All accessory uses and structures shall observe the front yard requirements applicable to principal buildings in the district; no such uses or structures shall be placed in the minimum front yard.

No detached structure shall be located less than five feet from any lot line; however, if the same is located less than 100 feet from the street line, the provisions of this chapter as to side yards shall apply thereto.

All accessory uses and structures in residential districts shall observe a minimum five-foot rear yard setback. In all other districts, accessory uses and structures shall observe the rear yard setback for principal uses and structures in that district.

There shall be no more than two accessory buildings per lot allowed in any residential district, except for the RR District. In the RR District, this restriction only applies to lots less than five acres in size.

In residential districts and business districts, the height of accessory buildings and uses, as defined in this chapter, shall not exceed 18 feet. In industrial districts, accessory buildings and uses shall comply with height regulations for principal buildings.

No accessory use or structure or shall be allowed unless a principal use or structure already exists on the lot.

It has been acknowledged by communities across the nation that state and local governments have a special concern in regulating the operation of such businesses under their jurisdiction to ensure that these adverse secondary effects will not contribute to the blighting or downgrading of adjacent neighborhoods nor endanger the well-being of the youth in their communities. The special regulations deemed necessary to control the undesirable secondary effects arising from these enterprises are set forth below.

The primary purpose of these controls and regulations is to preserve the integrity and character of residential neighborhoods and important natural and human resources of the Town of Lewiston to deter the spread of blight and to protect minors from objectionable characteristics of these adult uses by restricting their proximity to houses of worship, schools, parks, historic and scenic resources, civic and cultural facilities and residential areas.

The operation of adult uses may have serious operational characteristics and damaging effects upon their surroundings as a result of their siting and concentration within the facilities. Special regulations pertaining to these uses are necessary to ensure adverse effects will not contribute to the blighting/downgrading of the surrounding neighborhood. These regulations will help ensure that adverse effects on the public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience and general welfare are mitigated.

The development and proliferation of adult uses without regulation as to siting and concentration may result in the deterioration of residential and business neighborhoods. If placed near schools and other youth-related facilities, adult uses may adversely impact upon the welfare and morals of minors residing within the Town of Lewiston.

No person shall permit uncut grass, weeds, brush, rubble, abandonment of scrap metal, machinery or building materials on real property. Said property shall be made to conform with abutting properties.

Junk cars. Except for licensed junkyards, and excluding farm machinery on active farms, the open storage of unregistered motor vehicles shall be limited to one vehicle per property. Such storage shall be limited to the rear yard and shall be effectively screened from public view of any street. In the instance of a licensed repair garage, five cars under repair may be kept on the premises.

The Town of Lewiston has long been a community representing a high type of suburban and rural living. It has been substantially free of slum areas. This chapter recognizes that the construction of substandard dwellings, dwellings providing inadequate living space or dwellings otherwise deficient in usual conveniences or the construction of any substantial number of dwellings of the same or substantially similar design leading to an appearance of tenements or row housing reduces the value of other buildings and property not only in the area in which such dwellings are erected but also in the areas adjoining and near the location of such dwellings. It is further recognized that the value of the dwellings of this type is likely to deteriorate rapidly with the result that such dwellings are likely to destroy the rural characteristics of the Town and become a slum area, thereby adversely affecting the health and general welfare of the residents of the Town, the preservation of the rural character of the Town, the conservation of the value of buildings and property in the Town and the encouragement of the more appropriate use of land throughout the township.

No building permit shall hereafter be issued for the construction in any use district of any dwelling identical with or substantially similar in design or outward appearance to any adjacent dwelling. For the purpose of this article, "adjacent dwelling" shall be defined as any dwelling within a radius of 500 feet measured from the center point of the lot for which application for a building permit is made.

No outbuilding shall be constructed which shall not be of a type and style substantially conforming to the dwelling on the land.

In all districts, no permanent structure shall be permitted within the setbacks from the ten-year flood stage edge of any stream or existing natural drainage channel, established on the Town Official Map, as such may be amended, except as authorized in writing by the Town Engineer.

Slope of yards. No building containing dwelling units shall be constructed or altered so as to contain dwelling units unless the surface grade of the front yard at the front wall of the building is either:

Where there is an unusual difficulty in meeting this standard, the Town Engineer may accept a substitute gradient, provided that no negative gradient is established within 15 feet of the front wall or within six feet of either side of the rear wall of the dwelling.

The Town Board may require fences, vegetation or other appropriate material in nonresidential districts where they abut residential districts to assure privacy for adjacent land uses with visual, noise or air quality considered. The following shall apply to all fences and walls within the Town:

For purposes of these regulations, "major recreational equipment" is defined as including boats and boat trailers, travel trailers, recreational vehicles, pick-up campers (designed to be mounted on automotive vehicles), motorized dwellings, tent trailers and the like.

No more than two major recreational vehicles shall be parked or stored in any front yard, on any lot in any residential district, except in a carport or enclosed building, or in a rear or side yard. Such vehicles shall be the personal property of the occupant of the dwelling. In the event that access to an enclosure or side or rear yard is impossible, a special permit may be issued by the Zoning Board for other placement. In no instance may the equipment be placed within the highway right-of-way or in such a manner as to obstruct safe access to a highway from that property or adjoining properties.

Virtually every land use in the Town requires access by motor vehicles. For the purposes of reducing and avoiding congestion of streets and providing a more suitable living and working environment, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Town that, for every land use hereafter established, there shall be provided sufficient space for access to, and for the off-street standing and parking of, all motor vehicles that may be expected to come to the establishment at any time under normal conditions for any purpose, whether as patrons, customers, purveyors, guests, employees or otherwise.

In all districts, the minimum off-street parking requirements which are listed in a document entitled "Schedule I: Off Street Parking Requirements" (available in the Town Building office) shall be provided and maintained in the case of new construction, alterations which increase the number of required parking units and changes in use that require a site plan review, special use permit, rezoning or variance.

All parking spaces provided pursuant to this subsection shall be within 500 feet of the building.

The requirements of off-street parking space and off-street loading space set forth by the Town are minimum requirements, and shall apply in all districts, except otherwise indicated. Off-street parking, standing and loading space shall comply with the following regulations:

Where any building or lot is occupied by two or more uses having different parking requirements, the parking requirement for each use shall be computed separately to determine the total off-street parking requirement.

The requirements for the design of parking spaces and lots will be determined by the Planning Board for those projects appearing before them and by the Code Enforcement Officer for all others. These requirements include paving materials (typically a durable, dust-free, hard material such as asphalt or concrete), curbing, curb cuts and their location and lighting.

For the purpose of computing parking space requirements on the basis of the number of occupants, practitioners or employees, the total maximum number of said occupants on the premises at any one time shall be used.

When application of the requirements would result in a fractional space, any fraction shall be counted as one space.

If there is any uncertainty with respect to the amount of parking space required by the provisions of this chapter as a result of any indefiniteness as to the proposed use of a building or of land, the maximum requirement for the general type of use that is involved shall govern.

Where applicable, the Planning Board shall work with the applicant to determine during site plan review, the number and location of off-street loading spaces that will be required for the project.

For uses having drive-through facilities, the Planning Board, depending on use, will determine the stacking requirements needed to be provided. In most cases, the stacking should not occur through the parking lot or block any required parking spaces, or interfere with other traffic flow on the site.

No driveway or haul road shall be hereafter constructed through or across any property to serve a use on other adjacent property or in an adjacent zoned district or any use other than a zoning permitted use within the district where it is constructed, unless proper plans are approved by the Town Board after a public hearing.

The following data shall be provided for consideration by the Town Board:

Enclosed stands to be used exclusively for the sale or disposal of agricultural or garden products produced in or upon the property may be erected, used and maintained by the owner or bona fide lessee of said property, provided that a building permit and a certificate of occupancy must be obtained for the construction and occupancy thereof and provided that such stands shall be so located that no portion thereof shall be less than 30 feet from the paved portion of the highway and provided, further, that proper and adequate driveways for the use of automobiles shall be constructed in connection therewith from the street or highway to such stands with separate points of entrance and exit and that adequate areas for off-street parking shall be provided.

Temporary unenclosed stands to be used exclusively for the sale or disposal of agricultural or garden products produced in or upon the property may be erected, used and maintained by the owner or bona fide lessee of said property, provided that such stands shall be located a minimum of 12 feet from the paved portion of the highway and shall be conducted in an orderly, sightly and sanitary manner by the owner or lessee of said property, or his employees, without being subject to the restrictions or limitations herein before specified for enclosed stands.

"Permanent swimming pool" shall be defined so as to include any in-ground pool, or tank so constructed as to retain water to a depth greater than 24 inches, any aboveground pool made of wood or supported by a wooden, metal or alloy frame which retains water to a depth greater than 24 inches and any manner of combination of the above.

All permanent swimming pools are deemed structures, therefore necessitating the acquisition of a building permit before commencement of installation or erection and also necessitating conformity to all setback requirements of the particular districts wherein they are located.

Fencing requirements.