For the purposes of this chapter, words used
in the present tense include the future: the singular number includes
the plural, and the plural number includes the singular; the word
"lot" includes the word "plot"; the word "building" includes the word
"structure"; the word "occupied" includes the words "designed or intended
to be occupied"; and the word "used" includes the words "arranged,
designed or intended to be used."
Certain words in this chapter are defined for
the purposes thereof as follows:[1]
As applied to a building or structure, is any change or rearrangement
of the structural parts; or any enlargement, whether by extending
on any side or by increasing in height; or the moving from one location
to another. "Alteration" does not include ordinary repairs to buildings
or structures.
Shall be determined by measuring around the exterior of the
foundation walls or foundation structures of buildings and shall include
the floor area of porches.
The vertical distance between the floor and ceiling of a
building. For the purposes of calculating area, an eight-foot ceiling
height shall be the minimum standard, except any space above the springline
in a cathedral ceiling shall be excluded.
[Added 2-6-2003 by L.L. No. 1-2003]
That space of the building that has more than half of its
height, measured from floor to ceiling, below the mean ground level.
A cellar shall not be considered in determining the permissible number
of stories or floor area ratio, including any portion of a cellar
containing garage space.
[Added 10-4-2004 by L.L. No. 4-2004]
A parcel of land at the junction of and fronting on two or
more intersecting streets.
The mean distance from the street line of the lot to its
rear line, measured in the general direction of the side lines of
the lot.
Any number of individuals related by blood, marriage or adoption,
or not more than two unrelated individuals who are not so related,
living, sleeping, cooking and eating together as a single nonprofit
housekeeping unit.
[Amended 6-26-1979 by L.L. No. 13-1979]
The ratio of the gross floor area of a building or dwelling
in square feet to the lot area of the building site in square feet.
This calculation is based on ceiling height as defined herein. In
any area in which the ceiling height exceeds the maximum allowable
ceiling height, the gross area of that room shall be increased in
direct proportion to the height in excess of the maximum allowable
ceiling height.
[Added 2-6-2003 by L.L. No. 1-2003]
The vertical distance, in the case of flat roofs, from the
curb level, where it has been established in business districts, to
the highest point of the roof at the street wall, or, in other cases,
the vertical distance from the mean level of the ground surrounding
the building to the highest point of the roof.
[Amended 10-4-2004 by L.L. No. 4-2004]
A lot other than a corner lot.
A parcel of land occupied by one building and the accessory
buildings or uses customarily incident to it, including such open
spaces as are required by this chapter, and such open spaces as are
arranged and designed to be used in connection with such building.
The area of a lot on which a building and its accessories
are located.
A residence building accommodating two or more families,
living independently of each other and allowed to do their own cooking
on the premises. Each apartment or dwelling unit in a "multiple dwellings"
or "apartment house" shall be occupied by only one family, as defined
herein.
[Amended 6-26-1979 by L.L. No. 13-1979]
A total renovation or renovations of at least 40% of the
lot or premises, whichever is less, over a period of five years commencing
form the date of the issuance of a building permit from the Village.
[Added 6-5-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008]
One that does not conform to the regulations of the use district
in which it is situated.
A building other than a private garage, one or more stories
in height, used for the storage or repair of automobiles.[2]
A building designed for and occupied exclusively as a home
or residence for not more than one family, which may include a built-in
private garage for not more than three automobiles, which shall have
access to the street through a single driveway running from the garage
directly to the street, and in no event shall any such property have
more than one cut in the curb for the purpose of gaining access to
the street from the property.
[Amended 6-13-1988 by L.L. No. 2-1988]
A theoretical inclined plane through which no portion of
a building other than cornices or eaves projecting not more than 18
inches, gutters projecting not more than eight inches and chimneys
may penetrate. It begins at a lot line or other predetermined plane
and rises over the zoning lot at a ratio of vertical distance to horizontal
distance as set forth in the district regulations.
[Added 10-4-2004 by L.L. No. 4-2004]
A public right-of-way, such as a road, highway, boulevard,
avenue or other thoroughfare, consisting of a paved road bed, curbing,
and drainage facilities, and which may include sidewalks, utilities
and grass areas, owned, controlled and maintained by New York State
or one or more of its political subdivisions.
[Added 11-7-2013 by L.L. No. 3-2013]
The distance along which the front boundary of the lot and
the street line are coincident. On a corner lot the principal frontage
shall be the shorter of the street frontages, measured from the point
of intersection of lot lines abutting such streets or the projection
of such lot lines to a point of intersection in appropriate cases.
[Added 12-4-2008 by L.L. No. 4-2008]
The dividing line between the street and the lot.
An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with the building,
open and unobstructed from the ground to the sky, except as otherwise
provided in this chapter.
REAR YARDA yard across the full width of the lot, extending from the rear wall of the building to the rear line of the lot.
FRONT YARDA yard across the full width of the lot, extending from the front wall of the building to the front line of the lot.
SIDE YARDA yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the building and the adjacent side line of the lot.
[1]
Editor's Note: A definition of "hotel," which
originally appeared in this section and was amended 7-1-1958 and 10-26-1959,
was repealed 6-19-1962. A sentence designated (j), which read "for
the purpose of these regulations, each of the independent units into
which a building is divided by party walls shall be regarded as a
separate building," was deleted and repealed 6-26-1979 by L.L. No.
13-1979.
[2]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "sign," added 12-1-2005
by L.L. No. 4-2005, which immediately followed this definition, was
repealed 3-1-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012.
