A sign structure that has ceased to be used, and the owner intends no longer to have used, for the display of sign copy, or as otherwise defined by state law.

A detached subordinate structure, the use of which is incidental to the main structure or the use of the land.

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

An area of land, including structures thereon, that is used primarily for the display and judging of agricultural products, animals and machinery, during a period of not to exceed seven days per year or such additional period of time as may be required by state regulations in order to qualify for premium payment.

As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement in the structural parts or exit facilities or an enlargement, whether by extending on a side, by increasing in height or by moving from one location or position to another.

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

A sign employing actual motion or the illusion of motion. Animated signs, which are differentiated from changeable signs as defined and regulated by this chapter, include the following types:

Any projection that is not intended for occupancy and that extends beyond the face of an exterior wall of a building, but that does not include signs as defined herein. See also, "awning;” "back-lit awning;" and "canopy, attached and freestanding."

The total of areas taken on a horizontal plane at the main grade level of the principal building and all accessory buildings, exclusive of uncovered porches, terraces and steps.

When referring to the required area per dwelling unit, means net land area, the area exclusive of any streets and alleys.

A building or group of buildings, whether detached or in connected units, used as individual sleeping or dwelling units designed primarily for transient automobile travelers and providing for accessory off-street parking facilities.

A business premises equipped with individual clothes washing or cleaning machines for the principal use of retail customers.

An open area, other than a street or way, used for the display or sale of new or used automobiles or trailers and where minor and incidental repair work, other than body and fender, may be done.

Establishment for the washing of motor vehicles as a principal use.

A building used for the repair of motor vehicles involving operations not permitted at a gasoline station.

The dismantling or wrecking of used automobiles or trailers or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled, partially dismantled, obsolete or wrecked vehicles or their parts.

An architectural projection or shelter projecting from and supported by the exterior wall of a building and composed of non-rigid materials and/or fabric on a supporting retractable framework.

A sign displayed on or attached flat against the surface or surfaces of an awning. See also, "wall" or "fascia sign."

An awning with a translucent covering material and a source of illumination contained within its framework.

A flexible substrate on which copy or graphics may be displayed.

A sign utilizing a banner as its display surface.

A story partly underground but having at least 1/2 of its height above the average level of the adjoining ground.

See "off-premises sign" and "outdoor advertising sign."

A building or portion thereof, other than a hotel, containing not more than one dwelling unit where meals and lodging are provided for three or more persons in addition to the family unit.

A structure having a roof for the housing or enclosure of persons, animals or chattels.

A subordinate building, or a portion of the main building on a lot, the use of which is customarily incidental to that of the main or principal building.

The entire side of a building, from ground level to the roofline, as viewed perpendicular to the walls on that side of the building.

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

A multisided overhead structure or architectural projection supported by attachments to a building on one or more sides and cantilevered from such building. The surface(s) and/or soffit of an attached canopy may be illuminated by means of internal or external sources of light.

A multisided overhead structure supported by columns, but not enclosed by walls. The surface(s) and or soffit of a freestanding canopy may be illuminated by means of internal or external sources of light.

A sign affixed to the visible surface(s) of an attached or freestanding canopy. For reference, see Figure 200-25 A(1)(b).[1]

A portion of the building having 1/2 or more of its height below the average level of the adjoining ground.

Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including columbariums, crematories, mausoleums and mortuaries, when operated in conjunction with and within the boundary of such cemetery.

A sign with the capability of content change by means of manual or remote input, including signs which are:

Includes any or all of the following: church, cathedral, temple, synagogue, manse, rectory, convent, parish school or similar building incidental to the particular use; school for religious education; convents and other buildings for the housing of students, teachers, communicants and domestic or maintenance employees, but not including business offices (except administrative offices incidental to the operation of the particular use), rescue missions or the occasional use for religious purposes of properties not regularly so used.

The agent or representative of the Village of Palmyra, or his delegates or deputies, responsible for the enforcement of the ordinances and codes of the Village.

A sign that is supported partly by pole and partly by a building structure.

Those letters, numerals, figures, symbols, logos and graphic elements comprising the content or message of a sign, excluding numerals identifying a street address only.

That percentage of the plot or lot area covered by the building.[2]

A freestanding sign identifying a multiple-occupancy development, such as a shopping center or planned industrial park, which is controlled by a single owner or landlord, approved in accordance with § 200-25G(2) of this chapter.

Any sign that is designed and erected for the purpose of providing direction and/or orientation for pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

A structure used for the harboring of more than three dogs that are more than six months old.

A sign with two faces, back to back.

Any use customarily providing service to or selling at retail to a person occupying an automobile.

A building or portion thereof designed for and used primarily for human occupancy and having the floor area required in this chapter, but not including auto courts, hospitals, hotels, boardinghouses, residential clubs, rooming houses and the like.

A group of two or more one-family, two-family or multiple dwellings occupying a lot in one ownership and having any yard in common.

A building or portion thereof containing three or more dwelling units.

One or more living or sleeping rooms with cooking and sanitary facilities for one person or one family.

A college or university giving general academic instruction. Included within this term are areas of structures used for administration, housing of students or faculty, dining halls and social or athletic activities, when located on the institution’s land that is not detached from that portion of the campus where classroom facilities are maintained by more than street and/or other property owned by the institution.

Any sign activated or illuminated by means of electrical energy.

An electrically activated changeable sign whose variable message capability can be electronically programmed.

Any sign placed outside a building.

See "building facade."

One or more persons occupying a dwelling unit as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit, who are living together as a bona fide stable and committed living unit, being a traditional family unit or the functional equivalent thereof, exhibiting the generic character of a traditional family.

See "wall sign."

See "animated sign, electrically activated."

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

The floor area of a building divided by the area of the occupied lot.

A sign principally supported by a structure affixed to the ground, and not supported by a building, including signs supported by one or more columns, poles or braces placed in or upon the ground. For visual reference, see Figure 200-25 A(1)(a).

The length of an exterior building wall or structure of a single premises oriented to the public way or other properties that it faces.[3]

The length of the property line(s) of any single premises along either a public way or other properties on which it borders.

A building or part of building used for the parking of one or more operative motor vehicles.

See “automobile repair garage.”

Any area of land, including structures thereon, that is used for the sale of gasoline or any other motor vehicle fuel and lubricating substances, including sale of motor vehicle accessories, and which may or may not include facilities for lubricating, washing or otherwise servicing motor vehicles, but not including the painting thereof by any means, body and fender work or the dismantling or replacing of engines.

See "freestanding sign."

The vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the proposed finished grade at 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.

Vertical distance between the mean elevation of the base of the structure and the highest point of the structure.

An income-producing occupation or profession carried on wholly within the principal building or within a building accessory thereto where:

Includes sanitarium, sanitorium and preventorium for the diagnosis, treatment or other care of human ailments.

A building designed primarily for occupancy as the temporary abiding place of individuals who are lodged with or without meals, in which building:

A sign used to identify a specific property by address, occupant or use.

A sign characterized by the use of artificial light either projecting through its surface(s) (internally illuminated) or reflecting off its surface(s) (externally illuminated).

A building used for the full-time home of three or more babies, children or aged persons, a rest home, nursing home, related health facility, clinic and convalescent home, except correctional institutions or hospitals.

Any sign placed within a building, but not including "window signs" as defined by this section. Interior signs, with the exception of window signs as defined, are not regulated by this chapter.

A lot, land or structure, or part thereof, over 200 square feet in area, used primarily for the collecting, storage and sale of wastepaper, rags, scrap metal or discarded material; or for the collecting, dismantling, storage and salvaging of machinery or vehicles not in running condition and for the sale of parts thereof, except as accessory to a principal manufacturing use on the lot.

An off-street space or berth, abutting upon a street or way or other appropriate means of access, intended for the temporary standing of a commercial vehicle while being loaded or unloaded, which space or berth is not less than 10 feet in width and sufficient in length, measured perpendicularly to the street or way, to ensure that no vehicle using the space shall extend beyond a property line, but in no case less than 25 feet in length and which has a clear height of not less than 15 feet.

A parcel of land.

That portion of a zoning lot or an accredited zoning lot bounded by required front, rear and side yards.

A lot situated at and abutting the intersection of two streets having an interior angle of intersection not greater than 135°.

The distance between the front and rear lot lines measured along the median between the two side lot lines as determined by the Zoning Administrator.

A lot other than a corner lot.

The lines that bound a lot.

The distance between the side lot lines measured along the front building line as determined by the prescribed front yard requirement.

Any operation, other than in connection with the foundation for a structure, involving:

An inclined decorative rooflike projection that is attached to an exterior building facade.

Animated signs characterized by repetitive motion and/or rotation activated by a mechanical system powered by electric motors or other mechanically induced means.

See “auto court.”

Any premises used by a motor freight company regulated by the Public Service Commission of New York and/or the Interstate Commerce Commission as a carrier of goods, which is the origin and/or destination point of goods being transported for the purpose of storing, transferring, loading and unloading such goods.

A sign containing three or more faces.

A sign lawfully existing on the effective date of this chapter or subsequent amendment hereto, which does not conform to the sign regulations applicable in the district in which it is located.

A structure or portion thereof, other than a sign, lawfully existing on the effective date of this chapter or subsequent amendment thereto, which was erected or altered for a use that does not conform to the use regulations applicable in the district in which it is located.

A use of a structure or land, other than a sign, lawfully existing on the effective date of this chapter or subsequent amendment thereto, which does not conform to the use regulations applicable in the district in which it is located.

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

See "outdoor advertising sign."

A sign erected, maintained or used in the outdoor environment for the purpose of the display of messages appurtenant to the use of, products sold on, or the sale or lease of, the property on which it is displayed.

A permanent sign erected, maintained or used in the outdoor environment for the purpose of the display of commercial or noncommercial messages not appurtenant to the use of, products sold on, or the sale or lease of, the property on which it is displayed.

The extension of a building facade above the line of the structural roof.

A space in a parking garage or parking area not less than nine feet wide and 20 feet long, exclusive of passageways and driveways, giving access thereto, and having direct access to a street or alley.

See "freestanding sign."

A temporary sign intended to advance a political statement, cause or candidate for office. A legally permitted outdoor advertising sign shall not be considered to be a political sign.

Any sign not permanently attached to the ground or to a building or building surface.

A sign other than a wall sign that is attached to or projects more than 12 inches from a building face or wall or from a structure whose primary purpose is other than the support of a sign. For visual reference, see Figure 200-25 A(1)(a).[4]

Owned, operated or controlled by a government agency (federal, state or local), including a corporation created by law for the performance of certain specialized governmental functions, or a public school district or service district.

A temporary sign advertising the sale, lease or rental of the property or premises upon which it is located.

A sign that revolves 360 degrees about an axis. See also, "animated sign, mechanically activated."

The top edge of a peaked roof or, in the case of an extended facade or parapet, the upper-most point of said facade or parapet.

A sign mounted on and supported by the main roof portion of a building, or above the uppermost edge of a parapet wall of a building and which is wholly or partially supported by such a building. Signs mounted on mansard facades, pent eaves and architectural projections such as canopies or marquees shall not be considered to be roof signs, For a visual reference example of a roof sign, and a comparison of differences between roof and fascia signs, see Figure 200-25 A(1)(b).[5]

Any place of instruction in any branch of knowledge.

Any school having regular sessions with regularly employed instructors which teaches those subjects that are fundamental and essential in general education and which teaches and provides elementary education, under the supervision of the State of New York or a lawfully constituted ecclesiastical governing body, or a corporation meeting the requirements of the state.

Same as elementary school, except secondary education is provided.

Any school having regular sessions with regularly employed instructors which, as a principal activity, provides training in a trade or vocation and teaches those subjects that are fundamental and essential in elementary or secondary education, under the supervision of the State of New York or a lawfully constituted ecclesiastical governing body, or a corporation meeting the requirements of the state.

Any device visible from a public place that displays either commercial or noncommercial messages by means of graphic presentation of alphabetic or pictorial symbols or representations. Noncommercial flags or any flags displayed from flagpoles or staffs will not be considered to be signs.

The area of the smallest geometric figure, or the sum of the combination of regular geometric figures, which comprise the sign face. The area of any double sided or V-shaped sign shall be the area of the largest single face only. The area of a sphere shall be computed as the area of a circle. The area of all other multiple-sided signs shall be computed as 50% of the sum of the area of all faces of the sign.

A sign which directs attention to a business, profession or industry located upon the premises where the sign is displayed, to the type of products sold, manufactured or assembled and/or to service or entertainment offered on said premises; except a sign pertaining to the preceding if such activity is only minor and incidental to the principal use, of the premises.

Those letters, numerals, figures, symbols, logos and graphic elements comprising the content or message of a sign, exclusive of numerals identifying a street address only.

The surface upon, against or through which the sign copy is displayed or illustrated, not including structural supports, architectural features of a building or sign structure, nonstructural or decorative trim, or any areas that are separated from the background surface upon which the sign copy is displayed by a distinct delineation, such as a reveal or border. See § 200-25A(1)(d).

A sign used to identify the individual or organization occupying the premises or the name of the building on which the sign is displayed.

A sign advertising the property on which it is located, or a building located thereon, for sale, rent or lease preceding such transaction only.

A temporary sign giving notice of a special event or activity if not more than a quarterly occurrence.

Any structure supporting a sign.

A sign used to provide only directional information relative to entrances, exits and traffic circulation.

A barrier capable of effectively preventing any encroachment by any part of a conventional passenger motor vehicle on or over an area.

A barrier capable of effectively preventing encroachment on an area by the operating wheels of a motor vehicle.

Any right-of-way greater than 20 feet in width dedicated to public travel and serving the abutting properties as a means of access.

The right-of-way line of a street as indicated by dedication or by deed of record or appearing on a duly adopted Official Map, such line to be determined by the Zoning Administrator in the instance of any question.

That which is built or constructed, or a portion thereof.

Any body of water (excluding natural bodies of water fed by rivers, streams or brooks) or receptacle for water having a depth at any point greater than two feet, used or intended to be used for swimming or bathing, and constructed, installed or maintained in or above the ground outside any building.

A sign intended to display either commercial or noncommercial messages of a transitory or temporary nature. Portable signs or any sign not permanently embedded in the ground or not permanently fixed to a building or sign structure that is permanently embedded in the ground are considered temporary signs.

A building or part of a building devoted to presenting entertainment on a paid admission basis.

A private residence in which overnight accommodations are provided for not more than 10 transient paying guests.

A vehicle designed exclusively for the transportation of one boat of less than ten-foot beam and twenty-four-foot length.

A vehicle or portable structure not over 150 square feet in floor area, equipped for, but not regularly used for, sleeping.

A vehicle, not over 70 square feet in floor area, used for the hauling of cargo.

A sign attached to the underside of a canopy or marquee.

The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed, arranged, intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained. The term “permitted use,” or its equivalent, shall not be deemed to include any nonconforming use.

Signs containing two faces of approximately equal size, erected upon common or separate structures, positioned in a "V" shape with an interior angle between faces of not more than 90% with the distance between the sign faces not exceeding five feet at their closest point.

A sign that is in any manner affixed to any exterior wall of a building or structure and that projects not more than 12 inches from the building or structure wall, including signs affixed to architectural projections from a building, provided the copy area of such signs remains on a parallel plane to the face of the building facade or to the face or faces of the architectural projection to which it is affixed. For visual reference and comparison examples of differences between wall or fascia signs and roof signs, see Figure 2005-25 A(1)(a).[6]

A sign affixed to or within 12 inches directly behind the surface of a window with its message intended to be visible to and readable from the public way or from adjacent property.

An open space on a lot, other than a court, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground to the sky.

A yard extending across the full width of the lot and abutting the front lot line, the required depth of which yard is a prescribed minimum distance between the front lot line and a line parallel thereto on the lot.

A yard extending across the full width of the lot and abutting the rear lot line, the required depth of which yard is a prescribed minimum distance between the rear lot line and a line parallel thereto on the lot.

A yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard and abutting a side lot line, the required width of which yard is a prescribed minimum distance between the side lot line and a line parallel thereto on the lot.