New York Village Law Article 7 - BUILDING ZONES

• 7-700 - Grant of Power.
  7-700 Grant of power. For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, or the general welfare of the community, the board of trustees of...
• 7-701 - Transfer of Development Rights; Definitions; Conditions; Procedures.
  7-701 Transfer of development rights; definitions; conditions; procedures. 1. As used in this section: a. "Development rights" shall mean the rights permitted to a lot,...
• 7-702 - Districts.
  7-702 Districts. For any or all of said purposes the board of trustees may divide the village into districts of such number, shape and area...
• 7-703 - Incentive Zoning; Definitions, Purpose, Conditions, Procedures.
  7-703 Incentive zoning; definitions, purpose, conditions, procedures. 1. Definitions. As used in this section: a. "Incentives or bonuses" shall mean adjustments to the permissible population...
• 7-703-a - Planned Unit Development Zoning Districts.
  7-703-a Planned unit development zoning districts. A village legislative body is hereby authorized to enact, as part of its zoning local law, procedures and requirements...
• 7-704 - Purposes in View.
  7-704 Purposes in view. Such regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure...
• 7-706 - Method of Procedure.
  7-706 Method of procedure. 1. The board of trustees shall provide for the manner in which such regulations, restrictions and the boundaries of such districts...
• 7-708 - Changes.
  7-708 Changes. Such regulations, restrictions and boundaries may from time to time be amended. An amendment shall be effected by a simple majority vote of...
• 7-709 - Exemption of Lots Shown on Approved Subdivision Plats.
  1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter or of any general, special or local law, the provisions of a zoning local law hereafter adopted,...
• 7-710 - Adoption of First Zoning Local Law.
  7-710 Adoption of first zoning local law. 1. In order to avail itself of the powers conferred by this article, the board of trustees of...
• 7-712 - Zoning Board of Appeals.
  7-712 Zoning board of appeals. 1. Definitions. As used in this section: (a) "Use variance" shall mean the authorization by the zoning board of appeals...
• 7-712-a - Board of Appeals Procedure.
  7-712-a Board of appeals procedure. 1. Meetings, minutes, records. Meetings of such board of appeals shall be open to the public to the extent provided...
• 7-712-b - Permitted Action by Board of Appeals.
  7-712-b Permitted action by board of appeals. 1. Orders, requirements, decisions, interpretations, determinations. The board of appeals may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or...
• 7-712-c - Article Seventy-Eight Proceeding.
  7-712-c Article seventy-eight proceeding. 1. Application to supreme court by aggrieved persons. Any person or persons, jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of the...
• 7-714 - Remedies.
  7-714 Remedies. In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained; or any building, structure or land is used,...
• 7-716 - Conflict With Other Laws.
  7-716 Conflict with other laws. Wherever the regulations made under authority of this act require a greater width of size of yards or courts, or...
• 7-718 - Planning Board; Creation, Appointment.
  7-718 Planning board; creation, appointment. 1. Authorization. The village board of trustees of each village is hereby authorized by local law to create a planning...
• 7-722 - Village Comprehensive Plan.
  7-722 Village comprehensive plan. 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby finds and determines that: (a) Significant decisions and actions affecting the immediate and...
• 7-724 - Official Maps, Changes in Official Map; Notice of Hearing.
  7-724 Official maps, changes in official map; notice of hearing. Every village may by resolution of its board of trustees establish an official map of...
• 7-725-a - Site Plan Review.
  7-725-a Site plan review. 1. Definition of site plan. As used in this section the term "site plan" shall mean a rendering, drawing, or sketch...
• 7-725-b - Approval of Special Use Permits.
  7-725-b Approval of special use permits. 1. Definition of special use permit. As used in this section the term "special use permit" shall mean an...
• 7-728 - Subdivision Review; Approval of Plats; Development of Filed Plats.
  7-728 Subdivision review; approval of plats; development of filed plats. 1. Purpose. For the purpose of providing for the future growth and development of the...
• 7-730 - Subdivision Review; Approval of Plats; Additional Requisites.
  7-730 Subdivision review; approval of plats; additional requisites. 1. Purpose. Before the approval by the planning board of a plat showing lots, blocks or sites,...
• 7-732 - Subdivision Review; Record of Plats.
  7-732 Subdivision review; record of plats. 1. Filing of plat with county clerk or register. (a) No plat of a subdivision of land showing lots,...
• 7-734 - Buildings in Streets; Permits; Hearings; Review.
  7-734 Buildings in streets; permits; hearings; review. For the purpose of preserving the integrity of such official map or plan no permit shall hereafter be...
• 7-736 - Construction of Municipal Utility in Streets; Permits for Erection of Buildings; Appeal; Review by Court.
  7-736 Construction of municipal utility in streets; permits for erection of buildings; appeal; review by court. 1. No public municipal street utility or improvement shall...
• 7-738 - Subdivision Review; Approval of Cluster Development.
  7-738 Subdivision review; approval of cluster development. 1. Definitions. As used in this section: (a) "cluster development" shall mean a subdivision plat or plats, approved...
• 7-739 - Coordination With Agricultural Districts Program.
  7-739 Coordination with agricultural districts program. 1. Policy of local governments. Local governments shall exercise their powers to enact local laws, ordinances, rules or regulations...
• 7-740 - Review of Decisions of Planning Board.
  7-740 Review of decisions of planning board. Any officer, department, board or bureau of the village, with the approval of the board of trustees, or...
• 7-741 - Intermunicipal Cooperation in Comprehensive Planning and Land Use Regulation.
  7-741 Intermunicipal cooperation in comprehensive planning and land use regulation. 1. Legislative intent. This section is intended to illustrate the statutory authority that any municipal...
• 7-742 - Separability Clause.
  7-742 Separability clause. If any part or provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance be adjudged invalid by any...

Last modified: February 3, 2019