Lowville City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
Establishment of Zones
§ 201-310 Types and purposes of zones.
The Village of Lowville is hereby divided into the following zones:
Park/Open Space (P) | To provide for parks, cemeteries, and open spaces. |
Residential (R) | To provide for a variety of residential developments in the Village. |
Neighborhood Commercial 1 (NC-1) | To provide a pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use (residential and small-scale commercial) transition area between the Village center and surrounding residential areas. |
Neighborhood Commercial 2 (NC-2) | To provide a pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use (residential, small-scale commercial, warehousing, and light industrial uses) transition between Industrial Zones, Neighborhood Commercial 1 Zones and surrounding residential areas. |
Village Center (VC) | To provide for pedestrian pedestrian-friendly mix of uses (including commercial, institutional, and residential) in the Village's central business district. |
Auto Commercial (AC) | To provide for automobile-oriented commercial uses that are inappropriate in the central business district due to parking requirements. |
Industrial (I) | To provide for industrial and manufacturing uses in a manner that protects the natural environment and is compatible with a Village setting. |
§ 201-320 Zoning Map.
The zones are shown, defined and bounded on the Zoning Map accompanying this chapter entitled "Zoning Map," dated March 11, 2015, June 22, 2023, and as amended and corrected December 5, 2024 upon revealing a discrepancy. The Zoning Map is hereby made a part of this chapter and shall be on file in the office of the Village Clerk.
§ 201-330 Interpretation of zone boundaries.
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various zones, as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
A.
Where the designation on the Zoning Map indicates a boundary approximately upon a street, the centerline of the street shall be construed to be the boundary.
B.
Where the designation on the Zoning Map indicates a boundary approximately upon a lot line, such lot line shall be construed to be the boundary.
C.
Distances shown on the Zoning Map are perpendicular distances from street centerlines measured to the zone boundary. In all cases where distances are given, zone boundaries are parallel to the street centerline.
D.
In other cases the zone boundary shall be determined by the use of the scale on the Zoning Map.
§ 201-340 Divided lots.
Where a zone boundary line divides a lot of record at the time such line is adopted, the regulations for the less restricted part of such lot shall extend not more than 30 feet into the more restricted part, provided the lot has frontage on a street in the less restricted zone.
§ 201-350 Metes-and-bounds descriptions.
In the event that a metes-and-bounds description has been filed for a zone change or a variance as required by this chapter, such metes-and-bounds description may be used in lieu of other provisions of this article.