Blooming Grove City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
Title and Purpose
§ 235-1 Title.
This chapter shall be entitled "A Law Regulating and Restricting the Location, Construction and Use of Buildings and Structures and the Use of Land in the Unincorporated Area in the Town of Blooming Grove, County of Orange, State of New York."
§ 235-2 Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning Law of the Town of Blooming Grove, New York."
§ 235-3 Purpose; Town Law superseded.
A.
There is hereby established a new comprehensive Zoning Law for the Town of Blooming Grove as set forth in the text, tables and map that constitute this chapter. This chapter is adopted for all of the purposes set forth in Article 16 of the Town Law and all power and authority granted therein for the interest, protection and promotion of the public health, safety and general welfare. This chapter implements the policies for land use in the Town of Blooming Grove, which include:
(1)
The guidance of population growth and development in Blooming Grove so as to maintain the Town's rural character.
(2)
The establishment of adequate land use planning policies and development standards to ensure a balanced and orderly pattern of future growth and economic stability.
(3)
The formulation of Town land use development policies to ensure that future growth is coordinated with the Town's ability to provide adequate community facilities and services.
(4)
The accommodation of Blooming Grove's present and future population by encouraging the development of an appropriate variety and quantity of sound housing to serve various age and economic groups, in accordance with local, County and regional considerations.
(5)
The orderly but limited expansion and addition of land uses consistent with the predominant character of the community, which should be encouraged.
(6)
The provision of a safe, adequate and efficient roadway network by builders, where appropriate, and by the Town in order to serve the various types and intensities of traffic generated by the proposed pattern of land use within the Town.
(7)
The preservation of historic features and sites of Blooming Grove to maintain its pleasant, rural setting and to enhance the appearance of the Town.
(8)
The preservation and availability for public use, where appropriate, of the natural features of Blooming Grove, i.e., its parks, lakes, ponds, waterways and wooded hills, which give it a pleasant, open setting and which serve, collectively, as an attractive background for the more developed areas of the Town and region.
(9)
The control of environmental degradation and the establishment of high standards of environmental quality in public and private development.
(10)
The provision of a pleasant community in which people can live, work and pursue leisure activities.
(11)
The protection and preservation of surface and subsurface water so as to ensure an adequate supply of potable water.
(12)
The accommodation of new growth without the loss of the rural character which has long been one of the attractions of the Town. The Town supports its agricultural community and the practices necessary to keep agriculture healthy in Blooming Grove. This is one of the basic ways to retain the Town's open spaces.
B.
To the extent that this chapter may be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be inconsistent with any provision of the Town Law or of any special law, this chapter is intended to and shall supersede any such inconsistent provision in order to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.