All words used in this chapter shall carry their
customary meanings except where specifically defined herein. Words
used in the present tense shall include the future. The singular number
shall include the plural and the plural, the singular. The word "shall"
is always mandatory and not permissive; the word "may" is permissive.
The words "used" or "occupied," as applied to any land or structures,
shall be construed to include the words "intended, arranged, designed
to be used or occupied." The word "person" shall include an individual,
corporation, partnership, incorporated association or any other entity.
Words in the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender.
The following words and phrases shall have the
particular meaning specified for the purpose of this chapter:
A vehicle not registered or licensed and which is not in
normal use, which has been abandoned for such purposes.
A vehicle, but not a reproduction thereof, manufactured more
than 25 years prior to the current year and which has been maintained
in or restored to a condition which is substantially in conformance
with manufacturer specifications, and is registered and licensed as
such.
A Township Supervisor, Zoning Officer, police officer, or
their appointed representatives.
A car, truck, motor home, motorcycle, or like conveyance
normally used for transporting persons or materials either on or off
roads.
The Board of Supervisors of Allegheny Township, Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania.
Construction and construction-related, retail, fabricating,
repair, service or manufacturing enterprises, but not limited to these.
Any vehicle which is exclusively used in the conduct of a
"for profit" or "not for profit" enterprise.
A vehicle, but not a reproduction thereof, manufactured more
than 10 years prior to the current year and which has been maintained
in or restored to a condition which is substantially in conformance
with manufacturer specifications, and is registered and licensed as
such.
A mixture consisting largely of decayed organic matter which
is used for fertilizing and conditioning land.
A tarpaulin or like item which is normally used to cover
objects and protect them from weather.
The twenty-four-hour time period occurring between 12:00:00
midnight of a particular calendar date and 12:00:00 midnight of the
next, consecutive, calendar date.
The intentional, unauthorized act of depositing, placing
or scattering junk, garbage, animal feces or offal, or other discards,
alongside of federal, state, county and Township roads or within 100
feet of either road shoulder on properties, private or otherwise,
which adjoin said roads, by a person who does not normally reside
upon said property.
Any discarded material such as metal, paper, rags, or anything
that is regarded as worthless, meaningless, contemptible, or mere
trash, which shall include both organic and inorganic material.
Any person who buys, sells, collects, sorts, stores, or in
any way deals in junk or owns, leases, operates or maintains a junkyard
within the Township.
A business enterprise involving the collection, storage,
processing, recycling, and/or sale of scrap metal other than household
recyclable materials, scrapped, abandoned, or junked motor vehicles,
machinery, construction, or other equipment or parts.
Any zoning district which is not an R1, R2, R3, or RC District
as defined by the Allegheny Township Zoning Ordinance.[1]
Anything which is injurious to health, or is indecent or
offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property,
so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property,
or which unlawfully obstructs any public park, square, street or highway.
Capable of being used for its original intended purpose.
The person to whom a vehicle legally belongs.
A license issued by the Board which allows for accumulation,
storage, and disposal of salvageable or unsalvageable material, junk,
rubbish, or scrap materials in accordance with this chapter.
Any natural person, partnership, firm, corporation or other
legal entity, including singular and plural, male and female.
The Planning Commission of Allegheny Township, Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania.
The person to whom junk or salvage material immediately belongs
or who normally resides upon the property where said material is located.
Any parcel of land situated in Allegheny Township, Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania having a separate tax map parcel number for county
assessment purposes.
The person holding legal title or deed to the property upon
which junk material is located.
Any vehicle used primarily for pleasure and amusement and
which is not an automotive vehicle or trailer.
A person who resides in Allegheny Township, or a business
or organization having its principal building within the boundaries
of Allegheny Township.
All discarded metal, plastic, glass, ceramic, and organic
materials; pasteboard; rags; mattresses; discarded furniture or appliances;
discarded clothes, shoes and boots; leather; carpets; broken glass;
crockery; bottles; excelsior; floor sweepings; metal packing boxes
and barrels and broken parts thereof; cans; tires; household refuse
generally including garbage; nonsalvageable demolished building materials;
and any other material which by reason of its nature might give off
toxic chemicals, obnoxious odors or dust or be unsightly or a fire
hazard or harbor rats, vermin, insects or termites to the detriment
of the health, safety or general welfare of the residents of Allegheny
Township.
Any location where a salvage dealer conducts his business.
The act of removing various components from a vehicle and
offering them for sale, or delivering said components, including the
entire vehicle, to a junk or salvage yard.
Fencing, vegetation, a building or other opaque structure
which acts to prevent a vehicle from being seen.
The Township of Allegheny, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Any vehicle which is designed to be towed by a separate,
powered vehicle and which is not self-propelled.
Every device in which, upon which, or by which any person
or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, and
is ordinarily required to be currently registered with the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania or any other state, except devices used exclusively
upon rails or tracks.
Any vehicle(s) in which displays all Pennsylvania state required
markings or required markings by another state and is in normal use
by its owner(s), including antique vehicles and classic vehicles.
The number of vehicles kept or stored upon a particular property.
Any land and water area within the Township so defined by
the approved Township Zoning Map.
