Town of Queensbury, NY
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 179 Zoning
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Advisory Boards
- Ch 5 (Reserved)
- Ch 6 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 6A Checks
- Ch 7 Civil Enforcement
- Ch 8 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 9 Court Clerk and Deputy Court Clerk
- Ch 10 Economic Development Zone Application
- Ch 11 (Reserved)
- Ch 14 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 16 (Reserved)
- Ch 20 Local Development Corporations
- Ch 27 Ordinances, Publication of
- Ch 32 Police Department
- Ch 34 Procurement
- Ch 36 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 36A Terms of Office
- Ch 37 Town Budget Officer
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 43 Adult Entertainment Uses
- Ch 44 Hotel and Motel Registered Sex Offender Occupancy Licenses
- Ch 46 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 50 Bicycles
- Ch 52 Bingo and Games of Chance
- Ch 55 Boats
- Ch 58 Building Requirements
- Ch 59 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 60 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 61 Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 65 Cemeteries
- Ch 68 Diesel Vehicles
- Ch 70 Dock Use
- Ch 73 Dog Control
- Ch 77 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 80 Electrical Standards
- Ch 85 Fire Hydrants
- Ch 88 (Reserved)
- Ch 88A Enforcement Officials and Personnel
- Ch 88B Fire Prevention and Building Construction
- Ch 91 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 94 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 96 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 97 Composting
- Ch 100 Insurance
- Ch 102 Junkyards
- Ch 105 (Reserved)
- Ch 107 Lawn Fertilizer and Pesticide Runoff Control
- Ch 109 Littering
- Ch 113 Manufactured Home Parks
- Ch 115 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 118 Obscene Materials
- Ch 119 Outdoor Furnaces
- Ch 124 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 125 Glen Lake Boat Launch Site
- Ch 127 (Reserved)
- Ch 128 Park Hours
- Ch 130 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 133 Recycling
- Ch 136 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 137 Septic Systems
- Ch 140 Signs
- Ch 146 Storm Sewer System Discharges, Activities and Connections
- Ch 147 Stormwater Management
- Ch 149 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 150 Streets, Temporary Blocking of
- Ch 152 Sunday Activities
- Ch 155 Taxation
- Ch 160 Transient Merchants, Transient Merchant Markets, Peddlers/Solicitors
- Ch 161 Special Sales Events and Garage Sales
- Ch 164 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 168 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 173 Water
- Ch 178 Zoning - Subdivision Review
- Ch 179 Zoning
- Ch 179 Art 1 General Provisions
- § 179-1-010 Title and statutory authority.
- § 179-1-020 Purpose and objectives.
- § 179-1-030 Compliance required; more restrictive provisions to prevail.
- § 179-1-040 Authority of Adirondack Park Agency.
- § 179-1-050 Exemption for certain property to be purchased by Town or owned by certain government organizations.
- § 179-1-060 Severability.
- Ch 179 Art 2 Definitions
- § 179-2-010 Definitions and word usage.
- Ch 179 Art 3 Zoning Districts
- § 179-3-010 Map adopted.
- § 179-3-020 Interpretation of district boundaries.
- § 179-3-030 Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan Map.
- § 179-3-040 Establishment of zoning districts.
- § 179-3-050 Establishment of overlay districts.
- § 179-3-060 Planned unit developments.
- § 179-3-070 Transfer of development rights.
- Ch 179 Art 4 General Regulations
- § 179-4-010 Residential design requirements.
- § 179-4-020 Mobile Home Overlay Districts.
- § 179-4-030 Travel Corridor Overlay Districts.
- § 179-4-035 Interstate Highway Overlay District.
- § 179-4-040 Shoreline setbacks.
- § 179-4-050 Frontage on public or private streets.
- § 179-4-060 (Reserved)
- § 179-4-070 Lots bounded by two roads or road and shoreline.
- § 179-4-080 Setbacks for porches, canopies and decks.
- § 179-4-090 Parking and loading regulations.
- § 179-4-100 (Reserved)
- § 179-4-110 Underground Utilities Overlay District
- Ch 179 Art 5 Supplementary Regulations
- § 179-5-010 (Reserved)
- § 179-5-020 Accessory structures.
- § 179-5-030 Determination of natural grades for building heights.
- § 179-5-040 Agricultural uses.
- § 179-5-050 Conversion of seasonal dwelling units.
- § 179-5-060 Docks, boathouses and moorings.
- § 179-5-070 Fences.
- § 179-5-080 Home occupations.
- § 179-5-090 Minimum floor area.
- § 179-5-100 Multiple-family dwellings.
- § 179-5-110 Sanitary requirements in Waterfront Residential District.
- § 179-5-120 Satellite receiving antennas.
- § 179-5-130 Wireless telecommunication facilities and infrastructure.
- § 179-5-140 Renewable energy systems and facilities.
- § 179-5-150 Trash receptacles.
- § 179-5-160 through § 179-5-170. (Reserved)
- § 179-5-180 Good Neighbor Plan.
- Ch 179 Art 6 Environmental and Performance Standards
- § 179-6-010 Extensive clearing of vegetation and grading.
- § 179-6-020 Lighting.
- § 179-6-030 Odor.
- § 179-6-040 Radiation.
- § 179-6-050 Shoreline regulations.
- § 179-6-060 Construction on slopes.
- § 179-6-065 Construction within a critical environmental area.
- § 179-6-070 Soil and erosion control.
- § 179-6-080 Stormwater runoff.
- § 179-6-090 Vibration.
- Ch 179 Art 7 Design Standards
- § 179-7-010 Findings and intent.
- § 179-7-020 Purpose and goals; administration.
- § 179-7-030 Specific design standards.
- § 179-7-040 Elements of design standards.
- § 179-7-050 Commercial Intensive (CI), Commercial Intensive Exit 18 (CI-18) and Commercial Moderate (CM) Zones.
- § 179-7-060 Bay Road Office District.
- § 179-7-070 Main Street (MS).
- § 179-7-080 All industrial zones.
- Ch 179 Art 8 Landscaping and Buffering Standards
- § 179-8-010 General provisions.
- § 179-8-020 Applicability; waiver.
- § 179-8-030 Tree list.
- § 179-8-040 Shoreline buffers.
- § 179-8-050 Multifamily and nonresidential landscaping requirements.
- § 179-8-060 Types of buffer zones between uses.
- § 179-8-070 Description of buffer types.
- § 179-8-080 Additional buffering requirements.
- § 179-8-090 Landscaping of dedicated streets, medians or other public rights-of-way.
- § 179-8-100 Tree and root protection standards.
- Ch 179 Art 9 Site Plan Review
- § 179-9-010 Purpose.
- § 179-9-020 Applicability.
- § 179-9-030 Authority to approve and disapprove.
- § 179-9-040 Preapplication conference.
- § 179-9-050 Application for site plan review.
- § 179-9-060 Fees.
- § 179-9-070 Procedure.
- § 179-9-080 Requirements for site plan approval.
- § 179-9-085 Specific standards.
- § 179-9-090 Financial security.
- § 179-9-100 Development considerations.
- § 179-9-110 Enforcement.
- § 179-9-120 Amendments.
- Ch 179 Art 10 Special Use Permits
- § 179-10-010 Findings; purpose.
- § 179-10-020 Authority of Planning Board.
- § 179-10-030 Preapplication conference.
- § 179-10-035 Preexisting uses.
- § 179-10-040 Application for special use permit.
- § 179-10-050 Fees.
- § 179-10-060 General criteria.
- § 179-10-070 Specific standards.
- § 179-10-080 Expiration.
- § 179-10-090 Revocation of permit.
- § 179-10-100 Enforcement.
- § 179-10-110 Amendments.
- Ch 179 Art 11 (Reserved)
- Ch 179 Art 12 Planned Unit Developments (PUD)
- § 179-12-010 Intent and objectives.
- § 179-12-020 General requirements.
- § 179-12-030 Considerations.
- § 179-12-040 Common property.
- § 179-12-050 Applications and zoning approvals.
- § 179-12-060 Changes in plan.
- § 179-12-070 Development phasing.
- § 179-12-080 Compliance required prior to construction.
- § 179-12-090 Financial security.
- § 179-12-100 Expiration of approval.
- § 179-12-110 Filing of decisions.
- § 179-12-120 Fees.
- Ch 179 Art 12A Planned Commercial/Industrial Development (PCID)
- § 179-12A-010 Intent and objectives.
- § 179-12A-020 General requirements.
- § 179-12A-030 Considerations.
- § 179-12A-040 Common property.
- § 179-12A-050 Applications and zoning approvals.
- § 179-12A-060 Changes in plan.
- § 179-12A-070 Development phasing.
- § 179-12A-080 Compliance required prior to construction.
- § 179-12A-090 Financial security.
- § 179-12A-100 Expiration of approval.
- § 179-12A-110 Filing of decisions.
- § 179-12A-120 Fees.
- Ch 179 Art 12B Planned Resort Development (PRD)
- § 179-12B-010 Intent and objectives.
- § 179-12B-020 General requirements.
- § 179-12B-030 Considerations.
- § 179-12B-040 Common property.
- § 179-12B-050 Applications and zoning approvals.
- § 179-12B-060 Changes in plan.
- § 179-12B-070 Development phasing.
- § 179-12B-080 Compliance required prior to construction.
- § 179-12B-090 Financial security.
- § 179-12B-100 Expiration of approval.
- § 179-12B-110 Filing of decisions.
- § 179-12B-120 Fees.
- Ch 179 Art 13 Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots
- § 179-13-010 Continuation.
- § 179-13-020 Discontinuance.
- § 179-13-030 Change in use.
- § 179-13-040 Completion of structures.
- § 179-13-050 Destruction.
- § 179-13-060 Nonconforming lots of record.
- Ch 179 Art 14 Appeals and Variances
- § 179-14-010 Purpose.
- § 179-14-020 Authority of Zoning Board of Appeals.
- § 179-14-030 Appeal for interpretation or application for variance.
- § 179-14-040 Procedure for appeals.
- § 179-14-050 Imposition of conditions.
- § 179-14-060 Conduct of business.
- § 179-14-070 Decision; appeal; APA review.
- § 179-14-080 Variance criteria.
- § 179-14-090 Expiration of variance.
- Ch 179 Art 15 Amendments
- § 179-15-010 Purpose.
- § 179-15-020 Initiation and application.
- § 179-15-030 Review by planning agencies.
- § 179-15-040 Referral to Town Planning Board.
- § 179-15-050 Referral to County Planning Board and APA.
- § 179-15-060 SEQRA compliance.
- § 179-15-070 Public hearing and notice.
- § 179-15-080 Adoption.
- § 179-15-090 Effective date.
- § 179-15-100 Right to complete project inconsistent with amendment.
- Ch 179 Art 16 Administration
- § 179-16-010 Zoning Administrator.
- § 179-16-020 Zoning permit required.
- § 179-16-030 Zoning permit application procedure.
- § 179-16-040 Site inspection.
- § 179-16-050 Certificates of compliance.
- § 179-16-060 Planning Board.
- § 179-16-070 Zoning Board of Appeals.
- § 179-16-080 Required records.
- § 179-16-090 Appeals.
- § 179-16-100 Petition, application and appeal forms.
- § 179-16-110 Fees.
- § 179-16-120 Notice of public hearing.
- § 179-16-130 Criteria for zoning permits; expiration.
- Ch 179 Art 17 Enforcement
- § 179-17-010 Violations enforced.
- § 179-17-020 Penalties for offenses.
- § 179-17-030 Alternative remedies.
- § 179-17-040 Enforcement orders.
- § 179-17-050 Misrepresentation.
- § 179-17-060 Complaints.
- Ch 179 Art 18 APA and Regional Project Review
- § 179-18-010 Purpose.
- § 179-18-020 Criteria for review of Class A Regional Projects.
- § 179-18-030 Planning Board authority regarding Class A Regional Projects.
- § 179-18-040 Class A Regional Projects.
- § 179-18-050 Class B Regional Projects.
- § 179-18-060 Regional project review criteria.
- Ch 179 Art 19 Access Management
- § 179-19-010 Driveway standards.
- § 179-19-020 Residential lots abutting collector or arterial roads.
- § 179-19-030 Function classification of roads.
- Ch 179 Art 20 General Exceptions
- § 179-20-010 Exemption for property to be purchased by Town or owned by certain government organizations.
- Ch 179 Art 21 Appendices
- § 179-21-010 Appendix A: APA Class A Regional Projects.
- § 179-21-020 Appendix B: APA Class B Regional Projects.
- § 179-21-030 Appendix C: APA Regional Project Review Criteria.
- Ch 181A Zoning Board of Appeals
- Appendix
- Ch A182 Cemetery Commission
- Ch A183 Subdivision of Land
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Queensbury 4-20-2009 by L.L. No. 3-2009.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Adult entertainment uses — See Ch. 43.
Building requirements — See Ch. 58.
Outdoor burning — See Ch. 61.
Fire prevention and building construction — See
Ch. 88.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 91.
Freshwater wetlands — See Ch. 94.
Junkyards — See Ch. 102.
Land use procedures — See Ch.
105.
Mobile homes — See Ch. 113.
Outdoor furnaces — See Ch. 119.
Sewers and sewage disposal — See Ch. 136.
Signs — See Ch. 140.
Stormwater management — See Ch. 147.
Zoning - subdivision review — See Ch. 178.
Zoning Board of Appeals — See Ch. 181A.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. A183.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Table 1: Table of Area Requirements
Attachment 2 - Table 2: Summary of Allowed Uses in Residential DistrictsAttachment 3 - Table 3: Summary of Allowed Uses in Commercial DistrictsAttachment 4 - Table 4: Summary of Allowed Uses in Industrial DistrictsAttachment 5 - Figure 1: Commercial Intensive Exit 18[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed
former Ch. 179, Zoning, adopted 4-1-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002, as amended.
