3530 Rte 343 Amenia, NY 12501-5723

Highway Commercial District (HC) The purpose of this district is to allow commercial uses that rely heavily on automobile and truck access and that would not be compatible with a hamlet mixed-use area. Office/Commercial/Industry Mixed-Use District (OC) The purpose of this district is to allow areas for light industrial, service commercial, office, and research facilities. Such districts may also include, where compatible, housing and limited retail commercial development intended to support the primary uses or to provide adaptive reuses for existing commercial or industrial buildings. Industrial/Manufacturing District (M) The purpose of this district is to allow industrial and related uses and adult entertainment, uses that are not compatible with most commercial, office, or residential uses, in isolated and well-buffered locations. Floodplain Overlay District (FPO) The purpose of this overlay district is to control development within the one-hundred-year floodplain in order to minimize flood damage and protect water resources. This district also incorporates, by reference, the Town's existing floodplain protection chapter. [1] See § 121-13 . Stream Corridor Overlay District (SCO) The purpose of this overlay district is to protect the water resource values and biodiversity of the Wassaic Creek, Amenia Creek, Webutuck Creek, and Ten Mile River and certain designated tributaries. See § 121-14 . Scenic Protection Overlay District (SPO) [Amended 10-20-2011 by L.L. No. 3-2011 ] The purpose of this overlay district is to protect the scenic character of scenic resources in the Town, including scenic road corridors, the Harlem Valley Rail Trail, and prominent scenic areas that remain substantially undeveloped and/or that lie within important scenic viewsheds. See § 121-14.1 . Historic Preservation Overlay District (HPO) The purpose of this overlay district is to protect the historic character of those hamlets and individual buildings and sites that have recognized historic significance, while encouraging their adaptive reuse where appropriate. See § 121-14.2 . Aquifer Overlay District (AQO) The purpose of this overlay district is to protect groundwater resources that provide both public and private drinking water supplies. See § 121-15 .