For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms and words are
hereby defined, unless otherwise defined hereinabove. Words used in
the present tense shall include the future; the singular number shall
include the plural, and the plural number shall include the singular;
the word "shall" is mandatory, the word "may" is permissive; the word
"person" includes a firm, association, organization, partnership,
trust, company or corporation as well as an individual; the words
"used" or "occupied" include the words 'intended, designed, or arranged
to be used or occupied"; the word "lot" includes the words "plot"
or "parcel"; and the word "building" includes the word "structure."
Words and phrases not herein defined shall have their normal meaning
and usage.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A structure or use clearly and customarily subordinate to
and on the same lot as the principal building and used exclusively
for purposes constituting an accessory use, including, but not limited
to, the following: private garages, barns and utility sheds; and excludes
signs, antennas, communications towers, communications facilities,
telecommunications equipment buildings, co-location/shared-use communications
facilities, and power-mounted/shared-use communications facilities.
[Amended 11-18-2015 by Ord. No. 140]
Out-of-home care, for part of a twenty-four-hour day, for
three or more persons aged 18 or older, who are not related to the
operator.
A bona fide farming operation, the primary purpose of which
is the production of agricultural products, including, but not limited
to, crops, fruits, Christmas trees, forestry, vegetables, ornamental
or flowering plants, dairy, livestock, poultry, swine, and all other
forms of agricultural products having a domestic or foreign market.
When performed on the farm, "agriculture," "agricultural," and "farming"
also include the marketing and selling of agricultural products, feed
mills, seed sales, and farm machinery sales and services, agritourism,
aquacultural crops, the storage and use of materials for agricultural
purposes, packing, treating, processing, sorting, storage, and other
activities performed to add value to crops, livestock, and agricultural
items produced on the farm, and similar activities incident to the
operation of a farm. Included with this definition is the operation,
equipment operation, management, conservation, improvement, and maintenance
of a farm and the structures and buildings on the farm, including
building and structure repair, replacement, expansion, and construction
incident to the farming operation. Also included is an enterprise
that is actively engaged in the commercial production and preparation
for market of crops, livestock and livestock products and in the production,
harvesting, and preparation for market or use of agricultural, agronomic,
horticultural, silvicultural, and aquacultural crops and commodities.
The term includes an enterprise that implements changes in production
practices and procedures or types of crops, livestock, livestock products
or commodities produced consistent with technological development
within the agricultural industry.
As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement
in the structural parts; in the existing facilities; or the enlargement,
whether by extending a side or by increasing the height; or the moving
from one location to another.
The area of a lot or site shall be calculated from dimensions
derived by horizontal projection of the site.
See "scrap yard."
A business, licensed by the commonwealth, that sells alcoholic
beverages for consumption on the premises as the principal use and
that may also offer food for consumption on the premises as an accessory
use.
A portion of a building located partly underground but having
less than half of its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average
grade of the adjoining ground.
A paved or unpaved pathway located within an easement or
dedicated right-of-way used for walking or traveling by bicycle or
on foot for exercise or recreation.
The Zoning Hearing Board of the Township of Potter, or the
Potter Township Zoning Hearing Board, as appropriate.
See definition of "rooming/boarding house."
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Potter, Beaver
County, Pennsylvania.
See "screen planting" under the definition of "screening."
Any structure designed or intended for the support, enclosure,
shelter, or protection of persons, animals or property.
The vertical distance from the average elevation at grade
level to the highest point of the deck of a flat roof or a mansard
roof or the mean height between the eaves and the ridge for gable,
hip and gambrel roofs.
The imaginary line parallel to or concentric with the nearest
road right-of-way line as being the nearest point that a building
may be constructed to the front lot line. No portion of a building
foundation or wall may extend nearer the lot line than the required
front yard depth.
Anything built, constructed or erected which requires location
on the ground or attachment to something located on the ground, including,
but not limited to, billboards, dwellings, buildings, communication
towers, communication antennas, garages, fences, mobile homes, motels,
signs and walls.
Any business activity that renders service to other commercial
or industrial enterprises.
Includes establishments primarily involved in the production,
synthesis, formation, processing, refining, manufacturing, and/or
distribution of chemical products, for other than retail sales on
site (including all chemical manufacturing in NAICS Subsection 325).
A triangular area of unobstructed vision on corner lots formed
by a one-hundred-foot sight line along the center line of a secondary
or primary road, by a seventy-five-foot sight line along the center
line of a local street, and by a line joining these two sight lines
at the greatest distance from their intersection.
A health care facility engaged in providing services for
health maintenance and treatment of mental or physical conditions,
but excluding methadone treatment facilities.
An establishment operated by an organization for social,
recreational, educational and fraternal purposes but open only to
members and their guests and not the general public.
See "planned unit development."
Engaging in a business, enterprise, activity or other undertaking
for a profit.
A commercial indoor facility which offers various recreational
opportunities for its patrons, including such activities as dance
halls, indoor concerts, fitness centers, psychic readings, and video
and various games.
The legally appointed Planning Commission of the Township
or the Potter Township Planning Commission.
Includes any studies, investigations, operations, improvements,
or other activities undertaken at the site of a proposed regulated
industry pertaining to the construction, placement, erection, or establishment
of the same, including, but not limited to, surveys, soil and other
environmental tests, clearing and grading, pouring footers or pads,
placing building materials or equipment at the site, locating or constructing
buildings, structures, or other improvements, or any other similar
activities.
A retail business with primary emphasis on quick purchases
from a limited variety of consumable goods, typically gasoline, snacks,
food and related sundries, of up to 5,000 square feet in building
size. These are usually located along high-traffic roads and have
extended business hours, with most products consumed off the premises.
The remodeling of a single-family dwelling unit into two
or more separate living units, each having a minimum of 500 square
feet of habitable area, one bathroom and two habitable rooms, one
of which must be a bedroom, separate and private, sanitary, cooking
and dining facilities and a minimum of one off-street parking space
per dwelling unit. Basement and/or cellar dwellings shall not be defined
as conversion apartments.
The County of Beaver, Pennsylvania.
This use is separated into three categories. If there is
a question relative to its classification, the state licensing shall
determine same. They are as follows:
DAY-CARE CENTERAn establishment licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which provides supervised care for seven or more children who are not residents of the premises.
FAMILY DAY-CARE HOMEAny family residence other than the child's own home, operated for profit or not for profit, in which child day care is provided at any time to four, five or six children who are not relatives of the caregiver, as defined and regulated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
GROUP DAY-CARE HOMEA child day-care facility in which care is provided for more than six but fewer than 12 children at any one time, where the child-care areas are used as a family residence.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
A place providing service to the occupants of automobiles,
usually without requiring the occupants to leave the automobile. Such
service includes banking and serving food or drink to the occupants.
Any building or portion thereof which is designed for or
used for residential purposes. The word "dwelling" shall not include
hotels, motels, or other structures used for transient residence.
A building or portion thereof designed for or occupied by
three or more families living independently of each other (separate
housekeeping, cooking and sanitary facilities).
A building designed for or occupied by one family only.
A building designed for or occupied by two families living
independently of each other; also known as a "duplex."
Multifamily dwelling developments restricted to residents
who are handicapped, as defined by federal law, or who are aged 55
and older. Such restriction must be duly certified; and if the development
reverts to a general population, it will be considered a change of
use, which must conform to this chapter.
Includes any stand-alone plant not ancillary to another land
use which is intended for the commercial generation of electric power
to be primarily distributed to the public for compensation. This definition
shall not apply to an agricultural farm, residence, business, or other
facility where the sale of the electricity so produced is secondary
to on-site consumption. For the purpose of this chapter, generating
facilities that qualify under this definition are segmented into the
following two categories:
ALTERNATE ENERGY GENERATING FACILITYA facility that produces electricity from a renewable source, including solar, hydroelectric, and wind.
FOSSIL FUEL GENERATING FACILITYA facility that produces electricity from fossil fuels.
Includes built, constructed, reconstructed, moved upon, or
any physical operations on the land required for the building. Excavation,
fill, drainage and the like shall be considered part of the erection.
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, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduit
cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants,
street signs, and other similar equipment and accessories in connection
therewith, reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service
by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies
or for the public health, safety, or general welfare, excluding communications
towers and communications antennas, as defined herein.
The permission or approval granted by the Zoning Hearing
Board in situations where the provisions therefor are determined by
the terms of this chapter.
A single person occupying a dwelling unit and maintaining a
household; or
Two or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption occupying
a dwelling unit, living together and maintaining a common household,
including not more than two boarders or roomers.
Not more than three unrelated persons occupying a dwelling unit,
living together and maintaining a common household.
Permanent group homes for the handicapped or family-like living
arrangements for handicapped persons. Please Note: Handicapped persons
shall be those who are so designated under the Fair Housing Amendment
(1988) to the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964.
See "day care for children."
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors
of a building, measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls
or from the center line of common walls separating buildings.
Includes any establishment whose primary purpose is the wholesale
or retail distribution, storage, mixing, or transfer of flammable
or combustible liquids, gases, or solids, received or transferred
by truck, train, tank vessel, pipelines, tank car, piping, portable
tanks or containers, or other method, including propane, methane,
ethanol, gasoline, kerosene, oil, coal, and other fuels. This definition
shall not include filling stations used solely for distribution to
individual consumers; nor shall it include fuel stored at or on an
agricultural farm, residence, business, or other facility where use
of the fuel stored is limited primarily to on-site consumption (NAICS
424710 and 424720).
An accessory building or part of a principal building used
only for the storage of private motor vehicles and other personal
effects of the occupants of the principal structure.
A building or structure where motor vehicles can be temporarily
stored or parked.
A building or part thereof used for the repair of motor vehicles
for remuneration but not used for the dismantling or scrapping of
motor vehicles.
The comprehensive, long-range plan for the desirable use
of land in the Township, the purpose of such plan being, among other
things, to serve as a guide for the zoning and progressive rezoning
of land to meet changing community needs, in the subdividing and use
of undeveloped land for such public purposes as streets, parks, schools
and other public buildings.
A facility to provide for the shelter, food and care of nonhandicapped
persons, which may also provide some combination of personal care,
social or counseling services.
An industrial use that has significant potential impacts
on the environment or adjacent uses, including but not limited to
vibrations, noise, emissions, illumination, hazards and odors on property
encompassing 50 or greater surface acres.
The height of a building shall be measured from the mean
level of the ground at the front of the building to a point on the
roof. Chimneys, spires, towers, tanks and similar projections shall
not be included in calculating the height.
Any use customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling
and carried on by the inhabitants thereof, which is clearly incidental
and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and
does not change the character thereof. The conducting of a clinic,
hospital or any similar use shall not be deemed to be a home occupation.
See also "no-impact home-based business."
Any establishment where human patients are examined and treated
by doctors or dentists and may reside temporarily, and licensed as
a hospital by the State of Pennsylvania.
An establishment that offers transient overnight lodging
accommodations, including extended stays, to the general public and
that also may provide additional supporting services such as restaurants,
meeting rooms, recreation facilities and living quarters for a resident
manager or proprietor.
A domesticated animal that is normally or can generally be
kept within the immediate living quarters of a residential structure.
See "scrap."
See "scrap yard."
A disposal facility or part of a disposal facility where
waste is placed in the land with the intent of permanent disposal
thereby, and not otherwise regulated by this chapter.
The area required to accommodate one truck in a space 12
feet wide, 15 feet high and 45 feet long, exclusive of access and
turning area.
A tract or parcel of land held in single or separate ownership,
that is described by reference to a recorded plat or by metes or bounds,
and is intended as a unit for transfer of ownership, use, improvement,
dedication or for development.
The horizontal surface area within the lines of the lot.
A lot, abutting two or more streets at their intersection,
on which the building line for all streets must be observed.
The ratio of ground area covered by principal and accessory
structures to the total ground area of the lot.
The mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and
rear lot line.
A lot other than a corner lot.
The line contiguous with the street right-of-way line.
The line, generally parallel to the front lot line, which
defines the rear of the lot.
Any lot line which is not a front lot line or a rear lot
line.
The last recording of a lot in the office of the Recorder
of Deeds of Beaver County prior to the adoption of this chapter.
The total horizontal distance across the lot, between the
side lot lines, measured at the building line.
The processing and fabrication of any article, substance
or commodity. For the purpose of this chapter, two types of manufacturing
are recognized: light manufacturing and heavy manufacturing.
Includes the processing of paper, pulp, or paperboard; the
manufacture or processing of chemicals; the processing of petroleum
products; leather tanning; stone, clay or glass products; the primary
metals industry; the manufacture, repair, or rehabilitation of heavy
equipment; the manufacture of motors and railroad equipment; and similar
activities which would use heavy equipment; any activity which uses
heavy presses, drop forges or is engaged in forging or foundry work.
Any manufacturing not classified as heavy manufacturing.
(See also "manufacturing.")
A facility licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health
to use the drug methadone in the treatment, maintenance or detoxification
of persons.
The removal of any naturally occurring substance from the
land, excluding the removal of sand, gravel, building stone or coal
from the surface or subsurface in accordance with the rules and regulations
of the PA DEP. Such substances include, but are not limited to, petroleum
in any form, natural gas, or other gaseous substances. Such substances
do not include timber or surface or subsurface water.
[Amended 11-18-2015 by Ord. No. 140]
A portable dwelling unit designed and built to be towed on
its own chassis, connected to utilities, and occupied on a year-round
basis. The unit may contain parts that collapse, fold, telescope or
otherwise permit continued mobility; however, these characteristics
shall not categorize it as a sectional or modular home. Two portable
units designed and built to be towed on their own separate chassis
and permanently combined on site to form a single, immobile dwelling
unit shall be regarded as a single-family detached dwelling.
See "hotels and motels."
Refers to both physical facilities, such as parking lots
or drives, as well as the maintenance of Township or state roads.
When it refers to a physical facility, it shall require, at a minimum,
the facility to be covered by at least four inches of rolled and compacted
crushed aggregate. If it refers to roads, it shall mean the obligation
of trucking, logging, mining, or similar operations to keep the public
roads they use in a clean, mud-free condition. This will require daily
cleaning of all affected roads on an as-needed basis.
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, or 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 must 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.
The business activity may not generate any solid waste or sewage
discharge, in volume or type, which is not normally associated with
residential use in the neighborhood.
The business activity shall be conducted only within the dwelling
and may not occupy more than 25% of the habitable floor area.
There are three separate types of nonconformity recognized
by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, and these are listed
below. The nonconforming status is granted only to the use, lot, or
structure legally existing at the date of the adoption of this chapter,
a previous Township Zoning Ordinance, or any amendment thereto which
created the nonconformity. Nonconformity shall not be extended to
additional property subsequently acquired.
NONCONFORMING LOTA 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 reason of such adoption or amendment.
NONCONFORMING STRUCTUREA structure or part of a structure manifestly not designed to comply with the applicable use or extent of use provisions in this chapter or amendments heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment of such chapter or amendment or prior to the application of such chapter or amendment to its location by reason of annexation. Such nonconforming structures include, but are not limited to, nonconforming signs.
NONCONFORMING USEA use, whether of land or structure, which does not comply with the applicable use provisions in this chapter or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such use was lawfully in existence prior to the enactment of such chapter or amendment, or prior to the application of such chapter or amendment to its location by reason of annexation.
An institution licensed by the commonwealth for the care
of human patients requiring skilled nursing or intermediate nursing
care, but not including facilities for major surgery or care or treatment
of drug or alcohol addiction.
A statement signed by the Zoning Enforcement Officer setting
forth either that a building or structure complies with this chapter
or that a building, structure or parcel of land may lawfully be employed
for specified uses, or both.
Any area arranged, designed, used or intended for use for
the parking of five or more motor vehicles.
A flood that, on the average, is likely to occur once every
100 years (i.e., that has a one-percent chance of occurring each year,
although the flood may occur in any year).
For purposes of this chapter, off-street parking and loading
areas shall be defined as follows:
A level, surfaced area directly adjacent to a principal building,
at finished grade, and not covered by a permanent roof.
Any use of land and/or building(s) in a district so identified,
which is in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
A premises in which food, shelter, and personal assistance
or supervision are provided for a period exceeding 24 hours for up
to six adults who are not relatives of the operator, who do not require
the services in or of a licensed long-term care facility, but who
do require assistance or supervision in matters such as dressing,
bathing, diet, financial management, evacuation of a residence in
the event of an emergency or medication prescribed for self-administration.
Any commercial establishment providing services pertaining
to the person, his apparel or personal effects commonly carried on
or about the person, and including automatic teller machines (excluding
drive-in facilities), shoe repair, tailoring, and clothes cleaning
on the premises of wearing apparel brought to the establishment by
the customer.
A large-scale project constructed by a single owner or group
of owners acting jointly and involving a related group of uses planned,
developed and regulated as an entity. Such developments are compactly
arranged individual and multifamily dwelling units grouped in or around
common open spaces, together with public and semipublic uses and noncommercial
recreational facilities, provided they are functionally integrated
so that the character of the development conforms to the purpose and
intent of this chapter. Such developments shall include the necessary
covenants or other legal provisions and financial programs as will
assure conformity to and achievement of the general development plan.
Definitions to be used in the regulation of planned unit development
include:
USABLE OPEN SPACEAn area devoted to outdoor recreational space, greenery and/or services for household activities which are normally carried on outdoors. The area is accessible and available to all occupants of the dwellings. It does not include streets or roadways open to vehicular traffic or individual parking spaces or loading space.
COMMON AREASThe land areas set aside for joint recreational (active or passive), aesthetic or density requirement purposes.
TOTAL DEVELOPED AREAThe total acreage of the planned unit development.
NET LAND AREAThe total acreage of the planned unit development, including both common areas and developable lots, minus street rights-of-way and utility easements.
NET LOT AREAThe net land area divided by the total number of lots developed.
AVERAGE LOT AREAThe actual size of the building lot, calculated by subtracting the street rights-of-way, utility easements and common areas from the total developed area, then dividing this remainder into the total number of lots to be developed.
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act of 1968,
P.L. 805, No. 247, as reenacted and amended.[1]
The Planning Commission of Potter Township, Beaver County,
Pennsylvania.
A permanently covered entrance to a building.
That use or purpose for which a building, structure, and/or
land, or major portion thereof, is designed, arranged, or intended,
or for which it may be occupied or maintained under this chapter.
The use of any minor portion of the building or structure or other
building, structure and/or land on the same lot and incident, subordinate,
or supplementary thereto and permitted under this chapter shall be
considered an accessory use.
An establishment operated by a private organization for social,
recreational, professional, educational, fraternal or sororal purposes,
which is open only to members and their guests and not to the general
public.
Any office or establishment providing specialized services
to the community in the commonly recognized professions (education,
engineering, law, medicine, philosophy, science, theology), the arts
(architecture, drama, music, painting, photography, writing), and
similar activities (insurance, real estate, etc.).
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 structure, owned and operated by a public utility electric
company regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, designed
and used to support overhead electric transmission lines.
Any or all work needed to remake or rebuild all or a part
of any identified historic resource to a sound condition, but not
necessarily of original materials.
A vehicle which:
Is built on a single chassis;
Contains not more than 400 square feet, measured at the largest
horizontal projections;
Is designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a
light-duty truck; and
Is not designed for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary
living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use.
A commercial enterprise for the pursuit of sports and recreational
activities conducted partially or entirely indoors, including, but
not limited to: tennis or racquet clubs, indoor fields, gymnasiums,
ice rinks, roller skating rinks, bowling alleys, billiard parlors,
video arcades, theaters (live and motion picture), dance halls and
similar facilities.
A commercial enterprise for the pursuit of sports and recreational
activities conducted partially or entirely outdoors, including, but
not limited to: parks, playgrounds, playing fields, golf or batting
practice facilities, miniature golf, ice rinks, tennis courts, swimming
pools and similar facilities.
Developed or undeveloped open spaces and/or structures and
facilities which are provided by individuals or private organizations
for the use of specified individuals or groups of individuals sharing
common relationships or associations for the purposes of play, amusement
or relaxation. Such uses may include sports facilities, parks, assembly
buildings, passive areas, gardens and related amenities.
An establishment licensed by the commonwealth where orders
are placed by customers for food and beverages which may be served
and consumed on premises (where seating and facilities are provided)
or off premises.
Any commercial establishment offering goods, merchandise
or other items for sale at retail to the consumer or general public,
and including bake shops and candy shops where foods are prepared
for sale on the premises.
A dwelling unit, other than a hotel/motel, or part thereof,
in which lodging* and meals* are provided for compensation. [*A rooming
house provides for lodging only.]
See "scrap yards."
A place of more than 200 square feet where waste, discarded
or salvaged materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled,
cleaned, packed, disassembled or handled, including auto wrecking
yards, house wrecking yards, used lumber yards, and places or yards
for use of salvaged house wrecking and structural steel materials
and equipment, but excluding such uses when conducted entirely within
a completely enclosed building when for the sale, purchase or storage
of salvaged machinery, used furniture and household equipment, and
the processing of used, discarded or salvaged material as part of
manufacturing operations. This includes the storage and keeping of
scrap metals or for the dismantling, demolition or abandonment of
automobiles, motorized vehicles, machinery or parts thereof and any
worn, cast-off or discarded article or material which has been collected
or held for sale, resale, salvage or conversion to some other use.
Regulations as to junk- or scrap yards shall not apply to a secondary
operation conducted within the confines of an industrial complex.
Unless otherwise defined in this chapter, "screening" shall
mean a fence, screen planting or wall at least six feet high, provided
in such a way that it will block a line of sight. "Screen planting"
shall mean an area, at least 10 feet wide, planted with evergreen
bushes, hedges, or trees at least four feet high at planting and at
least six feet high at maturity. Such screening shall be maintained
by the property owner and dead screening plants replaced on an annual
basis.
A place of retail business engaged primarily in the sale
of motor fuels, but also in supplying goods and services generally
required in the operation and maintenance of automotive vehicles and
the fulfilling of motorist needs. These may include sale of petroleum
products; sale and servicing of tires, batteries, automotive accessories
and replacement items; washing and lubrication services; the performing
of minor automotive maintenance and repair; and the supplying of other
incidental customer services and products.
The agency/individual appointed by Potter Township, Beaver
County, Pennsylvania.
The line defining the edge of the legal width of a dedicated
street right-of-way. The street line is also the front lot line.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
a fixed location on the ground or an attachment to something having
a fixed location on the ground, including, in addition to buildings,
billboards, carports, porches, swimming pools, and other building
features, but not including sidewalks, walls, drives, fences, and
porches without a roof or enclosed sides.
The vertical height measured from the elevation of the curb
to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, or to the deckline
of a mansard roof, or to the average height of a gabled roof.
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.
Any structure intended for swimming or recreational bathing
that contains water over 24 inches deep. This includes in-ground,
aboveground, and on-ground swimming pools, hot tubs, and spas, but
excludes farm ponds and similar impoundments.
Any use or structure that is intended either on a seasonal
basis, during the time of construction activities and/or completion
of an approved development, or for any other period of time that is
six months or less in cumulative duration, including, but not limited
to: tents, air-supported structures, bleachers, portable bandstands,
reviewing stands, mobile office units, construction trailers, vender
trailers (food, clothes, drinks, flowers, etc.), model homes or sales
offices and similar uses or structures.
A one-family dwelling in a row of at least three such units
in which each unit has its own front and rear access to the outside,
no unit is located over another unit, and each unit is separated from
another unit by a common wall. Each dwelling unit has a recorded lot
in addition to private open space or a vested interest in the common
open space.
The Township of Potter, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
The Engineer so designated by the Potter Township Board of
Supervisors.
Camping and recreational equipment shall include travel trailers,
pickup coaches, motorized homes, boats and boat trailers, as defined
below:
TRAVEL TRAILERA vehicular, portable structure mounted on a chassis and designed for temporary (short-term) occupancy for travel, recreation and vacation purposes; permanently identified as a travel trailer by the manufacturer of the trailer; and, when factory equipped for the road, having a body width not exceeding eight feet and being any length, provided its gross weight does not exceed 4,500 pounds or any weight provided its body length does not exceed 29 feet.
PICKUP COACHA portable structure designed primarily to be mounted on a pickup or truck chassis with sufficient equipment to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation use.
MOTORIZED HOMEA portable dwelling designed and constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle which is usually used for camping or vacation purposes.
BOATA vessel not exceeding 20 feet in length and designed to travel on water.
BOAT TRAILERA trailer designed to haul a boat, as defined above.
The Uniform Construction Code of Pennsylvania.
The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed,
arranged, intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
The term "permitted use" or its equivalent shall not be deemed to
include any nonconforming use.
Within the framework of this chapter, utilities shall include
public water or public sanitary sewer facilities only.
Relief granted by the Zoning Hearing Board, upon appeal in
specific cases, from the terms of the chapter as will not be contrary
to the public interest where, owing to special conditions, literal
enforcement of the provisions of this chapter of the Code of the Township
of Potter will result in unnecessary hardship, so that the intent
of this chapter will be observed and substantial justice done. A variance
applies to that particular piece of property for which it is granted
and only to the modification of the land development standards. It
does not apply to the modification of the permitted uses within the
district.
A building, or part thereof, used for the servicing and repair
of motor vehicles, including engine overhaul, body work, tire repair,
and where all storage of parts and dismantled vehicles and all repair
work are conducted entirely inside a completely enclosed building.
A required open space unoccupied and unobstructed by any
structure or portion of a structure from 30 inches above the general
ground level of the grade lot upward; provided, however, that fences
and walls may be permitted in any yard, subject to height limitations
as indicated herein.
An open, unoccupied space across the full width of the lot,
extending from the front line of the building to the front property
line of the lot.
An open, unoccupied space across the full width of the lot,
extending from the rear line of the building to the rear property
line of the lot.
An open, unoccupied space extending from the front yard to
the rear yard line between a building and the nearest side of the
lot.
The Official Zoning Map or Maps of Potter Township which
are part of this chapter, together with all amendments subsequently
adopted.
The Zoning Officer or his/her authorized representative,
appointed by the Township Board of Supervisors.
A statement signed by the Zoning Officer indicating that
the application for permission to construct or alter is approved and
in accordance with the requirements and terms of this chapter.
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
