TOWN OF PEMBROKE ZONING LAW

JUNE 14, 1995

(As Amended Through 1/4/2001)

ARTICLE II ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS

The Town of Pembroke is hereby divided into the following zoning districts and overlay zones:

Said zoning districts are bounded and defined as shown in a map entitled “Zoning Map of the Town of Pembroke, N.Y.” The official copy of the zoning map is on file at the Town Clerk’s Office.

Where uncertainty exists as to the location of any boundaries shown on the zoning map, the following rules shall apply:

    A. Zoning district boundary lines are intended to follow streets, rights-of-way, water courses or lot lines, or be parallel or perpendicular thereto, unless such district boundary lines are fixed by dimensions, as shown on the zoning map.

    B. Where zoning district boundaries are indicated as following approximate streets, rights-of-way, or water courses, the center lines thereof shall be construed to be such boundaries.

    C. Where zoning district boundaries are so indicated that they follow the edge of lakes, ponds, reservoirs or other bodies of water, mean high water lines thereof shall be construed to be the zoning district boundaries.

    D. Where zoning district boundaries are so indicated that they approximately follow lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.

    E. If, after the application of the foregoing rules, uncertainty exists as to the exact location of a district boundary, the Board of Appeals shall determine the location of said lines.

Where a zoning district boundary line divides a lot under single ownership on the effective date of this Zoning Law, leaving part subject to permissive regulations and part subject to prohibitive regulations, the Board of Appeals after public hearing may permit an extension of the use of that lot into the district where it is prohibited provided the extension does not extend more than fifty (50) feet into that district. Furthermore, the Board may impose conditions affecting such extension if required to protect neighboring property.

A single family dwelling, mobile home, and/or customary accessory buildings may be placed on any vacant lot of record existing prior to the effective date of this Zoning Law and having a minimum of one hundred (100) feet in width and twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in area. This provision shall apply even though such lot fails to meet the requirements for area, width or yard size, provided that the other requirements of this Zoning Law are met. The minimum yard requirements for single family dwellings on existing lots shall be as follows:

1.   Front  Fifty (50) feet

2.   Side   Fifteen (15) feet

3.   Rear   Thirty (30) feet