GENERAL ORDINANCE __ 2024
BY CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY & MINORITY LEADER BREEN:
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A GENERAL ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 43 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS ENTITLED “ZONING” IN REGARD TO ROOMING HOUSES IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS
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The City of Yonkers, in City Council convened, does hereby ordain and enact:
Section 1. In an effort to foster and preserve the essential single-family and two-family character of certain enumerated zoning districts in the City of Yonkers, as well as the health, safety and welfare of the City of Yonkers residents in those districts, the Yonkers City Council deems it necessary and appropriate to enact the following amendment to the Yonkers Zoning Code.
Section 2. Section 43-24 of Chapter 43 of the Code of the City of Yonkers, entitled “Reserved”, is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Section 43-24. [Reserved.] Rooming Houses in Certain Districts. No property, nor any building, structure or facility located thereon, situated within Districts “S-200”, “S-100”, “S-75”, “S-60”, “S-50”, or “T” in the City of Yonkers may be constructed, converted to, owned, leased, licensed, used, operated, and/or occupied in whole or in part as a Rooming House, as such term is defined in Section 58-4 of Chapter 58 of the Code of the City of Yonkers.
Section 3. The foregoing amendment to the Yonkers Zoning Code constitutes a Type II Action pursuant to 6 NYCRR § 617.5(c)(25), (33), and (37), and, therefore, no further review under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act is required.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect immediately.