LAND
USE CODE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table
of Contents
MAPS
BASE DISTRICTS
Town
of North Elba
Village
of Lake Placid & Vicinity
OVERLAY DISTRICTS
Visual
Overlay Map
Cultural
Resource Overlay-Town
Cultural Resource Overlay-Village
Shoreland
Watershed
PROPOSED TEXT
SECTION 1
JURISDICTION, PLANNING AND STANDARDS
TO BE COMPLETED BY COUNSEL
1.1
& 1.2 ENACTMENT & GUIDING PRINCIPLES and PLANNING DISTRICT &
STANDARDS - PDF
1.2 PLANNING DISTRICTS & STANDARDS
1.2.1 Purpose
1.2.2 Planning Districts Established
1.2.3 Interpretation of Boundaries
1.2.4 Application of Planning Districts
1.2.5 Establishment of Uses
1.2.6 Other Applicable Standards
1.2a
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS - PDF
1.2.7 Rural Countryside District
1.2.8 Suburban Residential Development
1.2.9 Traditional Neighborhood District
1.2b
COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS - PDF
1.2.10 Village Center Planning District
1.2.11 Gateway Corridor District
1.2.12 Old Military Road Corridor District
1.2.13 Existing Resorts
1.3
OVERLAY DISTRICTS - PDF
1.3.1 Objectives
1.3.2 Types of Overlay Districts
1.3.3 Applicability
1.3.4 Developmental Review
1.3.5 Viewshed Overlay District
1.3.5 Cultural Resource Overlay District
1.3.6 Shoreland / Watershed Overlay
SECTION 2
STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO ALL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
2.1
& 2.2 OBJECTIVES AND GENERAL STANDARDS - PDF
2.1 OBJECTIVES
2.2 GENERAL STANDARDS
2.2.1 Health and Safety
2.2.2 Non-Conformities
2.2.3 Conversions and Changes of Use
2.2.4 Accessory Buildings, and Uses
2.3 SITE DESIGN - PDF
2.3.1 Compatibility and Character
2.3.2 Access and Frontage
2.3.3 Lot and Yard Requirements
2.3.4 Height Requirements
2.3.5 Lighting
2.3.6 Parking and Vehicle Storage
2.4 LANDSCAPE PRESERVATION AND DESIGN - PDF
2.4.1 Permit Required
2.4.2 Protection of Slopes
2.4.3 Protection of Navigable Streams and Rivers
2.4.4 Protection of Wetlands
2.4.5 Protection of Flood Hazard Areas
2.4.6 Protection of Forest Resources
2.4.7 Undeveloped Land over Five Acres
2.5
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT - PDF
2.5.1 Concerns and Objectives
2.5.2 Applicability
2.5.3 Prohibitions
2.5.4 Exempt Activities
2.5.5 Project Classification
2.5.6 Preferred Stormwater Management Methods
2.5.7 Design Requirements for Both Major and Minor Projects
2.5.8 Additional Requirements for Minor Projects
2.5.9 Additional Requirements for Major Projects
2.5.10 Maintenance of Stormwater Control Facilities
2.5.11 Permit Application Review Procedures
2.6
BUILDING AND SAFETY REGULATIONS - PDF
2.6.1 Objectives
2.6.2 Scope
2.6.3 Maintenance of Existing Structures
2.6.4 Health, Safety, and Welfare Considerations
2.6.5 Unsafe and Substandard Structures and Installations
2.6.6 Sanitary Disposal
2.6.7 Construction Requirements
2.6.8 Shoreline Considerations
2.6.9 Water Supply
2.6.10 Sanitary Sewage Disposal
2.7
SIGN GUIDELINES - PDF
2.7.1 Objective
2.7.2 Applicablitiy
2.7.3 Review Required
2.7.4 General Requirements
2.7.5 Prohibited Signs
2.7.6 Existing Non-Conforming Signs
2.7.7 Exempt Signs
2.7.8 Requirements by Sign Type
2.7.9 Requirements by Use and District
2.7.10 Design Guidelines
2.7.11 Permit Review Process
SECTION 3
REGULATIONS FOR CONDITIONALLY APPROVED ACTIVITIES
3.1&
3.2 INTRODUCTION AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN - PDF
3.1 OBJECTIVES AND APPLICABILITY
3.2 LANDSCAPE DESIGN
3.2.1 Objectives
3.2.2 General Considerations
3.2.3 Preservation of Existing Vegetation
3.2.4 Vegetation Plans
3.2.5 Required Maintenance / Replanting
3.3
SITE DESIGN STANDARDS - PDF
3.3.1 Parking Requirements
3.3.2 Parking Area Design
3.3.3 Loading Areas
3.3.4 Changes to Parking and Loading Areas
3.3.5 Lighting
3.3.6 Fencing and Retaining Walls
3.3.7 Plazas and Courtyards / Site Furnishings
3.3.8 Screening of Service Areas / Mechanical Equipment
3.4
ARCHITECTURAL GUIDELINES - PDF
3.4.1 Objectives
3.4.2 Guidelines Applicable in All Districts
3.4.3 Guidelines Applicable in Gateway Corridor and
Old Military
Corridor
3.4.4 Guidelines Applicable to the Village Center District
3.4.5 Guidelines Applicable to the Lake Side of Main Street
3.5
REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICULAR USES - PDF
3.5.1 Automobile Body Repair and Restoration / Boat Repair and Restoration
3.5.2 Boarding Home for Sheltered Care
3.5.3 Cemeteries
3.5.4 Commercial Excavation
3.5.5 Fuel Sales, Service and Storage / Trucking Facilities
3.5.6 Hotels and Motels / Eating and Drinking Establishments / Commercial
Recreational and Tourist Attractions
3.5.7 Home Occupations
3.5.8 Marina / Boat and Slip Rental Facilities
3.5.9 Places of Worship
3.5.10 Private Utilities, Service Utilities
3.5.11 Retail and Grouped Retail Businesses
3.5.12 Satellite Dishes and Antennae
3.5.13 Vehicle Fuel Sales and Service Garages
3.6
PROVIDING INCOME-BASED HOUSING - PDF
3.6.1 Definitions
3.6.2 Objectives
3.6.3 General Standards
3.6.4 Applications for Projects with Dedicated Affordable Housing Units
3.6.5 Mandatory Inclusion of Income Based Housing
SECTION 4
LAND SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT
4.1
SUBDIVISIONS - PDF
4.1.1 Objectives
4.1.2 Scope
4.1.3 Application Process
4.1.4 Design Considerations and Required Improvements
4.1.5 Administration and Enforcement
4.2
CONSERVATION DESIGN RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS - PDF
4.2.1 Objectives
4.2.2 Standards
4.2.3 Application Requirements
4.2.4 Restrictions on Dedicated Conservation Lands
4.3
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT - PDF
4.3.1 Objectives
4.3.2 Applicable Standards
4.3.4 Modification of Standards
4.3.5 Additional Submissions
4.3.6 Pre-Existing Planned Developments
SECTION 5
THE REVIEW PROCESS
5.1
PERMIT PROCESS - PDF
5.1.1 Objective
5.1.2 Scope / Applicability
5.1.3 Application
5.1.4 Actions of the Enforcement Officer
5.1.5 Duration of Validity
5.1.6 Certificates of Compliance / Certificate of Occupancy
5.2
REVIEW BOARD PROCESS - PDF
5.2.1 Applicability
5.2.2 Sketch Plan Phase
5.2.3 Preliminary Plat / Plan Phase
5.2.4 Final Plan Phase
5.2.5 Notice of Determination
5.2.6 Duration of Approval
5.2.7 As-Built Drawings
5.2.8 Review Considerations
5.3
VARIANCES, INTERPRETATIONS AND APPEALS - PDF
5.3.1 Applicability
5.3.2 Application
5.3.3 Public Hearing
5.3.4 Standards for Granting Appeals
5.3.7 Notice of Determination
5.3.8 Expiration of Variance
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