This chapter is designed to protect existing
development and provide some control of growth so that future development
will not be detrimental to the Village. Its intent is to reduce land
use conflicts, retain and improve land values, encourage quality development,
ensure wise use of utilities, promote traffic safety, enhance and
protect the historic, natural and scenic resources of the Village
and promote the general welfare.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, New
York State Village Law, and Articles 2 and 3 of the Municipal Home
Rule Law, the Village Board of Alexandria Bay, New York, hereby enacts
this chapter.
This chapter shall be known and cited as the
"Village of Alexandria Bay Zoning Law."
A.Â
No building, structure or land shall be used or occupied
and no building, structure or part thereof shall be erected, moved
or altered (to change the exterior physical dimensions) unless in
conformity with the regulations for the district in which it is located,
as specified by this chapter.
B.Â
No part of a yard or other open space about any building
required for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this
chapter shall be included as part of a yard or other open space similarly
required for another building.
C.Â
Within each district, the regulations established
by this chapter shall be minimum regulations and shall be applied
uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land.
Any use which is not listed in the permitted
use schedules of the various districts created by this chapter shall
be presumed to be prohibited.
If the plot of a residential subdivision containing
one or more new streets has been duly filed in the Jefferson County
Clerk's office prior to the adoption of this chapter, the lots of
the subdivision may be developed with the lots and yards delineated
on the plot, and any provision of this chapter requiring larger lots
or yards shall not apply to the subdivision, for a period of three
years from the date of such filing.
