City of Cortland, NY
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2021-06-15
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 300 Zoning
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 7 Administrative Appeals Panel
- Ch 10 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 11 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 17 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 18 Best-Value Purchasing
- Ch 20 Energize NY Benefit Financing Program
- Ch 29 Officers and Employees
- Ch 31 Ordinances, Adoption of
- Ch 44 Seal, Municipal
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 60 Adult Entertainment Businesses
- Ch 63 Advertising Materials
- Ch 68 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 69 Amusement Devices
- Ch 74 Animals
- Ch 81 (Reserved)
- Ch 87 Bicycles
- Ch 91 (Reserved)
- Ch 95 Bingo
- Ch 100 Building Construction and Fire Prevention
- Ch 102 Rental Housing
- Ch 104 Buildings, Dangerous
- Ch 107 Buildings, Vacant
- Ch 109 (Reserved)
- Ch 113 Curfew
- Ch 118 Dumpsters
- Ch 122 Electrical Standards
- Ch 127 Excavations
- Ch 131 Fair Housing
- Ch 134 Fees
- Ch 135 Housing Code
- Ch 136 Firearms
- Ch 138 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 142 Food, Display of
- Ch 146 Games of Chance
- Ch 150 Graffiti
- Ch 164 Junkyards and Scrapyards
- Ch 176 Licenses and Licensing
- Ch 181 Littering
- Ch 193 Noise
- Ch 194 Nuisances
- Ch 196 Oil and Gas Drilling
- Ch 199 Parades, Processions and Assemblies
- Ch 202 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 208 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 213 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 214 Plumbing
- Ch 220 Property Maintenance
- Ch 226 Radioactive Materials
- Ch 233 Sales, Special
- Ch 234 Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 238 Smoking and Tobacco Products
- Ch 241 Solid Waste
- Ch 245 Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
- Ch 250 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 254 Taxation
- Ch 258 (Reserved)
- Ch 263 (Reserved)
- Ch 269 (Reserved)
- Ch 273 Trees
- Ch 285 Violations
- Ch 289 Wastewater Discharge
- Ch 291 Water
- Ch 293 Watercourses
- Ch 300 Zoning
- Ch 300 Art I General Provisions
- § 300-1 Title and purpose.
- § 300-2 Common meaning.
- § 300-3 Rules of construction.
- § 300-4 Definitions.
- § 300-5 Zoning Map.
- § 300-6 Designation of districts.
- § 300-7 Rules for interpretation of district boundaries.
- § 300-8 Compliance required.
- § 300-9 Accessory buildings, structures and uses.
- § 300-10 Prohibited uses.
- § 300-11 Dwelling restrictions.
- § 300-12 Interpretation; conflict with other laws.
- § 300-13 through § 300-19. (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art II Residential Districts
- § 300-20 Residential districts established.
- § 300-21 Residential purpose statements.
- § 300-22 Residential permitted and specially permitted uses.
- § 300-23 Residential lot, area, and yard requirements.
- § 300-24 Residential bulk requirements.
- § 300-25 Additional requirements.
- § 300-26 through § 300-29. (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art III Business Districts
- § 300-30 Business districts established.
- § 300-31 Business purpose statements.
- § 300-32 Business permitted and specially permitted uses.
- § 300-33 Business lot, area, and yard requirements.
- § 300-34 Business bulk requirements.
- § 300-35 Additional requirements.
- § 300-36 through § 300-39. (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art IV Industrial Districts
- § 300-40 Industrial districts established.
- § 300-41 Industrial purpose statements.
- § 300-42 Industrial permitted and specially permitted uses.
- § 300-43 Industrial lot, area, and yard requirements.
- § 300-44 Industrial bulk requirements.
- § 300-45 Additional requirements.
- § 300-46 through § 300-49. (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art V Historic Overlay (HO) District
- § 300-50 Purpose and intent.
- § 300-51 Establishment of Historic Commission.
- § 300-52 Designating and mapping an historic district or landmark.
- § 300-53 Certificate of appropriateness required.
- § 300-54 Historic Overlay (HO) District design standards and guidelines.
- § 300-55 Maintenance of landmarks and historic district properties.
- § 300-56 Recognition of hardship for certificate of appropriateness.
- § 300-57 Demolition considerations.
- § 300-58 Enforcement and appeals.
- § 300-59 (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art VI Overlay Districts
- § 300-60 Applicability.
- § 300-61 Floodway Zone District.
- § 300-62 Wellhead Protection Overlay District.
- § 300-63 through § 300-69. (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art VII Supplementary Regulations
- § 300-70 Applicability.
- § 300-71 Height exceptions.
- § 300-72 Yard requirement exceptions.
- § 300-73 Lots in two or more districts.
- § 300-74 Front yard depth.
- § 300-75 Required lawns in residential districts.
- § 300-76 Corner lots.
- § 300-77 Garage sales.
- § 300-78 Clear view and vision.
- § 300-79 (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art VIII Off-Street Parking and Loading
- § 300-80 Purpose.
- § 300-81 Applicability.
- § 300-82 Calculation of parking requirements.
- § 300-83 Off-street parking requirements.
- § 300-84 Parking area location, layout and design.
- § 300-85 Curb cuts and driveways.
- § 300-86 Ancillary parking.
- § 300-87 Shared parking.
- § 300-88 Off-street loading requirements.
- § 300-89 Alternative compliance.
- Ch 300 Art IX Landscaping and Screening
- § 300-90 Purpose.
- § 300-91 Landscape plan requirements.
- § 300-92 Landscaping areas.
- § 300-93 Planting materials.
- § 300-94 Fences and walls.
- § 300-95 Buffer strips.
- § 300-96 Maintenance.
- § 300-97 through § 300-99. (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art X Citywide Design Standards and Guidelines
- § 300-100 Purpose.
- § 300-101 Applicability.
- § 300-102 Standards versus guidelines.
- § 300-103 Building placement, orientation, and frontage.
- § 300-104 Storefront conversion.
- § 300-105 Mechanical equipment and dumpsters.
- § 300-106 Pedestrian access and circulation.
- § 300-107 Multibuilding developments.
- § 300-108 Freestanding kiosks and automated teller machine (ATM) structures.
- § 300-109 (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art XI Signs
- § 300-110 Purpose and applicability.
- § 300-111 Sign permit required.
- § 300-112 General sign standards.
- § 300-113 Signs permitted and prohibited.
- § 300-114 Sign type standards in Residential (R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4) Districts.
- § 300-115 Sign type standards in Neighborhood Business (NB) and Professional Office (PO) Districts.
- § 300-116 Sign type regulations in Central Business (CB) District.
- § 300-117 Sign type regulations in General Business Local (GB-2) and General Business Regional (GB-1) Districts.
- § 300-118 Off-premises signs.
- § 300-119 Nonconformance and penalties.
- Ch 300 Art XII Nonconforming Uses and Structures
- § 300-120 Purpose.
- § 300-121 Existing nonconforming lot, uses, and structures.
- § 300-122 Status of unlawful lots, uses and structures.
- § 300-123 Alteration and renovation.
- § 300-124 Involuntary damage.
- § 300-125 Extension or enlargement.
- § 300-126 Involuntary interruption of nonconforming uses.
- § 300-127 Voluntary abandonment of nonconforming uses.
- § 300-128 Changes in nonconforming uses.
- § 300-129 (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art XIII Site and Minor Improvement Plan Review
- § 300-130 Purpose and intent.
- § 300-131 Planning Commission site plan review and approval.
- § 300-132 Actions requiring site plan review and exemptions.
- § 300-133 Site plan review application procedure.
- § 300-134 Site plan review procedure.
- § 300-135 Considerations, findings, and conditions.
- § 300-136 Effect and duration of approval.
- § 300-137 Minor improvement plan review and approval.
- § 300-138 through § 300-139. (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art XIV Zoning Board of Appeals
- § 300-140 Establishment and membership.
- § 300-141 Chairperson.
- § 300-142 Meetings and Board conduct.
- § 300-143 Appeals procedure.
- § 300-144 Powers of Board.
- § 300-145 through § 300-149. (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art XV Variances
- § 300-150 Area variances.
- § 300-151 Use variances.
- § 300-152 Access ramp variances.
- § 300-153 Conditions on variances.
- § 300-154 through § 300-159. (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art XVI Special Uses and Special Use Permits
- § 300-160 Purpose and applicability.
- § 300-161 Procedure.
- § 300-162 General findings.
- § 300-163 Additional requirements and conditions for certain uses.
- § 300-164 Expiration.
- § 300-165 Revocation.
- § 300-166 through § 300-169. (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art XVII Property Maintenance
- § 300-170 Intent.
- § 300-171 Protective treatment for exterior surfaces.
- § 300-172 through § 300-179. (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Art XVIII Administration, Enforcement and Penalties
- § 300-180 Zoning Enforcement Officer.
- § 300-181 Planning Commission.
- § 300-182 Certificates of zoning compliance.
- § 300-183 Penalties for offenses.
- § 300-184 Additional penalties.
- § 300-185 Removal of violations.
- § 300-186 Fees.
- § 300-187 Amendments.
- § 300-188 Severability.
- § 300-189 (Reserved)
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Cortland 1-15-2019 by L.L. No.
1-2019.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Zoning Map
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed former Ch. 300,
Zoning, adopted 12-16-2003 by L.L. No. 4-2003, as amended.
