[Art. 16 of the 1998 General Ordinance Compilation]
It is found and declared that:
A. The Village is contiguous along its north boundary
to the waters of Long Island Sound.
B. Certain areas of the Village adjacent to Long Island
Sound are at or near sea level.
C. The waters of Long Island Sound are subject to storms,
hurricanes, high water and exceptional tides and, as a consequence,
flood or could flood low-lying lands within the Village adjacent to
Long Island Sound, and thereby endanger the lives and property or
residents and owners of such lands by flooding or by contamination.
D. The following regulations are necessary to promote
and protect the public safety, health, welfare, good order and peace
of the inhabitants and landowners of the Village and the public therein
and to protect and secure their property and to protect and preserve
the public streets and other property of the Village.
[Art. 25 of the 1998 General Ordinance Compilation]
[Amended 2-21-2007 by L.L. No. 1-2007; 4-11-2012 by L.L. No. 3-2012]
Declaration:
A. It is found
and declared that excessive similarity and/or excessive dissimilarity
in the exterior design and appearance of buildings erected in the
same residential neighborhood for occupancy as single-family dwellings
adversely affects the desirability of immediate and neighboring areas
for residence purposes and by so doing impairs the benefits of occupancy
of existing residential property in such areas, impairs the stability
and value of both improved and unimproved real property in such areas,
prevents the most appropriate use of such real property, prevents
the most appropriate development of such areas, produces degeneration
of residential property in such areas with attendant deterioration
of conditions affecting the health, safety and morals of the inhabitants
thereof, deprives the municipality of tax revenue which it otherwise
could receive and destroys a proper balance in relationship between
the taxable value of real property in such areas and the cost of the
municipal services provided therefor. It is the purpose of this article
to prevent these and other harmful effects of excessive similarity
and/or excessive dissimilarity in the exterior design and appearance
of buildings erected in the same residential neighborhood for occupancy
as single-family dwellings and thus to promote and protect the health,
safety, morals and general welfare of the community.
B. Therefore,
in order to regulate excessive similarity and/or excessive dissimilarity
in the exterior design and appearance of buildings erected in the
same residential neighborhood for occupancy as single-family dwellings
and to create and define the powers and duties of a Board with authority
to hear and decide appeals from action relating thereto, the following
criteria for issuance of a building permit shall be applied.