A.
General. Except where specifically defined herein,
all words and terms used in this chapter are intended to be construed
according to their ordinary and customary meaning. Words used in the
present tense shall include the future, words used in the singular
number include the plural, and words used in the plural number include
the singular, unless the context clearly indicates the contrary.
B.
Words, phrases and terms.
(1)
The word "shall" is always mandatory. The word "may"
is permissive.
(2)
The word "building" or "structure" includes any part
thereof. The word "lot" includes the word "plot" or "parcel."
(3)
The phrase "used for" includes "arranged for," "designed
for," "maintained for" and "occupied for."
(4)
The word "person" includes an individual person, a
firm, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a company or any
other agency of voluntary action or organization of any kind.
(5)
The term "front" or "face" of a building shall mean
the outer surface of a building which is visible from any private
or public street or highway.
(6)
The term "illuminated," with reference to a sign,
shall mean any sign illuminated by electricity, gas or other artificial
light, including reflective or phosphorescent light.
(7)
The term "lighting device," with reference to a sign,
shall mean any light, string of lights, or group of lights located
or arranged so as to cast illumination on a sign.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any building detached from, subordinate to, and whose use
is customarily incidental to the use of the principal building on
the same lot. Such buildings include but are not limited to: garages,
carriage houses, boathouses, greenhouses, pool houses, workshops or
studios, gazebos, potting sheds, storage sheds, and similar structures.
An accessory building shall be deemed detached if it does not share
a common wall with the principal building on the same lot.
[Amended 4-27-2023 by L.L. No. 5-2023]
Any sign related to a business or profession conducted or
to a commodity or service sold or offered upon the premises where
such sign is located.
A use customarily incidental and subordinate to a principal
use or building and located on the same lot with such principal use
or building.
As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement
in the structural parts of such building or structure, or any enlargement
thereof, whether by extension on any side or by any increase in height,
or the moving of such building or structure from one location to another.
Man-made trees, clock towers, bell steeples, light poles
and similar alternative-design mounting structures that camouflage
or conceal the presence of antennas or towers.
[Added 9-22-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997]
Any exterior transmitting or receiving device mounted on
a tower, building or structure and used in communications that radiate
or capture electromagnetic waves, digital signals, analog signals,
radio frequencies (excluding radar signals), wireless telecommunications
signals or other communication signals.
[Added 9-22-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997]
That space of a building which is immediately below and wholly
or partly within the roof framing. An attic with a finished floor
which is sufficient in height or space to provide for human occupancy
shall be counted as 1/2 story in determining the permissible number
of stories.
See "vehicular activity."
A story not less than six feet in height partially below
finished grade but having at least 1/2 of two outside walls or all
of one outside wall (measured from floor to ceiling inside of the
basement) above finished grade. A basement shall be counted as one
story in determining the height of a building in stories. (See "cellar.")
The use of a single-family dwelling, subordinate and incidental
to the principal use of the property as a single-family residence
of occupancy by the homeowner(s), made available for compensation
to transient guests which meet the following criteria:
[Amended 12-23-2015 by L.L. No. 4-2015]
Not more than two sleeping rooms if located in the A2 or C Zoning
Districts are made available, and not more than five sleeping rooms,
limited to 10 occupants*, if located in the D Zoning District are
made available;
No cooking facilities are available to guests and no prepared
foods other than breakfast that may be served by the owner(s) at the
owner's option;
The duration of any such stay shall not exceed seven consecutive
nights;
The single-family dwelling in which such rooms are made available
must exist as of the effective date of this definition; and
The owner(s) must be physically in residence at such dwelling
during periods in which the rooms are rented. Short-term absence(s)
by the owner(s) during periods in which the rooms are rented are permitted
as long as the following are satisfied:
The owner must have and demonstrate that on-site supervisory
management is present during short-term absence(s); and
Short-term absence(s) shall mean for no more than three weeks
in any one calendar year.
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A man-made landscape feature generally consisting of a linear
mound of soil. Temporary soil stockpiles and retaining walls shall
not be considered berms.
[Added 12-13-2004 by L.L. No. 3-2004]
See "sign."
A watercraft whose length exceeds 15 feet.
A structure to protect boats from the weather.
Any structure which is permanently affixed to the land, has
one or more stories and a roof, and is intended for the shelter, housing
or enclosure of persons, animals, or chattel.
See "accessory building."
See "height of building or structure."
The line formed by the intersection of a vertical plane that
coincides with the most projected exterior surface of a building or
structure, above or below the ground.
See "principal building."
A term used to describe the size, volume, area and shape
of buildings and structures and the physical relationship of their
exterior walls or their location to lot lines, other buildings and
structures, or other walls of the same building, and all open spaces
required in connection with a building, other structure, or tract
of land.
A structure occupied as a temporary or permanent residence
by three or more persons and which is either designed principally
for housing for the aged where specific age limits are prescribed
by public or private regulatory or administrative agencies, irrespective
of the need for custodial care and/or supervision on the premises,
or designed for occupancy by persons who, by reason of chronic illness,
handicap, age, senility, convalescence or infirmity, are dependent
upon varying amounts of custodial care and/or supervision. This term
shall include, by way of illustration and not limitation, nursing
homes, rest homes, homes for prenatal care, and convalescent homes
and shall similarly exclude hospitals, clinics, mental health facilities,
and similar institutions devoted primarily to the diagnosis and/or
treatment of disease or injury, except where such facilities are accessory
to a care home.
An accessory building which contains or could contain more than one story in excess of six feet in height from floor to ceiling, or any accessory building containing a bathroom. See § 225-23 of this chapter.
[Added 4-27-2023 by L.L. No. 5-2023]
See "vehicular activity."
A story partially below finished grade and being less than
six feet in height or having less than 1/2 of two outside walls or
less than all of one outside wall (measured from floor to ceiling
inside) above finished grade. A cellar shall not be counted as a story
in determining the height of a building in stories. (See "basement.")
Any building or structure used for worship or religious instruction,
including social and administrative rooms accessory thereto.
An organization catering exclusively to members and their
guests or a premises and building used for recreational or athletic
purposes which are not conducted primarily for gain, provided that
there are not conducted any vending stands, merchandising or commercial
activities except as required generally for the membership and purposes
of the club.
See § 225-33 of this chapter.
[Amended 3-22-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
See § 225-71A of this chapter.
A use enumerated in the Permitted Use Chart at the end of
this chapter or any other use primarily intended for gain.
A vehicle of more than one ton capacity used for the transportation
of persons or goods primarily for gain or a vehicle of any capacity
carrying a permanently affixed sign exceeding one square foot in area
or lettering of a commercial nature.
A multifamily dwelling, the dwelling units of which are individually
owned, with each owner receiving a deed enabling him to sell, mortgage,
or exchange his dwelling unit independent of the owners of the other
dwelling units in the multifamily dwelling.[1]
A lot situated on two streets at their intersection. The
front yard is designated as the yard in front of the main entrance.
[Amended 6-24-2002 by L.L. No. 4-2002]
One or more characteristics of a land use activity enumerated in § 225-52A of this chapter.
See § 225-52A of this chapter.
A place for the care of three or more children away from
their homes who stay for a period of three hours or more but less
than 24 hours, irrespective of compensation, reward or otherwise.
A land use control district.
In the following list, each district shall be deemed to be
more restricted than the districts which follow it: A, B, C and D.
[2]A structure projecting from or along the shore into the water
of Skaneateles Lake and including piers and wharfs used as a berthing
place for boats to load or unload.
See "vehicular activity."
Any building or structure, or part thereof, used and occupied
for human habitation or intended to be so used. The terms "dwelling,"
"dwelling unit," "one-family dwelling," "two-family dwelling," "multifamily
dwelling" and "townhouse dwelling" shall not be deemed to include
motel, hotel, rooming house or other accommodations used for more
or less transient occupancy of less than 30 days.[3]
[Amended 6-24-2002 by L.L. No. 4-2002]
A dwelling having no party wall in common with another building.
One or more dwellings located on a single lot or on contiguous
lots with common ownership providing separate dwelling units for three
or more families, including condominiums and cooperative apartment
buildings.
A detached dwelling containing one dwelling unit and designed
or used exclusively for occupancy by one family.
A dwelling containing one dwelling unit and designed or used
exclusively for occupancy by one family, one or two of whose walls
are party walls with adjoining dwellings.
See § 225-24A of this chapter.
One or more rooms located within a dwelling and providing
complete living accommodations for one family, including cooking and
bathroom facilities. See also "mobile home."
With reference to any sign, shall mean to build, construct,
alter, repair, display, relocate, attach, hang, place, suspend, affix
or maintain any sign and shall also include the painting of exterior
wall signs.
One or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption,
living and cooking together, exclusive of household servants. A number
of persons living together as a single housekeeping unit although
not related by blood, adoption or marriage shall be deemed to constitute
a family unit. A fraternity or sorority house or rooming house shall
not be considered a family. [4]
The elevation at which the finished surface of the surrounding
lot intersects the walls or supports of a building or structure. If
the line of intersection is not reasonably horizontal, the finished
grade, for purposes of computing the height of buildings and structures
or for other purposes, shall be the average elevation of all finished
grade elevations around the periphery of the building.
See Article VI of this chapter.
The aggregate sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several
stories of a building, measured from the exterior walls of the building
or from the center line of any party walls of the building. (See "minimum
livable floor area.")
A front lot line which is coincident with a right-of-way
line of a public street.
See "yard, front."
A dwelling or other structure used and occupied by a professional
licensed mortician for burial preparation and funeral services, but
expressly excluding morgues and educational facilities engaged in
teaching mortuary science.
A single-story building designed and utilized principally
for the parking of vehicles and limited storage of household items;
provided, however, that no garage accessory to a residential use shall
be used for the storage of any vehicle other than not more than three
automobiles without a special use permit for such storage of such
other vehicles having been issued by the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Garages shall not be used for human habitation or contain cooking
or bathroom facilities.
[Amended 4-27-2023 by L.L. No. 5-2023]
See "vehicular activity."
An area of land, including structures thereon or any building
or part thereof, that is used for the sale and direct delivery of
gasoline or any other motor vehicle fuel or oil and lubricating substances.
(See also "vehicular activity.")
See "finished grade."
The vertical distance measured from the lowest grade point
along the wall of a building or adjacent to the side of a structure
to the highest point of such building or structure.
[Amended 4-27-2023 by L.L. No. 5-2023]
See § 225-25 of this chapter.
See § 225-22 of this chapter.
A building or group of buildings on a single lot which contain(s)
as its only principal use living and sleeping accommodations for transient
occupancy containing six or more rental units (rooms) with on-site
supervisory management at all times, and which has a common exterior
entrance or entrances, and which may contain one or more facilities
incidental to such occupancy, such as dining rooms, gift shops, personal
services, a bar where nonalcoholic and alcoholic beverages may be
served for on-premises consumption, restaurants, meeting rooms, lounges,
swimming pools and related incidental uses designed primarily to accommodate
the occupants thereof but which may also be open to the general public.
Retail is permitted in a hotel as an accessory use at street level.
[Amended 12-23-2015 by L.L. No. 4-2015]
A lot or a building or structure, or any part thereof, used
primarily for the collecting, storage or sale of wastepaper, rags,
scrap metal, discarded appliances or other similar scrap or discarded
material or for the collecting, dismantling, storage and salvaging
of machinery or vehicles not licensed and not in running condition,
and for the sale of parts thereof, including an auto salvage yard.
The line at the City of Syracuse datum plane of 863.27 feet.
(The corresponding National Geodetic Vertical Datum level of 1929
is 865.02 feet.)
[Added 12-13-2004 by L.L. No. 3-2004]
The area of any lot located between the side lot lines, the
lake line, and a line located 50 feet onshore from the lake line.
[Added 12-13-2004 by L.L. No. 3-2004]
The purpose for which any building or other structure or
land or part thereof is arranged, designed, intended, maintained,
used or occupied, and any occupation, business activity or operation
conducted or intended to be conducted in or on any such building or
other structure or land or part thereof (including surface, subsurface
and air space).
See § 225-5 of this chapter.
A commercial use characterized by the transformation of substances
into new products, including assembly of component parts of other
manufactured products, with or without use of power-driven machinery
and materials-handling equipment and storage and transportation facilities
related to such products.
[Added 6-24-2002 by L.L. No. 4-2002]
A building or group of buildings, whether detached or in
connected units, on a single lot, containing individual sleeping units
intended primarily for transient travelers, containing six or more
rental units (rooms) with on-site supervisory management at all times.
Accommodations incidental to such occupancy may be provided, including
dining rooms, gift shops, personal services, a bar where nonalcoholic
and alcoholic beverages may be served for on-premises consumption,
meeting rooms, lounges, swimming pools and physical fitness rooms,
to accommodate the residents and invited guests and the general public.
[Added 3-22-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999; amended 12-23-2015 by L.L. No. 4-2015]
An area of land contained within lot lines shown on a properly
recorded subdivision map or similar document approved pursuant to
this chapter or any previous zoning or subdivision code, ordinance,
local law, rule or regulation of the Village or described in a deed
recorded prior to March 10, 1969, and approved as a lot by any applicable
regulation. Areas shown on maps or described in deeds which are contiguous
shall be considered separate lots unless otherwise indicated or intended
as one lot in said instrument.
An area of land, the size of which is determined by the limits
of the lot lines bounding said area and which is usually expressed
in terms of square feet. The lot area shall not include any area within
the right-of-way line of a dedicated street or the paved area of any
private street.
See "frontage."
A boundary defining ownership of land as derived from maps,
deeds and similar title documents. Boundaries defining less than a
fee interest, including leasehold interests, and common areas shall
be submitted to the Code Enforcement Officer for a determination as
to whether such boundaries constitute a lot line for purposes of allowing
land use activities. Lot lines shall also be classified as rear, front
and side lot lines as hereinafter defined. Where the application of
such classifications cannot be made with certainty as determined by
the Code Enforcement Officer, the Zoning Board of Appeals shall render
a determination establishing an appropriate classification for purposes
of allowing land use activities.
A lot line coincidental with the line of a street, sidewalk
or other public or private right-of-way, except that where such line
is described as being within the boundaries of a public or private
right-of-way, then the most interior boundary of such right-of-way
shall be construed to be the front lot line. Where two public rights-of-way
intersect, a lot line coincidental with the boundary line of either
may be selected as the front line for development purposes.
A lot line generally parallel to or directly opposite a front
lot line.
A lot line extending between a front and rear lot line.
See "nonconforming building, structure or lot."
The linear dimension of a straight line situated between
side lot lines of a lot.
An immovable structure which may be wholly or partially submerged
and constructed of parallel rails attached to cross-ties which support
a cradle to launch or haul a boat into or from Skaneateles Lake.
The sum of the floor area contained within and devoted to
a single dwelling unit, measured from the faces of exterior walls.
The minimum livable floor area includes enclosed porches and balconies
and excludes the following:
Basements and cellars.
Areas in multifamily dwellings which are used
in common by several families, such as stairways, halls, lobbies,
elevator shafts, recreation rooms, and areas used for major mechanical
equipment.
Terraces, patios, porches or balconies which
are not covered.
Garages and carports.
A dwelling unit structurally designed for or adaptable to
quick mobility or portability, completely manufactured and assembled
off site for transportation to a location providing facilities for
connection to utilities and sanitary facilities, as distinguished
from travel trailers and immobile prefabricated modular units used
in residential construction. A mobile home may contain parts that
may be folded, collapsed or telescoped when being moved and expanded
later to provide additional cubic capacity as well as two or more
separately movable components designed to be joined into one integral
unit capable of being again separated into the components for repeated
movement, and the combination of two or more of such units or expansion
of one such unit via folding, collapsing or telescoping devices shall
not change the character of said dwelling unit as a mobile home.
A parcel or parcels of land under single ownership, or contiguous
privately owned parcels, which are designed, improved or used for
the accommodation of two or more mobile homes for a residential use.
A building or group of buildings, whether detached or in
connected units, used as individual sleeping units designed primarily
for transient automobile travelers, each which sleeping unit is provided
with a separate off-street parking space and a separate exterior entrance,
together with any incidental uses permitted for a hotel.
See "dwelling, multifamily."
Any sign unrelated to a business or profession conducted,
or to a commodity or service sold or offered, upon the premises where
such sign is located.
That part of a building, structure or lot which does not
conform to one or more of the applicable bulk regulations of this
chapter, either following its effective date or as a result of any
subsequent amendments thereto.
Any use of a building, structure or lot which does not conform
to the use regulations for the district in which such use is located,
whether at the effective date of this chapter or as a result of subsequent
amendments thereto.
See "club, nonprofit."
See "care home."
See "dwelling, one-family."
The providing of on-site supervision and management at all
times of all aspects of operation of a hotel or lodging or bed-and-breakfast
homestay, as appropriate, to a quality and standard commensurate with
the community character by either:
[Added 12-23-2015 by L.L.
No. 4-2015]
Persons employed by the owner who are not resident at the facility
and who possess the training and skill or with equivalent practical
experience in hotel or bed-and-breakfast homestay management, as appropriate;
or
Where authorized as provided in § 225-69.1, a professional hotel or lodging management company.
That part of the lot area which is not occupied by buildings,
structures, or off-street parking spaces or loading berths. Open space
may include lawns, trees, shrubbery, garden areas and paved surfaces
which are used as access drives but which are not used for vehicular
parking of any kind.
See § 225-33A of this chapter.
An off-street space available for parking one automobile which conforms to the requirements of § 225-58B of this chapter.
A wall which is shared by and divides two adjoining buildings,
in which each of the owners of the adjoining buildings has rights
of enjoyment.
A fixed structure projecting from or along the shore into
the water of Skaneateles Lake that remains in the lake for more than
eight months of the year, including docks and piers used as berthing
places for boats.
[Added 12-13-2004 by L.L. No. 3-2004]
See Article XI of this chapter.
See Article VI of this chapter.
See Article X of this chapter.
See § 225-72 of this chapter.
Includes shops engaged in the repair of household goods,
clothing, shoes, and appliance items, barber- and beauty shops, tailor
shops, self-service establishments, pickup stations for laundering
and dry cleaning clothes, and other similar establishments designated
to meet the daily service needs of the surrounding neighborhood.
See "dock."
The Planning Board of the Village, duly established and appointed
as provided in the Village Law.
Land and all buildings and structures thereon.
A building or structure in which is conducted the principal
use of the lot on which said building or structure is situated.
A use which may be carried on independently of any other
use and which generally characterizes the primary purpose for which
land or the principal buildings or structures thereon are intended
and designed, including all activities enumerated in the Permitted
Use Chart at the end of this chapter, excepting those enumerated in
Subsection B, Accessory Uses, thereof.
A company that has as its principal business the supervision
and management of hotel or lodging facilities and whose employees
have the requisite training and experience to operate said facilities
to the same standard of care and quality required of on-site supervisory
management.
[Added 12-23-2015 by L.L.
No. 4-2015]
Any sign which projects from the exterior of any building
over any sidewalk, street or highway.
A ramp employed to facilitate the movement of a disabled
person riding in a wheelchair into and out of a building.
See "lot line, rear."
See "yard, rear."
Any of the uses enumerated in Subsection A of the Permitted
Use Chart at the end of this chapter.
[Amended 6-24-2002 by L.L. No. 4-2002]
See "care home."
A building or structure or portion thereof wherein food products
are prepared or packaged and sold on premises directly to the consumer
primarily for consumption off the premises or within a parking area
on the premises and which building or structure is designed or advertised
primarily for such purposes, as distinguished from restaurants designed
and utilized primarily for on-premises consumption or retail food
establishments such as food and fish markets, bakeries and butcher
shops. (See "vehicular activity" and "restaurant.")
A building or portion of a building where food and beverages,
both nonalcoholic and alcoholic, are sold to the public for consumption
on the premises. Such use may also provide entertainment on the premises.
[Amended 3-22-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
The sale of merchandise to serve the needs of the transient
residents and invited guests of the hotel or motel or lodging use.
Such accessory use shall be limited to a single area not to exceed
500 square feet within the hotel or motel or lodging use.
[Added 3-22-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
A dwelling in which one or more rooming units are offered
for rent with or without meals.
A room or rooms used to provide private living and sleeping
quarters but which does not contain cooking facilities.
The distance in feet from the street line or any lot line
to the building line of any building or structure located on the lot.
[Added 3-22-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
Includes:
[Added 3-22-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
ADULT BOOKSTOREAn establishment having as a substantial or significant portion of its stock-in-trade devices, books, magazines and other periodicals which are distinguished by or relate to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, as defined below, or an establishment with a segment or section devoted to the sale or display of such material.
ADULT MOTION PICTURE THEATERA building used for presenting material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas as defined below for observation by persons therein.
See § 225-60.
See "accessory sign."
See "nonaccessory sign."
See "projecting sign."
See "lot line, side."
An outdoor dining area located adjacent to a public sidewalk
and/or on private property which provides food and/or beverages and
contains readily removable tables, chairs, railings, planters or similar
furnishings or structures. It shall be otherwise unenclosed by fixed
walls and open to the air.
[Added 11-9-2021 by L.L. No. 4-2021]
See "yard, side."
An authorization for a particular land use which is permitted
in this chapter, subject to conditions imposed by the Zoning Board
of Appeals and the prescribed standards of this chapter to assure
that the proposed use is in harmony with this chapter and will not
adversely affect the neighborhood if such conditions are met.
That portion of a building between the surface of any floor
and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there is no floor
above it, the space between the floor and the roof next above it.
(See also "attic," "basement" and "cellar.")
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
location on the ground or attachment to something having a location
on the ground.
The division of any parcel into two or more lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways, and includes resubdivision. (See Chapter 190, Subdivision of Land, adopted January 6, 1986.)
[Added 6-24-2002 by L.L. No. 4-2002]
See § 225-23 of this chapter.
[Amended 4-27-2023 by L.L. No. 5-2023]
A parking arrangement which requires parked vehicles to be
moved or relocated so as to park or move additional vehicles.
[Added 6-24-2002 by L.L. No. 4-2002]
The transmission, between or among points specified by the
user, of information of the user's choosing, without change in the
form or content of the information as sent and received.
[Added 9-22-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997]
Includes but is not limited to cables, switches, towers and
all other facilities and equipment employed for telecommunications.
[Added 9-22-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997]
A structure projecting from or along the shore into the water
of Skaneateles Lake that remains in the lake for eight months of the
year or less.[5]
[Added 12-13-2004 by L.L. No. 3-2004]
Any structure that is designed and constructed primarily
for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas for telephone,
radio and similar communication purposes, including self-supporting
lattice towers, guyed towers, or monopole towers. The term includes
radio and television transmission towers, microwave towers, common-carrier
towers, cellular telephone towers, alternative tower structures and
structures used to support the related equipment. The term includes
the structure and any support thereto.
[Added 9-22-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997]
See "dwelling, townhouse."
Living and/or sleeping accommodation provided for compensation
or barter for a period of less than 30 consecutive days. Bed-and-breakfast
homestays, hotels, and lodging shall individually and collectively
be transient occupancies.
[Added 12-23-2015 by L.L.
No. 4-2015]
A vehicular portable structure built on a chassis designed
to be used primarily as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational
and vacation uses, having a body width not exceeding eight feet and
a body length not exceeding 32 feet.
See § 225-24 of this chapter.
See "land use activity."
See "accessory use."
See "principal use."
Written authority granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals in accordance with Article XVI hereof to deviate from the strict application of the regulations, requirements and provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 10-10-2005 by L.L. No. 3-2005]
VARIANCE, AREAThe authorization by the Zoning Board of Appeals for the use of land in a manner which is not allowed by the dimensional or topographical requirements of this chapter.
VARIANCE, USEThe authorization by the Zoning Board of Appeals for the use of this land in a manner or for a purpose which is otherwise not allowed or is prohibited by this chapter.
VARIANCE, PARKING SPACESThe authority of the Zoning Board of Appeals to vary, amend or modify the number of off-street parking spaces and loading docks required by Article XII.
Refers collectively to the categories hereinafter set forth
and defined:
VEHICULAR SERVICEThe on-premises repair, maintenance, improvement and general servicing of self-propelled vehicles, including gasoline service stations, car wash facilities, body and fender shops, self-service gas pumps and any and all types of similar facilities, whether automatic or attendant managed.
VEHICULAR SALESThe sale and/or leasing of used and/or new self-propelled vehicles, including automobile showrooms and used car lots.
VEHICULAR TRANSITPublic, quasi-public and private commercial or nonprofit vehicular transportation facilities, including mass transit carriers, taxi companies, private institutional or industrial carriers, bus depots, train stations, taxi parking and dispatching facilities, aircraft facilities such as heliports, airports, and commercial landing fields, and similar facilities and installations.
VEHICULAR PARKINGA principal use of premises as a commercial parking facility for vehicles open to the general public, including parking garages and lots.
VEHICULAR PARKING LEASED TO SERVE OTHER USESAn accessory use of premises as a parking facility for vehicles to serve other uses and open to the general public from May 1 to September 30.
[Added 3-22-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
VEHICULAR-ORIENTED CONSUMER SERVICESFacilities designed to provide consumer services on premises to persons remaining within vehicles, excluding vehicular service but including drive-in-type services associated with restaurants, banks, and related facilities having a drive-in window and/or permitting on-premises food consumption within a vehicle, and also including drive-in theaters.
The Village of Skaneateles, Onondaga County, New York.
See "dock.”
A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying
between the street right-of-way and the nearest point of the building.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying
between the rear lot line of the lot and the nearest point of the
building.
That portion of the open area of a lot extending open and
unobstructed from the ground upward along a lot line for a depth or
width as specified by the bulk regulations of the district in which
the lot is located. No part of such yard shall be included as part
of a yard or other open space similarly required for buildings on
another lot.
A yard situated between the building and the side line of
a lot and extending from the front yard rear line (or from the front
lot line, if there is no required front yard) to the rear yard front
line (or rear lot line).
See § 225-72 of this chapter.
