This Part 1 embodies a comprehensive plan designed
for the protection and promotion of public health, safety and welfare.
As a basis for establishing a general policy,
the following findings, heretofore made as a basis for existing regulations,
are hereby reaffirmed:
A. The land within the limits of the Village is of a
rural nature, the terrain is largely rolling and even rugged in parts
and possessed of much natural beauty, with scenic vistas of open fields
and outlooks over Stony Brook Harbor and Long Island Sound. Several
hillsides are covered with mountain laurel. These qualities, and the
unspoiled and historic character of the land in general, should be
preserved to the maximum extent compatible with the general welfare
of the residents.
B. The existing pattern of development in accordance
with the zoning and land subdivision regulations heretofore in effect
has generally been consistent with the foregoing basic findings. Further
regulation should be designed to conserve and protect such development.
Pursuant to the foregoing basic findings, this
Part 1 is designed to preserve and maintain a rural pattern of Village
development which will:
A. Maintain the existing historic residential environment
by relying on nearby areas outside the Village to supply shopping
and amusement areas for the present and future residents of the Village.
B. Establish suitable controls for a density pattern
which will not require public water supply and sewers and which will
not create a public hazard in the absence of such public facilities.
C. Conserve the natural beauty of the terrain, its open
space and wetlands and other valuable ecological features by encouraging
low-density development in accordance with the Nassau - Suffolk Comprehensive
Regional Plan, with the permanent preservation of natural and historic
features, including the shoreline and adjacent marshlands.
D. Preserve and protect existing community values by
preventing inharmonious or deleterious uses and notably those uses
which can more appropriately and economically be provided elsewhere
in the larger intercommunity area.
E. Provide adequate light, air and privacy; secure safety
from fire, flood and other danger; and prevent overcrowding of the
land, undue congestion of population and air and water pollution.
F. Protect and conserve the value of buildings in the
several districts established by this Part 1.
G. Promote the most beneficial relation between the uses
of land and buildings and the circulation of traffic throughout the
Village, having particular regard to the avoidance of congestion in
the streets and the provision of safe and convenient traffic access
appropriate to the various uses of land and buildings throughout the
Village.