The purpose of this article is to set forth the land use activities permitted in the Village and to designate the districts in which each activity will be permitted, subject to all of the general and special regulations related to the applicable district and the particular land use activity.
[Amended 12-23-2015 by L.L. No. 4-2015]
A. 
General. No building, structure or parcel of land, or part thereof, shall hereafter be occupied, used, erected, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, moved or structurally altered, or its use altered, except for one or more of the uses deemed permitted in the district in which said building, structure or parcel of land shall be erected, altered, used or situated and unless said action is in all other respects in conformance with the provisions of this chapter hereinafter specified for the district in which said action occurs.
B. 
Permitted uses. The only uses deemed permitted in a land use control district of the Village are the uses designated in the Permitted Use Chart at the end of this chapter as uses permitted by right in said district; provided, however, that:
(1) 
Conditional uses. Any use designated in the Permitted Use Chart as a conditional use in a district shall be deemed a permitted use in said district only upon the issuance of a special use permit for said use by the Zoning Board of Appeals as provided in and subject to the conditions contained in Article X of this chapter;
(2) 
Critical impact uses. Any permitted use designated as a critical impact use in Article XI of this chapter shall not be deemed a permitted use unless a critical impact permit for said use is approved by the Planning Board as provided in and subject to the conditions contained in Article XI of this chapter; and
[Amended 5-24-2018 by L.L. No. 4-2018]
(3) 
Floodway Fringe FF-O Overzone. Any permitted use relating to premises located within the Floodway Fringe FF-O Overzone shall not be deemed to be a permitted use unless a floodway permit for said use is approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals as provided in and subject to the conditions contained in Article VI of this chapter.
C. 
Transient occupancy. No overnight accommodation for compensation or barter shall be permitted anywhere in the Village for less than 30 consecutive days except in a hotel, lodging, or a bed-and-breakfast homestay.
[Amended 3-22-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
A. 
General. Any land use activity not specifically set forth in the Permitted Use Chart or referred to by type in said chart shall not be permitted in the Village of Skaneateles unless a variance shall have been granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals to permit such use in the district in which the premises to which such use relates is located.
B. 
Symbols. The following symbols will be given the following meanings in interpreting the provisions of the Permitted Use Chart:
(1) 
The symbol (P) designates a use permitted by right in a district.
(2) 
The symbol (X) designates a conditional use which is permitted only upon securing a special use permit in each case from the Zoning Board of Appeals in accordance with Article X of this chapter.
(3) 
The symbol (S) designates a use which requires site plan review and approval by the Planning Board in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII of this chapter before it may be deemed a use permitted by this chapter.
(4) 
The symbol (N) designates a use which is specifically prohibited in a district.
C. 
Permitted Use Chart promulgated. The Permitted Use Chart included at the end of this chapter and the regulations contained therein are hereby adopted by the Board of Trustees and shall be considered an integral and official part of this chapter.
D. 
Dwelling unit. No building shall be occupied for residential purposes unless it shall contain at least one dwelling unit. No dwelling unit may be occupied by more than one family. No dwelling unit in a multifamily dwelling shall be permitted below finished grade.
[Amended 3-22-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
[Added 6-24-2002 by L.L. No. 4-2002]
A. 
All uses not expressly permitted in a land use control district shall be prohibited, except where the Zoning Board of Appeals may interpret, approve and permit any "other use of the same general character" as defined herein.
B. 
In any district, notwithstanding any statements of permitted uses or any definitions or lack of definitions in these regulations, any use which may reasonably be determined and characterized by the Zoning Board as being or including any of the following shall be prohibited: production and manufacturing from raw materials of chemicals, cement, explosives, paint products, rubber, soaps, starch or by-products of coal, coke, petroleum and natural gas; bulk storage of gasoline; milling of flour, feed, or grain; reduction, refining, smelting and alloying of metal or metal ores, slaughtering, rendering or processing of animals and poultry; reduction and processing of wood pulp and fiber; junkyards; storage of explosives; unenclosed manufacturing or processing of any materials or products; or any similar or other use which may introduce fire, explosion, or other public health and safety hazards or which generates or discharges or may generate or discharge hazardous or toxic wastes into the Village's public water supply or sewage disposal system or any open body of water within the Village or which regularly or frequently exceeds any of the following standards measured at any lot line:
(1) 
Emits continuous noise in excess of 80 decibels or impact noise of 100 decibels, measured in accordance with ANSI standards.
(2) 
Emits any odor which exceeds odor thresholds measured in accordance with ASTM Standard Method for Measurement of Odor in Atmospheres.
(3) 
Emits any airborne toxic matter in excess of ambient air quality standards of New York State Level III.
(4) 
Emits any smoke in excess of Ringlemann Chart No. 2.
(5) 
Causes, as a result of normal operations, ground-transmitted vibration which exceeds a velocity of 0.02 inch per second.
(6) 
Emits or causes any other conditions which threaten the public health, comfort, safety, or general welfare or which may damage or impair real property, business activity or natural resources.
C. 
Mobile dwellings or use of any temporary structures or recreation vehicles or camping or travel trailers as dwellings shall be prohibited.