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South Bristol Town City Zoning Code

ARTICLE III

Establishment and Designation of Districts

§ 170-10 Establishment of districts.

To carry out the foregoing purpose, the Town of South Bristol is hereby divided into districts which shall be designated as follows:
District Name
Abbreviation
Section Reference
Lake Residential
LR
§ 170-15
One-Acre Residential
R-1
§ 170-16
Three-Acre Residential
R-3
Five-Acre Residential
R-5
Neighborhood Commercial
NC
Light Commercial
C-1
§ 170-17
Commercial
C-2
Land Conservation Overlay District
LC
§ 170-19
Adult Use Overlay District
AU
Planned Development
PD
§ 170-20
Tower Overlay District
TD
§ 170-21
Agricultural Overlay District
AG

§ 170-11 Zoning Map.

The location and boundaries of the foregoing districts are hereby established and delineated on the Zoning Map, as amended and filed with the Town Clerk of the Town, which said map is hereby made a part of this chapter and declared to be the Official Town Zoning Map of the Town of South Bristol.[1] The boundaries of the Land Conservation District shall be determined by the appropriate Flood Insurance Rate Map that may hereto be adopted by the Town and be on file in the Town Clerk's office.
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Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file in the Town offices and may be examined there during regular office hours.
Official Town Zoning Map: definition, purpose, effect and amendments.
The Official Town Zoning Map shall be a subsidiary part of the Comprehensive Plan which shall be developed, adopted and amended in accordance with the procedures hereinafter established.
The Official Town Zoning Map shall show the streets, parks, sewerage and drainage systems and zoning districts laid out, adopted and established in the Town and shall be final and conclusive with respect to the location and width of roads and sewerage and drainage systems and the location of zoning districts and parks shown thereon.
Amendment.
An amendment of the Official Town Zoning Map may be initiated by the Town Board, by the Planning Board, by the owner/owners of property affected by the provisions of the Official Town Zoning Map sought to be amended or by any association of such property owners.
Amendments initiated by the owner of affected property or association of owners shall be initiated by an application addressed to the Town Board and filed with the Code Enforcement Officer. A nonrefundable application fee to help defray administrative costs and the costs of hearing shall accompany each such application.
The application shall be in such form and contain such information as may from time to time be established by general rule of the Code Enforcement Officer, but shall in no event contain less than the following information:
The name and address of the owner-applicant.
The name, residence and nature and extent of the interest, as defined by § 809 of the General Municipal Law of New York, of any state officer or any officer or employee of the Town of South Bristol or the County of Ontario in the owner-applicant or the subject property if known to the applicant.
The address of the affected property.
A map showing the proposed change in the Official Town Zoning Map.
A statement of the reason and necessity for the proposed change.
A statement of any other applications relating to the affected property which have been or are intended to be filed pursuant to this chapter.
A statement of the present use of the affected property and any proposed change in such use.
Such other and further information as the Code Enforcement Officer or the Planning Board may deem to be necessary or appropriate to a full and proper consideration and disposition of the particular application.
Upon receipt of a completed application by the Code Enforcement Officer, an information meeting shall be conducted by the Planning Board.
Within 30 days following the conclusion of such hearing, the Planning Board shall make its recommendation to the Town Board with respect to the proposed amendment.
Within 30 days following the receipt of such recommendation, the Town Board shall set, advertise and conduct a public hearing and shall, by resolution duly enacted, either adopt or reject such amendment. At least 10 days' notice of such public hearing shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation. Also, the Town shall give written notice of said public hearing to any housing authority, city, village, Town, county or state park or highway agency owning property that is within 500 feet of the property affected by such proposed amendment.
Amendments initiated by the Town Board, or the Planning Board shall be processed in accordance with procedures of this section, except that no application shall be required.
Plan filing. The amendment to this chapter adopting the Official Town Zoning Map amendment shall provide that the Code Enforcement Officer shall cause certified copies thereof to be placed on file in the offices of the Planning Board and Code Enforcement Officer and shall cause a certificate evidencing the adoption of such plan, or part thereof, to be filed with the County Clerk of Ontario County.

§ 170-12 Interpretation of district boundaries.

Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any zoning district as shown on the Official Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streets or highways shall be construed to follow such center lines.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.
Boundaries indicated as following center lines of any streams or other water bodies shall be construed as following such center lines.
Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in Subsections A through C above shall be so construed. Distances not specifically on the Official Zoning Map shall be determined by the scale of the map.
Where natural features on the ground are at variance with the Official Zoning Map or in other circumstances not addressed in Subsections A through D above, the Board of Appeals shall interpret the district boundaries.

§ 170-13 Comprehensive plan.

Definition. For the purpose of this chapter, the Comprehensive Plan shall include the Town's future land use development goals, policies and/or programs as set forth in the Official Comprehensive Plan adopted in January 2008, as amended from time to time.
Purpose and effect. The Comprehensive Plan, or any part thereof, as amended, shall be considered an official statement of the Town of South Bristol with respect to the existing and developing character of various areas of the Town; the proper objectives, standards and direction for the future maintenance, growth and development of the Town; the means to be employed to protect existing character or development and to encourage future development that will be in the best interest of the Town; and the actions and programs to be undertaken by the Town with respect to its future maintenance and development. The Comprehensive Plan shall serve as a guide and resource for Town officials and agencies in the performance of their duties.
Amendment. Because New York State law requires that all land use regulation must be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, all amendments shall be reviewed for such consistency before adoption in accordance with the procedures set forth in other parts of this chapter.