[Amended 11-30-2011 by L.L. No. 5-2011]
A. There is hereby established a Comprehensive Plan and a Local Waterfront
Revitalization Program for the City of Hudson, New York, which plans
are set forth in the text and maps that constitute this chapter and
the policies and programs identified in the Local Waterfront Revitalization
Program. The Comprehensive Plan is adopted for the purposes set forth
in Subdivisions 24 and 25 of § 20 of Article 2-A of Chapter
21 of the Consolidated Laws of the State of New York. The Local Waterfront
Revitalization Program is adopted for the purposes set forth in Subdivisions
1 to 7 and 10 of § 912 of Article 42 of Chapter 18 of the
Consolidated Laws of the State of New York. In addition, the plans
and maps are adopted for the following purposes:
(1) Facilitation of the efficient and adequate provision of public facilities
and services.
(2) Provision of privacy for families.
(3) Prevention and reduction of traffic volume and congestion and the
provision of safe and adequate traffic access to uses generating large
volumes of vehicles, including trucks.
(4) Maximum protection of residential areas.
(5) Gradual elimination of nonconforming uses.
(6) Protection of limited areas for industrial use and the encouragement
of a mix of uses in the local waterfront revitalization area boundary.
(7) Protection of business areas by limiting the size of buildings so
as to prevent injury to business which would be caused by over-congestion
of traffic and parking.
(8) Protection of the City's historical, cultural, visual, and natural
resources, especially those natural resources located within the City's
local waterfront revitalization area boundary.
B. The above shall not in any way be construed to limit the purposes
of this chapter.