TOWN OF ANCRAM Zoning Law Adopted November 20, 2014 Amended November 19, 2020 November 2020 Article I. Title and Scope ......................................................................................... 7 A. Title. ............................................................................................................................................... 7 B. Enactment and Authority. ............................................................................................................. 7 C. Scope. ............................................................................................................................................. 7 D. Purposes. ....................................................................................................................................... 7 E. Supersession of Inconsistent Laws. .............................................................................................. 8 F. Repeal and Replacement of Prior Zoning Law. ........................................................................... 8 Article II. Districts ................................................................................................. 8 A. Names of Zoning Districts. ........................................................................................................... 8 B. District Purposes. .......................................................................................................................... 9 C. Zoning Maps. ............................................................................................................................... 10 D. Interpretation of District Boundaries. ........................................................................................ 11 E. Application of District Regulations ............................................................................................. 11 F. Establishment of a Floating Business District ............................................................................ 12 Article III. Uses ..................................................................................................... 22 A. Permitted and Special Permitted Uses ....................................................................................... 22 Article IV. Density and Dimensions ..................................................................... 46 A. Purpose. ....................................................................................................................................... 46 B. Density Control Schedule and Lot Requirements. ..................................................................... 46 C. Density Calculation. .................................................................................................................... 47 D. Corner Lots. ................................................................................................................................. 50 E. Projections into Required Yards. ............................................................................................... 50 F. Height Exceptions. ...................................................................................................................... 51 G. Compliance with Minimum Lot Area per Dwelling Unit Requirements. ................................. 51 H. Side Yards for Semi-Detached and Attached Dwellings............................................................ 51 I. Density Bonuses. .......................................................................................................................... 51 Article V Supplemental Regulations..................................................................... 58 A. Regulations for All Districts ........................................................................................................ 58 1. Accessory Buildings and Uses .............................................................................................. 58 2. Agricultural Data Statement, Disclosures, Coordination with NYS Agricultural Districts. ................................................................................................................................................... 61 3. Buffers between Farm and Non-farm Uses, and Protection of Agricultural Lands........... 63 4. Buffers between Zoning Districts ........................................................................................ 64 5. Cemeteries ............................................................................................................................ 64 6. Commercial Logging. ........................................................................................................... 64 7. Corner Clearance. ................................................................................................................. 66 8. Demolition ............................................................................................................................ 66 9. Environmental Performance Standards. ............................................................................. 66 10. Fences and Walls ................................................................................................................ 67 11. Flag Lot ................................................................................................................................ 67 12. Flood Prevention ................................................................................................................ 68 2 November 2020 13. Landscaping. ....................................................................................................................... 68 14. Lighting. .............................................................................................................................. 69 15. Manufactured Home Parks. ............................................................................................... 70 16. Multi-Family Dwellings ...................................................................................................... 76 17. Off-Street Parking, Loading, and Access. .......................................................................... 79 18. Protection of Springs and Seeps. ....................................................................................... 84 19. Sanitary Disposal ................................................................................................................ 84 20. Signs. .................................................................................................................................. 84 21. Stormwater ......................................................................................................................... 89 22. Supplemental Commercial Design Standards .................................................................. 90 23. Utilities ............................................................................................................................... 92 B. Regulations for Specific Districts ................................................................................................ 93 1. Ridgeline and Steep Slope Protection Overlay District ....................................................... 93 2. Industrial District Performance Standards ......................................................................... 97 3. Scenic Corridor Overlay Zone .............................................................................................. 99 C. Open Space Conservation Subdivisions .................................................................................. 104 1. Purposes .............................................................................................................................. 104 2. Applicability........................................................................................................................ 104 3. Compliance with other laws ............................................................................................... 105 4. Procedures and integration ............................................................................................... 105 5. Dimensional standards ..................................................................................................... 105 6. Sketch plan and site analysis ............................................................................................ 106 7. Site design of major subdivisions ..................................................................................... 108 8. Site design criteria ..............................................................................................................110 9. Streets, driveways and trails .............................................................................................. 112 10. Protection of open space ................................................................................................... 113 11. Maintenance standards ...................................................................................................... 115 12.Sewage treatment systems ................................................................................................. 116 13. Future subdivisions ........................................................................................................... 116 D. Individual Standards for Selected Uses ................................................................................... 116 Adult Entertainment .......................................... 116