N.Y. Town Law § 263: Purposes in view

§ 263. Purposes in view. Such regulations shall be made in accordance

with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the

streets; to secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other dangers; to

promote health and general welfare; to provide adequate light and air;

to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of

population; to make provision for, so far as conditions may permit, the

accommodation of solar thermal, photovoltaics, wind, hydroelectric,

geothermal electric, geothermal ground source heat, tidal energy, wave

energy, ocean thermal, farm waste electric generating equipment as

defined in paragraph (e) of subdivision one of section sixty-six-j of

the public service law, and fuel cells; to facilitate the practice of

forestry; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water,

sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements. Such regulations

shall be made with reasonable consideration, among other things, as to

the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for

particular uses, and with a view to conserving the value of buildings

and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout such

municipality.