The following words and phrases shall have particular
meaning assigned by this article:
ACADEMIC CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER
An accredited medical school within this commonwealth that
operates or partners with an acute care hospital within this commonwealth.
[Added 4-11-2017 by Ord.
No. 360]
ACCESS DRIVE
A public or private thoroughfare that affords a means of
access to an abutting property, parking area or street and case shall
be no less than 20 feet in width.
[Added 6-9-2015 by Ord.
No. 349]
ACCESSORY BUILDING
A building subordinate to the principal building on the property
and used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the principal
building.
ACCESSORY USE
A subordinate use which is clearly incidental and related
to that of a main structure or main use of the land.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
AGRICULTURAL USE
The raising, breeding, keeping, or storage of plants and/or
animals for commercial purposes, including but not limited to the
following: farming, animal and poultry husbandry, dairying, pasturage,
horticulture, floriculture, and viticulture.
ALLEY
A vehicular way open to the public which affords only a secondary
means of access to an abutting property and which is not intended
for general traffic circulation. An alley is not a street. Alley includes
the entire right-of-way.
ALTERATIONS (TO A STRUCTURE)
Changes in the structural parts, in the exit facilities or
interior partitioning arrangements, or in the use or occupancy, or
the enlargement whether by extending side or height, or the moving
of the structure from one location to another.
ANIMAL GROOMING FACILITY
An establishment for the grooming and aesthetic enhancement
of domestic animals that does not include medical or surgical treatment,
or overnight boarding facilities.
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No. 371]
ANTENNA AND SATELLITE DISH
Any device used for the transmission or reception of radio,
television, wireless telephone, pager, commercial mobile radio service
or any other wireless communications signals including, without limitation,
omnidirectional or whip antennas and directional or panel antennas,
owned or operated by any person or entity licensed by the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) to operate such device.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
APARTMENT HOTEL
A building consisting of guest rooms, suites of rooms, or
dwelling units which are occupied more or less permanently, wherein
the occupants are furnished so-called hotel services, including dining
room and/or maid service.
APPLICANT
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has
filed an application for development, including his heirs, successors
and assigns.
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
Every application, whether preliminary, tentative or final,
required to be filed and approved prior to start of construction or
development, including but not limited to an application for a building
permit, for the approval of a subdivision plat or plan or for the
approval of a development plan.
ASSEMBLY OR FABRICATION FACILITY
Any building or part thereof where premanufactured parts
are assembled or fashioned into a finished product for wholesale or
retail sale.
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No. 371]
AUTOMOBILE
A self-propelled, free-moving vehicle, primarily for personal
conveyance on a street or roadway.
AUTOMOBILE AND/OR TRAILER SALES AREA
An open area, other than a street or way, used for the display
or sale of new or used automobiles or trailers and where minor and
incidental repair work (other than body and fender) may be done.
AUTOMOBILE LAUNDRIES
An area of land and/or a structure with machine- or hand-operated
facilities used principally for the interior and/or exterior cleaning,
washing, polishing, or waxing of motor vehicles and whereas no repairs
or sales of petroleum fuel or lubricants are performed.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
AUTOMOBILE REPAIR AND SERVICE SHOP
Any retail facility used to repair, service, and/or maintain
automobiles direct to the motorist consumer, including major and minor
repairs.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
AUTOMOBILE SALES AND RENTALS
A retail establishment which may include one or more of the
following: an open area, other than a street, for the display and
sale or rental of new or used automobiles, recreational vehicles and
light-duty trucks; buildings which may contain offices and showrooms;
an area within a completely enclosed building where reconditioning,
preparation, accessory installation, repairs and/or servicing of vehicles
is performed.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371; amended 8-24-2021 by Ord. No. 395]
AUTOMOBILE WRECKING
The dismantling or wrecking of used automobiles or trailers,
or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled, partially dismantled,
obsolete or wrecked vehicles or their parts.
AWNING
A temporary or permanent structure extending out and over
the upper part of a door, window or porch and serving as protection
from sun or rain. A covering over a door, window or porch which extends
more than 48 inches from the building and/or has supports extending
below the center line or more than 12 inches above the opening that
the covering is protecting, and/or supports extending beyond the building
walls, shall not be considered an awning within the meaning of this
definition and this chapter.
BARS, TAVERNS, and SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS
An establishment where the principal business is the sale
of alcoholic beverages to be consumed on site. Food preparation and
the sale of to-go items may be provided as an accessory use clearly
incidental to the sale of alcoholic beverages consumed on site.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
BED-AND-BREAKFAST
A detached dwelling which is the principal residence of the
operator and in which a maximum of five sleeping rooms are provided
for overnight guests for a period of not more than 14 consecutive
nights in a thirty-day period, with or without breakfast meals, for
compensation. This definition shall not include a group residence,
motel, or hotel.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
BOARD, THE
The Zoning Hearing Board of the Township of Chartiers created
by this chapter.
BUFFER
A strip of land which is planted and maintained in shrubs,
bushes, trees, grass or other landscaping material and within which
no structure or building (other than a permitted wall or fence) or
vehicular use area is permitted.
BUILDING
A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls,
for the housing or enclosure of persons, animals or chattels.
C.
ATTACHEDA building which has two walls in common.
BUILDING AREA
The area of a horizontal section of a building at the ground
floor elevation.
BUILDING, HEIGHT OF
The total number of stories in a building and the vertical
distance measured from the curb level to the highest point of the
roof adjacent to the street wall for flat roofs, to the deckline of
mansard roofs, and to the mean height between eaves and ridges for
gable or hip or gambrel or pent roofs.
BUILDING INSPECTOR
The duly authorized Building Inspector appointed by the Township
or any authorized deputy thereof.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE
A line bounding the front yard and parallel to the front lot line. Also called the "front building line" and the "front yard line." See the illustrations at the end of Article
III.
BULK
Volume of a building.
CAREGIVER
The individual designated by a patient to deliver medical
marijuana.
[Added 4-11-2017 by Ord.
No. 360]
CARGO FACILITY
A freight terminal that utilizes multiple modes of transportation
for the transfer and distribution of goods, materials and cargo.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
CARPORT
An open space for the storage of one or more vehicles in
the same manner as a private garage, which may be covered by a roof
supported by columns or posts, except that one or more walls may be
the walls of the main building to which the carport is an accessory
building or extension.
CARTWAY
Paved dimension of a public street or road.
CEMETERY
Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead
and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including columbariums, crematories,
mausoleums and mortuaries, when operated in conjunction with and within
the boundary of such property.
CERTIFIED MEDICAL USE
The acquisition, possession, use or transportation of medical
marijuana by a patient, or the acquisition, possession, delivery,
transportation or administration of medical marijuana by a caregiver,
for use as part of the treatment of the patient's serious medical
condition, as authorized by certification by the commonwealth.
[Added 4-11-2017 by Ord.
No. 360]
CLINICAL REGISTRANT
An entity that:
[Added 4-11-2017 by Ord.
No. 360]
A.
Holds a permit both as a grower/processor and a dispensary;
and
B.
Has a contractual relationship with an academic clinical research
center under which the academic clinical research center or its affiliate
provides advice to the entity, regarding, among other areas, patient
health and safety, medical applications and dispensing and management
of controlled substances.
COMMERCIAL SCHOOL
An educational establishment that provides specialized instruction
and on-site training which does not satisfy the definition of an "education
facility" of this chapter.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
COMMERCIAL USE
Any permitted land use that is not a single-family dwelling,
two-family dwelling, quadplex, townhouse, or apartment.
[Added 6-9-2015 by Ord.
No. 349]
COMMISSION
The duly authorized members of the Planning Commission as
appointed by the Supervisors.
COMMON OPEN SPACE
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water, within a development site and designed and intended
for the use or enjoyment of residents of a development, not including
streets, off-street parking areas, and areas set aside for public
facilities.
COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS
A structure, other than a building, such as a monopole, self-supporting
or guyed tower, designed and used to hold and facilitate the operation
of communications antennas. A communications tower shall include the
appurtenant tower-mounted communication antennas and communications
equipment structure.
[Amended 4-10-2018 by Ord. No. 371]
COMMUNITY FACILITIES
A facility that is publicly owned and operated, or owned
and operated by a not for profit entity, including but not limited
to libraries, museums, cultural facilities, municipal buildings, recreation
facility, post offices, public works, fire departments, and the associated
accessory uses.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
CONDITIONAL USE
A use which may be permitted by the Supervisors pursuant
to public notice and hearing and recommendations by the Planning Commission
and pursuant to express standards and criteria set forth in this chapter
and pursuant to the requirements of the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code (Act 247, as amended).
CONDOMINIUM
A multifamily residential building where each dwelling unit
in the building is individually owned and the owner of each unit has
an undivided interest in the common areas and facilities of the building
and surrounding grounds.
[Amended 4-10-2018 by Ord. No. 371]
CONSERVATION EASEMENT
An area or strip of land which shall remain in a natural
state, free from improvement except for access road crossings and
trails.
CONVENIENCE STORE
An establishment primarily engaged in the provision of frequently
or recurrently needed goods for household consumption, such as prepackaged
food and beverages, and limited household supplies and hardware. Neighborhood
convenience stores shall not include fuel pumps or the selling of
fuel for motor vehicles. Typical uses include neighborhood markets
and country stores.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Any publicly or privately operated facility housing persons
awaiting trial or persons serving a sentence after being found guilty
of a criminal offense, including but not limited to a jail, prison,
halfway house, juvenile detention facility, or other facility where
individuals are incarcerated or otherwise required to reside pursuant
to court order under the supervision of paid staff and personnel.
"Correctional facility" shall not apply to municipal buildings with
holding cells as an accessory use.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
COUNTY
The County of Washington, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
COURT
An unoccupied open space, other than a yard, on the same
lot with the building which is bounded on two or more sides by walls
of such building.
COURT, INNER
A court enclosed on all sides by exterior walls of a building
or by the exterior walls and lot line on which walls are allowable.
CURB LEVEL
The elevation of the established curb opposite a point midway
between the extremes of the plane of the existing or proposed structure
which faces the curb.
DAY-CARE FACILITY
A facility, other than a residential dwelling unit, where
day care for the elderly or child care and educational instructions
are provided for seven or more children under the age of 16 or any
number of elderly persons, who are not relatives of the operator,
at any one time for part of a twenty-four-hour day, operated for profit,
and which is licensed by the Department of Public Welfare as a "day-care
center." Day care for fewer than four children shall be permitted
as a no-impact home-based business, and subject to the day-care home
occupation conditional use standards and criteria.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
DENSITY
The quantity or number per unit of area.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH)
The Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
or any agency successor thereto.
[Added 4-11-2017 by Ord.
No. 360]
DEVELOPER
Any landowner, agent of such landowner, or tenant with the
permission of such landowner who makes or causes to be made a subdivision
of land or a land development.
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
The provisions for development, including a planned residential
development, a plat of subdivision, all covenants relating to use,
location and bulk of buildings and other structures, intensity of
use or density of development, streets, ways and parking facilities,
common open space and public facilities. The phrase "provisions of
the development plan," when used in this chapter, shall mean the written
and graphic materials referred to in this definition.
DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Any building or part thereof where the process of directly
marketing and supplying wholesale goods to a retailer or manufacturer
is conducted.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
DOMESTIC PET
Any dog, cat, or other household pet normally and ordinarily
kept in or permitted to be at large in the dwelling of its owner,
but not including any animal of the bovine, equine, sheep, or hog
families.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
DWELLING
A building, portion thereof or other structure used primarily
for human habitation (whether permanent or seasonal), providing complete
housekeeping facilities for a single family and which includes exclusive
sleeping, cooking, eating and sanitation facilities and a separate
entrance for each unit. The word "dwelling" shall not include hotels,
motels, group residences, institutional facilities, nursing home or
similar uses for group residence. Dwelling types shall include the
following:
[Amended 4-10-2018 by Ord. No. 371]
A.
ANCILLARY DWELLINGA small, self-contained dwelling located on the same lot as another single-family dwelling that may contain sleeping, cooking, eating, and sanitation facilities to be a self-sustaining dwelling unit. The ancillary dwelling can be attached to the main dwelling, integrated with the main dwelling, or a separate building to the main dwelling.
B.
DUPLEX DWELLINGA residential building which is the only principal building on the lot, designed exclusively for occupancy by two families living independently of each other; and containing two dwelling units, each with a separate entrance directly to the outside, including double houses and duplexes.
C.
MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGA building containing three or more dwelling units, including units that are located one over the other and/or side by side, but each an independent dwelling relative to utilities, facilities and access. This definition shall include apartments.
D.
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGA detached residential building which is the only principal structure on the lot, designed exclusively for occupancy by one family, as defined herein, and containing one dwelling unit.
E.
TOWNHOUSE DWELLINGA residential building consisting of a series of at least three, but not more than 10 dwelling units, which shall not exceed three stories in height, attached to each other by continuous vertical walls without opening from basement to roof, with each dwelling unit having separate access to the outdoors not shared with the access of other dwelling units, and with each dwelling unit located or capable of being located on a separate lot.
DWELLING UNIT
One or more living or sleeping rooms with cooking and sanitary
facilities for one family.
EARTH
Includes, but not limited to, soil, topsoil, clay, sand,
gravel, rock or any combination thereof.
EATING ESTABLISHMENT AS AN ACCESSORY USE
An establishment where the sale and consumption of food is
incidental and secondary to the principal use. Examples shall include
employee cafeterias or dining rooms.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
EATING ESTABLISHMENT WITH DRIVE-THROUGH
An establishment which includes a principal building and
adjoining parking area used for the purpose of furnishing food and
beverages to the public normally for consumption outside the confines
of the principal building, or in vehicles parked upon the premises,
regardless of whether or not seats are provided inside for patrons.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
EATING ESTABLISHMENT WITHOUT DRIVE-THROUGH
An establishment where the principal business is the sale
of food and beverages to the public in a ready-to-consume state, where
the food preparation is completed in the on-site kitchen and the food
is primarily consumed on-site.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
EDUCATION FACILITY
A public or private establishment approved and licensed by
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education to provide
formal academic and/or vocational education at the elementary and
secondary levels.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
ESSENTIAL SERVICES
The erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance by
public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies of underground
or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution,
collection, communications, supply or disposal systems. The term shall
not include communications towers.
EXCAVATION
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar
material is dug into, cut, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced,
relocated or bulldozed, and the conditions resulting therefrom.
FAMILY
An individual; two or more persons related by blood or marriage
living together; or one or more persons maintaining, wholly or partly,
other persons, all of them living together in one household, not embracing
clubs, fraternities, boardinghouses or rooming houses or other groups
of individual persons living together. A family may also include domestic
servants and gratuitous guests. The foregoing restrictions do not
apply to persons with disabilities as defined in the Fair Housing
Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.
FARMER'S MARKET
An establishment or premises where the retail sale of farm
products and/or prepared foods produced by local growers occurs.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
FENCE
A barrier constructed of materials other than shrubbery erected
for the purpose of protection, confinement, enclosure or privacy.
FILL
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, or rock is placed,
pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved to a new location above
the natural surface of the ground or on top of the stripped surface,
including the conditions resulting therefrom; the difference in elevation
between a point on the original ground and a designated point of higher
elevation of the final grade; or the material used to make fill.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
A bank, savings-and-loan association and other similar institution
that lends money or is engaged in a finance-related business.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
FITNESS CENTER
An indoor facility for personal exercise and physical conditioning,
which includes uses such as sport courts, exercise equipment and/or
locker rooms that may or may not include a Jacuzzi and/or sauna and
retail shops as accessory uses. This use may also be referred to as
a "health club."
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
FLEX SPACE
A building or buildings that can be divided for use by one
tenant or multiple tenants primarily for office, light manufacturing,
pilot manufacturing, research and development, warehousing, and associated
administrative space.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
FORM OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA
The characteristics of the medical marijuana recommended
or limited for a particular patient, including the method of consumption
and any particular dosage, strain, variety and quantity or percentage
of medical marijuana or a particular active ingredient.
[Added 4-11-2017 by Ord.
No. 360]
FREIGHT TERMINAL
A building and adjacent loading area where cargo is stored
and where commercial vehicles load and unload cargo on a regular basis,
which may or may not include facilities for maintenance, fueling,
storage or dispatching or the vehicles.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
FUEL SALES
The retail sale of motor vehicle fuel, including gasoline,
diesel, and compressed natural gas. Fuel sales may include the retail
sales normally associated with a convenience store. Fuel sales may
also include food preparation, service, and consumption as an accessory
use.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
GARAGE, COMMUNITY
A single building or a group of minor garages, erected for
the use of adjacent property owners or residents of multiple-family
dwellings, used for the storage of motor vehicles and not for repair
or maintenance thereof.
GARAGE, MINOR
Either a one-story building or an integral part of a dwelling
used for storage of at least one, but not more than three, motor vehicles
owned and used by the owner or tenant of the lot on which it is erected
for a purpose accessory to the use of the lot of which is rented by
the owner or tenant of such a lot on a weekly or monthly basis for
such storage of motor vehicles by others.
GARAGE, PUBLIC
Any building used for the storage and repair of motor vehicles
not defined as a "minor garage" or "community garage."
GARDEN APARTMENT
An apartment located in a building containing not less than
two nor more than 18 one-floor units, said building not to exceed
three floors in height.
GRADE
The mean elevation of the ground adjoining a building on
all sides as referenced from the center line of adjacent streets and
measured at the midpoint of the street lot line.
GRADE, ESTABLISHED
The elevation of the center line of the street as officially
established by the municipal authorities.
GRADING
Any excavation or filling or combination thereof.
GROUP CARE FACILITY
An establishment including, but not limited to, an assisted-living
facility, independent living facility and personal care home, that
provides room and board to persons who are residents by virtue of
receiving supervised specialized services limited to health, social
and/or rehabilitative services provided by governmental agencies,
their licensed or certified agents, or any responsible nonprofit corporation
meeting the minimum requirements of the sponsoring agency. Supervision
shall be provided by responsible adults whose number shall be determined
and certified by the sponsoring agency; however, no less than one
responsible adult shall always be in the actual facility on a twenty-four-hour
basis. The number of residents shall not exceed 14 persons, excluding
supervisory adults and the children of supervisory adults. This category
shall not include correctional facilities or other facilities operated
by or under the jurisdiction of any government bureau of corrections
or similar institution.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
GROUP RESIDENCE
A dwelling unit in a residential area where room and board
are provided to six or fewer unrelated persons of any age who are
permanent residents, who are mentally or physically handicapped and
who are in need of supervision and specialized services, including
necessary staff who may or may not reside in the dwelling and who
provide health, social and/or rehabilitative services to the residents;
such services being provided by a governmental agency, its licensed
or certified agents or any other responsible nonprofit corporation
meeting the minimum requirements of the sponsoring agency. This category
shall not include facilities operated by or under the jurisdiction
of any government bureau of corrections or similar institution.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
GROWER/PROCESSOR
A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership,
association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which
holds a permit from the DOH to grow and process medical marijuana.
[Added 4-11-2017 by Ord.
No. 360]
HEARING
An administrative proceeding conducted by a board pursuant
to Section 909.1 of the MPC.
HOME OCCUPATION
A business or commercial activity administered or conducted
as an accessory use which is clearly secondary to the use as a residential
dwelling, but which does not meet the requirements of a no-impact
home-based business. Home occupations may install a 1/2 square foot
nameplate sign on the subject property's mailbox only.
[Amended 4-10-2018 by Ord. No. 371]
HOSPITAL
An establishment that provides diagnostic health services
and extensive medical, surgical and/or psychiatric services and/or
treatment either through inpatient care or on an emergency outpatient
basis.
[Amended 4-10-2018 by Ord. No. 371]
HOTEL
An establishment which provides transient lodging accommodations
to the general public in sleeping units which each have independent
access to a common interior corridor and which may provide such additional
supporting services as restaurants, meeting and banquet rooms, recreation
facilities, and living quarters for a resident manager or proprietor.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
IDENTIFICATION CARD
A document issued by the DOH that permits access to medical
marijuana.
[Added 4-11-2017 by Ord.
No. 360]
IMPROVEMENT
Any type of structure, excavation or paved section, or change
thereof.
IMPROVEMENT SETBACK LINE
A line parallel to the front lot line between which line and the front lot line no improvements, as defined in this chapter, shall be permitted. See the illustrations at the end of Article
III.
INCINERATOR
An establishment for burning waste material, especially industrial
waste, at high temperatures until it is reduced to ash.
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No. 371]
INDOOR ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY
Any establishment which provides amusement, recreation or
entertainment for the general public within a completely enclosed
structure for a fee or admission charge including, but not limited
to, bowling alleys, billiard and pool halls, and amusement arcade.
A gaming enterprise, a nightclub, and/or a shooting range shall not
be considered an indoor entertainment center.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
INDUSTRIAL PARK
An area of land developed for multiple industrial uses which are subject to the use regulations of the Industrial Zoning District. Each principal use within an industrial park must be divided through lease lines or parcel boundaries, and must conform to the area, bulk, and setback regulations of §
350-33.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
JUNKYARD
A lot, land or structure, or parts thereof, used primarily
for the collecting, storage and sale of wastepaper, rags, scrap metal
or discarded material or for the collecting, dismantling, storage
and salvaging of machinery or vehicles not in running condition and
for the sale of parts thereof.
[Amended 4-10-2018 by Ord. No. 371]
KENNEL
An establishment where six or more domestic pets that are
six months or older are kept, bred, trained, or boarded at any one
time, whether for profit or not. A kennel shall not be considered
a no-impact home-based business, or a home occupation, or an accessory
use to a residential dwelling, unless specifically permitted by this
chapter.
[Amended 4-10-2018 by Ord. No. 371]
INSTITUTION
A building and land used partially for the human habitation
of two or more unrelated individuals who occupy the facility for a
common purpose other than housekeeping.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
Any of the following activities:
A.
The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous
lots, tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
(1)
A group of two or more residential or nonresidential
buildings, whether proposed initially or cumulatively, or a single
nonresidential building on a lot or lots regardless of the number
of occupants or tenure; or
(2)
The division or allocation of land or space,
whether initially or cumulatively, between or among two or more existing
or prospective occupants by means of, or for the purpose of, streets,
common areas, leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features.
C.
Land development shall not include:
(1)
The addition of an accessory farm building on
a lot or lots subordinate to an existing principal farm building;
or
(2)
The addition or conversion of buildings or rides
within the confines of an enterprise which would be considered an
amusement park. For the purposes of the definition, an "amusement
park" is defined as a tract or area used principally as a location
for permanent amusement structures or rides. This exclusion shall
not apply to newly acquired acreage by an amusement park until initial
plans for the expanded area have been approved by proper authorities.
LANDOWNER
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land, including
the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such
option or contract is subject to any condition), a lessee if he is
authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner,
or other person having a proprietary interest in land.
LANDSCAPE CENTER
Any land used to raise trees, shrubs, flowers, and other
plants for wholesale or retail purposes or for transplanting.
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No. 371]
LIFE CARE FACILITY
A facility for the transitional residency of elderly and/or
disabled persons, progressing from independent living in single-family
units to congregate apartment living where residents share common
meals and culminating in a full health and continuing care nursing
home facility.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
LOADING SPACE
An off-street space or berth, abutting upon a street or way
or other appropriate means of access, intended for the temporary parking
of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or
materials, which space or berth is not less than 10 feet in width
and sufficient in length, measured perpendicularly to the street or
way, to insure that no vehicle using the space shall extend beyond
a property line, but in no case less than 25 feet in length.
LOT
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.
LOT AREA
The area contained within the property lines of a lot, excluding
space within any street right-of-way or alley right-of-way, but including
the area of any easement.
LOT, BUILDING LINES OF
The lines that bound the buildable area of the lot, including
front and rear and side building lines. The front, rear, and side
building lines are the same as the front, rear, and side yard lines.
LOT, CORNER
A lot abutting two or more streets at their intersection.
LOT COVERAGE
The percentage of the lot area covered by buildings.
LOT DEPTH
The mean distance from the street right-of-way line at the
front of a lot to the extreme rear lot line of the lot measured parallel
to the mean direction of the side lines thereof.
LOT, THROUGH
A lot other than a comer lot with frontage on more than one
street.
LOT WIDTH
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a lot or, in the case of a corner lot, between the side lot line and front lot line which is opposite the side lot line, measured along the front yard line. See the illustrations at the end of Article
III.
MAJOR EXCAVATING, GRADING OR FILLING
Any operation, other than work in connection with the foundation
for a structure, involving:
A.
Material alteration of the ground surface so
as to affect streets and recreation sites and other public facilities
or physically affect private property within 1,000 feet of the intended
operation; or
B.
A volume of earth movement exceeding an average
of 1/2 of a cubic yard per square foot of site area or 16,000 cubic
yards, whichever is the lesser; or
C.
A change in ground elevation exceeding 15 feet.
MANUFACTURING, HEAVY
The mechanical or chemical transformation of raw materials
or substances into new products or other raw materials or any manufacturing
process not included in the definition of "light manufacturing."
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No. 371]
MANUFACTURING, LIGHT
The processing and fabrication of certain materials and products
where no process involved produces noise, vibration, air pollution,
fire hazard or noxious emission which will disturb or endanger neighboring
properties. "Light manufacturing" includes the production of the following
goods: home appliances; electrical instruments; office machines; precision
instruments; electronic devices; timepieces; jewelry; optical goods;
musical instruments; novelties; wood products; printed material; lithographic
plates; type composition; machine tools; dies and gauges; ceramics;
apparel; lightweight metal castings; film processing; light sheet
metal products; plastic goods; pharmaceutical goods; and food products,
but not animal slaughtering or curing nor rendering of fats.
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No. 371]
MASSAGE THERAPY ESTABLISHMENT
Any business or part thereof where massage services are provided
by a person having graduated from a massage therapy training program
approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Private Licensed Schools,
or equivalent agency if trained in another state, by a person certified
through a massage therapy certification exam approved by the National
Commission for Certifying Agencies, by a person certified through
the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork,
or by a person who is a practitioner or higher level member of the
American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), Associated Bodywork and
Massage Professionals (ABMP), or International Massage Association
(IMA).
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
MASTER PLAN OF STREETS
A document developed and maintained by the Township which
classifies all roads in the Township according to the following criteria:
A.
ARTERIAL ROUTESRoads designated to carry high volumes of traffic between communities of geographic areas.
D.
LOCAL STREETSStreets that are designed to carry traffic to and from each land parcel in the Township.
MEDICAL CLINIC
An establishment, excluding a medical office and business
or professional office, where two or more medical professionals licensed
by the Pennsylvania Department of Health provide diagnostic health,
medical, surgical and/or psychiatric services and/or treatment to
the general public, where patients are not provided with board or
kept overnight, and shall include such uses as reception areas, waiting
areas, consultation rooms, X-ray and minor operating rooms and a dispensary,
provided that all such uses have access only from the interior of
the building or structure.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Marijuana for certified medical use as legally permitted
by the Medical Marijuana Act of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Pennsylvania Act 16 of 2016.
[Added 4-11-2017 by Ord.
No. 360]
MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT
The Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act, 35 P.S. § 10231.101
et seq., as amended.
[Added 4-11-2017 by Ord.
No. 360]
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DELIVERY VEHICLE OFFICE
Any facility used to house delivery vehicles for supplying
marijuana plants or seeds to one or more grower/processor and/or dispensary.
[Added 4-11-2017 by Ord.
No. 360]
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY
A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership,
association, trust or other entity or any combination thereof, which
holds a permit issued by the Department of Health of the Commonwealth
to dispense medical marijuana.
[Added 4-11-2017 by Ord.
No. 360]
MEDICAL OFFICE
An establishment where one or more licensed medical professionals,
provide diagnosis and treatment by appointment to the general public,
without surgical procedures or pharmacy, where patients are not provided
with board or kept overnight, and shall include such uses as reception
areas, offices, consultation rooms, and X-ray, provided that all such
uses have access only from the interior of the building or structure.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
MINERAL EXTRACTION
Mineral extraction shall include all activity which removes
from the surface or beneath the surface of the land some material,
mineral resource, natural resource or other element of economic value
by means of mechanical excavation necessary to separate the desired
material from an undesirable one; or to remove the strata or material
which overlies or is above the desired material in its natural condition
and position. Open pit mining includes, but is not limited to, the
excavation necessary to the extraction of sand, gravel, topsoil, limestone,
sandstone, coal, clay, shale and iron ore. Oil and gas extraction,
excavation for the purposes of grading a building lot or roadway and
the removal of grass or sod for landscaping, or the removal of materials
from a lot for use on that same lot, shall not be considered mineral
extraction.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
MIXED USE
A tract of land or a building where a combination of residential
and/or commercial uses permitted within a district are combined.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
MOBILE HOME
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 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.
MOBILE HOME LOT
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the
necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for
the erections thereon of a single mobile home.
MOBILE HOME PARK
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.
MORTUARY
A funeral home that does not include a crematory as a principal
or accessory use.
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No. 371]
MOTEL
An establishment which provides transient lodging accommodations
to the general public in units which each have independent access
directly to the outside and which may provide such additional supporting
services as restaurants, meeting and banquet rooms, recreation facilities,
and living quarters for a resident manager or proprietor.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
MPC
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of
1968, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., and as it may be amended.
NO-IMPACT HOME-BASED BUSINESS
A business or commercial activity administered or conducted
as an accessory use which is clearly secondary to the use as 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, and which otherwise complies with the following requirements:
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
A.
The business activity shall be compatible with the residential
use of the property and surrounding residential uses;
B.
The business shall employ no more than one employee other than
family members residing in the dwelling;
C.
There shall be no display or sale of retail goods and no stockpiling
or inventory of a substantial nature;
D.
There shall be no outside appearance of a business use including,
but not limited to, parking, signs or lights; except that the name
of the business may be indicated on the residence mailbox, as long
as the mailbox sign does not exceed one square foot in area;
E.
The business activity shall not use any equipment or process
which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical
or electronic interference, including interference with radio or television
reception, which is detectable in a neighborhood;
F.
The business activity shall not generate any solid waste or
sewage discharge, in volume or type, which is not normally associated
with residential use in the neighborhood;
G.
The business activity shall be conducted only within the dwelling
and may not occupy more than 25% of the habitable floor area;
H.
The business shall not involve any illegal activity; and
I.
The business shall not supersede any deed, restriction, covenant,
or agreement restricting the use of the land, nor any master deed,
bylaw, or other document applicable to a common interest ownership
community.
NOISE
Sound pressure in excess of 65 decibels as measured as at
a property line or public right-of-way.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
NONCONFORMING LOT
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.
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE
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 of hereafter enacted, where such structure
lawfully existed 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. Such nonconforming structures include, but
are not limited to, nonconforming signs.
NONCONFORMING USE
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.
NONRESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES
Any structure covering a maximum area of 150 square feet,
with such a structure having a minimum width or length of eight feet.
[Added 7-3-2001 by Ord. No. 284]
NURSING HOME
An establishment, licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
engaged in providing a patient nursing and health-related personal
care, utilizing in whole or part licensed and/or registered nurses,
excluding hospital services and excluding day-to-day personal care
which is not health care by licensed or registered nurses.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
OFFICE
A building or part of a building in which one or more persons
are employed in the management, direction or conducting of business
or where professionally qualified persons and their staff serve clients
who seek advice or consultation, and which may include the administrative
offices. A business or professional office shall not include a medical
office.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
OFFICE, BUSINESS
Business offices with more than 2,000 square feet of net
leasable area, but no more than 14,000 square feet of net leasable
area per building. For the purposes of the business office use, net
leasable area shall include all area within a building less any common
areas, common hallways, and common bathrooms.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
OFFICE, NEIGHBORHOOD
A neighborhood office establishment not exceeding 2,000 square
feet of net leasable area within a single building. For the purposes
of the neighborhood office use, net leasable area shall include all
area within a building less any common areas, common hallways, and
common bathrooms.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
OPEN LAND USES
Any function conducted in an unsheltered area not involving
the removal of natural resources.
OPEN SPACE LAND
Land that is restricted in use to public or private recreational
use.
OUTDOOR STORAGE
The storage of materials, equipment, containers, and/or trailers
outside of a completely enclosed building, but not including storage
of materials or motorized vehicles defined as a junkyard.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
PARKING AREA
An open space, other than a street or way, used for the parking
of only automobiles.
PARKING SPACE
A space in a garage or parking area, not less than nine feet
wide and 20 feet long, reserved for the parking of only one automobile.
PAVED AREA
A percentage which, when multiplied by the lot area, will
determine the permitted ground area which may be covered with an impervious
surface.
PERSON
Any individual or group of individuals, partnership, or corporation.
PERSONAL SERVICES
Any enterprise providing domestic commodities and services
pertaining to the person, their apparel or personal effects commonly
carried on or about the person including, but not limited to, shoe
repair, tailoring, clothes cleaning, watch repairing, barbershops,
beauty parlors and related activities.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
PHARMACY
A retail store not exceeding 7,000 square feet of gross floor
area which primarily sells prescription drugs, patient medicines,
and surgical and sickroom supplies.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (PRD)
An area of land, controlled by a landowner, to be developed
as a single entity for a number of dwelling units, or combination
of residential and nonresidential uses, the development plan for which
does not correspond in lot area, bulk, type of dwelling, or use, density,
or intensity, lot coverage and required open space to the regulations
established in any one district created, from time to time, under
the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 4-10-2018 by Ord. No. 371]
PLAT
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether
preliminary or final.
PORCH
A roofed, open structure projecting from the front, side
or rear wall of a building.
PRIVATE
Any procedure or establishment limited to members of an organization
or to other persons specifically invited or permitted where no advertisement
or inducement has been made to the general public.
PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS
All streets, sidewalks, walkways, streetlights, street signs,
gutters, curbs, sewers, water lines, and other utilities or related
facilities, but not including driveways and parking areas, to be operated
and maintained by a private entity.
PRIVATE, NONCOMMERCIAL USE OR STRUCTURE
A use or structure on a lot in a residential zone from which
the inhabitants of the lot derive no commercial benefit through the
sale of goods or services related to the use or structure.
PRIVATE OR SEMI-PRIVATE CLUB
Any establishment operated by a private organization for
social, recreational, educational, fraternal or social purposes, but
open only to members and their guests and not to the general public.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
PUBLIC BUILDING
A building or structure owned by a government agency and
used for public purposes.
PUBLIC GROUNDS
Includes:
A.
Parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other
recreational areas and other public areas;
B.
Sites for schools, sewage treatment, refuse
disposal and other publicly owned or operated facilities; and
C.
Publicly owned or operated scenic and historic
sites.
PUBLIC HEARING
A formal meeting held pursuant to the public notice by the
Supervisors or Planning Commission intended to inform and obtain public
comment, prior to taking action in accordance with the Municipalities
Planning Code.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
All streets, sidewalks, walkways, streetlights, street signs,
gutters, curbs, sewers, water lines, and other utilities or related
facilities, but not including driveways and parking areas, to be dedicated
to or maintained by a public agency, or any such existing facilities
accepted by a public agency.
PUBLIC MEETING
A forum held pursuant to notice under the Act of October
15, 1998 (P.L. 729, No. 93), 65 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq.,
known as the "Sunshine Act."
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice published once each week for two successive weeks
in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. Such notice
shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature
of the matter to be considered at the hearing. The first publication
shall not be more than 30 days and the second publication shall not
be less that seven days from the date of the hearing.
PUBLIC UTILITY BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
Facilities that transmit and/or distribute to the general
public electric power, cable television and telephone communications.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
RECREATIONAL FACILITY, PRIVATE
A building, structure, or open space designed for recreational
purposes and limited to members of an organization and to their guests
and not accessible to the general public. Such facilities include,
but are not limited to, country clubs, golf courses, tennis courts,
and swim clubs.
RECREATIONAL FACILITY, PUBLIC
A building, structure, or open space designed for recreational
purposes and open to the general public. Such facilities include parks,
nature trails, public swimming pools and other similar facilities.
REGISTRY
The registry established by the DOG for all medical marijuana
organizations and practitioners.
[Added 4-11-2017 by Ord.
No. 360]
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION
An institution of any denomination where people regularly
observe, practice or participate in religious or spiritual services,
meetings, or activities.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
REPORT
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.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, PILOT MANUFACTURING, and LABORATORIES
Any establishment which carries on investigation in the natural,
physical, or social sciences and engineering and development as an
extension of such investigation with the objective of creating end
products. This may include testing concepts and ideas and determining
the physical layouts, material flows and processes, types of equipment
required, costs and other information necessary prior to undertaking
full-scale production, and which may include the conduct of small-scale
product runs under simulated production conditions.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT
A business establishment located entirely within an enclosed
building which sells goods, services or merchandise to the general
public for personal, household or office consumption and which shall
not include wholesaling, manufacturing or processing of the goods
offered for sale. An adult-oriented business shall not be considered
a retail store.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
RIGHT-OF-WAY
Land reserved or dedicated for use as a street, pedestrianway,
or other means of public or private transportation or for an electric
transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm
sewer, or other special use. A right-of-way includes the entire area
reserved or dedicated for the use.
SANITARY LANDFILL
A planned and systematic method of refuse disposal whereby
nontoxic waste material is placed in the earth in layers, then compacted
and covered with earth or other approved cover material at the end
of each day's operation.
SCHOOL
Any building or grounds, or portion thereof, used exclusively
for the education of humans or for uses attendant to the education
of humans.
SECURITY, MAINTENANCE
Method for developer to secure structural integrity and functioning
of public improvements in accordance with the design and specifications
depicted on the final plan approved by the Township, for a period
of time following the date of acceptance by the Supervisors of dedication
of such improvements. The maintenance security shall be in the form
of a performance bond, federal or commonwealth chartered lending institution
irrevocable letter of credit and restrictive or escrow accounts in
such lending institutions or such other security as may be acceptable
to the Supervisors. Such financial security shall be posted with a
bonding company or federal or commonwealth chartered lending institution
chosen by the party posting the financial security, provided that
said bonding company or lending institution is authorized to conduct
such business within the Commonwealth.
SECURITY, PERFORMANCE
Method for developer to guarantee proper installation of
public and private improvements specified in the final application.
The performance security shall be in the form of a performance bond,
federal or commonwealth chartered lending institution irrevocable
letter of credit and restrictive or escrow accounts in such lending
institutions or such other security as may be acceptable to the Supervisors.
Such financial security shall be posted with a bonding company or
federal or commonwealth chartered lending institution chosen by the
party posting the financial security, provided that said bonding company
or lending institution is authorized to conduct such business within
the Commonwealth.
SEWER
A public or private sewer treatment system and a pipe collection
system.
SHOPPING CENTER
A group of commercial businesses developed, owned and maintained
as a single entity and sharing a common parking lot.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
SIGN
Any surface, fabric or device bearing lettered, pictorial
or sculptured matter designed to convey information visually and exposed
to public view, or any structure or medium (including billboard or
poster panel) designed to carry the above visual information, or to
attract attention.
SIGN, AREA OF
The entire surface on each plane or planes on which the letters,
numbers, words, symbols or pictorial matter appears and shall include
any border.
SIGN, ILLUMINATED
The term "illuminated," as used in §
350-34 of this chapter, shall indicate lighting by means of lamps or other lighting devices constructed within or outside or away from the sign, but which is an integral part of the advertising effect.
SIGN, NONCONFORMING
A sign, lawfully existing on the effective date of this chapter
or subsequent amendment hereto, which does not completely conform
to the sign regulations applicable in the district in which it is
located.
SIGN, OVERHANGING
Any sign suspended from a building, a pole or other object
irrespective of any restraining bracing.
SPECIAL EXCEPTION
A use which may be permitted in a district upon review and approval by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with Article
XI of this chapter and the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (Act 247, as amended).
STORAGE, ENCLOSED
The keeping of goods or equipment, accessory to a permitted
use, in a building with a roof and walls on all sides.
STORAGE GARAGE/FACILITY
A building or group of buildings with controlled access that
contains various sizes of individual compartmentalized rooms, stalls
and/or lockers for the storage of the customer's goods and belongings.
This shall not apply to uses which legally allow customary indoor
and outdoor storage as an accessory use.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
STORAGE, OUTSIDE
The keeping of goods or equipment, accessory to a permitted
use (not including registered parked automobiles), in an unenclosed,
outdoor area.
STORY
That part of a building between a floor and any floor or
roof next above, used for human occupancy. A basement shall be considered
a story if more than 1/3 of the perimeter walls are five feet or more
above the average exterior grades.
STORY, HALF
A story with a cubic content of not more than 50% of the
cubic content of the first story of the building.
STREET
Includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway,
parkway, lane, viaduct and any other ways, except alleys used or intended
to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians, whether public or
private. "Street" includes the entire right-of-way.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS
Any change in the supporting members of a building or structure,
such as bearing walls, partitions, columns, beams or girders, or the
piercing of exterior walls.
STRUCTURE
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
STRUCTURE, ACCESSORY
A detached subordinate structure, the use of which is clearly
incidental to the main structure or to the use of the land.
SUBDIVISION
The division or redivision of a lot, tract or parcel of land
by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions
of land, including changes in existing lot lines for the purpose,
whether immediate or future, of lease, partition by the court for
distribution to heirs or devisees, transfer of ownership or building
or lot development; provided, however, that the subdivision by lease
of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres,
not involving any new street or easement of access or any residential
dwelling, shall be exempted.
SUPPLY YARD
A commercial establishment storing or offering for sale building
supplies, steel supplies, coal, heavy equipment, feed and grain and
similar goods. "Supply yards" do not include the wrecking, salvaging,
dismantling or storage of automobiles, similar vehicles and junk.
The term "supply yard" shall not be construed to include supply yards
conducted as an accessory use in association with the operation of
a legally permitted use.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
SUPPORTING RETAIL
Selected retail stores, which are compatible with and support
the principal uses authorized in a business or industrial parks.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
SWIMMING POOL
An open public or private swimming facility containing over
24 inches of water.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
TEMPORARY OUTDOOR SEATING
A dining area with seats and tables located outdoors of a
licensed food establishment (restaurant) that has indoor seating and
which is located entirely outside the exterior walls of a building.
[Added 6-9-2015 by Ord.
No. 349]
TERRACE
A natural embankment between a building and its lot lines.
The height of a terrace shall be the difference in elevation between
the lot line and the finished grade at the line of the building.
TOURIST COURT
A group of attached or detached buildings containing only
individual sleeping rooms or living units (except in the case of quarters
for resident manager or proprietor) with separate accessory facilities,
designed for temporary use by automobile tourists or transients, including
auto courts, motels or motor lodges and the like.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Chartiers, Washington County, Pennsylvania,
having its municipal office at 2 Buccaneer Drive, Houston, Pennsylvania
15342.
TRUCK
An automotive vehicle used for hauling.
TRUCK TERMINAL
A freight terminal for loading, unloading, and processing
freight being transported to and from the facility using trucks of
any size.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
USE OF A BUILDING
Any and every use or activity conducted within a building
or an accessory thereto.
VETERINARY SERVICES
An establishment owned and operated by a veterinarian medical
doctor(s), certified in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the
medical or surgical treatment of domestic, agricultural or zoological
animals but excluding the boarding and grooming of animals not subject
to medical or surgical treatment.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
WALL PROJECTING SIGN
A sign attached or affixed to a wall of a building or structure
and protruding from the wall surface in such a way that more than
one face of the sign is visible.
[Added 6-9-2015 by Ord.
No. 349]
WAREHOUSING
An establishment for the storage and handling of freight
or merchandise, but not including the maintenance or fueling of commercial
vehicles. This shall not apply to uses which legally allow customary
warehousing of goods, supplies, and materials as an accessory use.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
WATER
A public or private water distribution system.
WHOLESALE BUSINESSES
An establishment engaged in selling merchandise to retailers,
institutional, commercial or professional business customers or other
wholesalers rather than to the general public or acting as a broker
for such merchandise sales.
[Added 4-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 371]
YARD
That portion of the lot which is unoccupied and open to the sky and extends from the lot line to the yard line. See the illustrations at the end of Article
III.
YARD, FRONT
A yard extending across the full width of the lot and abutting the front lot line, the required depth of which yard is a prescribed minimum distance between the front lot line and a line parallel thereto on the lot. See the illustrations at the end of Article
III.
YARD LINE
A line drawn parallel to the corresponding lot lines at a distance specified for the required depth of yard in each respective case. See the illustrations at the end of Article
III.
YARD LINE, FRONT
A yard line bounding the front yard and parallel to the front lot line. See the illustrations at the end of Article
III.
YARD LINE, REAR
A line bounding the rear yard and parallel to the rear lot line. See the illustrations at the end of Article
III.
YARD LINE, SIDE
A line bounding the side yard and parallel to the side lot lines. See the illustrations at the end of Article
III.
YARD, REAR
For all lots except corner lots, a yard extending across the full width of the lot and abutting the rear lot line, the required depth of which yard is a prescribed minimum distance between the rear lot line and a line parallel thereto on the lot. For corner lots, a yard abutting the rear lot line and extending between the front yard and side lot line, the required depth of which yard is a prescribed minimum distance between the rear lot line and a line parallel thereto on the lot. See the illustrations at the end of Article
III.
YARD, SIDE
A yard abutting a side lot line extending from the front yard to the rear yard, the required width of which yard is a prescribed minimum distance between the side lot line and a line parallel thereto on the lot. See the illustrations at the end of Article
III.
ZONING OFFICER
The Township official authorized by the Supervisors as the
Chartiers Township Zoning Officer.
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