Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
ACCESS
The place, means, or way by which pedestrians and/or vehicles
shall have safe, adequate, and usable ingress and egress to a property,
structure, or use.
CAMPING
The use of a property as a site for sleeping outside; or
the parking of travel trailers or similar equipment, the erection
of tents or other shelters, to serve as temporary residences.
DENSITY
The number of individual dwelling units per unit of land.
DWELLING UNIT
A building or entirely self-contained portion thereof containing
complete housekeeping facilities for only one family, including any
domestic servants employed on the premises, and having no enclosed
space (other than vestibules, entrance or other hallways or porches)
or cooking or sanitary facilities in common with any other dwelling
unit.
HOUSE RULES
A set of rules that applies to renters of STRs while occupying
the unit.
LOCAL MANAGER
The person specifically named on the application and permit
that is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the STR, and who
may be contacted, day or night, if there is a problem at the STR.
The local manager may be either the owner or an agent of the owner.
The local manager must reside within 30 miles of the Town of Lloyd
Town Hall.
OWNER-OCCUPIED
An STR unit that is the primary residence of the owner for
at least 180 days in the calendar year, or the owner is present in
the dwelling or is present on the same parcel while the residence
is being used as a short-term rental.
PRIMARY RESIDENCE
A person's domicile where they usually live in the Town
of Lloyd, whether on a full-time or part-time basis for at least 180
days in the calendar year, typically a house including any habitable
accessory structures on the same property.
RENTAL
An agreement granting use or possession of a residence, in
whole or in part, to a person or group in exchange for consideration
valued in money, goods, labor, credits, or other valuable consideration.
RENTED IN PART
An STR in a primary residence, as defined above, that is
being occupied in part by the owner and in part by STR guest(s), simultaneously.
RENTED IN WHOLE
An STR in a dwelling unit that is being occupied entirely
by STR guests for the rental duration.
SECONDARY DWELLING UNIT (SDU)
An attached or detached secondary residential dwelling unit
that shares the building lot of a larger, primary home, including
having separate cooking and sanitary facilities.
SHORT-TERM TRANSIENT RENTAL (STR)
The use of a parcel for the rental or lease of any or part
of any residential use single-family and two-family dwelling unit,
for a period of less than 30 days. The STR may occur within an entire
dwelling, in rooms within a dwelling, or in a separate attached or
detached dwelling unit or units on the parcel, but shall not include
camping. Motels, hotels, resorts, inns, and bed-and-breakfasts, as
defined in this chapter, are excluded from this definition.
SLEEPING ROOM
An interior room other than a bedroom, as defined under the
New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, that may
serve to afford sleep to a person, however, sleep shall not be the
primary function of the room. Examples include, but are not limited
to, a living room, family room, den or great room which may be furnished
with a futon, convertible couch, or other sleeping surface. All sleeping
rooms shall meet New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building
Code mandates for bedrooms (i.e., size, ceiling height, access, egress,
lighting and ventilation, electrical outlets, heat, and smoke and
carbon monoxide alarms).
VACANT PARCEL
A parcel of land which does not contain a residential dwelling
unit.