§ 85-689. Purpose, intent and objectives.

A. 

Purpose and intent.

(1) 

It is the intent of §§ 85-688 through 85-702 to create and implement herein a Route 25A Transition Overlay District ("the District"), consistent with the recommendations of the Route 25A Mount Sinai to Wading River Land Use Plan ("the Plan"). This legislation is specifically enacted to effect the District, which will cover those portions of the Route 25A Corridor lying between Mount Sinai and Wading River.

(2) 

The Route 25A Transition Overlay District is intended to provide for the economic well-being of the Route 25A Corridor from Mount Sinai to Wading River, and to provide for and promote orderly development and protection of the corridor's aesthetic and visual character in the areas between hamlet centers. The Route 25A Transition Overlay District regulations are intended to supplement the regulations of the underlying zoning districts within transition areas between hamlet centers and to support development which maintains the character of each transition area. All development proposed within this overlay district shall be subject to the procedures, standards, and guidelines specified in the following sections, in addition to those standards pertaining to the particular base zoning district in which the development or redevelopment occurs. Where there is a conflict, the standards of §§ 85-688 through 85-702 will apply.

B. 

The specific objectives of the Route 25A Transition Overlay District are to:

(1) 

Support the continued economic vitality of transition areas between hamlet centers, including the following transition areas: Mount Sinai to Miller Place transition; Miller Place to Rocky Point transition; Rocky Point to Rocky Point Main Street transition; Rocky Point Main Street to Shoreham Rural Center transition; Shoreham Rural Center to Wading River transition (Town line).

(2) 

Protect transition areas and contiguous residential districts from future suburban sprawl and the incursion of out-of-scale, large-format commercial development and redevelopment.

(3) 

Preserve the rural nature and character of the Rocky Point Main Street to Rural Shoreham Center transition and the Shoreham Rural Center to Wading River transition areas.

(4) 

Preserve the less intensive nature and character of existing uses in transition areas.

(5) 

Improve the aesthetic and visual character of transition areas through consistent setbacks, uniform sign criteria, and improved landscaping and architectural design.

(6) 

Facilitate the free flow of traffic and reduction of traffic accidents in transition areas through elimination of excess curb cuts and improved cross access among contiguous commercial properties.