Under the authority granted by § 7-700 of the Village
Law as amended, §§ 10, Subdivision 1(ii)e, of the Municipal
Home Rule Law and § 10, Subdivision 6, of the Statute of
Local Governments, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Suffern
hereby adopts this chapter, hereinafter referred to as the "Zoning
Law," to promote the purposes set forth in § 7-704 of the
Village Law, including the following:
A.
To guide the future growth and development of the Village of Suffern
in accordance with a well considered plan, which plan is embodied
in this Zoning Law.
B.
To regulate and limit the height, bulk and location of buildings
hereafter erected, to regulate and determine the area of yards, courts
and other open space and to regulate the density of population in
any given area and, for said purposes, to divide the Village into
zoning districts. These regulations are uniform for each class of
buildings throughout any district, but the regulations in each district
differ from those in other districts. These regulations are designed
to secure safety from fire, flood and other dangers and to promote
the public health and welfare, including, so far as conditions permit,
provision for adequate light, air, convenience of access and the accommodation
of solar energy systems, and are made with reasonable regard to the
character of buildings erected in each district, the value of land
and the use to which it may be put, to the end that these regulations
are designed to promote public health, safety and welfare and the
most desirable use for which the land of each district may be adapted
and are intended to conserve the value of buildings and enhance the
value of land and the quality of life for our residents throughout
the Village.
C.
To regulate and restrict the location of trades and industries and
the location of buildings designed for specified uses and, for said
purposes, to divide the Village into zoning districts and to prescribe
for each such district the trades and industries that shall be excluded
or subjected to special regulation and the uses for which buildings
may not be erected or altered. This Zoning Law is designed to promote
the public health, safety and general welfare and is made with reasonable
consideration, among other things, to the character of the zoning
district, its peculiar suitability for particular uses, the conservation
of property values and the direction of building development, in accord
with a well considered plan.
D.
To carry out the Comprehensive Plan as adopted or amended by the
Planning Board from time to time, which Plan constitutes the basic
long-range guide to the Village's overall and use and development
policies, and which Plan, as it exists or may in the future be amended,
is to be given conscientious consideration whenever amendments to
this Zoning Law are proposed.
E.
To protect the character and the social and economic stability of
and to encourage the orderly and beneficial development of the Village
and all of its neighborhoods.
F.
To bring about the gradual conformity of the use of land with the
well considered plan as set forth in this Zoning Law and to minimize
conflicts among the uses of land.
G.
To promote the most beneficial relation between the use of land and
the circulation of traffic throughout the Village, having particular
regard to the avoidance of congestion in the streets and the provision
of safe and convenient vehicular and pedestrian traffic movements
appropriate to various uses of land throughout the Village.
H.
To provide a guide for public policy and action in the efficient
provision of public facilities and services and for private enterprise
in building development, investment and other economic activity relating
to uses of land throughout the Village.
I.
To limit development to that which will not exceed the capacity of
existing and programmed public facilities and services.
J.
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.
K.
To preserve the natural beauty of the Village; 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.
L.
To maintain and enhance the quality of life in the older residential
areas of the Village of Suffern and preserve the Village as a community
where citizens of all racial, religious and economic backgrounds can
live and raise their families in stable, well kept and safe neighborhoods.
M.
To create a hospitable climate for the pursuit of happiness.
N.
To remove to the extent practicable, obstacles to the pursuit of
happiness.
O.
To provide more extensive review of properties with sensitive environmental
features in order to avoid adverse impacts to other properties; to
encourage the use of cluster technique on these properties to further
reduce potential adverse environmental impacts.
[Added 11-10-2005 by L.L. No. 8-2005]
