For the purpose of interpreting this chapter, the following
definitions shall be controlling:
A building the use of which is customarily incidental to
that of the main building and which is located on the same lot as
that occupied by the main building.
A use, not otherwise contrary to law, customarily incidental
to the use of a building for dwelling purposes and including:
The office or studio of a physician or surgeon, dentist, artist,
musician, lawyer, architect, teacher, real estate agent, or other
like professional person, residing on the premises. There shall be
no more than two paid employees or assistants.
Home workshops which do not constitute a nuisance by reason
of smoke, odor, vibration, dust or noise. There shall be no paid employees
or assistants.
Tourist homes.
An accessory use may be conducted in the main building or in
an accessory building, but in either case shall not occupy a floor
area greater than that of 1/2 of the area of the first floor of the
main building. There shall be no commercial display visible from the
street or advertising, except a small professional nameplate or announcement
sign.
Any change in supporting members of a building except such
change as may be required for its safety, any addition to a building,
any change in use from one district classification to another or removal
of a building from one location to another.
The length of a street between two street intersections.
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or by walls
and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals
or chattel.
A building to house a club or social organization not conducted
for private profit and which is not an adjunct to or operated by or
in connection with a public tavern, cafe or other public place.
A lot fronting on two streets at their intersection.
An unoccupied open space, other than a yard, on the same
lot with a building, which open space is bounded on two or more sides
by the walls of such building.[1]
A court, with or without an entrance, that is enclosed on
all sides by exterior walls of a building or that could be so enclosed.[2]
A court enclosed on not more than three sides by exterior
walls, or that could be so enclosed, with one side or end open to
a street, yard, driveway or alley.[3]
A building designated or used exclusively as the living quarters
for one or more families.
A residence designed for or occupied by three or more families,
with separate housekeeping and cooking facilities for each. Apartment
houses are considered to be multiple-family dwellings.
A detached residence designed for or occupied by one family
only.
A residence designed for or occupied by two families only,
with separate housekeeping and cooking facilities for each.
One person or two or more persons, related by blood, foster
relationship, marriage or adoption, and, in addition, any domestic
servants or gratuitous guests thereof; or one or more persons who
need not be so related, and, in addition, domestic servants or gratuitous
guests thereof, who are living together in a single, nonprofit dwelling
unit and maintaining a common household with single cooking facilities.
A roomer, boarder or lodger shall not be considered a member of the
family.[4]
Open and unoccupied space between the building line or front
main wall of a building and the front property line. In all cases
where the front property line cannot be established, half of the width
of the street or road shall be added to the front yard requirement,
and the front yard shall be measured from the center of the street
or road.
A building or enclosed space not available to the public
that is used solely for the storage of automobiles, provided that
no business, occupation or service is conducted for profit therein.
Storage space is to be provided primarily for the residents on the
premises; however, space may be rented for not more than two vehicles
of other than the occupants of the building to which such garage is
accessory.
Any building or enclosed space, available to the public for
the storage, repair, rental, greasing, washing and servicing of motor
vehicles.
The vertical distance measured from the average ground level
at the sides of the building to the extreme high point of the building,
exclusive of chimneys and similar fixtures.
A parcel of land occupied by, or which may be occupied by,
a building and accessory building and including the yards and other
open spaces required by this article or the land shown as a separate
lot or parcel on the records of Onondaga County.
A building or group of buildings not more than two stories
in height, having direct and convenient access to a main traveled
road, intended or designed to provide a series of sleeping units for
the accommodation of automobile transients. Each sleeping unit will
consist of a minimum of a bedroom and a bathroom and will provide
convenient access to a parking space for the unit's occupants.
A porch open on three sides except for wire screening. A
porch shall not be considered open if enclosed by either permanent
or detachable glass sash.[5]
An open space on the same lot with a building, between the
rear wall of the building and the rear line of the lot, and unoccupied
except for parking spaces and for accessory buildings, including,
among others, either attached or detached garages and open porches,
which in the aggregate shall occupy not more than 30% of the area.
In the case of a corner lot, the owner may designate any interior
lot line as the rear lot line.
An open unobstructed space on the same lot with a building
between the building and the side line of the lot and extending through
from the front to the rear yard, which space shall be unoccupied from
the ground to the sky except for driveways, parking spaces and/or
landscaping, and into which there is no extension of building parts
other than eaves with an overhead of not more than two feet, rainwater
leaders, windowsills and other such fixtures, open steps, and bay
windows, not more than 12 feet wide, at one floor level only and for
a distance not to exceed two feet.
A thoroughfare, publicly or privately owned, open to general
public use and having a right-of-way width of 21 feet or more.
The right-of-way or established property line of a street
as indicated by dedication or by deed of record.
Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on
the ground or attached to something having a fixed location on the
ground. Structures include building, walls, fences, billboards, and
poster panels.
The present tense shall include the future; the singular
number shall include the plural; and the plural, the singular. The
word "shall" is always mandatory.
A private residence in which overnight sleeping accommodations
are provided for not more than six overnight transient paying guests.
