[Amended 4-22-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996; 4-19-2000 by L.L. No.
1-2000; 5-9-2001 by L.L. No. 3-2001; 6-11-2003 by L.L. No. 1-2003; 8-13-2007 by L.L. No. 6-2007[1]]
For the purposes of this chapter, the Town of
Milan is hereby divided into the following seven classes of zoning
districts:
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Very-Low-Density Agricultural District
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A5A
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Agricultural District
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A3A
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Low-Density Residential District
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R2A
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Highway Business District
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HB
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Land Conservation District
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LC
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Hamlet District
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HA
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[1]
Editor’s Note: This local law eliminated the Light Industrial
District, LI (Floating Zone); a complete copy of said local law is
on file in the Town offices.
[Added 5-9-2001 by L.L. No. 3-2001]
A.
A5A. The purpose of the Very-Low-Density Agricultural
District is to maintain the Town's rural character in areas distinguished
by the presence of both small and large farms, sparse residential
development, and where limitations on development are designed to
protect both natural resources and open space. Clustering of residential
dwellings is encouraged to maintain traditional agricultural settlement
patterns and to support farming in the community.
[Amended 6-11-2003 by L.L. No. 1-2003]
B.
A3A. The purpose of the Agricultural District is to
provide an area where residential uses and agriculture can coexist
in a relatively low-density arrangement, to maintain the Town's important
natural resources and open space, to encourage clustering, and to
maintain traditional settlement patterns.
C.
R2A. The purpose of the Low-Density Residential District
is to provide an area suitable for smaller lots where single-family
and two-family residential dwellings can be accommodated, subject
to soils suitable for smaller lots. Clustered multiple dwellings would
also be permitted in this district subject to appropriate soil conditions.
D.
HB. The purpose of the Highway Business District is
to provide an area where community-scale commercial uses can locate,
but due to increased reliance on automobile and larger-delivery-vehicle
access, would be incompatible with traditional hamlet neighborhoods.
The application of zoning regulations and design guidelines would
prevent strip commercial development within this district.
E.
[1]LC. The purpose of the Land Conservation District is to
recognize and provide for the preservation of permanent open space,
viewshed protection, and limited development on severely constrained
lands, such as wetlands and floodplains, as well as lands that are
under the ownership or control of agencies and organizations providing
for parks and designated open space.
F.
HA. The purpose of the Hamlet District is to preserve
and enhance the unique historic and architectural character of the
hamlets of Lafayetteville and Rock City and to place great emphasis
on limiting additional development that may further compromise their
unique qualities.
[Amended 8-9-1999 by L.L. No. 2-1999; 4-19-2000 by L.L. No.
1-2000; 5-9-2001 by L.L. No. 3-2001; 9-13-2004 by L.L. No. 5-2004; 3-21-2022 by L.L. No. 4-2022]
The boundaries of these zoning districts are
hereby established on a map entitled the "Zoning Map of the Town of
Milan," dated March 21, 2022.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file in
the Town offices.
Where a district boundary line, as appearing
on the Zoning Map, divides a lot or land in single ownership as existing
at the time of this enactment, the use authorized on and the district
requirements applying to the less restricted portion of the property
shall be construed as extending into the remaining portion of the
property beyond the district boundary lines for a distance not exceeding
35 feet. Otherwise, unless shown to the contrary on the Zoning Map,
the boundary lines of districts are the center lines of streets and
roads, or such lines extended, railroad right-of-way lines, the center
lines of creeks and waterways and/or the corporate limits line of
the Town as it existed at the time of the enactment of this chapter.
