PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Kings Point, at a regular meeting held on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, duly adopted Local Laws 17, 19, 20, and 22 of 2022, which read as follows:1. Local Law 17 of 2022, a local law amending the notice requirements for permit applications for off-shore structures within the Village of Kings PointBe it enacted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Kings Point.Section 1. †Subsection F, of § 161-50.3, Application process for permit for construction or maintenance; filing fees and deposits, of Article VIII, Off-Shore Structures, of Chapter 161, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Kings Point, is hereby amended to read as follows:ìF. The applicant shall file a radius map showing all properties along the shoreline within 400 feet of the property together with a list of the names and addresses of the owners of those properties as provided in Chapter 25 hereof and send notice to those property owners and file an affidavit and proof of providing such notice to all as provided in said Chapter 25.îSection 2. Effective date. †This local law shall take effect immediately.2. Local Law 19 of 2022, A local law amending the provisions of the Code of the Village of Kings Point with regard to rental permits.Be it enacted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Kings Point.Section 1. §122-1, Legislative Intent, of Chapter 122, Rental Dwelling Unit Registration, of the Code of the Village of Kings Point, is hereby amended, to read as follows:ì § 122-1. †Legislative intent.The intent of this chapter is to attempt to protect the bucolic nature of the Village and the peace and quiet of its residents from unreasonable noise and traffic, and to provide that all rental dwelling units are safe, that necessary information is provided to the Village for essential communications between emergency responders and tenants in the event of an emergency, to prevent illegal rentals, and to prohibit the rental of accessory facilities or other portions of the premises separate and apart from the dwelling itself.îSection 2. ß 122-2, Definitions, of said Chapter 122, is amended to add the definition of accessory facilities, to read as follows:ì ACCESSORY FACILITIES ñ accessory structures such as, but not limited to, swimming pools, tennis courts, basketball and other sports courts, garages, guest houses, and the vacant grounds of the premises, or, as to a vacant lot, all or any part of the premises.îSection 3. ß 122-3, of said Chapter 122, is amended, to read as follows:ì§ 122-3. †Applicability and prohibitionsA. This chapter shall apply to all rentals of property not used by the United States government or a department thereof, a public school district, or a special district of the Town of North Hempstead.B. The issuance of any permit pursuant to this chapter does not make legal any use that is otherwise illegal under any other applicable law.C. Rentals may only be made to one or more individuals who compromise all or a part of the family, as ìfamilyî is defined in ß 161-3 of this chapter, which will be occupying the premises during the rental period.D. No rental permit shall be for less than one consecutive thirty-day period and, if there are non-consecutive periods, each period shall be for not less than thirty consecutive days.E. No rental permit shall be for the use of a premises that is not improved with a legal family dwelling.F. No rental permit shall be for the use of one or more accessory facilities if it does not include the dwelling.G. In the event that this section causes a severe and substantial financial hardship to any property owner, an application may be made in writing to the Board of Trustees requesting an exemption from the provisions of this section. †After due notice to all property owners within 800 feet of the subject premises and a public hearing on such application, the Board of Trustees may grant such exemption and impose any conditions as may be deemed reasonable or necessary. †No exemption shall be granted pursuant to this section, except upon a determination in the sole discretion of the Board of Trustees that severe and substantial financial hardship exists as a result of the application of the provisions of this section and the granting of the application will not have a significant adverse impact on the surrounding properties.îSection 4. †Effective date. †This local law shall take effect immediately.3. Local Law 20 of 2022, a local law amending the definition of ‘family’ in Chapter 161, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Kings Point.Be it enacted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Kings Point.Section 1. The definition of Family, in ß 161-3, Definitions, of Chapter 161, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Kings Point is hereby amended, to read as follows: ‘FAMILY – Persons occupying a dwelling unit and living together as a family unit. It shall be presumptive evidence that more than four persons living in a single dwelling unit who are not related by blood, marriage, domestic partnership, or legal adoption do not constitute a family unit.A. In determining whether individuals are living together as a family unit, the following criteria must be present:(1) The occupants must share the entire dwelling unit and live and cook together as a single housekeeping unit. A unit in which the various occupants act as separate roomers may not be deemed to be occupied by the functional equivalent of a traditional family;(2) The group shares expenses for food, rent or ownership costs, utilities and other household expenses;(3) The group is permanent and stable. Evidence of such permanency and stability may include:(a) The presence of minor dependent children regularly residing in the household who are enrolled in a local school;(b) Members of the household having the same address for the purposes of voter registration, driver’s license, motor vehicle registration and filing of taxes;(c) Members of the household are employed in the area;(d) The household has been living together as a unit for a year or more whether in the current dwelling unit or other dwelling units;(e) Common ownership of the furniture and appliances among the members of the household; and(f) The group is not transient or temporary in nature;(4) Any other factor reasonably related to whether or not the group is the functional equivalent of a family.B. A fraternity or sorority will not be considered the functional equivalent of a family.îSection 2. †Effective date. †This local law shall take effect immediately.4. Local Law 22 of 2022, A local law amending ß161-24, Accessory Buildings, of Chapter 161, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Kings Point.Be it enacted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Kings Point.Section 1. §161-24, Accessory Buildings, of Chapter 161, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Kings Point, is hereby amended, by adding subsection C, to read:ìC. On any lot with more than one rear yard, notwithstanding the provisions of § 161-10 of this chapter and subsection A of this section, with the approval of the Architectural and Preliminary Site Review Board, an accessory building may be separated from the main building and any accessory structures attached thereto by less than 10 feet, located less than 10 feet farther back from the front street line than the rearmost portion of the main building, and set back from side and rear lot lines less than the same number of feet as the highest point of the building is above the mean level of the ground surrounding said building.îSection 2. Effective date. This local law shall take effect immediately.Dated: Kings Point, New York
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
September 22, 2022
VILLAGE OF KINGS POINT
Gomie Persaud, Village Clerk-Treasurer