Lake George Town City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
Establishment and Designation of Zoning Districts
§ 175-8 Establishment of zoning districts.
For the purposes of promoting the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the Town of Lake George, the Town is hereby divided into the following zoning districts, which have the following purposes:
Map Symbol | District Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
LC-50 | Land Conservation District | Protect physical and biological resources |
LC-25 | Promote efficient forest management and recreation opportunities | |
LC-8.5 | ||
Preserve the open space character of the Town | ||
Protect life and property from processes of nature | ||
RR-10 | Residential Rural Density Districts | Provide for predominantly low-density residential development |
RR-8.5 | ||
RR-7R | Protect natural resources | |
R-5 | Protect the open space character of the Town | |
RM-1 | Residential Medium-Density Districts | Provide for medium- and high-density detached single-family residential use |
RM-2 | ||
RH | Residential High-Density District | Protect existing residential character |
RS-1 | Residential Special District | Protect the integrity of existing detached, single-family residential use |
RSH | ||
RCM-1 | Residential Commercial Medium-Density District | Provide for a mixture of residential uses and compatible commercial uses |
RCM-S2A | ||
RCM-S2B | Tourist attractions (RCM-S2B only) Prevent strip development | |
RCH | Residential Commercial High-Density District | Provide for a mixture of residential uses and compatible commercial uses |
RCH-LS | Residential Commercial High-Density-Lakeshore District | Provide a mixture of residential and compatible commercial uses on or near the lakeshore |
TC-A | Tourist Commercial-A District | Delineate areas where predominantly commercial uses have occurred |
Provide for commercial growth in areas where it has traditionally occurred | ||
TC-B | Tourist Commercial-B District | Delineate areas where predominantly commercial uses have occurred |
Provide for commercial growth in areas where it has traditionally occurred | ||
Permit and regulate live adult entertainment | ||
SO | Shoreland Overlay District | See Article V, § 175-23 |
§ 175-9 Zoning Map.
Said districts are bounded as shown on the map entitled "Zoning Map of the Town of Lake George," adopted and certified by the Town Clerk and which, with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby made a part of this chapter.[1]
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Editor's Note: The Zoning Map included as an attachment to this chapter.
§ 175-10 Interpretation of boundaries.
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any of the aforesaid districts as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
A.
Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streets or highways, street lines or highway right-of-way lines, such centerlines, street lines or highway right-of-way lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.
B.
Where district boundaries are so indicated that they approximately follow the lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed to be said boundaries.
C.
Where district boundaries are so indicated that they are approximately parallel to the centerlines or street lines of streets or the centerlines or right-of-way lines of highways, such district boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at a distance specified on the Zoning District Map.
D.
Where the boundary of a district follows a stream, lake or other body of water, said boundary line shall be deemed to be at the limit of the jurisdiction of the Town of Lake George, unless otherwise indicated.
E.
All offshore islands in Lake George and within the Town of Lake George shall be in the LCL and Conservation District.
F.
Where district boundaries are so indicated that they approximately follow the mean shoreline, such boundaries shall be construed as following the shoreline; and in the event of change in the shore, such boundary shall be construed as moving with the actual shoreline.
G.
In unsubdivided land where a district boundary divides a lot, the location of such boundary, unless the same is indicated by dimensions shown on the map, shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing thereon.
§ 175-11 Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan Map.
The boundaries within the Town of the land use areas established by the Official Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan Map, as may be from time to time amended, pursuant to § 805, Subdivision 2, of the Executive Law, the Adirondack Park Agency Act, are indicated by the separate map entitled "Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan Map of the Town of Lake George," lawfully in existence on the first date of adoption of this chapter, which map accompanies this chapter and which is hereby adopted and declared to be part of this chapter and hereafter known as the "Park Plan Map." Any change of the boundaries within the Town of a land use area by an amendment of the official Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan Map pursuant to § 805, Subdivision 2, of the Executive Law, the Adirondack Park Agency Act, shall take effect for the purposes of this chapter concurrently with that amendment without further action, and the Park Plan Map shall be promptly changed in accordance with that amendment. The amendment provisions of Article XI of this chapter do not apply to the Park Plan Map, which is amended only pursuant to the provisions of the Adirondack Park Agency Act. Copies of the Park Plan Map, which may from time to time be published and distributed, are accurate only as of the date of their printing and shall bear words to that effect.[1]
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Editor's Note: The Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan Map is included as an attachment to this chapter.