How much can a lot be covered by buildings?
My neighbor owns a 16’8″ wide x 100 foot lot that’s currently built with a 38 x 16.8 3 story plus cellar. They’ve started excavating almost all the backyard to prepare space for a foundation for a two story extension. From the DoB I’ve ascertained that from the square footage they’re adding in the extension…
My neighbor owns a 16’8″ wide x 100 foot lot that’s currently built with a 38 x 16.8 3 story plus cellar. They’ve started excavating almost all the backyard to prepare space for a foundation for a two story extension. From the DoB I’ve ascertained that from the square footage they’re adding in the extension means it’s going to be 30 foot long. That will mean that 68 out of 100 feet depth will be built on. It’s zoned R6 but in the partial approval they’ve received from the DoB they’re changing the CofO from a 3 fam to a 3 family plus Office.
I thought there was some limit (like 50%) on how much of the ground R6 lot could be covered by a building.
Am I wrong?
If you were my neighbor and you were trying to screw me i’d slap the shit out of you !
If residential, the building is required to have a 30′ rear yard depth to the back face of the building.
A building is only exempted from a rear yard setback if it is actually the corner lot, and the exemption for the corner lot is within 100′ of the corner. In other words, if you are the second lot away from the corner lot, you are required to have a 30′ setback even though you might be only 20′ from the corner. A building that’s on the corner, but 120′ wide, is exempt from the setback for 100′ and required to have a setback for the last 20′.
There are exceptions to this for smaller lots but you are describing a 100′ lot, so there 30′ would be required here.
mind your own fuckin business . busy body ,go get laid
Hancock what’s eating your cage – are we having an angry Friday. As far as I am concerned I used this forum to establish some facts before I phoned up 311 or anyone else. Isn’t that what this forum is for?
4:13 then that explains it – they’re only 83 feet I think.
You thought wrong. Quit your bitchin and start minding your own business and not the business of your neighbor.
rear yards are not required if building is within 100 feet of the corner lot line.
2:48 thanks but they’re still limited to a 30 foot rear yard right? I’ve just checked the front of the building and it starts probably 8′-10′ back from the lot line. Let’s say it’s 8 ‘ then plus the existing 38′ building plus a 30 foot extension means the rear yard is down to 24′ feet. Is it possible to get a variance against having a 30’ rear yard in R6?
If the zoning is R6, then you should use the first column of data in the zoning table to which you provided the link (the one entitled, “R6 HF”, which means R6 following the zoning resolution’s height factor regulations). The other columns are for R6 using Quality Housing regulations, which are a different set of regulations for new developments; and R6A and R6B, which are different zoning districts than R6. Using the R6HF column, you can see that there is no lot coverage requirement for R6 zones.