This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as "The Zoning Law of the Town of Union Vale, Dutchess County, New
York."
This chapter establishes comprehensive controls
regulating the location, construction, alteration and use of buildings
and structures and the development and use of land within the Town
of Union Vale and for said purposes divides the Town into zoning districts.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the Town
Law of the State of New York, Chapter 62 of the Consolidated Laws,
Article 16, and Articles 2 and 3 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, to
protect and promote public health, safety and welfare and for the
following additional purposes:
A. To guide the future development of the Town of Union
Vale in accordance with its comprehensive plan so that the Town may
realize its potential as a place to live and work, with the most beneficial
and convenient relationships among the agricultural, residential,
institutional, commercial and light industrial areas within the Town
and with due consideration to the following factors:
(1) The overall character of the Town and the peculiar
suitability of its various areas for particular uses.
(2) The existing conditions and trends in population and
the economic value of buildings and lands.
(3) The limitations imposed upon development by natural
factors.
B. To encourage the conservation and sound management
of the natural, open space, scenic and historic resources throughout
the Town in order to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty
of the community and the value of the land.
C. To enhance the appearance of the Town as a whole,
by ensuring that all development shall be orderly and beneficial to
the Town, by eliminating inappropriate and poor quality design in
the provision of site improvements and in the exterior appearance
of structures, and by controlling the erection and maintenance of
signs throughout the Town.
D. To protect residential areas and to provide privacy
for families and ensure quality of life by the protection of such
areas, among other factors, from the visual and noisome intrusion
of nonresidential uses and, wherever reasonable, by the gradual elimination
of nonconforming uses which exert a deleterious influence on the surroundings.
E. To facilitate the provision of efficient transportation,
water supply, sewage disposal, schools, parks, trails and other public
facilities and services, including emergency protective services,
appropriate to a rural residential setting.
[Amended 10-9-2003 by L.L. No. 5-2003; 3-11-2010 by L.L. No.
12-2010]
F. To protect the character of specifically identified
scenic and historic resources and sensitive environmental areas, including
groundwater, streams, wetlands, floodplains, significant wildlife
habitats and visually prominent ridgelines.
G. To facilitate the provision of a variety of housing
choice in the Town consistent with the capability of the community's
land resource and the level of public facilities and services within
its rural residential setting.
H. To sustain to the extent remaining the Town's farm
activities and foster the preservation of its irreplaceable agricultural
land resources.
I. To foster the creation of economic development activities
within the Town consistent with its rural residential character yet
capable of providing goods, services and jobs to Town residents.
J. To complement the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention
and Building Code as adopted by New York State effective July 2002
and to ensure compliance with all other applicable laws, rule and
regulations - local, county, state and federal - governing the use
and development of land and the use of structures within the Town
of Union Vale.
K. To promote and support implementation of the Town
of Union Vale Master Plan (2001) and to concomitantly manage growth
in a manner consistent with Dutchess County land use policies as set
forth in Directions (1987) and Greenway Connections (2000).