Section 43-0119. Land use restrictions within Lake George park  


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  • 1.  No  real  property  lying within the boundaries of the Lake George
      park shall be used for the operation of a junk  yard,  automobile  grave
      yard,  second-hand  automobile  parts  yard,  automobile service station
      selling  petroleum  products  or  repairing  motor   vehicles,   circus,
      carnival,  shooting  gallery, outdoor drive-in theatre, commercial dance
      hall, slaughter house, house trailer camp, trailer  court,  campsite  or
      similar   use   operated  for  commercial  purposes  in  which  dwelling
      facilities are normally occupied for temporary periods, public  dump  or
      public  dumping  ground,  boarding  stable  or  business offering riding
      horses for hire without a permit therefor  having  been  first  obtained
      from  the village within which such real property is located, or if such
      real property is not located within a  village,  from  the  town  within
      which such real property is located.
        2.  No such permit shall be granted by any village or town board until
      after a public hearing has been held on the application therefor. Such a
      public hearing  shall  be  held  only  after  notice  thereof  has  been
      published  in  a newspaper having general circulation in such village or
      town at least ten days before such hearing and notice thereof  has  been
      served  on the department, Lake George park commission and all owners of
      real property within  five  hundred  feet  of  the  premises  for  which
      application  for  such  permit  is  made  at  least ten days before such
      hearing.
        3. The village or town board, in granting or denying  any  application
      for such a permit shall consider:
        a.  the  statements made in the application for such permit, all facts
      presented at such hearing and other facts known to such board,
        b. the effect of the proposed use on the general welfare,  safety  and
      health of the public and on the general welfare of the municipality,
        c. the character of the area in which the real property is located,
        d.  the  suitability  of the real property for the use proposed in the
      application,
        e. whether the proposed use is consistent with the purposes and intent
      of this article,
        f. whether the real property lies within a zone or  proposed  zone  in
      which the proposed use is or is proposed to be prohibited, and
        g.  whether  the  proposed  use  is  consistent with standards for the
      granting or denying of applications for such permits established by such
      boards in furtherance of the purposes of this article.
        4. The action of a village or  town  board  granting  or  denying  any
      application for such a permit shall be reviewable pursuant to article 78
      of the Civil Practice Law and Rules.
        5. The board of trustees of such a village or the town board of such a
      town  may fix reasonable fees for the making of applications for permits
      pursuant to this section and reasonable fees for the  issuance  of  such
      permits.