This is a local law establishing zoning regulations for the Village of Tarrytown and providing for the administration and enactment thereof pursuant to Article 7 of the Village Law of the State of New York, as amended.

The Village Board of the Village of Tarrytown, by virtue of the power and authority vested in it by law, ordains and enacts the following chapter, which shall be known and may be cited as the "Local Zoning Law of the Village of Tarrytown, New York."

Promote and protect the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community.

Regulate, control and restrict the type, intensity, density and location of land and building use in relation to, but not limited to, such matters as height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of the lot that may be occupied by various types of land use and ground coverage, the size of lots, courts and other open spaces, the density of population and the limits and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purpose and other factors, all to the benefit of the Village.

Provide a Board of Appeals to determine and vary the application of said zoning regulations in harmony with the general purpose and intent and in accordance with general and specific objectives and rules herein contained.

To guide the future development of the Village in accordance with a comprehensive plan designed to represent and promote the most beneficial and convenient relationship among the residential, commercial, industrial and public areas of the Village, considering the suitability of each area for such uses as indicated by existing conditions, trends and development and changing modes in living and having due regard for the use of land, building development and social, cultural and economic activity, both within the Village and with respect to the relationship of the Village to areas outside thereof.

To secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other dangers.

To provide adequate light, air and privacy and to preserve solar access.

To prevent overcrowding of the land and undue congestion of population.

To promote the most beneficial relationship between the use of land and buildings and the circulation of traffic throughout the Village and the greater area of influence of which it is a part, having particular regard for the avoidance of congestion of streets and provision of safe and convenient vehicular and pedestrian traffic movements appropriate to the various uses of land and buildings throughout the Village.

To facilitate and support the adequate provision and maintenance of roads, driveways, traffic and transportation facilities, water, schools, parks and other public requirements and facilities.

To protect, maintain, conserve and enhance the value of land and buildings and the social, economic, aesthetic and environmental stability and viability of all parts of the Village through various programs and techniques, such as controlled adaptive reuse, tourism and specific visitation of Village-wide and historic district buildings and sites.

To prevent the pollution of watercourses and wetlands, to safeguard the water table, to preserve the beneficial effects of wetlands, to avoid hazardous conditions and excessive damage resulting from stormwater runoff and flooding and to encourage the appropriate use and sound management of natural resources throughout the Village.

To preserve and maintain the natural beauty of the physiography, geography and plant material of the Village; to preserve significant views and vistas of natural and man-made beauty or interest; to protect the Village against unsightly, obtrusive and obnoxious land uses and operations; to enhance the aesthetic aspect of the natural and man-made elements of the Village; and to ensure appropriate development with regard to those elements.

To promote the preservation, maintenance and enhancement of the existing historic character of the Village and to encourage the development of uses which would add to or be in harmony with this character through such facilities as building and structure design, color and texture, signs, lighting, landscaping and other site plan elements.

To assist in the provision of adequate and suitably located areas for recreation activities and the preservation of appropriate open spaces.

To bring about the gradual conformity of the uses of land and buildings throughout the Village to the adopted comprehensive zoning plan and to minimize conflicts among the uses of land and buildings.

To preserve and enhance a scale of land use and development within the Village commensurate with the height, bulk, intensity and extent of land use categorized by the residential portions of the Village and in relation to the overall topographic and physiographic characteristics of the Village so as to promote a feeling and impression of compatibility between buildings and natural terrain and to provide an overall impression to the observer that man-made structures are in scale with their natural surroundings.

To assist in the preservation and promotion of a variety of types of housing so as to provide opportunities and choices which may be attractive or appropriate for different interests and economic capabilities.