A building or use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal building or use and located on the same lot with the principal building or use. Any accessory building attached to a principal building is deemed to be part of the principal building in applying the bulk requirements to the building.

The person duly designated by the Village Board who shall be responsible as the agent of the Village Board for the administration and enforcement of this Chapter 140, Zoning.

Includes:

The use of land for agricultural purposes, including farming, horticulture, floriculture, silviculture, animal husbandry and such accessory uses incidental to agricultural activities.

A story partly underground and having on the average of all four exterior walls 1/2 or more of its height above the average level of the surrounding finished grade. See "cellar."

A residential dwelling that makes available a room(s) for overnight accommodation to transient paying guests with or without inclusion of one daily morning meal per paying guest as part of the accommodation provided.

The vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the shed grade around the building to the highest point of the roof for flat or mansard roofs or to the average height of pitched, gable, hip or gambrel roofs.

A permit issued by the administrative officer to enable the construction, or alteration of a building to begin. The permit shall only be issued after the proper documentation and information have been submitted and necessary approvals have been granted.

The size and shape of buildings and nonbuilding uses and the physical relationship of their exterior walls to lot lines and other buildings or walls and all open spaces required in connection with a building. Bulk requirements include lot area, lot area per dwelling unit, lot frontage, lot width, setbacks, yards, building heights, spacing between buildings on a single lot, density and the number of buildings in a row.

A facility where the car is cleaned by machinery not operated by the customer.

A facility where the machinery is manually operated by the customer.

A story partly underground and having on the average of all four exterior walls more than 1/2 of its height below the average level of the surrounding finished grade.

A certificate issued by the administrative officer upon completion of the construction or alteration of a building. It is also required for a change in use. The certificate indicates compliance with all requirements of this chapter.

A plan for the improvement and development of single-family attached, multifamily, commercial, office, industrial and institutional properties. The plan shall be submitted to and approval obtained from the Planning Board prior to the issuance of a building permit.

The keeping of five or more cats; the keeping of four or more dogs; or any number of horses, cattle, pigeons, fowl, rabbits, sheep, goats, pigs or other customary farm animals; or beehives; or animals customarily kept in zoos; or the keeping of any animals for sale or hire, except for the sale of animals in commercial pet shops.

A building or portion thereof, which normally includes the kitchen and bathroom facilities and sleeping and living quarters, used by one family.

A building containing three or more separate dwelling units constituting a single proprietary or operating unit.

A building attached to another dwelling unit on each side by means of party walls (which wall shall be a minimum of 10 feet in length), and which is separated from any other building by open space to the front and to the rear.

A building separated from lot lines and other buildings by open space on all sides. A group home is considered a one-family detached dwelling unit. Such facility shall be under the direction and supervision of trained medical, mental health or social work professionals.

A building attached to another dwelling unit by means of a party wall (which wall shall be a minimum 10 feet in length), and which is separated from another building by open space on the side lot line opposite the party wall and by open space to the rear and to the front.

A building designed and used exclusively for occupancy for two families living independently of each other, including a duplex (one dwelling unit above the other) or a twin (one dwelling unit beside the other and sharing a party wall) and which is separated from lot lines or other buildings by open space on all sides.

Any authorization by a property owner for the use by another, for a specified purpose, of any designated portion of a lot.

Any number of individuals related by blood, marriage or adoption: or any number of individuals not related by blood, marriage or adoption living together and who meet the indicia for a functional and factual family equivalent.

A group of unrelated individuals living together and functioning together as a traditional family. In determining whether or not a group of unrelated individuals comprise a functional and factual family equivalent, the Zoning Board of Appeals may consider the following factors:

A garage having a common wall or portion thereof with a principal residential building and used for the storage of motor vehicles, boats or trailers and in which no home occupation, business or service for profit is maintained.

A building used as an accessory use to a principal residential building for the storage of motor vehicles, boats or trailers and in which no home occupation, business or service for profit is maintained.

Any building or land that is used for the sale of motor fuel, oil and motor vehicle accessories and which may or may not include facilities for minor repairs of motor vehicles, an accessory food store or accessory vehicular sales/rental. Includes facilities not selling gasoline but specializing in oil and other automobile fluid changes.

The completed surface of grounds, lawns, walks, paved areas and roads brought to grade as shown on plans and designs related thereto in existence at the time the certificate of occupancy is issued.

A family type home facility which provides temporary or long-term residential care and services to persons who, though not requiring continual medical or nursing care, are, by reason of physical or other limitations associated with age, physical or mental disabilities or other factors, unable or substantially unable to live independently.

Any use customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling, employing the inhabitants and not more than one noninhabitant thereof, which is clearly incidental and secondary to residential occupancy and does not change the character thereof nor, with the exception of a permitted sign, have any exterior evidence of such secondary use. Permitted home occupations include, but shall not be limited to, the following uses: lawyer, accountant, author, doctor, engineer, dentist, architect, consultant, realtor, insurance agent/broker, counselor, artist, teacher, tutor, beautician, barber, tailor, dressmaker and repairman, excluding the repair of motor vehicles. Specifically excluded are:

Any number of persons living together who meet the indicia for a functional equivalent of a traditional family.

Includes all government and publicly owned buildings, private and public schools of general education, public community centers, cemeteries, firehouses, hospitals, nursing homes, churches, synagogues, temples, parish houses, convents, mosques and seminaries affiliated with a recognized religious organization.

An area of land, with or without buildings, used for or occupied by a deposit, collection or storage, outside a completely enclosed building, of used or discarded material such as wastepaper, rags or scrap material, used building materials, home furnishings, machinery, vehicles or parts thereof, with or without the dismantling, processing, salvage, sale or other uses of the same.

An off-street area used for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials.

A parcel of land occupied or capable of being occupied.

The average horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines. Measurements shall be from the street right-of-way line to the opposite rear line.

Any boundary other than a street line.

A lot line which abuts and is a common boundary with a street or future street right-of-way.

The total area within the property lines, excluding any portion lying within the boundaries of a public street or future street right-of-way.

The average horizontal distance measured at right angles to its depth along the front building line.

A lot located at the intersection of two or more streets or future street rights-of-way.

A one-family detached dwelling unit with all of the following characteristics:

An open parking facility which is not accessory to a building or use on the same or another lot.

A building used or designed to be used for motor vehicle repair purposes, but does not include body and fender work or painting of vehicles. A repair garage is a permitted accessory use to vehicle sales and rental establishments. As an accessory use to vehicle sales and rental establishments, repairs, body and fender work and painting shall be permitted.

Any building, land or part thereof, lawfully existing at the effective date of this chapter, which does not meet the bulk requirements for the use and for the district in which it is located.

Any building or lot lawfully existing at the effective date of this chapter which does not conform to the use requirements of the district in which it is located.

The area at the entrance of a venue or a parking or loading area that allows for cars to stack, off of the public roadway, while waiting for entrance into the venue or parking or loading area.

Any theater area accommodating guests by providing a parking area, outdoor seating or a combination of both for the purpose of viewing a common screen, stage or arena.

The keeping of goods, wares, supplies or equipment outside of any roofed and walled building.

That portion of a building wall that rises above the level of the roof.

A business for the sale and on-premises consumption of food and beverages, including alcoholic beverages.

A business for the quick counter service of food in a packaged form where the patron has the option to consume the packaged food on or off the premises.

"Retail" shall include the sales of retail goods and department stores, excluding any vehicular sales and servicing. There shall be no fabrication or manufacturing except as may be accessory to and on the same premises as the principal retail store or shop. Such fabrication or manufacturing as an accessory use shall be conducted within a structure and shall occupy not more than 20% of the total floor area of buildings used as a permitted use. "Personal service" shall include beauty and barbershops, shoe repairs and other similar services of a personal nature.

A formal request to the Village Board to have the Zoning Map amended.

New York State Environmental Quality Review Act.

The minimum distance between a principal building or use and the property line of the lot.

The setback to the rear lot line.

The setback to any property line other than a street or rear lot line.

The setback to the street or front lot line. On corner lots, both yards bordering the street shall be considered as street setbacks. Such street setback shall be measured from the public right-of-way.

A group of three or more stores, shops or similar businesses offering a variety of goods and services, occupying adjoining structures, whether attached or detached, having a common interrelated parking, loading and site circulation system with consolidated access to public roads. Gasoline service stations and fast-food restaurants are permitted accessory uses in a shopping center.

Any identification, description, illustration or device, illuminated or nonilluminated, which is visible from any public place or is located on private property and exposed to the public and which directs attention to a product, service, place, activity, person, institution or business, including any emblem, painting or placard designed to advertise, identify or convey information.

The area of the sign, including any frame, but excluding the necessary supports on which the sign may be placed. If the sign consists of more than one section, all areas will be totaled.

A sign which directs attention to a business, industry, profession, commodity, service or entertainment, neither sold nor offered upon the same premises where the sign is located; also includes billboards.

A sign identifying a bed-and-breakfast. The sign shall not exceed 12 square feet in area.

A sign which directs attention to a commercial use, industry, profession, commodity or service sold or offered upon the same premises where the sign is located. All signs must conform to the regulations in § 140-53.

Any sign which serves solely to designate the location or direction of any place or area.

A sign erected on a freestanding frame, mast or pole. A sign affixed perpendicular to a building wall shall be considered a ground sign if the sign projects more than 18 inches from the wall.

A sign used for the purpose of identifying the name or location of an institutional use, outdoor recreational use, nursery and greenhouse uses, kennel and stable uses, publicly owned buildings and uses and public utilities. The sign shall not exceed 16 square feet in area.

A sign identifying a neighborhood, residential tract or multifamily development. The sign shall not exceed 50 square feet in area.

Any sign not permanently attached to the ground or to a building.

Any sign erected upon or directly above a roof or on top or above the parapet of a building and not extending below the roofline.

A sign attached to, erected against or painted directly on the wall of a principal building with the face in a plane parallel to the plane of the building wall and not extending more than 18 inches from the wall.

Authority delegated to the Planning Board by the Village Board which enables the Planning Board to approve, approve with conditions or disapprove the site development plans for all buildings or uses where site plan review is required.

See Article IX, § 140-59.

A temporary space to be used by motorists while waiting to use drive-in units, car washes, gas pumps or other similar uses.

Part of a building which is between one floor level and the next higher floor level, or if there is no floor above it, the roof.

Includes the words "road" and "highway" and includes all drivestrips, malls, sidewalks and other appurtenances located within the right-of-way of the street.

The lot lines which abut a public street or right-of-way of a planned street.

Any construction above or below the ground, except as excluded in this chapter.

Any building or area used for dramatic performances, including live performances, and/or the showing of motion pictures.

Includes any travel trailer, camper, motor home or mobile office identified by the manufacturer as such, and including any vehicle used as sleeping or living quarters, on wheels, supports or truck, either self-propelled or towed, and no more than 10 feet in width; also includes vehicles customarily towed by automobile or truck for the purpose of transporting goods, personal property, machinery, boats, camping equipment or other vehicles.

The purpose for which land or a building is designed, arranged, intended, used or maintained. The term "permitted use" or its equivalent shall not be deemed to include any nonconforming use.

Any change in the type or nature of occupancy of a building or land, except the following:

See Article XII, § 140-71C.

An amusement center having coin-operated video machines for entertainment. A video machine arcade is an indoor recreation facility.

The elected legislative body, Village of Deposit, New York.

The Village Clerk-Treasurer of the Village of Deposit.

A required yard extending the full width of the lot and situated along the rear lot line to the side lot lines of the lot.

Open and unobstructed area of the lot, extending inward from a lot line the distance specified in the requirements for the district in which the lot is located.

A required yard extending along the side lot line from the required street setback to the required rear yard. On corner lots, the side facing the street shall maintain the street setback.

The Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Deposit.