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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Part I, Administrative Legislation
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 4 Assessor
Ch 14 Defense and Indemnification
Ch 19 Ethics, Code of
Ch 25 Investment Policy
Ch 30 Officers and Employees
Ch 36 Personnel Policies
Ch 40 Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals
Ch 44 Procurement Policy
Ch 50 Records
Part II, General Legislation
Ch 71 Animals
Ch 82 Building Construction and Fire Prevention
Ch 93 Farming
Ch 96 Fireworks
Ch 99 Flood Damage Prevention
Ch 105 Games of Chance
Ch 123 Littering
Ch 131 Parks and Recreation Areas
Ch 136 Rental Property
Ch 144 Solid Waste
Ch 150 Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 156 Subdivision of Land
Ch 161 Taxation
Ch 175 Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 181 Vehicles, Off-Road
Ch 185 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
Ch 190 Zoning
Ch 190 Art I General Provisions
§ 190-1 Title and purpose.
§ 190-2 Definitions and word use.
§ 190-3 Application of regulations.
Ch 190 Art II Districts and Boundaries
§ 190-4 Class of districts; district boundaries.
Ch 190 Art III Residential Agricultural and Residence Districts
§ 190-5 General provisions.
§ 190-6 Planned Residential District.
§ 190-7 Mobile homes.
§ 190-8 Home occupations.
§ 190-9 Home occupied business (HOB).
Ch 190 Art IV Business, Commercial and Industrial Districts
§ 190-10 General provisions.
§ 190-11 (Reserved)
§ 190-12 Performance standards for business and commercial uses.
§ 190-13 Design standards for business and commercial uses.
§ 190-14 Application for building or use permits.
§ 190-15 Solar energy facilities.
Ch 190 Art V Special Permit Uses
§ 190-16 Delegation of authority.
§ 190-17 General procedure and conditions.
§ 190-18 General standards.
§ 190-19 Special conditions and safeguards for certain special permit uses.
§ 190-20 Wireless telecommunications facilities.
Ch 190 Art VI Site Plan Review
§ 190-21 Site plan review required.
§ 190-22 Application for site plan review.
§ 190-23 Site plan review criteria.
§ 190-24 Review procedures.
§ 190-25 Reimbursable costs.
§ 190-26 Extension of time and revocation.
Ch 190 Art VII Additional Regulations
§ 190-27 Placement of accessory buildings and uses, including garages and off-street parking.
§ 190-28 Height and lot coverage.
§ 190-29 Yards.
§ 190-30 Spacing between buildings.
§ 190-31 Fences.
§ 190-32 Frontage.
§ 190-33 Waste.
§ 190-33.1 Driveways.
§ 190-33.2 Ponds.
§ 190-33.3 Confinement of animals.
Ch 190 Art VIII Sign Regulations
§ 190-34 Purpose.
§ 190-35 Permit requirements.
§ 190-36 Design and performance standards.
§ 190-37 Dangerous or hazardous signs.
§ 190-38 Outdoor signs in business, industrial, and commercial zones.
§ 190-39 Signs in residential districts.
§ 190-40 Churches/religious gathering places.
§ 190-41 Commercial rural recreational facilities.
§ 190-42 Real estate and construction signs.
§ 190-43 Agricultural signs.
§ 190-44 Sign bonuses.
§ 190-45 Removal of nonconforming signs.
§ 190-46 Temporary signs.
§ 190-46.1 Rules for specific temporary signs.
§ 190-46.2 Exempt signs.
Ch 190 Art IX Nonconforming Uses, Buildings or Structures
§ 190-47 Application of regulations.
§ 190-48 Unlawful buildings, structures or uses to be construed as nonconforming.
§ 190-49 Continuance.
§ 190-50 Extension.
§ 190-51 Change.
§ 190-52 Abandonment.
§ 190-53 Destruction.
§ 190-54 Signs.
Ch 190 Art X Board of Appeals
§ 190-55 Organization and general procedure.
§ 190-56 Application and public hearing procedure.
§ 190-57 Appeals on interpretation of the Zoning Chapter and Map.
§ 190-58 Variances.
Ch 190 Art XI Administration and Enforcement
§ 190-59 Interpretation.
§ 190-60 Relation of these provisions to other provisions of law and to private covenants and agreements.
§ 190-61 Enforcement.
§ 190-62 Expenses of Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning Board.
§ 190-63 Building or use permits, general procedure.
§ 190-64 Building permits for one- or two-family dwellings and residential accessory structures.
§ 190-65 Completion of building for which a permit has been issued.
§ 190-66 Certificates of occupancy.
§ 190-67 Fees.
§ 190-68 Penalties for offenses; remedies.
§ 190-69 Procedures for amendment.
§ 190-70 Relief from decisions.
Ch 190 Art XII Mining
§ 190-71 Definitions.
§ 190-72 Removal.
§ 190-73 Mining overzone.
§ 190-74 Special permits.
§ 190-75 Special permits not subject to DEC.
§ 190-76 Special permits subject to DEC permit.
§ 190-77 Special permit application rules.
§ 190-78 Application.
§ 190-79 General provisions.
§ 190-80 Other required permits.
§ 190-81 Fines.
§ 190-82 Preexisting mines.
§ 190-83 Overzone map.
Appendix
Ch A193 Highway Specifications
Ch A194 (Reserved)
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

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Chapter 190 Zoning

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New Laws

Title	Adopted	Subject	Affects
L.L. No. 1-2019	2019-12-19	Zoning Amendment	Ch 190

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Ghent 8-21-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Planning Board — See Ch. 40.

Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 99.

Subdivision of land — See Ch. 156.

Wireless telecommunications facilities — See Ch. 185,

Attachment 1 - Appendix A, Residential Agricultural and Residence Districts Table of Use Regulations

Attachment 2 - Appendix B, Residential Agricultural and Residence Districts Table of Dimensional Regulations

Attachment 3 - Appendix C, Business, Commercial and Industrial Districts Table of Use Regulations

Attachment 4 - Appendix D, Business, Commercial and Industrial Districts Table of Dimensional Regulations

Attachment 5 - Appendix E, Business Industrial Complex, Business Commercial and Limited Commercial Business Districts Table of Use and Dimensional Regulations

Attachment 6 - Planned Residential District Lot, Yard and Off-Street Parking Requirements

Article I General Provisions

§ 190-1 Title and purpose.

§ 190-2 Definitions and word use.

§ 190-3 Application of regulations.

Article II Districts and Boundaries

§ 190-4 Class of districts; district boundaries.

Article III Residential Agricultural and Residence Districts

§ 190-5 General provisions.

§ 190-6 Planned Residential District.

§ 190-7 Mobile homes.

§ 190-8 Home occupations.

§ 190-9 Home occupied business (HOB).

Article IV Business, Commercial and Industrial Districts

§ 190-10 General provisions.

§ 190-11 (Reserved)

§ 190-12 Performance standards for business and commercial uses.

§ 190-13 Design standards for business and commercial uses.

§ 190-14 Application for building or use permits.

§ 190-15 Solar energy facilities.

Article V Special Permit Uses

§ 190-16 Delegation of authority.

§ 190-17 General procedure and conditions.

§ 190-18 General standards.

§ 190-19 Special conditions and safeguards for certain special permit uses.

§ 190-20 Wireless telecommunications facilities.

Article VI Site Plan Review

§ 190-21 Site plan review required.

§ 190-22 Application for site plan review.

§ 190-23 Site plan review criteria.

§ 190-24 Review procedures.

§ 190-25 Reimbursable costs.

§ 190-26 Extension of time and revocation.

Article VII Additional Regulations

§ 190-27 Placement of accessory buildings and uses, including garages and off-street parking.

§ 190-28 Height and lot coverage.

§ 190-29 Yards.

§ 190-30 Spacing between buildings.

§ 190-31 Fences.

§ 190-32 Frontage.

§ 190-33 Waste.

§ 190-33.1 Driveways.

§ 190-33.2 Ponds.

§ 190-33.3 Confinement of animals.

Article VIII Sign Regulations

§ 190-34 Purpose.

§ 190-35 Permit requirements.

§ 190-36 Design and performance standards.

§ 190-37 Dangerous or hazardous signs.

§ 190-38 Outdoor signs in business, industrial, and commercial zones.

§ 190-39 Signs in residential districts.

§ 190-40 Churches/religious gathering places.

§ 190-41 Commercial rural recreational facilities.

§ 190-42 Real estate and construction signs.

§ 190-43 Agricultural signs.

§ 190-44 Sign bonuses.

§ 190-45 Removal of nonconforming signs.

§ 190-46 Temporary signs.

§ 190-46.1 Rules for specific temporary signs.

§ 190-46.2 Exempt signs.

Article IX Nonconforming Uses, Buildings or Structures

§ 190-47 Application of regulations.

§ 190-48 Unlawful buildings, structures or uses to be construed as nonconforming.

§ 190-49 Continuance.

§ 190-50 Extension.

§ 190-51 Change.

§ 190-52 Abandonment.

§ 190-53 Destruction.

§ 190-54 Signs.

Article X Board of Appeals

§ 190-55 Organization and general procedure.

§ 190-56 Application and public hearing procedure.

§ 190-57 Appeals on interpretation of the Zoning Chapter and Map.

§ 190-58 Variances.

Article XI Administration and Enforcement

§ 190-59 Interpretation.

§ 190-60 Relation of these provisions to other provisions of law and to private covenants and agreements.

§ 190-61 Enforcement.

§ 190-62 Expenses of Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning Board.

§ 190-63 Building or use permits, general procedure.

§ 190-64 Building permits for one- or two-family dwellings and residential accessory structures.

§ 190-65 Completion of building for which a permit has been issued.

§ 190-66 Certificates of occupancy.

§ 190-67 Fees.

§ 190-68 Penalties for offenses; remedies.

§ 190-69 Procedures for amendment.

§ 190-70 Relief from decisions.

Article XII Mining

§ 190-71 Definitions.

§ 190-72 Removal.

§ 190-73 Mining overzone.

§ 190-74 Special permits.

§ 190-75 Special permits not subject to DEC.

§ 190-76 Special permits subject to DEC permit.

§ 190-77 Special permit application rules.

§ 190-78 Application.

§ 190-79 General provisions.

§ 190-80 Other required permits.

§ 190-81 Fines.

§ 190-82 Preexisting mines.

§ 190-83 Overzone map.