A.
Word usage. Words used in the singular number include
the plural and vice versa. The word "building" shall be deemed to
include the work "structure." The word "shall" is always mandatory.
B.
ACCESSORY BUILDING
ACRE
ADULT BOOKSTORE
ADULT DRIVE-IN THEATER
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT CABARET
ADULT MOTEL
ADULT THEATER
BOARDING- OR LODGING HOUSE
BOAT
BUILDING AREA
BUILDING INSPECTOR
CELLAR
DEPTH OF LOT
DISPLAY SIGNS
FAMILY
FENCE
FLAG LOT
FRONT YARD
GOLF COURSE
GROUND OR FIRST STORY
HEIGHT
LOT
MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT
MINOR GARAGE
MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING
NONCONFORMING BUILDING, LOT OR STRUCTURE
NONCONFORMING USE
PEEP SHOWS
PRIVATE GARAGE
PUBLIC GARAGE
REAR YARD
SIDE YARD
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING
SIZE OF DWELLING
STRUCTURE
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
TWO-AND-ONE-HALF-STORY BUILDING
TWO-FAMILY DWELLING
TWO-STORY BUILDING
WIDTH OF LOT
Terms defined. Unless otherwise expressly stated,
the following words shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the
meanings herein indicated:
A building subordinate to the main building on a lot used
for purposes customarily incidental to those of the main building.
As applicable to this chapter, refers to the land exclusive
of the street areas.
An establishment having as a substantial or significant portion
of its stock-in-trade books, magazines, other periodicals, films,
slides and videotapes and which establishment is customarily not open
to the public generally but excludes any minor by reason of age.
A drive-in theater that customarily presents motion pictures
that are not open to the public generally but exclude any minor by
reason of age.
A public or private establishment which presents topless
dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators or exotic dancers
or other similar entertainments and which establishment is customarily
not open to the public generally but excludes any minor by reason
of age.
A motel which is not open to the public generally but excludes
minors by reason of age or which makes available to its patrons in
their rooms films, slide shows or videotapes which, if presented in
a public movie theater, would not be open to the public generally
but would exclude any minor by reason of age.
A theater that customarily presents motion pictures, films,
videotapes or slide shows that are not open to the public generally
but exclude any minor by reason of age.
A dwelling, any part of which is used for the purpose of
furnishing lodging, with or without meals from a common dining area,
for compensation, where such lodging is provided for two or more persons.
[Added 10-28-1975 by L.L. No. 23-1975]
A vessel capable of carrying one or more people and intended
for use on or in the water.
[Added 12-6-1982 by L.L. No. 5-1982]
The aggregate of the maximum horizontal cross-section area
of the building on a lot, excluding cornices, eaves, gutters or chimneys
projecting not more than 18 inches, steps, one-story open porches,
bay windows not extending through more than one story and not projecting
more than five feet and balconies and terraces.
The Building Inspector of the Village of Lindenhurst or any
person appointed to act as such for the purposes of this chapter by
the Board of Trustees.
A portion of a dwelling which is less than one-half (1/2)
above grade and has windows more than four and one-half (4 1/2)
feet above the floor or has less than two exits directly to the outside
or has the heating boiler or hot-water heater in it.
[Added 12-6-1982 by L.L. No. 5-1982]
The mean distance from a street line of the lot to its opposite
rear line, measured in the general direction of the side lines of
the lot.
A sign, sign screen, billboard, advertising device and every
kind of structure that is arranged, intended, designed or used as
an advertisement, announcement or direction.
One or more persons related by blood, adoption or marriage,
living together as a single housekeeping unit, or a number of persons
living together as a single housekeeping unit though not related by
blood, adoption or marriage.
[Amended 10-28-1975 by L.L. No. 23-1975; 12-6-1982 by L.L. No. 5-1982; 6-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
May be either a woven-wire, vertical wood-staving, split-rail
or basket-weave fence or a fence having open spaces the same width
as, and between, each of the pickets, slats or other material used
in its construction or as otherwise permitted by the Board of Appeals
as hereinafter provided.
An interior parcel of land shaped like a flag or a "T," the
staff of which is a narrow strip of land providing vehicular and pedestrian
access to a street, with the bulk of the property lying to the rear
of another lot.
[Added 10-7-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008;
amended 6-2-2009 by L.L. No. 2-2009]
The required open space extending along the lot line on any
street on which the lot abuts. In computing a "front yard," the distance
shall be computed exclusive of cornices, eaves, gutters, chimneys,
balconies, terraces and bay windows not extending through more than
one story and not projecting more than two feet, except that chimneys
may extend through more than one story.
[Amended 10-30-1979 by L.L. No. 9-1979; 12-6-1982 by L.L. No. 5-1982]
A course of links of either nine or 18 holes of an average
length of approximately 333 yards each, upon which the game of golf
may be played during daylight hours only.
The lowest story entirely above the level of the ground in
front of the building.
The "height" of a building shall be measured from the crown
of the road in front of the building to the highest point of the building,
provided that chimneys, spires, towers, elevator penthouses, tanks
and similar projections shall not be included in the height.
[Amended 8-20-1987 by L.L. No. 12-1987]
The land occupied or to be occupied by one main building
and its accessories, together with the open spaces required by this
chapter.
Any establishment having a fixed place of business where
massages are administered for pay, including but not limited to massage
parlors, sauna baths and steam baths. This definition shall not be
construed to include a hospital, nursing home, medical clinic or the
office of a physician, surgeon, chiropractor, osteopath or duly licensed
physical therapist or barbershops or beauty salons in which massages
are administered only to the scalp, face, neck or shoulders. This
definition also shall exclude health clubs which have facilities for
physical exercise, such as tennis courts, racquetball courts or exercise
rooms, and which do not receive their primary source of revenue through
the administration of massages.
A building, not a private garage, one story in height, used
for the storage of automobiles (not trucks) and not used for making
repairs thereto.
A building, not a single-family dwelling or a two-family
dwelling, designed for and to be occupied exclusively for dwelling
purposes.
A building, lot or structure, the size, dimension or location
of which was lawful prior to the adoption or amendment of these zoning
provisions but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning
district in which it is located by reason of such adoption or amendment.
[Added 6-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
A land use which was lawful prior to the adoption or amendment
of these zoning provisions but which fails to conform to the requirements
of the zoning district in which it is located by reason of such adoption
or amendment.
[Added 6-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
A theater which presents material in the form of live shows,
films or videotapes, viewed from an individual enclosure, for which
a fee is charged and which is not open to the public generally but
excludes any minor by reason of age.
A building used for the storage of not more than three automobiles
owned and used by the owner or tenant of the lot on which it is erected
for a purpose accessory to the use of the main building and for the
storage of not exceeding two additional automobiles (not trucks) owned
or used by others for a similar purpose, if they are stored in the
same room in which the automobile or automobiles of the owner or tenant
are stored.
A building, other than a private or a minor garage, one or
more stories in height, used for the storage or repair of automobiles.
The required open space extending along the rear lot line,
not a street line, throughout the whole width of the lot. In computing
a "rear yard," the distance shall be computed exclusive of cornices,
eaves, gutters, chimneys, balconies, terraces and bay windows not
extending through more than one story and not projecting more than
two feet, except that chimneys may extend through more than one story.
[Amended 10-30-1979 by L.L. No. 9-1979]
The required open space extending along the side lot line
from the front yard to the rear yard. In computing a "side yard,"
the distance shall be computed exclusive of cornices, eaves, gutters,
chimneys, balconies, terraces and bay windows not extending through
more than one story and not projecting more than two feet, except
that chimneys may extend through more than one story.
[Amended 10-30-1979 by L.L. No. 9-1979]
A building designed for and to be occupied exclusively as
a home or residence for not more than one family.
The amount of square feet of exterior measurements of dwellings,
excluding breezeways, garages, utility rooms and open porches.
A combination of materials other than a building to form
a construction that is safe and stable and includes, among other things,
stadiums, gospel and circus tents, reviewing stands, platforms, stagings,
observation towers, radio towers, sheds, coal bins, walls, fences
and display signs. The term "structure" shall be construed as though
followed by the words "or part thereof."
A building erected or used exclusively as a central station
where telephone lines meet and where connections are made between
them and where no trucks or materials are stored.
A building where the main eaves are below the midheight of
the third story.
A building designed for and to be occupied exclusively as
a home or residence for two families.
Any building where the area of the second floor is equal
to 75% of the area of the first floor.
The mean width measured at right angles to its depth.
