The Town Board of the Town of Colton in the County of St. Lawrence, New York, does hereby ordain and enact the Town of Colton Zoning Regulations under and pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law and consistent with the applicable provisions of the Town Law of the State of New York.
This Part 3 shall be known and may be cited as the "Town of Colton Zoning Regulations" and is hereinafter referred to as "this part."
A. 
It is the purpose and intent of this part to promote the health, safety or the general welfare of the community, and thus to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other dangers; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements; to promote aesthetic values; and to encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the Town as set forth in the Colton Town Plan.
B. 
It is further the purpose of this part to consider land use and development in accord with the provisions of the Town Plan with regards the proposed settlement and density patterns and anticipated and desirable rates of population increase; to consider proposals for land use and development relative to these policies as embodied in the Town Plan in order to preserve the character and quality of life enjoyed in the Town at present; and further, to consider the ability of the responsible units of government to provide such services as would be required by the pattern of land use and development and the appropriate manner of assuring equitable participation in these costs.
C. 
It is also the purpose of this part to further the stated purposes of the Adirondack Park Agency Act by satisfaction of the criteria for approval by the Adirondack Park Agency of a local land use program pursuant to Subdivision 2 of § 807 of the Act, or such portion thereof as may be applicable to this part.[1]
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Editor's Note: See Executive Law § 807, Subdivision 2.
A. 
Pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Home Rule Law and in accord with the applicable provisions of Town Law, this part authorizes and empowers those duly appointed or delegated by the Town Board of the Town of Colton to approve or disapprove building/use permits, certificates of compliance and operating permits according to the process and standards set forth herein.
B. 
This part shall apply to the construction, erection or location of any new building or use; the expansion or addition in any way that would alter the exterior dimensions of or area occupied by an existing building or use; and the introduction, expansion or change of any use as herein provided for in the Town of Colton.
C. 
The enactment or future amendment of this part affecting a previously filed or otherwise eligible subdivision plat shall entitle the lots delineated on and part of such subdivision to the applicable exemption from this part as provided for under § 265-A of the Town Law.
D. 
No exemption specifically allowed for under § 811 (Subdivisions 1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4, 5) of the Adirondack Park Agency Act shall be diminished or forfeited as such exemptions apply to that Act upon the enactment of this part.
The appendixes attached hereto are hereby made a part of this part and the Land Use Code of which these Zoning Regulations are a part and shall be deemed applicable thereto as specifically hereinafter provided for.