Huntington, NY Zoning Overlays & Bonuses: Downtown Design Guide (2026)

The MTCOD sits within the I-1 Light Industry Zone bounded by Maxess Road, Baylis Road, Melville Park Road and Corporate Center Drive. Town Code § 198-34.1(A) states the Town Board created the overlay to build "a robust mix of retail, office, commercial service, residential uses and community public space" with frontages "oriented towards the major roadways within the subject district." Development requires a joint Special Use Permit under § 198-66 and Site Plan Approval under § 198-116 and Appendix A202, filed with the Town Board.

Design and bulk limits in § 198-34.1(E) cap building height at fifty feet and four stories (minimum twenty-five feet, two stories), cap lot coverage at ninety percent, require at least fifteen percent usable civic or open space, and set a 3.6 floor area ratio ceiling. Parking for residences runs one space per studio or one-bedroom unit plus a half space for each additional bedroom, and structured or underground parking must be screened from neighboring streets. Ground-floor uses fronting the four named roads are limited to retail, commercial, or office space; residential use on those ground floors is expressly barred, and mixed-use buildings cap residential space at seventy-five percent.

Growth itself is capped: § 198-34.1(A)(3) limits the district to 1,500 total residential units and pauses new applications after each 400-unit increment so the Town Board can study traffic, fire/EMS and school impacts before accepting more. Section 198-34.1(F) layers on a development fee, split 75/25 between a Town Center parks fund and the Fire/Ambulance District, calculated per unit and per square foot of commercial space over set thresholds.