There is hereby established a comprehensive zoning plan regulating
and restricting the location, grouping, bulk, construction, and use
of buildings and structures, and the development and use of land in
the Town of Mount Hope, New York (hereinafter referred to as the “Town”),
and providing fines and penalties for the violation thereof, which
chapter is set forth in the following text, schedules, and map forming
the “Zoning Law for the Town of Mount Hope.” Said chapter
is adopted for the purposes set forth in Article 16 of the Town Law
and in the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York and is
enacted pursuant to said Municipal Home Rule Law in the interest of
protection and promotion of order and the health, safety and well-being
of persons and property and the protection and enhancement of the
physical and visual environment.
The comprehensive zoning plan shall be deemed to include the
following purposes, among others, to:
A.
Guide future growth and development of the Town of Mount Hope in
relation to the orderly development of the region of which it is a
part, and in consideration of its existing development pattern and
improvements, its resources, and the quality of its environment.
B.
Provide adequate light, air and privacy; to secure safety from fire,
flood and other danger; to prevent overcrowding or the overly intensive
or inappropriate use of land; and to protect the quality of the physical
environment.
C.
Promote a mutually supportive, logical, and harmonious interrelation
of land uses by bringing about the gradual conformity of the uses
of land and building throughout the Town to the Zoning Law set forth
in this chapter and minimizing conflicts between the uses of land
and buildings.
D.
Prevent and reduce traffic congestion so as to promote safe and efficient
circulation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
E.
Encourage the use of land and the design of buildings so as to create
a harmonious appearance in all parts of the Town.
F.
Encourage flexibility in the design and development of land in such
a way as to promote the most appropriate use of land; to facilitate
the adequate and economical provision of streets, utilities and parks;
to protect production agriculture; to preserve natural and scenic
qualities of open lands for public enjoyment; and to provide opportunity
and choice of housing and environment suitable to the varied needs
of the population.
