Certain words and terms used in this chapter are to be interpreted as defined in this section, as follows:
A land use activity which is subordinate and incidental to the main use permitted on the same lot.
As defined in the Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code of the State of New York, as amended.
[Added 12-14-1994]
A subordinate building clearly incidental to the principal building on the same lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the principal building.
A building or buildings within which is conducted the primary use of the lot on which said building is located.
Any structure where space is covered or enclosed.
The vertical distance from finished grade to the highest point of a flat roof or the midpoint of a pitched roof. On a hillside lot, finished grade should be considered as the average finished grade on the uphill side of a structure.
A building designed for seasonal occupancy and not suitable for year-round living.
As defined in the Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code of the State of New York, as amended.
[Added 12-14-1994]
Any organization, premises or building catering exclusively to members and their guests and containing no merchandising or commercial activities except as required for the membership and purposes of such "club."
The use of a communications tower by more than one carrier. Co-location shall include:
[Added 10-9-2019 by Res. No. 139-2019]
Mounting or installing an antenna facility on a preexisting structure; and/or
Modifying a structure for the purpose of mounting or installing an antenna facility on that structure. Modification of a structure for purposes of co-location shall include the reasonable replacement and/or relocation of an existing structure to accommodate the addition of a new communications tower on an existing structure. For purposes of co-location, there shall be no net increase in the total number of poles.
A structure on which transmitting and/or receiving antennas are located. This includes, but is not limited to, freestanding towers, guyed towers, monopoles, and similar structures, as defined below:
[Added 10-9-2019 by Res. No. 139-2019]
A lattice tower with no external stabilizing mechanism outside of the foundation perimeter onto which antennas are affixed.
A lattice tower supported by wire anchors.
A single pole of variable cross section onto which antennas are affixed.
Includes the term as it is used in the industry and described in 47 CFR §
1.1312(e)(2), as may be amended from time to time.
Poles, whips or antennas.
Any building or part thereof designed and used for year-round human habitation.
One or more dwellings on a single lot containing separate dwelling units for three or more families.
A detached dwelling having accommodations for only one family.
A detached dwelling containing two dwelling units.
One or more rooms located within a dwelling and providing complete living accommodations for one family, including cooking and bathroom facilities and an independent entrance.
Includes the communications tower and all appurtenances thereto.
[Added 10-9-2019 by Res. No. 139-2019]
A designated zone around a tower, pole or structure that allows for safe landing of debris, ice, attached devices or the structure itself, in the case of collapse.
[Added 10-9-2019 by Res. No. 139-2019]
One or more persons occupying a dwelling unit as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit, who are living together as a bona fide stable and committed living unit, being a traditional family unit or the functional equivalent thereof, exhibiting the generic character of a traditional family.
[Amended 10-4-1995 by L.L. No. 5-1995]
The distance between side lot lines measured at the street right-of-way line.
Includes animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and serving of food.
[Added 12-14-1994]
Any area of land, including structures thereon, that is used for the sale of gasoline or any other motor vehicle fuel, oil and other lubricating substances and motor vehicles accessories, and the station may or may not include facilities for lubricating, washing or otherwise servicing motor vehicles.
A business, profession, occupation or trade, not including retail sales or retail store, conducted for gain entirely within the living space of a residential building, which is incidental and secondary to the use of such building for dwelling purposes and which does not change the essential residential character of such building.
[Added 10-4-1995 by L.L. No. 5-1995; amended 8-13-1997]
An establishment for the treatment, care, boarding or breeding of dogs or cats for a fee, or the keeping of a total of three or more dogs or cats over six months of age.
[Added 10-4-1995 by L.L. No. 5-1995]
Construction activity, including clearing, grading, excavating, soil disturbance or placement of fill, that results in land disturbance of equal to or greater than one acre, or activities disturbing less than one acre of total land area that is part of a larger common plan of development or sale, even though multiple separate and distinct land development activities may take place at different times on different schedules.
[Added 9-14-2005 by Res. No. 107-2005]
Ungulates, game birds, or poultry, including, but not limited to, chickens, turkeys, ducks, or geese. Species of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, llamas, horses or fur-bearing animals, as defined in § 11-1907 of the
Environmental Conservation Law. Fur-bearing animals shall not include dogs and cats unless being raised for commercial or subsistence purposes.
[Added 6-13-2012]
A parcel of land with or without buildings delineated by lot lines.
An area of land the size of which is determined by the limits of the lot lines bounding said area and is usually expressed in terms of square feet or acres.
That portion of the lot area within the building lines of the principal buildings.
The boundary line of a lot.
A self-contained, transportable, single-family dwelling unit suitable for year-round occupancy and containing the same suitable water supply, sewage disposal and electrical systems as immobile housing.
A parcel of land under single ownership which is improved for the placement of mobile homes for nontransient use and which is offered to the public for the placement of two or more mobile homes.
Any outdoor fire or smoke producing process from which any contaminants are emitted directly into the outdoor atmosphere, except outdoor grills or fireplaces for the preparation of food.
[Added 12-14-1994]
An area of at least 200 square feet being at least 10 feet in width and 20 feet in length.
An area of at least three acres in size in one ownership designed and built as a single unit providing a street system and water and sewer facilities as necessary and used for residential or commercial or industrial purposes or some combination thereof.
One used by a duly licensed architect, attorney, certified public accountant, dentist, optometrist, chiropractor, engineer, insurance broker or salesman, physician or surgeon, real estate broker or surveyor.
[Added 12-14-1994]
Personal wireless service, i.e., cellular telephone service.
[Added 10-9-2019 by Res. No. 139-2019]
Establishments engaged in selling goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption and rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods.
[Added 8-13-1997]
A commercial activity designed for and primarily characterized by the on-premises sale of goods directly to the ultimate individual or household consumer, but also including servicing, preparation, storage and wholesale business transaction related to such goods and customarily associated therewith but clearly incidental thereto. This term shall not include commercial activity which may also be similarly characterized, but which is separately identified as use a permitted within a zoning district.
[Added 8-13-1997]
A temporary, seasonal and movable structure, not in excess of 120 square feet in size, which is intended for use during a specified period of time.
[Added 10-4-1995 by L.L. No. 5-1995]
A dwelling or that part of a dwelling in which rooms are offered for hire for more than two persons.
Includes all solid or liquid waste material, including but not limited to paper products, rags, trees, leaves, needles and branches thereof, vines, lawn and garden debris, furniture, cans, crockery, plastics, chemicals, paint, grease, sludge, oils and other petroleum products, wood, sawdust, demolition materials, tires, automobiles and other vehicle parts for junk, salvage or disposal, incinerator residue, street sweepings, dead animals or offal.
[Added 12-14-1994]
A space unoccupied by buildings, principal or accessory, except where intrusions are permitted by this chapter.
[Added 3-13-2024 by Res. No. 71-2024]
Space abutting a street right-of-way, access easement or private road, or a road by use either from which lot is addressed or from which the lot gains primary access, and extending the full width of the lot; and at the intersection of two public rights-of-way, space abutting each-right-of way extending the full width of the lot. When width of right-of-way is known, measurement shall be from edge of right-of-way; when the width of the right-of-way is unknown, as in the case of a road by use, measurement shall be from the road center line, assuming a 50 feet width for the right-of-way and the additional required front setback for the district shall be added to the requirements for computation of the front setback from road by use. (E.g., Residence A Zone front setback shall be computed by determining 25 feet from center line and adding the forty-foot required setback for a total of 65 feet from the center line of the road by use.)
[Added 3-13-2024 by Res. No. 71-2024]
Space abutting property line and opposite to the front setback or as nearly so as the lot shape permits, and extending the full width of the lot. If more than one rear setback is described, that setback being the farthest from the front setback is the required rear setback. All others will be treated as side setbacks. If more than one front setback exists, the Code Enforcement Officer shall establish the rear setback.
[Added 3-13-2024 by Res. No. 71-2024]
Space abutting a property line, access easement or private road, or a road by use and generally between the required front and rear setback. Any setback not defined as a front or rear setback is a side setback.
[Added 3-13-2024 by Res. No. 71-2024]
Any device, object or building facade used for the visual communication or advertisement of a place, building, product, service or name.
One or a series of stormwater management practices installed, stabilized and operating for the purpose of controlling stormwater runoff.
[Added 9-14-2005 by Res. No. 107-2005]
That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there is no floor above it, the space between such floor and the ceiling next above it.
A transportable accommodation or vehicle suitable for seasonal living only.
The New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, as currently in effect and as hereafter amended from time to time.
[Added 10-9-2019 by Res. No. 139-2019]
The area between the front lot line and the front line of the principal building extended to the side lines of the lot.
The area between the rear lot line and the rear line of the principal building extended to the side lines of the lot.
The area between the side line of the principal building and a side lot line extending from the front lot line to the rear lot line.