Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Ballston that this document shall be known and may be cited as "Chapter 138, Zoning."
A.
This chapter is enacted for the purpose of promoting
the health, safety, and general welfare of the people of the Town
of Ballston. The zoning regulations and districts described in this
chapter as outlined upon the Zoning Map are made and have been developed
in accordance with this goal and to be consistent with the adopted
Town of Ballston Comprehensive Plan and the Agricultural and Farmland
Protection Plan. Further purposes are to encourage the conservation
of farmland and open spaces, protect environmental and historic resources,
maintain community character, focus growth in appropriate locations
as identified in Comprehensive Plan, ensure safe and efficient mobility,
encourage agri-businesses, provide opportunities for a diverse economic
base in the community, promote green energy initiatives, and to provide
for a variety of housing types. The regulations and districts have
been designed to lessen congestion in the streets, to secure safety
from fire, panic and other dangers, to provide adequate light and
air, to prevent the overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration
of population and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation,
water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements. They
have been made with reasonable consideration, among other things,
as to the character of each zoned district and its suitability for
particular uses and with a view of conserving the value of buildings
and encouraging the most appropriate uses of land throughout the Town
of Ballston.
B.
The Zoning Board of Appeals, Planning Board, Building
Inspector and the agents of these offices have been created by the
Town Board of the Town of Ballston for the purposes of implementation
of the regulations and districts established by this chapter. These
offices have been established in order to assist the residents of
the Town of Ballston in understanding and complying with the various
rules and regulations set forth in this document. It is the ultimate
purpose of this chapter to assist the residents of the Town of Ballston
to create the most prudent use of the land within the town, by considering
appropriate health, safety and welfare standards that affect all residents.
C.
Unless otherwise specifically excepted in this document,
no building or land within the Town of Ballston shall hereafter be
used or occupied unless in conformity with both the regulations herein
specified for the district in which the land or building is located
and with the supplementary regulations set forth.
