This chapter is adopted for the protection and promotion of
the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community
as follows:
A.
To guide the future growth and development of the Town in accordance
with a Comprehensive Plan of land use and population density that
represents the most beneficial and convenient relationships among
the residential, nonresidential and public areas within the Town,
considering the suitability of each area for such uses, as indicated
by existing conditions, trends in population and modes of living,
and having regard for the use of land, building development and economic
activity, considering such conditions and trends both within the Town
and with respect to the relation of the Town to areas outside thereof.
B.
To provide adequate light, air and privacy; to promote safety from
fire, flood and other dangers; and to prevent overcrowding of the
land and undue congestion of the population.
C.
To protect the character and the social and economic stability of
all parts of the Town and to encourage the orderly and beneficial
development of all parts of the Town.
D.
To protect and conserve the value of land throughout the Town and
the value of buildings appropriate to the various districts established
by this chapter.
E.
To bring about the gradual conformity of the uses of land and buildings
through the Comprehensive Zoning Plan set forth in this chapter, and
to minimize the conflicts among the use of land and buildings.
F.
To promote the most beneficial relation between the use of land and
buildings and the circulation of traffic throughout the Town, having
particular regard to the avoidance of congestion in the streets and
the provision of safe and convenient vehicular and pedestrian traffic
movements appropriate to the various uses of land and buildings throughout
the Town.
G.
To provide a guide for public policy and action in the efficient
provision of public facilities and services and for private enterprise
in building development, investment and other economic activity relating
to uses of land and buildings throughout the Town.
H.
To limit development to an amount equal to the availability and capacity
of public facilities and services.
I.
To prevent the pollution of watercourses and wetlands; to safeguard
the water table; to avoid hazardous conditions and excessive damage
resulting from stormwater runoff and flooding; and to encourage the
appropriate use and sound management of natural resources throughout
the Town.
J.
To preserve the natural beauty of the physiography of the Town; to
protect the Town against unsightly, obtrusive and obnoxious land uses
and operations; to enhance the aesthetic aspect of the natural and
man-made elements of the Town and to ensure appropriate development
with regard to those elements.
K.
To promote the use of solar energy and solar energy collectors so
far as conditions reasonably permit and to provide adequate sunlight
for their proper operation.
[Added 6-8-2006 by L.L. No. 10-2006]
By Local Law No. 10 of the year 2006, the Town of North Castle
has adopted the Compact Plan, as amended from time to time, as a statement
of policies, principles, and guides to supplement other established
land use policies in the Town. In its discretionary actions under
this chapter, the reviewing agency should take into consideration
said statement of policies, principles and guides, as appropriate.
