A.Â
For the purpose of this chapter, the terms and words listed in this
section shall have the meanings herein defined. Words not herein defined
shall have the meanings given in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (most
recent edition) and shall be interpreted so as to give this chapter
its most reasonable application.
B.Â
For the purpose of this chapter, the following rules of interpretation
shall apply:
(1)Â
Words in the present tense include the future tense.
(2)Â
Words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural
include the singular.
(3)Â
The words "used" and "occupied" as applied to any land or buildings
shall be construed to include the words "or intended, arranged or
designed to be used or to be occupied, or offered for occupancy."
(4)Â
The term "such as" shall be considered as introducing a typical or
illustrative designation of items and shall not be interpreted as
constituting a complete list.
(5)Â
The words "person" and "owner" shall be deemed to include a firm,
company, corporation, unincorporated association, organization, trust
and a partnership, or other legal entity, as well as an individual.
(6)Â
The words "building" and "structure" shall be construed as if followed
by the phrase "or part thereof."
(7)Â
The word "lot" includes the words "plot" and "parcel."
(8)Â
The word "water body" includes lake, pond, dammed water and water-filled
quarry.
(9)Â
The word "watercourse" includes channel, creek, ditch, dry run, spring,
stream and river.
(10)Â
The word "erect" shall mean to build, construct, alter, repair,
display, relocate, attach, hang, place, suspend, affix or maintain
any structure or building and shall also include the painting of exterior
wall signs.
(11)Â
The term "shall" is always mandatory; the terms "may" and "should"
are permissive.
Other terms or words used herein shall be interpreted or defined
as follows:
See "driveway."
See "building, accessory."
See "structure, accessory."
See "use, accessory."
A use with a significant portion of the market value of,
or over 15 square feet of total floor area occupied by, items for
sale or rent being books, films, magazines, videotapes, coin- or token-operated
films or videotapes, paraphernalia, novelties, or other periodicals
which are distinguished or characterized by a clear emphasis on matter
depicting, displaying, describing or relating to uncovered male or
female genitals or specified sexual activities. This shall include
but not be limited to materials that would be illegal to sell to persons
under age 18 under state law.
A use including live entertainment involving persons (which
may include, but not be limited to, waiters, waitresses, dancers,
clerks, bartenders, contractors or others) displaying uncovered male
or female genitals or nude or almost nude female breasts or engaging
in simulated or actual specified sexual activities related to some
form of monetary compensation paid to a person, company or organization
operating the use or to persons involved in such activity.
A use involving the presentation to three or more persons
at one time in a room of motion pictures, videotapes or similarly
reproduced images distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on
depiction of specified sexual activities for observation by such persons
and that is related to some form of monetary compensation paid by
the persons viewing such matter.
This term shall include any of the following uses: adult
bookstore, adult movie theater, massage parlor or adult live entertainment
facility/use.
The cultivation of the soil for food products or other marketable
products, including animal husbandry.
A minor right-of-way privately or publicly owned primarily
for service access to the back or side of properties.
Any roadway, driveway, alley or parking surface paved with
crushed stone, asphalt, concrete or other pervious or impervious material
in a manner that will support the weight of anticipated vehicular
traffic in all weather conditions and minimize the potential for ruts,
potholes or pooling of water.
[Added 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 365]
Any enlargement of the total floor area of a building, any
enclosure by adding walls beneath a previously roofed area, any extension
of a roofline to cover additional lot area not previously covered,
or any construction which increases the cubic content of a building.
Any change in the supporting members of a building, such
as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.
A change in use in a district that includes revisions to
the zoning text and/or the Official Zoning Map. The authority for
any amendment lies solely with the Borough Council.
A building used for the treatment, housing or boarding of
small domestic animals, such as dogs, cats, rabbits and birds or fowl,
by a veterinarian.
Any dog, cat, equine animal, bovine animal, sheep, goat or
porcine (swine) animal.
Members of the family felidae, except those species commonly
called house cats, and members of the family canidae except those
licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Exotic animals
shall also include all nonnative animals, but excepting small animals
and birds customarily kept as house pets.
The raising, breeding, keeping or care of farm animals, livestock
or insects for meat by-products or other utility, which is intended
as a business or gainful occupation.
All animals falling into one of the following categories
as defined by Title 34, the Pennsylvania Game and Wildlife Code:[1]
BIG GAMEElk, deer, bear and wild turkey.
FURBEARERBadger, fisher, mink, muskrat, opossum, otter, pine marten, striped and spotted skunk, beaver, raccoon, all weasels, red and gray fox, and bobcat.
GAME ANIMALSElk, deer, bear, cottontail, snowshoe hare, red, gray and fox squirrels,
GAME BIRDSGeese, brant, wild ducks, mergansers and swans, coots, gallinules, rails, snipe, woodcock, turkeys, grouse, pheasants, Hungarian partridges, bobwhite quail, and mourning doves.
Any system of wires, poles, rods, reflecting discs, or similar
devices used for the transmission or reception of electromagnetic
waves, which system is external to or attached to the exterior of
any building. Antennas shall include devices having active elements
extending in any direction, and directional beam-type arrays having
elements carried by and disposed from a generally horizontal boom
that may be mounted upon and rotated through a vertical mast or tower
interconnecting the boom and antenna support, all of which elements
are deemed to be a part of the antenna. The height of an antenna shall
be the total maximum to which it is capable of being raised and shall
be measured from the highest point of the finished grade adjacent
to the structure if ground-mounted or adjacent to the principal structure
if roof-mounted. (See "communications antenna.")
A business for purchase and sale at retail of antiques. Specifically
excluded are flea markets, multiple antique dealer ventures and garage
sales of a permanent or quasi-permanent nature.
A dwelling unit for rent or lease, which is either accessory
to a principal use or one of three or more dwelling units in an apartment
building, and which provides separate, independent living and sanitary
facilities for one family or individual, including provisions for
cooking and sleeping. Where such a unit contains no specific bedroom
area, it shall be deemed an "efficiency apartment" and regulated as
all other apartment dwelling units.
A building consisting of three or more dwelling units.
An apartment created within a single-family dwelling or other
existing structure, where said conversion is done without altering
the exterior of the building except to provide improvements necessary
to comply with existing state or local health, sanitary, or safety
code specifications which are solely necessary to assure safe living
conditions.
A building containing a stage and seating for meetings and/or
performances.
A self-propelled, free-moving vehicle, primarily for conveyance
on a street or roadway.
See "vehicle body shop."
See "vehicle service station."
See "vehicle washing center (car wash)."
A story partly below the finished grade, but having at least
1/2 of its height (measured from the finished floor to finished ceiling)
above the average level of the finished grade where such grade abuts
the exterior walls of the building.
An owner-occupied single-family detached dwelling where not
more than four bedrooms are rented to overnight guests on a daily
basis for periods not exceeding one week.
An earthen mound designed to create a visual and sound barrier
between a use and adjoining properties, streets, and adjacent uses.
A residential building that contains the primary residence
of the owner(s)/manager(s) and his family as well as long-term housing
for a maximum of 15 additional persons. No provisions for cooking
shall be allowed in any rooming unit; however, congregate meals may
be provided to residents where meals are served family-style rather
than by ordering individual portions from a menu.
A yard space, adjacent to a property line or building, which
contains landscaping and plantings designed to screen, separate and
shield a potentially incompatible use from adjoining properties, streets
and uses.
A structure that has a roof supported by columns, piers or
walls, which is intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of
persons, animals or chattel, or which is to house a use of a commercial
or manufacturing activity.
BUILDING, ATTACHEDA building that has two party walls in common.
BUILDING, DETACHEDA building that has no party walls.
BUILDING, SEMIDETACHEDA building that has only one party wall.
The total areas of outside dimensions on a horizontal plane
at ground level of the principal buildings and all accessory buildings,
exclusive of cornices, eaves, gutters or chimneys projecting not more
than 18 inches; bay windows not extending more than one story and
not projecting more than five feet; and steps and balconies.
The vertical dimensions measured from the average elevation
of the finished lot grade at the front of the building to the highest
point of ceiling at the top story in the case of a flat roof, to the
deckline of a mansard roof, and to the average height between the
plate and ridge of a gable, hip or gambrel roof.
An imaginary line located along and drawn parallel to a wall
or other exterior supporting member of a structure or portion thereof,
excluding self-supportive projecting architectural features that project
five feet or less. Minimum yard requirements are applied from the
lot lines to said building lines.
The line within a property (usually parallel to the right-of-way
or property line), defining the required minimum distance between
any wall or other exterior supporting member of a structure or portion
thereof and the adjacent street right-of-way or property line.
REQUIRED FRONT BUILDING LINEThe line nearest the front of and across a lot establishing the minimum open space to be provided between the front line of buildings and structures and the front lot line.
REQUIRED SIDE BUILDING LINEThe line nearest the side of and across a lot establishing the minimum open space to be provided between the side line of buildings and structures and the side lot line.
REQUIRED REAR BUILDING LINEThe line nearest the rear of and across a lot establishing the minimum open space to be provided between the rear line of buildings and structures and the rear lot line.
A building detached from and subordinate to the principal
building or use on the same lot and used for purposes customarily
incidental to the principal building, but not including vehicles,
mobile homes, travel trailers, truck trailers, or any parts thereof.
An accessory building may not house a principal use nor may it stand
alone on a lot as a principal building.
A building in which the principal use of the lot is conducted.
Any enterprise, occupation, trade or profession engaged in,
either continuously or temporarily, for profit. The term "business"
shall include the occupancy or use of a building or premises or any
portion thereof for the transaction of business or the rendering or
receiving of professional or personal service.
A building used as offices and occupied by personnel to perform
business, professional, administrative or clerical functions.
Includes such uses as banks, credit unions, loan and insurance
agencies, utility offices, government, business and professional offices,
medical or dental office facilities.
A parcel of land upon which two or more campsites are located,
established or maintained for occupancy by camping units of the general
public as temporary living quarters for recreation, education or vacation
purposes and where acceptable sanitary facilities are provided for
each campsite or for the campground as a whole. Camping units that
are not occupied on a daily basis shall not be stored in areas reserved
as campsites but may be stored in designated areas elsewhere in the
campground. Floodplain areas shall not be utilized for sanitary facilities
or camping unit storage.
Any tent, travel or camping trailer, truck camper, motor
home, cabin or similar structure established or maintained and operated
in a campground as temporary living quarters for recreation, education
or vacation purposes. A dwelling unit located on the campground and
occupied by the owner or manager of the campground shall not be considered
a camping unit.
See "vehicle washing center."
A building open on two or more sides and used in conjunction
with a dwelling for the storage of private motor vehicles. Any detached
carport shall be subject to the same regulations as a detached garage.
If the permanent roof of the carport is attached to the principal
building, it shall be considered to be part of that building.
A story partly below the finished grade having at least 1/2
of its height (measuring from finished floor to finished ceiling)
below the average level of the adjoining finished grade where such
grade abuts the exterior walls of the building. A cellar shall not
be considered a story in determining the permissible number of stories.
Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the deceased,
including columbariums, crematoria, mausoleums, and mortuaries when
operated in conjunction with the cemetery and within the boundaries
thereof.
A line midway between and parallel to the two street or road
property lines, or as otherwise defined by the Borough Council.
A certificate issued by the Zoning Officer upon completion
of construction of a new building or upon a change or conversion of
a structure or use of a building. This document certifies that the
applicant has complied with any and all requirements and regulations
provided herein and all other applicable requirements. This certificate
is also utilized for registration of nonconforming uses of land or
nonconforming uses of land and structures in combination.
An alteration of a building or a change of use theretofore
existing within a building or on a lot to a new use which imposes
other provisions of this chapter.
A building, structure or group of buildings or structures,
including accessory uses, designed or intended for public worship.
This definition shall include rectories, convents and church-related
educational and/or day-care facilities.
The term includes the following:
[Added 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 365]
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections defined
by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection
of the street center line.
An individual building or cluster of buildings (or a lot
in single or common ownership) operated by one or more licensed medical
or dental practitioners for the purpose of providing medical or dental
treatment to the public on an outpatient basis.
A mechanism for heat exchange which consists of the following
basic elements: underground loops of piping; heat transfer fluid;
a heat pump; an air distribution system. An opening is made in the
earth. A series of pipes are installed into the opening and connected
to a heat exchange system in the building. The pipes form a closed
loop and are filled with a heat transfer fluid. The fluid is circulated
through the piping from the opening into the heat exchanger and back.
The system functions in the same manner as the open horizontal loop
system except there is no pumping of groundwater.
[Added 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 365]
A borehole that extends beneath the surface. Pipes are installed
with U-bends at the bottom of the borehole. The pipes are connected
to the heat exchanger and heat transfer fluid is circulated through
the pipes.
[Added 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 365]
An organization catering exclusively to members and their
guests, or premises or buildings for social, recreational and administrative
purposes. Membership clubs shall include, but not be limited to, service
and political organizations, labor unions, as well as social and athletic
clubs. Membership clubs shall not include adult-related facilities
as defined herein.
Any sign wording, logo or other representation that, directly
or indirectly, names, advertises or calls attention to a business,
product, service or other commercial activity.
A use of land or improvements thereto for the purpose of
engaging in retail, wholesale or service activities for profit.
Any exterior transmitting or receiving device mounted on
a tower, building or structure and used in communications that radiate
or capture electromagnetic waves, digital signals, analog signals,
radio frequencies (excluding radar signals), wireless telecommunications
signals or other communications signals. The term "communications
antenna" does not include a receiving facility for the sole use of
an individual consumer and located on the property in which such individual
consumer resides.
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 250 square feet.
Any structure that is designed and constructed primarily
for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas for telephone,
radio and similar communications purposes, including self-supporting
lattice towers, guyed towers, or monopole towers, common-carrier towers,
cellular telephone towers, alternative tower structures, and the like.
The term includes the structure and any support thereto.
The Comprehensive Plan adopted by the Borough Council pursuant to Article III of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code which indicates the general locations recommended for the various functional classes of public works, places and structures and for the general physical development of the Borough, and includes any unit or part of such plan separately adopted and any amendment to such plan or part thereof.
A form of property ownership providing for individual ownership
of a specific dwelling unit or other space not necessarily on ground
level, together with an undivided interest in the land or other parts
of the structure in common with other owners.
The building, reconstruction, demolition activities for reconstruction,
extension, expansion, alteration, substantial improvement, erection
or relocation of a building or structure, including mobile homes.
This shall include the placing and fastening of construction materials
in a permanent position. Earthmoving activities shall not be deemed
construction.
See "lot, corner."
See "lot coverage."
A street with a single means of entry and exit. A cul-de-sac
has two parts, the stem and the turnaround.
A facility in which care is provided for seven or more children
or adults at any one time, for profit or not for profit, where day
-care areas are not also being used as a family residence. A day-care
center, if situated on the premises of an operating community service
facility, including but not limited to a public or private school,
place of worship, community center or library, and associated with
that activity, shall be considered accessory to the principal use
of the property concerned. Day-care services also may be provided
as an accessory use to office, commercial or industrial uses, provided
that such services are for the sole use of current employees of said
business or industry.
A measure of the number of dwelling units that occupy, or
may occupy, an area of land.
DENSITY, GROSS RESIDENTIALThe number of dwelling units in relation to an area of land actually in use or proposed to be used for residential purposes, excluding public rights-of-way, whether exterior or interior, but including interior parking areas and access lanes, sidewalks, parks, playgrounds, common open spaces, etc.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including but not limited to buildings, manufactured homes, mobile
homes, or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving,
excavation or drilling operations.
An establishment that, by design of physical facilities or
by service or packaging procedures, encourages or permits customers
to receive a service or obtain a product that may be used or consumed
in a motor vehicle on the premises or to be entertained while remaining
in a motor vehicle. Accessory services provided for customers which
do not require the direct assistance of personnel of the establishment
outside of the confines of the building (e.g., self-service gasoline
pumps, vending machines, automatic teller machines, etc.) shall not
be encompassed in this definition.
An open space of not less than the width required herein,
which provides vehicular access from a street or private road to the
main building on a lot.
A building with one dwelling unit from the ground to the
roof, located on its own lot, and having two side party walls in common
with other dwellings, except in the case of an end-of-row unit that
only has one sidewall that is a party or lot-line wall. (See "town
house.")
A detached (separate) building designed for or occupied exclusively
by one family on an individual lot; however, this shall not include
single-unit mobile homes that are defined separately.
A building with one dwelling unit from the ground to roof
and only one party wall in common with another dwelling unit (commonly
described as a "duplex").
A separate building on an individual lot with two dwelling
units from ground to roof (one unit over the other). Commonly described
as a twin, these units are normally renter-occupied and are not designed
for further subdivision.
One or more rooms connected together, constituting a separate,
independent housekeeping establishment for owner occupancy or rental
or lease on a weekly, monthly or longer basis, and physically separated
from any other rooms or dwelling units which may be in the same structure,
and containing independent cooking and sleeping facilities for one
family.
The authorization by a property owner of a right-of-way granted,
but not dedicated, for limited use of private land for a public, quasi-public
or private purpose, within which the owner of the property shall not
erect any permanent structures but shall have the right to make any
other use of the land which is not inconsistent with the rights of
the grantee of the easement.
Any physical action which may jeopardize the health and longevity
of a natural feature, or any structure or activity which in any manner
changes the course, current or cross section of any wetland, watercourse
or body of water.
The Borough Engineer or any consultant designated by the
Borough Council to review a subdivision plan and perform the duties
of engineer in behalf of the Borough.
A person duly licensed as a professional engineer by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The exterior walls of a building exposed to public view or
that wall viewed by persons not within the building.
Any number of persons living, cooking and utilizing sanitary
facilities together in a single housekeeping unit not including more
than three unrelated persons.
A parcel of land of 10 acres or more devoted to or available
for the cultivation of land or other agricultural uses.
Any combination of man-made materials (usually consisting
of posts, boards, wire or rails) creating an enclosure or barrier
to prevent intrusion from outside or straying from within or to mark
a boundary.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors
of a building and its accessory buildings on the same lot, excluding
cellar and basement floor areas not devoted to residential use, but
including the area of roofed porches and roofed terraces. All dimensions
shall be measured between exterior faces of walls.
See "habitable floor area."
An accessory building used for the storage of motor vehicles,
which may include one commercial vehicle, owned and operated by the
owner or occupants of the premises, and for the storage of not more
than three private noncommercial vehicles owned and operated by the
owner or occupants of the premises.
See "vehicle repair garage."
Multifamily apartment buildings located on a plot of land
under one ownership. Garden apartments are two stories high, with
individual apartments on each story. Garden apartment buildings shall
contain at least four but not more than 16 dwelling units in a single
structure, with units generally renter-occupied. The garden apartments
share: a) a common yard area which is the sum of the required lot
areas of all dwelling units within the complex; b) common off-street
parking; c) common outside apartment access for some or all units;
and d) central utilities.
A hole drilled or bored into the earth into which piping
is inserted for use in a closed vertical loop geothermal system.
[Added 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 365]
An energy-generating system that uses the earth's thermal
properties in conjunction with electricity to provide greater efficiency
in the heating and cooling of buildings.
[Added 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 365]
The completed surfaces of lawns, walks and roads brought
to grades as shown on official plans or designs relating thereto.
The sum of the floor area of all heated, finished rooms within
a dwelling unit used on a daily basis for habitation. Such area may
include living rooms; recreation rooms; kitchens; dining rooms; bedrooms;
bathrooms; hallways; closets; heated and finished basements, cellars
and attics; attached garages which have been converted into an integral
part of the living quarters, but does not include garages; porches,
whether roofed, unroofed or enclosed; roofed terraces; unfinished
and unheated basements, attics, cellars or garages, etc.
A business that offers active recreational and/or fitness
activities. Such activities are provided only to club members and
their guests. Such facilities do not include golf courses.
The vertical distance measured from the ground level to the
highest point on an communications tower, including antennas mounted
on the tower.
A building, site, object or district that is determined to
be of local, county, state or national significance.
The care for no more than six nonresident children or adults
during any one calendar day from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. located
only in and operated as an accessory use in a dwelling in which the
caregiver resides and which does not employ more than one person who
does not reside in the dwelling.
An occupation, profession, activity or use conducted within
a residential dwelling by the resident-operator and not more than
one nonresident employee. The use shall be clearly incidental and
secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes, and the
exterior appearance of the structure and premises shall remain residential
in character. There shall be no exterior evidence of the home occupation
except a permitted sign, and the use shall cause no offensive noise,
vibration, smoke, dust, odor, heat or glare. Since the use may be
of such nature that may require regular visits by customers and/or
deliveries, off-street parking space will be required in addition
to the spaces required for the residential use.
The growing of fruit, vegetables, flowers, ornamental plants,
or trees for a profit.
A place for the diagnosis, treatment or other care of humans
and having facilities for inpatient care, including such establishments
as a sanitarium, sanatorium and preventorium.
A building containing a minimum of at least 10 sleeping rooms
that are used as the more or less temporary abiding place of individuals
who, for compensation, are lodged with or without meals, and in which
no provision is made for cooking in any individual room or suite.
A hotel may include restaurants, banquet/conference rooms, shops,
newsstands, and other accessory services which are established primarily
for servicing hotel occupants and only incidentally to the public.
Any portion of a lot covered by impervious surfaces.
Any surface that has been compacted or covered over with
a building, structure or layer of material so that it is highly resistant
to infiltration by water. It includes surfaces such as compacted sand,
limerock or clay, as well as graveled driveways and parking areas
and most conventionally surfaced streets, roofs, sidewalks, parking
lots and other similar structures and paved areas. In addition, other
areas determined by the Borough Engineer to be impervious within the
meaning of this definition will also be classed as impervious surfaces.
See "hotel."
Any worn, castoff, discarded or stored material, including,
but not limited to, unlicensed vehicles, machinery and equipment ready
for destruction or which has been collected for salvage or conversion
to some use.
See "salvage yard."
Changing, rearranging or adding to the vegetation or appearance
of land to produce a visual, aesthetic or environmental effect appropriate
to the use of land. Landscaping may include reshaping the land by
moving earth as well as preserving the original vegetation or adding
vegetation.
An area of land or other area used for a wind energy conversion
system principally used to capture wind energy and convert it to electrical
energy. Large wind energy production facilities consist of one or
more wind turbines, tower and associated control or conversion electronics
and other accessory structures and buildings, including substations,
electrical infrastructure, transmission lines and other appurtenant
structures and facilities. A facility is considered a large wind energy
production facility if it supplies electrical power principally for
off-site use.
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No. 365]
A business premises equipped with individual clothes washing
and/or drying machines for the use of retail customers, exclusive
of laundry facilities provided as an accessory use in a multifamily
housing development.
Any member of the avian, bovine, equine, porcine, ovine and
piscine species, including but not limited to poultry, fowl, cows,
steers, horses, ponies, pigs, sheep, goats and fish.
An off-street space not less than 12 feet wide by 55 feet
long and having a minimum clear height of 15 feet, exclusive of access
area, for the parking of one vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise
or materials.
See "boardinghouse."
A single tract or parcel of land, which may legally be described
as such, held in single or joint ownership, which is occupied or capable
of being occupied by one principal building or principal use together
with such accessory buildings, structures and such open spaces as
are arranged and permitted by this chapter. A "lot" may or may not
coincide with a lot of record and includes one or more adjacent pieces,
parcels or plots of land of record held in single and separate ownership.
LOT, CORNERA lot at the point of intersection of and abutting on two or more intersecting streets, and which has an interior angle of less than 135° at the intersection of the two street lines.
LOT, FLAGA lot or parcel that has been approved with access provided to the bulk of the lot by means of a narrow corridor. Said lot has less frontage on a street than is normally required.
LOT, INTERIORA lot other than a corner lot, the side property lines of which do not abut a street.
LOT, THROUGHA lot extending between and having frontage on two streets.
An area of land that is determined by the limits of the property
lines bounding that area and expressed in terms of square feet or
acres. Any portion of a lot within a street right-of-way shall not
be included in calculating the required lot area.
The percentage of the lot or property area covered by buildings
or structures, excluding driveways, sidewalks and other standard paved
vehicular or pedestrian accessways.
A mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot
lines, measured in the general direction of its side lot lines.
That portion of a lot extending along a street or road right-of-way
line.
Any line dividing one lot from another lot, street or parcel.
LOT LINE, FRONTOn an interior lot, the lot line abutting the street; on a corner or through lot, each lot line which abuts a street; on a flag lot, the interior lot line most parallel to and nearest the street from which access is obtained.
LOT LINE, REARExcept in the case of a corner lot, the lot line not intersecting a front lot line that is most distant from and most closely parallel to the front lot line. A lot bounded by only three lot lines will not have a rear lot line.
LOT LINE, SIDEAny lot line that is not a front or rear lot line.
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured
at right angles to its depth. The required lot width shall be measured
at the required minimum front-yard setback line, except that pie-shaped
lots at the turnaround of cul-de-sac streets shall have lot frontage
equal to at least 50% of the required lot width and shall achieve
required lot width at a point equal to 50% of the lot depth. For a
flag lot, the lot width shall be measured at the flag.
A process whereby substances, raw materials, and/or semifinished
materials are chemically, mechanically or otherwise transformed to
goods and products that have some economic value.
An establishment that meets all the following criteria: a)
massages are conducted; b) the use does not meet the definition of
"massage therapy, certified" and the person conducting the massage
is not licensed as a health-care professional by the state; c) the
massages are not conducted within a licensed hospital or nursing home
or an office of a medical doctor or chiropractor; d) the massages
are conducted within private or semiprivate rooms; and e) the use
is not clearly a customary and incidental accessory use to a permitted
exercise club or to a high school or college athletic program.
A use involving the performance of massages by a person licensed
by the state as a massage therapist or certified by a recognized national
organization that requires substantial professional training.
Occupancy of a building for more than one use.
An area within a mobile home park or mobile home subdivision
designated to contain one mobile home and the necessary utility connections
and appurtenances. The area may be rented to an occupant, as in a
mobile home park, or sold to an occupant, as in a mobile home subdivision.
An area designed exclusively for mobile homes and mobile
dwelling units, where lots are sold and not rented.
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, contained in one unit or in two or more units designed
to be joined into one integral unit capable of again being separated
for repeated towing, which arrives at a site complete and ready for
occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations,
and constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation.
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the
necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for
the erection thereon of a single mobile home.
A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which has been so
designated and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots
for the placement thereon of mobile homes.
A building or group of building, whether detached or in connected
units, used as individual sleeping or dwelling units, designed primarily
for transient travelers. Units are provided with separate entrances
and off-street parking facilities. The term "motel" includes buildings
designed as tourist courts, tourist cabins, motor lodges, and similar
terms, but shall not be construed to include mobile or immobile trailers
or homes.
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act of July
31, 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, as reenacted and amended, and as may
in the future be amended.[3]
Any use owned or operated by the Borough or an authority
created by the Borough.
Adamstown Borough, Lancaster and Berks Counties, Pennsylvania.
A no-impact home-based business is a business or commercial
activity administered or conducted as an accessory use which is clearly
secondary to the use as a residential dwelling and which involves
no customer, client or patient traffic, whether vehicular or pedestrian,
pickup, delivery or removal functions to or from the premises in excess
of those normally associated with residential use.
Any use other than a dwelling. An institutional use, in which
persons may reside, such as a dormitory, prison, nursing home, or
hospital shall be considered a nonresidential use.
A lot the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to
the adoption or amendment of this chapter but which fails to conform
to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located
by reasons of such adoption or amendment.
A lawful sign that does not conform to the regulations of
the district in which it is located.
A structure or part of a structure manifestly not designed
to comply with the applicable use or extent of use provisions in this
chapter or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such structure
lawfully existed prior to the enactment of such ordinance or amendment
or prior to the application of such ordinance or amendment to its
location by reason of annexation. Such nonconforming structures include,
but are not limited to, nonconforming signs.
A use, whether of land or of 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 this chapter or amendment or prior to the application
of such ordinance or amendment to its location by reason of annexation.
See "day care."
Any lot or parcel of land used to cultivate, propagate and
grow trees, shrubs, vines and other plants, including the buildings,
structures and equipment customarily incidental and accessory to the
principal use.
An extended or intermediate care facility licensed or approved
to provide full-time convalescent or chronic care to individuals who,
by reason of advanced age, chronic illness or infirmity, are unable
to care for themselves.
A building or portion of a building wherein services are
performed involving predominantly administrative, professional or
clerical operations.
An office building containing space for one or more persons
engaged in occupations or callings which require extensive learned
and academic preparation to secure knowledge or skill in a profession
such as medicine, law, divinity or science, wherein professional advice,
guidance or instruction is provided. Occupations or vocations that
are trades, crafts or businesses and often involve the sale of a product
shall not be considered professional offices.
Water is pumped from a water well or other water source into
a heat exchanger located in a surface building. The water drawn from
the earth is then pumped back into the ground through a different
well or in some cases the same well, also known as "reinjection."
Alternatively, the groundwater could be discharged to a watercourse,
also known as a "pump and dump." In the heating mode, cooler water
is returned to the earth, and in the cooling mode, warmer water is
returned to the watercourse or well.
[Added 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 365]
The unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with
the building.
See "common open space."
[Added 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 365]
A fuel-burning device that:
Is designed to burn or is capable of burning clean wood or other
fuels listed in 25 Pa. Code, Chapter 123, § 123.14 (relating
to outdoor wood-fired boilers).
Has a rated thermal output of less than 350,000 Btu per hour.
The manufacturer designs or specifies for outdoor installation
or installation in structures not normally intended for habitation
by humans or domestic animals, including structures like garages and
sheds.
Heats building space or fluid, or both, through the distribution,
typically through pipes, of a fluid heated in the device, typically
water or a mixture of water and antifreeze.
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
An area not within a building where motor vehicles may be
stored for the purposes of temporary, daily or overnight off-street
parking.
An off-street, open or enclosed, area accessible from a street
or alley for parking of motor vehicles for owners, occupants, employees,
customers or tenants of the principal building or use. Each parking
space shall be not less than nine feet wide and not less than 18 feet
long, exclusive of all drives, curbs and turning space.
A common, shared wall between two separate structures, buildings
or dwelling units.
A dwelling having one or more permanent principal occupants
designated by the owner, a portion of which also may be utilized as
a boardinghouse in which people may, for a fee, stay temporarily in
the same manner as would guests in a vacation condominium rental unit
or tourist rooms, including dwellings located in the MU Mixed Use
District which permit the first floor of dwelling units to be used
for retail or other commercial uses.
The term "permanent foundation" as it relates specifically
to mobile homes shall include a "skirt" around the perimeter of the
mobile home that shall be of masonry construction upon footers set
below the frost line and oriented to the perimeter of the mobile home
so as to provide a weathertight joint on all four sides.
Includes such uses as barbershops, beauty salons, photographic
studios, tailor, dress-making, millinery shops and dry cleaning/laundry
dropoff points.
See "plat."
An area of land, controlled by a person, to be developed
as a single entity for a number of dwelling units, the development
plan for which does not correspond in lot size, bulk or type of dwelling,
density, lot coverage and required open space to the regulations established
in any one residential district created under the provisions of this
chapter.
The Adamstown Borough Planning Commission.
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether
preliminary or final.
Any lot, parcel or tract of land and any building constructed
thereon. The term "premises" shall also include the area occupied
by a business or other commercial, professional or industrial enterprise.
When more than one such enterprise occupies a building, each business
area shall be considered a separate premises.
See "building, principal."
Not publicly owned, operated or controlled.
Owned, operated or controlled by a government agency (federal,
state or local, including a corporation created by law for the performance
of certain specialized governmental functions and the Board of Public
Education).
Includes the following:
Any structure used for the transmission or retransmission
of a commercial radio or television broadcast signal.
Leisure-time activities, usually of a more formal nature
and performed with other individuals, often requiring equipment and
taking place at prescribed places, site or fields. Such areas usually
require physical alteration to the area before they can occur and
are intensively used, such as playgrounds, ball courts and swimming
pools.
Leisure-time activities, usually of an informal nature and
which can be carried out with little alteration or disruption to the
area in which they occur, such as hiking and picnicking.
A vehicle (regardless of size) which is designed as a temporary
dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses (regardless of
whether it is self-propelled or is designed to be towed or carried
by another vehicle). "Recreational vehicle" includes campers, pickup
coaches, travel trailers or motor homes.
A person duly licensed as a professional engineer, surveyor,
geologist or landscape architect by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Includes such uses as radio, television and appliance repair
shops, plumbing shops, carpenter shops, electronics and computer repair
shops, and shoe repair shops.
A commercial establishment where food or beverage is sold
for consumption on the premises, either in a customer's vehicle or
in an outside area, but not within a building.
An accessory use to a commercial restaurant, where the customer
receives food or beverage via a drive-up window, without the need
for the customer to leave his vehicle.
A commercial establishment where a limited selection of food
or beverage is sold either for consumption on the premises or as a
"takeout" service. Food preparation is designed for immediate service
to customers, and food is normally prepared in advance to facilitate
this type of fast service.
A commercial establishment where a variety of foods and beverages
are sold for consumption on the premises. Customers are normally seated
at a table where they select food and beverage from individual menus,
and they are served foods and beverages by a restaurant employee at
the same table at which said items are ordered and consumed.
Includes such uses as variety stores, apparel stores, drugstores,
grocery stores, eating establishments, antique shops, music shops,
sporting goods stores, and book, stationery, magazine, candy and tobacco
shops.
Retail stores are those businesses whose primary activities
involve the display and retail sales of goods and products. This term
shall not include adult-related facilities as defined herein.
The total width of any land reserved or dedicated as a street,
road, or other public or semipublic purposes.
Areas where ladders are not placed over openings (i.e., windows
or doors) and are located at strong points of building construction
and in locations where they will not conflict with overhead obstructions
(i.e., tree limbs, wires or signs).
[Added 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 365]
See "boardinghouse."
Any habitable room or group of rooms forming a single habitable
unit, used or intended to be used for living and sleeping, but not
for cooking or eating.
See "town house."
A lot, land or structure, or part thereof, used primarily
for the collecting, storage and sale of wastepaper, rags, scrap metal,
or discarded materials, or for the collecting, dismantling, storage
and salvaging of machinery or vehicles not in running condition, and
for the sale of parts thereof.
A private hospital, whether or not such facility is operated
for profit.
Any school licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
which meets the requirements for elementary education.
Any place licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
which is authorized to provide regular instruction and daytime care
for two or more children under the age of elementary school.
A school that may offer a wide range of educational or instructional
activities that may, or may not, be operated as a gainful business
by some person or organization other than the school district.
Any school licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
which is authorized to award diplomas for secondary education.
The use of plant or landscaping materials, fencing, walls
and/or earthen berms to aid in the concealment of one element of a
development from other elements or from adjacent or contiguous development.
A temporary retail use carried on for only a part of the
year, such as the sale of Easter flowers, fireworks, Christmas trees,
etc.
Open to the public but owned, operated or controlled by a
private, nonprofit or nonpublic agency.
The horizontal distance from a lot line to the part of the
building nearest to such a lot line.
A group of stores, two or more in number, planned, designed
and constructed to function as an integrated unit with off-street
parking provided on the property as an integral part of the unit.
The word "sign" includes any writing (including letter, word
or numeral); pictorial representation (including illustration or decoration);
emblem (including device, symbol or trademark); or any other device
or similar character which: 1) is a structure or any part thereof,
or is attached to, painted on, or in any other manner represented
on a vehicle, building or other structure; 2) is used to announce,
direct attention to, or advertise: and 3) is visible from outside
a building. Specific sign types are defined as follows:
BANNERAny sign of lightweight fabric or similar material that is permanently mounted to a pole or building by a permanent frame at one or more edges. National flags, state or municipal flags, or the official flag of any institution or business shall not be considered banners.
BILLBOARDAny off-premises sign that exceeds 20 square feet in sign area.
ELECTION SIGNA temporary sign that directs attention to a candidate or candidates for public office, a political party, or a ballot issue.
ELECTRONIC SIGNA sign, or portion of a sign, that displays an electronic image and/or video, which may or may not include text. Such signs include any sign, or portion of a sign, that uses changing lights to form a sign message or messages or uses electronic means to change the sign message. Electronic signs include, but are not limited to, signs also known as electronic reader boards, electronic message center signs, tri-panel message systems, and commercial electronic-variable message signs (CEVMS).
FLAGAny fabric, banner or bunting containing distinctive colors, patterns or symbols, used as a symbol of a government, political subdivision or other entity.
FREESTANDING SIGNAn independently supported sign that is not attached to any building or other structure.
IDENTIFICATION SIGNAny sign indicating the name and address of an occupant of a building.
NONCONFORMING SIGNAny sign that does not conform to the requirements of this chapter.
OFF-PREMISES SIGNA sign which directs attention to an object, product, service, place, activity, person, institution, organization or business located or offered elsewhere than upon the premises where the sign is located or to which it is affixed or which calls public attention to a candidate, cause or public issue. Off-premises signs shall not exceed 20 square feet in sign area.
ON-PREMISES SIGNA sign which directs attention to an object, product, service, place, activity, person, institution, organization or business located or offered on the premises upon which the sign is displayed or to which the sign is affixed.
PROJECTING SIGNA sign erected or displayed which is attached to the wall of a building and projects in a perpendicular fashion from said wall. Wall signs that project more than 12 inches shall be treated as projecting signs.
SUSPENDED SIGNA sign that is suspended from the underside of a horizontal plane surface and is supported by such surface.
TEMPORARY SIGNAny sign that is used temporarily and is not permanently mounted.
WALL SIGNAny sign attached parallel to, but within 12 inches of, a wall, painted on the wall surface of, or erected and confined within the limits of an outside wall of any building or structure, which is supported by such wall or building, and which displays only one sign surface.
WINDOW SIGNAny sign, pictures, symbol, or combination thereof, designed to communicate information about an activity, business, commodity, event, sale or service, which is placed inside a window or upon the windowpanes or glass and is visible from the exterior of the window.
The area of a sign shall be construed to include the entire
display surface and background, whether open or enclosed, which encompasses
lettering, wording, designs and symbols, but not including any supporting
framework and bracing that is incidental to the display itself. The
area shall be determined using the largest visible sign or silhouette
area. When the sign consists of individual letters or symbols attached
to or printed on a surface, the area shall be considered to be the
smallest rectangular shape or shapes which can be drawn together to
encompass all of the letters and symbols.
The height of a sign shall be computed as the distance from
the base of the sign at normal grade to the top of the highest attached
component of the sign. Normal grade shall be construed to be the lower
of existing grade prior to construction or the newly established grade
after construction, exclusive of any filling, berming, mounding or
excavating solely for the purpose of locating the sign. In cases in
which the normal grade cannot be reasonably determined, sign height
shall be computed on the assumption that the normal elevation at the
base of the sign is equal to the elevation of the grade of the nearest
point of the crown of a public street or the grade of the land at
the principal entrance to the principal structure on the zone lot,
whichever is lower.
See "billboard."
A plan of a lot or subdivision on which is shown topography,
location of all buildings, structures, roads, rights-of-way, boundaries,
all essential dimensions and bearings, and any other information deemed
necessary by the Borough Council, Planning Commission or Zoning Hearing
Board in unusual or special cases.
The open space between a solar collector or wind turbine
and the sun or prevailing wind, which must be free of obstructions
that may shade or impede the collector to the extent that it would
reduce its cost-effective operation.
[Added 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 365]
A wind energy conversion system consisting of a wind turbine,
tower and associated control or conversion electronics, and which
is intended to primarily reduce on-site consumption of utility power.
A system is considered a small wind energy system only if it supplies
electrical power solely for on-site use, except that, when a parcel
on which the system is installed also receives electrical power supplied
by a utility company, excess electrical power generated and not presently
needed for on-site use may be used by the utility company.
[Added 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 365]
A device or combination of devices, structure or part of
a device or structure that transforms direct solar energy into thermal,
chemical or electrical energy.
[Added 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 365]
A complete design or assembly consisting of a solar energy
collector, an energy storage system (where used), and components for
the distribution of transformed energy.
[Added 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 365]
One or more of the following:
Any vertical structure enclosing a flue or flues that carry
off smoke or exhaust from a furnace, especially that part of a structure
extending above a roof.
A "story" is that part of a building between the surface
of any floor and the next floor above it or, in its absence, the finished
ceiling or roof above it. A "split-level story" shall be considered
a second story if its floor level is six feet or more above the level
of the line of the finished floor next below it. Any floor under a
sloping roof at the top of a building which is more than two feet
below the top plate shall be counted as a story; and, if less than
two feet below the top plate, it shall be counted as a half story.
A natural drainageway having defined bed and banks that supports
aquatic life, including, but not limited to, fish, reptiles and macroinvertebrates.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway,
lane, alley, viaduct or any other way used or intended to be used
by vehicular traffic or pedestrians, whether public or private. The
word "street" includes the entire right-of-way and is not limited
to the cartway area.
The officially established grade of the street upon which
a lot fronts or, in its absence, the established grade of other streets
upon which the lot abuts, at the midway point of the frontage of the
lot thereon. If there is no officially established grade, the existing
grade of the street at such midpoint shall be taken as the street
grade.
The line determining the limit of the street or public right-of-way,
either existing or contemplated. Also referred to as the "street lot
line" or "road right-of-way line." Where a definite right-of-way width
has not been established, the street line shall be determined as a
line 25 feet from the center line of the existing street.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
STRUCTURE, PERMANENTAny structure with a permanent foundation or footings which is not intended to be removed after a designated period of time.
STRUCTURE, TEMPORARYAny structure without a permanent foundation or footings which is intended to be removed after expiration of a designated time period authorized for its installation.
A structure subordinate to and detached from the principal
structure on the same lot and used for the purposes customarily incidental
to the principal structure.
Any repair, reconstruction or improvement of a structure,
the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the fair market value of
the structure either: a) before the improvement or repair is started;
or b) if the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before
the damage occurred. For the purpose of this definition, "substantial
improvement" is considered to occur when the first alteration of any
wall, ceiling, floor or other structural part of the structure commences,
whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of
the structure.
Used or lasting for only a limited period of time; not permanent.
A building or part of a building devoted to the showing of
moving pictures or for dramatic, musical or live performances.
An open lot or part thereof with its appurtenant facilities
devoted primarily to the showing of moving pictures or for dramatic,
musical or live performances on a commercial basis to patrons seated
in automobiles or on outdoor seats.
The cutting down and removal of trees and logs to be converted
to any forest product.
See "dwelling, single-family, attached."
A vehicular portable structure built on a chassis (motorized
home, converted bus, tent trailer, tent or similar device) designed
to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel and recreational purposes.
The distance measured from the highest point of the wind
turbine rotor plane to the ground level.
[Added 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 365]
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.
USE, ACCESSORYA use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use or building and located on the same lot with such principal use or building.
USE, PRINCIPALThe main 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.
Any utility coming under the jurisdiction of the Public Utility
Commission of Pennsylvania.
A building that is used for the repair or painting of bodies,
chassis, wheels, fenders, bumpers and/or accessories of automobiles,
trucks and other vehicles used for conveyance.
A structure, building or area of land or any portion thereof
used primarily for the servicing and repair of automobiles, trucks
and similar vehicles. A vehicle repair garage may provide one or more
of the following services: general mechanical repair of motor vehicles
including state inspection, lubrication, washing, or sale of accessories
and motor vehicle fuels. Uses permissible as a repair garage do not
include bodywork, straightening of body parts, painting, welding,
and storage of certain vehicles. A repair garage is not an automobile
body shop or retail automotive parts store.
A building or lot or part thereof supplying and selling gasoline
or other equivalent fuel for motor vehicles at retail direct from
pumps and storage tanks and which may include accessory facilities
for rendering vehicle services, such as lubrication, washing and minor
repairs.
A building on a lot, designed and used primarily for the
washing and polishing of motor vehicles, and which may provide for
the retail sale of minor, automotive accessories.
A transient dwelling, containing less than 400 square feet
of gross floor area, including automotive-drawn trailers or trailer
coaches, which are designed primarily for vehicular mobility.
An establishment that provides as a principal use, amusement
devices and/or video games of skill or chance (e.g., pinball machines,
video games, firing ranges, and other similar devices). This definition
does not include the use of two or less such devices as an accessory
use.
Those areas that are inundated or 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.
A wind-driven direct-current generator used for charging
storage batteries.
[Added 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 365]
A device, such as a wind charger, wind turbine or windmill
and/or other electric-generation facility, whose main purpose is to
convert wind power into another form of energy, such as electricity
or heat, consisting of one or more wind turbines and other structures
and buildings, including substations, meteorological towers, electrical
infrastructure, transmission lines and other appurtenant structures
and facilities.
[Amended 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 365]
A device that runs on the energy generated by a wheel of
adjustable blades or slats rotated by the wind.
[Added 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 365[4]]
A device that converts wind energy into electricity through
the use of a wind turbine generator, and includes the nacelle, rotor,
tower and pad transformer, if any.
[Added 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 365]
The vertical component of a wind energy conversion system
that elevates the wind turbine generator and attached blades above
the ground.
[Added 4-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 365]
An open space, other than a court, unoccupied by a structure;
provided, however, that fences, walls, posts, trees, lawn furniture,
and other customary yard accessories are permitted in any yard subject
to the height limitations and requirements limiting obstruction of
visibility.
YARD, FRONTAn unoccupied space, open to the sky, between the front lot line (road right-of-way line) and the building line of the principal building closest to the front lot line.
YARD, REARAn unoccupied space, open to the sky, between the rear lot line and the building line of the principal building that is closest to the rear lot line.
YARD, REQUIRED FRONTAn unoccupied space, open to the sky, provided between the front lot line (road right-of-way line) and a line drawn parallel thereto, at such distance therefrom as may be specified herein for any district, and extending for the full width of the lot.
YARD, REQUIRED REARAn unoccupied space, open to the sky, between the rear lot line and a line drawn parallel thereto, at such distance therefrom as may be specified herein for any district, and extending for the full width of the lot.
YARD, REQUIRED SIDEAn unoccupied space, open to the sky, between the side lot line and a line drawn parallel thereto, at such distance therefrom as may be specified herein for any district, and extending the full depth of the lot.
YARD, SIDEAn unoccupied space, open to the sky, between the side lot line and the side building line of the principal building. In most cases, a lot has two side yards located on opposite sides of the principal building.
A portion of the Borough or adjacent municipality(s) within
which certain uniform regulations and requirements or various combinations
thereof apply under the provisions of this chapter (or the adjacent
municipality's zoning ordinance).
The Zoning Hearing Board of and for Adamstown Borough.
The Zoning Map of Adamstown Borough adopted hereunder, together
with all amendments thereto subsequently adopted.
The agent(s) or official(s) designated by Adamstown Borough
to enforce this chapter of the Borough Code.
A permit issued indicating that a proposed use, building
or structure is in accordance with this chapter, which authorizes
an applicant to proceed with said use, building or structure.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 34 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Section 632, Floodplain regulations, which was originally in Article 6, was repealed 3-1-2016 by Ord. No. 385. See now Ch. 140, Floodplain Management, of the Code.
[3]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[4]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed a former definition
of "wind rotor," which would have immediately followed this definition.
