This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning
Law of the Town of Coxsackie, New York."
The Town Board of the Town of Coxsackie in the County of Greene,
pursuant to § 261 of the Town Law, hereby ordains, enacts
and publishes this chapter.
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the health, safety,
morals and general welfare of the community. In accordance with the
Town's Comprehensive Plan, this chapter is designed to secure safety
from fire, flood, panic and other dangers; to promote health and general
welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent crowding the
land and undue concentration of population; to facilitate transportation,
water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public services; to assure
privacy for residents and freedom from nuisances and things harmful
to the senses.
Except as hereinafter provided, the following general regulations
shall apply to every building and use covered by this chapter.
A.
No building shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building or
part thereof shall be erected, moved or altered unless in conformity
with the regulations herein specified for the district in which it
is located.
B.
No building shall hereafter be erected or altered to accommodate
or house a greater number of families or have narrower or smaller
rear yards, front yards or side yards than is herein required for
the district in which such a building is located.
C.
No part of a yard or other open space about any building required
for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this chapter shall
be included as part of a yard or other open space similarly required
for another building.
D.
No land shall hereafter be used or occupied unless in conformity
with the regulations herein specified for the district in which it
is located.
E.
No new lot shall be created which does not meet the minimum lot size
and minimum lot width regulations of this chapter; nor shall any new
lot be created which does not have the minimum frontage required for
the district in which it is located, upon a public road or fifty-foot-wide
right-of-way.
F.
There shall be only one principal use made of each parcel or lot
of record of land.
G.
No building, structure, lot or land, or any part thereof, shall be
used except as provided in Schedules A and B of this article,[1] either as permitted uses or as uses authorized by a special
use permit. Any use not listed in Schedules A and B shall be deemed
not permitted unless such principal or accessory uses are expressly
permitted elsewhere by this article, or a use variance is granted
in accordance with the provisions of this article.
[Added 6-12-2018 by L.L.
No. 1-2018]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedules A and B are included at the end of
this chapter.
