[Amended 3-11-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]
A.
The Village of Laurel Hollow is primarily a single-family,
low-density, residential community in an environmentally sensitive
location on the shorefront of Long Island Sound. It has comparatively
little in the way of urban infrastructure. The village's zoning has,
however, permitted a scientific research laboratory land use, conducted
by the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a corporation chartered by the
New York State Board of Regents, to grow over the years, by way of
a variance procedure, into a major nonresidential facility with a
significant presence and impact upon the community. The continued
development of that site, including the construction of new and expanded
buildings and facilities, the expansion of its use and the sizeable
increase in its employment have now resulted in a scale and extent
of activity which is well beyond the nature of a variance within the
village's Residence District. For this reason, the Village Board of
Trustees hereby determines that a separate Residence/Institutional
District should be created with standards, controls and requirements
specifically designed for such a use. This will provide a specific
legislative mandate for the laboratory use, with appropriate standards
and controls consistent with the nature, character, carrying capacity
and environment of the Village of Laurel Hollow.
B.
Therefore, the Village of Laurel Hollow is hereby
constituted as two districts, to be known as "Residence (R) District"
and "Residence/Institutional (R/I) District," the boundaries of which
shall be as shown upon the map attached to and made a part of this
chapter, which map is entitled "Official Zoning District Map of the
Incorporated Village of Laurel Hollow in the Town of Oyster Bay, County
of Nassau and State of New York," dated December 21, 1995, and all
the notations, references and other things shown thereon shall be
as much a part of this chapter as if they were all fully described
herein.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file in
the office of the Village Clerk.
After the effective date of this chapter, no
building or premises or any part thereof in the village or in any
territory hereafter annexed shall be used or maintained for any purpose
other than the uses permitted therefor by this chapter; no building
or part of a building in the village shall be erected, enlarged, altered
or maintained except in conformity with the provisions of this chapter,
nor shall any building or part of a building in the village be used
or maintained if erected, enlarged or altered other than in conformity
with the provisions of this chapter.
