Every zoning law and every amendment to a zoning
law (including any map incorporated therein) adopted in accordance
with the Town Law shall be entered in the minutes of the Town Board,
and a copy or abstract thereof (exclusive of a map incorporated therein)
shall be published once in a newspaper published in the Town, if any,
or in such newspaper published in the county in which such Town may
be located, having circulation in such Town, as the Board of the Town
may designate. In addition, a copy or abstract of such law or amendment,
whether with a copy of any map incorporated therein, shall be posted
on the signboard maintained by the Town Clerk pursuant to the Town
Law. Affidavits of the publication and posting thereof shall be filed
with the Town Clerk. Such law shall take effect 10 days after such
publication and posting, but such law or amendment shall take effect
from the date of service as against a person served personally with
a copy thereof certified by the Town Clerk under the corporate seal
of the Town; and showing the date of its passage and entry in the
minutes.
A protest against a proposed change or amendment
to this chapter if signed by the owners of 20% or more of the area
of the land included in such proposed change, or by the owners of
20% or more of the land directly opposite thereto extended 100 feet
from the street frontage of such opposite land shall require the favorable
vote of the majority of the Town Board to become effective.
[Amended 5-15-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012; 7-9-2012 by L.L. No.
4-2012]
Every petition for a change or amendment to
this chapter shall be accompanied by a fee set by the Town Board of
the Town Cobleskill and stated in the fee schedule to help defray
the cost of such technical studies or professional assistance as may
be necessary in connection with the petition.
If a lot is divided by a zoning district boundary,
one of the following conditions shall apply:
A. The respective district regulations shall apply to
each portion of the lot so divided;
B. The regulations of the more restricted district may
be applied to the entire lot; or
C. The Board of Appeals may establish requirements within
the intent of this chapter, which represent a compromise between the
requirements of the districts involved, and which are approximately
proportional to the area of the lot that lies within each different
district. In no case shall such requirements be less restrictive than
the regulations in the least restrictive district.