City of Schenectady, NY
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 264 Zoning
- Charter and Related Legislation
- Ch C Charter and Related Legislation
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Accident Reports
- Ch 6 Affirmative Action
- Ch 8 Assessment Districts, Upper Union Street
- Ch 9 Assessment Districts, Special Downtown
- Ch 10 Assessment, Real Property
- Ch 13 Capital Budget Process
- Ch 14 City Bonds
- Ch 16 City History Center
- Ch 18 City Offices
- Ch 20 Claim Releases; City Insurance
- Ch 23 Clerk
- Ch 26 Conferences, Municipal
- Ch 28 Council, City
- Ch 29 Counsel, Corporation
- Ch 31 Court Clerk
- Ch 32 (Reserved)
- Ch 33 Development, Department of
- Ch 35 Economic Development Zone Administrative Board
- Ch 36 Elections
- Ch 39 Employee Organizations
- Ch 42 Engineering and Public Works, Department of
- Ch 45 (Reserved)
- Ch 48 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 51 Finance
- Ch 54 Flag, Seal, Flower and Song, Official
- Ch 57 Freedom of Information
- Ch 59 General Services, Department of
- Ch 60 Grievance Procedures
- Ch 62 Purchasing
- Ch 64 (Reserved)
- Ch 67 Housing Authority
- Ch 68 Housing Standards Review Board
- Ch 70 Industrial Development Agency
- Ch 72 Land Reutilization Corporation of the Capital Region
- Ch 73 Leasing of Restaurant Facilities: Sealed Bids
- Ch 76 Legal Notices
- Ch 82 (Reserved)
- Ch 86 Parks and Recreation Administration
- Ch 87 Personnel
- Ch 90 (Reserved)
- Ch 91 Planning Commission
- Ch 92 Police
- Ch 93 Civilian Police Review Board
- Ch 94 (Reserved)
- Ch 95 Recreation Advisory Commission
- Ch 96 Schenectady Heritage Area Advisory Council
- Ch 97 Schenectady - Nijkerk Council
- Ch 99 Solid Waste Department
- Ch 100 Traffic Violations Bureau
- Ch 102 Urban Homesteading
- Ch 103 Urban Renewal Agency
- Ch 106 Youth Advisory Board
- Ch 109 Consumer Protection, Office of
- Ch 111 Workers' Compensation
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 115 Adult Bookstores; Obscene Material
- Ch 117 Advertising
- Ch 121 Air Pollution
- Ch 124 Alarms
- Ch 126 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 128 Amusements
- Ch 131 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 135 Bingo and Games of Chance
- Ch 137 Building Code Administration
- Ch 138 Building, Plumbing and Electrical Standards
- Ch 140 Buildings and Lots, Numbering of
- Ch 141 Community Choice Aggregation Program
- Ch 142 Dances and Dance Halls
- Ch 144 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 146 Energy Advisory Board
- Ch 147 Environmental Quality Review: Supplement
- Ch 148 Stormwater Management
- Ch 149 Energize NY Benefit Financing Programs
- Ch 151 Excavations
- Ch 152 Explosives
- Ch 155 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 156 Fire Prevention and Protection
- Ch 157 Flood Hazard Control
- Ch 158 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 158A Freelance Workers
- Ch 159 Garage Sales
- Ch 161 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 163 Gasoline and Motor Fuel: Sign Display
- Ch 164 Group Homes
- Ch 165 Golf Course, Municipal
- Ch 167 Housing Standards
- Ch 170 Iceboxes and Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 177 Massage Parlors
- Ch 179 Merchants, Transient
- Ch 182 Noise
- Ch 183 Nuisances
- Ch 186 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 189 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 192 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 194 Peddlers and Vendors
- Ch 201 Poles and Wires
- Ch 203 Precious Metals Dealers
- Ch 204 Public Assembly Areas
- Ch 206 Property, Private
- Ch 208 Rat and Pest Control
- Ch 210 Rental Property
- Ch 214 Sales, Special
- Ch 215 Sale of Real Property
- Ch 216 Scrap Processors and Junk Peddlers
- Ch 217 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 219 (Reserved)
- Ch 220 Sewers
- Ch 223 (Reserved)
- Ch 224 Soliciting, Door-To-Door
- Ch 228 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 230 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 232 Swimming Pools, Residential
- Ch 234 Taxation
- Ch 236 Taxicabs
- Ch 240 Trailer Camps
- Ch 243 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 247 Vehicles, Abandoned and Unused
- Ch 248 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 251 Vendors, Ice Cream Truck
- Ch 255 Water
- Ch 256 Watershed
- Ch 257 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- Ch 258 Weeds and Offensive Accumulation
- Ch 260 Weights and Measures; Trade Practices
- Ch 264 Zoning
- Ch 264 Art I Purpose and Intent
- § 264-1 General purpose and intent.
- Ch 264 Art II Definitions
- § 264-2 Definitions.
- Ch 264 Art III Districts, Boundaries and Regulations
- § 264-3 Districts established.
- § 264-4 Boundaries.
- § 264-5 Annexed territory.
- § 264-6 OS Recreation and Open Space District.
- § 264-7 R-1 Single-Family Residential District.
- § 264-8 RH-1 Historic Residential District.
- § 264-9 R-2 Two-Family Residential District.
- § 264-10 RH-2 Stockade Historic Residential District.
- § 264-11 R-3 Multiple-Family Residential District.
- § 264-12 C-1 Neighborhood Retail Business District.
- § 264-13 C-2 Mixed-Use Commercial District.
- § 264-14 C-3 Waterfront Mixed-Use District.
- § 264-15 C-4 Downtown Mixed-Use District.
- § 264-16 C-5 Business District.
- § 264-17 I Institutional District.
- § 264-18 M-1 Light Manufacturing and Warehousing District.
- § 264-19 M-2 Manufacturing and Warehousing District.
- § 264-20 OH Overlay Historic District.
- § 264-21 Planned Development Districts.
- § 264-22 (Reserved)
- § 264-23 (Reserved)
- Ch 264 Art IV Applicability
- § 264-24 Compliance with requirements.
- § 264-25 Exempted uses.
- § 264-26 Area of applicability.
- § 264-27 Previous authorizations.
- Ch 264 Art V Supplemental Regulations
- § 264-28 Applicability of supplemental regulations.
- § 264-29 Accessory structures and uses.
- § 264-30 Additional height regulations.
- § 264-31 Additional yard regulations.
- § 264-32 Fences, walls and landscaping; Schedule D, Fence, Wall and Landscaping Standards.
- § 264-33 Corner lots within residential districts.
- § 264-34 Obstruction to vision at corner lots.
- § 264-35 Preexisting front yards.
- § 264-36 (Reserved)
- § 264-37 Transitional yards.
- § 264-38 (Reserved)
- Ch 264 Art VI Off-Street Parking and Loading
- § 264-39 Purpose.
- § 264-40 Applicability.
- § 264-41 Landscaping requirements.
- § 264-42 Credit for on-street parking.
- § 264-43 Off-street design requirements; Schedule E, Minimum Parking Space and Aisle Dimensions.
- § 264-44 Mandatory off-street parking; Schedule F, Minimum Parking Space Requirements.
- § 264-45 Maximum off-street parking standards; Schedule G, Maximum Parking Space Requirements.
- § 264-46 Shared and combined parking facilities.
- § 264-47 Mandatory off-street loading; Schedule H, Required Spaces for Off-Street Loading Facilities.
- § 264-48 Improper storage of vehicles, trailers, boats and equipment.
- Ch 264 Art VII Design and Landscaping Standards
- § 264-49 Design standards.
- § 264-50 Buffering and landscaping.
- Ch 264 Art VIII Lighting Standards
- § 264-51 Purpose; intent.
- § 264-52 Applicability.
- § 264-53 Definitions.
- § 264-54 Lighting plan.
- § 264-55 General requirements.
- § 264-56 Design.
- § 264-57 Prohibited lighting.
- § 264-58 Exemptions.
- Ch 264 Art IX Signs
- § 264-59 Purpose.
- § 264-60 Definitions.
- § 264-61 Permitted signs and specifications; Schedule I, Sign Regulations.
- § 264-62 Prohibited signs.
- § 264-63 Exceptions.
- § 264-64 Billboards.
- § 264-65 Permits.
- § 264-66 Abandoned signs.
- § 264-67 Unsafe or dangerous signs.
- § 264-68 Nonconforming signs.
- § 264-69 Notice of violation.
- § 264-70 Appearance tickets.
- § 264-71 Variances.
- § 264-72 Enforcement.
- Ch 264 Art X Historic Districts
- § 264-73 Purpose.
- § 264-74 Historic Commission.
- § 264-75 District boundaries; designation of historic sites and structures.
- § 264-76 Application for alteration, demolition or new construction.
- § 264-77 Hardship relief.
- § 264-78 Maintenance and repair.
- § 264-79 Emergency action by Building Inspector.
- § 264-80 Penalties for offenses.
- § 264-81 (Reserved)
- § 264-82 (Reserved)
- Ch 264 Art XI (Reserved)
- Ch 264 Art XII Nonconforming Uses, Buildings and Structures
- § 264-83 Purpose.
- § 264-84 Continuation of use.
- § 264-85 Nonconformity due to change in provisions.
- § 264-86 Resuming discontinued nonconforming use.
- § 264-87 Alteration of premises.
- § 264-88 Nonconforming buildings and structures.
- Ch 264 Art XIII Site Plan Approval
- § 264-89 Purpose.
- § 264-90 Uses requiring site plan review.
- § 264-91 Application and required information.
- § 264-92 Review and authorization.
- § 264-93 Limitations on site plan approval.
- § 264-94 Financial responsibilities.
- § 264-95 Integration of procedures.
- Ch 264 Art XIV Special Permit Uses
- § 264-96 Authorization.
- § 264-97 Limitation.
- § 264-98 Procedure.
- § 264-99 Standards.
- § 264-100 Reserved.
- Ch 264 Art XV Additional Regulations Relating to Specific Uses
- § 264-101 Regulation of adult bookstores, adult entertainment establishments and sexually oriented businesses.
- § 264-102 Ancillary parking areas.
- § 264-103 Exterior use of property.
- § 264-104 Home occupations.
- § 264-105 Professional offices in residential districts.
- § 264-106 Gasoline stations.
- § 264-107 Motor vehicle and auto body repair.
- § 264-108 Public utility substations, facilities and structures.
- § 264-109 Satellite dishes.
- § 264-110 Self-service storage warehouse structures.
- § 264-111 Townhouses.
- § 264-112 Halfway houses.
- § 264-113 (Reserved)
- Ch 264 Art XVI Board of Zoning Appeals
- § 264-114 Establishment and organization.
- § 264-115 Meetings; recordkeeping.
- § 264-116 Powers and duties.
- § 264-117 Right to appeal.
- § 264-118 Appeals application.
- § 264-119 Standards for variance.
- Ch 264 Art XVII Enforcement and Administration
- § 264-120 Enforcement.
- § 264-121 Building permits.
- § 264-122 Certificates of occupancy.
- § 264-123 Inspections; right of entry.
- § 264-124 Certification by Zoning Officer.
- § 264-125 Liability.
- § 264-126 Fees.
- Ch 264 Art XVIII Violations and Penalties
- § 264-127 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 264 Art XIX Amendments
- § 264-128 Authority.
- § 264-129 Application for amendment.
- § 264-130 Review by Planning Commission.
- § 264-131 Report by Planning Commission.
- § 264-132 Action by City Council.
- Ch 264 Art XX Zoning Amendments Affecting Specific Lots or Parcels
- § 264-133 Amendments on file.
- Ch 265 School Bus Violation Monitoring
- Appendix
- Ch A270 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Schenectady 3-24-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-03.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Department of Development — See Ch. 33.
Industrial Development Agency — See Ch. 70.
Land Reutilization Corporation of the Capital District — See Ch. 72.
Planning Commission — See Ch. 91.
Urban homesteading — See Ch. 102.
Urban Renewal Agency — See Ch. 103.
Adult bookstores; obscene material — See Ch. 115.
Environmental quality review — See Ch. 147.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 158.
Group homes — See Ch. 164.
Housing standards — See Ch. 167.
Massage parlors — See Ch. 177.
Parks and recreation — See Ch. 186.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 230.
Trailer camps — See Ch. 240.
Watershed — See Ch. 256.
Wireless telecommunications facilities — See Ch. 257.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Schedule A, Use Regulations for Residential Districts
Attachment 2 - Schedule B, Use Regulations for Nonresidential DistrictsAttachment 3 - Schedule C, Lot Development Standards[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed
former Ch. 264, Zoning, adopted 7-2-1984 by Ord. No. 84-36, as amended.
