Town of Niskayuna, NY
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2023-04-25
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 220 Zoning
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Alternate Members: Planning Board and Zoning Commission
- Ch 4 Building Department
- Ch 8 Charitable Contributions
- Ch 11 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 17 Ethics
- Ch 27 Officers and Employees
- Ch 31 Ordinances, Publication of
- Ch 37 Police Department
- Ch 39 Purchasing
- Ch 40 Records Management
- Ch 41 Retirement
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 46 Adult Use Businesses
- Ch 47 Advertising Materials
- Ch 51 Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
- Ch 55 Alarm Systems, Emergency
- Ch 59 Amusement Games and Game Rooms
- Ch 65 Bingo
- Ch 69 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 75 Building Construction
- Ch 76 Cannabis
- Ch 77 Community Choice Aggregation Program
- Ch 81 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 82 Chickens, Regulation of
- Ch 87 Electrical Inspections
- Ch 89 Elevators
- Ch 91 Entertainment, Public
- Ch 95 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 98 Fees
- Ch 101 Firearms
- Ch 105 Fire Prevention
- Ch 107 Fires, Open
- Ch 113 Fireworks
- Ch 117 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 123 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 127 Games of Chance
- Ch 128 Garage Sales
- Ch 129 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 130 Historic Preservation Code
- Ch 134 Illicit Discharges and Connections to Storm Sewer
- Ch 135 Institutions, Medical, Nursing and Custodial
- Ch 139 Property Maintenance
- Ch 140 Fair Housing
- Ch 142 Noise
- Ch 144 Notification of Defects
- Ch 146 Outdoor Furnaces and Outdoor Woodburning Boilers
- Ch 147 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 151 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 155 Plumbers, Registration of
- Ch 157 Plumbing Permits and Inspections
- Ch 159 Prostitution
- Ch 163 Recycling
- Ch 167 Restaurants
- Ch 169 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 170 Septage Disposal
- Ch 173 Sewers
- Ch 179 Soil Disturbance
- Ch 180 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 185 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 189 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 193 (Reserved)
- Ch 197 Taxation
- Ch 201 Trees
- Ch 202 Underage Consumption of Alcohol and Use of Drugs at Private Parties
- Ch 203 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 205 Vehicles, Junk
- Ch 207 Vehicles, Recreation
- Ch 209A (Reserved)
- Ch 209B Vehicles, School Buses
- Ch 215 Water
- Ch 217 Watershed
- Ch 218 Wind Energy Facilities
- Ch 220 Zoning
- Ch 220 Art I General Provisions
- § 220-1 Title.
- § 220-2 Statutory authority.
- § 220-3 Purpose.
- Ch 220 Art II Definitions
- § 220-4 Definitions.
- Ch 220 Art III Zoning Districts and Street Classifications
- § 220-5 Establishment of districts.
- § 220-6 Street classifications.
- § 220-7 Zoning Map.
- § 220-8 Interpretation of district boundaries.
- § 220-9 Interpretation of street classifications.
- Ch 220 Art IV Use Regulations
- § 220-10 District regulations.
- § 220-11 (Reserved)
- § 220-12 Electronic games.
- Ch 220 Art V Supplementary Regulations
- § 220-13 Schedule of Supplementary Regulations.
- § 220-14 (Reserved)
- § 220-15 Lot regulations.
- § 220-16 Yard regulations.
- § 220-17 Height regulations.
- § 220-18 Accessory structures.
- § 220-19 Off-street parking; driveways.
- § 220-20 Off-street loading.
- § 220-21 Landscaping and screening.
- § 220-22 Signs.
- § 220-23 Performance standards.
- § 220-24 Excavation and filling.
- § 220-25 Fences.
- Ch 220 Art VI Supplementary Regulations Relative to Specific Uses
- § 220-26 Multiple-family dwellings.
- § 220-26.1 Hotels. inns and motels.
- § 220-27 Mobile homes and mobile home parks.
- § 220-28 Average density development.
- § 220-29 Home occupation uses.
- § 220-30 Portable storage units and temporary bulk waste containers.
- § 220-31 Care homes.
- § 220-32 Recreational boating facilities.
- § 220-32.1 Adult day-care facilities.
- § 220-32.2 Child day-care centers.
- § 220-32.3 Accessory home-care units in single-family dwellings.
- § 220-32.4 Telecommunications facilities.
- § 220-32.5 Research libraries.
- § 220-32.6 Uses in O-T/LI Zoning Districts.
- § 220-32.7 Tobacco retailers, e-cigarette retailers and marijuana retailers.
- Ch 220 Art VII Planned Unit Development
- § 220-33 Purpose.
- § 220-34 Objectives.
- § 220-35 General requirements.
- § 220-36 Application procedure and approval process.
- § 220-37 Changes after construction and occupancy.
- § 220-38 Financial responsibility for completion of improvements and other requirements.
- Ch 220 Art VIIA Planned Development Districts
- § 220-38.1 Purpose.
- § 220-38.2 Objectives.
- § 220-38.3 General requirements.
- § 220-38.4 Application procedure and approval process.
- § 220-38.5 Changes after construction and occupancy.
- § 220-38.6 Financial responsibility for completion of improvements and other requirements.
- Ch 220 Art VIII Site Plan Approval
- § 220-39 Empowerment of Planning Board.
- § 220-40 Purpose.
- § 220-41 Applicability.
- § 220-42 Transmittal of application to Planning Board.
- § 220-43 Application material; referrals; notification of meeting; mandatory public hearing.
- § 220-44 Review of application.
- § 220-45 Modification and waivers.
- § 220-46 Report on preliminary site plan.
- § 220-47 Submission of final site plan.
- § 220-48 Action on final site plan.
- Ch 220 Art VIIIA Town Center Overlay District, Neighborhood Commercial and Highway Commercial Standards
- § 220-48.1 Purpose.
- § 220-48.2 Objectives.
- § 220-48.3 Applicability.
- § 220-48.4 Signs.
- § 220-48.5 Pedestrian and streetscape amenities.
- § 220-48.6 Application procedures.
- § 220-48.7 Architectural review standards.
- Ch 220 Art VIIIB Guidelines for Lighting of Outdoor Areas Under Site Plan Review
- § 220-48.8 Purpose.
- § 220-48.9 Definitions.
- § 220-48.10 Level of activity.
- § 220-48.11 Illuminance recommendations.
- § 220-48.12 Procedure.
- § 220-48.13 Modifications and waivers.
- § 220-48.14 Table 1: Level of Activities for Parking Facilities and Driveway Accesses.
- § 220-48.15 Table 2: Guidelines for Maintained Horizontal Illuminances for Parking Facilities and Driveway Accesses.
- § 220-48.16 (Reserved)
- § 220-48.17 (Reserved)
- § 220-48.18 (Reserved)
- § 220-48.19 (Reserved)
- Ch 220 Art VIIIE Design Guidelines and Standards for Shopping Center Commercial (CS) Zoning District
- § 220-48.20 Purpose and objectives.
- § 220-48.21 Applicability; guidelines, standards; waivers.
- § 220-48.22 Building features.
- § 220-48.23 Site design and relationship to surrounding community.
- Ch 220 Art VIIID Guidelines and Standards for Adult Use Business I-G Overlay Zoning District
- § 220-48.24 Purpose.
- § 220-48.25 Definitions.
- § 220-48.26 Establishment of overlay zone.
- § 220-48.27 Standards for location and conduct.
- § 220-48.28 Penalties for offenses.
- Ch 220 Art VIIIE Guidelines and Standards for Neighborhood Mixed Use (NMU) District
- § 220-48.29 Purpose.
- § 220-48.30 Density.
- § 220-48.31 Dimensional requirements.
- § 220-48.32 Design standards.
- § 220-48.33 Parking.
- § 220-48.34 Off-street loading areas; outdoor storage; trash disposal areas.
- § 220-48.35 Infrastructure.
- § 220-48.36 Landscaping.
- § 220-48.37 Signs.
- § 220-48.38 Open space.
- Ch 220 Art IX Nonconforming Uses and Structures
- § 220-49 Continuation of lawful nonconforming uses.
- § 220-50 Discontinuance of nonconforming use.
- § 220-51 Termination of nonconforming use.
- § 220-52 Changes in nonconforming uses.
- § 220-53 Alteration of nonconforming buildings or structures.
- § 220-54 Maintenance of nonconforming use.
- § 220-55 Restoration of nonconforming use, building or structure after damage.
- Ch 220 Art X Special Principal Uses
- § 220-56 General provisions.
- § 220-57 Town Board to determine special uses.
- § 220-58 Application.
- § 220-59 Mandatory referral to Planning Board.
- § 220-60 Standards for granting special use permits.
- § 220-61 Mandatory actions.
- § 220-62 Action on application by Town Board.
- § 220-63 Final site plan review.
- § 220-64 Lawful special principal uses created by adoption of chapter.
- § 220-65 Expiration of special use permit.
- Ch 220 Art XI Administration and Enforcement
- § 220-66 Zoning Enforcement Officer.
- § 220-67 Zoning and building permit.
- § 220-68 Certificate of occupancy.
- § 220-69 Zoning Board of Appeals.
- § 220-70 Supreme Court review.
- § 220-71 Referral to County Department of Planning.
- § 220-72 Amendments.
- § 220-73 Enforcement; penalties for offenses.
- § 220-74 Interpretation; conflicts with other laws.
- Appendix
- Ch A225 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A235 Zoning Board of Appeals Rules and Regulations
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Niskayuna 6-1-1971 by Res. No. 193. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Amusement games and game rooms — See Ch. 59.
Building construction — See Ch. 75.
Environmental quality review — See Ch. 95.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 117.
Freshwater wetlands — See Ch. 123.
Sewers — See Ch. 173.
Soil erosion and sediment control — See Ch. 180.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 185.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 189.
Trees — See Ch. 201.
Junk vehicles — See Ch. 205.
Water — See Ch. 215.
Zoning Board of Appeals rules and regulations — See Ch. A235.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Figure 1, Corner Lot Visibility
Attachment 2 - Figure 2, Corner Lot DefinitionAttachment 3 - Figure 3A, Side Yard DefinitionAttacment 4 - Figure 3B, Varied Side Yard WidthAttachment 5 - Figure 4A, Lighting and AmenitiesAttachment 6 - Figure 4B Sidewalk Plan and SectionAttachment 7 - Light Pole DetailAttachment 8 - Figure 4D LandscapingAttachment 9 - Figure 4E Facades Exceeding 100 FeetAttachment 10 - Figure 4F Ground-floor FacadesAttachment 11 - Figure 4G Structural Bay LayoutAttachment 12 - Figure 4H Parapet StandardsAttachment 13 - Schedule I-A RR-80 DistrictAttachment 14 - Schedule I-B R-1 DistrictAttachment 15 - Schedule I-C R-2 DistrictAttachment 16 - Schedule I-C R-3 DistrictAttachment 17 - Schedule I-D C-N DistrictAttachment 18 - Schedule I-E C-H DistrictAttachment 19 - Schedule I-F C-S and I-R DistrictsAttachment 20 - Schedule I-F I-G DistrictsAttachment 21 - Schedule I-G L-C DistrictAttachment 22 - Schedule I-H, R-P District Schedule of Supplementary RegulationsAttachment 23 - Schedule I-J, I-L DistrictAttachment 24 - Schedule I-L, Off-Street Loading Standards