181 Bay St, Glens Falls, NY 12801

Two-Family Residential District

The general purpose and intent of this residential zoning district is to provide for one- and two-family dwellings within the City of Glens Falls, at a greater density than the R-1A and R-1B single-family districts. This district is intended to protect the basic low-density residential character of areas developed for one- and two-family residences and prevent the subdivision of one- and two-family residential structures into multifamily dwellings in areas unable to accommodate greater densities. In promoting the general purpose of this chapter, the specific intent is: To preserve the basic low-density residential character of areas within the City of Glens Falls where increased densities would create traffic and parking problems and have a detrimental effect on the quality of the residential environment; to permit the development of recreational and public education facilities required for, and compatible with, a balanced residential neighborhood; To prohibit all business, commercial and industrial development of the land, to prohibit any other nonconforming use which would substantially interfere with or be deleterious to the development or continuation of single-family and two-family dwellings in this residential zoning district; To encourage the discontinuance of existing uses that would not be allowed as new uses under the provisions of this section; To discourage land use that would generate traffic on residential streets other than normal traffic to and from the residences on those streets.; No unhosted short-term rentals shall be permitted to operate in the R-2 Two-Family Districts.