North Castle City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
General Provisions
§ 355-1 Purpose.
This chapter is adopted for the protection and promotion of the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community as follows:
A.
To guide the future growth and development of the Town in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan of land use and population density that represents the most beneficial and convenient relationships among the residential, nonresidential and public areas within the Town, considering the suitability of each area for such uses, as indicated by existing conditions, trends in population and modes of living, and having regard for the use of land, building development and economic activity, considering such conditions and trends both within the Town and with respect to the relation of the Town to areas outside thereof.
B.
To provide adequate light, air and privacy; to promote safety from fire, flood and other dangers; and to prevent overcrowding of the land and undue congestion of the population.
C.
To protect the character and the social and economic stability of all parts of the Town and to encourage the orderly and beneficial development of all parts of the Town.
D.
To protect and conserve the value of land throughout the Town and the value of buildings appropriate to the various districts established by this chapter.
E.
To bring about the gradual conformity of the uses of land and buildings through the Comprehensive Zoning Plan set forth in this chapter, and to minimize the conflicts among the use of land and buildings.
F.
To promote the most beneficial relation between the use of land and buildings and the circulation of traffic throughout the Town, having particular regard to the avoidance of congestion in the streets and the provision of safe and convenient vehicular and pedestrian traffic movements appropriate to the various uses of land and buildings throughout the Town.
G.
To provide a guide for public policy and action in the efficient provision of public facilities and services and for private enterprise in building development, investment and other economic activity relating to uses of land and buildings throughout the Town.
H.
To limit development to an amount equal to the availability and capacity of public facilities and services.
I.
To prevent the pollution of watercourses and wetlands; to safeguard the water table; to avoid hazardous conditions and excessive damage resulting from stormwater runoff and flooding; and to encourage the appropriate use and sound management of natural resources throughout the Town.
J.
To preserve the natural beauty of the physiography of the Town; to protect the Town against unsightly, obtrusive and obnoxious land uses and operations; to enhance the aesthetic aspect of the natural and man-made elements of the Town and to ensure appropriate development with regard to those elements.
K.
To promote the use of solar energy and solar energy collectors so far as conditions reasonably permit and to provide adequate sunlight for their proper operation.
§ 355-2 Westchester County Greenway Compact Plan. [1]
[Added 6-8-2006 by L.L. No. 10-2006]
By Local Law No. 10 of the year 2006, the Town of North Castle has adopted the Compact Plan, as amended from time to time, as a statement of policies, principles, and guides to supplement other established land use policies in the Town. In its discretionary actions under this chapter, the reviewing agency should take into consideration said statement of policies, principles and guides, as appropriate.