Town of New Paltz, NY: zoning for new construction

Agricultural (A-1.5), Agricultural (A-3) — Min required open space 65%, max impervious coverage 35%. Clustering is available in A-1.5, A-3 and R-1 at Planning Board discretion under § 121-25 and Town Law § 278, and is REQUIRED to be submitted for any subdivision of 15+ acres or 4+ lots. It caps yield at the conforming lot count and states no reduced lot minimum of its own, so no per-condition figure is recorded (schedule note 1).

Residential (R-1) — Min required open space 65%, max impervious coverage 35%. Minimum lot area is 1.01 acres as printed in the schedule, not a round acre. Clustering is available in A-1.5, A-3 and R-1 at Planning Board discretion under § 121-25 and Town Law § 278, and is REQUIRED to be submitted for any subdivision of 15+ acres or 4+ lots. It caps yield at the conforming lot count and states no reduced lot minimum of its own, so no per-condition figure is recorded (schedule note 1).

Business-2 (B-2) — Min required open space 10%, max impervious coverage 90%. Front yard 35 ft, or 65 ft in the part of B-2 east of the Village of New Paltz boundary (note 4). No side yard is required, but any provided must be at least 12.5 ft (note 5). Along the NYS Thruway right-of-way, side and rear yards are 50 ft (note 8). MULTIPLE DWELLINGS: permitted in B-2, with lot size, yards and coverage applied on the same basis as the R-V Variable-Density Residence District (note 3, § 140-20) — 10 acres initial site (5 acres for adaptive reuse), 300 ft width, 500 ft depth, 200 ft frontage on an arterial or collector, 75 ft front and 75 ft side/rear (100 ft adjoining a single-family district), and land per dwelling unit set by bedroom count: 2,500 sq ft studio, 3,000 one-bedroom, 4,000 two-bedroom, 5,000 three-bedroom, 6,000 four-bedroom. R-V is an overlay the Town Board establishes by map amendment and its per-unit figures turn on bedroom count, which has no term in the condition vocabulary, so these are stated here rather than recorded as variants. Townhouses are permitted in B-2 (note 5).

Light Industrial (I-1) — Min required open space 35%, max impervious coverage 65%. Max 3 stories.

Floodplain Watershed (FW), Floodplain Fringe (FF) — Min required open space 65%, max impervious coverage 35%. Floodplain zone — refer to § 140-19 and Chapter 82.

General Floodplain (GF) — The schedule states no minimum lot area for GF. Min required open space 65%, max impervious coverage 35%. Floodplain zone — refer to § 140-19 and Chapter 82.

Main Street Mixed Use (MSMU) — Front setback on state roads: 25 ft plus 1 ft for every foot of building height over 25 ft, to a maximum of 40 ft; on local and county roads, 0 to 10 ft minimum and 20 ft maximum (note 7). Side and rear yards are 50 ft along the NYS Thruway right-of-way (note 8). Maximum building footprint 7,500 sq ft, more than one building per lot allowed (note 9). Every principal building must have at least two occupiable stories (note 10), maximum 3. Max impervious coverage 85% for redevelopment of a developed site and 65% for an undeveloped site (note 11).

Gateway Business (GB) — Min required open space 35%, max impervious coverage 65%. Side and rear yards are 50 ft along the NYS Thruway right-of-way (note 8). Maximum building footprint 10,000 sq ft (note 12). Two stories and 30 ft, but a third story to 35 ft is permitted where the building meets US Green Building Council LEED silver or higher (note 13).

Gateway Hamlet (GH) — Min required open space 30%, max impervious coverage 70%. Front setback 15 ft minimum and 35 ft MAXIMUM (note 14). Maximum building footprint 5,000 sq ft (note 15). Max 3 stories.