West Haverstraw City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
Zoning Districts and Map
§ 250-7 Enumeration of districts.
[Amended 4-20-2016 by L.L. No. 6-2016]
A.
The Village of West Haverstraw is hereby divided into the following zoning districts:
District | Symbol | |
|---|---|---|
One-Family Residence | R-1 | |
One-Family Residence | R-2 | |
One- and Two-Family Residence | R-3 | |
Multiple Residence | R-4 | |
Commercial | C | |
Planned Light Industrial | PLI | |
Mixed Use Light Industrial | MLI | |
Open Space Conservation | OSC |
§ 250-8 Zoning Map.
The boundaries of said districts are hereby established as shown on the Zoning Map, Village of West Haverstraw, which accompanies and which, with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby adopted and made a part of this chapter.[1] Said map, indicating the latest amendments, shall be kept up-to-date in the office of the Village Clerk for the use and benefit of the public.
[1]
Editor's Note: A copy of the Zoning Map is included at the end of this chapter. Consult the official copy on file in the Village Clerk's office for possible revisions.
§ 250-9 Determination of boundaries.
In determining the boundaries of districts shown on the map, the following rules shall apply:
A.
Unless otherwise shown, the district boundaries shall be construed to coincide with the center lines of streets, alleys, parkways, waterways and main track or tracks of railroads.
B.
Where such boundaries are indicated as approximately following the property lines of parks or other publicly owned lands, such lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.
C.
In all cases where a lot in one ownership is divided by a district boundary and more than 50% of the area of such lot lies in the less restricted district, the regulations prescribed by this chapter for the less restricted district shall apply to such portion of the more restricted boundary. For purposes of this section, the more restricted district shall be deemed that district which is subject to regulations which either prohibit the particular uses permitted in the district covering the remaining portion of said lot or which regulations require higher standards with respect to setback, coverage, yards, screening, landscaping and similar requirements, as determined by the Building Inspector/Village Engineer.
D.
In all cases where a district boundary line is located not farther than 15 feet away from a lot line of record, such boundary shall be construed to coincide with such lot line.
E.
In all other cases, where dimensions are not shown on the Zoning Map, the location of boundaries shall be determined by the Zoning Board of Appeals utilizing the scale appearing on such map.
§ 250-10 Effect of establishment of districts.
A.
Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B hereof, following the effective date of this chapter:
(1)
All general regulations affecting the use of land or buildings are in the affirmative, and no other or further use is to be made of land or buildings except that are shown in this chapter as applying to the district in which the land or building is located.
(2)
No land or building shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building or any part thereof shall be erected, related, altered, used or occupied unless in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the district in which such land or building is located.
(3)
No building shall hereafter be erected, altered, relocated, used or occupied to be of greater height, to accommodate a greater number of families, to occupy a greater percentage of lot area or to have narrower or smaller front yards, rear yards, side yards or courts than is specified herein for the district in which such building is located.
(4)
No part of a street frontage, yard or other open space required by or about any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this chapter shall be included or considered as part of a street frontage, yard or other open space required by or about any other building to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(5)
No building shall hereafter be erected on a lot having less frontage on an official Village street or way than that required for the district in which it is located.
(6)
No lot shall be formed from part of a lot already occupied by a building if a nonconformity of lot, yard or open space is thereby created or increased, and the remaining lots shall comply with all requirements prescribed by this chapter for the district in which said lots are located. No permit shall be issued for the erection of a building on any new lot thus created unless such building and lot comply with all the provisions of this chapter.
B.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall require any change in the plans, construction or designated use of a building complying with existing law, a permit for which shall have been duly issued and the construction of which shall have been started before the date of first publication of notice of the public hearing unless the entire building shall not have been completed in accordance with such plans as have been filed within one year from the date of passage of this chapter.