A.
Residence Districts. The Residence Districts (R-75, R-100, and R-Rural)
are established to provide for the health, safety, and general welfare
of the residents of the Town and to promote primarily residential
uses by allowing for a wide range of types of residential units and
other limited uses that are consistent with residential neighborhoods.
Some nonresidential uses that are compatible with residential uses
are permitted in the residence districts, including but not limited
to churches, schools, childcare facilities, and home occupations.
More specifically, the purposes of each residence district are to:
(1)
R-75: Allow for a variety of residential styles, including single,
two-family, and multifamily at the highest density allowed in Waterford
(11,250 square feet minimum lot size for single-family dwelling and
10,000 square feet for two-family and multifamily plus additional
space per unit).
(2)
R-100: Allow for primarily residential uses at a moderately high
density (15,000 square feet for single-family dwellings with 10,000
square feet for two-family and multifamily dwellings plus additional
space per unit).
(3)
R-Rural: Allow for primarily residential uses at a lower density
(two acres for a one-family dwelling) with farming and larger lots
in a more rural atmosphere.
B.
Commercial Districts. The Commercial Districts (C-1, C-2, C-3) are
established primarily to promote retail, service, office, and other
commercial uses. Although residential uses are allowed as per Table
1 in these districts, these are districts designed to promote a variety
of commercial uses. More specifically, the purposes of each commercial
district are to:
(1)
C-1: Allow for and encourage primarily commercial uses, including
office, restaurant, and retail along with a variety of residential
uses.
(2)
C-2: Allow for and encourage a mixture of commercial uses and a variety
of residential uses, but not intense retail commercial uses.
(3)
C-3: Allow for and encourage low intensity development of commercial
enterprises which would be compatible with existing residential uses
in these areas.
C.
Manufacturing Districts M1 and M2. The Manufacturing Districts (M-1
and M-2) are established to promote larger scale commercial and manufacturing
uses that require larger footprints and involve greater employees
and/or higher levels of traffic or intensity of use. Manufacturing
Districts are established in locations traditionally used for manufacturing
in Waterford. The goal of the Town is to continue similar land uses
in these areas. M1 and M2 districts differ on in permitted uses.
D.
Land Conservation District (L-C) is established to protect environmentally
sensitive locations, waterfront, and shoreline areas, and to minimize
damage to structures or loss of life in areas subject to steep topography,
wetness, flooding or other natural conditions. The L-C district is
further established to protect lands that are nonurban in their development,
such as cemeteries and lands in the Barge Canal System.
E.
Waterfront Overlay District (WO) is established to protect the waterfront
and shoreline corridors along the Erie and Champlain Canal Systems
and Hudson and Mohawk Rivers, in accordance with the adopted Town
and Village of Waterford Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP),
the Town of Waterford Comprehensive Plan as well as regional and state
canal and river plans and goals. The purpose of the district is to
maintain the undeveloped areas of the waterfronts and to provide a
consistent level of protection of the visual, environmental and historic
resources in these locations.
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Editor's Note: Table 1, Use Table by District, is included
as an attachment to this chapter.
A.
C-3 District.
B.
L-C and R Rural Districts. When granting special permits in the Mohawk
River/Waterford Flight area, the Planning Board shall ensure that
the scenic qualities of the Waterford Flight Corridor and public access
to the Flight and its recreational assets are maintained. New uses
allowed by special permit here shall include provisions for adequate
buffering or screening, parking located at the rear of parcels (not
on Flight Lock Road) and compact signage. Land uses shall be designed
to take advantage of scenic views of the Mohawk River and Cohoes Harmony
Mills Buildings.
E.
L-C Land Conservation District. The Land Conservation District is
delineated to include those areas where substantial development of
the land in the way of buildings or structures is not desirable because
of:
(1)
Special or unusual conditions of topography, drainage, floodplain
or other natural conditions, whereby considerable damage to buildings
or structures and possible losses of life may occur due to the process
of nature, or the lack of proper public facilities or improvements
results in the land not being suitable for development at the present
time, and where such facilities or improvements must be undertaken
on an area-wide rather than individual-parcel basis in order to serve
adequately at a reasonable cost to the Town of Waterford.
(2)
Land which has characteristics that are nonurban in their development,
such as cemeteries and lands in the Barge Canal System.
(3)
Permitted uses. To promote these purposes, no land shall be used,
and no building shall be built, altered or erected to be used for
any purpose other than those identified in Table 1 and:
(a)
Farms or other agricultural operations, including woodland and
reforestation areas, nurseries, greenhouses, and usual farm accessory
buildings.
(b)
Parks, playgrounds, athletic fields, golf courses, riding academies,
game preserves and other similar uses, including usual accessory buildings.
(c)
Municipal or public utility buildings or structures.
(d)
Cemeteries.
(e)
New York State Barge Canal uses.
(4)
Any new use or change of use approved in the L-C District shall be
appropriately screened and buffered from public view. Natural vegetation
shall be maintained to the maximum extent feasible.
