The term applied to a building, structure or use which is clearly incidental or subordinate to and customary in connection with the principal building, structure or use and which is located on the same plot with the principal building, structure or use. No residential building, tourist cabin or summer colony cottage shall be considered as accessory to any other residential building except as is expressly provided in this chapter. Any accessory building or structure attached to a principal building or structure is deemed to be a part of such principal building or structure in applying the bulk regulations to such building or structure.

As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement in the structural parts or existing facilities of such building or structure, or any enlargement thereof, whether by extension on any side or by increase in height, or the moving of such building or structure from one location to another.

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

A designated AO or VO Zone shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) with base flood depths from one to three feet where a clearly defined channel does not exist, where the path of flooding is unpredictable and indeterminate and where velocity flow may be evident.

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

The flood having a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (also known as the "one-hundred-year flood").

A story partly below finished grade, but having at least 1/2 of its height, measured from floor to ceiling, but not less than four feet, above average finished grade. A basement shall be counted as one story in determining the height of a building in stories.

A sign or structure which directs attention to an idea, product, business activity, service or entertainment which is conducted, sold or offered elsewhere than upon the lot on which such sign is situated.

A building, other than a hotel, containing a general kitchen and/or general dining room, in which at least three but not more than six sleeping rooms are offered for rent, with or without meals. A lodging house, tourist house or rooming house shall be deemed a boardinghouse.

Any structure which is permanently affixed to the land, has one or more floors and a roof and is intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals or chattels.

See "accessory."

A solar energy system incorporated into and becoming part of the overall architecture, design and structure of a building in such a manner that the solar energy system is a permanent and integral part of the building structure.

The line, established by statute, local law or ordinance, beyond which a building shall not extend, as specifically provided by law; in this chapter, the setbacks established for and in each district.

The size and shape of buildings, structures and nonbuilding uses and the physical relationship of their exterior walls or construction and their location to plot lines and other buildings or structures or other walls or construction of the same building or structure and all open spaces required in connection with a building or structure. "Bulk regulations" include regulations dealing with plot area, plot area per dwelling unit, plot frontage, plot width, height, required yards, courts, usable open space, the ratio of aggregate gross floor area to the area of the plot, spacing between buildings on a single plot and the length of buildings in a row.

Any parcel of land on which are located two or more cabins, tents, shelters or other accommodations of a design or character suitable for seasonable or other more or less temporary living purposes, including summer colony, resort and day camp, but not including a trailer park, boardinghouse, hotel or motel or bungalow colony.

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

An area of land and/or water within the site of a planned unit development that is designed and intended for the use and enjoyment of the residents of the planned unit development and may contain such accessory improvements as are necessary and incidental to the use of the common open space. Administration and maintenance of such areas are at the discretion of the Town Board.

A multifamily project of one-family dwelling units which may consist of one or more buildings wherein the real property title and ownership is vested in an owner having an undivided interest with others in the common usage areas and facilities which service the project. Administration and maintenance of common areas must be provided by the owners.

Any space, whether inside or outside a building, used for the storage or keeping of construction equipment, machinery or vehicles or parts thereof, which are in active use by a construction contractor.

An unobstructed open area bounded on three or more sides by the walls of a building or buildings. It does not include any such area with no windows opening upon it except windows on a stairway. An outer court extends to a street, and an inner court does not.

That percent of the aggregate gross floor area of a building or buildings which reduces the total area of a plot.

Any use customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling and carried on solely by the residents thereof, which use is clearly secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and does not change the character, either of the building or the district in which the building is located. A "customary home occupation" shall not be interpreted to include an animal hospital, commercial stables, automotive repair service, barbershop, beauty parlor, restaurant, kennels, funeral parlor, antique shop, tourist home, tearoom, tavern or similar use.

The land area built upon in the form of plazas, malls, pedestrianways and other areas of active and/or passive recreation, but not parking areas.

Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations located within a special flood hazard area.

A lot or land used primarily for the disposal by abandonment, burial, burning or any other means and for whatever purpose of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, discarded machinery or parts thereof or waste material of any kind. None are permitted in the Town. See also "junkyard."

A building designed or used principally as the living quarters for one or more families. The term "dwelling," "one-family dwelling," "two-family dwelling," "multifamily dwelling," "multiple dwelling" or "group dwelling" shall not be deemed to include motel, hotel, rooming house or other accommodations used for more or less transient occupancy. See also "residence, temporary."

A building or portion thereof providing complete housekeeping facilities for one family. As used in this chapter, the term includes sectional and mobile home dwellings as defined.

A nonbasement building built to have the top of the elevated floor parallel to the floor of the water and adequately anchored so as not to impair the structural integrity of the building during a flood of up to the magnitude of the base flood. It shall also include a building elevated by means of fill or solid foundation perimeter walls with openings sufficient to facilitate the unimpeded movement of floodwaters.

The person duly appointed and designated as such by the Town Board of the Town of Schroeppel.

The official map on which the Federal Insurance Administration has delineated the special flood hazard areas and the risk-premium zones applicable to the Town of Schroeppel and effective as of August 2, 1982.

The official report of the Federal Insurance Administration for the Town of Schroeppel showing the flood profiles and water surface elevations of the base flood, and includes the Flood Boundary-Floodway Map (FBFM) depicting a regulatory floodway for riverine areas.

Any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source.

Any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damages to properties, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents.

The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot.

A rooftop-mounted solar energy system with solar panels which are installed flush to the surface of a roof and which cannot be angled or raised.

An area of land, including structures thereon, or any building or part thereof, that is used primarily for the sale and direct delivery to the motor vehicle of gasoline or any other motor vehicle fuel or oil and other lubricating substances, including any sale of motor vehicle accessories, and which may or may not include facilities for lubricating, washing (which does not require mechanical equipment) or otherwise servicing motor vehicles, but not including auto bodywork, welding or painting.

The elevation at which the finished surface of the surrounding lot intersects the walls or supports of a building or other structure. If the line of intersection is not reasonably horizontal, the finished grade (in computing height of buildings and other structures or for other purposes) shall be the average elevation of all finished grade elevations around the periphery of the building.

A solar energy system that is affixed to the ground either directly or by mounting devices and which is not attached or affixed to a building or structure.

The vertical distance measured from the average finished grade along the wall of the building (or adjacent side of the structure) to the highest point of such building or structure.

A building containing beds for four or more patients and used for the diagnosis, treatment or other care of ailments, and shall be deemed to be limited to places for the diagnosis, treatment or other care of human ailments.

An area of land, with or without buildings, used for or occupied by the storage, keeping or abandonment of any of the following:

Any place at which there are kept any number of dogs or other animals for the primary purpose of sale or for the boarding, care or breeding for which a fee is charged or paid.

A defined portion or parcel of land considered as a unit, devoted to a specific use or occupied by a building or a group of buildings that are united by a common interest, ownership or use, and the customary accessories and open spaces belonging to the same.

A lot situated at the junction and adjacent to two or more intersecting streets when the interior angle of intersection does not exceed 135°.

See "coverage."

The mean distance from the front street of a lot to its rear line.

A lot line which is coincident with a street line.

The lines bounding a lot as defined herein.

A lot which faces on two streets at opposite ends of the lot and which is not a corner lot.

The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured at right angles to the lot depth at a point midway between the front and rear lot lines or the width of a lot measured along the rear line of the required front yard.

The lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including basement). An unfinished or flood-resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking of vehicles, building access or storage, in an area other than a basement area, is not considered a building's "lowest floor," provided that such enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the applicable nonelevation design requirements of this chapter.

A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities. The term "manufactured home" also includes park trailers, travel trailers and other similar vehicles placed on a site for greater than 180 consecutive days.

A parcel or contiguous parcels of land divided into two or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale.

The Comprehensive Master Plan adopted by the Planning Board for the development of the entire area of the Town, pursuant to Town Law § 272-a, showing the desirable streets, bridges and tunnels and the approaches thereto, viaducts, parks, public reservations, roadways in parks, sites for public buildings and structures, zoning districts, waterways and drainage systems and other features existing and proposed as will provide for the improvement of the Town and its future growth, protection and development and will afford adequate facilities for the housing, transportation, distribution, comfort, convenience, public health, safety and general welfare of the population of the Town.

The National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929 or other datum, to which base flood elevations shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map are referenced.

See "dwelling, mobile home."

Any lot, parcel or tract of land on which two or more mobile homes are located for long-term occupancy, regardless of whether or not any charge is made for such accommodation.

A building or group of buildings containing individual living and sleeping accommodations for hire, each of which is provided with a separate exterior entrance and a parking space, and is offered for rental and use principally by motor vehicle travelers or other travelers. The term "motel" includes but is not limited to every type of similar establishment known variously as an auto court, motor hotel, motor court, motor inn, motor lodge, tourist court, tourist cabins or roadside hotel. The term also applies to seasonal and year-round use.

A billing arrangement that allows solar customers to receive credit for excess electricity which is generated from the customer's solar energy system and delivered back to the grid so that customers only pay for their net electricity usage for the applicable billing period.

Structures for which the start of construction commenced on or after the effective date of the Flood Insurance Rate Map of the Town of Schroeppel.

That part of a building, other structure or tract of land which does not conform to one or more of the applicable bulk regulations of this chapter, either following its effective date or as a result of subsequent amendments thereto.

Any use of a building, other structure or tract of land which does not conform to the use regulations for the district in which such use is located, either at the effective date of this chapter or as a result of subsequent amendments thereto.

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

Any place, however designated, operated for the purpose of providing daytime care or instruction for two or more children from two to five years of age, inclusive, and operated on a regular basis, including kindergarten, day nurseries and day-care centers.

A planned development in which heavy commercial uses are allowed to exist but where the lot sizes, yard requirements and landscaping regulations are regulated in order to gain a total development pattern that is both beneficial to the community as a whole but which minimizes any negative impact on existing and neighboring land uses.

A district that may occur within those areas presently zoned for such a district (C-3) or within the present C-1, O, I and R-3 Districts upon securing a zone change from C-1, O, I or R-3 to C-3 based upon a finding by the Planning Board and the Town Board that such is consistent with the intent of this chapter.

A planned development in which the density of the underlying zoned district is maintained but where the lot size and setback regulations are relaxed in order to gain a pattern that contains usable open space and recreation area for the development residents. The area is that which is planned as a total unit and may have a wide choice of residential-type buildings, not specifically those allowed in the present districts.

A district that may occur anywhere within the present R-1, R-2, RMH-1 and RMH-2 Districts but will not be mapped until such has been finally approved by the Planning Board and the Town Board.

A temporary, nonpermanent device which announces, directs or advertises any political, educational, charitable, philanthropic, civic, professional, religious or similar organization, campaign, show, drive, movement or event.

A person who has skills and knowledge related to the construction and operation of solar energy systems (and the components thereof) and installations and has received safety training on the hazards involved. Persons who are on the list of eligible photovoltaic installers maintained by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), or who are certified as a solar installer by the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP), shall be deemed to be qualified solar installers for the purposes of this definition. Persons who are not on NYSERDA's list of eligible installers or NABCEP's list of certified installers may be deemed to be qualified solar installers if the Town Code Enforcement Officer or such other Town officer or employee as the Town Board designates determines such persons have had adequate training to determine the degree and extent of the hazard and the personal protective equipment and job planning necessary to perform the installation safely. Such training shall include the proper use of special precautionary techniques and personal protective equipment, as well as the skills and techniques necessary to distinguish exposed energized parts from other parts of electrical equipment and to determine the nominal voltage of exposed live parts.

A vehicle designed and intended for short-term residential occupancy, with or without its own water supply and sanitary facilities or means of locomotion and not more than eight feet in width nor more than 30 feet in length.

Any lot, parcel or tract of land on which two or more recreational vehicles are located for short-term occupancy, regardless of whether or not any charge is made for such accommodation.

A building or any part of a building which contains living and sleeping accommodations for permanent occupancy. "Residences," therefore, includes all one-family houses, boardinghouses, fraternity and sorority houses. However, "residences" shall not include the following:

Any establishment where horses are kept for riding, driving or stabling for compensation.

A light structure with a roof, either attached to the ground or movable, intended for the sale of local produce to the general public.

A solar energy system in which solar collectors/panels are mounted on the roof of a building or structure either as a flush-mounted system or as panels fixed to frames which can be tilted to maximize solar collection. Rooftop-mounted solar energy systems shall be wholly contained within the limits of the building's or structure's roof surface.

The distance in feet from the right-of-way of a street to the principal building on a lot.

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 lettering, wording, model, drawing, picture, banner, flag, insignia, device, marking or representation used as, or which is in the nature of, an announcement, direction or advertisement. A "sign" includes a billboard, neon tube, fluorescent tube or other artificial light or string of lights, outlining or hung upon any part of a building or lot for the purposes mentioned above, but does not include the flag or insignia of any nation or of any governmental agency or of any political, educational, charitable, philanthropic, civic, professional, religious or similar organization, campaign, drive, movement or event which is temporary in nature.

Space open to the sun and clear of overhangs or shade including the orientation of streets and lots to the sun so as to permit the use of active and/or passive solar energy systems on individual properties.

A solar photovoltaic cell, panel, or array or solar hot air or water collector device, which relies upon solar radiation as an energy source for the generation of electricity or transfer of stored heat.

A complete system of solar collectors, panels, controls, energy devices, heat pumps, heat exchangers, and other materials, hardware or equipment necessary to the process by which solar radiation is collected and converted into another form of energy including but not limited to thermal and electrical, stored and protected from dissipation and distributed. A solar energy system shall not include any solar energy system of four square feet in size or less.

A solar energy system or collection of solar energy systems or area of land principally used to convert solar energy to electricity, whether by photovoltaics, concentrating solar thermal devices or various experimental solar technologies, with the primary purpose of supplying electricity to a utility grid for wholesale or retail sales of electricity to the general public or utility provider.

A device which converts solar energy into electricity.

The space between a solar energy system and the sun through which solar radiation passes.

A device that stores energy from the sun and makes it available in an electrical form.

Land in the floodplain within the Town of Schroeppel subject to a one-percent or greater chance of flooding in any one given year. It includes the area shown on the FIRM as Zones A, AE, AH, AO, A1-A30 and A99.

A use which because of its unique characteristics requires individual consideration through a procedure of review by the Town Planning Board in order to determine whether a proposed use should be allowed, conditionally allowed or denied based upon legislative criteria.

The date the building permit was issued, provided that the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, placement or other improvement was within 180 days of the permit date. The actual start of construction means either the first placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site, such as the pouring of slab or footings, the installation of piles, the construction of columns or any work beyond the stage of excavation; or the placement of a manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading and filling; nor does it include the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings, piers or foundations or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation on the property of accessory buildings, such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not part of the main structure.

That part of a building comprised between a floor and the floor or roof next above it. See "attic," "basement" and "cellar."

That portion of a building situated above a full story and having at least two opposite exterior walls meeting a sloping roof at a level not higher above the floor than a distance equal to 1/2 the floor-to-ceiling height of the story below.

An existing public way or private way which affords principal means of access to abutting properties and is suitably improved or a proposed way shown on a plat approved by the Planning Board and/or recorded in the Office of the Oswego County Clerk.

The width of the right-of-way or the distance between property lines on opposite sides of a street.

A walled and roofed building, including a gas or liquid storage tank, that is principally above the ground, as well as a manufactured home.

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 or repair is started or, if the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred. "Substantial improvement" is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure. The term does not include:

A structure of two or more attached single-family, owner-occupied dwellings connected laterally but not stacked upon one another and having one or more common or party walls. The "townhouse" may also exist without the commonality condition of party walls but only in a planned unit development where adequate open space is assured.

A vehicular portable structure designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation use. This term shall also include "pickup coaches," "motor homes" and "camping trailers."

The presence of two or more semitrailers, with or without attached tractors, shall be deemed to make a lot a "truck terminal." The definition of "semitrailer" and "tractor" shall be as defined in the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.

This term is employed in referring to:

A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the front lot line of the lot and the nearest point of the building.

A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the rear lot line of the lot and the nearest point of the building.

That portion of the open area of a lot extending open and unobstructed from the ground upward, along a lot line for a depth or width as specified by the bulk regulations of the district in which the lot is located. No part of such yard shall be included as part of the yard or other open space similarly required for buildings on another lot.

A yard situated between the building and the side line of a lot and extending from the front yard rear line (or from the front lot line, if there is no required front yard) to the rear yard front line (or rear lot line).