IS THE AVERAGE SETBACK OF THOSE STRUCTURES — so on most of Broad Street the existing street wall, not the table, sets the building line. Permitted by right: single-family, office, retail under 2,500 sq ft, and MIXED-USE BUILDINGS UNDER 5,000 SQ FT with commercial on the ground floor and residential above. By special use: two-family, multi-family, bed-and-breakfast, retail over 2,500 sq ft, hotel, bank, tourist attraction, restaurant, personal service, home occupation, ACCESSORY APARTMENT, mixed-use over 5,000 sq ft, and a convenience store in an existing building. THE 2,000 SQ FT LOT WITH 100% COVERAGE AND THREE STOREYS IS THE MOST DEVELOPABLE ENVELOPE IN THE VILLAGE BY A LARGE MARGIN. Front setback measured from the edge of the right-of-way. Design review applies — see § 4.3, Design Guidelines for the HM-S District. )	0.05 ac	10 / 10 / 15 ft	40 ft	Special permit
C-B Commercial-Business (the Village's general commercial district, on a 15,000 SQ FT baseline lot with 30 ft of width, 50% coverage, a 15 ft front yard, a 15 ft rear yard and A SIDE YARD STATED AS A RANGE — '0-15 ft or prevailing setback'. THE ROWS SPREAD WIDELY: single-family, two-family, retail, personal service, office, bank, restaurant and drinking establishments all at 15,000 sq ft; BED-AND-BREAKFAST, GASOLINE STATION AND AUTOMOBILE SERVICE GARAGE at 20,000 sq ft; MULTIPLE-FAMILY, ROOMING HOUSE AND TOURIST HOUSE at HALF AN ACRE PLUS 2,000 SQ FT PER DWELLING UNIT — a per-unit land formula found nowhere else in this code; HOTEL/MOTEL/TOURIST ACCOMMODATION at 1 ACRE with 75% coverage; PUBLIC OR SEMI-PUBLIC at 2 ACRES with 35%; and HOME OCCUPATION with NO minimum lot at all ('N/A'). 'PREVAILING SETBACK' IS A DEFINED TERM (§ 6): the distance between structures and the existing right-of-way on the block, so where a preexisting structure is present the neighbours' setbacks govern rather than the table. ACCESSORY APARTMENTS ARE A SPECIAL USE HERE, which matters because § 8's standards expressly contemplate an accessory apartment over a NON-RESIDENTIAL principal use — the commercial-district ADU is real in Schuylerville, unlike most of this county. § 3.14F IMPORTS RESIDENTIAL YARDS ACROSS DISTRICT LINES: where a residential district abuts a nonresidential one, the nonresidential side must provide, FOR 50 FEET FROM THE BOUNDARY, a front yard at least equal to the residential district's; and where side or rear yards abut, the nonresidential side must match the residential side or rear yard along that line. Front setback measured from the edge of the right-of-way.)	0.34 ac	15 / 0 / 15 ft	24 ft	Special permit
C-H Commercial-Highway (the automobile-oriented and larger-lot commercial district: a 20,000 SQ FT baseline lot with 50 ft of width, 50% coverage, 2 1/2 stories at 30 ft, a 20 FT front yard — the deepest of the commercial districts — and 15 ft side and rear yards, with the side stated as '15 ft or prevailing setback'. ADULT USE AND BODY MODIFICATION FACILITIES CARRY A COMPOUNDING SETBACK: 20 ft front and 15 ft side and rear 'IN ADDITION TO any setbacks required by Section 14.3 of this code' — the separation-distance article — so their real envelope cannot be read off this table at all. HOTEL/MOTEL/TOURIST ACCOMMODATION IS THE OUTLIER ROW: 30 ft of width against everyone else's 50, 75% coverage against 50%, a 15 ft front yard against 20, and a height stated as 24 ft by right or 36 ft by special permit rather than the district's flat 30 ft. NO DWELLING USE IS PERMITTED IN C-H and there is NO ACCESSORY APARTMENT ROW — this is the one commercial district in the Village with no residential path. § 3.14F IMPORTS RESIDENTIAL YARDS ACROSS DISTRICT LINES: where a residential district abuts a nonresidential one, the nonresidential side must provide, FOR 50 FEET FROM THE BOUNDARY, a front yard at least equal to the residential district's; and where side or rear yards abut, the nonresidential side must match the residential side or rear yard along that line. Front setback measured from the edge of the right-of-way.)	0.46 ac	20 / 15 / 15 ft	30 ft	No
R-R Riverfront Recreational (the Hudson River floodplain district, expressly a FLOOD HAZARD DISTRICT, whose stated purpose is to preserve the natural function of the flood plain and to DISCOURAGE large-scale residential or commercial development. A 7,000 SQ FT lot for a single-family dwelling but 100 FT OF WIDTH — more than three times R-A's 30 ft — with A 10% MAXIMUM COVERAGE, a 25 ft front yard, 10 ft side and 20 ft rear yards, 2 1/2 stories at 30 ft. The other rows are much larger: marinas and river-related recreation at 1–2 acres with 200 ft of width, 25% coverage and 50 ft front and rear yards; open space recreation and campgrounds at 2 acres with 10% coverage; public and semi-public at 10 ACRES — the largest single lot requirement in the code. Campground height is capped at 2 stories and 25 ft. Flood Protection District provisions at § 8.11 apply on top of this. Public utility standards are 'to be set during the Special Use Permitting Process'. NO ACCESSORY APARTMENT ROW EXISTS HERE. Front setback measured from the edge of the right-of-way.)	0.16 ac	25 / 10 / 20 ft	30 ft	No
E-D Educational (a single-purpose district for public and private educational facilities. PRIVATE educational facilities — a SPECIAL USE — take a 5-ACRE minimum lot, 50% coverage and 3 stories at 45 FT, WHICH IS THE TALLEST LIMIT IN THE VILLAGE, above even HM-S's 40 ft. PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, THE BY-RIGHT USE, HAVE 'N/A' IN EVERY SINGLE COLUMN — no lot, no width, no coverage, no height, no yards. The Village imposes no dimensional standard whatsoever on a public school, which is worth knowing before assuming a school expansion is dimensionally constrained. NO ACCESSORY APARTMENT AND NO DWELLING USE OF ANY KIND. Front setback measured from the edge of the right-of-way. § 3.14F IMPORTS RESIDENTIAL YARDS ACROSS DISTRICT LINES: where a residential district abuts a nonresidential one, the nonresidential side must provide, FOR 50 FEET FROM THE BOUNDARY, a front yard at least equal to the residential district's; and where side or rear yards abut, the nonresidential side must match the residential side or rear yard along that line.)	5 ac	—	45 ft	No

ADUs vs. short-term rentals in Schuylerville

No local short-term-rental law on record - which is not the same as permission for Village of Schuylerville. NO SHORT-TERM-RENTAL PROVISION EXISTS IN THE VILLAGE OF SCHUYLERVILLE ZONING CODE. A full-text read of the 147-page Local Law No. 1 of 2022 returns no 'short-term rental', no 'vacation rental' and no registration or licensing requirement. Recorded 'unknown' rather than 'prohibited': whole-house rental of a permitted dwelling is arguably the residential use itself, and absence of a found provision is NOT permission. ROOMING HOUSES AND TOURIST HOMES are special uses in C-B only, on a HALF ACRE PLUS 2,000 SQ FT PER DWELLING UNIT, and § 8W lets the Board authorise them only where floor space, health, safety and sanitary conditions are adequate, off-street parking is consistent with the number of accommodations, and the use is consistent with the density guidelines of the Village Plan and with other property use in the immediate neighbourhood. HOTEL, MOTEL AND TOURIST ACCOMMODATION is a special use in C-B on 1 ACRE at 75% coverage, and a special use in C-H on 20,000 sq ft. So the Village has a complete lodging ladder — b&b, rooming house, tourist home, hotel — and simply never wrote the internet-era rental into it. GET A WRITTEN ANSWER FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AT (518) 695-3881 BEFORE UNDERWRITING SHORT-TERM RENTAL INCOME, and expect the owner-occupancy logic of the bed-and-breakfast standard to be the lens the Village applies. Separately, New York State has required every short-term-rental host to register the unit with the State through the county registry since 2025 regardless of what the municipality allows, and Saratoga County HAS adopted a county-level short-term-rental programme: a 3% occupancy tax and a MANDATORY county registry, covering any room or space in a dwelling let for under 30 consecutive days. Registration runs two years, an unregistered host faces fines of up to $500, and the booking platform is separately liable for processing an unregistered listing — so Airbnb and Vrbo will delist. The City of Saratoga Springs runs its own registry alongside it. These are separate questions from whether you can build an ADU — a unit you're allowed to add isn't automatically one you're allowed to rent nightly, so check both.

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ADU FAQ — Schuylerville, NY

Are ADUs allowed in Schuylerville, NY?

Village of Schuylerville has 8 districts. 4 districts prohibit ADUs, 4 require a special-use permit. Check your address with the free ADU checker, or confirm with the building department at (518) 695-3881.

Do I need a special permit for an ADU in Schuylerville?

It depends on the district: 4 of 8 require a special-use permit, the rest do not. Check the district that applies to your parcel before you design.

Can I use an ADU as a short-term rental in Schuylerville?

No local short-term-rental law on record - which is not the same as permission for Village of Schuylerville. ADU occupancy and short-term-rental rules are separate: an ADU you can build isn't automatically one you can rent nightly. Confirm both before you count on STR income.

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What an ADU costs to build in Schuylerville

Permission is one question and budget is another. An 800 sq ft accessory unit here runs roughly $200k–260k at a standard finish, and the per-square-foot rate comes in above a full house because the kitchen, bath, panel and heating plant cost the same either way. See the full cost to build an ADU in Schuylerville, priced by size.

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ADU information for Village of Schuylerville is compiled from the municipal code (last reviewed 2026-08-02) and provided for decision-support only — not legal or architectural advice. ADU eligibility, size, owner-occupancy and permit conditions vary by district and often carry exceptions; verify with the building department at (518) 695-3881 before relying on any answer. Source: Offsite / Aldo zoning dataset, municipalData.js.