The title of this chapter is "An ordinance regulating and restricting
the location, construction and use of buildings and structures and
the use of lots and land and regulating the density of population
in the City of Yonkers, and for said purposes dividing the City into
districts, and providing fines and penalties for the violation of
its provisions."
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Yonkers, New York of 2000."
This Zoning Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the General City
Law of the State of New York to promote and protect the public health,
safety and general welfare and in furtherance of the following related
and more specific purposes:
A. To guide and regulate the orderly growth, development and redevelopment
of the City of Yonkers in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan and
with long-term objectives, principles and standards deemed beneficial
to the interests and welfare of the people.
B. To protect the social and economic well-being of the City by the
regulation of both private and public property.
C. To promote, in the public interest, the utilization of land for the
purposes for which it is most desirable and best adapted.
D. To secure safety from fire and other dangers and to provide adequate
light, air and convenience of access.
E. To prevent overcrowding of the land and excessive density of population.
F. To minimize and, where possible, to prevent traffic congestion on
public streets and highways.
G. To conserve the value of buildings and to enhance the value of land
throughout the City.
H. To recognize and preserve the physical and historic aspects of the
older developed areas of the City of Yonkers.
I. To foster a relatively dense urban context where appropriate, permitting
a traditional mix of uses.
J. To recognize and preserve the pedestrian orientation of areas of
the City and their tradition as mass transportation centers.
K. To encourage new development that is in scale with the historic architecture
of districts.