A. 
Except where specifically defined herein, all words used in this chapter shall carry their customary meanings. Words used in the present tense shall include the future. Words used in the singular number include the plural, and words used in the plural number include the singular, unless the context clearly indicates the contrary.
B. 
The word "shall" is always mandatory. "Building" or "structure" includes any part thereof. The word "lot" includes the word "plot" or "parcel." The word "person" includes an individual person, a firm, a corporation, a copartnership and any other agency of voluntary action.
ACCESSORY USE
A use or building on the same lot with, and of a nature customarily incidental and subordinate to, the principal use or structure. All accessory buildings and structures must comply with setback requirements. No building with plumbing shall be considered permitted accessory use, except for a garage with a door or doors permitting vehicular access. No accessory structures shall be placed in a front yard.
ADULT USE
Adult entertainment uses as defined in § 75-2 of this Code. Adult uses are allowed as special uses in the Industrial District on parcels with direct access to U.S. Route 9W.
AGRICULTURE
Raising of crops, animals and animal products, and other commonly accepted agricultural operations for commercial purposes including the sale of related agricultural products. Includes growing, processing or sale of fire wood and Christmas trees, and milling of trees harvested on site for use on site, but does not include forestry.
BOARDINGHOUSE
A building, other than a hotel, containing a general kitchen and a general dining room, in which at least one but no more than eight sleeping rooms are offered for rent, with or without meals. A lodging house, tourist house, or rooming house where transient use is for 30 days or more shall be deemed a boardinghouse.
BUILDING
Any roofed structure intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals, or personal property, and affixed to the ground.
CANNABIS DISPENSARY
A business that sells cannabis or cannabis-derived products for off-site consumption.
CANNABIS LOUNGE
A business that sells cannabis or cannabis-derived products for on-site consumption.
COASTAL AREA
The Town's coastal waters and the adjacent shorelands as generally shown on the Catskill Town Zoning Map,[1] and referred to more specifically in Section One of the Catskill Local Waterfront Revitalization Program.[2]
COMMERCIAL
Any use generating or intending to generate income.
CONDOMINIUM
A multifamily dwelling containing individually owned apartments, where the real property title is vested in a single owner. The owners of the apartments have rights in the common areas and facilities which serve the development.
CONSTRUCTION YARD/STORAGE YARD
Any space, whether open space, or inside or outside a building, used for storage or keeping of more than one piece of a construction equipment, machinery, vehicles or parts thereof, whether or not in active use, by a construction contractor. This includes a storage yard for building materials and/or equipment intended for commercial use.
CULTURAL FACILITIES
Uses which include art galleries, creative arts space, libraries, museums and historic sites and the like.
DAY NURSERY
Any place, however designated, operated for the purpose of providing daytime care, instruction or recreation for two or more children and operated on a regular basis, including kindergartens, day nurseries and day-care centers.
DWELLING
A building designed or used principally as the living quarters for one or more families.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY
A dwelling or group of dwellings on one parcel of land where each building contains separate living units for three or more families living independently of each other.
DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY
A building designed for or occupied exclusively by one family.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
A building designed for or occupied exclusively by two families living independently of each other.
FAMILY
One or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption, living and cooking together, exclusive of household servants; a number of persons living together as a single housekeeping unit, although not related by blood, adoption or marriage, shall be deemed to constitute a family unit. A fraternity club or boardinghouse shall not be considered a family.
FORESTRY
Commercial milling, processing or sale of trees, wood and wood products. Does not include processing or sale of firewood or Christmas trees, or milling of trees harvested on site for use on site.
HOME OCCUPATION
Any commercial use customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling or accessory structure which is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the lot; does not change the character of the dwelling; has no external evidence of such use or exterior storage of materials or equipment; and is carried on by residents of the dwelling or dwellings, except that no more than two persons not residents of the dwelling may be employed.
HOTEL
A building or any part thereof which contains living and sleeping accommodations for transient occupancy, has a common exterior entrance or entrances and which may contain one or more dining rooms.
INSTITUTIONAL OR PHILANTHROPIC USES
Uses which include public schools, colleges, correctional facilities, governmental agencies, charitable or not-for-profit agencies and the like.
KENNEL
A business that houses one or more dogs for pay or renumeration. Does not include animal hospitals or veterinarians.
LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM (LWRP)
Refers to the Town and Village of Catskill's Local Waterfront Revitalization Program prepared under guidelines from the New York State Department of State Coastal Management Program.
LOGGING
Cutting and removal of trees and wood, subject to state regulations.
LOT
A parcel of land occupied or designed to be occupied by one building and the accessory buildings or uses customarily incident to it, including such open spaces as are arranged and designed to be used in connection with such buildings and which has frontage on a public or approved private street which provides access thereto, or in the case of a minor subdivision, on a driveway if otherwise in compliance with § 140-18C(12)(i). When calculating the size of a lot, any land on which automobiles travel, and the adjacent shoulders, shall not be included in the calculation.
LOT WIDTH
The average width of the lot measured across the frontage, approximate midsection and rear boundary of the lot.
MEMBERSHIP CLUB
An organization catering exclusively to members and their guests, or premises and buildings for recreational or athletic purposes, which are not conducted primarily for gain, provided that there are not any vending stands, merchandising or commercial activities except as required generally for the membership and purposes of such club.
MOBILE HOME
A transportable single-family dwelling, factory manufactured on a permanent chassis, which may be transported to its site and which is not affixed to a permanent foundation. The mobile home must conform to the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 24 standards. This definition does not include recreation vehicles or modular homes.
MOBILE HOME PARK
A parcel of land which has been planned for the placement of two or more mobile homes, appurtenant structures or additions.
MOTEL
A building or group of buildings having individual sleeping units for hire which are designed primarily for transient automobile travelers. The term "motel" includes but is not limited to a motor court, motor inn, motor lodge and tourist court.
MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING
A building with three or more dwelling units, each unit having a complete kitchen, and all units accessible through one direct entrance from the outside of the building. This does not include condominiums or townhouses. This includes upper floor apartments over ground floor commercial uses.
NONCONFORMING USE
The prior lawful use of land or of a building or structure which subsequently is prohibited by zoning regulations pertaining to the district in which the building or land is situated.
NURSING OR CONVALESCENT HOME
A building where persons are housed or lodged and furnished with meals and nursing care for hire.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
Uses operated by the government or a public utility include electric substations and water towers, municipal garages, firehouses and telephone substations.
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
All uses dedicated to religious objectives, including churches, synagogues, retreat houses, resorts and the like.
RESORT
A building or group of buildings having individual sleeping units for hire that includes a dining hall on the premises, offers the inclusion of the cost of meals in the room rates and has outdoor recreation facilities and entertainment. The lot shall be sufficient size such that the gross acreage of the parcel divided by the number of individual sleeping units provided is equal to at least 0.5.
SERVICE STATION
Any area of land, including structures thereon, that is used or designed to be used for the supply of gasoline or oil or other fuel for the propulsion of motor vehicles and which may include facilities used or designed to be used for polishing, greasing, washing, spraying, dry cleaning or otherwise cleaning or servicing such motor vehicles. A service station is not a sales, major repair or rental agency for autos, trucks or trailers.
SETBACK
The horizontal distance from the property line, measured at right angles as set forth at § 160-17. The setback will be measured from the edge of a traveled way, not the center line of the street or road.
SHARED DRIVEWAY
A driveway providing access for up to three lots, provided that each lot served by the shared driveway has 50 feet of frontage on a public or private road or is otherwise in compliance with § 140-18C(12)(i).
SHOPPING CENTER
A grouping of retail business and service uses on a single site with common parking facilities; or a single retail business with a floor space of 50,000 square feet or more. All such facilities shall direct access to a county, state or federal highway.
SHORT-TERM RENTAL
A furnished house or apartment or any residence containing a kitchen where one or more rooms is rented for fewer than 30 consecutive days.
SPECIAL USE
A use that would not be appropriate generally or without restriction throughout the zoning district but which is controlled as to the number, area, location or relation to the Town would promote the public health, safety, order, comfort, convenience, appearance, prosperity and general welfare. Such uses shall be permitted only when the Town Planning Board finds that they meet the specific criteria provided in this chapter for them.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected, stationary and fixed to the ground, above or below the surface of land or water; examples include all buildings, stationary and portable carports and swimming pools. Sidewalks are not structures.
SWIMMING POOL
A water-filled enclosure, permanently constructed or portable, having a depth at any point greater than two feet below the level of the surrounding land or an above-surface pool having a depth of more than 30 inches, used and maintained for swimming and bathing.
TOWNHOUSE
A single-family dwelling unit constructed in a group of three or more attached units, separated by common or party walls. The house and land located directly beneath the house is in the same ownership; land around the townhouse may be in the same ownership or may be in common ownership with other townhouse owners and subject to association care and maintenance. Each unit has a private outside entrance, and a totally exposed front and rear wall to be used for access, light and ventilation.
VARIANCE
A relaxation of the terms of the zoning regulations where such variance will not be contrary to the public interest and where, owing to conditions peculiar to the property and not the result of the actions of the applicant, a literal enforcement of the regulations would result in unnecessary and undue hardship.
WATER-DEPENDENT USE
As described in Policy 2 of the Catskill Local Waterfront Revitalization Program,[3] the following uses and facilities are considered as water-dependent:
(1) 
Uses which depend on the utilization of resources found in coastal waters (for example: fishing, mining of sand and gravel, and mariculture activities).
(2) 
Recreational activities which depend on access to coastal waters (for example: swimming, fishing, boating and wildlife viewing).
(3) 
Uses involved in the sea/land transfer of goods (for example: docks, loading areas, pipelines and short-term storage facilities).
(4) 
Structures needed for navigational purposes (for example: dams, beacons and lighthouses).
(5) 
Flood and erosion protection structures (for example: breakwaters and bulkheads).
(6) 
Facilities needed to store and service boats and ships (for example: marinas, boat repair and boat construction yards).
(7) 
Uses requiring large quantities of water for processing and cooling purposes (for example: hydroelectric power plants, fish processing plants and pumped storage power plants).
(8) 
Uses that rely heavily on the waterborne transportation of raw materials or products which are difficult to transport on land, thereby making it critical that a site near to shipping facilities be obtained (for example: coal export facilities, cement plants and quarries).
(9) 
Uses which operate under such severe time constraints that proximity to shipping facilities becomes critical (for example: firms processing perishable foods).
(10) 
Scientific/educational activities which, by their nature, require access to coastal waters (for example: certain meteorological and oceanographic activities).
(11) 
Support facilities which are necessary for the successful functioning of permitted water-dependent uses (for example: parking lots, snack bars, first-aid stations and short-term storage facilities). Though these uses must be near the given water-dependent use, they should as much as possible be sited inland from the dependent use rather than on the shore.
YARD
An open and unobstructed area on a parcel of land extending perpendicular from a property line for a depth specified in the appropriate district regulations.
YARD, FRONT
A yard extending from the front property line to a building.
YARD, REAR
A yard extending from the rear property line to a building.
YARD, SIDE
A yard extending from the side property line to a building.
[2]
Editor's Note: The Local Waterfront Revitalization Program is on file in the Town offices.
[3]
Editor's Note: The Local Waterfront Revitalization Program is on file in the Town offices.