A. 
Word usage. Words used in the present tense shall include the future. Words used in the singular include the plural number, and in the plural include the singular. The word "person" includes a partnership or a corporation. The word "lot" includes the word "plot." The word "building" includes the word "structure." The word "zone" includes the word "district." The word "shall" is mandatory and not discretionary. The word "occupied" or "used" shall be considered as though followed by the words "or intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied."
B. 
Definitions. For the purpose of this Part 9, the terms used herein are defined as follows:
ACCESSORY BUILDING
A building subordinate to the main building on a lot and used for the purpose customarily incidental to that of the main building.
ACCESSORY USE
A use customarily incidental to the principal use of a building or land, such as the office of a professional person, customary home occupations, a driveway, a swimming pool and a tennis, paddle and platform tennis court.
[Amended 10-28-1993 by Ord. No. 0-8-93R]
BLOCK
An area bounded by streets or by streets and streams or borough boundary lines.
BUILDING
The measurements of a building or from a building shall be as follows: the width and depth shall be the maximum of the main parts of the building.
[Amended 2-4-1972 by Ord. No. 0-2-72]
BUILDING AREA
The maximum horizontal projected area of the building and its accessories. Roofed-over porches or similar extensions of a building shall be considered parts of the building. Any eave or similar projection in excess of four inches shall be considered as part of the building for the computation of side yards and land coverage.
BUILDING HEIGHT
The total vertical dimension from the corner point of the curbline to the highest point of the building, excluding chimneys, antennas, mechanical equipment and parapet walls not exceeding four feet in height. For corner properties, the lower elevation curb center point shall govern. For sites whose existing (preconstruction) grade at the building footprint is lower than the governing curbline elevation, the former shall replace the latter in the calculation. Building height to be measured from the average elevation of the existing grade measured at ten-foot intervals around the outer perimeter of the proposed building footprint, beginning at the low point.
[Added 2-4-1972 by Ord. No. 0-2-72; 7-22-2004 by Ord. No. 0-6-04; 12-13-2004 by Ord. No. 0-18-04]
CORNER LOT
A parcel of land at the junction of, and fronting on, two intersecting streets. In the case of a corner lot, the shorter street frontage shall equal 60% or more of the longer frontage, and the rear lot line may be elected by the lot owner provided that it be indicated on any plans filed with the Construction or Zoning Official, or Land Use Board.
[Amended 8-24-2009 by Ord. No. 217-2009]
CURB LEVEL
The existing grade of the street in front of the midpoint of the lot. Where a lot level is higher than the curb level, the average elevation of the former along the building line may be taken as a base for measuring the height of a building. Where a lot fronts on two or more streets of different levels, the curb level of the higher street may be taken as the base for measuring the height of a building, to a distance of 100 feet back from the street with the higher curb level.
DEPTH OF LOT OR SITE
The distance between the front and rear lot lines measured perpendicularly to the front building line along the axis of the plot.
[Amended 2-4-1972 by Ord. No. 0-2-72]
DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY
A building designed and used exclusively for occupancy by three or more families living independently of each other.
[Added 2-4-1972 by Ord. No. 0-2-72]
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
A building designed exclusively for occupancy by two families living independently of each other.
[Added 2-4-1972 by Ord. No. 0-2-72]
FAMILY
Any number of individuals living privately together as a single housekeeping unit and using certain rooms and cooking facilities in common. However, in the event of guests, it shall not include more than two paying guests.
FLOOR AREA OF DWELLING UNIT
The total horizontal area used for general living purposes, excluding open porches, terraces, breezeways, patios or public halls and stairways. All dimensions shall be measured between the exterior faces of walls.
[Added 2-4-1972 by Ord. No. 0-2-72]
FRONT YARD
The open unoccupied space on the same lot with a main building, situated between any street line of the lot and the nearest projection of the main building, and extending to the side lines of the lot.
[Amended 3-12-1970; 8-24-2009 by Ord. No. 217-2009]
INTERIOR LOT
A lot fronting on one street only.
LOT
A parcel of land the location, dimensions and boundaries of which are determined by the latest official record of the Township Assessment Map, and occupied or intended to be occupied by one building or one unit group of buildings and its accessory buildings and uses, and including such open spaces as are required by this Part 9.
NONCONFORMING BUILDING OR USE
One that does not comply with the regulations of this Part 9 for the zone in which it is located.
OFF-STREET LOADING SPACE
An area provided for the loading or unloading of trucks, being not less than 12 feet wide and 25 feet long, exclusive of maneuvering space or access drives thereto.
[Added 2-4-1972 by Ord. No. 0-2-72]
PREMISES
Land or buildings, or both.
PRIVATE GARAGE
A compartment in or a structure appurtenant to the principal building on the same lot, designed to house not more than three motor vehicles for purposes of storage only. All vehicles stored in such garage must be the property of the owner or lessee of the same premises, except that space for the storage of not more than one noncommercial vehicle may be rented.
PUBLIC GARAGE
Any garage other than a private garage.
REAR LOT LINE
The lot line opposite to the street line.
[Amended 8-24-2009 by Ord. No. 217-2009]
REAR YARD
An open space, except for permitted accessory buildings, on the same lot with the main building and situated between the rear wall of the building extended to the side lines of the lot and the rear line of the lot.
SIDE YARD
An open unoccupied space on the same lot with a main building, situated between the side line of the lot and the parts of any building nearest thereto and extending through from the front yard to the rear yard.
SITE
The total area included within the boundary lines of a development. This shall include lands dedicated for streets or other public purposes.
[Added 2-4-1972 by Ord. No. 0-2-72]
STORY
That part of a building between a floor and the floor above or, in its absence, the ceiling or roof above. A story extending less than three feet above the curb level shall not be counted in determining the number of stories. A story, the floor of which is below the curb level and which extends to more than three feet above the curb level, shall be counted as that fraction of a story that the section above the curb level bears to the height of the entire story. Any story under a pitched roof, at the top of a building, the floor of which is not more than two feet below the plate, shall be counted as a half-story when not more than 60% of the floor area is used for rooms; otherwise, it shall be counted as that fraction of a story which its floor area in rooms bears to the entire floor area of that floor.
STREET
Any road, avenue, street, lane or other way set aside for common street purposes.
STREET LINE
The dividing line between the street and the lot.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION
Any change in the size or height of a building or a change in its position on the lot, or any change in the supporting members of a building such as exterior walls, bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams or girders.
THROUGH LOT
[Repealed 10-28-1993 by Ord. No. 0-8-93R]
WIDTH OF LOT
The distance between the side lot lines measured at right angles to the axis of the lot across the rear of the required front yard.
[Amended 12-28-1989 by Ord. No. 0-16-89]