The principal objective of this chapter is to provide for an
orderly arrangement of compatible structures and land uses, and for
the property location of all types of uses required for the social
and economic welfare of the Town. To accomplish this objective, each
type and kind of use is classified as permitted in one or more of
the various zoning districts established by this chapter. However,
in addition to those uses specifically classified and permitted in
each district, there are certain additional uses which it may be necessary
to allow because of the unusual characteristics of the service they
provide the public. These special uses require particular considerations
as to their proper location to adjacent, established or intended uses,
or to the planned growth of the community. The conditions controlling
the locations and operation of such special uses are established by
the applicable sections of this chapter.
A.
Classification. In order to classify, regulate and restrict the locations
of structures and uses designated for specific areas and to regulate
and determine the areas of yards and open spaces within or surrounding
such structures, the Town is hereby classified into the following
zoning districts:
B.
Zoning Map. The boundaries of each zoning district are to be indicated
upon the Zoning Map as approved by the Town Board, which such map
is provided in Appendix D of this chapter.[1] Such map and its subsequent amendments shall be considered
part of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix D is included as an attachment to this chapter.
C.
Interpretation of zoning district boundaries. Where uncertainty exists
as to boundaries of zoning districts, the following rules shall apply:
(1)
Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines
of roads shall be construed to follow such center lines.
(2)
Boundaries indicated as approximately following existing lot lines
shall be construed as following such lot lines.
(3)
Boundaries indicated as approximately following Town boundaries shall
be construed as following such boundaries.
(4)
Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed
to be midway between the main tracks.
(5)
Boundaries indicated as approximately following the edges of streams,
rivers, canals, lakes or other bodies of water shall be construed
to follow the center lines thereof.
(6)
Boundaries indicated as bordering on Keuka or Seneca Lakes shall
be to the MHWL and shall not encompass the floors of such lakes unless
NYS has delegated their authority to the Town pursuant to law.
(8)
Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground are inconsistent
with those shown on the Zoning Map, or in other circumstances not
covered above, the Zoning Board of Appeals shall interpret the district
boundaries.
(9)
When a lot of record is divided by more than one zoning district,
the regulations of the least restrictive zoning district may be extended
for a distance of 100 feet into the more restrictive zone.
D.
Annexed territory. Any territory hereafter annexed into the Town
shall be classified into a zoning district by the Town Board and shall
be subject to all regulations applicable in such district.
E.
Prohibited use. Any use that is not specifically classified as a
permitted or special use in a zoning district shall be classified
as a prohibited use at such district.
A.
Purpose. The purpose of the Agriculture (AG) Zoning District is to
preserve farm operations and agricultural related land uses and support
services, to promote the preservation of land resources in order to
facilitate the long-term economic viability of farm operations and
to protect the rural character of the Town.
C.
Permitted accessory uses.
(1)
Accessory uses subordinate, incidental to, and customarily found
in connection with a permitted principal use located at the applicable
lot of record as determined by the Code Enforcement Officer.
(2)
Amateur radio communications tower.
(3)
Dwelling unit, accessory.
(4)
Family day care home.
(5)
Group family day care home.
(6)
Home occupation.
(7)
Living quarters, accessory.
(8)
Outdoor wood boiler.
(9)
Private small animal operation.
(10)
Private stable.
(11)
Solar photovoltaic and/or thermal system.
D.
Special uses.
(1)
Bed-and-breakfast dwelling.
(2)
Campground.
(3)
Cemetery.
(4)
Cottage housing development.
(5)
Hospice.
(6)
Kennel.
(7)
Midwifery birth center.
(8)
Nursery, retail.
(9)
Outdoor retail sales.
(10)
Outdoor sportsperson club.
(11)
Outdoor storage.
(12)
Place of worship.
(13)
Residential care/assisted living facility.
(14)
School, elementary.
(15)
School, parochial.
(16)
School, private.
(17)
School, secondary.
(18)
Timber and lumber production facility.
(19)
Veterinary facility.
(20)
Wind energy conversion system, small.
(21)
Wind energy conversion system, large.
(22)
Wireless telecommunications facility.
A.
Purpose. The purpose of the Agricultural Residential (AR) Zoning
District is to reserve productive farmland for farm operations and
agricultural related land uses and support services, to provide for
a mix of residential development types and densities, and to preserve
the rural character of the Town.
C.
Permitted accessory uses.
(1)
Accessory uses subordinate, incidental to, and customarily found
in connection with a permitted principal use located at the applicable
lot of record as determined by the Code Enforcement Officer.
(2)
Amateur radio communications tower.
(3)
Dwelling unit, accessory.
(4)
Family day care home.
(5)
Group family day care home.
(6)
Home occupation.
(7)
Living quarters, accessory.
(8)
Outdoor wood boiler.
(9)
Private small animal operation.
(10)
Private stable.
(11)
Shoreline structure.
(12)
Solar photovoltaic and/or thermal system.
D.
Special uses.
(1)
Bed-and-breakfast dwelling.
(2)
Cemetery.
(3)
Cottage housing development.
(4)
Commercial, light.
(5)
Country club.
(6)
Hospice.
(7)
Midwifery birth center.
(8)
Nursery, retail.
(9)
Outdoor retail sales.
(10)
Outdoor sportsperson club.
(11)
Outdoor storage.
(12)
Place of worship.
(13)
Planned unit development.
(14)
Private club.
(15)
Recreational cabin.
(16)
Residential care/assisted living facility.
(17)
School, elementary.
(18)
School, parochial.
(19)
School, private.
(20)
School, secondary.
(21)
Veterinary facility.
(22)
Wind energy conversion system, small.
(23)
Wireless telecommunications facility.
E.
Bulk regulations.
(2)
A.
Purpose. The purpose of the Commercial (CO) Zoning District is to
provide for the orderly development of small-scale retail sales and
services, and other compatible uses, in areas most appropriate for
such development and to preserve the rural character of the Town.
B.
Permitted principal uses.
(1)
Agricultural business.
(2)
Agricultural service use.
(3)
Agricultural tourism.
(4)
Bed-and-breakfast dwelling.
(5)
Child-care center.
(6)
Commercial, light.
(7)
Cultural center.
(8)
Dwelling, multiple-unit.
(9)
Dwelling, single-unit.
(10)
Dwelling, two-unit.
(11)
Farm operation.
(12)
Funeral establishment.
(13)
Hospice.
(14)
Midwifery birth center.
(15)
Museum.
(16)
Nursery, retail.
(17)
Place of worship.
(18)
Private club.
(19)
Residential care/assisted living facility.
(20)
School, elementary.
(21)
School, parochial.
(22)
School, private.
(23)
School, secondary.
(24)
School-age child-care center.
(25)
Small day-care center.
(26)
Storage facility, self-service.
C.
Permitted accessory uses.
(1)
Accessory uses subordinate, incidental to, and customarily found
in connection with a permitted principal use located at the applicable
lot of record as determined by the Code Enforcement Officer.
(2)
Amateur radio communications tower.
(3)
Dwelling unit, accessory.
(4)
Family day care home.
(5)
Group family day care home.
(6)
Home occupation.
(7)
Living quarters, accessory.
(8)
Outdoor wood boiler.
(9)
Private small animal operation.
(10)
Private stable.
(11)
Solar photovoltaic and/or thermal system.
D.
Special uses.
(1)
Adult entertainment establishment.
(2)
Cannabis retail dispensary.
(3)
Cemetery.
(4)
Commercial, heavy.
(5)
Hotel.
(6)
Hotel, extended stay.
(7)
Manufactured housing community.
(8)
Medical marijuana dispensary.
(9)
Motel.
(10)
Outdoor retail sales.
(11)
Outdoor sportsperson club.
(12)
Outdoor storage.
(13)
Planned unit development.
(14)
Recreational facility.
(15)
School, higher education.
(16)
Vehicle orientated commercial use.
(17)
Veterinary facility.
(18)
Wind energy conversion system, small.
(19)
Wireless telecommunications facility.
A.
Purpose. The purpose of the Hamlet (HA) Zoning District is to accommodate
the smaller lots and yard setbacks commonly found in the historic
hamlet communities of the Town, permit small scale mixed use development,
and to preserve the rural character of the Town.
C.
Permitted accessory uses.
(1)
Accessory uses subordinate, incidental to, and customarily found
in connection with a permitted principal use located at the applicable
lot of record as determined by the Code Enforcement Officer.
(2)
Dwelling unit, accessory.
(3)
Family day care home.
(4)
Group family day care home.
(5)
Home occupation.
(6)
Living quarters, accessory.
(7)
Private small animal operation.
(8)
Private stable.
(9)
Solar photovoltaic and/or thermal system.
D.
Special uses.
(1)
Amateur radio communications tower.
(2)
Bed-and-breakfast dwelling.
(3)
Cannabis retail dispensary.
(4)
Child-care center.
(5)
Commercial, light.
(6)
Cottage housing development.
(7)
Cultural center.
(8)
Dwelling, two-unit.
(9)
Funeral establishment.
(10)
Hospice.
(11)
Medical marijuana dispensary.
(12)
Midwifery birth center.
(13)
Museum.
(14)
Nursery, retail.
(15)
Outdoor retail sales.
(16)
Outdoor storage.
(17)
Place of worship.
(18)
Planned unit development.
(19)
Private club.
(20)
Residential care/assisted living facility.
(21)
School, elementary.
(22)
School, parochial.
(23)
School, private.
(24)
School, secondary.
(25)
School-age child-care center.
(26)
Small day-care center.
(27)
Veterinary facility.
(28)
Wireless telecommunications facility.
A.
Purpose. The purpose of the Lakefront Commercial (LCOM) Zoning District
is to accommodate lakefront hotels and motels, restaurants, marinas
and other enterprises that provide goods and services to lakefront
communities and tourists on Keuka and Seneca Lakes, to maintain a
scale and character for such development that is compatible with the
surrounding residential and recreational uses, and to preserve the
rural character of the Town.
C.
Permitted accessory uses.
(1)
Accessory uses subordinate, incidental to, and customarily found
in connection with a permitted principal use located at the applicable
lot of record as determined by the Code Enforcement Officer.
(2)
Family day care home.
(3)
Group family day care home.
(4)
Home occupation.
(5)
Living quarters, accessory.
(6)
Shoreline structure.
(7)
Solar photovoltaic and/or thermal system.
D.
Special uses.
(1)
Amateur radio communications tower.
(2)
Bed-and-breakfast dwelling.
(3)
Commercial, light.
(4)
Dwelling, multiple-unit.
(5)
Dwelling, two-unit.
(6)
Hotel.
(7)
Hotel, extended stay.
(8)
Manufactured housing community.
(9)
Marina.
(10)
Motel.
(11)
Outdoor retail sales.
(12)
Outdoor storage.
(13)
Place of worship.
(14)
Planned unit development.
(15)
Private club.
(16)
Residential care/assisted living facility.
(17)
Wireless telecommunications facility.
E.
Bulk regulations.
(2)
A.
Purpose. The purpose of the Lakefront Recreational (LREC) Zoning
District is to accommodate children's overnight camps and summer
day camps in a manner that protects the character and the quality
of life in the residential community located within the abutting Lakefront
Residential (LRES) Zoning District.
A.
Purpose. The purpose of the Lakefront Residential (LRES) Zoning District
is to preserve the residential character and protect the quality of
life from the adverse impacts of nonresidential uses at the residential
communities adjacent to Keuka and Seneca Lakes.
C.
Permitted accessory uses.
(1)
Accessory uses subordinate, incidental to, and customarily found
in connection with a permitted principal use located at the applicable
lot of record as determined by the Code Enforcement Officer.
(2)
Family day care home.
(3)
Group family day care home.
(4)
Shoreline structure.
(5)
Solar photovoltaic and/or thermal system.
E.
Bulk regulations.
(1)
Dimensional requirements pertaining to a lot of record.
(2)
A.
Purpose. The purpose of the Light Industrial (LI) Zoning District
is to support and stimulate local economic development by providing
for light industrial, research and development enterprises in areas
best suited for industrial development because of location, topography,
existing facilities and relationship to other land uses. In addition,
this district shall support the county airport and heliport to increase
safety in the use and to protect persons and property located near
such airport and heliport. Lastly, it provides standards for locating
and developing such land uses in a manner that does not adversely
affect adjacent residential areas and preserves the rural character
of the Town.
B.
Permitted principal uses.
(1)
Agricultural business.
(2)
Agricultural service use.
(3)
Agricultural tourism.
(4)
Airport, county.
(5)
Airport-related use.
(6)
Commercial, heavy.
(7)
Commercial, light.
(8)
Cultural center.
(9)
Farm operation.
(10)
Industrial, light.
(11)
Marina.
(12)
Midwifery birth center.
(13)
Museum.
(14)
Nursery, retail.
(15)
Outdoor sportsperson club.
(16)
Place of worship.
(17)
Private club.
(18)
Storage facility, self service.
(19)
Timber and lumber production facility.
(20)
Vehicle orientated commercial use.
(21)
Veterinary facility.
C.
Permitted accessory uses.
(1)
Accessory uses subordinate, incidental to, and customarily found
in connection with a permitted principal use located at the applicable
lot of record as determined by the Code Enforcement Officer.
(2)
Amateur radio communications tower.
(3)
Private small animal operation.
(4)
Private stable.
(5)
Outdoor wood boiler.
(6)
Solar photovoltaic and/or thermal system.
D.
Special uses.
(1)
Cannabis retail dispensary.
(2)
Cemetery.
(3)
Dwelling, single-unit.
(4)
Industrial, heavy.
(5)
Junkyard.
(6)
Medical marijuana dispensary.
(7)
Outdoor retail sales.
(8)
Outdoor storage.
(9)
Recreational facility.
(10)
Wind energy conversion system, small.
(11)
Wind energy conversion system, large.
(12)
Wireless telecommunications facility.
