Pursuant to the authority conferred by § 7-700
of the Village Law of the State of New York, the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Westfield, New York, hereby adopts and enacts as
follows.
This chapter shall be known and shall be cited
as the "Village of Westfield Zoning Law."
The provisions of this chapter shall be held
to be the minimum requirements adopted to promote the health, safety
and general welfare of the Village of Westfield. These regulations
are intended to achieve the following purposes:
A.
To encourage the most appropriate use of the land.
B.
To balance the rights of the public-at-large, private
landowners and other various interest groups.
C.
To encourage the beneficial shaping of the future
and long-range advantages associated with zoning laws.
D.
To secure safety from fire, flood and other dangers
by the controlling of building heights and separation of structures
and through other beneficial regulations.
E.
To provide adequate light, air and privacy.
F.
To facilitate the adequate provisions for public utilities
and facilities.
G.
To prevent the overcrowding and undue concentration
of people.
H.
To regulate the location, use and occupancy of buildings
and the use of land for trade, industry, residence and other uses.
I.
To maintain the character of residential neighborhoods
so as to promote residential family life through the appropriate designation
of uses within zoning districts.
J.
To optimally utilize existing roadways and discourage
the construction of new roads, except as needed.
K.
To regulate and determine the physical dimensions
of buildings and other structures.
L.
To regulate and determine the area of yards and other
open spaces.
M.
To encourage the retention of prime agricultural,
commercial and residential properties in those uses to which they
are best suited.
N.
To protect property values and individual investment
by encouraging development appropriate to each zoning district type.
O.
To protect the aesthetic nature of property.
P.
To provide for the enforcement and administration
of this chapter and penalties for the violation of its provisions.
A.
Compliance responsibility. It shall be the responsibility
of all property owners, developers, lessors or others involved with
the temporary or permanent use of land or structures to comply with
this chapter.
B.
The following regulations shall, as applicable, be
complied with prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy
or, where specifically stated, prior to issuance of a zoning permit:
(1)
State and existing local subdivision laws must be
complied with in addition to this chapter.
(2)
It shall be the responsibility of the applicant for
a zoning permit to ensure that the national flood insurance regulations
shall be complied with for those parcels located within the floodplain,
as illustrated on official Flood Insurance Administration maps, in
addition to the requirements of this chapter.
(4)
In areas not served by municipal sewer or water systems,
the regulations of the state, county and local health departments,
with respect to water supply and sewage disposal facilities, shall
apply. The applicant for a zoning permit must obtain approval from
the Chautauqua County Department of Health for attachment to the application
before the granting of a certificate of occupancy.
(5)
No structure shall be erected, altered or used unless
it also complies, where applicable, with the New York State Uniform
Fire Prevention and Building Code. It shall be the responsibility
of the applicant to seek review and approval from the Fire and Building
Code Enforcement Officers.
