A. 
Words used in the present tense include the future tense; words in the singular number include the plural, and the plural the singular. The word "lot" includes the words "plot" and "parcel." The word "building" includes the word "structure."
B. 
The word "used" shall be deemed also to include "designed, intended or arranged to be used." The word "shall" is mandatory and not directory.
C. 
For the purposes of this chapter, certain words and terms used herein are defined as follows:
ACCESS DRIVE
A paved area between the public right-of-way and a parking area.
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
For the purposes of this chapter, adult entertainment business shall include any of the following uses:
(1) 
ADULT BOOK STOREAn establishment having as a substantial or significant portion of its stock-in-trade books, magazines, other periodicals, films, slides and videotapes, and which establishment is customarily not open to the public generally but excludes any minor by reason of age.
(2) 
ADULT DRIVE-IN THEATERA drive-in theater that customarily presents motion pictures that is not open to the public generally but excludes any minor by reason of age.
(3) 
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT CABARETA public or private establishment that presents topless dancers, strippers, exotic dancers or other similar entertainments, and which establishment is customarily not open to the public generally but excludes any minor by reason of age.
(4) 
ADULT MOTELA motel which is not open to the public generally but excludes minors by reason of age or which makes available to its patrons in their rooms films, slide shows or videotapes which if presented in a public movie theater would not be open to the public generally but would exclude any minor by reason of age.
(5) 
ADULT THEATERA theater that customarily presents motion pictures, films, videotapes or slide shows that is not open to the public generally but excludes any minor by reason of age.
(6) 
MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTAny establishment having a fixed place of business where massages are administered for pay, including but not limited to massage parlors, sauna baths and steam baths. This definition shall not be construed to include a hospital, nursing home or medical clinic or the office of a physician, surgeon, chiropractor, osteopath or duly licensed physical therapist or barbershops or beauty salons in which massages are administered only to the scalp, face, neck or shoulders. This definition also shall exclude health clubs which have facilities for physical exercise, such as tennis courts, racquetball courts or exercise rooms, and which do not receive a primary source of revenue through the administration of massages.
(7) 
PEEP SHOWA theater which presents material in the form of live shows, films or videotapes, viewed from an individual enclosure, for which a fee is charged and which is not open to the public generally but excludes any minor by reason of age.
ALLEY
A public way which affords generally a secondary means of vehicular access to abutting property.
ALTERNATE ENERGY SYSTEM
Structure, equipment devices or construction techniques for the production of heat, light, cooling, electricity or other forms of energy on site and may be attached to or separate from the principal structure.
AREA, BUILDING
Total area taken on a horizontal plane at the main grade level of principal buildings and all accessory buildings, exclusive of uncovered porches, parapets, steps and terraces.
ART GALLERY
An establishment engaged in the sale, loan, or display of paintings, sculpture, or other original works of art to the public.
ARTIST STUDIO
A workspace for the creation and instruction of fine arts and crafts such as painting, sculpture, photography, music, and the like.
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY
An independent-living senior citizen development which includes enriched housing and/or assisted-living, nursing care facilities as accessory uses as such terms are defined in Article 46 of the Public Health Law of the State of New York.
BANK OR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
An establishment where the principal business is the receipt, disbursement or exchange of funds and currencies, such as: banks, savings and loans, credit unions, and automatic teller machines (ATMs); the institution may also provide related financial services to consumers.
BAR
An establishment licensed under the laws of New York State primarily devoted to the serving of alcoholic beverages and in which the service of food is only incidental to the consumption of such beverages.
BASEMENT
A story partly below grade and having at least 1/2 of its clear floor-to-ceiling height above the average grade of the adjoining ground.
BED-AND-BREAKFAST
A dwelling in which overnight accommodations are provided or offered to transient guests for compensation.
BREW PUB
An establishment used primarily for the serving of beer that is brewed on the premises in small batches. Beer brewed within a "brew pub" is typically not distributed off of the premises for eventual sale. The facilities also typically include a full-service restaurant.
BUILD-TO LINE
The line at which construction of a building facade is to occur on a lot. A build-to line runs parallel to, and is measured from, the front property line and is established to create an even (or more or less even) building facade line on a street.
BUILDABLE AREA
The space remaining on a zoning lot after the minimum open-space requirements (coverage, yards, setbacks) have been met.
BUILDING
Any roofed structure intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals or property. When a "building" is divided into separate parts extending from the ground up, each part so divided is deemed a separate "building."
BUILDING COVERAGE
That portion of the lot area covered by building.
BUILDING, ADJACENT
A building or portion thereof added to the principal building but secondary or not essential to the principal building.
BUILDING, DETACHED
A building with setbacks on all sides. The front yard is intended to be semipublic and visually continuous with the yards of adjacent buildings. The rear yard can be secured for privacy by fences and a well-placed outbuilding.
BUILDING, HEIGHT OF
The vertical distance measured from the established grade at the curb or, if no grade has been officially established at the curb, measured from the average level of the finished ground surface across the front of the building to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs, to the deck line of mansard roofs and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.
BUILDING, SIDE YARD
A building that occupies one side of the lot with the primary open space to the other side. The visual opening of the side yard on the street frontage causes this building type to appear freestanding.
BUSINESS SERVICES
Establishments primarily engaged in rendering services to business establishments on a fee or contract basis, such as advertising and mailing, building maintenance, employment service, management consulting services, protective services, equipment rental and leasing, commercial research, development and testing, photo finishing and personal supply services.
CAT RESCUE SANCTUARY
A nonprofit, 501c3, volunteer based organization that provides rescue and relief to homeless stray and feral cats in the community; provides community outreach and education regarding spaying and neutering in order to help reduce the growth of homeless stray and feral cats; and whose goal is to work to find foster or permanent homes for the homeless stray cats, thus reducing the number left living on the streets.
CELLAR
An area wholly or partly below grade and having less than 1/2 of its clear floor-to-ceiling height above the average grade of the adjoining ground.
CEMETERY
A burial place or ground operated and maintained by a church, private entity or a government agency, which can include a chapel, office, maintenance facilities, crematory, and aboveground storage vaults as accessory use.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
Official certification that a premise conforms to provisions of this chapter (and the Building Code) and may be used or occupied. Such a certificate is granted for new construction or for alteration or additions to existing structures. Unless such a certificate is issued, a structure cannot be occupied.
CLUB OR LODGE
A building or portion thereof or premises owned and/or operated by a corporation, association, person or persons for a civic, social, fraternal, educational or recreational activity, but not primarily for profit or to render a service which is customarily carried on as a business.
COLD BLUE SHELTER
A temporary, overnight shelter, provided at financial cost to persons utilizing the shelter, open only on dates when the temperature is forecasted to be 32° or lower than 32°, open from 5:00 p.m. through 7:00 a.m. the following morning.
COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE CENTER
A facility or institution, whether public or private, primarily engaged in furnishing medical, surgical or other services to individuals, including the offices of physicians, dentists and other health practitioners, medical and dental laboratories and outpatient care facilities in order to provide services for health maintenance, diagnosis or treatment of human disease, pain, injury, deformity or physical condition. Drug and alcohol addiction clinics, hospitals and other types of health-care institutions that provide impatient or overnight care to patients are not considered "community health service centers."
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The long-range plan intended to guide growth and development of the city, expressing official policy on the course of its housing, public utilities, community facilities, transportation and land use distribution and intensity and adopted according to New York State General City Law § 28-a.
CONDOMINIUM
An ownership arrangement in which the interior of a housing unit is individually owned, while the exterior, including land facilities (common elements), is owned in common by all homeowners in the development. The owner has title to the individual dwelling and a shared interest in the common elements.
CONFERENCE CENTER
A facility used for business or professional conferences and seminars, often with accommodations for sleeping, eating and recreation.
CONVENIENCE STORE
A retail store containing less than 5,000 square feet of gross floor area that is designed and stocked to sell primarily food, beverages and other household supplies to customers who purchase only a relatively few items. It is designed to attract and depends upon a large volume of stop-and-go traffic.
COOPERATIVE
An ownership arrangement under which a person has a shared interest in a residential building complex. Under this type of ownership, both the individual unit and common elements are owned by the "cooperative" and are covered by one mortgage. Cooperative ownership can take a variety of building forms.
COTTAGE INDUSTRY
Light industry found in a dwelling unit for which there are no employees or other workers other than the inhabitants of the dwelling unit. The commodities therein produced are for sale off of the premises. The use shall be clearly incidental (no more than 20% of the floor area) and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and does not change the residential character thereof.
COTTAGE RETAIL
A retail business where the goods or wares are displayed at different locations off of the premises and orders for such goods or wares are taken off of the premises or over the phone. The goods or wares are shipped to the premises and distributed to the buyers off of the premises. This business is located in the dwelling unit and operated by the inhabitants of the dwelling unit. The use shall be clearly incidental (no more than 20% of the floor area) and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and does not change the residential character thereof.
CULTURAL FACILITY
A library, museum, performing arts venue, or similar public or quasipublic use displaying, preserving, and exhibiting objects of community and cultural interest in one or more of the arts or sciences.
DAY-CARE CENTER, ADULT
A NYS licensed facility providing care for the elderly and/or functionally impaired adults on a regular basis away from the adult's residence for less than 24 hours per day by someone other than the parent, stepparent, relative, or other guardian, as per regulations of New York State.
DAY-CARE CENTER, CHILD
A NYS licensed program or facility providing care for children for more than three hours per day, as per regulations of New York State.
DAY-CARE, FAMILY
A NYS licensed business providing care to children in a caregiver's home for more than three hours per day. No more than six children can be cared for at any one time, including the provider's own children, as per regulations of New York State.
DAY-CARE, GROUP FAMILY
A NYS licensed business providing care to children in a caregiver's home for more than three hours per day per day for up to 12 children, as per regulations of New York State.
DISTRIBUTION CENTER
A truck terminal facility at which any storage of goods or chattels is minor, transitory and merely incidental to the purpose of facilitating the transportation of goods or chattels.
DISTRICT
A section of the City of Gloversville for which the regulations governing the height, the area or the use of buildings or premises are the same.
DUPLEX
A structure on a single lot containing two dwelling units, each of which is totally separated from the other by an unpierced wall extending from ground to roof.
DWELLING UNIT
A building, or portion thereof, providing complete housekeeping facilities for one family.
DWELLING, DETACHED
Residential building in which each dwelling unit is surrounded by freestanding walls and is generally sited on a separate lot, including modular homes, but excluding mobile homes, or any other dwelling that cannot meet NYS Building Code.
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY
A building or portion thereof, contains three or more dwelling units, including modular homes, but excluding mobile homes, or any other dwelling that cannot meet NYS Building Code.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY
A building designed for and occupied exclusively by one family, including modular homes, but excluding mobile homes, or any other dwelling that cannot meet NYS Building Code.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
A building designed for and occupied exclusively by not more than two families, including modular homes, but excluding mobile homes, or any other dwelling that cannot meet NYS Building Code.
EASEMENT
An authorization from a property owner for the use of his property by another for a specific purpose.
EXISTING STRUCTURE
A structure that legally existed prior to this zoning amendment.
FAMILY
One or more persons occupying a dwelling unit and living as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit.
FARM
A parcel or tract of land at least five acres in area which is used for the for the production or raising of agricultural products, livestock, poultry and dairy products, except where such production is an accessory and noncommercial garden to a principal residential use on the same lot.
FENCE
A barrier, stockade or other device constructed of wood, brick, wire or other material intended for use as a boundary or means of protection or confinement.
FLAGPOLE
Any pole exceeding six feet in height on which a flag is raised and flown.
GARAGE, COMMUNITY
A space or structure or series of structures, for the storage of self-propelled vehicles of the residents of the neighborhood, not including temporary accessory structures as defined herein.
GARAGE, PRIVATE
A roofed or partly enclosed building or structure arranged, designed or intended to be used for the parking or storage of one or more motor vehicles, provided that no business, occupation or service is conducted for profit therein and space therein for not more than one car is leased to a nonresident of the premises, not including temporary accessory structures as defined herein.
GARAGE, SERVICE STATION
A building or part thereof used for the greasing, washing, servicing and repair of motor vehicles operated for gain, commonly referred to as an auto repair shop.
GARAGE, STORAGE
A building or part thereof used only for the storage of vehicles for gain, and at which automobile fuel and oils are not sold and motor-driven vehicles are not equipped, repaired, hired or sold.
GASOLINE STATION
A building or premises used or designed to be used primarily for the sale of gasoline or oil or other motor-vehicle fuel and which may include incidental facilities for lubricating, washing, cleaning or otherwise servicing motor vehicles.
HEALTH-CARE FACILITY
A facility or institution, whether public or private, principally engaged in providing services for health maintenance, diagnosis or treatment of human disease, pain, injury, deformity or physical condition, including but not limited to a general hospital, special hospital, mental hospital, public health center, diagnostic center, treatment center, rehabilitation center, extended-care facility, skilled nursing home, nursing home, intermediate-care facility, maternity hospital, outpatient clinic or home-health-care agency.
HEDGE
A natural row of shrubs, bushes or trees that may be used as a border around property boundaries.
HOME FOR THE AGING
A facility or dwelling unit housing elderly persons unrelated by blood or marriage and operating as a group family household.
HOME OCCUPATION
Any personal or professional service customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling by the inhabitants thereof, which use is clearly incidental (no more than 35% of the floor area) and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and does not change the residential character thereof and in which there is kept no stock-in-trade.
HOSPITAL
A building or structure for the diagnosis and medical or surgical care of human sickness or injuries.
HOTEL
Any building or portion thereof containing sleeping rooms that are used, rented or hired out to be occupied or that are occupied for compensation, whether the compensation is paid directly or indirectly.
JUNKYARD
A lot, land or structure, or part thereof, used primarily for the collecting, storage and sale of wastepaper, rags, scrap metal or discarded material or for the collecting, dismantling, storage and salvaging of machinery or vehicles for the sale of parts.
KENNEL
An establishment in which a combined aggregate totaling no more than six dogs, cats or other domesticated animals authorized pursuant to Chapter 82 of the Gloversville City Code are kept.
LANDSCAPING
Changing, rearranging or adding to the original vegetation or scenery of a piece of land to produce an aesthetic effect appropriate for the use to which the land is put. It may include reshaping the land by moving the earth, as well as preserving the original vegetation or adding vegetation.
LIGHT INDUSTRY
(1) 
Uses:
(a) 
Repairing or assembly of electronic instruments and devices, precision instruments (surgical or dental), measuring devices, musical instruments, novelties, rubber or metal stamps or other small molded rubber or plastic products;
(b) 
Manufacturing, compounding, processing and packaging of food products and candy;
(c) 
Manufacturing, compounding, assembling or treatment of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared materials, fiber, fur, glass, leather, paper, plastics, metals or stones, textiles, tobacco, wax, wire and wood; or
(d) 
Manufacturer of pottery or other ceramic products using only previously pulverized clay and kilns fired only by electricity or gas.
(e) 
Manufacturing and/or production of food and other agricultural items within a facility that includes but is not limited to aeroponics, aquaponics, cannabis, dairy products, hydroponics, mushroom cultivation, and vertical farming.
LOT
A parcel of land considered as a unit occupied or capable of being occupied by one building and accessory buildings or uses or by a group of buildings united by a common use or interest, and including such open spaces as are required by this chapter.
LOT AREA
The total horizontal area included within lot lines, except that no part of the area within a public right-of-way may be included in the computation of lot area.
LOT DEPTH
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines, measured in the general direction of the side lot lines.
LOT WIDTH
The distance between side lot lines measured at right angles to the lot depth at a point from the front lot line equal to the front yard specified for the district.
LOT, CORNER
A lot located at the intersection of and fronting on two or more intersecting streets and having an interior angle at the corner of intersection of less than 135°. Corner lots shall have two front yard setbacks fronting each road and two rear yard setbacks. The rear yard for the corner lot will be determined based on the orientation of the structure as proposed for that lot. For lots with more than two streets fronting the property, all lot areas fronting streets shall have front yard setbacks along street frontage.
LOT, FRONTAGE
That side of the lot adjacent to the street. A corner lot shall be considered to have two such frontages.
LOT, INTERIOR
A lot other than a corner lot.
LOT, THROUGH
An interior lot having frontage on two approximately parallel or converging streets.
MIXED USE ESTABLISHMENT
Use of land, building, group of buildings, and/or structure(s) containing a variety of complementary and integrated uses such as, but not limited to, residential, commercial and public uses.
MOBILE HOME
A dwelling unit built to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards designed for one family, which has the following characteristics:
(1) 
Manufactured as a movable or portable dwelling unit for year-round occupancy and for installation on a masonry or concrete foundation or a mobile home stand, or piers, with or without a basement or cellar.
(2) 
Designed to be transported on its own chassis and wheels and connected to utilities after placement on a stand, foundation, or piers.
(3) 
May contain parts that can be folded, collapsed, or telescoped when being towed and expanded later to provide additional living space.
(4) 
May be constructed in two or more separately towable components that are designed to be joined into one integral unit capable of being again separated into the components for repeated towing.
(5) 
The term "mobile home" also includes structures commonly called a "double wide."
(6) 
The term "mobile home" shall not include:
(a) 
A modular home, as defined herein.
(b) 
Recreational vehicles (RVs) for camping or travelling.
(c) 
Structures designed and constructed primarily for temporary living quarters permitted under extraordinary temporary conditions (e.g., emergency shelters, and the like) by the issuance of a temporary special use permit.
MODULAR HOME
A dwelling which meets the criteria delineated by the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code for single-family or multifamily residential units and is designed only for erection or installation on a site-built permanent foundation. A modular home is not designed to be moved once erected or installed on a site-built permanent foundation.
MOTEL
A building with or without party walls, or any group of buildings used primarily for sheltering transient motorists, and any accessory uses, such as a restaurant or parking area.
MOTOR VEHICLE SALES AND SERVICE FACILITY
Any area of land, including structures thereon, which has as its principal use the display or sale of new and/or used automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, cargo trailers or recreational vehicles or other vehicles requiring registration for road use, and which may or may not include the repair of vehicles. Enclosed showrooms and open display areas are included in this definition. The sale of fuel is not included in this definition.
NONCONFORMING USE
A building, structure or lot occupied by a use at the time of enactment of this chapter or any amendment which does not conform to the use regulations of the district in which it is located.
NURSING OR CONVALESCENT HOME
An extended- or intermediate-care facility licensed or approved to provide full-time convalescent or chronic care to individuals who, by reason of advanced age, chronic illness or infirmity, are unable to care for themselves.
OVERLAY DISTRICT
A zoning district that establishes requirements and/or standard in addition to those otherwise within the underlying zoning district to protect unique resources or to encourage specific types of development within the certain areas of the city.
PARKING LOT
Any public or private land area designed and used for parking motor vehicles, including private driveways. A "parking lot" is typically available to the public with or without compensation and used to accommodate clients, customers or employees of a private business.
PARKING SPACE
An off-street space available for the parking of one motor vehicle and having an area of not less than 162 square feet (nine feet by 18 feet) for a perpendicular space, and 198 square feet (nine feet by 22 feet) for a parallel parking space, exclusive of passageways and driveways thereto, and having direct access to a street or alley, with aisle space adequate for maneuvering as determined by the City Building Inspector. Handicap-accessible parking spaces are to be in accordance with applicable state and federal codes.
PERMITTED USE
A use by right which is specifically authorized in a particular zoning district.
PERSONAL SERVICES
Establishments primarily engaged in providing services involving the care of a person or his or her apparel.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD)
A special provision in this chapter which regulates development of large tracts of land, permitting a combination of residential and nonresidential land uses developed as a unit.
POOL
An artificially created tank used to hold water for recreational or therapeutic bathing purposes, ranging in size from an Olympic swimming pool to an outdoor hot tub.
PREMISES
A lot, plot or parcel of land including the building or structures thereon.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING
A building in which is conducted the main principal use of the lot on which said building is situated.
PRINT SHOP
A retail establishment that provides duplicative services using photocopy, blueprint and offset printing equipment, including collating of booklets and reports, as well as packaging supplies and shipping services.
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
An office of a physician, dentist, lawyer, engineer, architect, accountant or other duly licensed or certified professional.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
Corporations, many of which are subject to Public Utilities Commission Rules and Regulations, which operate public franchises for the provision of items such as telephone, gas, electric, cable television, railroad, omnibus and telegraph services. Said corporation shall not include or be confused with any service provided by the City of Gloversville or any of its boards, authorities, commissions or agencies.
RECREATION FACILITY, INDOOR
An enclosed commercial establishment where participatory athletic, recreational or physical fitness facilities are provided for gain or profit. May include recreational facilities such as health and fitness gyms, spas, swimming pools, ice rink, tennis courts, basketball courts, handball and racquets courts, running tracks, Such uses may be accompanied by customary accessory uses, which may include food service facilities, meeting rooms, child day care, sales of sport or exercise-related equipment or clothing and other customary accessory uses.
RECREATION FACILITY, OUTDOOR
Outdoor areas designed and equipped for the conduct of sports and leisure-time activities. May include picnic areas, walking trails, running tracks, golf courses, driving ranges, playgrounds, swimming pools, ice rinks, tennis courts, water/splash parks, tennis courts, basketball courts, handball and racquets courts, baseball and softball fields, football fields, and riding rinks.
RESEARCH LABORATORY
A building or group of buildings in which are located facilities for scientific research, investigation, testing or experimentation; but not facilities for the manufacturing or sale of products, except as incidental to the main purpose of the laboratory.
RESTAURANT
An establishment where food and drink is prepared, served and consumed primarily within the principal building, including fast foods where there is the sale of preprepared or rapidly prepared food directly to the customer in a ready-to-consume state for consumption either within or outside the premises.
RESTAURANT, DRIVE-THROUGH
An establishment where food and drink are prepared and which includes the sale of preprepared or rapidly prepared food directly to the customer through an automobile drive-through facility. Such establishment may also provide for the service and consumption of food within the principal building.
RETAIL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT
Establishments engaged in the selling or rental of goods or merchandise and rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods.
ROOMING HOUSE
Any building or portion thereof containing more than two and fewer than 10 rooms that are used, rented or hired out to be occupied or that are occupied for dwelling purposes for compensation, whether the compensation is paid directly or indirectly. The term "rooming house" shall be deemed to include "lodging house" and "boardinghouse."
SATELLITE DISH
A satellite earth station, restricted to the sole purpose of receiving and amplifying microwave signals for television reception.
SCREENING
A method of visually shielding or obscuring one abutting or nearby structure or use from another by fencing, walls, berms or densely planted vegetation.
SELF-STORAGE WAREHOUSE
An establishment which permits customers to store their own materials in private commercially available warehousing space.
SENIOR CITIZEN DEVELOPMENT
A building or group of buildings, whether detached or connected, containing and are intended and operated for use as housing for persons who are 55 years of age or over, with common areas in multifamily or congregate dwellings owned and managed by a single management entity, together with normal and customary ancillary facilities or services for use by older persons. Senior citizen developments may also include single-family or two-family dwellings intended as housing for persons who are 55 years of age or over.
SEQRA
The State Environmental Quality Review Act (Environmental Conservation Law Article 8).
SETBACK
The required minimum distance from a property line to any structure built upon the land.
SETBACK, ZERO SIDE YARD
The configuration of two adjoining lots where one side yard setback is set to zero and the other varies. A building may share a common wall or have two walls abutting.
SIGN
Any permanent or temporary material, structure, light, letter, word, representation, insignia, model, banner, pennant, declaration, demonstration, illustration, flag (excluding the American flag) or device or part thereof displaying an advertisement, announcement, notice or names used to convey information, advertise, promote the interests of any person or business or cause, or attract the attention of the public when placed in view of the general populace. See § 300-40 for detailed sign definitions.
SITE PLAN
A detailed plan showing the location of structures, parking areas, lighting, landscaping and other development features for the proposed development of a parcel of land, distinct from a plat in its greater degree of detail.
SOLAR ENERGY EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS
Solar collectors, controls, energy storage devices, heat pumps, heat exchangers, and other materials, hardware or equipment necessary to the process by which solar radiation is collected and converted into another form of energy and is stored, protected from unnecessary dissipation and distributed. Solar energy systems include solar thermal, photovoltaic and concentrated solar.
SOLAR, FLUSH-MOUNTED PANEL
Photovoltaic panels and tiles that are installed flush to the surface of a roof or wall of a principal and/or an accessory structure and which cannot be angled or raised for the direct conversion of solar energy into electricity.
SOLAR, FREESTANDING OR GROUND-MOUNTED ENERGY SYSTEM
A solar energy system that is directly installed on the ground and is not attached or affixed to an existing structure and used for the direct conversion of solar energy into electricity.
SOLAR, ROOFTOP-MOUNTED SYSTEM
A solar system in which solar panels are mounted on top of a roof of a principal and/or an accessory structure either as a flush-mounted system or as modules fixed to frames which can be tilted toward the south at an optimal angle for the direct purpose of converting solar energy into electricity.
SOLAR, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR COLLECTOR SYSTEM
A solar energy system that is designed and/or built to provide energy as an ongoing commercial enterprise, or for commercial profit, or designed to distribute energy generated to a transmission system for distribution to customers rather than for use on the site. A solar-commercial use may include solar energy system equipment and uses such as but not limited to supporting posts and frames, buildings and/or other structure(s), access drives, inverter equipment, wires, cables and other equipment for the purpose of supplying electrical energy produced from solar technologies, whether such use is a principal use, a part of the principal use or an accessory use or structure.
STABLE, PRIVATE
An accessory structure in which one or more horses or ponies are kept for private use and not for hire, remuneration or sale.
STORY
That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or, if there is no floor above it, then the space between any floor and the ceiling next above it, provided that a cellar shall not be considered a "story."
STREET
Public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property for vehicular traffic, as well as pedestrians and bicyclists.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION
Any change in the supporting members of a building.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on the ground or attachment to something having its location on the ground, including but not limited to walls, fences, signs or buildings.
STRUCTURE, ACCESSORY
A building which:
(1) 
Is subordinate to and serves a principal building;
(2) 
Is subordinate in area, extent or purpose to the principal building;
(3) 
Contributes to the comfort, convenience or necessity of occupants of the principal building; and
(4) 
Is located on the same zoning lot as the principal building, in accordance with the requirements of § 300-32.
STRUCTURE, TEMPORARY ACCESSORY
Accessory structures that are not permanent by nature and are made up of a metal tube framing that is enclosed with polyethylene, canvas, or other pliable exterior covering, designed and/or intended for the storage of boats, motor vehicles, snow blowers, lawn mowers, ATVs, trailers, or other personal property, including but not limited to, portable carports, storage canopies, or other and temporary storage and/or disposal containers. Such structures shall not be more than 25% of the total square footage of the principal structure, nor taller in height than the principal structure.
THEATER
A building or part of a building devoted to the showing of plays, movies musical entertainment, or other similar events for public entertainment on a paid admission basis, excluding adult entertainment businesses.
TOWNHOUSE
A dwelling unit, generally having two or more floors and attached to other similar units via party walls. "Townhouses" are often used in planned unit developments, which provide for clustered or attached housing and common open space.
UTILITY SERVICES
Establishments engaged in the generation, transmission and/or distribution of electricity, gas or steam, including water and irrigation systems and sanitary systems used for the collection and disposal of garbage, sewage and other wastes by means of destroying or processing materials.
VETERINARY OFFICE AND CLINIC
A place where animals are given medical or surgical treatment, including short-term boarding of animals when boarding is for the purpose of monitoring recovery from an injury or sickness.
WALL
A barrier, stockade or other device constructed of wood, brick, wire or other material intended for use as a boundary or means of protection or confinement.
WAREHOUSE
A building or part of a building used or intended to be used primarily for the storage of goods or chattels that are to be sold retail or wholesale from other premises or sold wholesale from the same premises; for the storage of goods or chattels to be shipped on mail order; for the storage of equipment or materials to be used or installed at other premises by the owner or operator of the warehouse; or for similar storage purposes. The term "warehouse" does not include a retail establishment whose primary purpose is for the sale of goods or chattels stored on the premises; however, nothing in this definition is meant to exclude purely incidental retail sales in "warehouses."
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER
A structure intended to support equipment used to transmit and/or receive telecommunications signals, including monopoles, guyed and lattice-construction steel structures.
YARD
An open space on the same lot with a building, unoccupied or unobstructed by any portion of a structure from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
YARD, FRONT
An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with the building, between the front line of the building and the street or highway line and extending the full width of the lot.
YARD, REAR
An open, unoccupied space, except for accessory structures, on the same lot with the building between the rear line of the building and the rear lot line and extending the full width of the lot.
YARD, SIDE
An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with the building, situated between the building and the side lot line and extending from the front yard to the rear yard.
ZONING DISTRICT
A section of the city which is designated in this chapter text and delineated on the Zoning Map[1], where requirements for the use of land and building and development standards are prescribed. Within each district, all requirements must be uniform.
[1]
City of Gloversville Zoning Map is located at the Building Inspector's Office or at www.cityofgloversville.com.