[Amended 9-13-2022 by L.L. No. 1-2022]
A. The Town of Tusten is hereby divided into the following types of
zoning districts:
SR - Scenic River District
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RR - Recreational River District
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R1 - Rural Residential District
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R2 - Rural Development District
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GR - General Residential District
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RB - Roadside Business District
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DB - Downtown Business District
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B. Additionally, two zoning overlay districts are hereby established.
A zoning overlay district is drawn on a map over a specific area,
usually an area where there is a significant resource such as a shoreline,
historic area or a mountain ridge. An overlay district supplements
other land use regulation.
C. The first overlay zoning district is the Scenic Overlay (SO) District, which shall extend to 250 feet on each side of the boundary of the Route 97 right-of-way. The intent of the SO Overlay District is to further enhance the scenic and recreational features of the Delaware River and river corridor in the Scenic River (SR) and Recreational River (RR) Zoning Districts, in accordance with the Final River Management Plan: Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, 1986. Article
VI, §
300-6.17 sets forth standards applicable to this Overlay District as well as to the Scenic River (SR) and Recreational River (RR) Districts.
D. The second overlay zoning district is the Wellhead Protection Area
(WHP), which was established via the Town of Tusten, Local Law 1 in
2001. As noted in L.L. No. 1-2001, the purpose of establishing the
Wellhead Protection Area (WHP) is to facilitate the adequate provision
of water through the elimination or prevention of groundwater contamination
in the vicinity of public drinking water supply wells operated by
the Narrowsburg Water District. Section 4.17 of L.L. No. 1-2001 delineates
the WHP Overlay District and the map of said overlay district is included
in Appendix D of this chapter.
E. In addition to requirements of this chapter, portions of the Town have been mapped as "special flood hazard areas" by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) under the auspices of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The special flood hazard areas are officially mapped on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM), available at the Town offices via the Code Enforcement Officer. The regulations for the special flood hazard areas are incorporated in the Town Code, Chapter
152, Flood Damage Prevention.
F. Portions of the Town of Tusten also lie within the congressionally
designated Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River Corridor,
which is delineated in Appendix C. This area, which encompasses the Scenic Overlay District
noted above, is defined by the National Park Service River Management
Boundary in the Final River Management Plan: Upper Delaware Scenic
and Recreational River, 1986. This boundary extends through the Scenic
River, General Residential, Downtown Business, Roadside Business,
Rural Residential, and Recreational River Districts beginning from
the edge of the Delaware River and extending 0.5 to 0.75 miles into
each of the aforementioned zoning districts. Areas within the boundary
must conform to the standards established by Final River Management
Plan: Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, 1986.
[Amended 9-13-2022 by L.L. No. 1-2022]
The zoning districts established by §
300-3.0 of this chapter and the two overlay districts are shown on the "Official Zoning Map of the Town of Tusten," which, along with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby made a part of this chapter and shall be kept on file in the office of the Town Clerk. Unofficial reproductions of these maps are appended to this chapter for reference purposes only. The Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM), prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, are available at the Town offices via the Code Enforcement Officer (CEO).