This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Webb, New York."

The purpose of this chapter is to promote the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community and thus to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other dangers; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public services; to protect and preserve aesthetic values and natural resources; and to encourage the most appropriate use of land and to channel and direct growth throughout the Town, under and pursuant to the Town Law and the General Municipal Law of New York State, as amended, and in furtherance of the purposes of the Adirondack Park Agency Act of 1973, as amended.

This chapter shall apply to the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, use and change in use of any building, structure or appurtenant system and any lot, plot or parcel of land used, occupied or otherwise maintained in the Town of Webb as herein provided.

Terms and words used in this chapter shall be interpreted and defined in accordance with Appendix D, Definitions.[1]