A slaughterhouse for the slaughtering of livestock other than poultry.

A dwelling unit occupying the lesser of 300 square feet or 25% of the floor space of an owner-occupied structure containing a principal use that is single-family residential or nonresidential, or a dwelling unit no larger than 300 square feet located on the same lot as an owner-occupied single-family dwelling.

A subordinate use, building or structure customarily incidental to and located on the same lot occupied by the main use, building or structure. The term "accessory building" may include a private garage, garden shed, a private playhouse and a private greenhouse.

An establishment having as a substantial portion of its stock-in-trade books, magazines, publications, tapes or films that are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to sexual activities or genital areas.

An establishment with or without a state liquor license, presenting material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to sexual activities or genital areas, topless female dancers, strippers, male and female impersonators and similar entertainments intended for the viewing of by patrons of the business.

Include, but are not limited to, adult bookstores and video sales and rentals; adult cabarets, nightclubs and bars; are establishments that: 1) offer for sale or rental to persons 18 years of age or over, books, magazines, photographs, film, digitized images that depict sexual activities; 2) feature live performances that are characterized by sexual conduct or exposure of genitalia; 3) present topless or nude dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators, exotic dancing or other entertainment that is sexual in nature, or is accompanied by exposure of genitalia; or 4) purvey items of clothing, underwear, lingerie, or other accessories intended for use during sexual activities, where the sale of such items to minors is unlawful under state or local law; and 5) the sale of such items described in Items 1 and 4 of this definition constitutes more than a nominal proportion of the gross revenue of the business located at the site where such items are held out for sale.

An enclosed building used for the presentation of films or digitally stored images distinguished or characterized by persons engaging in sexual intercourse or sodomy.

Any area of land which is used or intended for use for the landing and taking off of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used or intended for use of associated airport buildings or facilities.

As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement in the structural parts or in the exit facilities; or an enlargement, whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height; or moving from one location or position to another; the term "alter," in its various modes and tenses and its participial form, refers to the making of an "alteration."

A facility for the medical and/or surgical care of sick or injured animals.

Any system of wires, poles, rods, reflecting disks or similar devices used for the transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves external to or attached to the exterior of any building.

Building in which the primary or intended use is the assembly of persons for amusement, athletic, civic, dining, educational, entertainment, political, recreational, religious, social, or similar purposes, except an assembly hall shall not include any use defined elsewhere herein.

A structure or building designed for the washing, waxing, simonizing or similar treatment of automotive vehicles as its principal function. A filling station having portable washing equipment shall not be deemed to be an automotive laundry where such use is an accessory service to the principal service of the filling station.

Property used for the dismantling or wrecking of motor vehicles of all kinds or trailers, or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled, partially dismantled, obsolete or wrecked vehicles or their parts.

A story partly underground but having less than half of its clear height below finished grade.

A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service, entertainment or attraction sold, offered or existing elsewhere than upon the same lot where such sign is displayed or only incidentally sold, offered or existing upon such lot.[1]

A structure with a roof supported by columns or walls and having a horizontal area of more than 50 square feet.

The Official Building Inspector of the municipality.

A planned, coordinated development of a tract of land with two or more separate parcels or lots for industrial, business or mixed industrial/business development. Such development shall only consist of other uses permitted within the district. A business park shall be planned, designed, and constructed on an integrated and coordinated basis with special attention given to site planning and layout, attractive appearance, entrance signage, landscaping, vehicular circulation, parking, utility needs, building design and orientation, equipment storage, refuse disposal and open space.

A facility associated with a bus transportation system, intended for the pickup and discharge of passengers.

A story partly underground and having one-half ( 1/2) or more of its clear height below the finished grade.

A club for golfing, hunting, fishing, horseback riding or similar sports.

The premises and buildings used by a local chapter holding a valid charter from an international, national or state organization or by a bona fide local civic association catering exclusively to members and their guests primarily for a patriotic, fraternal, benevolent, educational, religious or political purpose. The club shall not be used in whole or in part for the conduct of any business or enterprise for profit, but this shall not be construed as preventing the utilization of a club for benefits or performances for a recognized charity, nor for the meeting of other organizations, nor for educational and cultural purposes.

Any motor vehicle defined or licensed by the state as a commercial vehicle, except passenger vehicles licensed as commercial vehicles whose vehicle axle weight is under one ton and not used for business purposes.

A use in one or more districts requiring approval by the Board of Trustees of a petition to allow the proposed use on a particular site within a zoning district. In addition to conditional use approval by the Village Board, the use must comply with all applicable site plan or special exception use requirements established by this chapter.

A business premises used for the making of clothing, millinery, shoes or other personal articles to individual order and measure for sale at retail on the premises only, not including the manufacture of ready-to-wear or standardized products.

A building or structure, together with its lot and its accessory uses, buildings and structures, used as an organized recreational facility for five or more enrolled children other than the children of the resident family, but not provided with customary commercial public recreation features, such as Ferris wheels or roller coasters, and not furnishing sleeping quarters except for the resident family.

A common wall that separates two adjacent single-family attached dwellings, through which the property boundary line passes. Demising walls are characterized by heightened building and fire code standards, and their use of common foundation elements. Demising walls extend from the foundation up to the roof structure of adjacent buildings.[2]

A parcel of land or part thereof used primarily for the disposal by abandonment, dumping, burial, burning or any other means and for whatever purpose of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, junk, discarded machinery, vehicles or parts thereof or waste material of any kind.

A building arranged, intended or designed to be occupied by one or more families living independently of each other upon the premises.

A building or portion thereof containing more than two dwelling units, excluding a senior citizen housing project or a senior citizen development, as separately defined herein.

A single-family dwelling unit that occupies a separate building lot from adjoining structures, though it is attached to similarly constructed dwelling units on one or both sides. These structures are characterized by the existence of demising walls, which are shared in common with each adjacent unit and through which the property boundary extends.

One or more rooms with provisions for cooking, living, sanitary and sleeping facilities arranged for the use of one family.

An establishment that prepares and sells food or beverages primarily but not exclusively for off-site consumption.

A building or portion thereof where food and/or beverages are sold in a form ready for consumption and where all or a significant portion of the consumption takes place or is designed to take place outside the confines of the building, often in a motor vehicle on the site. The primary focus is serving food and beverages directly to customers within their automobiles. A drive-in restaurant does not include a drive-thru restaurant. Drive-thru restaurants shall not be permitted in any zoning district.

An establishment where food is prepared and served for consumption in an open-air or curb-side area, or sidewalk cafe-style seating, and does not rely on fully enclosed buildings or extensive waiter service. Open front eating establishment does not include the use of a drive-in or drive-thru (see "Eating Establishment — Drive -In, Curb Service").

Any vehicle that is licensed and registered for operation on public and private highways, roads and streets that draws electricity from a battery and is capable of being charged from an external source. An electric vehicle includes both a vehicle that can only be powered by an electric motor that draws electricity from a battery (all-electric) and a vehicle that can be powered by an electric motor that draws electricity from a battery and by an internal combustion engine (plug-in hybrid).

The amount of voltage provided to charge an EV varies depending on the type of Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) as follows:

The point of connection to the electrical grid for EVs, and the point of power for EV drivers. This includes the equipment, cables, cords, conductors, connectors, couplers, enclosures, attachment plugs, power outlets, power electronics, transformer, switchgear, switches and controls, network interfaces, point of sale equipment, and associated apparatus designed and used for the purpose of transferring energy from the electric supply system to a plug-in EV. EVCS may include internally illuminated electronic screens on one or two sides of the station.

One or more persons occupying a dwelling unit as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit.

An establishment whose principal business is the sale of preprepared or rapidly prepared food directly to the customer in a ready-to-consume state for consumption either within the restaurant building or off premises. A fast-food restaurant shall not include a drive thru.

Any structure, regardless of composition, except for a living fence or hedge, that is erected or maintained for the purpose of enclosing or screening a piece of land into distinct portions. A fence or wall that is designed and constructed to support and retain earth or fill shall be regulated as a "retaining wall" as defined in this section.

A building or lot or part thereof supplying and selling gasoline or other equivalent fuel for motor vehicles at retail direct from pumps and storage tanks. A "filling station" may include accessory facilities for rendering service for motor vehicles, such as lubrication, washing and minor repairs.

Total gross floor area of all uses including dwelling unit area contained within buildings, divided by the area of the lot, but excluding from such calculation that portion of a building housing mechanical equipment. For purposes of this calculation, "mechanical equipment" shall mean furnaces, air conditioning equipment other than window air conditioners, elevators, transformers, HVAC equipment, and utility equipment.

A building, not a private garage, used for the storage of automobiles or trucks and not used for making repairs thereto.

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 for more than one car is leased to a nonresident off the premises.

A building, other than a private or a parking garage, used for adjustment, painting, replacement of parts or other repair of motor vehicles or parts thereof, whether or not accessory or incidental to another use.

A for-profit or not-for-profit indoor recreational and exercise facility, not necessarily intended primarily for therapeutic uses, that may include such facilities as weight lifting equipment, indoor running tracks, swimming pools, tennis, squash or racquetball courts, exercise machines such as treadmills and rowers, health spas, health clubs, figure salons, gymnasiums, weight control studios, martial arts and self-defense schools and accessory facilities such as saunas, showers and locker rooms; but excluding such facilities as skating or roller rinks, any facilities involving the use or discharge of firearms, video game rooms, arcades and other such indoor recreational activities, and also excluding physical therapy offices.

A vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the finished grade along the side of the structure fronting on the nearest street to the highest point of such structure.

Any gainful occupation customarily conducted within a dwelling by the residents thereof that is clearly secondary to the residential use and that does not change the character of the structure as a residence. Said activity shall not occupy more than 1/2 of the ground floor area of the dwelling or its equivalent elsewhere in the dwelling if so used, and further provided that there shall be no external evidence other than an announcement sign and that no mechanical or electrical equipment is used except customary household equipment. However, "home occupations" shall not be construed to include such uses as the following: clinic or hospital, restaurant, breeding kennel or antique dealer.

The office or studio of a resident physician, surgeon, dentist or other person licensed by the State of New York to practice a healing art, lawyer, architect, artist, engineer, real estate broker or salesman, insurance broker or agent or teacher, as herein restricted, provided that not more than two persons are not members of the family and that such office shall be in the main building and shall not occupy more than the equivalent of 1/2 of the area of one floor of said building. For the purposes of this definition, a "teacher" shall be restricted to a person giving individual instruction in academic or scientific subjects to a single pupil at a time. A "home professional office" shall not include the office of any person professionally engaged in the purchase or sale of economic goods. Dancing instruction, band instrument or piano or voice instruction, tearooms, tourist homes, beauty parlors, barbershops, hairdressing and manicuring establishments, convalescent homes, mortuary establishments and stores, trades or businesses of any kind not herein excepted shall not be deemed to be "home professional offices." The "home professional office" of a physician shall not include a biological or other medical testing laboratory.

An institution, licensed by state law, to provide health services and medical or surgical care to persons, primarily inpatients, and including, as an integral part of the institution, related facilities such as laboratories, outpatient facilities or training facilities.

A building or part thereof which has a common entrance, common heating system and general dining room and which contains seven or more living and sleeping rooms designed to be occupied by individuals or groups of individuals for compensation. A "hotel" shall not provide apartment dwelling units.

A movable single-family dwelling originally equipped with or having a vehicular chassis but lacking one or more of the following mechanical systems and equipment: plumbing, heating, electrical, cooking and refrigeration. See "mobile home."

A use engaged in the basic processing and manufacture of materials, of finished products or parts, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, packaging, incidental storage, sales and distribution of such products.

Any land or structure or part thereof used for collecting, storage or sale of wastepaper, rags, scrap metal or other scrap or discarded material or for the collecting, dismantling, storage or salvage of machinery or two or more unregistered, old or secondhand motor vehicles, no longer intended or in condition for legal use on public highways or for the sale of parts thereof.

A designated parcel, tract, assemblage or area of land established by plat, subdivision or as otherwise permitted by law to be used, developed or built upon as a unit.

The horizontal area included within lot lines, exclusive of any portion within a public or private street right-of-way.

A lot or parcel of land abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection or upon two parts of the same street forming an interior angle of less than 135º.

The percentage of the area of the lot covered by a building or buildings.

The distance along a street line measured at the front of a lot.

Any lot other than a corner lot.

A line of record bounding a lot which divides one lot from another lot or from a public or private street or any other public space.

The line of a lot at the street or right-of-way line separating the lot from a street right-of-way. On a corner lot, the owner may, with the approval of the Planning Board, specify the front lot line on the plot plan.

The lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line; or in the case of triangular or otherwise irregularly shaped lots, a line 10 feet in length entirely within the lot, parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line.

Any lot line other than a front or rear lot line.

A lot extending from one street to another.

The dimension measured from side lot line to side lot line, along a line parallel to the street line at the required minimum front yard depth.

A movable single-family dwelling originally equipped with or having a vehicular chassis and provided with all of the following mechanical systems and equipment: plumbing, heating, electrical, cooking and refrigeration. See "house trailer."

A residential land use designed for the location of one or more mobile homes in designated mobile home spaces and including appurtenant facilities and accessory services for residents only.

A use of land and improvements for the purpose of displaying, storing and renting or selling mobile homes or house trailers but not including provision for mechanical or other services for these dwelling units.

A building or group of buildings, whether detached or in connected units, used as individual sleeping or dwelling units with direct outside access and related office and with or without restaurant facilities, designed primarily for transient automobile travelers and provided with accessory off-street parking facilities. The term "motel" includes buildings designed as tourist courts, motor lodges, auto courts and other similar appellations, but shall not be construed to include house trailers or mobile homes.

National Electric Code including any amendments thereto.

A structure lawfully existing at the effective date of this chapter or any amendment thereto affecting such structure, which does not conform to the Table of Dimensional Regulations[3] of this chapter for the district in which it is situated, irrespective of the use to which such structure is put.

Any use of a building structure, lot or land or part thereof lawfully existing at the effective date of this chapter or any amendment thereto affecting such use which does not conform to the Table of Use Regulations[4] of this chapter for the district in which it is situated.

Any industry which is not detrimental to the environment in which it is located by reason of the emission of smoke, noise, odor, dust, vibration or excessive light beyond the limits of its lot or by reason of generating excessive traffic with attendant hazards and which does not include any outdoor processing of materials or open accessory storage yard unless completely enclosed by a solid wall or fence not less than six feet in height.

A school designed to provide daytime care or instruction to two or more children from two to five years of age, inclusive, and operated on a regular basis.

An extended or intermediate care facility licensed or approved to provide full-time convalescent or chronic care to individuals who, by reason of advanced age, chronic illness or infirmity, are unable to care for themselves.

A tract of land, designated and used by the public for active and passive recreation.

A lot or part thereof used for the storage or parking of motor vehicles, with or without the payment of rent or charges in money and/or other consideration.

A stall or berth which is arranged and intended for parking of one motor vehicle in a garage or parking area.

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 of right. Any use which is not listed as a permitted, special exception or accessory use shall be considered a prohibited use.

The Planning Board of the Village of Maybrook.

A transportable storage unit designed and used primarily for temporary storage of building materials, household goods, personal items and other materials for use on a limited basis on residential and nonresidential properties which is located for such purposes outside an enclosed building other than an accessory building or shed complying with all building codes and land use requirements.

A use of a building, structure, lot or land or part thereof which is not listed as a permitted, special exception or accessory use; in addition, and more specifically, those uses listed as prohibited uses in § 210-8.

Any premises used for the garaging or parking of public transportation vehicles and the loading and unloading of passengers.

An installation used by a public agency or franchised public utility to supply or transmit electric, gas, water, cable television, telephone, or other utility service, excluding electric power plants, windmills and gas wells. Included are such facilities as electric substations, high-voltage transmission lines, pump stations, water supply wells, water towers, communication towers, and telephone substations. Utility distribution facilities serving customers directly are considered customary accessory uses, not public utility facilities.

A dwelling located on the same lot and to the rear of the main building for which the lot is used.

A place designed and equipped for the conduct of sports, leisure time activities and other customary and usual passive or active recreational facilities.

Any garage, other than a private garage, available to the public, operated for gain and which is used for storage, body or engine repair, rental, lubricating, washing, servicing, adjusting or equipping of automobiles or other motor vehicles.

A building for experimentation in pure or applied research design, development and production of prototype machines or devices or of new products and uses accessory thereto. With respect to the application of this chapter, such "research institute or laboratory" shall meet the standards of a nonnuisance industry.

An establishment where food and drink is prepared, served and consumed primarily within the principal building. Also includes "fast-food restaurant."

A home for the aged, chronically ill or incurable persons in which two or more persons, not related by blood or marriage, are habitually kept, boarded and/or housed for remuneration, but not including hospitals, sanitariums or medical clinics.

Any fixed or mobile place or facility at or in which food or drink is offered or prepared for retail sale or for service with or without charge on or at the premises or elsewhere. Retail food establishments shall be classified as retail use as shown on the tables of use regulations.

A structure in excess of four feet in height, measured from the ground at the exposed face of the wall to the cap of wall, designed and constructed for the purpose of supporting or retaining earth or fill, rocks, landscaping or other solid materials. A basement wall and the wall of a building shall not constitute a retaining wall as defined herein.

A temporary use of land, structure or building on a farm by the farmer as a sales outlet exclusively for produce grown on his farm.

A facility or institution for the recuperation and treatment of persons suffering from physical or mental disorders.

A facility that provides a curriculum of elementary and secondary academic instruction, including kindergartens, elementary schools, junior high schools and high schools.

A building or group of buildings, whether detached or connected, containing dwelling units that are arranged for use as senior citizen dwelling units, with common areas owned and managed by a single management entity, together with normal and customary accessory uses designed and maintained for such use, such as recreation facilities for residents, professional and medical offices, maintenance facilities and administrative offices serving the residents of such units, and parking areas.

A dwelling unit in a senior citizen development occupied by one or more persons at least 55 years of age, which may also be occupied by one or more members of such person's immediate family.

Existing buildings and lands used for the provision of three or more senior citizen dwelling units that were developed pursuant to senior citizen housing programs of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and occupied in conformance with the occupancy requirements of such programs.

A group of stores, shops and similar establishments occupying adjoining structures, all of which may be deemed one building if designed as an architectural unit and if it has adequate space in the rear for loading and unloading commodities.

Any kind of billboard, sign board, pennant or other shape or device or display used as an advertisement, announcement or direction, including any text, symbol, lights, marks, letters or figures painted thereon or painted on or incorporated in the composition of an exterior surface of a building or structure.

A temporary or permanent sign which directs attention to a business, an industry or profession conducted upon the property.

A temporary or permanent sign which directs attention to a resident's home, a home occupation, a home professional office or a public or semipublic building.

A sign advertising land or improvements thereto, or describing construction activity or a firm doing work related to construction, on the premises on which the sign is located.

A temporary sign which directs attention to a special activity or entertainment or one which indicates the location of a real estate subdivision.

A use in one or more districts for which the Board of Appeals may grant a permit pursuant to the provisions of Article X.

Any federal, state, county or town road or any street shown upon a subdivision plat filed in the County Clerk's office.

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

Anything constructed or erected on or under the ground or upon another structure or building.

A receptacle for water or an artificial pool of water having a depth at any point of more than 18 inches and a surface area of greater than 100 square feet designed or intended for the purpose of bathing or swimming and including all appurtenant equipment.

Facilities which provide sales and support including digital communications, information technology (IT), data storage or other services of a similar nature.

An office used for the purpose of causing or promoting the construction and/or sale of a residential subdivision or development and located within the area of such subdivision or development. Such office may only be located in a building suitable for use as a single-family residence.

A building used for dramatic, operatic, musical, dance, motion picture, or other performance, on a paid admission basis; no meal service is allowed.

A modification of the regulations of this chapter, granted on grounds of practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships, not self-imposed, pursuant to the provisions of § 210-45.

A structure of wood, stone concrete or other materials, or combination thereof, designed and constructed to provide security, screening, decoration or enclosure of a parcel or section of a parcel of real property, but which does not support or retain earth, fill or any other materials as in the case of a retaining wall, which is defined in this section.

An open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building situated between the nearest roofed portion of the building and the front lot line of the lot and extending from side lot line to side lot line.

A space on the same lot with a building situated between the nearest roofed portion of the building and the rear lot line of the lot, and extending from side lot line to side lot line.

An open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building situated between the nearest roofed portion of the building or of any accessory building and the side lot line of the lot, and extending through from the front yard or from the front lot line where no front yard exists to the rear yard or to the rear lot line where no rear yard exists.

The Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Maybrook.