[Ord. 558, 9/4/2012]
Unless a contrary intention clearly appears, the following words
and phrases shall have, for the purpose of this chapter, the meanings
given in the following sections.
A.Â
For the purpose of this chapter, words and terms used herein shall
be interpreted as follows:
(1)Â
Words used in the present tense include the future.
(2)Â
The singular includes the plural.
(3)Â
The word "person" includes a corporation, partnership and association
as well as the individual.
(4)Â
The word "lot" includes the word "plot" or "parcel."
(5)Â
The term "shall" is always mandatory.
(6)Â
The word "used" or "occupied," as applied to any land or building,
shall be construed to include the words "intended, arranged or designed
to be occupied."
(7)Â
The word "Supervisors" and the words "Board of Supervisors"
always mean the Lower Southampton Township Board of Supervisors.
(8)Â
The word "Commission" and the words "Planning Commission" always
mean the Lower Southampton Township Planning Commission.
(9)Â
The word "Board" or the words "Zoning Hearing Board" always
mean the Lower Southampton Township Zoning Hearing Board.
(10)Â
The words "Zoning Officer" always mean the Lower Southampton
Township Zoning Officer.
B.Â
Any word or term not defined herein shall be used with a meaning
of standard usage.
[Ord. 558, 9/4/2012]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
See "building."
See "use."
As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement
in the structural parts, or an enlargement, whether by extending on
a side or by increasing in height, or the moving from one location
or position to another. As applied to a sign, a change or increase
in its exterior dimensions, height or shape/size of the sign face.
Includes the following:
[Added by Ord. 575, 9/28/2016]
The practice of an individual who uses touch to manipulate the
energy systems, acupoints, qi meridians or channels of energy of the
human body while engaged within the scope of practice of a profession
with established standards and ethics. Such practices include acupressure,
Asian bodywork therapy, polarity therapy bodywork, quigon, reiki,
shiatsu, and tui na.
Reflexology.
The practice of an individual who uses touch, words, and directed
movement to deepen awareness of existing patterns of movement in the
body and to suggest new possibilities of movement, while engaged within
the scope of practice of a profession with established standards and
ethics.
Any massage-like activity that does not meet the definition
of "massage therapy" set forth hereinafter.
Any establishment where alternative therapy is administered
for the payment of a fee or other compensation or consideration, but
not including: a hospital; nursing home; medical clinic; the office
of a physician, surgeon, physical therapist, chiropractor, or osteopath
currently licensed as such by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; barbershops
or practices licensed by the Department of Cosmetology; or any athletic
program of accredited junior and senior high schools or colleges in
which a massage is administered by a trainer within the scope of such
athletic program.
[Added by Ord. 575, 9/28/2016]
A device used to collect or transmit telecommunications or
radio signals. Examples are panels, microwave dishes and single poles
known as "whips."
BUILDING AREAThe total of areas taken on a horizontal plane at the main grade level of the principal building and all accessory buildings exclusive of uncovered porches, terraces and steps.
GROSS FLOOR AREAThe sum of the areas of the several floors of building structure, including areas used for human occupancy and basements, attics and penthouses, as measured from the exterior faces of the walls. It does not include cellars, unenclosed porches, attics not used for human occupancy, or any floor space in accessory building or in the main building intended and designed for the parking of motor vehicles in order to meet the parking requirements of this chapter or any such floor space intended and designed for accessory heating and ventilating equipment.
LOT AREAThe area contained within the property lines of the individual parcels of land shown on a subdivision plan, excluding any area within a street right-of-way, excluding areas within any areas of natural resources, and excluding any area restricted as open space, but not including open space required under this chapter, and any other areas as may be specifically excluded by the terms of this chapter.
A story partly underground, but having 1/2 or more of its
height (measured from floor to ceiling) above the average level of
the adjoining ground. A basement shall be counted as a story for the
purpose of height measurement or determining square footage only if
the vertical distance between the ceiling and the average level of
the adjoining ground is more than four feet, or if used for business
or dwelling purposes.
A strip of required yard space adjacent to the boundary of
a property or district of a width not less than that designated by
this chapter, and on which is placed shrubbery, hedges, evergreens
or other suitable plantings of sufficient height and density to meet
the requirements of Township ordinances and to constitute an effective
screen and give maximum protection and immediate screening to an abutting
property or district.
A structure having a roof which is used for the shelter or
enclosure of persons, animals or property. The word "building" shall
include any part thereof.
BUILDING, ACCESSORYA subordinate building located on the same lot as a principal building and clearly incidental and subordinate to the principal building, not to exceed a footprint of 500 square feet. Any portion of a principal building devoted or intended to be devoted to an accessory use is not an accessory building.
BUILDING, PRINCIPALA building in which is conducted, or is intended to be conducted, the principal use of the lot on which it is located.
That percentage of the plot or lot area covered by the building
area.
That area of a lot that has no building restrictions. The building envelope shall not include the area of any required setbacks (except for driveways which may cross yards), buffer yards, natural features with one-hundred-percent protection standard, and the portion of those natural features that may not be developed or intruded upon as specified in Part 18, Open Space and Environmental Protection Standards, of this chapter.
A vertical distance measured from the mean elevation of the
proposed finished grade at the front of the building to the highest
point of the roof for flat roofs, to the decklines of mansard roofs
and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip and
gambrel roofs.
FRONTThe rear line of the minimum front yard, as herein designated for each use and each district, measured at a distance equal to and no greater than the minimum front yard from the street line.
SIDEA line parallel to the side lot line at a distance therefrom equal to the depth of the minimum side yard required.
REARA line parallel to the rear lot line at a distance from the rear lot line equal to the depth of the minimum rear yard required.
A story partly underground and having more than 1/2 of its
height (measured from floor to ceiling) below the average level of
the adjoining ground. A cellar shall not be considered in determining
the permissible number of stories or square footage, nor shall it
be used for dwelling purposes.
The antennas, nodes, control boxes, towers, poles, conduits,
ducts, pedestals, electronics and other equipment used for the purpose
of transmitting, receiving, distributing, providing, or accommodating
wireless communications services.
[Added by Ord. No. 600, 9/14/2022]
The mounting of one or more antennas on an existing telecommunications
tower, or any structure that already supports at least one antenna
or the installation, mounting, maintenance, modification or replacement
of small wireless facilities on an existing utility pole or other
wireless support structure.
[Added by Ord. No. 600, 9/14/2022]
Any combustible or explosive composition or any substance
or 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 16 CFR (relating to commercial practices) or any successor
regulation and which complies with the provisions for "consumer fireworks"
as defined in the American Pyrotechnics Association (APA) Standard
87-1, including but not limited to Sections *3.1 and *3.5, or any
successor standard. The term does not include devices such as "ground
and handheld sparkling devices" as defined in APA Standard 87-1, Section
*3.1.1, "novelties" as defined in APA Standard 87-1, Section *3.2,
or "toy caps" as defined in APA Standard 87-1, Section *3.3.
[Added by Ord. 583, 5/9/2018]
Final adjudication of any board or other body granted jurisdiction
under any land use ordinance or this chapter to do so, either by reason
of the grant of exclusive jurisdiction or by reason of appeals from
determinations. All decisions shall be appealable to the court of
common pleas of the county and judicial district wherein the Township
lies.
A municipal pole that is specially designed and placed for
aesthetic purposes.
[Added by Ord. No. 600, 9/14/2022]
The Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[Added by Ord. 575, 9/28/2016]
Final action by an officer, body or agency charged with the
administration of any land use ordinance or applications thereunder,
except the following:
Defined as more fully set forth in 27 CFR 555.11 (Meaning
of terms), which is incorporated herein by reference which meet the
types of display fireworks devices set forth in the APA Standard 87-1,
Section *4.1 which comply with requirements for display fireworks
set forth in APA Standard 87-1.
[Added by Ord. 583, 5/9/2018]
A building containing one or more dwelling units.
DWELLING UNITAny room or group of rooms located within a residential building and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating by one family.
MULTIFAMILY DWELLING or BUILDINGA building having two or more dwelling units which may have either a common or independent outside access. Said units may be arranged horizontally one above the other or vertically separated by party walls. It is the intention to include within this definition of "multifamily dwelling" all recognized architectural types or structures accommodating two or more dwelling units in the same building, whether the individual units are for lease or sale, but not including townhouses.
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGA dwelling having: (i) only one dwelling unit from ground to roof; (ii) independent outside access; and (iii) open space on all sides.
TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGA dwelling having only one dwelling unit from ground to roof and only one wall in common with another dwelling unit.
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED DWELLINGTownhouse units having multiple dwelling units with at least one wall in common with another dwelling unit and arranged in a row of not more than 160 feet in length, with no less than 35 feet of separation between buildings that are constructed such that the front building line is staggered in placement so that the frontage of each unit is of varying depth from the units adjacent to it.
Any number of individuals living together on a nontransient
basis as a single housekeeping unit and doing their cooking on the
premises, when said individuals are related by blood, marriage or
adoption, including any number of foster children; no more than five
unrelated individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit
and doing their cooking on the premises, except when an application
for a special exception to enable a greater number of unrelated individuals
to occupy a dwelling is reviewed and approved by the Zoning Hearing
Board, as provided herein. The definition of "family" shall not apply
to the occupants of a club, fraternity house, lodge or residential
club.
Notwithstanding the definition in the preceding subsection, "family" shall also be deemed to include any number of mentally or physically handicapped persons occupying a dwelling unit as a single, nonprofit housekeeping units, if such occupants are handicapped persons as defined in Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988. Such unrelated individuals shall have the right to occupy a dwelling unit in the same manner and to the same extent as any family unit as defined in subsection A of this definition.
Any composition or device for the purpose of producing a
visible or an audible effect for entertainment purposes by combustion,
deflagration or detonation that meets the definition of 1.4 G fireworks
or 1.3 G fireworks as set forth in the 2003 International Fire Code,
including, but not limited to, those composition or devices defined
in APA Standard 87-1.
[Added by Ord. 583, 5/9/2018]
The ratio of the gross floor area of a structure to the gross
lot area upon which the use and structure(s) is/are to be located.
Total floor area includes the total floor space within a structure,
except for those areas devoted to internal atriums.
The area comprising 1/4 acre or more of wooded land where
the largest trees measure at least six inches diameter at breast height
(dbh) 4Â 1/2 feet from the ground, or a grove of trees forming
one canopy where 10 or more trees measure at least 12 inches diameter
at breast height.
The aggregate total of all areas contained within the deeded
or surveyed boundaries of a parcel of land.
A building that is or a group of buildings, properties or
sites that are:
[Added by Ord. No. 600, 9/14/2022]
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places or formally
determined eligible for listing by the Keeper of the National Register.
Determined to be eligible for listing by the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places who has been delegated the authority by a federal agency to list properties and determine their eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places in accordance with Section VI.D.1.a.i-v of the Nationwide Programmatic Agreement for Review Regarding the Section 106 National Historic Preservation Act Review Process as specified under 47 CFR Part 1, Appendix C (relating to Nationwide Programmatic Agreement Regarding the Section 106 National Historic Preservation Act Review Process).
Marked as a historical site by the Pennsylvania Historical and
Museum Commission pursuant to Title 37 of Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes (relating to historical and museums).
Within a historic district created pursuant to the Act of June
13, 1961 (P.L. 282, No. 167), entitled "An act authorizing counties,
cities, boroughs, incorporated towns and townships to create historic
districts within their geographic boundaries; providing for the appointment
of Boards of Historical Architectural Review; empowering governing
bodies of political subdivisions to protect the distinctive historical
character of these districts and to regulate the erection, reconstruction,
alteration, restoration, demolition or razing of buildings within
the historic districts."
Any establishment that is dedicated, in whole or in part,
to the smoking of a water pipe with a smoke chamber, a bowl, a pipe
and a hose, commonly referred to as a "hookah," and also known as
a narghile, argileh, shisha, hubble-bubble, and goza.
[Added by Ord. 575, 9/28/2016]
Unless otherwise provided in Chapter 22, Subdivision and Land Development, impervious surfaces are those surfaces which do not absorb water. Any area which has been or is proposed to be modified from grass, dirt, vegetation, wooded or ground cover, including but not limited to the area of all buildings, parking areas, driveways, roads, sidewalks and any areas in concrete, asphalt, porous pavers and packed stone, shall be considered impervious surfaces.
Unless otherwise provided in Chapter 22, Subdivision and Land Development, the total area of all impervious surfaces within the lot divided by the lot area.
A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by
a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed
or built upon as a unit.
CORNER LOTA lot which has an interior angle of less than 135° at the intersection of two street lines. A lot abutting upon a curved street or streets shall be considered a corner lot if the tangent to the curve at the points beginning within the lot or at the points of intersection of the side lot lines with the street lines intersects at an angle of less than 135°.
DEPTH OF LOTThe mean distance from the street line of the lot to its opposite rear line measured in the general direction of the side lines of the lot.
LOT WIDTHThe distance measured between the side lot line at the required building setback line(s). In a case where there is only one side lot line, between such side lot line and the opposite rear lot line or street line.
THROUGH LOTAn interior lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets.
LOT LINEAny boundary line of a lot.
LOT LINE, REARAny lot line which is parallel to or within 45° of being parallel to a street line, except for a lot line that is itself a street line, and except that in the case of a corner lot the owner shall have the option of choosing which of the two lot lines that are not street lines is to be considered a rear lot line. In the case of a lot having no street frontage or a lot of an odd shape, only the one lot line furthest from any street shall be considered a rear lot line.
LOT LINE, SIDEAny lot line which is not a street line or a rear lot line.
STREET LINESee "street line."
Any method of pressure on or friction against or stroking,
kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, vibrating or stimulating of
the external soft parts of the body with hands or with the aid of
any mechanical or electrical apparatus, with or without such supplementing
aids as rubbing alcohol, liniments or other similar preparations commonly
used in this practice. The term does not include the diagnosis or
treatment of impairment, illness, disease or disability, a medical
procedure, a chiropractic manipulation or adjustment, physical therapy
mobilization or manual therapy, therapeutic exercise, electrical stimulation,
ultrasound or prescription of medicines for which a license to practice
medicine, chiropractic, physical therapy, occupational therapy, podiatry
or other practice of the healing arts is required or any other area
licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[Added by Ord. 575, 9/28/2016]
Any establishment where massage therapy is administered for
the payment of a fee or other compensation or consideration but not
including: a hospital; nursing home; medical clinic; the office of
a physician, surgeon, physical therapist, chiropractor, or osteopath
currently licensed as such by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; barbershops
or practices licensed by the Department of Cosmetology; or any athletic
program of accredited junior and senior high schools or colleges in
which a massage is administered by a trainer within the scope of such
athletic program.
[Added by Ord. 575, 9/28/2016]
Act 16 of 2016, 35 P.S. § 1023.101 et seq.
[Added by Ord. 575, 9/28/2016]
A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust, or other entity, or any combination thereof, which is registered by the Department of Health under the Medical Marijuana Act to dispense medical marijuana. The term does not include a health care medical marijuana organization under Chapter 19 of the Medical Marijuana Act.
[Added by Ord. 575, 9/28/2016]
A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust, or other entity, or any combination thereof, which is registered by the Department of Health under the Medical Marijuana Act to grow and process medical marijuana. The term does not include a health care medical marijuana organization under Chapter 19 of the Medical Marijuana Act.
[Added by Ord. 575, 9/28/2016]
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 body politic and corporate created pursuant to the Act
of May 2, 1945 (P.L. 382, No. 164), known as the "Municipalities Authority
Act of 1945."[2]
A utility pole owned, managed or operated by or on behalf
of the Township.
[Added by Ord. No. 600, 9/14/2022]
The National Fire Protection Association Standard 1124, Code
for the Manufacture, Transportation and Storage of Fireworks and Pyrotechnic
Articles, 2006 Edition, or any subsequent edition.
[Added by Ord. 583, 5/9/2018]
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 reason of such adoption or amendment.
A structure or part of a structure which does not comply
with the applicable area, setback, yard, building height, location,
size, impervious surface and/or other dimensional requirements of
this chapter or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such
structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment of this chapter
or amendment. 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 this chapter or amendment to its location by reason of annexation.
Articles of trade having amusement value and whose appeal
is often transitory, and which is limited to those items for sale
described in American Pyrotechnics Association (APA) Standard 87-1,
Section *3.2.
[Added by Ord. 583, 5/9/2018]
Includes a duly authorized agent or attorney, a purchaser,
devisee, fiduciary and a person having a vested or contingent interest
in the property in question.
Includes an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association,
estate or trust.
PRINCIPAL BUILDINGSee "building."
PRINCIPAL USESee "use."
Includes:
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Board
of Supervisors or Planning Commission, intended to inform and obtain
public comment, prior to taking action in accordance with this chapter.
A forum held pursuant to notice under the Act of July 3,
1986 (P.L. 388, No. 84), known as the "Sunshine Act," 53 P.S. § 271
et seq.[3]
Notice published once each week for two successive weeks
in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township. Such notice
shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature
of the matter to be considered at the hearing. The first publication
shall not be more than 30 days and the second publication shall not
be less than seven days prior to the date of the hearing.
Any church, religious service or other use incidental to
the mission of a religious organization that is accessory to the primary
use of a building or parcel for religious services or worship, including
primary or secondary schools, places of religious instruction, seminaries,
rabbinical schools and on-site day-care services which are limited
to providing supervision or care during religious services.
Any letter, review, memorandum, compilation or similar writing
made by any body, board, officer or consultant other than a solicitor
to any other body, board, officer or consultant for the purpose of
assisting the recipient of such report in the rendering of any decision
or determination. All reports shall be deemed recommendatory and advisory
only and shall not be binding upon the recipient, board, officer,
body or agency, nor shall any appeal lie therefrom. Any report used,
received or considered by the body, board, officer or agency rendering
a determination or decision shall be made available for inspection
to the applicant and all other parties to any proceeding upon request,
and copies thereof shall be provided at cost of reproduction.
See Part 20, Signs, of this chapter.
The equipment and network components, including antennas,
transmitters and receivers, used by a wireless provider that meet
the following qualifications:
[Added by Ord. No. 600, 9/14/2022]
Each antenna associated with the deployment is no more than
three cubic feet in volume.
The volume of all other equipment associated with the wireless
facility, whether ground-mounted or pole-mounted, is cumulatively
no more than 28 cubic feet. Any equipment used solely for the concealment
of the small wireless facility shall not be included in the calculation
of equipment volume under this paragraph.
Residential facilities where five or more individuals reside
together either voluntarily or by court order to recover from drug,
alcohol, and/or substance abuse, which serve as an interim environment
between rehabilitation facilities/hospitalization and reintegration
to independent living. The term shall include recovery houses and
halfway houses.
[Added by Ord. 575, 9/28/2016]
A use permitted in a particular zoning district pursuant
to the provisions of this chapter and Articles VI and IX of the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. §§ 10601 et seq.
and 10901 et seq.
That part of a building located between a floor and the floor
or roof next above. The first story of a building is the lowest story
having 75% or more of its wall area above ground level. A half story
is a story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of
which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than two
feet above such story.
Includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway,
parkway, lane, alley, viaduct or any other ways used or intended to
be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians, whether public or private.
The dividing line between the street and the lot. The street
line shall be the same as the legal right-of-way line, provided that:
(1) the street right-of-way line shall be not less than 25 feet from
the center line of any road or street; and (2) where a future right-of-way
width for a road or street has been officially established, then the
street right-of-way line shall be the side line of the future right-of-way
so established.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
By virtue of engineering or spectrum usage, the proposed
placement for a small wireless facility or its design or site location
can be implemented without a material reduction in the functionality
of the small wireless facility.
[Added by Ord. No. 600, 9/14/2022]
The building in which the electronic receiving and relay
equipment for a cellular telecommunications facility is housed.
A structure other than a permanent facility with fixed utility
connections, which is in use or in place for a period of 20 consecutive
calendar days or less and is dedicated to the storage and sale of
consumer fireworks and related items. The term includes temporary
retail sales stands, tents, canopies and membrane structures meeting
the specifications of NFPA 1124. The term shall not include a facility
that is not licensed to sell consumer fireworks under this chapter.
[Added by Ord. 583, 5/9/2018]
A structure that is intended to support equipment used to
transmit and/or receive telecommunications signals. Examples of such
structures include monopoles and lattice construction steel structures.
An area designated solely for underground or buried cable
facilities and utility facilities.
[Added by Ord. No. 600, 9/14/2022]
Any activity, occupation, business or operation carried on,
or intended to be carried on, in a building or other structure or
on a tract of land.
USE, ACCESSORYA use located on the same lot with a principal use and clearly incidental or subordinate to, and customary in connection with, the principal use.
USE, PRINCIPALThe main use on a lot.
Buildings, other structures and equipment owned or operated
by a public utility, as defined in 66 Pa.C.S.A. § 102 (relating
to definitions), to provide service.
[Added by Ord. No. 600, 9/14/2022]
A pole or similar structure that is or may be used, in whole
or in part, by or for telecommunications, electric distribution, lighting,
traffic control, signage or a similar function or for collocation.
The term includes the vertical support structure for traffic lights
but does not include wireless support structures or horizontal structures
to which signal lights or other traffic control devices are attached.
[Added by Ord. No. 600, 9/14/2022]
Relief granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter
and Articles VI and IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning
Code, 53 P.S. §§ 10601 et seq. and 10901 et seq.
[Added by Ord. No. 600, 9/14/2022]
A wireless infrastructure provider or a wireless services
provider.
[Added by Ord. No. 600, 9/14/2022]
A freestanding structure, such as a guyed or self-supporting
monopole or tower, electrical transmission tower, water tower or other
structure that could support the placement or installation of wireless
telecommunications facilities if approved by the Township.
[Added by Ord. No. 600, 9/14/2022]
An open space unobstructed from the ground up, on the same
lot with a structure, extending along a lot line or street line and
inward to the structure. The size of a required yard shall be measured
as the shortest distance between the structure and a lot line or street
line.
YARD, FRONTA yard between a structure and a street line and extending the entire length of the street line. In the case of a corner lot, the yards extending along all streets are front yards. In the case of a lot other than a corner lot that fronts on more than one street, the yards extending along all streets are front yards.
YARD, REARA yard between a structure and a rear lot line and extending the entire length of the rear lot line.
YARD, SIDEA yard between a structure and a side lot line, extending from the front yard to the rear yard. In the case of a lot having no street frontage or a lot of odd shape, any yard that is not a front yard or a rear yard shall be considered a side yard.
[1]
Editor's Note: An illustration of sample lot configurations,
with letters corresponding to the following subdefinitions, is on
file in the Township office.
[2]
Editor's Note: The Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 (53
P.S. § 301 et seq.) was repealed by Act 22 of 2001 (June 19,
2001, P.L. 287, No. 22). See now the Municipality Authorities Act,
53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
[3]
Editor's Note: The Sunshine Act, 65 P.S. § 271 et seq.
1986, July 3, P.L. 388, No. 84, was repealed 10-15-1998 by P.L. 729,
No. 93; see now Sunshine Act, 65 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq.
