This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Zoning Law of the Town of Naples."
For the purpose of promoting the health, safety
and general welfare of the people of the Town of Naples, this chapter
is adopted pursuant to Article 16 of the Town Law and pursuant to
the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York. Its purpose
is to regulate and restrict the height, number of stories and size
of buildings and other structures; the percentage of lot that may
be occupied; the size of yards, courts, and other open space; the
density of population and the location and use of buildings, structures
and land for business, industry, agriculture, residence or other purposes.
Such chapter and the Official Zoning Map enacted pursuant to this
chapter are designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure
safety from fire and other dangers; to provide adequate light and
air; to provide for solar access and the implementation of solar energy
systems; to prevent the overcrowding of land and to avoid undue concentration
of population; to facilitate the efficient and adequate provision
of public facilities and services; and to provide the maximum protection
to residential areas from the encroachment of adverse environmental
influences. Such chapter and Official Zoning Map were enacted after
reasonable consideration, among other things, as to the character
of the town and its peculiar suitability for particular uses and with
a view to conserving property values and natural resources and encouraging
the most appropriate use of land throughout the town.
In their interpretation and application, the
provision of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements,
adopted for the promotion of the public health, morals, safety, or
the general welfare.
It is not intended to interfere with or abrogate
or annul other rules, regulations, or ordinances, provided that whenever
the requirements of this chapter are at a variance with the requirements
of any other lawfully adopted rules, regulations or ordinances, the
most restrictive, or that imposing the higher standards, shall govern.
This chapter is subject to periodic review every
three years by the Planning Board. This review shall be completed
during the six months just prior to the end of the three-year date.