A subordinate use, building or structure customarily incidental to and located on the same lot occupied by the main use, building or structure.

A use of a building or land for a business which has obscene materials as a significant portion of its stock-in-trade. Obscene materials include any literature, book, magazine, pamphlet, newspaper, paper, comic book, drawing, photograph, figure, image, motion picture, sound recording, article, instrument or any other written or recorded matter which depicts or describes sexual conduct and which, taken as a whole, does not have serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.

An enterprise in which activities include the cultivation of food, fiber or horticultural crops.

A change, enlargement or rearrangement in the structural parts of a structure, whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height, or moving from one location or position to another.

A room or suite of two or more rooms (one of which is a bathroom containing permanent sanitation facilities) and kitchen facilities, for rent by the owner used solely as a residence in a building not used as a hotel, motel, dormitory, inn, nursing home, rooming house or boardinghouse or for other transient occupancy.

A facility for the medical or surgical care and treatment of animals, including shelters and like facilities, other than animal kennels as described herein.

Any building, structure or premises in which animals are kept, boarded or trained in excess of the limitations prescribed for an accessory use of a residence.

A nonprofit organization established for the purpose of offering services of a community or recreational nature to its membership.

Any shop or garage, other than a private garage, available to the public, operated for gain and where services may be performed the same as an automotive repair garage and, in addition, where bodywork and painting are also performed.

Any use of land, including any buildings or structures thereon, that is used for the supply of gasoline, oil or other fuel for the propulsion of motor vehicles and/or activities related to the maintenance of automobiles or other vehicles or equipment, including but not limited to polishing, greasing, waxing, washing, servicing, equipping or repairing of motor vehicles, but excluding bodywork or painting.

That space of a building that is partly below grade which has more than half of its height, measured from floor to ceiling, above the average established curb level or finished grade of the ground adjoining the building.

A house or portion thereof where short-term (14 days or less) lodging rooms and meals are provided for in-house guests. The operator of the inn shall live on the premises or in adjacent premises.

The ground area of a lot which shall be left in its natural state or planted, as may be required by code and/or district regulations or the Planning Board in connection with site plan review.

Any structure having a roof supported by such things as columns, posts, piers or walls and intended for the shelter, business, housing or enclosing of persons, animals, property or other materials, including any combination of materials forming any construction. The term "building" shall include the term "structure," as well as the following:

The vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the proposed finished grade to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs; to the deckline of mansard roofs; and to the mean height between eves and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.

The person charged by the Village Board with responsibility for administration and enforcement of this chapter.

That space of a building that is partly or entirely below grade which has more than half of its height, measured from floor to ceiling, below the average established curb level or finished grade of the ground adjoining the building.

A place used for burials, whether in the ground or in mausoleums, provided that no new cemetery shall result in in-ground burials within a one-hundred-year floodplain area or the construction of any mausoleum structure of greater than 500 square feet in size any closer than 100 feet from the perimeter of the cemetery.

An organization catering exclusively to members and their guests, which is not conducted primarily for gain, provided that it does not include any vending stands, merchandising or commercial activities except as required generally for the membership and purposes of such club. Accessory uses and/or structures may include such subordinate purposes as administration, operation, accommodations, and the sale of food and drink primarily to members and their guests.

A grouping of buildings (whether on individual lots or in condominium ownership) in proximities closer than permitted by the existing zoning and subdivision regulations in order to preserve open space and to minimize infrastructure improvements pursuant to § 7-738 of the New York State Village Law (also known as "conservation subdivision").

An indoor or outdoor privately run business involving playing fields, courts, arenas or halls designed to accommodate sports and recreational activities, such as but not limited to billiards, bowling, dance halls, gymnasiums, health spas, skating rinks, indoor or outdoor shooting ranges, tennis courts, swimming pools, team sports and golf courses.

A retail store containing less than 2,000 square feet of gross floor area that is designed and stocked primarily to sell food, beverages, and household supplies to customers who purchase only a relatively few items.

A driveway or other entranceway to a public highway requiring a break in the curbline or shoulder.

A nonresidential facility which meets New York State requirements for certification intended to provide daily assistance and/or supervision to handicapped adults, the elderly or adults otherwise requiring assistance to perform activities associated with daily living.

A nonresidential facility intended to provide for the daytime care and supervision of children for a period exceeding three hours and which meets New York State requirements for certification.

A structure or building that contains one or more dwelling units used, intended or designated to be used, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied for living purposes.

A dwelling with more than two dwelling units.

A detached building designed or occupied exclusively by one family and having two side yards, with at least 960 square feet of living area, erected on a permanent foundation, with/without basement, and equipped for year-round occupancy.

A dwelling unit located above a commercial space and occupied by the owner or commercial occupant of the building or, in the case of a condominium dwelling unit above a commercial space, the owner of such condominium dwelling unit.

A structure containing two dwelling units.

A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation. Dwelling units include, but are not limited to, a "dwelling, one-family", each unit in a "dwelling, two-family", and each unit in a "dwelling, multi-family" (any of which may be an "apartment").

The construction and maintenance of underground, surface or overhead electrical, gas, telephone, water and sewage collection systems along with normal accessory activities.

As many as six persons living together as a single, permanent and stable nonprofit housekeeping unit, using all rooms in the dwelling and housekeeping facilities in common and having such meals as they may eat at home generally prepared and eaten together with sharing of food, rent, utilities or other household expenses. Households or groups of more than six persons living together shall not be considered families for purposes of this chapter unless affirmative evidence is presented to indicate to the satisfaction of the Code Enforcement Officer that the household or group meets the other criteria contained herein.

The sum of the area of all floors of a building as measured from the exterior walls.

An enclosed space for the storage of one or more motor vehicles, provided that no business, occupation or service is conducted for profit therein nor space therein for more than one car is leased to a nonresident of the premises. Garage space is not classed as living area even when part of a dwelling. Detached garages for residences are accessory structures under this Code.

Space occupied by one or more persons for living, sleeping, eating or cooking. Restaurants for employees and occupants, kitchens serving them and kitchenettes shall not be deemed to be habitable space.

Any material defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) as hazardous or toxic due to its characteristics, including but not limited to direct or indirect toxicity, radioactivity, explosivity, and flammability, or other characteristics as the USEPA or its successors may revise from time to time.

A facility or institution principally engaged in providing services for human health maintenance, including a hospital, nursing home, assisted-living facility, physical rehabilitation center, medical clinic or medical laboratory.

An activity carried out for gain by a resident and conducted as an accessory use in the resident's dwelling unit or on the site of the residence.

A building in which lodging is provided in guest units and offered to the public for compensation and in which ingress to and egress and from all rooms are made through an inside lobby or office, supervised by a person in charge at all hours. The guest unit shall consist of a room arranged or designed to be available for use as sleeping quarters for transient guests on a daily or weekly basis. The term "hotel" does not include bed-and-breakfast establishments.

A development upon a single tax parcel or two or more adjoining tax parcels (for which the Planning Board may require them to be combined into a single parcel as a condition of approval) upon which are constructed or to be constructed more than three "dwelling units". Housing/Residential Developments shall be considered special uses for which site plan approval and a special use permit shall be required.

A tract of land providing for more than one industrial use, as defined under "light industrial," designed, maintained and operated as a unit in single ownership or control and sharing certain facilities in common, such as driveways, parking areas, drainage, utilities and screening.

Uses involving manufacturing or processing involving changing the nature, size, or shape of substances of raw materials or recombining raw materials. Industrial uses may involve the use of chemical applications, heat, pressure or other mechanical processing methods.

Charitable, nonprofit or quasi-public uses, including but not limited to places of worship, health facilities, schools, libraries, treatment centers and the like.

Uses involving either one or both of the following:

See "animal kennel".

Industrial uses such as manufacturing, processing and assemblage that are of a nonpolluting nature, particularly in regard to reservoir and groundwater resources, and in regard to ambient air quality, noise and light radiation. Industrial uses include, but are not limited to, research, engineering or testing laboratories; assembly from a component; manufacture and fabrication of consumer products; textile and clothing manufacturer; printing operations, wood products industry; tool and die companies; and similar enterprises.

A building in which is located a living unit upstairs in which the owner or general manager or a person holding a similar position who is responsible for the general operation of a work space which is located in the downstairs of the building resides. Such person's family may also reside in the upstairs living unit. Such work space shall be utilized for business, but need not be a corporation. Such business purpose shall include the offering of goods or services for sale to the general public. Such business shall be open to the general public on average at least 30 hours per week. Nothing shall preclude more than one live and work unit combination in a building.

A tract, plot, or portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended as a unit for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or for building development.

A lot at the junction of, or abutting on, two or more intersecting streets.

The percentage of the plot or lot area covered by the building area and all impervious surface. Parking areas, regardless of how surfaced, shall be considered impervious.

The mean distance from the street line of a lot to the rear lot line of such lot, not to include the street or road right-of-way.

A lot located in such a position that it is to the rear of a lot fronting on the same street with or without a shared curb cut.

The lot line generally opposite the street line.

The shortest distance between side lot lines measured at the front yard setback line.

Farm, earthmoving and excavating equipment.

Any naturally formed solid material of commercial value located on or below the surface of the earth. For purposes of this chapter, peat and top soil shall be considered "minerals."

The extraction or removal of minerals from the ground for sale or exchange or for commercial, industrial or municipal use. This definition shall not apply to:

A structure, transportable in one of more sections, that is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling unit when affixed to a permanent foundation or placed on a concrete slab and connected to the required utilities. "Mobile home" does not include a modular home.

An area of land under single ownership which has been planned and improved for the placement of two or more mobile homes (also known as "house trailers" or "manufactured homes") for dwelling purposes. See also Chapter 47, House Trailers, as amended.

Factory-manufactured housing, subject to the requirements and regulations of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, in which prefabricated components assembled at the plant are sent to a housing site in two or more pieces, depending on the size and style of said housing, to be joined together to form a complete house on a permanent foundation.

A building or group of buildings, whether detached or in connected units, containing living and sleeping accommodations used primarily for transient occupancy and which has individual entrances, from outside the building, to serve each guest unit. The guest unit shall consist of a room arranged or designed to be available for use as sleeping quarters for transient guests on a daily or weekly fee basis. The term "motel" includes buildings designated as tourist courts, motor lodges, auto courts and similar appellations but does not include boardinghouses.

Space used as kitchenettes, pantries, bath, toilet, laundry, rest, dressing, locker, storage, utility, heater or boiler rooms, closets and other spaces for service and maintenance of the building, and those spaces used for access and vertical travel between stories.

A place where trees, shrubs, vines and/or flower and vegetable plants are propagated or grown for a period of at least six months and/or where flowers and vegetables of an annual variety are germinated before being offered for sale and transplanting.

Any private school, accredited by the Education Department of the State of New York, designed to provide daytime care and instruction for not more than 75 children from two years to six years of age, inclusive.

Space within a building wherein persons normally work or remain for a period of time.

A place or establishment used for the organizational or administrative aspects of a trade, or used in the conduct of a profession or business, and not involving the manufacture, storage, display or direct retail sale of goods. This may include, but is not limited to, offices of salesmen, sales representatives, architects, engineers, physicians, dentists, attorneys, insurance brokers, real estate brokers and persons with similar occupations.

An unenclosed portion of a lot that is not devoted to driveways or parking spaces and generally free of structures of any kind except for permitted accessory uses.

The storage of building supplies, raw materials, finished products, machinery and equipment outside the principal building and as permitted within certain nonresidential districts.

A specific main use of a building, structure, lot or land, or part thereof, which this chapter provides for in a particular district as a matter or right. Any use which is not listed as a permitted, special use or accessory use shall be considered a prohibited use.

An establishment primarily engaged in providing services involving the care of a person or personal apparel, such as a beauty parlor, barbershop, health and fitness center, tailor, or custom cleaning services.

A small animal (generally under 150 pounds) that is customarily kept for company or enjoyment and one that may be properly and safely kept within a dwelling unit or yard. "Household pets" shall include dogs, cats, pet rabbits, domestic tropical birds, rodents (gerbils, hamsters and guinea pigs) and reptiles and amphibians.

A building in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which it is located.

Structures and uses operated by a governmental agency (whether municipal, county, regional, state or federal) in the proper exercise of their jurisdiction.

A building for experimentation in pure or applied research, design, development and production of prototype machines or of new products, and uses accessory thereto, wherein products are not manufactured for wholesale or retail sale, wherein commercial servicing or repair of commercial products is not performed, and wherein there is no outside display of any materials or products.

Conversion of a residential structure to a more intensive (higher-density) residential use or a nonresidential use otherwise permitted within the zoning district where such conversion is proposed.

Any premises where food and/or beverages are commercially sold for on-premises consumption to patrons seated at tables or counters and where table service is provided. Any facility without table service or providing parking lot service to cars where the food is to be eaten outside of the structure and/or off the premises shall not be considered a "restaurant" for the purposes of this chapter and shall be deemed to be a "drive-in or fast-food restaurant."

A business enterprise primarily engaged in the sale of quickly prepared food and beverages selected by patrons from a limited line of prepared specialized items such as hamburgers, chicken, pizza, tacos, ice cream and hot dogs, for take-out and/or on-premises consumption (in the latter case, where orders are placed at a counter as opposed to table service via a waiter/waitress, in a facility where the floor area available for dining is less than 1/2 of the gross floor area, and a major portion of the sales to the public is at a drive-in or stand-up type counter. The term "fast-food restaurant" shall not include bakeries, delicatessens, or similar types of retail establishments. See also "restaurant."

Stores and shops were goods are sold primarily at retail. Such sales are primarily made directly to the consumer and include, but are not limited to, goods such as food and beverages; florists; shoes and clothing; hardware, paint and wallpaper; carpeting; hobby and crafts; books; furniture; antiques; art supplies; music; pharmacies; jewelry; photographic supplies; pets; gifts; stationery; sporting goods; fabrics; optical goods; launderette/laundromat; and appliances, but excluding lumberyards, restaurants and fast-foot restaurants. Outside storage or display of goods for such is permitted only with site plan review by the Planning Board.

An accessory retail use located within and as part of an industrial use where the bulk of the retail goods are manufactured on site and the retail use is limited to 10% of the total floor area or 4,000 square feet or less.

An antenna or dish antenna whose purpose is to receive communications or other signals from orbiting satellites and other extraterrestrial sources.

An institution, not owned by a public agency, which offers to its students formal education and is chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York.

An institution under the jurisdiction of a school district or other public agency and legally constituted by the State of New York to offer free formal education to residents of the district.

The blocking, shielding or concealment of views, vistas and noise through a proper and well-designed scheme of planting trees, shrubs, hedges or vines or the installation of a fence approved by the Planning Board.

A combination of educational or recreational facilities with dwelling structures where organized programs are conducted primarily for youth and where occupancy is limited to the months of May through October.

A multifamily dwelling, restricted to occupancy by persons of sixty-two years of age or older, where such residents are supported in the activities of daily living by trained staff.

Proposed conditions of the lot(s) and any other information that may be reasonably required in order to make an informed determination pursuant to this chapter requiring review and approval by the Code Enforcement Officer and/or Planning Board (or the Village Board, if applicable).

A use which, because of its unique characteristics, requires individual consideration through a site plan review process by the Planning Board as established by § 7-725-b of the Village Law of the State of New York. Such a use may require the meeting of certain conditions and safeguards before being permitted.

An accessory structure in which horses are kept for private use and not for hire, remuneration or sale.

A building in which any horses are kept for remuneration, hire or sale.

Rules and regulations relating to building construction as promulgated in the New York State Uniform Building and Fire Prevention Code.

Any vehicular way improved to the standards of the Village of Liberty; shown on the Official Map of the Village of Liberty; existing as a Village, county or state highway; shown on an approved subdivision plat; or a street shown on a plat filed with the County Clerk prior to the Planning Board's authorization to review subdivisions.

The dividing line between a lot and a street right-of-way.

Structure means a combination of materials to form a construction that is safe and stable and includes, among other things, stadiums, telecommunications facilities, sheds, storage bins, billboards, and display signs.

Any nonportable pool installed above or below the ground, containing an artificial body of water at least 24 inches deep and to be used for swimming or bathing. As used herein, the word "pool" shall be synonymous with the words "swimming pool."

A vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed as a temporary one-family dwelling for travel, recreation and vacation and having a body width not exceeding eight feet and a body length not exceeding 34 feet.

An area and building where cargo is stored and where trucks load and unload cargo on a regular basis with or without truck maintenance and repair facilities.

An emergency group home which is authorized and regulated by Social Services Law § 374-c and 18 NYCRR Parts 448, 476 and 477 (as they may be amended or replaced from time to time) which will provide short-term (no more than 45 days) stays for no more than six children no younger than seven years old and no older than 17 years old who have been removed from their homes or foster care by a local or state governmental authority due to abuse, neglect or incompatibility and referred to the emergency group home by an authorized local or state governmental authority, and which children will stay for no more than 45 days at the emergency group home in a supervised setting which complies with all local and state laws, regulations and requirements (including, but not limited to, Social Services Law § 374-c and 18 NYCRR Parts 448, 476 and 477, as they may be amended or replaced from time to time) until such time as they are returned to their home, returned to their foster home or placed in another foster home, or moved to another emergency group home or facility as authorized by the local or state governmental authority which referred such children to the emergency group home.

A building or structure containing at least one residential use and one nonresidential use, both of which are primary uses and neither of which is subordinate to the other. Residential structures containing home occupations are not mixed uses.

An area, the principal use of which is to house plumbing, heating, mechanical and/or ventilating equipment. Such space within a dwelling unit may not be counted toward the minimum square footage of living area.

A relief from the regulations of this chapter, granted on grounds of practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships, not self-imposed, by the Zoning Board of Appeals.

Any device on wheels, treads or runners, self-propelled or towed, including but not limited to automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, trailers of all types and snowmobiles.

A building and/or area arranged, intended or designed to be used for the rental, lease, sale and/or resale of motor vehicles, new or used; boats or trailers; and other equipment. A selection of motor vehicles, boats or trailers or other equipment may be displayed within a totally enclosed building, but still others may require an outdoor area for their storage.

A building, or part of a building, for storing of goods, wares, and merchandise, whether for the owner or for others, and whether it is public or private warehouse.

A structure or group of structures for the dead storage of customers' goods and wares where individual stalls or lockers are rented out to different tenants for storage and where one or more stalls or lockers have less than 500 square feet of floor area.

A structure and accessories used for religious observances, such as churches and synagogues.

A required open space other than a court unoccupied and unobstructed by any structure or portion of a structure from 30 inches above the general ground level of the graded lot upward; provided, however, that fences, walls, poles, posts, and other customary yard accessories, ornaments, and furniture may be permitted in any yard subject to height limitation and requirements limiting obstruction of visibility.

A yard extending between side lot lines across the front of a lot adjoining a public street. In the case of through lots or corner lots, unless the prevailing front yard pattern on adjoining lots indicates otherwise, front yards shall be provided on all frontages. Front yards shall be measured from the edge of pavement.

A yard extending across the rear of the lot between inner side yard lines. In the case of through lots, there will be no rear yard but only front and side yards.

A yard extending from the rear line of the required front yard to the rear lot line or, in the absence of any clearly defined rear lot line, to the point on the lot farthest from the intersection of the lot line involved with the public street. In the case of through lots, side yards shall extend from the rear lines of required front yards. In the case of corner lots, one of the yards remaining after the designation of front yards shall be considered the side yard, and the other, the rear yard.