A structure subordinate to the principal building on a lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the principal building. Examples include, but are not limited to, garages, sheds, boathouses, fences, swimming pools and satellite dish antennas.

A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use or building and located on the same lot with such principal use or building.

The raising of agricultural crops, dairy and/or livestock products, except where such is an accessory and noncommercial garden to a principal residential use on the same lot. The term includes the necessary farm structures within the prescribed limits and the storage of equipment used on the premises.

A change or rearrangement in the structural parts or in the entrance and exit facilities or an enlargement, whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height, or the moving from one location or position to another.[1]

Business devoted to the sale of a work of art, agricultural implement, piece of furniture or decorative object made at least 25 years ago.

A request for a review of the interpretation of any provision of this chapter or an appeal of a decision of the Zoning Administration Officer or the Code Enforcement Officer.

The land in the floodplain within a community subject to a 1% or greater chance of flooding in any given year.

Enclosed place for the production and sales of crafts and arts produced on site.

A business structure or facility designed or intended primarily for the washing of automobiles, including conveyor, drive-through and self-service types.

A structure of canvas, metal, etc., extended before a window or door or over a patio, deck, etc., as protection from the sun or rain or for aesthetic value of the building.

See "tavern."

The flood having a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.

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.

An owner-occupied place of lodging that has four guest rooms or fewer, and may serve meals only to guests.

A dwelling, or part thereof, in which lodging is provided for a fee by the owner or operator to not more than eight boarders.

Any roofed structure intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals or property. When a building is divided into entirely separate parts extending from the ground up, each part so divided is deemed a separate building. See also "gross floor area," "accessory structure" and "principal building."

That side of any building facing a public street.

A permit issued by the Code Enforcement Officer pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 97 of this Code[2] that authorizes the recipient to make use of property in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. Building permits issued pursuant to this chapter shall comply with and be subject to all of the requirements of Chapter 97 of this Code.

The vertical distance measured from the established grade at the street center line or, if no grade has been officially established on the street, measured from the average level of the proposed finished grade across the front of the building to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs, to the deck line of mansard roofs, and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.

A building in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which said building is situated.

The total ground area covered by a principal building, accessory structures and parking, and including outdoor display and storage areas integral to the business.

A parcel of land on which three or more campsites are located and maintained as temporary living quarters.

A covering over gas pumps as required by law.

The commercial use of a building or portion of a building for washing of automobiles or other motor vehicles.

A certificate jointly issued by the Director of Planning and Development and the Code Enforcement Officer pursuant to Chapter 97 of this Code[3] stating that a structure or the use of land is in compliance with any approved site plan, conditions on approval and is in compliance with this chapter.

Any place devoted to organized worship on a regular basis.

A person appointed pursuant to Chapter 97 of this Code,[4] his designee or the designee of the Fire Chief who enforces the zoning, subdivision, sanitary and other regulations of the Uniform Code, this chapter and the Municipal Code of the City of Ogdensburg.

Establishments furnishing point-to-point communication services whether by wire or radio, either aurally or visually, including radio and television broadcasting and the exchange of messages, including necessary aerials and towers.

The mining of minerals, including sand and gravel, primarily for gain, not including extraction operated for the noncommercial use of the landowner. The term also includes quarrying; milling, such as crushing, screening, washing and flotation; and other preparation customarily conducted at the mining site or as part of a mining operation.

A recreational facility designed and equipped for the conduct of sports and other leisure-time activities which is operated as a for-profit business and open to the public for a fee.

Establishments primarily providing services, as opposed to products, to the general public, including but not limited to personal services, business services, repair services (except motor vehicle repair), educational services, social services and legal, accounting, engineering and other professional services, and including laundromats.

A supportive living facility with four to 14 residents or a supervised living facility subject to licensure by the Office of Mental Health or the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, which provides a residence for up to 14 mentally disabled persons, including residential treatment facilities for children and youth.

Enclosed place for the production and sales of crafts and arts produced on site.

Any care arrangement for persons under the age of 18 or over the age of 60 that provides day care on a regular basis for more than four hours per day for more than five persons, for payment or reimbursement.

Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, paving, excavation or drilling operations.

Vehicle travel lane between a public road and a parking area, not including field entrances. A divided driveway is so designed that traffic entering it is separated from traffic leaving it by a raised median or other physical barrier and is considered a single driveway unit.

A building, or portion thereof, providing complete housekeeping facilities for one family, including living, cooking, sanitary and sleeping facilities.

A building or group of buildings in which units are owned individually, and the structure, common areas and facilities are owned by all the owners on a proportional, undivided basis.

See "multiple-family dwelling."

See "single-family dwelling."

A one-family dwelling in a row of at least three such units in which each unit has its own front and rear access to the outside, no unit is located over another unit and each unit is separated from any other unit by one or more common fire-resistant walls.

See "two-family dwelling."

A grant of one or more property rights by the property owner to and for the use of the public, a corporation or another person or legal entity.

A structure designed for long-term residential use. For the purposes of these regulations, factory-built housing consists of three types: modular, mobile homes, and manufactured homes.

One or more persons occupying the premises, living as a single housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group occupying a boardinghouse, lodging house, club, fraternity, hotel or commune.

An artificially constructed barrier of any material or combination of materials erected to enclose or screen areas of land.

A driveway serving a farm yard, cultivated or uncultivated field, timberland or undeveloped land, and not used for commercial, residential or industrial purposes.

An unmapped zoning district, such as a planned development district, which is fixed on the Zoning Map only after an application for the establishment for such a district is approved by the City Council. See Article IX, Planned Development District (PDD).

A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from overflow of inland waters and/or unusual accumulation or run-off of surface waters.

A building used for the preparation of the deceased for burial and the display of the deceased and ceremonies connected before burial or cremation.

Events known by various names, including "lawn sale," "porch sale," "barn sale" or "rummage sale." "Garage sales" are sales of tangible personal property held on the premises of the owner, conducted for no more than four days in any calendar year, and realizing not more than $1,000 in annual gross receipts.

A roofed space for the storage of one or more motor vehicles, provided that no business, occupation or service is conducted for profit therein or space for more than one car is leased to a nonresident of the premises.

A building, or part thereof, used primarily for the storage, hiring, selling, greasing, washing, servicing or repair of motor-driven vehicles, operated for gain.

Any area of land, including structures thereon, that is used or designed to be used for the sale of gasoline or oil or other motor vehicle fuel and which may include facilities for lubricating, washing, cleaning or otherwise servicing motor vehicles, but not including the painting or major repair thereof. The term "gasoline station" shall be deemed to include filling station and service station.

The sum of the gross horizontal area of the several floors of a building and its accessory buildings on the same lot, including basement areas devoted to residential use and the area of bays, dormers, roofed porches and roofed terraces. All dimensions shall be measured between exterior faces of walls.

Any building or structure which is structurally unsafe, unsanitary, constitutes a fire hazard, harbors vermin or is otherwise dangerous to human life or uses which, in relation to existing conditions, constitutes a hazard to safety or health by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence or abandonment.

Those materials defined and listed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in the most recently published version of 6 NYCRR Part 371, Identification and Listing of Hazardous Wastes.

Unless otherwise specified, the term "health care facility" shall be deemed to include a hospital, clinic, rest home, nursing home, sanitarium or any other place for the diagnosis, treatment and/or other care of human ailments, addictions, developmental disability or old age.

Establishment engaged in the retail sale of food or personal care products to the general public for personal or household consumption, excluding all alcohol and tobacco related products. Additionally permitted is retail food service for off-premises consumption to the extent that the New York State Department of Health does not require licensing for said food service.

A business operated out of a home; specifically, it is defined as an accessory occupation or business activity which results in a product or service for financial gain that is conducted in whole or part on the residential premises. See § 221-37, Accessory uses and structures.

An institution providing health services, birthing services and medical or surgical care to persons suffering from illness, disease or injury.

A place where animals or pets are given medical or surgical treatment and the boarding of animals is limited to short-term stays necessary for veterinary care.

A facility offering transient lodging accommodations to the general public for a fee.

An owner-occupied place of lodging that has 12 guest rooms or fewer, and may include a public tavern and restaurant which also serve nonguests.

Any area, lot, land, parcel, building or structure, or part thereof, on which waste material, scrap metal, discarded goods, materials, machinery, or three or more unregistered, inoperable motor vehicles or other types of junk are collected, stored, salvaged or sold.

Any lot, premises or structure on or in which six or more canines, more than six months of age, are housed for commercialization.

An establishment providing washing, drying or dry-cleaning machines on the premises for rental use to the general public.

An establishment engaged in the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials or substances into new products, including the assembling of component parts, the manufacturing of products and the blending of materials inside an enclosed structure.

Agricultural animals raised for direct human consumption or use or for the consumptive use of their body parts or products, including eggs, milk, hair, hide and meat, specifically including hogs, horses, ponies, cattle, deer, sheep, goats, fowl and fur-bearing animals.

An off-street space or berth, no smaller than a parking space, used for loading or unloading of vehicles.

A parcel of land considered as a unit, occupied or capable of being occupied by a principal building or use and accessory buildings or uses, or by a group of buildings united by a common use or interest.

The total area included within lot lines of a lot excluding any highway rights-of-way.

The percentage of the lot area that is occupied by the ground area of a building and its accessory buildings or structures, if any, but excluding driveways and open parking spaces and parking lots.

The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines, measured in the general direction of the side lot lines.

The property lines bounding the lot.

The distance between side lot lines measured parallel to the front setback line at a distance from the front lot line equal to the front setback specified for the district.

A lot located at the intersection of and fronting on two or more intersecting streets, and having an interior angle at the corner of the intersection of less than 135°.

A residential dwelling built in accordance with the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards which became effective June 15, 1976, and that meets the following compatibility standards, when assembled:

Any piece of real property under single ownership or control for which the primary purpose is the placement of two or more manufactured homes for permanent residential dwellings and for the production of income. A manufactured housing community does not include real property used for the display and sale of manufactured units, nor does it include real property used for seasonal recreational purposes only, as opposed to year-round occupancy.

Establishments engaged in the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials or substances into new products, including the assembling of component parts, production of goods and the blending or packaging of materials.

A place where the transfer between modes of transportation takes place or any premises for the transient housing or parking of buses, trains or ride-sharing vehicles and the loading and unloading of passengers.

Premises and buildings devoted to a membership organization catering to members and their guests for educational, political, recreational, athletic or charitable purposes. For the purposes of this chapter "membership club" shall include lodges, fraternal organizations and other like nonprofit organizations; however, if such uses serve alcoholic beverages to the general public on a regular basis such use shall be treated as a tavern.

A residential dwelling that was fabricated in an off-site manufacturing facility, designed to be a permanent residence, built prior to enactment of the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards which became effective June, 15, 1976, and approved by the Planning Board as meeting the following compatibility standards, when assembled:

A structure intended for residential use and manufactured off-site in accordance with the New York State Building Code.[7]

See "hotel."

A building, portion of a building or use of land used for making repairs to motor vehicles, including body work and painting, for commercial gain.

A building or portion thereof designed for year-round occupancy, containing separate dwelling units for three or more families living independently of each other, other than hotels, motels, camps and rooming houses.

A lot which was lawful prior to the adoption or amendment of this chapter but which does not now conform to the area and/or dimensions required in the district in which it is situated by reason of such adoption or amendment.

Use of a building or of land which was lawful prior to the adoption or amendment of this chapter, but which does not conform to the regulations for the district in which it is situated by reason of such adoption or amendment.

A proprietary facility, licensed or regulated by the State of New York, for the accommodation of convalescents or other persons who are not acutely ill and not in need of hospital care, but who require skilled nursing and related medical services.

A room or group of rooms used for a business or profession or for the management functions of an industry or service.

The keeping, in an unenclosed area, of any goods, junk, material, merchandise, unregistered motor vehicles, recreational vehicles of any kind, or lawn mowers.

The keeping, in any unroofed area, of any goods, junk, materials, merchandise or vehicles for more than 72 hours.

An off-street, ground-level area, usually surfaced and improved for the temporary storage of motor vehicles in operating condition.

A space designated for the parking of one motor vehicle, measuring a minimum of 10 feet in width and 20 feet in length, not including any required maneuvering aisle, vehicle circulation, public road or right-of-way.

Any use allowed in a zoning district and subject to the restrictions applicable to that zoning district.

A commercial establishment primarily engaged in providing services involving the care of a person and his or her apparel such as laundries, barbershops, photo studios, etc.

A minimum sized tract of land in single ownership, or controlled by an individual, partnership, cooperative or corporation, designed for and capable of being used for one or more residential, commercial, industrial or recreational uses in a unified site design for the entire district.

A map representing a tract of land showing boundaries and location of individual properties and streets.

A final map drawn by a licensed engineer showing a proposed subdivision, including all detailed information required by New York State law and this chapter, which is submitted to the Planning Board and if approved, filed with the County Clerk.

A preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of a subdivision or site plan which is submitted to the Planning Board for consideration and preliminary approval.

The primary or predominant use of any lot.

A structure intended for bathing or swimming purposes made of concrete, masonry, metal or other impervious material, having a depth of more than three feet and owned and maintained by an individual for exclusive use by his family and friends.

The advertisement of a public hearing or meeting in a paper of general circulation in the area, indicating the time, place and nature of the public hearing or meeting.

A building, structure or use owned and operated by a utility, governmental agency or nonprofit organization to provide a public service. Examples include, but are not limited to, a library, a post office, a museum, a community center, a fire house and public utilities.

Telephone, electric and cable television lines, poles, equipment and structures, water or gas pipes, mains, valves or structures; sewer pipes, valves or structures; pumping stations; telephone exchanges and relaying stations; and other facilities, equipment and structures necessary for conducting a service by a government or a public utility.

Telephone, electric and cable television lines, poles, equipment and structures; water, sewer or gas pipes, mains, valves and structures; pumping and exchange stations, and other facilities necessary for conducting such services.

A recreational facility operated as a for-profit business and open to the public for a fee.

A recreational facility open to the general public at no charge or a subsidized charge.

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

A mobile recreational unit, including travel trailer, motor home, pickup camper, converted bus, tent-trailer, camper trailer, tent or similar device used as a temporary portable house, boats, boat trailers, snowmobile trailers and snowmobiles or other recreational vehicles and devices.

Materials, including but not limited to metals, glass, plastic and paper, which are intended for reuse, remanufacture or reconstitution for the purpose of using the altered form. "Recyclable material" does not include refuse or hazardous material.

A center for the acceptance by donation, redemption or purchase of recyclable materials. Collection facilities may include boxes or containers transported by trucks, vans or trailers, and used for the collection of recyclable materials.

A facility that is not a junkyard, where recoverable resources such as acceptable newspapers, magazines, books, and other paper products, glass, plastic and metal cans are collected, stored, flattened, crushed or bundled, essentially by hand within a completely enclosed building. A "recycling facility" does not include storage containers or processing activity located on the premises of a residential, commercial or manufacturing use and used solely for the recycling of material generated by that residential property, business or manufacturer. "Recycling facilities" may include a recycling collection facility and a recycling processing facility.

A building or enclosed space used for the collection and processing of recyclable materials. "Processing" means the preparation of material for efficient shipment, or to an end-user's specifications, by such means as baling, briquetting, compacting, flattening, grinding, crushing, mechanical sorting, shredding, cleaning and remanufacturing.

A commercial establishment where food and drink are prepared, served and consumed primarily within the principal building.

Establishments engaged in selling goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption.

A type of amendment to this chapter that changes the zoning classification of particular lots or parcels of land.

A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, trail, railroad, electric transmission line, gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer or for any other special use.

A seasonally used structure where fresh produce such as fruits and vegetables and other farm produce may be purchased.

See "junkyard."

Any building or part thereof which is designed, constructed or used for education or instruction in any branch of knowledge.

A method of visually shielding or obscuring one abutting or nearby structure or use from another by fencing, walls, berms or densely planted vegetation.

The distance between the lot line and the line of any building or any projection thereof, excluding uncovered steps, decks and porches.

That line that is the required minimum distance from the street right-of-way line or any other lot line that establishes the area within which the principal structure must be erected or placed.

The minimum required depth of an open space extending the full width of a lot between any building and the front lot line and measured perpendicular to the building at the closest point to the front lot line.

The minimum required depth of an open space extending across the full width of a lot between the principal building and the rear lot line, and measured perpendicular to any building at the closest point to the rear lot line.

The minimum required depth of an open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the principal building and the side lot line measured perpendicular from the side lot line to the closest point of the principal building.

A group of architecturally unified commercial establishments built on a site which is planned, developed, owned and managed as a unified project, which provides on-site parking for customers.

Any device affixed to, painted or represented directly or indirectly upon a building, structure or land and which directs attention to an object, product, place, activity, person, institution, organization or business. (This definition shall not apply to any flag or insignia of a government or government agency, school or religious group, nor any official traffic control device.)

The total area of the smallest rectangle or triangle which encloses the extreme limits of the writing, representation, emblem or other display, together with any material or color forming an integral part of the background of the display or used to differentiate the sign from the backdrop or structure against which it is placed, but not including any supporting framework or bracing that is clearly incidental to the display itself.

A detached building designed for occupancy by one family only, other than a mobile home, recreational vehicle, camp or any temporary structure.

An accurately scaled development plan that illustrates the existing conditions on a land parcel as well as depicting major characteristics of proposed development. See Article XV, Site Plan Review.

A rough sketch map of a proposed subdivision or site plan of sufficient accuracy to be used for the purpose of discussion by the Planning Board.

A public or private way which affords the principal means of access to abutting property.

The width of the road right-of-way measured at right angles to the center line of the street.

Any change in the supporting members of a building such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.

A combination of materials assembled, constructed or erected at a fixed location, including for examples, a building, stationary and portable carports and swimming pools, the use of which requires location on the ground or attachment to something having location on the ground. See "accessory structure" and "building."

The division of any parcel of land into three or more lots, plots, sites or other division of land for the purpose of transfer of ownership or for building development, and including resubdivision of all or in part of any plat, filed or unfiled, which is entirely or partially undeveloped. Any division of land creating a new street shall be considered a "subdivision."

A subdivision of five or more lots and/or any subdivision which requires the extension of municipal facilities or construction of a new street.

Any subdivision containing not more than four lots fronting on an existing street, not involving any new street or road or the extension of municipal facilities and not adversely affecting the development of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining property.

Any repair, reconstruction or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the structure either before the improvement is started or, if the building has been damaged, before the damage occurred.

An establishment licensed by the state. A state licensed establishment used primarily for the serving of alcoholic beverages by the drink to the general public and where food or packaged liquors may be served or sold as accessory to the primary use.

A use established for a fixed period of time with the intent to discontinue such use upon the expiration of the time period.

A building or part of a building devoted to showing video or motion pictures or for dramatic, musical or live performances.

A structure standing on wheels, towed or hauled by another vehicle, and used for short-term human occupancy, carrying of material, goods or objects, or as a temporary office.

A detached building designed for occupancy by two families living independently of each other, other than a mobile home, recreational vehicle, camp or rooming house.

The New York State Building Code, the New York State Residential Code, the New York State Fire Code, the New York State Property Maintenance Code, and the New York State Mechanical and Plumbing Code, all as currently in effect and as may hereafter be amended from time to time.

The activity or function that actually takes place or is intended to take place on a lot.

A departure from the provisions of this chapter relating to yard, lot area, height, frontage requirements and/or use of a parcel of property. A "variance" may be granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals if it is demonstrated that a literal application of the regulations would result in unnecessary hardship or practical difficulties.

Commercial facilities for the storage of goods and/or materials, with or without maintenance facilities.

On-premises sale of goods not produced on the premises primarily to customers engaged in the business of reselling the goods.

An open space extending the full width of a lot between the principal building and the front lot line and measured perpendicular to the building at the closest point to the front lot line. This chapter establishes minimum yard requirements for each zoning district.

An open space extending across the full width of a lot between the principal building and the rear lot line, and measured perpendicular to the building at the closest point to the rear lot line. This chapter establishes minimum yard requirements for each zoning district.

An open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the principal building and the side lot line measured perpendicular from the side lot line to the closest point of the principal building. This chapter establishes minimum yard requirements for each zoning district.

The Director of Planning and Development or his designee who administers the planning, environmental, site plan review, zoning, subdivision, sanitary and other regulations of this chapter.

The map or maps, which are part of this chapter,[8] and delineate the boundaries of zoning districts.