Rouses Point Village
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
General Provisions
§ 120-1 Title.
The title of this chapter is the "Zoning Law of the Village of Rouses Point," and it shall include the text and the official Land Use District Map.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Land Use District Map is on file in the Village offices.
§ 120-2 Purposes.
The purposes of this chapter are to provide for orderly growth and change within the Village of Rouses Point and to provide for the health, safety and general welfare of existing and future residents. Further, this chapter is intended to implement the recommendations made in the Village of Rouses Point Comprehensive Land Use Plan, dated 1993.
§ 120-3 Regulated activities.
A.
The provisions of this chapter shall not be so construed as to limit or interfere with the development or use of public uses, buildings or structures used for governmental or municipal purposes, or with the construction, installation, operation and maintenance for public utility purposes of water and gas pipes, mains and conduits, electric light and electric power transmission and distribution lines, telephone and telegraph lines, sewers and sewer mains and incidental appurtenances or with any highway or railroad right-of-way existing hereafter authorized by the Village of Rouses Point, the County of Clinton or the State of New York.
B.
A land use permit shall be required for any of the following actions:
(1)
Construction of a new building or structure 144 square feet or larger in ground coverage.
(2)
Enlargement of an existing building or structure.
(3)
Change in the use of a building or of land.
(4)
The placement of signs over three square feet in area.
C.
The following activities do not require a land use permit but must meet the requirements of this chapter:
(1)
The construction or enlargement of buildings or structures with less than 144 square feet of ground coverage.
(2)
The placement of signs up to and including three square feet.
D.
The following activities are not regulated by this chapter and do not require a land use permit:
(1)
Interior structural alterations or routine maintenance and improvement which does not expand the exterior dimensions of a structure.
(2)
The erection of chimneys.
(3)
Temporary yard sales, porch sales, garage sales and sales of a similar nature which are held less than seven days per year.
§ 120-4 Effect on other provisions.
A.
This chapter shall replace and supersede §§ 83-3, 83-4, 83-5, 83-6 and 83-8 of Chapter 83, Mobile Homes, of the Code of the Village of Rouses Point.
B.
This chapter shall replace and supersede § 50-4A of Chapter 50, Marina Parking, of the Code of the Village of Rouses Point.