The Town Board of the Town of Southport does
hereby ordain and enact the Town of Southport Site Plan Review Law
pursuant to the authority and provisions of § 10 of the
Municipal Home Rule Law and § 274-a of the Town Law and
§ 239-m of the State General Municipal Law.
This chapter shall be known as the "Town of
Southport Site Plan Review Law." The Town of Southport is hereinafter
referred to as the "Town."
A.
Through site plan review, it is the intent of this
chapter to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the Town.
A clean, wholesome, attractive environment is declared to be of importance
to the health and safety of the inhabitants of the Town and, in addition,
such an environment is deemed essential to the maintenance and continued
development of the economy of the Town and the general welfare of
its inhabitants.
B.
It is further the intent of this chapter to ensure
the optimum overall conservation, protection, preservation, development
and use of the natural and man-related resources of the Town, by regulating
land use activity within the Town through review and approved of site
plans. It is not the intent of this chapter to prohibit per se any
land use activity but to allow all land use activities which will
meet the standards set forth in this chapter.
By Resolution No. 182-97 adopted by the Town Board of the Town on the eighth day of July 1997 pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter 431 of the Code of the Town of Southport, the Planning Board of the Town has the power and authority to approve site plan review within the Town.
