In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety or the general welfare. Whenever the requirements of this chapter are inconsistent with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted rules, regulations, ordinances or local laws, the more restrictive provisions, or those imposing the higher standards, shall govern.
All filed maps or other instruments of record restricting the use or partition of land, such as covenants, easements or restrictions, shall be adhered to.
The Town Board, the Planning Board, and the Zoning Board of Appeals shall comply with the provisions of the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) under Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law and its implementing regulations as codified in Title 6, Part 617, of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR), and with the provisions of Local Law No. 1 of the year 1990, the Town of Woodstock Environmental Quality Review (TWEQR) Law.[1]
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 65, Environmental Quality Review.
No site plan or special permit shall be approved, no building permit or certificate of occupancy or use shall be issued, and no subdivision or variance shall be granted under this chapter for any premises upon which there is an existing violation of this chapter, unless the building permit, variance or certificate of occupancy or use is necessary to allow for the removal of the violation.
From time to time, at intervals of not more than five years, the Planning Board shall conduct a review of the effectiveness of the provisions of this chapter, including the location of zoning district boundaries, and shall submit a report thereon to the Town Board, recommending such changes or amendments, if any, which may be desirable in the interest of the public health, safety, convenience, necessity or welfare.
The Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Woodstock, New York, enacted by the Town Board on December 28, 1965, and effective at 12:00 noon, January 24, 1966, together with all changes and amendments thereto, is hereby comprehensively revised and superseded by this chapter.
Wherever there is referenced a local, state, or federal law or guideline which has been amended or superseded, the most current successor of the original law or guideline referenced shall apply.