Lysander City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
Districts
§ 320-5 Establishment of districts.
A.
For the purposes set forth in Article I, the Town of Lysander, outside the Village of Baldwinsville, is hereby divided into the following 12 districts:
(1)
Agricultural-Residential AR-40 District (AR-40).
(2)
Residential R-20 District (R-20).
(3)
Residential R-12.5 District (R-12.5).
(4)
Residential R-10 District (R-10).
(5)
Agricultural District (A).
(6)
Neighborhood Residential-Business District (NR-BD).
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
(7)
Retail Service District (RS).
(8)
General Business District (GB).
(9)
General Commercial District (GC).
(10)
Industrial District (I).
(11)
NYS Flowage Easement District (NYSFE).
(12)
Planned Unit Development District (PUD).
B.
In addition, Riverfront Development Overlay controls shall apply in designated waterfront areas. Major Highway Overlay controls shall apply in designated areas fronting on arterial and collector roads and Incentive Zoning Overlay shall apply where shown on the Incentive Zoning Overlay Map.
§ 320-6 Zoning Map.
[Amended 4-28-2015 by L.L. No. 7-2015; 4-6-2017 by L.L. No. 5-2017]
B.
The Town Clerk shall certify the Zoning Map as a part of this chapter and keep it on file in the Town Clerk's Office.
C.
Changes and amendments.
(1)
Any changes in district boundaries or other matter shown on the Zoning Map shall be promptly made on the map, with a signed statement substantially as follows:
(2)
This statement shall be signed by the Town Supervisor and attested by the Town Clerk. The ordinance making such changes and amendments shall provide for their immediate entry upon the Zoning Map.
§ 320-7 Interpretation of district boundaries.
The Zoning Map is a parcel-based map and, with few exceptions, the boundaries of districts follow lot lines. In those few instances where district boundaries do not follow lot lines and 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.
Distances shown on the Zoning Map are perpendicular or radial distances from street lines measured back to the zone boundary line, which lines, in all cases where distances are given, are parallel to the street line.
B.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following plotted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.
C.
Boundaries indicated as following shorelines of streams, lakes and reservoirs shall be construed to follow such shorelines and, in the event of change in the shoreline, shall be construed as moving with the actual shoreline.
E.
Distances not specifically indicated on the Zoning Map shall be determined by the scale of the map.
F.
In instances where there is ambiguity even after the rules set forth above have been applied, the Code Enforcement Officer shall be charged and has authority to interpret and make final decisions regarding district boundary lines.
§ 320-8 Lots in two districts.
Should a district boundary line divide a lot, the uses and regulations of the less restricted portion of the lot may be extended into the more restricted portion only upon special permit and approval of the Board of Appeals, provided that the less-restricted portion of the lot has frontage on a public street.
§ 320-9 Existing lots.
Other provisions of this chapter notwithstanding, nothing shall prohibit the use of a lot of less than the required area and width for a single-family dwelling in any district, except a lot in an Industrial or a NYS Flowage Easement District, provided that all the other provisions of this chapter are complied with when such lot, at the time of the enactment of the Zoning Code of the Town of Lysander was owned or under contract of sale by persons other than those owning or leasing any adjoining lot.