For the purposes of this chapter, the following rules of usage and interpretation shall apply, unless the context indicates otherwise. In the interpretation of this chapter, the provisions and rules of this chapter shall be observed and applied, except when the context clearly requires otherwise.
A. 
Words in the present tense include the future.
B. 
Words in the singular include the plural and the plural the singular.
C. 
The word "shall" is intended to be mandatory.
D. 
The word "lot" shall include the word "plot" or "parcel."
E. 
The word "person" includes a firm, company, corporation, partnership, trust, organization or association, as well as an individual.
F. 
A building or structure includes any part thereof.
G. 
The word "and" indicates that all connected items, conditions, provisions or events shall apply.
H. 
The word "or" indicates that the connected items, conditions, provisions or events may apply singly or in any combination.
I. 
The words "either", "or" indicate that the connected items, conditions, provisions or events may apply singly but not in any combination.
J. 
The word "Borough" means the Borough of Charleroi, Pennsylvania.
K. 
The word "County" means the County of Washington, Pennsylvania.
L. 
Any use of the gender specific words (his, hers, him, her) shall imply both genders.
M. 
In case of any difference of meaning or implication between the text of this chapter and any caption, illustration or table, the text shall control.
N. 
When a word or phrase is not specifically defined in this chapter, or referenced in another ordinance, then the common meaning of the word or phrase, or the definition contained in Webster's Dictionary, most current version, shall apply.
When used in this chapter, the following words, terms and phrases shall have the following meanings, unless expressly stated otherwise or unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (For definitions related to signs see Article VII).
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
A structure the use of which is customarily accessory to and incidental to that of the principle structure and which is located on the same lot.
ADJACENT PROPERTY
Property that is contiguous with the boundaries of any side of the subject property.
ADULT ARCADE
Any place to which the public is permitted or invited wherein coin-operated, slug-operated, or for any form of consideration, or electronically, electrically, or mechanically controlled still or motion-picture machines, projectors, videos, or other image-producing devices are maintained, not located within viewing booths, to show images to five or fewer persons per machine at any one time, and where the images so displayed are distinguished or characterized by the depicting or describing of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
ADULT BOOKSTORE, ADULT NOVELTY STORE OR ADULT VIDEO STORE
A. 
Books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, or photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes or video reproductions, slides, CD-ROM or DVD discs or other computer software, or other visual representations which are characterized by their depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
B. 
Instruments, devices, or paraphernalia which are designed for use in connection with specified sexual activities.
ADULT BUSINESS
A. 
Any commercial establishment, including, but not limited to, adult book stores, adult motion picture theaters, adult mini-motion picture theaters, adult entertainment cabaret, adult arcade or other adult entertainment establishments, in which is offered for sale as a substantial or significant portion of its stock in trade video cassettes, movies, books, magazines, or other periodicals or other media which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on nudity or sexual conduct or activities which if presented in live presentation would constitute adult entertainment;
B. 
Any commercial establishment that offers for a consideration physical contact in the form of wrestling or tumbling between persons of the opposite sex;
C. 
Any commercial establishment that offers for a consideration activities between male and female persons and/or persons of the same sex when one or more persons are nude or semi-nude; and
D. 
Any commercial establishment that offers for a consideration nude human modeling. An establishment shall include any of the following:
(1) 
The opening or commencement of any sexually oriented business as a new business.
(2) 
The conversion of an existing business, whether or not a sexually oriented business, to any sexually oriented business.
(3) 
The addition of any sexually oriented business to any other existing sexually oriented business or to a nonsexually oriented business.
(4) 
The relocation of any sexually oriented business.
ADULT CABARET
A nightclub, bar, restaurant, or other commercial establishment which regularly features:
A. 
Persons who appear in a state of nudity or semi-nudity.
B. 
Live performances which are characterized by the exposure of specified anatomical areas or by specified sexual activities.
C. 
Films, motion pictures, video cassettes, DVDs, slides, or other photographic reproductions or visual presentations of any other kind which are characterized by the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
ADULT MINI MOTION-PICTURE THEATER
An enclosed building or structure offering video presentations or other visual media distinguished or characterized by an emphasis or matter depicting, describing, or relating to sexual activities or nudity, as defined herein, for observation by patrons within private viewing booths.
ADULT MOTION-PICTURE THEATER
A commercial establishment where, for any form of consideration, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or similar photographic reproductions or visual presentations of any kind are regularly shown which is characterized by the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
ADULT THEATER
A theater, concert hall, auditorium, or similar commercial establishment which regularly features persons who appear in a state of nudity or semi-nudity, or live performances which are characterized by the exposure of specified anatomical areas or by specified sexual activities.
AFTER HOURS CLUB
A use that permits the consumption of alcoholic beverages by five or more unrelated persons between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. and that involves some form of monetary compensation paid by such persons for the alcohol or for the use of the premises.
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES/USES
Activities including, but not limited to, livestock and poultry raising; field, row and tree crops; forest and tree products; sale of products produced on the premises; and other customary farm structures. Not included are farm-oriented commercial or industrial activities or operations, such as food or livestock processing plants, holding pens, slaughterhouses, or similar uses which handle products not produced on the immediate premises.
AIRPORT
Any area of land or water, whether of public or private ownership, designed and set aside for the landing and taking off of aircraft including all contiguous property that is held or used for airport purposes.
AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER
A tower at an airfield from which air traffic is controlled by radio and observed physically and by radar.
AIRPORT MAINTENANCE FACILITY
A building where scheduled or unscheduled maintenance activities are initiated, including landscaping, mowing, weed control, building fences, and vehicle maintenance.
AIRPORT TERMINAL
A building at an airport where passengers transfer between ground transportation and the facilities that allow them to board and disembark from aircraft. Within the terminal, passengers purchase tickets, transfer their luggage, and go through security.
ALLEY
A public or private right-of-way which has a width of 15 feet or less and which is designed to provide secondary access to a lot or lots.
ALTERATIONS
As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement in the structural parts or in the exit facilities, or an enlargement, whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height, or the moving from one location to another, or any change in use from that of one zoning district classification to another.
ALTERATIONS, STRUCTURAL
Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders, or foundations.
AMBULANCE STATION
An ambulance station is a structure or other area set aside for storage of ambulance vehicles, medical equipment, personal protective equipment, and other medical supplies. Most stations are made up of garage bays or a parking area normally undercover.
AMPHITHEATER
An oval or round structure having tiers of seats rising gradually outward from a central open space or arena.
AMUSEMENT ARCADE
A. 
If an accessory use, any establishment where two or fewer amusement devices are located.
B. 
If a principal use, any establishment where three or more amusement devices are located.
AMUSEMENT DEVICE
Any mechanical, electrical or electromechanical device, machine or apparatus whatsoever for the playing of games and amusements, which devices or apparatus are commonly known as pinball machines, video games and jukeboxes, or upon which games are played, or any device on which music is played after the insertion therein of a coin or other disc, slug or token or for which fees are paid to an attendant.
AMUSEMENT PARK
An establishment existing primarily for entertainment purposes and offering rides and exhibitions for a fee.
ANIMAL CEMETERY
Any site containing at least one burial, marked or previously marked, dedicated to and used or intended to be used for the permanent burial of animals.
ANIMAL DAY CARE
A facility that cares for pet animals for less than 12 consecutive hours in the absence of the pet owner or a facility that cares for pet animals in training with or without the facility owner receiving compensation for such services (see also kennel).
ANIMAL GROOMER
The provision of bathing and trimming services for small animals on a commercial basis. This classification includes boarding of domestic animals for a maximum period of 48 hours.
ANIMAL HOSPITAL
A place where animals or pets are given medical or surgical treatment and the boarding of animals is limited to short-term care incidental to the hospital use. Animal hospitals are not kennels.
ANIMAL PRODUCTION
The keeping of animals including feeding, breeding, housing, slaughtering, processing and marketing of the animals.
ANSI
The American National Standards Institute.
ANTENNA
An exterior device or apparatus designed for cellular, digital, telephone, radio, pager, commercial mobile radio, television, microwave or any other wireless communications through sending and/or receiving of electromagnetic waves, including, without limitation, omnidirectional or whip antennas and directional or panel antennas. Unless otherwise stated, this term shall not include a standard antenna.
ANTENNA HEIGHT
The vertical distance from the base of the antenna support structure at grade to the highest point of the structure, including any antennas attached thereto or forming a part thereof. If the support structure is on a sloped grade, then the average between the highest and lowest grades shall be used in calculating the antenna height.
ANTENNA, STANDARD
A device, partially or wholly exterior to a building, that is used for receiving television or radio signals for use on site or for transmitting shortwave or citizens band radio signals. See also "commercial communications antenna."
APPLICANT
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has filed an application for development including his heirs, successors and assigns.
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
Every application, whether preliminary, tentative or final, required to be filed and approved prior to start of construction or development including but not limited to an application for a building permit, for the approval of a subdivision plat or plan or for the approval of a development plan.
APPURTENANCES
The visible, functional, or ornamental objects accessory to and part of buildings.
AQUARIUM/ZOO
An establishment that maintains a collection of wild animals, typically in a park, garden or a transparent tank of water for display to the public.
ARCHITECT
An architect registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
AREA, BUILDING
The total horizontal plane area of the building from outside wall to outside wall. This is exclusive of patios and stairways.
AREA, SITE
The total area of the lot or lots comprising a site.
ARI
The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute.
ART GALLERY
A structure, or part thereof, devoted to the exhibition of visual works of fine art. Art galleries generally include accessory services, such as sale or purchase of displayed works, custom framing or encasement of art works and services related to art appraisal, display, preservation or restoration.
ARTS & CRAFT STUDIO
A use involving the creation, display and sale of arts and crafts, such as paintings, sculpture and fabric crafts. The creation of arts and crafts may also be permitted within a home occupation, provided the requirements for such use are met.
ASPHALT/CONCRETE PLANT
A plant where asphalt or concrete is mixed for distribution, typically for use off-site.
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY
Any premises in which food, shelter, assisted living services, assistance or supervision and supplemental health care services are provided for a period exceeding 24 hours for four or more adults who are not relatives of the operator, who require assistance or supervision in matters such as dressing, bathing, diet, financial management, evacuation from the residence in the event of an emergency or medication prescribed for self-administration.
ASTM
The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).
AUDITORIUM
A large building or hall used for public gatherings, typically speeches or stage performances.
AUTHORITY
A body politic and corporate created pursuant to the act of May 2, 1945 (P.L. 382, No. 164), known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945."
AUTO REPAIR AND SERVICE
Any building, premises, and land in which or upon which a business, service, or industry performs or renders a service involving the maintenance, servicing, repair, or painting of vehicles, not including commercial motor vehicle repair.
AUTOMOBILE DETAIL
Any building, premises, or land in which or upon which a business or individual performs or renders a service involving the detailing and servicing of an automobile or other motor vehicle. Detailing and servicing shall include any cleaning, buffing, striping, glass replacement, and audio installation or repair. Automobile detail shall not include any service defined as "automobile repair."
AUTOMOBILE GRAVEYARD
An establishment or place of business which is maintained, used, or operated for storing, keeping, buying, or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts. Ten or more such vehicles will constitute an automobile graveyard.
BAKERY, RETAIL
A place for preparing, baking and selling baked goods and products prepared on the premises.
BASEMENT
That portion of a building which is partly or completely, or having a floor below grade.
BED-AND-BREAKFAST INN
An owner-occupied dwelling that contains not more than four guests rooms/sleeping rooms in which lodging, long- or short-term, is provided for compensation and in which meals for lodgers may also be provided. This use shall not include group homes.
BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTOR
A distributor is any person who engages in the sale of beverages in beverage containers, including any manufacturer who engages in these sales.
BOARD
Any body granted jurisdiction under a land use ordinance or by the MPC to render final adjudications.
BOARDING HOUSE
A building other than a hotel or motel where lodging is provided for compensation.
BOOK AND VIDEO STORE
A retail establishment devoted primarily to selling or renting any of the following: newspaper, magazines, books, and other printed material and video recordings.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Charleroi, Washington County Pennsylvania.
BROADCAST AND RELAY TOWERS
A freestanding support structure, attached antenna, and related equipment intended for transmitting, receiving or retransmitting commercial television, radio, telephone, cellular or other telecommunication services.
BUFFER AREA
A landscaped area of a certain depth specified by this chapter which shall be planted and maintained in trees, ground cover, shrubs, bushes or other natural landscaping material or an existing natural or constructed natural barrier which duplicates the effect of the required buffer area.
BUILDING
A structure used for sheltering any use or occupancy.
BUILDING CODE
The Charleroi Borough Uniform Construction Code Ordinance.
BUILDING FACADE
That portion of any exterior elevation on the building extending from finished grade to top of the parapet, wall, or eaves and the entire width of the building elevation.
BUILDING FRONT
The wall of the building where the principal entrance is located, usually fronting on a public street.
BUILDING PERMIT
A permit for activities regulated by the Uniform Construction Code as adopted by Charleroi Borough, including construction, alteration, repair, demolition or an addition to a structure.
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL
The building or buildings on a lot in which the principal use or uses are conducted.
BUS OR TRUCK MAINTENANCE FACILITY
A building or set of buildings that are designed for the maintenance of buses and heavy duty trucks. This excludes commercial motor vehicle repair. All vehicles that are being worked on, or waiting to be worked on, or have already been worked on shall be kept inside an entirely closed building.
BUS TERMINAL
A terminal that serves bus passengers.
CAR PORT
A shelter for a car that has open sides and that is usually attached to the side of a building.
CAR RENTAL FACILITY
An agency that offers cars and trucks for rent.
CAR WASH, AUTOMATIC
A structure where chains, conveyors, blowers, steam cleaners, or other mechanical devices are used for the purpose of washing motor vehicles and where the operation is generally performed by an attendant.
CAR WASH, SELF-SERVICE
A structure where washing, drying, and polishing of vehicles is generally on a self-service basis without the use of chain conveyors, blowers, steam cleaning, or other mechanical devices.
CARTWAY
That portion of a street or alley intended for vehicular use.
CATERING
A location that prepares food for delivery and consumption at a remote site. Catering operations, when authorized, may sometimes be located in conjunction with an events venue.
CEMETERY
Any site containing at least one burial, marked or previously marked, dedicated to and used or intended to be used for the permanent interment of the human dead, including perpetual care and nonperpetual care cemeteries.
CHILD DAY-CARE CENTER
The premises in which care is provided, pursuant to approval of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, for children under the age of 16 and which comply with all applicable provisions and requirements of the most recent editions of the Building Code, Residential Code and Fire Code, as adopted by the Borough of Charleroi, and the rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare relating to child day-care centers, and any other applicable law, ordinance or regulation.
CHURCH
A building or buildings, other than a dwelling, used primarily as a place of worship on a regular basis by a religious denomination that may also include, as accessory uses, rooms for religious education, social and recreational activities and administrative offices, an emergency shelter, rectories, parsonages, convents, preschool programs and elderly or child day-care centers.
CLEAN WOOD
Natural wood that has been seasoned to reduce its water content and provide more efficient combustion. The term clean wood does not include wood: coated with paint, stain, oil, resin or any other preservative, fire retardant or decorative materials; impregnated with preservatives or fire retardants; exposed to salt water; nor manufactured with the use of adhesives, polymers or resins, such as strand, particle and veneer lumber and recycled lumber.
CLEAR SITE TRIANGLE
A triangular area of unobstructed vision as defined by Penn.DOT Publication # 70M: Guidelines for the Design of Local Roads and Streets.
CLINIC, VETERINARIAN
An establishment where animals are examined and treated by veterinarians and which may include kennels for temporary boarding of animals during treatment.
CLOSED HORIZONTAL LOOP GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM
A mechanism for heat exchange which consists of the following basic elements: underground loops of piping; heat transfer fluid; a heat pump; an air distribution system. An opening is made in the earth. A series of pipes are installed into the opening and connected to a heat exchange system in the building. The pipes form a closed loop and are filled with a heat transfer fluid. The fluid is circulated through the piping from the opening into the heat exchanger and back. The system functions in the same manner as the open loop system except there is no pumping of groundwater. A horizontal closed loop system shall be no more than 20 feet deep.
CLOSED VERTICAL LOOP GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM
A borehole that extends beneath the surface. Pipes are installed with u-bends at the bottom of the borehole. The pipes are connected to the heat exchanger and heat transfer fluid is circulated through the pipes.
CLUBS/LODGES
Buildings and related facilities owned and operated by an individual or a group of individuals established for fraternal, social, educational, recreational or civic benefits of members, and not primarily for profit. Access to facilities is typically restricted to members and their guests.
CLUSTER
A development design technique used in planned residential development that concentrates buildings on a part of the site to allow the remaining land to be used for recreation, common open space, and preservation of environmentally sensitive areas.
CO-LOCATION
The placement and arrangement of multiple antenna and equipment on a single support structure and equipment pad area.
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY
An institute of higher learning that may offer two- or four-year programs and/or post-graduate programs.
COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS TOWER
A structure, partially or wholly exterior to a building, used for transmitting or retransmitting electronic signals through the air and that does not meet the definition of a "standard antenna." Commercial communications antennas shall include, but are not limited to, antennas used for transmitting commercial radio or television signals, or to receive such signals for a cable system, or to retransmit wireless telecommunications. A commercial communications tower shall be a structure over 30 feet in height that is primarily intended to support one or more antenna. See standards in § 295-55. This term shall not include a standard antenna.
COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR
Any building, premises, and land in which or upon which a business, service, or industry performs or renders a service involving the maintenance, servicing, repair, or painting of a commercial motor vehicle. Commercial motor vehicles are those vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) in excess of 16,001 pounds.
COMMERCIAL RECREATION - INDOOR
An establishment operated by a profit-making corporation, partnership or other business entity for the pursuit of sports, amusement and recreational activities, available to the general public for a fee, where the principal use is conducted entirely within a completely enclosed building, including, but not limited to such principal uses as health or racquet and/or swim clubs, fitness centers, roller or ice rinks, karate schools, gymnasiums, arenas, sports courts or playing fields, bowling alleys, amusement arcades, virtual reality and simulation gaming parlors, billiard parlors, shooting ranges, dance halls, live or motion-picture theaters, but not including any adult business.
COMMERCIAL RECREATION - OUTDOOR
An establishment operated by a profit-making corporation, partnership or other business entity for the pursuit of sports, amusement and recreational activities, available to the general public for a fee, where the principal use is outdoors, but which may include accessory uses that are indoors, including, but not limited to such principal uses as miniature golf courses, golf or batting practice facilities, ice rinks, roller blade parks, swimming pools, sports playing fields, ball parks, stadiums, amphitheaters, drive-in theaters, amusement parks, racetracks and similar facilities.
COMMON OPEN SPACE
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination of land and water within a development site and designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents of a development, not including streets, off-street parking areas, and areas set aside for public facilities.
COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA(S)
Any device used for the transmission or reception of radio, television, wireless telephone, pager, commercial mobile radio service or any other wireless communications signals, including without limitation omnidirectional or whip antennas and directional or panel antennas, owned or operated by any person or entity required to be licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate such device. This definition shall not include private residence mounted satellite dishes or television antennas or amateur radio equipment.
COMMUNITY CENTER
A building or other place in which members of a community may gather for social, educational, or cultural activities.
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
A charitable organization that solicits and warehouses donated food and other products. This food is then distributed to a variety of community agencies which serve people in need.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The Comprehensive Plan of the Borough which guides the physical development of the Borough and which consists of maps, charts and textual matter in accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania MPC.
CONDITIONAL USE
An authorized use which may be granted only by the Borough Council pursuant to express standards and criteria prescribed in this chapter, after review and recommendation by the Borough Planning Commission and hearing by the Borough Council.
CONFERENCE CENTER
Specialized hotel (usually in a less busy but easily accessible location) designed and built almost exclusively to host conferences, exhibitions, large meetings, seminars, training sessions, etc. A conference center often also provides office facilities, and a range of leisure activities.
CONSTRUCTION RELATED BUSINESSES
Includes construction businesses such as carpentry, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, etc.
CONVENIENCE STORE
A small market that carries a limited selection of goods and is open long hours. Convenience stores may sometimes located in conjunction with a gas station use, but only when the gas station use is also allowable in the zoning district.
CORRECTIONAL/REHABILITATION FACILITY
A public building used for the confinement of people convicted of serious crimes. These people may or may not receive support to restore their character or name.
COUNCIL
The Council members of Charleroi Borough, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
COUNTY
Washington County, Pennsylvania.
CUSTOM PRINTING
The production of a text, picture, etc., by applying specialized inked types, plates, blocks, or the like, to paper or other material either by direct pressure or indirectly by offsetting an image onto an intermediate roller.
DAY CARE CENTER
A facility, licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, located within a building which is not used as a dwelling unit, for the care during part of a twenty-four-hour day of children under the age of 16 or handicapped or elderly persons.
DECIBEL
A unit of measurement of the intensity (loudness) of sound. Sound level meters which are employed to measure the intensity of sound are calibrated in decibels.
DECK
A freestanding or attached accessory structure to a dwelling which is constructed of natural or synthetic wood, either on or above the ground, without a roof or awning, and with flooring that is not completely impervious and which may include steps or railings.
DENSITY
The number of dwelling units per acre.
DEVELOPER
Any landowner, agent of such landowner, or tenant with the permission of such land-owner, who makes or causes to be made a subdivision of land or a land development.
DEVELOPMENT
Any man-made change to an improved or unimproved land or water area, including, but not limited to: construction of buildings or structures or additions thereto, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations.
DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT
Any land development that, because of its character, magnitude, or location will have substantial effect upon the health, safety, or welfare of citizens in more than one municipality.
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
The provisions for development, including a planned residential development, a plat of subdivision, all covenants relating to use, location and bulk of buildings and other structures, designated growth area where residential, commercial industrial and institutional uses and development are permitted or planned at varying densities and public infrastructure services may or may not be provided, but future development at greater densities is planned to accompany the orderly extension an provision of public infrastructure services.
DISTILLERY
An establishment for distilling, especially for distilling alcoholic liquors.
DORMITORIES
Buildings at a school or institution, containing a number of private or semiprivate rooms for residents, along with common bathroom facilities and recreation areas.
DRILLING PAD
The area of surface operations surrounding the surface location of a well or wells.
DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT
A restaurant with or without a drive-through, where the food is primarily brought to and consumed within a patron's vehicle. An outdoor seating area may be provided.
DRIVE-IN THEATER
A structure consisting of a large outdoor screen, a projection booth and a large parking area for automobiles. Within this enclosed area, customers can view movies from the privacy and comfort of their cars.
DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITY
Drive-through facilities shall be considered principal uses which are attached to another authorized principal use which involves a window, service lane, bay, or other facility where customers are provided services either inside or outside their vehicles and where cars may or may not wait in line to access these services, including, but not limited to: drive-in or drive-through windows at fast-food restaurants, banks, drug stores or other businesses, exterior automated teller machines (ATMs), quick oil-change facilities, car washes and similar automotive services and other such facilities.
DRIVEWAY
A private area which provides vehicular access to a parking space, garage, dwelling or other structure.
DRUG STORE
A retail store where prescription medicines and miscellaneous articles are sold.
DRY CLEANING
A cleaning process for clothing and textiles using water and/or a chemical solvent other than water.
DWELLING
A building that contains dwelling units, intended or designed to be used, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied for living purposes.
DWELLING TYPES
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT — A dwelling unit that is either attached to the principal permitted building or to a permitted accessory building on a lot that serves as a mother-in-law. Accessory dwellings are only permitted in conjunction with owner occupied properties.
APARTMENT — A multifamily residential building comprised of dwelling units. Individual apartments may also appear on the second floor (above retail) and above in the Central Business District.
CONVERSION DWELLING — A dwelling unit or units created from a larger existing residential dwelling, whether entirely from the existing structure or by building additions or combinations thereof. Conversion dwellings involve the creation of additional dwelling units in a structure from existing dwellings, not initially intended or designed when the dwelling was initially constructed. Conversion dwellings are primarily intended to serve as rental units and are defined separately from accessory dwellings units or mother-in-law suites, which are primarily intended to house family members.
DUPLEX — A detached house designed for and occupied exclusively as not more than two units, each living as an independent housekeeping unit and with no internal connectivity between units.
MULTIFAMILY — A residential building designed exclusively for occupancy by three or more families living independently of each other and containing three or more separate dwelling units but not including single-family, duplex, townhouse or quadruplex dwellings.
QUADRUPLEX — A residential building, other than a townhouse or garden apartment, containing only four dwelling units in one structure, each of which has two walls exposed to the outside and each unit shares two common walls with adjoining units which are placed at right angles to one another, rather than in a row, and which units have no other units above or below which share common floors/ceilings.
ROW HOUSE — See "townhouse."
SINGLE FAMILY — A detached residential building that is the only principal structure on the lot, designed exclusively for occupancy by one family, as defined herein, and containing one dwelling unit.
TOWNHOUSE — A single-family dwelling unit constructed in a group of not less than three but not more than six attached units in which each unit share no more than one common wall that extends from the foundation to the roof.
DWELLING UNIT
A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
A structure, part of a structure, or structures designed and used for training and teaching of children, youths or adults, including laboratories appurtenant thereto.
ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION FACILITY
A facility that generates electricity by means of geothermal power, burning of coal, oil, or gas, or by hydropower. Accessory generators for hospitals, schools, and other similar uses shall not be considered a power generation facility.
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC)
A centralized location to support multi-agency and/or multijurisdiction disaster response coordination and communication.
EMERGENCY SHELTER
A facility, including rescue missions, for persons seeking temporary voluntary shelter for a duration not to exceed 60 days.
ENFORCEMENT NOTICE
A notice as provided in § 616.1 of the MPC, 53 P.S. § 10616.1, sent by the Borough to the owner or occupant of record of a parcel on which a violation of this chapter has occurred, to any person who has filed a written request to receive enforcement notices regarding that parcel, and to any other person requested in writing by the owner or occupant of record, the purpose of which is to initiate enforcement proceedings.
EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or any agency successor thereto.
ESCORT
A person who, for consideration, agrees, or offers to act as a companion, guide, or date for another person, or who agrees or offers to privately model lingerie or to privately perform a striptease for another person.
ESCORT AGENCY
A person or business association who furnishes, offers to furnish, or advertises to furnish escorts as one of its primary businesses for a fee, tip, or other consideration.
ESSENTIAL SERVICES
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduit cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, street signs, cable television or other telecommunications transmission lines provided by public or private entities, and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith, reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies or for the public health or safety or general welfare.
EVENT VENUE
A facility that provides a location for a planned occasion or activity such as a wedding, reunion, graduation, or other social gathering. Event halls, when authorized, may sometimes include a catering use.
EXTENDED STAY HOTEL/MOTEL
A hotel or motel with accommodations for sleeping along with in-unit full kitchen and bathroom facilities. Occupancy of any extended stay unit shall be allowed for more than 30 days as long as the units comply with all residential building and fire codes.
FAMILY
An individual; two or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption; or not more than three unrelated persons living as a single housekeeping unit. A family may also include domestic servants and gratuitous guests. The foregoing restrictions do not apply to persons with disabilities as defined in the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.
FAMILY CHILD DAY-CARE HOME
The premises in which care is provided pursuant to approval of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, for children under the age of 16 who are unrelated by blood or marriage to all owners of the premises and to all owners and operators of the family child day-care home operation being conducted on the premises. Provided, further, that the premises wherein the family child day-care home operation or business is located must be the full-time bona fide residence of the owner of said operation or business and said premises must be in compliance with all applicable provisions and requirements of the most recent editions of the Building Code, Residential Code and Fire Code, as adopted by the Borough of Charleroi, and the rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare relating to family child day-care homes, and any other applicable law, ordinance or regulation.
FARMERS MARKET
A retail establishment at which fruits, vegetables, breads, eggs, milk, cheese, meat, flowers, and the like are sold by persons who typically grow, harvest, or process such items from their farm or agricultural operation.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Banks, savings and loan associations and similar institutions that lend money or are engaged in a finance-related business.
FIRE STATION
A building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed.
FLEA MARKET
A business that sells used merchandise, other than automobiles, logging equipment, or other agricultural equipment, and stores or displays the merchandise outdoors.
FLOOD PLAIN
Areas adjoining any rivers, streams, ponds or lakes subject to the one-hundred-year-recurrence-interval flood as delineated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers or subject to erosion caused by a one-hundred-year-recurrence interval flood, as well as any areas identified in the future by anyone else expert and experienced in the preparation of hydrological studies and the determination of flood lines subject to the review and approval of a professional engineer selected by the Borough.
FLOOR AREA, GROSS (GFA)
The sum of all the horizontal floor areas of a building, measured between exterior faces of walls.
FLOOR AREA, NET
The total floor area of a building designed for tenant occupancy, or areas accessible to the customers, clients or general public, but excluding storage areas, equipment rooms, food preparation areas in a restaurant and common areas such as halls, corridors, stairwells, elevator shafts, rest rooms, interior vehicular parking and loading areas and similar common areas, expressed in square feet and measured from the center line of joint partitions and exteriors of outside walls.
FORESTRY/LOGGING
The process of establishing, managing forests, including the process, work or business of cutting down trees, and transporting logs to sawmills.
FUNERAL HOME
A building used for the embalming of deceased human beings for burial and for the display of the deceased and ceremonies connected therewith before burial or cremation and which may include a crematorium as an accessory use.
GARAGE, PRIVATE
An accessory building or a portion of the principal building, not accessible to the general public and designed or used for shelter or storage of private vehicles and personal property of the occupants of the principal building and that may include the shelter or storage of no more than one private vehicle owned and used by others.
GARAGE, PUBLIC
A building or structure available to the general public in which motor vehicles are temporarily stored but which is not used for the repair or maintenance thereof.
GARDEN CENTER
A building, site or structure used for the sale of flowers, plants, shrubs, trees and other natural flora and associated products.
GAS STATION
A building(s), premises or portions thereof which are used, arranged, designed, or intended to be used for the retail sale of gasoline or other fuel for motor vehicles. Gas stations may include the operation of a convenience food store in conjunction with the retail sale of petroleum products. Gas stations may sometimes also be located with an automobile repair and service use, but only when the automobile repair and service use is also allowable in the zoning district.
GAZEBO
A freestanding roofed structure usually open on the sides.
GEOTHERMAL BOREHOLES
A hole drilled or bored into the earth into which piping is inserted for use in a closed vertical loop geothermal system.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM
An energy generating system that uses the earth's thermal properties in conjunction with electricity to provide greater efficiency in the heating and cooling of buildings.
GOLF COURSE
Any golf course, publicly or privately owned, on which the game of golf is played, including accessory uses and buildings customary thereto, but excluding golf driving ranges as defined herein.
GOLF DRIVING RANGE
A limited area on which golf players do not walk, but onto which they drive golf balls from a central driving tee.
GRAIN SILO
A structure for storing bulk materials such as grain or fermented feed known as silage. Other items often used for bulk storage include coal, green feeds and woodchips.
GREENHOUSE
A retail business that sells flowers, plants, shrubs, trees and other natural flora and products that aid their growth and care and that may include a greenhouse and/or the growing of plant material outside on the lot.
GROSS FLOOR AREA (GFA)
The sum of all gross horizontal areas of several floors of a building or buildings, measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls or from the center line of common walls separating buildings. This includes stairwells, restrooms, lobby areas, floor space for mechanical equipment and all other common areas and basements.
GROUP CARE FACILITY
A. 
A facility which provides room and board and specialized services for:
(1) 
More than eight residents who are mentally or physically handicapped;
(2) 
Any number of permanent residents who are dependent and/or delinquent children under the age of 18 adjudicated by the court system;
(3) 
Mentally disturbed persons of any age; or
(4) 
Persons assigned by a court of law or public or semipublic agency on a short-term basis for supervision, care and counseling for a specified period of time, including alcoholic recovery, shelters for battered persons and their children, community reentry services following incarceration and other such transitional and/or supervised short-term assignments.
B. 
Staff shall be qualified by the sponsoring agency, who may or may not reside at the facility, and who provide health, social and/or rehabilitative services to the residents. The services shall be provided only by a governmental agency, its licensed or certified agents or any other responsible nonprofit social services corporation, and the facility shall meet all minimum requirements of the sponsoring agency.
GROUP HOME
A dwelling unit where room and board is provided to not more than eight permanent residents who are mentally or physically handicapped persons of any age, who are in need of supervision and specialized services, and no more than two caretakers on any shift, who may or may not reside in the dwelling and who provide health, social and/or rehabilitative services to the residents. The service shall be provided only by a governmental agency, its licensed or certified agents or any other responsible nonprofit social services corporation, and the facility shall meet all minimum requirements of the sponsoring agency. A group home does not include persons assigned by a court of law or public or semipublic agency on a short-term basis for supervision, care and counseling for a specified period of time, including alcoholic recovery, shelters for battered persons and their children, community re-entry services following incarceration and other such transitional and/or supervised short-term assignments.
HATCHERIES AND POULTRY HOUSES
A place where hatching of fish or poultry eggs is artificially controlled for commercial purposes.
HAZARDOUS WASTE RECYCLING FACILITY
A structure where hazardous waste is collected for recycling purposes.
HEARING
An administrative proceeding conducted by a board pursuant to Section 909.1 of the MPC.
HEIGHT OF STRUCTURE
For structures other than buildings, or signs, the vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the finished grade around the structure to the highest point on the structure.
HEIGHT, OF BUILDING
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the proposed finished grade of the building to the eaves. For the purpose of determining maximum permitted height for principal buildings, such measurement shall be made from the average finished grade at the front setback. For the purpose of side or rear yard determination, such measurement shall be made from the average finished grade of the wall extending along such side yard or rear yard.
HELIPORT
Any area of land, water or structure which is used or intended to be used for the landing and takeoff of helicopters and any appurtenant areas which are used for heliport buildings or helicopter facilities or rights-of-way, together with all heliport buildings and facilities thereon.
HISTORIC STRUCTURE
Any structure that is:
A. 
Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the National Registry;
B. 
Certified or preliminary determined by the Secretary of the Interior as contributing to the historical significance of a registered Historic District or a district preliminarily determined by the Secretary to quality as a registered Historic District;
C. 
Individually listed on a state inventory of historic places in states with historic preservation programs that have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior; or
D. 
Individually listed on a local inventory of historic places in communities with historic preservation programs that have been certified either:
(1) 
By approved state program as determined by the Secretary of the Interior; or
(2) 
Directly by the Secretary of the Interior in states without approved programs.
HOLIDAY
The entire twenty-four-hour period of the days of New Year's Day (January 1), Good Friday, Election Day (both primary and general elections), Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
HOME OCCUPATION BUSINESS
Any use customarily carried on entirely within a dwelling, by the occupant thereof, which use is clearly incidental and subordinate to the use of the dwelling. Examples include, but are not limited to, professional services such as legal, financial, accounting or engineering, barber and beauty shops, music and tutoring instruction. Home occupations are limited to two students, customers or clients at a time and shall not have more than one employee that does not reside in the home. Home occupation businesses are different than no-impact home-based businesses. (See definition of "no-impact home-based business").
HOSPITAL
An institution providing acute medical or surgical care and treatment for sick or injured humans, as defined in current state licensure requirements.
HOTEL
A building containing rooms intended or designed to be used or that are used, rented, or hired out to be occupied or that are occupied for sleeping purposes by guests. Hotels have a common reception area on premises which is staffed 24 hours a day where clients check in to obtain access to a room.
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING (FRACKING)
The process of injecting water, customized fluids, sand, steam, or gas into a gas well under pressure to improve gas recovery.
IGSHPA
The International Ground Source Heat Pump Association.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
Any material which prevents the absorption of stormwater into the ground.
INCINERATOR
A device used to burn waste substances and in which all the combustion factors, temperature, retention time, turbulence, and combustion air can be controlled.
JUNK YARD
Any premises devoted wholly or in part to the storage, buying or selling, sorting, exchanging, salvaging, recycling or otherwise handling or dealing in junk, including automotive wreckage.
KENNEL
A use of land and structures in combination wherein four or more domestic animals or pets six months or older are bred, trained, and/or boarded for compensation for more than 12 consecutive hours. Animal day cares and animal groomers where pets are not on site for more than 12 consecutive hours shall not be considered a kennel.
LABORATORY
A building or part of a building devoted to the testing and analysis of any product or animal. No manufacturing is conducted on the premises except for experimental or testing purposes.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
Includes any of the following activities:
A. 
The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
(1) 
A group of two or more residential or nonresidential buildings, whether proposed initially or cumulatively, or a single nonresidential building on a lot or lots regardless of the number of occupants or tenure; or
(2) 
The division or allocation of land or space, whether initially or cumulatively, between or among two or more existing or prospective occupants by means of, or for the purpose of streets, common areas, leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features.
B. 
A subdivision of land.
LANDFILL
A disposed site in which refuse and earth, or other suitable cover material are deposited and compacted in alternative layers as required by the federal and/or state agency having jurisdiction.
LANDOWNER
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land including the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such option or contract is subject to any condition), a lessee if he is authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner, or other person having a proprietary interest in land.
LANDSCAPE PLAN
A plan prepared by a design professional identifying each tree and shrub by size, type and scientific name; the location of each, including a planting diagram; and such other diagrams or reports as are necessary to show the method of planting, staking and mulching, grass seeding specification and mixtures and existing trees to be preserved, if any.
LARGE AREA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
A center for a set of products is a warehouse or other specialized building, often with refrigeration or air conditioning, which is stocked with products (goods) to be redistributed to retailers, to wholesalers, or directly to consumers. A distribution center is a principal part, the order processing element, of the entire order fulfillment process.
LAUNDROMAT
An establishment with coin-operated washing machines and dryers for public use.
LEGAL NONCONFORMING
Refers to uses and structures which were begun or constructed when the law allowed for them but have since become non-compliant due to a change in legislation.
LIBRARY
A building or room containing collections of books, periodicals, and sometimes films and recorded music for people to read, borrow, or refer to.
LIFE CARE COMMUNITY
A corporation or association or other business entity that, in exchange for the payment of entrance and monthly fees, provides:
A. 
Residential accommodations meeting the minimum standards for residents set forth by law and ordinances and providing a design to meet the physical, social and psychological needs of older people;
B. 
Medical and nursing care covering, under ordinary circumstances, the balance of a resident's life;
C. 
Prepaid medical consultation opportunities through independent professionals selected by the organization or through some equivalent arrangement; or
D. 
Financial self-sufficiency, not dependent on outside support to any significant degree, with entrance and monthly fees adjusting to meet changing costs.
LIVE WORK UNIT
A commercial use, such as a shop, studio, office, cafe, deli, personal service establishment or other place of business, in combination with a dwelling unit located above such place of business. A person or persons other than the proprietor of the business may occupy a live-work unit.
LIVESTOCK PENS or HOG HOUSES
A place where cattle or hogs are housed.
LOADING SPACE
A space within the main building or on the same lot therewith providing for the standing, loading, or unloading of vehicles.
LOT
A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed or built upon as a unit.
LOT AREA
The total area of the lot or lots comprising a site, excluding any areas contained in a public right-of-way.
LOT COVERAGE
That percentage of the lot area covered by all principal structures, accessory structures and impervious surfaces.
LOT LINE
A line of record bounding a lot that divides one lot from another lot or from a public or private street right-of-way or other public space.
LOT LINE FRONT
A lot line or lines which separates a lot from a public street or streets.
LOT LINE REAR
That lot line that is generally opposite the front lot line.
LOT LINE SIDE
Any lot line that is not a front lot line or rear lot line.
LOT, CORNER
A lot at an intersection of two or more streets.
LOT, INTERIOR
A lot other than a corner lot or through lot.
LOT, THROUGH
A lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets and which is not a corner lot.
LOT, WIDTH
The line distance between the point of intersection of the minimum required building setback line with the side lot lines as measured along the front setback line.
LUMBER YARD
A place that sells lumber and other building materials, usually outdoors.
MAGISTRATE OFFICE AND COURT
A court having limited jurisdiction over civil and criminal matters, and matters of contracts not exceeding a particular threshold.
MAJOR HIGHWAY
A public street which serves large volumes of high speed and long distance traffic.
MANUFACTURED HOME SALES
The sale of a structure, transportable in one or more sections, and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein. For mobile homes built prior to June 15, 1976, a label certifying compliance to the Standard for Mobile Homes, NFPA 501, in effect at the time of manufacture is required. For the purpose of these provisions, a mobile home shall be considered a manufactured home.
MANUFACTURING
The location where materials are processed and where the process of making wares by hand, by machinery or by other agency, often with the provision of labor and the use of machinery takes place.
MANUFACTURING FACILITY, HEAVY
Manufacturing, including the production, processing, cleaning testing and distribution of materials, goods, foodstuffs and products, for which, due to the nature of the materials, equipment or process utilized, the manufacturing operation is considered to be unclean, noisy, hazardous or is associated with other objectionable elements.
MANUFACTURING FACILITY, LIGHT
Manufacturing, including the production, processing, cleaning, testing and distribution of materials, goods, foodstuffs and products, which, by the nature of the materials, equipment and process utilized, is to a considerable measure clean, quiet, and free of any objectionable or hazardous elements.
MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment or business which provides the services of massage and body manipulation, including exercises, heat and light treatments of the body, and all forms of physiotherapy, unless operated by a medical practitioner, chiropractor, or professional physical therapist licensed by the State of Pennsylvania. This definition does not include an athletic club, school, gymnasium, reducing salon, spa, or similar establishment where massage or similar manipulation of the human body is offered as an identical or accessory service. A massage establishment may not include any aspects of adult entertainment or an adult-oriented establishment, as either are elsewhere defined and regulated in this chapter.
MEDIATION
A voluntary negotiating process in which parties in a dispute mutually select a neutral mediator to assist them in jointly exploring and settling their differences, culminating in a written agreement which the parties themselves create and consider acceptable.
MEDICAL OFFICES
A place where medical or dental diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment is prescribed or provided.
METALLIC MINING
Is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, or reef, which forms the mineralized package of economic interest to the miner.
METHADONE TREATMENT FACILITY
A facility licensed by the Department of Health to use the drug methadone in the treatment, maintenance, or detoxification of persons.
MICROBREWERY
A small, usually independent brewery that produces limited quantities of specialized beers. A microbrewery provides for the retail sales of the beer at the location where it is produced. A microbrewery may also include tasting a room and restaurant in conjunction with the use.
MICRODISTILLERY
A small, often boutique-style distillery established to produce beverage grade spirit alcohol in relatively small quantities, usually done in single or small batches. A microdistillery provides for the retail sales of the distilled beverage at the location where beverages are distilled. A microdistillery may also include a tasting room and restaurant in conjunction with the use.
MINERALS
Any aggregate or mass of mineral matter, whether or not coherent. The term includes, but is not limited to, limestone and dolomite, sand and gravel, rock and stone, earth, fill, slag, iron ore, zinc ore, vermiculite and clay, anthracite and bituminous coal, coal refuse, peat and crude oil and natural gas.
MINI-WAREHOUSE
A storage enterprise dealing with the reception of goods of residential or commercial orientation that lie dormant over extended periods of time. Separate storage units are rented to individual customers who are entitled to exclusive and independent access to their respective units.
MIXED USE
The conduct of two or more principal uses within one principal building, or one lot or site.
MOBILE HOME
A transportable, single family dwelling intended for permanent occupancy, contained in one unit, or in two or more units designed to be joined into one integral unit capable of again being separated for repeated towing, which arrives at a site complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, and constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation.
MOBILE HOME LOT
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for the erections thereon of a single mobile home.
MOBILE HOME PARK
A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which has been so designated and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots for the placement thereon of mobile homes.
MOTEL
A building or group of detached, semidetached, or attached buildings on a lot containing guest dwellings, each of which has a separate outside entrance leading directly to rooms, with a garage or parking space conveniently located with each unit, and which is designed, used, or intended to be used primarily for the accommodation of automobile transients. Boardinghouses shall not be considered a motel.
MOVIE
A venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ("movies" or "films").
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY
A body politic and corporate created pursuant to the act of May 2, 1945 (P.L. 382, No. 164), known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945."
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
A building occupied by the principal offices and departments of Charleroi Borough.
MUNICIPALITIES PLANNING CODE (MPC)
Act of 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, as reenacted and amended (53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.).
NATURAL GAS COMPRESSOR STATION
A compressor engine facility designed and constructed to compress natural gas that originates from an oil and gas well or collection of such wells for continued delivery of oil and gas to a transmission pipeline, distribution pipeline, processing facility, or storage facility or field.
NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANT
A facility designed and constructed to remove materials such as ethane, propane, butane, and other constituents or similar substances from natural gas to allow such natural gas to be of such quality as is required or appropriate for transmission or distribution to commercial markets but not including facilities or equipment that is designed and constructed primarily to remove water, water vapor, oil or naturally occurring liquids from the natural gas.
NIGHT CLUB
An establishment primarily for evening, late-night to early morning entertainment, that typically serves food and/or alcoholic beverages, and may provide either live or prerecorded music or video, comedy acts, floor shows, with or without the opportunity for dancing. A nightclub may not include any aspects of adult entertainment or an adult-oriented establishment, as either are elsewhere defined and regulated in this chapter.
NO-IMPACT HOME-BASED BUSINESSES
A. 
A business or commercial activity administered or conducted as an accessory use which is clearly secondary to the use as a residential dwelling and which involves no customer, client or patient traffic, whether vehicular or pedestrian, pickup, delivery or removal functions to or from the premises, in excess of those normally associated with residential use. The business or commercial activity must satisfy the following requirements:
(1) 
The business activity shall be compatible with the residential use of the property and surrounding residential uses.
(2) 
The business shall employ no employees other than family members residing in the dwelling.
(3) 
There shall be no display or sale of retail goods and no stockpiling or inventory of a substantial nature.
(4) 
There shall be no outside appearance of a business use, including, but not limited to, parking, signs or lights.
(5) 
The business activity may not use any equipment or process which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical or electronic interference, including interference with radio or television reception, which is detectable in the neighborhood.
(6) 
The business activity may not generate any solid waste or sewage discharge, in volume or type, which is not normally associated with residential use in the neighborhood.
(7) 
The business activity shall be conducted only within the dwelling and may not occupy more than 25% of the habitable floor area.
(8) 
The business may not involve any illegal activity.
B. 
No-impact home-based businesses are different than home occupation businesses (See definition of "home occupation business").
NONCONFORMING LOT
Any lot which does not comply with the applicable area and bulk provisions of this chapter or an amendment thereafter enacted, which lawfully existed prior to the enactment of this chapter or any subsequent amendment.
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE
A structure or part of a structure that does not comply with the applicable area and bulk provisions of this chapter or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment of this chapter or an amendment thereto, or prior to the application of this chapter or amendment to its location by reason of annexation. Nonconforming signs are included in this definition.
NONCONFORMING USE
A use, whether of land or of a structure, that does not comply with the applicable use provisions in this chapter or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such use was lawfully in existence prior to the enactment of this chapter or an amendment thereto, or prior to the application of this chapter or amendment to its location by reason of annexation.
NONMETALLIC MINING
Is the extraction of stone, sand, rock or similar materials from natural deposits.
NONPERCISION INSTRUMENT RUNWAY
A runway having an existing instrument approach procedure utilizing air navigation facilities with only horizontal guidance, or area type navigation equipment, for which a straight-in non-precision instrument approach procedure has been approved or planned.
NUDE MODEL STUDIO
Any place where a person who appears seminude, in a state of nudity, or who displays specified anatomical areas and is provided to be observed, sketched, drawn, painted, sculptured, photographed, or similarly depicted by other persons who pay money or any form of consideration. Nude model studio shall not include a proprietant school licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or a college, junior college, or university supported entirely or in part by public taxation; a private college or university which maintains and operates educational programs in which credits are transferable to a college, junior college, or university supported entirely or partly by taxation; or in a structure:
A. 
That has no sign visible from the exterior of the structure and no other advertising that indicated a nude or seminude person is available for viewing.
B. 
Where in order to participate in a class a student must enroll at least three days in advance of the class.
C. 
Where no more than one nude or seminude model is on the premises at any one time.
NUDITY or A STATE OF NUDITY
Completely without clothing; or the showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic areas, or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering, or the showing of the female breasts with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion of the nipple, or the depiction of covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.
NURSERY SCHOOL
A school designed to provide daytime care or instruction for two or more children of preschool age.
NURSING HOME
An institution licensed by the commonwealth for the care of human patients requiring either skilled nursing or intermediate nursing care or both levels of care for a period exceeding 24 hours.
OCCUPANCY
The physical possession upon, on or within any lot or structure for a use.
OCCUPANCY PERMIT
A permit for the occupancy of a building, structure or lot indicating compliance with all provisions of this chapter.
OFFICES, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
Any office of recognized professions, other than medical, such as lawyers, architects, engineers, real estate brokers, insurance agents and others who, through training, are qualified to perform services of a professional nature and other offices used primarily for accounting, corresponding, research, editing or other administrative functions, but not including banks or other financial institutions.
OIL and GAS
Crude oil, natural gas, methane gas, coal bed methane gas, propane, butane and/or any other constituents or similar substances that are produced by drilling an oil or gas well.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT
The well site preparation, construction, drilling, redrilling, hydraulic fracturing, and/or site restoration associated with an oil or gas well of any depth; water and other fluid storage, impoundment and transportation used for such activities; and the installation and use of all associated equipment, including tanks, meters, and other equipment and structures whether permanent or temporary; and the site preparation, construction, installation, maintenance and repair of oil and gas pipelines and associated equipment and other equipment and activities associated with the exploration for, production and transportation of oil and gas. The definition does not include natural gas compressor stations and natural gas processing plants or facilities performing the equivalent functions.
OIL OR GAS WELL
A pierced or bored hole drilled or being drilled in the ground for the purpose of, or to be used for, producing, extracting or injecting gas, oil, petroleum or another liquid related to oil or gas production or storage, including brine disposal.
OIL OR GAS WELL SITE
The location where facilities, structures, materials and equipment whether temporary or permanent, necessary for or incidental to the preparation, construction, drilling, production or operation of an oil or gas well.
OIL, GAS, OR WATER INTAKE WELLS
The drilling site authorized by a permit from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for the extraction of oil or gas resources or the drilling site for the production of potable water supply.
OPEN LOOP GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM
Water is pumped from a water well or other water source into a heat exchanger located in a surface building. The water drawn from the earth is then pumped back into the ground through a different well or in some cases the same well, also known as "re-injection." Alternatively, the groundwater could be discharged to a surface water body also known as a "pump and dump." In the heating mode, cooler water is returned to the earth, and in the cooling mode, warmer water is returned to the surface water body or well.
OUTDOOR DINING
A dining area with seats and/or table located outdoors of a restaurant, cafe, or other food service establishment, and which is either: located entirely outside the walls of the subject building, or enclosed on two sides or less by the walls of the building with or without a solid roof.
OUTDOOR HYDRONIC HEATER
A fuel-burning device, also known as an "outdoor wood-fired boiler," "outdoor wood-fired furnace," and "outdoor wood-burning appliance," designed:
A. 
To burn clean wood or other fuels specifically tested and listed for use by the manufacturer;
B. 
By the manufacturer specifically for outdoor installation or installation in structures not normally intended for habitation by humans or domestic animals (e.g., garages); and
C. 
To heat building space and/or water via distribution, typically through pipes, of a fluid heated in the device, typically water or a water/antifreeze mixture.
OWNER
The person or persons having the right of legal title to, beneficial interest in, or a contractual right to purchase a lot or parcel.
PAD DRILLING
The drilling of multiple wells from a single location.
PARK (or DEDICATED OPEN SPACE or RECREATION LAND)
A parcel of land integrated within a subdivision or land development that is dedicated, either publicly or privately, specifically for use as a park, open space and/or active recreation area.
PARK-AND-RIDE FACILITY
A facility designed for patrons to park their private vehicle and transfer to other private or public transportation.
PARKING AREA
An area used for the parking of motor vehicles.
PARKING LOT
Any lot, parcel, or yard used in whole or in part for the storage or parking of two or more vehicles where such usage is not incidental to or in conjunction with a single-family or two-family dwelling.
PARKING STRUCTURE, COMMERCIAL
An area or structure area used exclusively for the temporary storage of motor vehicles.
PATIO
A structure accessory to a dwelling constructed on the ground from impervious material such as concrete, stones, bricks, blocks or other paving material and which may or may not have a roof or awning.
PAWN SHOP
A pawnbroker's shop, especially one where unredeemed items are sold to the public.
PERSONAL CARE BOARDING HOME
A dwelling or institution licensed by the commonwealth where room and board is provided to more than three permanent residents who are not relatives of the operator, and who are mobile or semi-mobile and require specialized services for a period exceeding 24 consecutive hours in such matters as bathing, dressing, diet and medication prescribed for self-administration, but who are not in need of hospitalization or skilled nursing or intermediate nursing care.
PERSONAL SERVICES
Any enterprise providing services pertaining to the person, their apparel or personal effects commonly carried on or about the person, including, but not limited to, shoe repair, tailoring, clothes cleaning, watch repairing, barbershops, beauty parlors and related activities.
PHASE 2 OUTDOOR HYDRONIC HEATER
An outdoor hydronic heater that has been certified or qualified by the EPA as meeting a particulate matter emission limit of 0.32 pounds per million British Thermal Units (BTU) output and is labeled accordingly, with a white hang tag.
PLACES OF WORSHIP
A semipublic use, including any of the following: church, manse, rectory, convent, synagogue, parish, school or similar building incidental to the particular use; but this term does not include business offices, except administrative offices incidental to the operation of the particular use, rescue missions or the occasional use for religious purposes of properties not regularly so used.
PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
An area of land controlled by a landowner to be developed as a single entity for a number of dwelling units, or combination of residential and nonresidential uses, the development plan for which does not correspond in lot size, bulk, type of dwelling, or use, density, or intensity, lot coverage and required open space to the regulations established in any one district created, from one time to time, under the provisions of a municipal zoning ordinance.
PLANNING COMMISSION
The Planning Commission of Charleroi Borough.
PLAT
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether preliminary or final.
POLE-MOUNTED/SHARED USE COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY
Any antenna used for the transmission or reception of any radio wave or radio signal, which is to be mounted upon a preexisting steel or metal electrical transmission tower owned or operated by a public utility.
POLICE STATION
The office or headquarters of a local police force.
PORCH
A roofed or uncovered accessory structure without enclosing walls that is attached to or part of the principal building and which has direct access to and from the principal building.
POST OFFICE
A building or room where postage stamps are sold and other postal business is conducted.
PROCESSING PLANTS (METALS, CHEMICALS)
Large industrial areas where metals or chemicals are processed for various reasons.
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER
A licensed professional engineer registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
PUBLIC AND SEMIPUBLIC USES
Uses operated by the public or semipublic body such as schools, public libraries, public safety buildings, museums, public meeting halls and community centers. This definition shall not include hospitals and continuing care facilities.
PUBLIC HEARING
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the governing body or planning agency, intended to inform and obtain public comment, prior to taking action in accordance with this act.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
All roads, streets, walkways, sidewalks, gutters, curbs, sewers, waterlines, stormwater management facilities, landscaping, street lighting, traffic control devices and other facilities to be dedicated to or maintained by the Borough.
PUBLIC MEETING
A forum held pursuant to notice under 65 Pa. C.S. CH. 7 (Relating to open meetings).
PUBLIC NOTICE
A notice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature of the matter to be considered at the hearing. The first publication shall not be more than 30 days and the second publication shall not be less than seven days from the date of the hearing.
QUARRYING and STONE CUTTING
The removal and/or the cutting of stone from a quarry.
RADIO OR TELEVISION TRANSMITTER
A piece of equipment that relays radio or television signals.
RAILROAD FACILITY
A series of buildings, with or without an open yard, with a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are kept for maintenance and/or storage.
RECORDING STUDIO
An environment to allow for the capture, manipulation and mastering of an auditory product.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
A single-axle or multiple-axle structure mounted on wheels or otherwise capable of being made mobile, either with its own motive power or designed to be mounted on or drawn by an automotive vehicle, for the purpose of travel, camping, vacation and recreational use, including but not limited to: travel trailers, mobile homes, motor homes, tent trailers, boats, boat trailers, pickup campers, horse trailers, snow mobiles, jet skis, wave runners, motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles.
RECYCLING BUSINESS
A business that is:
A. 
Primarily engaged in converting ferrous or nonferrous metals or other materials into raw material products having prepared grades and having an existing or potential economic value; or
B. 
Using raw material products of that kind in the production of new products; or obtaining or storing ferrous or nonferrous metals.
REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCY
A planning agency that is comprised of representatives of more than one county. Regional planning responsibilities shall include providing technical assistance to counties and municipalities, mediating conflicts across county lines and reviewing county comprehensive plans for consistency with one another.
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE
Any method, process or substance whose supply is rejuvenated through natural processes and, subject to those natural processes, remains relatively constant, including, but not limited to, biomass conversion, geothermal energy, solar and wind energy and hydroelectric energy and excluding those sources of energy used in the fission and fusion processes.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Any establishment which carries on investigation in the natural, physical or social sciences or engineering and development as an extension of such investigation with the objective of creating end products and which may include pilot manufacturing as an accessory use where concepts are tested prior to full-scale production.
RESTAURANT
An establishment designed and operated for the express purpose of providing food and beverage service within the confines of a structure and generally excluding any encouragement, orientation or accommodation of services or products to the patrons' automobiles, on or within the premises.
RESTAURANT DRIVE-THROUGH
A fast-food restaurant characterized by a limited menu and catering to drive-through traffic.
RETAIL STORE
Any establishment not otherwise specifically defined in this article that sells commodities and/or services on the premises directly to consumers, but not including the on-site manufacturing or processing of any product or any wholesale sales.
RETIREMENT HOUSING FACILITY
A multi-residence housing facility intended for senior citizens. Typically each person or couple in the home has an apartment-style room or suite of rooms.
REVERSE VENDING MACHINE
An automated mechanical device for the redemption of recyclable beverage containers which accepts empty recyclable beverage containers and may issue credit. Reverse vending machines include machines that sort and process containers mechanically, provided that the entire process is enclosed within the machine.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
Land reserved or dedicated for use as a street, crosswalk or other means of travel, or other public or private purposes, including existing and future rights-of-way.
ROOMING HOUSE
See boarding house.
SALT STORAGE FACILITY
A structure used to house salt used to treat public and/or private roadways.
SCHOOL
Any public, private or parochial place of instruction, not including institutions of higher learning, having regular sessions, with regularly employed instructors, which teaches those academic subjects that are fundamental and essential in general education and which provide pre-primary and/or kindergarten through 12th grade, or a vocational school, all meeting the requirements of the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, but excluding any privately operated school of trades, vocations, avocations or business.
SEMINUDE or IN A SEMINUDE CONDITION
The state of dress in which clothing partially or non-opaquely covers specified anatomical areas.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
A facility designed to receive the wastewater from domestic sources and to remove materials that damage water quality and threaten public health and safety when discharged into receiving streams or bodies of water.
SEXUAL ACTIVITIES
Shall be defined as: acts of masturbation, homosexuality, sexual intercourse, or physical contact with a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or if such person is female, breast; the condition of human or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal; and/or flagellation or torture by or upon a person in undergarments, a mask or bizarre costume, or the condition of being fettered, bound, or otherwise physically restrained on the part of one so clothed.
SEXUAL ENCOUNTER CENTER
A business or commercial enterprise that, as one of its principal business purposes, offers for any form of consideration:
A. 
Physical contact in the form of wrestling or tumbling between persons of the opposite sex.
B. 
Activities between male and female persons and/or persons of the same sex when one or more of the persons is in a state of nudity or semi-nudity.
SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS
An adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult novelty store, adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motion-picture theater, adult theater, escort agency, nude model studio, or sexual encounter center.
SHED
A simple roofed structure, typically made of wood or metal, used as a storage space.
SHOPPING CENTER
One or more retail store(s) and other authorized uses in the zoning district in which it is an authorized use, developed as a single entity on a site, whether developed at one time or in phases or by different owners.
SHORT-TERM RENTAL
A location other than a hotel or motel where lodging is provided for compensation generally for less than 30 days. Rentals are generally facilitated by an online tool that allows for peer-to-peer lodging options where the lodging facilities are generally owned by private individuals. This use include rentals commonly called by industry names including but not limited to Airbnb, HomeAway, Flip Key, VRBO, WorldEscape, Uproost, etc.
SITE
The original tract of land which exists prior to any subdivision or land development activity and which is the subject of a preliminary or final application for development.
SKILLED NURSING FACILITY
An inpatient healthcare facility with the staff and equipment to provide skilled care, rehabilitation and other related health services to patients who need nursing care, but do not require hospitalization.
SOLAR COLLECTION SYSTEM
A solar photovoltaic cell, panel, or array, or solar hot air or water collector device, which relies upon solar radiation as an energy source for collection, inversion, storage, and distribution of solar energy for electricity generation or transfer of stored heat.
SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCTION FACILITY, LARGE
An area of land or other area used for a solar collection system principally used to capture solar energy and convert it to electrical energy. Large solar energy production facilities consist of one or more free-standing ground, or roof-mounted solar collector devices, solar-related equipment and other accessory structures and buildings including light reflectors, concentrators, and heat exchangers, substations, electrical infrastructure, transmission lines and other appurtenant structures and facilities. A facility is considered a large solar energy production facility if it supplies electrical or thermal power solely for off-site use.
SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM, SMALL
A solar collection system consisting of one or more roof and/or ground mounted solar collector devices and solar related equipment, and is intended to primarily reduce on-site consumption of utility power. A system is considered a small solar energy system only if it supplies electrical or thermal power solely for on-site use, except that when a property upon which the facility is installed also receives electrical power supplied by a utility company, excess electrical power generated and not presently needed for on-site use may be used by the utility company.
SOLAR RELATED EQUIPMENT
Items including a solar photovoltaic cell, panel, or array, or solar hot air or water collector device panels, lines, pumps, batteries, mounting brackets, framing and possibly foundations used for or intended to be used for collection of solar energy.
SOLID WASTE COMBUSTOR OR INCINERATOR
A solid waste facility for the controlled burning of large quantities of solid waste at high temperatures under carefully regulated conditions.
SOLID WASTE FACILITY
All continuous land and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land, used for processing, storing, or disposing of solid waste, or used for the purpose of processing, extracting, converting, or recovering energy or materials from solid waste. A facility may be publicly or privately owned and may consist of several processing, storage, or disposal operational units.
SOLID WASTE LANDFILL FACILITY
A disposed site in which refuse and earth, or other suitable cover material are deposited and compacted in alternative layers as required by the federal and/or state agency having jurisdiction.
SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION
Land or structures where solid waste is received and temporarily stored at a location other than the site where it was generated and which facilitates the bulk transfer of accumulated solid waste to a facility for further processing or disposal. Such facility may or may not involve the separation of recyclables from solid waste. Such facility shall not include a junkyard, leaf composting, clean fill, sewage, or sludge application.
SOUND LEVEL
The intensity of sound, measured in decibels, produced by the operation of a permitted use.
SOUND LEVEL METER
An instrument standardized by the American Standards Association for measurement of intensity of sound.
SPECIALIZED INDUSTRIAL FACILITY
Any fixed equipment or facility which is used in connection with, or as part of any process or system for industry.
SPECIFIED ANATOMICAL AREAS
Human genitals, pubic region, anus, buttocks, female breast(s) below a point immediately above the top of the areola, or human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely covered.
SPECIFIED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
Any of the following offenses:
A. 
Prostitution or promotion of prostitution; dissemination of obscenity; sale, distribution or display of harmful material to a minor; sexual performance by a child; possession or distribution of child pornography; public lewdness; indecent exposure; indecency with a child; engaging in organized criminal activity; sexual assault; molestation of a child; gambling; or distribution of a controlled substance; or any similar offenses to those described above under the criminal or penal code of other states or countries.
B. 
For which:
(1) 
Less than two years have elapsed since the date of conviction or the date of release from confinement imposed for the conviction, whichever is the later date, if the conviction is of a misdemeanor offense.
(2) 
Less than five years have elapsed since the date of conviction or the date of release from confinement for the conviction, whichever is the later date, if the conviction is of a felony offense.
(3) 
Less than five years have elapsed since the date of the last conviction or the date of release from confinement for the last conviction, whichever is the later date, if the convictions are of two or more misdemeanor offenses or combination of misdemeanor offenses occurring within any twenty-four-month period.
C. 
The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall have no effect on the disqualification of the applicant or a person residing with the applicant.
SPECIFIED SEXUAL ACTIVITIES
Includes any of the following:
A. 
The fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, or female breasts.
B. 
Sex acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including intercourse, oral copulation, masturbation, or sodomy.
C. 
Excretory functions as a part of or in connection with any of the activities set forth in Subsections A and B above.
STABLE, PRIVATE
The keeping of horses and/or ponies for personal use and enjoyment of the residents of the lot, not involving any profit-making activity.
STACK
Any vertical structure enclosing a flue(s) that carry off smoke or exhaust from a furnace or other fuel-burning device, especially that part of a structure extending above a roof.
STEEP SLOPE
Land area where the inclination of the land's surface from the horizontal plane is 15% or greater. Man-made slopes shall not be considered steep slopes.
STORAGE BUILDING
A space for storing goods.
STORMWATER DETENTION FACILITY
Refers to the provision of surge volume to attenuate the run-off peak prior to discharge to some off-site point.
STORMWATER RETENTION FACILITY
Refers to the collection of stormwater, with no discharge point. Water is collected and then is allowed to percolate into the ground or evaporate.
STORY
That portion of a building between the surface of any finished floor and the surface of the finished floor next above it or, if there shall be no floor above it, then the space between any floor and the ceiling next above it. In determining the number of stories for purposes of height measurement, a basement shall be counted as a story if the ceiling is more than five feet above the average adjoining ground level at the front setback, and a mezzanine shall be counted as a story if it covers 50% or more of the area of the story underneath such mezzanine. An attic or a cellar shall not be counted as a story.
STREET
Any public or private recorded right-of-way used or intended to be used by vehicular traffic and pedestrians, including avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway, lane, alley, thoroughfare or viaduct.
STREET, ARTERIAL
A public street that serves large volumes of high-speed and long-distance traffic.
STREET, COLLECTOR
A public street that, in addition to giving access to abutting lots, intercepts local streets and provides a route for carrying considerable volumes of local traffic to community facilities and arterial streets.
STREET, LOCAL
Any public street not defined herein as an arterial or a collector street.
STREET, PRIVATE
A street, including the entire private right-of-way, that is privately owned and maintained and that is intended for private, rather than public, use.
STREET, PUBLIC
A public right-of-way dedicated and open for public use that has been adopted by the Borough, county, commonwealth or other governmental body.
STRUCTURE
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
SUBDIVISION
The division or redivision of a lot, tract or parcel of land by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of land including changes in existing lot lines for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of lease, partition by the court for distribution to heirs or devisees, transfer of ownership or building or lot development; provided, however, that the subdivision by lease of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving any new street or easement of access or any residential dwelling, shall be exempted.
SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE
An ordinance whose purpose is to regulate all subdivision, consolidation and development activities in the borough by providing for a uniform method for the submission of preliminary and final plats to ensure the proper layout or arrangement of land; the proper design of streets to accommodate projected traffic and to facilitate fire protection; the provision of adequate easements or rights-of-way, gutters, storm and sanitary drainage facilities, walkways, stormwater management and other required facilities; and the proper design of land developments in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. All references to the Charleroi Borough Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance are actually references to the Washington County Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, which was adopted by Charleroi Borough.
SWIMMING POOL
A man-made enclosure, designed to impound water for the purpose of creating depth of water suitable for swimming, or other types of water recreation or therapy, including, but not limited to, water slides, lap pools, whirlpools, soaking tubs, or hot tubs.
TANK FARM
An area used exclusively for storing petroleum in large tanks.
TATTOO PARLOR
An establishment in which tattooing is carried out professionally.
TAVERN (BAR)
Any use in which the primary purpose is the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption, which may or may not include dancing. Taverns may include prepared food sales but such prepared foods are typically accessory or incidental to the primary purpose as a tavern.
TAXI & LIMOSINE SERVICE
A fee-based service regulated by the Public Utility Commission (PUC) that provides a vehicle and a driver from one point to another.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER
Includes every person that directly or indirectly owns, controls, operates or manages, plant, equipment or property within the Borough, used or to be used for the purpose of offering or providing telecommunications services.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
Any person providing fiber optics communications system service, telecommunications service, or open video system service in the Borough.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
The plant, equipment and property, including, but not limited to, cables wires, conduits, ducts, pedestals, antennas, towers, electronics, and other appurtenances used or to be used to transmit, receive, distribute, provide or offer fiber optics communication system service, telecommunications services, or open video system service.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER
Includes every person who provides telecommunications service over, through, and by means of telecommunications facilities without having any ownership, management or control of the facilities.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE
Any transmission of interactive switched and non-switched signs signals, writing, images, sounds, messages, data or other information of any nature by wire, radio light wave, or any other electromagnetic means (including access services), which originate or terminate in the Borough and are offered to or for the public, or some portion thereof for compensation.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER
A structure, including any guy wires principally intended to support facilities for receipt or transmission of broadcast for commercial or public VHF and UHF television, FM radio, two-way radio, common carriers, cellular telephone, fixed point microwave, low power television, or AM radio, including accessory equipment related to telecommunications. Not included are antennas and supportive structures for private, noncommercial, and amateur purposes, including, but not limited to, ham radios and citizen band radios.
TEMPORARY USE OR STRUCTURE
Any use or structure which may be a principal use on a lot or accessory to an existing principal use on a lot intended to be used for less than six consecutive months. Structures intended to be used for more than six months shall be considered permanent and shall meet the use and structure requirements for permanent structures.
TOWING AND OTHER ROAD SERVICES
A personal service engaged in the business of offering the services of a vehicle wrecker or towing service, whereby disabled motor vehicles are towed or otherwise removed from the place they are disabled by use of a wrecker so designed for that purpose by a truck, automobile or other vehicle so adapted for that purpose.
TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OR CONTROL OF A SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS
Includes any of the following:
A. 
The sale, lease, or sublease of the business.
B. 
The transfer of securities which constitute a controlling interest in the business, whether by sale, exchange, or similar means.
C. 
Establishment of a trust, gift, or other similar legal device which transfers the ownership or control of the business, except for transfer by bequest or other operation of law upon the death of the person possessing the ownership or control.
TRANSFERABLE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
The attaching of development rights to specified lands which are desired by a municipality to be kept undeveloped, but permitting those rights to be transferred from those lands so that the development potential which they represent may occur on other lands where more intensive development is deemed to be appropriate.
TRANSIT WAREHOUSE
An intermediate location between a "from" warehouse and a "to" warehouse for warehouse transfers. Items in a transit warehouse are in the process of being transferred to a different warehouse (transfer order) and therefore cannot be picked for other orders during transportation.
TURBINE HEIGHT
The distance measured from the highest point of the wind turbine rotor plane to the ground level.
URBAN AGRICULTURE, ACCESSORY USE
Small-scale agricultural activities conducted on a lot or site in conjunction with an authorized principal use.
URBAN AGRICULTURE, LIMITED (NO ANIMALS)
Agricultural activities intended primarily for the growing of crops and in which no livestock, poultry or other farm animals are kept or raised. Limited agricultural uses are intended to allow for the growing of agricultural products on vacant lots or properties as a permissible principal use.
USE
Any purpose for which a building or other structure or a tract of land may be designed, arranged, intended, maintained or occupied, or any activity, occupation, business or operation carried on in a building or other structure or on a tract of land.
USE, ACCESSORY
A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use and located on the same lot as the principal use.
USE, BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION
An authorized use in a particular zoning district pursuant to Articles III, IV and XI of this chapter which may be granted only by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with express standards and criteria.
USE, PRINCIPAL
The primary or predominant use to which the property is or may be devoted, and to which all other uses on the premises are accessory.
VARIANCE
A departure from the strict letter of the Zoning chapter as it applies to specific properties, as authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with the terms of this chapter and the MPC.
VEHICLES/BOAT/EQUIPMENT SALES
The sale of motor vehicles, boats, and the various equipment needed to operate and maintain them.
VETERINARIAN CLINIC
An establishment where animals are examined and treated by veterinarians and typically stay overnight.
VIEWING BOOTHS
Booths, stalls, partitioned portions of a room, rooms or other enclosures which are available for viewing:
A. 
Films, movies, videos, or visual reproductions of any kind depicting or describing specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
B. 
Persons who appear in a state of nudity or semi-nudity or who offer performances or presentations characterized by the exposure of specified anatomical areas or by specified sexual activities.
WAREHOUSE/STORAGE SERVICES
A structure primarily used for the storage of goods and materials which also includes refrigeration and cold storage services.
WATER SUPPLY PUMP STATION
A structure with machinery for pumping large amounts of water.
WATER TANK
A large container or structure for storing large quantities of water.
WELL PAD
The area used for development and production of oil and gas including buildings and structures and all activities associated with an oil and gas well after drilling activities are complete.
WIND CHARGER
A wind-driven direct-current generator used for charging storage batteries.
WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM (WECS)
A device such as a wind charger, wind turbine or windmill and/or other electric generation facility whose main purpose is to convert wind power into another form of energy such as electricity or heat, consisting of one or more wind turbine and other structures and buildings, including substations, meteorological towers, electrical infrastructure, transmission lines and other appurtenant structures and facilities.
WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION FACILITY, LARGE
An area of land or other area used for a wind energy conversion system principally used to capture wind energy and convert it to electrical energy. Large wind energy production facilities consist of one or more wind turbines, tower, and associated control or conversion electronics and other accessory structures and buildings including substations, electrical infrastructure, transmission lines and other appurtenant structures and facilities. A facility is considered a large wind energy production facility if it supplies electrical power solely for off-site use.
WIND ENERGY SYSTEM, SMALL
A wind energy conversion system consisting of a wind turbine, tower, and associated control or conversion electronics, and is intended to primarily reduce on-site consumption of utility power. A system is considered a small wind energy system only if it supplies electrical power solely for on-site use, except that when a parcel on which the system is installed also receives electrical power supplied by a utility company, excess electrical power generated and not presently needed for on-site use may be used by the utility company.
WIND TURBINE
A device that converts wind energy into electricity through the use of a wind turbine generator, and includes the nacelle, rotor, tower and pad transformer, if any.
WINDMILL
A device that runs on the energy generated by a wheel of adjustable blades or slats rotated by the wind.
YARD
The areas extending between a lot line and the face of the structure of the principal use of the lot. Yards include all areas between the face of the structure and the lot line.
YARD, FRONT — A yard extending between side lot lines across the full lot width from the front lot line to a line parallel to the front face of the structure of the principal use of the lot (See Figure 1).
YARD, REAR — A yard extending between the side lot lines across the full lot width from the rear lot line to a line parallel to the rear face of the structure of the principal use of the lot (See Figure 1).
YARD, SIDE — A yard extending from the front yard line to the rear yard line along the side face(s) of the structure of the principal use of the lot (See Figure 1).
Figure 1 - Yard Type Illustration
ZONING DISTRICT
An area in the Borough in which regulations under this chapter uniformly apply including overlay districts.
ZONING HEARING BOARD
The Zoning Hearing Board of Charleroi Borough, Washington County, Pennsylvania as defined by and appointed in accordance with the Pennsylvania MPC, Act 247 of 1968, as amended by Act 170 of 1998 (53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., as may be amended from time to time).
ZONING MAP
The Official Map delineating the zoning districts of Charleroi Borough, Washington County, Pennsylvania, together with all amendments subsequently adopted.
ZONING OFFICER
The designated official or authorized representative appointed by the Borough Councils whose duty it shall be to administer this chapter and as identified in Section 614 of the Pennsylvania MPC, Act 247 of 1968, as amended by Act 170 of 1998 (53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., as may be amended from time to time).