N.Y. Village Law § 7-704: Purposes in view

§ 7-704 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, panic, floods and other dangers; to

promote health and the 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 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.