A.
Except where specifically defined herein, all words used in this
chapter shall carry their customary meanings. Words used in the present
tense include the future, and the plural includes the singular; the
word "lot" includes the word "plot"; the word "building" includes
the word "structure"; the word "shall" is intended to be mandatory;
"occupied" or "used" shall be considered as though followed by the
words "or intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied."
B.
ACCESSORY USE OR STRUCTURE
ALTERATION
APARTMENT BUILDING
AREA, FLOOR
BASEMENT
BUFFER
BUILDING (SETBACK) LINE
BUILDING
BUILDING, COMPLETELY ENCLOSED
BUILDING, DETACHED
BUILDING, HEIGHT
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL
CELLAR
CONTRACTOR'S YARD
DAY-CARE CENTER
DWELLING
DWELLING UNIT
DWELLING, MULTIPLE
DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
FAMILY
FARM
GARAGE, PRIVATE
GARAGE, REPAIR
GASOLINE STATION
GRADE, FINISHED
HOME OCCUPATION
HOSPITAL, SMALL ANIMAL
HOTEL
JUNKYARD
KENNEL
LOT
LOT LINE
LOT, CORNER
LOT, DEPTH
LOT, INTERIOR
LOT, THROUGH
LOT, WIDTH
MANUFACTURED HOME
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK
MOTEL
NONCONFORMING USE
NURSERY
NURSING HOME
QUARRY, SAND PIT and GRAVEL PIT
RIDING ACADEMY
SIGN
SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM
SOLAR SKYSPACE
STABLE
STORY
STREET
STREET LINE
STRUCTURE
THEATER, INDOOR
THEATER, OUTDOOR DRIVE-IN
TOURIST HOME
USE
USE, ACCESSORY
USES, ADULT
WELLHEAD PROTECTION AREA
YARD, FRONT
YARD, REAR
YARD, SIDE
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A use or structure customarily incidental and subordinate
to the principal use or building and, except as otherwise provided,
located on the same lot therewith.
Any change, rearrangement, addition or relocation of a building
or structure; and any modification in construction or equipment.
See "dwelling, multiple."
The horizontal area of a building as outlined by its exterior
main walls, not including uninhabitable basements or cellars, built-in
or attached garages, porches or terraces.
A story partly below grade but having at least 1/2 of its
height (measured from floor to ceiling) above the average adjoining
grade. (See "cellar.")
A strip of land required to separate different land uses
from each other in order to:
A line parallel to the street line, between which line and
the street line no structure may be built.
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or by walls
and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals
or property.
A building separated on all sides from the adjacent open
area or from other buildings or other structures, by a permanent roof
and by exterior walls or party walls, pierced only by windows or normal
entrance or exit doors.
A building surrounded by open space on the same lot.
See § 365-8C(1).
A building in which the main or principal use of the lot
is conducted.
A story partly underground and having more than 1/2 of its
clear height below the average level of the adjoining ground. A cellar
shall not be considered in determining the permissible number of stories.
(See "basement.")
Storage of equipment associated with building construction
activity.
Any place, including an occupied residence, used for the
supervision and care of preschool children for periods of less than
24 hours per day and in accordance with any appropriate state requirements.
A building designed or used exclusively as the living quarters
for one or more families.
A dwelling or portion thereof providing complete living facilities
for one family.
A building used or designed as a residence for three or more
families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking
therein, including apartment houses, apartment hotels, flats and group
houses.
A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively
by one family.
A building designed for or occupied exclusively by two families
living independently of each other.
A household constituting a single housekeeping unit occupied
by one or more persons.
A single parcel of land 10 acres or more in size on which
an owner or tenant carries on agricultural or dairying pursuits or
the raising of livestock, poultry or the keeping of bees.
An enclosed structure accessory to a principal building for
the purpose of storing motor vehicles and/or items incidental to the
main building.
Any garage, other than a private garage or gasoline service
station, which is used for storage, repair, rental, greasing, washing,
servicing, adjusting or equipping of automobiles or other motor vehicles.
A place where gasoline, oil, grease, batteries, tires, motor
vehicle accessories, etc., may be supplied and dispensed at retail,
and which may or may not include facilities for lubricating, washing
or otherwise servicing motor vehicles, but not including painting.
The completed surfaces of lawns, walks and roads brought
to grades as shown on official plans or designs related thereto.
An accessory use of a dwelling unit or accessory structure for gainful employment involving the manufacture, provision or sale of goods and/or services. (See Article X.)
An establishment for the medical and/or surgical care of
animals.
A building containing rooms intended or designed to be used
or which are used, rented or hired out to be occupied or which are
occupied for sleeping purposes by guests, and where only a general
kitchen and dining room are provided within the building or in an
accessory building.
See Chapter 220, Junkyards.
The keeping, breeding or boarding of more than two dogs over
the age of six months old shall constitute a kennel.
[Amended 3-20-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995; 12-6-2010 by L.L. No. 6-2010]
A parcel of land occupied or capable of being occupied by
a building and the accessory buildings or uses customarily incidental
to it, including such open spaces as are required by this chapter.
Any line dividing one lot from another.
A lot at the junction of and fronting on two or more intersecting
streets.
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot
lines.
A lot other than a corner lot.
An interior lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately
parallel streets.
The distance between the side lot lines measured along the
required front building (setback) line. If the side property lines
are parallel, the shortest distance between these side lines; or if
the side property lines are not parallel, the width of the lot shall
be the length of a line at right angles to the axis of the lot at
a distance equal to the front setback required for the district in
which the lot is located. The axis of a lot shall be a line joining
the midpoints of the front and rear property lines.
[Amended 3-20-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
A building or group of buildings, whether detached or in
connected units, used as individual sleeping or dwelling units designed
primarily for travelers and providing accessory off-street parking
facilities. The term "motel" includes buildings designated as motor
lodges, auto courts and similar appellations.
A building, structure or use of land existing at the time
of enactment of this chapter, and which does not conform to the regulations
of the district or zone in which it is situated, either on the effective
date of this chapter or as a result of subsequent amendments hereto.
The land and buildings used for the raising and sale of plants,
trees and shrubs.
An establishment which provides full-time convalescent or
chronic care for three or more individuals not related to the operator.
Care for the acutely ill, or surgical or obstetric services, shall
not be construed to be included in this definition.
See Chapter 195, Filling, Excavating and Topsoil Removal.
Any establishment where horses are kept for riding, driving
or stabling for compensation or incidental to the operation of any
club, association, ranch or similar establishment.
See Chapter 279, Signs.
An arrangement or combination of components and structures
designed to provide heating, cooling, hot water or electricity through
the process of collecting, converting, storing, protecting against
unnecessary dissipation and distributing solar energy.
The space between a solar collector and the sun which must
be free of obstructions for a solar energy system's effective
operation.
A building or part of building used to house horses or cattle.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the ceiling above it.
A public or private way which affords the principal means
of access to abutting properties, as approved by the Town Board.
A common property line separating a public street from abutting
properties.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
location on the ground or attachment to something having location
on the ground.
A building or part of a building devoted to the showing of
moving pictures or theatrical productions on a paid admission basis.
An open lot or part thereof, with its appurtenant facilities,
devoted primarily to the showing of moving pictures or theatrical
productions, on a paid admission basis, to patrons seated in automobiles
or on outdoor seats.
A dwelling in which overnight accommodations are provided
or offered for transient guests for compensation.
The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed,
arranged, intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
See "accessory use."
See Article IX.
The surface and subsurface area surrounding a well or wellhead
that supplies a public water system through which contaminants are
likely to pass and eventually reach the well or wellhead. The location
of the Wellhead Protection Area Map is on file in the Town Clerk's
office.
[Added 3-20-1995 by L.L.
No. 1-1995]
An open space on the same lot with a main building, extending
the full width of the lot between the street line and the principal
building.
[Amended 3-20-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
An open space on the same lot with a main building, extending
the full width of the lot between the rear lot line and the rear line
of the building.
An open space on the same lot with the building, situated
between the building and the side line of the lot and extending from
the front yard to the rear yard.
