Table 2: Purpose of Zoning Districts
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R – Residential
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The primary purpose of the Residential District is to preserve
the character of existing pedestrian-friendly, moderate-density, single-family
neighborhoods. Building height and front yard setbacks in this district
are consistent on each block face. Single-family homes have front
porches or stoops and are located on narrow lots. Streets generally
have curbs, sidewalks and street trees. While almost exclusively residential,
some civic functions and parks are also complementary to the character
of this district.
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VR – Village Residential
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The primary purpose of the Village Residential District is to
provide for pedestrian-friendly residential neighborhoods with a variety
of housing types, including single-family, two-family, three-family,
and townhouses, and some civic functions and parks. Lots in this district
are compact and narrow. Shallow front yard setbacks and a consistent
build-to line and building height on each block face serve to define
the public realm of the street and encourage walking. Most homes have
front porches. Streets with curbs, sidewalks and street trees define
medium-sized blocks.
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RMU – Residential Mixed Use
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The primary purpose of the Residential Mixed Use District is
to provide for a mix of clustered garden-style apartments and limited
commercial uses, such as professional offices, for the convenience
of neighboring residents. Front and side yard setbacks may be variable.
In the Channingville Road area, the intent is also to preserve significant
areas of open space, particularly along the road frontage, on lands
that are constrained by topography. Streets generally have sidewalks
and street trees.
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VMU – Village Mixed Use
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The primary purpose of the Village Mixed Use District is to
provide for pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods with a mix of housing
types and some small-scale commercial uses that primarily serve the
local community. Lots are compact and narrow, and building height
and front yard setbacks are consistent on each block face in order
to define the public realm of the street and encourage walking. Streets
with curbs, sidewalks and street trees define medium-sized blocks.
On East and West Main Street, the VMU District additionally serves
as a gateway to the Village, to slow traffic and provide a transition
between the large commercial uses on Route 9 and the walkable Village
center.
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VC – Village Commercial
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The primary purpose of the Village Commercial District is to
provide for a vibrant, walkable downtown with higher density mixed-use
buildings that accommodate a range of retail, service, entertainment,
and office uses on the ground floor, and apartments above or below
the ground floor. Infill development is designed to reinforce the
existing well-defined urban character of the Village's historic
downtown area. Streets have curbs with consistent street tree plantings,
relatively small blocks, and wide sidewalks that accommodate outdoor
dining while providing for comfortable strolling and easy view of
retail merchandise. Buildings are set very close to the sidewalk in
order to define the public realm, with frontage types that encourage
substantial pedestrian activity.
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CMU – Commercial Mixed Use
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The primary purpose of the Commercial Mixed Use District is
to redevelop the Route 9 corridor as a more contained sub-center with
shared entrances and parking; higher quality landscaping, signage
and architecture; sites that are upgraded with sidewalks, street trees,
internal service roads; and development that fills in the fronts of
large parking lots with small, closely spaced storefronts to build
a street frontage with courtyard parking behind. Development form
supports a high-quality commercial character, with one-story back
buildings in the rear of the lots, and two- to three-story mixed-use
linear buildings close to road frontages. Linear buildings conceal
parking lots, and include ground floor commercial uses, a uniform
setback, and wide sidewalks to increase pedestrian activity in the
area.
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B – Bleachery
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The primary purpose of the Bleachery District is to revitalize
the former Dutchess Bleachery into a vibrant contemporary market place
with small-scale artisan manufacturing, collaborative makerspaces,
startup or incubator businesses, recreation-based uses, craft beverage
manufacturing, and tourism-support businesses, through the adaptive
reuse of historic industrial buildings and construction of new architecturally
compatible buildings. Increasing waterfront access and recreational
opportunities in the district, and reestablishing the pedestrian connection
between the Bleachery and downtown, will attract tourism, encourage
private investment in new economic development and employment opportunities,
and support downtown businesses.
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Table 3: Purpose of Overlay Districts
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AWP-O – Aquifer and Wellfield Protection Overlay
District
The primary purpose of the Aquifer and Wellfield Protection
Overlay District is to preserve the quality and quantity of the Village's
water resources to ensure a safe and adequate water supply for present
and future needs.
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H-O – Historic Overlay District
The Historic Overlay District is coincident with the Wappingers
Falls Historic District, which is listed on the National Register
of Historic Places, and it also includes any locally designated historic
districts in the Village. The Wappingers Falls Historic District includes
within its 90 acres extensive historic resources that reflect the
development of a significant Hudson Valley industrial community over
more than two centuries from 1730 to 1940. The Village retains significant,
well-preserved examples of industrial and commercial buildings, working-class
houses, stylish residences, and public structures and parks directly
linked to the Village's historic industrial economy. The primary
purpose of the Historic Overlay District is to promote the general
good, welfare, health and safety of Village residents by providing
for the protection, enhancement, perpetuation, and use of buildings,
structures, and features of historic or architectural significance
within the Wappingers Falls Historic District, and any locally designated
historic districts, to link the community to its heritage and contribute
to the aesthetic character of the Village.
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MH-O – Manufactured Home Overlay District
The purpose of the Manufactured Home Overlay District is to
promote orderly planned development of manufactured home parks through
designs that foster a pleasant, attractive, safe environment while
preserving the benefit of relatively low-cost housing traditionally
associated with manufactured homes. The regulations are designed to
preserve and protect the residential character of the district, and
to ensure compatibility with adjacent neighborhoods.
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