§ 190-5. Word usage.

A.    Unless the context clearly indicates the contrary, words used in the present tense include the future; the singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular. 

B.     The word "person" includes a profit or nonprofit corporation, a company, partnership or individual.

C.    The word "shall" is mandatory and not directory; the word "may" is permissive. 

D.    The word "lot" includes the word "plot" and the word "land."

E.     The word "structure" includes the word "building."

F.     The word "use" refers to any purpose for which a lot or land or part thereof is arranged, intended or designed to be used, occupied, maintained, made available or offered for use; and to any purpose for which a building or structure or part thereof is arranged, intended or designed to be used, occupied, maintained, made available or offered for use or erected, reconstructed, altered, enlarged, moved or rebuilt with the intention or design of using the same. 

G.    The word "used" refers to the actual fact that a lot or land, building or structure or part thereof is being occupied or maintained for a particular use.   

§ 190-6. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: 

ACCESSORY APARTMENT -- A second dwelling unit, either in an existing single-family detached dwelling or in a separate accessory structure on the same lot as the main dwelling, for use as a complete, independent living facility with provision for cooking, eating, sanitation and sleeping.

ACCESSORY USE, BUILDING OR STRUCTURE.A subordinate use, building or structure customarily incidental to and located on the same lot occupied by the main use, building or structure. The term "accessory building" may include a private garage, garden shed, a private playhouse and a private greenhouse.

ACCESSORY VEHICLE -- Any vehicle, self-propelled or towed, used for other than the primary means of transportation for an individual or family.  (Ex: Motor Home or Trailer) See §190-84

ALTERATION – Any change, addition or modification in construction, occupancy or use.  As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement in this structural parts or in the exit facilities; or an enlargement, whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height; or moving from one location or position to another. The term "alter," in its various modes and tenses and its participle form, refers to the making of an alteration.  

AUTOMOBILE LAUNDRY -- A structure or building designed for the washing, waxing, simonizing or similar treatment of automotive vehicles as its principal function. A filling station having portable washing equipment shall not be deemed to be an automobile laundry where such use is an accessory service to the principal service of the filling station.

BASEMENT -- A story partly underground but having less than half of its clear height below finished grade.

BED-AND-BREAKFAST -- An owner-occupied building designed, used and occupied as a single-family residence having, as an accessory use therein, public lodging rooms and facilities for and serving food and drink prepared within the building to pre-registered transient guests.

BUILDING – Any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.

SETBACK  --  The minimum required distance between the property line and the building line.

CELLAR -- A story partly underground and having 1/2 or more of its clear height below finished grade.

CLUB, COUNTRY -- A club for golfing, tennis, hunting, fishing, horseback riding or similar sports.

CLUB, MEMBERSHIP, NONPROFIT -- The premises and buildings used by a local chapter holding a valid charter from an international, national or state organization or by a bona fide local civic association catering exclusively to members and their guests primarily for a patriotic, fraternal, benevolent, social, educational, religious or political purpose. The club shall not be used in whole or in part for the conduct of any business or enterprise for profit, but this shall not be construed as preventing the utilization of a club for benefits or performances for a recognized charity, nor for the meeting of other organizations or for educational and cultural purposes.  

CONDOMINIUM -- An ownership arrangement in which the interior of a housing unit is individually owned, while the exterior, including land facilities (common elements), is owned by all homeowners in the development. The owner has title to the individual dwelling and a shared interest in the common element.

COURT – A space, open and unobstructed to the sky, located at or above grade level on a lot and bounded on three or more sides by walls of a building.

CUSTOM WORK, SHOP FOR  -- A business premises used for the making of clothing, millinery, shoes or other personal articles to individual order and measure, for sale at retail on the premises only, and not including the manufacture of ready-to-wear or standardized products.

DAY-CARE CENTERS -- A child-care facility for more than six children, unrelated to the operator, which provides for the care, protection and supervision of a child for a period of less than 24 hours a day on a regular basis, which supplements parental care, enrichment and health supervision for the child, in accordance with his/her individual needs, and for which a payment, fee or grant is made for care. Such a use must conform to all the requirements regulating day-care by the State of New York and/or Monroe County Departments of Social Services. In the case where day-care centers are located in places of worship or schools and colleges accredited by the New York State Department of Education, those places of worship or schools and colleges shall be held liable for the operations and activities of these day-care centers.

DWELLING  -- A building that contains one or two dwelling units used, intended, or designed to be used, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied for living purposes.  

DWELLING, MULTIPLE  -- A building or portion thereof containing more than two dwelling units.

DWELLING UNIT  -- A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.

EASEMENT – That portion of land or property reserved for present or future use by a person or agency other than the legal fee owner(s) of property.  The easement shall be permitted to be for use under, on or above said land.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICTS (EPOD)  -- These districts and the regulations associated within them are designed to preserve and protect unique or sensitive environmental features within the Village, including, but not limited to, wetlands, steep slopes, floodplains, watercourses and woodlots. These regulations are not intended to be substituted for other general zoning district provisions, but should be considered as additional regulations to be met by the applicant or developer, prior to project approval.

FAMILY -- One or more persons living together as a single housekeeping unit.

FENCE -- Any structure regardless of composition, except a living fence, that is erected or maintained along property lines.

FIRM -- The Flood Insurance Rate Map as prepared by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

FLOODPLAIN -- Any land area susceptible to be inundated by water from the base flood. That area designated as subject to flooding from the one-hundred-year flood on the Flood Boundary and Floodway Map prepared by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

FLOODWAY:

A.    The channel of a river or other watercourse and adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot.  

B.     That area designated as a floodway on the "Flood Boundary and Floodway Map" prepared by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

FRONTAGE: The width of a lot or parcel abutting a public right-of-way measured at the front property line.

GARAGE, PARKING -- A building, not a private garage, used for the storage of automobiles or trucks and not used for making repairs thereto.  

GARAGE, PRIVATE -- An enclosed space for the storage of one or more motor vehicles, provided that no business, occupation or service is conducted for profit therein.

GARAGE, REPAIR -- A building, other than a private or a parking garage, used for adjustment, painting, replacement of parts or other repairs of automobiles, light trucks (18,000 pounds or less) and trailers towed by said vehicles, or parts thereof, whether or not accessory or incidental to another use.

HEIGHT OF STRUCTURE OR BUILDING -- The vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the proposed finished grade at the front building line to the highest point of the roof.

HOME OCCUPATION -- Any gainful occupation customarily conducted within a dwelling by the residents thereof that is clearly secondary to the residential use and that does not change the character of the structure as a residence; provided that said activity shall not occupy more than 1/2 of the ground floor area of the dwelling or its equivalent elsewhere in the dwelling if so used; that there shall be no external evidence other than an announcement sign; that no mechanical or electrical equipment is used, except customary household equipment; and that no equipment, device or object shall be used which will cause line disturbances in the electric service so as to interfere with the reception of radio or television broadcast signals within the neighborhood or will produce offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors or glare. However, "home occupations" shall not be construed to include such uses as the following: clinics or hospitals; barber shops or beauty parlors; restaurants; breeding kennels; antique dealers; or repair garages or the adjustment, repair or maintenance of any combustion, electric or steam engines.

HOME PROFESSIONAL OFFICE -- The office or studio of a resident physician, surgeon, dentist or other person licensed by the State of New York to practice a healing art or as a lawyer, architect, artist, engineer, real estate broker or salesman, insurance broker or agent or teacher as herein restricted; provided that not more than two persons are employed who are not members of the family and that such office shall be in the main building and shall not occupy more than the equivalent of 1/2 of the area of one floor of said building. For the purposes of this definition, a teacher shall be restricted to a persons giving individual instruction in academic or scientific subjects to a single pupil at a time. A "home professional office" shall not include the office of any persons professionally engaged in the purchase or sale of economic goods nor shall any equipment, device or object be used which will cause line disturbances in the electric service so as to interfere with the reception of radio or television broadcast signals within the neighborhood, or will produce offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odor or glare. Dancing instruction, band instrument or piano, voice instruction, tea rooms, tourist homes, beauty parlors, barber shops, hairdressing and manicuring establishments, convalescent homes, mortuary establishments and stores, trades or businesses of any kind not herein excepted shall not be deemed to be "home professional offices." The "home professional office" of a physician shall not include a biological or other medical testing laboratory.  

LOT -- A parcel of land exclusive of street areas used or designed to be used by one permitted use or structure, or by a permitted related group of uses or structures, and the accessory uses or structures customarily incidental thereto, including such open spaces as are arranged or designed and required in connection with such structure or structures.

LOT, AREA -- The total horizontal area included within lot lines.

LOT, CORNER -- A lot at the junction of and fronting on two or more intersecting streets.  

LOT COVERAGE -- The percentage of the area of the lot covered by a building or buildings.   

LOT, LINE -- Any boundary of a lot.

LOT WIDTH  -- The dimension measured from side lot line to side lot line along a line parallel to the street line at the required minimum front yard depth.  

MOBILE HOME -- A movable single-family dwelling originally equipped with or having a vehicular chassis and provided with all of the following mechanical systems and equipment: plumbing, heating, electrical, cooking and refrigeration.

MOTEL -- A building or group of buildings, whether detached or in connected units, used as individual sleeping or dwelling units with direct outside access and related office, with or without restaurant facilities, designed primarily for transient automobile travelers and provided with accessory off-street parking facilities.

NET AREA -- That area remaining after excluding required streets, roads and undeveloped open space, but including parking space, patios and developed open space.

NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE -- A structure lawfully existing at the effective date of this chapter, or any amendment thereto affecting such structure, which does not conform to the Table of Lot and Bulk Requirement of this chapter for the district in which it is situated, irrespective of the use to which such structure is put.

NONCONFORMING USE -- Any use of a building, structure, lot or land or part thereof lawfully existing at the effective date of this chapter, or any amendment thereto affecting such use, which does not conform to the Table of Use Regulations of this chapter for the district in which it is situated.

NURSERY SCHOOL -- A building or structure, together with its lot and its accessory uses, buildings and structures, used as an organized instructional facility for five or more enrolled children other than the children of the resident family, but not provided with customary commercial public recreation features, such as Ferris wheels or roller coasters, and not furnishing sleeping quarters, except for the resident family.  

OPEN SPACE -- An area that is intended to provide light and air and is designated for either environmental, scenic or recreational purposes. Open space shall not be deemed to include driveways, parking lots or other surfaces designed or intended for vehicular travel, as well as detention or retention ponds. In no event shall any area of a developable lot nor any part of an existing or future road or right-of-way be counted as constituting open space.

PERMITTED USE -- A specific main use of a building, structure, lot or land or part thereof which this chapter provides for in a particular district as a matter of right. Any use which is not listed as a permitted, special exception or accessory use shall be considered a prohibited use.

PROHIBITED USE -- A use of a building, structure, lot or land or part thereof which is not listed as a permitted, special exception or accessory use.  

RESEARCH INSTITUTE OR LABORATORY -- A building for experimentation in pure or applied research design, development and production of prototype machines or devices or of new products, and uses accessory thereto. With respect to the application of this chapter, such "research institute or laboratory" shall meet the standards of a controlled industry.  

SCREENING -- The method by which a view of one site from another adjacent site is shielded, concealed or hidden. "Screening" techniques include fences, walls, hedges, berms or other features.

SIGN -- Any display of lettering, logos, colors, lights or illuminated neon tubes, visible to the public from outside a building or from a traveled way, which either conveys a message to the public or intends to advertise, direct, invite, announce or draw attention to, directly or indirectly, a use conducted, goods, products, services or facilities available, either at the premises upon which the sign is located or on any other premises.

SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE -- A use in one or more districts for which the Board of Appeals may grant a permit, pursuant to the provisions of Article XIII.

STREET -- Any federal, state, county or municipal highway or road, or any street shown upon a subdivision plat filed in the County Clerk's office.  

STREET LINE -- The dividing line between a lot and a street right-of-way.

SUBDIVISION -- The division of a tract of land into two or more lots, building sites or other division for the purpose of sale, lease, transfer or building development.

VARIANCE -- A modification of the regulations of this chapter.

YARD, FRONT -- An open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building, situated between the nearest roofed portion of the building and the front lot line of the lot, and extending from side lot line to side lot line.

YARD, REAR -- A space on the same lot with a building, situated between the nearest roofed portion of the building and the rear lot line of the lot, and extending from side lot line to side lot line.

YARD, SIDE -- An open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building, situated between the nearest roofed portion of the building or of any accessory building and the side lot line of the lot, and extending through from the front yard or from the front lot line where no front yard exists to the rear yard or to the rear lot line where no rear yard exists.