There is hereby established a comprehensive zoning plan for the Village of Larchmont, which is set forth in the text, map and schedules that constitute this chapter. Said plan is adopted for the purpose set forth in Article 7 of the Village Law. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning Law of the Village of Larchmont, New York of 2005."
The zoning regulations and districts as herein established have been designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic, floods and other dangers; to promote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements. Such regulations have been made with reasonable consideration, among other things, as to the character of each zoning district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the Village of Larchmont.
A. 
Except as hereinafter provided, no building or structure, or part thereof, and no lot or land, or part thereof, shall hereafter be used except in conformity with the use regulations herein prescribed. Any use of a parcel of land or lot, or use of a building or structure for which a use variance has been granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals pursuant to Article X shall be deemed to be a nonconforming use.
B. 
Except as hereinafter provided, no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or rebuilt except in conformity with the dimensional regulations herein prescribed. Structures for which area variances have been granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals pursuant to Article X shall be deemed to be nonconforming structures.
C. 
Any legally established existing use of a building or structure, lot or land, or part thereof, which use constitutes a nonconforming use under the provisions of this chapter, may be continued, subject to the provisions of Article IX of this chapter.
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this chapter, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety, comfort, convenience and general welfare. The lot or yard areas required by this chapter for a particular structure shall not be included as a part of the required lot or yard areas of any other structure. If the lot or yard areas required by this chapter for a particular structure are diminished below the area required by this chapter, the existence of such structure shall be deemed to be a violation of this chapter. The lot or yard areas of structures existing at the time of the passage of this chapter shall not be diminished below the requirements provided for herein for structures erected after the passage of this chapter, and any such diminishment shall render such structure in violation of this chapter. Such required areas shall not be included as a part of the required areas of any structure hereafter erected.