This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning
Law of the Village of Central Square."
There is hereby established a comprehensive zoning plan for
the Village of Central Square, New York, which plan is set forth in
the text and map that constitute this chapter. This chapter is adopted
for the purposes set forth in § 7-704 of Article 7 of the
Village Law which, in the interest of the protection and promotion
of the public health, safety and welfare, shall be deemed specifically
to include the following, among others: to provide efficient and adequate
provision for public facilities and services; to provide reasonable
privacy for families; to prevent and reduce traffic congestion, including
provision for and control of parking; to protect residential areas
by, among other means, the control of visual intrusion of nonresidential
uses upon said residential areas; to enhance the appearance of the
Village as a whole; and to encourage flexibility in the design and
development of land so as to promote its most appropriate use, facilitate
the adequate and economic provision of streets and utilities, preserve
the natural and scenic qualities of open land and enhance and protect
the environmental quality of the Village.
A.
Generally. Words used in the present tense include the future, the
singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.
The word "person" includes a corporation as well as an individual.
The word "lot" includes the word "plot." The term "occupied" or "used"
as applied to any building shall be construed as though followed by
the words "or intended, arranged or designed to be occupied or used."
The word "shall" is mandatory and not discretionary.
B.
ABANDONED
ACCESSORY BUILDING
ACCESSORY USE
ALLEY
ALTERATION
AREA OF A BUILDING
ARTERIAL ROAD
AUTO COURT
AUTOMOBILE GASOLINE SALES FACILITY
AUTOMOBILE SALES FACILITY
BAKERY, COMMERCIAL/WHOLESALE
BED-AND-BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENT
BOARDINGHOUSE or ROOMING HOUSE
BUILDING
BUILDING HEIGHT
CLUB
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
DAY-CARE CENTER
DAY-CARE HOME
DENSITY
DRIVE-IN FACILITY
DRIVEWAY
DUMP
DWELLING UNIT
DWELLING, MULTIPLE
(1)
(2)
(3)
DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY
DWELLING, TOWNHOUSE
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
EASEMENT
FAMILY
FUNERAL HOME
GARAGE, PRIVATE
GARAGE, PUBLIC
GRADE (ADJACENT GROUND ELEVATION)
GROSS FLOOR AREA
HOME OCCUPATION
HOTEL
INCIDENTAL
JUNKYARD
KENNEL
LAND USE ACTIVITY
LANDSCAPING
LAUNDRY AND DRY-CLEANING ESTABLISHMENT (COMMERCIAL)
LAUNDRY AND DRY-CLEANING ESTABLISHMENT (PERSONAL)
LIBRARY
LODGE
LODGING HOUSE
LOT
(1)
(2)
(3)
LOT DEPTH
LOT LINES
LOT WIDTH
MANUFACTURED HOME
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK, SENIOR CITIZENS
MODULAR HOME
MOTOR VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
NONCONFORMING BUILDING
NONCONFORMING USE
NURSING HOME
OFFICE
OPEN SPACE
PARKING SPACE
PARTY WALL
PERSONAL SERVICE
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD)
PORTABLE GARAGE
PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PROFESSIONAL OFFICES
PROFESSIONAL RESIDENT-OFFICE
PUBLIC UTILITY STRUCTURE
RECREATION CENTER
RECREATION, INDOOR
RECREATION, OUTDOOR
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
(1)
(2)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(4)
REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL
RELIGIOUS FACILITY
RESTAURANT
RETAIL BUSINESS
ROOF, SIGN
ROOMING HOUSE
SERVICE BUSINESS
SIGN
SIGN DIRECTORY
SIGN FACE
SIGN, ABANDONED
SIGN, AWNING
SIGN, BANNER
SIGN, BILLBOARD
SIGN, CHANGEABLE COPY
SIGN, DIRECTIONAL
SIGN, ELECTRONIC MESSAGE
SIGN, FOOTCANDLE
SIGN, FREESTANDING
SIGN, ILLUMINATED
SIGN, PORTABLE
SIGN, PROJECTING
SIGN, REAL ESTATE
SIGN, REPRESENTATIONAL
SIGN, TEMPORARY
SIGN, WALL
SIGN, WINDOW
SIGN-NIT
STREET
STRUCTURE
SWIMMING POOL
THEATER
TOURIST CAMP
TOURIST HOUSE
TRANSIENT
TRAVEL TRAILER PARK
UNIFORM CODE
USE
VILLAGE LAW
WAREHOUSE, WHOLESALE OR STORAGE
YARD
YARD, FRONT
YARD, REAR
YARD, SIDE
Specific terms. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
The lawful use of any structure or land having ceased for
a period of 12 consecutive months or longer shall be deemed "abandoned."
A subordinate structure located on the same lot with the
principal structure, occupied by or devoted to an accessory use. Where
an accessory structure is attached to the principal structure in a
substantial manner, as by a wall or roof, such accessory structure
shall be considered part of the principal structure. Examples include
but are not limited to the following: greenhouses; private detached
garages; sheds and other storage buildings; pole barns; carports and
swimming pools. Further, an accessory structure shall meet the following
conditions: a building originally constructed for its intended use
and for purposes of this chapter, cargo containers, railroad cars,
truck vans, converted mobile homes, trailers, recreational vehicles,
bus bodies, vehicles and similar prefabricated items and structures
originally built for purposes other than the fixed storage of goods
and materials are not accessory structures.
A use of land or of a building or portion thereof customarily
incidental and subordinate to the main use or building and located
on the same lot therewith. In no case shall such accessory use dominate
an area, extent or purpose of the principal lawful use or building.
Any public way or thoroughfare more than 10 feet, but less
than 16 feet, in width, which has been dedicated to the public for
public use.
Any change, addition or modification in construction, except
as may be required by the Uniform Code, or any change in occupancy
or use.
The sum of horizontal areas of the several floors of a building
and its accessory buildings on the same lot, excluding cellar and
basement floor areas not devoted to residential use but including
the area of roofed porches and roof overhangs. All dimensions shall
be measured between the exterior face of walls or from the center
line of a dividing wall or party wall.
Those streets which are used primarily for higher speeds
and high volumes of through traffic.
A building or a group of two or more detached or semidetached
buildings containing rooms or dwelling units designed primarily for
transient automobile travelers and providing for accessory off-street
parking facilities. The term includes buildings designated as tourist
courts, motor lodges, motels and similar appellations.
Any area of land, including structures thereon, or any building
or part thereof that is used for the sale of gasoline or other fuels
and other motor vehicle accessories and which may or may not include
facilities for washing, lubricating or otherwise servicing motor vehicles,
and may include accessory food sales, however not including motor
vehicle maintenance and repair.
Any area of land, including structures thereon, that is used
for the retail sale of motor vehicles and accessories and which may
or may not include facilities for lubrication, washing or otherwise
servicing motor vehicles, but not including the painting thereof except
where specifically authorized during site plan review.
An establishment engaged in the preparation and production
of baked goods for transport and sale off site. The limited retail
sale of baked goods may occur as an incidental or accessory use.
An owner-occupied residence resulting from a conversion of
a one-family dwelling, used for providing overnight accommodations
and a morning meal to not more than 10 transient lodgers, and containing
not more than five guest rooms for such lodgers. The period of accommodation
shall be of a clearly temporary nature. A bed-and-breakfast shall
not be used as a rooming or boarding house.
A lodging house or other building or structure maintained,
advertised or held out to the public as a place where sleeping or
rooming accommodations are furnished to the whole or any part of the
public, whether with or without meals. Such places which provide sleeping
and living accommodations to five or more persons unrelated to the
operator and not a bed-and-breakfast facility and generally not intended
as transient in nature.
A structure wholly or partially enclosed within exterior
walls, or within exterior and party walls, and a roof, affording shelter
to persons, animals or property.
The vertical distance above the average existing grade measured
to the highest point of the building. The height of a stepped or terraced
building shall be the maximum height of any segment of the building.
A building or use catering exclusively to club members and
their guests for fraternal and/or recreational purposes, but not primarily
for profit. This definition includes lodges as defined herein. This
includes but is not limited to YMCA, YWCA, YMHA, fraternity, sorority,
lodges, religious and similar clubs which may or may not have dormitory
accommodations.
The Comprehensive Plan for the Village of Central Square,
approved by the Board of Trustees, as amended or replaced by action
of the Board of Trustees from time to time, which sets for the purpose,
policies and programs for the development of the Village.
A facility providing supervised care, preschool, and/or activities
outside a family home to three or more individuals for more than three
hours a day. Any facility providing day care for three or more children
must be licensed by the New York State Office of Children and Family
Services.
A program providing day care to no more than the maximum
number of individuals allowed under the New York State Social Services
Law in a family home occupied as a residence. Any day care program
to which this definition does not apply in every respect shall be
considered a day-care center. Any facility providing day care for
three or more children must be licensed by or registered with the
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
The number of dwelling units that are allowed on an area
of land, which area of land shall be permitted to include dedicated
streets contained within the development.
A commercial use which permits customers or patrons to purchase
goods or services and conduct other business while remaining in their
motor vehicles. Drive-in facilities must be developed and used in
conjunction with a bank, branch bank office, restaurant, pharmacy,
or car wash upon the same lot.
A surface area providing vehicular access between a street
and an off-street parking area or parking structure (i.e., garage
or carport).
A lot or land or part thereof used primarily for the disposal,
by abandonment, dumping, burial, burning or any other means and for
whatever purpose, of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, junk, discarded
machinery, vehicles or part thereof, or waste material of any kind.
A dwelling or portion thereof providing complete living,
sleeping, eating and sanitary facilities for one family.
Any of the following:
A building designed or occupied for residential purposes by
more than two families;
A series of attached, detached, or semidetached buildings which
are provided as a group collectively with essential services and utilities
and which are located on a lot, plot, or parcel of land under common
ownership; or
The residential part of a mixed-occupancy building.
A detached building designed for or occupied as a single
dwelling unit.
A residential building consisting of a series of noncommunicating,
individually owned one-family units having a common party wall between
each unit, with private outside entrance, separate front and rear
yards, and separate utility services, and located on a separate recorded
lot.
A building designed or arranged to be occupied by two families
living independently, with the structure having two separate dwelling
units.
That portion of land or property reserved for present or
future use by a person or agency other than the legal fee owner(s)
of the property. The easement shall be permitted to be for use under,
on or above said lot or lots.
One or more persons occupying a dwelling unit and living
as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit.
An establishment with facilities for the preparation of the
deceased for burial or cremation, for the viewing of the body and
for the observances held for the deceased as an incident to burial
or cremation.
An accessory building not operated for gain and used in conjunction
with a principal building which provides for the storage of motor
vehicles and/or other household items by the occupants of the principal
structure.
A building or portion thereof, other than a private garage,
and which is used for parking or storage of motor vehicles for commercial
purposes.
The lowest point of elevation of the existing surface of
the ground, within the area between the building and a line five feet
from the building.
The sum of the horizontal areas of floors of a building measured
from the exterior face of exterior walls or, if appropriate, from
the center line of dividing or party walls; this includes courts and
decks or porches when covered by a roof.
An accessory occupation, profession, or activity conducted
entirely within a dwelling unit by the inhabitants thereof; such use
is incidental and secondary to the residential use of the dwelling.
Home occupations include art studios, music instruction, dressmaking,
and professional office of duly licensed doctors, dentist, lawyers,
engineers, architects, accountants, salesperson, real estate agents,
insurance agents, and similar activities; but exclude such things
as barbershop, beauty parlor, pet grooming, animal hospital, or retail
stores. Any aggrieved person shall apply to the Zoning Board of Appeals
for an interpretation as to whether a proposed activity or use constitutes
a permissible home occupation. It is the intent of this chapter that
the home occupation shall only be an accessory use and that the residential
character of the neighborhood involved shall be maintained.
A building in which lodging is provided and offered to the
public, which is customarily open to transient guests, and which may
include ancillary facilities and services such as restaurants, meeting
rooms, entertainment, personal services, and recreational facilities.
A hotel unit may contain a kitchen for extended stay lodgings. Outdoor
athletic courts and other outdoor facilities are permitted and may
be included with a hotel use.
Subordinate and minor in significance and bearing a reasonable
relationship with the principal use.
A lot, land or structure, or part thereof, used primarily
for the collecting, storage and sale of wastepaper, rags, scrap metal
or discarded material or for the collecting, dismantling, storage
and salvaging of machinery or vehicles not in running condition, and
for the sale of parts thereof.
An establishment licensed to operate a facility housing cats,
dogs or other household pets and where grooming, breeding, boarding,
training or selling of animals is conducted as a business.
Any construction or other activity which changes the use
or appearance of land or a structure or the intensity of use of land
or a structure. "Land use activity" shall explicitly include, but
shall not be limited to, the following: new structures, expansions
to existing structures, new uses, changes in or expansions to existing
uses, roads, driveways, and excavations for the purpose of extracting
soil or mineral deposits.
The finishing and adornment of unpaved yard areas. Materials
and treatment generally include naturally growing elements such as
grass, trees, shrubs and flowers. This treatment shall be permitted
also to include the use of logs, rocks, fountains, water features
and contouring of the earth.
A business premises equipped with large-scale clothes washing
and dry-cleaning equipment.
A business premises equipped with individual clothes-washing
equipment for the use of retail customers or the drop off and pick
up of clothing for dry cleaning by retail customers.
A place in which literary, musical, artistic or reference
material (such as books, manuscripts, recordings or films) are kept
for use by the public and may include meeting or lecture rooms, but
shall exclude businesses which rent or sell books, records, videotapes,
videodiscs, or similar objects for compensation or profit.
A structure used for meetings and activities by social, service
or community organization. Examples include, but are not limited to,
Elks, VFW, American Legion, Kiwanis, Junior League, Masonic Lodge,
Rotary and University Club.
See "boardinghouse."
Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory
buildings, or by a dwelling group and its accessory buildings, together
with such open spaces as are required under the provisions of this
chapter, having not less than the minimum area and width required
by this chapter for a lot in the district in which such land is situated,
and having its principal frontage on a street or on such other means
of access as may be determined in accordance with the provisions of
law to be adequate as a condition of the issuance of a building permit
for a building on such land.
CORNER LOTA lot of which at least two adjacent sides front their full lengths upon streets.
INTERIOR LOTA lot other than a corner lot.
THROUGH LOTAn interior lot which runs through a block from street to street.
The average horizontal distance between the front and rear
lot lines.
The property lines bounding the lot. In the case of a lot
fronting on more than one street the owner may elect any street lot
line as the front lot line. The rear line shall be the lot line most
distant from the front lot line.
The least horizontal distance across the lot between side
lot lines, measured at the front of a principal structure erected
or to be erected on such lot at a distance from the front line equal
to the required depth of front yard.
A dwelling unit manufactured in one or more sections; designed
for long-term occupancy; containing sleeping accommodations, a flush
toilet, a tub or shower bath, and kitchen facilities, with plumbing
and electrical connections provided for attachment to outside systems;
designed to be transported after fabrication on its own wheels, or
on a flatbed or other trailer; and arriving at the site where it is
to be occupied as a dwelling complete and bearing a seal issued by
the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.
A parcel of land which has been planned and improved primarily
for the placement of mobile manufactured homes.
A manufactured home park where tenants and occupants of manufactured
homes are restricted to persons over 55 years of age, except that
one family member may be less than 55 years of age but not less than
50 years of age, provided further that a handicapped person entitled
to social security benefits as permanently disabled may occupy a manufactured
home therein regardless of age.
A structure designed primarily for residential occupancy,
constructed by a method or system of construction whereby the structure
or its components are wholly or in substantial part manufactured in
manufacturing facilities, intended or designed for permanent installation,
or assembly and permanent installation, on a building site and in
compliance with applicable provisions of the Uniform Code.
A facility used or intended to be used primarily for major
repairing and/or painting of motor vehicles and which is not used
or designed to be used for the sale of gasoline, oil or other motor
vehicle fuels to the public.
A building 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.
The use of land, premises, building or structure legally
existing at the time of the effective date of the ordinance from which
this chapter was derived which fails to comply with the regulations
set forth in this chapter applicable to the district in which such
use is located.
A facility regulated by the state, other than a hospital,
where persons except insane, mental cases, inebriated or contagious
patients are provided lodging, board and continuing nursing care for
compensation to convalescent, infirm, incapacitated or chronically
ill, dementia or Alzheimer's persons. The term "nursing home"
shall include convalescent home, rest home, and long-term care facility.
A use that involves administrative, clerical, financial,
governmental or professional operations and operations of a similar
character. This use shall not include retail or industrial uses, but
may include business offices, medical offices, laboratories, photographic
studios and/or television or radio broadcasting studios.
An unoccupied space open to the sky.
An off-street space available for the parking of one motor
vehicle and having a dimension of 10 feet by 20 feet, exclusive of
passageways and driveways appurtenant thereto and giving access thereto
and having direct access to a street or alley.
A common shared wall between two separate structures, buildings,
or dwelling units.
Establishments for the on-site provision of retail services
to customers which may include the incidental sale of products. Such
establishments shall include but not be limited to the following:
clothing repair, dry cleaners, shoe repair, barbershops and beauty
shops, laundry/laundromats, small appliance repair, jewelry and watch
repair, photographic studio, arts and craft instruction and travel
agencies. The following uses are specifically excluded from this definition:
retail trade, theaters, hotel/motel, commercial and business schools,
private clubs and professional and business offices.
A residential, commercial or industrial development guided
by a total design plan in which one or more of the zoning or subdivision
regulations, other than use regulations, specified in the design plan
shall be permitted to be waived or varied to allow flexibility and
creativity in site and building design and location, in accordance
with general guidelines.
Structures utilized on a short-term, seasonal or intermittent
basis, such as tents, canopies, portable sheds, portable garages or
similar structures, made of vinyl, canvas, or tarp fitted over a sturdy
frame of pipe (aluminum, steel, PVC, or similar material) which is
anchored to the ground without a permanent foundation, however excluding
children's play tents and other seasonal canopies not used for
storage.
A building in which the principal use of the site is contained,
including any buildings which are attached to the principal structure
by a covered structure.
A school establishment to provide for the teaching of industrial,
clerical, managerial or artistic skills. This definition applies to
schools that are owned and operated privately for profit and that
do not offer a complete educational curriculum (e.g., beauty school,
modeling school, etc.).
An office of a member of a recognized profession maintained
for the conduct of that profession and not including storage or sale
of merchandise as a primary use. Included but are not limited to offices
for real estate, stock and bond brokers, accountants, adjusters, appraisers,
utility companies, physicians, lawyers, clergymen, teachers, dentists,
architects, engineers, insurance agents, opticians, banks, financial
institutions, contractors (excluding storage) and similar office-oriented
uses.
An office in a residence used exclusively by the owner/occupier
for the provision of personal services in the following categories:
physician, dentist, architect, lawyer, engineer, artist, musician,
certified public accountant. For the purpose of these regulations,
such an office shall be considered a home occupation.
A structure or facility used by a public or quasi-public
utility agency to store, distribute, generate electricity, gas, telecommunications,
and related equipment, or to pump or chemically treated water or sewage.
This does not include storage or treatment of hazardous waste.
A building, open to the public, where meetings may be held,
and recreational facilities are available for a fee.
An establishment providing completely enclosed recreation
activities. Accessory uses shall be permitted to include the preparation
and serving of food and/or the sale of equipment related to the enclosed
uses. Included in this definition shall be bowling, roller skating
or ice skating, billiards, pool, motion-picture theatres, and related
amusements.
An area free of buildings except for restrooms, dressing
rooms, equipment storage, maintenance buildings, open-air pavilions
and similar structures used primarily for recreational activities.
A vehicular-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:
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 a body width of no more than eight feet and a body length of no more than 40 feet when factory equipped for the road.
CAMPING TRAILERA vehicular portable unit mounted on wheels and constructed with collapsible partial side walls which fold for towing by another vehicle.
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:
SLIDE-IN CAMPERA portable unit designed to be loaded onto and unloaded from the bed of a pickup truck.
CHASSIS-MOUNT CAMPERA portable unit designed to be a fixed to a truck chassis.
MOTOR HOMEA vehicular unit built on a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis.
An individual registered or licensed to practice professional
architecture or engineering as defined by the Education Law of the
State of New York.
Includes churches, temples, parish houses, convents, seminary
and retreat houses.
A commercial use consisting of the preparation, sale and
service of food and beverages primarily for consumption on the premises,
but not excluding takeout service. Sale of beverages may include alcoholic
beverages as a secondary activity. Restaurants with drive-in facilities
shall be included in the "drive-in facility" definition.
Establishments conducting the sale of goods to the public.
Retail business shall include variety stores, apparel stores, florists,
drugstores, grocery stores, establishments, liquor stores, antique
shops, music shops, sporting goods stores, book, stationary, magazines,
candy and tobacco shops, and other similar business outlets that sell
merchandise on a retail basis, but excluding eating and drinking establishments,
automotive sales, or automobile gasoline sales facilities.
A sign which is erected, constructed or maintained on, above,
or as part of the roof of any building, but which shall not extend
above the roofline of the building upon which it sits.
See "boardinghouse."
A facility established and operated to provide for the broader
or more specialized service needs of a larger population base and
drawing market support from the surrounding region, including but
not limited to commercially operated schools of beauty culture, business,
dancing, driving, music and similar establishments.
Any material, structure or device, or part thereof, composed
of lettered or pictorial matter which is located out-of-doors, or
on the exterior of any building displaying an advertisement, announcement,
notice or name, and shall include any declaration, demonstration,
display, representation, illustration or insignia used to advertise
or promote the interests of any person or business or cause when such
is placed in view of the general public. The word "sign" includes
the word "billboard," but does not include the flag, pennant or insignia
of any municipal unit, or of any political, educational, charitable,
philanthropic, civic, professional, religious or like campaign, drive,
movement or event.
A listing of two or more business enterprises, consisting
of a matrix and sign components.
One side of any sign or signs, which face in the same direction,
are mounted as a freestanding sign and relate to the same business.
A sign that, for 60 days or longer, no longer identifies
or advertises an ongoing business, product, location, service, idea,
or activity conducted on the premises on which the sign is located.
Any visual message incorporated into an awning attached to
a building.
A temporary advertisement displayed for the occasion of a
special event, made of fabric or other nonrigid material with no enclosing
framework.
Any sign which directs attention to a business, commodity,
service, entertainment, or attraction, sold, offered, or existing
at a property other than upon the same lot where such sign is displayed,
or only incidentally upon such lot.
A sign on which the visual message may be periodically changed.
A sign limited to providing information on the location of
an activity, public facility or event.
An electrically activated changeable copy sign whose variable
message capability can be electronically or digitally programmed.
A unit for measuring illumination. It is equal to the amount
of direct light thrown by one candle on a square foot of surface every
part of which is one foot away.
Any sign not attached or part of any building but separate
and permanently affixed by any other means in or upon the ground.
Included are pole signs, pylon signs and masonry wall-type signs.
Any sign illuminated by electricity, gas or other artificial
light either from the interior or exterior of the sign, and which
includes reflective and phosphorescent light.
A sign, whether on its own trailer, wheels, or otherwise,
designed to be movable and not structurally attached to the ground,
building, structure or other sign.
A sign which is attached to the building wall or structure
and which extends horizontally more than 15 inches from the plane
of such wall, or a sign which is perpendicular to the face of such
wall or structure.
A temporary sign advertising the sale, lease, or rental of
the property or premises upon which it is located.
A three-dimensional sign built so as to physically represent
the object advertised.
A sign related to a single activity or event having a duration
of no more than 30 days, which shall include, but not be limited to,
portable signs, political signs, real estate signs, construction signs,
private information signs such as garage sales, banners, inflatable
signs, airborne signs, and special event signs.
A sign which is painted on or attached to the outside wall
of a building with the face of the sign in the plane parallel to such
wall, and not extending more than 15 inches from the face of such
wall.
A sign, picture, symbol or combination thereof, designed
to communicate information about an activity, business, commodity,
event, sale or service, that is placed upon a window pane or glass
and is visible from the exterior of the window.
A photometric unit of measurement referring to luminance.
One nit is equal to one cd/rn2.
A public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal
means of access to adjoining premises.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
location on the ground or attachment to something having location
on the ground. The term "structure" includes the term "building."
Any structure that contains, or is capable of containing,
water over 24 inches in depth and which is used, or intended to be
used, for swimming or recreational bathing. This includes in-ground,
aboveground or on-ground swimming pools, hot tubs and spas.
A building used primarily for the presentation of live stage
productions, performances or motion pictures.
Any lot, piece or parcel of ground on which are located,
or which is offered to the public for the location of, two or more
tents, tent houses, cabins, camp cottages or other buildings designed
for or used for sleeping facilities other than permanent houses.
A dwelling in which overnight accommodations are provided
or offered for transient guests for compensation, which use is secondary
to the use as a single-family dwelling. A bed-and-breakfast shall
also be considered a tourist home.
Housing or accommodations which are typically occupied by
residents for periods of two weeks or less, including, but not limited
to, hotels, motels, tourist houses, bed-and-breakfast and travel lodges.
Any lot, piece or parcel of land on which are located, or
which is offered to the public for the location of, two or more travel
trailers or other recreational vehicles as defined in this section
and/or tents for transient use for camping or sleeping purposes.
The Uniform Code Fire Prevention and Building Code promulgated
by the New York State Department of State, as last amended.
The specific purpose for which a building, or parcel of land,
is designed, arranged, or intended or for which it is or may be occupied
or maintained. The term "permitted use" or its equivalent shall not
be deemed to include any nonconforming use.
Chapter 64 of the Consolidated Laws of the State of New York.
A building or premises in which goods, merchandise or equipment
are stored for eventual distribution.
An unoccupied space open to the sky, on the same lot with
a building or structure.
An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with the building
between the front line of the building and the front line of the lot
measured from the right-of-way of the street and extending the full
width of the lot.
An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with the principal
structure between the rear line of the principal structure and the
rear line of the lot and extending the full width of the lot; provided,
however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, an accessory building
or structure of not more than 10 feet wide by not more than 20 feet
in length may be located in the rear yard. Also, an above- or below-ground
swimming pool may be located in the rear yard but not less than 10
feet from the rear or side line of the lot.
An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with the building
situated between the building and the side line of the lot and extending
from the front yard to the rear yard. Any lot line not a rear line
or a front line shall be deemed a side line.
C.
Other words. Other words not otherwise specifically defined in this
section shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Uniform Code.
If not defined in the Uniform Code or this chapter, then they shall
be given the usual and ordinary meaning unless the context or subject
matter otherwise requires a technical or special meaning.
