Hunts Point City Zoning Code

This title shall be known as the "zoning ordinance" of the town of Hunts Point.

The general purpose of this title is to protect and promote public health, safety, and general welfare through a coordinated plan, in furtherance of the comprehensive plan of the town (Ordinance #57), in preserving the historical single-family residential characteristics of the town, to provide for the physical development of the municipality by regulating and restricting the location, size, and use and occupancy of buildings, structures, and land. Its provisions are designed to lessen traffic congestion and accidents, to secure safety from fire, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population, to promote a coordinated development of unbuilt areas, to secure an appropriate allotment of land area in new developments for all the requirements of community life, to conserve and restore natural beauty and other natural resources, to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewage, and other public uses and requirements.

In the interpretation and application of this title, its provisions shall be construed to be the minimum requirements which are adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety, morals and general welfare. Uses permitted in any zone are specifically set forth and the title shall be construed to prohibit uses not expressly permitted. Any use listed in this title shall not be construed to include other uses, unless the phrasing related thereto clearly indicates such interpretation to be necessary.

No person, firm, corporation, or association shall cause any building or other structure to be constructed, used, or located in any manner as will result in a violation of this title. If the town building official shall find any building or other structure, being so constructed or located, or so used, he may order the work or use stopped by notice in writing to persons engaged in the doing or causing of such work to be done, or use to be permitted, such notice to be posted on the premises, and all shall forthwith stop such work or use until authorized to proceed by the town building official.

In the event the provisions of this title shall conflict with any provisions of the town building code, the terms hereof shall govern.