[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of North
Syracuse 10-14-2004 by L.L. No. 3-2004.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
A new Chapter 206 of the Village of North Syracuse Code entitled "Cluster Development" is hereby enacted.
The Village of North Syracuse Board has determined that due to the minimal
available residential zoned open land in the Village of North Syracuse, it
is important to encourage and provide for innovations in new residential developments,
particularly cluster developments, which provide for a greater variety in
type, design and layout of dwellings, the conservation and more efficient
use of usable space in relation to new dwellings and integration of undevelopable
areas into the total development plan for use as open space; the Village of
North Syracuse must seek to authorize the Planning Commission to approve developments
on such sites in order to ensure full compliance with the foregoing premises
and to prevent, to the maximum extent possible, environmental harm.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A residential development in which dwelling units are concentrated
in a selected area or areas of the development tract so as to provide natural
habitat or open space uses on the remainder of such development or project,
in compliance with Village Law § 7-738.
A.
Pursuant to the authority granted by the Village Board,
the Planning Commission is empowered, in relation to residential developments
situated in residentially zoned districts in the Village, where in the Commission's
judgment its application would benefit the Village, to modify applicable provisions
of the Village Zoning Code in accordance with the provisions and conditions
of § 7-738 of the Village Law pertaining to cluster developments
for the purposes of enabling and encouraging flexibility of design and development
of land in such a manner as to promote the most appropriate use of land, to
facilitate the adequate and economic use of streets and utilities and to preserve
the natural and scenic qualities of open lands. The Commission, as a condition
of plat approval, may establish such conditions on the use, ownership, and
maintenance of such open lands as it deems necessary to assure the preservation
of the natural and scenic qualities of such open lands.
B.
Upon filing of the final plat in the office of the Onondaga
County Clerk, in which § 7-738 of the Village Law has been used,
the applicant shall file a copy with the Village Clerk, who shall make appropriate
notations and references thereto on the Village Zoning Map.
