A term applied to a use, building or other structure customary to the principal use but incidental to, subordinate to and located on the same lot as the principal use.

As applied to a building, any change or rearrangement in the nonstructural parts, or an enlargement of said building or structure.

As applied to a building, any change in its supporting members, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.

A building arranged, intended or designed to be occupied by three or more families living and cooking independently of each other.

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.

The total area within the property lines, excluding external streets.

That space within a building which is immediately below and wholly or partly enclosed by the roof framing. An "attic" with a finished floor shall be counted as 1/2 story in determining the permissible number of stories.

A story partly underground but having at least one-half (1/2) of its height above the average level of the adjoining ground. A "basement" shall be counted as a story for the purposes of height measurement if the vertical distance between the ceiling and the average level of the adjoining ground is more than four feet or if used for business or dwelling purposes.

See "sign."

Any dwelling in which at least two rooms, but not more than six rooms, are offered for rent and table board is furnished only to roomers. A rooming house or a furnished rooming house shall be deemed a "boardinghouse."

Those areas of land set aside to remain in their natural state to separate different types of Zoning districts.

Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals or chattels.

See "accessory use."

A building fully surrounded by open space on the same lot.

The line of that face of the building nearest the front line of the lot. This face includes covered porches, whether enclosed or unenclosed, but does not include steps.

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 deckline of mansard roofs and to the mean height between eaves and ridges 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.

A building attached by a party wall to another building of the same type on an adjacent lot, but having one side yard.

An area of land, privately or publicly owned, used primarily for transient travelers, providing off-street parking and recreational facilities.

A story partly underground and having more than one-half (1/2) of its clear height below the average level of the adjoining ground. A "cellar" shall not be considered in determining the permissible number of stories.

An organization catering exclusively to members and their guests, or premises and buildings for recreational or athletic purposes which are not conducted primarily for gain, provided that there are not conducted any merchandising or commercial activities except as required generally for the membership and purposes of such club.

Laundries catering to the public and industry, but not having individual coin-operated washing machines.

An unoccupied open space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a building, which is bounded on two or more sides by the walls of such building.

A court enclosed on all sides by exterior walls of a building or by exterior walls and lot lines on which walls are allowable.

A court enclosed on not more than three sides by exterior walls and lot lines on which walls are allowable, with one side or end open to a street, driveway, alley or yard.

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

The officially established grade of the curb in front of the midpoint of the lot.

An area of land, with or without buildings, designed for formal and informal recreation or education for children and young adults.

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

A lot or 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 designed or used as the living quarters for one or more families. The terms "dwelling," "one-family dwelling," "two-family dwelling" and "dwelling group" shall not be deemed to include automobile court, rooming house or tourist home.

A building used or designed as a residence for three or more families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking therein, including apartment houses, apartment hotels, flats and group houses.

A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively by one family.

A building consisting of a series of noncommunicating one-family sections having a common wall between each two adjacent sections.

A building designed for or occupied exclusively by two families living independently of each other.

A dwelling or portion thereof providing complete living facilities for one family.

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

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 rented to a nonresident of the premises.

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

A building of not more than two stories designed as a residence for three or more families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking therein, which building is not to exceed 10 family units.

Any area of land, including structures thereon, that is used for the sale of gasoline or any other motor vehicle fuel and oil and other lubricating substances, including any sale of motor vehicle accessories, and which may or may not include facilities for lubricating, washing or otherwise servicing motor vehicles.

Those buildings and/or grounds needed to service the municipality.

The elevation of the center line of the streets as officially established by the Village authorities.

The complete surfaces of lawns, walks and roads brought to grades as shown on the official plans or designs relating thereto.

An occupation for gain or support conducted only by members of a family residing on the premises, except that one person outside the family may be employed, and conducted entirely within the dwelling, provided that no article or service is sold or offered for sale except such as may be produced by said residents.

Institutions for temporary occupation by the sick or injured for the purpose of diagnosis, treatment or other care of physical ailments.

A building containing more than six rooms which are rented or hired out to be occupied for sleeping purposes by guests and where a general kitchen and dining room are provided within the building or in an accessory building.

Any portable or mobile vehicle used or designed to be used for living purposes.

The keeping of a trailer on the property of the principal use, but not for the purpose of human occupancy.

A lot or structure or part thereof 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.

A business premises equipped with individual clothes-washing machines for the use of retail customers, exclusive of laundry facilities provided as an accessory use in an apartment house or an apartment hotel.

The dividing line between the street and the lot.

The area required for parking delivery trucks, which in this chapter is held to be an area 12 feet wide by 40 feet long and 14 feet in height.

A building in which not more than six rooms are rented and in which no table board is furnished.

A parcel of land at the junction of and fronting on two or more intersecting streets.

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

A lot other than a corner lot.

Any line dividing one lot from another.

An interior lot having frontage on two approximately parallel streets.

The mean width measured at right angles to its depth.

A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein.

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. The term "motel" includes buildings designated as tourist courts, auto courts, motor lodges and by similar appellations.

A building or portion of a building arranged, intended or designed to be used for making repairs to motor vehicles.

A building, lot or structure, the size, dimensions or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption or amendment of these zoning provisions but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reason of such adoption or amendment.

A use or activity which was lawful prior to the adoption or amendment of these zoning provisions but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reason of such adoption or amendment.

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.

Any dwelling with less than 15 sleeping rooms where persons are housed or lodged and furnished with meals and nursing care for hire.

An unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with the building.

The area required for parking one automobile, which in this chapter is held to be an area 10 feet wide and 20 feet long, not including passageways.

Districts noted as Planned Commercial, Residential and Industrial are special types of districts developed to meet community needs and subject to municipal review through the Planning and Zoning Boards.

A building used by any social, fraternal, religious, professional or ethnic organization.

A room, wing or detached building housing the following practices: medicine, dentistry, law, architecture, engineering, real estate.

Buildings used for access to commercial transportation, primarily by passengers and only secondarily or incidentally for luggage and parcels, such as bus terminals, train stations and airports.

Private or public installations for electricity, gas, telephone, water, sewage and storm sewer.

A dwelling occupied by permanent guests only and not by transients. It may include restaurants, newsstands or other accessory services primarily for serving its occupants and only incidentally the public.

Those areas set aside for informal play, e.g., swings, sandboxes, jungle gym, paddling pool and associated seating.

A covered or uncovered structure kept in a neat and orderly manner for the sale of farm or home produce actually grown or made on the premises of the resident and set at the roadside of the resident's property.

See "boardinghouse."

A building consisting of a series of attached dwelling units having common party walls between units.

A private hospital, whether or not such facility is operated for profit.

A detached building designed for and occupied by one or two families as a second home or on a seasonal basis.

A group of seven or more retail stores occupying an integral area with its own parking, entrances, exits, storage and service facilities.

Any structure or part thereof or any device attached to a structure or painted or represented on a structure, which shall display or include any letter, word, model or device which represents or is in the nature of an announcement, direction or advertisement. A "sign" does not include the flag or insignia of any nation, group of nations, state, city, or other political unit or of any political, educational, charitable, philanthropic, civic, professional, religious or similar campaign, drive, movement or event. However, a "sign" as defined herein shall not include a similar structure or device located within a building.

That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there be no floor above it, then the space between any floor and the ceiling next above it.

A story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than two feet above the floor of such story.

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

The officially established grade of the street upon which a lot fronts. If there is no officially established grade, the existing grade of the street shall be taken as the "street grade."

Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on the ground or attachment to something having location on the ground.

Any structure which, because of disrepair or destruction, total or partial, constitutes a public hazard by reason of the possibility of collapse, broken glass, falling objects or other nuisances.

A building or part of a building devoted to the showing of moving pictures on a paid admission basis.

Interior lots having frontage on two streets other than a corner lot. When such properties are adjacent to a street, both sides shall be considered as front yards.

A dwelling in which overnight accommodations are provided or offered for transient guests for compensation.

A land area occupied or designed for occupancy by two or more trailers or camp cars in use for permanent living purposes and/or transient occupancy.

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.

A yard extending fully along the front lot line between the side lot lines.

A yard extending fully along the rear lot line between the side lot lines.

A space open to the sky adjacent to a building and extending along a lot line for a depth or width as specified by the regulations of the district in which the lot is located. No part of any yard on one lot shall be considered as part of a yard similarly required for a building on another lot.

A yard extending fully along the side lot line between the front and rear lot lines.[1]