Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and phrases
shall be construed throughout this chapter to have the meaning indicated
herein. Words used in the present tense include the future. The singular
shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular.
The word "building" includes the word "structure." The phrase "used
for" includes "arranged for," "designed for," "intended for," "maintained
for" or "occupied for." The word "person" includes an individual,
corporation, partnership, incorporated association or any other similar
entity. The words "includes" or "including" shall not limit the term
to the specified examples but are intended to extend their meaning
to all other instances of like kind and character. The words "shall"
and "will" are mandatory and not discretionary, and the word "may"
is permissive. Terms not defined herein shall have the meaning customarily
assigned to them.
In this chapter, words, terms, and phrases shall have the following
meanings:
The cessation of the use of a property by the owner or lessee
for a period of six consecutive months without the clear and verifiable
intention of transferring rights to the property to another owner
or resuming the use of the property.
A structure detached from a principal building on the same
lot and incidental and subordinate to the principal building or use.
A use of land or of a building or portion thereof customarily
incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the land or building
and located on the same lot with such principal use.
Activities, publications, movies, videotapes and/or live
or televised performances which have as their dominant theme or themes
explicit sexual activities and/or the exhibition of human anatomy
which is not normally seen in public or in other commercial or club-type
operations and which may or may not exclude minors by virtue of age.
Implicit in this definition are the following: bookstores, movie theaters,
restaurants, bars and other operations which qualify inclusion by
virtue of the above wording regardless of the type of other use or
operations which may also be conducted on or in the property or properties
involved.
Any change or rearrangement in the supporting members of
an existing building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders,
or interior partitions, as well as any change in doors, windows, means
of ingress and egress, or any enlargement to or diminution of a building
or structure, or the moving of a building from one location to another.
A device used to collect or transmit telecommunications or
radio signals. Examples are: panels, microwave dishes, and single
poles known as "whips."
The vertical distance measured from the base of an antenna
support structure at grade to the highest point of the antenna support
structure, including any antenna affixed thereto. If the antenna support
structure is on a sloped grade, then the average between the highest
and lowest grades shall be used in calculating the antenna height.
Any pole, telescoping mast, monopole, tower, tripod, or any
other structure which supports or has attached to it, an antenna or
antennae.
The total number of dwelling units in a planned residential
development (PRD) divided by the gross acreage of the tract as reduced
by any areas to be devoted to commercial use.
An enclosed area partly or completely below grade. A basement
shall be considered a story for the purpose of height measurement
if the basement ceiling is five feet or more above the average grade
level around the building.
A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity,
service or entertainment conducted, sold or offered at a, location
other than the premises on which the sign is located.
A facility in which beer, wine, or other alcoholic beverages
are brewed, fermented, or distilled for distribution and consumption,
and which possesses the appropriate license from the Pennsylvania
Liquor Control Board. On-site consumption may occur in a taproom or
in a permitted outdoor dining area.
[Added 5-6-2021 by Ord. No. 746]
A full-service or fast-casual restaurant where the consumption
of prepared food is accessory to sale and production of alcoholic
beverages, and which possesses the appropriate license from the Pennsylvania
Liquor Control Board. No drive-through service shall be permitted
at a brewpub.
[Added 5-6-2021 by Ord. No. 746]
A strip of land in which no parking areas, driveways or structures
are permitted adjacent to the existing lot line to establish a separation
between uses.
Any structure, temporary or permanent with a roof or other
covering used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use, occupancy
or property.
The ratio obtained by dividing the ground floor area of all
principal and accessory buildings on a lot by the total area of the
lot upon which the buildings are located.
The vertical distance measured from the average level of
the ground surrounding the structure to the highest point of the roof
for flat roofs and to the ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs,
provided that chimneys, spires, towers, mechanical penthouses, tanks,
antennas and similar projections of the building not intended for
human occupancy shall not be included in calculating the height.
A line parallel to the street right-of-way line at a distance
equal to the depth of the front yard required for the district in
which the lot is located.
A trailer, semitrailer, travel trailer, office trailer, storage
trailer or structure that was originally designed to be portable,
that may be used as a temporary trailer if directly associated with
an existing conforming use.
[Added 3-8-2018 by Ord.
No. 721]
A group organized for lawful purposes, other than generating
a profit, such as a charitable, educational, political, social, trade,
cultural, scientific, professional or similar organization.
A facility for the collection of paper, glass, aluminum or
other officially designated recyclable materials. Such facility shall
have an area of not more than 500 square feet and shall be located
either temporarily or permanently on the same lot with a principal
or host use. No power-driven processing equipment is to be used on
site. A permit from the Township shall be required prior to the establishment
and operation of such facility.
A facility for the collection of paper, glass, aluminum or
other officially designated recyclable materials. Such facility shall
be larger than 500 square feet, located permanently on its own site,
and have the capacity for aggregating and storing large amounts of
material on site in preparation for shipping to the processing facility.
Little or no power-driven processing equipment is to be used on site.
Any vehicle other than a personal or recreational vehicle
(as defined herein) which is greater than 84 inches in height, whether
or not engaged in a commercial enterprise, trade, profession or industry
and which may or may not bear commercial aspects such as signs or
an attached ladder or tool racks shall also be considered a commercial
vehicle. Vehicles or trailers used to transport other vehicles, whether
or not used in connection with a leisure-time or recreational pursuit,
and which are not defined as recreational vehicles shall be considered
for the purpose of this chapter as commercial vehicles.
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water within a land development or a subdivision, designed
and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents or occupants thereof,
not including streets, off-street parking areas and areas set aside
for public facilities.
A building within a continuing care retirement community
(CCRC) or a part thereof that houses common uses for CCRC residents
such as common dining facilities, personal service shops, library,
physical therapy facilities, and administration offices.
A residential facility licensed by the appropriate agency
and used as living quarters by persons requiring special care and
supervision by their adult supervisors. A family-based community residence
facility is specifically designed to create a residential environment
for up to five persons who are developmentally disabled, mentally
ill, physically disabled, elderly, dependent children or similar types
of individuals who are unable to live without supervision.
An institutional facility intended and designed to accommodate
persons recovering from alcohol, drugs or similar addictions by providing
counseling, therapy and other rehabilitation programs designed to
mainstream residents back into society enabling them to live independently.
A space that will remain totally dry during flooding; the
structure is designed and constructed to prevent the passage of water
and water vapor.
A building or group of buildings in which units are owned
individually and the structure, common areas and facilities are owned
by all the owners on a proportional, undivided basis.
Any combustible or explosive composition or any substance
or any combination of substances, intended to produce visible and/or
audible effects by combustion and which is suitable for use by the
public that complies with the construction, performance, composition
and labeling requirements promulgated by the Consumer Products Safety
Commission in Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) or
any successor regulation and which complies with the provisions for
"consumer fireworks" as defined in the American Pyrotechnics Association
(ABA) Standard 87-1 or any successor standard thereto.[2]
[Added 6-12-2014 by Ord.
No. 689]
A residential living environment and care facilities with
a view toward creating provisions for sustenance, housing, physical,
spiritual, cultural, social and medical needs; allowing for care of
residents as well as for operation and maintenance of residential
dwelling units; allowing for medical services for residents in the
form of an infirmary for the temporary care of residents and the treatment
of their medical problems and; allowing for independent living and
assisted living, as well as skilled nursing facilities for both long-term
and short-term care. The CCRC may include accessory uses primarily
for the benefit of the CCRC residents such as gift shop; personal
services such as a barber shop or beauty salon; common dining facilities;
library; and administrative offices.
A one-story, retail store containing less than 5,500 square
feet of gross floor area, being open 15 hours to 24 hours per day.
It is designed to attract and depends upon a large volume of stop-and-go
traffic. Examples of convenience stores are those operated by the
"Wawa" and "7-11" chains.
A change in the use of a building; for example, the change
of a single-family dwelling to a multifamily dwelling or change of
a retail use to office use. Such change may be accomplished without
subdivision or the introduction of a new owner. Where the use and
dimensional regulations of this chapter permit, such conversion may
be accomplished by appropriate alteration upon the issuance of the
necessary permits.
A facility in which out-of-home care is provided to four
or more elderly or disabled adults for not more than 16 hours in a
twenty-four-hour period per day, excluding care provided by relatives.
A facility providing care and supervision, and organized
recreational and educational activities for 16 or more children under
the age of 16. This facility may be located in a building or establishment
designed or intended for day care or in a school or church or similar
building as an accessory use. The hours of operation shall be less
than a twenty-four-hour period per day. All such facilities are required
to have approval or licensure as required by the Pennsylvania Department
of Public Welfare.
A facility providing care and supervision for seven to 15
children under the age of 16. This facility may be located in a building
or establishment designed or intended for day care with no live-in
persons, or in a school or church or similar building as an accessory
use. The hours of operation shall be less than a twenty-four-hour
period per day. All such facilities are required to have approval
or licensure as required by the Pennsylvania Department of Public
Welfare.
A home, other than the child's own home operated for profit
or not for profit, in which child care is provided at any one time
to four, five or six children unrelated to the operator. All required
certifications and other requirements must be met before operation
begins.
The maximum number of dwelling units per acre. The term indicates
all land within the boundaries of a particular area, including streets,
rights-of-way and easements.
This term refers to land within the boundaries of a particular
area but excludes streets, rights-of-way, and easements in calculating
net density.
Any landowner, agent of such landowner or tenant with the
permission of such landowner who makes or causes to be made a subdivision,
land development or any other development.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures; the
placement of mobile homes; streets and other paving; utilities; mining;
dredging, filling, grading, excavation or drilling operations; the
subdivision of land and the storage of equipment and materials.
A building or unit designed and constructed for residential
use.
A dwelling that is licensed as a personal care home by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as a type of multifamily dwelling.
A multiple-family dwelling of two stories in height designed
for rental or condominium ownership of each housekeeping unit.
A dwelling used exclusively for occupancy by one or more
persons in a continuing care retirement community, typically in the
form of an apartment for an age-qualified person, or in a separate
building not attached to a CCRC building.
A single-family dwelling within a building with not less
than four or more than six attached dwellings. Each dwelling has at
least one party wall in common with other dwellings in the same row;
a townhouse.
A building designed for and occupied exclusively as a residence
for only one family with yards on all sides of the dwelling.
Two dwelling units, each accommodating one family, which
are attached side by side by means of a party wall, with each dwelling
unit having only one side yard.
Two dwelling units, each accommodating one family, which
are located one over the other with the building having two side yards.
One or more rooms designed, occupied or intended for occupancy
as separate living quarters, with cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities
provided within the dwelling unit for the exclusive use of a single
family maintaining a household.
A grant of one or more of the property rights by the property
owner to and/or for use by the public, a corporation, or another person
or entity.
Any structure or enclosure used to contain ancillary equipment
as a component of a WCF, including a cabinet, shelter, a buildout
of an existing structure, or a pedestal.
Any number of individuals living together as a single housekeeping
unit when said individuals are related by blood, marriage or adoption,
including foster children; or no more than five unrelated individuals
living together as a single housekeeping unit with single kitchen
facilities.
Those areas within Upper Chichester Township delineated in Article XVII, Floodplain Conservation Overlay District and subject to all such provisions of said article.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors
of a building measured from the exterior face of exterior walls, or
from the center line of a wall separating two buildings, but not including
interior parking spaces, loading space for motor vehicles or any space
where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than six feet. Gross floor
area also includes but is not limited to the following:
Basement space, if it meets the requirements of a building story
as defined herein.
Elevator shaft, stairwell and attic space providing headroom
of six feet or more.
The floor areas of roofed terraces, exterior balconies, breezeways
or porches where over 50% of the perimeter is enclosed.
Any floor space used for dwelling purposes no matter where located
within a building.
The total of all floor areas of a building, excluding stairwells
and elevator shafts, corridors, vestibules, toilet rooms, equipment
rooms, interior vehicular parking or loading; and all floors below
the first or ground floor, except when used or intended to be used
for other than storage or mechanical purposes.
Any building located within a development site which is separate
from any group or cluster development on such site and which shall
comply with the regulations of the district in which it is located.
Any area of land, including structures thereon, or any building
or part thereof, that is used for the sale of gasoline or other motor
vehicle fuel or accessories, and which may or may not include facilities
for lubricating, washing, or otherwise servicing motor vehicles, but
which shall not include painting or body and fender repairs.
A property and/or place of business where flammable or combustible
liquids used as motor fuels are stored and dispensed from fixed equipment
into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles by a person other than the service
station attendant.
An office or clinic for medical or dental examination or
treatment of persons primarily on an outpatient basis, including laboratories
incidental thereto, provided that no overnight patients shall be kept
on the premises.
Any lawful occupation or profession conducted in a dwelling,
in which no persons other than the members of the resident family
are engaged, which has no visible exterior evidence of the occupation,
which does not create a need for off-street parking beyond the normal
dwelling needs, and in which no equipment is used other than that
normally used in household, domestic, or general office use.
A home occupation conducted by a practitioner of a recognized
profession together with the primary residential use. Examples of
such professions include doctor, lawyer, accountant, architect, or
member of a similar recognized profession. Insurance, real estate
or similar offices are not included in the grouping and are more appropriately
located in commercial districts.
A nonprofit organization comprised of homeowners or property
owners, planned and operated under approved rules and regulations,
for the purpose of administering the needs of residents through the
maintenance of community-owned property and facilities.
The floodplain areas specifically identified in this chapter in § 600-131.
The coverage of the lot area or tract area by materials that
prevent the percolation of water into the soil and generate stormwater
runoff, such as buildings, streets, parking areas, driveways and any
other similar surfaces.
A large tract of land that has been planned, developed and
operated as an integrated facility for a number of individual industrial
uses, with special attention to circulation, parking, utility needs,
aesthetics, and compatibility.
A building or group of buildings in which are located the
facilities for scientific research, investigation, testing, and experimentation,
but not including the manufacture of products for sale.
An area landscaped with grass, ground cover, shrubs or similar
plantings placed where required by this chapter and permanently maintained.
A tract or parcel of land that contains the WCF, tower, antenna
and/or telecommunications equipment building.
A paved accommodation off the street for loading and unloading
of trucks in the form of one or more truck berths located either within
or outside a building on the same lot.
A parcel of land which is or may be occupied by a building
and/or accessory structure or use, including open spaces and setbacks
as are required within the district in which the lot is located.
The total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot.
A lot bounded by streets on at least two sides. Both yards
adjacent to streets shall be considered front yards.
The distance along a straight line measured from the midpoint
of the front lot line to the midpoint of the rear lot line.
A line of public record bounding a lot which divides one
lot from another lot or from a public or private street or any other
public space.
The line separating the lot from the street right-of-way.
Any lot line, except the front lot line, which is parallel
to, or within 45° of being parallel to, and does not intersect
any street line, except in the case of corner lots.
Any lot line which is not a front or rear lot line.
The smallest lot area established by this chapter on which
use or structure may be located in a particular district.
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured
at right angles to the lot depth at the building line.
The lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including the
basement).
An establishment which specializes in the sale of mail order
items, but does not involve a factory outlet store or other store
for walk-in retail sales.
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, office, or place of assembly, contained in one or more
sections, which arrives at a site complete and ready for occupancy
except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations,
and constructed for use with a permanent foundation.
The term "manufactured home" shall include park trailers, travel
trailers and other similar vehicles placed on a site for more than
180 consecutive days, as defined in the National Flood Insurance Program.
A facility in which beer, wine, or other alcoholic beverages
are brewed, fermented, or distilled for distribution and consumption,
and which possesses the appropriate license from the Pennsylvania
Liquor Control Board and produces less than 15,000 barrels per year
(a barrel is approximately 31 gallons). On-site consumption may occur
in a taproom or in a permitted outdoor dining area. This term may
include nanobreweries, microdistilleries, and wineries.
[Added 5-6-2021 by Ord. No. 746]
A wireless communications facility (WCF) consisting of an
equipment facility capable of being mounted onto the attachment or
support structure and antenna that is either:
The replacement of existing work with equivalent materials
for the purpose of its routine maintenance and upkeep, but not including
the cutting away of any wall, partition or portion thereof, the removal
or cutting of any structural beam or bearing support, or the removal
or change of any required means of egress, or rearrangement of parts
of a structure affecting the exitway requirements; nor shall minor
repairs include addition to, alteration of, replacement or relocation
of any standpipe, water supply, sewer drainage, drain leader, gas,
soil, waste, vent or similar piping, electric wiring or mechanical
or other work affecting public health or general safety.
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy contained in one unit, or in two or more units designed
to be joined into one integral unit capable again of 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 with or without a permanent
foundation. This definition is in accordance with the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code[3] and manufactured under the Manufactured Home Construction
and Safety Standards.
A parcel of land improved with the necessary utility connections
and other appurtenances necessary for the placement thereon of a single
mobile home.
A parcel or parcels of land, at least 10 acres, under single
or separate ownership, which has been planned and improved for the
placement of mobile homes for nontransient use, consisting of two
or more mobile home lots.
A building or a group of two or more detached or semidetached
buildings containing rental units having entrances provided directly
or closely in connection to automobile parking serving such rooms,
where such building(s) or groups of buildings are designed, intended
or used principally for the provision of sleeping accommodations for
automobile travelers, and are suitable for occupancy at all seasons
of the year, including meeting and dining rooms as accessory uses.
A building or structure which does not comply with the provisions
of this chapter, as amended, where such building or structure lawfully
existed prior to the effective date of this chapter or amendments
thereafter.
Any lawful lot which does not conform to one or more of the
applicable provisions of the district in which it is located either
on the effective date of this chapter or amendments thereafter.
A use, whether of land or of a structure, which does not
comply with the applicable provisions of this chapter, where such
use was lawfully in existence prior to the effective date of this
chapter or amendments thereafter.
A place where plants are propagated and grown to usable size
for transplanting, for use as stocks for budding and grafting, or
for sale.
(See "common open space.")
A reasonably level space having a surface slope not exceeding 6%, unless approved as a variance by the Zoning Hearing Board. Such space shall have an area as listed in § 600-141 which area shall be exclusive of passageways, driveways, or other means of circulation or access.
A set of criteria or limits relating to nuisance elements which a particular use or process may not exceed. These standards are listed in Article XXIII.
Written municipal permission issued by the appropriate local
official empowering the holder thereof to do some act not forbidden
by law, but not permitted without such authorization.
A business engaged in providing services involving the care
or appearance of a person, his or her clothing, or similar personal
needs. Included in this definition are barber, beautician, shoe repair,
fitness club, laundry or cleaner or similar establishment but not
including a tattoo parlor, massage parlor, or body piercing establishment.
A contiguous area of land, controlled by a landowner, to be developed as a single entity for a number of dwelling units, the development plan for which must comply with the lot size, bulk or type of dwelling, density, lot coverage, required open space and other provisions of Article XIII of this chapter.
A strip of evergreen plantings or a mix of both evergreen
and deciduous plantings which, at the time of planting, are of the
minimum height required by this chapter. Such plantings shall be spaced
at not more than fifteen-foot intervals. The planted buffer is intended
to provide visual beauty, reduce noise and dust and provide a partial
visual screen. Such buffers shall be permanently maintained.
A strip of evergreen plantings adjacent to the boundary of
a property which, at time of planting, are of the minimum height required
by this chapter and which shall be of sufficient density to constitute
an effective visual screen and thereby give visual protection to abutting
properties. Such screen shall consist of dense evergreens which shall
be planted not farther than eight feet from one another. Such screens
shall be permanently maintained.
A building or use which is the primary building or use on
a lot as distinguished from a building or buildings relating to an
accessory, incidental or subordinate use. The primary purpose for
which land, a building, or a structure or the use thereof is designed,
arranged or intended.
A facility used for the collection and processing of officially
designated recyclable materials. Processing is the preparation of
material for efficient shipment or to the end-user's specifications.
Such a facility shall have an area large enough to accommodate collection
and processing machinery and storage area, along with ample loading
and unloading areas.
A person, not a public utility, who is licensed by the Federal
Communications Commission to provide telecommunications service to
the public.
A natural or landscaped area, buildings or structures, provided
by a unit of government, to meet the recreational needs of people.
A vehicular-type portable structure without a permanent foundation
that can be towed, hauled, or driven and is primarily designed as
a temporary living accommodation for recreational and camping purposes.
Recreational vehicles include, but are not limited to, travel trailers,
truck campers, camping trailers, and self-propelled motor homes.
A place designed and equipped for the conduct of sports,
leisure-time activities and other customary and usual recreational
activities.
An open space site developed specifically for leisure activities,
usually performed with others, often requiring equipment and taking
place on prescribed fields or courts. The area can include indoor
gymnasium facilities as well. The term "active recreation" refers
to those recreational pursuits which require physical alteration to
the area where they are performed. Such areas include, but are not
limited to, baseball fields, basketball courts or play areas, soccer
fields, swimming pools, golf courses, playgrounds, ball courts, and
roller hockey rinks.
Activities that involve relatively inactive or less energetic
activities such as walking, hiking, bird-watching, sitting and picnicking.
An indoor recreational facility operated as a business and
open to the public for a fee. Examples of such facilities include
bowling alleys, batting cages, etc.
An outdoor recreational facility operated as a business and
open to the public for a fee. Examples of such facilities are public
swimming pools, water parks/slides, golf courses and most miniature
golf courses.
The one-hundred-year flood elevation plus a freeboard safety
factor of 1Â 1/2 feet.
A building within a community care retirement community (CCRC)
that houses the residents of the CCRC, including independent-living
dwelling units, assisted-living facilities and skilled care nursing
facilities.
Any establishment, however qualified in the subsequent defined
terms of this use, at which a principal use is to prepare food/beverages
within the principal building for sale to the general public for consumption
on and off the premises.
[Added 5-6-2021 by Ord. No. 746]
A building or part of a building used for the purpose of
furnishing food and beverages to the public to be consumed on the
premises and in an area on the sidewalk directly abutting and adjacent
to and upon the same lot as a restaurant or any business licensed
by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board pursuant to regulations of
the Board to conduct business on the above-mentioned premises.
A restaurant where customers place their orders by telephone,
online, or at a counter inside the facility, and either the customer
takes the food/beverage to a table, booth, or counter or waitstaff
serves the food/beverage at the customer's table, booth, or counter.
Food is typically custom prepared and generally served m disposable
wrappings or containers. A fast-casual restaurant may have take-out
food service. Up to two parking spaces may be restricted for limited
drive-in service when the parking spaces dedicated to this use are
surplus to the number of parking spaces otherwise required for the
site. Examples may include: coffee shops, cafes?, bakeries, delicatessen,
or ice cream shops.
[Added 5-6-2021 by Ord. No. 746]
A restaurant where customers may place their food/beverage
orders by phone, online, at a counter inside the facility, or from
the customer's vehicle outside the facility by use of drive-through
or drive-in service. Food is often preprepared and is predominantly
served in disposable wrappings or containers. A fast-food restaurant
may have take-out food service.
[Added 5-6-2021 by Ord. No. 746]
A restaurant that provides full waitstaff service where food/beverages
are ordered, served, and consumed by the customer normally while seated
at a table, booth, or counter. Food is predominantly served with nondisposable
dinnerware and flatware. A full-service restaurant may include a brewpub.
A full-service restaurant may provide limited take-out food service.
Up to four parking spaces may be restricted for limited drive-in service
when the parking spaces dedicated to this use are surplus to the number
of parking spaces otherwise required for the site.
[Added 5-6-2021 by Ord. No. 746]
Establishments located entirely within an enclosed building
which are primarily engaged in the business of selling consumer-oriented
goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household
consumption, including, but not limited to, general merchandise stores,
pharmacy, electronic, office supplies, magazine/bookstores, florists,
clothing stores, gift shops, jewelry stores, music stores, pet and
pet supply stores, shops offering wearing apparel and other accessories,
etc., except for any type of business selling any type of retail merchandise
which is specifically listed in this chapter, and, further, which
shall not include any establishments which are engaged in the business
of wholesaling, manufacturing or processing of the goods offered for
sale.
[Added 8-14-2014 by Ord.
No. 691]
The line that forms the boundaries of a right-of-way.
Land acquired by reservation, dedication, prescription, condemnation
or other legal manner and occupied or intended to be occupied by a
street, crosswalk, electric transmission line, oil or gas pipeline,
waterline, watercourse or similar uses.
An antenna together with all attachments and parts, the purpose
of which is to receive communication from orbiting satellites.
The minimum distance from the street right-of-way line or
any other lot line that establishes the area, commonly known as the
"building envelope," within which the principal structure must be
erected or placed.
A group of commercial establishments planned, constructed
and managed as a total entity, including both attached buildings and
freestanding buildings with customer and employee parking provided
on site.
Any object, device, display or illustration which is used
to advertise, identify, display, direct or attract attention to an
object, person, institution, organization, business, product, service,
event or location by any means, including words, letters, numbers,
or symbols.
Signs which identify home occupations.
A sign which has its letters or design applied to cloth,
canvas or other flexible material which is durable and weather-resistant.
The entire face of a sign, including the advertising surface
and any framing, trim or molding, but not including the supporting
structure.
A sign that is mounted or painted on or attached to an awning.
A movable sign which is not secured or attached permanently
to the ground.
A sign limited to directional messages, principally for pedestrian
or vehicular traffic, such as entry or exit, one-way, loading or service
area, fire lanes, parking, or a similar sign incidental to the primary
use and not itself advertising or naming that use except as required
by law.
The area or display surface used for the message.
A detached sign which shall include any sign placed upon
or in the ground, supported by a post, stake, etc., and not attached
to any building.
A freestanding sign other than a sign supported by a post
or pylon, placed upon or supported by the ground independent of any
other structure.
A sign giving the nature, logo, trademark or other identifying
symbol, address, or any combination of the name, symbol and address
of a building, business, development or establishment on the premises
where it is located.
A sign lighted by or exposed to artificial lighting either
by lights on or in the sign or directed towards the sign.
A sign that is mounted or painted on any hood or awning of
permanent construction projecting from the wall of a building above
an entrance and extending over a sidewalk or driveway.
A sign which depicts the menu, food and/or drink for sale
at an eating or drinking establishment.
A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity,
service or entertainment conducted, sold or offered upon a premises
other than the one where such sign is located. (See also "billboard.")
Outdoor advertising signs include signs attached to bus stops or similar
facilities.
Signs that can either be attached or mounted on a mobile
stand or transported by a trailer.
A sign that is wholly or partly dependent upon a building
for support and which projects more than 12 inches from such building.
A sign erected on, above or projecting above the eave, roof
or parapet of any building.
A sign notifying or advertising a special event, which is
displayed for no more than 30 days.
A temporary sign made of advertising cloth, paper, plastic
or other similar material that is hung or posted from a building,
fence, light pole or other man-made supporting post or structure.
A sign posted on, painted on, suspended from or otherwise
affixed to a wall or vertical surface of a building and which does
not project more than 12 inches from the wall or vertical surface
to which it is attached.
A sign attached or affixed to a window or door.
The deviation of a surface from the horizontal, usually expressed
in percent or degrees.
A slope characterized by a change in elevation from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 feet over the vertical change in grade and contour interval specified in § 600-123 of this chapter.
Areas of very steep slope are characterized by a change in elevation greater than or equal to 2 1/2 feet over the vertical change in grade and contour interval specified in § 600-123 of this chapter.
Permission, approval or authorization granted by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with Article XXV only in situations where such use is specifically permitted by the terms of this chapter.
Any wireless communication facility which is designed to
enhance compatibility with adjacent land uses, including, but not
limited to, architecturally screened and or landscaped antenna arrays
and equipment facilities, and support structures designed to look
other than like a support structure, such as a light pole, a power
pole, a component of a building or a tree.
A public or private way used or intended to be used as a
means of vehicular and pedestrian travel and access to abutting properties
and space for public utilities and improved to the satisfaction of
the Township.
The line dividing the street and the abutting property. The
street line shall be the same as the right-of-way line.
Any constructed, erected, or placed material or combination
of materials in or upon the ground or water, including, but not limited
to, buildings, sheds, fences, signs, storage bins, tents, and radio
and other communications or utility towers. Retaining walls that only
stabilize or restrain earthen loads unrelated to a specific building
or other structure shall not be considered structures themselves.
Any body of water, tank or receptacle for water having a
depth at any point greater than two feet used or intended to be used
for swimming or bathing solely by the owner, his family and guests
of the household, and constructed, installed, established or maintained
outside any building in or above the ground upon any premises as an
accessory use to the residence.
A facility that is ancillary to the production of beer, wine,
or other alcoholic beverages of a brewery, microbrewery, or brewpub,
where the public can purchase and/or consume beer, wine, or other
alcoholic beverages and which possesses the appropriate license from
the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. A taproom may be located within
a brewery, microbrewery, or brewpub.
[Added 5-6-2021 by Ord. No. 746]
An establishment primarily devoted to the serving of alcoholic
beverages by the drink in which food service is incidental to consumption
of such beverages. This shall include bar and barroom, but shall not
include brewpubs or microbreweries.
[Added 5-6-2021 by Ord. No. 746]
The building in which the electronic receiving and relay
equipment for a WCF is housed.
A structure that is intended to support equipment used to
transmit and/or receive telecommunication signals.
A building containing between four and six single-family
attached dwellings (townhouse units) in which each townhouse unit
is attached only by a party wall or walls to one or two other townhouse
units.
A contiguous area of land controlled by a landowner, to be developed as a single entity for a number of townhouse buildings, the development plan for which corresponds with the specific regulations of Article VI.
An area, lot, parcel, site or property which is the subject
of a subdivision and/or land development.
The total acreage of a subdivision or land development. Tract
area shall be measured to the ultimate right-of-way line of public
streets.
Permission, approval or authorization granted by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with Article XXV only in situations constituting a modification of, or deviation from, the exact provisions of this chapter as applied to a specific lot and/or land development.
Any unstaffed facility for the transmission and/or reception
of wireless communication services, usually consisting of an antenna
array or micro facility, connection cables, an equipment building,
and a support structure to achieve the necessary elevation.
Any personal wireless service as defined by the Telecommunications
Act of 1996, which includes FCC-licensed commercial wireless telecommunications
services including cellular, personal communication services (PCS),
specialized mobile radio (SMR), enhanced specialized mobile radio
(ESMR), paging, and similar services that currently exist or that
may in the future be developed.
The required open, unoccupied space on the same lot with
a building or, where provided for in this chapter, such open space
in connection with a group or complex of buildings on a lot, which
open space is unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a principal
structure from the ground upward, except for projections permitted.
A yard extending the full width of the lot along the street
line with a minimum depth as required in each district which is measured
from the street line to the building line. In the case of a corner
lot, there shall be a front yard on each street on which the lot abuts.
A yard extending the full width of the lot along the rear
lot line with a minimum depth as required in each district which is
measured from the rear lot line. In the case of a corner lot, the
owner or developer may, after consulting with the Township Engineer
at the time of the application for a permit, specify which yard shall
be the rear yard, taking into consideration the prevailing lot pattern
when established.
The open space between a lot line and the buildable area
or "building envelope" within which the principal structure must be
erected or placed.
A yard extending along the side lot line from the front yard
to the rear yard with a minimum depth as required in each district
which is measured from the side lot line. In the case of the corner
lot, the owner or developer may, after consulting with the Township
Engineer at the time of application for a permit, specify which yard
shall be the side yard taking into consideration the prevailing lot
pattern when established.
An ordinance that divides the Township into areas or zones
that specify allowable uses for real property and size and location
restrictions for buildings within these areas ("this chapter").
Written permission issued by the Zoning Officer or other
appropriate municipal official empowering the holder thereof to erect
or alter a building or structure, including signs and fences, change
the use of a building or land, and change or extend a nonconforming
use.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Appendix A, Zoning Illustrations, Yards and Street Terminology, included as an attachment to this chapter.
[2]
Editor's Note: The definition of "continuing care facility,"
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 12-8-2016
by Ord. No. 706.
[3]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
