[Ord. 983, 3/4/1992, § 2.1; as amended by Ord. 992, 3/3/1993, §§ 1, 2; by Ord. 1004, 7/6/1994; by Ord. 1053, 9/1/1999, § 1A, B; by Ord. 1123, 8/2/2006, § I; and by Ord. 1147, 12/3/2008]
1. 
Interpretation. For the purposes of this chapter, words and terms used herein shall be interpreted as follows:
A. 
Words in the present tense shall include the future tense.
B. 
The singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular.
C. 
The masculine gender shall include the feminine and the neuter and vice-versa.
D. 
The word "shall" is always mandatory, and the word "may" or "should" is always permissive.
E. 
The word "used" or "occupied" as applied to any land or building shall be construed to include the words "intended, arranged or designed to be occupied."
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Any word or term not defined in this chapter shall be used with the meaning defined in the latest edition of Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
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Definitions. 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:[1]
[Amended by Ord. 1183, 1/3/2012; by Ord. 1198, 2/6/2013; and by Ord. 1215, 4/6/2015]
ABUT
Next to or adjacent to, and includes the words "directly across from streets, natural features and rights-of-way."
ACCESS DRIVE
A privately owned, constructed and maintained vehicular access from a public or private street to four or more off-street parking spaces or to at least one loading space.
ACCESSORY BUILDING
A building (such as a private garage, private tool house or children's playhouse or a noncommercial greenhouse) which is subordinate and accessory to a principal building on the same lot and which is used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the principal building.
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
A structure serving a purpose customarily incidental to the use of the principal building and located on the same lot as the principal building.
ACCESSORY USE
A use subordinate to the principal use on the same lot and customarily incidental thereto.
ACRE
43,560 square feet.
ADJACENT
A state of being side by side, next to, adjoining or abutting one to another.
ALLEY
A public or private way affording only secondary means of access to abutting property.
ALTERATION
As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement in the structural parts, or an enlargement, whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height, or the moving from one location or position to another.
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
The raising and keeping of livestock, fish, fur-bearing animals, honey bees, or poultry for any commercial purpose. The keeping of livestock, fish, fur-bearing animals, honey bees, or poultry as farm pets or for domestic purposes pursuant to the regulations of this chapter shall not be construed as animal husbandry.
AUTO WRECKING
The dismantling or disassembling of used motor vehicles or recreation vehicles, or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled, partially dismantled, obsolete, or wrecked vehicles or their parts.
BLOCK
Property bounded on one side by a street and on the other three sides by a street, railroad right-of-way, public park, waterway, Borough line or any combination thereof.
BLOCK FRONTAGE
That portion of a block which abuts a single street.
BOARD
The Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of Quakertown.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
BOROUGH COUNCIL
The duly elected governing body of the Borough of Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
BUFFER YARD
A strip of land at least 20 feet in width which may be a part of the minimum setback distance and which is free of any principal or accessory building, parking, outdoor storage or any use other than open space.
BUILDING
A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, used for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals or property. Building is interpreted as including "or part thereof."
BUILDING COVERAGE
The ratio obtained by dividing the maximum horizontal cross-section of all principal and accessory buildings on a lot (including balconies and decks, covered porches, carports and breezeways, but excluding patios) by the total area of the lot upon which the buildings are located.
BUILDING HEIGHT
The vertical distance of a building measured from the point which is the mean level of the highest and lowest portion of the site covered by the building to the highest portion of the roof.
BUS SHELTER
An open semi-enclosed or enclosed structure in which people can stand or sit while waiting for a bus.
CAMPGROUND
Any lot, parcel or tract of land upon which space is rented for two or more tents, recreation vehicles, camping trailers, travel trailers, pickup coaches, motor homes or any combination thereof for temporary occupancy.
CARPORT
A building open on two or more sides and used in conjunction with a dwelling for the storage of private motor vehicles.
CARTWAY
The paved portion of a street or highway designed for vehicular traffic.
COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE
A motor vehicle licensed by the commonwealth in a class other than Class I or Class II. For purposes of this chapter, a recreational vehicle shall not be considered a "commercial motor vehicle."
COMMISSION
The Planning Commission of the Borough of Quakertown.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The document entitled "Comprehensive Plan for the Borough of Quakertown," or any part thereof, adopted by Borough Council.
CONDITIONAL USE
Certain specified uses which are allowed or denied by Borough Council after recommendation by the Planning Commission pursuant to express standards and criteria set forth in this chapter.
CONDOMINIUM
Real estate, portions of which are designated for separate ownership and the remainder of which is designated for common ownership solely by the owners of those portions, created under either the Pennsylvania Unit Property Act of July 3, 1963, or the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act.
CONSTRUCTION
Includes the placing of construction materials in permanent position and fastening in a temporary or permanent position; includes the demolition of a preexisting building; provided, that further construction be diligently carried on.
CONVERSION
To change or adapt land or structures to a different use, occupancy or purpose.
COUNTY
The County of Bucks, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
CURATIVE AMENDMENT
A proposed zoning amendment made to Borough Council by any landowner who desires to challenge on substantive grounds the validity of an ordinance which prohibits or restricts the use or development of land in which he has an interest.
DENSITY
A measure of the number of dwelling units per acre by dividing the number of dwelling units by the gross site acreage.
DETACHED
A state of being surrounded on all sides by yards.
DISTRICT or ZONING DISTRICT
A portion of the territory of the Borough within which certain uniform regulations and requirements or various combinations thereof apply under the provisions of this chapter.
DRIVEWAY
A privately owned and constructed vehicular access from a private or public street to three or less off-street parking spaces.
DUMP
A site used primarily for the disposal by abandonment, dumping, burial, burning or other means and for whatever purpose of garbage, trash, junk, vehicles or parts thereof, or waste material of any kind.
DWELLING (RESIDENCE, RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE)
A building containing one or more dwelling units. The term "dwelling" shall not be deemed to include a hotel or motel where the normal occupancy is less than six months.
DWELLING UNIT (HOUSING UNIT)
One or more rooms intended to be occupied by one family as separate living quarters, containing sanitary facilities, kitchen facilities and having outside access directly from the dwelling unit or through a common hall.
FAMILY
Any number of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit and doing their cooking on the premises, when said individuals are related by blood, marriage or adoption, including any number of foster children under the care of same; or no more than five unrelated individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit using a single kitchen facility and a common eating area. Domestic servants shall be considered an adjunct to the term "family." This definition excludes the occupants of a club, fraternity house, lodge, residential club and boardinghouse.
FAMILY DAY CARE HOME
Any premises other than the individual's own home, operated for profit or not for profit, in which child day care is provided at any one time to a maximum of six individuals who are not relatives of the caregiver.
FENCE
A man-made barrier placed or arranged as a line of demarcation between lots or to enclose a lot or portion thereof. The term "fence" shall be deemed to include a wall if the wall is used as a fence.
FLOOR AREA (GROSS FLOOR AREA)
The total area of all floors, as measured to the outside surfaces of exterior walls (or from the center line of party walls separating two buildings), but excluding cellars, crawl spaces, garages, carports, attics without floors, open porches, balconies and terraces.
GARAGE
A building or part thereof used for the storage or parking of one or more vehicles.
GRADE
The elevation of finished ground or paving.
GRADE PLANE
The elevation of finished ground or paving adjoining the building at exterior walls. Where the finished ground level slopes away from the exterior walls, the elevation shall be established by the lowest points within the area between the building and the lot line or, where the lot line is more than six feet from the building, between the building and a point six feet from the building.
GROUND FLOOR
Any story having its first finished floor surface entirely above grade plane or in which the finished surface of the floor next above is more than six feet (1,829 mm) above grade place or more than 12 feet (3,658 mm) above the finished ground level at any point.
HAZARDOUS WASTES
Those wastes where a significant potential exists for causing adverse public health or environmental impacts if the waste is handled, stored, transported, treated or disposed of in a manner customarily accepted for ordinary solid wastes and subject to special state or federal licensing.
IMPERVIOUS COVER
Any area covered by a structure or other cover which is incapable of being penetrated by moisture.
JUNK or SALVAGE
Any discarded material or articles (including scrap metallic or nonmetallic items, abandoned vehicles and equipment, paper, glass, containers and structures). It shall not include refuse or garbage kept in a proper container for the purpose of prompt disposal.
JUNKYARDS (SALVAGE YARDS)
Any land or structure where junk or salvage is discarded, bought, sold, exchanged, stored, bailed, cleaned, packed, disassembled or handled. "Junkyard" does not include those structures where used furniture or household equipment is stored, bought or sold, nor those structures or land where automobiles not abandoned are stored, bought or sold.
KITCHEN FACILITIES
Shall consist of all the following: sink with piped water, a permanent cook stove and a refrigerator.
LANDOWNER
The owner of a legal or equitable interest in land, including the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such option or contract is subject to any condition) or a lessee if he is authorized under the lease to exercise the right of the landowner.
LOT
Any parcel or tract of land intended as a unit of ownership, transfer of ownership, use, rent, improvement or development. The word "lot" includes the word "plot," "parcel," or "tract." Contiguous vacant nonconforming lots under common ownership shall be considered one lot. A lot may or may not coincide with a lot of record as shown on the official tax maps of the Borough of Quakertown.
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Corner Lot. A lot situated at and abutting the intersection of two streets having an interior angle of intersection not greater than 135°.
B. 
Interior Lot. A lot other than a corner lot (whose sides do not abut a street).
C. 
Reverse Frontage Lots. Lots which front on one public street but provide vehicular access solely from another public street at the rear of the lot.
D. 
Through Lot. An interior lot having frontage on two streets.
LOT AREA
The area contained within the lot lines, excluding space within all existing and future road rights-of-way.
LOT DEPTH
The mean average horizontal distance between the front and the rear lot lines.
LOT LINES
The property lines bounding the lot.
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FRONT LOT LINE (STREET LINE)A lot line separating the lot from an existing or future street right-of-way (whichever contains a greater right-of-way width).
B. 
REAR LOT LINEA lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line. (A three sided lot has no rear lot line.)
C. 
SIDE LOT LINEAny lot line other than a front or rear lot line. A "side street lot line" is a side lot line separating a lot from a street.
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SAMPLE LOT CONFIGURATIONS: NUMBERS
CORRESPOND TO THE ABOVE DEFINITION
LOT WIDTH
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured along the minimum prescribed front yard setback line as set forth in this chapter.
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MAJOR AUTO REPAIRS
Includes major mechanical and body work, straightening of body parts, painting, welding, storage of automobiles not in operating condition or other work involving noise, glare, fumes, smoke or other characteristics to an extent greater than normally found in service stations.
MINOR AUTO REPAIRS AND SERVICES
Includes:
A. 
Sale and servicing of spark plugs, batteries and distributors and distributor parts.
B. 
Tire servicing and repair, but not recapping or regrooving.
C. 
Replacement of mufflers and tail pipes, water hoses, fan belts, brake fluid, light bulbs, fuses, floor mats, seat covers, windshield wipers and wiper blades, grease retainers, wheel bearings, mirrors and the like.
D. 
Radiator cleaning and flushing.
E. 
Washing and polishing, and sale of automotive washing and polishing materials.
F. 
Greasing and lubrication.
G. 
Providing and repairing fuel pumps, oil filters and lines.
H. 
Minor servicing and repair of carburetors.
I. 
Emergency electrical repairs.
J. 
Adjusting and repairing brakes.
K. 
Mini grocery store with sales of packaged foods, beverages, tobacco and similar convenience goods for filling station customers, as accessory to principal operation.
L. 
Provision of road maps and other informational material to customers.
M. 
Provision of restroom facilities.
N. 
State inspection and normal state inspection repairs.
MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING
A building containing two or more dwelling units. Each dwelling unit may be separately owned, provided that the area formed by the combined lots of all dwelling units in a multiple-family dwelling shall comply with all of the requirements for that type of multiple-family dwelling in that district.
[Amended Ord. No. 1226, 6/5/2019]
NONCONFORMING LOT
A lot which does not conform with the minimum lot width or area dimensions specified for the district where such lot is situated, but was lawfully in existence prior to the effective date of this chapter or is legally established through the granting of a variance by the Board. Nonconforming lots side-by-side under common ownership shall be considered one lot.
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE
A structure which could not be built under this chapter by reason of restrictions on area, lot coverage, height, yards or other characteristics of the structure or its location on the lot, but was lawfully in existence prior to the effective date of this chapter.
NONCONFORMING USE
A use which does not comply with the applicable use provisions of this chapter, but which was lawfully in existence prior to the effective date of this chapter.
OFFICIAL MAP
The Official Map as adopted or amended by Borough Council showing the characteristics of streets, watercourses and public grounds.
OFFICIAL STREET CLASSIFICATION MAP
The map as adopted or amended by Borough Council classifying the streets of the Borough into functional categories.
OFFICIAL ZONING MAP
The map as adopted or amended by Borough Council which designates the location and boundaries of zoning districts.
OPEN SPACE
The area of a lot unoccupied by principal or accessory structures, streets, driveways or parking areas; but includes areas occupied by walkways, patios, porches without roofs, playgrounds, outdoor recreation or play apparatus, gardens or trees. Detention ponds and retention ponds shall not be considered as open space.
OPEN SPACE, COMMON
A parcel or parcels of land, or an area of water, or a combination of land and water within a development site which is open space designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents of a development. Detention ponds and retention ponds shall not be considered as open space.
ORDINANCE
The Zoning Ordinance for the Borough of Quakertown, including the Official Zoning Map, Official Street Classification Map and any amendments enacted by Borough Council.
PARKING FACILITIES
Outdoor areas or specially designed buildings or garages used for the storage of vehicles.
PATIO
An area or courtyard which is not covered by a roof or permanent awning, and is designed for outdoor living purposes as an accessory use to a structure. A patio with footers, for purposes of this chapter, shall be considered a structure which complies with all applicable yard requirements in this chapter.
PERMIT
A document issued by the proper Borough authority authorizing the applicant to undertake certain activities.
A. 
ZONING PERMITA permit issued indicating that a proposed use, building or structure is in accordance with this chapter which authorizes an applicant to proceed with said use, building or structure.
B. 
BUILDING PERMITA permit indicating that a proposed construction, alteration or reconstruction of a structure is in accordance with the construction provisions of any building code which may be adopted by the Borough which authorizes an applicant to commence with said construction, alteration or reconstruction.
C. 
OCCUPANCY PERMITA permit issued upon completion of the construction of any structure, indicating that the premises comply with the provisions of this chapter and may be used for the purposes set forth in the occupancy permit. For purposes of this chapter, an occupancy permit is also issued for all commercial and industrial uses and for multiple-family dwellings where there is change in the use of a structure or parcel of land or the occupancy of a structure or land.
PERMITTED USE
A use which does not require special action by the Zoning Hearing Board or by Borough Council before a zoning permit is granted by the Zoning Officer.
PERSON
An individual, partnership, organization, association, trust or corporation. When used in a penalty provision, "person" shall include the members of such partnership, the trustees of such trust and the officers of such organization, association, or corporation.
PLANNING COMMISSION
The Planning Commission for the Borough of Quakertown.
PORCH
A roofed or unroofed structure projecting from the front, side or rear wall of a building.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING
The building in which the principal use of a lot is conducted.
PRINCIPAL USE
The single dominant use or single main use on a lot.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice required by Act 247, the Municipalities Planning Code. Currently Act 247 requires notice be given not more than 30 days and not less than seven days in advance of any public hearing required by this chapter. Such notice shall be published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature of the matter to be considered at the hearing.
RECREATION VEHICLE
A vehicular type portable structure without permanent foundation, which can be towed, hauled or driven and primarily designed as temporary living accommodation for recreational, camping and travel use and including, but not limited to, travel trailers, truck campers, camping trailers and self-propelled motor homes.
RENTAL UNIT
One or more rooms intended to be occupied by one family as separate living quarters, but does not contain one or more of the following: sanitary facilities and kitchen facilities.
RIGHT-OF-WAY (LEGAL)
Land reserved for the public or others for future use as a street.
SANITARY FACILITIES
All of the following: sink with piped water, a toilet and a bathtub or shower with piped water which is connected to a sewage disposal system.
SANITARY LANDFILL
Any facility that is designed, operated or maintained for the disposal of municipal waste, whether or not such facility possesses a permit from the Department under the Solid Waste Management Act. The term shall not include any facility that is used exclusively for disposal of construction/demolition waste or sludge from sewage treatment plants or water supply treatment plants. ("Municipal waste landfill" as defined in Act 101 of 1988.)
SCREEN
A fence or natural obstruction of sufficient height (but not less than six feet high) to effectively visually obscure the area being screened from adjoining areas.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
A system designed to collect, treat and dispose of sewage from users in compliance with regulations of the appropriate state agency and of the Borough.
SIGN
A visual display or image which is affixed to, painted or represented directly or indirectly upon a building, structure, land or any surface and which directs attention to an object, product, service, place, activity, person, institution, organization or business, regardless of whether such display or image is permanent or temporary, but excluding displays or images which are decorative only. Customary displays of merchandise or objects and material without lettering placed behind a store window are not signs or parts of signs.
A. 
OFF-PREMISES SIGNA sign which directs attention to an object, product, service, place, activity, person, institution, organization or business located or offered elsewhere than upon the premises where the sign is located, or to which it is affixed.
B. 
ON-PREMISES SIGNA sign which directs attention to an object, product, service, place, activity, person, institution, organization or business located or offered on the premises upon which the sign is displayed or to which the sign is affixed (including signs offering premises for sale, rent or development, or advertising building trades during construction or alteration).
C. 
FREESTANDING SIGNA sign which is not attached to a building.
D. 
PARALLEL SIGNA sign which is attached to or is part of the facade of a building and does not extend more than 14 inches from such facade.
E. 
PERMANENT SIGNAny sign located on a lot for 180 days or more in any calendar year.
F. 
PROJECTING SIGNA sign which is attached to the facade of a building and extends more than 14 inches, but not more than four feet, from such facade.
G. 
ROOF SIGNA sign which is mounted or otherwise affixed to the roof of a building.
H. 
TEMPORARY SIGNAny sign located on a lot for less than 30 days in any calendar year.
I. 
WINDOW SIGNAn inside or outside sign affixed to a window of a building.
J. 
FRAME SIGN– A sign which has no permanent base and is not fixed permanently to the ground or to a building.
K. 
ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARD SIGNA sign with changing letters, messages or displays which are illuminated and which are operated by a computer or other electronic device.
(1) 
CHANGEABLE-COPY SIGN, ELECTRONICA sign or portion thereof that displays electronic, nonpictorial, text information, which is operated by a computer or other electronic device.
(2) 
GRAPHIC DISPLAY SIGN, ELECTRONICA sign or portion thereof that displays electronic static images, static graphics or static pictures, with or without text information.
L. 
BILLBOARD SIGNAn off-premises sign measuring approximately 12 x 25 feet, with a fixed display, not electronic.
M. 
AWNING SIGNA sign painted on or applied to a structure made of cloth, canvas, or similar material which is affixed to and projects from a building.
N. 
MARQUEE SIGNAny sign attached to a marquee for the purposes of identifying a theater or movie house.
SIGN, GROSS SURFACE AREA OF
The entire area within a single continuous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of such sign and in no case passing through or between any adjacent elements of the sign. However, such perimeter shall not include any structural or framing elements lying outside the limits of such sign and not forming an integral part of the display.
SITE ALTERATION
Includes regrading the existing topography, filling lakes, ponds, marshes or floodplains, clearing vegetation or altering watercourses.
SOLAR ACCESS
The capability of receiving direct sunlight between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. (solar time) on areas of a lot within required yard areas.
SOLID WASTE
Any garbage, refuse, industrial lunch room or office waste and other material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material, resulting from operation of residential, municipal, commercial or institutional establishments and from community activities and any sludge not meeting the definition of residual or hazardous waste in the Solid Waste Management Act from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution control facility. The term does not include source-separated recyclable materials. ("Municipal waste" as defined by Act 101 of 1988.)
SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE
A use for which the Zoning Hearing Board may grant permission following a public hearing and findings of fact consistent with this chapter; provided, the use complies with the conditions and standards required by this chapter.
STORY and HALF-STORY
That portion of a building, included between the surface of any floor and the ceiling next above it, having a vertical distance of not less than seven feet shall be considered a full story. Any such portion of a building having a vertical distance of less than seven feet shall be considered a half-story.
STREET
A public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property, including avenue, place, way, parkway, lane, boulevard, highway, road and any other thoroughfare except an alley, access drive or driveway.
A. 
ARTERIALStreets carrying medium to heavy volumes of traffic at moderate to high speeds, and generally should provide limited access to land which would interfere with their primary traffic functions.
B. 
COLLECTORStreets designed to carry a moderate volume of traffic between local streets and arterials at moderate speeds, and provide only limited vehicular access to the abutting properties. Collector streets are those streets which are so designated on the Official Street Classification Map of this chapter.
C. 
LOCALStreets designed to provide direct access to abutting properties or gather traffic from marginal access streets and provide routes to collector streets. Local streets are those streets which are so designated on the Official Street Classification Map of this chapter.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected on the ground or attached to the ground, including but not limited to buildings, sheds, mobile homes and other similar items.
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, the division 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.
SWIMMING POOL
A body of water or receptacle for water having a depth at any point greater than 24 inches which is primarily used or intended to be used for swimming or bathing.
TEMPORARY OCCUPANCY (SEASONAL OCCUPANCY)
The use of any premises or structure for living and/or sleeping purposes for less than 100 consecutive days in any calendar year.
TRAILER
See "recreation vehicle."
TRAVEL TRAILER
See "recreation vehicle."
USE
Any activity, occupation, business or operation carried on or intended to be carried on in a structure or on a lot.
VARIANCE
The granting of permission by the Zoning Hearing Board to use or alter land or structures which requires a variation from the strict application of a requirement of this chapter. Variances are granted only in the case of exceptionally irregular, narrow, shallow or steep lots, or other exceptional physical conditions, whereby strict application of regulations would result in practical difficulty and unnecessary hardship. Variances are granted only if specific requirements are met. A variance may not be granted to permit a use which is not permitted in the zoning district involved.
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
A system designed to transmit water from a source to users in compliance with the requirements of the appropriate state agencies and the Borough.
YARD
An open space on the same lot with a structure (or a group of structures) which lies between the structure (or group of structures) and a lot line and which is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as herein permitted.
A. 
FRONT YARDA yard extending the full width of the lot between a structure and the front lot line or side street lot line.
B. 
REAR YARDA yard extending the full width of the lot between a structure and a rear lot line.
C. 
SIDE YARDA yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard between a structure and the nearest side lot line.
ZONE
See "district."
ZONING HEARING BOARD
See "Board."
ZONING OFFICER
The administrative officer charged with the duty of enforcing the provisions of this chapter.
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Editor's Note: For current provisions regarding specific uses, see § 315, Use Regulations.