There is hereby established a Comprehensive
Zoning Plan for the Incorporated Village of Garden City, which plan
is set forth in the text, maps and schedule that constitute this chapter.
Said plan is adopted for the purposes set forth in §§ 175,
176 and 177 of the Village Law of the State of New York and more particularly for the protection and promotion
of the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the Village
in the following respects:
A. Protecting the character of the Village as found in
the desirability of living environment provided by its residential
neighborhoods and the quality and economic soundness of its business
districts, and assuring that further development in the Village will
be in harmony with these characteristics.
B. Providing a guiding pattern of land use and population
density that:
(1) Represents the most appropriate use of land throughout
the Village.
(2) Is a normal and beneficial evolution of the comprehensive
planning that has guided the development of the Village from its first
settlement as an integrated community.
(3) Recognizes sound trends in building development and
land area design.
(4) Takes account of trends of development in the larger
community of Nassau County of which the Village is a part.
C. Aiding in bringing about the most beneficial relation
between the uses of land and buildings and the movement of traffic
through and the circulation of traffic within the Village, having
particular regard to the avoidance of congestion in the streets in
the Village and the provision of safe and convenient traffic access
appropriate to the various uses of land and buildings throughout the
Village.
D. Aiding in providing a guide for public policy and
action in the efficient provision of public facilities and services
and for private enterprise in building development, investment and
other activity relating to the uses of land and buildings throughout
the Village.