2014-02-24TOWN OF NEWBURGH
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW
PLEASE. TAKE NOTICE that there has been introduced before the Town Board
of the Town of Newburgh in the County of Orange and State of New York on January 29, 2014,
a Local Law designated as Introductory Local Law No. 4 of the Year 2014 and entitled "A Local
Law Amending Chapter 185 entitled "Zoning" of the Code of the Town of Newburgh: Off
Street Parking of Commercial Vehicles in Residential Districts and of Camping Trailers,
Recreational Vehicles and Boats
The purposes and effects of the Local Law are to amend the Section 185-13 of the Zoning
Code of the Town of Newburgh to permit the parking of one commercial vehicle having a gross
vehicle weight of not more than 16,500 pounds not contained in a garage or carport on a private
lot in a residential district, provided that any other commercial vehicle within a carport on the lot
is completely screened from view. The Zoning Code currently allows. one commercial vehicle
without weight restriction parked in a garage or carport on private lots in residential districts.
The local .law also amends the Zoning Code's provisions to permit the storage of a
recreational vehicle or camping trailer and a boat in a front yard in a residential district,. so long
as it is not done in the required front yard set back.
.PLEASE TAKE FURTHER, NOTICE that pursuant to Section Twenty of the Municipal
Home Rule Law, a public hearing will be held on the aforesaid proposed Local Law before the
Town Board of the Town of Newburgh at the Town Hall at 1496 Route 300 in the Town of
Newburgh, New York at 7:00 o'clock p.m. on March 3, 2014 at which time all interested parties
will be heard. The Town of Newburgh provides reasonable accommodations for the disabled.
Disabled individuals who need assistance in order to participate should contact the Town Clerk's
office at 564-4554. Advance notice is requested
Dated: February 18, 2014
Andrew J. Zarutskie
Town Clerk, Town of Newburgh
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TOWN OF V1IAPPINGER
TOWN CLERK
INTRODUCTORY LOCAL LAW # 4 OF 2014
A LOCAL AMENDING
CHAPTER 185 ENTITLED "ZONING"
OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF NEWBURGH:
OFF STREET PARKING OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
AND OF CAMPING TRAILERS, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND BOATS
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Newburgh as follows:
SECTION 1 -TITLE
This Local Law shall be referred to as "A Local Law Amending Chapter 185 .entitled
`Zoning' of the Code of the Town of Newburgh: Off Street Parking of Commercial Vehicles in
Residential Districts and of Camping Trailers, Recreational Vehicles and Boats."
SECTION 2 -AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 185.
1. Subsection 185-13A entitled "Permitted accessory pazking" of Section 185-13 entitled
"Off-street parking and loading facilities" is hereby amended to read as follows:
"A. Permitted accessory pazking.
(1) There is no limitation on the number of agricultural vehicles permitted
accessory to farm use.
(2) The storage of not more than one camping trailer or recreational vehicle and
not more than one boat is permitted, provided that no such trailer,
recreational vehicle or boat is stored within a required front yard set back."
2. Subsection 185-13E entitled "Off-street parking of commercial and recreation vehicles in
all residential districts" of Section 185-13 entitled "Off-street pazking and loading
facilities" is hereby amended to read as follows:
"E. Off-street parking of commercial and recreation vehicles in all residential
districts. Commercial vehicles may be parked off street in residential districts, provided
that:
(1) The vehicle is engaged in the provision of service, delivery or pickup at a
residence.
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(2) The vehicle is on a private lot, other than those cited in Subsection E(1)
above, and is operated by an occupant of the principal building and the
commercial vehicle is totally contained within a garage or carport.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and the provisions of Section 185-46, one
commercial vehicle having a gross vehicle weight not more than 16,5_00
pounds, operated by an occupant of the principal building, and not
contained in a garage or carport is permitted to be narked on a private
lot, provided that any other commercial vehicle within a carport on the
lot is completely screened from view.
(3) Farm and agriculturally related commercial .vehicles located on agricultural
residential parcels are exempt from these regulations.
(4) Campers or recreational vehicles, camper trailers and utility trailers may not
be parked in a residential district in a required front yard set back nor between
the street line and the principal building other than those cited in Subsection
A(2) above. In no event shall such parked vehicles be used for residential
purposes."
SECTION 3 -VALIDITY
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, word, section or part of this local law shall be
adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such
judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its
operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, word, section or part thereof directly involved in the
controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
SECTION 4 -EFFECTIVE DATE
This Local Law shall take effect immediately when it is filed in the Office of the New
York State Secretary of State in accordance with Section 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law.
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