Lynbrook, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 185 (eCode360 ed. 2026) § 185-2

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: BUSINESS UNIT A building or combination of buildings and the lot on which same is located, used wholly or in part for commercial purposes, including but not limited to offices, places of public assembly, shopping centers, supermarkets, retail stores, warehouses, manufacturing or fabrication plants, gasoline stations and other business uses. CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM A single- or multiple-station device that has a sensor capable of detecting the presence of carbon monoxide and an alarm that sounds when carbon monoxide is detected. CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR A device that has a sensor capable of detecting the presence of carbon monoxide and is connected to an alarm control unit that sounds an alarm when carbon monoxide is detected. CARBON MONOXIDE SOURCE Any appliance, equipment, device or system that may emit carbon monoxide, including, but not limited to, fuel-fired furnaces, fuel-fired boilers, space heaters with pilot lights or open flames, kerosene heaters, wood stoves, fireplaces, and stoves, ovens, dryers, water heaters and refrigerators that use gas or liquid fuel, garages and other motor-vehicle-related occupancies. COURT An open and unoccupied space on a lot and enclosed on at least three sides by the walls of a building. GARBAGE Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food. INFESTATION The presence of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests. JUNK Worn-out metal, cloth or similar articles fit to be discarded or serving no practical purpose. JUNKED VEHICLE Any vehicle, including a trailer, which is without a currently valid license plate or plates and is in either a rusted, wrecked, discarded, dismantled, partly dismantled, inoperative or an abandoned condition. LITTER Garbage, refuse, rubbish or junk as herein defined and all other waste material which, if permitted or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare. LOT Plot, tract, premises or parcel of land with or without buildings or structures located thereon, as surveyed and apportioned for sale or other purpose. PUBLIC PLACE Any commercial, business, entertainment or professional area within a building usually open to, frequented by, or used by members of the public. REFUSE All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, junked vehicles and solid market and industrial wastes. RUBBISH Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials. UNOCCUPIED HAZARD Any building or part thereof which remains unoccupied for a period of more than two years, with either doors, windows or other openings broken, removed, boarded or sealed up, or any building under construction upon which little or no construction work has been performed for a period of more than two years. YARD An open space on the same lot which contains a building and is located between the building line and the lot line which the particular building line faces.