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any body of land, including contiguous parcels of land, under one ownership or under common control of any group of persons acting in concert as part of a common scheme or plan. "Residential building plot or lot" shall mean any parcel of land of five acres or less, any point on the boundary line of which is less than 1/2 mile from any point on the boundary line of another such lot in the same tract, unless any such lot may not legally be used for residential purpose. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term "residential" shall include temporary, seasonal and permanent residential use. "Subdivision" does not include any parcel of land acquired as one parcel for the residential purposes as provided in the New York Public Health Law § 1115-a. TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES — Towers and/or antennas and their accessory structures together used in connection with the provision of cellular telephone service, personal communications services, digital and/or data communication services, paging services, radio and television broadcast services and similar broadcast services. (Also referred to as "facilities" or "equipment.") The aforementioned accessory structures are nonhabitable buildings or structures being used in conjunction with a tower or other telecommunications facility, and which are usually located on the same lot as those facilities. Examples of such structures include utility or transmission storage sheds or cabinets.[Added 4-9-1997 by L.L. No. 2-1997] TOWER — A structure designed to support antennas. It includes, without limit, freestanding towers, guide wires, monopoles and similar structures which do or which do not employ camouflage technology.[Added 4-9-1997 by L.L. No. 2-1997] TRAVEL OR CAMPING TRAILER — Any New York State Licensed Vehicle permanently licensed and mounted on wheels used exclusively for camping and traveling, either the folding box-type with a tent that opens or a metal shell that can be easily towed by any ordinary automobile on the highway, and shall not be deemed a house trailer under the definitions of this article. USABLE OPEN SPACE — An area on a lot with a main building, unbuilt on and open to the sky, of such shape, location and character as to be usable for laundry drying, recreational use by small children or other dwelling accessory use, but not to be used for vehicle parking. USE — The specific purposes for which land or a building is designed, arranged, intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained. WASTE — As provided in § 27-0303, Subdivision 7, and § 27-0901, Subdivision 11, of the New York Environmental Conservation Law. A. DISPOSAL — As provided in § 27-0303, Subdivision 1, of the New York Environmental Conservation Law. B. INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL WASTE — As provided in § 27-0303, Subdivision 2 of the New York Environmental Conservation Law. C. REGULATED WASTE — As provided in § 27-0303, Subdivision 4, of the New York Environmental Conservation Law. D. SOLID WASTE — As provided in § 27-0701, Subdivision 1, of the New York Environmental Conservation Law. YARD, FRONT — A. An open space extending the full width of the lot between a main building, structure or portion thereof and the front lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed by buildings or structures from the ground upward, the depth of which shall be the least horizontal distance between the front lot line and the front of such main building. 7