There is hereby established a comprehensive
zoning plan regulating and restricting the location, grouping, bulk,
construction and use of buildings and structures and the development
and use of land in the Town of Newburgh, New York (hereinafter referred
to as the "Town"), and providing fines and penalties for the violation
thereof, which chapter is set forth in the following text, schedules
and map forming the Zoning Law for the Town of Newburgh. Said chapter
is adopted for the purposes set forth in Article 16 of the Town Law
and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York and is enacted
pursuant to said Municipal Home Rule Law in the interest of protection
and promotion of order and the health, safety and well-being of persons
and property and the protection and enhancement of the physical and
visual environment.
The comprehensive zoning plan shall be deemed
to include the following purposes, among others:
A.Â
To guide future growth and development of the Town
of Newburgh in relation to the orderly development of the region of
which it is a part and in consideration of its existing development
pattern and improvements, its resources and the quality of its environment.
B.Â
To provide adequate light, air and privacy; to secure
safety from fire, flood and other danger; to prevent overcrowding
or the overly intensive or inappropriate use of land; and to protect
the quality of the physical environment.
C.Â
To promote a mutually supportive, logical and harmonious
interrelation of land uses by bringing about the gradual conformity
of the uses of land and buildings throughout the Town to the Zoning
Law set forth in this chapter and minimizing conflicts between the
uses of land and buildings.
D.Â
To prevent and reduce traffic congestion so as to
promote safe and efficient circulation of pedestrian and vehicular
traffic.
E.Â
To provide for orderly development of the Town, protection
of public health and control of potential pollution of surface and
ground water supplies by ensuring that (except in rural or undeveloped
areas) homes, businesses and industries are served by adequate central
sewage treatment and water supply systems meeting or exceeding state
and federal standards.
F.Â
To encourage the use of land and the design of buildings
so as to create a harmonious appearance in all parts of the Town.
G.Â
To encourage flexibility in the design and development
of land in such a way as to promote the most appropriate use of land;
to facilitate the adequate and economical provision of streets, utilities
and parks; to preserve natural and scenic qualities of open lands
for public use and enjoyment; and to provide opportunity and choice
of housing and environment suitable to the varied needs of the population.
H.Â
To facilitate communication by requiring that signs
be compatible with their surroundings and promote the distinctive
identity of the Town, the occupant, services and/or type of product
provided thereon.
I.Â
To preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of
the community and the economic value of the land by means of the wide
use and management of natural resources throughout the Town, which
shall require the preservation and protection of the natural and scenic
resources, including the surface drainage system, topographic features,
vegetation and wildlife habitats, so as to prevent the pollution of
the air and water, to assure the adequacy of surface drainage, to
safeguard water supplies and to provide for the adequate propagation
and support of wildlife.
