The following words and terms, as used in this chapter, are defined as follows:
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE OR USE
A structure or use which is customarily associated with and incidental to that of the main structure or use located on the same premises.
APARTMENT HOUSE
A building containing three or more household dwelling units and designed for and occupied exclusively by three or more families living independently of each other.
COLLEGE
Includes universities and other institutions for higher education authorized to confer degrees.
CONDOMINIUM
Any unit subject to the provisions of Article 9-B of the Real Property Law of the State of New York.
DWELLING UNIT
A group of rooms which are designed for residential occupancy by a single family, providing housekeeping facilities for such family. In determining the number of dwelling units within a structure, consideration will be given to the separate use of or the provision made for cooking, heating and sanitary facilities, whether installed or not; both the actual use to which the dwelling is being put and the potential use to which the dwelling might be put; and whether kitchen and bathroom facilities and bedrooms are so located as to provide privacy if occupied by an additional family.
FAMILY
One or more persons occupying a dwelling unit as a nonprofit household unit.
FRONT SETBACK
The distance from the property line, in the case of a public road, or from the easement boundary, in the case of a private road, to the part of the structure nearest such property measured at right angles to the highway or drive but not including cornices, unroofed and unwalled terraces, entrance steps, chimneys or cantilevers that extend two feet or less into the setback.
HEIGHT OF A STRUCTURE
The vertical distance as measured from the average elevation of the proposed finished grade at the front of a building or of a structure to the highest point of the building or the structure, which highest point shall include, but not be limited to, the highest or topmost point of the roof, together with all towers, elevator penthouses, signs, tanks, elevator or stair bulkheads, mechanical equipment, light poles and light standards, except for poles or standards of a public utility company.
LOT AREA
The total area within the lot lines of a lot, excluding any portion of a lot within a public highway.
LOT WIDTH
The width of any lot measured at the minimum required front setback line.
PERSONAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT
A. 
A store or shop providing personal, financial, technical or repair services, assistance or advice to individual consumers, including but not limited to:
(1) 
Arts and crafts studios or stores.
(2) 
Appliance repair and rental.
(3) 
Banks, savings and loans, and credit unions.
(4) 
Bicycle repair.
(5) 
Barbershops and beauty shops.
(6) 
Contractors' offices, without accessory storage.
(7) 
Dressmakers and tailors.
(8) 
Dry-cleaning or laundry pickup stations.
(9) 
Laundromat.
(10) 
Locksmiths.
(11) 
Musical instrument repair.
(12) 
Optical center.
(13) 
Professional photographer's studios.
(14) 
Shoe repair.
(15) 
Furniture upholstering shops.
(16) 
Watch repair.
(17) 
Copy services.
B. 
Personal service establishments do not include, as either a primary or accessory use, the sale, rental, storage, service or repair of any motor vehicles, including automobiles, trucks, buses, trailers, recreational vehicles and motorcycles, or any use listed separately as allowed in a zone.
PRIVATE GARAGE
A structure or portion of a structure, used for the private, noncommercial storage of motor vehicles, in and about which no business or industry is conducted.
PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL
A pool in which no person other than the owner of the premises on which it exists shall have any interest, right, license, permit or right of use of any kind or nature whatsoever.
PUBLIC GARAGE
A structure or portion of a structure in which the sale or maintenance or servicing of motor vehicles or any mechanical vehicle is conducted or which is designed or used for the commercial storage of motor vehicles.
REAR SETBACK
The distance from the rear lot line to the part of the structure nearest such lot line measured at right angles to the rear lot line, but not including cornices, unroofed or unwalled terraces, entrance steps, chimneys or cantilevers that extend two feet or less into the minimum setback.
SCHOOL
A regularly organized institution of learning, other than a college, approved by the Education Department of the State of New York and/or Board of Regents.
SIDE SETBACK
The distance from either side line of the lot to the part of the structure nearest such side lot line measured at right angles to the side lot line, but not including cornices, unroofed or unwalled terraces, entrance steps, chimneys or cantilevers that extend two feet or less into the minimum setback.
SIGN
Any name, identification, description, display, illustration, symbol, logo, statue or device, illuminated or nonilluminated, which is visible from any public place, designed to advertise, identify or convey information, including any landscaping employing the aforesaid, and/or used for the purpose of directing the public's attention to an object, product, service, place, activity, person, institution, organization or business. Displays of merchandise in storefront windows at regular mercantile establishments shall not be considered signs; however, a false window or window box affixed to the exterior of a structure is a sign.
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING
A building containing one dwelling unit and designed for and occupied exclusively by one family.
STRUCTURE
An assembly of materials, forming a construction framed of component structural parts for occupancy or use, including buildings.
SWIMMING POOL
Any body of water or receptacle for water having a depth at any point greater than two feet that is used or intended to be used for swimming, bathing or wading, constructed, installed, moved or maintained in or above the ground outside of any building, dwelling or other structure.
TEMPORARY STRUCTURE
Any structure, not permanently attached to the ground, which is movable in its entirety.
TWO-FAMILY DWELLING
A building containing two household dwelling units and designed for and occupied exclusively by two families living independently of each other.
UNIT
A part of real property intended for any type of use or uses, and with an exit to a public street or highway or to a common element or elements leading to a public street or highway, and may include such appurtenances as garage and other parking space, storage room, balcony, terrace or patio.
USE
The purpose or purposes for which any structure or premises or any part thereof is occupied or, if unoccupied, for which they may be occupied.