The Town of North Greenbush establishes and is hereby divided
into the following 17 zoning districts:
AR
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Agriculture Residential District
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R-1
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Residential District 1, Single-Family
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R-2
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Residential District 2
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R-3
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Residential District 3
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R-4
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Residential District 4
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PDD
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Planned Development District
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PBD
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Professional Business District
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BN
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Neighborhood Business District
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H
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Hamlet
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BG
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General Business District
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C
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Commercial District
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IG
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Industrial District
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TP
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Technology Park District
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NP
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Natural Products Extraction District
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SC
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Senior Citizens Housing District
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PWDD
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Planned Waterfront Development District
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T
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Transportation Corridor Overlay
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The location and boundaries of the zoning districts established in § 197-4 are shown on the Official Zoning Map of the Town of North Greenbush, which, together with everything shown thereon and all amendments thereto, is hereby adopted by reference and declared to be an appurtenant part of this chapter.
A.Â
The Official Zoning Map, hereby adopted, shall be identified by the signature of the Town Supervisor, attested by the Town Clerk and shall bear the Seal of the Town and the following statement: "This is to certify that this is the Official Zoning Map adopted in accordance with Chapter 197 of the North Greenbush Town Code by Local Law number 14 for 1997.
B.Â
If any changes or amendments to district boundaries or to other data
which is shown on the Official Zoning Map are duly made in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter and Town law, such changes or
amendments shall be entered or caused to be entered on the Official
Zoning Map by the enforcement officer before the effective date of
such change or amendment, and the following statement shall be entered
on the Official Zoning Map: "The following changes are made in the
Official Zoning Map on (date of passage) by official action of the
Town Board. (Give brief description of the change)." Such statement
shall be signed by the Town Supervisor and attested by the Town Clerk.
C.Â
No changes, alterations or additions whatsoever shall be entered on the Official Zoning Map except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and any person making such change not in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be held in violation of this chapter and subject to penalties under § 197-54.
D.Â
The Official Zoning Map shall be continuously and conspicuously displayed
in such place as is designated by the Town Board.
E.Â
The Official Zoning Map shall be the final authority as to the delineation
of zoning districts and the location of zoning district boundaries
regardless of the existence of alleged reproduced copies of said Official
Zoning Map which may show districts or boundaries in conflict with
the Official Zoning Map.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file and available for
inspection in the office of the Town Clerk.
A.Â
The Zoning Board of Appeals, hereinafter referred to as "ZBA," shall,
upon request, determine the exact location of any zoning district
boundary about which there may be uncertainty or disagreement.
B.Â
Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following
the center lines or right-of-way lines of streets, highways, railroads
or public utility easements, said boundaries shall be construed to
be coincident with such lines. Said boundaries shall be deemed to
be automatically moved if a center line or right-of-way line of such
street, highway, railroad or public utility easement is moved a maximum
of 50 feet.
C.Â
Where district boundaries are so indicated that they are approximately
parallel to the center lines or right-of-way lines of streets, highways,
railroads or public utility easements, said boundaries shall be construed
as being parallel thereto and at such distances therefrom as are indicated
on the Zoning Map or as shall be determined by the use of the scale
shown on the Zoning Map.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file and available for
inspection in the office of the Town Clerk.
D.Â
Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following
the Town boundary line, property lines, lot lines or projections thereof,
said boundaries shall be construed to be coincident with such lines
or projections thereof.
E.Â
Where district boundaries are so indicated that they are approximately
parallel to the Town boundary line, property lines, lot lines or projections
thereof, said boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto
and at such distances therefrom as are indicated on the Zoning Map
or as shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on the Zoning
Map.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file and available for
inspection in the office of the Town Clerk.
F.Â
Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following
streams, other than the Hudson River, said boundaries shall be construed
to be coincident with the center lines of the main channels of such
streams, and said boundaries shall be deemed to be automatically moved
if the main channels of such streams are moved by natural or artificial
means up to a maximum of 50 feet.
G.Â
Any district boundary indicated as approximately following the Hudson
River shall be construed as being coincident with the pierhead line,
if established, or a line parallel to and 200 feet distant from the
mean high-water shoreline. If more than one zoning district is established
along the Hudson River, the boundary line between districts which
extends into the river shall be an extension of the zoning boundary
line which meets and is perpendicular to the pierhead line, if established,
or a line parallel to and 200 feet distant from the mean high-water
shoreline.
H.Â
Where a street, highway, railroad or public utility easement centerline
or right-of-way line is coincident with a zoning boundary line and
varies from the actual on-the-ground physical monument or mark, then
such on-the-ground physical monument or mark shall determine said
zoning district boundary.