A.
This is a local law establishing zoning regulations
for the Village of Tarrytown and providing for the administration
and enactment thereof pursuant to Article 7 of the Village Law of
the State of New York, as amended.
B.
The Village Board of the Village of Tarrytown, by
virtue of the power and authority vested in it by law, ordains and
enacts the following chapter, which shall be known and may be cited
as the "Local Zoning Law of the Village of Tarrytown, New York."
The comprehensive zoning plan of land use, type, location and development intensity for the Village of Tarrytown is set forth in the text, map and schedule, in § 305-11A, that constitute this chapter and is intended in general to:
A.
Promote and protect the health, safety, morals and
general welfare of the community.
B.
Regulate, control and restrict the type, intensity,
density and location of land and building use in relation to, but
not limited to, such matters as height, number of stories and size
of buildings and other structures, the percentage of the lot that
may be occupied by various types of land use and ground coverage,
the size of lots, courts and other open spaces, the density of population
and the limits and use of buildings, structures and land for trade,
industry, residence or other purpose and other factors, all to the
benefit of the Village.
C.
Provide a Board of Appeals to determine and vary the
application of said zoning regulations in harmony with the general
purpose and intent and in accordance with general and specific objectives
and rules herein contained.
The following more specific objectives are hereby
established in support of and in addition to the purposes stated above:
A.
To guide the future development of the Village in
accordance with a comprehensive plan designed to represent and promote
the most beneficial and convenient relationship among the residential,
commercial, industrial and public areas of the Village, considering
the suitability of each area for such uses as indicated by existing
conditions, trends and development and changing modes in living and
having due regard for the use of land, building development and social,
cultural and economic activity, both within the Village and with respect
to the relationship of the Village to areas outside thereof.
B.
To secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other
dangers.
C.
To provide adequate light, air and privacy and to
preserve solar access.
D.
To prevent overcrowding of the land and undue congestion
of population.
E.
To promote the most beneficial relationship between
the use of land and buildings and the circulation of traffic throughout
the Village and the greater area of influence of which it is a part,
having particular regard for the avoidance of congestion of streets
and provision of safe and convenient vehicular and pedestrian traffic
movements appropriate to the various uses of land and buildings throughout
the Village.
F.
To facilitate and support the adequate provision and
maintenance of roads, driveways, traffic and transportation facilities,
water, schools, parks and other public requirements and facilities.
G.
To protect, maintain, conserve and enhance the value
of land and buildings and the social, economic, aesthetic and environmental
stability and viability of all parts of the Village through various
programs and techniques, such as controlled adaptive reuse, tourism
and specific visitation of Village-wide and historic district buildings
and sites.
H.
To prevent the pollution of watercourses and wetlands,
to safeguard the water table, to preserve the beneficial effects of
wetlands, to avoid hazardous conditions and excessive damage resulting
from stormwater runoff and flooding and to encourage the appropriate
use and sound management of natural resources throughout the Village.
I.
To preserve and maintain the natural beauty of the
physiography, geography and plant material of the Village; to preserve
significant views and vistas of natural and man-made beauty or interest;
to protect the Village against unsightly, obtrusive and obnoxious
land uses and operations; to enhance the aesthetic aspect of the natural
and man-made elements of the Village; and to ensure appropriate development
with regard to those elements.
J.
To promote the preservation, maintenance and enhancement
of the existing historic character of the Village and to encourage
the development of uses which would add to or be in harmony with this
character through such facilities as building and structure design,
color and texture, signs, lighting, landscaping and other site plan
elements.
K.
To assist in the provision of adequate and suitably
located areas for recreation activities and the preservation of appropriate
open spaces.
L.
To bring about the gradual conformity of the uses
of land and buildings throughout the Village to the adopted comprehensive
zoning plan and to minimize conflicts among the uses of land and buildings.
M.
To preserve and enhance a scale of land use and development
within the Village commensurate with the height, bulk, intensity and
extent of land use categorized by the residential portions of the
Village and in relation to the overall topographic and physiographic
characteristics of the Village so as to promote a feeling and impression
of compatibility between buildings and natural terrain and to provide
an overall impression to the observer that man-made structures are
in scale with their natural surroundings.
N.
To assist in the preservation and promotion of a variety
of types of housing so as to provide opportunities and choices which
may be attractive or appropriate for different interests and economic
capabilities.
By Local Law No. 6 of the Year 2001, the Village
of Tarrytown has adopted the Compact Plan, as amended from time to
time, as a statement of policies, principles, and guides to supplement
other established land use policies in the Village.[1] In its discretionary actions under this Zoning Code, the
reviewing agency should take into consideration said statement of
policies, principles and guides, as appropriate.
