For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and terms used herein shall be defined as follows:
A. 
Word usage.
(1) 
All words used in the present tense include the future tense.
(2) 
All words in the plural number include the singular number and all words in the singular number include the plural number, except as to the number of permitted structures, unless the natural construction of the wording indicates otherwise.
(3) 
The word "person" includes an association, partnership or corporation.
(4) 
Unless otherwise specified, all distances shall be measured horizontally along the ground.
(5) 
The word "building" includes the word "structure."
(6) 
"Lot" includes the words "plot," "parcel," "tract," or suite.
(7) 
The word "premises" includes a lot and all buildings or structures thereon.
(8) 
To "erect," "to construct" and "to build" a building or structure each have the same meaning and also include "to excavate" for a building and "to relocate" a building by moving it from one location to another.
(9) 
"Used" shall be deemed also to include "designated, intended or arranged to be used or occupied."
(10) 
"Shall" is mandatory and not discretionary"; "may" is permissive.
B. 
Administrative agencies defined.
BOARD OF APPEALS
The Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Macedon.
BUILDING INSPECTOR
The official designated by the Town Board to enforce the provisions of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code in the Hamlet.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ACCESSORY
The term applied to a building, structure or use which:
A. 
Is customarily incidental and subordinate to and serves a principal building or principal use;
B. 
Is subordinate in area, extent or purpose to the principal building or principal use served;
C. 
Contributes to the comfort, convenience or necessity of occupants of the principal building or principal use; and
D. 
Is located in the same parcel as the principal building or principal use.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Includes hotels, motels, inns and bed-and-breakfast establishments.
ACTION
Either Type I or unlisted actions as defined in New York State Environmental Quality Review Act regulations (Title 6, Part 617.2, of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations), which include:
A. 
Projects or physical activities, such as construction or other activities that may affect the environment by changing the use, appearance or condition of any natural resource or structure, that:
(1) 
Require a permit or approval from any board or official of the Town; or
(2) 
Are directly undertaken by an agency; or
(3) 
Involve funding by an agency; or
(4) 
Require one or more new or modified approvals from an agency or agencies.
B. 
Agency planning and policy-making activities that may affect the environment and commit the agency to a definite course of future decisions.
C. 
Adoption of agency rules, regulations and procedures, including local laws, codes, ordinances, executive orders and resolutions that may affect the environment.
D. 
Any combinations of the above.
ADULT BOOKSTORE AND ADULT RETAIL
A business, whether retail or wholesale, having more than 5% of its net floor space set aside for or more than 5% of the value of its stock-in-trade allocated to sexual related retail products, recordings, books, magazines, periodicals, films, videotapes/cassettes or other viewing materials for sale or viewing on or off the premises, which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT USE
Generally, any business, including but not limited to those specifically enumerated in this article, which has more than 5% of its net floor space set aside or more than 5% of the volume of its stock-in-trade devoted to the display, viewing or dissemination of material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or related to sexual activity or specified anatomical areas, including but not limited to any establishment that allows or promotes dancers, performers or employees, whether male or female, to display specified anatomical areas.
ADULT MOTION-PICTURE THEATER
An enclosed or unenclosed building, structure or portion thereof used for presenting materials distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matters depicting, describing or relating to sexual activities or specified anatomical areas for observation by patrons.
AGENCY
Any board, agency, department, office, other body or officer of the Town.
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY
The activity of an active farm, including grazing and watering livestock irrigating crops, harvesting crops, using land for growing agricultural products, and cutting timber for sale, but shall not include the operation of a dude ranch or similar operation, or the construction of new structures associated with agricultural activities.
AGRICULTURAL OR FARMING ACTIVITIES
The use of the land for agricultural purposes, including truck farms or nurseries, greenhouses, horticulture, viticulture and apiaries, and the raising or breeding of animals, swine, poultry, riding academies, livery or boarding stables, and the necessary accessory uses for storage; provided, however, that the operation of any such accessory use shall be incidental to that of the principal agricultural activities.
ALLEY
A narrow service street or passage of less than 22 feet between properties or buildings.
ALTERATION
As applied to a building or structure, reconfiguration of any space, the addition or elimination of a window or door, reconfiguration or extension of any system, or installation of any additional equipment.
ANIMAL, LARGE
Large animals that are not pet or small animals and typically not residing within the principal residence. Large animals include but are not limited to any equine animal, including, but not limited to, a horse, stallion, mare, gelding, filly, colt, mule, hinny, jack, jennet; any species of the bovine family, including but not limited to any cow, calf, steer or bull; and any large reptile, pig, hog, boar, llama, sheep, ram, ewe, lamb; any goat, billy, nanny, or kid; or an emu, ostrich, or rhea.
ANIMAL, PET
An animal with behavior, life cycle, or physiology systemically altered as a result of being under human control and companionship for many generations and that typically but not always resides in the principal residence. Domesticated animals include but are not limited to dogs, cats, ferret, birds, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, rats, reptiles, amphibians and fish.
ANIMAL, SMALL
Small animals that are not pets or small animals and typically do not reside within the principal residence. Small animals include but are not limited to squirrels, chipmunks, wild rodents, snakes and other small reptiles, frogs/toads and other small amphibians and nondomesticated birds.
APARTMENT
A dwelling unit designed for and used solely as a permanent residence in a building not used as a hotel, rooming house or boardinghouse or for other transient occupancy. The terms "apartment" and "apartment building" shall not be deemed to include a hotel, motel, bed-and-breakfast, tourist home, furnished rooming house, dormitory, boarding home, convalescent home, rest home, nursing home or other accommodation used for transient occupancy.
APARTMENT BUILDING
A building containing more than three dwelling units where the occupants are primarily permanent in nature.
APARTMENT COMPLEX
More than one apartment building detached and grouped together on a single parcel which is designed and used solely for residential purposes.
APPLICANT
A property owner or agent of a property owner who has filed an application for a land development activity.
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE
A prominent or significant part or element of a building, structure or site.
AREA OF SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD
Land in the floodplain subject to a 1% or greater chance of flooding in any given year.
ASSEMBLY USE
A building or structure, including but not limited to community centers, halls, granges or pavilions where groups or individuals voluntarily meet to pursue their common social, educational, religious, recreational, or other interests, but not including an association or group organized to render, purchase or otherwise make use of a service customarily carried on as a commercial enterprise. For the purposes of this definition, assembly uses do not include temporary festivals, animal shows and similar outdoor events, or conference centers/convention centers.
AUTOMOTIVE USES
An automobile service fuel station with the primary purpose of selling fuel; automobile service stations with the primary purpose of repair to automobiles. These centers can, but are not limited to, include retail of used automobiles. Auto parts sales centers; new and used automotive sales.
AWNING
A movable ornamental rooflike protective cover over a door, entrance, window or outdoor service area that projects from the face of a structure and is constructed of durable materials, including but not limited to fabrics and/or plastics.
BANNER
A piece of material, typically cloth, bearing a motto, legend or advertisement.
BAR
An establishment primarily engaged in the sale and service of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption during any period of the day as permitted by law. Such an establishment is subject to the regulatory authority of the New York State Liquor Authority. The incidental sale or provision of food, light fare or snacks shall not entitle such a use to be considered a restaurant under other provisions of this chapter. Also, the periodic provision of musical, theatrical or other forms of live or prerecorded entertainment shall not entitle such a use to be considered a theater or cultural use facility under other provisions of this chapter. Synonyms include "pub" or "tavern."
BARN
A building on a farm or farmette used for the storage of farm products, including feed, equipment, machinery, or vehicles, and/or the stabling and sheltering of animals. A garage designed to look like a barn is still a garage.
BASE FLOOD
The flood having a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any one given year. For purposes of this chapter, "base flood" shall have the same meaning as "one-hundred-year flood."
BASEMENT
That portion of a building that is partly or completely below grade.
BED-AND-BREAKFAST
An owner-occupied building designed, used and occupied as a single-family residence having, as an accessory use therein, up to six public lodging sleeping units and facilities within the building serving food and drink prepared within the building to preregistered transient guests.
BERM
An earthen construct designed to provide visual interest, screen undesirable views and/or decrease noise.
BOAT LAUNCH
A designated location on a body of water that is for the purpose of launching or placing a boat in the water. Boat launches may be located at marinas, public access points, or at community and commercial docks and are subject to applicable regulations.
BOAT LAUNCHING FACILITY
A facility designed primarily for the launching and landing of watercraft, and which may include an access ramp, docks, boat slips and parking spaces for vehicles and trailers.
BOAT SLIP
A space or waterway alongside one or more docks intended to receive a boat or watercraft.
BREWERY
An establishment for the manufacturing of malt liquors, such as beer and ale, as a larger scale distributor. See "microbrewery" for small-scale brewing.
BUFFER AREA
A continuous strip of land area covered with grass, vegetation, trees, fencing, embankments or berms not less than 10 feet in depth and not less than six feet in height densely planted and designed to provide a physical screen preventing visual and/or intrusion of litter, fumes, dust, noise, or other noxious or objectionable elements.
BUILDING
Any structure, either temporary or permanent, having a walls and a roof, designed for the shelter of any person, animal, or property, and occupying more than 100 square feet of area.
BUILDING AREA
The aggregate of the total area of all enclosed and roofed spaces of the principal building and all accessory buildings on a common lot. Such areas shall be computed by using outside building dimensions measured on a horizontal plane at ground level.
BUILDING FRONTAGE
The width of a building facing a street or public parking lot; in the case of a corner lot, "building frontage" may be either frontage at the option of the applicant.
BUILDING HEIGHT
The vertical distance from the grade plane to the average height of the highest roof surface.
BUILDING LINE or SETBACK LINE
A line formed by the intersection of a horizontal plane at an average grade level and vertical plane that coincides with the exterior surface of the building or a projected roof or porch; the vertical plane will coincide with the most projected surface, excluding steps and overhanging eaves less than two feet in width. All yards and setback requirements are measured to the building lines.
BUILDING PERMIT
That permit issued by the building and Zoning Officer stating that the purpose for which a building or land is to be used is in conformity with the uses permitted and all other requirements under this chapter for the district in which it is located, and stating that all construction, relocation or extension of buildings are in compliance with applicable provisions of the New York State Fire Code and Building Code and other regulations.
BUILDING SITE
That portion of the lot or parcel of land upon which a building and appurtenances are to be placed or are already existing, including adequate areas for sewage disposal, clearances, proper drainage, appropriate easements and, if applicable, the requirements of other laws applicable to the Town.
BUILDING, MIXED-USE
Any building which includes multiple uses integrated in a compatible fashion either horizontally and/or vertically and in accordance with the New York State Building Code. Said structure must obtain all applicable permits and approvals required for each use which may or may not be accomplished via a single application and review process.
BUILDING, NONCONFORMING
A lawfully preexisting building which in its design or location does not conform to the regulations of this chapter for the district in which it is located.
BUILDING, OFFICE
A building that is divided into offices, either single or suites, for the transaction of business other than for mercantile or manufacturing purposes where merchandise is on display and offered for sale. Offices used for a professional business, in part or in whole, will be classed as an office building.
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL
A building in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which said building is situated.
BUILDING, PUBLIC
Any building or structure used for municipal, civic, ecclesiastical, recreational or other purposes not used for enterprise.
BUSINESS
Any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation or other for-profit entity.
CAMPING GROUND
A parcel of land used or intended to be used, let or rented for transient, vacation and recreational occupancy by travel trailers, campers, tents, recreational vehicles, motor homes and the motor vehicles propelling or carrying the same.
CANOPY
Any permanent structure with no support from the sidewalk which projects from a building façade, extends along the building frontage, and offers partial protection from weather such as rain.
CAR WASH
See "motor vehicle service."
CEMETERY; CREMATORIUM
Land used or intended to be used for the incineration and/or interment of deceased human remains and dedicated for such purpose, including columbaria, crematories, mausoleums or mortuaries when operated within its boundaries.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
A certificate issued by the Building Inspector stating that the construction is in compliance with all requirements of the building permit for the subject project.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
A certificate issued by the Building Inspector upon completion of construction or alteration of a building for occupancy. Said certificate shall acknowledge compliance with all of the requirements of the Uniform Code.
CHANNEL
A natural or artificial watercourse with a definite bed and banks that conducts continuously or periodically flowing water.
CHARTER BOAT ESTABLISHMENT
A commercial establishment offering boating services to the public for a fee, typically to conduct sight-seeing, travel or recreational outings along the Erie Canal and adjacent watercourses.
CHURCH
Also referred to as a "place of worship."
CLEARING
Any activity that removes the vegetative surface cover.
CLINIC, MEDICAL OR DENTAL
See "outpatient health center."
CLUB
An organization catering exclusively to its members and their guests, including premises and buildings for social, recreational or athletic purposes, which are not conducted primarily for gain, provided there are not conducted any vending stands, merchandising or commercial activities except as required generally for the membership and purposes of such club or as permitted by separate ordinance or local law.
CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT
A development of residential lots, each containing less area than the minimum lot area required for the zone within which such development occurs, while maintaining the density limitation imposed by said minimum lot area through the provision of open space as part of the site development plan.
COMMERCIAL USE, OFFICE
Commercial office uses include those establishments which provide for the administration, management, processing, or facilitation of business activities whereby the immediate end product does not include the manufacture, development, fabrication, storage, or sale of physical or durable goods. Professional offices which supply consultant, medical, dental, insurance, legal, financial, health care or similar-type services are considered commercial offices under this definition.
COMMERCIAL USE, RETAIL
See "retail business establishment." When referenced, this term shall include all forms of retail as described herein.
CONDOMINIUM
The form of housing tenure and other real property where specified portions of a parent piece of real estate, including but not limited to individual dwelling units, are individually owned, while use of and access to common facilities such as ingress/egress and circulation areas, parking areas, recreation and exterior spaces is executed under legal rights associated with the individual ownership and controlled by the association of owners that jointly represents ownership of the parent piece.
CONFORMITY; CONFORMING
Complying with the use, density, dimensional and other standards of this chapter.
CONVERSION
A change in use or occupancy of a building, generally by alteration or by other reorganization so as to increase the number of families or dwelling units in a structure.
COURT
An open unoccupied space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a building or group of buildings and which is bounded on two or more sides by such building or buildings.
CUL-DE-SAC
A street, lane or alley with an intersection on one end and a closed turning area or roundabout on the other.
CULTURAL USE FACILITY OR MUSEUM
Any building, room or area designed or utilized primarily for the presentation to the general public of live theater, dance performances, musical concerts, cinema, lectures, exhibits of various art forms or exhibits of cultural, historic, academic or scientific material.
CURB LEVEL
The established elevation of the street grade at the point that is opposite the center of the wall nearest to and facing the street line. Where a building is on a corner lot, the curb level is the average of the mean levels of the curb on the two intersecting streets. Where no such grade has been established, the Highway Superintendent shall establish the curb level for the purposes of this chapter.
DAY-CARE FACILITY
A licensed commercial establishment providing or designed to provide day care for five or more persons on a regularly scheduled basis. Also see § 390, 1(c) of the Social Services Law of the State of New York.
DAY-CARE, FAMILY HOME
An occupied family residence providing licensed day care for three to six children for more than three hours per day. See § 390, 1(e) of the Social Services Law of the State of New York.
DEAD-END STREET
A street or portion of a street with only one vehicular traffic outlet and no turning area or roundabout at the closed end of the street. (See "cul-de-sac.")
DEDICATION
The deliberate appropriation of property by its owner for general public use.
DEED OR TRACT RESTRICTIONS
Legal language recorded in an instrument in the chain of title for a lot, which describes specifically limitations or restrictions on the use of the property.
DEMOLITION
The act or process of wrecking, completely destroying or removing an existing structure from a site.
DESIGN GUIDELINES
The Design Guidelines established and approved for the Main Street Downtown Overlay District as defined on the Zoning Map. A copy of these guidelines can be obtained in the municipal offices.
DESIGN MANUAL FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
The New York State Stormwater Management Design Manual, most recent version, including applicable updates, that serves as the official guide for stormwater management principles, methods and practices.
DEVELOPER
A person who undertakes land development activities.
DEVELOPMENT
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, paving, excavation or drilling operations.
DIRECT ACTION
Actions planned and proposed for implementation by an agency within the Local Waterfront Revitalization Area, such as, but not limited to, a capital project, rule making, procedure making and policy making.
DISSEMINATION
The transfer of possession, custody, control or ownership of or the exhibition or presentation of any performance to a customer, member of the public or business invitee of any material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
DISTILLERY; WINERY
A facility for the distillation of grains and fruits into alcohol. This includes manufacturing, bottling, and sale to a wholesaler. The on-site sale of products produced on-site is permitted.
DOCK
A structure projecting from or along the shore into the water of a navigable body of water and includes piers and wharfs used as a berthing place for boats to load or unload. Docks can be permanent, nonpermanent or floating structures.
DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITY
A use or portion of a use which by design of physical facilities or by service or packaging procedures encourages or permits customers to receive a service or obtain a product via a motor vehicle which may be consumed or used on or off the premises. Such drive-through facilities include, but are not limited to, banking teller windows, automatic teller machines, restaurant order and pick-up windows, and other pick-up, delivery or transaction services deemed inclusive by the Planning Board. "Drive-up" shall be considered a synonymous term.
DRIVEWAY
A roadway providing a means of access from a street to a property or off-street parking area.
DRY-CLEANING FACILITY
An establishment used to clean articles or goods of fabric to be subjected to the process of dry cleaning, dyeing or stain removal. A dry-cleaning facility includes the cleaning of fabric on site using the dry-cleaning process.
DUPLEX
See "dwelling, two-family."
DWELLING
Any building that contains one or more dwelling units used, intended or designed to be built, used, rented or leased that is occupied for living purposes.
DWELLING UNIT
One or more rooms constituting a separate, independent housekeeping unit for ownership or lease or rent, designed for occupancy by one family and physically independent of any other group of rooms or dwelling units which may be in the same structure, and containing independent cooking, sanitary, and sleeping facilities.
DWELLING UNIT DENSITY
The ratio of dwelling units to lot area, commonly expressed as units per acre. For townhouse and condominium developments, the lot area shall be calculated from the parent parcel.
DWELLING UNIT, ACCESSORY
A self-contained housing unit incorporated within or detached from an owner-occupied single-family dwelling that is clearly a subordinate part of the single-family dwelling and complies with the regulations.
DWELLING, CARE FACILITY; NURSING HOME
See "residential care facility."
DWELLING, MANUFACTURED
A factory-built residential dwelling unit, designed to be occupied as a dwelling, complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations and placement on a permanent foundation and connections to utilities. Manufactured housing built after June 14, 1976, shall meet the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards as set forth by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. A travel trailer shall not be considered as a manufactured dwelling.
DWELLING, MODULAR
Same as a "manufactured dwelling"; however, built to New York State building codes and approved by New York State.
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY
A dwelling containing separate living units for three or more families, but which may have joint services and facilities.
DWELLING, SEMI-DETACHED
A single-family dwelling separated by a party wall from only one adjacent single-family dwelling. Semi-detached dwellings differ from two-family dwellings in that dwellings are located side-by-side with each having a primary ground-floor entrance along a street. For the purposes of this chapter, the point of attachment may include garages or other meaningful and significant portions.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY
A dwelling unit designed for or occupied exclusively by one or more persons living as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit. The dwelling can consist of a modular home, or a lumber-constructed home on a permanent foundation, cellar or basement.
DWELLING, TOWNHOUSE
A dwelling accommodating or designed to accommodate a single family in a single dwelling unit, the walls on two sides of which may be in common with the walls on an adjoining dwelling and are party or lot line walls. The real property title and ownership of the townhouse dwelling and property are vested in an owner having an undivided interest with others in the common usage areas and facilities which serve the project such as drives, open space, meeting rooms and other spaces.
DWELLING, TOWNHOUSE (PARENT PARCEL)
A lot which is subdivided into privately owned parcels to create a project of townhouse, townhome or condominium units, which may consist of one or more buildings, attached or detached.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
A building containing two dwelling units and used or intended to be used exclusively for occupancy by two families living independently of each other. Two-family dwellings are commonly conversions from single-family dwellings, and include upper and lower dwelling units rather than side-by-side units such as a semidetached dwelling. Also commonly referred to as a "duplex."
EASEMENT
The authorization by property owner for use by another, for a specified purpose, of any designated part of such property by legally recorded instrument.
EASEMENT, CONSERVATION
A perpetual restriction on the use of land for the purposes of conserving open space, agricultural land and natural, cultural, historic, and scenic resources.
ELEVATED BUILDING
A nonbasement building built to have the lowest floor elevated above the ground level by means of fill, solid foundation perimeter walls, pilings, columns (posts and piers), or shear walls.
EMPLOYEES or NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
For the purpose of determining off-street parking requirements, the greatest number of persons to be employed or capable of employment during any one work period during day or night.
EROSION CONTROL MANUAL
The most recent version of the New York Standards and Specifications for Erosion and Sediment Control manual, commonly known as the "Blue Book."
ESSENTIAL SERVICES
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by public utilities or any governmental department or commission of underground or overhead gas, electrical, telecommunications or water transmission and/or distribution systems, including poles, wires, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, towers, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith, reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, or for the public health, safety or general facilities or sites for the disposal of waste materials associated with the provision of such services.
EXCAVATION
The process of the removal of sand, gravel, soil (including topsoil) or other natural deposits by stripping, digging or other means.
EXCAVATION SITE
A parcel of land used for the purpose of extracting stone, sand, gravel or topsoil for sale as an industrial or commercial operations.
EXTERIOR ENTRANCE
A direct entrance from a public way to a habitable or tenantable space.
FAMILY
One or more persons, related by birth, marriage or other domestic bond, occupying a dwelling unit and living as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit.
FARM
As defined by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, land used in agricultural production. To be considered a farm, the property must be eight or more acres with gross sales of $10,000 or more within the preceding two years or have fewer than eight acres and average gross sales of more than $50,000 within the preceding two years. Farms shall be subject to the bulk and use regulations listed under "Agriculture."
FARM STAND
A temporary structure no more than 150 square feet in size the use of which is accessory to the primary use of the property and is used to sell raw, unprocessed fruits, vegetables, nuts, honey, maple syrup, homemade goods and other agricultural produce in its raw or natural state. Cider, jams/jellies and baked goods may also be sold.
FENCE
A structure of wood, masonry, wire mesh or other material, including landscaping, which prohibits or inhibits unrestricted travel or view between properties or portions of properties or between the street or public right-of-way and a property.
FINISHED GRADE LEVEL
The level where the finished grade of the ground intersects the foundation walls; height measurements shall be based from the finished grade level.
FLAG
Any fabric, banner or bunting containing distinctive colors, patterns or symbols, used as a symbol of a government, political subdivision or other entity, or for decorative purposes.
FLOOD BOUNDARY AND FLOODWAY MAP (FBFM)
An official map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of a Flood Insurance Study. The FBFM delineates a regulatory floodway along watercourses studied in detail in the Flood Insurance Study.
FLOOD HAZARD BOUNDARY MAP (FHBM)
An official map issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where the boundaries of the areas of special flood hazard have been defined but no water surface elevation is provided.
FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP (FIRM)
The official map on which the Federal Insurance Administration has delineated both the areas of special flood hazards and the risk-premium zones applicable to the Town.
FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY
The official report in which the Federal Insurance Administration has provided flood profiles, as well as the Flood Hazard Boundary — Floodway Map and the water surface elevation of the base flood.
FLOOD or FLOODING
A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from:
A. 
The overflow of inland waters.
B. 
The unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.
FLOODPROOFING
Any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes, or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents.
FLOODWAY
The channel of a river or other watercourses and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation of the base flood.
FLOOR AREA, GROSS
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of several floors of a building or buildings, measured from the inside faces of exterior walls or from the center line of walls separating two uses. For the purpose of applying the requirement for off-street parking and loading in the case of offices, merchandising or service types of uses, gross floor area shall not include areas used principally for nonpublic purposes, such as storage, rest rooms, fitting or alteration rooms or general maintenance, or enclosed pedestrian malls or corridors.
FLOOR AREA, HABITABLE
The horizontal area of any floor of a building designed and intended for living purposes, which includes working, sleeping, eating, cooking or recreation or a combination thereof. A floor used only for storage purposes is not a habitable floor. All dimensions shall be measured from the interior faces of exterior walls or from the center line of the base of walls separating two dwelling units.
FRONTAGE
That side of a lot abutting on a street or right-of-way and ordinarily regarded as the front of the lot, but it shall not be considered as the ordinary side line of a corner lot.
FUNERAL HOME
A building used for the preparation of the deceased for burial and the display of the deceased and ceremonies connected therewith before burial or cremation.
GARAGE SALE
The sale of personal property conducted in or near a residence, under cover or partially under cover or completely outside of any building, in the open. The term shall include garage sales, lawn sales, porch sales, patio sales, rummage sales or other similar sales which are advertised, by a sign or other means, for the public to attend.
GARAGE, ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL
A building or indoor space in which to park or keep a motor vehicle and which is connected to the primary structure.
GARAGE, DETACHED RESIDENTIAL
A building or indoor space in which to park or keep a motor vehicle and which is disconnected from the primary structure and surrounded completely or partially by open space. See also "shed."
GARAGE, MOTOR VEHICLE
Any garage other than a private residential 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.
GASOLINE SERVICE STATION
See "motor vehicle service station."
GRADING
Excavation or fill of material, including the resulting conditions thereof.
HABITABLE STRUCTURE
A structure possessing a valid certificate of occupancy from the Code Enforcement Officer.
HAMLET
All areas formerly contained within the Village of Macedon.
HISTORIC SITE
A site or structure which may not be included in an historic district, but which has an important historic, architectural or cultural significance to the Town, region, state, or nation. An historic site may be locally designated or listed or eligible for listing on the State and/or National Registers of Historic Places.
HISTORIC STRUCTURE
Any structure that is individually listed or eligible for listing on the State or National Registers of Historic Places or has been determined to meet the requirements for listing on the National Register as defined by the Secretary of the Interior; or any structure individually listed on a local inventory of historic sites.
HISTORICAL AREA
An area containing buildings or places in which notable historic events occurred or having special public value because of notable architectural or other features relating to the cultural or artistic heritage of the area, of such significance as to warrant conservation and preservation.
HOME OCCUPATION
Any occupation or profession customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling or a building accessory to the dwelling by the inhabitants thereof, which is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and does not change the character thereof. A home occupation shall not be interpreted to include the following: commercial stables and kennels, restaurants, day-care services, musical and dancing instruction to groups exceeding four pupils, convalescent homes, mortuary establishment, garages or shops for the repair of motor vehicles, retail businesses and trades, barber and beauty shops and other personal service establishments.
HOTEL
A building or group of buildings with greater than 15 lodging units, other than a boardinghouse or tourist home in which there are rental lodging units, and which may also include dining rooms, kitchen serving rooms, ballrooms and other facilities and services intended primarily for the accommodation of patrons. Hotels provide enclosed and shared-access facilities from a central location within the structure. Each sleeping unit shall contain not less than 240 square feet of gross floor area.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
Any roofed or other solid structure or material covering the ground through which water does not readily infiltrate, including but not limited to structures, concrete, oil and stone, tar or asphalt pavement, or compacted gravel. Regardless of the construction materials, any area which is used for driveway or parking purposes, including disturbed grass, ground cover or dirt, shall be considered impermeable.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE COVERAGE
The ratio between impervious surface and total land area of a lot, expressed as the percentage of land covered by impervious surfaces.
INDUSTRIAL STORMWATER PERMIT
A State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit issued to a commercial industry or group of industries which regulates the pollutant levels associated with industrial stormwater discharges or specifies on-site pollution control strategies.
INDUSTRY
The storage, repair, assembly, manufacture, preparation or treatment of any article, substance or commodity whatsoever, including the operation of commercial garages.
INDUSTRY, HEAVY
Any factory, shop, yard, warehouse, mill or other nonresidential premises utilized in whole or in part for the processing, preparation, production, containerizing, storage or distribution of goods, wares, commodities, parts, materials, electricity and the like. The processing, preparation and production activities customarily deal with man-made or raw materials and other manufactured items which are altered, restored or improved by the utilization of biological, chemical or physical actions, tools, instruments, machines or other such similar natural, scientific or technological means. Heavy industry shall also include the handling of any waste products and materials. These uses are likely to generate significant levels of truck traffic, noise, pollution, vibration, dust, fumes, odors, radiation, radioactivity, poisons, pesticides, herbicides, or other hazardous materials, fire or explosion hazards, or other undesirable conditions. Heavy industrial processes and treatments include but are not limited to such operations as mixing, crushing, cutting, grinding and polishing; casting, molding and stamping; alloying and refining; assaying, cleaning, coating and printing; and assembling and finishing.
INDUSTRY, LIGHT
A facility which manufactures, designs, assembles, or processes a product for wholesale or retail from previously prepared materials, parts, or finished products. Such operations are characterized as lower in intensity, cleaner, and generally more compatible when located adjacent to commercial and residential areas than heavy industrial operations. Light manufacturing operations have limited external effects of the manufacturing or assembly process, such as odors, vibrations, emissions, or other nuisance characteristics, through prevention or mitigation devices and conduct of operations within the confines of buildings. Typical items for processing, fabricating, assembly, or disassembly under this use include but are not limited to apparel, food, drapes, clothing accessories, bedspreads, decorations, artificial plants, jewelry, instruments, computers, and electronic devices. This definition also includes machine shops, which are buildings used for the purpose of fabricating metal parts for various applications.
INFILTRATION
The process of percolating stormwater into the subsoil.
INN
A commercial facility for the housing and feeding of transients, containing between five lodging units and 15 lodging units. Access to each room is provided internally to the building. The facility may have an ancillary use such as a restaurant or bar.
JUNKYARD
A lot, land or structure, or part thereof, where junk, waste, discarded or salvaged materials are bought, sold, exchanged, sorted, baled, packed, disassembled, handled or abandoned, including motor vehicle or other vehicle or machinery wrecking or dismantling yards; house wrecking yards; used lumber yards; places or yards for storage of salvaged house wrecking and structural steel materials and equipment; or where any unregistered motor vehicle is held outside of a completely enclosed building, whether for the purpose of resale or sale of used parts therefrom, for the purpose of reclaiming for use some or all the materials therein, or for the purpose of storage or disposing of the same for any other purpose. The term "junkyard" shall not include pawnshops and establishments for the sale, purchase or storage of used furniture, household equipment and clothing, or for processing of used, discarded or salvaged materials as part of manufacturing operations. Exceptions:
A. 
New and/or used motor vehicles which are operable, qualify for a current New York State motor vehicle inspection sticker under Article 5 of the New York Vehicle and Traffic Law, and are offered for sale to the public may be stored on premises on which new or used car sales may be conducted in accordance with the provisions of these regulations.
B. 
The storage of vehicles subject to seasonal use, such as travel trailers and snowmobiles, even though such vehicles may be unlicensed during the part of the year they are not in use.
JURISDICTIONAL WETLAND
An area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, commonly known as "hydrophytic vegetation."
KENNEL
Any premises on which four or more dogs, six months old or older, are kept, bred and/or boarded.
LAND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY
Construction activity including clearing, grading excavating, soil disturbance or placement of fill that results in land disturbance of equal to or greater than one acre, or activities disturbing less than one acre of total land area that is part of a larger common plan of development or sale, even though multiple separate and distinct land development activities may take place at different times on different schedules.
LAND SURVEYOR
A person licensed as a land surveyor by the State of New York.
LANDOWNER
The legal or beneficial owner of land, including those holding the right to purchase or lease the land, or any other person holding proprietary rights in the land.
LANDSCAPED AREA
That area of a site plan not consisting of structures or pavement. Landscaped area shall consist of those areas on a site plan that are planted, seeded or provide similar vegetative or landscaped cover, including ponds.
LANDSCAPING
Materials, including without limitation grass, ground cover, shrubs, vines, hedges or trees and nonliving natural materials, commonly used in landscape development.
LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT
Any permitted land use which can be expected to generate more than 300 vehicular trips per day.
LAUNDROMAT/LAUNDRY, SELF-SERVE
A business that cleans clothing or which is equipped with individual clothes washing and drying and/or cleaning machines for the principal use of retail customers. This use may or may not include a dry-cleaning outlet.
LOADING SPACE, OFF-STREET
Space logically and conveniently located for public pickups and deliveries, scaled to delivery vehicles expected to be used and accessible to such vehicles. Required off-street loading space is not to be included as off-street parking space in the computation of required off-street parking area.
LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM
The Local Waterfront Revitalization Program of the Town of Macedon, approved by the New York State Secretary of State pursuant to the Waterfront Revitalization and Coastal Resources Act (Executive Law, Article 42), a copy of which is on file in the office of the Town Clerk.[1]
LODGING UNIT
A room or suite of rooms within a hotel, motel, inn, bed-and-breakfast or other accommodation that must contain independent sanitation facilities, may contain cooking facilities and is intended for transient occupants.
LOT
A parcel of land considered as a unit, devoted to a certain use, and occupied, or capable of being occupied, by a building or group of buildings that is united by a common interest or use, and the customary accessory uses and open space belonging to same.
LOT AREA
The area of a lot contained within the boundaries of the lot lines in units of square feet, acreage or other units.
LOT COVERAGE
The percentage of the lot covered by the aggregate area of all buildings or structures on the lot. Impervious surfaces such as driveways and parking lots are not included in this calculation.
LOT DEPTH
The minimum horizontal distance from the front lot line of a lot to its opposite rear line, measured in the general direction of the side lines of the lot.
LOT FRONTAGE
The front of a lot shall be construed to be the portion nearest the street. For the purposes of determining yard requirements on corner lots and through lots, all sides of a lot adjacent to streets shall be considered front yards.
LOT LINES
The property lines bounding the lot:
A. 
FRONTThe line separating the lot from a street right-of-way.
B. 
REARThe lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line.
C. 
SIDEAny lot line other than a front or rear lot line.
LOT OF RECORD
A lot which is part of an approved subdivision recorded in the Office of the County Clerk or a lot described by metes and bounds, the description of which has been so recorded.
LOT WIDTH
The distance between the side lot lines measured parallel to the street line at the front setback line.
LOT, CORNER
A parcel of land at the junction of, and fronting on, two or more intersecting streets. All corner lots shall be deemed to have two front yards, two side yards and no rear yard.
LOT, THROUGH
A lot which is not a corner lot and which has frontage on two streets.
LOWEST FLOOR
The lowest level, including basement or cellar, of the lowest enclosed area. An unfinished or flood-resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking of vehicles, building access, or storage in an area other than a basement, is not considered a building's lowest floor; provided that such enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the applicable nonelevation design requirements of this chapter.
MACHINE SHOP
A place of business that engages in the repair or fabrication of machinery, equipment, or parts thereof. For the purposes of uses permitted by district, such a use shall be considered "industry, light."
MACHINERY AND TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, SALES, SERVICES AND REPAIR
A building or collection of buildings used for the purposes of selling, servicing and repairing machinery and transportation equipment. For the purposes of uses permitted by district, such a use shall be considered "industry, heavy."
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT
A legally recorded document that acts as a property deed restriction, and which provides for long-term maintenance of stormwater management practices.
MAJOR STREET
A street that serves or is designed to serve heavy flows of traffic and which is used primarily as a route for traffic between communities and/or other heavy traffic-generating areas.
MARINA
Any arrangement that includes but is not limited to piers, docks, slips, mooring piles, wharves or buoys emplaced in the water and on abutting land and which is intended to be used for the berthing, storing, mooring, securing, servicing, repairing, selling or trading, or renting of vessels. Such an establishment may include dining or other facilities and services associated with water-dependent activities and leisure/entertainment. Marinas may also allow customers to stay overnight on their vessels.
MASSAGE
A method of treating the external parts of the human body by rubbing, stroking, kneading, tapping or vibrating with the hand or any instrument.
MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment having a fixed place of business where massages are administered. This definition shall not be construed to include a hospital, nursing home, medical clinic or the office of any health care practitioner duly licensed by the State of New York, nor barbershops or beauty salons in which massages are administered only to the scalp, the face, the neck or the shoulders. The definition shall not include a volunteer fire department, a volunteer rescue squad or a nonprofit organization operating a community center, swimming pool, tennis court or other educational, cultural, recreational or athletic facility.
MEAN SEA LEVEL
For purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program, the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929 or other datum to which base flood elevations shown on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map are referenced.
MICROBREWERY
A brewery that produces no more than 60,000 barrels of beer or other malt beverages per calendar year as regulated under the New York State Alcoholic Beverage Control Law and which may sell to licensees but may not sell to the general public without a brewer's retail permit. A microbrewery may also possess an on-premises liquor license for the sale, tasting and/or consumption of product.
MICRODISTILLERY
A distillery producing less than 35,000 proof-gallons of liquor per calendar year as regulated under the New York State Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
MIXED-USE BUILDING
See "building, mixed-use."—
MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT
A development or redevelopment that allows for the vertical and horizontal integration of a diverse range of complementary uses within a single structure or contained on a single lot, including, but not limited to, residential and commercial uses. A mixed-use development may contain one or more mixed-use buildings.
MOBILE HOME
Any portable vehicle which is designed to be transported on its own wheels, or those of another vehicle, which is used, designed to be used, and capable of being used as a detached single-family residence and which is intended to be occupied as permanent living quarters containing sleeping accommodations, a flush toilet, a tub or shower, kitchen facilities, and plumbing and electrical connections for attachment to outside systems. The definition of mobile home includes all additions made subsequent to installation. All mobile homes built after June 15, 1976, shall meet the National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards as set forth by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. This definition does not include manufactured housing placed on a permanent foundation or a travel trailer.
MOBILE HOME PARK
A parcel of land under single ownership on which two or more mobile homes are occupied as residences or which is planned and improved for the placement of two or more mobile homes for nontransient residential use, or for the sale or rental of two or more mobile home lots.
MODULAR HOME
Any home constructed of premade parts and unit modules that are transported on a flatbed truck from the factory to the building site, where they are permanently anchored onto a foundation. Modular, homes shall be approved by the New York State Department of Homes and Community Renewal. Modular homes are subject to the local building codes where they are constructed. Modular homes are subject to the regulations of whichever style of home they are designed to be, i.e., single-family home, multifamily home, etc.
MOTEL
A building or group of buildings with greater than 15 lodging units, other than a boardinghouse or tourist home in which there are rental sleeping rooms, and which may also include dining rooms, kitchen serving rooms, ballrooms and other facilities and services intended primarily for the accommodation of patrons. Motels have individual unit entrances accessible from exterior parking or corridor areas. The term "motel" includes: motor vehicle courts, motor lodges and similar terms. Each lodging unit shall contain not less than 240 square feet of gross floor area. Motels differ from condominium buildings in that they do not contain dwelling units.
MOTOR VEHICLE
A self-propelled wheeled vehicle approved for use on public roads by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles that does not operate on rails. Vehicle propulsion is provided by an engine or motor, typically an internal combustion engine, or an electric motor, or a combination of the two.
MOTOR VEHICLE SALES AND/OR RENTALS
A commercial establishment of which the principal use is the sale and/or rental of automobiles, light-duty trucks and/or vans, and motorcycles, with repair and maintenance services as an accessory use; also includes facilities which provide for the storage and rental of vehicles on a regular basis by the general public, including automobiles, vans and motorcycles Typical uses include automotive dealerships and auto rental agencies. No fuel sales shall be part of such an establishment.
MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE
A. 
General definition: uses that provide direct services to motor vehicles where the driver or passengers generally wait in the car or nearby while the service is performed. Incidental uses may include auto repair and tire sales. See "convenience retail" for uses supplying vehicular fuels.
B. 
Examples. This classification includes the following types of specific uses:
(1) 
CAR WASHAny building, land or other premises, the principal use and primary revenue-generating activity of which is the washing, waxing or cleaning (detailing) of automobiles or similar light vehicles. The retail dispensing or sale of vehicular fuels and convenience retail are permitted as accessory uses.
(2) 
QUICK LUBRICATION SERVICESAny building used for minor servicing and repair of automobiles and light trucks, with an emphasis on the sale and installation of lubricants. Body and fender work or repair of heavy trucks or vehicles and retail dispensing or sale of vehicular fuels are excluded from this use classification.
(3) 
SERVICE STATIONAny building, land area or other premises whereby the principal use is the minor towing, servicing and repair of automobiles and light trucks; and including as an accessory use the sale and installation of lubricants, tires, batteries and similar vehicle accessories.
MOTOR VEHICLE WRECKING
The dismantling or disassembling of motor vehicles or trailers, or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled, partially dismantled, obsolete or wrecked vehicles or their parts.
MOVIE THEATER
A building containing one or more screens on which motion pictures are projected for recreation purposes. A movie theater does not include theaters that show pornographic or other adult-oriented motion pictures.
MURAL
Artwork painted directly on an exterior wall, ceiling or other large permanent surface that is external to the structure.
NATIONAL GEODETIC VERTICAL DATUM (NGVD)
A vertical control as corrected in 1929, used as a reference for establishing varying elevations within the floodplain.
NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER
The atmosphere or physical environment which is created by the combination of land use and buildings within an area. Neighborhood character is established and influenced by land use types and intensity, traffic generation and also by the location, size and design of structures as well as the interrelationship of all these features.
NET FLOOR AREA
That portion of the building devoted to display, whether for viewing or dissemination, of a business' stock-in-trade. This shall not include entry areas, stockrooms, closets, storage areas, cash register areas or any area from which the public is excluded or rest rooms, whether public or private.
NIGHTCLUB
Any room, space, or premises operated as a commercial establishment in which eating and/or drinking takes place, where alcoholic beverages are served subject to the regulatory authority of the New York State Liquor Authority, and where the provision of entertainment is the primary activity. Background music shall not be considered as a form of entertainment. Synonyms include club; nightspot; disco; social establishment; cabaret; dinner theater.
NONCONFORMING BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
Any lawful building or structure existing at the date of enactment of this chapter, or an amendment thereto, which in its design or location upon a lot does not conform to the regulations of this chapter for the district in which it is located.
NONCONFORMING LOT
A lot of record existing at the date of the enactment of this chapter, or an amendment thereto, where the owner(s) of said lot does not own any adjoining property, the resubdivision of which would create one or more nonconforming lots, which does not have the minimum width, depth or area for the district in which it is located.
NONCONFORMING USE
Any use of land, buildings or structures lawfully existing on the date of enactment of this chapter, or an amendment thereto, which does not conform to the use regulations of the district in which it is situated.
NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION
Pollution from any source other than from any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyances, and shall include, but not be limited to, pollutants from agricultural, mining, construction, subsurface disposal and urban runoff sources.
NURSERY SCHOOL
A place providing or designed to provide daytime care or instruction for three or more children from two years of age to five years of age away from their home for up to three hours per day.
OPEN SPACE
Any unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with a building.
OUTPATIENT HEALTH CENTER
A small private or public health facility that is devoted to the care of outpatients that is not used for substantial emergency treatment, significant surgery or extended inpatient care.
OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT
An additional zoning requirement that is placed on a geographic area. Overlay zoning supersedes underlying zoning. In the event that overlay zoning does not address a subject, it reverts to the underlying zoning. Any question of zoning should go for review to the Zoning Board of Appeals for clarification.
PAD
A building site prepared by artificial means, including grading, excavation or filling or any combination thereof.
PARKING SPACE, OFF-STREET
A space adequate for parking a motor vehicle and having an area of not less than 200 square feet per vehicle, exclusive of passageways and driveways appurtenant thereto. Such space shall be located on the lot to which it is accessory and shall have direct access to a street or public way, with minimum dimensions of 10 feet wide and 20 feet long.
PARKS AND OPEN SPACE
A parcel or tract of land dedicated, designated, or reserved for public or private use. Parks and open space may include unimproved lands as well as active recreational facilities such as swimming pools, play equipment, ball fields, court games, and picnic areas.
PERFORMING ARTS VENUE
A building or part of a building devoted to presenting live entertainment, where an admission fee may or may not be charged.
PERMITTED USE
A specific use to which land, lots, buildings or structures may be used, occupied or maintained under this chapter as a matter of right.
PERSONAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT
Establishments that provide personal services such as laundry, beauty and similar-type activities, as well as business and professional offices, such as, but not limited to, real estate, insurance, financial and medical and legal services.
PHASING
Clearing a parcel of land in distinct pieces or parts, with the stabilization of each piece completed before the clearing of the next.
PIER
A permanent structure raised above the water's surface on pillars or piles driven into the bed of the watercourse.
PLACE OF WORSHIP
A building and, where applicable, its accessory buildings and uses, where persons regularly assemble for religious worship and which building, together with its accessory buildings, lands and uses, is maintained and controlled by a religious body organized to sustain public worship.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
A development in accordance with a single plan for compatible land uses, subject to the rules and regulations of this chapter.
PLAT
A map, drawing, or rendering of a subdivision that usually contains narrative elements.
PLAT OR PLAN, FINAL
A drawing, in final form, containing all information or details required by law and by these regulations, to be presented to the Planning Board for approval and which, if approved, may be duly filed or recorded by the applicant in the office of the County Clerk, with a signed copy provided to the office of the Town Clerk.
PLAT OR PLAN, PRELIMINARY
A drawing or drawings, clearly marked "preliminary plat" or "preliminary plan," showing the significant features of a proposed subdivision, submitted to the Planning Board for the purposes of consideration prior to submission of the plat in final form and of sufficient detail to apprise the Planning Board of the layout of a proposed subdivision.
PLATS, UNDEVELOPED
Those plats existing at the time of the enactment of this chapter that have been filed in the office of the County Clerk, where 20% or more of the lots within the plat are unimproved.
POLLUTANT OF CONCERN
Sediment or a water quality measurement that addresses sediment (such as total suspended solids, turbidity or siltation) and any other pollutant that has been identified as a cause of impairment of any water body that will receive a discharge from a land development activity.
POLLUTION, NOISE
Excessive, displeasing human, animal or machine-created environmental noise that disrupts the activity or balance of human or animal life.
POND
Any artificially confined body of water.
PRESERVATION
The act or process of applying measures to sustain the existing form, integrity, and material of a site, structure, or landmark and their existing form and vegetative cover. Preservation may include initial stabilization work, where necessary, as well as ongoing maintenance of these elements.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING
A building in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which said building is located.
PRINCIPAL USE
The main or primary purpose for which a building, structure or lot is to be used.
PRINCIPALLY ABOVE GROUND
At least 51% of the actual cash value of the structure, excluding land value, is above ground.
PROHIBITED USE
Any use which is not listed as a permitted use.
PROJECT
Land development activity.
PUB
See "bar."
PUBLIC AND SEMI-PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND USES
Any one or more of the following uses, including grounds and accessory buildings necessary for their use:
A. 
Churches, places of worship, parish houses and convents.
B. 
Public parks, including golf courses, playgrounds, rest room and bathing facilities and recreational areas when authorized or operated by a governmental authority.
C. 
Nursery schools, elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges or universities having a curriculum approved by the Board of Regents of the State of New York.
D. 
Public libraries and museums.
E. 
Administrative office buildings and related facilities operated by public agencies.
F. 
Fire, ambulance, public safety and public works buildings.
G. 
Hospitals for the care of human beings, nursing homes, convalescent homes, homes for adults, homes for the aged or residences for adults as the same are defined under the Public Health Law or the Social Services Law of the State of New York, provided that they are duly licensed by the State of New York.
H. 
Membership corporations established for cultural, social or recreational purposes.
I. 
Day-care centers approved by the New York State Department of Social Services.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by public utilities or municipalities or other governmental agencies of underground or overhead gas, electrical or water transmission or distribution systems, including poles, wires, mains, drain sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, traffic signals, hydrants and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith, reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies or for the public health or safety or general welfare, but not including buildings or communications towers.
PUBLIC WAY
All areas legally open to public use, such as public streets, sidewalks, roadways, highways, parkways, alleys, and parks, as well as the interior and areas surrounding public buildings
RECHARGE
The replenishment of underground water reserves;
RECREATION, INDOOR COMMERCIAL
A business primarily devoted to the amusement of the general public, such as bowling alleys, indoor amusement arcades, community centers and health clubs. Incidental food service is also included.
RECREATIONAL AREA
A space designed and used for active and passive participatory athletic and general recreation activities.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
A vehicle-type unit primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use, which either has its own motive power or is mounted on or drawn by another vehicle. The basic entities are:
A. 
TRAVEL TRAILERA vehicular portable unit, mounted on wheels, of such a size or weight as not to require special highway movement permits when drawn by a motorized vehicle, and of a body width of no more than eight feet and a body length of no more than 38 feet when factory equipped, for the road.
B. 
CAMP TRAILERA portable unit mounted on wheels and constructed with collapsible partial side walls which fold for towing by another vehicle.
C. 
TRUCK CAMPERA portable unit, designed to be loaded onto, or affixed to, the bed or chassis of a truck. Truck campers are of two basic types:
(1) 
SLIDE-IN CAMPERA portable unit designed to be loaded onto and unloaded from the bed of a pickup truck.
(2) 
CHASSIS-MOUNT CAMPERA portable unit designed to be affixed to a truck chassis.
D. 
MOTOR HOMEA vehicular unit built on a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis.
REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, NATIONAL
The official list, maintained by the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior, of historic resources considered by that agency to be worthy of preservation.
REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, STATE
The official list, maintained by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, of historic resources considered by that agency to be worthy of preservation.
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION
See "place of worship."
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Facilities used primarily for research, development and/or testing of innovative information, concepts, methods, processes materials or products. This can include the design, development and testing of biological, chemical, electrical, magnetic, mechanical and/or optical components in advance of product manufacturing. The accessory development, fabrication and light manufacturing of prototypes or specialized machinery and devices integral to research or testing may be associated with these uses.
RESERVOIR SPACE
Any temporary storage space for a vehicle waiting for admission to a commercial use for service. Such space shall be in addition to drives, aisles or parking spaces required by this chapter. One reservoir space shall be 20 feet long and eight feet wide.
RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY
A building or portion thereof wherein the owner and/or proprietor is compensated for furnishing lodging and varying amounts of custodial care to three or more persons by reason of them being elderly, handicapped, bedfast, chronically ill, impaired, convalescing and/or needing such care, but not including hospitals, clinics or similar institutions devoted primarily to the diagnosis and treatment of disease or injury and/or providing surgical and obstetrical services or asylums for the insane. This term includes boarding and rooming houses for aged people, nursing homes, homes for adults (rest homes), homes for the aged and handicapped, convalescent homes for children, homes for the elderly, homes for prenatal care and the like.
RESIDENTIAL USES
Residential uses shall include dwellings, condominiums, apartments and apartment buildings as defined herein. Hotels, motels, bed-and-breakfasts and inns are not residential uses.
RESTAURANT
As defined by the New York State Liquor Authority under New York State Alcoholic Beverage Control Law § 3. In addition, locally defined to include any establishment, however designated, at which food and beverages are sold for consumption on the premises to patrons seated within a structure or otherwise enclosed within a building or elsewhere on the premises. A snack bar or refreshment stand at a public, semipublic or community swimming pool, playground, playfield or park, or an approved vendor operating the recreational facilities for the convenience of the patrons of the facility, shall not be deemed to be a restaurant.
RESTAURANT, EATERY
A small restaurant characterized by its casual atmosphere, limited menu, lack of table service and a maximum interior seating capacity of 25 persons. Food is typically cooked, prepared or assembled to order for consumption both on and off premises. Eateries include pizza, sandwich, ice cream and coffee shops and restaurants of a similar scale and intensity. Eateries do not have drive-through facilities.
RESTAURANT, FAST-FOOD
A specific type of restaurant characterized both by its cuisine and lack of table service. Food may be offered from a limited menu; may be cooked in bulk in advance and kept hot; may be finished and packaged to order; and may be available ready to take away. Often, these establishments include a drive-through facility; however, the terms are not synonymous.
RESTAURANT, FULL-SERVICE
A restaurant that must include table service, and where there is no drive-through ordering or drive-through pickup.
RESUBDIVISION
Revision of all or part of an existing filed plat.
RETAIL BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS
Uses characterized by the direct on-premises sale of goods and services to the ultimate consumer, including on-premises fabrication, processing, servicing and preparation. When referenced, this term shall include all forms of retail as described herein.
RETAIL, CONVENIENCE
Small commercial establishments, less than 3,000 square feet in gross building area, catering primarily to residents of nearby areas, providing frequently needed retail goods and personal services, which may include ready-to-order and prepared foods such as but not limited to sandwiches, pizza, and beverages. The sale or dispensing of petroleum-based fuels and lubricants for motor vehicles shall be limited to four fuel pump dispensers. May include the sale of prefilled propane fuel tanks 40 pounds and smaller, yet does not include the refilling of any sized propane tank.
RETAIL, LARGE-PRODUCT
A commercial establishment focused on the sale of large and/or bulk goods, materials and resources. Such uses involve large outdoor storage yards, with ancillary buildings and structures utilized on site for the storage and display of products. Typical uses include building supply and farm equipment stores, retail tree and landscape nurseries, retail stone and quarry yards, garden shops, lumber yards and petroleum product sales.
RETAIL, SHOPPING CENTER
Any building or structure larger than 8,000 square feet in gross building area in which one or more articles of merchandise, commerce or services are provided, including, but not limited to, department stores, furniture stores, appliance sales, home goods, food markets, clothing and accessory stores, and pharmacies. Such uses may include an individual business, a building with multiple businesses, or a parcel with multiple retail buildings.
RETAIL, SMALL
Any retail business establishment less than 8,000 square feet in gross building area in which a limited range of merchandise or services are provided for sale, including, but not limited to, salons, clothing and accessory stores, banks, insurance sales, small-scale grocery or nutritional goods stores, or proprietary goods manufactured or assembled on-site.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
A strip of land, either public or private, occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, sidewalk, trail, railroad, electrical transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer, television cable, telephone line, fiber optic cable or other similar use.
RIGHT-OF-WAY, DRAINAGE
The lands required for the installation of stormwater sewers or drainage ditches or field tiles which are required along a natural stream or watercourse for preserving the channel and providing for the flow of water therein to safeguard the public against flood damage.
ROOMING HOUSE
A dwelling, other than a hotel, motel, or tourist home, where more than two persons are housed or lodged for hire, with or without meals. A rooming house is distinguished from a tourist home in that it is designed to be occupied by longer-term residents as opposed to overnight or weekly guests.
SCHOOL, PRIVATE
A school established by a nongovernmental organization supported by private funds for the purposes of providing education.
SCHOOL, PUBLIC
Any elementary or secondary school supported by public funds and providing free education for children of a community or district.
SCRAP METAL PROCESSING
The treatment or storage of fragments of metal discarded as waste in manufacturing operations, or machines, tools or equipment, or other metal parts.
SEDIMENT CONTROL
Measures that prevent eroded sediment from leaving the site.
SENSITIVE AREAS
Cold-water fisheries shellfish beds, swimming beaches, groundwater recharge areas, water supply reservoirs, and habitats for threatened, endangered or special concern species.
SERVICE STATION
See "motor vehicle service."
SETBACK
The distance from the street line to the part of the structure nearest the street, measured at right angles to the street line, not including cornices or open entrance hoods anchored to the building without posts, which do not project more than three feet from the building wall, nor retaining walls and fences, nor open entrance steps, nor open terraces not more than two feet in height above the finished grade and which do not project more than six feet from the building wall. Setback requirements, as listed in the Zoning Bulk and Use Table included as an attachment to this chapter, apply to the location of buildings, not driveways, parking areas, or other landscaping treatments.
A. 
FRONT YARDThe least required horizontal distance between the front lot line, or in instances where sidewalks are present or required from the interior sidewalk edge, and the principal building measured at the shortest point. On waterfront lots which border water on one or more lot lines, the lot line on the road front is considered the principal front lot line.
B. 
REAR YARDThe least required horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the principal building measured at the closest point.
C. 
SIDE YARDThe least required horizontal distance between the side lot line and the principal building measured at the closest point:
SEXUAL ACTIVITIES
Any act of masturbation, fellatio, sadomasochism, sexual intercourse or physical contact with a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area or buttocks.
SHED
Any enclosed building, 200 square feet or less, not intended for habitation. For purposes of this chapter, a shed is permitted as an accessory building.
SIGN
Any material, structure or part thereof, or any device attached to a building or structure or painted or represented thereon, composed of lettered or pictorial matter, or upon which lettered or pictorial matter is placed and is intended for display of an advertisement, notice, directional matter or name, and includes sign frames, billboards, sign boards, illuminated signs, pennants, fluttering devices, projecting signs, or ground signs.
SIGN AREA
The area of a sign consisting of the entire surface of any regular geometric form or combinations of regular geometric forms, comprising all of the display area of the sign and including all of the elements of the matter displayed, but excluding supporting or structural members not bearing advertising matter.
SIGN, AWNING
Any visual message incorporated into an awning attached to a building.
SIGN, BUILDING FRONT OR FACE
The outer surface of a building which is visible from any private or public street, highway or driveway, including window display areas.
SIGN, BUSINESS
A sign which directs attention to a business, profession or industry conducted upon the premises or to a commodity or service sold or offered by such business, profession or industry upon the premises where such sign is located.
SIGN, COPY-CHANGE
A sign on which the visual message may be periodically changed.
SIGN, DIRECTIONAL
A sign that directs attention to the location of a local service or place of business.
SIGN, ERECTION
The construction, alteration, repair, display, location or relocation, attachment, placement, suspension, affixing or maintenance of any sign, including the painting of exterior wall signs and the use of any vehicle or other substitute for a sign.
SIGN, FREESTANDING
A sign or sign support structure that is not attached to or part of a building or structure.
SIGN, GROUND
A sign supported by a pole, uprights or braces which are placed in or on the ground.
SIGN, ILLUMINATED
A sign lighted by electricity, gas, or other artificial light, including reflective or phosphorescent light, paint, or tape.
SIGN, LIGHTING DEVICE
Any light, string, or groups of lights located or arranged so as to cast illumination on or from a sign.
SIGN, NONCONFORMING
A sign which exists at the time of enactment of this chapter and which does not conform to the regulations and restrictions imposed herein.
SIGN, OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
A sign which directs attention to a business, profession or industry conducted or a commodity or service sold or offered on a site other than upon the premises where such sign is located.
SIGN, PORTABLE OR MOBILE
A sign that is designed and intended to be transported from place to place and is not permanently affixed to the ground or to a building or structure. Portable signs may or may not have wheels.
SIGN, PROJECTING
A sign which is attached to the exterior of a building or a structure beyond the surface of that portion of the building or structure to which the sign is attached and not parallel to the face of the building.
SIGN, ROOF
Any sign constructed on or supported by the roof of any building or structure.
SIGN, TEMPORARY
A sign which is intended to advertise community or civic projects, real estate for sale or lease, or other special events on a temporary basis.
SITE PLAN
A plan, to scale, showing uses and structures proposed for a parcel of land, including lot lines, streets, existing and proposed buildings and structures, topography, rights-of-way, parking areas, open space, and any other information deemed necessary by the Planning Board.
SITE PLAN REVIEW
The process by which the Planning Board reviews site plans for development to ensure compliance with the Comprehensive Plan, zoning code and other land development regulations.
SLEEPING UNIT
A room or suite of rooms within a hotel, motel, inn, bed-and-breakfast, boardinghouse or other accommodation that does not meet the definition of a dwelling unit and is intended for transient occupants.
SMALL-SCALE ACCOMMODATIONS
A facility containing 10 or fewer lodging units for the temporary housing of transients for a fee. Small-scale accommodations must be a secondary use within a mixed-used building. Hotels, motels, bed-and-breakfasts and inns are not considered small-scale accommodations.
SPDES GENERAL PERMIT FOR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES GP-02-01
A permit under the New York State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) issued to developers of construction activities to regulate disturbance of one or more acres of land.
SPDES GENERAL PERMIT FOR STORMWATER DISCHARGES FROM MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORMWATER SEWER SYSTEMS GP-02-02
A permit under the New York State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) issued to municipalities to regulate discharges from municipal separate storm sewers for compliance with EPA-established water quality standards and/or to specify stormwater control standards.
SPECIAL USE
A use which, because of its unique characteristics, requires individual consideration in each case by the Planning Board before it may be permitted in the district enumerated in this chapter.
SPECIAL USE PERMIT
A permit provided by the Planning Board for a use requiring review, for uses that are not permitted expressly in a district but are listed as requiring a special use permit, subject to the requirements of Article IV.
SPECIFIED ANATOMICAL AREAS
Human male or female genitals, pubic areas or buttocks with less than a full opaque covering.
STABILIZATION
The use of practices that prevent exposed soil from eroding.
STOP-WORK ORDER
An order issued which requires that all construction activity on a site be stopped.
STORAGE FACILITY (SELF-STORAGE)
Any real property designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage space to occupants who are to have access to such facility for the purpose of storing and removing personal property. Such properties can have indoor and outdoor storage capabilities.
STORMWATER
Rainwater, surface runoff, snowmelt and drainage.
STORMWATER HOTSPOT
A land use or activity that generates higher concentrations of hydrocarbons, trace metals or toxicants than are found in typical stormwater runoff, based on monitoring studies.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
The use of structural or nonstructural practices that are designed to reduce stormwater runoff and mitigate its adverse impacts on property, natural resources and the environment.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITY
One or a series of stormwater management practices installed, stabilized and operating for the purpose of controlling stormwater runoff.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT OFFICER
An employee or officer designated by the municipality to accept and review stormwater pollution prevention plans, forward the plans to the applicable municipal board and inspect stormwater management practices.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (SMPS)
Measures, either structural or nonstructural, that are determined to be the most effective, practical means of preventing flood damage and preventing or reducing point source or nonpoint source pollution inputs to stormwater runoff and water bodies.
STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (SWPPP)
A plan for controlling stormwater runoff and pollutants from a site during and after construction activities.
STORMWATER RUNOFF
Flow on the surface of the ground, resulting from precipitation.
STREET
A public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting properties.
STREET GRADE
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.
STREET LINE
The established boundary lines of the right-of-way of a street, alley or public thoroughfare.
STREET PAVEMENT
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular traffic.
STREET WIDTH
The width of the right-of-way, measured at right angles to the center line of the street.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected which requires temporary or permanent support or attachment to the ground, beneath the ground or to something having permanent location on the ground, including gasoline and oil tanks, buildings, mobile homes, fences, signs, billboards, towers, antennas and satellite television dishes.
SUBDIVISION
The legal division of any parcel of land into two or more lots, plots, sites, or other division of land, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership of building development, and shall include resubdivision.
SUBDIVISION, MAJOR
Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision, including but not limited to subdivisions of five or more lots or any sized subdivision requiring any new street or extension of municipal facilities.
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
Any subdivision which contains not more than four lots fronting on an existing street; does not include any new street or road; does not require the extension of municipal facilities; does not adversely affect adjacent properties, and is not in conflict with any provision of the Comprehensive Plan and Official Zoning Map of the Town, or these regulations.
SUBDIVISION, SIMPLE; LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT
Any subdivision involving a revision in a previously recorded plan approved in the Town which has minimal site and traffic impact, does not create any increase in the number of lots, does not involve any new streets or easements of access, does not adversely affect the development of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining property, and which is not in conflict with any provisions of this chapter.
SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT
Any repair, reconstruction, alteration, modification of a building, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the building either before the improvement or repair is started or, if the building has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred. The Building Inspector shall determine the value of the improvements to be made based upon the square footage of building area added or improved. For the purposes of this definition, substantial improvement is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the building. The term does not, however, include either:
A. 
Any project for improvement of a building to comply with existing state or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which are solely necessary to assure safe living conditions; or
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Any alteration of a building listed on the National Register of Historic Places or a State Inventory of Historic Places.
SURFACE WATERS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Lakes, bays, sounds, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs, wells, rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, marshes, inlets, canals, the Atlantic Ocean within the territorial seas of the State of New York and all other bodies of surface water, natural or artificial, inland or coastal, fresh or salt, public or private (except those private waters that do not combine or effect a junction with natural surface or underground waters), which are wholly or partially within or bordering the state or within its jurisdiction. Storm sewers and waste treatment systems, including treatment systems, including treatment ponds or lagoons, which also meet the criteria of this definition are not waters of the state. This exclusion applies only to man-made bodies of water, which neither were originally created in water of the state (such as disposal area in wetlands) nor resulted from impoundment of waters of the state.
SWIMMING POOL
Any body of water or receptacle for water which has a capability of a depth of more than two feet at any point, used or intended to be used for swimming, bathing or wading and installed or constructed above or below ground. This includes both private and public swimming pools.
TAVERN
See "bar."
TEMPORARY USE
An activity conducted for a specific limited period of time which may not otherwise be permitted by the provisions of this chapter. Examples of such uses are structures incidental to new construction, which shall be removed after the completion of this construction work.
TOURIST HOME
A dwelling in which overnight accommodation are provided or offered for transient guests for compensation. For purposes of this chapter, "tourist home" shall include bed-and-breakfast establishments.
TOWER
Includes any structure, including dish antennas, whether attached to a building or freestanding and whether guyed or self-supporting, designed to be used as or for the support of devices to be used for the transmission and/or reception of radiofrequency signals, such as, but not limited to, broadcast, short-wave, citizens band, FM or television signals or wind-driven devices such as energy converters and windspeed and/or direction indicators.
TOWN
The Town of Macedon.
TOWNHOUSE CLUSTER
A building, or group of buildings, with each building containing not more than eight townhouse dwelling units connected by common party walls.
TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENTS
A tract of land adequately sized to accommodate the construction of townhouse dwelling units in accordance with the density standards contained elsewhere in these regulations.
UNIFORM CODE
The Building Code of the State of New York State, as may be modified from time to time.
USE
The specific purpose or activity for which land or a building is designed, arranged, intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
USE, ACCESSORY
A use or structure subordinate to the principal use of a building on the same lot and serving a purpose customarily incidental to the use of the principal building.
USE, PRINCIPAL
The main use for which a building or lot is used or intended to be used.
USE, SPECIAL PERMIT
A use that would not be appropriate generally or without restriction throughout the zoning district, but which, if controlled as to number, area, location or relation to the neighborhood, would promote the public health, safety, order, comfort, convenience, appearance, prosperity, or general welfare. Such uses may be permitted in a zoning district as a special permit use only if specific provision for such special permit use is made in this chapter.
USE, TEMPORARY
Any activity conducted for a specific limited period of time which may not otherwise be permitted by the provisions of this chapter. Examples of such uses are buildings incidental to new construction which are removed after the completion of the construction work.
VARIANCE
A relaxation of the terms of this chapter which, in the determination of the Board of Appeals, would not be contrary to the public interest and which satisfies the conditions spelled out in State law relative to the issuance of variances.
VARIANCE, AREA
A variance from the area and bulk requirements or supplementary regulations of a related character (such as amount, size, location or design of access, off-street parking, landscaping, signs) to authorize on a specific lot a permitted use which could not feasibly be established without relief from one or more of the dimensional requirements pertaining to the district.
VARIANCE, USE
A variance from the use regulations to allow the establishment on a specific lot of a use otherwise prohibited in the district.
WATER-DEPENDENT USES
An activity which can only be conducted on, in, over or adjacent to a water body because such activity requires direct access to that water body, and which involves, as an integral part of such activity, the use of the water.
WATER-ENHANCED USES
New York State defines "water-enhanced uses" as uses that do not require a location adjacent to or over water, but whose location on land adjacent to the shore adds to the public use and enjoyment of the water's edge. Examples of water-enhanced uses might include: restaurants and hotels that may have a water view or water access, retail shops for boaters and trail walkers, residential developments on the water, yacht clubhouses and bait shops, to name a few.
WATERCOURSE
A permanent or intermittent stream or other body of water, either natural or man-made, which gathers or carries surface water. This includes the historic Erie Canal and Ganargua Creek.
WATERCOURSE BANK
The lateral confines or channel margins of a stream not in flood stage.
WATERCOURSE BED
The channel bottom of a stream, river or creek which physically confines the normal water flow.
WATERFRONT ASSESSMENT FORM (CAF)
The form used by an agency to assist it in determining the consistency of an action with the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program.
WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION AREA
The area located within the boundaries of the Town, as delineated and described in the Town of Macedon Local Waterfront Revitalization Program.
WATERWAY
A channel that directs surface runoff to a watercourse or to a public storm drain.
WIND GENERATOR
An alternative energy device, which converts wind energy by means of a rotor to mechanical or electrical energy. A wind generator may also be deemed a windmill.
WINERY; WINE TASTING
A building or property where wine is produced, can be sampled and can be sold as well.
YACHT CLUB
Land, buildings, structures; and the surface of water for use by an incorporated club, for the purpose of boating, sailing, or yachting and in which the affairs of the organization are actually conducted and carried on by the members thereof.
YARD
A required open space unoccupied and unobstructed by any structure, except as may be provided by this chapter, and situated between the principal building or group of buildings and the nearest lot line.
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FRONTA yard extending between the side lot lines across the front of a lot adjoining a street; situated between the street line and the front building line.
B. 
REARA yard extending between the side lot lines situated between the rear line of the building and the rear lot line. In the case of through lots there will be no rear yards, but only front yards and side yards.
C. 
SIDEA yard extending between the side building line and the nearest side lot line; situated between the front and rear yards. Side yards can be determined to be front yards when on a corner lot with no real rear yard.
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
The officially established Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town.
ZONING DISTRICT
The classification of lands as established in this chapter and by the Zoning Map.
ZONING MAP
The map delineating the boundaries of the zoning districts which, along with the zoning text, comprise this chapter.
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 285, Waterfront Consistency Review.