[Ord. 11-15-79; as amended by Ord. 6-16-83; by Ord. 1-23-92;
by Ord. 04-13-00; by Ord. 09-14-00; by Ord. 09-13-01; by Ord. 6-27-02A;
by Ord. 12-09-04; by Ord. 5-26-05; by Ord. 09-14-06B; by Ord. 11-09-06;
by Ord. 11-13-08; by Ord. 08-12-10; and by Ord. 03-10-11A]
For the purpose of interpreting this chapter, the following
definitions shall be controlling:
A subordinate building the use of which is customarily incidental
to that of the main building, and which is located on the same lot
or parcel of land. Motor vehicles and/or any parts thereof shall not
be used as accessory buildings.
An accessory use may be conducted in the main building or in
an accessory building, but in the latter case shall not occupy a floor
area greater than 1/2 the area of the first floor of the main building.
There shall be no commercial display visible from the street, or advertising,
except a small professional nameplate or announcement sign. There
shall be no more than two employees or assistants.
A use not otherwise contrary to law, customarily incidental
to the use of a building for dwelling purposes and including:
The office or studio of a physician or surgeon, dentist, artist,
musician, lawyer, architect, teacher, real estate agent or other like
professional persons residing on the premises which have obtained
similar degrees, training and experience as the specified professionals
herein.
Workshops not conducted for profit.
Customary home occupations such as millinery, dressmaking, and
hair-dressing, conducted by a person residing on the premises.
Any place to which the public is permitted or invited wherein
coin-operated or slug-operated or electronically, electrically, or
mechanically controlled still or motion picture machines, projectors,
or other image-producing devices are maintained to show images to
five or fewer persons per machine at any one time, and where the images
so displayed are distinguished or characterized by the depicting or
describing of "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical
areas."
A commercial establishment which, as one of its principal
business purposes, offers for sale or rental for any form of consideration
any one or more of the following:
Books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, or photographs,
films, motion pictures, video cassettes or video reproductions, slides,
or other visual representations which depict or describe "specified
sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas"; or
Instruments, devices, or paraphernalia which are designed for
use in connection with "specified sexual activities."
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A commercial establishment may have other principal business
purposes that do not involve the offering for sale or rental of material
depicting or describing "specified sexual activities" or "specified
anatomical areas" and still be categorized as an adult bookstore or
adult video store. Such other business purposes will not serve to
exempt such commercial establishment from being categorized as an
adult bookstore or adult video store so long as one of its principal
business purposes is the offering for sale or rental for consideration
the specified materials which depict or describe "specified sexual
activities" or "specified anatomical areas."
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A nightclub, bar, restaurant or similar commercial establishment,
regardless of whether such establishment sells or offers alcohol for
sale, which regularly features:
Persons who appear in the state of nudity; or
Live performances which are characterized by the exposure of
"specified anatomical areas" or by "specified sexual activities";
or
Films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides or other photographic
reproductions which are characterized by the depiction or description
of "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas."
A hotel, motel or similar commercial establishment which:
Offers accommodations to the public for any form of consideration;
provides patrons with closed-circuit television transmissions, films,
motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or other photographic reproductions
which are characterized by the depiction or description of "specified
sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas;" and has a sign
visible which advertises the availability of this adult type of photographic
reproductions; or
Offers a sleeping room for rent for a time period that is less
than 10 hours; or
Allows a tenant or occupant of a sleeping room to sublet for
a period of time that is less than 10 hours.
A commercial establishment where, for any form of consideration,
films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or similar photographic
reproductions are regularly shown which are characterized by the depiction
or description of "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical
areas."
A theater, concert hall, auditorium, or similar commercial
establishment which regularly features persons who appear in a state
of nudity or live performances which are characterized by the exposure
of "specified anatomical areas" or "specified sexual activities."
A public thoroughfare having a right-of-way width of 20 feet
or less regardless of how named.
Any changes in supporting members of a building except such
changes as may be required for its safety, any addition to a building,
any change in use from one district classification to another, or
removal of a building from one location to another.
A multiple family dwelling. (See below.)
A person or entity who has filed an application with the Township for any purpose set forth in this Chapter 27 of the Township of Logan Code of Ordinances, including their heirs, successors or assigns. Applicant includes Developer or Landowner as those terms may be defined either in said Chapter 27 and/or Chapter 22 of the said Code of Ordinances.
The extent of the surface contained within the extremities
or boundaries of land or building.
The area of a sign shall be construed to include all lettering,
wording and accompanying designs and symbols, together with the background,
whether open or closed, on which they are displayed, but not including
any supporting framework and bracing which is incidental to the display
itself. Where the sign consists of individual letters or symbols attached
to or painted on the surface, the area shall be considered to be the
smallest rectangle or other regular geometric figure which can be
drawn to encompass all of the letters and symbols.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
One or more persons who are permitted to view a performance
for consideration of any type in or from a public place.
Will not be permitted beyond one year from the date of permit.
The length of a street between two intersections.
Any body granted jurisdiction under a land use ordinance
or under this chapter to render final adjudications.
A dwelling, other than a hotel, wherein more than three people
are sheltered or fed for profit, including, without limitation, a
dormitory.
A strip of required yard space adjacent to the boundary of
a property or district, not less in width than is designated in this
chapter, and on which is placed around shrubbery, hedges, evergreens
or other suitable plantings of sufficient height and density to constitute
an effective screen and give maximum protection and immediate screening
to an abutting property or district. A "buffer area" may include a
permissible fence.
Any structure having enclosing walls and roof permanently
located on the land.
The ratio of the total area of the lot covered by buildings
to the total area of the lot.
The following locations are defined as business corridors
within the Township:
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
Pleasant Valley Boulevard/Business Route 220/Plank Road - adjoining
property located within 100 feet of the right-of-way wherein the zoning
designation is business.
Logan Boulevard - adjoining property located within 100 feet
of the right-of-way wherein the zoning designation is business.
State Route 36/Union Avenue from Ward Avenue to the Frankstown
Township line - adjoining property located within 100 feet of the
right-of-way wherein the zoning designation is business.
17th Street - adjoining property located within 100 feet of
the right-of-way wherein the zoning designation is business or industrial.
Goods Lane - adjoining property located within 100 feet of the
right-of-way wherein the zoning designation is business.
Orchard Avenue - adjoining property located within 100 feet
of the right-of-way wherein the zoning designation is business.
Osgood Drive - adjoining property located within 100 feet of
the right-of-way wherein the zoning designation is industrial.
Greyson Street - adjoining property located within 100 feet
of the right-of-way wherein the zoning designation is business.
Amelia Avenue from Frankstown Road to Greyson Street - adjoining
property located within 100 feet of the right-of-way wherein the zoning
designation is business.
A parcel of land used for camping or overnight accommodations,
with sites for cabins, tents and/or outdoor recreational vehicles,
and which may include accessory buildings and facilities such as recreational
areas, dining halls with kitchen facilities, indoor gymnasiums and
group meeting facilities. A campground shall not include a facility,
building or land designed or used for correctional or penal purposes,
in whole or in part. A campground shall be permitted as a special
exception use in the Agriculture A-1 zone district only.
A line midway between and parallel to the two street or property
lines.
A commercial establishment which, as one of its principal
business purposes, serves and/or sells to children and/or their families
food, apparel, goods, services, play and/or entertainment.
An area at a street intersection or driveway entrance in
which only certain specified signs are permitted.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
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A facility which charges for entrance to use its land and
is established for the riding of off-road vehicles including but not
limited to all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles, four-wheelers, three-wheelers,
dune buggies, and other four wheel drive vehicles. A commercial off-road
vehicle park shall be permitted as a special exception use in the
Agriculture A-1 zone district only.
R license and above or any vehicle used to transport 10 or
more passengers.
Land which is specifically dedicated to passive and/or active
recreational activities and is freely accessible to residents, property
owners, and tenants of a PRD or neighborhood. This land is owned and
maintained by the homeowners' or condominium association.
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. This definition
shall not include private residence-mounted satellite dishes or television
antennas or amateur radio equipment including without limitation ham
or citizen band radio antennas.
An unmanned building or cabinet containing communications
equipment required for the operation of communications antennas and
covering an area on the ground not greater than 250 square feet.
A structure other than a building, such as a monopole, self-supporting
or guyed tower, designed and used to support communications antennas.
A dwelling or structure, which complies with all of the requirements
of the zoning district in which said dwelling or structure is located,
wherein individuals are sheltered and/or fed for or not for profit
and all such individuals (excepting caregivers) having their residence
therein have a "handicap" as defined in the Fair Housing Amendments,
Act of 1988, P.L. 100-430, 102 Stat. 1619.
The Comprehensive Plan of Logan Township, as amended from
time to time.
Any structure meeting the definition of condominium as defined
in the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act, 68 Pa.C.S.A. § 3101
et seq., as amended from time to time.
A lot fronting on two streets at their intersection.
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.
The number of dwelling units per acre.
The total number of dwelling units divided by the total acreage
of the tract proposed for a PRD.
Final action by an officer, body or agency charged with the
administration of any land use ordinance or applications thereunder,
except the following:
Any landowner, agent or such landowner or tenant with the
permission from a landowner, who makes or causes to be made an application
for approval of a development plan.
A proposal for a PRD, prepared in accordance with this chapter,
including a plat of subdivision or land development, location of various
uses, all covenants relating to use, location, and bulk of building
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 Part, shall mean both the verbal and graphic materials.
A sign containing directional information locating public
places owned or operated by federal, state or local governments or
their agencies; public or privately owned natural phenomena, historical,
cultural, scientific, educational and religious sites; and areas of
natural scenic beauty or which are naturally suited for outdoor recreation.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
A building designed or used exclusively or primarily for
the housing of students of an educational institution, faculty, staff
and paying and nonpaying guests utilizing school, college, and university
facilities for school, college, and university sponsored or supported
activities, which buildings are owned by the education institution.
The term dormitory shall include, but shall not be limited to, fraternity
and sorority houses.
A building occupied by and maintained exclusively for residential
purposes, excluding hotel, motel, rooming house, student home, tourist
home, community living arrangement, institutional home, private club
within residence facilities, and the like.
A person who, for consideration, agrees or offers or advertises
to act as a companion, guide, or date for another person or who agrees
or offers to privately model lingerie or to privately perform a striptease
for another person.
A person or business association who furnishes, offers to
furnish, or advertises to furnish escorts as one of its primary business
purposes for a fee, tip, or other consideration.
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
systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems and
their essential buildings, excluding communications towers and communications
antennas, as defined herein.
Includes any of the following:
The opening or commencement of any sexually oriented business
as a new business;
The conversion of any existing business whether or not a sexually
oriented business, to a sexually oriented business;
The addition of any sexually oriented business to any other
existing sexually oriented business; or
The relocation of any sexually oriented business.
The entity or entities having an equity interest in a wind
energy facility, including their respective successors and assigns.
The potential fall area for the small wind energy system.
It is measured by using 110% of the total height as the radius around
the center point of the base of the tower.
A lot, tract of parcel of land, each of which front a minimum
of 15 feet upon a public street (i.e., any street accepted and maintained
by a local, state or federal government) and extend back therefrom
a minimum width of 15 feet, so as to provide each such lot, tract
or parcel of land with access, which is used solely and exclusively
for ingress, egress and regress from such lot, tract or parcel of
land to such public street; provided that each such lot, tract or
parcel of land meets the area and frontage, front yard, rear yard
and side yard requirements as well as the minimum frontage of either
75 or 100 feet, which frontage shall be measured not less than 30
feet from the building situate upon or proposed to be constructed
or erected upon said lot, tract or parcel of land. One single-family
dwelling house and its accessory uses and out buildings or one mobile
home (where so permitted in the zoning district) or one two-family
dwelling and its accessory uses and outbuildings (where so permitted
in the zoning district) shall be the only structures and uses permitted
upon said lot, tract or parcel of land. No more than two flag lots
shall be permitted to abut, adjoin or in any manner touch upon each
other.
The moving shadow created by the sun shining on the rotating
blades of the wind turbine.
An independently supported sign, not attached to any building.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
A solar collection system not attached to and separate from
any existing structures on the site.
The horizontal or curvilinear distance along the public street
line upon which a lot abuts. Vehicular access shall be provided along
the frontage.
The line separating a lot from a street or other right-of-way.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
The space between the building line or front main wall of
a building and the front property line.
A sign integral with the base structure (typically a brick
or concrete base) from the ground up to the top of the sign.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
The distance measured from the surface of the tower foundation
to the height of the wind turbine hub, to which the blade is attached.
The vertical distance measured from the ground level to the
highest point on a communications tower, including antennas mounted
on the tower.
The vertical distance measured from the average ground level
at the sides of the building, exclusive of chimneys and similar fixtures.
The vertical distance measured from the adjacent roadway
grade at the front of the sign to its highest point. The highest point
in the case of a sign shall include the supporting structure.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
An occupation for gain or support conducted only by members
of a family whose principal residence is on the premises and which
is conducted entirely within the dwelling, provided that no article
is sold or offered for sale, and which occupation does not include
on-premises retailing activity or direct sale of merchandise to the
public. The following is to be considered a "home occupation": Instructions
in violin, piano or other individual musical instruments, limited
to a single person at a time, dressmaker, watchmaker, milliner, seamstress
or other persons who offer skilled services to clients and are not
professionally engaged in the purchase or sale of economic goods.
The following is not considered to be a "home occupation": Dancing
instruction, band instrument instruction in groups, barbershops, beauty
shops, tearooms, tourist homes, real estate offices, convalescent
homes, mortuary establishments, stores, trades or business of any
kind not herein above listed shall not be deemed to be home occupations.
The conducting of a clinic, hospital, animal hospital or any similar
use shall not be deemed to be a "home occupation."
A sanitarium, sanatorium, preventorium, clinic, rest home,
nursing home, convalescent home, and any place for the diagnosis,
treatment, or other care of human ailments, and shall be deemed to
be limited to such places.
A building in which lodging is provided and offered to the
public for compensation and in which ingress and egress to and from
rooms is made from an inside lobby or office supervised by a person
in charge at all hours, and which is open to transient guests, in
contradistinction to a boarding house, lodging house, or rooming house.
Adjoining property located within 100 feet of the federal
I-99 right-of-way.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
A small sign, emblem or decal, less than four square feet
per side in area, informing the public of goods, facilities or services
available on the premises, e.g., a credit card sign, directional (entrance,
exit) sign, or a sign indicating hours of business.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
A public or private benevolent establishment devoted to the
shelter, maintenance, or education and care of minor children, homeless,
aged or infirm persons; or members of a religious community. This
classification shall not include almshouses, penal or reformatory
institutions, nursing homes, or institutions for the custody, care
or treatment of persons suffering from amentia, mental derangement,
or drug or alcoholic addiction.
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land, including
the holder or an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such
option or contract is subject to any condition), if the lessee is
authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner,
or other person having proprietary interest in the land.
An on-premises or off-premises sign with a liquid crystal
display.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
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.
A line forming the front, rear, or side boundary of a lot.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
Includes the tower, base plate, anchors, guy wires and hardware,
anemometers (wind speed indicators), wind direction vanes, booms to
hold equipment for anemometers and vanes, data loggers, instrument
wiring, and any telemetry devices that are used to monitor or transmit
wind speed and wind flow characteristics over a period of time for
either instantaneous wind information or to characterize the wind
resource at a given location.
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.
All mobile homes placed in the Township, with the exception of those
placed in a mobile home park, shall be placed/built on a permanent
block or poured wall foundation. All mobile homes placed in the Township
shall have a 3:12 roof pitch/slope.
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 structure intended for residential housing, built off-site
in modular components that are transported to a residential site and
erected on a permanent block or poured wall foundation, however such
structure is built without a permanent chassis.
A building in which lodging is provided and offered to the
transient public for compensation and in which egress and ingress
to and from rooms may be made either through an inside lobby or office
supervised by a person in charge at all times or directly from the
exterior.
Any building under a single roof, with or without firewall
partitions or party walls, designed for occupancy by or occupied by
three or more households living as families and including but not
limited to an apartment house, townhouse and condominium. Any multifamily
dwelling constructed or erected after the enactment of this chapter
shall be constructed with firewall partitions or firewall party walls
only.
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."
The area of land contained within the legal limits of the
property lines bounding that area. Any portion of a lot included in
a street right-of-way, utility easement, stormwater management facility
or the access strip to an interior flag-shaped lot and the above ground
portion of sewerage systems including buffer areas shall not be included
in calculating the minimum lot area under the provisions of this chapter.
The difference between the electricity supplied over the
electric distribution system and the electricity generated by the
small wind energy system which is fed back into the electric distribution
system over a billing period.
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 sign which does not conform to the requirements of this
Part or subsequent amendments hereto but which lawfully existed prior
to the enactment of this Part.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
A structure or part of a structure manifestly not designed
to comply with the use or extent of use provisions of this chapter
or amendment heretofore or 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.
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.
Any landowner except those on whose property all or a portion
of a wind energy facility is located pursuant to an agreement with
the facility owner or operator.
Any place where a person who appears in a state of nudity
or displays "specified anatomical areas" is provided to be observed,
sketched, drawn, painted, sculptured, photographed, or similarly depicted
by other persons who pay money or any form of consideration.
The appearance of a human bare buttock, anus, male genitals,
female genitals, or female breast.
A building with sleeping rooms where persons are housed or
lodged and furnished with meals and nursing care for hire.
Any building that is occupied or in use when the land development
plan or permit application is submitted.
A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity,
service or entertainment conducted, sold, or offered elsewhere other
than upon the premises where the sign is displayed.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
A sign which directs attention to a business, profession,
event, activity, exhibit, entertainment, or industry conducted on
the premises or to products sold, manufactured or assembled upon the
same premises on which the sign is displayed.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
A porch open on three sides except for wire screening. A
porch shall not be considered open if enclosed by either permanent
or detachable glass sash.
Combination of common open space and parkland.
The entity responsible for the day-to-day operation and maintenance
of a wind energy facility.
A building detached from and subordinate to the main building
on the same lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to the
main building. Vehicles and/or any structure which at any time had
wheels affixed thereto and/or constructed to accommodate wheels, and/or
any parts of vehicles and/or said structures thereof shall not be
used as accessory buildings.
A piece of real estate contained in one legal description.
Land which is specifically dedicated to the Township for
the purpose of active and/or passive recreation and is freely accessible
to residents, property owners, and tenants of a PRD, neighborhood,
or Township. This land is owned and maintained by the Township.
A landowner upon whose property all or a portion of a wind
energy facility is located pursuant to an agreement with the facility
owner or operator.
Any live or reproduced exhibition, including but not limited
to any play, motion picture film, dance or appearance presented to
or performed before an audience.
Any sign which is not a temporary sign.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
A person in whose name a permit and/or license to operate
a sexually oriented business has been issued, as well as the individual
listed as an applicant on the application for a permit and/or license.
An individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation,
association, or other entity.
A building in which food, shelter, and personal assistance
or supervision are provided for a period exceeding 24 hours for at
least four residents who are not relatives of the operator and who
require assistance or supervision in such matters as dressing, bathing,
diet, or medication prescribed for self administration. All such facilities
shall contain no less than 200 square feet of floor area per resident.
A sign supported by an exposed single pole structure.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
A temporary sign identifying a political candidate or party.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
Any sign designed to be moved easily and not permanently
affixed to the ground or to a structure or building.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
The transmission system created to balance the supply and
demand of electricity for consumers in the North East.
A contiguous area of land, controlled by a landowner, to
be developed as a single entity for a number of dwelling units, the
development plan for which does not correspond in lot size, bulk or
type of dwelling, density, lot coverage, and required open space to
the regulations established in any one residential district created
from time to time, under the provisions of the Township Zoning Ordinance.
An area occupied by a business or other public enterprise.
When more than one business occupies a single building, each business
area shall be considered a separate premises.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
A garage not conducted as a business or used for the storage
of more than one commercial vehicle which shall be owned by a person
residing on the premises.
A garage conducted as a business. The rental of storage space
for more than two cars not owned by persons residing on the premises
shall be deemed a business use.
Includes:
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Board
of Supervisors 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.
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 from the date of the hearing.
All separate sanitary sewers, all sewage pumping stations,
all sewage treatment plants, and all other facilities provided and
owned or leased by lessee by the Township of Logan for the collection
and transportation of sanitary sewerage and industrial waste.
Any and all streets owned and maintained by any local, state
or federal government.
A Structure, owned and operated by a public utility electric
company regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, designed
and used to support overhead electricity transmission lines.
The lot line which is opposite from the front lot line.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
An open space on the same lot with a building between the
rear wall of the building and the rear line of the lot, either attached
or detached garages and open porches, which in the aggregate shall
occupy not more than 35% of the area. In the case of a corner lot,
the owner may designate any interior lot line as the rear lot line.
A tenant or business having 10 or more stores or businesses.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
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.
A sign erected or maintained in whole or in part upon, against,
or directly above the parapet line of the roof of the building.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
A private hospital, whether or not such facility is operated
for profit.
A geographical area or portion of a tract that is proposed
for PRD and which is to be developed in accordance with a timetable
for development that is included as part of the applicant's development
plan.
A state of dress in which clothing covers no more than the
genitals, pubic region, and areola of the female breast, as well as
portions of the body covered by supporting straps or devices.
A unified development of housing that is limited to residents
55 years of age and older.
[Added by Ord. No. 04-28-22]
A business or commercial enterprise that, as one of its primary
business purposes, offers for any form of consideration:
This term does not include the following types of commercial
enterprises:
An enterprise in which massage therapy that does not involve
"specified sexual activities" is provided by a physician, chiropractor,
registered nurse, or other medical practitioner licensed or certified
by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for such area of practice.
An enterprise in which massage therapy that does not involve
"specified sexual activities" is provided by a professional massage
therapist who is licensed or certified by a national massage therapist
professional organization that has an explicit and enforced policy
statement which fully deals with the concerns raised by this chapter
and furthers the purposes of this chapter.
An adult arcade, adult bookstore or adult video store, adult
cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, adult theater,
escort agency, nude model studio, or sexual encounter center.
The outline created on the surrounding area by the sun shining
on the small wind energy system.
The open unobstructed space between the side building line
or side wall of a building and the side lot line or boundary and extending
through the front yard and rear yard.
Any structure, wall, or other outdoor surface, or any device
or part thereof, which displays or includes any letter, word, model,
banner, flag, pennant, insignia, device, or other representation used
for announcement, direction, advertisement, information, attraction,
or any other information.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
A detached house designed for the use of a single household,
including two or more people living as a family and wherein not more
than three other people are sheltered or fed for profit.
A wind energy conversion system consisting of a small wind
turbine, a tower, and associated control or conversion electronics,
which has a rated capacity of 100 kilowatts or less and will be used
primarily for on-site consumption. All small wind energy systems shall
be considered as accessory structures and uses.
The vertical distance from ground level to the tip of the
wind turbine blade when at its highest point.
A wind energy conversion system, which has a rated capacity
of 100 kilowatts or less, that converts wind energy into electricity
through the use of a wind turbine generator, and includes the nacelle,
rotor, tower, and pad transformer, if any.
A panel or other solar energy device, the primary purpose
of which is to provide for the collection, inversion, storage, and
distribution of solar energy for electricity generation, space heating,
space cooling or water heating. The collection system may be either
structurally attached or freestanding.
An electrical device consisting of an array of connected
solar cells which converts solar energy into electricity.
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.
The male genitals in a state of sexual arousal, the male
buttocks and/or the vulva or more intimate parts of the female genitals,
buttocks and female breasts.
Includes any of the following:
One or more sections on which an applicant proposes to commence
development at the same time, as part of a timetable for development
of a PRD over a period of years.
That part of a building included between any floor and the
floor or roof next above. When applying to the permissible height
of building, the term "story" shall not include a basement if the
basement is not designed for living quarters and if the ceiling thereof
is not more than four feet above the average ground level.
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 horizontal or curvilinear distance along the public street
line upon which the lot abuts.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
A street line is the right-of-way or established property
line of a street as indicated by dedication or by deed of record.
A solar collection system attached to an existing structure's
roof or wall, or serving as a structure's roof, wall, window, or other
structural member.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land not including
pavement for driveways, or accesses, and associated curbing and stormwater
management facilities.
A living arrangement for students, unrelated by blood, marriage
or legal adoption, attending or about to attend a college or university
or who are on a semester or summer break from studies at a college
or university, or any combination of such persons. Students homes
shall not include fraternities or sororities.
Of a sexually oriented business means the increase in floor
areas occupied by the business by more than 25%, as the floor area
exists on the date of enactment of this chapter.
A sign not constructed or intended for long-term use; for
use for a period of 60 days or less; not including portable or vehicular
signs, as defined.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
A trailer, container, or similar facility which is not permanently
affixed to the real estate. A temporary storage facility does not
have wheels and cannot move on its own. Temporary storage facilities
are only permitted with a permit in the Business Zoning District.
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.
A private residence in which accommodations are provided
for sleeping and feeding not more than 10 overnight paying guests.
A structure consisting of a series from three or more attached
dwellings, separated from one another by continuous vertical walls
without opening from basement to roof. The term shall include "row
house."
Township of Logan, Blair County, Pennsylvania.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
Includes any of the following:
The sale, lease, sublease and/or assignment of lease of the
business;
The transfer of securities which constitute a controlling interest
in the business, whether by sale, exchange, or similar means; or
The establishment of a trust, gift, or other similar device
which transfers the ownership or control of the business, except for
transfer by bequest or other operation of law upon the death of the
person possessing the ownership or control.
The distance measured from the surface of the tower foundation
to the highest point of the turbine rotor blade.
A dwelling with or without party walls, designed or arranged
for occupancy of two households, each including two or more persons
living as a family. From and after the date of the enactment of this
chapter, all two-family dwellings shall be constructed or erected
with firewall partitions or firewall party walls.
Relief granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter
and Articles VI and IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning
Code, 53 PS § 10101 et seq.
A sign which is affixed to a vehicle in such a manner that
the carrying of such sign or signs is no longer incidental to the
vehicle's primary purpose but becomes a primary purpose in itself.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
A sign attached directly to an exterior wall of a building.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
An electric generating facility, whose main purpose is to
supply electricity, consisting of one or more wind turbines and other
accessory structures and buildings, including substations, meteorological
towers, electrical infrastructure, transmission lines and other appurtenant
structures and facilities.
The zoning district created for the purpose of permitting
wind energy facilities within a certain defined area of the Township.
Specifically, the zone boundaries are State Route 36 to the north,
the Blair County/Cambria County line to the west, the Logan Township/Allegheny
Township boundary to the south, a minimum of 3,000 feet from the center
of the railroad bed surrounding the Horseshoe Curve National Historic
Landmark, and following property lines along the eastern edge of the
ridge to the east.
A sign affixed to or visible through a window of a building.
[Added by Ord. 10-24-13]
A wind energy conversion system that converts wind energy
into electricity through the use of a wind turbine generator, and
includes the nacelle, rotor, tower, and pad transformer, if any.
