A.
Land use districts. For the purpose of this chapter, the Town of
Cazenovia is hereby divided into the following land use districts:
(1)
Rural A (RA) District. The purpose of this district is to protect
the agrarian, rural character of the Town by limiting the allowed
uses and form of uses in this district. The Rural A Zoning District
is the largest land use district in the Town of Cazenovia. This district
encourages conservation and cluster development and construction primarily
of residential and other compatible uses.
(2)
Rural B (RB) District. The purpose of this district is to protect
the agrarian, rural character of the Town while creating opportunity
for appropriate light industry, light manufacturing, professional
offices, nonretail commercial (in certain areas of the Town) and similar
land uses in a setting that will limit the visual impacts of such
uses on larger tracts of land. However, this district will not allow
new single-family residential uses.
(3)
Lake Watershed and Riparian Corridor (LW&RC) District. The purpose
of this district is to protect the quality of Cazenovia Lake and its
watershed, as well as certain riparian corridors (within 100 linear
feet of the center line of Chittenango Creek, Limestone Creek and
certain DEC-classified tributary streams as shown on the Cazenovia
Zoning Map) in the Town by controlling land uses which could be detrimental
to these sensitive areas.
B.
Overlay districts.
(1)
In addition to these land use districts, the following overlay districts
are hereby created:
(a)
Agriculture Overlay (AO) District. The purpose of this district
is to provide land use regulations which encourage agricultural land
uses and similar uses supportive of farms and farming.
(b)
New Woodstock Hamlet Overlay (NWHO) District. The purpose of
this district is to maintain the mixed-use traditional character of
the existing Hamlet of New Woodstock.
(c)
New Woodstock Central Business Overlay (NWCBO) District. The
purpose of this district is to allow for additional commercial uses
in the central portion of the New Woodstock Hamlet area.
(d)
Commercial Overlay (COMO) District. The purpose of this overlay
district is to allow areas for light manufacturing, retail and nonretail
commercial (in certain designated areas of the Town), professional
office, agricultural and associated businesses, and agribusiness and
research facilities on large tracts of land. Such areas may also include
certain housing and limited commercial uses supported in the Rural
B District, as well as uses and accessory uses intended to support
the allowed primary uses.
(e)
Industrial Overlay (IO) District. The purpose of this district
is to provide land use controls for certain specified uses more appropriate
to an industrial district.
(f)
Wellhead Protection Overlay (WPO) District. The purpose of this
overlay district is to protect the residents of the Town and Village
through the prevention of contamination of groundwater in the vicinity
of areas that supply public drinking water to the residents of the
Town and Village of Cazenovia and the Hamlet of New Woodstock.
(g)
Village Edge Overlay (VEO) District. The purpose of this overlay
district is to provide for a village-type density for designated uses
and parcels which demonstrate the ability to provide public water
and sewers. This overlay district shall be located in the area abutting
the existing eastern boundary of the Village of Cazenovia and specifically
prohibits retail sales on parcels contiguous with the south side of
U.S. Route 20.
(2)
Overlay districts do not change the use and dimensional requirements
of the underlying land use districts unless specifically so stated
in this chapter. They are not intended to prohibit development, but
rather to assure that the siting and design of development is sensitive
to environmental resources and does not preclude possible future public
acquisition or use. On any given parcel of land, more than one overlay
district may apply.
Unless otherwise so stated, the boundaries of these districts
are hereby established on the maps entitled "Town of Cazenovia Zoning
Map — Base Zones and Overlay Zones" and "New Woodstock
Central Business Overlay District," adopted by the Town Board and
certified by the Town Clerk, which accompany and are hereby declared
to be a part of this chapter. Unofficial photo-reductions of these
maps are appended to this chapter for reference purposes.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Copies of these maps are included at the end
of this chapter.
The official zoning maps shall be kept in the office of the
Town Clerk and shall be reviewed for accuracy and updated as necessary.
If changes are made in district boundaries or other matters portrayed
on the zoning maps, such changes shall be noted by the Town Clerk
on the official zoning maps promptly after the amendment has been
approved by the Town Board.
A.
Location of boundaries. Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries
of districts as shown on the Zoning Map(s), the following rules shall
apply:
(1)
Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center line of
streets or highways shall be construed to follow such center lines.
(2)
Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines
shall be construed to follow such lot lines.
(3)
Boundaries indicated as following shorelines of streams, lakes and
reservoirs shall be construed to follow such shorelines and, in the
event of change in the shoreline, shall be construed as moving with
the actual shoreline.
(4)
Where overlay districts or other boundaries are based upon natural
features such as slopes, topographic contour lines, watershed boundaries,
soil types or ecological communities, such boundaries may be more
precisely established through field investigation by a qualified professional.
B.
Lots in more than one district. Where a land use district boundary
line divides a lot in a single ownership existing at the time of enactment
of this chapter, the use authorized on and the district requirements
of the more restricted portion of such lot may extend up to a maximum
of 50 feet into the less restricted portion of the lot. This provision
shall not apply to overlay district boundaries.
