Except where specifically defined herein, all words used in
this chapter shall carry their customary meanings. Words used in the
present tense include the future, and the plural includes the singular;
the word "lot" includes the word "plot" or "parcel"; the word "building"
includes the word "structure"; the word "shall" is always mandatory;
the word "may" is permissive; the word "used" shall be considered
as though followed by the words "intended for, arranged for or designed
to be used or occupied."
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A term applied to a use, building or other structure customary
to the principal use but incidental to, subordinate to and located
on the same lot as the principal use.
As applied to a building, any change or rearrangement in
the nonstructural parts, or an enlargement of said building or structure.
As applied to a building, any change in its supporting members,
such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.
A building arranged, intended or designed to be occupied
by three or more families living and cooking independently of each
other.
The total of areas taken on a horizontal plane at the main
grade level of the principal building and all accessory buildings,
exclusive of uncovered porches, terraces and steps.
The total area within the property lines, excluding external
streets.
That space within a building which is immediately below and
wholly or partly enclosed by the roof framing. An "attic" with a finished
floor shall be counted as 1/2 story in determining the permissible
number of stories.
A story partly underground but having at least one-half (1/2)
of its height above the average level of the adjoining ground. A "basement"
shall be counted as a story for the purposes of height measurement
if the vertical distance between the ceiling and the average level
of the adjoining ground is more than four feet or if used for business
or dwelling purposes.
See "sign."
Any dwelling in which at least two rooms, but not more than
six rooms, are offered for rent and table board is furnished only
to roomers. A rooming house or a furnished rooming house shall be
deemed a "boardinghouse."
Those areas of land set aside to remain in their natural
state to separate different types of Zoning districts.
[Amended 5-19-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls
and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals
or chattels.
[Amended 5-19-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
See "accessory use."
A building fully surrounded by open space on the same lot.
The line of that face of the building nearest the front line
of the lot. This face includes covered porches, whether enclosed or
unenclosed, but does not include steps.
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation
of the proposed finished grade at the front of the building to the
highest point of the roof for flat roofs, to the deckline of mansard
roofs and to the mean height between eaves and ridges for gable, hip
and gambrel roofs.
A building in which is conducted the main or principal use
of the lot on which said building is situated.
A building attached by a party wall to another building of
the same type on an adjacent lot, but having one side yard.
An area of land, privately or publicly owned, used primarily
for transient travelers, providing off-street parking and recreational
facilities.
A story partly underground and having more than one-half
(1/2) of its clear height below the average level of the adjoining
ground. A "cellar" shall not be considered in determining the permissible
number of stories.
An organization catering exclusively to members and their
guests, or premises and buildings for recreational or athletic purposes
which are not conducted primarily for gain, provided that there are
not conducted any merchandising or commercial activities except as
required generally for the membership and purposes of such club.
Laundries catering to the public and industry, but not having
individual coin-operated washing machines.
An unoccupied open space, other than a yard, on the same
lot with a building, which is bounded on two or more sides by the
walls of such building.
A court enclosed on all sides by exterior walls of a building
or by exterior walls and lot lines on which walls are allowable.
A court enclosed on not more than three sides by exterior
walls and lot lines on which walls are allowable, with one side or
end open to a street, driveway, alley or yard.
That percentage of the plot or lot area covered by the building
area.
The officially established grade of the curb in front of
the midpoint of the lot.
An area of land, with or without buildings, designed for
formal and informal recreation or education for children and young
adults.
A structure used for the harboring of more than three dogs
that are more than six months old.
A lot or land or part thereof used primarily for the disposal,
by abandonment, dumping, burial, burning or any other means and for
whatever purpose, of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, junk, discarded
machinery, vehicles or parts thereof or waste material of any kind.
A building designed or used as the living quarters for one
or more families. The terms "dwelling," "one-family dwelling," "two-family
dwelling" and "dwelling group" shall not be deemed to include automobile
court, rooming house or tourist home.
A building used or designed as a residence for three or more
families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking
therein, including apartment houses, apartment hotels, flats and group
houses.
A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively
by one family.
A building consisting of a series of noncommunicating one-family
sections having a common wall between each two adjacent sections.
A building designed for or occupied exclusively by two families
living independently of each other.
A dwelling or portion thereof providing complete living facilities
for one family.
One or more persons occupying the premises and living as
a single housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group occupying
a boardinghouse, lodging house, club, fraternity or hotel.
An enclosed space for the storage of one or more motor vehicles,
provided that no business, occupation or service is conducted for
profit therein nor space therein for more than one car is rented to
a nonresident of the premises.
Any garage other than a private garage, available to the
public, operated for gain and which is used for storage, repair, rental,
greasing, washing, servicing, adjusting or equipping of automobiles
or other motor vehicles.
A building of not more than two stories designed as a residence
for three or more families living independently of each other and
doing their own cooking therein, which building is not to exceed 10
family units.
Any area of land, including structures thereon, that is used
for the sale of gasoline or any other motor vehicle fuel and oil and
other lubricating substances, including any sale of motor vehicle
accessories, and which may or may not include facilities for lubricating,
washing or otherwise servicing motor vehicles.
Those buildings and/or grounds needed to service the municipality.
The elevation of the center line of the streets as officially
established by the Village authorities.
The complete surfaces of lawns, walks and roads brought to
grades as shown on the official plans or designs relating thereto.
An occupation for gain or support conducted only by members
of a family residing on the premises, except that one person outside
the family may be employed, and conducted entirely within the dwelling,
provided that no article or service is sold or offered for sale except
such as may be produced by said residents.
Institutions for temporary occupation by the sick or injured
for the purpose of diagnosis, treatment or other care of physical
ailments.
[Amended 5-19-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
A building containing more than six rooms which are rented
or hired out to be occupied for sleeping purposes by guests and where
a general kitchen and dining room are provided within the building
or in an accessory building.
Any portable or mobile vehicle used or designed to be used
for living purposes.
The keeping of a trailer on the property of the principal
use, but not for the purpose of human occupancy.
A lot or structure or part thereof used primarily for the
collecting, storage and sale of wastepaper, rags, scrap metal or discarded
material, or for the collecting, dismantling, storage and salvaging
of machinery or vehicles not in running condition and for the sale
of parts thereof.
A business premises equipped with individual clothes-washing
machines for the use of retail customers, exclusive of laundry facilities
provided as an accessory use in an apartment house or an apartment
hotel.
The dividing line between the street and the lot.
The area required for parking delivery trucks, which in this
chapter is held to be an area 12 feet wide by 40 feet long and 14
feet in height.
A building in which not more than six rooms are rented and
in which no table board is furnished.
[Amended 5-19-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
A parcel of land at the junction of and fronting on two or
more intersecting streets.
A mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot
lines, measured in the general direction of its side lot lines.
A lot other than a corner lot.
Any line dividing one lot from another.
An interior lot having frontage on two approximately parallel
streets.
The mean width measured at right angles to its depth.
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which,
in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body
feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square
feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be
used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected
to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning
and electrical systems contained therein.
[Amended 5-19-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
A building or group of buildings, whether detached or in
connected units, used as individual sleeping or dwelling units designed
primarily for transient automobile travelers and providing for accessory
off-street parking facilities. The term "motel" includes buildings
designated as tourist courts, auto courts, motor lodges and by similar
appellations.
A building or portion of a building arranged, intended or
designed to be used for making repairs to motor vehicles.
A building, lot or structure, the size, dimensions or location
of which was lawful prior to the adoption or amendment of these zoning
provisions but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning
district in which it is located by reason of such adoption or amendment.
[Added 5-19-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
A use or activity which was lawful prior to the adoption
or amendment of these zoning provisions but which fails to conform
to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located
by reason of such adoption or amendment.
[Amended 5-19-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
A school designed to provide daytime care or instruction
for two or more children from two to five years of age inclusive and
operated on a regular basis.
Any dwelling with less than 15 sleeping rooms where persons
are housed or lodged and furnished with meals and nursing care for
hire.
An unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with
the building.
The area required for parking one automobile, which in this
chapter is held to be an area 10 feet wide and 20 feet long, not including
passageways.
Districts noted as Planned Commercial, Residential and Industrial
are special types of districts developed to meet community needs and
subject to municipal review through the Planning and Zoning Boards.
A building used by any social, fraternal, religious, professional
or ethnic organization.
A room, wing or detached building housing the following practices:
medicine, dentistry, law, architecture, engineering, real estate.
Buildings used for access to commercial transportation, primarily
by passengers and only secondarily or incidentally for luggage and
parcels, such as bus terminals, train stations and airports.
[Amended 5-19-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
Private or public installations for electricity, gas, telephone,
water, sewage and storm sewer.
A dwelling occupied by permanent guests only and not by transients.
It may include restaurants, newsstands or other accessory services
primarily for serving its occupants and only incidentally the public.
Those areas set aside for informal play, e.g., swings, sandboxes,
jungle gym, paddling pool and associated seating.
A covered or uncovered structure kept in a neat and orderly
manner for the sale of farm or home produce actually grown or made
on the premises of the resident and set at the roadside of the resident's
property.
See "boardinghouse."
A building consisting of a series of attached dwelling units
having common party walls between units.
A private hospital, whether or not such facility is operated
for profit.
A detached building designed for and occupied by one or two
families as a second home or on a seasonal basis.
[Amended 5-19-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
A group of seven or more retail stores occupying an integral
area with its own parking, entrances, exits, storage and service facilities.
Any structure or part thereof or any device attached to a
structure or painted or represented on a structure, which shall display
or include any letter, word, model or device which represents or is
in the nature of an announcement, direction or advertisement. A "sign"
does not include the flag or insignia of any nation, group of nations,
state, city, or other political unit or of any political, educational,
charitable, philanthropic, civic, professional, religious or similar
campaign, drive, movement or event. However, a "sign" as defined herein
shall not include a similar structure or device located within a building.
BUSINESS SIGNA sign which directs attention to a business or profession conducted or to products sold upon the same lot. A "for sale" or "to let" sign relating to the lot on which it is displayed shall be deemed a "business sign."
ADVERTISING SIGNA sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service or entertainment conducted, sold or offered elsewhere than upon the same lot.
FREESTANDING SIGNA sign which is not attached to a building.
BILLBOARD SIGNA sign on which illustrated posters or painted-on equivalents are displayed.
ILLUMINATED SIGNAny sign designed to give forth or reflect any artificial light, such light deriving from any source which is intended to cause such light or reflection.
FLASHING SIGNAny illuminated sign on which the artificial light is not maintained stationary and constant in intensity and color at all times when in use.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there
be no floor above it, then the space between any floor and the ceiling
next above it.
A story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates
of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than
two feet above the floor of such story.
A public or private way which affords the principal means
of access to abutting properties.
The officially established grade of the street upon which
a lot fronts. If there is no officially established grade, the existing
grade of the street shall be taken as the "street grade."
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
location on the ground or attachment to something having location
on the ground.
Any structure which, because of disrepair or destruction,
total or partial, constitutes a public hazard by reason of the possibility
of collapse, broken glass, falling objects or other nuisances.
[Amended 5-19-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
A building or part of a building devoted to the showing of
moving pictures on a paid admission basis.
Interior lots having frontage on two streets other than a
corner lot. When such properties are adjacent to a street, both sides
shall be considered as front yards.
[Added 3-16-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
A dwelling in which overnight accommodations are provided
or offered for transient guests for compensation.
A land area occupied or designed for occupancy by two or
more trailers or camp cars in use for permanent living purposes and/or
transient occupancy.
The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed,
arranged, intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
The term "permitted use" or its equivalent shall not be deemed to
include any nonconforming use.
A yard extending fully along the front lot line between the
side lot lines.
A yard extending fully along the rear lot line between the
side lot lines.
A space open to the sky adjacent to a building and extending
along a lot line for a depth or width as specified by the regulations
of the district in which the lot is located. No part of any yard on
one lot shall be considered as part of a yard similarly required for
a building on another lot.
A yard extending fully along the side lot line between the
front and rear lot lines.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The definitions of "customary vehicle
storage" and "market gardening," which appeared in original Section
210 immediately following this definition, were deleted 5-19-1992
by L.L. No. 1-1992.
