This chapter shall be an ordinance regulating
and restricting the location, construction, alteration, occupancy
and use of buildings and structures and the use of land in the Town
of Hurley and for said purposes dividing the Town into zoning districts.
[Amended 11-22-2022 by L.L. No. 7-2022]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Zoning Ordinance Law of the Town of Hurley, New York."
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the Town
Law of the State of New York, Chapter 62 of the Consolidated Laws,
Article 16, 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 Hurley.
B.
To encourage the most appropriate use of land in the
community in order to conserve and enhance the value of property.
C.
Address
a wide range of housing needs for senior citizens and others through
the encouragement of appropriate and community-sensitive development.
[Added 11-17-2008 by L.L. No. 2-2008[1]]
D.
To prevent the spread of strip business development
and provide for more adequate and suitably located commercial facilities.
E.
To create a suitable system of open spaces and recreation
areas and to protect and enhance existing wooded areas, scenic areas
and waterways.
F.
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.
G.
To improve transportation facilities and traffic circulation
and to provide adequate off-street parking and loading facilities.
H.
To realize a development plan properly designed to
conserve the use of land and the cost of municipal services.
I.
To assure privacy for residences and freedom from
nuisances and things harmful to the senses.
J.
To protect the community against unsightly, obtrusive
and noisome land uses and operations.
K.
To enhance the aesthetic aspects throughout the entire
community and maintain its present character and natural beauty.
