Walton Village City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
General Provisions
§ 260-1 Authority.
Pursuant to the authority conferred by Article 7 of the Village Law of the State of New York, the Board of Trustees for the Village of Walton, New York, hereafter referred to as the Village Board, hereby adopts and enacts as follows.
§ 260-2 Title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Village of Walton Zoning Law."
§ 260-3 Purpose.
The zoning regulations and districts as herein established have been made in accordance with the Village of Walton Comprehensive Plan. The purpose of this Zoning chapter is to promote, in accordance with present and future needs, the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity and general welfare of the present and future inhabitants of the municipality. These regulations are intended, among other things, to:
Provide for the lessening of congestion in the streets or roads and reducing the waste of excessive amounts of roads.
Secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other dangers.
Provide adequate light and air.
Prevent excessive and wasteful scattering of population or settlement.
Promote distribution of populations, classification of land uses, distribution of land development and utilization of lands as will tend to facilitate and provide adequate provisions for public requirements, including transportation, water flowage, water supply, drainage, sanitation, educational opportunities, recreation, soil fertility and food supply.
Protect the tax base; secure economy in governmental expenditures.
Foster the municipality's agricultural and other industries.
Protect both urban and nonurban development.
Prevent destruction of or encroachment upon historic areas.
Protect and restore banks of waterways.
Make provisions for, so far as conditions may permit, the accommodation of solar energy systems and equipment and access to sunlight necessary therefor.
Encourage a good civic design and arrangement.
Facilitate the creation of a convenient, attractive and harmonious community by regulating and limiting or determining the height and bulk of buildings and structures, the area of yards and other open spaces, and the density of use.
The zoning regulations have been made with reasonable consideration, among other things, for the existing use and character of property, for the character of the particular uses and for trends of growth or change and with a view to conserving natural resources and the value of land and buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the municipality.
§ 260-4 Interpretation.
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this Zoning chapter, the provisions shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, morals, convenience, order, comfort, prosperity or general welfare. It is not intended by this Zoning chapter to interfere with, abrogate or annul any easements, covenants or other agreements between parties; provided, however, that where this Zoning chapter imposes a greater restriction upon the height of buildings or requires larger open spaces than are imposed or required by other resolutions, rules or regulations or by easements, covenants or agreements, the provisions of this Zoning chapter shall govern. If because of error or omission in the preparation of Official Maps any property in the jurisdiction of this Zoning chapter is not shown as being in a zoning district, the classification of such property shall be R-R Residential Recreational until changed by amendment.
§ 260-5 General standards.
Conformance with regulations required. No building or land shall hereafter be used, and no building or part thereof shall be erected, reconstructed, converted, enlarged, moved or structurally altered, unless in conformity with the regulations as set forth in this Zoning chapter.
Location on a lot required. Every building hereafter erected, reconstructed, converted, moved or structurally altered shall be located on a lot as herein defined, and in no one case shall there be more than one main building on one lot unless otherwise provided in this Zoning chapter.
Street frontage required. Except for camp cabins and summer cottages for seasonal occupancy, no lot shall be used in whole or in part for dwelling purposes unless such lot abuts upon a street in accordance with the minimum street frontage requirements of this Zoning chapter.
Encroachment; reduction of lot area. The minimum yards, height limits, parking spaces and open spaces, including lot area per family, required by this Zoning chapter for each and every building existing at the time of the passage of these regulations, or for any building hereafter erected, shall not be encroached upon or considered as a required yard or open space for any other building, except as hereinafter provided, nor shall any lot area or lot dimensions be reduced below the requirements of these regulations.
Accessory buildings: use for dwelling. No accessory building shall be used for dwelling except in accord with the specific provisions of this Zoning chapter.
Uses that are prohibited. For the purpose of this Zoning chapter, permitted uses are listed for the various districts. Unless the contrary is clear from the context of the lists or other regulations of this Zoning chapter, uses not specifically listed are prohibited.