§ 270-53.11. Additional standards for zero-lot-line dwellings.

A. 

Townhouses shall be constructed with one unit per subdivided lot, with each dwelling unit being attached to the adjacent unit.

B. 

Townhouses shall have separate sewer and water laterals and shall have separate utility services for all other utility hookups.

C. 

Development of a zero-lot-line dwelling shall occur only on a lot that has been specifically platted in accordance with the provisions of the Town of Rotterdam Subdivision Ordinance to accommodate such a use.

Editor's Note: See Ch. 249, Subdivision of Land.

D. 

A perpetual easement with a minimum width of four feet shall be provided on the adjacent lot for the maintenance of the wall of the dwelling with the zero lot line. This required easement shall be in favor of the lot on which a zero lot line is planned at or near the boundary to which this easement is adjacent. This required easement shall extend along the entire length of the side boundary to which the easement is adjacent.

E. 

No doors, windows, air-conditioning units, utility meters, electric panel boxes or openings of any kind shall be allowed on the wall of a dwelling or accessory building that lies on a zero-lot line.

F. 

Required easements shall be shown on the final plat. If required easements are not shown on the final plat of lots for zero-lot-line homes, then such easements shall be created by means of a replat or other separate legal instrument filed with the Schenectady County Clerk's office, before permits for building are granted by the Town.

G. 

In no case shall the owner of any zero-lot-line dwelling be granted an easement on the adjoining property for the use or enjoyment of any portion of that property, except for a four-foot maintenance easement in Subsection D above.

H. 

Wall assemblies separating dwelling units from each other shall have a sound transmission class (STC) of not less than 60 for airborne noise when tested in accordance with ASTM E 90. This requirement shall not apply to dwelling-unit-entrance doors; however, such doors shall be tight fitting to the frame and sill.