[Amended 5-1-1998 by L.L. No. 1-1998; 1-16-2008 by L.L. No. 1-2008]
For the purpose of promoting the health, safety,
morals and the general welfare of the community, the Town of Cortlandville
outside of the Villages of McGraw and Homer and the City of Cortland
is hereby divided into Zoning Districts as follows:
A.
Agricultural District.
B.
Residential R-1 District.
C.
Residential R-2 District.
D.
Residential R-3 District.
E.
Neighborhood Business B-1 District.
F.
Highway Commercial Business B-2 District.
G.
Planned Commercial Business B-3 District.
H.
Light Industrial, Office, Business Park I-1 District.
I.
General Industrial I-2 District.
J.
Acquifer Protection District.
K.
Wellhead
Protection Area District.
[Added 2-16-2022 by L.L. No. 1-2022]
[Amended 5-1-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988; 2-16-2022 by L.L. No. 1-2022]
The boundaries of the districts are established as shown on the map entitled “Zoning Map” in this chapter, except that the Aquifer Protection District is set forth on the Aquifer Protection District Map filed with the Town of Cortlandville, and the Wellhead Protection Zones are set forth on the Wellhead Protection District Map filed with the Town of Cortlandville. Reference is also made to § 178-80B of this chapter herein concerning the filed plan and maps for flood hazard areas. The Zoning Map, the Aquifer Protection District Map and the Wellhead Protection District Map, including any explanatory material on each, are made a part of this chapter. The Town Clerk shall certify each of the maps as part of this chapter and keep them on file in the clerk’s office. Any change to district boundaries or other information depicted in the maps shall be made on the certified Zoning Map, Aquifer Protection District Map and the Wellhead Protection District Map. The local law making any change shall provide for its entry upon the corresponding map.
If there is uncertainty of the exact boundaries
of districts as shown on the Zoning Map, certain rules shall apply
as follows:
A.
Boundaries shown as approximately following a street
or highway shall be construed to follow the nearest boundary line
or right-of-way line of the street or highway.
B.
Boundaries shown as approximately following platted
lot lines shall be construed to follow such lot lines.
C.
Boundaries shown as following shore lines of streams,
lakes, and reservoirs shall be construed to follow such shore lines
and to move with changes in the actual shore lines.
E.
Distances not specifically set forth on the Zoning
Map shall be determined by the scale of the map.
Where a district boundary line divides a preexisting
lot in single or joint ownership of record at the time such line is
adopted, the regulations applying to the major portion of the lot
shall apply to the whole lot, and, in the case where a lot is divided
exactly in half by the district line, the regulations of the more
restrictive district shall apply to the whole lot. However, if the
back of such a lot fronts on a residential street, and the effect
is to extend a commercial or industrial use onto the residential street,
the above provisions shall not apply, and each portion of the lot
shall conform to its respective district.
A.
No structure or land shall hereafter be used, occupied,
or changed in use and no structure shall hereafter be erected, constructed,
reconstructed, moved or structurally altered unless in conformity
with all of the regulations for the district in which it is located.
B.
No part of a yard, open space, parking space or loading
space required for any structure under this chapter shall be included
as part of a yard, open space, parking space or loading space similarly
required for another structure.
C.
No yard, lot or parking space now existing shall be
reduced in size below the minimum requirements of this chapter. Yards
or lots created after the effective date of this chapter shall meet
its minimum requirements.
Within each district, the regulations established
by this chapter shall be minimum regulations and shall be applied
uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land.
A.
If the plat of a residential subdivision containing
one or more new streets has been duly filed in the Cortland County
Clerk's office prior to the effective date of this chapter, the lots
of the subdivision may be developed in accordance with the lots and
yards delineated on the plat, and any provision of this chapter requiring
larger lots or yards shall not apply to the subdivisions for a period
of three years from the date of such filing.
Until such time as water and sewer facilities
are installed, the Cortland County Health Department Regulations shall
take precedence over the less restrictive provisions of this chapter.
