A.
To guide the future growth and development of the
City in accordance with the City's Comprehensive Plan.
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 spaces, and to limit the density of
population in any given area, and for said purposes to divide the
City into districts.
C.
To regulate each class of buildings uniformly throughout
each district, although the regulations in some districts differ from
those in other districts.
D.
To secure safety from fire, flood and other dangers
and to promote the public health, safety and welfare, including, so
far as conditions permit, provision for adequate light, air, convenience
of access, and the accommodation of energy conservation systems and
equipment and the access to sunlight when necessary therefor.
E.
To regulate, 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.
F.
To conserve the value of buildings and enhance the
value of land throughout the City.
G.
To regulate and restrict both the location of trades
and industries and the location of buildings designed for specific
uses, and for said purposes to divide the City into districts. To
prescribe for each such district the trades and industries that shall
be permitted, those subjected to special regulation, and the uses
for which buildings may not be erected or altered. Such regulations
are designed to promote the public health, safety and general welfare
and are made with reasonable consideration, among other things, to
the character of the district, its peculiar suitability for particular
uses, the conservation of property values and the direction of building
development, in accordance with the City's Comprehensive Plan.
H.
To protect the character and social and economic stability
of the City and its neighborhoods.
I.
To bring about the gradual conformity of the use of
land with the Comprehensive Plan and to minimize conflicts among the
uses of land.
J.
To promote the most beneficial relationships between
the use of land and the circulation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic
throughout the City, with particular regard to the avoidance of congestion
and the provision of safety and convenience.
K.
To provide a guide for 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 City.
L.
To limit development so that it does not exceed the
capacity of existing and programmed public facilities and services
to adequately support it.
M.
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 City.
N.
To preserve the natural beauty and historic values
of the City and its neighbors; to protect the City against unsightly,
obstructive, and obnoxious land uses and operations; to enhance the
aesthetic aspect of the natural and man-made elements of the City;
and to ensure appropriate development with regard to those elements.
O.
Westchester
County Greenway Compact Plan. By Local Law No. 2 of the Year 2011,
the City of New Rochelle has adopted the Compact Plan, as amended
from time to time, as a statement of policies, principles, and guides
to supplement other established land use policies in the City. In
its discretionary actions under this zoning code, the reviewing agency
should take into consideration said statement of policies, principles
and guides, as appropriate.[1]
[Added 10-11-2011 by Ord. No. 182-2011]
