Coxsackie Town City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
General Provisions
§ 201-1 Title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning Law of the Town of Coxsackie, New York."
§ 201-2 Statutory authority.
The Town Board of the Town of Coxsackie in the County of Greene, pursuant to § 261 of the Town Law, hereby ordains, enacts and publishes this chapter.
§ 201-3 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community. In accordance with the Town's Comprehensive Plan, this chapter is designed to secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other dangers; to promote health and general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent crowding the land and undue concentration of population; to facilitate transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public services; to assure privacy for residents and freedom from nuisances and things harmful to the senses.
§ 201-4 Applicability.
Except as hereinafter provided, the following general regulations shall apply to every building and use covered by this chapter.
No building shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building or part thereof shall be erected, moved or altered unless in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.
No building shall hereafter be erected or altered to accommodate or house a greater number of families or have narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards or side yards than is herein required for the district in which such a building is located.
No part of a yard or other open space about any building required for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this chapter shall be included as part of a yard or other open space similarly required for another building.
No land shall hereafter be used or occupied unless in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located.
No new lot shall be created which does not meet the minimum lot size and minimum lot width regulations of this chapter; nor shall any new lot be created which does not have the minimum frontage required for the district in which it is located, upon a public road or fifty-foot-wide right-of-way.
There shall be only one principal use made of each parcel or lot of record of land.
No building, structure, lot or land, or any part thereof, shall be used except as provided in Schedules A and B of this article,[1] either as permitted uses or as uses authorized by a special use permit. Any use not listed in Schedules A and B shall be deemed not permitted unless such principal or accessory uses are expressly permitted elsewhere by this article, or a use variance is granted in accordance with the provisions of this article.
[Added 6-12-2018 by L.L. No. 1-2018]
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Editor's Note: Schedules A and B are included at the end of this chapter.