Marlborough City Zoning Code
ARTICLE II
General Provisions
§ 155-3 Scope.
This chapter is adopted to limit and restrict to specified districts or zones and to regulate therein buildings and structures according to their construction and the nature and extent of their use and the nature and uses of land in the Town of Marlborough, in the County of Ulster, and to provide for the administration and enforcement of provisions herein contained and to fix penalties for violations thereof.
§ 155-4 Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Marlborough, New York."
§ 155-5 General intent; statutory authority.
This intent of this chapter is to establish a precise and detailed plan for the use of land in the Town of Marlborough based on the Comprehensive Plan, as it may be amended, and other studies and findings. This chapter is enacted pursuant to the Town Law of the State of New York, Chapter 62 of the Consolidated Laws, Article 16, to protect and promote public health, safety, morals, comfort and convenience and the general welfare of the people.
§ 155-6 Purpose.
Such regulations are deemed necessary to further the advancement of the Town as a social, economic and political unit, to promote the general welfare and to achieve the following purposes:
A.
Promote orderly development: to protect the character and maintain the stability of residential, business and agricultural areas and to secure and protect open space and recreation areas within the Town and to promote the orderly and beneficial development of the Town.
B.
Limit congestion on streets: to limit congestion in the public streets and to protect the public health, safety and convenience and the general welfare by providing for off-street parking of motor vehicles and for the loading and unloading of commercial vehicles.
C.
Protect against hazards: to provide protection against fire, explosion, noxious fumes and other hazards in the interest of the public health, safety and comfort and the general welfare.
D.
Regulate intensity of use: to regulate the intensity of use of zoning lots, to determine the area of open spaces surrounding buildings, which spaces shall be necessary to provide adequate light and air, privacy, convenience and access to property, and to protect the public health.
E.
Regulate location of buildings: to establish building lines and the location of buildings designed for residential, commercial, manufacturing or other uses within such lines.
F.
Establish standards of development and encourage good aesthetics: to fix reasonable standards to which buildings or structures shall conform and to encourage the highest standards of aesthetics within the Town.
G.
Prohibit incompatible uses: to prohibit uses, buildings or structures which are incompatible with the character of development or the permitted uses within specified zoning districts.
H.
Regulate alterations of existing buildings: to prevent such additions to and alterations or remodeling of existing buildings or structures as would not comply with the restrictions and limitations imposed hereunder.
I.
Conserve taxable value of land: to conserve the taxable value of land and buildings throughout the Town.