In the interpretation of this chapter, the following
rules shall apply:
A.
Words used in the present tense shall include the
future tense.
B.
The singular includes the plural.
C.
The word "person" includes a partnership, trust, an
estate and corporation as well as an individual.
D.
The word "lot" includes the word "plot" or "parcel."
E.
The term "used" or "occupied," as applied to any land
or structure, shall be construed to include the words "intended, arranged
or designed to be used or occupied."
The following shall define the words used in
this chapter:
A subordinate building or structure, the use of which is
customarily incidental to that of the principal building and which
is located on the same lot with the principal building. "Accessory
building" includes a garage, swimming pool, private stable, barn,
toolhouse, children's playhouse, utility shed and similar uses.
[Amended 8-10-2009 by L.L. No. 2-2009]
A use, not otherwise contrary to the provisions of this chapter,
that is incidental and subordinate to the principal use and located
on the same lot therewith. In no case shall an accessory use on a
residential lot be used for commercial purposes or dominate in area,
extent or purpose the principal, lawful use of the lot. When a variance
has been granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals, there shall be no
accessory use unless such use has been specifically approved as part
of the variance.
Any change in supporting members of a building, any addition
to a building or removal of a building from one location to another.
Any structures, equipment, devices or construction techniques
used for the capture and/or production of energy, including electricity,
heat, light, cooling, gas production or other forms of energy on site;
either attached to, incorporated within or separate from a principal
structure. Allowable alternative energy supply systems include: wind
energy collection, production, distribution and usage systems; active
and passive photovoltaic (PV) solar energy collection, production,
distribution and usage systems; gas collection, production, distribution
and usage systems, including farm and other waste management systems;
heat and cooling energy collection, production, distribution and usage
systems, including steam, geothermal and combined heat and power (CHP)
applications; biofuel and biomass collection, production, distribution
and usage systems, including biodiesel, ethanol and other biofuel
applications utilizing organic feedstocks. For the purposes of this
definition and chapter, “alternative energy supply systems”
may include improvements and/or services that cooperatively provide
energy to one or more parcels in allowable districts that share common
ownership and/or control through one or more public benefit corporations
and/or local development corporations.
[Added 7-14-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008]
A multifamily dwelling.
An area used for the display, sale or rental of new or used
automobiles and where no repair work is done.
A story partly below grade and which has 1/2 of its height,
measured from floor to ceiling, above the average established finished
grade of the ground adjoining the building.
An owner-occupied one-unit dwelling within which is provided
overnight accommodations for transient guests who stay up to five
nights and which includes the serving of breakfast but no other meal
to such guests.
The length of a street between two street intersections.
A person, residing with a family, who is provided with sleeping
facilities, with or without meals, for gain on other than a daily
or transient basis.
A dwelling, other than a hotel or motel, where six or more
unrelated persons are sheltered, with or without meals, for gain.
Any structure having a roof supported by columns, piers or
walls, including tents, lunch wagons, trailers, dining cars, camp
cars or other structures on wheels and intended for the shelter, housing
or enclosure of persons, animals or goods.
The minimum first-floor area used for living purposes shall
be the horizontal area of a building, measured at the ground level
along the exterior of the foundation walls, excluding accessory buildings,
open porches, terraces, steps and garages, whether attached or unattached.
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation
of the proposed finished grade on the uphill side of the building
to the highest point of the roof.
A combination of photovoltaic building components integrated
into any building envelope system, such as vertical facades (including
glass and other facade material), semitransparent skylight systems,
roofing materials, and shading over windows.
[Added 6-11-2018 by L.L.
No. 2-2018]
An imaginary line formed by the intersection of the ground
and a vertical plane that coincides with the most projected exterior
surface of a building, on any side.
The building line of that face of a principal building nearest
the front lot line. In the case of a corner lot, each building line
facing a street line shall be considered a front building line.
Any area of land on which are located two or more cabins,
tents, trailers, shelters, recreation vehicles or similar accommodations
of a design or character suitable for short-term or seasonal use and
having drinking water and sewage disposal facilities approved by the
Health Department; a camping ground.
Any lot, parcel or tract of land on which two or more camp
or travel trailers are located or parked for transient or seasonal
use, regardless of whether or not a charge is made for such accommodations.
Any building or premises, or portion thereof, the use of
which is devoted to the business of washing cars (autos or trucks)
for a fee, whether by automated cleaning devices or otherwise.
A space partly underground but having more than 1/2 of its
floor-to-ceiling height below the average outside ground level; an
uninhabited space unless designed as an earth-sheltered residence.
A certificate issued by the Code Enforcement Officer upon
the completion of a construction, alteration or change in occupancy
or use of a building and acknowledging compliance with all requirements
of this chapter and such modifications thereto approved by the Zoning
Board of Appeals, the Planning Board or Town Board and the New York
State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
A building or area of public assembly for worship.
A building or portion thereof, the principal use of which
is for offices of one or more practitioners for medical, dental or
optical examination and treatment of persons on an outpatient or emergency
basis.
A building to house a club or social organization not conducted
for profit and which is not adjunct to or operated by or in connection
with a public tavern, cafe or other public place.
The subdivision of an area into lots that are smaller than
would customarily be permitted by this chapter, where the density
of development is no greater than would be permitted in the district
by conventional development and where the residual land produced by
the smaller lot size is used for common recreation and open space.
The Code Enforcement Officer appointed pursuant to § 80-4 of this Code.
Any residential facility operated by the state or which is
operated by a state-certified or -licensed provider of services and
which is designed to assist disabled individuals in the transition
from institutional to independent living in the community, to provide
a long-term supervised residence to individuals whose disability is
such that independent living is improbable, to provide a temporary
shelter for short periods of time in order to offer an alternative
for admission to an institution, to provide a brief-stay substitute
home to disabled individuals or to allow respite or vacation to such
individuals' families or legal guardians. A community residence shall
include, but shall not be limited to, halfway houses and hostels.
A retail activity which offers for sale convenience goods,
beverages and sundries, including motor fuel.
Day care provided on a regular basis for more than three
children or adults away from their own homes for more than three hours
and fewer than 24 hours per day.
A person who, for economic or medical reasons, is dependent
on another person who is related by blood, marriage or adoption.
A refuse receptacle capable of holding one yard or more of
refuse; a dumpster will be considered an accessory structure.
A building or structure that meets the following criteria:
Designed, used or intended to be used as complete
living quarters for one family or household.
Provides cooking and bathroom facilities and
an independent entrance from the outside or from a common hall or
entryway.
Meets applicable requirements of the New York
State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
A one- or two-unit dwelling specifically designed and constructed
to use earth as a barrier and temperature moderator. In such dwelling,
the roof and exterior walls may be covered by earth if at least one
exterior wall is exposed to light and air and has the outside ground
level at or below the lowest habitable floor level for at least 1/2
of the length of such exposed wall.
A one-unit dwelling that has the following distinguishing
characteristics:
Manufactured as a moveable or portable dwelling
for year-round occupancy and for installation on a masonry or concrete
foundation or a mobile home stand or piers, with or without a basement
or cellar.
Designed to be transported on its own chassis
and wheels connected to utilities after placement on a stand, foundation
or piers.
May contain parts that can be folded, collapsed
or telescoped when being towed and expanded later to provide additional
living space.
May be constructed in two or more separately
towable components designed to be joined into one integral unit capable
of being again separated into the components for repeated towing.
Meets applicable requirements of the New York
State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.[1]
A dwelling occupied by three or more families, living independently
of each other, and by not more than one boarder with each family and
having separate kitchen and bathroom facilities for each family.
A detached dwelling occupied exclusively by one family and
not more than two boarders.
A dwelling containing two or more dwelling units, each of
which has one or two side walls in common with side walls of abutting
dwelling units and which are party or lot-line walls. It provides
single-family housing for sale in an approved subdivision. Rental
housing of this architectural style shall be considered multiple-family.
A detached building containing no more than two dwellings.
An individual or two or more persons related by blood, marriage
or adoption (a household).
Living space in private homes in which a family or individual
cares, on a twenty-four-hour basis, for up to three mentally or physically
disabled children or adults. The state site-selection law does not
apply. (See also "residential-care facility, adult.")
A parcel of land of five or more acres used principally in
the raising or production of agricultural products and the necessary
farm structures and storage of equipment used on the premises.
A farm labor camp is defined to be the same as a "migrant labor camp," as defined by Chapter 1, Part 15, of the New York State Sanitary Code. For purposes of this chapter, a farm labor camp shall consist of facilities occupied by one or more persons. [See § 150-43F(1).]
[Amended 12-17-2018 by L.L. No. 5-2018]
An operation selling agricultural produce and plant materials
which have been grown on- or off-site (edible and nonedible) and other
incidental and ancillary items such as fertilizers, herbicides and
pesticides, lawn and garden tools and equipment, and lawn furniture.
Any constructed barrier of wood, masonry, stone, wire, metal
or any other manufactured material or combination of materials.
[Amended 7-14-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008]
That portion of a lot abutting on a public right-of-way.
A building and premises used for the storage, commercial
repair, rental, and/or servicing of motor vehicles and/or for retail
sale of fuel for such vehicles.
An enclosed area for the storage of one or more motor vehicles
in which no business, occupation or service is conducted for profit,
other than the rental of space.
Any building or structure in which light, temperature and
humidity can be controlled for the protection and growing of flowers,
vegetables and other plants that are to be sold commercially.
A solar energy system that is anchored to the ground and
attached to a pole or similar mounting system, detached from any other
structure, for the primary purpose of producing electricity for on-site
or off-site consumption.
[Added 6-11-2018 by L.L.
No. 2-2018]
Defined, for purposes of New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation (DEC) regulations and for purposes of this chapter, in
6 NYCRR 371.1(d) through (d)(4). "Hazardous waste" is further defined
by the Environmental Protection Agency beginning at 40 CFR 261.3,
which is incorporated by reference into this section.
Defined by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) and for purposes of this chapter as irradiated reactor fuel,
liquid waste resulting from the operation of the first-cycle solvent-extraction
system or equivalent and the concentrated waste from subsequent extraction
cycles or equivalent in a facility for reprocessing irradiated reactor
fuel, and solids into which such liquid wastes have been converted,
all as set forth in 10 CFR 60.2.
Defined, for purposes of this chapter, in accordance with
the FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) definition of low-level
radioactive waste, i.e., radioactive waste that is neither high-level
waste, nor transuranic waste, nor spent nuclear fuel, nor by-product
material; as defined in Section 11.e(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended, and classified by the federal government as low-level
waste consistent with existing law, which definition is hereby specifically
incorporated into this section.
For purposes of this chapter, defined per New York State
DEC regulations at 6 NYCRR 370.2(b)(177). It is further defined by
the Environmental Protection Agency at 40 CFR 260.10.
The line which is the boundary between a lot and the right-of-way,
private road, street or highway. Where the highway line is not readily
determinable and has not been established by a highway survey, computation
to determine the highway line shall be made from the center of the
existing traveled portion of the way or pavement, which shall be deemed
the center of the highway for the purposes of this chapter. A three-rod
right-of-way shall be used for computing unless a wider highway right-of-way
has been otherwise established.
Any use customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling,
provided that such use is carried on solely by the residents of the
dwelling and is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the
dwelling for dwelling purposes, and meeting the performance standards
set forth in § 150-42Q of this chapter.
A building used for the diagnosis, treatment or other care
of human ailments, which term includes a sanitarium, clinic, rest
home, nursing home and convalescent home.
A lot, land or structure or building, where
junk or discarded or salvaged materials are bought, sold, exchanged,
sorted, baled, packed, disassembled, handled or abandoned, whether
for the purpose of resale or sale of used parts therefrom, for the
purpose of reclaiming for use some or all of the materials therein
or the purpose of storage or disposing of the same for any other purpose.
"Junkyard" includes but is not limited to the place of storage or
deposit of two or more unregistered motor vehicles or parts and waste
materials therefrom which, taken together, equal in bulk two or more
motor vehicles and are kept outside a completely enclosed building
or structure; automobile or other vehicle or machinery wrecking or
dismantling yards; and places or yards for storage of construction
and demolition material. The term "junkyard" shall not include a commercial
establishment entirely enclosed in a building or structure, such as
a shop for the purchase, sale or storage and repair of furniture,
household or garden equipment and clothing, or for the processing
of used, discarded or salvaged material as parts of an industrial
process carried out inside an enclosed building or structure with
no outside storage.
Exceptions:
New and/or used motor vehicles that are operable and qualify for a current New York State motor vehicle inspection and registration sticker under Article 5 of the New York Motor Vehicle and Traffic Law may be stored on a lot in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (See § 150-47C.)
Vehicles that are operable and qualify for a current New York State motor vehicle inspection sticker, which vehicles are subject to seasonal use, such as recreation vehicles and snowmobiles, even though such vehicles may be unlicensed during the part of the year they are not in use, may be stored on a lot in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (See § 150-47C.)
The storage of agricultural equipment, machinery
and vehicles in any district when such material is part of an active
farm operation.
Solid waste disposal operations that are run
by or licensed by an official governmental body, if otherwise permitted
by other provisions of this chapter.
An accessory building or structure used for the boarding,
breeding or sale of more than three domestic animals. [See § 150-43F(2).]
A solar energy system that is ground-mounted and produces
energy solely or partly for off-site sale or consumption.
[Added 6-11-2018 by L.L.
No. 2-2018]
The manufacture, assembly or processing of the following
products: scientific, medical, dental, optical, photographic, electronic,
electrical, mechanical or tool or die equipment, or instruments or
components thereof; medical, dental, or pharmaceutical supplies; plastic
products (but not the manufacture of plastics); business and office
equipment; furniture and cabinets; food or beverage products (but
not canning or freezing of fruits or vegetables, slaughtering, meat
packing or fermentation or distillation of alcoholic beverages); or
other similar products.
[Added 8-10-2009 by L.L. No. 2-2009]
A parcel of land, with or without buildings or structures,
delineated by lot lines and having frontage on or access to a street
as defined in this chapter.
A lot at the junction of and abutting on two or more intersecting
streets where the interior angle of intersection does not exceed 135°.
Any lot abutting a curved street where the interior angle formed by
the intersection of lines drawn tangent to the street at the points
of intersection of street and lot lines does not exceed 135° shall
also be considered a corner lot. All corner lots are deemed to have
two front yards and two side yards and no rear yard.
The aggregate area of the lot covered by principal buildings
or structures, plus each accessory building or structure.
The mean horizontal distance from the front line of a lot
to its rear lot line, measured in the general direction of its side
lot lines. In the case of a corner lot, the rear lot line shall be
a side yard line for purposes of computing distances.
A lot, shaped similar to a flag on a pole, where the width
of the "pole" portion of the lot is significantly less than the "flag"
portion of the lot. The "pole" portion of the lot must be at least
25 feet in width and must be used for a driveway or other access way,
only. All structures must be located on the "flag" portion of the
lot. The "pole" portion of the lot is not considered a part of the
front yard of the lot.
The mean width, measured at right angles to its depth.
See "dwelling, mobile/manufactured home."
See "dwelling, mobile/manufactured home."
Any plot of ground upon which two or more occupied mobile/manufactured
homes are located.
A building or premises or portion thereof used primarily
for the retail sale of fuel for motor vehicles and for minor repairs.
A lot of record existing at the date of adoption of this chapter which does not meet the minimum requirements for the zone in which such lot is located. (See Article IX.)
Use of a building or of land for a purpose that does not
conform to the regulations of the zone in which such building or land
is located.
A school that is organized for the purpose of educating a
group of six or more children less than seven years of age under supervision
of certified teachers and providing a program of learning activities.
(See § 150-42N.)
Any licensed establishment where persons are lodged and furnished
with meals and nursing and/or custodial care for hire. [See § 150-43F(7).]
(See also "residential care facility, adult.")
That portion of a lot that is not used for buildings or structures
or parking. Open space may include lawns, shrubbery, trees, garden
areas, footpaths, play areas, ponds, watercourses, wooded areas and
paved surfaces that are not used for vehicular parking of any kind.
A store or shop providing personal, financial, technical
or repair services, assistance or advice to individual consumers,
including but not limited to:
[Amended 9-21-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
Arts and crafts studios or stores.
Appliance repair and rental.
Bicycle repair.
Barbershops and beauty shops.
Dressmakers and tailors.
Dry-cleaning or laundry pickup stations.
Laundromat.
Locksmiths.
Musical instrument repair.
Professional photographer's studios.
Shoe repair.
Furniture upholstering shops.
Watch repair.
Copy services.
All buildings or portions thereof or spaces used or intended
to be used for gathering together 50 or more persons for amusement,
athletic, civic, dining, educational, entertainment, patriotic, political,
recreational, religious, social or similar purposes. Manufacturing
establishments and similar employment centers are not places of public
assembly for purposes of this chapter.
A tract of land, in single ownership or controlled by a partnership,
corporation or cooperative group, which is developed as a unit for
residential purposes or with a combination of residential and nonresidential
buildings, with all needed or required roadways, parking, accessory
buildings and open spaces. A planned unit development shall involve
a detailed plan review and approval in accordance with § 150-43F(6)
of this chapter.
A facility used to create and distribute electric power for
public consumption.
A building or structure in which is conducted the main or
principal use of the lot on which said building or structure is located.
Any item used for recreational purposes that requires state
registration.
Residential facilities for adults where minimal medical care
and personal hygiene are provided to residents on a twenty-four-hour
basis for persons who, by reason of limitations associated with age
or physical disabilities, are unable to live independently. There
are two types of facilities:
A building or structure where food and beverages, whether
or not alcoholic, are sold to the public for consumption on the premises.
A temporary structure for the sale of produce produced on site. See § 150-42B.
A solar panel system located on the roof of any legally permitted
building or structure, for the purpose of producing electricity for
on-site or off-site consumption.
[Added 6-11-2018 by L.L.
No. 2-2018]
Any device for visual communication that is used for the
purpose of bringing the subject thereof to the attention of the public,
but not including any flag, badge or insignia of any government or
government agency or of any civic, charitable, religious, patriotic,
fraternal or similar organization.
A plan or plans of a lot, subdivision or proposed development that is prepared for site plan review pursuant to the provisions of Article VI of this chapter.
A solar energy system that produces energy solely for on-site
consumption.
[Added 6-11-2018 by L.L.
No. 2-2018]
Electrical energy storage devices, material, hardware, inverters,
or other electrical equipment and photovoltaic conduit devices associated
with electrical energy production.
[Added 6-11-2018 by L.L.
No. 2-2018]
Any electrical generating system composed of a combination
of both solar panels and solar energy equipment.
[Added 6-11-2018 by L.L.
No. 2-2018]
A photovoltaic device capable of collecting and converting
solar energy into electrical energy.
[Added 6-11-2018 by L.L.
No. 2-2018]
A combination of buildings or structures, machinery or devices
at a place or facility where solid waste is taken from collection
vehicles and placed in larger transportation units for movement to
another solid waste management facility.[2]
A stable on or at which horses, ponies or similar types of
animals, regardless of size, breed or species, are kept or fed for
remuneration, hire or sale.
[Amended 8-10-2009 by L.L. No. 2-2009]
A stable which is an accessory use for the family which resides
on the premises and on or at which horses, ponies or similar types
of animals, regardless of size, breed or species, are kept or fed,
but not for remuneration, sale or hire.
The right-of-way of the street.
A general term used to describe a right-of-way,
municipally or privately owned, serving as a means of vehicular and
pedestrian travel, furnishing space for sewers, public utilities and
shade trees. Streets are classified by function as follows:
PRIVATE ROADWAYA road serving no more than six lots, which will not be dedicated to the Town.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ROADA road used as a principal means of access to adjacent residential properties serving only six or fewer dwellings.
SUBDIVISION ROADAny residential road serving six or more dwellings or a connecting road serving primarily developed neighborhoods with low volumes of through traffic. Subdivision roads are to be dedicated to the Town or owned and maintained by an acceptable legal entity.
TOWN COLLECTOR ROADA road connecting district centers, serving large volumes of through traffic, located outside or bounding the residential neighborhoods.
Refer to the Town of Ontario Land Development
Regulations and Public Works Requirements.[3]
Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on
the ground or attached to something having a fixed location on the
ground. Structures include but shall not be limited to buildings (including
their patios, decks, porches, steps and/or stairs), signs, walls,
solid fences, radio towers, telecommunications devices, swimming pools,
billboards, satellite dishes and poster panels.
[Amended 3-9-2009 by L.L. No. 1-2009]
An activity or land use established for a specific limited
period of time, which may not otherwise be permitted by the provisions
of this chapter. (See also §§ 150-42H and 150-59B.)
A dwelling occupied by one family and in which not more than
six rooms are rented to the transient public on a daily or weekly
basis and food is served only to residents.
CAMP or TRAVELA portable structure or vehicle equipped but not regularly used for sleeping and which may have bathroom facilities; a recreational vehicle or recreational equipment not designed to be put on a foundation.
CONSTRUCTIONA portable structure or vehicle used by a builder or contractor during the period of new construction which is removed upon issuance of a final certificate of occupancy for a structure or at the completion of one or more phases of a subdivision.
A person who pays for sleeping accommodations in a commercial
profit-making establishment for a period of seven or fewer consecutive
nights; a transient guest.
The specific purposes for which land or a building or structure
is designed, arranged, intended or for which it is or may be occupied
or maintained.[4]
Written authority to deviate from any of the provisions, including use of land, of this chapter, said authority to be granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals in accordance with § 150-69 of this chapter.
Any building or structure used primarily for the repair or
painting of motor vehicle bodies, whether or not such activity also
includes motor service or repair and the sale of motor vehicle fuel.
[See § 150-43F(14).]
Any establishment or place of business established, maintained,
conducted and operated by a "vehicle dismantler," as such person is
defined in New York Environmental Conservation Law Article 27, Title
23, Vehicle Dismantling Facilities, as it may be amended from time
to time. This definition includes any person or entity engaged in
the business of acquiring end-of-life motor vehicles or trailers for
the purpose of dismantling the same for parts or reselling such vehicles
as scrap, but shall not include a person that receives no more than
25 end-of-life vehicles per year and stores less than 50 end-of-life
vehicles on site at any one time.
[Added 11-15-2021 by L.L. No. 4-2021]
A device or mechanism for dispensing merchandise or services
to the public and designed to be operated by the purchaser.
An open space, on a lot, unoccupied and unobstructed from
the ground upwards, except as otherwise permitted.
An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with the principal
building or structure, extending the full width of the lot and situated
between the front highway line and the front building line, except
for fences and/or other decorative or landscaping uses and exclusive
of cornices, overhangs and chimneys. (See illustration included at
the end of this chapter.)
The ground space on a lot between the rear line of the lot
and the nearest point of the principal building or structure and extending
the full width of the lot. (See illustration included at the end of
this chapter.) In the case of a corner lot, there is no rear yard.
A side yard line for the purposes of computing distances shall be
considered the rear yard line.
An open area on the same lot with the building or structure
situated between the side yard line and the side lot line and extending
from the front yard to the rear yard. Any lot line not a rear line
or a front line shall be deemed a side lot line. (See illustration
included at the end of this chapter.)
[1]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "dwelling, modular,"
which immediately followed, was repealed 9-21-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020.
[2]
Editor's Note: The former definition of “stable,”
which immediately followed, was repealed 8-10-2009 by L.L. No. 2-2009.
[3]
Editor's Note: The Land Development Regulations
and Public Works Requirements are on file in the Town offices.
[4]
Editor's Note: The former definition of “utility
shed,” amended 7-14-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008, which immediately
followed this definition, was repealed 3-9-2009 by L.L. No. 1-2009.
[Amended 9-21-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
A.
The boundaries of the districts are established as shown on the map
entitled the "Zoning Map of the Town of Ontario," and called the "Zoning
Map" in this chapter. The Zoning Map, including all the explanatory
material on it, is incorporated as a part of this chapter.
B.
The Town Clerk shall certify the Zoning Map as part of this chapter
and keep it on file in the Clerk's office.
C.
Any change in the district boundaries or other matters shown on the
Zoning Map shall be promptly made on the map, attested to by the Town
Clerk. The chapter or law making such change shall provide for its
immediate entry on the Zoning Map.
[Amended 9-21-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
If there is uncertainty as to the exact boundaries of districts
shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
A.
Boundaries shown as approximately following the center lines of streets
or highways shall be construed to follow such center lines.
B.
Boundaries shown as approximately following plotted lot lines shall
be construed to follow such lot lines.
C.
Boundaries shown as following shorelines of streams, lakes and reservoirs
shall be construed to follow such shorelines and to move with changes
in the actual shorelines.
E.
Distances not specifically set forth on the Zoning Map shall be determined
by the scale of the map.
