This chapter hereby enacted for the Village
of Saugerties, New York, shall regulate or restrict the height, number
of stories and size of buildings, the percentage of a lot that may
be occupied, the size of yards, courts and open spaces, the density
of population and the location and use of buildings structures and
land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes as empowered
by Article 7 of Village Law of the Consolidated Laws of the State
of New York. In order to accomplish the purpose of this chapter and
to further the plan for the entire Village, the Village shall be divided
into several districts the regulations of which shall be administered
uniformly within each district.
This chapter is created in accordance with,
and as a means of effectuating a comprehensive plan for protecting
and promoting public health, safety, comfort, convenience, economy,
and general welfare. Specifically, this chapter is intended to carry
out the following goals, among others:
A.Â
To promote the use of land for its most appropriate
and beneficial development;
B.Â
To promote and protect the character and stability
of established development;
C.Â
To enhance the value of land and conserve the value
of buildings;
D.Â
To enhance the physical environment of the Village
and promote appropriate scale and design of land and buildings;
E.Â
To eliminate or improve any existing detrimental conditions
with regard to land or buildings or the use thereof;
F.Â
To improve design and adequacy of transportation facilities,
traffic circulation, and parking and loading facilities;
G.Â
To prevent excessively dense and inefficiently spaced
urban development;
H.Â
To provide adequate light and air to all buildings
and prevent overcrowding of structures;
I.Â
To assure privacy for residences and freedom from
nuisances and harmful and unsightly uses;
J.Â
To protect the community against unsightly, obtrusive,
and noisome land uses and operations;
K.Â
To facilitate the proper administration and appropriate
and effective enforcement of this chapter;
L.Â
To separate and cluster uses to their mutual advantage.
The provisions of this chapter are intended
and shall be considered to be the minimum requirements for the protection
and promotion of the public health, safety, morals, convenience, comfort,
prosperity, urban aesthetics, and other aspects of general welfare.
It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent that this chapter
shall always be applied so as to promote the purposes and lie within
the scope set forth above.
This chapter is not intended to abrogate, render
invalid, or interfere with the application and administration of any
other lawful statute, ordinance, regulation, easement, private agreement,
covenant, deed restriction, or other legal relationship, public or
private. Whenever any lawful statute, ordinance, regulation, easement,
private agreement, covenant, deed restriction, or other legal relationship,
public or private, imposes controls which are inconsistent with any
provisions of this chapter, then those provisions which are the most
restrictive or impose higher standards shall take precedence.
