As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
See "use."
Having lot lines or district boundaries in common.
A secondary self-contained dwelling unit within a dwelling
that is clearly subordinate to the principal dwelling unit. An accessory
apartment is a temporary special use regulated by this chapter.
A building without living quarters or cooking facilities
which is incidental and subordinate to the principal building on a
lot.
See "use."
A measure of land totaling 43,560 square feet.
A lawful use of any land, building or structure existing
at the time of enactment of this chapter, or any amendment supplemental
thereto, which does not conform with the requirement of the base zoning
district.
Any construction which increases the size of a building or
structure in terms of site coverage, height, length, width or gross
floor area.
That coverage which is consistent with the FCC mandate that
personal wireless service providers build out their systems so that
adequate service is provided to the public.
[Added 9-17-1997]
A person, establishment or business, whether retail or wholesale,
having as more than a minimal portion of its stock-in-trade recordings,
books, magazines, periodicals, films, videotapes/cassettes or other
viewing materials for sale or viewing on or off the premises which
are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting,
describing or relating to sexual activities or sexual anatomical areas.
For purposes of this definition, "minimal portion" means 10% of gross
sales or receipts for any calendar year.
[Added 6-14-2017 by L.L.
No. 2-2017]
A building or group of buildings containing dwellings where
the occupancy of the dwellings is restricted to persons 55 years of
age or older. A rest home or home for the aged that does not provide
acute hospital care, convalescent or nursing facilities. This definition
shall also include any program for the care of persons older than
18 years of age who are incapable of functioning independently by
reason of physical or mental incapacity and who are returned after
daytime care to their homes for the night.
A public or private establishment which presents topless
dancers, bottomless dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators
or exotic dancers or other similar entertainments and which establishment
is customarily open to the public generally, but excludes any minor
by reason of age.
[Added 6-14-2017 by L.L.
No. 2-2017]
A motel which is 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 be open to the public generally, but
would exclude any minor by reason of age.
[Added 6-14-2017 by L.L.
No. 2-2017]
An enclosed or unenclosed building, structure or portion
thereof used for presenting materials distinguished or characterized
by primary emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to
sexual activities or sexual anatomical areas for observation by patrons.
[Added 6-14-2017 by L.L.
No. 2-2017]
Any activity covered by the definitions of "adult bookstore,"
"adult motion-picture theater," "adult entertainment cabaret," "adult
motel" and "massage establishment."
[Added 6-14-2017 by L.L.
No. 2-2017]
A retail facility devoted to the sale of goods and/or services
to those engaged in the operation of farms.
[Amended 8-19-2009 by L.L. No. 8-2009]
Any nonrigid structure supported by an air-pressure device
and utilized for recreational, storage or other purposes.
Any change in the supporting members of a building, such
as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders or floors, or any other
change which is not merely a repair or replacement of an existing
part, or any change in the exterior enclosure of the building other
than a repair or replacement of an existing part.
Poles, towers or antennae used in the operation of citizen-band
and/or amateur radios licensed by the Federal Communications Commission,
provided that:
The location and construction of such antennae,
and any guy wires and support anchor structure, shall not pose a hazard
to, nor endanger the public or surrounding property;
The antennae meet all manufacturer's specifications
and are properly grounded; and
No antennae, guy wires or support anchor structures
shall be placed on the property in such a manner that they would interfere
with the normal access to or egress from the property for residents,
guests or emergency service personnel.
The keeping of animals not living primarily within the residence,
subject to the following provisions:
One horse, pony or head of livestock may be
kept on a lot of not less than two acres, and one additional horse,
pony or head of livestock may be kept for each additional 1/2 acre
by which the lot exceeds two acres, provided that any building in
which a horse, pony or head of livestock is kept not extend within
less than 100 feet of any street line or property line and 100 feet
from a regulated wetland, watercourse or water body.
A total of not more than 20 chicken, fowl, rabbits
or similar type animal may be kept on a lot of not less than one acre,
and an additional number of chicken, fowl, rabbits or similar type
animals may be kept for each additional 1/2 acre, provided that any
building in which such chickens, fowl, rabbits or similar animals
are kept not extend within less than 100 feet of any street line or
property line and 100 feet from a regulated wetland, watercourse or
water body.[1]
A device which is attached to a tower or other structure
for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves.
[Added 9-17-1997]
A facility for the retail sale of merchandise generally considered
to be out-of-date, old-fashioned, obsolete or antiquated due to the
passage of time since its manufacture or creation.
A self-contained dwelling unit consisting of a room or group
of rooms with at least a bathroom, cooking facilities and sleeping
and living quarters.
STUDIO or EFFICIENCY APARTMENT- A self-contained dwelling unit consisting of a room or group of rooms containing at least a bathroom, cooking facilities and a sleeping and living area.
ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT- A self-contained dwelling unit consisting of a group of rooms containing one bedroom, a bathroom, kitchen and a living room.
TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT- A self-contained dwelling unit consisting of a group of rooms containing two bedrooms, a bathroom, kitchen and living room.
THREE-BEDROOM APARTMENT- A self-contained dwelling unit consisting of a group of rooms containing three bedrooms, a bathroom, kitchen and living room.
A building arranged, intended or designed to be occupied
by three or more families independently of one another.
Clothing and items of attire associated with clothing.
A joint meeting or meetings of the Town Board, the Planning
Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals with the applicant which reviews
the completeness of the application. This review is an option available
to the applicant.
[Added 9-17-1997]
A list of charges, adopted annually by resolution of the
Town Board, to be paid by applicants for Town permits, variances and
services pursuant to various local laws and ordinances. Such fees
shall be based upon the administrative and inspection costs incurred
by the Town in providing the services, regulating the issuance of
permits and granting of variances.
An underground bed or stratum of earth, gravel or porous
stone that contains water.
Any indoor place in which is maintained or operated for the
amusement, patronage or recreation of the public which houses any
controlled amusement devices, including but not limited to pinball,
electronic amusement games, football, electronic baseball, electronic
football and shuffleboard and the like.
The process of collecting, joining or fitting together of
goods not manufactured in said facility as ingredients of a finished
product.
Any business engaged in providing, on premises, its clientele
with a regiment designed for physical fitness, bodybuilding, body-shaping,
aerobics and the like.
Having one or more walls in common with a principal building,
or joined to a principal building by a covered porch, breezeway or
passageway, the roof of which is a part or extension of the principal
building.
An area of land, including buildings and other structures
thereon, that is used to dispense motor vehicle fuels, oils and accessories
at retail, where repair service is incidental and no storage or parking
space is offered for rent.
A building and/or area arranged, intended or designed to
be used for the rental, lease or dispatch of motor vehicles.
[Added 6-14-2017 by L.L.
No. 2-2017]
An area of land, including building and other structures
thereon, that is used in the repair of, and service to, motor vehicles,
including but not limited to body work, painting, frame straightening
and detailing.
Any premises used for dispensing motor vehicle fuels and
oil, tires, accessories and services for automobiles, at retail, including
making of minor repairs but not including such repairs as: spray painting;
body, fender, clutch, transmission, differential, axle, spring and
frame repairs; major overhauling of engines, requiring removal therefrom
of cylinder head or crankcase pan; or repairs of radiators requiring
removal thereof.
A business enterprise engaged in the retail sale and rental
of automobiles where repair service is incidental to the primary use.
The space on a tower or structure to which antennas of a
personal wireless service provider are both structurally able and
electromagnetically able to be attached.
[Added 9-17-1997]
A place for the baking and subsequent sale to the general
public of breads, cakes, pastries, pies and the like.
A bakery on a scale larger than that of a retail bakery used
mainly for the sale of finished baked goods to a distributor of the
product.
An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange or issue
of money or securities, for the extension of credit, and/or facilitating
the transmission of funds or securities.
A habitable part of a building wholly or partly below ground
level.
The primary sending and receiving site in a wireless telecommunications
network. More than one base station and/or more than one variety of
personal wireless service provider can be located on a single tower
or structure.
[Added 9-17-1997]
A zoning district established by this chapter to prescribe
basic regulations governing land use and site development irrespective
of any additional environmental management district regulations that
may also be applicable.
A dwelling in which the owner or operator resides and, as
a subordinate use, provides overnight accommodations with limited
food service to transient guests.
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 or group of buildings in which the principal activity
is devoted to those aspects of technology concerned with the application
of biological and engineering data to problems relating to man and
machine.
A dwelling where persons, for fixed periods of time, are
supplied with and charged for sleeping accommodations and meals.
A permanent structure used solely for the personal storage
of watercraft and associated materials.
[Added 6-14-2017 by L.L.
No. 2-2017]
A strip of land along the perimeter of the parcel identified
on a site plan, established to separate one type of land use from
another. No structure, parking or loading is permitted in any buffer
zone. Buffer zones are to be landscaped and kept as open space, except
that driveways and walkways providing access through the buffer zone
to a structure or parking on the lot are permitted.
An acre of land area unencumbered by wetlands, watercourses,
water bodies, rock outcroppings in excess of 20,000 square feet, steep
slopes in excess of 20% and other such environmental features.
[Added 6-5-2002 by L.L. No. 3-2002]
Any combination of materials forming any construction. The
term "structure" shall include the term "building" and, among other
things, freestanding signs; radio and television antennas; satellite
dishes; towers and antennas, except for roof antennas; pergolas; porches,
outdoor bins; outdoor air condensers; platforms; sheds; docks; wharves;
swimming pools; tennis and handball courts; solar panels; and transmission
and telephone lines.
A calculated area defined as the land area unencumbered by
wetlands, watercourses, water bodies, rock outcroppings in excess
of 20,000 square feet, steep slopes in excess of 20% and other such
environmental features.
The total horizontal area of a lot covered by buildings,
decks, balconies, roofed or covered areas, or other structures, but
excluding incidental projecting eaves and roofs.
See "building area."
See "lot."
Standards that control the height, density, intensity and
location of structures.
An establishment open to the public where alcoholic refreshments
are served in conjunction with dancing or live entertainment.
A tract of land on which are located a series of shelters,
permanent or temporary, which are used to house a number of individuals
and where facilities for cooking, eating, sanitation and community
activities are used in common by such occupants, regardless of whether
operated for gain or otherwise.
A roofed space, open on three sides, one story in height,
covered with a flat or hipped roof and ordinarily used as a shelter
under which not more than two vehicles are driven or temporarily parked.
A business enterprise engaged in the preparation and sale
of food and beverages for off-premises consumption.
An uninhabitable part of a building wholly or partly below
ground level.
The Central Business District (CBD) is the area considered
to be the downtown of the Town of Putnam Valley. This generally includes
the Oregon Corners and Lake Peekskill business areas.
The segment of the radiation spectrum from an antenna which
carries one signal. An antenna may radiate on many channels simultaneously.
[Added 9-17-1997]
Any individual, association, corporation, partnership, institution
or agency whose activities include the operation of a home or facility
providing care for a child on a regular basis away from the child's
residence for less than 24 hours a day by someone other than the parent,
stepparent, guardian or relative within the third degree of consanguinity
of the parents or stepparents of such child, as per Social Services
Law § 390, with the exemptions and classifications therein.
[Amended 5-3-2000 by L.L. No. 6-2000]
See "houses of worship."
A building, or portion thereof, used by a club or a group
of people organized for a common purpose to pursue common goals, interests
or activities and usually characterized by certain membership qualifications,
payment of fees and dues, regular meetings, a constitution and bylaws.
An arrangement of attached or detached structures situated
on a site by a development design technique that concentrates buildings
in specific areas, often on lots with reduced dimensions, while maintaining
overall density, and preserves in perpetuity large areas of open space,
environmentally sensitive areas, and prominent site features.
An establishment, licensed by the State of New York, engaged
in the sale of alcoholic beverages to persons of at least the age
of 21 years for on-premises consumption during the hours of operation
determined by the Zoning Board of Appeals.
The practice of placing more than one base station and/or
more than one variety of personal wireless service provider on a single
tower or structure.
[Added 9-17-1997]
A business venture designed to produce a profit.
A structure designed for the feeding, housing and exercising
of horses that are not owned by the owner of the premises.
Any area held, designed and designated for the common use
of the owners or occupants of a clustered development, townhouse project,
subdivision or other planned development.
A structure located at a base station designed principally
to enclose equipment used in connection with personal wireless service
transmissions.
[Added 9-17-1997]
A freestanding or building-mounted structure, including appurtenances
and antennas, intended for airway communication purposes, such as
a television antenna, satellite dish or receiving and transmitting
facility for which no FCC license is required.
A facility for mentally disabled persons as defined by the
Mental Hygiene Law and the rules and regulations issued under this
chapter.
A building or group of buildings with meeting facilities,
hotel rooms and food and beverage service. See also "hotels."
Those materials, such as but not limited to lumber, brick,
roofing materials, etc., normally associated with the construction
or repair of commercial or residential buildings.
An establishment devoted to the repair and incidental sale
of household appliances, fixtures and other personal items.
A person or firm engaged in a trade as a business for the
purpose of providing electrical, plumbing, excavation, and general
residential or commercial construction.
[Added 6-14-2017 by L.L.
No. 2-2017]
A structure used by a person or firm engaged in a trade as
a business for the purpose of providing electrical, plumbing, excavation,
and general residential or commercial construction services performed
at off-site locations.
[Added 6-14-2017 by L.L.
No. 2-2017]
A use accessory to a contractor office use and located on
the same lot or parcel, in which equipment and other materials and
facilities customarily required in a contractor's trade are stored
and maintained, but excluding the storage of materials or equipment
for on-site or off-site sale.
[Added 6-14-2017 by L.L.
No. 2-2017]
A building used for the accommodation and care of persons
recuperating from illness, surgery, bodily disorder or the effects
of accident or trauma.
A building or group of buildings in a controlled access and
fenced compound containing individual compartmentalized and controlled
access stalls or lockers for the storage of personal items and household
goods. Such facilities shall not be greater then one story in height.
Individual compartments shall not be greater than 12 feet by 20 feet,
nor shall they exceed eight feet in height.
A retail facility designed to accommodate the needs of the
adjacent neighborhood with the sale of newspapers, dry goods and various
other sundries as well as food and beverages for off-premises consumption.
The principal or accessory use of a parcel of land, buildings
or other facilities, including but not limited to swimming pools,
tennis and paddle tennis facilities, etc., for the purpose of recreation
and where the members of the facility control its assets and management.
A building or buildings or portion thereof used by a teacher
or instructor of art, sculpture, performing arts or the like as a
place of work, a location for instruction or for the display or exhibit
of such work.
Any operation designed for converting raw information into
a usable or storable form using computers or similar type apparatus.
A tract of land on which are located buildings or other structures
or facilities used primarily for entertaining groups of 10 or more
children during the day, such children being returned to the homes
of their parents or guardians at the end of the day.
A supported, unroofed, aboveground platform.
A business engaged in the sale of food, prepared food, food
products and beverages primarily for off-premises consumption.
A private, for-profit enterprise not affiliated with any
governmental agency, providing for the receipt and delivery of mail,
parcels and facsimile transmissions.
A structure or dwelling unit fully separated from any other
building or joined to another building by structural members not constituting
an enclosed or covered space.
An application and review procedure by the Planning Board for residential development whereby an applicant provides documentation and plans pursuant to Article IV of this chapter.
The diameter of a tree measured at 4 1/2 feet above the ground.
A structure contiguous to or extending into a body of water
so that boats may lie alongside. Safety rails (not exceeding three
feet in height above the surface of the dock) which may have benches
attached thereto and a single pole or post (not exceeding 10 feet
in height above the surface of the dock) on which are mounted lifesaving
rings, rescue rope, and the lifesaving rings, rescue rope and the
like may be part of said structure.
A private thoroughfare, paved or unpaved, for driving a motor
vehicle between a building, garage or parking area and a road shown
on an approved map.
An establishment at which fabrics are cleaned by the use
of chemicals and liquids other than water.
A retail establishment at which no dry cleaning takes place
but where customers may leave and pick up goods that were dry cleaned
elsewhere.
A building designed or used exclusively as the living quarters
for one or more families that includes permanent provisions for living,
sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitary facilities.
One or more rooms with provisions for living, sleeping, eating,
cooking and sanitary facilities arranged for the use of one person
or family.
A privilege or right of use or enjoyment granted on, above,
under or across a particular tract of land by one owner to another.
Facilities used by a nonprofit organization:
[Amended 4-19-2006 by L.L. No. 3-2006]
Effective radiated power is a measure of how well an antenna
concentrates RF energy; it is not the power radiated from the antenna.
[Added 9-17-1997]
The determination that the new signal from and to the proposed
new antennas will not significantly interfere with the existing signals
from and to other facilities located on the same tower or structure
as determined by a qualified professional telecommunications engineer.
The use of available technologies to alleviate such interference shall
be considered when making this determination.
[Added 9-17-1997]
Electromagnetic frequency radiation.
[Added 9-17-1997]
A roofed or covered space fully surrounded by walls, including
windows, doors and similar openings or architectural features.
A building or use that is lawfully present on a given site
or in a given building and for which no notice of violation is in
effect as of the effective date of this chapter.
A commercial business for the eradication of unwanted or
destructive bugs, insects or rodents, etc.
A property, or any part thereof, which is owned or leased
by one or more personal wireless service providers and upon which
one or more personal wireless service facilities and required landscaping
are located.
[Added 9-17-1997]
A household constituting a single housekeeping unit occupied
by more than one person.
Those uses and associated structures defined in New York
State Agriculture and Markets Law § 301(11), as currently
in effect and as same may be from time to time amended. Farm operations
to be conducted in districts other than the AG District shall be limited
to lots at least 10 acres in size, and all fertilizer, manure storage,
and structures for the housing of livestock and/or poultry shall be
at least 100 feet from all lot lines and from all regulated wetlands,
water bodies and watercourses.
[Amended 8-19-2009 by L.L. No. 8-2009]
Federal Communications Commission. The government agency
responsible for regulating telecommunications in the United States.
[Added 9-17-1997]
A report and order which sets new national standards for
emissions of radio-frequency emissions from FCC-regulated transmitters.
[Added 9-17-1997]
A barrier, ordinarily constructed of wood, metal or stone,
enclosing or bordering a yard or field, used to prevent ingress and
egress, to mark a boundary or to create an attractive appearance.
The function of providing business, financial or investment
information and/or products, either as agent or principal, on matters
relating to money, securities, insurance, etc.
Natural surface of the ground or surface of ground after
completion of any change in contour.
The average of the highest and lowest horizontal elevations
of the finished surface of the ground, paving or sidewalk at a point
where height is to be measured.
The channel of a natural stream or river and portion of the
floodplain adjoining the channel, which are reasonably required to
carry and discharge the floodwater or flood flow.
A business engaged in the sale of plants, flowers or floral
products. See also "retail sales."
The area of a lot covered by a building or structure including
the area of floor space projecting beyond the outer limits of the
first floor and excluding paved areas, underground storage tanks and
drainage water and sewer systems.
See also "timber harvesting." The practice of planting, cultivating
and/or harvesting trees for commercial gain.
The establishment of a funeral director and/or undertaker,
which may or may not include facilities for the conduct of funeral
services.
A building, or part thereof, used for the storage, painting
or repair of motor vehicles as a business, including sale of automobile
accessories and supplies.
An accessory building, or part of a principal building, designed
or used principally for the storage of motor vehicles as an accessory
use.
One billion hertz.
[Added 9-17-1997]
The principal or accessory use of a parcel of land and building
consisting of a minimum of 100 acres of land for conducting the game
of golf.
A practice facility, open to the public, where golf balls
are hit from a designated area to a designated target area.
The lowest horizontal elevation of the finished surface of
the ground, paving or sidewalk, at a point where height is to be measured.
See "communication tower."
A facility for the sale or rental of products primarily intended
for use in minor home repair or improvement.
Any business engaged in providing, on premises, its clientele
with a regimen designed for physical fitness, bodybuilding, body-shaping,
aerobics and the like.
The vertical distance from grade to the highest point of
the coping of a flat roof or to the deck line of a mansard roof or
to the average height of the highest gable on a pitched or hipped
roof, or if none of the preceding, then to the highest point of a
structure. As applied to a building, the height shall be measured
from an elevation derived from the average of the highest and lowest
grade adjacent to the building.
One hertz is the frequency of an electric or magnetic field
which reverses polarity once each second, or one cycle per second.
[Added 9-17-1997]
An incidental use of part of a premise in a residential district
in which an office is maintained or equipment is stored to assist
in conducting a business that is primarily carried out at a site away
from the premises.
An accessory use, of a service character, carried on in a
residential district by the residents of the premises, which use is
clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling
purposes, does not change the character thereof, does not have any
exterior evidence of such secondary use other than a permitted name
plate and does not involve merchandising, trade or the exchanging
of commodities for sale. The maximum floor area to be utilized for
a home occupation cannot exceed 25% of the total floor area of the
dwelling unit.
An institution providing health service, primarily for inpatients,
and medical or surgical care of the sick or injured, including as
an integral part of the institution related facilities, central service
facilities and staff offices.
A building or any part thereof containing rooms which are
provided or offered for sleeping purposes to transient guests for
compensation and where only a general kitchen and dining area are
provided. There may be certain public rooms or halls for the service
of food and drink with or without accessory conveniences or services
normally incidental to and associated with such a use. The term "hotel"
includes, but is not limited to, every type of similar establishment
known variously as a motel, auto court, motel hotel, motor court,
motor lodge, tourist court, tourist cabins, roadside hotel or inn.
(See also "conference center.")
Any structure used principally as a place wherein persons
regularly assemble for religious observance and on-site buildings
adjacent thereto, such as parsonages, friaries, convents, fellowship
halls, Sunday schools and rectories, but not including day-care centers,
community recreation facilities, private primary and secondary educational
facilities and parking facilities.
For the purposes of this chapter, junk shall include, but
not be limited to the following: discarded reading material, newspapers,
magazines, cardboard or similar paper goods, cans, bottles, containers,
boxes, cartons or wrappers with or without contents, old pipes, rusting
scrap metal or plumbing equipment not in use; auto parts, tires and
wheels; broken or nonworking electrical fixtures, broken glass or
windows, scraps of cloth or rags, discarded or unusable roofing materials,
lumber or construction material, broken furniture or appliances which
cannot be used for their original purposes; broken or discarded household
furnishings or bedding.
A place where junk, waste, discarded or salvaged materials
are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled or
handled, including automobile wrecking yards, house wrecking and structural
steel, materials and equipment, but not including the purchase or
storage of used furniture and household equipment, used cars in operable
condition, used or salvaged materials as part of a manufacturing or
recycling operation.
An establishment for the care, boarding and breeding of dogs
or cats for a fee.
A building or part of a building devoted to the testing and
analysis of any product or animal, including humans. No manufacturing
is conducted on the premises except for experimental or testing purposes.
The total distance between the points of intersection of
the enclosing lot lines with the shoreline measured along the shoreline
at the normal yearly high-water level. The perimeter of natural spits
or other promontories and natural coves or other natural indentations
shall be included in lake frontage.
An area devoted to or developed predominantly with plant
material or natural landscape features, including lawn, ground cover,
gardens, trees, shrubs and other plant materials, and also including
accessory decorative outdoor landscape elements, such as pools, fountains,
water features and sculptural elements, provided that the use of brick,
stone, aggregate or other inorganic materials shall not predominate
over the use of plant material.
A business establishment which provides, for a fee, facilities
for patrons to wash and/or dry articles of clothing, bedding, etc.,
on the premises.
An establishment at which no laundering takes place but where
customers may leave goods to be laundered and pick up goods which
were laundered elsewhere.
The longest distance measured between the vertical planes
of a building.
A place containing a collection of books, pamphlets, recordings,
videos, periodicals, etc., used for education, research, entertainment
or consultation.
An establishment, licensed by the State of New York, engaged
in the sale of alcoholic beverages to persons of at least 21 years
of age for off-premises consumption.
Any off-street space available for the loading or unloading
of goods.
GROSS LOT AREAA calculated area defined as the total site area, including roads, easements, wetlands, floodplains, waterways, water bodies and any other area for preservation.
NET LOT AREAA calculated area defined as the gross lot area minus streets, roads, rights-of-way and easements.
A plot or parcel of land under the same ownership, occupied
or capable of being occupied by one principal building and the accessory
buildings or uses customary and incidental thereto and including such
yards and areas as are required by this chapter.
LOT, CORNER- A lot which occupies the interior angle at the intersection of two street lines which make an angle of less than 135° with each other.
LOT, AREA- The area of a horizontal plane bounded by the front, side and rear lot lines.
LOT, DEPTH- The horizontal distance between the midpoint of the front lot line and the midpoint of the rear lot line, measured in a straight line.
LOT WIDTH- The distance between the side lot lines, measured along the setback line as established by this chapter or, if no setback line is established, the distance between the side lot lines measured along the street line.
LOT LINE or PROPERTY LINE- Line dividing one premises from another or from a street or other public space.
Any change or proposed change in the number of antennas or
a change in antenna type above the maximum number and type(s) approved
under an existing special use permit. The replacement of an existing
antenna with a new model of the same type is not considered a change.
[Added 9-17-1997]
Any increase or proposed increase in dimensions of an existing
and permitted tower or other structure designed to support personal
wireless service transmission, receiving and/or relaying antennas
and/or equipment.
The processing and converting of raw, unfinished or finished
materials or products, or any combination of these, into an article
or substance of a different character or for use for a different character
or purpose, or the refinishing of manufactured articles.
Massage therapists who are licensed by the State of New York
as health professionals who apply a variety of scientifically developed
massage techniques to the soft tissue of the body to improve muscle
tone, circulation and provide health benefits.
[Added 6-14-2017 by L.L.
No. 2-2017]
A collection of bodywork modalities performed by a massage
therapist designed to improve health through manual manipulation of
soft tissues, including stroking, kneading, pressing, tapping and
shaking. Intends to improve local circulation, reduce pain and promote
relaxation.
[Added 6-14-2017 by L.L.
No. 2-2017]
An office, building or group of offices or buildings in which
professionals provide medical and/or dental services.
A building or buildings for experimentation in pure or applied
research, design development and production of prototype or new products
in the medical field and uses accessory thereto, wherein products
are not manufactured for wholesale or retail, and where there is no
retail display of any materials or products.
See "delivery service."
One million hertz.
[Added 9-17-1997]
A group of stores either attached or detached whose main
purpose is the conduct of retail sales.
A single self-supporting vertical pole with no guy wire anchors,
usually consisting of a galvanized or other unpainted metal, or a
wooden pole with below-grade foundations.
A building or portion thereof containing three or more dwelling
units but no greater than five dwelling units.
[Amended 6-14-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
A building housing personnel and documents pertaining to,
and intended for use by, a town, city, village or its local government.
A place devoted to the exhibit of individual or collective
works of art, nature, curiosities, etc.
See "use."
A retail facility engaged in the sale of trees, shrubs, flowers
or other plants.
A parcel of land, together with the buildings thereon, which
is used for the propagation, raising or storage of horticultural or
floricultural produce, trees, shrubs or other natural vegetation.
No sale or access by the public, either on a temporary or regular
basis is involved.
See "adult day care."
Floor space generally devoted to administrative, clerical
and business uses, or where a particular type of business is transacted
or service is supplied.
An area on a lot or within a building, or both, including
one or more parking spaces, together with driveways, aisles, turning
and maneuvering areas, clearances and similar features, and meeting
the requirements established by this chapter.
An area off of the street right-of-way to be used exclusively
for parking one automobile and having a width of at least nine feet
and a length of at least 20 feet.
An area used for recreation, resource protection or science
purposes. Open space may include, but is not limited to, wooded areas,
meadows, watercourses, lawns, decorative planting, walkways, active
and passive recreation areas, playgrounds and fountains. Open space
shall not be deemed to include driveways, parking lots or other surfaces
designed or intended for vehicular travel.
A district drawn on the Zoning Map or appended map(s) to
the Zoning Map, or information which in some way identifies a specific
area of the town, which is coterminous with a particular geographic
area about which a concern and/or issue exists. Since an overlay district
may consist of portions of other zoning districts, the overlay district
provides additional regulations aimed at achieving whatever the planning
objective for that area of concern may be.
An unimproved or partially improved road shown on the Official
Map of the Town of Putnam Valley or approved as part of a subdivision
or specific land use plan.
A tract of land owned by a municipality featuring open spaces,
ballfields, picnic areas and the like, for use by the general public.
Commercial or business services provided to individuals,
or to other businesses to include the cleaning of clothes, repair
of shoes or other personal effects, hair grooming, physical therapy
and health aid, and printing, copying, design, typing and computer
services to include studios for the production of arts and crafts.
Such definition shall exclude automotive services, retail, general
business and light manufacturing.
All equipment (including any repeaters) with which a personal
wireless service provider broadcasts and receives the radio-frequency
waves which carry their services and all locations of said equipment
or any part thereof. This facility may be sited on one or more towers
or structure(s) owned and permitted by another owner or entity.
[Added 9-17-1997]
An entity, licensed by the FCC to provide personal wireless
services to individuals or institutions.
[Added 9-17-1997]
Commercial mobile services, unlicensed wireless services
and common carrier wireless exchange access services. These services
include: cellular services, personal communications services (PCS),
specialized mobile radio services and paging services.
[Added 9-17-1997]
A nonveterinary service which tends to the neatness or appearance
of nonfarm animals.
Digital photography is a form of photograph that uses cameras
containing arrays of electronic photodectors to capture images focused
by a lens, as opposed to an exposure on photographic film. The captured
images are digitized and stored as a computer file ready for further
digital processing, viewing, digital publishing or printing.
[Added 6-14-2017 by L.L.
No. 2-2017]
An establishment for the production, reproduction, enlargement
or enhancement of photographs which also may contain the equipment
and materials needed to achieve its purpose.
See "delivery, messenger service."
A facility of the United States Postal Department designed
to receive and deliver mail and parcels affixed with United States
postage; also to transmit facsimiles and sell United States Postal
money orders and United States postage stamps.
A joint meeting or meetings of the Town Board, the Planning
Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals with the applicant which reviews
the preliminary need of the applicant prior to the signing of a formal
lease by the applicant. The purpose of a preapplication conference
is to identify the most appropriate location of a new tower and to
expedite the approval process, including early identification of legitimate
variances required from the Zoning Board of Appeals. (NOTE: This is
an option available to the applicant.)
[Added 9-17-1997]
A building or structure which is the principal use on the
site on which it is situated.
See "use."
An establishment engaged in the production, reproduction
or photocopying of printed or photographic material by various mechanical
processes.
The office of a person and related staff engaged in an occupation
in which knowledge in some area of science or learning is applied
to the affairs of others.
An area for temporary parking and lining of motor vehicles
while awaiting for service or other activity.
Computer-generated estimates of the radiation emanating from
antennas or repeaters sited on a specific tower or structure. The
height above ground, power input and output, frequency output, type
of antenna, antenna gain, topography of the site and its surroundings
are all taken into account to create these simulations. They are the
primary tool for determining whether a site will provide adequate
coverage for the personal wireless service facility proposed for that
site.
[Added 9-17-1997]
A towed or self-propelled wheeled conveyance designed as
a temporary living accommodation for recreational and/or camping purposes.
[Added 1-21-2009 by L.L. No. 2-2009]
A small receiver/relay transmitter of not more than 20 watts
output designed to provide service to areas which are not able to
receive adequate coverage directly from a base station.
[Added 9-17-1997]
The estimated cost to replace the structure in kind, based
on current replacement costs.
Buildings or areas designed to be used as living accommodations
or as a residence by residents.
A dwelling unit or units which are located above a permitted
or specially permitted commercial property or properties.
A business enterprise primarily engaged in the sale of food
and beverages served in disposable containers, selected by patrons
from a limited line of prepared specialized items for consumption
either on or off premises or where a major portion of the sales to
the public is at a drive-in or stand-up counter.
An establishment, however designated, at which food is sold
for consumption on the premises, normally to patrons seated within
an enclosed building.
See "adult day care."
Sale or rental of commonly used goods and merchandise for
personal or household use which are primarily made directly to the
ultimate consumer on the premises.
An integrated grouping of commercial activity, primarily
of a retail and personal service nature in a building complex having
the individual establishments joined by a common covered pedestrian
mall or walkway.
Sale or rental of commonly used goods and merchandise for
personal or household use in a single building of not more than three
tenants. Such sales are primarily made directly to the ultimate consumer
on the premises.
Specific geographical elevations that are extraordinarily
prominent. Such features that have been, or are to be, identified
by Town officials to provide physical definition to the Town itself
and serve as scenic features worthy of preservation.
An establishment where horses are kept for riding or driving,
or are stabled for compensation, or are incidental to the operation
of any club, association, ranch or similar establishment.
Sale of flowers or agricultural produce primarily grown within
the Town and designed to service roadway customers.
Any building or dwelling providing sleeping quarters, without
meals, for any number of persons for compensation, rent or hire.
See "communication tower."
The milling of lumber and similar products from logs transported
from a site other than that on which the milling facility resides.
A kindergarten, primary or secondary school, junior college,
college or university, not operated by a public school district but
furnishing a comprehensive curriculum of academic instruction similar
to that of a public school and licensed by the State of New York.
Any educational institution operated by a public school district
under the laws of the State of New York, or any junior college, college
or university operated under, or by, any municipal or quasi-municipal
subdivision or agency.
An educational institution operated under the laws of the
State of New York, furnishing a curriculum in a skilled trade, such
as but not limited to plumbing, woodworking, carpentry or upholstery.[2]
A system owned and operated by a municipality or public sewer
district for the disposal of sanitary waste, supported by mandatory
sewer charges or by the real property tax.
A system for the disposal of sanitary waste in which effluent
is directed into a common disposal system from three or more dwelling
units or from dwellings housing 10 or more persons or which has the
capacity of 1,000 gallons per day.
See "mini mall."
Any device or surface for visual communication on which letters,
illustrations, designs, figures or symbols are painted, printed, stamped,
raised, projected or in any manner outlined or attached and used for
location and advertising purposes.
SIGN, DIRECTIONAL- A sign limited to providing information on the location of an activity, business or event.
SIGN, DIRECTORY- A listing of two or more business enterprises or occupants of a structure or structures, consisting of a matrix and sign components.
SIGN, FREESTANDING- Any sign not attached or part of any building but separate and permanently affixed by any other means, in or upon the ground. Included are pole signs, pylon signs and masonry wall-type signs.
SIGN, PORTABLE- A sign, whether on its own trailer, wheels or otherwise, designed to be movable and not structurally attached to the ground, a building, a structure or another sign.
The sum of the area of coverage or footprint of the buildings,
structures, paved areas and other improved surfaces on a lot preventing
natural runoff to percolate into the soil. Areas paved with gravel,
crushed stone and other materials used to support vehicles shall be
considered impervious surfaces for the purpose of this chapter.
The necessary preliminary information provided to the reviewing
body for site plan approval, development approval plan, special use
permit or similar applications such that a basic understanding of
the project is achieved for the purposes of discussion.
Special use permits enumerated in each zoning district are
deemed to be permitted uses in their respective districts, but because
of the unique characteristics of such uses, each case requires individual
consideration and special conditions of approval by the Planning Board
or Zoning Board of Appeals, as may be required in this chapter.
A structure used to primarily house horses.
A thoroughfare, dedicated or taken over and accepted by a
municipality for public use or legally existing on any subdivision
plat filed after August 2, 1972, or any traveled thoroughfare which
is used by the public and maintained by the homeowners abutting thereto.
The dividing line between a street and a lot.
The determination that a tower or structure is capable of
carrying the load imposed by the proposed new antennas under all reasonably
predictable conditions as determined by professional structural engineering
analysis.
[Added 9-17-1997]
Such changes, alterations or repairs in a structure including
the removal of any of the beams or supports of the structure or which
result in the enlargement of the area of the structure or change in
the nature of the occupancy thereof.
Any combination of materials forming any construction. The
term "structure" shall include the term "building" and, among other
things, freestanding signs; radio and television antennas; satellite
dishes; towers; and antennas, except for roof antennas; pergolas;
porches; outdoor bins; outdoor air condensers; platforms; sheds; docks;
wharves; swimming pools; tennis and handball courts; solar panels;
and transmission and telephone lines.
The division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two or
more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of land for sale, gift,
bequest, development, lease or for any other reason whatsoever.
Any body of water or receptacle of water, in-ground or above-ground,
having a depth at any point greater than 24 inches, designed, used
or intended to be used for wading, bathing or swimming.
A facility utilizing satellite dishes of greater than 2.0
meters in diameter designed to uplink to communications satellites
for transmitting in the C-Band (4 to 6 GHZ) spectrum.
[Added 9-17-1997]
A portable shelter usually supported by poles and attached
to the ground or a platform by means of pegs and ropes.
A building adapted for dramatic, comedic or musical presentations,
or for the viewing of motion pictures.
A commercial activity involving the cutting, gathering or
collecting of trees for wood which is suitable for building or structural
purposes.
A lattice structure or framework, or monopole, that is designed
to support personal wireless service transmission, receiving and/or
relaying antennas and/or equipment.
[Added 9-17-1997]
A dwelling unit having a common wall with or abutting one
or more adjoining dwelling units, often in a group of similarly joined
dwelling units.
Townhouses, zero-lot-line developments, patio or garden homes using a site design technique that concentrates buildings in specific areas to increase open space and preserve natural site features in accordance with Article IV of this chapter. Such development should be compatible within a single-family detached neighborhood and shall be served by public sewers or by common sewage disposal systems.
NONCONFORMING USE, ABANDONEDA nonconforming use shall be considered abandoned if such use has been inoperative for a period of two years.
ACCESSORY USEA use or activity which is incidental to and customarily associated with a specific principal use on the same site, including parking for the principal use.
CHANGE OF USE:
Any change in the use or occupancy of land,
buildings and other structures as follows:
A change in a use listed on one line of the
Summary Schedule of Uses included at the end of this chapter to a
use listed on another line, wherein the off-street parking or loading
standards applicable to the new use differs from the preceding use.
A change to a use for which site plan approval
or development plan approval is required by this chapter, wherein
such approval was not required for the preceding use.
A change in existing site plan that is subject
to a special use permit.
A change in use or site development that would
modify conditions imposed or stipulations made by an applicant in
connection with the approval of a special use permit or site development
plan.
A change in use does not include a change in
ownership, tenancy, name or management or a change in product or service
within the same use classification where the previous nature of the
use, line of business or other function is substantially unchanged.
NONCONFORMING USEA lawful use of any land, building or structure existing at the time of enactment of this chapter, or any amendment supplemental thereto, which does not conform with the requirement(s) of the base zoning district or which is prohibited by the regulations of an Environmental Management District in which the use is located).
[Amended 6-17-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
PRINCIPAL USEA use listed in Article III of this chapter as a permitted use within that zone and permitted therein as a matter of right when conducted in accordance with the regulations established by this chapter.
TEMPORARY USEA prospective use, intended for limited duration, to be located in a zoning district not permitting such use.
Those utilities which provide services over a large geographic
area.
Those normal and customary services to a building or group
of buildings within a corporate park or subdivision to provide heat,
electric power, water and/or fire protection.
Any person, firm, corporation or municipal agency, duly authorized
to furnish to the public, under public regulation, electricity, gas,
water, steam, cable television, telephone or telegraph, including
telecommunication services.
Those utilities providing a direct service within the borders
of the immediate community.
The worth of the property as determined by current market
value.
An office designed for the care and treatment of animals
which also provides for the boarding of animals.
A water supply system, owned and operated by a municipality
or public water district, supported by mandatory water charges or
by the real property tax.
A system for providing drinking water to three or more dwelling
units or structures from common sources.
Lands and waters as defined in Chapter 144, Freshwater Wetlands, of the Code of the Town of Putnam Valley or as delineated on the Putnam Valley Freshwater Wetlands Map.
Any unoccupied space, open to the sky, on the same lot as
the principal building or structure.
FRONT- A required yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the front lot line and the front setback line as specified by this chapter.
REAR- A required yard extending the full width of a lot between the rear lot line and the rear setback line, but excluding any area located within the street side bar of a corner lot.
SIDE- A required yard extending the depth of a lot from the front yard to the rear yard between the side lot line and the side setback line.
A development technique whereby the location of a building
on a lot is in such a manner that one or more of the building's sides
rests directly on a lot line, with yard space on only one side, in
order to give the effect of privacy and open space in a relatively
small area.
[1]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "animal husbandry,"
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 8-19-2009
by L.L. No. 8-2009.
[2]
Editor's Note: The definitions of "senior
citizen" and "senior citizen residence," as amended, which immediately
followed this definition, were repealed 11-17-2004 by L.L. No. 6-2004.
