A. The purpose and intent of the Town Board of Trustees is to immediately begin the preparation of and to adopt a General Plan for the Town that will provide for the development of an orderly, attractive, efficient and healthful Town; and it is further intended that a comprehensive zoning ordinance shall be prepared and adopted to implement the General Plan.
B. The Board of Trustees recognizes that the preparation of such a comprehensive zoning ordinance shall require considerable time for surveys, investigations and studies before such regulations can be prepared and adopted. During the time that such comprehensive zoning ordinance and regulations are being prepared, it would be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community that the regulations are intended to promote; to permit the indiscriminate location and conduct of certain activities within the commercial or industrial areas of the Town; or to allow the overcrowding of land with buildings for commercial purposes; or to permit the projection of buildings into yard areas needed to provide for light, air and open space for the occupants, tenants or owners thereof.
C. The Town Board of Trustees hereby declares the purpose of the regulations and restrictions set forth herein is to promote the public health, safety, morals and general welfare by controlling, regulating and restricting the height, number of stories, size of buildings and other structures; the percentage of lots that may be occupied; size of yards, courts and other open spaces; the density and location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, business, industry or other purposes for a reasonable period until such comprehensive zoning ordinance has been financed, prepared, adopted and approved. (2014 Code § 12-201)
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