As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ACCESSORY USE OR STRUCTURE
A use or structure subordinate to the principal use of a building on the same lot and serving a purpose customarily incidental to the use of the principal building.
ACRE
A measure of land area equal to 43,560 square feet.
ACTIVE AGRICULTURAL FARMLAND
The land and on-farm buildings, equipment, processing and handling facilities, and practices which contribute to the production, preparation and marketing of crops, livestock and livestock products as a commercial enterprise. Active agricultural farmland may consist of one or more parcels of owned or rented land, which parcels may be contiguous to or noncontiguous to each other. "Active agricultural farmland" means land used in agricultural production during the preceding two years for the production for sale of crops, livestock and/or livestock products, as those terms are used within this state's Agriculture and Markets Law.
[Added 9-14-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment run by a person, firm, corporation, association, club or other organization to operate a public or private business serving food and/or beverages in the Town of Marlborough which presents nude or topless dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators or similar entertainment or which employs nude or topless persons for food or beverage service, which establishment is not customarily open to the public, but excludes minors by reason of age.
[Added 12-13-1993 by L.L. No. 4-1993]
ADULT MULTIPLE DWELLING
A building or portion thereof containing three or more apartments or owner-occupied dwelling units. Tenants or owner-occupants shall each be 50 years of age or over, except that only one spouse of an occupying married couple must be 50 years of age or older.
[Amended 7-11-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994; 9-14-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
A dwelling unit available at a cost of no more than 30% of the gross household income of households at or below 80% of the Kingston-NY MSA median family income as reported by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
[Added 11-13-1995 by L.L. No. 5-1995; amended 9-14-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
AFFORDABLE SENIOR CITIZEN HOUSING
A residential cluster development of 20 or more residential units which meets specific conditions and the definitions of affordable housing and senior citizens housing as set forth in this chapter.
[Added 11-13-1995 by L.L. No. 5-1995]
AGRICULTURE
The cultivation of the soil for food products, tree crops or other useful or valuable growths of the field or garden; and dairying and poultry and livestock raising.
ALTERATION
A change or rearrangement of the structural components of a building or structure resulting in a change in the exterior dimensions of said building or structure.
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION
A building or place of business where gasoline, oil and greases, batteries, tires and automobile accessories are supplied and affixed directly to the motor vehicle and where minor repair service is rendered.
AUTOMOTIVE OR MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SALES AREA
An open area for the display, sale or rental of motorized or mechanical equipment, including new or used motor vehicles, trucks and farm equipment or mobile homes in operable condition.
BED-AND-BREAKFAST
An owner-occupied dwelling allowing overnight accommodations in residential structures which takes place only in owner-occupied structures in which at least one room and not more than five rooms are offered for rent for transient occupancy. Use is allowable for up to five bedrooms within the owner-occupied structure, excluding the primary owner's main living quarters. Meals may be served to guests of the business. Use is subject to site plan review by the Planning Board. Each owner of a bed-and-breakfast overnight accommodation must obtain an annual operating permit from the Building Department and must pay any related permitting or inspection fees established by the Town. These fees, from time to time, may be updated and changed during the Town Board annual reorganization meeting.[1]
[Amended 3-8-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999; 9-26-2022 by L.L. No. 8-2022]
BUILDING
A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, used or intended to be used for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals or property.
A. 
BUILDING HEIGHTThe vertical distance measured from the mean level of the ground surrounding the building to a point midway between the highest and lowest point of the roof, but not including chimneys, spires, towers, tanks and similar projections.
B. 
BUILDING, PRINCIPALA structure in which is conducted the principal use of the site on which it is situated. In any residential district, any dwelling shall be deemed to be a "principal building" on the lot on which the same is located.
C. 
BUILDING, RECYCLABLE AGRICULTURALA structure, such as a barn, packinghouse or cooler, used previously for an accessory agricultural purpose, which purpose is no longer economically viable. Such building may be recycled, i.e., converted to a permitted, accessory or special permit use in the zoning district of its location subject to its meeting standards set forth elsewhere in this chapter. To be classified as "recyclable," such building shall have a minimum floor area of 2,500 square feet; have served its prior use for a minimum of 10 years; be certified for appropriateness for its proposed use by the Building Inspector; and receive site plan and environmental review approval from the Planning Board.
CAMPSITE
Any parcel of land, with or without accommodations for temporary living purposes, but containing two or more paved or unpaved areas to be used for the parking of travel trailers, the erection of a tent or the accommodation of other forms of temporary, portable or movable shelter.
CANNABIS
As used herein, cannabis shall have the same definition as that found in New York Cannabis Law (Chapter 7-A of the Consolidated Laws of New York) in § 3 thereof. Cannabis may also be referred to as "marijuana" or "marihuana."
[Added 2-26-2024 by L.L. No. 1-2024]
CANNABIS ESTABLISHMENT
A single physical location where a licensed cannabis retailer engages in the retail of cannabis, any other type of licensed cannabis-related business, or any combination thereof.
[Added 2-26-2024 by L.L. No. 1-2024]
CANNABIS ON-SITE CONSUMPTION ESTABLISHMENT
A single location where an entity or individual is licensed by the New York State Office of Cannabis Management to allow for the on-site consumption of cannabis products on the premises. A "cannabis on-site consumption establishment" does not include a cannabis retail dispensary.
[Added 2-26-2024 by L.L. No. 1-2024]
CANNABIS PRODUCTS
Cannabis, concentrated cannabis, and cannabis-infused products, and includes made or manufactured products that contain either cannabis or concentrated cannabis and other ingredients and are intended for personal use or consumption.
[Added 2-26-2024 by L.L. No. 1-2024]
CANNABIS RETAIL DISPENSARY
An establishment that is licensed by the New York State Office of Cannabis Management to sell or otherwise distribute cannabis products directly to consumers for use off the premises. A cannabis retail dispensary may be licensed to operate as an adult-use cannabis retail dispensary or as a medical cannabis dispensary, or both. A "cannabis retail dispensary" does not include a cannabis on-site consumption establishment.
[Added 2-26-2024 by L.L. No. 1-2024]
A. 
CANNABIS DISPENSARY, MEDICALA cannabis retail dispensary that sells or otherwise distributes cannabis products and related supplies to registered practitioners, certified patients, or designated caregivers for medical use in accordance with Title 5-A of Article 33 of the New York Public Health Law and Article 3 of the New York Cannabis Law.
B. 
CANNABIS RETAIL DISPENSARY, ADULT-USEA cannabis retail dispensary that sells or otherwise distributes cannabis products and related supplies to consumers for nonmedical use in accordance with Article 4 of the New York Cannabis Law.
CEMETERY
A burial place or ground for humans.
COMMERCIAL GROUP
Two or more retail establishments totaling no more than 30,000 square feet of rentable commercial space and sharing certain facilities, such as parking, public utilities and open space.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
A building owned or operated by a certified nonprofit, nondenominational organization for assembly by its members.
DECIBEL
A unit of sound pressure level.
DENSITY
The number of dwelling units or commercial or other nonresidential units per square foot or acre of lot area.
DENSITY, AVERAGE
The number of dwelling units or commercial or other nonresidential units divided by the number of square feet or acres of a building lot or tract.
DWELLING
Any building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively as the residence or sleeping place of one or more persons, except a mobile home or trailer.
A. 
SINGLE-FAMILYA detached building, designated for or occupied exclusively by one family and containing not more than one dwelling unit.
B. 
TWO-FAMILYA detached or semidetached building where not more than two individual family or dwelling units are entirely separated by vertical walls or horizontal floors, unpierced except for access to the outside or to a common cellar.
C. 
MULTIPLEA building or portion thereof used or designed as a residence for three or more apartment or dwelling units.
D. 
VACATIONA dwelling which is temporarily occupied by a person or persons having a usual residence elsewhere from whence they customarily journey to work, send children to school or conduct other principal activities.
E. 
TOWNHOUSEA dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling consisting of a row of three or more attached dwelling units wherein each unit is intended for single-family occupancy. Each unit shall share a common wall with one or more other units and shall not share a common floor or ceiling. Ownership of the townhouse dwelling shall include the land on which the unit is placed.
[Added 5-9-2011 by L.L. No. 3-2011]
DWELLING UNIT
A building or entirely self-contained portion thereof containing complete housekeeping facilities for only one family, including any domestic servants employed on the premises, and having no enclosed space (other than vestibules, entrance or other hallways or porches) or cooking or sanitary facilities in common with any other dwelling unit.
[Amended 9-14-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
EDUCATIONAL USE
Public, parochial or private elementary or secondary schools and higher education, duly licensed by the State of New York, attendance at which is a sufficient compliance with the compulsory attendance requirements of the state.
ESSENTIAL SERVICES
The erection, alteration or maintenance, by public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith, reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies or for the public health and safety or general welfare. "Essential services" shall include firehouses, first aid and emergency aid squads and CATV, whether provided by a municipal or a private agency.
FAMILY
One or more persons occupying a dwelling unit and living as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit.
[Amended 8-22-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994]
FARM
Any parcel of land of 10 acres or more used principally in the raising or production of agricultural products and the necessary or usual dwellings, farm structures, storage and equipment.
FLOOD BOUNDARY AND FLOODWAY MAP
The most-current official map for the Town prepared by the Flood Insurance Administration and on which are designated the boundaries of the one-hundred-year floodplain, the five-hundred-year floodplain and the regulatory floodway.
[Added 9-14-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
FLOODPLAIN
All land adjoining a watercourse which is likely to flood once every 100 years, as shown on the most current and official map for the Town prepared by the Flood Insurance Administration.
[Added 9-14-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
FLOOR AREA
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the floors of a building measured from the interior faces of the exterior walls.
FUNERAL HOME
A building or part thereof used and occupied by a professional licensed mortician for burial preparation and funeral services.
GARAGE, ACCESSORY
A detached accessory structure or portion of a principal building used to satisfy the off-street parking requirements of on-site uses as set forth in this chapter.
GARAGE, COMMERCIAL
A building used for the storage, repair, including body work, and/or servicing of motor vehicles, but not including the storing, holding or displaying of the same for sale or resale.
HELIPAD
A landing pad for a helicopter, which pad meets the conditions set forth in this chapter, as well as the applicable regulations of § 249 of the General Business Law and those of any other public agency having jurisdiction.
HOME OCCUPATION
Any business or professional use customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling, provided that such use is carried on by the owner of the dwelling, is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling and does not significantly change the character of the dwelling or neighborhood.
HOTEL
A building or any part thereof which contains living and sleeping accommodations hired out for compensation for 20 or more persons, has a common exterior entrance or entrances and contains one or more dining rooms.
HOUSE OF WORSHIP
The principal structure used by a religious society or congregation, incorporated pursuant to the provisions of the laws of the State of New York, for public worship, ritual and ceremony.
INSTRUCTIONAL USE
An institution or organization which may or may not be licensed or accredited as a school by the State of New York, which provides for the teaching of any skill or body of knowledge independent of a general curriculum of studies. An "instructional use" is to be distinguished from an educational use and from tutoring.
JUNK CARS/UNREGISTERED VEHICLES
Vehicles which do not have a current and/or valid New York State Department of Motor Vehicles Registration. Vehicles typically used for farming are exempt from this definition. No more than one junk car/unregistered vehicle shall be allowed per lot unless otherwise permitted under local law.
[Added 3-8-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
JUNKYARD
Consists of buildings, structures or premises where junk, waste or discarded or salvage materials are bought or sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled or handled, including automobile wrecking yards, but not including the purchase or storage of used furniture and household equipment or used cars in operable condition.
KENNEL
Any enclosure, premises, building, structure, lot or area in or on which more than four dogs of at least six months of age are kept, harbored or maintained for commercial or noncommercial purposes for continuous periods of 24 hours or more.
LANDFILL, SANITARY
A municipally owned and operated site which uses an engineered method of solid waste disposal on land in a manner that protects the environment: waste is spread in thin layers, compacted to the smallest possible practical volume and covered with soil at the end of each working day.
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY
Activities generally limited to the assembly, processing, storage and distribution of goods and materials manufactured elsewhere from raw materials.
LOT
A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed or built upon as a unit.
A. 
LOT, CORNERA lot abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection or upon two parts of the same street, such streets or parts of the same street forming an interior angle of less than 135º. The point of intersection of the street lot lines is the "corner."
B. 
LOT DEPTHThe mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.
C. 
LOT LINESThe property lines bounding the lot.
(1) 
FRONTThe line separating the lot from the street. Where there is no road along any lot line, the "front lot line" will be a lot line which abuts a street.
(2) 
REARThe lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line.
(3) 
SIDEAny lot line other than a front or rear lot line. A "side lot line" separating a lot from a street is called a "side street lot line."
(4) 
STREETA lot line separating the lot from a street or alley.
D. 
LOT AREAThe computed area of a lot contained within the lot lines and measured in square feet or acres.
E. 
LOT WIDTHThe distance between the two side lot lines measured parallel to the front lot line at the required setback line or the actual building line chosen by the owner.
F. 
LOT COVERAGEThe percentage of the area of a lot covered by the area of the foundation of a building or buildings; includes building coverage.
LOW-INCOME HOUSING
[Added 11-13-1995 by L.L. No. 5-1995; repealed 9-14-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
MARLBORO HAMLET PARKING DISTRICT
Those areas in the Hamlet of Marlboro included in the C-1 Commercial District, on Tax Map Sheets 108.012 and 108.004.
[Added 3-8-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
MILTON HAMLET PARKING DISTRICT
Those areas in the Hamlet of Milton on the current tax maps at the time of adoption of this regulation located east of State Route 9W, west of Maple Avenue, west of Watson Avenue and south of Church Street, including all lots in Tax Map Sections 103.009 and 103.001 Block 3.
[Added 3-8-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
MINING AND EXCAVATION
The excavation, removal, handling and processing of stone, sand gravel, clay, earth or other surface or subsurface material extracted from the premises, including the transportation, storage, crushing, grinding, pulverizing or mixing of the extracted raw materials and all uses and operations accessory thereto.
MOBILE HOME
Any structure 14 feet wide or less, adaptable to be moved by a power connected thereto, and so designed as to permit occupancy thereof for dwelling or sleeping purposes or for the conduct of any business, profession, occupation or trade and provided with any combination of the following mechanical systems and equipment: plumbing, heating, electrical, cooking and refrigeration. Such structure shall have a steel frame attached to the underside and may or may not have axles and wheels attached to such frame. Such "mobile home" or "house trailer" shall be in conformity with the New York State Code for the Construction of Mobile Homes, March 13, 1974, as amended, and such certificates of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development as may supersede such code.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any plot of ground upon which two or more mobile homes, occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located, regardless of whether or not a charge is made for such accommodations.
MOBILE OR MODULAR HOME SALES LOT
Any area of land upon which mobile or modular homes are placed for the sole purpose of display or sale.
MOBILE RETAIL STAND
Motorized vehicle or portable stand, stationed in one location for more than 30 minutes, with facilities for storage and sale of retail goods, food and drink or other commodities.
MODERATE-INCOME HOUSING
[Added 11-13-1995 by L.L. No. 5-1995; repealed 9-14-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
MODULAR HOME
A factory-fabricated, transportable building designed for placement on a permanent in-ground foundation for use as a dwelling.
MOTEL
A building or group of buildings containing individual living and sleeping accommodations for hire, each of which is provided with a separate exterior entrance and a parking space and is offered for rental and use primarily by motor vehicle travelers. The term "motel" includes but is not limited to every type of similar establishment known variously as an "auto court," "motor inn," "motor lodge," "tourist court," "tourist cabin" or "roadside hotel."
NEIGHBORHOOD STORE
A retail business establishment of not more than 1,500 square feet.
NET BUILDABLE AREA
The gross acreage of a proposed development site less the acreage of lands rated as wetlands, slopes in excess of 25%, floodplains, water bodies, and lands that are otherwise restricted from development, such as by a utility easement.
[Added 9-14-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
NET DENSITY
A measure of the number of allowed dwelling units per unit of area. It shall be expressed in dwelling units per acre. The measure is arrived at by dividing the number of allowed dwelling units by the net buildable area.
[Added 9-14-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
NONCONFORMING BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
One which does not conform to the height, yard, building coverage, parking or other dimensional requirements of this chapter and which existed lawfully, whether by variance or otherwise, on the date this chapter or any amendment hereto became effective, and which fails to conform to one or more of the provisions of this chapter or such amendment hereto.
[Amended 9-14-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
NONCONFORMING USE
Any use of a building, structure or tract of land which existed lawfully, whether by variance or otherwise, on the date this chapter or any amendment hereto became effective and which fails to conform to one or more of the provisions of this chapter or such amendment hereto.
[Amended 9-14-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
NURSERY OR GREENHOUSE, COMMERCIAL
A place where young trees or plants are raised for transporting or sale.
NURSERY OR GREENHOUSE, PRIVATE
A place or structure where young trees or other plants are raised for the personal use of the owner of the place or structure. If a freestanding structure or extension to the principal building, it is to be reviewed as an accessory building.
OWNER
A person who, or an entity which, either independently or jointly, owns and possesses a right to convey fee title to the property.
[Added 9-14-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
PERSONAL SERVICES
Those services involving the care of the person or his apparel, such as laundries, cleaning and dyeing establishments, barber- and beauty shops and cleaning and pressing shops.
[2]
POULTRY RAISING, LOW-DENSITY
A farm, the major occupation of which is the raising of poultry, wherein there is more than one square foot of ground floor area per bird in those structures housing the poultry.
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
The office of an accountant, architect, attorney, dentist, engineer, physician or similar licensed activity, whether in a single-family house as a home occupation or in a commercial office building.
PUBLIC BUILDING
A building owned or leased by the Town of Marlborough or a local, county, state or federal agency for public purposes.
PUBLIC WATER OR SEWER
Water or sewerage systems administered by the Town of Marlborough within a duly established water or sewer district.
RECREATION, COMMERCIAL
A recreation facility operated as a business which does not generate sound levels in excess of 65 decibels at the property line, meets all lot and setback requirements, provides adequate on-site parking and is open to the public for a fee.
[Amended 7-12-2010 by L.L. No. 4-2010]
RESIDENTIAL CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT
An area to be developed as a single entity according to a plan containing common or public open space as an appurtenance to residential housing units within the entity. While the residential units may be placed on lots of smaller area than those permitted within the zoning district or have setbacks of smaller size, the average residential density of the complete development, expressed in dwelling units per acre, shall not exceed the density permitted in that district for noncluster development.
RESORT HOTEL
An area of land on which is located a hotel or group of buildings containing living and sleeping accommodations for 20 or more persons hired out for compensation and which has a public lobby serving guests and contains one or more dining rooms and recreation facilities.
RESTAURANT, DRIVE-IN
A structure where food and/or nonalcoholic beverages are prepared and sold ready for consumption and in which packaging practices, service and external layout serve the convenience of customers who arrive at the site primarily by automobile and who may consume such food and/or beverages on the premises, either inside or outside the structure.
ROADSIDE STAND FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
An accessory structure situated on an operating farm and offering for sale between the months of May and November agricultural products, a majority of which have been produced on the premises.
ROOMING HOUSE
A dwelling unit occupied by a resident-owner or agent thereof and his family and from whom four or more tenants rent sleeping space without provision for meals. The definition includes a lodging house, but does not include a hotel, motel, boardinghouse or other lodging arrangement for transients.
SEASONAL USE
A use engaged in for a period of six consecutive months or less.
SENIOR CITIZEN HOUSING
Dwelling units within which residency shall be restricted to a permanent resident aged 62 years or more of age and one other person related by blood or marriage.
SETBACK
A restriction placed upon the use of land referring to the distance a structure must be situated from a lot line. The setback line shall be parallel to the lot line from which it is measured. In the case of a cul-de-sac, the front setback line shall be established parallel to a chord connecting the two points of intersection of the side lot line with the arc representing the cul-de-sac right-of-way line, i.e., the front lot line. Setback distances shall be measured perpendicular to the chord described above. In the case where rights-of-way or easements border the property line, the setback distance shall be determined by measurement from the edge of the right-of-way or easement nearest to the structure in question.
[Amended 8-22-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994]
SHOPPING CENTER
A group of stores, shops and similar establishments occupying adjoining structures, all of which may be deemed one building if designed as an architectural unit and if it has adequate space for customer parking and for loading and unloading commodities.[3]
SHORT-TERM RENTAL
The rental by a tenant of all or part of a furnished, self-contained detached dwelling unit for a period of 30 days or less ( the "short-term rental unit"), fee title to which is owned by the person who i) owns the fee title to and ii) owns a dwelling unit which is next door to or directly across the street from the short-term rental unit as his or her primary residence ( the "owner"). An owner shall not own or have an ownership interest in more than two short-term rental units within the Town of Marlborough.
[Added 4-12-2021 by L.L. No. 2-2021; amended 9-26-2022 by L.L. No. 8-2022]
SPECIAL USE
A use which, because of its unique characteristics, requires individual consideration in each case by the Planning Board, as specified in Article VII, before it may be permitted in the district enumerated in Article IV. In accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the Planning Board may require certain conditions and safeguards before such a use is permitted or expanded.
SPECIAL USE PERMIT
An authorization of a particular land use – the special use – which is permissible within a given zoning district but which may have the potential to exhibit characteristics or create impacts incompatible with the purposes of such district. The special use shall, therefore, be subject to approval by the Planning Board in accordance with conditions set forth for such use, as well as other applicable provisions of this chapter. Both general and specific conditions have been established for special uses to ensure that such use is in harmony with this chapter and the Town of Marlborough Comprehensive Plan and will not adversely affect the neighborhood if such requirements are met.
[Added 9-14-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
STREET
A right-of-way for vehicular traffic, including road, avenue, lane, highway or other way which is an existing public way, or a way shown upon a subdivision plat approved by the Town Planning Board, as provided by law.
STRUCTURE
A combination of materials assembled, constructed or erected at a fixed location, including, for example, a building, swimming pool and stationary and portable carports, the use of which requires location on the ground or attachment to something having location on the ground.
SUBDIVISION
As defined in Chapter 134, Subdivision of Land.
[Amended 8-22-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994]
TEMPORARY MOVABLE STORAGE FACILITY
A container in use for dry or liquid storage not affixed to a permanent foundation and resting on wheels, skids or other device facilitating movability. Such container shall be considered an accessory building requiring a permit from the Building Inspector when the liquid storage volume is 1,000 gallons or greater and, for dry storage, 144 cubic feet or greater.
TOWN ENGINEER
The person duly designated as engineer of the Town on a permanent or consulting basis.
TRAVEL TRAILER
A movable unit designed for short-term occupancy and frequent travel, equipped with a chassis, but lacking one or all of the following mechanical systems and equipment: plumbing, heating, electrical, cooking and refrigeration.
TUTORING
When practiced as a home occupation, the instruction by one person of up to five persons at one time in a skill or field of knowledge.
USABLE AREA FOR INDIVIDUAL WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
The general area required and suitable for the normal and reasonable development of a building site to permit the provision of water supply and sewerage facilities to serve the area for proposed occupancy in accordance with the provisions of local ordinances, watershed rules and regulations and the requirements of the County Health Department or other provision regulating land use.
A. 
A usable area shall not be deemed to include any area occupied by any existing building, structure, lake, stream, pond or swamp areas of exposed or underlying rock or groundwater within five feet of the surface or marginal areas subject to flooding or along streams or other bodies of water.
B. 
The area intended for sewerage systems shall be well-drained by natural or artificial means.
C. 
The Building Inspector may require to be shown such usable area as he may deem necessary for any other type of land usage, other than single-family occupancy, indicated on the plan and permitted under existing zoning laws.
D. 
The usable area shall include a protective area not less than 10 feet in width laterally on all sides of the separate sewerage system and such other protective area between any separate sewerage system and any water supply line or drainage, watercourse or other hazardous condition as the Department shall deem necessary or adequate.
E. 
As applied to separate sewerage systems, the usable area shall contain a suitable absorptive area for a depth of not less than four feet below proposed leaching devices. Where placement of soils is made in sewage leaching areas, the existing surface soils may not be displaced over clay or rock.
USABLE OPEN SPACE
An unenclosed portion of the ground area of a lot or tract of land containing a residential cluster subdivision which is not assigned for driveways or parking areas, is free from structures of any kind and is accessible to all occupants of the building or buildings on said lot or tract for purposes of active or passive outdoor recreation.
USE
The principal purpose for which a lot or the principal building thereon is designated to be occupied, maintained or used.
WAREHOUSE
An enclosed building used for the commercial storage of materials.
WATER BODY
Any area that, in a normal year, has water flowing or standing above ground to the extent that evidence of an ordinary high-water mark is established.
[Added 9-14-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
WATER TAKING
The taking of water from on-site subsurface surfaces for collection, transportation and sale.
[Added 4-8-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]
WETLAND
An area of land that is characterized by hydrophytic vegetation, saturated soils or periodic inundation, as delineated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or the United States Army Corp of Engineers.
[Added 9-14-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
WETLAND BUFFER
An adjacent area of 100 feet around a wetland area of land as delineated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
[Added 9-14-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
WINERIES AND DISTILLERIES
An agricultural land use that includes the growing of fruit used in making wine, the importation of fruit and fruit juices to make wine and the process to make wine and the distillation process to make spirits from wine.
[Added 9-14-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
YARD
An open space which lies between the principal building or group of buildings and the nearest lot line and is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as herein permitted.
A. 
FRONTAn open space extending the full width of the lot between a principal building and the front lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward.
B. 
REARAn open space extending the full width of the lot between a principal building and the rear lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward.
C. 
SIDEAn open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard between a principal building and the nearest side lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward.
[1]
Editor's Note: The definition of "billboard," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 5-22-2017 by L.L. No. 5-2017. The definition of "boardinghouse," which also followed this definition, was repealed 4-11-2022 by L.L. No. 2-2022.
[2]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "poultry raising, high density," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 3-8-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999.
[3]
Editor's Note: The former definitions of “sign,” “sign area,” and “sign, directory,” which immediately followed this definition, were repealed 5-22-2017 by L.L. No. 5-2017.
In the interpretation and construction of this chapter:
A. 
Words used in the present tense include the future; the singular number shall include the plural, and the plural the singular.
B. 
The word "structure" shall include the word "building."
C. 
The work "used" shall include "arranged," "designed," "constructed," "altered," "converted," "rented," "leased" or "intended to be used."
D. 
The word "shall" is mandatory and not optional.