A.
Words used in the present tense shall include the future.
B.
Words used in the singular shall include the plural and the plural
shall include the singular.
C.
The word "person" includes a corporation, company, partnership, or
association as well as an individual.
D.
The word "lot" includes the word plot or parcel.
E.
The term "shall" is always mandatory.
F.
The word "may" is permissive.
G.
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 used or occupied.
H.
The word "building" includes the word "structure."
I.
The word "erected" shall include the word constructed. The word "moved"
shall include the word "relocated."
J.
An establishment which includes activities defined as an "adult use"
by this article shall be entirely classified as an adult use as a
principal use, subject to all standards, limitations, and requirements
imposed on adult uses by this chapter.
The following terms shall have the following meanings when used
within this chapter, unless otherwise specified in this chapter.
Privately owned driveways that serve one or more retail,
personal service, office, or industrial uses; or that serve development
including townhouses, multifamily dwellings, or more than four dwelling
units; or drives serving mobile home lots in mobile home parks or
uses in a major traditional neighborhood development.
A building or structure which houses a use subordinate and
incidental to principal use located on the same lot or premises.
Land legally accessible to residents or patrons of a traditional
neighborhood development that is improved for active use for authorized
entertainment events, trails, recreational fields, courts, and playgrounds.
A narrow service way providing secondary access to all of
the abutting properties on a particular block.
Any sign that uses movement or change of lighting to depict
action or create a special effect or scene. The term "animated sign"
expressly includes multicolor electronic message center signs, video
screens, television screens, plasma screens and holographic displays,
but does not include single-color electronic message center signs.
The vertical distance measured from the base of the antenna
support structure at grade to the highest point of the structure.
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.
A tract or parcel of land that contains the antenna, its
support structure, necessary building(s), and parking and may include
other uses associated with and ancillary to the intended use of the
antenna.
Any pole, telescoping mast, tower, tripod, or any other structure
that supports a device used in the transmitting or receiving of radio,
television, telephone communications, or any other telecommunications
system signal.
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has
filed an application for development including his heirs, successors
and assigns.
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.
A roof-like structure typically made of cloth, metal, or
other material attached to a frame that extends from and is supported
by a building. Awnings are typically erected over a window, doorway,
or building front and they may be raised or retracted to a position
adjacent to the building.
That portion or space of a building, the floor of which lies
upon the footer of the structure, extending from the floor to the
ceiling, housed by the foundation walls of the building such that
50% or more of the cumulative area of the foundation walls lies below
the grade of adjacent ground.
Exclusive zoning districts or classifications depicted on
the Zoning Map where application of provisions is uniform for each
class of uses or structures, within each such district except where
modified by an Overlay Zoning District.
A sign, upon which advertising matter of any character is
printed, posted or lettered, which is erected upon a property bearing
no establishment or principal building.
Property abutting on one side of a street and lying between
the two nearest intersecting or intercepting streets or railroad right-of-way,
waterway, unsubdivided area or other definite barrier.
A sign with text or symbols printed on a plastic or acrylic
sheet that is mounted on a cabinet or box that houses the lighting
source and equipment.
A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls,
for housing, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or
commercial activities.
A building designed and constructed so that all exterior
walls shall be solid from the ground to the roof line, containing
no openings except for windows and doors which are designed so that
they may be closed and any other small openings required for the ventilation
system.
The wall or walls of a building, the extensions of which
intersect the front lot line at an interior angle of less than 135°.
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation
of the finish grade at the front of the building to the highest point
of the roof for flat roofs, to the deck line of mansard roofs and
to the mean height between eaves and ridge on hip and gable roofs.
The line of that face of the building nearest or most parallel
to the front line of the lot, or a line parallel to the front line
of lot at the location equal to the depth of the respective front
yard required by this chapter, whichever is greater. This face includes
porches, whether enclosed or not, patios and similar construction,
but excludes steps and sidewalks.
Any structure designated as a historic landmark by the Pennsylvania
Historical Commission or any structure over 50 years old that is deemed
as such by Borough Council via a study or studies commissioned by
the Borough in conjunction with conditional use, planned residential
development or traditional neighborhood development review processes
and based upon specific criteria as set forth in this chapter.
The required location of any building on a building line
relative to and paralleling the lot line adjoining a specified street
and measured in the number of feet from said lot line.
A roof-like structure typically permanent in construction
that covers a doorway or entryway that extends from and is supported
by the building. A canopy may include a freestanding or projecting
cover above an outdoor service area, such as an automobile service
station.
A sign with removable panels or letters which may be changed,
removed and replaced from time to time without altering or reconstructing
the sign structure itself, including a sign on which message copy
is changed through the use of electronic switching of lamps or other
illuminated devices.
A fabricated or formed three-dimensional letter, number or
symbol.
An area of unobstructed vision at a street intersection defined
by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection
of two street right-of-way lines adjoining a subject parcel.
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water, within a development site designed and intended
for the use and enjoyment of the residents of a planned residential
development, not including streets, off-street parking areas, and
areas set aside for public facilities. Common open space shall be
substantially free of structures, but may contain such improvements
in the development plan as finally approved and are appropriate to
the recreation.
A use permitted in a particular zoning district pursuant to the provisions of Article VI of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.
Costs as determined by the Borough Engineer including labor
and material costs based on prevailing wage rates and material costs.
Any sign identifying individuals or companies involved in
design, construction, demolition, financing, or development when placed
upon the premises where construction or development is ongoing.
Any landowner, agent of such landowner, or tenant with the
permission of such landowner who makes or causes to be made a subdivision
of land or land development.
A sign used to convey directions and other information for
the convenience of the public. Included are signs designating restrooms,
address numbers, hours of operation, entrances to buildings, help
wanted, public telephone, etc. Also included are signs on private
property designed to direct pedestrians or vehicular traffic, such
as "entrance" or "exit."
A wall or freestanding sign on a multitenant development
site that is used to convey directions or tenant information to pedestrians
and motorists who have entered the site.
Custom-made signs that use only indirect lighting and do
not include a raceway or visible electrical housing and that are constructed
primarily of the following materials and methods:
A sign or component of a sign that uses changing lights of
a single color, consisting of a red or amber hue, to form a message
or series of messages that are electronically programmed or modified
by electronic processes.
A place that comprises an economic unit, generally at a single
physical location, where business is conducted or services or industrial
operations performed.
One or more persons related by blood, marriage, adoption
or foster care, or a group of not more than five unrelated individuals
living together in a manner similar to persons related by blood, marriage,
adoption or foster care, who maintain and occupy one dwelling, including
individuals with handicaps that are defined and protected by the Fair
Housing Act of 1998 or its successor legislation who live in one dwelling
properly licensed and operated by a nonprofit entity. The preceding
number of unrelated persons shall be in addition to caregivers of
an individual or individuals residing within a dwelling, gratuitous
guests, or domestic servants provided that the primary purpose of
residence is as caregivers or servants and that gratuitous guests
reside in the dwelling on a temporary basis. However, in no instance
shall a family include transient residents other than gratuitous guests.
A structure, partition, wall or other objects other than
living vegetation, intended or utilized to circumscribe, designate,
delineate, define or in some manner enclose an area or some feature
or element thereon.
Any illuminated sign that contains an intermittent or flashing
light source or that changes light intensity in sudden transitory
bursts.
The management of forests and timberlands when practiced
in accordance with accepted silvicultural principles, through developing,
cultivating, harvesting, transporting and selling trees for commercial
purposes, which does not involve any land development.
Any sign on a frame, pole or other support structure that
is not attached to any building, excluding monument signs.
Excessive brightness in the field of view that causes loss
in visual performance or annoyance, so as to jeopardize health, safety
or welfare.
The sum of the gross horizontal area of the several floors
of a building, measured between the exterior faces of walls.
A story that is entirely housed within a hip, gable, mansard,
or similar type of roof structure.
Construction of principal structure where associated land
development, land development applications or building permit applications
are filed within eighteen months of a particular point in time as
established by reference in this chapter including but not limited
to application for a traditional neighborhood development or conditional
use.
The percentage of a lot covered by impervious surfaces, defined
as surfaces with a coefficient of runoff greater than 0.85, including
all buildings, roofed areas, parking areas, driveways, streets, sidewalks
and areas paved in concrete and asphalt and any other areas determined
by the Municipal Engineer to be impervious within the meaning of this
definition.
Illumination from a light source not contained within a sign
or awning, or halo or silhouette lighting that is not visible or exposed
on the face of the sign.
The development of new residential or nonresidential uses
on scattered, vacant sites in a built-up area.
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.
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.
The area of a lot calculated within the lot lines, excluding
areas that lie within streets.
A lot at the junction of and having frontage on two or more
intersecting streets, excepting double frontage lots.
The portion of a lot covered by buildings.
A lot that bears two or more sets of opposite or nonintersecting
lines that each adjoin streets, excepting alleys, where the lot does
not lie at the intersection of such streets; or where said lines intersect
at an interior angle of 135° or greater, and when abutting a curved
street possess tangents to the curve at its points of beginning within
the lot or at the point of intersection of the remaining lot lines
with the street line where the intersection at an interior angle is
135° or greater.
The length of one front lot line measured in feet.
The length of one front lot line measured in feet.
A lot bearing one lot line adjoining a street which is not
otherwise defined as a double frontage lot or a corner lot.
In the case of a corner lot, a line separating the narrowest
frontage of the lots from an adjacent street; and in the case of an
interior lot, a line separating the lot from the street or place;
and in the case of a double frontage lot, the lines separating each
frontage comprising the double frontage lot from the respective adjacent
streets.
A lot line most directly opposite of the front lot line that
borders adjacent lot lines or an alley on an interior lot or a street
in the case of a corner lot.
Those lot lines other than side and rear lot lines as defined
in this part.
The dimensions of a lot, measured between side lot lines
on the building line.
Consists of shrubs and similar plant species that are greater
than two feet in height at planting.
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.
A sign displaying goods or services available through a drive-up
window or available through a drive-in or drive-through establishment.
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.
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.
A freestanding sign where the base of the sign structure
is on the ground or no more than 12 inches above the ground adjacent
to the sign. Typically constructed of brick, wood, stone, or metal,
monument signs have a base that is at least 80% of the width of the
top of the sign structure.
The North American Industrial Classification Code, 2007,
as published by the White House Office of Management and Budget, that
includes classification codes and definitions by establishment.
The site area after deducting planned street rights-of-way,
environmentally sensitive areas, and land area required for nonresidential
uses.
Airborne sound levels expressed in dB or decibel and obtained
by the use of certain frequency-dependent weighting networks, as specified
in the reference standards and indicated by proper notation; where
A-weighting is employed, and the sound level is indicated as dB(A).
A lot the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to
the adoption or amendment of this chapter, but which fails to conform
to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located
by reasons of such adoption or amendment.
A structure or part of a structure manifestly not designed
to comply with the applicable use or extent of use provisions of this
chapter or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such structure
lawfully existed prior to the enactment of such ordinance or amendment
or prior to the application of such ordinance or amendment to its
location by reason of annexation. Such nonconforming structures include,
but are not limited to, nonconforming signs and parking lots.
A use, whether of land or of a structure, that does not comply
with the applicable use provisions in this Zoning chapter or amendment
heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such use was lawfully in existence
prior to the enactment of this chapter or amendment, or prior to the
application of the ordinance or amendment to its location by reason
of annexation.
A social service, charitable or educational entity that holds
current tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service, derives
more than 50% of its operating funds from charitable donations or
public donations and can demonstrate that such funds are used to achieve
the objects and purposes of the organization as stated in its articles
of incorporation as a tax-exempt organization.
A use, structure or activity of personal property which creates
a danger to the health, safety and welfare of persons in the immediate
environment.
A sign which serves to draw attention to or commercially
advertise for an establishment which is no longer actively operating
and which has not actively operated for a period of more than 180
days.
A group of commercial establishments, primarily comprised
of professional offices, warehousing and distribution, manufacturing
facilities, which is planned, developed, owned and managed as a unit
related in its location, size, including independently owned and managed
outparcels which are accessed solely through the access drive or drives
serving the core of the center, which includes less than 20,000 square
feet of exclusively retail uses, including but not limited to restaurants,
small professional offices, and commercial schools, and indoor commercial
recreation establishments
A parcel of land located on the perimeter of a shopping center
that is subordinate to the larger parcel for access, parking and drainage
purposes.
A zoning district classification, the extents of which are
described in the Zoning Ordinance and/or depicted on the Zoning Map,
that modifies the standards of the base zoning district within but
not limited to areas of relatively steep slope or grade, floodplains,
transitional areas, the Allegheny River, areas where innovation and
the promotion of flexibility, economy and ingenuity are encouraged,
and areas surrounding and including public buildings and public grounds.
Open space preserved in perpetuity with limited disturbance
permitted to vegetation and slopes thereon. Limited disturbance may
include timber harvesting according to accepted silvicultural practices
for purposes of maintaining a healthy forest, replanting and revegetation,
and installation of stormwater best management practices.
A wall sign mounted directly on the face of a building wall
as individual letters, numbers, or symbols without a raceway or background
other than the background provided by the building to which the sign
is affixed. In order to qualify for the sign area ratios established
for pin-mounted channel letter signs, pin-mounted channel letter signs
must not be illuminated or be illuminated only by indirect lighting,
halo lighting, or silhouette lighting. Pin-mounted channel letter
signs with other forms of illumination are subject to raceway-mounted
channel letter sign area ratios.
The Planning Commission of Tarentum Borough as established
by ordinance of the Borough with membership duly appointed by Tarentum
Borough Council.
An open-roofed or enclosed exterior appendage to a main or
accessory structure, projecting from the front, side, or rear walls
of the structure. For purposes of this chapter, porches shall include
structures and home additions commonly referred to as sun porches,
sunrooms, decks, and similar structures or construction, excluding
stoops or slabs that extend less than an additional four feet beyond
the structure of the porch.
Any sign not permanently attached to the ground, a building
or other structure that is not readily movable. Any sign attached
to a sign structure that has wheels will be considered a portable
sign, as well as any sign attached to a frame or other sign structure
that is not permanently attached to the ground or a building.
Any sign that is attached to a building or other structure
and extends beyond the line of the building or structure or beyond
the surface of that portion of the building or structure to which
it is attached by more than 18 inches.
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Borough
Council, intended to inform and obtain public comment, prior to taking
action in accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning
Code.[1]
A forum held pursuant to notice under the Act of July 3,
1986 (P.L. 388, No. 84), known as the "Sunshine Act."[2]
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.
A mounting bar or similar device that is used to attach channel
letters to a building. Raceways often conceal the electrical components
of channel letter signs.
A wall sign mounted on a raceway as individual letters, numbers,
or symbols. Also includes channel letter signs mounted on a background
other than the building wall. In order to qualify as a raceway-mounted
channel letter sign, the raceway must be painted or otherwise designed
to match or blend in with the color of the wall to which it is attached.
Any sign erected, constructed, and maintained above the parapet
on a building with a flat roof or above the fascia board on a building
with a pitched roof.
A box sign with opaque (screened) background and lighting
that highlights only the individual letters, symbols, or logos and
on which the letters, symbols, or logos are raised or recessed onto
a different plane than the sign background, thereby giving a clearly
distinguishable dimensional effect to the sign.
Consists of trees of a deciduous nature with a minimum height
of six feet at planting and a caliper of 1 1/2 inches at planting
which will bear an ultimate height exceeding 25 feet.
A group of commercial establishments which is planned, developed,
owned and managed as a unit related in its location, size, including
independently owned and managed outparcels which are accessed solely
through the access drive or drives serving the core of the center,
which includes at least 20,000 square feet of exclusively retail uses,
including but not limited to restaurants, small professional offices,
and commercial schools, and indoor commercial recreation establishments.
For purposes of this chapter, a sign shall be considered
as any writing (including letter, word, or numeral); pictorial representation
(including illustration or decoration); emblem (including device,
symbol trademark, banner or pennant); or any other figure of similar
character, that is a structure or any part thereof, or is attached
to, painted on, or in any other manner represented on a building or
other structure, and is used to announce, direct attention to, or
advertise.
The area, in square feet, the calculation of which is set
forth in this article.
Those letters, numerals, figures, symbols, logos and graphic
elements comprising the content or message of a sign, exclusive of
numerals identifying a street address only.
The entire area of land involved in a TND, including open
space, proposed street rights-of-way, public lands, and proposed lots.
A lot bearing principal nonresidential uses that lies outside
of an office park or shopping center.
Areas of existing topography where, in over a one-hundred-foot
horizontal distance, or where the difference in elevation is over
20 feet, the slope equals or exceeds 25% from the top to bottom of
the break in grade, excluding manmade slopes designed and constructed
in accordance with all applicable ordinances and laws.
The portion of a building, other than the basement, included
between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next
above it, or if there is no floor above, then the space between any
floor and the ceiling next above it.
A public or private right-of-way which affords means of access
to abutting property. A street may be designated as a highway, thoroughfare,
parkway, boulevard, road, avenue, lane, drive, place, or other appropriate
name, but shall not include alleys.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
location on the ground, or attachment to something having location
on the ground.
Any activity conducted outdoors or within or about tents
or other such contrivances within any special, commercial or residential
districts in the municipality, including but not limited to carnivals,
outdoor displays of merchandise, vehicles or manufactured products,
promotions, amusements, gatherings of people and similar activities.
(All "temporary outdoor activity" shall be considered temporary uses.)
Any sign, banner, pennant, valance, or advertising display
that by intent is not permanent, constructed of cloth, canvas, lightweight
fabric, cardboard, wallboard, or other lightweight materials with
or without frames, intended to be displayed for a short period of
time only.
Any structure without a permanent foundation or footings
which is intended to be removed after expiration of a designated time
period authorized for its installation.
Any activity of limited duration, other than a household
garage sale, established for a period of at least one day, or portion
thereof, and for no more than 21 days, with the intent to discontinue
the use after the expiration of that time period, whether or not a
temporary structure is required.
Any nonconforming lot bearing 10,000 square feet or less of lot area or any such lot as authorized in the respective zoning district through the cluster option as set forth in § 265-503, Cluster option model.
Trees at least four feet in height at planting, with a minimum
caliper of 1 1/2 inches, the ultimate height of which will not
exceed 25 feet.
The specific purposes for which land or a building is designed,
arranged, intended, or for which it is occupied or may be occupied
or maintained. The term "permitted use" or its equivalent shall not
be deemed to include any nonconforming use. The term "conditional
use" shall be deemed to include only the uses which are specifically
cited in the ordinance to be allowed or denied by the Tarentum Borough
Council after recommendation by the Tarentum Planning Commission,
pursuant to express standards and criteria set forth in this chapter.
A modification of the literal provisions of this chapter
which the Zoning Hearing Board is permitted to grant when strict enforcement
of said provisions would cause undue hardship owing to circumstances
unique to the individual property on which the variance is sought.
A single-faced sign attached generally flush or parallel
to the wall of a building.
A sign posted, painted, placed, or affixed in or on the interior
side of a window and exposed to public view. A sign that is interior
to the building that faces a window exposed to public view that is
located within two feet of the window face is a window sign for the
purposes of calculating the total area of all window signs. Merchandise
used in a window display will not be considered a window sign.
A space on the same lot with a principal building, open,
unoccupied and unobstructed by structures, except as otherwise provided
in this chapter.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot, the depth
of which is the least distance between the front lot line and the
corresponding building line.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot, the depth
of which is the least distance between the rear lot line and the corresponding
building line.
A yard located in the least distance between the side lot
line and the corresponding building line, bounded by front yard, or
from the front lot line where no front yard is required, to the rear
yard.
The Zoning Hearing Board of Tarentum Borough, appointed by
resolution in accordance with the procedures set forth in this chapter.
The map adopted as part of this chapter and amended by ordinance
of the Borough in accordance with all applicable procedures which
sets forth the boundaries of the zoning districts established by this
chapter in relation to property lines, rights-of-way, and natural
features indicated thereon.
The following terms consist of uses of particular establishments
as authorized and regulated throughout this chapter within but not
limited to the authorized uses within particular zoning districts,
parking, and signage.
An establishment that provides day-to-day office administrative
services, such as financial planning; billing and recordkeeping; personnel;
and physical distribution and logistics for others on a contract or
fee basis; or any office of recognized professions, such as lawyers,
architects, engineers, real estate brokers, insurance agents, medical
offices, dental offices and others who, through training, are qualified
to perform services of a professional nature, excluding banks and
veterinary clinics.
"Adult uses" shall include any one or more of the following establishments where any such activity whether or not accessory to a principal use otherwise defined herein shall render the establishment an adult use: (See § 265-502.)
ADULT BOOKSTOREAny commercial establishment in which is offered for sale any book or publication, film or medium which depicts nudity or sexual conduct.
ADULT BUSINESSAn adult bookstore, movie theater, VCR, digital, or other electronic or recording device medium movie, movie rental or movie house or other adult entertainment, as defined herein. In the event that a use includes activities which constitute an adult bookstore, adult movie theater or movie house or adult entertainment, as defined herein, then such use shall be considered an adult business and shall be subject to all provisions in this chapter applicable to adult business uses, even if such activities are not the only activities conducted upon the premises.
ADULT ENTERTAINMENTAn establishment providing, either as a sole use in conjunction with or in addition to other uses, entertainment consisting of the use of live dancing, posing, displaying, acting or other live presentation or use of persons whose actions are distinguished or characterized by emphasis on use of the human body in a manner intended to or resulting in arousal of sexual excitation or sexual titillation or a prurient interest or intended to or resulting in producing lustful emotions.
ADULT MOVE THEATER OR MOVIE HOUSE (INCLUDING ADULT MINI-THEATERS)Any movie theater which on a regular continuing basis shows films rated "X" by the Motion Picture Coding Association of America or any movie theater which presents for public viewing on a regular, continuing basis so-called "adult films" depicting sexual conduct, as defined by this chapter.
Any antenna structure employed solely for the purposes of
transmitting amateur radio service communications as defined and protected
by Pennsylvania Act 88 of 2008, an act Amending Title 53 (Municipalities
Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, restricting
municipalities from regulating amateur radio service communications,
including all support structures and excluding buildings.
A place where animals are given medical or surgical treatment
and are cared for during the time of such treatment. Use as a kennel
shall be limited to short-time boarding and shall be only incidental
to such hospital use not including outdoor runs, pens and/or cages.
The definition shall also include veterinary clinics.
A structure and necessary auxiliary components designed for
transmitting and/or receiving radio, television. telephone communications
or any other telecommunications system signal which is operated by
an agency or corporation other than a public utility which is regulated
by the Public Utilities Commission or by other federal commission
or agency, excluding amateur radio antennas as accessory uses.
A room, hall or building used for lectures, tours, meetings
and gatherings, other than churches or other uses expressly defined
herein. Any portion of such an establishment where food and drink
are regularly prepared and served to club members, guests, or the
public at large shall be classified as a restaurant.
Sales and leasing of automobiles that do not require a commercial
driver's license (CDL) under Pennsylvania Law.
An establishment primarily engaged in accepting demand and
other deposits and making commercial, industrial, and consumer loans.
A premises where food is prepared for direct onsite consumption
by individuals or groups of people and their respective guests who
rent the facility for specific events, conventions, celebrations,
dances, or similar gatherings and/or including catering for offsite
events.
An establishment which sells alcoholic beverages for consumption
on the premises as the principal use and offers food for consumption
on the premises as an accessory use.
The offering of overnight accommodations and food service
for transient guests, for compensation, within the confines of a detached
single-family dwelling structure when conducted as an ancillary use
in association with a normal single-family residential use.
A facility, whether automatic, semiautomatic or manual, for
washing and polishing vehicles.
Property used for interring of dead persons or domestic pets,
including mausoleums and columbarium, but not including a crematorium.
A building, together with its accessory buildings and uses,
that is primarily used as a place where persons regularly assemble
for religious worship activities or similar regular exercise of religion.
This term includes similar uses such as synagogue, temple, or mosque.
A facility for the boarding of small animals, the breeding
of small animals such as dogs and/or cats, or the boarding, grooming,
sale or training of small animals such as dogs and/or cats for which
a fee is charged.
A retail establishment that sells limited food, common households
items, and convenience goods in addition to gasoline sales.
A state-certified facility licensed to provide care to seven
or more children for a period of less than 24 hours in a day.
An establishment, whether of a principal or accessory use,
that by design, physical facilities, service, or by packaging encourages
or permits customers to receive services, obtain goods or be entertained
while remaining in their motor vehicles.
A building or portion thereof providing complete housekeeping
facilities for one family.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILYA detached building designed for, or occupied exclusively as, a residence for one family.
DWELLING, DUPLEXA detached building containing two dwelling units that constitute the sole principle uses of the building and which are arranged such that each unit possesses separate exterior entrances and where the stories occupied are arranged adjacent to and not above or below the other dwelling unit.
DWELLING, TOWNHOUSEA dwelling within a group of units, consisting of a minimum of three, but no more than six, independent single dwelling units that are attached side by side by common unpierced party walls. This definition shall include those arrangements commonly cited as quads and carriage homes that are arranged as aforesaid.
DWELLING, MULTI- OR MULTIPLE-FAMILY, APARTMENTA structure, other than a duplex, rowhouse or townhouse, containing separate dwelling units for families living independently of each other, but which may provide joint services, common access and circulation ways and similar facilities.
Any activity conducted for private gain that is generally
related to the entertainment or recreation field and limited to the
following uses: motion-picture theaters, bowling alleys, roller-skating
rinks, theaters, playhouses, commercial swimming pools, gyms, indoor
miniature golf and playgrounds, indoor courts, fields, or practice
facilities for baseball, basketball, soccer, tennis, and similar sports,
and fitness centers.
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by
public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies or authorities,
of underground or overhead gas, electrical, communication, steam or
water transmission, distribution, collection, supply or disposal systems,
including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewer pipes, conduits, cables,
fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, and
other similar equipment, or structures accessory to the consistent
and efficient delivery of the aforementioned transmissions, fuels,
resources, and products between residential and nonresidential units
and source of production, refinement, or treatment of said items excepting
communications towers and buildings.
Any building that serves as the location for storage, distribution,
maintenance and/or repair of facilities and/or equipment associated
with the operation of an essential service, including pump stations.
A home other than the child's own home, operated for
profit or not-for-profit, in which child day-care is provided at any
one time to four, five or six children unrelated to the operator.
An establishment devoted to or used in the care and preparation
for the funeral and burial of dead human bodies and maintained for
the convenience of the bereaved for viewing or other services in connection
with dead human bodies and as an office or place for carrying on the
profession of funeral directing, excepting crematoriums as a principle
or accessory use.
Any establishment, not otherwise defined in this chapter,
by which goods are sold directly to the consumer and where such sales
represent the principal use of the establishment and where any assembly
or creation of goods is customarily incidental to the retail sales
activity on the site and created for the sole purpose of onsite sales
directly to the consumer, including grocery and convenience stores
that do not sell gasoline, excluding retail supercenters.
A glass-enclosed building or area of land devoted to the
cultivation and sale of plant materials and the products which aid
their growth and care, excluding sale of fruits and vegetables for
direct retail or wholesale consumption or sale.
A retail store which contains 10,000 square feet or less
of gross floor area and whose primary activities involve the retail
sales of beverages, confections, drugs, unpackaged and packaged food,
unprepared and prepared food, magazines, tobacco and other household
staples, which may or may not include a deli as an accessory use.
An establishment that provides room and board, for any period
of time, to persons who receive supervised specialized service which
are limited to health, social, rehabilitative or housing services
that are provided under the jurisdiction of a government agency, their
licensed or certified agents or other responsible nonprofit social
service organizations. Such group facilities shall be limited to child
and adult care and supervision that provide services for individuals
not in need of hospitalization or incarceration, but who because of
age, convalescence, infirmity, disability or related circumstance
require such services, including shelters for battered persons and
their children, and maternity homes.
An institution, licensed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
as a hospital, which may render inpatient and outpatient medical care
on a twenty-four-hours-per-day basis; and provides primary health
services and medical/surgical care to persons suffering from illness,
disease, injury, deformity and other abnormal physical or mental conditions.
A hospital may include operating facilities, a cafeteria or restaurant,
medically related heliports, optical facilities and shops for pharmaceutical
supplies, gifts, books, magazines, toiletries, flowers, candy or similar
items, provided such uses are primarily for the benefit of patients,
staff and visitors and are located so as not normally to attract other
retail customers and in accordance with the standards of this chapter;
or an outpatient clinic as defined in this section.
An establishment offering transient lodging accommodations
at a daily rate to paying guests; the facility may also provide additional
services, such as restaurants, meeting rooms, and recreational facilities,
all of which are available to paying guests only.
Establishment primarily engaged in manufacturing, wholesale,
warehousing, and bus transportation, as well as retail or service
uses of a similar scale and impact including but not limited to NAICS
Code 532120, Truck, utility trailer, and RV (recreational vehicle)
rental and leasing; NAICS Code 8113, Commercial and industrial machinery
and equipment; heavy equipment and truck driver training schools as
included in NAICS Code 611519; NAICS Code 4853, Taxi and limousine
service; NAICS Code 45431, Fuel dealers; and the sale of aircraft
fuels.
Building structures and land owned and occupied by Tarentum
Borough, the Highlands School District, or any of either's agencies
to provide services to the residents of the Borough or School District.
Such municipal or school district facilities may include but not be
limited to schools, administrative offices, public works buildings,
storage yards, libraries, fire company building and grounds, ambulance
service buildings and grounds, senior centers, recreation facilities
and fields, and parks and buildings, excepting bus garages.
Offices of recognized and licensed medical and mental health
professionals such as doctors, chiropractors, psychologists, social
workers, and psychiatrists.
Small or automotive engine repair or reconditioning, collision
and body repair, including straightening and repainting, replacement
of parts and incidental services; and repair of appliances of a scale
customarily utilized by individuals for noncommercial purposes and
by retail or administrative uses.
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.
A facility operated by a nonprofit organization, or a homeowner's
or condominium association designed to primarily serve residents of
the surrounding neighborhood as defined by subdivision plan or a residential
area generally within four blocks of said park or center which may
include and shall be limited to the following, unless otherwise authorized
by this chapter: children's playground equipment, sport courts
and fields, picnic areas, buildings housing accessory food service,
banquet and kitchen facilities, meeting facilities, gymnasiums and
fitness centers available solely to residents of a defined residential
neighborhood in which building is located and their guests.
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:
The business activity shall be compatible with the residential
use of the property and surrounding residential uses.
The business shall employ no employees other than family members
residing in the dwelling.
There shall be no display or sale of retail goods and no stockpiling
or inventory of a substantial nature.
There shall be no outside appearance of a business use, including,
but not limited to, parking, signs or lights.
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.
A preschool or nursery school licensed to educate preschool
students by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
An outdoor establishment operated by a corporation, partnership
or other business entity for the pursuit of sports and recreational
activities through the following types of establishments: miniature
golf, golf or batting practice facilities, playing fields and courts,
racquet clubs, swimming pools, and amphitheaters.
Any clinic primarily intended for the treatment of those
who typically do not reside within the establishment, including but
not limited to the following services provided for less than a twenty-four-hour-per-day
period:
Dialysis services.
Physical rehabilitation.
Mental health partial hospitalization center; drug and alcohol
partial hospitalization center; drug and alcohol outpatient center;
drug and alcohol intensive outpatient center as defined and licensed
by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Department of Public Welfare,
or other applicable agencies of the Commonwealth.
Methadone clinic or methadone treatment facility: A facility
licensed by the Department of Health to use the drug methadone in
the treatment, maintenance or detoxification of persons.
Psychiatric outpatient clinic: A premises or part thereof in
which mental health evaluation or treatment, including psychiatric,
psychological, and other related services, are provided under medical
supervision, which is designed for children/adolescents with emotional
disturbance and adults with mental illness on a planned and regularly
scheduled basis, licensed as such by the Pennsylvania Department of
Health.
A premise in which food, shelter and personal assistance
or supervision are provided for a period exceeding 24 hours, for four
or more adults who are not relatives of the operator, who do not require
the services in or of a licensed long-term care facility (as defined
and regulated by state law), but who do require assistance or supervision
in activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily
living.
An establishment that principally provides the following
services: laundry, grooming and related cosmetic treatments, repair
of small-scale personal property such as watches, shoes, and similar
apparel; repair of small electronic equipment such as televisions,
radios, and computer hardware; photography; and weight loss centers.
Retail establishments that primarily sell prescription and
nonprescription drugs. These facilities may also sell cosmetics, toiletries,
medications, stationery, personal care products, limited food products
and general merchandise.
Any retail establishment, supermarket, or home center as
classified under 2007 North American Industry Classification Code
444110, Home centers, that encompasses more than 90,000 square feet
of gross floor area, including outside display or storage of merchandise
as may be authorized by this article.
An establishment that offers food and beverages for sale
directly to the end consumer for consumption either on and or off
of the premises, including banquet facilities.
A privately operated, for-profit establishment providing
technical or skilled training, vocational or trade educational courses
and programs, excepting truck driving and similar schools with onsite
training facilities.
A nonprofit establishment licensed by the State Department
of Education to provide education as an elementary or secondary school,
vocational, or post-secondary education offering a degree, excepting
truck driving and similar schools with onsite training facilities.
A building, buildings, premises or portions thereof that
are used or arranged, designed, or intended to be used for the retail
sale of gasoline or other motor vehicle, or motor boat fuels, as well
as limited minor repairs.
Any use, not otherwise specifically defined within this chapter,
which is determined by Borough Council through approval of a conditional
use with applicable conditions to be similar to uses defined in this
section and authorized within a respective zoning district, in accordance
with specific criteria set forth in this chapter.
A grocery store that that contains more than 10,000 square
feet of gross floor area.
An area of land developed in accordance with the principles
authorized and encouraged by Article VII-A of the Municipalities Planning
Code, Act of 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247,[1] as reenacted and amended, and with those standards expressed
within this chapter.
Any TND that proposes a combination of two or more of the
following activities within the zoning district in which the TND is
authorized:
Construction or renovation of a building exceeding 1,000 square
feet of gross floor area.
Expansion of an existing building by 50% of gross floor area
or more.
Construction of a new parking lot.
Expansion of an existing parking lot by more than 25% of existing
parking spaces.
Demolition of an existing building.
A dwelling unit or group of dwelling units occupied on a
short-term basis by persons assigned by a court of law, or who are
self-referred, or referred by a public, semipublic or nonprofit agency,
and managed by a public, semipublic or nonprofit agency responsible
for the occupants' care, safety, conduct, counseling and supervision
for a specified period of time, for alcoholic recovery, community
reentry services following incarceration, prison assignment, house
arrest or other court-ordered treatment, and other such short-term
supervised assignments.
An establishment, completely housed within a building, intended
for the medical examination and treatment of animals, including commercial
kennels.
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
