A separate structure on the same lot or connecting lot under the same ownership and of a nature customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use or structure.

A structure used or occupied as an adjunct of, or in conjunction with, the primary use or occupancy of premises, or building or buildings thereon, and which is located on the premises or adjacent thereto. Includes buildings and garages.

A use or occupancy of premises in conjunction with, or for the service of, the primary use of the lot. Such accessory use may be located within the primary building or on the same or adjoining premises and may include but not be limited to:

An establishment having as a substantial or significant portion of its stock-in-trade books, magazines, other periodicals, films, slides and videotapes and which establishment is customarily not open to the public generally but excludes any minor by reason of age.

A drive-in theater that customarily presents motion pictures that are not open to the public generally but excludes any minor by reason of age.

A public or private establishment which presents topless dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators or exotic dancers, or other similar entertainments, and which establishment is customarily not open to the public generally would exclude any minor by reason of age.

A motel which is not open to the public generally but excludes minors by reason of age or which makes available to its patrons, in their rooms, films, slide shows or videotapes which, if presented in a public movie theater, would not be open to the general public but would exclude any minor by reason of age.

A theater that customarily presents motion pictures, films, videotapes or slideshows that are not open to the public generally but exclude any minor by reason of age.

Any use that excludes minors by reason of age and includes but is not limited to all uses above defined as adult uses, massage parlors and peep shows.

The use of land for agricultural purposes, including tilling of the soil, dairying, pasture, apiculture, arboriculture, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, forestry, animal and poultry husbandry and the necessary accessory uses for the packing or storing of products, provided that the operation of any such accessory uses shall be secondary to that of normal agricultural activities, and provided further that such uses shall not include the commercial feeding of garbage and offal to swine or other animals.

Any facility for the purpose of engaging aircraft to flight.

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

Structures, equipment, devices or construction techniques used for the production of heat, light, cooling, electricity or other forms of energy on site and may be attached to or separate from the principal structure. Examples include windmills and solar water heaters.

Cats, chickens, dogs, ducks, geese, poultry, swine, goats, rabbits, horses, cattle, reptiles, ferrets and animals typically considered to be wild but which are being housed or sustained by a person.

A business that treats animals and regularly houses them on the premises overnight and for extended periods for treatment.

Any entity or person that applies for a wireless communications facility building permit, zoning approval and/or permission to use the public right-of-way, Village-owned land, or other property.

A private residence with at least three guest rooms but not more than five to rent to transient guests and providing food service in the morning only. Such premises must be the prime residence of the operator thereof. No more than one employee outside of the family shall be permitted.

A dwelling unit or part thereof in which, for compensation, lodging and meals are provided.

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 stored goods.

The vertical distance measured from the mean level of the ground surrounding the building to a point midway between the highest and lowest point of the roof, but not including chimneys, spires, mechanical penthouses, towers, tanks and similar projections.

A line parallel with the front, side and rear property lines, respectively, beyond which a structure may not extend as determined by these regulations.

An occupation, profession, or trade; the purchase and sale of goods in an attempt to make a profit; a person, partnership, or corporation engaged in commerce, manufacturing, or a service; a store, office, factory, etc. where commerce is carried on.

A roofed structure used for the storage of one or more automobiles which will be considered an accessory building.

Any building wherein persons regularly assemble for religious worship which is used only for such purpose and those accessory activities as are customarily associated therewith. Includes temple, synagogue, mosque or other similar place of worship. This definition includes the term "religious place(s) of worship."

Any organization catering to members and their guests, or premises and buildings for recreational or athletic purposes, and not open to the general public, which are not conducted primarily for gain, provided that there are not conducted any vending stands, merchandising or commercial activities except as required for the membership and purposes of such club. For the purpose of this chapter, "club" shall include lodges, fraternal organizations, mutual benefit societies and other like organizations.

A building to house a club or social organization not conducted for private profit which is not an adjunct to or operated by or in connection with a public tavern, cafe or other public place.

The building or buildings occupied by a school or institution, sometimes but not always a university, offering special higher education (beyond secondary school) instruction in professional or technical subjects.

The mounting of one or more communications antennae, on an existing communications tower, or on any structure that has been approved by the Village to support at least one communications antenna.

Any antenna and related equipment attached to a wireless support structure. "Communications antenna" shall not include support structures for antennae or any related equipment that is mounted to the ground or at ground-level. This definition shall not include any antenna owned and or operated by a federally licensed amateur.

Any structure that is constructed for the primary purpose of supporting one or more communications antennae, including, but not limited to, self-supporting lattice towers, guy towers and monopoles. A communications tower shall not include towers and supportive structures for amateur purposes, including but not limited to ham and citizens band radios maintained and/or utilized by federally licensed amateur radio operators.

Any program or facility caring for children for more than three hours per day per child in which child day care is provided by a child day-care provider, except those programs operating as a group family day-care home, a family day-care home, and a school-age child-care program, as herein.

A program or facility caring for children for more than three hours per day per child in which child day care is provided in a family home for three to six children. A family day-care provider may, however, care for seven or eight children at any one time if no more than six of the children are less than school age and the school-aged children receive care primarily before or after the period such children are ordinarily in school, during school lunch periods, on school holidays, or during those periods of the year in which school is not in session in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Social Services.

A program or facility caring for children for more than three hours per day per child in which child day care is provided in a family home for seven to ten children of all ages, or up to twelve children where all of such children are over two years of age, except for those programs operating as a family day-care home, which care for seven or eight children. A group family day-care provider may provide child day-care services to two additional children if such additional children are of school age and such children receive services only before or after the period such children are ordinarily in school or during school lunch periods, or school holidays, or during those periods of the year in which school is not in session.

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, excluding normal maintenance to farm roads.

Nondangerous, docile household pets that have been adapted to life in intimate association with and to the advantage of humans.

See "manufactured home."

One room or rooms connected together constituting a separate, independent housekeeping establishment for owner occupancy or rental or lease on a weekly, monthly or longer basis and physically separated from any other rooms or dwelling units which may be in the same structure and containing independent cooking and sleeping facilities, designed for occupancy by one family.

A condition that (1) constitutes a clear and immediate danger to the health, welfare, or safety of the public, or (2) has caused or is likely to cause facilities in the rights-of-way to be unusable and result in loss of the services provided.

Erection, construction, alteration, operation or maintenance of equipment or facilities owned or operated by municipal agencies or public utilities, including telephone dial equipment centers, electrical or gas substations, water treatment or storage facilities, pumping stations and similar facilities.

A lot or land or part thereof used for the purpose of extracting stone, sand, gravel or topsoil for sale or use, as an industrial or commercial operation, but does not include the process of grading a lot preparatory to the construction of a building which has an approved building permit.

Any unit which uses combustion of various types of fuel, including but not limited to wood, coal, peat, charcoal or other solid fuels, to provide heat to a separate home or building.

One or more persons (related or unrelated) occupying a dwelling as a single housekeeping unit with single culinary facilities.

Federal Communications Commission.

For the purpose of applying the requirements for off-street parking and loading, "gross floor area," in the case of offices, merchandising or service types of uses, means the total floor area to be used or intended to be used by tenants, or for service to the public as customers, patrons, clients or patients, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for display or sales of merchandise. It shall not include areas used principally for nonpublic purposes such as storage, incidental repair, rest rooms, fitting or alteration rooms or general maintenance or enclosed pedestrian malls or corridors.

A seasonal sale of used household belongings typically held outdoors or in a garage at the home of the seller. Such sale shall be temporary in nature and conform to all applicable signage requirements. As per this chapter, any garage sale, porch sale, lawn sale, etc., shall be limited to two sales per calendar year, each sale not exceeding two days.

Any accessory building not operated for gain and used in conjunction with a residential building which provides for the storage of motor vehicles and/or other household items.

Any garage other than a private garage, operated for gain, available on a rental basis for the storage of motor vehicles, including the supply of gasoline or oil.

The vertical distance measured from the ground level, including any base pad, to the highest point on a communications tower, including communications antennae mounted on the tower and any other appurtenances.

A professional office of a physician, dentist, lawyer, surveyor, engineer, architect, accountant, salesman, real estate agent, insurance agent, or other similar occupation (but excluding massage parlors, tattoo parlors or similar establishments) conducted solely by one or more members of a family on the premises which is incidental and secondary to the use of the premises for dwelling, and provided that:

A building or structure for the diagnosis and medical or surgical care of human sickness or injuries.

A building containing rooms 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 scrap, waste, reclaimable material or debris, whether or not stored or used in conjunction with dismantling, processing, salvage, storage, baling, disposal or other use or disposition, including, but not limited to, abandoned or inoperable motor vehicles, tires, vehicle parts, equipment, paper, rags, metal, glass, building materials, household appliances, brush, wood and lumber. This definition shall not be deemed to include garden compost or items kept in covered bins or metal receptacles, designed for trash collection and approved by the Village Health Officer or Village Code Enforcement Officer.

A lot, land or structure or part thereof used for the collection, storage, disassembly, packing, sorting, salvage, buying, selling or exchange of wastepaper, rags, scrap or discarded material or machinery or parts of any sort, including house wrecking yards, used lumberyards and structural steel materials, but not including used furniture, clothing, pawn shops and antique shops. Automobile junkyards as defined in the General Municipal Law, § 136, shall be included within this definition.

Any lot or premises on which four or more domesticated animals more than four months of age are housed, groomed, bred, boarded, trained or sold. Includes both personal and commercial operations.

The depositing of refuse in a natural or man-made depression or trench, or dumping it at ground level, compacting to the smallest practical volume, and covering with earth or other material in a systematic and sanitary manner in accordance with an approved plan.

A public space housing references, books and other forms of media and provides a public space.

The portion of the lot that is covered by the horizontal cross section of all principal and accessory buildings, paved parking lots, and other impervious surfaces.

The mean distance from the street line of the lot to its opposite rear line measured in the general direction of the side lines of the lot.

A line of record bounding a lot that divides one lot from another lot or from a public or private street or public right-of-way or any other public space.

The width of the lot between side lot lines at the front building line as prescribed by the front yard regulations.

A structure transportable in one or more sections that, in the traveling mode, is eight feet (2,438 mm) or more in width or 40 feet (12,192 mm) or more in length or, when erected on site, is 320 square feet (29.7 square meters) minimum and that was built on or after June 15, 1976, 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. The term "manufactured home" shall also include any structure that meets all the requirements of this definition except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development and complies with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Act of 1974, as amended. The term "manufactured home" shall not include any self-propelled recreational vehicle.

Any establishment having a fixed place of business where massages are administered for pay, including but not limited to massage parlors, sauna baths and steam baths. This definition shall not be construed to include a hospital, nursing home or medical clinic or the office of a physician, surgeon, chiropractor, osteopath or duly licensed physical therapist or barbershops or beauty salons in which massages are administered only to the scalp, face, neck or shoulders. This definition also shall exclude health clubs which have facilities for physical exercise rooms and which do not receive their primary source of revenue through the administration process.

A movable or portable structure that was built prior to June 15, 1976, and that was designed and constructed to be towed on its own chassis comprising frame and wheels, connected utilities, and designed and constructed without a permanent foundation as a year-round single-family residence, excluding travel trailers.

Any site, lot, field, plot, parcel or tract of land on which two or more mobile homes are parked or located and for which use said premises are offered to the public or to any person for a fee of any type, including cost sharing.

A structure designed primarily for residential occupancy and constructed by a method or system of construction whereby the structure or its components are wholly or in substantial part manufactured in manufacturing facilities, intended or designed for permanent installation, or assembly and permanent installation. Finished skirting shall be of block or rigid construction to represent block or stone.

A building or group of buildings, whether detached or in connected units, containing transient and/or permanent lodging facilities for the general public and which may contain accessory facilities such as restaurants, meeting rooms, retail business activities and related activities primarily to accommodate the occupants, but open to the general public. The term "motel" includes buildings designated as auto cabins, auto courts, motor lodges, tourist courts and similar terms.

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

A building existing at the time of the enactment of this chapter, or any amendment thereto, which does not conform to regulations of the district or zone, excepting use regulations, in which it is situated and which was legally constructed, altered or enlarged under any prior zoning enactment or was in existence before any zoning enactment was enacted by the Village.

A lot existing at the time of enactment of this chapter, or any amendment thereto, which does not conform to the area regulations of the district or zone in which it is situated or was legally in existence under any prior zoning enactment or before any zoning enactment was enacted by the Village.

A use of land existing at the time of enactment of this chapter and which does not conform to the regulations of the district or zone in which it is located or was legally in existence under any prior zoning enactment or before any zoning enactment was enacted by the Village.

A school for children, usually between the ages of three and five, who are not old enough to attend kindergarten.

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 which are prescribed by or performed under the direction of a person or persons licensed to provide such care or services in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Space available for the parking of one motor vehicle and having an area of not less than 200 (10 feet by 20 feet) square feet exclusive of passageways and driveways giving access thereto.

An off-street area or berth with an appropriate means of vehicular access to a street, intended for the temporary storage of vehicles.

A theater which presents material in the form of live shows, films or videotapes, viewed from an individual enclosure, for which a fee is charged and which is not open to the public generally but excludes minors by reason of age.

A land use allowed under the regulations of this chapter.

An active recreational area with a variety of facilities, including equipment for younger children as well as court and field games.

Offices in which an occupation or vocation requiring training and advanced study in a specialized field is practiced. Includes offices for a physician, dentist, lawyer, surveyor, engineer, architect, accountant, salesman, real estate agent, insurance agent, or other similar occupation, excluding massage parlors, tattoo parlors, or similar establishments.

Land set aside for use as a public use as a street, alley, other means of travel and all associated infrastructure, including, but not limited to, sidewalks, storm drains, catch basins, bridges, and curbs.

Any piece of equipment related to, incidental to, or necessary for, the operation of a communications tower or communications antenna. By way of illustration, not limitation, "related equipment" includes generators and base stations.

Any establishment, however designated, at which food is sold for consumption to patrons seated within an enclosed building or on the premises. However, a snack bar or refreshment stand at a public or quasi-public or community pool, playground or park operated by the agency or group or an approved vendor operating the recreational facilities and for the convenience of the patrons of the facility shall not be deemed to be a restaurant.

Any establishment that sells gasoline to the public. This includes service stations, convenience stores, car washes or any other facility that sells gasoline.

Structures and accessory uses primarily intended for the purpose of education and learning. This includes public and private educational facilities which meet the educational and curriculum requirements of the State of New York.

A structure or complex of structures designed or used primarily for research development functions related to science, industry and similar fields of endeavor.

The required open, unoccupied space measured from the rear lot line to the nearest part of the main or accessory structure.

The required open, unoccupied space between the street line and the front of the main structure, but not including porches, entrance steps and other similar structures on the front of the main structure.

The required open, unoccupied space measured from the side lot lines to the nearest part of the main or accessory structure.

Any device, structure or object for visual communication that is used for the purpose of bringing the subject thereof to the attention of others, but not including any flag, badge or insignia of any public, quasi-public, civic, charitable or religious groups.

The area defined by the frame or edge of a sign. Where there is no geometric frame or edge of the sign, the area shall be defined by a projected, enclosed, four-sided (straight sides) geometric shape which most closely outlines said sign.

A detached residential dwelling designed for and occupied by one family only. Includes double-wide mobile homes or manufactured homes, provided the home is established on a full basement and all wheels are removed.

A plan of a lot or subdivision on which is shown topography, location of all buildings, structures, roads, rights-of-way, boundaries, all essential dimensions and bearings as defined by this chapter and any other information deemed necessary by the Planning Board.

A review and approval process, conducted by the Planning Board, whereby site plans are reviewed utilizing criteria stated in this chapter.

Space open to the sun and clear of overhangs or shade.

Radiant energy (direct, diffuse and reflected) received from the sun.

An arrangement or combination of equipment and structures designed to provide heating, cooling, hot water or electricity through the process of collecting, converting, storing, protecting against unnecessary dissipation and distributing solar energy.

Those particular uses which are specifically permitted in a given district only when conditioning criteria enumerated in this chapter are met.

Camouflaging methods applied to wireless communications facilities which render them more visually appealing or blend the proposed facility into the existing structure or visual backdrop in such a manner as to render it minimally visible to the casual observer. Such methods include, but are not limited to, architecturally screened roof-mounted antennae, building-mounted antennae painted to match the existing structure and facilities constructed to resemble trees, shrubs, flagpoles, and light poles.

The limit of the street width or highway right-of-way, whichever is greater.

Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on the ground or attached to something having a fixed location on the ground. Among other things, structures include buildings, mobile homes, walls, fences, signs, billboards and poster panels.

A modification to an existing wireless communications facility that changes the physical dimensions of a communications tower or base station if it meets any of the following criteria:

Any body of water, or receptacle for water, having a capability of a depth of 18 inches or more at any point, used or intended to be used for swimming, bathing or wading and installed or constructed either above or below the ground.

An establishment in a private dwelling that supplies temporary accommodations to overnight guests for a fee.

A one-, two- or two-and-one-half-story dwelling with a minimum of two units for individual sale for single-family residency.

A porch open on three sides, except for wire screening. A porch shall not be considered unenclosed if enclosed by either permanent or detachable glass sash.

The specific purposes for which land or a building is designed, arranged, or intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.

The authorization by the Board of Appeals to vary or modify the application of any provisions of this chapter relating to the use, construction or alteration of buildings or structures, or the use of land, so that the spirit of this chapter is observed, public safety and welfare secured and substantial justice done pursuant to Village Law § 7-712.

A building used primarily for the long-term and/or short-term storage of goods and materials.

The sale of commodities in large quantities to retailers or jobbers rather than consumers directly.

Transmissions through the airwaves including, but not limited to, infrared line of sight, cellular, PCS, microwave, satellite, or radio signals.

The antennae, nodes, control boxes, towers, poles, conduits, ducts, pedestals, electronics and other equipment used for the purpose of transmitting, receiving, distributing, providing, or accommodating wireless communications services.

A freestanding structure, such as a communications tower or any other support structure that could support the placement or installation of a wireless communications facility, if approved by the Village.

An open space on the same lot with a building, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as otherwise provided herein.

The space within and extending the full width of the lot from the front lot line to the part of the principal building which is nearest to such front line. On lots that front on more than one street (i.e., corner lots), the yard along each street that shall meet front yard requirements.

An open space extended across the entire width of the lot between the rear wall of the principal building and the rear line of the lot, and unoccupied except for accessory building and open porches.

An open space on the same lot with a principal building between the principal building and the side line of the lot extending through from the front yard to the rear yard, into which space there shall be no extension of building parts other than two feet for rainwater leaders, windowsills and other such fixtures and open steps.