When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings herein ascribed to them:
ACCESSORY
As applied to a building or use which is customarily incidental
and subordinate to and serves a principal building or principal use.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT
Any operable tool, instrument, utensil, device, equipment,
machine, or appliance used in the practice of agricultural or farming
activities.
AGRICULTURE OR FARMING ACTIVITIES
The use of a parcel of land for gain in raising and production
of produce, including but not limited to crops, fruit, livestock,
poultry, dairy products, nursery products or horticultural plants.
ALTERATIONS
As applied to a building or structure, the change or rearrangement
in the supporting members of a building or structure, such as bearing
walls, columns, beams or girders, or in the existing facilities; an
enlargement of a building or structure, whether by extending on a
side or by increasing in height; the moving from one location or position
to another; or any change whereby a structure is adapted to another
or different use.
ANTENNA
A system of electrical conductors that converts electrical
energy into radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of transmitting
or receiving communications or data.
ANTENNA TOWER, SHORT
A tower that carries one or more antennas and the overall
tower height of which is 100.0 feet or less.
ANTENNA TOWER, TALL
A tower that carries one or more antennas and the overall
tower height of which is more than 100 feet.
APARTMENT BUILDING
A multiple dwelling comprised of dwelling units which are
offered for occupancy for periods of 30 days or more.
AREA VARIANCE
The authorization by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town
of South Bristol for the use of land in a manner which is not allowed
by the dimensional or topographical requirements of this chapter.
BARN
A building or structure used for the storage or sheltering
of vehicles, livestock, crops, machinery or other items accessory
to the primary use of the property.
BASEMENT
That space of a building that is partly below grade, which
has 1/2 or more of its height, measured from floor to ceiling, above
the average finished grade.
BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM
A rechargeable energy storage system consisting of batteries,
battery chargers, controls, power conditioning systems and associated
electrical equipment. The system is typically used to provide standby
or emergency power, an uninterruptable power supply, load shedding,
load sharing, smoothing and dispatching of intermittent renewable
energy sources, or similar capabilities. A battery energy storage
system is classified as a Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 battery energy
storage system as follows:
A.
Tier 1 battery energy storage systems include either:
(1)
Battery energy storage systems for one- to two-family residential
dwellings within or outside the structure with an aggregate energy
capacity that shall not exceed:
(a)
Forty kWh within utility closets and storage or utility spaces.
(b)
Eighty kWh in attached or detached garages and detached accessory
structures.
(c)
Eighty kWh on exterior walls.
(d)
Eighty kWh outdoors on the ground.
(2)
Other battery energy storage systems with an aggregate energy
capacity less than or equal to the threshold capacity listed in Table
1.
Table 1: Battery Energy Storage System Tier 2 Threshold Quantities
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Battery Technology
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Capacity
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Flow batteries
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20 kWh
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Lead acid, all types
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70 kWh
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Lithium, all types
|
20 kWh
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Nickel cadmium (Ni-Cd)
|
70 kWh
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Nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH)
|
70 kWh
|
Other battery technologies
|
10 kWh
|
B.
Tier 2 battery energy storage systems include battery energy
storage systems that are not included in Tier 1, have an aggregate
energy capacity greater than the threshold capacity listed in Table
1, and have an aggregate energy capacity less than 600 kWh.
C.
Tier 3 Battery Energy Storage Systems include all the following:
(1)
Battery energy storage systems with an aggregate energy capacity
greater than or equal to 600 kWh.
(2)
Battery energy storage systems with more than one storage battery
technology is provided in a room or indoor area.
BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM
An electronic system that protects batteries from operating
outside their safe operating parameters and generates an alarm and
trouble signal for off-normal conditions.
BED-AND-BREAKFAST
An owner-occupied one-family dwelling used for providing
overnight accommodations and a morning meal to not more than 10 transient
lodgers, containing not more than five rentable bedrooms for such
lodgers.
BOARDINGHOUSE/LODGING HOUSE
A multiple dwelling used primarily for the purpose of furnishing
lodging, with or without meals, to not more than 15 transient occupants,
for compensation.
BUFFER AREA
Strips of land covered with grass, vegetation, trees, embankments,
or berms (excluding any habitable area and intended to provide a neutral
land use between other land uses).
BUILDING
Anything constructed or erected having a roof supported by
columns or by walls and intended for shelter, housing, protection
or enclosure of persons, animals, or property. Depending upon its
applicability, the use herein of "building" shall include the term
"structure."
BUILDING AREA
The aggregate of the areas of all enclosed and roofed spaces
of the principal building and all accessory buildings. Such areas
shall be computed by using outside dimensions.
BUILDING HEIGHT
The vertical dimension measured from the mean elevation of
the finished grade to the highest point of the roof or to the highest
point of any structure above the roof. Mean elevation shall be determined
by adding the highest and lowest elevations and dividing by two.
BUILDING PERMIT
The authorization of the development, construction, extension,
or use of land and/or buildings in conformance with Article 18 of
the Executive Law of New York State (Uniform Code Act) and this chapter.
BUSINESS OFFICE
One or more rooms in a building located in a commercial or
industrial zone, or in a dwelling with a home occupation, from which
a business is supervised, managed or clerically conducted.
CAMP
A building designed or used for temporary accommodations
for one or more persons for recreational purposes, but not meeting
the requirements of a "dwelling."
CAMPGROUND
A parcel of land used or intended to be used, let or rented
on a commercial basis for transient, vacation and recreational occupancy
of cabins, tents, registered travel trailers, campers, recreational
vehicles, motor homes, vessels and the motor vehicles propelling or
carrying the same, but excluding mobile homes designed for year-round
occupancy or as a place of residence unless occupied by the owner
of such property or his representative.
CELLAR
That space of a building that is partly or entirely below
grade, which has more than half of its height, measured from floor
to ceiling, below the average level of the finished grade adjoining
the building.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
A document issued by the Code Enforcement Officer to signify
the completion of a permitted construction activity or the installation
of equipment and to authorize its use.
CERTIFICATE OF NONCONFORMITY
A document, issued by the Code Enforcement Officer, listing
all of the uses, employments or dimensional aspects that do not conform
to this chapter at the time of issue.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
A document issued by the Code Enforcement Officer to authorize
a permitted activity and/or the use or occupancy of a permitted structure.
CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER (CEO)
The official designated by the Town Board of the Town of
South Bristol to enforce the provisions of the New York State Uniform
Fire Prevention and Building Code and this chapter.
COMMERCIAL
Any employment or use of land or structures that has financial
profit or gain as its primary purpose.
CONDOMINIUM
A single real estate unit in a multiunit development in which a person has both separate ownership of a unit and an undivided interest in the common elements of the building. Condominium developments are regulated as planned developments, subject to the provisions of §
170-20 of this chapter.
CONSTRUCTION YARD
An area where construction equipment and/or materials are
being stored for use on the premises and where permitted construction
activities are taking place.
CONTRACTOR'S YARD
An area where construction equipment and or materials are
being stored for use off the premises.
COUNTY
The County of Ontario, New York.
CUSTOMARY
Anything that is traditionally practiced or used.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
The New York State Department of Health or any other health
board or department established pursuant to the laws of the State
of New York and having authority for the regulation of matters pertaining
to the public health of the Town.
DISH ANTENNA
An antenna which contains a dish-shaped reflector.
DRIVEWAY
An access lane used or intended to be used by motor vehicles
connecting a structure or any other point in a lot to a street or
road.
DWELLING
A building designed or used as permanent living quarters
for one or more persons.
DWELLING UNIT
A building or portion thereof providing housekeeping facilities
for a single family.
DWELLING, ATTACHED
A building consisting of two or more dwelling units which
are attached by party walls, and which share a common lot line.
DWELLING, MANUFACTURED
A residential dwelling unit manufactured off site, other
than a mobile home, and approved by the New York State Department
of State as a factory manufactured home. A modular home is a manufactured
dwelling.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY
A residential dwelling unit designed for or occupied by three
or more families living independently of each other, with the number
of families in residence not exceeding the number of dwelling units
provided.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY
A residential dwelling unit designed for or occupied by a
single-family, with a minimum of 400 square feet of living area.
ERECT
To raise, to build, to construct a building or structure;
also, to excavate for a building or to relocate a building by moving
it from one location to another.
ESSENTIAL SERVICES
The erection, construction, alteration, maintenance or utilization
by public utilities or any governmental department or commission of
underground or overhead gas, electrical or water transmission, distribution,
supply or disposal systems, including poles, wires, drains, sewers,
pipes, conduits, cables, towers, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes,
traffic signals, hydrants and other similar equipment and accessories
in connection therewith, reasonably necessary for the furnishing of
adequate service by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental
agencies or for the public health, safety or general welfare.
EXCAVATION
A hole made in the ground, vertically, horizontally or at
any angle in between.
FABRICATION
The manufacture, construction, assembly or building of a
single entity or product from component parts.
FAMILY
One or more persons, related by blood, adoption or marriage,
living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit; or any
number of persons living and cooking together as a single housekeeping
unit though not related by blood, adoption or marriage.
FENCE
A structure of wood, masonry, plastic, metal or other materials,
excluding hedges, which prohibits or inhibits unrestricted travel
or view between properties or portions of properties or between the
(street) or public right-of-way and a property, artificially erected
for the purpose of privacy or protection or for the purpose of limiting
ingress and egress by persons or animals.
FILL
Any activity which deposits natural or artificial materials
so as to modify the surface or subsurface conditions of land, lakes,
ponds, and watercourses.
FINISHED GRADE LEVEL
The level where the finished grade of the ground intersects
the exterior walls of a building.
FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP (FIRM)
The official map on which the Federal Emergency Management
Agency has delineated both the areas of special flood hazard and risk
premium zones applicable to the Town of South Bristol.
FLOODPLAIN
Lands that will flood on the average of every 100 years,
as depicted on the Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance
Rate Map for the Town of South Bristol.
FLOODWAY
See Chapter
88, Flood Damage Prevention, of this Code.
FUEL TANK
A tank used for the storage and/or distribution of liquid
or gaseous fuel.
FUNCTIONALLY DEPENDENT USE
Any use which depends on a particular location, in terms
of topography or proximity to water, in order to perform its intended
purpose.
GARAGE, PRIVATE
A structure or portion thereof used primarily for the shelter
and storage of private passenger vehicles owned or used by the occupants
on the lot upon which it is erected.
GARAGE, PUBLIC
A structure or portion thereof used primarily for the shelter,
storage and/or repair of motor vehicles or other vessel for gain.
GRADE
The finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior
wall of a building.
HEDGE
Planted or naturally grown material that is intended to prohibit
or inhibit unrestricted travel or view between properties or portions
of properties or between the street or public right-of-way and a property
for the purpose of privacy or protection.
HOME OCCUPATION
An accessory use of a dwelling unit and/or accessory buildings
for gainful employment involving the manufacture or sale of goods
and/or services. Such uses shall be secondary to the principal use
and shall not change the physical character of the principal structure.
Such uses shall not employ more than two full-time equivalent employees
other than the members of the immediate family.
HOTEL
A multiple dwelling used primarily for the purpose of furnishing
lodging, with or without meals, for more than 15 transient guests,
for compensation.
HOUSE
An enclosed structure with a roof, usually but not always
used as a dwelling.
IMPERVIOUS/IMPERMEABLE
Not allowing fluid to pass through, including but not limited
to roads, sidewalks, driveways covered with asphalt, concrete, brick,
stone, and gravel.
JUNK
See "waste materials."
JUNK VEHICLE
A motor vehicle, trailer, recreational vehicle or a part
thereof which has been rendered inoperable. (See "waste materials.")
JUNKYARD
Any premises where junk, waste, discarded or salvaged materials
are bought, sold, exchanged, sorted, baled, packed, disassembled,
handled or abandoned, including automobiles or other vehicles or machinery;
wrecking or dismantling yards; house wrecking yards; used lumber yards;
places or yards for storage of salvaged house wrecking and structural
steel materials and equipment; or where two or more unregistered motor
vehicles or any kind of vessel no longer intended or in condition
for legal use on the public highways are held, whether for the purpose
of resale of used parts therefrom, for the purpose of reclaiming for
use some or all the materials therein or for the purpose of disposing
of the same for any other purpose. The term "junkyard" shall not include
pawnshops and establishments for the sale, purchase or storage of
used furniture, household equipment and clothing or for processing
of used, discarded or salvaged materials as part of manufacturing
operations. (See "waste materials.")
KENNEL
Any premises on which more than four but no more than eight
dogs six months old or older are kept, for any purpose, including
boarding and/or breeding.
LIVESTOCK
Animals such as, but not limited to, cattle, horses, pigs,
sheep, chinchillas, mink and/or poultry.
LOT
A parcel of land having a single Tax Map identification number,
devoted to a certain use and occupied or capable of being occupied
by a building or group of buildings that are united by common interest
or use. The terms "plat" and "parcel" are included in this definition.
LOT AREA
The square footage or acreage contained within the boundaries
of a lot. Any portion of a lot included in a street shall not be included
in calculating lot area. Any portion of a lot included in a drive
shall be included in calculating lot area.
LOT COVERAGE
The total area of a lot or parcel covered by impervious and
substantially impervious surfaces and/or structures on or proposed
to be permanently located on a lot. Impervious and substantially impervious
surfaces and structures shall include, but not be limited to, buildings
(both primary and accessory), sidewalks, decks, patios, swimming pools,
stairs, landings, retaining walls, planters or planting boxes, freestanding
solar panels, driveways and parking areas (including gravel, paved,
or brick), buildings and roof overhangs, sheds, pavilions, gazebos,
awnings, tennis courts, and any other paved, gravel or constructed
surface or structure on or proposed to be permanently located on the
lot or parcel. Lot coverage will include all areas above the mean
high-water mark of 689.4 feet above sea level. NOTE: 50% of all man-made
pervious/permeable surfaces will be counted towards total lot coverage.
LOT DEPTH
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot
lines measured in the general direction of the side lot lines. The
mean distance shall be calculated by adding the shortest distance
and the longest distance and dividing by two. For a corner lot, the
lot depth shall be the distance between the shortest front lot line
and the side lot line opposite it.
LOT LINES
The property lines bounding the lot.
A.
LOT LINE, FRONTThe line separating the lot from a public road right-of-way. In the absence of a public road right-of-way, it is the line separating the lot from a private road right-of-way. In the absence of a private road right-of-way, it is the line separating the lot from a right-of-way/easement. In the absence of a right-of-way/easement, it is the lot line where the driveway enters the lot.
D.
LOT, CORNERA parcel of land at the intersection of and fronting on two or more public streets. For purposes of zoning, a corner lot has two front yards, two side yards and no back yard.
LOT OF RECORD
A lot described by metes and bounds and recorded in the office
of the Ontario County Clerk.
LOT WIDTH
The distance between side lot lines measured along the required
front setback line of a lot and parallel to a front lot line. For
a corner lot, the lot width shall be the distance between the longest
front lot line and the side lot line opposite it.
LOT, CORNER
A parcel of land at the intersection of and fronting on two
or more public streets. For purposes of zoning, a corner lot has two
front yards, two side yards and no back yard.
LOT, THROUGH
A lot bordered by two or more public streets, other than
a corner lot. For the purposes of zoning, a through lot has two front
yards, two side yards and no back yard.
MARINA
A functionally dependent, commercial establishment providing
accommodations or facilities for watercraft, including mooring, docking,
storing, leasing, sale or servicing of watercraft, located adjacent
to Canandaigua Lake.
MAST
A simple or latticework pole, permanently attached to the
ground or to a structure, intended to support an antenna or from which
a flag may be flown.
MAY
Be permitted to do, but not obligated to do. In contrast
to "shall," "may" is permissive.
MEAN HIGH-WATER MARK
The location where the mean high-water level intersects with
the shoreline of the adjacent upland parcel.
MINE
Any parcel of land used for excavation from which a mineral
is to be produced for sale or exchange, or for commercial, industrial
or municipal use.
MINERAL
Any naturally formed, usually inorganic, solid material located
on or below the surface of the earth. For the purposes of this chapter,
peat and topsoil shall be considered minerals.
MINING
The extraction of overburden and minerals from the earth;
the preparation and processing of minerals, including any activities
or processes or parts thereof for the extraction or removal of minerals
from their original location, and the preparation, washing, cleaning,
crushing, stockpiling or other processing of minerals at the mine
location so as to make them suitable for commercial, industrial, or
construction use, exclusive of manufacturing processes, at the mine
location; the removal of such materials through sale or exchange or
for commercial, industrial or municipal use; and the disposition of
overburden, tailings and waste at the mine location. "Mining" shall
not include the excavation, removal and disposition of minerals from
construction projects, exclusive of the creation of water bodies,
or excavations in aid of agricultural activities.
MOBILE HOME
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, 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 which has been approved by HUD pursuant to CFR Title
24, HUD, Chapter XX.
MOBILE HOME LOT
A parcel of land within a mobile home park reserved for placement
of a mobile home for the exclusive use of its occupants.
MOBILE HOME PARK
A parcel of land under common ownership on which two or more
mobile homes are occupied as residences or which is planned and improved
for the placement of two or more mobile homes for nontransient, residential
use and as further regulated in this chapter.
MOBILE HOME STAND
That part of a mobile home lot which has been reserved for
the placement of a mobile home. The mobile home stand is derived from
the area of a mobile home lot which remains after all setbacks are
met.
MOTEL
A multiple dwelling, intended primarily for motorists, not
over two stories in height, in which the exit from each dwelling unit
or sleeping room is directly to the exterior. Includes but is not
limited to the terms "motor court," "motor hotel" and "tourist court."
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any vehicle propelled or drawn by power, other than muscular
power, having two or more wheels or at least one track or ski.
MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE STATION
Any building or land used to dispense, sell or offer automotive
fuels, oils or accessories and also offering the lubrication, washing,
waxing, polishing or cleaning and the replacement of minor parts and
accessories, including tires, for gain; but not including any major
mechanical alterations or repairs, body repair or painting of motor
vehicles. (See "garage, public.")
NATURAL GAS
Any gaseous substance, either combustible or noncombustible,
which is produced in a natural state from the earth, and which maintains
a gaseous or rarefied state at standard temperature and pressure conditions,
and/or gaseous components or vapors occurring in or derived from petroleum
or other hydrocarbons.
NATURAL GAS AND/OR PETROLEUM EXPLORATION
Geologic or geophysical activities related to the search
for natural gas, petroleum or other subsurface hydrocarbons, including
prospecting, geophysical and geologic seismic surveying and sampling
techniques, which include but are not limited to core or rotary drilling
or making an excavation in the search and evaluation of natural gas,
petroleum, or other subsurface hydrocarbon deposits.
NATURAL GAS AND/OR PETROLEUM EXTRACTION
The digging or drilling of a well for the purposes of exploring
for, extracting, developing or producing natural gas, petroleum or
other subsurface hydrocarbons.
NATURAL GAS AND/OR PETROLEUM SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
The construction, use, or maintenance of a storage or staging
yard, a water or fluid injection station, a water or fluid gathering
station, a natural gas or petroleum storage facility, or a natural
gas or petroleum gathering line, venting station, or compressor associated
with the exploration or extraction of natural gas or petroleum.
NATURAL GAS EXPLORATION AND/OR PETROLEUM PRODUCTION WASTES
Any garbage, refuse, cuttings, sludge, flow-back fluids,
produced waters or other discarded materials, including solid, liquid,
semisolid, or contained gaseous material that results from or is associated
with the exploration, drilling or extraction of natural gas and/or
petroleum.
NONCONFORMITY
A use or employment, a lot or a building or structure that
does not conform to the requirements of this chapter for the zoning
district in which it is located.
OCCUPANT
A person who occupies, controls, possesses or uses premises.
OCCUPY
To use premises for their intended purposes; to be in possession
of or to employ.
OFF-STREET LOADING SPACE
Space located for public pickups and deliveries. Required
off-street loading space is not to be included as off-street parking
space in the computation of required off-street parking areas.
OFF-STREET PARKING SPACE
A space for parking an automobile, located on a lot the use
of which requires the parking of one or more automobiles, such parking
space having access to a street.
OVERALL TOWER HEIGHT
The greater distance from the ground to the tip of the tower,
or to the tip of any antenna mounted on top of the tower. If the tower
is mounted on a building or structure, the height of that building
or structure is included in overall tower height, and overall tower
height shall be measured from the lowest elevation of the finished
grade adjoining the exterior walls of such building or structure.
OVERBURDEN
All of the earth, vegetation and other materials which lie
above or alongside a mineral deposit.
OVERLAY DISTRICT
An area designated for which special requirements are established
over and above those already specified for the zoning district or
districts on which the overlay district is imposed.
PARTY WALL
A wall on an interior lot line used or adapted for joint
service between two buildings or structures.
PERCENTAGE OF LOT COVERAGE
The total area meeting the definition of lot coverage divided
by the total area of that portion of the parcel that is above the
mean high-water mark of 689.4 feet above sea level.
PERSON
Any individual, association, partnership, corporation or
firm.
PERSONAL SERVICE SHOP
Any place where work is done by one person upon another for
that second person's benefit, for pay, such as beauty shops,
barbershops, tanning parlors, licensed massage parlors and similar
services.
PERVIOUS/PERMEABLE
Allowing fluid to pass through into the soil and filter out
pollutants, plus recharging the water table and not allowing runoff.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
An integrated and coordinated development of a tract of land
under single ownership or control which includes one or more principal
buildings and uses or combination thereof and is developed in accordance
with the regulations prescribed under provisions of this chapter.
POULTRY
Domestic fowl, kept for use on a farm or raised for sale
and profit, such as, but not limited to, chickens, turkeys, geese
and ducks.
PREMISES
A lot and all buildings and structures thereon.
PRINCIPAL
Main, primary or chief, as in principal use, principal building
and similar conjunctions.
PUBLIC USE
A publicly owned project or a privately owned project that
is available for use by the public.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
A vehicular-type unit primarily designed as temporary living
quarters for recreational, camping or travel use, which either has
its own motive power or is mounted on or drawn by another vehicle.
RELOCATE
To move from one location to another.
RESIDENT
A person who has a permanent mailing address in the Town
of South Bristol.
RESTAURANT
Any establishment where food is prepared, served at a table
or served at a counter, served from a counter, or sold for carryout,
for profit.
RETAIL
Sale to the final consumer for direct consumption or use
and not for resale.
ROAD
An open way for vehicles, persons or animals.
ROADSIDE STAND
A retail outlet, with all related structures, for the sale
of horticultural or agricultural products grown primarily on the premises
upon which such stand is located, or for the sale of home occupation
products.
SAWMILL, PORTABLE
A sawing machine designed to be transportable and to be employed
for the sawing of logs into lumber for a period of not more than 30
days on any lot, except in the Lake Residential (LR) and One-Acre
Residential (R-1) Districts where it shall be for a period of not
more than 14 days on any lot.
SAWMILL, STATIONARY
A stationary machine or assembly of machines, installed,
constructed or built for the commercial purpose of sawing logs into
lumber. Such a mill may include accessory spaces, such as log storage
areas and lumber storage areas; machinery and equipment used to debark
logs, curing lumber, storage and disposal of sawmill wastes; and other
structures and machinery necessary to convert raw logs into finished
lumber.
SCENIC VISTA
A long or panoramic view of a picturesque natural landscape.
SEQR (STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW)
The State Environmental Quality Review Act adopted pursuant
to the New York State Environmental Conservation Law (NYCRR Part 617)
to incorporate the consideration of environmental factors into the
planning, review and decision making processes of governmental agencies.
SETBACK
The shortest horizontal distance from the lot line to the
part of the structure or of the story, respectively, which is nearest
to such lot line, excluding eaves. In no case shall an eave project
more than two feet into the setback.
SHALL
Intended to be mandatory without exception.
SHOP
A place where goods and/or services are offered for sale
or remuneration, such as a store or a workshop.
SHOPPING CENTER
Two or more independent commercial enterprises that are located
on a single lot or on one or more adjacent lots, or two or more commercial
buildings developed as part of a single, integrated development.
SIGN
Any device intended to attract attention for the purpose
of conveying information, including, but not limited to, lettering,
numerals, emblems, trademarks, announcements, advertisements and directions.
For the purposes of zoning, the term "sign" shall include the message
area, surrounding framework and any supporting structures.
SITE PLAN
An area map, showing the parcel and proposed developments
to be reviewed.
SLENDERNESS RATIO
The number that is obtained when specific tower height is
divided by tower width.
SPECIAL EVENTS VENUE
The commercial use of a parcel or part of a parcel of land
for celebratory, cultural or educational activities, such as conferences,
banquets, festivals, weddings, or other similar activities.
SPECIAL USE
A use that is allowed in a particular district, but only
if it meets the conditions and requirements of this chapter.
SPECIFIC TOWER HEIGHT
The distance from the base of the tower to the tip of it,
not including the height of any antenna mounted on top of it and not
including the height of any building or structure on which the tower
may be mounted.
STABLE
A building or use of land in which any livestock are kept
for remuneration, hire or sale.
STAIRWAY
Anything constructed or erected that consists of one or more
flights of stairs, with or without landings, providing access to a
building, to a structure, to Canandaigua Lake or to the shore of Canandaigua
Lake. Stairways providing access to Canandaigua Lake or to the shore
of Canandaigua Lake shall not have any landing exceeding 75 square
feet. Stairways, or portions thereof, within 25 feet of the mean high-water
line of Canandaigua Lake shall be exempt from rear setbacks. All other
stairways shall comply with all setback requirements.
STORAGE
Any place designed for, intended for or used for the keeping,
warehousing, putting aside, safekeeping or accumulating of things
or materials.
STORY
That portion of a building which is between one floor level
and the next higher floor level or the roof.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on
the ground or attached to something having a fixed location on the
ground or that creates an impervious surface on the ground. "Structure"
includes, but is not limited to, any buildings, paved or blacktopped
driveways, parking lots and parking areas, sidewalks, foundations,
fences, steps, stairs, decks, patios, aboveground or below-ground
storage tanks, wells and well components, both in-ground and aboveground
swimming pools, tennis courts, towers, billboards, poster panels,
walls, retaining walls of any height, mortared or dry-laid stonework
and trams and tram systems.
STRUCTURE LINE
The line around a structure projected to the ground that
is generated by the vertical downward projections from any part of
the structure, excluding eaves projecting two feet or less.
SWIMMING POOL
A structure intended for bathing, swimming or diving purposes,
made of concrete, masonry, metal or other impervious materials, having
a depth capacity of over 24 inches and provided with a recirculating
and/or controlled water supply.
TEMPORARY
Referring to a specific, limited period of time. Examples
are "temporary use," "temporary construction office" or similar terms.
TOWER
A structure that has a slenderness ratio of greater than
five.
TOWER WIDTH
The widest horizontal dimension of a tower, not including
any antennas mounted on the tower and offset horizontally from it,
and not including any guy wires or cables used to stabilize the tower.
TOWN
As used in this chapter, the Town of South Bristol, Ontario
County, State of New York.
TOWNHOUSE
A one-family dwelling joined together by a party wall with
more than one other such one-family dwelling but having entrances
and exits to exterior yards independent of such other dwellings.
TRAIL
A path through private or public lands, established and maintained
for recreational purposes.
TYPICAL
A representative example; an accepted standard, model or
pattern.
USE
The employment of land or structures.
USE VARIANCE
The authorization by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town
of South Bristol for the use or employment of land or structures in
a manner that is not allowed by this chapter.
WAREHOUSE
A commercial structure or building used for storage.
WASTE MATERIALS
Any discarded or unwanted material, such as but not limited
to appliances, machinery, vehicles, equipment, cans or other containers,
debris, refuse, garbage, trash and rubbish.
WATERSHED INSPECTOR
The duly appointed person designated by § 1101
of the Public Health Law to inspect and report possible violations
under this chapter.
WHOLESALE
Sale to an intermediary, for resale to another intermediary
or to a retail establishment.
WINDMILL
A device that converts the kinetic energy of the wind, by
the use of a set of rotating blades, into electrical or mechanical
power and is usually elevated from ground level on a tower.
A.
WINDMILL, RESIDENTIALA windmill that provides electrical or mechanical power to an individual residence and can be either the primary or a secondary source of energy. Sale or credit of excess electricity to the utility grid is permitted as a tertiary use.
B.
WINDMILL, COMMERCIALA windmill that provides electrical or mechanical power to an individual home occupation, farm, or other single commercial enterprise and can be either the primary or a secondary source of energy. Sale or credit of excess electricity to the utility grid is permitted as a tertiary use.
C.
WINDMILL, INDUSTRIALA windmill, or series of windmills in a facility, whose purpose is to generate electricity that is fed into a power grid for sale.
YARD
The open space of a lot between the principal building(s)
and the lot lines.
YARD, FRONT
The open space bounded by a front lot line, the line parallel
to the front lot line and passing through the point on the building
line closest to the front lot line, and the side lot lines.
YARD, REAR
The open space bounded by a rear lot line, a line parallel
to that rear lot line and passing through that point on the building
line that is closest to the rear lot line, and the side lot lines.
YARD, SIDE
The open space bounded by a side lot, the front yard, the
rear yard and the building line.
ZONING PERMIT
The authorization of the development, construction, extension
or use of land and/or buildings in conformance with this chapter.