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Town of Wappinger, NY
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2024-03-11
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 240 Zoning
Administrative Legislation
Ch 1
General Provisions
Ch 4
Assessment
Ch 5
Boards and Commissions
Ch 9
Conservation Advisory Council
Ch 14
Defense and Indemnification
Ch 20
Ethics, Code of
Ch 24
(Reserved)
Ch 35
Officers and Employees
Ch 41
Personnel Policies
Ch 46
Procurement Policy
Ch 50
Records
Ch 55
Succession Authority
General Legislation
Ch 64
Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 66
Ambulance Notification to 911 System
Ch 68
Dog Control
Ch 69
Removal of Canine Waste
Ch 71
Assemblies, Mass Public
Ch 77
Bingo
Ch 80
Blasting
Ch 85
Building Construction: Administration of Uniform Code
Ch 89
Buildings, Numbering of
Ch 93
Buildings, Unsafe
Ch 95
Cannabis
Ch 99
Collateral Loan Brokers
Ch 101
Condominiums
Ch 103
Construction Contracts
Ch 105
Curfew
Ch 108
Drug-Free School Zones
Ch 114
Electrical Standards
Ch 115
Enforcement of Code
Ch 117
(Reserved)
Ch 122
Fees and Fines
Ch 126
Firearms
Ch 127
Fires
Ch 133
Flood Damage Prevention
Ch 137
Freshwater Wetland, Waterbody and Watercourse Protection
Ch 141
Games of Chance
Ch 143
Garage and Yard Sales
Ch 145
Go-Carts
Ch 153
Junkyards
Ch 166
Noise
Ch 171
Parks and Recreation
Ch 175
Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 180
Property, Municipal
Ch 185
Property Maintenance
Ch 192
Service Pipes, Sewer and Water
Ch 196
Sewers
Ch 200
Signs
Ch 201
Smoking and Tobacco Use
Ch 206
Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
Ch 210
Solid Waste
Ch 213
Stormwater Management
Ch 214
Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 217
Subdivision of Land
Ch 221
Taxation
Ch 225
Timber Harvesting
Ch 227
Towing
Ch 230
Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 234
Water
Ch 236
Water and Sewer Charges
Ch 240
Zoning
Ch 240 Art I
Title; Purposes; Adoption of Greenway Connections
§ 240-1
Title.
§ 240-2
Statement of purposes.
§ 240-2.1
Greenway Connections.
Ch 240 Art II
Definitions
§ 240-3
Introduction.
§ 240-4
General construction of language.
§ 240-5
Definitions.
Ch 240 Art III
Establishment of Districts
§ 240-6
Classes of districts.
§ 240-7
Rationale/intent of various district designations.
§ 240-8
Zoning Map.
§ 240-9
Interpretation of district boundaries.
§ 240-10
Lots in two or more districts or municipalities.
§ 240-11
Order of restrictiveness.
Ch 240 Art IV
Application of Regulations
§ 240-12
Existing Town law violations.
§ 240-13
Conformity required.
§ 240-14
Minimum requirements.
§ 240-15
Conflicting standards.
§ 240-16
Nonconforming uses and structures.
§ 240-16.1
Shed amnesty.
Ch 240 Art V
Regulations Applicable to All Districts
§ 240-17
General regulations.
§ 240-18
Building lots.
§ 240-19
Modification of lot requirements.
§ 240-20
Access and required street frontage.
§ 240-21
Yards and setbacks.
§ 240-22
Exceptions to building height regulations.
§ 240-23
Exterior lighting.
§ 240-24
Visibility at intersections.
§ 240-25
Multifamily and nonresidential uses.
§ 240-26
Tents, trailers and mobile homes.
§ 240-27
Temporary occupancy.
§ 240-27.1
Temporary construction and sales trailers.
§ 240-28
Satellite dish antennas.
§ 240-29
Signs.
§ 240-30
Accessory buildings.
§ 240-31
Minimum dwelling unit size.
§ 240-32
Wetlands, waterbodies, watercourses and steep slopes.
§ 240-33
Standards regulating development in flood-prone areas.
§ 240-34
Beekeeping.
§ 240-35
Architectural and historic district powers.
§ 240-36
Storage of gasoline.
§ 240-36.1
Use of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).
§ 240-36.2
Outdoor seating for existing food service establishments.
§ 240-36.3
Solar energy systems.
§ 240-36.4
Outdoor storage.
Ch 240 Art VI
District Regulations
§ 240-37
District regulations.
§ 240-38
Multifamily Residence District.
§ 240-39
Planned Unit Development District.
Ch 240 Art VII
Special Permit Uses
§ 240-40
General provisions.
§ 240-41
Board approval.
§ 240-42
Informal application.
§ 240-43
Formal application.
§ 240-44
General standards.
§ 240-45
Action by Building Inspector.
§ 240-46
Expiration, temporary permits, inspection, change and renewal.
§ 240-47
Existing violations.
§ 240-48
Fees.
Ch 240 Art VIII
Supplementary Special Permit Use Regulations
§ 240-49
Individual standards and requirements for certain special permit uses.
§ 240-50
(Reserved)
§ 240-51
Mobile home park.
§ 240-52
Gasoline filling stations.
§ 240-53
Accessory apartments.
§ 240-54
Professional office and professional studio uses in a residence.
§ 240-55
Farm uses, including accessory farm produce stands, nurseries and greenhouses.
§ 240-56
Conversion of certain existing large residential structures to a two-family or multifamily dwelling.
§ 240-57
Ground-mounted solar energy systems.
§ 240-58
Private schools, including religious schools and colleges.
§ 240-59
Temporary outdoor use and structures in all districts, and, in residential districts, temporary outdoor stands for the sale and display of field and garden crops.
§ 240-60
Temporary housing units (such as ECHO) incidental to permitted principal use.
§ 240-61
Guest cottages and caretaker dwellings.
§ 240-62
Private, community or fraternal recreation clubs.
§ 240-63
Private camps for seasonal residents.
§ 240-64
Nursing and convalescent homes, not including institutions for the mentally ill or facilities for the treatment of drug or alcohol addiction.
§ 240-65
Funeral homes.
§ 240-66
Day-care centers.
§ 240-67
Motor vehicle sales establishments.
§ 240-68
Contractor's lumber supply yard and wholesale lumber sales.
§ 240-69
Hotels and motels.
§ 240-70
Motor vehicle towing, repair and service.
§ 240-70.1
Restoration of antique passenger motor vehicles.
§ 240-71
Veterinarian offices, pet day care and commercial kennels.
§ 240-72
Commercial recreation facilities.
§ 240-73
Bed-and-breakfast establishments.
§ 240-74
Riding academies and commercial stables.
§ 240-75
Adult uses.
§ 240-76
Entertainment uses.
§ 240-77
Cemeteries.
§ 240-78
Manufacturing, fabricating, finishing, assembling or repair.
§ 240-79
Tattoo parlors.
§ 240-80
Conversion of existing hotel or motel to congregate care facility.
§ 240-81
Telecommunications towers, antennas and personal wireless service facilities.
§ 240-81.1
Catalog showrooms for retail sales of off-site inventory.
§ 240-81.2
Pet crematoriums.
§ 240-81.3
Historic house tours, receptions and similar events.
§ 240-81.4
Pawnshops.
§ 240-81.5
Boardinghouse or rooming house.
§ 240-81.6
Microbrewers and microdistillers.
§ 240-81.7
Mixed uses.
§ 240-81.8
Off-site parking as accessory use to principal motor vehicle sales establishment use on noncontiguous lot.
Ch 240 Art IX
Site Development Plans
§ 240-82
Site development plan approval.
§ 240-83
Approval and conformity required.
§ 240-84
Application for site development plan approval.
§ 240-85
Referral of application to Planning Board.
§ 240-86
Standards for site development plan approval.
§ 240-87
Public hearing for site development plan review.
§ 240-88
Waiver and modification of requirements.
§ 240-89
Planning Board decision.
§ 240-90
Expiration of approval.
§ 240-91
Application to Building Inspector.
§ 240-92
As-built survey.
§ 240-93
Planning Board initiative.
§ 240-93.1
Tree felling exception.
Ch 240 Art X
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 240-94
General.
§ 240-95
Existing structures and uses.
§ 240-96
Location, use, design, construction and maintenance.
§ 240-97
Schedule of off-street parking requirements.
§ 240-98
Operation and maintenance of off-street parking facilities.
§ 240-99
Off-street loading requirements.
§ 240-100
Driveways.
Ch 240 Art XI
Performance Standards
§ 240-101
Conformance required.
§ 240-102
Purposes.
§ 240-103
Standards.
§ 240-104
Procedure.
§ 240-105
(Reserved)
Ch 240 Art XII
Administration and Enforcement
§ 240-106
Zoning Administrator.
§ 240-106.1
Enforcement.
§ 240-107
Zoning Board of Appeals.
§ 240-108
Building permits.
§ 240-108.1
Zoning permit.
§ 240-109
Certificate of occupancy.
§ 240-110
Fees.
§ 240-111
Compliance with State Environmental Quality Review Act.
Ch 240 Art XIII
Amendments
§ 240-112
Amendments.
Appendix
Ch A245
Cable Television Franchise
Disposition List
Ch DL
Disposition List
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Chapter 240
Zoning
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger
11-26-1990
by
L.L. No. 5-1990
, as amended
5-29-1991
by
L.L. No. 5-1991
,
4-25-1994
by
L.L. No. 1-1994
and
11-25-1996
by
L.L. No. 6-1996
. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Schedule of Use Regulations - Residential Districts
Attachment 2 - Schedule of Use Regulations Nonresidential Districts
Attachment 3- Schedule of Dimensional Regulations - Residential Districts
Attachment 4 - Schedule of Dimensional Regulations - Nonresidential District
Attachment 5 - Figures 1-3
Attachment 6 - Planning and Zoning Departments Fees and Escrow Funds
Attachment 7 - Minimum Standards: Common Driveway Construction Detail
Article I
Title; Purposes; Adoption of Greenway Connections
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§ 240-1
Title.
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§ 240-2
Statement of purposes.
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§ 240-2.1
Greenway Connections.
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Article II
Definitions
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§ 240-3
Introduction.
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§ 240-4
General construction of language.
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§ 240-5
Definitions.
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Article III
Establishment of Districts
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§ 240-6
Classes of districts.
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§ 240-7
Rationale/intent of various district designations.
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§ 240-8
Zoning Map.
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§ 240-9
Interpretation of district boundaries.
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§ 240-10
Lots in two or more districts or municipalities.
chevron_right
§ 240-11
Order of restrictiveness.
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Article IV
Application of Regulations
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§ 240-12
Existing Town law violations.
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§ 240-13
Conformity required.
chevron_right
§ 240-14
Minimum requirements.
chevron_right
§ 240-15
Conflicting standards.
chevron_right
§ 240-16
Nonconforming uses and structures.
chevron_right
§ 240-16.1
Shed amnesty.
chevron_right
Article V
Regulations Applicable to All Districts
chevron_right
§ 240-17
General regulations.
chevron_right
§ 240-18
Building lots.
chevron_right
§ 240-19
Modification of lot requirements.
chevron_right
§ 240-20
Access and required street frontage.
chevron_right
§ 240-21
Yards and setbacks.
chevron_right
§ 240-22
Exceptions to building height regulations.
chevron_right
§ 240-23
Exterior lighting.
chevron_right
§ 240-24
Visibility at intersections.
chevron_right
§ 240-25
Multifamily and nonresidential uses.
chevron_right
§ 240-26
Tents, trailers and mobile homes.
chevron_right
§ 240-27
Temporary occupancy.
chevron_right
§ 240-27.1
Temporary construction and sales trailers.
chevron_right
§ 240-28
Satellite dish antennas.
chevron_right
§ 240-29
Signs.
chevron_right
§ 240-30
Accessory buildings.
chevron_right
§ 240-31
Minimum dwelling unit size.
chevron_right
§ 240-32
Wetlands, waterbodies, watercourses and steep slopes.
chevron_right
§ 240-33
Standards regulating development in flood-prone areas.
chevron_right
§ 240-34
Beekeeping.
chevron_right
§ 240-35
Architectural and historic district powers.
chevron_right
§ 240-36
Storage of gasoline.
chevron_right
§ 240-36.1
Use of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).
chevron_right
§ 240-36.2
Outdoor seating for existing food service establishments.
chevron_right
§ 240-36.3
Solar energy systems.
chevron_right
§ 240-36.4
Outdoor storage.
chevron_right
Article VI
District Regulations
chevron_right
§ 240-37
District regulations.
chevron_right
§ 240-38
Multifamily Residence District.
chevron_right
§ 240-39
Planned Unit Development District.
chevron_right
Article VII
Special Permit Uses
chevron_right
§ 240-40
General provisions.
chevron_right
§ 240-41
Board approval.
chevron_right
§ 240-42
Informal application.
chevron_right
§ 240-43
Formal application.
chevron_right
§ 240-44
General standards.
chevron_right
§ 240-45
Action by Building Inspector.
chevron_right
§ 240-46
Expiration, temporary permits, inspection, change and renewal.
chevron_right
§ 240-47
Existing violations.
chevron_right
§ 240-48
Fees.
chevron_right
Article VIII
Supplementary Special Permit Use Regulations
chevron_right
§ 240-49
Individual standards and requirements for certain special permit uses.
chevron_right
§ 240-50
(Reserved)
chevron_right
§ 240-51
Mobile home park.
chevron_right
§ 240-52
Gasoline filling stations.
chevron_right
§ 240-53
Accessory apartments.
chevron_right
§ 240-54
Professional office and professional studio uses in a residence.
chevron_right
§ 240-55
Farm uses, including accessory farm produce stands, nurseries and greenhouses.
chevron_right
§ 240-56
Conversion of certain existing large residential structures to a two-family or multifamily dwelling.
chevron_right
§ 240-57
Ground-mounted solar energy systems.
chevron_right
§ 240-58
Private schools, including religious schools and colleges.
chevron_right
§ 240-59
Temporary outdoor use and structures in all districts, and, in residential districts, temporary outdoor stands for the sale and display of field and garden crops.
chevron_right
§ 240-60
Temporary housing units (such as ECHO) incidental to permitted principal use.
chevron_right
§ 240-61
Guest cottages and caretaker dwellings.
chevron_right
§ 240-62
Private, community or fraternal recreation clubs.
chevron_right
§ 240-63
Private camps for seasonal residents.
chevron_right
§ 240-64
Nursing and convalescent homes, not including institutions for the mentally ill or facilities for the treatment of drug or alcohol addiction.
chevron_right
§ 240-65
Funeral homes.
chevron_right
§ 240-66
Day-care centers.
chevron_right
§ 240-67
Motor vehicle sales establishments.
chevron_right
§ 240-68
Contractor's lumber supply yard and wholesale lumber sales.
chevron_right
§ 240-69
Hotels and motels.
chevron_right
§ 240-70
Motor vehicle towing, repair and service.
chevron_right
§ 240-70.1
Restoration of antique passenger motor vehicles.
chevron_right
§ 240-71
Veterinarian offices, pet day care and commercial kennels.
chevron_right
§ 240-72
Commercial recreation facilities.
chevron_right
§ 240-73
Bed-and-breakfast establishments.
chevron_right
§ 240-74
Riding academies and commercial stables.
chevron_right
§ 240-75
Adult uses.
chevron_right
§ 240-76
Entertainment uses.
chevron_right
§ 240-77
Cemeteries.
chevron_right
§ 240-78
Manufacturing, fabricating, finishing, assembling or repair.
chevron_right
§ 240-79
Tattoo parlors.
chevron_right
§ 240-80
Conversion of existing hotel or motel to congregate care facility.
chevron_right
§ 240-81
Telecommunications towers, antennas and personal wireless service facilities.
chevron_right
§ 240-81.1
Catalog showrooms for retail sales of off-site inventory.
chevron_right
§ 240-81.2
Pet crematoriums.
chevron_right
§ 240-81.3
Historic house tours, receptions and similar events.
chevron_right
§ 240-81.4
Pawnshops.
chevron_right
§ 240-81.5
Boardinghouse or rooming house.
chevron_right
§ 240-81.6
Microbrewers and microdistillers.
chevron_right
§ 240-81.7
Mixed uses.
chevron_right
§ 240-81.8
Off-site parking as accessory use to principal motor vehicle sales establishment use on noncontiguous lot.
chevron_right
Article IX
Site Development Plans
chevron_right
§ 240-82
Site development plan approval.
chevron_right
§ 240-83
Approval and conformity required.
chevron_right
§ 240-84
Application for site development plan approval.
chevron_right
§ 240-85
Referral of application to Planning Board.
chevron_right
§ 240-86
Standards for site development plan approval.
chevron_right
§ 240-87
Public hearing for site development plan review.
chevron_right
§ 240-88
Waiver and modification of requirements.
chevron_right
§ 240-89
Planning Board decision.
chevron_right
§ 240-90
Expiration of approval.
chevron_right
§ 240-91
Application to Building Inspector.
chevron_right
§ 240-92
As-built survey.
chevron_right
§ 240-93
Planning Board initiative.
chevron_right
§ 240-93.1
Tree felling exception.
chevron_right
Article X
Off-Street Parking and Loading
chevron_right
§ 240-94
General.
chevron_right
§ 240-95
Existing structures and uses.
chevron_right
§ 240-96
Location, use, design, construction and maintenance.
chevron_right
§ 240-97
Schedule of off-street parking requirements.
chevron_right
§ 240-98
Operation and maintenance of off-street parking facilities.
chevron_right
§ 240-99
Off-street loading requirements.
chevron_right
§ 240-100
Driveways.
chevron_right
Article XI
Performance Standards
chevron_right
§ 240-101
Conformance required.
chevron_right
§ 240-102
Purposes.
chevron_right
§ 240-103
Standards.
chevron_right
§ 240-104
Procedure.
chevron_right
§ 240-105
(Reserved)
chevron_right
Article XII
Administration and Enforcement
chevron_right
§ 240-106
Zoning Administrator.
chevron_right
§ 240-106.1
Enforcement.
chevron_right
§ 240-107
Zoning Board of Appeals.
chevron_right
§ 240-108
Building permits.
chevron_right
§ 240-108.1
Zoning permit.
chevron_right
§ 240-109
Certificate of occupancy.
chevron_right
§ 240-110
Fees.
chevron_right
§ 240-111
Compliance with State Environmental Quality Review Act.
chevron_right
Article XIII
Amendments
chevron_right
§ 240-112
Amendments.
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