Port Jervis City Zoning Code

Purpose: The purpose of the Low-Density Residence District is to provide areas primarily for single-family residential development in the form of detached dwellings. The purpose is to create neighborhoods where people live and conduct their domestic activities. The Low-Density Residence District is characterized by traditional suburban residential development.

Map color: light green.

Purpose: The purpose of the Residential Medium-Density District is to provide for a wide variety of residential building types to accommodate the lifestyles and housing needs of a diverse population and household types, in a compact, walkable neighborhood, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote an energy-independent and secure community, and to enhance community resilience.

Map color: tan/beige.

Purpose: to maintain land areas that contain important environmental and natural resources and allow for recreational and entertainment uses as well as correlative lodging uses. Many of the mountain conservation areas are already protected or preserved open space areas.

Map color: burnt orange.

Purpose: to promote new business development in appropriate locations within the City and to foster the redevelopment of commercial properties within the district in a manner that will create a high quality public realm and streetscape and a mix of compatible uses in a variety of building types, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote an energy-independent and secure community, and enhance community resilience.

Map color: red.

Purpose: to promote the development of mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly development in neighborhood areas at a scale consistent with small neighborhood uses. This district provides for the intermixing of neighborhood commercial, office, and residential land uses. This neighborhood-scale mixed-use district will help reduce the need for excessive parking and lay the foundation for an increase in pedestrian access. Flexibility is the key to this district, allowing a mix of uses based on the ability of the applicant to be creative.

Map color: purple.

Purpose: to encourage the redevelopment of Port Jervis waterfront as a mixture of uses that will contribute to the City's tax base, create jobs and integrate with the natural environment of the Delaware River, the downtown, the adjacent residential neighborhood and City bicycle/pedestrian trail systems. This shall be accomplished by providing zoning classification suitable for application to that portion of the waterfront where mixed uses, including recreation, public green space, entertainment, single-family, multifamily residential, trade shops and retail and service-related commercial activity will be permitted. Permitted commercial uses will be limited to those uses that will not compete with downtown retail activity and will provide goods and services needed by the adjacent residential neighborhood and the employees and customers of businesses located on the waterfront.

Map color: teal/green.

Purpose: to promote the development of light industry in appropriate locations within the City and to tap into the research and technology innovation generated by regional institutions of higher education to contribute to the local tax base and provide employment while limiting negative impacts on the environment.

Map color: light grey.

Purpose: to encourage the development of senior housing that is compatible and complementary to its neighborhood context, is located near essential services and amenities required by seniors, and allows for or encourages neighborhood walkability. The district facilitates the development of senior housing projects which are superior in functional design, quality of construction, appearance, and operational standards and ensures that adequate affordable housing is provided to very-low- and moderate-income senior citizens.

Map color: magenta.

Purpose: to extend Central Business District uses over the Jersey Avenue Corridor where use is consistent with neighborhood character.

Map color: red hash, no fill.

Purpose: to extend Central Business District uses over select areas of the Route 209 Corridor where use is consistent with neighborhood character.

Map color: green hash, no fill.

Purpose: The Tri-State Commerce District is established in conjunction with the annexation of certain properties from the Town of Deerpark into the City of Port Jervis, as well as the inclusion of certain properties already existing within the boundaries of the City, to promote the development of certain areas known as the “Interchange Site." The Interchange Site is located at the southern part of the City between County Route 16 (Maple Ave) and County Route 15, north of Interstate-84 (I-84). The goal for the district is to encourage projects such as retail, dining, and lodging for the Interchange Site.

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Make said lot or land nonconforming or more nonconforming to this chapter;

Make any use, building or other structure nonconforming or more nonconforming;

Reduce any setback, open space or off-street parking or loading spaces to less than is required by this chapter.

Make any nonconformity more nonconforming.