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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"; the word "building" includes the word "structure"; the word "shall" is intended to be mandatory; "occupied" or "used" shall be considered as though followed by the words "or intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied."
B. ACCESSORY USE OR STRUCTURE ALTERATION APARTMENT BUILDING AREA, FLOOR BASEMENT BUFFER BUILDING (SETBACK) LINE BUILDING BUILDING, COMPLETELY ENCLOSED BUILDING, DETACHED BUILDING, HEIGHT BUILDING, PRINCIPAL CELLAR CONTRACTOR'S YARD DAY-CARE CENTER DWELLING DWELLING UNIT DWELLING, MULTIPLE DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY FAMILY FARM GARAGE, PRIVATE GARAGE, REPAIR GASOLINE STATION GRADE, FINISHED HOME OCCUPATION HOSPITAL, SMALL ANIMAL HOTEL JUNKYARD KENNEL LOT LOT LINE LOT, CORNER LOT, DEPTH LOT, INTERIOR LOT, THROUGH LOT, WIDTH MANUFACTURED HOME MANUFACTURED HOME PARK MOTEL NONCONFORMING USE NURSERY NURSING HOME QUARRY, SAND PIT and GRAVEL PIT RIDING ACADEMY SIGN SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM SOLAR SKYSPACE STABLE STORY STREET STREET LINE STRUCTURE THEATER, INDOOR THEATER, OUTDOOR DRIVE-IN TOURIST HOME USE USE, ACCESSORY USES, ADULT WELLHEAD PROTECTION AREA YARD, FRONT YARD, REAR YARD, SIDE
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A use or structure customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use or building and, except as otherwise provided, located on the same lot therewith.
Any change, rearrangement, addition or relocation of a building or structure; and any modification in construction or equipment.
See "dwelling, multiple."
The horizontal area of a building as outlined by its exterior main walls, not including uninhabitable basements or cellars, built-in or attached garages, porches or terraces.
A story partly below grade but having at least 1/2 of its height (measured from floor to ceiling) above the average adjoining grade. (See "cellar.")
A strip of land required to separate different land uses from each other in order to:
A line parallel to the street line, between which line and the street line no structure may be built.
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or by walls and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals or property.
A building separated on all sides from the adjacent open area or from other buildings or other structures, by a permanent roof and by exterior walls or party walls, pierced only by windows or normal entrance or exit doors.
A building surrounded by open space on the same lot.
See § 365-8C(1).
A building in which the main or principal use of the lot is conducted.
A story partly underground and having more than 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. (See "basement.")
Storage of equipment associated with building construction activity.
Any place, including an occupied residence, used for the supervision and care of preschool children for periods of less than 24 hours per day and in accordance with any appropriate state requirements.
A building designed or used exclusively as the living quarters for one or more families.
A dwelling or portion thereof providing complete living facilities for one family.
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 designed for or occupied exclusively by two families living independently of each other.
A household constituting a single housekeeping unit occupied by one or more persons.
A single parcel of land 10 acres or more in size on which an owner or tenant carries on agricultural or dairying pursuits or the raising of livestock, poultry or the keeping of bees.
An enclosed structure accessory to a principal building for the purpose of storing motor vehicles and/or items incidental to the main building.
Any garage, other than a private garage or gasoline service station, which is used for storage, repair, rental, greasing, washing, servicing, adjusting or equipping of automobiles or other motor vehicles.
A place where gasoline, oil, grease, batteries, tires, motor vehicle accessories, etc., may be supplied and dispensed at retail, and which may or may not include facilities for lubricating, washing or otherwise servicing motor vehicles, but not including painting.
The completed surfaces of lawns, walks and roads brought to grades as shown on official plans or designs related thereto.
An accessory use of a dwelling unit or accessory structure for gainful employment involving the manufacture, provision or sale of goods and/or services. (See Article X.)
An establishment for the medical and/or surgical care of animals.
A building containing rooms intended or designed to be used or which are used, rented or hired out to be occupied or which are occupied for sleeping purposes by guests, and where only a general kitchen and dining room are provided within the building or in an accessory building.
See Chapter 220, Junkyards.
The keeping, breeding or boarding of more than two dogs over the age of six months old shall constitute a kennel.
[Amended 3-20-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995; 12-6-2010 by L.L. No. 6-2010]
A parcel of land occupied or capable of being occupied by a building and the accessory buildings or uses customarily incidental to it, including such open spaces as are required by this chapter.
Any line dividing one lot from another.
A lot at the junction of and fronting on two or more intersecting streets.
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.
A lot other than a corner lot.
An interior lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets.
The distance between the side lot lines measured along the required front building (setback) line. If the side property lines are parallel, the shortest distance between these side lines; or if the side property lines are not parallel, the width of the lot shall be the length of a line at right angles to the axis of the lot at a distance equal to the front setback required for the district in which the lot is located. The axis of a lot shall be a line joining the midpoints of the front and rear property lines.
[Amended 3-20-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
A building or group of buildings, whether detached or in connected units, used as individual sleeping or dwelling units designed primarily for travelers and providing accessory off-street parking facilities. The term "motel" includes buildings designated as motor lodges, auto courts and similar appellations.
A building, structure or use of land existing at the time of enactment of this chapter, and which does not conform to the regulations of the district or zone in which it is situated, either on the effective date of this chapter or as a result of subsequent amendments hereto.
The land and buildings used for the raising and sale of plants, trees and shrubs.
An establishment which provides full-time convalescent or chronic care for three or more individuals not related to the operator. Care for the acutely ill, or surgical or obstetric services, shall not be construed to be included in this definition.
See Chapter 195, Filling, Excavating and Topsoil Removal.
Any establishment where horses are kept for riding, driving or stabling for compensation or incidental to the operation of any club, association, ranch or similar establishment.
See Chapter 279, Signs.
An arrangement or combination of components and structures designed to provide heating, cooling, hot water or electricity through the process of collecting, converting, storing, protecting against unnecessary dissipation and distributing solar energy.
The space between a solar collector and the sun which must be free of obstructions for a solar energy system's effective operation.
A building or part of building used to house horses or cattle.
That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the ceiling above it.
A public or private way which affords the principal means of access to abutting properties, as approved by the Town Board.
A common property line separating a public street from abutting properties.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on the ground or attachment to something having location on the ground.
A building or part of a building devoted to the showing of moving pictures or theatrical productions on a paid admission basis.
An open lot or part thereof, with its appurtenant facilities, devoted primarily to the showing of moving pictures or theatrical productions, on a paid admission basis, to patrons seated in automobiles or on outdoor seats.
A dwelling in which overnight accommodations are provided or offered for transient guests for compensation.
The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed, arranged, intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
See "accessory use."
See Article IX.
The surface and subsurface area surrounding a well or wellhead that supplies a public water system through which contaminants are likely to pass and eventually reach the well or wellhead. The location of the Wellhead Protection Area Map is on file in the Town Clerk's office.
[Added 3-20-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
An open space on the same lot with a main building, extending the full width of the lot between the street line and the principal building.
[Amended 3-20-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
An open space on the same lot with a main building, extending the full width of the lot between the rear lot line and the rear line of the building.
An open space on the same lot with the building, situated between the building and the side line of the lot and extending from the front yard to the rear yard.