Town of Rotterdam, NY
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2023-09-13
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 270 Zoning
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Article I General Provisions
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 17 (Reserved)
- Ch 22 Defense of Employees
- Ch 27 Emergency Medical Board
- Ch 31 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 32 Equal Employment Opportunity Policy for Nonpolicy- and Policy-Making Positions
- Ch 47 Officers and Employees
- Ch 51 (Reserved)
- Ch 52 Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee
- Ch 55 (Reserved)
- Ch 60 Residency Requirements
- Ch 63 Salaries and Compensation
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 68 Advertising Materials
- Ch 71 Alarms
- Ch 72 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 73 All-Terrain Vehicles
- Ch 74 Amusements
- Ch 78 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 83 Bingo
- Ch 87 (Reserved)
- Ch 89 Building Code Administration and Code Enforcement Program
- Ch 90 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 93 (Reserved)
- Ch 98 Carnivals and Tent Shows
- Ch 99 Clothing Bins, Donation Bins, and Recycling Bins
- Ch 101 (Reserved)
- Ch 104 Delivery and Service Personnel
- Ch 107 Dogs
- Ch 112 Electrical Inspections
- Ch 116 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 121 Excavations and Open Wells
- Ch 126 Fees
- Ch 128 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 130 Fires and Fire Prevention
- Ch 134 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 137 Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 142 Games of Chance
- Ch 145 Garage Sales
- Ch 150 Hawking, Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 169 Jogging
- Ch 173 Junkyards, Automobile
- Ch 177 Locomotives
- Ch 180 Mass Gatherings
- Ch 184 (Reserved)
- Ch 188 Noise
- Ch 194 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 198 Personal Property
- Ch 213 Plumbing
- Ch 217 Public Entertainment
- Ch 222 Racetracks
- Ch 224 Real Property Tax Law Exemptions
- Ch 225 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 228 Seasonal Sales
- Ch 229 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 230 Sewers
- Ch 237 Slaughterhouses
- Ch 240 Snowmobiles
- Ch 244 Solid Waste, Garbage, Recycling, Brush, Grass and Leaves
- Ch 245 (Reserved)
- Ch 247 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 249 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 250 Streets, Naming and Numbering of
- Ch 252 (Reserved)
- Ch 255 Taxation
- Ch 257 Taxicabs
- Ch 260 Trailers
- Ch 262 Veterans and Active Military Service
- Ch 264 Vehicles and Junk, Outside Storage of
- Ch 265 Property Maintenance
- Ch 266 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 267 Water
- Ch 268 Weapons
- Ch 269 Wind Energy Facilities
- Ch 270 Zoning
- Ch 270 Art I General Provisions
- § 270-1 Statutory authority.
- § 270-2 Purpose.
- § 270-3 Title.
- Appendix
- Ch A275 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
The Town Board of the Town of Rotterdam, in
the County of Schenectady and State of New York, under authority of
the Town Law, Chapter 62 of the Consolidated Laws, Article 16, of
the State of New York, hereby ordains, enacts and publishes the following.
It is the purpose of this chapter to promote
the health, safety and general welfare of the community; to guide
future growth and development of the town; to secure safety from fire,
flood, panic and other dangers; to provide adequate light and air;
to prevent overcrowding and congestion; to facilitate the adequate
provision for transportation, water, drainage, sewage, parks, open
space and other public requirements; to conserve the value of land
and buildings in accordance with the character of the district and
its particular suitability for certain uses; to establish the most
beneficial relationship between land use, buildings and the circulation
of traffic throughout the town; to safeguard natural resources and
prevent the contamination of wells, streams and watercourses; to preserve
the integrity and attractiveness of the community; and to assure privacy
for residences and freedom from nuisances and harmful, unsightly,
obtrusive and noisome land uses and activities.
[Amended 7-9-2003 by L.L. No. 9-2003]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Zoning Local Law of the Town of Rotterdam, County of Schenectady
and State of New York" or as the "Rotterdam Zoning Local Law."
