The Town Board of the Town of Schodack hereby
elects to adopt the provisions of and exercise the powers granted
by § 281 of the Town Law and hereby grants to the Planning
Board of the Town of Schodack the full authority set forth thereby.
Pursuant to the provisions of § 281
of the Town Law of the State of New York, the purpose of this Article
is to enable and encourage flexibility of design and development of
land in such a manner as to promote the most appropriate use of land,
to facilitate the adequate and economical provision of streets and
utilities, to preserve the natural and scenic qualities of open lands
in order to provide larger areas of open space, both for recreational
and conservational purposes, and in order to implement the objectives
of this chapter.
The Planning Board may approve uses for open
space, and these uses will be clearly indicated on the final map.
A. The Planning Board may approve recreational uses such
as wooded park areas, bridle paths, hiking trails, etc.
B. The Planning Board may approve conservational uses
such as open woodland, wetlands, slopes, escarpments or farm fields.
C. The Planning board may approve cultural aspects such
as historic places and buildings and archaeological sites and such
open spaces which will assure that each of the above cultural aspects
are adequately protected in the public interest.
D. Areas for active recreation which are to contain substantial
improvements, impervious surfaces and other alterations from their
natural state shall not constitute open space hereunder.