Milan Town City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
Establishment of Districts
§ 200-6 Zoning districts.
[Amended 4-22-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996; 4-19-2000 by L.L. No. 1-2000; 5-9-2001 by L.L. No. 3-2001; 6-11-2003 by L.L. No. 1-2003; 8-13-2007 by L.L. No. 6-2007[1]]
For the purposes of this chapter, the Town of Milan is hereby divided into the following seven classes of zoning districts:
Very-Low-Density Agricultural District | A5A |
Agricultural District | A3A |
Low-Density Residential District | R2A |
Highway Business District | HB |
Land Conservation District | LC |
Hamlet District | HA |
[1]
Editor’s Note: This local law eliminated the Light Industrial District, LI (Floating Zone); a complete copy of said local law is on file in the Town offices.
§ 200-6.1 Purposes of zoning districts.
[Added 5-9-2001 by L.L. No. 3-2001]
A.
A5A. The purpose of the Very-Low-Density Agricultural District is to maintain the Town's rural character in areas distinguished by the presence of both small and large farms, sparse residential development, and where limitations on development are designed to protect both natural resources and open space. Clustering of residential dwellings is encouraged to maintain traditional agricultural settlement patterns and to support farming in the community.
[Amended 6-11-2003 by L.L. No. 1-2003]
B.
A3A. The purpose of the Agricultural District is to provide an area where residential uses and agriculture can coexist in a relatively low-density arrangement, to maintain the Town's important natural resources and open space, to encourage clustering, and to maintain traditional settlement patterns.
C.
R2A. The purpose of the Low-Density Residential District is to provide an area suitable for smaller lots where single-family and two-family residential dwellings can be accommodated, subject to soils suitable for smaller lots. Clustered multiple dwellings would also be permitted in this district subject to appropriate soil conditions.
D.
HB. The purpose of the Highway Business District is to provide an area where community-scale commercial uses can locate, but due to increased reliance on automobile and larger-delivery-vehicle access, would be incompatible with traditional hamlet neighborhoods. The application of zoning regulations and design guidelines would prevent strip commercial development within this district.
E.
[1]LC. The purpose of the Land Conservation District is to recognize and provide for the preservation of permanent open space, viewshed protection, and limited development on severely constrained lands, such as wetlands and floodplains, as well as lands that are under the ownership or control of agencies and organizations providing for parks and designated open space.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection E, setting forth the purpose of the LI Light Industrial District, was repealed 8-13-2007 by L.L. No. 6-2007. This local law also redesignated former Subsections F and G as Subsections E and F, respectively.
F.
HA. The purpose of the Hamlet District is to preserve and enhance the unique historic and architectural character of the hamlets of Lafayetteville and Rock City and to place great emphasis on limiting additional development that may further compromise their unique qualities.
§ 200-7 Zoning Map.
[Amended 8-9-1999 by L.L. No. 2-1999; 4-19-2000 by L.L. No. 1-2000; 5-9-2001 by L.L. No. 3-2001; 9-13-2004 by L.L. No. 5-2004; 3-21-2022 by L.L. No. 4-2022]
The boundaries of these zoning districts are hereby established on a map entitled the "Zoning Map of the Town of Milan," dated March 21, 2022.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file in the Town offices.
§ 200-8 Interpretation of district boundaries.
Where a district boundary line, as appearing on the Zoning Map, divides a lot or land in single ownership as existing at the time of this enactment, the use authorized on and the district requirements applying to the less restricted portion of the property shall be construed as extending into the remaining portion of the property beyond the district boundary lines for a distance not exceeding 35 feet. Otherwise, unless shown to the contrary on the Zoning Map, the boundary lines of districts are the center lines of streets and roads, or such lines extended, railroad right-of-way lines, the center lines of creeks and waterways and/or the corporate limits line of the Town as it existed at the time of the enactment of this chapter.
