Zoning Dictionary

Letter: S

Senior Congregate Housing

A residential facility which provides shelter for three or more persons aged sixty-five or over in sleeping units with or without kitchenettes and may include meals, housekeeping, personal care, transportation, pharmaceutical and recreation services. Such facilities may also contain shared kitchen and dining areas, restaurant, personal service and convenience store uses. A form of housing […]

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Senior Housing

Multiple-family residential development, the occupation of which shall be limited to persons 62 years of age or more provided that if two or more persons occupy a single dwelling unit, at least one shall be 62 years of age or more.

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Separation Distance

The shortest distance between buildings on abutting lots.

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Servants Quarters

Space in a principal or accessory building used exclusively for the housing of bona fide servants employed on the premises, and for members of the servant’s immediate family.

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Service Industry

The use of land and buildings for testing, assembling, wholesaling, cleaning, servicing, printing, repair and maintenance of goods and materials except as otherwise provided herein, including the sale and rental of tools, lawnmowers, garden equipment and any similar commodities.

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Service Industry, Light

A building or part of a building comprising an area of five thousand or less square feet engaged in the following activities: a bakery, a candy factory, a public or private garage excluding engine and body repair shop, a printing establishment, a laundry or cleaning establishment, a painting shop, plumbing shop, sheet metal shop, lumber […]

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Service Line

Any line, wire or cable used to distribute, transmit, or deliver a utility service from a feeder or lateral line to an end user of the utility.

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Service or Repair Shop

A shop for servicing, repairing, installing or renting things and equipment, including but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following: radio or television service or repair shops, locksmith shops, small appliance service or repair shops, household and carpenter tool service or repair shops. A building or part thereof used primarily for the repair […]

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Service Outlet

A building whether in conjunction with a retail store or not, used for the repair or servicing of goods, commodities, articles or materials, but not the manufacturing thereof. Automotive repairs and services are not permitted under this definition.

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Service Shop, Heavy

An establishment for servicing or repairing any of the following: tires, including vulcanizing or retreading, batteries, brakes or radiators, automotive ignition, exhaust or electrical systems, snowmobiles, outboard motors, furnaces or oil burners, water or air coolers or domestic water heaters, fixtures or equipment pertaining to any of the above or any other like articles. Service […]

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