Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms and words
used herein shall be interpreted or defined as follows:
ACCESSORY BUILDING
A building subordinate to the main building on a lot and
used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the main building.
An "accessory building" attached to another building shall be deemed
a part of such other building.
ACCESSORY USE
A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal
use or building and located on the same lot with such principal use
or building.
BOARDINGHOUSE
A dwelling, other than a motel or hotel, where lodging and/or
meals are provided for compensation, with no individual cooking facilities.
BOATHOUSE, PRIVATE
A building used for the keeping and storage of a boat or
boats for the private use of the owner or occupant of a lot and as
a customary accessory use to the lot, not for the keeping of boats
for sale, for hire or for commercial use.
BOAT STORAGE RACK
Any structure, boat storage device or multilevel watercraft
storage rack, whether indoors or out of doors, enclosed or open, designed
or used for the purpose of storing watercraft which covers a ground
or floor area in excess of 150 square feet. It does not include incidental
boat carriers, cradles or racks used to store or transport small craft
such as canoes, dinghies and small sailboats and like craft which
are typically capable of being carried by no more than two people.
BOATYARD
A premises used or occupied:
(1)
For the constructing, repairing or storing of boats, marine
equipment, materials and accessories thereto.
(2)
For the sale of new or used boats, marine equipment and products.
(3)
By a boat storage rack in the B-3 Marine Business District.
BUILDING AREA
The total of the horizontal cross-section area of the buildings
on a lot exclusive of cornices, eaves, gutters, chimneys and bay windows
projecting not more than 18 inches, and steps projecting not more
than five feet.
BUILDING, FRONT LINE OF
The line of that face of the building nearest the front street
line of the lot. This face includes bay windows and porches, whether
enclosed or not, and steps extending more than five feet.
COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT DEVICE
Any amusement machine or device operated by means of the
insertion of a coin, token or similar object for the purpose of amusement
or skill and for the playing of which a fee is charged.
CORNER LOT
A lot where at least two adjacent sides abut on streets or
public places.
CURB LEVEL
The grade of the curb along the front street line of the
lot established by the Village Engineer, and in the absence of a curb,
the crown of the road.
DEPTH OF A LOT
The average distance from the front street line to the rear
line of the lot measured in a general direction normal to the front
street line.
DRY-DOCK STORAGE MARINA
A business which must be licensed pursuant to the terms of Article
VIII of Chapter
107 of this Code, involving the use of a boat storage rack building to temporarily store boats and watercraft when not in use in between the occasional removal and use of them between June 1 and September 30 of any year.
DWELLING
A building or a portion of a building designed or arranged
to provide living facilities for one or more families. "Dwellings"
are classified as follows:
(1)
ONE-FAMILY DWELLINGA detached house consisting of or intended to be occupied as a residence by one family only, as family is hereafter defined. In no case shall a nursing home, an adult home, a lodging house, boardinghouse, fraternity house, sorority house or multiple dwelling be classified or construed as a "one-family dwelling."
(2)
TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGA building occupied exclusively as a home or residence for two families living independently of each other.
(3)
MULTIPLE DWELLINGA building occupied exclusively as a residence for three or more families living independently of each other, including apartment houses, group houses, apartment hotels, condominiums and cooperative apartments.
(4)
MIXED-USE DWELLINGA building, a portion of which is used for dwelling purposes for not more than two families and the remaining portion of which is used for business purposes.
(5)
PROFESSIONAL MIXED-USE DWELLINGA building containing not more than three units for office use or dwelling purposes but for not more than two families; the office unit or units of which may be used only for professional offices of architects, attorneys, chiropractors, dentists, professional engineers, medical doctors, optometrists, osteopaths, podiatrists, real estate or insurance brokers, surveyors or physical therapists. All references of limitations, costs and fees set forth in this Code which apply to mixed-use dwellings shall also apply to professional mixed-use dwellings, unless specifically stated otherwise.
FAMILY
A single person or collective group of persons related by
kinship, adoption, blood or marriage, or the functional and factual
equivalent of a natural family, living and cooking together as a single
housekeeping unit of a permanent and distinct domestic character.
FAST-FOOD ESTABLISHMENT
Any store, restaurant, cafe or other business selling or
serving food or beverages which makes use of a drive-in, drive-through
or drive-up window, for any of its customers.
FINISHED GRADE
The curb level at the midpoint of the front street line of
the lot, and in the absence of a curb, the midpoint of the crown of
the road.
FLOOR AREA RATIO
The gross floor area of a structure divided by the total
lot area.
[Added 2-28-2022 by L.L.
No. 2-2022]
FRONTAGE or FRONT STREET LINE OF A LOT
That boundary line which abuts a public street. If there
is more than one street abutting, it means the street designated as
the front street by the owner. The rear of a lot is the side opposite
the front.
GARAGE, PRIVATE
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 lot. Where such garage is
attached to the principal building by a covered porch or breezeway,
it shall be deemed an attached garage.
GARAGE, PUBLIC
Any garage other than a private garage, available to the
public, operated for gain, including the use of land or building for
the sale of new or used cars or for the storage, repair, rental or
servicing of automobiles or motor vehicles, or for a gasoline filling
station.
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food and readily
combustible material such as paper, cardboard, wood, excelsior and
cloth; also food cans, glass food containers and bottles; also dead
birds, cats, dogs and other small animals.
GRADE OF STREET
The elevation of the line of a street as established by the
Board of Trustees or its designee.
HABITABLE SPACE
A space in a building for living, sleeping, eating or cooking,
or used as a home occupation. Bathrooms, toilet rooms, closets, halls,
storage or utility spaces and similar areas are not considered habitable
spaces.
HEIGHT OF A BUILDING
The vertical distance from the curb level to the highest
point of the roof, provided that the chimneys, spires, towers, elevator
enclosures and similar enclosures shall not be included in the height,
and provided further that if the front yard setback of the building
is more than 50 feet, said height shall be measured from the average
grade of the ground surrounding such building.
JUNKYARD
A premises where articles that have outlived their usefulness
in their original form are purchased, stored, and sold to be reconditioned,
or for some other purpose including junk shops, junk stores, auto
wreckers, salvage yards, and yards for collecting or dealing in junk
motor vehicles. This definition shall include "junk metal" and "junk
dealer" as defined in § 60 of the General Business Law.
LOT
A plot or parcel of land considered as a unit, devoted to
a certain use or occupied by a building or a group of buildings that
are united by common interest or use, and the customary accessory
uses or buildings and open spaces belonging to the same.
NONCONFORMING USE
A structure or land occupied by a use that does not conform
to the regulations of the district in which it is situated.
PARENT-CHILD RESIDENCE
A one-family dwelling altered to include a second kitchen
for the sole use by the father, mother, son or daughter by blood,
marriage or legal adoption of the owner occupying said one-family
dwelling.
[Added 3-8-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010]
PORCH
Any porch, veranda, gallery, balcony, terrace, piazza, portico,
breezeway or similar projection from or connected with a main wall
of a building.
RUBBISH or DEBRIS
Includes ordinary household or store trash of a flammable
character, such as barrels, cartons, boxes, crates, furniture, appliances,
wood, cloth, rugs, clothing, rags, mattresses, blankets, small tree
trimmings, grass clippings, small stumps and similar garden waste;
hay, fodder, feed, meal or other discarded animal or vegetable matter
originally intended for animal consumption; planing mill waste, shavings,
sawdust and such other materials not otherwise defined herein as may
be readily consumed by incineration.
SCHOOL
(1)
PRIVATE SCHOOLA school giving special or limited instruction such as business, art, music, dancing, riding, camp activities or operated for private gain, or requiring the payment of tuition or other charges.
(2)
PUBLIC SCHOOLA school maintained for the purpose of giving a regular course of instruction to students of school age during the full school year under the Education Law of the State of New York and not requiring the payment of tuition.
SECURITY GATE
A barrier, screen or cover located either in front of or
behind a door, window or other opening used for purposes of securing
premises by preventing access or blocking passage to the interior
of the premises but which enables the viewing of the interior of the
premises from outside the premises.
SOLID WASTE
Any discarded material or substances, including but not limited
to garbage, refuse, sludges from air or water pollution control facilities
or water supply treatment facilities, rubbish, ashes, contained gaseous
materials, incinerator residue, demolition and construction debris,
offal and other discarded materials and substances resulting from
industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural operations and from
community activities, but not including sewage and other like diluted
water-carried materials or substances or those in gaseous form or
solid or dissolved materials or irrigation return flows or industrial
discharges, toxic or hazardous substances as defined by applicable
federal or state law, or source of any special nuclear or by-product
materials within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended.
STORY
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above, or if there is
no floor above, then the space between any floor and the ceiling next
above it, provided that the distance between the floor and the highest
point of the ceiling is not less than seven feet. The first story
is the lowest story entirely above the elevation of the finished grade.
STORY ABOVE GRADE
Any story having its finished floor surface entirely above
grade, except that a basement shall be considered as a story above
grade where the finished surface of the floor above the basement is:
(1)
More than six feet (1829 mm) above grade plane.
(2)
More than six feet (1829 mm) above the finished ground level
for more than 50% of the total building perimeter.
(3)
More than 12 feet (3658 mm) above the finished ground level
at any point.
STRUCTURE
Any combination of materials forming any construction and
includes, among other things, stadiums, tents, trailers (whether movable
or stationary), platforms, stagings, radio towers, gasoline pumps,
tanks, standpipes, outdoor pools, walls, fences, trellises, pergolas,
gates, display signs, bulkheads and docks.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots,
blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways.
YARD
The part of a lot unoccupied by any building.
(1)
FRONT YARDThe space on the same lot with the main building extending the full width of the lot between the front street line and the front of the building projected to the side lines of the lot. The depth of a front yard is the distance between the front line of the building and the street line.
(2)
REAR YARDThe space on the same lot with the main building extending the full width of the lot between the building and the rear lot line. The depth of a rear yard is the distance between the rear of the building and the rear lot line.
(3)
SIDE YARDThe space on the same lot with the building between the building and the side lines of the lot and extending through from the street or front yard to the rear yard or rear lot line. Any lot line not a rear lot line or a front lot line or a street line is a side lot line.