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TOWN OF VERNON
ZONING REGULATIONS
2.9 Bed & Breakfast: An owner occupied residential property providing over-night
accommodations for a period not exceeding twenty-one (21) days and meals to guests,
but not operating a restaurant open to the public. A Bed & Breakfast establishment
provides accommodations to transients with the hospitality of a residential environment.
The provision of accommodations and/or meals is not an activity defined as “boarding
house, convalescent home, group home, hotel, motel, restaurant, rooming home, or
shelter.” There are large residential buildings, which are historically significant, that
could be converted to Bed & Breakfast use. A Bed & Breakfast operation will continue
the residential use of the building and provide an income for the maintenance of the
property, without dividing it into smaller dwelling units. The intention of allowing a Bed
& Breakfast use is the historic preservation of a property by providing a viable use that
is compatible with the neighborhood.
2.10 Best Management Practices: A practice, procedure or facility designed to prevent,
minimize or control spills, leaks or other releases that pose a threat to groundwater.
2.11 Boarding Home: A building, owner occupied, solely intended to provide food and/or
lodging on a permanent basis to individuals.
2.12 Building Area: The ground area enclosed by the walls of a building, together with the
area of all covered porches and other roofed portions.
2.13 Building Coverage: The percentage, which the aggregate area of all buildings on the
lot bears to the area of the lot.
2.14 Building Height: the vertical distance from the average grade of a structure to the
highest point on the structure. For the purposes of this ordinance, the following shall be
excluded from height determinations: Church spires, chimneys, flagpoles, supports for
overhead utility lines, radio and television masts in commercial and industrial zones,
radio and television masts and towers in residential zones that are less than 100 feet in
height and are not operated for financial gain.
2.15 Building Line: The line, which denotes the distance between the lot frontage and the
point at which the principal building is constructed.
2.16 Camping Park: A parcel of land, which has been planned for the temporary placement
of two (2) or more seasonal or recreational vehicles.
2.17 Certification: A signed, written approval by the Certifying Agent that a soil erosion and
sediment control plan complies with the applicable requirements of these regulations.
2.18 Co-Location: Means locating wireless communication facilities from more than one
provider on a single site.
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