[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Ghent 8-21-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997; amended in its entirety 12-19-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2019. Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Assessor
- Ch 11 Confidential Administrative Assistant
- Ch 14 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 19 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 25 Investment Policy
- Ch 30 Officers and Employees
- Ch 36 Personnel Policies
- Ch 40 Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals
- Ch 44 Procurement Policy
- Ch 50 Records
- Ch 51 Videoconferencing
- General Legislation
- Ch 71 Animals
- Ch 82 Building Construction and Fire Prevention
- Ch 93 Farming
- Ch 96 Fireworks
- Ch 99 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 105 Games of Chance
- Ch 123 Littering
- Ch 131 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 136 Rental Property
- Ch 144 Solid Waste
- Ch 150 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 156 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 161 Taxation
- Ch 175 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 181 Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 185 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- Ch 190 Zoning
- Ch 190 Art I General Provisions
- ยงย 190-1 Title and purpose.
- ยงย 190-2 Definitions and word use.
- ยงย 190-3 Application of regulations.
- Ch 190 Art II Districts and Boundaries
- ยงย 190-4 Class of districts; district boundaries, district purposes.
- Ch 190 Art III Residential Districts and Uses
- ยงย 190-5 General provisions.
- ยงย 190-6 Planned Residential District.
- ยงย 190-7 Mobile and manufactured homes.
- ยงย 190-8 Home occupations.
- ยงย 190-9 Home occupied business (HOB).
- ยงย 190-9.1 Agriculture farm stands/markets and farm worker housing.
- Ch 190 Art IV Business, Commercial and Industrial Districts
- ยงย 190-10 General provisions.
- ยงย 190-11 Airport District.
- ยงย 190-12 Performance standards.
- ยงย 190-13 Design standards.
- ยงย 190-14 Application for building or use permits.
- ยงย 190-15 Solar energy facilities.
- Ch 190 Art V Special Permit Uses
- ยงย 190-16 Delegation of authority.
- ยงย 190-17 General procedure and conditions.
- ยงย 190-18 General standards.
- ยงย 190-19 Special conditions and safeguards for certain special permit uses.
- ยงย 190-20 Wireless telecommunications facilities.
- Ch 190 Art VI Site Plan Review
- ยงย 190-21 Site plan review required.
- ยงย 190-22 Application for site plan review.
- ยงย 190-23 Site plan review criteria.
- ยงย 190-24 Review procedures.
- ยงย 190-25 Reimbursable costs.
- ยงย 190-26 Modified site plan review.
- Ch 190 Art VII Additional Regulations
- ยงย 190-27 Placement of accessory buildings and uses, including garages and off-street parking.
- ยงย 190-28 Height and lot coverage.
- ยงย 190-29 Yards.
- ยงย 190-30 Spacing between buildings.
- ยงย 190-31 Fences.
- ยงย 190-32 Frontage.
- ยงย 190-33 Waste.
- ยงย 190-33.1 Driveways.
- ยงย 190-33.2 Ponds.
- ยงย 190-33.3 Confinement of animals.
- Ch 190 Art VIII Sign Regulations
- ยงย 190-34 Purpose.
- ยงย 190-35 Permit requirements.
- ยงย 190-36 Design and performance standards.
- ยงย 190-37 Dangerous or hazardous signs.
- ยงย 190-38 Outdoor signs in business, industrial, and commercial zones.
- ยงย 190-39 Signs in residential districts.
- ยงย 190-40 Churches/religious gathering places.
- ยงย 190-41 Commercial rural recreational facilities.
- ยงย 190-42 Real estate and construction signs.
- ยงย 190-43 Agricultural signs.
- ยงย 190-44 Sign bonuses.
- ยงย 190-45 Removal of nonconforming signs.
- ยงย 190-46 Temporary signs.
- ยงย 190-46.1 Rules for specific temporary signs.
- ยงย 190-46.2 Exempt signs.
- Ch 190 Art IX Nonconforming Uses, Buildings or Structures
- ยงย 190-47 Application of regulations.
- ยงย 190-48 Unlawful buildings, structures or uses to be construed as nonconforming.
- ยงย 190-49 Continuance.
- ยงย 190-50 Extension.
- ยงย 190-51 Change.
- ยงย 190-52 Abandonment.
- ยงย 190-53 Destruction.
- ยงย 190-54 Signs.
- Ch 190 Art X Board of Appeals
- ยงย 190-55 Organization and general procedure.
- ยงย 190-56 Application and public hearing procedure.
- ยงย 190-57 Appeals on interpretation of the Zoning Chapter and Map.
- ยงย 190-58 Variances.
- Ch 190 Art XI Administration and Enforcement
- ยงย 190-59 Interpretation.
- ยงย 190-60 Relation of these provisions to other provisions of law and to private covenants and agreements.
- ยงย 190-61 Enforcement.
- ยงย 190-62 Expenses of Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning Board.
- ยงย 190-63 Building or use permits, general procedure.
- ยงย 190-64 Building permits for one- or two-family dwellings and residential accessory structures.
- ยงย 190-65 Completion of building for which a permit has been issued.
- ยงย 190-66 Certificates of occupancy.
- ยงย 190-67 Fees.
- ยงย 190-68 Penalties for offenses; remedies.
- ยงย 190-69 Procedures for amendment.
- ยงย 190-70 Relief from decisions.
- Ch 190 Art XII Mining
- ยงย 190-71 Definitions.
- ยงย 190-72 Removal.
- ยงย 190-73 Mining overzone.
- ยงย 190-74 Special permits.
- ยงย 190-75 Special permits not subject to DEC.
- ยงย 190-76 Special permits subject to DEC permit.
- ยงย 190-77 Special permit application rules.
- ยงย 190-78 Application.
- ยงย 190-79 General provisions.
- ยงย 190-80 Other required permits.
- ยงย 190-81 Fines.
- ยงย 190-82 Preexisting mines.
- ยงย 190-83 Overzone map.
- Appendix
- Ch A193 Highway Specifications
- Ch A194 (Reserved)
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List