This chapter shall be known and cited as the
"Zoning Ordinance of the City of Troy, New York."
This chapter is adopted pursuant to and in discharge
of the powers conferred upon cities by § 20 (Subdivisions
24 and 25) and by Article 5-a of the General City Law.
The legislative intent of this chapter is to
guide the future growth and development of the City of Troy in accordance
with a Comprehensive Plan of Land Use and population distribution
that represents and promotes beneficial and convenient relationships
among residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and public
areas within the City, considering the suitability of each area for
such uses, as indicated by existing conditions, trends in population
and mode of living, and future needs for various types of land development,
and to achieve the purposes more particularly described as follows:
A. To foster a healthful urban environment, including
but not limited to adequate light, air and privacy;
B. To ensure that land will be developed in a manner
such that the City's population is concentrated in a scale appropriate
for the promotion of the general public health, safety and welfare;
C. To provide the beneficial and safe access and egress
to and from properties and safe and efficient circulation of traffic
throughout the City;
D. To provide structures complying with generally accepted
standards for safety from fires, flood and other natural disasters;
E. To enhance and conserve the unique characteristics
of the City's neighborhoods and thereby aid in their orderly development;
F. To provide a guide for public policy and action that
will facilitate efficient provision of public facilities and services
and for private enterprise in building development, investment and
other economic activity relating to uses of land and buildings throughout
the City; and
G. To minimize conflicts among uses of land and buildings
and to encourage the gradual conformity of uses of land and buildings
throughout the City to the Comprehensive Plan herein set forth.
It is the policy of the City of Troy to cooperate
to the fullest extent possible with all other governmental entities
having land use, investment, service delivery and regulatory interests
within and adjacent to the City's municipal boundaries.
Consistent with §
285-5 of this chapter and Ch. 72, Planning Board, of this Code, as amended, the City Planning Board shall prepare and adopt a map which will set forth a plan for the allocation of land uses derived from the goals and objectives set forth in §
285-6 of this chapter. Such map shall be deemed as a general guide to development not as a regulatory document.
The purposes of §
285-5 shall be supported by the adoption of such local laws, ordinances and regulations necessary to implement the Comprehensive Plan of Land Use.