Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Village of Belmont, New York

Village of Belmont’s own rules

• Certificate of occupancyRequired

  Buildings erected, altered, enlarged, moved or changed in use inside the Village of Belmont

  • No CO issued unless construction and use conform to the zoning law
  • Where NYS or Allegany County health department approval is required, no CO until approval is granted in writing
  • Village water department must certify cross-connection control requirements are met

  “where the approval of new york state and/or the allegany county departments of health is required, no certificate of occupancy shall be issued until such approval has been granted in writing.”

• Local zoningPresent

  Land inside the Village of Belmont (Allegany County)

  • Administered by a Zoning Enforcement Officer appointed by the Village Board; Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning Board involved
  • Source is the 2003 amended law posted on the village site; later amendments not checked

  “local law #1 of 2003 village of belmont amended zoning law article 1: zoning districts section 100.00: establishment of districts”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  Zoning districts inside the Village of Belmont

  • Boundaries are on an annotated zoning map adopted by Village Board resolution (Section 101.00)

  “the village is hereby divided into the following types of districts: a. r-l one-family residence district b. r-2 two-family residence district c. r-3 multi-family residence district d. b-l central business district e. b-2 business district f. t-1 mobile home district”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  Multi-family dwellings in the R-3 district inside the Village of Belmont

  • Boarding houses 20,000 sq ft
  • Single-family district lot sizes are in the Section 206.00 table, which could not be read reliably

  minimum lot area: >= 20000 sq ft (plus 2,500 sq ft per additional unit over three)

  “each lot shall have at least twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of land area plus two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet for each additional unit over three (3). boarding houses shall have twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.”

• Lot coverageSpecified

  Multi-family dwellings, boarding and rooming houses inside the Village of Belmont

  • Single-family district coverage is in the Section 206.00 table, which could not be read reliably

  maximum building area: <= 30 percent of lot area

  “c. the building area on any lot shall not exceed thirty (30) percent of the lot area.”

• Manufactured homesProhibited

  Mobile homes in the R-1 one-family residence district inside the Village of Belmont (also listed as prohibited in R-2, R-3, B-1, B-2)

  • Mobile homes are permitted only as mobile home parks in the T-1 mobile home district

  “d. prohibited uses 1. boarding or rooming houses. 2. mobile homes. 3. contractor's yard.”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Limited — Mobile home parks in the T-1 mobile home district inside the Village of Belmont

    “a. permitted uses 1. one-family dwellings, occupied by one (1) family and not more than two (2) unrelated persons. 2. public parks, playgrounds and recreational areas. 3. mobile home parks.”

• Permit processPartial

  Zoning compliance and special use permit procedure inside the Village of Belmont

  • Special use applications go to the Zoning Enforcement Officer, who sends them to the Allegany County planning board and village planning board
  • Failure of planning board to report within 30 days is construed as approval

  “d. special use permit 1. all applications for special use permits shall be made to the zoning enforcement officer who shall cause copies to be sent to the allegany county planning board and to the village planning board for site plan review and evaluation of the proposed use.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Village of Belmont or Allegany County directly.

• Building permit — Building permits inside the Village of Belmont
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption inside the Village of Belmont
• Building code adopted — Building code inside the Village of Belmont
• Inspections — Building inspection inside the Village of Belmont
• Minimum dwelling size — Minimum dwelling size inside the Village of Belmont

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.