[Amended 5-17-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
The Board of Trustees finds that excessive uniformity,
excessive dissimilarity or inappropriateness in exterior design or
size of the buildings and the improper location of buildings, in relation
to topography and to neighboring buildings, will adversely affect
the desirability of immediate and surrounding areas and thereby lessen
the benefits of occupancy of improved real property; impair the value
of both improved and unimproved real property; produce degeneration
of such property, with attendant deterioration of conditions affecting
the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the Village;
destroy the proper relationship between the taxable value of real
property and the cost of municipal services provided therefor; and,
as a result, prevent the most appropriate development of the Village
as a whole. It is the purpose of this chapter to prevent these and
related harmful effects and thus promote and protect the health, safety
and welfare of the community, preserve property values and provide
proper direction of future building development, all in furtherance
of the well-considered plan to preserve the rural character of the
Village and the natural beauty of its environs along with the historical
features of the Village, the topographical and vegetative characteristics
of the land and the existing character of various neighborhoods.
