The Town of Cazenovia finds that the water quality of Cazenovia
Lake represents a priceless economic, environmental, aesthetic and
recreational resource. The Comprehensive Plan and supporting studies
of lake water quality issues establish a sound justification and framework
for protecting the quality of the lake's water. The importance of
certain riparian corridors in the Town justify similar protections.
It is the purpose of this article to establish regulations on land
uses within the Cazenovia Lake Watershed and certain riparian corridors
to assure the protection of the quality of the corridor and the lake's
water resources from nonpoint and point source pollution, while allowing
flexibility of land use consistent with maintaining such quality.
The following structures and uses shall be permitted in LW&RC Districts only upon the issuance of a special use permit by the Zoning Board of Appeals as provided in § 165-114 of this chapter (and, where applicable, site plan approval from the Planning Board):
In LW&RC Districts, all structures and uses shall be subject
to the following dimensional area and yard regulations:
A.Â
Minimum street frontage: 250 feet.
B.Â
Minimum/Maximum height: No structure, other than a church or school,
shall be erected or altered to a height in excess of 35 feet (as measured
to the highest point of the roof); one-story minimum.
C.Â
Minimum lot area: three acres, with a minimum lot width of 200 feet.
E.Â
Minimum front yard setback depth: 85 feet from center line of the
abutting street or 50 feet from the closest road right-of-way edge,
whichever is further.
F.Â
Minimum side yard setback: 25 feet.
G.Â
Minimum rear yard setback depth: 50 feet (except that no part of
a structure or septic system may be constructed within 100 feet of
Cazenovia Lake).
B.Â
Accessory structure allowed. A principal use and structure may also have one accessory structure, provided such accessory structure is secondary to the principal use and structure and is commonly considered to be associated with the principal use. Notwithstanding the above, a principal use may also separately have one pool. In addition, such principal use and structure may also have additional accessory structure(s) only upon the issuance of a special use permit by the Zoning Board of Appeals, as provided in § 165-114 of this chapter (and, where applicable, site plan approval from the Planning Board).
C.Â
Storage prohibited. No machinery, equipment or motor vehicles commonly
used in a business shall be stored out-of-doors, except, when necessary,
agricultural equipment on farm operations located within a county-adopted,
state-certified Agricultural District.
D.Â
Boathouse(s). Notwithstanding the provisions of § 165-19G, a one-story boathouse may be erected for the sole purpose of boat storage and associated boating equipment on the lake shore of a lakefront lot, the maximum width of the boathouse not to exceed 12 feet and the maximum depth not to exceed 15 feet. The height shall not exceed 10 feet at the highest point measured from the high-water mark. There shall not be a roof or enclosure of any kind above the deck of the boathouse, except a thirty-six-inch railing will be permitted around the outer edge; also, a portable canopy of canvas or other flexible material shall be permitted. At no time shall a boathouse be used as living quarters.
E.Â
Recreational use and recreational access rights. The use of a lot
or parcel of land in this district for recreational purposes ("recreational
use") or to permit access to Cazenovia Lake, including but not limited
to lake access by means of rights-of-way or easements (hereinafter
referred to as a "lake access right"), is prohibited unless such use
complies with the following:
(1)Â
Any such recreational use of a lake lot or parcel or any such lake access right must be accessory to a permitted residential dwelling. For purposes of this Subsection E, "accessory" shall mean that such recreational use or lake access right is customarily incidental and subordinate to a single-family residential dwelling and is located on the same lot as the single-family residential dwelling; and
(2)Â
In addition to the requirements of Subsection E(1), any such lake access right may only be permitted on or over a lot or parcel which has at least 250 feet of frontage on Cazenovia Lake, and no more than one such lake access right for a non-fronting parcel in the Town shall be permitted for each single-family residential dwelling with qualifying frontage. The provisions of this Subsection E are a clarification of existing law and shall not be interpreted as limiting other restrictions on recreational uses or access rights in this or other zones, and these provisions are not intended to grandfather any existing lake access rights or recreational uses.
F.Â
. Compliance with the Cazenovia Lakefront Development Guidelines
(as last amended and adopted). Proposed development on parcels located
on Cazenovia Lake shall demonstrate compliance with the requirements
of Cazenovia Lakefront Development Guidelines, as last amended and
adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Cazenovia.
[Added 2-12-2018 by L.L.
No. 1-2018]
