The Town of Stafford is hereby divided into the following zoning
districts:
R
|
Residential District
|
A-R
|
Agriculture-Residential District
|
C
|
Commercial District
|
I
|
Industrial District
|
PUD
|
Planned Unit Development District
|
H
|
Hamlet District
|
IP
|
Industrial Park District
|
[Amended 9-14-2015 by L.L. No. 1-2015]
The boundaries of the zoning districts are shown on the map
entitled "Zoning Map of the Town of Stafford, NY," which is hereby
declared to be a part of this Law. The Zoning Map shall be kept on
file in the office of the Town Clerk. Unofficial reductions of this
map shall be for reference purposes only. Changes may be made in district
boundaries only by a zoning amendment adopted by the Town Board. Any
such changes shall be noted by the Town Clerk on the Zoning Map promptly
after the Town Board adopts such an amendment. In the event of a conflict
between the Zoning Map in the Town Clerk's office and the specific
local law adopting a Zoning Map amendment, the specific local law
shall be the controlling authority as to the current zoning status
of lands, structures and uses in the Town.
Where uncertainty exists as to the location of any boundaries
shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
A. Zoning district boundary lines are intended to follow streets, rights-of-way,
watercourses or lot lines, or be parallel or perpendicular thereto,
unless such district boundary lines are fixed by dimensions, as shown
on the Zoning Map.
B. Where zoning district boundaries are indicated as following approximate
streets, rights-of-way or watercourses, the center lines thereof shall
be construed to be such boundaries.
C. Where zoning district boundaries are so indicated that they follow
the edge of lakes, ponds, reservoirs of other bodies of water, mean
high water lines thereof shall be construed to be the zoning district
boundaries.
D. Where zoning district boundaries are so indicated that they approximately
follow lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.
E. If the zoning district classification of any land is in question
it shall be deemed to be in the most restrictive adjoining zoning
district.
Where zoning districts are referred to as "more restrictive" or "less restrictive," the designation shall refer to the order in which the districts are named in §
182-6, the first named being the most restrictive (exclusive of the Floodplain Overlay District and Planned Unit Development District).
Where a zoning district boundary line divides a lot in single
ownership at the effective date of this chapter, leaving part subject
to permissive regulations and part subject to prohibitive regulations,
the Zoning Board of Appeals, after public hearing, may permit an extension
of the use of that lot into the district where it is prohibited, provided
the extension does not extend more than 50 feet into that district.
Furthermore, the Board may impose conditions of that extension as
protection to neighboring property.