A.
For the purposes of promoting the health, safety,
morals and the general welfare of the community of the Town of Islip,
and in accordance with a comprehensive plan, this ordinance is designed
to lessen congestion in the streets, to secure safety from fire, flood,
panic and other dangers; to promote health and general welfare; to
provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land;
to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate
provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other
public requirements.
B.
This ordinance is adopted with reasonable consideration,
among other things, as to the character of each district and its peculiar
suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the
value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land
throughout the Town of Islip.
In promulgating said purposes, this ordinance
regulates and restricts the height, number of stories and size of
buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot that may be
occupied, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces, the density
of population, the location and use of buildings, structures and land
for trade, industry, residence or other purposes.
A.
Usage.
(1)
For the purposes of this ordinance, unless the context
indicates to the contrary, words used in the present tense include
the future, words used in the plural include the singular, and words
in the singular include the plural. The word "lot" includes the word
"plot," and the word "building" includes structures, but shall not
include any boundary fence or a boardwalk giving access to a structure
in a Residence BAA District, provided that said boardwalk is not more
than four feet in width and not closer to any side line than four
feet. The word "shall" is always mandatory. The words "used" or "occupied"
shall be construed as though followed by the words "or intended, arranged
or designed to be used or occupied."
[Amended 4-8-1997]
(2)
All frontages, depths, widths and areas shall be net,
measured to or from the side streets, alleys or rights-of-way.
(3)
The word "person" includes a profit or nonprofit corporation,
company, partnership or individual.
(4)
The word "Town" shall mean the Town of Islip.
(5)
The term "Town Board" shall mean the Town Board of the Town of Islip;
the term "Planning Board" shall mean the Planning Board of said Town;
the term "Board of Appeals" shall mean the Board of Appeals of said
Town: the term "Commissioner of Planning" shall mean the Commissioner
of Planning and Development of the Town of Islip; the term "Town Clerk"
shall mean the Town Clerk of the Town of Islip.
[Amended 12-17-2019]
B.
ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, COMMERCIAL
ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, RESIDENTIAL
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
ACCESSORY WIND ENERGY TURBINE
ADULT DAY-CARE FACILITY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, RENTAL UNITS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SALE UNITS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SALE UNITS (SENIOR)
AMBULETTE
ANIMAL CARE CENTER
APARTMENT
APARTMENT HOUSE
ASSEMBLY AND SOCIAL RECREATION HALL
ATTIC
AUCTION HOUSE
AUTOMOBILE PARKING FIELD
BAR, TAVERN OR NIGHTCLUB
BASEMENT
BAY ISLAND
BILLIARD HALL
BOAT
BOAT BERTH
BUILDING
BUILDING AREA
BUILDING, FRONT LINE OF
CAFETERIA
CANOPY
CANOPY SIGN
CAR WASH (MOTOR VEHICLE WASH)
CHILD DAY-CARE CENTER
CLUBHOUSE
COLLATERAL LOAN BROKER
(1)
(2)
(3)
COMMERCIAL BILLBOARDS
CONVENIENCE MARKET
CRAFT TRADE SHOP
DANCE HALL
DECKS/PATIOS
DELICATESSEN
DOCK
DWELLING
DWELLING, ATTACHED
DWELLING, MULTIPLE
DWELLING, SINGLE OR ONE-FAMILY
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
FAMILY
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
(e)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(l)
(m)
(3)
FARMERS' MARKET
FERRY TERMINAL, SLIP, LANDING, OR FACILITY
FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR)
GAMBLING VESSEL
GAME CENTER
GAME ROOM
GARAGE, PRIVATE
GASOLINE (FUEL) SERVICE STATION
GRADE
GRADE PLANE
GROSS FLOOR AREA (GFA)
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(l)
HABITABLE SPACE
HARBOR AREAS
HEALTH CLUB
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT
HEIGHT, BUILDING
HEIGHT, STORY
HOME OCCUPATION
HOSPITAL
HOTEL
INDOOR RECREATION USE
INDUSTRIAL ACCESSORY WIND ENERGY TURBINE
KITCHEN
LAUNDROMAT
LIVE-WORK UNIT
LOT
LOT AREA
LOT, CORNER
LOT, THROUGH
MARINA OR MARINE WHARF
MEZZANINE
MINI-STORAGE WAREHOUSE
MIXED-USE BUILDING
MOTOCROSS TRACK
MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERSHIP
MUSEUM
NONCONFORMING USE
OFFICE
OFFICE, MEDICAL
OFFICIAL MAP
OUTDOOR/OUTSIDE DISPLAY
OUTDOOR STORAGE
PARCEL
PARKING GARAGE, PRIVATE
PARKING GARAGE, PUBLIC
PARKING, OFF-STREET
PARKING SPACE
PERMITTED USE
PERSONAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT
PERSONAL TRAILER
PORCH, UNENCLOSED
PREMISES
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (RV)
RECYCLING CENTER
REDEMPTION CENTER
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM
RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVE
RESIDENTIAL DAY CARE
(1)
(2)
RESTAURANT
RESTAURANT, ACCESSORY
RESTAURANT, FAST-FOOD
RESTAURANT, MINOR
SATELLITE ANTENNA
SEASONAL RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY
SHOPPING CENTER
SHOWROOM
SIGN
SINGLE-USER BULK RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT
STORAGE
STORAGE SHED
STORY
STORY ABOVE GRADE PLANE
STREET
STREET, RIGHT-OF-WAY (ROW)
STRUCTURE
STRUCTURE, COMMERCIAL
SUITE
SUPERIOR ARCHITECTURE
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
SUPPLY HOUSE OR WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENT
TAXI OFFICE
TAXI STATION
TENT
THEATER, COMMUNITY
THEATER, REGIONAL
THRIFT SHOP
TRANSFER STATION/RECYCLING CENTER
USE
VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP
VENDING MACHINE
VESSEL
WALL
WALL, RETAINING
WAREHOUSE
YARD, COURT
YARD, PRIMARY FRONT
YARD, REAR
YARD, SIDE
YARD, THROUGH LOT FRONT
Definitions.
A structure, including buildings, customarily incidental
and subordinate to the principal building or use and located on the
same lot.
[Added 3-14-2023]
A structure, including buildings, customarily incidental
and subordinate to the principal building or use and located on the
same lot. Accessory structures shall maintain the same dimensional
requirements as those required for accessory buildings. Accessory
structures shall be limited in the following ways:
[Amended 9-12-2000; 1-14-2003; 7-12-2022; 3-14-2023]
Accessory buildings connected to a main structure with walkways,
decking, or breezeways shall not be used for habitable purposes;
If constructed on a foundation, only a slab foundation shall
be permitted, except those regulated by flood zone construction standards;
Shall not be used for habitable purposes;
Shall be limited to one story in height;
Shall not contain indoor showers, tubs, spas or the like. Bathrooms
shall be limited to a sink and toilet with a maximum size of 20 square
feet;
Shall not have interior walls, except for a bathroom;
Shall not have heat or air conditioning;
Shall be limited to a maximum of 400 square feet if plumbing
fixtures are located within, except as otherwise prohibited or limited
herein;
Shall not contain cooking facilities, except if the structure
is open on one or more sides.
An assemblage of towers, poles, structures or devices attached thereto, used to convert wind energy into electrical or mechanical energy in order to supplement an existing power source of a primary permitted structure. Accessory wind energy turbines shall be subject to the regulations found in § 68-420.9 of this ordinance or in any other explicit regulation found within each zoning district section contained herein. Structures or devices which provide power to any other dwelling or structure located on a separate property are not considered part of this definition.
[Added 12-2-2008]
A facility licensed by New York State which provides a structured,
supervised program of meals, health, social and related support services
to elderly or other adults requiring supervision, but which does not
provide overnight occupancy.[1]
[Added 2-25-1992; amended 4-8-1997]
The adjusted gross annual income for occupants of affordable
one-bedroom units shall not exceed an initial level of 80% of the
current median family income for the Nassau-Suffolk Fair Market Rent
Area as published annually by the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development ("HUD MFI") for a family size of two, and the
cost of monthly rent plus utilities for each of the affordable units
shall not exceed 30% of 80% of median income for a family size of
two. Occupants shall be permitted to remain in the affordable unit
until their gross annual income exceeds 100% of the aforementioned
median family income. Rents must either include utilities (heat, electricity
and water), or must be reduced in accordance with the most current
utility schedule available from the Islip Housing Authority. Affordable
studio units shall be subject to the same requirements based on the
current HUD MFI for a family of one, affordable two-bedroom units
shall be subject to the same requirements based on the current HUD
MFI for a family of three, and affordable three-bedroom units shall
be subject to the same requirements based on the current HUD MFI for
a family of four. The property owner or management company shall enter
into a contract with a not-for-profit HUD Certified Housing Counseling
Agency to review and certify compliance with the above provisions.
This contract must be provided prior to issuance of rental permit(s)
and upon request to the Town of Islip Planning Department.
[Added 5-21-2013; amended 2-28-2017; 7-25-2017; 7-20-2021]
The initial sales price of each sale housing unit shall not
exceed a multiple (two times for a one-bedroom unit, 2 1/2 times
for a two-bedroom unit, and three times for a three- or four-bedroom
unit) of 100% of the estimated median family income for the sale year
for the Nassau-Suffolk, New York HUD Metro FMR Area as determined
by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD").
The Town Board in its discretion may permit by Town Board resolution
a range of affordability levels for a particular project, provided
that the average level of affordability complies with this requirement.
In addition, each individual purchasing family's income shall not
exceed 100% of the estimated median family income for the sale year
for the Nassau-Suffolk, NY HUD Metro FMR Area as determined by the
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD"),
as adjusted for family size. Subsequent purchasers of such units shall
have at the time of purchase an income at or below 100% of the median
income for the Nassau-Suffolk primary statistical area as defined
by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. The property
owner shall enter into a contract with a not-for-profit HUD Certified
Housing Counseling Agency to review and certify compliance with the
above provisions. This contract must be provided prior to the issuance
of certificate(s) of occupancy and upon request to the Town of Islip
Planning Department. To insure continued compliance with this legislation,
and as a condition of a change of zone or subdivision approval pursuant
to New York State Town Law, all affordable sale units shall be subject
to covenants and restrictions that run with the land, and restrict
the sale and resale of such units in accordance with the above requirements.
[Added 5-21-2013; amended 2-28-2017; 7-20-2021]
The initial sales price of each sale housing unit shall not
exceed a multiple (two times for a one-bedroom unit, 2 1/2 times
for a two-bedroom unit, and three times for a three-or four-bedroom
unit) of 100% of the estimated median family income for the sale year
for the Nassau-Suffolk, New York HUD Metro FMR Area as determined
by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
The Town Board in its discretion may permit by Town Board resolution
a range of affordability levels for a particular project, provided
that the average level of affordability complies with this requirement.
In addition, each individual purchasing family's income shall not
exceed 100% of the estimated median family income for the sale year
for the Nassau-Suffolk, NY HUD Metro FMR Area as determined by the
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as
adjusted for family size, nor shall such purchasing household possess
net liquid assets and equity in real property totaling more than 2 1/2
times the unsubsidized price (before grants) of the affordable unit
after deducting purchaser's down payment and estimated closing costs.
Subsequent purchasers of such units shall have at the time of purchase
an income at or below 100% of the median income for the Nassau-Suffolk
primary statistical area as defined by the federal Department of Housing
and Urban Development, and such purchaser shall not possess net liquid
assets and equity in real estate totaling more than 2 1/2 times
the unsubsidized price (before grants) of the affordable unit after
deducting purchaser's down payment and estimated closing costs. The
property owner shall enter into a contract with a not-for-profit HUD
Certified Housing Counseling Agency to review and certify compliance
with the above provisions. This contract must be provided prior to
the issuance of certificate(s) of occupancy and upon request to the
Town of Islip Planning Department. To insure continued compliance
with this legislation, and as a condition of a change of zone or subdivision
approval pursuant to New York State Town Law, all affordable sale
units shall be subject to covenants and restrictions that run with
the land, and restrict the sale and resale of such units in accordance
with the above requirements.
[Added 3-14-2023]
A vehicle primarily responsible for transporting people for
medical purposes in nonemergency situations that is approved by the
New York Department of Transportation. Said vehicle shall not be construed
as a taxi.
[Added 6-8-2010]
An establishment whose primary service is the boarding of
dogs and cats, inclusive of day care, grooming, veterinary care and
behavior training. An animal care center shall be located a minimum
distance of 500 feet from any residential use or zone. Outside activity
shall be located a minimum distance of 500 feet from any residential
use or zone. The accessory sale of animal care products, including,
but not limited to, food, toys, and cleaning products, shall be clearly
incidental and limited to 10% of the overall gross floor area or 2,000
square feet, whichever is less.
[Added 4-8-1997; amended 2-28-2017]
An entirely self-contained dwelling unit containing complete
housekeeping facilities, including cooking facilities, for only one
family. An apartment shall have no enclosed space in common with any
other dwelling or apartment other than vestibules, entrances hallways
or porches.
[Added 4-8-1997]
A building or buildings arranged, intended or designed to
be occupied by two or more individuals or families living independently
of each other in apartments.
[Amended 4-8-1997; 7-12-2022]
A center, excluding game rooms, game centers, or bars, taverns
or nightclubs, as defined herein, in which people assemble, where
the purposes of assembly are amusement, entertainment, education,
recreation, socialization, relaxation, association or communication,
or any similar purpose or purposes. Such establishment may serve beverages
or allow their consumption on the premises as accessory to the primary
assembly use.[2]
[Added 8-19-1980; amended 6-8-2010]
The unfinished space between the ceiling assembly and the
roof assembly.
[Added 9-15-2020]
A building, site, or portion of a site used for auctioning of real, personal and intellectual property at scheduled auction events wherein bids for the items are solicited and accepted to effectuate the sale thereof. Auction houses shall not include any business that engages in retail sale of items at set prices to the general public. An auction house that, as an accessory use, engages in outdoor storage of vehicles, boats or heavy equipment shall not be considered a violation of § 68-338R, which prohibits outdoor storage of vehicles, but shall require a special permit from the Planning Board, as set forth below in § 68-340.1.
[Added 12-17-2019]
A lot used solely for the parking of registered automobiles.
An automobile parking field shall only be used in conjunction with
a permitted use which is adjacent to or directly across the street
from the parking field and, provided that a site plan is submitted
to and approved by the Planning Board or its designee indicating compliance
with all Town standards. Overnight parking or outdoor storage shall
not be permitted, unless otherwise approved or permitted in the underlying
zoning district.
[Added 4-8-1997; amended 7-20-2021]
An establishment principally engaged in the sale and service
of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption, subject to regulatory
authority of the New York State Liquor Authority and consisting of
one or more of the following characteristics: age restrictions or
cover charges for admission; dancing, music provided by live entertainment,
disc jockeys, jukeboxes or the like; and hours of operation which
extend beyond the normal dining times for dinner. The accessory or
incidental sale of foods or snacks shall not entitle such a use to
be considered restaurant or minor restaurant use under other provisions
of this Code, but the permanent or temporary removal or relocation
of tables and chairs from such an establishment to permit any of the
aforesaid characteristics shall constitute the creation of a bar,
tavern, or nightclub use. Production of a limited amount of beer on-premises,
for both on- and off-premises consumption, shall be permitted as a
use clearly accessory to a bar, tavern, or nightclub, not to exceed
25% of the gross floor area of the establishment, subject to the limitations
of a restaurant brewer license issued by the New York State Liquor
Authority. Spent grain from the brewing process shall be stored in
rodent proof containers until disposed of off site.
[Added 4-8-1997; amended 2-28-2017]
A story that is not a story above grade plane.
[Added 1-14-2003; amended 9-15-2020]
Any of the islands located within that portion of the Great
South Bay owned by the Town of Islip or the federal government, including
but not limited to Captree Island(s), Sexton Island, Havemeyer Island,
East Fire Island and West Fire Island.
[Added 6-8-2010]
A business primarily engaged in the renting of more than
one billiard table on an hourly or per-use basis. This definition
shall not apply to businesses whose primary use is a restaurant, or
bar, tavern or nightclub, that offers billiard tables as an accessory
use.
[Added 6-8-2010]
Any vessel used on the water or capable of being used as
a means of transportation, except a kayak, canoe, rowboat, personal
watercraft or specialty prop-craft.
[Added 2-24-2009]
A place or structure built along or at an angle from the
shore of navigable water for the mooring of boats.
[Added 5-6-1980]
A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls.
When separated by a party wall without openings, it shall be deemed
a separate "building."
The aggregate of the maximum cross-sectional areas of the
buildings on the lot, excluding cornices, eaves or gutters projecting
not more than 18 inches, steps, open terraces or other features of
an ornamental character.
The point of the main building nearest to the street property
line of the lot.[3]
[Added 9-11-2001]
An accessory food service use located within a permitted
principal use consisting of self-service tray lines wherein patrons
select from a range of prepared or prepackaged food items and subsequently
pay for said items at a cashier prior to entering the primary dining
area. This definition shall not be construed to include minor restaurants,
restaurants or fast-food restaurants as defined herein. Cafeterias
shall only be permitted as accessory to a permitted principal use
and must be located within the same structure as the permitted principal
use. Cafeterias shall not provide food service to the general public,
and patrons shall consist only of those working in or visiting the
permitted principal use. Waiter or table service shall be prohibited
in connection with a cafeteria use.
[Added 5-2-2000]
An accessory structure, subject to zoning district and arterial highway setback requirements, without sidewalls or drops for at least 75% of its perimeter, and supported by columns or posts or attached to a building, used to provide shelter from the elements. Canopies may include shelters over gasoline pump island(s) or service depots. Permanent canopies accessory to retail fuel service stations shall be exempt from Article XXXIX, Tents and Canopies, but must still observe all pertinent requirements of the Town of Islip Zoning Code, inclusive of, but not limited to, Articles XXVII and all New York State Building and Fire Code requirements.
[Added 8-25-1987; amended 1-14-2003; 2-28-2017; 7-20-2021]
A secondary wall sign that identifies a single service, graphic
or symbol in individual channel letters or block design located on
the fascia of the permitted canopy.
[Added 1-14-2003]
A building or part of a building used for the washing of
motor vehicles. A car wash shall provide queuing for at least 12 cars.[4]
[Added 4-8-1997; amended 12-17-2019]
Any premises that provides care for six or more children
during the day or evening hours and where tuition, fees or other forms
of compensation are charged regardless of whether or not the facility
is licensed by any state or other governmental agency. A minimum lot
area of one acre shall be required in connection with any day-care
center operated within a residential zone. This definition does not
include day camps, registered nursery schools, kindergartens, after-school
religious instruction programs or residential day care licensed by
New York State.
[Added 4-8-1997; amended 11-19-2019]
An accessory structure located on the same property as, or
associated with, a residential community. Said structure shall be
permitted to include a sales/management office, bathrooms, showers,
cooking facilities, and additional space for recreation, social gatherings,
and similar type uses.
[Added 3-14-2023]
Any person, partnership or corporation:
[Added 6-23-2009]
Loaning money on deposit or pledge of personal property, other
than securities or printed evidences of indebtedness; or
Dealing in the purchasing of personal property on condition
of selling it back at a stipulated price; or
Designated or doing business as a furniture storage warehouseman
and loaning and advancing money upon goods, wares or merchandise pledged
or deposited as collateral security.
Any outdoor sign attached to a pole or post or posts safely
embedded in the ground, which is larger than an advertising sign.
A retail establishment which sells food and beverages, prepackaged
or packaged within the establishment and in a ready to consume state
and which may also sell newspapers, magazines and/or other sundries
of a convenience nature, and which is open at least 15 hours per day.
A retail establishment commonly referred to as a "supermarket" with
a minimum gross floor area of 25,000 square feet shall not be included
as a part of this definition.
[Added 9-16-1986; amended 4-8-1997]
Establishments for custom work and for making articles to
be sold at retail on the subject parcel intended for the general public
and not for wholesale, including, but not limited to, artist, artisan,
baker, confectioner, decorator, dressmaker, furrier, glassmaker, ironsmith,
milliner, printer, or photographer. This definition shall not apply
to those uses explicitly defined within this section, industrial manufacturing,
mass production or for the brewing and distilling of alcoholic beverages.
[Added 12-17-2019]
A public hall in which people assemble, where the main purpose
of assembly is dancing to musical accompaniment, live or recorded.
Such establishment may serve alcoholic beverages. It must have conspicuously
posted on the premises a certificate of compliance with the State
Labor Law assembly provisions and must comply with the Town of Islip
Fire Prevention Code.[5]
A single or multilevel open, flat, floored structure, without a roof or other enclosed structure, composed of wood, metal, masonry or similar material. "Decks and patios" shall be set back in accordance with the schedule of setback requirements identified in § 68-407. Decks and patios which contain roofs or other enclosed structures shall conform to the minimum setback requirements of the main structure, or as indicated in § 68-407, whichever is greater.[6]
[Added 3-24-1992]
A retail-type establishment which sells food and beverages,
prepackaged or packaged within the establishment and in a ready-to-consume
state, which is open no more than 15 hours a day, and which utilizes
a minimum of 50% of the floor area open to customers for the display
of sundries and foodstuffs for sale. Cooking facilities may be permitted
on site for the preparation and service of food. The addition of seating
to the facility changes the use to a minor restaurant or restaurant
use as appropriate.
[Added 4-5-2005; amended 9-19-2017]
A wharf or portion of a wharf extending along the shoreline
and generally connected with the uplands throughout its length.[7]
[Added 12-12-2006]
A building designed exclusively for residential purposes
and arranged or intended to be occupied by one individual or one family
only.
[Added 4-8-1997]
A building(s) arranged, designed for and occupied by two
or more families living independently of each other in separate dwelling
units.[8]
[Amended 1-16-1990; amended 4-8-1997]
A building or portion thereof arranged, designed for or occupied
by three or more families living independently of each other with
separate cooking facilities. A boardinghouse, furnished-room house,
dormitory, rooming house, tourist house or fraternity house is a building
in which there are less than 30 sleeping rooms occupied primarily
by transients who are lodged with or without meals and in which there
are provided such services as are incidental to its use as a temporary
residence, and is a "multiple dwelling"; a dwelling occupied by one
or two families with five or more transient boarders, roomers or lodgers
in one or both households.[9]
A building designed exclusively for residential purposes
and arranged or intended to be occupied by one individual or one family
only. A single or one-family dwelling shall not have a separate entrance
leading to a separated living space which contains a stove, kitchen
and/or attached plumbing fixtures.
[Amended 12-12-2006; 6-8-2010]
A building arranged, designed for or occupied exclusively
as a home or residence for not more than two families living independently
of each other.
[Amended 1-7-1986]
— One or more persons, whether or not related to each
other by blood, marriage or adoption, all occupying a single, whole,
legal single or one-family dwelling unit as a traditional family or
the functional equivalent of a traditional family, having access to
and utilizing the whole of such dwelling unit, including but not limited
to all rooms and housekeeping facilities, in common.
[Amended 4-8-1997]
In determining whether individuals are living
together as the functional equivalent of a traditional family, the
following criteria must be present:
The group is one which in structure and function
resembles a traditional family unit; and
The occupants must share the entire single or
one-family dwelling unit and live and cook together as a single housekeeping
unit. A unit in which the various occupants act as separate roomers
may not be deemed to be occupied by the functional equivalent of a
traditional family; and
The occupants share expenses for food, rent,
ownership costs, utilities and other household expenses; and
The occupancy is permanent and stable. Evidence
of such permanence and stability includes, but is not limited to:
The presence of minor children regularly residing
in the household who are enrolled in local schools;
Members of the household have the same address
for purposes of voter registration, drivers' licenses, motor vehicle
registration, filing of taxes and delivery of mail;
Members of the household are employed in the
area;
The household has been living together as a
unit for a year or more whether in the current dwelling unit or in
other dwelling units; and
Common ownership of furniture and appliances
among the members of the household.
Any other factor reasonably related to whether
or not the occupants are the functional equivalent of a family.
It shall be presumed that a single or one-family dwelling unit is occupied by more than one family if it contains more than one kitchen or any of those items listed below, found to exist by the Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development, his designee or any person authorized to enforce or investigate violations of Chapter 68 of the Code of the Town of Islip or any laws, codes, rules and regulations of the State of New York:
[Amended 12-12-2006]
The occupancy at issue is not permanent and
stable as defined hereinabove;
More than one mailbox, mail slot or P.O. address;
More than one doorbell or doorway on the same
side of the dwelling unit, unless shown on plans approved by the Building
Division.
[Amended 12-17-2019]
More than one gas meter;
More than one electric meter;
More than one connecting line for cable television
service;
Separate entrances for segregated parts of the
dwelling unit including but not limited to bedrooms;
Partitions or internal doors with locks which
may serve to bar access between segregated portions of the dwelling
unit, including but not limited to bedrooms;
Separate written or oral leases or rental arrangements,
payments or agreements for portions of the dwelling unit among its
owner(s) and occupants;
The inability of any occupant to have lawful
access to all parts of the dwelling unit; or
(Reserved)
A dwelling shall not have a separate entrance
leading to a separated living space which contains a stove, kitchen
sink and/or attached plumbing fixtures.
A separate entrance leading directly to a separated
living space containing a bathroom.[10]
All of the foregoing may be rebutted by evidence presented to the Code Enforcement Official, as defined in § 68-649 of the Town Code, or any court of competent jurisdiction.
[Added 5-22-2007]
Any buildings, structure or area in which more than five
transient or part-time vendors offer for sale to the public goods,
wares, merchandise or foods; or any building, structure or area in
which goods, wares, merchandise or foods are offered for sale by more
than three vendors to the public for a total number of hours per week
which is less than the total number of hours per week which permanent
vendors of comparable goods, wares, merchandise or foods offer to
the public; or any building, structure or area in which sales to the
public by more than three vendors are contemplated on less than five
full business days per week.
A parcel of land used for the taking on or discharging of
passengers and/or cargo for travel from or return to the parcel of
land or other parcels of land by a marine vessel with or without a
fee. The operation or mooring of any gambling or casino vessel in
connection with said parcel shall not be included as part of this
definition.
[Added 4-5-2005; amended 12-12-2006]
The gross floor area of a structure divided by the total
lot area.[11]
[Added 10-6-1987]
Any ferry, sightseeing, excursion, sport fishing or passenger
ocean vessel that operates a shipboard gambling or casino business
subject to regulation under Part IV, Regulatory Local Laws, Chapter
310, of the Suffolk County Administrative Code or any successor or
preemptive legislation.
[Added 12-12-2006]
A hall which contains three or fewer pinball machines, electronic
video-screen games, foosball games, air hockey games, skeebowls or
any other similar games or machines for the use of which fees are
paid directly into the machine or to any operator.
[Added 8-19-1980, amended 12-15-1981]
A hall which contains four or more pinball machines, electronic
video-screen games, foosball games, air hockey games, skeebowls or
any other similar games or machines for the use of which fees are
paid directly into the machine or to any operator.
[Added 8-19-1980, amended 12-15-1981]
An accessory building, or a part of a principal building,
for the private use of the owner or tenant of the lot on which the
private garage exists. The use of a private garage shall be limited
to a permitted accessory use as defined by the Islip Town Code. The
maximum height of any residential garage door shall be eight feet.
A building or part of a building designed and used for the
sale of gasoline and/or other auto related fuels with or without the
retail sale of motor vehicle related products. Gasoline service stations
may also include the operation of a convenience store and/or a vehicle
repair shop as an accessory use subject to the issuance of a special
permit by the Planning Board after due public hearing.
[Added 4-8-1997; amended 6-8-2010]
The finished ground level adjoining the building at all exterior
walls.
[Added 9-15-2020]
A reference plane representing the average of the finished
ground level adjoining the building at all exterior walls. Where the
finished ground level slopes away from the exterior walls, the reference
plane shall be established by the lowest points within the area between
the building and the lot line, or when the lot line is more than six
feet (1,829 mm) from the building, between the structure and a point
six feet (1,829 mm) from the building.
[Added 9-15-2020]
The total floor area, including all levels or stories, of
a structure as measured from the exterior faces of the walls.
[Amended 4-8-1997; 1-14-2003; 4-5-2005; 12-12-2006; 9-11-2007; 5-28-2008; 6-8-2010]
Gross floor area shall include but not be limited to:
Primary buildings/structures.
Accessory buildings/structures, except as described below.
[Amended 10-25-2011]
Basements that are 50% or more above average grade.
[Amended 9-15-2020]
Mezzanines as defined herein.
Storage space, including the area below a dwelling that has
been raised for floodproofing or other purposes, with headroom of
seven feet six inches or more, and fully enclosed with walls.
[Amended 3-14-2023]
Floor space utilized for mechanical equipment with structural
headroom of seven feet six inches or more.
All ground-level covered or enclosed porches, patios and decks,
except those exempted below.
Area under a gable, hip, gambrel or similar-type roof where
there exists a floor-to-ceiling height of four feet six inches or
more.
Basements, storage space or occupied space for nonresidential
uses.
[Amended 9-15-2020]
(Reserved)[13]
Walk-in refrigeration and/or freezer boxes or containers.
[Added 9-15-2020]
The following structures shall not contribute towards gross
floor area:
Residential basements as defined herein, except those that are
50% or more above grade or utilized as an accessory apartment.
[Amended 9-15-2020]
Decks not located on Fire Island, provided that they are accessory
to a permitted principal use and are not roofed over, covered or enclosed.
Covered, unenclosed residential porches located in any portion
of a front yard and which do not extend more than six feet from the
front wall of the dwelling.
Any decorative or cantilevered architectural element protruding
from any structure when not contributing more than 25% of the facial
area of the wall of said building.
Cloth or similar fabric awnings attached to buildings for decorative
purposes and which do not contain any signage or wording. Said awnings
shall not expand the functional floor area of any use, including but
not limited to public assembly, inventory storage, or shielding or
screening of HVAC equipment.
Enclosures designed to conceal rooftop wireless communication
facilities, provided enclosure does not serve any other purpose or
use.
[Added 3-8-2011]
Residential accessory structures not containing any plumbing
fixtures and which are smaller than or equal to 499 square feet or
249 square feet if said structure is located within the Residence
BAA District.
[Added 10-25-2011; amended 8-5-2014]
Decks located on Fire Island, provided that they are accessory
to a permitted principal use and are not roofed over, covered or enclosed
and which are a maximum of six feet above average grade. For the purposes
of this section, average grade shall be determined by measuring the
vertical distance from the ground to the surface of the deck at each
external corner of said deck and taking the average thereof.
[Added 10-25-2011; 3-14-2023]
Cornices, eaves, gutters, chimneys, bay windows, and fireplaces
which extend no more than 24 inches from the exterior walls of a building.
[Added 8-5-2014]
Area beneath staircases in single-family and two-family dwellings.
[Added 2-28-2017]
Permanent canopies over fuel dispensers.
[Added 9-19-2017]
Commercial generators.
[Added 9-15-2020]
A space in a structure used for living (including recreation,
exercising, and office space), sleeping, eating, or cooking. Bathrooms,
toilet rooms, closets, halls, storage or utility spaces and similar
areas are not considered habitable spaces.
[Added 12-12-2006; amended 9-15-2020; 3-14-2023]
All navigable creeks, rivers, canals, etc., which flow or open into the Great South Bay as defined in § 37-51.
[Added 6-12-2007]
An indoor facility whose predominant use involves such activities
as court games, swimming pools, physical exercise equipment, locker
rooms, jacuzzi and/or sauna.
[Added 4-8-1997]
Those vehicles and/or equipment commonly used during construction,
building maintenance, emergency response, demolition of utilities,
buildings, or structures or with the excavation of earth, sand, or
other construction materials. Such vehicles and equipment shall include,
but not be limited to, commercial-grade tractors, backhoes, front-end
loaders, forklifts, bulldozers, ambulances, first responder vehicles,
fire trucks, and scissor lifts. Inclusion of and additions to vehicles
and equipment that fall under this definition shall be subject to
the review and approval of the Planning Board. This definition shall
not be construed to include motor vehicle dealerships as defined by
this chapter.[14]
[Added 9-11-2001; amended 1-14-2003]
The vertical distance from grade plane to the highest roof surface, not including chimneys, spires and similar permitted projections. For any single-family residential and any structure(s) accessory thereto, within an area of special flood hazard pursuant to Article XL of this chapter, building height shall be measured from the grade plane or the minimum elevation necessary to meet the prerequisites for federal flood insurance as determined by the National Flood Insurance Program/FEMA shown on an applicable Flood Insurance Rate Map. The Commissioner of Planning or the Commissioner's designee, shall be responsible for any interpretations concerning grade plane and/or flood elevation.
[Added 9-15-2020; amended 3-9-2021]
The vertical distance from top to top of two successive tiers
of beams or finished floor surfaces; and, for the topmost story, from
the top of the floor finish to the top of the ceiling joists or, where
there is not a ceiling, to the top of the roof rafters.
[Added 9-15-2020]
An office activity conducted within a single-family residence
in a single-family residential district by the residents thereof as
an accessory use within the main dwelling that does not change the
character of the building as a residence or the character of the site
as a residential plot. The activity may employ a maximum of one nonresident
and shall not occupy more than 15% of the gross floor area of the
residence, unless a variance is issued by the New York State Department
of State in which case a maximum of 25% of the gross floor area may
be permitted; in no case more than 500 square feet. Parking for the
home occupation use shall be installed, landbanked or screened from
view pursuant to the direction of the Commissioner of Planning and
Development or the Commissioner's designee. The following uses shall
be considered home occupations: the office of a single physician,
dentist, chiropractor, lawyer, architect, engineer, surveyor, accountant,
financial planner, insurance agent or tutor, provided that instruction
is limited to a single pupil at one time. Other similar uses, which
do not alter the character of the house as a residence, may only be
permitted after the review and approval of the Board of Appeals. In
no case shall the following uses be deemed permitted home occupations;
bars, taverns, nightclubs, restaurants, minor restaurants, fast-food
restaurants, convenience markets, veterinarian, dance studio, real
estate broker, musical instruction groups, art or photo galleries,
funeral parlor/home, barbershops, beauty parlors, adult homes, nursing
homes, tattoo parlor, any use involving outside storage, including
the outside storage of registered vehicles, outside display or any
retail use.
[Added 10-3-1978; amended 12-9-1997; 12-12-2006; 12-17-2019]
A facility duly licensed and approved by the New York State
Department of Health or federal agency having jurisdiction that is
engaged in providing health care and related activities consisting
of inpatient and outpatient facilities, including but not limited
to: operating rooms, emergency rooms, patient rooms, treatment areas
and related medical, clinical and support facilities; clinics; nursing,
educational and research facilities; offices for medical, professional
and administrative staff; meeting and conference areas; laboratories;
and accessory uses such as helipads, cafeterias, snack shops, gift
shops, flower shops, newsstands and similar uses.
[Added 10-16-2018]
A building or a group of buildings designed, intended or
used primarily for providing sleeping accommodations for travelers
and consisting of individual units. Accommodations are offered to
the general public on a daily rate and may include additional services,
such as restaurants, meeting rooms and recreational facilities as
an accessory use within a principal structure.[15]
[Amended 4-8-1997]
A commercial recreational land use conducted entirely within
a building, with or without seating for spectators, and providing
accommodations for a variety of sports and activities, including but
not limited to children's activities, trampoline/bounce facilities,
basketball, hockey, football, wrestling, soccer, tennis, volleyball,
racquetball, shooting range, paintball or go-karts. This definition
shall not apply to those uses specifically defined otherwise.
[Added 9-15-2020
An assemblage of towers, poles, structures or devices attached thereto, used to convert wind energy into electrical or mechanical energy in order to supplement an existing power source of a primary permitted structure located only within an Industrial 1 District, Industrial 2 District, or Industrial Corridor District and which fully complies with the requirements listed in § 68-420.10 of this chapter.[16]
[Added 9-29-2009]
An area within a building which contains a sink, a refrigerator
and an element utilized for heating or cooking of consumable goods.
[Added 12-12-2006]
An establishment that offers laundry services, washing machines
and dryers on a pay per use basis.
[Added 3-14-2023]
An integrated housing unit and work space, occupied and utilized
by a single-family household in a structure that has been designed
or structurally modified to accommodate joint residential occupancy
and work activity for the primary use. The maximum square footage
for living space shall be limited to 2,000.
[Added 12-17-2019]
A parcel of land, exclusive of street areas, used or designed
to be used by one use or building or by a related group of uses or
buildings and the accessory uses or buildings customarily incident
thereto, including open spaces as are required by this ordinance.
Upland only shall be termed land; neither land under water, shore,
strand nor beach shall be deemed land for the purpose of this ordinance.
The total area measured inside all the lot lines, leaving
out the underwater portion.
A lot with frontage on two or more intersecting streets.
A lot extending from one street to another street or right-of-way,
having frontage on two streets or right-of-ways where the lot frontages
do not intersect. A lot abutting a federal highway or New York State
parkway shall not be considered a through lot.
[Amended 12-17-2019; 9-15-2020]
A structure built or maintained for the purpose of providing,
as a principal use, secure moorings for boats and offering, as accessory
uses, supply, repair and other boat-related facilities. The operation
or mooring of any gambling or casino vessel shall not be included
as part of this definition.[17]
[Amended 5-6-1980; 12-12-2006]
An intermediate level or levels between the floor and ceiling
of any story with an aggregate floor area of not more than 1/3 of
the area of the room or space in which the level or levels are located.
[Added 12-12-2006]
A multiunit structure wherein each unit is used for personal
storage of goods which are not intended for transport, distribution
or resale. Each such unit is further intended to be accessed by a
primary lessee through a single door only. No habitation or long-term
or daily occupancy of such units shall be considered part of this
definition.
[Added 6-8-2010]
A building in which residential uses are permitted to exist
simultaneously with legally permitted commercial uses.[18]
[Added 1-6-1981, amended 4-8-1997]
An off-road dirt or mud track on a closed course that includes
turns, hills and jumps for the outdoor recreational use by riders
of off-road all-terrain vehicles, off-highway motorcycles or other
wheeled vehicles that are propelled by a force other than human energy.
[Added 9-19-2017]
A building or a part of a building or a lot of a part of
a lot used for the sale, rental, lease, display or storage of new
or used vehicles, including but not limited to automobiles, vans,
trucks, trailers, buses, campers, recreational vehicles or boats or
any vehicle required to be registered with the New York State Department
of Motor Vehicles. This definition shall not be construed to include
heavy construction vehicles, emergency vehicles and related equipment.
Motor vehicle dealerships may also include vehicle repair and/or a
car wash facility as accessory uses subject to the issuance of a special
permit from the Planning Board after due public hearing. A car wash
shall provide a queue for at least 12 cars, unless modified by the
Planning Board.[19]
[Added 4-8-1997; amended 9-11-2001; 1-14-2003; 5-21-2013; 12-17-2019]
A building, place or institution devoted to the acquisition,
conservation, study, exhibition and educational interpretation of
objects having scientific, historical or artistic value.[20]
[Added 6-8-2010]
Any use of a building, structure, land or water area lawfully existing at the time of the passage of this chapter, or any amendments thereto affecting such use, which does not conform to the provisions of the use district in which it is situated. This definition shall not apply to structures that maintain a valid certificate of occupancy or certificate of compliance and are being used for the permitted uses of the district within which they are located. Structures in this category shall be subject to the dimensional requirements of the district in which they are located and the provisions of § 68-17E and F.[21]
[Amended 4-21-1998; 9-11-2001; 1-14-2003]
A building or a portion of a building wherein services are
performed involving predominantly administrative, professional or
clerical operations.
[Added 4-8-1997]
An office, where the services performed within are of a medical
or therapeutic nature, and are conducted by or under the supervision
of a professional licensed by the New York State Education Department.
[Added 2-28-2017]
A physical or electronic graphic representation of that part
of the Town outside the limits of any incorporated city or village,
showing the streets, highways and parks theretofore laid out, adopted
and established by law, and drainage systems may also be shown on
such map. Such map shall show the location and width of streets and
highways, drainage systems, zoning district boundaries, or any other
meaningful and certifiable geographic information. Such map shall
be derived from any legal and legitimate supporting documentation
and may be updated at any time based on said documentation and by
authorization of the Commissioner of Planning. Any copy derived from
the Official Map, whether of physical or electronic form, may be subject
to certification by the Commissioner of Planning or his designee.
[Added 5-28-2008]
The location of goods, materials, merchandise or equipment
other than in an enclosed building, located within the front yard,
second front yard or side yard and intended for public viewing. Displays
shall be located within 15 feet of any retail structure and shall
not be permitted overnight. The display of any vehicle for sale or
storage shall not be considered part of this definition.
[Added 4-21-1998; amended 6-8-2010]
Any overnight storage located other than in an enclosed building
or structure which meets the New York State Fire and Building Code.
Said storage consists of a primary inventory of goods for any commercial
operation whether or not it is intended for public viewing and/or
for retail uses.
[Added 4-8-1997; amended 9-11-2001; 1-14-2003; 5-20-2003; 4-5-2005; 6-8-2010; 10-25-2011; 3-14-2023]
All the land contiguously owned, bounded by property lines.
[Added 6-5-1979]
An accessory building, or a part of a principal building,
for the private use of the owner or occupant of a principal building
situated on the same lot of the principal building for the storage
of motor vehicles with no facilities for mechanical service or repair.
Each level of a parking garage shall be included in determining the
floor area ratio of the parcel.
[Added 4-8-1997]
A building or structure or a part of a building or structure
used for the storage of automotive vehicles, with no facilities for
motor vehicle repair or service, operated as a business enterprise
with a service charge or fee being paid to the owner or operator for
the parking or storage of privately owned vehicles. Each level of
a parking garage shall be included in determining the floor area ratio
of the parcel.
[Added 4-8-1997]
The area of a lot or building used or designed to be used
for the purpose of accessory parking of vehicles. Such area shall
be on or part of the same lot on which the principal use is located.
The space required for each motor vehicle intended or required to be parked in an off-street parking area. For the size parking space required, refer to § 68-408.
[Amended 10-7-1974]
Any use maintainable as a matter of right and expressly listed
under the permitted uses section in this chapter within a given zoning
district. For the purposes of this definition, a legal nonconforming
use shall not be considered a permitted use, despite the fact that
it may be allowed to continue.
[Added 10-13-2010]
A business primarily engaged in providing services involving
the care of a person or his/her personal goods or apparel, including
but not limited to barber and beauty shops, body art, spas, dog grooming,
tailor, dressmaker, shoe repair, photographer, psychic reader and
the like. This definition shall not apply to those uses explicitly
defined within this section or to laundromats, dry cleaners or medical
offices.
[Added 6-8-2010; amended 7-20-2021]
Any device mounted upon wheels and incapable of locomotion
under its own power, which is normally connected to a motorized unit,
for transporting or hauling boats, homes, automobiles, motorcycles,
recreational vehicles, equipment, and other materials, as well as
other recreational trailers.
[Added 7-19-2011]
A roof supported by columns or pillars, the sides of which
shall not be enclosed with screens, windows, jalousies or bulkhead,
except that a railing with pickets not over 32 inches in height may
be installed between columns or pillars.
[Added 9-11-2001]
Land with or without buildings and structures thereon.
A motor vehicle or trailer which includes living quarters
designed for recreational use and accommodation. Types of RVs include,
but are not limited to, motorhomes, campervans, caravans (also known
as travel trailers and camper trailers), fifth-wheel trailers, popup
campers, and truck campers.
[Added 7-20-2021]
An establishment which sorts and processes those components
of the waste stream which are capable of being recycled or reused
in place of virgin materials which may include newspaper, corrugated
cardboard, ferrous metals, glass, plastics, aluminum and yard waste.
[Added 3-14-2023]
An establishment with the sole purpose of reimbursing the
refund value of an empty beverage container (glass, plastic or aluminum)
to a redeemer. Said establishment shall not be considered a recycling
center and may not receive glass, plastics or aluminum for which a
deposit is not required by New York State law.
[Added 3-14-2023]
Energy derived from natural processes that replenish at a
faster rate than they are consumed. This includes but is not limited
to solar, wind, geothermal, tidal and hydro.
[Added 5-15-2018]
A dwelling or dwellings in which residents have exclusive
ownership of particular dwelling units and, in addition, an interest
in the common elements associated with the building or buildings in
which the particular dwelling unit is located as defined by the laws,
codes, rules and regulations of the State of New York. Interval or
time-sharing forms of ownership and use shall be deemed included in
this definition.
[Added 4-8-1997]
A dwelling or dwellings in which residents have an ownership
interest in the entity which owns the building(s) and, in addition,
a lease or occupancy agreement which entitles the residents to occupy
a particular dwelling unit within the building(s) as defined by the
laws, codes, rules and regulations of the State of New York. Interval
or time-sharing forms of ownership and use shall be deemed included
in this definition.
[Added 4-8-1997]
Shall be defined to include either of the following:
[Added 11-19-2019; amended 9-15-2020]
Family Day-Care Home, shall mean a program caring for children
for more than three hours per day and from three to six children in
a residence. A family day-care provider may, however, care for seven
or eight children at any one time if no more than six of the children
are less than school age and school-aged children care is primarily
before or after the period such children are ordinarily in school,
during school, during school lunch periods, on school lunch periods,
on school holidays, or during those periods of the year in which school
is not in session in accordance with the regulations of the New York
State Social Services Department and the New York State Social Services
Department inspects such home to determine whether the provider can
care adequately for seven or eight children.
Group Family Day-Care Home, shall mean a program caring for
children for more than three hours per day per child in which child
day care is provided in a residence for seven to 10 children of all
ages, or up to 12 children where all of such children are over two
years of age, except for those programs operating as a family day-care
home (See definition for "family day-care home" above). A group family
day-care home provider may provide child day-care services to two
additional children if such children receive services only before
or after the period such children are ordinarily in school or during
school lunch periods, or school holidays. or during those periods
of the year in which school is not in session. There shall be one
caregiver for every two children under two years of age in the group
family day-care home. A group family day-care home must have at least
one assistant to the operator present when child day-care is being
provided to seven or more children. This assistant shall be selected
by the group family day care home operator and shall meet the qualifications
established for such position by the regulations of the New York State
Social Services Department.
An establishment engaged in the sale of prepared food intended
for immediate consumption either on premises or off premises or both
on premises and off premises and which is otherwise not defined as
a fast-food restaurant, minor restaurant, accessory restaurant or
bar, tavern or nightclub. A restaurant shall not include a drive-through
window, and the sale, service and consumption of alcoholic beverages
shall be clearly accessory to the food service use.[22]
[Added 4-8-1997; amended 6-8-2010]
An establishment engaged in the sale of prepared food intended
for immediate consumption off premises that shares common commercial
space with an approved convenience market as an accessory use to a
gasoline service station and with a maximum square footage of 400
square feet, exclusive of a waiting area for patrons, within the convenience
market containing no seating. An accessory restaurant shall not include
a drive-through window.
[Added 6-8-2010]
Any establishment whose principal business is the sale of
foods and or beverages in ready-to-consume individual servings, for
consumption either inside or outside the restaurant building or for
carry-out, and whose design or method of operation includes a drive-up
or drive-through service or offers curb service.
[Added 4-8-1997]
An establishment engaged in the sale of prepared food intended
for immediate consumption either on premises or off premises or both
on premises and off premises, containing a maximum gross floor area
of 2,000 square feet, and a maximum of 16 seats available for customer
use. The sale, service and consumption of beverages shall be accessory
to the food service use, and any alcoholic beverages sold, served
or consumed shall be limited to beer and wine and shall not include
service from a bar or similar dispensing structure. A minor restaurant
shall not include a drive-up or drive-through facility and shall not
otherwise be defined as a bar, tavern or nightclub, fast food restaurant,
restaurant, convenience market or delicatessen.
[Added 4-8-1997; amended 12-17-2019]
Any type of antenna, dish antenna or related receiving equipment
that is capable of receiving radio or television signals directly
from satellites located in a geo-stationary orbit above the earth.
[Added 6-3-1986]
A membership community or neighborhood of single-family dwellings,
with ancillary common buildings or facilities that provide for the
recreation of its members, located on property owned or managed by
an organization or corporation which shall have responsibility for
all roads and common areas. Said community is intended for occupancy
between the period of April 1 to November 30 only.
[Added 10-3-1989; amended 6-7-2016]
Two or more retail businesses or service uses on a single
site with common parking facilities.[23]
[Added 4-8-1997]
Any portion of a commercial or industrial building or unit
used primarily for the display of demonstration models and/or goods.
An inventory of said items is stored in larger quantities and/or in
bulk in a separate warehousing portion of said building or unit which
is not directly accessible to shopping patrons. The use of any showroom
space must be clearly accessory to, or shall be incidental to, the
primary use of the commercial or industrial building. Any sales occurring
within a showroom shall be primarily bulk purchases or of large items.
A showroom may not occupy more than 25% of the gross floor area of
the building or unit in which it is located.
[Added 6-8-2010]
Any structure, device or display consisting of, but not limited
to, any letter, symbol, trademark, model, banner, flag, pennant, insignia,
light decoration, illustration, representation or combination thereof
used for the purpose of advertisement, announcement, identification
or other attention-directing intent. A "sign" does not include the
flag, pennant or insignia of a governmental or religious institution
and does not include any display of a court or official public notices.[24]
[Added 6-5-1979]
A building occupied by no more than one business establishment
with a minimum gross floor area of 100,000 square feet offering products
for sale to retail and wholesale customers with a warehouse-style
interior building finish and offering products for sale as multipacks
and institutional-sized items.[25]
[Added 10-6-1992; amended 9-12-2000]
The location of goods, merchandise, unregistered motor vehicles,
registered or unregistered unattached trailers, shipping containers,
equipment, materials, debris, and/or any other items either in an
enclosed structure or outside of an enclosed structure.
[Amended 9-21-1982; 7-7-1987; 12-19-1989; 4-5-2005]
A structure without electrical or plumbing services, not
exceeding 144 square feet in area and not extending more than eight
feet above the property grade, used only for the storage of items
customarily incidental to the principal use and located separately
on the same plot with such principal use.
[Added 5-7-1985; amended 9-11-2001; 6-8-2010]
That portion of a building included between the upper surface
of a floor and the upper surface of the floor or roof next above.
[Amended 1-14-2003; 9-15-2020]
Any story having its finished floor surface entirely above
grade plane, or in which the finished surface of the floor next above
is any of the following:
[Added 9-15-2020]
A public or private way which affords the principal means
of access to abutting properties. Boardwalks on the Great South Beach
shall be deemed to be "streets" for the purposes of this ordinance.
Neither tidal nor nontidal waters, nor the shores, strands nor beaches
along same shall be deemed "streets" for the purpose of this ordinance.
The total width of a street measured at right angles to its
center line, from property line to property line.
[Added 7-12-2022]
An assembly of materials forming a construction of component
structural parts for occupancy or use, including buildings.
Any residential structure containing more than two attached
dwelling units, regardless of height of said structure(s), and all
other primary structures not used as a detached single-family dwelling
or two-family dwelling.
[Added 12-15-2009]
That portion of a dwelling consisting of one or more living
rooms and occupied by members of a family, which group of rooms is
separated from all other groups within a dwelling.
Exterior building elevations which meet the following minimum
criteria:
[Added 5-15-2018; amended 7-20-2021]
Utilization of higher quality exterior finish materials, including
but not limited to stone, brick, glass, tile, metal panels, or fiber
cement siding.
Incorporation of elements of vertical interruption and variation
of facade depth.
Use of stucco, exterior insulation and finish system (EIFS)
or similar cladding systems, or concrete block limited to accent bands
not exceeding 10% of facade area.
A minimum of 15% of facade area dedicated to window openings.
Screening of roof-mounted equipment in context with building
facade treatments.
Incorporation of horizontal distinguishing elements along the
base and top of the facade (e.g., substantial coping element, cornice,
decorative parapet, stacked stone or brick base, etc.).
A business or establishment with a warehouse-style interior
building finish wherein goods, wares, merchandise, produce, commodities
or similar articles are offered for sale, redistribution, or sold
only in bulk or large quantities to wholesalers, merchants and retailers,
or to institutions, industrial or business uses. A wholesale distribution
business or establishment, or supply house, does not include any establishment
or business wherein goods, wares, merchandise, produce, commodities
or similar articles are offered for sale or sold to the general public
or to the ultimate consumer. Any business wherein goods, wares, merchandise,
produce, commodities or similar articles are offered for sale and
that distributes advertisements to residential addresses shall create
a rebuttable presumption that the business is a retail store or shop.
[Added 6-19-2012]
A premises, or any part of a premises, which is utilized
for general taxi office administration, radio dispatching or communication
with taxi vehicles. The function of a taxi office is strictly limited
to the daily business operations of a taxi business and shall not
include other functions otherwise attributed to a taxi station as
defined later. The transience of taxi vehicles, the outdoor storage
of taxi vehicles and the pickup/dropoff of passengers is strictly
prohibited. An ambulette office shall not be considered a taxi office.
[Added 1-14-2003; amended 6-8-2010]
A premises, or any part of a premises, which is utilized
for taxi office administration as defined above as well as the pickup/dropoff
of passengers and the storage of taxi vehicles. Taxi stations must
provide a waiting room to accommodate passengers. Such room shall
not contain less than five chairs and shall be constructed and maintained
in accordance with applicable building codes. An ambulette office
shall not be considered a taxi station.
[Added 1-14-2003; amended 6-8-2010]
A structure, enclosure or shelter, subject to zoning district
and arterial highway setback requirements for accessory structures,
constructed of fabric or pliable material supported by any manner
except by air or the contents that it protects.
[Added 2-28-2017]
A building(s) devoted to showing motion pictures or live
performances on one or more screens or stages within the building(s)
on a paid-admission basis. In a community theater, the total number
of seats or the maximum permitted occupancy, as determined by the
Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development or his/her
designee, shall not exceed 1,200.
[Added 4-8-1997; amended 8-5-2014]
A buildings devoted to showing motion pictures on one or
more screens within the buildings on a paid admission basis where
the total number of seats or maximum permitted occupancy, as determined
by the Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development
or his designee, exceeds 1,200.
[Added 4-8-1997]
A store selling secondhand clothes and/or secondhand household
goods to raise funds for a charitable institution.
[Added 12-17-2019]
Any combination of structures, machinery and facilities used
for the off-loading of solid waste and recyclables from collection
vehicles, the recovery of recyclables from said solid waste and recyclables,
and the reloading of nonrecyclable solid waste into vehicles for disposal.
[Added 3-15-1988; amended 7-20-2021]
The purpose for which land or a building or structure is
designed, arranged, intended or for which it is or may be occupied
or maintained. The term "permitted use" shall not be deemed to include
any nonconforming use.
A building or part of a building, other than a private garage,
used for the storage, care, repair, servicing, customizing or refinishing
of motor vehicles, whether or not accessory or incidental to another
use, including, but not limited to, both minor and major mechanical
overhauling, paint and body work. The term "motor vehicles" shall
include, but not be limited to, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles,
campers, trailers, recreational vehicles, recreational watercraft
and similarly related vehicles or any vehicle classified as a motor
vehicle pursuant to the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles.
A vehicle repair shop may store up to five registered, noncommercial
vehicles outside overnight provided they are located 50 feet from
any street, are not listed for sale, do not require body work, and
are patron vehicles that will be worked on and not for long-term storage.
Operations solely devoted to automotive audio and/or video installations
or window tinting, occurring inside a building only, and which do
not involve the use of any vehicle lift, shall not be considered part
of this definition.
[Added 4-8-1997; amended 6-8-2010; 10-25-2011]
A structure which is an automatic mechanical device which
disperses articles or materials of value to the public and which is
activated by the insertion of a coin, coins, token or tokens. It shall
not include a telephone or telephone booth.
Any floating craft.
[Added 2-24-2009]
Any assembly of materials, not a fence or building, constructed
for the purpose of boundary identification or delineation, security,
obstruction, defense, screening, retention of any grading, fill, or
other material, and/or the enclosure of any storage system. Walls
include, but are not limited to, retaining walls, attenuation walls,
bulkheads, and sea walls.
[Added 1-14-2003]
A wall, the primary function of which is the retention of
soil, and needed as an engineered interface between changes in land
elevation.
[Added 2-28-2017]
A building or enclosure for the storage of goods and merchandise.
A mini-storage warehouse shall not be included in this definition.
[Added 6-8-2010]
That part of a yard not the front yard, lying between any
part of a building or buildings and the front yard setback line.
The space between the property line adjacent to the street
and the nearest part of any building exhibiting the front door.
[Amended 12-17-2019]
The open space of a lot opposite the front yard, or opposite
the primary front yard in the case of corner lots, and parallel to
the street line. All lots shall maintain a rear yard with the exception
of through lots which shall maintain a primary front yard setback
adjacent to each street line.
[Added 4-8-1997]
Open space on the same lot with the main building situated
between the building and the side line of the lot and extending through
from the street or from the front yard to the rear yard of the lot.
Any lot line not a street line or a rear line shall be deemed a side
line.
The space between the property line adjacent to the street
or right-of-way which is not the primary front yard.
[Added 12-17-2019]
[1]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "affordable housing,"
added 4-8-1997, and which immediately followed this definition, was
repealed 5-1-2013.
[2]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "assembly
hall," added 4-18-1979, which immediately followed this definition,
was repealed 8-19-1980.
[3]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "building height,"
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 9-15-2020.
[4]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "cellar," which immediately
followed this definition, was repealed 9-15-2020.
[5]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 18, Fire Prevention Code. The former definition of "day-care center," added 8-19-1980, as amended 2-7-1984, which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 4-8-1997. See now "child day-care center." The former definition of "deck" added 9-4-1984, which also followed, was repealed 5-7-1985.
[6]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "decorative
pond" which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 1-14-2003.
[7]
Editor's Note: The definition of "dog kennel,"
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 8-14-2007.
See now "kennel."
[8]
Editor's Note: A second definition of "attached
dwelling," added 1-16-1990, which immediately followed this definition,
was repealed 1-14-2003.
[9]
Editor's Note: The former definitions of "dwelling,
semiattached," added 1-16-1990, and "dwelling, senior-citizen-shared,"
added 10-2-1984, were repealed 4-8-1997.
[10]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection C, providing
opportunity to rebut the foregoing, was repealed 12-12-2006. The former
definition of "family day-care home," added 2-7-1984, which immediately
followed this definition, was repealed 4-8-1997.
[11]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "food
and beverage service establishment," added 11-14-1995, which immediately
followed, was repealed 4-8-1997.
[12]
Editor's Note: The former definitions of "garage,
public" and "garden apartments," which immediately followed, were
repealed 4-8-1997.
[13]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection (1)(j), regarding decks located
on Fire Island, was repealed 3-14-2023.
[14]
Editor’s Note: The former definition of "home day care,"
which immediately followed, was repealed 11-19-2019. See now the definition
of "residential day care."
[15]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "leisure
park," added 4-7-1981, which immediately followed this definition,
was repealed 4-8-1997.
[16]
Editor’s Note: The former definition of "kennel," amended
8-14-2007, which immediately followed this definition, was repealed
2-28-2017.
[17]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "minor
food service establishment," added 11-14-1995, which immediately followed
this definition, was repealed 4-8-1997.
[18]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "motel,"
amended 6-22-1971, which immediately followed this definition, was
repealed 4-8-1997. See now "hotel (motel)."
[19]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "motor vehicle and
repair service," added 4-8-1997, and which immediately followed this
definition, was repealed 10-25-2011.
[20]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "new structure," which
immediately followed this definition, was repealed 9-15-2020.
[21]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "nonhabitable space,"
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 9-15-2020.
[22]
Editor's Note: A former definition of "restaurant"
was repealed 11-14-1995.
[23]
Editor's Note: A former definition of "shopping
center," added 5-6-1975, was repealed 10-6-1992.
[24]
Editor's Note: The definitions of "sign, advertising,"
"sign, directional," and "sign, facial," which immediately followed
this definition, were repealed 6-5-1979.
[25]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "social recreation
center," which immediately followed, was repealed 8-19-1980. The term
was removed from this section 10-13-2010.
In interpreting and applying the provisions
of this ordinance, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements
adopted for the promotion of health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience
or the general welfare.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 68-5, Setback requirements
for through lots, was repealed 7-20-2021.
The lot or yard areas required by this ordinance
for a particular building or use shall not be diminished below the
minimum requirements and shall not be included as a part of the required
lot or yard areas of any other building or use. If the lot or yard
areas required by this ordinance for a particular building or use
are diminished below the minimum requirements, the continued existence
of such building or use shall be deemed to be a violation of this
ordinance. The lot or yard areas of buildings or uses existing at
the time of the passage of this ordinance shall not be diminished
below the requirements herein provided for buildings hereafter erected
or uses undertaken, and such required areas shall not be included
as a part of the required areas of any building hereafter erected
or uses undertaken.
Nothing herein contained shall require any changes
in the plans, construction or designed use of a building for which
a building permit has been issued and actually under construction,
to the extent of having created a vested interest thereby, at the
time of the adoption of this codification or at the time of the adoption
of any amendment hereto, provided the entire work under such permit
is completed within two years from the date of adoption of the legislative
enactment.
[Amended 4-8-1997]
Abandonment of project for which authorization,
approval or special permit is granted. Any building permit authorized,
approved or granted by authorization of a special permit by the Town
Board shall become null and void if said building permit has not been
secured within 12 months from the date of such authorization, approval
or special permit and work commenced thereunder and completed within
24 months from the date of the issuance of said permit, or the lot
or premises used for the purposes granted by the said authorization,
approval or special permit within 12 months from the date of order
or decision of said Town Board.
[Amended 6-8-2010]
No unofficial highway located on real estate
subdivision maps that have not been approved by the Planning Board
shall be opened or improved until a permit for sale has been obtained
from the Building Division after Planning Board and Highway Department
approval. Application for permit to open or improve an unofficial
highway may be obtained from the Building Division and shall be filed
with the Chief Building Inspector on a form prescribed by him, together
with a bond sufficient in form and amount to insure the performance
of the proposed work. All fees for permits to open or improve roads
shall be collected by the Chief Building Inspector or his designee.
No land shall be used and no building or structure
shall be erected or structurally altered which is arranged, intended
or designed to be used which shall include any pipe, conduit or other
device which carries or is intended to carry any industrial waste
fluids or effluent of any kind from any sewage treatment, collection
or disposal system, if said effluent in said pipe, conduit or other
device shall run or flow directly into any stream, river, lake, pond,
bay or other waterway.