A.Â
Words not defined by this chapter shall have their
customary meanings.
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ABANDONMENT
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
ACCESSORY USE
ADULT-USE ESTABLISHMENT
(1)Â
(2)Â
AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING
AGRICULTURAL SALES AND SERVICE
AGRICULTURAL TOURISM
AGRICULTURAL USE
AGRICULTURAL USE STRUCTURE
AGRICULTURE-RELATED PRODUCTS
ALTERATION
AMENDMENT
AMUSEMENT CENTER
AREA REGULATIONS
ARTICULATION
ASPHALT PLANT
ASSEMBLY USE
AUTOMOTIVE SALES AND SERVICE
BASEMENT
BAY WINDOW
BED-AND-BREAKFAST
BELT COURSE
BILLBOARD SIGN
BLOCK
BLUE ROOF
BOATHOUSE
BOAT STORAGE, SALES AND REPAIR
BOND or LETTER OF CREDIT
BUFFER ZONE
BUILDING
BUILDING HEIGHT
(1)Â
(2)Â
(3)Â
(4)Â
(5)Â
(6)Â
BUILDING LINE
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL
BUILD-TO-LINE
BULK FUEL STORAGE
BUSINESS USES
CALIPER
CAMPGROUND
CANOPY
CAR WASH
CEMETERY
CENTRAL PRIVATE UTILITY
CHAMFERED CORNER
CISTERN
CIVIC
CLEAR-CUTTING
CLEARANCE
CLUB
CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT
CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
COMMERCIAL
COMMERCIAL RIDING STABLE
COMMON FACILITIES
COMMON OPEN SPACE
COMMON YARD
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT
CONDOMINIUM UNIT
CONSERVATION SUBDIVISION
CONSTRAINED LAND
(1)Â
(2)Â
(3)Â
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SALES ESTABLISHMENT
CONTRACTOR'S YARD
CONVENIENCE STORE
CONVENTION CENTER
CORNICE
CRAFT PRODUCTION
DISTRIBUTION FACILITY
DOCK
DRIVE-THROUGH WINDOW
DRIVEWAY
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY
DWELLING, SEASONAL
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY
DWELLING, THREE- AND FOUR-FAMILY
DWELLING, TOWNHOUSE
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY or DUPLEX
DWELLING UNIT
EASEMENT
EAVE
ENCLOSED
ENCROACHMENT
EQUIPMENT STORAGE, SALES AND SERVICES
ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES
EXPANSION
EXPRESSION LINE
FACADE
FACADE, CORNER
FACADE, FRONT
FACADE, WATERFRONT
FAMILY
FARM
FARMERS' MARKET
FARM WORKER HOUSING
FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT
FENCE
FILTER STRIP
FLOOR AREA or GROSS FLOOR AREA
(1)Â
(2)Â
FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR)
FORECOURT
FREIGHT
FREIGHT OR TRUCK TERMINAL
FRONTAGE
FRONTAGE, LINE
FRONTAGE, PRINCIPAL
FRONTAGE, SECONDARY
FUEL SUPPLY DEPOT
FUNERAL HOME
GALLERY
GARAGE, COMMERCIAL
GARAGE, PRIVATE
GASOLINE STATION
GOLF COURSE
GRADING
GREENHOUSE, COMMERCIAL
GREENHOUSE, PRIVATE
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
GREEN ROOF
GROUND FLOOR
GROUP CAMP
HEALTH-RELATED FACILITY
HEAVY INDUSTRY
HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY
HOME OCCUPATION
HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION
HOSPITAL
HOTEL
ILLUMINATION, EXTERNAL
ILLUMINATION, INTERNAL
INN
JUNK VEHICLE
JUNKYARD
KENNEL
LABORATORY
LAND CLEARING
LANDSCAPING
LAUNDROMAT
LIGHT INDUSTRY
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE
LIVE-WORK
LIVESTOCK
LOADING SPACE
LOT
LOT, CORNER
LOT COVERAGE
LOT, DEPTH
LOT LINE
LOT LINE, FRONT
LOT LINE, INTERIOR SIDE
LOT LINE, REAR
LOT, THROUGH
LOT WIDTH
MANUFACTURED HOME
MARINA/WATERFRONT-RELATED USE
MASSING
MIXED USE
MOBILE HOME
MOBILE HOME PARK
MODULAR HOME
MOTEL
MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP
MOVIE THEATER
NONCONFORMING LOT
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE
NONCONFORMING USE
NURSERY
NURSING HOME
OFFICE
OPEN SPACE
OVERLAY DISTRICT
PARAPET
PARKING LOT
PARKING SPACE
PARKING SPACE, HANDICAPPED
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
PERMEABILITY, PERCENT OF
PERMEABLE
PERMITTED USE
PERSON
PERSONAL-SERVICE BUSINESS
PLACE OF WORSHIP
PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
PLANNING BOARD or BOARD
PLAZA
PORCH
PRINCIPAL BUILDING
PRINCIPAL USE
PRODUCE STAND
PRODUCE STAND FOR ON-FARM PRODUCTS
PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATION
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
PUBLIC OR SEMIPUBLIC BUILDING OR USE
RAIN BARREL
RAIN GARDEN
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, COMMERCIAL
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, PRIVATE
RESIDENTIAL USES
RESTAURANT
RESTAURANT, FAST-FOOD
RETAIL
RIGHT-OF-WAY, PUBLIC
ROAD, ARTERIAL
ROAD, COLLECTOR
ROAD, LOCAL
SAND, GRAVEL OR TOPSOIL PROCESSING
SAND, GRAVEL OR TOPSOIL REMOVAL
SAWMILL
SCHOOL
SCREENING
SELF-STORAGE FACILITY
SETBACK
SHOP FRONT
SHORELINE
SHORELINE BUILDING SETBACK
SIDELIGHT
SIDEWALK
SIGN
(1)Â
(2)Â
(3)Â
(4)Â
(5)Â
(6)Â
(7)Â
(8)Â
(9)Â
(10)Â
(11)Â
SITE PLAN
SLOPE
SPECIAL USE
STACKING SPACE
STAGING
STORAGE SHED
STORMWATER PLANTER
STORY
STREET
STREET CENTER LINE
STREET LINE
STREET OR ROAD GRADE
STRUCTURE
SWALE, VEGETATED
SWIMMING POOL
TAVERN
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER
TERRACE
THEATER
TIMBER HARVESTING
TRANSOM
TRAVEL TRAILER CAMP
TRAVEL TRAILER or TRAVEL VEHICLE
VARIANCE
VETERINARY HOSPITAL
WALKUP WINDOW
WAREHOUSE
WINDOW SILL
WINDOW TRANSPARENCY
YARD
YARD, FRONT
YARD, REAR
YARD, SIDE
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
An intent to abandon or to relinquish and some overt act,
or some failure to act, which carries the implication that the owner
neither claims nor retains any interest in the building or use that
is the subject matter of the abandonment. A nonconforming use that
is abandoned for more than 12 months shall be required to conform
to the requirements of this chapter.
A building subordinate and clearly incidental to the principal
building on the same lot and used for a purpose customarily incidental
to those of the principal building.
A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal
use and located on the same lot with the principal use. In no case
shall the accessory use dominate, in area, extent or purpose, the
principal use or structure.
A substantial or significant portion of its
stock-in-trade shall be determined to exist if either more than 20%
of its gross sales receipts comprise items described in Subsection
A(1) or (2) hereof or more than 20% of the net square footage of the
establishment is dedicated to the display or advertising of items
described in Subsection A(1) or (2) hereof.
Any processing plant, feed storage supply facility, farm
machinery or equipment sales and service facility, storage and processing
facility for fruits, vegetables, milk, meat, eggs and/or other agricultural
products or a similar use directly and customarily related to the
supply and service of an agricultural use. This definition shall not
include the on-farm processing of agricultural products produced on
that farm.
A use primarily engaged in the sale or rental of farm tools
and implements, feed, grain, tack, animal care products and farm supplies.
This definition includes the sale of large implements, such as tractors
and combines, and farm machinery, as well as repair services that
are accessory to the principal use.
[Added 11-17-2011 by L.L. No. 5-2011]
Agricultural-related tours, events and activities, as well
as nonagricultural-related activities used to attract people and promote
the sales of farm produce and agricultural products. These tours,
events and activities include, but are not limited to, pick-your-own,
petting zoos, school tours, outdoor trails, corn mazes, hayrides,
pony rides, group picnics, on- and off-site food catering services,
musical events, craft shows, outdoor recreation. To be a permitted
use, the farm must be actively producing agricultural products for
sale.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
Any management of any land for agriculture, including but
not limited to the raising and keeping of cows, horses, pigs, poultry
and/or other livestock; truck gardens; horticulture, including greenhouses;
and orchards; including the sale of products grown or raised directly
on such land and including the construction, alteration or maintenance
of fences, agricultural roads, agricultural drainage systems and farm
ponds. This definition shall also include the on-farm processing of
agricultural products produced on that farm.
Any building or structure directly and customarily associated
with agricultural use, such as a barn or shed.
Items sold at a farmers' market or produce stand to attract
customers and promote the sale of agricultural products. Such items
include, but are not limited to, all agricultural and horticultural
products, animal feed, baked goods, ice cream, beverages, clothing
and other items promoting agriculture or the farm or entities operating
the farmers' market or produce stand.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement
in the structural parts or in the existing facilities, including an
enlargement, whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height,
or the moving from one location or position to another, so as to be
attached to a building and having a common wall with the building
it is attached to.
A change in the text or the map of any portion of this chapter.
An indoor or outdoor facility, which may include structures
and buildings, where there are devices for entertainment, including
rides and booths for the conduct of games and buildings for shows
and entertainment.[1]
The regulation of building or lot size, setbacks or yards,
frontage, parking and loading requirements and similar regulations,
but not including performance or environmental regulations.
The elements in the massing of a building, which establish
character and visual interest.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A facility where oil products, stone and/or sand are assembled
to produce asphalt, which is then consumed or used at another location.
A facility where products or articles are assembled for consumption
or use at another location.[2]
Any area of land, including the structures thereon, that
is used for the retail sale of motor vehicles and accessories and
which may or may not include auto repair shop and/or auto body shop
services.
That space of a building that is partly below grade which
has more than half of its height, measured from floor to ceiling,
below the average established curb level or finished grade of the
ground adjoining the building. This definition includes the term "cellar."
A window that projects outward from a structure that does
not rest on the foundation or on the ground.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A bed-and-breakfast facility is not a hotel or motel but
rather a use having a resident host in a single-family dwelling in
which accommodations and a morning meal are provided for up to 10
transient lodgers, with a maximum stay of one week, and having no
more than five guest bedrooms. Such use shall be secondary to the
occupancy of the building by the family.
A design element aligned horizontally along a building wall,
typically a continuous row or layer of stones, tiles, bricks, shingles,
or similar materials; also called a string course or band course.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A sign that exceeds three times the maximum allowed sign
area and that advertises a business, commodity, service or entertainment
at a location other than the premises on which the sign is located.
All contiguous lots, passages, and alleys, bounded by thoroughfares,
railroad rights-of-way, water bodies, or public parks.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A nonvegetated roof design that is intended to slow rainfall
or snowmelt, typically to manage stormwater or store and reuse water.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A structure which has direct access to a navigable body of
water and is used for the storage of vessels and associated equipment
and does not have a bathroom or kitchen facilities and is not designed
or used for lodging or residency.
A use in which boats or marine craft are stored, sold or
repaired for commercial gain.
A written agreement issued by a qualified agent or banking
organization which guarantees the performance of a certain agreed-upon
activity by requiring the payment of an equivalent consideration if
the activity is not completed as required.
A strip of land covered with sufficient permanent planting
to provide a continuous physical screen in order to mitigate the conflicts
between two or more different land uses. No parking or storage of
vehicles or materials of any kind is allowed within a buffer zone.
Any structure which is permanently affixed to the land and
is covered by a roof supported by columns or by walls and intended
for shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals or chattel.
The height of structure measured in stories. Building height
is the vertical distance of a structure measured from the top of the
parapet for a flat roof; the peak of a gambrel or mansard roof; or
the midpoint between the eave and ridge of a pitched roof. The following
are exceptions and do not count toward the maximum story height requirements:
[Amended 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A half story such as an attic.
Cupolas, domes, bell towers, spires, steeples,
and ornamental towers, provided that they are not intended for occupancy.
Chimneys and fire escapes.
Elevators and stairways.
Antennas, satellite dishes, solar panels.
Barns and silos associated with agricultural
use.
The line of the exterior face of a building facing a lot
line. The face shall include bay windows, covered porches, whether
or not enclosed, and any projections, excepting, however, open steps
that provide access to the ground floor or basement of a building
and eaves, which may project 18 inches into the required setback.
(See "setback.")
A building in which the principal use of the lot on which
it is located is conducted.[3]
A line extending through the lot, which is generally parallel
to the frontage line intended to create an even building facade line
along a street.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
An establishment in which fuel is stored prior to transfer
in trucks, trains or by pipeline for wholesale or retail distribution.
Each of the uses listed under the title "Commercial Uses"
in the Town of Stillwater Summary of Allowed Uses contained in 210
Attachment 1:3 to the Zoning Code dated Aug 1, 2012, as amended.
[Added 7-17-2014 by L.L. No. 2-2014]
The diameter of a tree trunk as measured six inches above
the root collar, which is at the base of the tree where the tree's
roots join the trunk.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
An area designated for transient occupancy by camping in
tents, camp-trailers, motor homes, truck-cap campers or pickup campers
or similar facilities designed for temporary shelter. An individual
may not occupy a campground for more than 180 days in any calendar
year.
A roofed structure.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A service business where motor vehicles are cleaned and in
which accessory products may be sold.
[Amended 11-17-2011 by L.L. No. 5-2011]
A burial place or ground operated and maintained by a religious
organization, private entity or a government agency, which may include
a crematorium and aboveground burial vaults. A cemetery is a semipublic
use.
A sewage or water system which serves a development project
and which is paid for by nonpublic funds and without special district
taxation.
A building corner which is cut back to a diagonal in order
to create a location for the door of a commercial establishment.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A large-scale storage tank designed to catch runoff from
a roof.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The term defining not-for-profit organizations dedicated
to arts, religion, culture, education, recreation, government, and
transit.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The cutting of more than 50% of trees over six inches in
diameter four feet above ground level over a substantial area of the
cutting.
The minimum vertical clearance from the lowest point of the
sidewalk or grade.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A building and/or related facilities owned or operated by
a corporation, association, or group of individuals established for
the fraternal, social, education, recreational, or cultural enrichment
of its members and not primarily for profit and whose members typically
pay dues and/or meet certain prescribed qualifications for membership.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A planned development in which the lots are plotted with
less than the minimum lot size and dimensional requirements but which
have access to common open space which is a part of the overall development
plan.
The individual responsible for overseeing and coordinating the administration of this chapter and Chapter 176, Subdivision of Land.
The term collectively defining workplace, office, retail,
and lodging functions.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
An establishment where horses are kept for riding, driving
or stabling, for compensation.
Complementary structures and/or improvements located on a
common open space appropriate for the benefit and enjoyment of the
space by the public or members of the controlling association or condominium.
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water, designated and intended for the private or public
use or enjoyment of the space, and which may include such appurtenant
structures that are necessary to enhance the enjoyment of the space.
A planted private frontage, visually continuous with adjacent
yards, wherein the facade is set back from the frontage line.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The adopted Comprehensive Plan of the Town of Stillwater.
A project of individual single-family dwelling units, which
may consist of one, a part of one or more than one structure, wherein
the dwelling units are individually owned, each owner holding a title
thereto, while retaining, together with all the other owners of units
in the project, an undivided interest in the common facilities and
areas of the buildings and grounds, which are used by all the residents,
through an offering prospectus. All condominium developments shall
be reviewed as a subdivision.
An individual single-family dwelling unit, or a commercial
or industrial unit, within a condominium development.
An alternative to a conventional subdivision that incorporates
an approach to land conservation and development planning and design
that emphasizes the protection of important natural and cultural resources
as a way to preserve these resources to the maximum extent practicable
as land becomes developed.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The total area of a parcel or lot that contains one or more
of the following:
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
Slopes in excess of 20%;
Lakes, ponds, and wetlands. These shall include
field delineation and survey of both New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation freshwater wetlands and their associated
one-hundred-foot adjacent areas, and federal jurisdictional wetlands
as regulated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, as well
as nonregulated wetlands.
Streams (regulated and unregulated) including
a fifty-foot buffer from mean high water mark of streams. These shall
include but are not limited to watercourses, streams and other drainage
corridors as classified pursuant to the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation Stream Classification System.
Retail establishments selling or renting heavy construction
equipment, including cranes, earthmoving equipment, heavy trucks,
etc.
[Added 11-17-2011 by L.L. No. 5-2011]
An area of land on which machinery and equipment used in
the construction trades is stored.
A retail establishment offering any of the following for
sale: prepackaged food products, household items, newspapers and magazines,
sandwiches and other prepared foods, generally for off-site consumption,
but which may offer limited seating without wait service.
A facility offering meeting rooms and providing support activities,
such as food preparation or service, but not including lodging.
A projection aligned horizontally along and crowning a building
wall, door, window, or other opening in the building wall.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The process of manufacturing by hand (with or without the
use of tools) which may be displayed and sold on the premises.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A facility used to disperse products or articles to another
location.
Any structure, whether affixed or floating, placed in or
upon a lake, pond, river, stream or brook and which provides a berth
for watercraft and/or a means of pedestrian access to and from the
shoreline. This shall include boathouses, piers, wharfs, crib docks,
stake docks, floating docks and all such similar structures.
A service window in which customers of a facility can access
goods or services from within a vehicle. A drive-through window may
include restaurants including fast-food operations, banks, and pharmacies.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A vehicular lane within a lot or shared between two or more
lots providing access to a street, garage, parking area, or parking
lot.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
Any building used or designed as a residence for five or
more families living independently of each other and doing their own
cooking therein, including but not limited to apartments, certain
condominium developments and the conversion of existing single-family
dwellings.
[Amended 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
One dwelling unit not used for permanent residence and not
occupied for more than six months in each year.
A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively
by one family, erected on a permanent foundation, with/without basement
and equipped for year-round occupancy.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A building designed as a single structure typically with
a shared entry, containing three or four units, each designed to be
occupied as a separate permanent resident for one family.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A single-family dwelling in a row of at least three such
units in which each unit has its own front and rear access to the
outside, no unit is located over another unit, and each unit is separated
from any other unit by one or more vertical common fire-resistance
walls.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A detached building containing two dwelling units that are
attached by a common wall.
[Amended 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A building, or portion thereof, providing complete housekeeping
facilities for one family.
Deeded authorization by a property owner for the use or nonuse
of any part of his property.
The junction of a building wall and an overhanging roof.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
With respect to a building, being completely surrounded on
four sides by walls and covered with a roof. An enclosed structure
will have doors of various kinds, which may or may not be open when
the use or activity is occurring.
Any structure or structural element which intrudes into an
easement, setback or dedicated right-of-way or property line.
[Amended 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A lot utilized for purposes such as storage, rental, sales
and service of equipment and machinery, including tractor-trailers
and related transportation equipment, such as bulldozers, backhoes,
engines, compressors, trucks over 2Â 1/2 tons, tractors, construction
equipment and other machinery, vehicles or motors, and also including
boats.
Underground or overhead gas, electrical or water transmission
or distribution systems or sewer systems, including poles, wires,
mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes,
police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, manholes and other similar
equipment and accessories in connection therewith, reasonably necessary
for the furnishing of adequate service by public utilities or the
Town or other governmental agencies for the public health or safety
or the general welfare.
Any growth of activity which requires the enlargement of
facilities, including buildings, parking spaces, storage yards or
any other facilities which are required to accommodate such growth.
An architectural feature consisting of a decorative, three-dimensional,
linear element either horizontal or vertical.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The exterior wall of a building that is set along a frontage
line.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The exterior wall of a building that faces the corner side
lot line.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The exterior wall facing the principal frontage of a building.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
An exterior wall of a building that faces a water body.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
One or more persons occupying the premises and living as
a single housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group occupying
a boardinghouse, lodging house, club, fraternity or hotel.
Any parcel of land used for agricultural, horticultural or
silvicultural use, including any structure, building or residence
which is incidental to the permitted use.
A permanent, semipermanent structure, or temporary structure
(or stalls or tents), operated on a seasonal or year-round basis,
that allows for agricultural producers to sell their products and
agriculture-related items directly to consumers.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
One or more structures, including mobile homes, used to house
farm workers and their families who are directly employed on the farm
on which the housing is located.
A place where food or nonalcoholic beverages are served or
sold for consumption outdoors or in vehicles or a place where food
is purchased at a counter for consumption indoors. A restaurant equipped
with a window to allow purchases of food by driving up to the same
by vehicle and leaving, commonly referred to as a "drive-through window,"
shall be deemed a fast-food restaurant.
A barrier consisting of material(s) assembled, constructed
or erected at a fixed location on the ground or attached to the ground.
Fence does not include a hedge or similar barrier composed of growing
vegetation or a man-made berm.
An area with vegetation that removes contaminants.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
Residential: the area, in square feet, within
the exterior walls of a dwelling unit, not including attached garages,
porches, decks, etc.
Commercial or industrial: the total area, in
square feet, within the exterior walls of a building or structure
and, when applicable, the sum total of all floor areas of the principal
and accessory buildings or structures under single ownership or business.
The relationship of building size to lot size, derived by
dividing the total building square footage (see "building square footage")
by the lot size in square feet, yielding a percentage.
An open area in front of a building.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
Goods, merchandise, substances, materials, and commodities
of any kind that may be transported or transferred from one place
to another by air, rail, or motor carrier.
[Added 11-17-2011 by L.L. No. 5-2011]
Any premises, which may include structures and buildings
used by a motor freight company as a carrier of goods, which is the
origin or destination point of goods being transported for the purpose
of storing, transfer, loading, and unloading goods; may include intermodal
distribution facilities for truck, rail or shipping transport.
[Added 11-17-2011 by L.L. No. 5-2011]
An area of a lot between a building facade and a right-of-way
line of a public street or road. Frontage is divided into private
frontage and public frontage.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A lot line bordering a public frontage.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The primary frontage area of a building with a main entrance.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The frontage that is not the primary frontage and that is
associated with a side entrance.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A facility which stores gasoline products for distribution
to off-site locations.
A building used for the preparation of the deceased for burial
and the display of the deceased and ceremonies connected therewith
before burial or cremation.
A private frontage wherein the facade is aligned close to
the frontage line with an attached cantilevered shed or lightweight
colonnade overlapping the sidewalk.
[Amended 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
Any garage, other than a private garage, available to the
public, operated for gain, and which is used for storage, repair,
sale, greasing, washing, servicing, adjusting, or equipping of motor
vehicles and/or for the retail sale of fuel for motor vehicles.
An enclosed space for the storage of one or more motor vehicles
and within which space no business activity or industry connected
directly or indirectly with motor vehicles is conducted.
A lot occupied or used for the sale of oil or other motor
fuel, lubricants, tires and accessories for motor vehicles, including
facilities for greasing, washing, cleaning, polishing or otherwise
servicing vehicles, but not including painting or major repairing
thereof.
A tract of land for playing golf, improved with tees, greens,
fairways, and hazards, and may include clubhouses, shelters, bathrooms,
and restaurant and tavern facilities.
The physical alteration of the contours of land in connection
with a development project. Minor alteration for landscaping purposes
or to improve drainage on individual residential properties does not
constitute grading.
A building in excess of 300 square feet whose roof and sides
are made largely of glass or other transparent or translucent material
and in which the temperature and humidity can be regulated for the
cultivation of delicate or out-of-season plants for subsequent sale
or personal enjoyment.
A structure whose roof and sides are made largely of glass
or other transparent or translucent material and in which the temperature
and humidity can be regulated for the cultivation of delicate or out-of-season
plants for personal enjoyment and whose area is 300 square feet or
less.
The multifunctional, interconnected network of open space
and natural features such as greenways, wetlands, parks, forest preserves,
and areas of native plant vegetation, that naturally manages stormwater,
reduces flooding risk, and improves water quality.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A vegetated roof design that is designed to absorb rainfall
or snowmelt, typically to manage stormwater, mitigate the heat island
effect, or offer recreational space for building occupants.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The story of a building closest to the curb level.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
Any land or facility for housing and recreational, educational
or business-related uses by private groups or semipublic groups, such
as boy or girl scout camps, fraternal lodges or university or college
conference centers. The definition includes the terms "camp" and "day
camp."
A building or site used for the treatment of illness, disease,
injury, deformity and other abnormal physical or mental conditions,
including rehabilitation activities, and which is operated by individuals
in the health industry licensed by the State of New York. All hospitals
and institutions specializing in medical treatment, physical and mental
therapy (including alcohol and drug treatment), and assisted living
for all ages are considered to be health-related facilities.
Manufacturing operations that may involve the exterior storage
of goods and materials as well as of finished products.
That line which measures the right-of-way of any road and
which is established by the Town, County or State having jurisdiction
over the road.
[4]A profession or trade conducted entirely within a dwelling and/or a detached garage and/or allowed accessory structure(s) and carried on by the dwelling inhabitants thereof, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the residence for residential purposes and does not change the character thereof. A home occupation may employ up to three persons. There may be a sign advertising the presence of the home occupation in accordance with Article XI of this chapter. Site plan review is required for a home occupation as described in Article VI of this chapter. The sale of stock-in-trade or the entertainment of clients may be allowed. A produce stand is not a home occupation.
[Amended 1-19-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012]
A contract agreed to by owners of homes in an area that provides
regulations for the operation and maintenance of individual properties
and/or commonly owned facilities and/or open space.
An institution, licensed by the State of New York, providing
primary health services and medical or surgical care to persons, primarily
inpatients, suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity and
other abnormal physical or mental conditions, and including, as an
integral part of the institution, related facilities, such as laboratories,
outpatient facilities or training facilities.
A building in which lodging is provided in guest units and
offered to the public for compensation and in which ingress and egress
to and from all rooms are made through an inside lobby or office,
supervised by a person in charge at all hours. The guest unit must
consist of a room arranged or designed to be available for use as
sleeping quarters for transient guests on a daily or weekly basis.
[Amended 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
Use of artificial light reflecting off a sign surface.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
Use of artificial light projecting through a sign surface.
Only back-lit, halo-lit, or reverse channel letters with halo-lit
illuminations are permitted except for neon or LED lighting which
is permitted for window signs.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A single multiple-dwelling structure with no more than 10
guest rooms providing overnight accommodations, food and entertainment.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
Any unregistered, used motor vehicle or vessel, no longer
in condition for legal use on public highways or waterways.
Any area of land, including the buildings thereon, which
is used primarily for the collecting, storage or sale of wastepaper,
rags, scrap metal or discarded material or for the collecting, storage,
dismantling or salvaging of machinery or vehicles not in running condition
and the sale of parts therefrom. The deposit of two or more junk vehicles
or the major parts thereof for more than three months will be deemed
to make the lot a junkyard.
An establishment to house dogs, cats, and other household
pets where grooming, breeding, boarding, training or selling of animals
is conducted for commercial purposes. The occasional sale of puppies,
kittens or other offspring from household pets shall not be considered
a kennel. The harboring of more than four dogs aged six months or
older shall be presumptively considered use as a kennel.
A building in which chemical, mechanical, physical, electrical
or other research, production, design or development of materials
or processes is conducted.
The excavation, cutting, removal, alteration, destruction
or clearing of perennial or annual vegetation, including trees, or
the disturbance of soil.
The act of changing or enhancing the natural features of
a plot of ground, usually around a building, generally by adding lawns,
shrubs, trees, bushes and the like.
A business equipped with individual clothes-washing and -drying
machines for the use of retail customers.
Low-intensity manufacturing uses that are conducted indoors
and which do not involve exterior storage of raw materials or finished
products. Such uses may include showrooms for the sale of finished
products.
[Amended 11-17-2011 by L.L. No. 5-2011]
A manufacturing or maintenance facility where any process
is used to alter the nature, size or shape of articles or raw materials
or where articles are assembled and where said goods or services are
consumed or used at another location. The term does not include mineral
extractions, private and commercial sand and gravel extractions, including
screening or crushing operations, sawmills, chipping mills, pallet
mills and similar wood-using facilities.
[Added 11-17-2011 by L.L. No. 5-2011]
An attached or detached structure with one dwelling unit
above or behind a ground floor space that can be used for service
or retail uses.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The keeping of cows, horses, pigs, poultry and/or other livestock
for commercial or noncommercial use.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
An off-street space, area or berth, with an appropriate means
of access to a street or way, intended for the temporary parking of
a vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials.[5]
A parcel or portion of land separated from other parcels
or portions by description, as on a subdivision map, survey map or
by metes and bounds, for the purpose of sale, lease or separate use.
A lot situated at the intersection of two or more streets
or highways.
All areas covered by buildings, pavement or other permanent
impermeable surfaces, but not including stored merchandise such as
cars and manufactured housing. The definition includes the term "impervious
area."
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot
lines, measured along the median between the two side lot lines.
The established division line between different parcels of
property.
The lot line which abuts a street or highway right-of-way
boundary.
A lot line that connects a front lot line and rear lot line,
and does not abut a thoroughfare.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot
line.
An interior lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately
parallel streets. For the purpose of determining setbacks, the owner
of such a lot may designate one line as the front lot line and the
other as the rear lot line.
The mean horizontal distance of a lot, measured at right
angles to its depth at the building line, which building line shall
be in compliance with the minimum setback requirements of this chapter.
A factory-manufactured dwelling unit built on or after June
15, 1976, and conforming to the requirements of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Manufactured Home Construction
and Safety Standards, 24 CFR Part 3280, 4/1/93, transportable in one
or more sections, which, in traveling mode, is eight feet or more
in width or 40 feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is
320 square feet minimum, constructed on a permanent chassis and designed
to be used with or without a permanent foundation when connected to
the required utilities and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning
and electrical systems contained therein. The term "manufactured home"
shall also include any structure that meets all the requirements of
this definition, except the size requirements, and with respect to
which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required
by the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development and complies
with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing
Construction and Safety Act of 1974, as amended.[6] The term "manufactured home" shall not include any self-propelled
recreational vehicle. All manufactured homes shall have a minimum
roof pitch of four on 12.
[Added 1-19-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012]
An activity which can only be conducted on, in, over, or
adjacent to a water body because such activity requires direct access
to that water body and involves, as an integral part of such activity,
the use of the water, including a marina, yacht club, boat launch,
fishing piers, tour boat and charter facilities, research and educational
facilities requiring access to waterways. Such activities may include
the storing, servicing, fueling, berthing, and securing of boats and
may also include eating, sleeping, and retail uses that are accessory
to marina/waterfront-related facilities for owners, crews, and guests.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The three-dimensional shape of a building(s) height, width,
and depth.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The presence of multiple uses within the same complex, building,
parcel, district or zone.
A factory-manufactured dwelling unit built prior to June
15, 1976, with or without a label certifying compliance with NFPA,
ANSI or a specific state standard, transportable in one or more sections,
which, in traveling mode, is eight feet or more in width or 40 feet
or more in length or, when erected on site, is 320 square feet minimum,
constructed on a permanent chassis and designed to be used with or
without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities
and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical
systems contained therein. The term "mobile home" shall not include
travel trailers or any self-propelled recreational vehicle.
[Amended 1-19-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012[7]]
A parcel or parcels of land which are designed and improved
for the placement of two or more mobile home units thereon, designed
and constructed to the same standards as subdivisions.
[Amended 1-19-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012[8]]
Any building comprised of two or more sections, without their
own chassis, capable of being transported to their building site and
permanently joined into one integral unit which is indistinguishable
in appearance from a conventionally built home, including but not
limited to a sloped roof and permanent foundation.
[Amended 1-19-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012]
A building or group of buildings, whether detached or in
connected units, containing living and sleeping accommodations used
for transient occupancy and which has individual entrances from outside
the building to serve each guest unit. A motel may also provide additional
services such as restaurants, meeting rooms and recreation facilities.
[Amended 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
Any building, premises and/or land in which or upon which
the primary use is a business which involves the service, maintenance
or repair of automobiles, trucks, buses and other light vehicles,
except for auto body repair, which is carried out within an enclosed
structure and in which the sale of materials is clearly incidental
to the primary use.
A place where motion pictures are shown to the public for
a fee.
Any lot lawfully on record on the effective date of this
chapter which does not meet the minimum lot area and/or lot frontage
or width or depth requirements of this chapter for the zoning district
in which such lot is situated.
Any structure which is lawfully in existence within a given
zoning district on the effective date of this chapter but which is
not in conformance with the dimensional regulations for that zoning
district.
Any use which is in existence within a given zoning district
on the effective date of this chapter but which is not a permitted,
accessory, site plan or special use for that zoning district, as listed
in the Schedule of Regulations[9] in Article III hereof, or a use for which a use variance had previously been granted.
Land or greenhouses used to raise flowers, shrubs and plants
for sale, as well as other goods customarily sold with plants, such
as soil, compost, pots, etc. (See "greenhouse, commercial.")
Any building, other than a hospital, where persons are housed
or lodged and furnished with meals and nursing care for hire.
A building that has been planned, developed and operated
as a facility to accommodate one or more separate offices as its primary
use and where other uses, such as restaurants, taverns or health clubs,
are secondary or accessory.
Land not covered by buildings, pavement, open storage, mining
operations or any other use that visually obscures the natural or
improved landscape, except for recreation facilities.
A set of regulations which adds a layer of guidelines or
provisions to the underlying regulating district. An overlay district
may cover more than one zoning district.
The portion of a wall which extends above the roofline.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
Any place, lot, parcel or yard used, in whole or in part,
for storing or parking three or more motor vehicles under the provisions
of this chapter.
For the purpose of this chapter, one "parking space" shall
constitute an area of not less than 162 square feet, of such shape
and vertical clearance so as to accommodate one vehicle having a maximum
width of nine feet and a maximum length of 18 feet.
An oversized parking space designed to accommodate the handicapped.
Such space shall constitute an area of 260 square feet, with a minimum
width of 13 feet and having an overall length of 20 feet.
A criteria, established in Article VIII of this chapter, established to control noise, odor, dust, dirt, vibration, noxious gases, glare, smoke, water pollution and explosive hazards, or visual pollution generated by or inherent in the use of land or buildings.
The area of the lot which is not covered by buildings, structures
or nonpermeable surfaces divided by the total area of the lot and
multiplied by 100.
Ground surface through which water can percolate in a natural
manner. Said ground surface could be undisturbed natural terrain or
a landscaped area with generally unpaved surfaces.
Any use requiring no special action by the Zoning Board of
Appeals nor site plan nor special permit review by the Planning Board
before a building permit is granted by the Code Enforcement Officer,
subject to all other applicable provisions of this chapter.
Any individual, corporation, limited liability corporation,
partnership, association, trustee, or other entity authorized to exist
in New York State and all political subdivisions of the State or any
agency or instrumentality thereof.
Establishments primarily engaged in providing services involving
the care of a person or his or her apparel.
A building or place used for religious activities, including
a church, synagogue, temple or mosque, which is used for the purpose
of worship and activities customarily associated therewith.
Public buildings, schools, halls, convention centers and
other spaces and buildings where the general public may congregate,
not including social clubs, sportsmen's clubs or other private clubs.
An area of land in which a variety of housing types and/or
related commercial and industrial facilities are accommodated in a
preplanned environment under more flexible standards than would normally
apply under the regulations of the individual zoning categories of
this chapter, the approval of which involves requirements other than
those of the standard subdivision, such as building design, landscaping,
open spaces, etc.
The Planning Board of the Town of Stillwater.
A civic space type designed for civic purposes and commercial
activities, generally paved and spatially defined by building frontages.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A covered shelter projecting in front of an entrance of a
building.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The building in which the principal use is conducted.
The main or primary purpose for which land or a building
is used or occupied or maintained. When more than one use is on a
lot, the most-intense use shall be considered the main or primary
use.
A structure designed for the sale of farm products, such
as fruits, vegetables, flowers and honey and products that are agriculture-related.
[Amended 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A structure designed for the sale of farm products produced
on the farm on which the stand is located. There is no size restriction
on such structures.
One who is engaged in professional services, including but
not limited to all members of the field of medicine, a lawyer, architect,
engineer, surveyor, real estate broker or accountant.
An office used to conduct a professional occupation.
Any structure associated with a college, school, hospital,
library, place of worship, cemetery, museum, firehouse, or a municipal
building or use. However, this definition shall not include a landfill,
waste storage or processing facility, sludge dewatering facility or
other facility used to process or store hazardous materials or materials
dredged from any river or water body.
A storage tank designed to catch runoff typically from a
roof.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A garden designed to collect stormwater runoff from impervious
surfaces such as roofs, walkways, and parking lots, allowing water
to infiltrate the ground.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
Recreational facilities open to the general public for private
gain.
Recreational facilities supplemental to a principal use,
for the utilization of proprietors and guests, and excluding any use
which is open to the public for a charge.
Each of the uses listed under the title "Residential Uses"
in the Town of Stillwater Summary of Allowed Uses contained in 210
Attachment 1:3 to the Zoning Code dated Aug 1, 2012, as amended.
[Added 7-17-2014 by L.L. No. 2-2014]
A place for the preparation, serving and consuming of food
and beverages, other than a tavern.
An establishment whose principal business is the sale of
pre-prepared or rapidly prepared food/meals directly to the customer
in a ready-to- consume state for consumption either within the restaurant
or off the premises.
The offering, for a fee, of goods, services or merchandise
to the general public, excluding restaurants, taverns, motor vehicle
sales and services, boat sales, recreational vehicle sales and services,
mobile and modular home sales and services, farm and construction
equipment sales and services, and logging equipment sales and services.
[Amended 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A parcel of land in public ownership or use open to the public
for vehicular or pedestrian access. (See "street.")
A street or road officially designed for the high-speed movement
of large volumes of traffic between major points of activity.
A street or road officially designated for the movement of
traffic between arterial streets and local roads, as well as for servicing
adjacent land uses.
A street or road officially designated to provide access
to abutting property, not intended primarily for the movement of through
traffic.
The screening, sorting, reduction or transformation of sand,
gravel or topsoil, but not including the production of asphalt or
cement.
Any extraction from the land of more than 50 cubic yards
in any two-year period of sand, gravel or topsoil for the purpose
of sale or use by persons or entities other than the owner of the
land, but not including the processing thereof.
[10]Any building, site or place used for the cutting or milling
of raw timber into dimensional lumber, except that a sawmill located
on a property for less than 60 days in any one-year period shall not
be regulated by this chapter. For the purpose of this definition,
a property shall be considered all of the contiguous parcels owned
or under the control of a landowner.
Any place offering instruction in any branch of knowledge
under the supervision of the State of New York or a lawfully constituted
ecclesiastical governing body, person, partnership, or corporation
meeting the requirements of the State Education Department.
Foliage, berms, trees, shrubs or landscaped natural materials
and plants which obscure the visual character and suppress the noise
of any given building or use of land. Where natural plant material
is not practical, fences and/or other artificial material may be partially
or totally substituted, according to individual site conditions.
A structure containing separate, individual and private storage
spaces of varying sizes, licensed, leased or rented to individuals
for varying periods of time.
The established line beyond which no part of a building shall
extend, except for the building eaves, which may extend 18 inches
into the setback. (See "building line.")
A private frontage conventional for retail use with substantial
windows (glazing) where the facade is aligned close to the frontage
line with the building entrance at sidewalk grade.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017[11]]
The high-water mark at which land adjoins the waters of lakes,
ponds, wetlands, rivers and streams within the Town.
The shortest distance, measured horizontally, between any
point of a principal building or accessory structure in excess of
100 square feet in size (except docks and boathouses) and the shoreline
of any lake, pond, river, New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation classified wetland or stream.
A narrow window or pane of glass alongside a door.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The paved section of the public frontage dedicated exclusively
to pedestrian activity.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
Any display of lettering, numbering, logos, designs, colors,
lights or illumination, visible to the public from outside of a building
or from a public right-of-way, which either conveys a message to the
public or intends to advertise, direct, invite, announce or draw attention
to, directly or indirectly, a use conducted or events, goods, products,
services or facilities available.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
AWNING SIGNA sign painted on or applied to a structure made of cloth, canvas, or similar material which is affixed to and projects from a building.
FREESTANDING SIGNAny sign not attached to or part of any building but separate and permanently anchored in the ground.
ICONIC SIGNA sculptural, typically three-dimensional sign whose form suggests its meaning and which is building-mounted.
ILLUMINATED SIGNAny sign designed to give forth or reflect any artificial light, such light deriving from any source which is intended to cause such light or reflection.
MONUMENT SIGNA sign attached to a brick, stone, or masonry wall or structure that forms a supporting base for the sign display.
NONCONFORMING SIGNA sign lawfully erected and maintained prior to the adoption of the current Code that does not conform to the requirements of the current chapter.
PROJECTING SIGNA sign that attaches to the facade of the structure and projects out from the wall.
SIDEWALK SIGNAn A-frame sign that is not permanently attached to the ground or other permanent structure.
TEMPORARY SIGNA sign or advertising display constructed of cloth, canvas, fabric, plywood, or other light material and designed or intended to be displayed for a short period of time.
WALL SIGNA sign that is affixed to a building's wall.
WINDOW SIGNA sign that is either painted or attached to the inside surface of a window.
A diagram, drawn to scale, showing the development plans
for a lot, as outlined in this chapter.
The degree of deviation of a surface from the horizontal,
usually expressed in percent of degrees.
A use that requires and must comply with the standards of
a special use permit pursuant to this chapter.
A queuing space designated as a waiting area for vehicles
patronizing a drive-through window.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The requirement that development be constructed in phases
consisting of a limited number of units at any one time.
An accessory building used to store materials or small equipment,
not including trucks, automobiles or recreational vehicles, which
supports the principal use of the site.
A specialized planter installed in the sidewalk area that
is designed to manage street and sidewalk stormwater runoff.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A level within a building, constructed and designed to support
occupancy as defined by the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention
and Building Code.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a "street,"
"highway," "thoroughfare," "parkway," "throughway," "road," "avenue,"
"boulevard," "lane," "cul-de-sac," "place" or however otherwise designated,
and includes the entire area within the right-of-way. (See "right-of-way,
public.")
The line determined by connecting the midpoints of the surfaced
portion of any street, road or highway.
The limit of the street or highway right-of-way line. For
the purposes of measuring setbacks, the street line shall be considered
the highway right-of-way line.
The grade of the street upon which a lot fronts.
Any object constructed, installed or permanently placed on
land to facilitate land use and development or subdivision of land,
including but not limited to buildings, sheds, single-family dwellings,
mobile homes, signs, service station pumps, drive-in or drive-through
islands, with or without canopies, amusement park rides, all aboveground
tanks and any fixtures, additions and alterations thereto, but excluding
animal shelters less than 100 square feet and children's tree houses
and playhouses less than 100 square feet. (See "building.")
Broad, shallow channels designed to convey and infiltrate
stormwater runoff planted with trees, shrubs, and/or grasses.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A receptacle for water, having a depth at any point greater
than two feet and holding more than 100 gallons of water, designed
to be used for swimming and constructed, installed and maintained
above or below the ground. A swimming pool is a structure for the
purposes of this chapter.
A place in which the principal income is derived from the
sale or serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises,
with or without live entertainment.
Any structure greater than 35 feet in height which is capable
of receiving and/or transmitting signals (for the purpose of communication).
An elevated area supported by masonry walls next to a building.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A building or part of a building used to show motion pictures
or for drama, dance, musical, or other live performances.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The cutting of trees over six inches in diameter at four
feet above ground level over an area of more than one acre for commercial
purposes. Timber harvesting shall not be construed to include the
clearing of land prior to development.[12]
The window or fanlight above the beam or bar in a doorframe.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A parcel of land which is occupied or used for the placement
of two or more travel trailers, motor homes or similar temporary living
quarters.
Any portable vehicle, including a tent camper or motor home,
which is designed to be transported on its own wheels, which is designed
and intended to be used for temporary living quarters for travel,
recreational or vacation purposes, and which may or may not include
one or all of the accommodations and facilities customarily included
in a mobile home.
A modification of the regulations of this chapter, granted
on grounds as set forth in applicable regulations of this chapter.
A facility providing health services and medical or surgical
care to animals suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity
and other abnormal conditions, including related facilities, such
as laboratories and boarding facilities. The definition includes the
term "veterinary clinic."
A service window, such as for restaurants, in which customers
can access goods or services by walking or bicycling.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A building used to temporarily store or hold products or
articles for use in assembly or manufacturing or for future transmission
of said products or articles to another location.
A ledge forming the bottom part of a window.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
The percentage of a facade made up of windows or glass.
[Added 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
An open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building
or structure.
A yard that extends the full width of the lot and is situated between the adjacent highway right-of-way or shoreline and the front line of the building, projected to the side lines of the lot. The depth of the front yard shall be measured between the front line of the building and the highway right-of-way line or shoreline. Covered porches or canopies and decks, whether or not enclosed, shall be considered as part of the main building and shall not project into a required front yard. (See also § 210-100, Lots bounded by two streets.)
A yard that extends the full width of the lot and is situated between the rear line of the lot and the rear line of the building, projected to the side lines of the lot. The depth of the rear yard shall be measured between the rear line of the lot and the rear line of the building, including any covered porches or canopies and decks, whether or not enclosed. (See also § 210-100, Lots bounded by two streets.)
A yard that is situated between the side line of the building and the adjacent side line of the lot and extending from the rear line of the front yard to the front line of the rear yard, including any covered porches or canopies and decks, whether or not enclosed. (See also § 210-100, Lots bounded by two streets.)
[Amended 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
[1]
Editor's Note: The definition of "apartment building," which
immediately followed, was repealed 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017.
[2]
Editor's Note: The definition of "auto body shop," which immediately
followed, as amended 11-17-2011 by L.L. No. 5-2011, was repealed 7-27-2017
by L.L. No. 2-2017. See now definition of "motor vehicle repair shop."
[3]
Editor's Note: The definition of "building supply store/lumberyard,"
which immediately followed, was repealed 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017.
[4]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "home occupation,
type 1," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed
1-19-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012.
[5]
Editor's Note: The definition of "lodge," which immediately
followed, was repealed 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017.
[6]
Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq.
[7]
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed the former definition
of "mobile home court," which immediately followed this definition.
[8]
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed the former definition
of "mobile home, transient," which immediately followed this definition.
[9]
Editor's Note: The Schedule of Regulations is included at the end of this chapter.
[10]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "satellite receiving
antenna," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed
1-19-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012.
[11]
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed
the definition of "shopping mall/plaza," which immediately followed.
[12]
Editor's Note: The definition of "townhouse," which immediately
followed, was repealed 7-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017. See now the definition
of "dwelling, townhouse."