Mount Hope City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
Authority and Purposes
§ 250-1 Legislative authority; purpose.
There is hereby established a comprehensive zoning plan regulating and restricting the location, grouping, bulk, construction, and use of buildings and structures, and the development and use of land in the Town of Mount Hope, New York (hereinafter referred to as the “Town”), and providing fines and penalties for the violation thereof, which chapter is set forth in the following text, schedules, and map forming the “Zoning Law for the Town of Mount Hope.” Said chapter is adopted for the purposes set forth in Article 16 of the Town Law and in the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York and is enacted pursuant to said Municipal Home Rule Law in the interest of protection and promotion of order and the health, safety and well-being of persons and property and the protection and enhancement of the physical and visual environment.
§ 250-2 Purposes enumerated.
The comprehensive zoning plan shall be deemed to include the following purposes, among others, to:
A.
Guide future growth and development of the Town of Mount Hope in relation to the orderly development of the region of which it is a part, and in consideration of its existing development pattern and improvements, its resources, and the quality of its environment.
B.
Provide adequate light, air and privacy; to secure safety from fire, flood and other danger; to prevent overcrowding or the overly intensive or inappropriate use of land; and to protect the quality of the physical environment.
C.
Promote a mutually supportive, logical, and harmonious interrelation of land uses by bringing about the gradual conformity of the uses of land and building throughout the Town to the Zoning Law set forth in this chapter and minimizing conflicts between the uses of land and buildings.
D.
Prevent and reduce traffic congestion so as to promote safe and efficient circulation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
E.
Encourage the use of land and the design of buildings so as to create a harmonious appearance in all parts of the Town.
F.
Encourage flexibility in the design and development of land in such a way as to promote the most appropriate use of land; to facilitate the adequate and economical provision of streets, utilities and parks; to protect production agriculture; to preserve natural and scenic qualities of open lands for public enjoyment; and to provide opportunity and choice of housing and environment suitable to the varied needs of the population.