Town of Olive, NY Article II Establishment of Districts

§ 155-2 Classes of districts.

A. The Town of Olive is hereby divided into the following districts:

	R/C-10A Residential/Conservation	-	10 acres per dwelling unit
	R/R-3A Residential/Rural	-	3 acres per dwelling unit
	R/E-1A Residential/Exurban	-	1 acre per dwelling unit
	B/V-1/2 Business/Village and/or 1/2 acre per business use	-	1 acre per dwelling unit
	B/H-1/2 Business/Highway only	-	1/2 acre per business use

B. Except where otherwise indicated in this chapter, where districts are referred to as "more restrictive" or "less restrictive," the designation shall refer to the order in which the districts are named above, the first-named being the most restrictive, and so on to the last-named, being the least restrictive.

§ 155-3 Zoning Map established.

Said zoning districts are bounded and defined as shown on a map entitled "Zoning Map of the Town of Olive, N.Y.," adopted simultaneously with the adoption of this chapter and certified by the Town Clerk, which map accompanies this text and, with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby made a part of this chapter.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file in the town offices.

§ 155-4 Interpretation of district boundaries.

Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any of the aforesaid districts shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:

A. District boundary lines are intended to follow lot lines or center lines of streets, rights-of-way and watercourses, or to be parallel or perpendicular thereto, unless such district boundary lines are fixed by dimensions as shown on the Zoning Map.

B. In subdivided property, or where a district boundary divides a lot, the location of any such boundary, unless the same is indicated by dimensions shown on said map, shall be determined by the use of the map scale shown thereon.

C. Where district boundary lines are indicated as approximately following the property lines of public land, such lines shall be construed to be such boundaries as established as of the date of the adoption of this chapter.

D. Where district boundaries are shown to approximately follow the edge of lakes, reservoirs or other bodies of water, the mean high-water line thereof shall be construed to be the district boundaries, except that the regulations of the most restrictive district on the edge of such a body of water shall apply to the area within the mean high-water line and the body of water thereof.

E. All dimensions to or from roads or railroads shown on the Zoning Map shall be taken from the edge of the right-of-way of such roads or railroads, unless otherwise mentioned or described on the Zoning Map.

F. All district boundaries parallel to roads shall be considered parallel to and a distance away from the center line of these roads equal to 25 feet plus a district depth as scaled from the Zoning Map of the Town of Olive noted in § 155-3.

G. Measurements shown to the intersection of two or more roads shall be deemed to be taken from the intersection of the center lines of these roads.

H. Disputes with respect to determination of boundaries by the application of the rules of this section shall be subject to determination by the Board of Appeals.