Stafford Town City Zoning Code
ARTICLE II
Establishment of Zoning Districts
§ 182-6 Zoning district classification.
The Town of Stafford is hereby divided into the following zoning districts:
R | Residential District |
A-R | Agriculture-Residential District |
C | Commercial District |
I | Industrial District |
PUD | Planned Unit Development District |
H | Hamlet District |
IP | Industrial Park District |
§ 182-7 Zoning Map established.
[Amended 9-14-2015 by L.L. No. 1-2015]
The boundaries of the zoning districts are shown on the map entitled "Zoning Map of the Town of Stafford, NY," which is hereby declared to be a part of this Law. The Zoning Map shall be kept on file in the office of the Town Clerk. Unofficial reductions of this map shall be for reference purposes only. Changes may be made in district boundaries only by a zoning amendment adopted by the Town Board. Any such changes shall be noted by the Town Clerk on the Zoning Map promptly after the Town Board adopts such an amendment. In the event of a conflict between the Zoning Map in the Town Clerk's office and the specific local law adopting a Zoning Map amendment, the specific local law shall be the controlling authority as to the current zoning status of lands, structures and uses in the Town.
§ 182-8 Interpretation of zoning district boundaries.
Where uncertainty exists as to the location of any boundaries shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
Zoning district boundary lines are intended to follow streets, rights-of-way, watercourses or lot lines, or be parallel or perpendicular thereto, unless such district boundary lines are fixed by dimensions, as shown on the Zoning Map.
Where zoning district boundaries are indicated as following approximate streets, rights-of-way or watercourses, the center lines thereof shall be construed to be such boundaries.
Where zoning district boundaries are so indicated that they follow the edge of lakes, ponds, reservoirs of other bodies of water, mean high water lines thereof shall be construed to be the zoning district boundaries.
Where zoning district boundaries are so indicated that they approximately follow lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.
If the zoning district classification of any land is in question it shall be deemed to be in the most restrictive adjoining zoning district.
§ 182-9 Order of restrictiveness.
Where zoning districts are referred to as "more restrictive" or "less restrictive," the designation shall refer to the order in which the districts are named in § 182-6, the first named being the most restrictive (exclusive of the Floodplain Overlay District and Planned Unit Development District).
§ 182-10 Lots in two or more districts.
Where a zoning district boundary line divides a lot in single ownership at the effective date of this chapter, leaving part subject to permissive regulations and part subject to prohibitive regulations, the Zoning Board of Appeals, after public hearing, may permit an extension of the use of that lot into the district where it is prohibited, provided the extension does not extend more than 50 feet into that district. Furthermore, the Board may impose conditions of that extension as protection to neighboring property.