[Amended 2-17-1981 by L.L. No. 1-1981; 11-12-2013 by L.L. No. 4-2013]
A. 
An accessory home office use shall not occupy more than 1/4 of the total floor area of the dwelling unit, and not more than two employees, staff or other personnel that do not reside in the dwelling shall work on the premises. No accessory home office use shall be carried on in any accessory building.
B. 
Every accessory use is subject to the limitations contained in the definition for "accessory use" set forth in § 121-5 and is subject, additionally, to the following restrictions:
(1) 
That such accessory use is operated and maintained under the same ownership and on the same lot as the principal permitted use to which it is accessory or by lessees of such lot and of such principal permitted use.
(2) 
That such accessory use does not involve or include any use, building, structure or structural feature inconsistent with the principal permitted use.
(3) 
That no accessory use shall be operated and no accessory building or structure shall be erected on any lot prior to the time of the operation of the principal use or of the construction of the main building to which it is accessory, as the case may be.
(4) 
That no accessory building or part thereof shall be used for residential purposes or living quarters. The use of any accessory building, garage, guesthouse or beach house for residential purposes or living quarters by any person, including but not limited to guests or domestic servants, is specifically prohibited.
(5) 
That no accessory use shall be permitted which, in its operation, changes or has a tendency to change the residential character of the neighborhood or causes traffic congestion, and no facilities or equipment used in connection therewith shall be permitted which are visible from outside the building or which cause emanations beyond the interior thereof.
(6) 
That no accessory building, garage, guesthouse or beach house shall be rented as a separate unit in any manner whatsoever.
The following regulations shall govern the keeping of animals and fowl for domestic purposes:
A. 
No horse, cow or sheep shall be kept within a distance of 50 feet from any dwelling, other than a dwelling upon the parcel of land upon which the same are kept, nor within a distance of 75 feet from any dwelling on a neighboring property.
[Amended 6-14-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994]
B. 
No manure shall be stored except in closed containers, pits or similar enclosures.
C. 
Poultry pens and enclosures shall be adequately fenced to a height of at least six feet. Pens and enclosures for keeping domestic animals may be up to six feet in height. All such pens and enclosures must be at least 25 feet from any property line and adequately screened from neighboring properties with evergreen plantings or other suitable screening.
[Amended 6-14-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994]
D. 
Conditions under which horses, cows, sheep, fowl or birds are kept shall be such as may be specified or required by the County Department of Health or by other ordinance of the Village.
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Editor's Note: For related provisions, see Ch. 5, Animals.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 121-11, Accessory farm dwellings, was repealed 11-12-2013 by L.L. No. 4-2013.
No accessory use or accessory building or structure shall be located within any minimum yard prescribed by this chapter, except as may otherwise be specifically provided herein.
A. 
When any accessory building or structure is attached to or constructed as a part of the main building to which it is accessory, it shall be subject to the yard requirements of the main building.
B. 
Not more than one accessory building shall be permitted per two-acre parcel without the prior written approval of the Board of Trustees.
[Added 1-8-1974]
The use of signs as accessory to a principal permitted use shall be subject to the following limitations:
A. 
Signs designating the name or profession of the occupant of a particular premises, the address or name conferred upon the residence, or placed on private property for purposes of prohibiting hunting, fishing, trapping and trespassing in accordance with the Environmental Conservation Law are permitted, provided that they are not larger than 121 square inches in area.
[Amended 10-11-2016 by L.L. No. 2-2016]
B. 
Temporary signs.
[Amended 1-9-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996; 10-11-2016 by L.L. No. 2-2016]
(1) 
All temporary signs shall remain installed for no longer than 30 consecutive days and no more than 90 days within a calendar year.
(2) 
A temporary sign shall not exceed a total of six square feet.
(3) 
A temporary sign shall be located on private property and not nearer than 10 feet to the paved portion of the adjacent roadway and shall not be placed in a location that will interfere with any public or street right-of-way.
C. 
Institutions permitted under Article II as special exception uses may have signs or bulletin boards erected upon the premises, provided that such signs shall not be nearer to the front line of the lot than 25 feet nor exceed 10 square feet in area.
D. 
Not more than one sign shall be used for each use, activity, institution or profession upon any zoning lot.
E. 
Signs may be illuminated only to the extent necessary to permit the legend thereon to be seen after dusk, provided that no sign shall be illuminated in such fashion or shall be constructed of materials that produce or cause any direct glare into a street or into or upon any residence property or dwelling unit. Strictly prohibited are:
(1) 
Any sign of which all or any part is set in motion by any means, including fluttering or rotating, or other moving signs set in motion by movement of the atmosphere.
(2) 
A sign displaying flashing or intermittent lights or lights of changing degrees of intensity.
(3) 
Strings of lights outlining roof lines, doors, windows or wall edges, or illuminated tubing.
F. 
No advertising sign or sign pertaining to any business use, conforming or nonconforming, shall be illuminated.
G. 
No commercial signs shall be permitted except as specifically provided above.
[Added 1-9-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
H. 
Signs that are not commercial signs not specifically referred to above shall be permitted, provided that they are not more than six square feet and need not be black on white.
[Added 1-9-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]