This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Zoning Law of the Town of Woodstock, Ulster County, New York."
This chapter regulates and restricts the location,
construction, alteration, occupancy, and use of buildings and structures
and the development and use of land within the Town of Woodstock and
for said purposes divides the Town into zoning districts.
Any development or use not specifically permitted
by this chapter is prohibited.
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the enabling
provision of Articles 2 and 3 of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the
State of New York and Article 16 of the Town Law to protect and enhance
the physical and visual environment of the Town of Woodstock, to promote
and protect the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, economy,
aesthetics, and general welfare, and for the following purposes:
A.
To promote and effectuate the orderly physical development
of the Town of Woodstock in accordance with the Town of Woodstock
Comprehensive Plan.
B.
To encourage the most appropriate use of land in the
Town in order to conserve and enhance the value of property.
C.
To regulate business development consistent with the
character and environmental resources of the Town, to eliminate the
spread of strip business developments, and to provide for adequate
and suitably located commercial facilities.
D.
To create a suitable system of open spaces and to
protect and enhance existing wooded areas, scenic areas and waterways.
E.
To regulate building densities in order to ensure
access of light and circulation of air, to facilitate the prevention
and fighting of fires, to prevent undue concentration of population,
to lessen congestion on streets and highways, and to facilitate the
adequate provision of water and sewerage.
F.
To improve transportation facilities and traffic circulation
and to provide adequate off-street parking and loading facilities.
G.
To realize a development plan properly designed to
conserve the use of land and to keep down the cost of municipal services.
H.
To encourage privacy for residences and freedom from
nuisances.
I.
To protect the Town against unsightly, obtrusive and
objectionable land uses and operations.
J.
To enhance Town aesthetics and to maintain the Town's
present character and natural beauty.
K.
To enhance the Town as an arts colony and cultural
center.
