[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Red Hook 6-16-2016 by L.L. No.
2-2016. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 200.
The Village of Red Hook adopted Greenway Connections: Greenway
Compact Program and Guides for Dutchess County Communities via resolution
on May 6, 2002, which rendered the Village a participating community
in the Greenway Compact. The Village now seeks to adopt Greenway Connections
via local law to confirm its commitment as a participating community
and to incorporate references to Greenway Connections into the Village's
Zoning Law.[1]
A.
Pursuant to the provisions of § 44-0119 of the Environmental
Conservation Law of the State of New York, the Village of Red Hook
hereby adopts as a Village land use, development and design guideline
to the extent applicable to the Village of Red Hook, the report entitled
"Greenway Connections: Greenway Compact Program and Guides for Dutchess
County Communities" including the guides hereafter listed (hereinafter
referred to as Greenway Connections), confirming that the Village
of Red Hook is participating community in the Greenway Compact.
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Regional Pattern
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Centers and Greenspaces
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A. Protecting the Countryside
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A1: Fitting into the Landscape
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A2: Preventing Strip Subdivisions
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A3: Site Sensitive Utilities
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A4: Saving Farmland with Development
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A5: Rural Road
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B. Strengthening Centers
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B1: Priority Growth Areas
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B2: Walkable Communities
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B3: Building in Context
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B4: Slower, Safer Streets
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C. Improving Suburbs
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C1: Commercial Strip Redevelopment
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C2: From Congestion to Circulation
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D. Greenway Connections
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D1: Connected Habitats
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D2: Stream Corridor Protection
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D3: Highways into Greenways
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D4: Wellhead and Aquifer Protection
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D5: Building Bicycle Networks
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E. Site Specifics
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E1: Landscaping
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E2: Signs
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E3: Parking Lots
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E4: Lighting
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E5: Street Trees
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E6: Convenience Stores with Gas Pumps
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E7: Recycling and Waste Collection
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E8: Green Infrastructure
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B.
In taking this action, the Village of Red Hook understands that proposals
to amend Greenway Connections may from time to time be made by the
Hudson River Valley Greenway Communities Council (hereinafter referred
to as "Greenway Council") in response to requests from participating
communities. Within 90 days of receipt of any such proposal from the
Greenway Council, the Village Board of the Village of Red Hook shall
determine by resolution whether to accept or to reject such proposed
amendment. Any proposed amendment so accepted shall be considered
an amendment of Greenway Connections as adopted by the Village of
Red Hook. Any proposed amendment rejected by the Village Board will
not be considered to be an amendment of Greenway Connections for the
Village of Red Hook, and notice of such rejection shall promptly be
provided to the Greenway Council.
C.
It is the
stated policy of the Village of Red Hook that, to the extent the Village
amends its current, or enacts new, land use laws and regulations,
such new or amended laws and regulations, wherever and whenever appropriate,
should be designed to be consistent with Greenway Connections to the
extent applicable to the Village of Red Hook.
