This chapter regulates and restricts the location,
construction, alteration, occupancy and use of buildings and structures
and the use of land in the Town of Rosendale and, for said purposes,
divides the Town into zoning districts.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Zoning Law of the Town of Rosendale, New York."
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the Municipal
Home Rule Law of the State of New York to protect and promote public
health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience, economy, Town aesthetics
and the general welfare, and for the following additional purposes:
A.
To promote and effectuate the orderly physical development
of the Town of Rosendale.
B.
To encourage the most appropriate use of land in the
community in order to conserve and enhance the value of property.
C.
To provide adequate and suitably located commercial
facilities.
D.
To protect and enhance existing wooded areas, scenic
areas, and waterways and to preserve, where appropriate, the essentially
rural character of the Town.
E.
To regulate building densities in order to assure
access of light and circulation of air, in order to facilitate the
prevention and fighting of fires, in order to prevent undue concentration
of population, in order to lessen congestion on streets and highways
and in order to provide efficient municipal utility services.
F.
To improve transportation facilities and traffic circulation
and to provide adequate off-street parking and loading facilities.
G.
To realize a development plan properly designed to
conserve the use of land and the cost of municipal services.
H.
To assure privacy for residences and freedom from
nuisances and things harmful to the senses.
I.
To protect the community against unsightly, obtrusive
and noisome land uses and operations.
J.
To enhance the aesthetic aspects throughout the entire
community and maintain its present natural beauty.
