Land use control districts. For the purposes specified in this chapter, the Village of Skaneateles is hereby divided into the following eight classes of land use control districts:

Overzones. For the purposes specified in Article VI of this chapter, the following overlay land use control districts or overzones, are created:

Residential A1 District. The purpose of this district is to define and establish regulations for those portions of the Village lying south of Genesee Street (U.S. Route 20) where low- to moderate-density residential development is and should continue to be the predominant use of land.

Residential A2 District. The purpose of this district is to define and establish regulations for those portions of the Village lying north of Genesee Street (U.S. Route 20) and to the east and west of Fuller Street, where low- to moderate-density residential development is and should continue to be the predominant use of land.

Residential A3 District. The purpose of this district is to define and establish regulations for that portion of the Village lying north of Genesee Street (U.S. Route 20) and west of Fuller Street where a range of residential development and lodging will be the predominant use of land.

Residential A4 District. The purpose of this district is to define and establish regulations for part of that area of the Village lying north of Austin Street and east of Jordan Street annexed to the Village on October 11, 1999, where low-density residential and compatible nonresidential uses will be the predominant use of land.

Residential B District. The purpose of this district is to define and establish regulations for areas of the Village containing land adequate for the construction of mixed single-family and multifamily residential development. The purpose of these regulations is to promote the orderly development of the Village compatible with its existing character and attractiveness.

Commercial Mixed-Use C District. The purpose of this district is to allow for the continuation of existing residential uses and their conversion to those types of commercial uses which normally require automobile access. Unlike the Downtown D District, which emphasizes pedestrian accessibility, the C District seeks to balance automobile and pedestrian convenience.

Downtown D District. The purposes of this district are to promote the maintenance, preservation, restoration, and economic use of the existing party wall buildings and other historic structures in the center of the Village and to promote the gradual extension of the Village center in the same pattern, maintaining a pleasant and safe pedestrian environment, preserving structures with historic or architectural significance, and harmoniously integrating residential and nonresidential uses, while minimizing vehicular traffic congestion. The historic structures in the downtown are vital to the siting, scale, and character of the Village and provide a model for the gradual extension of the Village's downtown core up Fennell Street. (See § 225-16 for design guidelines for this district.)

Public Lands PL District. The purpose of this district is to provide for the continuation of public uses and community benefit activities, including not-for-profit organizations, in those areas in the Village set aside for parks, playgrounds, public facilities, arenas, swimming pools and athletic facilities and structures. This district shall also include Village departments, their related facilities and structures and other public lands, as well as public school properties and facilities. On any application for the construction of an improvement or for a building permit, the density control for such public lands shall be as determined by the Board of Trustees by resolution following a public hearing. Uses permitted on such public lands are set forth in the Permitted Use Chart[1] and as follows:

Floodway Fringe FF-O Overzone. The purpose of this overlay district or overzone is to protect the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the Village from hazards due to periodic but infrequent flooding, including protection of persons and property, the preservation of water quality and the minimizing of expenditures for relief insurance and flood-control projects. The purpose of these regulations is to provide additional or overlay regulations to existing areas, already subject to land use controls, which are subject to inundation by the one-hundred-year flood. It should be noted that larger floods may occur on rare occasions and that smaller floods may have increased heights due to man-made or natural causes, such as ice jams and bridge openings restricted by debris. These regulations do not imply that areas outside the boundaries of this district, or that land uses permitted within this district, will be free from flooding or flood damages.

Skaneateles Creek SC-O Overzone. The purpose of this overzone is to protect the ecological and scenic character and recreational potential of the Skaneateles Creek Corridor. (See § 225-19.)

Skaneateles Lake Watershed SL-O Overzone. The purpose of this overzone is to protect the water quality in Skaneateles Lake by controlling land uses that may have detrimental effects on lake water quality. (See §§ 225-19.1 and 225-20.)

Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following the Village boundary line, property lines, lot lines, utility lines, lake shoreline, or the center line or right-of-way line of streets, highways, railroads, public utility easements or watercourses, or projections thereof, said boundaries shall be construed as being coincident with such lines or projections thereof as said lines or projections are shown on plots of record at the time this chapter becomes effective.

Where district boundaries are so indicated that they are approximately parallel to the Village boundary line, property lines, lot lines, utility lines, lake shoreline or the center line or right-of-way line of streets, highways, railroads, public utility easements or watercourses, or projections thereof, said boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at such distances therefrom as indicated on the Zoning Map, or as shall be determined by use of the graphic scale shown on the Zoning Map.

Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following the center line or right-of-way lines of streets, highways, railroads, public utility easements or watercourses, said boundaries shall be deemed to be automatically moved to remain coincident with said center line or right-of-way line if said center line or right-of-way line is moved a maximum distance of 50 feet.

Where a district boundary divides a lot in single or joint ownership of record at the time such district boundary is established, the regulations imposed by this chapter on the more restricted portion of such lot shall be construed as extending into the entire lot; provided, however, that such extension shall not include any part of the lot which is more than 50 feet from the boundary of the more restricted district.

In all other cases, where no dimension is specified on the Zoning Map, the location and length of district boundaries shown on the Zoning Map shall be determined by the use of the graphic scale shown on said Zoning Map.