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Local Law No. 11 - 2010
This local law shall be known as the “Amendment of Off-street Parking in Residential
Districts” Law.
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Mamaroneck:
Section 1 – Purpose:
Section 240-79 B. of the Zoning Ordinance provides restrictions on off-street parking which
have become anachronistic. The law was enacted at a time when it was less common for
households to have more than one automobile so that parking the family car either in a garage or
more than 25 feet from the home’s front lot line was feasible. Now it is the norm for each
household to have two or three cars making it impossible to park all of them in a garage or more
than 25 feet from the home’s front lot line.
In addition there were no SUVs or other extra large motor vehicles when the law was
passed. Garages that were built prior to 1960 cannot accommodate some of today’s vehicles.
Hence such vehicles are parked in driveways.
For these reasons, the Town Board finds it appropriate to repeal that portion of section 240-
79 B. of the Zoning Ordinance which prohibits parking on a residential lot within 25 feet of a front
property line; provided, however, that the repeal does not lead to the parking of motor vehicles in
areas outside of driveways and less than 25 feet from the street in front of a home, such as in a
parking space installed in front of a home and only 10 feet from the street.
Section 2 – Amendment of an existing section of Town Code:
Section 240-79 B. of the Zoning Ordinance hereby is repealed and the following is
substituted in its place:
B. In residence districts,
(i) motor vehicles shall not be parked in the portion of a lot which is bounded by the
front lot line of such lot, an imaginary line running within that lot which is parallel
to the front lot line and twenty-five feet distant from the front lot line and the
imaginary straight lines which project from the front lot line to the points where the
side walls of the dwelling on such lot meet the front wall of that dwelling
and
(ii) (a) motor vehicles shall not be parked within five feet of a side lot line or five feet of
a rear lot line nor (b) shall the area of a lot lying within five feet of a side lot line or
within five feet of a rear lot line be developed for travel by, or the parking of motor
vehicles
and
(iii) provided the requirements of section 240-79 B. (ii) are met, motor vehicles may be
parked within twenty-five feet of the front lot line in one side yard but not in both
side yards.
(iv) Section 240-79 B. (i) shall not apply to
a. any parking space that violates that section if that parking space existed on the
effective date of this law
or
b. any parking space in a driveway which terminates at the door by which a motor
vehicle would enter a garage located on a lot.
(v) Section 240-79 B. (ii) shall not apply to
a. any driveway which is used by more than one lot on the effective date of this law
or
b. any lot created by a subdivision approved by the Planning Board if such lot or
lots are designed to contain a driveway which will be used by more than one lot.
Section 3 – Severability:
Should any provision of this Local Law be declared invalid or unconstitutional by any court
of competent jurisdiction, such declaration of unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect any
other provisions of this Local Law, which may be implemented without the invalid or
unconstitutional provisions.
Section 4 – Effective Date:
This Local Law shall become effective upon filing with the Secretary of State.