This chapter regulates and restricts the location, construction, alteration, occupancy and use of buildings and structures and the use of land in the Town of Rosendale and, for said purposes, divides the Town into zoning districts.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning Law of the Town of Rosendale, New York."
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York to protect and promote public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience, economy, Town aesthetics and the general welfare, and for the following additional purposes:
A. 
To promote and effectuate the orderly physical development of the Town of Rosendale.
B. 
To encourage the most appropriate use of land in the community in order to conserve and enhance the value of property.
C. 
To provide adequate and suitably located commercial facilities.
D. 
To protect and enhance existing wooded areas, scenic areas, and waterways and to preserve, where appropriate, the essentially rural character of the Town.
E. 
To regulate building densities in order to assure access of light and circulation of air, in order to facilitate the prevention and fighting of fires, in order to prevent undue concentration of population, in order to lessen congestion on streets and highways and in order to provide efficient municipal utility services.
F. 
To improve transportation facilities and traffic circulation and to provide adequate off-street parking and loading facilities.
G. 
To realize a development plan properly designed to conserve the use of land and the cost of municipal services.
H. 
To assure privacy for residences and freedom from nuisances and things harmful to the senses.
I. 
To protect the community against unsightly, obtrusive and noisome land uses and operations.
J. 
To enhance the aesthetic aspects throughout the entire community and maintain its present natural beauty.