This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Zoning, Town Center Design Guidelines and Rural Development
Design Guidelines of the Town of Milton, Saratoga County, New York."
This chapter regulates the location, construction,
alteration and use of buildings and structures and the development
and use of land within the Town of Milton and for said purposes divides
the Town into zoning districts.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to Articles
2 and 3 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, Article 16 of the Town Law
and in accordance with the Town of Milton Comprehensive Plan adopted
pursuant to § 272-a of the Town Law to protect and promote
public health, safety, comfort, convenience, economy, aesthetics and
general welfare and for the following additional purposes:
A.
To promote and effectuate the orderly physical development
of the Town of Milton.
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 for adequate and suitably located commercial
facilities.
D.
To create a suitable system of open spaces and to
protect and enhance existing green spaces wooded areas, scenic areas
and water resources.
E.
To preserve the present rural character of significant
portions of the Town and encourage the continuation of rural land
use in these areas to the extent practicable.
F.
To regulate building and development densities in
order to: assure access of light and circulation of air; facilitate
the prevention and fighting of fires; prevent undue concentration
of population; lessen congestion on the streets and highways; and
facilitate the adequate provision of water supply and sewage disposal
facilities.
G.
To improve transportation facilities and traffic circulation
and provide adequate off-street parking and loading facilities.
H.
To realize a development plan properly designed to
conserve the use of land and provide opportunity for affordable municipal
utilities and services.
I.
To protect environmentally critical and/or public
or private open space from incompatible development while also encouraging
conservation practices and uses throughout the community.
J.
To assure privacy for residences and freedom from
nuisances.
K.
To protect the community against unsightly, obtrusive
and noisome land uses and operations.
L.
To enhance community aesthetics throughout the Town
in stewardship of the Town's natural beauty and environment.
