The following rules of construction shall apply to this chapter:
A.Â
For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms and words are herein
defined. Whenever used in this chapter, they shall have the meanings
indicated in this article, except where there is indicated in context
a clearly different meaning.
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The particular shall control the general.
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In case of any difference of meaning or implication between the text
of this chapter and any caption or illustration, the text shall control.
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The word "shall" is mandatory and not discretionary; the word "may"
is permissive.
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Words used in the present tense shall include the future; words used
in the singular number shall include the plural, and the plural the
singular, unless the context clearly indicates the contrary.
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The phrase "used for" includes "arranged for," "designed for," "intended
for," "maintained for" and/or "occupied for."
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ABANDONED VEHICLE
ACCESS DRIVE
ACCESS DRIVEWAY
ACCESSORY BUILDING
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ACCESSORY USE
ACRE/ACREAGE
AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY AND EQUIPMENT SALES
AGRICULTURE or AGRICULTURAL USE
AIRPORT
ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION
ANIMAL HOSPITAL
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
APARTMENT
ARBORETUM
ARTERIAL STREET or ARTERIAL
ART GALLERY
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY or PERSONAL CARE FACILITY
AUTO AUCTION
AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, MAJOR
AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, MINOR
AUTOMOBILE SALES
AUTOMOTIVE DISMANTLER AND RECYCLER
AVERAGE GRADE LEVEL
BANK or FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
BANQUET FACILITY
BED-AND-BREAKFAST
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
BUFFER, BUFFERYARD or BUFFER AREA
BUILDABLE AREA
BUILDING
BUILDING HEIGHT
BUILDING LINE
BUS
CAMPING FACILITIES
CARTWAY
CAR WASH
CASINO, CATEGORY 4
CEMETERY
CHICKEN (HEN)
CHICKEN COOP
CHICKEN RUN
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE
CLIMATE-CONTROLLED INDOOR STORAGE FACILITY
CLUB
COLLECTOR STREET or COLLECTOR
COLLEGE or UNIVERSITY
COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT BUILDING
COMMUNICATIONS TOWER
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION (CAFO)
CONSERVATION SUBDIVISION DESIGN or CONSERVATION SUBDIVISION
CONSTRUCTION TRAILER, TEMPORARY
CONTRACTOR'S YARD
CURB CUT
DAY CARE AND NURSERY SCHOOL, MAJOR
DAY CARE AND NURSERY SCHOOL, MINOR
DISTRICT
DORMITORY
DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITY
DRIVEWAY
DRIVING RANGE, STAND-ALONE
DRY-CLEANING AND LAUNDRY PLANT
DRY-CLEANING ESTABLISHMENT
DUPLEX
DWELLING
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DWELLING UNIT
EASEMENT
ESSENTIAL SERVICES
FAMILY UNIT
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(2)Â
(3)Â
(4)Â
FARM MARKET/FARM RESTAURANT
FENCE
FIRE LANE
FIRE STATION
FLOODPLAIN
FOOTCANDLE
FORESTRY
FULL TRAILER
FUNERAL HOME or MORTUARY
GAMELANDS
GARAGE, DETACHED
GARDEN CENTER
GAS STATION
GOLF COURSE
GREENHOUSE
GROCERY, LARGE
GROCERY, MID-SIZE
GROCERY, NEIGHBORHOOD
GROSS FLOOR AREA
HALFWAY HOUSE
HIGHWAY
HOME AND MOBILE HOME SALES AND DISPLAY
HORTICULTURE
HOSPITAL or REHABILITATION FACILITY
HOTEL
HOUSE TRAILER
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
INDOOR RECREATION, COMMERCIAL
INDOOR RECREATION, PUBLIC
JUNKYARD
KENNEL
LAKE or POND
LAND DEVELOPMENT
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(a)Â
(b)Â
(2)Â
LANDFILL, SANITARY
LAUNDRY, SELF-SERVICE
LIBRARY
LOADING AREA
LOT
LOT AREA
LOT LINE
LOT SIZE
LOT WIDTH
MANUFACTURING, HEAVY
MANUFACTURING, LIGHT
MAXIMUM COVERAGE
MEDICAL CLINIC, OUTPATIENT
MINERAL
MINERAL EXTRACTION
MINI-STORAGE FACILITY
MIXED-USE BUILDING
MOBILE HOME
MOBILE HOME LOT
MOBILE HOME PARK
MODEL HOME
MODULAR DWELLING
MOTEL
MULTIFAMILY DWELLING
MUNICIPAL PARKING FACILITY
MUNICIPAL, STATE OR FEDERAL BUILDING OR FACILITY
MUSEUM
NO-IMPACT HOME-BASED BUSINESS
NONCONFORMING LOT
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE
NONCONFORMING USE
NURSERY
OPEN SPACE
OUTDOOR RECREATION, COMMERCIAL
OUTDOOR RECREATION, PUBLIC
PARKING AREA or PARKING LOT
PERMIT, BUILDING
PERMIT, OCCUPANCY
PERMIT, TEMPORARY OCCUPANCY
PERMIT, TEMPORARY USE
PERMIT, USE
PERSON
PLACE OF WORSHIP
PLANNED SHOPPING CENTER, MAJOR
PLANNED SHOPPING CENTER, MINOR
PLANNING COMMISSION
POULTRY
PRIME AGRICULTURAL LAND
PRINCIPAL BUILDING
PRINCIPAL USE
PRINTING FACILITY, BULK
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
PUBLIC UTILITY BUILDING
PUBLIC UTILITY/UTILITIES
QUADPLEX
RECYCLING FACILITY
RESEARCH AND TESTING LABORATORY
RESTAURANT, DRIVE-IN
RESTAURANT OR TAVERN, SIT-DOWN
RETAIL BUSINESS, LARGE
RETAIL BUSINESS, MID-SIZE
RETAIL BUSINESS, NEIGHBORHOOD
RETAINING WALL
RIGHT-OF-WAY
RIPARIAN BUFFER
ROOSTER
SALVAGE MOTOR VEHICLE AUCTION OR POOL OPERATOR
SALVAGE YARD
SALVOR
SCHOOL BUS
SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY
SCHOOL, INSTRUCTIONAL
SCHOOL VEHICLE
SCREENING WALL
SENIOR CITIZEN RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY
SERVICE BUSINESS
SETBACK
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED DWELLING
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING
SKILLED CARE FACILITY
SLOPES
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM
SOLAR FARM
SOLAR PANELS
SPECIAL EXCEPTION
SPECIALTY FOOD STORE
SPECIALTY RETAIL
SPORTSMEN'S CLUB
STABLE, COMMERCIAL
STABLE, PRIVATE
STEEP SLOPE
STORAGE SHED
STREET
STRUCTURE
STUDENT
STUDENT HOME
SUBDIVISION
SUBDIVISION, MAJOR
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
SUPPLY YARD
SWIMMING POOL
TECHNOLOGICAL INDUSTRY
THEATER, DRIVE-IN
THEATER, INDOOR
TOWNHOUSE
TOWNSHIP
TOWNSHIP ENGINEER
TRAILER
TRAVEL TRAILER
TRIPLEX
TRUCK
TRUCK-CAMPER
TRUCK TERMINAL
TRUCK TRACTOR
USE
VARIANCE
VEHICLE SALVAGE DEALER
WALL
WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITY
WATERCOURSE
WETLANDS
WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
YARD
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ZONING/CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
ZONING DISTRICT
ZONING HEARING BOARD
ZONING MAP
For all other terms used throughout this chapter, the following definitions
shall apply:
An abandoned vehicle as defined by the Vehicle Code of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as that definition may from time to
time be amended.
An internal street providing vehicular access between separate
buildings, parking lots or parcels.
See "driveway."
A subordinate building detached from but located on the same
lot as the principal building.
An accessory building or use includes, but is not limited to,
the following:
Children's playhouse, garden house or private greenhouse.
Civil defense shelter serving not more than two families.
Detached garage, storage shed or building for domestic storage.
Incinerator incidental to residential use.
Storage of merchandise normally carried in stock on the same lot with any commercial use unless such storage is excluded by the district regulations, except as provided in Subsection (2) below.
Storage of goods used in or produced by manufacturing activities on the same lot or parcel of ground with such activities, unless such storage is excluded by the district regulations, except as provided in Subsection (2) below.
Nonpaying guest house or rooms for nonpaying guests within an
accessory building, provided that such facilities are used for the
occasional housing of guests of occupants of the principal building
and not for permanent occupancy by others as housekeeping units.
Servants' quarters or servants' house.
Off-street motor vehicle parking area; loading and unloading
facility.
Sign.
Home office of a clergyman or minister of religion, situated
in a dwelling unit which is the home of the practitioner, provided
that not more than one assistant is employed, no colleagues or associates
use such office, and no sign is used other than a nameplate.
The following shall not be considered as an accessory building
or use:
Bus, full trailer, house trailer, modular housing unit, school
bus, school vehicle, trailer, truck, truck-camper and truck tractor.
Railroad car.
Travel trailer, except as defined herein.
Shipping containers or any type of container used as a trailer
previously attached to a tractor.
[Added 1-20-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-02]
A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal
use and located on the same lot as the principal use.
Forty-three thousand five hundred twenty square feet.
A use primarily engaged in the sale or rental of farm machinery,
farm tools and implements, feed, grain, tack and animal-care products,
and other farm supplies.
Any farming, dairying, pasturage, horticulture, floriculture,
viticulture, and animal husbandry, and the necessary accessory uses
for storing equipment, feed and products, but excluding animal feeding
operations and concentrated animal feeding operations.
Any area of land designed and set aside for the landing and
take-off of aircraft, including all necessary facilities for passengers
and the housing and maintenance of aircraft.
An operation where animals have been, are, or will be stabled
or confined and fed or maintained for a total of 45 days or more in
any twelve-month period and where vegetation is not sustained in the
confinement area during the normal growing season. An animal feeding
operation that meets specific size and other thresholds is a concentrated
animal feeding operation and is separately regulated under this chapter.
Any building or portion of a building used for the veterinary
care, observation or treatment of domestic animals.
The care and raising of domesticated farm animals, including
but not limited to the following: alpaca, dairy cows, beef cattle,
poultry, swine, horses (except private stables), ponies, mules, llamas,
goats and sheep.
[Amended 1-20-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-02]
See "dwelling."
A public or private park containing collections of primarily
woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study.
A public road intended to provide for high-speed travel between
or within communities or to and from collector streets. Access is
controlled so that only regionally significant land uses may take
direct access to these streets. Arterial streets are described in
the Comprehensive Plan and shall include, but not be limited to:
An establishment engaged in the sale, loan or display of
painting, sculpture or other works of art.
A facility licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that
provides a combination of housing, supportive services, personalized
assistance and health care to individuals who need help with certain
activities of daily living.
A business engaged in the acquisition and subsequent sale
of motor vehicles through auction, public or private. Use includes
warehousing and storage of motor vehicles pending sale; on-site minor
automobile repairs; on-site mechanical and detail servicing; on-site
test operation of motor vehicles; general office uses and other on-site
uses incidental to the sale of motor vehicles. A junkyard operation
or activity, salvage motor vehicle auction or pool operator, and/or
a salvage yard shall not be considered an auto auction as herein defined.
[Added 11-23-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-12]
A business engaged in engine rebuilding or major reconditioning
of worn or damaged motor vehicles or trailers; collision service,
including body, frame or fender straightening or repair; or overall
painting of vehicles.
A business engaged in incidental repairs, replacement of
parts, and motor service to automobiles, as well as state inspection,
but not including any operation specified under "automobile repair,
major" above.
A business in which new or used automobiles, motorcycles,
or other passenger vehicles in operating condition are sold or traded.
Any establishment or place of business which is maintained,
used or operated for storing, keeping, buying or selling wrecked,
scrapped, ruined or dismantled motor vehicles parts, or both.
The average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent
to the exterior walls of a building.
A freestanding building for the custody, loan, or exchange
of money; for the extension of credit; and for facilitating the transmission
of funds. The definition includes a drive-up window or automated teller
machine that is attached to the main bank building.
An establishment which is rented by individuals or groups
to accommodate private functions, including, but not limited to, banquets,
weddings, anniversaries, and other similar celebrations. Such a use
may or may not include:
A lodging establishment, generally in a single-family dwelling
or detached guest houses, primarily engaged in providing overnight
or temporary lodging to the general public and in which the only meal
served to guests is breakfast.
The Board of Supervisors of Hempfield Township, Westmoreland
County.
A strip of land with natural or planted vegetation that is
located between uses of different character and is intended to mitigate
negative impacts of the more-intense use on the other.
The area of a lot remaining after the minimum setback and
open space requirements of this chapter have been met.
A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls,
for the shelter of persons, animals, chattels or property. When separated
by walls which are common with the walls of adjoining dwellings, each
portion of such structure shall be considered a separate building;
provided, however, that those items listed in the definition of "accessory
building," Subsections (1)(e), (1)(f) and (2), are not to be considered
as buildings.
The vertical distance measured from the average grade level
to the highest point of the deck of a flat roof or a mansard roof
or to the mean elevation between the eaves and the ridge for gable,
hip or gambrel roofs.
The line of that face of the building nearest the front lot
line. The face includes sun parlors and covered porches, whether enclosed
or unenclosed, but does not include walks, steps or terraces.
As defined by the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
An area of land, managed as a unit, providing short-term
accommodation for tents, tent trailers, travel trailers, recreational
vehicles and campers.
That portion of a right-of-way that is improved and maintained
for the use of vehicles.
A building or part of a building where mechanical equipment
is used for washing passenger vehicles. This definition may also include
a self-service operation.
A facility, other than a racetrack and/or an off-track betting
parlor, wherein wagering and other lawful gambling activity is conducted
under Pennsylvania law. This use shall include any facility in which
gambling devices, including but not limited to slot machines, video
poker machines, punch boards, and similar devices, are located. The
term "lawful gambling activity" shall not include the sale of lottery
tickets in compliance with the State Lottery Law.[1] Category 4 casinos are limited to 750 slot machines and
30 table games.
[Added 10-22-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-07]
Land used or dedicated to the burial of the dead, including
crematoriums, mausoleums, and necessary sales and maintenance facilities.
A domesticated female chicken considered a chick, pullet
or adult.
[Added 5-22-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
Any fully enclosed and covered structure providing a predator-resistant
shelter that is thoroughly ventilated, provides adequate sun and shade
and all-season protection from the elements, designed to be easily
accessed and cleaned, where backyard chickens live.
[Added 5-22-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
A covered, secure enclosure that allows chicken hens access
to the outdoors.
[Added 5-22-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
A sight distance established in accordance with the rules
and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
A facility which makes available for rent to the public,
multiple indoor storage units that avoid temperature extremes by keeping
the storage units warmer than the outside temperature in cold weather,
and/or cooler than the outside temperature in hot weather through
the utilization of an HVAC or other mechanical system.
[Added 10-23-2017 by Ord.
No. 2017-04]
An establishment operated for social, athletic, recreational
or educational purposes but open only to members and not the general
public.
A road designed for moderate traffic at reduced speeds and
that provides access between an arterial street and a local road.
Township roads classified as collectors are described in the Comprehensive
Plan.
An educational institution authorized by the state to award
associates', bachelors' or higher degrees.
Any device used for the transmission or reception of radio,
television, wireless telephone, page, 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 licensed by the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) to operate such device. This definition
shall not include facilities used primarily for government, safety
or emergency service uses; private-residence-mounted satellite dishes
or television antennas; or amateur radio equipment, including, without
limitation, ham or citizens' band radio antennas.
An unmanned building or cabinet containing communications
equipment required for the operation of communications antennas and
covering an area on the ground not greater than 25 square feet.
A structure, other than a building, such as a monopole, self-supporting
or guyed tower, designed and used to support communications antennas.
The multimunicipal plan, "A Plan for our Community," adopted
in 2005 by the Township, the City of Greensburg, the Borough of South
Greensburg and the Borough of Southwest Greensburg.
An animal feeding operation that meets the regulatory definition
in 40 CFR 122.23(b)(4) or (6) of a large or medium CAFO or has been
designated as a CAFO on a case-by-case basis by the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection or by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency.
A method of residential development designed to preserve an interconnected corridor of open space and natural features. Conservation subdivisions are discussed in Article XIX of this chapter.
A structure designed, used or constructed to provide temporary
offices for construction supervision on the site of an approved subdivision
or land development during the time that a valid building permit is
in effect.
[Added 11-23-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-12]
Land operated by or on behalf of a contractor for the storage
of equipment, vehicles, or other materials commonly used in the contractor's
business, including buildings or structures used as offices and repair
facilities.
A curb break for the purpose of gaining vehicular or pedestrian
access between a street and abutting property.
A facility designed to provide daytime care or instruction
for four or more children of preschool age.
A facility designed to provide daytime care or instruction
for no more than three children of preschool age who do not reside
on the premises.
See "zoning district."
A structure specifically designed for long-term stay by students
of a college, university, or other educational or nonprofit organization
for the purpose of providing rooms for sleeping purposes. A common
kitchen and gathering rooms may also be provided.
A facility that dispenses products or services to patrons
who remain in vehicles, whether attached to a building or freestanding,
but excluding a drive-up window or automated teller machine that is
attached to a bank or financial institution.
An entrance or exit used by vehicular traffic to or from
properties abutting a highway, street, lane, court or way.
A public or private area operated for the purpose of developing
golfing techniques, including a miniature golf course, that is not
operated as part of a golf course.
A building, portion of a building or premises used or intended
to be used for cleaning fabrics, textiles, wearing apparel, or articles
of any sort using chemical solvents.
An establishment or business maintained for the pickup and
delivery of dry cleaning and/or laundry without the maintenance or
operation of any laundry or dry-cleaning equipment or machinery on
the premises.
See "dwelling."
Any building or portion thereof, with a minimum of 600 square
feet, which is designed for and/or occupied in whole or part as a
residence for one or more families, not including hotels, boarding-
or rooming houses, institutional homes or residence clubs. The following
are specific structural types of dwellings:
[Amended 11-23-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-12]
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY, DETACHEDA residential building containing one dwelling unit only, which is located on an individual lot with yards on all sides.
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILYA building containing two or more individual dwelling units. Multifamily dwellings shall include the following types:
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHEDA building containing two side-by-side dwelling units, each on its own lot and with direct access to the outside. The wall attaching the units shall be located on the side lot line separating the two lots.
DUPLEXA building, on a single lot, containing two dwelling units, either side-by-side or over one another, with each having its own access directly to the outside.
TRIPLEXA residential building designed containing three dwelling units, either side-by-side or over one another, or both, with each unit having its own access directly to the outside.
QUADPLEXA residential building containing four dwelling units, either side-by-side or over one another, or both, with each having its own access directly to the outside.
TOWNHOUSEA residential building containing three to eight dwelling units in a row connected by a party wall or walls, with the first floor and all stories directly above it as part of the same dwelling unit, and each having its own access directly to the outside.
APARTMENTA residential building containing three or more dwelling units, having access to the outside by way of a common entrance or entrances and a common interior hallway.
MANUFACTURED HOMEA structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is 600 square feet or more, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling unit with or without permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein. For the purpose of these provisions, a mobile home shall be considered a manufactured home.
MOBILE HOMEA 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 travel trailer as defined herein shall not be considered a mobile home.
MODULAR DWELLINGA single-family dwelling which is delivered to its site in at least two sections that are set upon a permanent foundation and the sections joined together. Such dwelling shall be certified as meeting the minimum standards for manufactured housing in Pennsylvania. Modular dwellings shall be permitted wherever single-family dwellings are allowed, provided they are installed on a permanent foundation and connected to all available utilities.
One or more rooms in a residential building with a minimum
of 600 square feet and with independent cooking and bathroom facilities,
intended for occupancy by one family unit or person.
An interest in real property generally established in a real
estate document or on a recorded plat to reserve, convey or dedicate
the use of land for a specialized or limited purpose without the transfer
of fee title.
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance, by
public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of underground
or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution
systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems, including
poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduit cables, fire alarm
boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants and other similar
equipment and accessories in connection therewith which are 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, but not including buildings.
[Amended 11-23-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-12]
A single person occupying a dwelling unit and maintaining a
household.
Two or more persons related by blood or marriage, occupying
a dwelling unit, living together and maintaining a common household.
Not more than six unrelated persons occupying a dwelling unit,
living together and maintaining a common household.
This definition excludes occupants of a fraternity house, sorority
house and a student home.
A retail establishment operated by the owner of an active farm, located within the Township, for the sale or serving of products raised or produced on that farm, which may include, as an accessory use, the sale of related products produced elsewhere. This may also include the sale of fruits, vegetables, breads, eggs, milk, cheese, meat, flowers, and the like sold by persons who typically grow, harvest or process such items from their farm, which may either be the owners or other farms in the County of Westmoreland. A farm market/farm restaurant is permitted to serve meals or prepared refreshments to the public, provided that said farm market/farm restaurant is a retail establishment operated by the owner of an active farm located within the Township. Further, said farm market/farm restaurant shall comply with the parking provisions set forth in Article XXI, § 87-141A (Table 12) as it applies to a restaurant or tavern.
A barrier constructed of allowable materials for the purpose
of providing a boundary, preventing uncontrolled access, limiting
visibility from adjoining streets or lots, or for decorative purposes.
Walls constructed for these purposes are defined separately as "screening
walls."
A driving lane, cartway, accessway or pad capable of supporting firefighting equipment and installed in accordance with the requirements of § 87-136C of this Code.
[Added 11-23-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-12]
A building used for firefighting equipment and firefighters.
A relatively flat or low land area which is subject to partial or complete inundation from an adjoining or nearby stream, river or watercourse; and/or any area subject to the unusual and rapid accumulation of surface waters from any source. For the purpose of this chapter, the floodplain shall include the area regulated as floodplain under Chapter 49, Flood Damage Prevention, of the Code of the Township of Hempfield.
A unit of illumination produced on a surface, all points
of which are one foot from a uniform point source of one candle and
equal to one lumen per square foot.
The management of forests and timberlands when practiced
in accordance with accepted silvicultural principles, through developing,
cultivating, harvesting, transporting or selling trees for commercial
purposes, which does not involve any land development.
As defined by the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
An establishment engaged in undertaking services such as
preparing the dead for burial and arranging and managing funerals.
Land managed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission for wildlife
habitat and public recreational purposes such as hunting, fishing
and bird watching.
An accessory building used for the storage of motor vehicles.
A place of business where retail or wholesale plants, tools,
gardening supplies and equipment, and lawn care supplies and equipment
are sold to consumers. They may include nurseries and/or greenhouses.
One or more buildings, 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, boats or aircraft,
as well as for automobile repair, minor, including state inspection.
A lot, group of lots or portion of a lot used for the playing
of golf, with tees, greens, fairways and hazards, and which may include
a clubhouse, restrooms, a driving range and shelters as accessory
uses.
A building used for the growing of plants, all or part of
which are sold at retail or wholesale.
A retail establishment which primarily sells food, but also
may sell other convenience and household goods, and which occupies
or exceeds 75,000 square feet of gross floor area.
A retail establishment which primarily sells food, but also
may sell other convenience and household goods, and which occupies
between 25,000 and 75,000 square feet of gross floor area.
A retail establishment which primarily sells food, but also
may sell other convenience and household goods, and which does not
exceed 25,000 square feet of gross floor area.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors
of a building (or a single floor if the building occupies one floor),
measured from the exterior face of exterior walls or from the center
line of a wall separating two buildings, but not including interior
parking areas, loading areas or any space where the floor-to-ceiling
height is less than six feet.
A noninstitutional living arrangement with treatment and
support services for persons with substance abuse problems or for
inmates and parolees approaching parole release date or release from
a corrections institution. The halfway house operates under the rules
and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Health or Department
of Corrections or similar authorities. The residents are provided
full-time supervision and counseling on employment, vocations, finances,
and community living.
A highway within this commonwealth designated by the Secretary
of Transportation, a highway designated as a public road duly adopted
by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Hempfield, or an alley
or a private road within the corporate limits of the Township of Hempfield.
A facility where prefabricated homes or mobile homes are
erected for display purposes only and from which orders can be placed
for the purchase and delivery of such dwellings or their parts and
accessories.
The use of land for growing or production for income of fruits,
vegetables, flowers, nursery stock, including ornamental plants and
trees, and cultured sod.
An institution, licensed by the State Department of Health,
providing primary health services and medical or surgical care to
persons on a primarily inpatient basis, and including, as an integral
part of the institution, related facilities such as laboratories,
staff offices, outpatient facilities and/or training facilities.
A building in which primarily temporary lodging is provided
and offered to the public for compensation, in which ingress and egress
to and from rooms is made from an inside lobby or office supervised
by a person in charge at all hours, in contradistinction to a boardinghouse,
lodging house or rooming house, and where incidental business may
be conducted.
As defined by the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Any hard-surfaced, man-made area that does not readily absorb
water, including, but not limited to, building roofs, parking areas,
driveways, sidewalks and paved recreation areas.
Recreational facilities within a building or structure that
are operated by a private, for-profit entity and for which a fee is
charged for their use.
Recreational facilities within a building or structure that
are operated by a public or nonprofit entity and for which a fee may
or may not be charged for their use.
Any lot, land, structure or part thereof where any discarded
materials or article may be stored, and shall include, but not be
limited to, scrap metal; scrapped, abandoned or junked motor vehicles,
in excess of one per lot; machinery; equipment; paper; glass; containers;
and structures. It shall not include, however, refuse or garbage kept
in a proper container for the purpose of prompt disposal.
An establishment where four or more dogs, cats or other domestic
animals, excluding livestock, over four months of age are kept, boarded,
trained or bred.
A natural or man-made body of water which retains water year-round.
A man-made body of water may be created by dams or result from excavation.
A lake is a body of water two or more acres in area. A pond is a body
of water less than two acres in area.
Any of the following activities:
The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts
or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
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
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.
A subdivision of land.
A licensed disposal site for the burial of nonhazardous and
nonmedical farm, residential, institutional, commercial or industrial
waste.
A business that provides home-type washing, drying or ironing
machines or dry-cleaning machines for hire to be used by customers
on the premises.
A public, nonprofit facility in which literary, musical,
artistic or reference materials are kept for use by or loaning to
the public, but are not normally offered for sale.
An unobstructed area not within the public right-of-way provided
or maintained for the temporary parking of trucks or other vehicles
for the purpose of loading and unloading goods, wares, materials and
merchandise.
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. A lot shall not be used for the purposes
of a street, roadway, easement or right-of-way to any abutting property.
[Amended 11-23-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-12]
The total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot.
A line dividing one lot from another or from a street, also
known as a "property line." Lot lines shall be further defined as
front, side and rear, as depicted below:
See "lot area."
The dimension of a lot, measured between the side lot lines
at the building line.
A use engaged in manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, packaging
or other industrial processing of products primarily from extracted
or raw materials or the bulk storage and handling of such products
and materials, or a use having the potential to produce noise, dust,
glare, odors, vibration, smoke or other noxious emissions beyond its
lot lines.
A use engaged in the indoor manufacturing, assembly, fabrication,
packaging or other industrial processing of finished parts or products,
or the indoor provision of industrial services, where no process involved
will produce noise, dust, glare, odors, vibration, smoke or other
noxious emissions beyond its lot lines.
That percentage of the lot area covered by principal and
accessory use structures.
[Added 1-20-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-02]
Any establishment where human patients are examined and treated
by doctors or dentists but not hospitalized overnight.
Any aggregate or mass of mineral matter, whether or not coherent,
including, but 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, crude
oil and natural gas.
The exploration for and extraction of minerals.
A building or group of buildings divided into separate compartments
used to meet temporary storage needs of individuals, organizations
and businesses.
A building containing both residential and nonresidential
uses permitted in the district.
A transportable single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, office or place of assembly, 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 travel trailer, as defined herein, shall
be considered a mobile home if occupied permanently.
A parcel of land in a mobile home park improved with the
necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for
erection of a mobile home and leased to occupants by the park owners.
A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned
and improved for the placement of mobile homes for nontransient uses,
consisting of two or more mobile home lots.
A dwelling unit temporarily used for display purposes as
an example of dwelling units available or to be available for purchase
or rental in a particular subdivision or other residential development.
See "dwelling."
[Added 11-23-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-12][2]
A building in which lodging is provided and offered to the
transient public for compensation and in which egress and ingress
to and from rooms may be made either through an inside lobby or office
supervised by a person in charge at all times or directly from the
exterior and wherein incidental business may be conducted.
See "dwelling."
A facility for the parking of motor vehicles that is owned
and managed by the Township.
A building or facility constructed and occupied by local,
state or federal governments or their agents.
An institution devoted to the procurement, care, study, and
display of objects of lasting interest or value.
A business or commercial activity administered or conducted as an accessory use which is clearly secondary to the use of a residential dwelling, 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, and which meets all of the requirements set forth in § 87-17 of this chapter.
A lot, the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to
the adoption or amendment of a zoning ordinance, but which fails to
conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is
located by reason 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 in a
zoning ordinance 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.
A use, whether of land or of a structure, which does not
comply with the applicable use provisions in a zoning ordinance or
amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such use was lawfully
in existence 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.
Any land used to raise trees, shrubs, flowers, and other
plants for sale or for transplanting.
Land or water areas retained for use as active or passive
recreation areas or for resource protection in an essentially undeveloped
state.
Recreational facilities, not housed within a building or
structure, operated by a private, for-profit entity and for which
a fee is charged for their use.
Recreational facilities not housed within a building or structure
that are operated by a public or nonprofit entity and for which a
fee may or may not be charged for their use.
An area devoted to the off-street, temporary parking of vehicles,
including parking spaces, aisles, access drives and landscaped areas.
The term shall not include private garages or private residential
parking of fewer than five spaces.
A certificate issued by the Zoning Officer for the construction,
reconstruction, remodeling, alteration or repair of a building, structure
or part thereof.
[Added 11-23-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-12]
A permit issued upon completion of the construction of a
building, or change in use of a building or a lot, indicating that
the building complies with all applicable ordinances and that the
building or lot may be used as set forth on the permit application.
[Added 11-23-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-12]
A permit issued upon substantial completion of the construction
of a building, or change in use of a building or a lot, indicating
that the building substantially complies with all applicable ordinances
and that the building or lot may be used as set forth on the permit
application.
[Added 11-23-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-12]
A certificate issued by the Zoning Officer, after approval
by the Zoning Hearing Board, for the conduct of a use for a limited
time period indicating the duration of the permit and indicating that
all special requirements governing such use and all other applicable
zoning requirements have been met.
[Added 11-23-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-12]
A certificate issued by the Zoning Officer stating that the
purpose for which a building or land is to be used is in conformity
with all requirements of the Zoning Ordinance for the zoning district
in which the use is situate.
[Added 11-23-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-12]
Any natural person, association, partnership, firm or corporation.
A building dedicated to religious worship, including a church,
synagogue, temple, or assembly hall, and that may include such accessory
uses as a nursery school, a convent, a monastery or a parish hall.
A commercial area consisting of retail businesses and other
uses permitted in the district, designed as a unit, whether at one
time or in phases, with adequate off-street free parking, usually
consisting of several buildings, and having a gross leasable floor
area of 100,000 square feet or more.
A commercial area consisting of retail businesses and other
uses permitted in the district, designed as a unit, whether at one
time or in phases, with adequate off-street free parking, in one or
more buildings, and occupying less than 100,000 square feet of gross
leasable floor area.
The Planning Commission duly appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
Domestic fowl, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese.
[Added 5-22-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
Land used for agricultural uses that contains soils of the
first, second or third class as defined by the United States Department
of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service County Soil
Survey.
The building or portion thereof housing the principal use.
The main or primary purpose for which a building, other structure
and/or lot is designed, arranged or intended or for which it may be
used, occupied or maintained under this chapter.
A commercial facility engaged in printing or imprinting of
text or images.
The use of offices and related spaces for such professional
services as are provided by doctors, dentists, lawyers, architects
and engineers, among other professions.
Any administrative office or service building operated by
a public utility which does not meet the definition of an "essential
service."
Any business activity regulated by a government agency in
which the business is required by law to:
See "dwelling."
A facility that collects, separates and stores recyclable
materials, such as newspaper, metal and glass, for shipment to others
for remanufacture into new products.
A building or group of buildings in which are located facilities
for scientific research, investigation, testing or experimentation,
but not facilities for manufacture or sale of products, except as
incidental to the main purpose of the facility.
An establishment where refreshments, meals or prepared foods
may be obtained by the public; where customers thereof customarily
arrive at the premises via motor vehicle; and where less than 90%
of the persons served consume the food or drink served to them within
the main building on the premises. This definition shall include,
inter alia, such enterprises as drive-in ice cream or custard stands,
hot or cold drink or sandwich establishments, and the like. It shall
not include enterprises selling canned or bottled beverages, dairy
stores or grocery stores, where such beverages or food products are
sold in their original closed containers. Where more than 25% of the
gross business of any establishment is covered under this definition,
such establishment shall be considered a "drive-in restaurant" for
purposes of this chapter.
A building where food and beverages are offered for sale
to the public for consumption on the premises at tables or counters
and, as an accessory use, may provide customers with take-out service
of food and beverages for off-site consumption.
An establishment selling goods, wares or merchandise directly
to the consumer, occupying a building or group of buildings having
75,000 square feet or more of gross floor area.
An establishment selling goods, wares or merchandise directly
to the consumer, occupying a building or group of buildings of between
10,000 and 75,000 square feet of gross floor area.
An establishment selling goods, wares or merchandise directly
to the consumer, occupying a building or group of buildings having
10,000 square feet or less of gross floor area.
A wall of four feet or more in height constructed for the
purpose of stabilizing soil, retarding erosion, or terracing a lot
or site.
An area of land dedicated and publicly owned that can be
used by the public for travel and for the location of public water
lines, public sewer lines and utilities regulated by the Pennsylvania
Public Utilities Commission.
Area surrounding a watercourse that intercepts surface water
runoff, wastewater, subsurface flow, and/or deep groundwater flows
from upland sources and functions to remove or buffer the effects
of associated nutrients, sediment, organic matter, pesticides, or
other pollutants prior to entry into surface waters. This area may
also provide wildlife habitat, control water temperature, reduce flooding,
and provide opportunities for passive recreation. The buffer area
may or may not contain trees and other native vegetation.
A male domestic chicken.
[Added 5-22-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
A person who, on his own or as an agent for a third party,
engages in business for the purpose of offering wrecked or salvaged
motor vehicles through auction or private bid process to vehicle salvage
dealers.
Any place where a salvor, a vehicle salvage dealer, a salvage
motor vehicle auction or pool operator or where an automobile dismantler
and recycler engages in business.
A person engaged in the business of acquiring abandoned vehicles
for the purposes of taking apart, recycling, selling, rebuilding or
exchanging the vehicle or the parts thereof and who is certified as
a salvor pursuant to the certification provisions of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
As defined by the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A public, private or parochial educational institution offering
instruction in branches of learning and study required to be taught
in the public schools of Pennsylvania.
A facility where individual classes are offered by a private
or nonprofit institution, usually for a fee, to children or adults
in a classroom or studio setting. Such facilities shall include, but
not be limited to, music and dance schools, language schools, tutoring
services, technical schools and beautician schools.
As defined by the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A wall that encloses, marks or borders a yard or lot and
that limits access and/or visibility from adjoining streets or lots.
A development having a combination of housing for persons
55 years of age and over, including the following: independent senior
housing, which may be single-family dwellings or multifamily dwellings
or a combination thereof; assisted living facilities, where permitted;
and common facilities such as community centers, indoor recreation
facilities and outdoor recreation facilities.
Any enterprise which primarily offers services related to
personal needs to the general public, such as shoe repair, watch repair,
barbershops, beauty parlors, nail salons and related activities.
The minimum distance by which any building or structure must
be separated from a street or lot line.
A facility designed for the collection, treatment, and disposal
of waterborne sewage generated within a given service area.
An adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult novelty store, adult
video store, adult cabaret, adult motion-picture theater, adult theater,
escort agency, massage parlor, nude model studio, sexual encounter
center, or other commercial establishment where adult entertainment
is presented for money or other forms of consideration, or where viewing
booths as the types specifically referred to herein are present.
[Amended 7-27-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-03]
See "dwelling."
See "dwelling."
A private institution licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
providing twenty-four-hour supervision and care of the aged who are
unable to care for themselves.
Those areas of land where the change in elevation over the
horizontal distance between consecutive contour lines is 15% or greater.
For the purposes of this chapter, slopes are divided into two categories:
Radiant energy (direct, diffuse, and reflected) received
from the sun.
[Added 5-22-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-05]
Any solar collector or other solar energy device, or any
structural design feature, mounted on a building or on the ground,
and whose primary purpose is to provide for the collection, storage
and distribution of solar energy for space heating or cooling, for
water heating or for electricity, that may be mounted on a building
or on the ground and is not the primary use of the property.
[Added 5-22-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-05]
An installation or area of land in which a large number of
photovoltaic (PV) solar panels are set up in order to generate electricity.
[Added 5-22-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-05]
A structure containing one or more receptive cells, the purpose
of which is to convert solar energy into usable electrical energy
by way of a solar energy system.
[Added 5-22-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-05]
Any use which is authorized or must be authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board pursuant to the criteria in Article XXVI.
A food store of less than 10,000 square feet of gross floor
area primarily engaged in selling food stuffs associated with a particular
nationality, religious observance, dietary practice or cuisine.
A group of shops (two or more) collectively occupying no
more than 35,000 square feet that cater to a specific market and are
linked together by an architectural, historical or geographic theme
or by similarly offered goods such as locally supplied arts and crafts.
A membership organization owning land in common for outdoor
recreational purposes on a seasonal basis, such as hunting, fishing,
boating, skeet shooting and the like, and which may include indoor
facilities such as a lodge or cabins for use by members.
A structure or land use in or on which horses and/or ponies
are kept for sale, hire, breeding, boarding or training.
An accessory building in which horses are kept for riding,
driving or stabling for private use and not for hire or sale.
A slope having a grade of 20% or more.
A structure, the dimensions of which are not less than 60
square feet nor more than 144 square feet in square footage area and
not exceeding 14 feet in height, with only one story or floor and
used solely for the storage of household materials and/or equipment,
not to include four-wheel motor vehicles as defined by the Pennsylvania
Motor Vehicle Code.
A street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway,
lane, alley, viaduct and any other ways used or intended to be used
by public vehicular traffic or pedestrians, whether public or private,
to provide access to abutting properties. Certain streets may be considered
alleys or culs-de-sac. An easement or right-of-way shall not constitute
a street under the terms hereof.
[Amended 11-23-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-12]
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land. The term
"structure" shall include buildings, carports, porches, jersey barriers,
and any other type of construction except sidewalks, driveways and
patios. Further, there is excluded from this definition accessory
buildings or uses as set forth in the definition of "accessory building,"
Subsections (1)(e), (1)(f), and (2). These accessory buildings or
uses are not considered structures.
An individual who is enrolled or has made application and
been accepted at a university, college or trade school and is taking
at least six credit hours and whose primary occupation is as a student,
or who is on a semester or summer break from studies at a college,
university or trade school. The term "student" shall apply to both
undergraduate and graduate students alike.
A living arrangement for a maximum of five students (as defined
in this chapter). Student homes shall not include dormitories.
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.
A subdivision of more than three lots or any subdivision
which requires the development of new streets.
A subdivision of no more than three lots and in which there
are no new required streets.
A commercial establishment storing or offering for sale building
supplies, steel supplies, coal, heavy equipment, feed and grain and
similar goods. Supply yards do not include the wrecking, salvaging,
dismantling or storage of automobiles and similar vehicles.
A structure, whether above or below ground, designed to hold
water more than 18 inches deep to be used for recreational purposes.
The definition of "swimming pool" shall include hot tubs, lap pools
and wading pools.
An establishment which conducts research, development, and/or
controlled production of high-technology electronic, industrial or
scientific products or commodities, including, but not limited to,
a biotechnology firm or manufacturer of nontoxic computer components.
A lot which is used commercially for showing motion pictures
which are viewed by patrons from their motor vehicles.
A building or part of a building devoted to showing motion
pictures or to staging dramatic, musical or live performances.
See "dwelling."
The Township of Hempfield, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, duly appointed by the Board of Supervisors to serve
as the Engineer for the Township.
As defined by the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A portable vehicular structure built on a chassis, designed
or used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation
uses.
See "dwelling."
As defined by the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
As defined by the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A facility for the receipt, transfer, short-term storage,
and dispatching of goods transported by truck.
As defined by the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
The conduct of an activity or the performance of a function
or operation on a lot or in a building or structure.
A departure from the strict letter of this chapter as it
applies to specific property as authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board.
Any person regularly engaged in the business of acquiring
and dismantling used, wrecked, damaged, abandoned or salvaged vehicles
for the purpose of selling the usable parts and selling the remaining
vehicle bulk for recycling or processing.
A man-made, vertical structure of building material that
restricts the passage of light and air. "Retaining wall" and "screening
wall" are separately defined under this article.
A building or part of a building which is used primarily
for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging or wholesale
distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food stuffs, and the like.
A channel for conveyance of surface water, having a defined
bed and banks, whether natural or artificial, with perennial or intermittent
flow. For the purposes of this chapter, a watercourse shall not include
man-made swales constructed expressly for the purpose of stormwater
management.
Those areas that are inundated and saturated by surface water
or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support,
and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation
typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, including
swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. More specifically, any area
meeting the official wetland definition of the United States Army
Corps of Engineers or the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, as amended, shall be considered a wetland for the purposes
of this chapter. In the event there is a conflict between the definitions
of these agencies, the more-restrictive definition shall apply.
An area maintained in a natural state for the preservation
of both animal and plant life.
A space on the same lot as the principal building which remains
open, unoccupied and unobstructed by structures, except as otherwise
provided in this chapter. The different types of yards are defined
and illustrated below.
YARD, FRONTA yard extending across the full width of a lot between the front lot line and the building line, unoccupied other than by steps, walks, terraces, driveways, lampposts and similar structures.
YARD, REARA yard extending across the full width of a lot between the rear lot line and a line formed by the rear of the principal building, unoccupied other than by accessory buildings, steps, walks, terraces, driveways, lampposts and similar structures.
YARD, SIDEA yard extending between the side lot line and the principal building, and between the front yard and the rear yard.
An individual or individuals appointed by the Board of Supervisors
to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
A land use area or zone established by this chapter, and
any subsequent amendments, for the designated intent and as shown
on the Zoning Map.
A board constituted of five members duly appointed by the
Board of Supervisors to undertake the duties prescribed under this
chapter and as authorized by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Code
and the laws of the commonwealth, as amended from time to time.
The map or maps that are a part of this chapter and that
delineate the boundaries of all zoning districts established by this
chapter, as amended from time to time.