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TOWN OF VERNON
ZONING REGULATIONS
SECTION 10 - MINIMUM FLOOR AREAS
10.1 Requirements. Minimum floor area requirements; a building permit shall not be
issued for any building that does not conform to the following:
10.1.1 Multi-family dwelling units shall have not less than the following footage of
living quarters:
10.1.1.1 For one-bedroom units: Five hundred fifty (550) square feet.
10.1.1.2 For each additional bedroom over one: One hundred twenty-five
(125) square feet.
10.1.2 Two-Family Dwellings: Newly constructed two-family dwellings shall have a
minimum floor are of seven hundred (700) square feet per unit for single
level structures and a minimum floor area of seven hundred seventy-five
(775) square feet per unit for multi-level structures. Existing structures,
which are converted to two-family dwellings, shall contain a minimum floor
area of six hundred fifty (650) square feet per dwelling unit containing one
bedroom. A unit containing more than one bedroom shall provide one
hundred twenty-five (125) square feet for each additional bedroom.
No single-family structure shall be converted to a two-family structure if
additions to the existing building are required to meet the above square
footage requirements. Where an existing single-family dwelling is converted
to a two-family, the external appearance and general characteristics of the
building as a single-family shall be preserved.
Each individual dwelling unit must be individually metered for all utility
services and must be served by public water and sewers.
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