A.
The following words are defined in order to facilitate
the interpretation of the chapter for administrative purposes and
the carrying out of duties by appropriate officers and by the Zoning
Hearing Board.
B.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words
shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the meaning herein indicated.
D.
ABANDONMENT
ACCESS DRIVE
ACCESSORY BUILDING
ACCESSORY DWELLING
ACCESSORY USE
ADAPTIVE REUSE TO MINI STORAGE FACILITY
ADAPTIVE REUSE TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL
ADULT DAY CARE
AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS
ALLEY
ALTERATIONS
AMENDMENT
ANIMAL HOSPITAL
ANIMAL SHELTER
APPLICANT
AREA
AREA, FLOOR
ART GALLERY
ARTIST STUDIO
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY
AUTOMOBILE
AUTOMOBILE AND/OR TRAILER SALES LOT
AUTOMOBILE BODY SHOP
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION
AUTOMOBILE OR TRAILER SALES DISPLAY BUILDING
BAKERY
BAR
BASEMENT
BED-AND-BREAKFAST INN
BOARDINGHOUSE
BUILDING
BUILDING, COMPLETELY ENCLOSED
BUILDING COVERAGE
BUILDING, DETACHED
BUILDING HEIGHT
BUILDING LINE
BUILDING, MAIN
BUSINESS PARK
BUSINESS SERVICES
BULK
BUS SHELTER
CAFE
CAMP
(1)
(2)
CAMPER UNIT
CAMPGROUND
CAR RENTAL AGENCY
CAR WASH
CASINO AND GAMBLING FACILITY
CEMETERY
CERTIFICATE OF USE AND OCCUPANCY
CHILD DAY-CARE CENTER
CHILD DAY-CARE HOME
COLLEGE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
CONDITIONAL USE
CONTRACTOR'S OFFICE
COUNTRY CLUB, PRIVATE
COUNTRY CLUB, PUBLIC
COURT
CREMATORIUM
CURB LEVEL
DAIRY
DECK
DENSITY FACTOR
DOMICILIARY CARE UNIT
DRIVE-IN FACILITY
DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITY
DRIVEWAY (RESIDENTIAL)
DUMP
DWELLING
DWELLING, GROUP
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY, ATTACHED (ROW)
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY, DETACHED
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY, SEMI-ATTACHED
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
DWELLING, SEMIDETACHED
DWELLING UNIT
ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES
ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS
ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY
FACADE
FAMILY
FARM
FARM STAND, SEASONAL
FENCE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
FINISHED GRADE
FLOOR AREA, HABITABLE
FLOOR AREA OF A BUILDING
FORESTRY
FRONT PORCH
GAMBLING DEVICE
GARAGE OR CARPORT, PRIVATE
GARAGE, PUBLIC
GARDEN POOL
GASOLINE SERVICE STATION
GOLF COURSE
GREENHOUSE
GROUP HOME
GROUP QUARTERS
GUEST ROOM
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE
(1)
(2)
HEALTH CLUB
HOME OCCUPATION
HORTICULTURE
HORTICULTURAL NURSERY
HOSPITAL
HOTEL
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
HOUSE OF WORSHIP
ILLEGAL GAMBLING DEVICE
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
INDUSTRIAL PARK
INTERIOR LOT
JUNKYARD
KENNEL
LABORATORY
LANDOWNER
LANDSCAPE WALL
LAUNDROMAT
LOADING AREA, OFF-STREET
LODGING HOUSE (ROOMING HOUSE)
LOT
LOT AREA
LOT, CORNER
LOT COVERAGE
LOT FRONTAGE
LOT, INTERIOR
LOT LINES
LOT OF RECORD
LOT, THROUGH
LOT WIDTH
MANUFACTURED HOME
MANUFACTURED HOME LOT
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK
MANUFACTURING
MASS TRANSIT STATION
MEDICAL CLINIC
MEDICAL LABORATORY
MEMBERSHIP CLUB
MINI STORAGE FACILITY
MORTUARY
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
MOTEL
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
NEIGHBORHOOD CONVENIENCE STORE
NIGHTCLUB
NONCONFORMING SIGN
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE
NONCONFORMING USE
NO-IMPACT HOME-BASED BUSINESS
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
NURSERY, HORTICULTURE
OFFICE
OFFICE, GENERAL
OFFICE, MEDICAL
OFFICES, PROFESSIONAL
OFF-TRACK BETTING
OPEN SPACE
OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION OPTION
PARK AND RIDE LOT
PARKING AREA
PARKING SPACE
PARKING SPACE, STACKED
PARKING STRUCTURE
PATIO
PAWN SHOP
PERMEABLE
PERSON
PERSONAL CARE SERVICES
PET
PET GROOMING
PET SHOP
PLAN
(1)
(2)
(3)
PLAT
PORCH
PREMISES
PRINCIPAL SUPPLY UTILITY
PRINCIPAL USE
PRIVATE
PRIVATE ROAD
PUBLIC
PUBLIC FACILITY
PUBLIC PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITIES
QUARRY, SAND PIT, GRAVEL PIT, TOPSOIL STRIPPING
RAILROAD TERMINAL, YARD
RECREATION FACILITY
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
RESEARCH AND TESTING LABORATORY
RESTAURANT
RETAIL SALES
RETAINING WALL
RIDING ACADEMY
RIGHT-OF-WAY
SALVAGE YARD
SANITARY LANDFILL
SATELLITE ANTENNA
SATELLITE DISH
SCHOOL
SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL, HIGH
SCHOOL, MIDDLE
SCHOOL, SECONDARY
SCHOOL, VOCATIONAL
SEMITRAILER
SENIOR HOUSING
SETBACK
SEXUAL CONDUCT
SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS
SHOPPING MALL, ENCLOSED
SHOPPING MALL, SHOPPING CENTER, SHOPPING PLAZA
SIGN
SITE PLAN
SKILLED NURSING FACILITY
SOLID WASTE LANDFILL
SPECIAL EXCEPTION
SPRINGETTSBURY TOWNSHIP STREET MAP
STABLE, BOARDING
STABLE, PRIVATE
STEEP SLOPE
STORY
STORY, HALF
STREET
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
STREET CLASSIFICATION MAP
STREET GRADE
STREET LINE
STRUCTURE
SUBDIVISION
SWIMMING POOL
TELEPHONE CENTRAL OFFICE
THEATER
THEATER, OUTDOOR DRIVE-IN
THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE OFFICE
(1)
(2)
TRAILER
TRUCK TERMINAL
USE
USE, PERMITTED
USE, PRINCIPAL
UTILITY FACILITIES
UTILITY SHED
VARIANCE
WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION
WETLAND
WHOLESALE BUSINESS
WINDOW
YARD
YARD, BUFFER
YARD, EXTERIOR
YARD, FRONT
YARD, INTERIOR
YARD, REAR
YARD, SIDE
ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION
ZONING OFFICER
Words used in the present tense include the future
tense. The masculine includes the feminine. The singular includes
the plural. The word "person" includes a corporation and/or partnership
as well as an individual. The word "lot" includes the word "plot"
or "parcel." The term "shall" is always mandatory. The word "used"
or "occupied" as applied to any land or building shall be construed
to include the words "intended, arranged or designed to be used or
occupied." The word "building" or "structure" includes any part thereof.
An intent to abandon or to relinquish which may be demonstrated
by some overt act or some failure to act which carries the implication
that the owner neither claims nor retains any interest in the subject
matter of the abandonment.
A private drive, other than a driveway, which provides for
vehicular access between a street and a parking area, loading area,
drive-in service window or other facility within a land development.
A building subordinate to and detached from the main building
on the same lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to the
main building, but not including utility sheds.
A dwelling unit that has been added onto, or created within,
a single-family house, which is subordinate to the principal single-family
dwelling unit in terms of size, location and appearance and provides
complete housekeeping facilities for one family, including independent
cooking, bathroom, and sleeping facilities, with physically separate
access from any other dwelling unit.
A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal
use or the main building and located on the same lot with such principal
use or main building.
The renovation and reuse of the interior of a preexisting,
nonresidential structure comprised of 70,000 or more square feet,
such as a former department store, " box" store, or warehouse building,
into a mini storage facility.
[Added 2-27-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-01]
The renovation and reuse of a pre-existing nonresidential
structure, such as a church, school, civic organization, private club
or commercial building, into multifamily residential units.
[Added 1-25-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-01]
Provision of daytime care to adults whose ability to independently
perform the normal activities of daily life is limited by age or physical
or other impairment but who do not require the level of care provided
by nursing homes or medical facilities. Said care shall be provided
for a period of time of more than three but less than 12 hours on
any given day.
The production, keeping, or maintenance, for sale, lease,
or personal use, of plants and animals useful to man, including but
not limited to: forages and sod crops; grains and seed crops; dairy
animals and dairy products, poultry and poultry products; livestock,
including beef cattle, sheep, swine, horses, ponies, mules, or goats
or any mutations or hybrids thereof, including the breeding and grazing
of any or all of such animals; bees and apiary products; fur animals;
trees and forest products; fruits of all kinds, including grapes,
nuts, and berries; vegetables; nursery, floral, ornamental, and greenhouse
products; or lands devoted to a soil conservation or forestry management
program.
Buildings used to store equipment, materials, livestock and
products as a part of the customary and generally accepted activities,
practices and procedures of farming, which includes the production
and preparation of livestock and poultry and the production and harvesting
of agricultural, agronomical, horticultural and aquacultural commodities.
A public thoroughfare other than a side street which affords
only a secondary means of access to abutting property and not intended
for general traffic circulation.
As applied to a building or structure, any change or rearrangement
in the total floor area or an enlargement, whether by extending on
a side or by increasing in height, or the moving from one location
or position to another.
A change which includes revisions to the zoning text and/or
the Official Zoning Map. The authority for any amendment lies solely
with the Township Board of Supervisors.
A building used primarily for the treatment, by a veterinarian,
of small domestic animals such as dogs, cats, rabbits, birds or fowl.
Boarding of such animals shall be for medical or surgical treatment.
Any structure or property which houses stray, abandoned or
owner-surrendered animals, except for fish, for impoundment purposes
for future disposition including redemption, adoption, sale or disposal.
This use may include facilities for the destruction and disposal of
animals. Foster home sites and mobile adoption sites may be utilized
in the operation of the animal shelter.
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, including
his heirs, successors or assigns, who has filed an application for
development.
The total area within the property lines.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors
of a building, including interior balconies, mezzanines and basements,
but excluding exterior balconies, and attics. All horizontal dimensions
of each floor area shall be measured by the exterior face of walls
of each such floor, including the walls of roofed porches having more
than one wall. The floor area of a building shall include the floor
area of accessory buildings on the same lot measured the same way.
A structure or building utilized for the display of art work,
including paintings, sculptures and paints for sale to the public.
A workshop or workroom for the creation of fine art and crafts,
such as painting, sculpturing, photography, or other handmade pieces
of art. The space may include a residential unit and/or a teaching
area for groups of 10 or fewer.
Housing designed primarily for elderly or retired persons,
other than nursing or convalescent homes, in which additional nonresident
services may be included as an incidental use. Such incidental uses
may include retail, dining, medical services and entertainment.
A self-propelled motor vehicle designed for the conveyance
of persons or property requiring a registration plate by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania for operation upon public highways, including a truck,
motor home and/or motorcycle.
An open lot for the outdoor display of new or used automobiles
or trailers when accessory to an automobile or trailer sales display
building.
A building on a lot that is used for the repair and/or painting
of bodies, chassis, wheels, fenders, bumpers and/or accessories of
automobiles and other vehicles for conveyance.
A building on a lot or part thereof that is used primarily
for the retail sale of gasoline, oil or other fuel and which may include
facilities used for polishing, greasing, washing or otherwise cleaning
or servicing automobiles and other vehicles. See also "gasoline service
station."
A building for the display and sale of new or used automobiles
or trailers.
A building or structure utilized for the baking of breads
and/or pastries for sale on or off the premises.
An establishment used primarily for the serving of alcoholic
beverages, including liquor, beer and/or wine, by the drink to the
general public and where food or beer may be served or sold only as
accessory to the primary use. It may or may not provide musical or
other entertainment as an incidental or accessory function.
The portion of a building which is partly or completely below grade. For Article XVIII purposes only, any area of the building having its floor subgrade (below ground level) on all sides.
A residence used for providing overnight accommodations and
a morning meal to not more than 10 transient lodgers and containing
at least one but not more than four bedrooms for such lodgers. Bed-and-breakfast
establishments may have regularly scheduled commercial indoor or outdoor
activities such as weddings/receptions/showers, business meetings,
catered events, etc.
A building where, for compensation, provisions are made for
lodging and meals for at least three but not more than 15 persons.
Any structure on a lot having a roof supported by columns
or walls and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons,
animals or chattel and including covered porches or bay windows and
chimneys.
A building which is enclosed on all sides by permanent exterior
walls.
That portion of a lot that is covered by the maximum horizontal
cross sections of all principal and accessory buildings.
A building surrounded by open space on the same lot.
The total overall height of a building measured from the
grade level to the highest point of the roof.
A line parallel to the front, side or rear lot line, set
so as to provide the required yard.
A building in which is conducted the principal use of the
lot on which it is located.
A high quality mixed-use working environment following the requirements of § 325-167, Business and industrial park standards.
Business services shall include and be limited to accountants,
actuaries, advertising agencies, attorneys, art and photography studios,
banks and credit unions, bonding agents, business offices, consulting
services, governmental and utility offices, insurance agencies, loan
companies, optician offices and real estate offices.
A term used to describe the size, volume, area, and shape
of buildings and structures, and the physical relationship of their
exterior walls or their location to lot lines, other buildings and
structures, or other walls of the same building; and all open spaces
required in connection with a building, other structure, or tract
of land.
A structure placed near a bus stop to provide seating and
protection from the weather for the convenience of waiting passengers.
A small restaurant where nonalcoholic beverages, light meals,
desserts and snacks are sold for consumption on premises or for take
out.
Any one or more of the following, other than a hospital,
place of detention, school offering general instructions, or a mobile
home park:
Type 1. Any area of land or water of a design
or character used for seasonal, recreational or similar temporary
living purposes which may include any building or group of buildings
of a movable, temporary or seasonal nature, such as cabins, tents
or shelters.
Type 2. Any land and buildings thereon used
for any assembly of persons for what is commonly known as "day camp"
purposes, whether or not conducted for profit and whether occupied
by adults or children either as individuals, families or groups.
A tent or camping vehicle which can be temporarily located
by a campsite for transient dwelling purposes.
A lot, tract or parcel of land upon which two or more campsites
are located or established, intended and maintained for occupation
by transients in camper units.
A building or structure utilized for the rental of automobiles
or light vans or trucks to the public. It may include incidental or
minor repair or servicing of vehicles available for rent.
A facility equipped with apparatuses for the washing, waxing,
vacuuming, drying or any combination thereof of vehicles.
A gaming business establishment licensed as such by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A casino and gambling facility may include accessory uses, including but not limited to those uses set forth in § 325-168.1J, but excluding sexually oriented businesses. A use shall not be deemed to be a casino and gambling facility on the basis of the sale of Pennsylvania lottery tickets, bingo conducted pursuant to the Bingo Law, and gambling activities conducted pursuant to the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act (including tavern games).
[Added 7-26-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-07]
Property used for the interring of the dead. This use shall
not include facilities for cremation.
The certificate issued by the Building Code Official which
permits the use of a building in accordance with the approved plans
and specifications and which certifies compliance with the provisions
of law for the use and occupancy of the land and structure in its
several parts, together with any special stipulations or conditions
of the zoning permit.
A state-licensed and/or registered facility in which care
is provided or is intended to be provided for seven or more children
at any age at any time.
A state-licensed and/or registered single-family dwelling
in which child care is provided at any time for not more than six
children under the age of 12, including any children under the age
of 12 who are residents of the dwelling.
Any place offering instruction in any branch of knowledge
provided above the level of the secondary school and may include junior
college, college or university.
The official public document prepared in accordance with
Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 170 of 1988, as amended,
consisting of maps, charts and textual material, which constitutes
a policy guide to decisions about the physical and social development
of Springettsbury Township, as amended from time to time.
A use which the Board of Supervisors is permitted to authorize
in specific instances listed in this chapter, under the terms, procedures
and conditions prescribed herein.
An office or shop with an accessory storage area or yard
for any construction, building, electrical, plumbing or mechanical
contractor. An office for a contractor which does not contain an accessory
storage area and/or shop area shall be considered a business office.
A land area and buildings containing recreational facilities,
clubhouse and normal accessory uses, primarily open to members and
their guests for a membership fee, and which may include but are not
limited to swimming pools, tennis courts, golf courses, stables and
riding facilities, equestrian events but not racetracks; and dining
facilities up to a maximum of 100 seats which may be for use by members,
guests and the general public.
Building or facility owned or operated by public entity for
a social, cultural, educational, or recreational purpose.
An unoccupied open space, other than a yard, on the same
lot with a building which is bounded on two or more sides by the walls
of such building.
A facility licensed by the Department of Environmental Protection
and equipped with a furnace for the purpose of reducing the deceased
to ashes by heat.
The officially established grade of the curb in front of
the midpoint of the lot.
A commercial establishment for the manufacture or processing
of dairy products.
A constructed flat surface capable of supporting weight,
similar to a floor but constructed outdoors and usually (though not
always) connected to a building. A deck shall not be completely enclosed,
except for any side which may adjoin a structure or for any fences,
walls, shrubs, or hedges.
Density factors are assigned to dwelling types in accordance
with the following table:
|
Dwelling Unit Type
|
Density Factor
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Efficiency unit
|
1
| |
|
One-bedroom unit
|
2
| |
|
Two-bedroom unit
|
3
| |
|
Three-bedroom unit
|
4
| |
|
Four-bedroom unit
|
6
| |
|
More than four-bedroom unit
|
8
|
An existing building or structure designed for a dwelling
unit for one family which provides twenty-four-hour supervised living
arrangements by the family residing therein for not more than two
unrelated persons 18 years of age and above who are disabled physically,
mentally, emotionally or who are aged persons.
An establishment offering primarily stand-up counter, vending
machine or window service, wherein the customer leaves his automobile
and approaches the counter for service.
A facility which provides for service to persons while seated
in their automobiles and which does not require that the customer
leave the vehicle at anytime. A drive-through facility could be associated
with walk-in services at the same location.
A paved or unpaved surface, other than a street or access
drive, which is intended to provide vehicular access from a street
or a private lane to a single residential dwelling unit.
A lot or land or part thereof used primarily for the disposal
by abandonment, dumping, burial, burning or other means, and for whatever
purposes, of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, junk, discarded machinery,
vehicles or parts thereof or waste material of any kind.
A building or structure designed for living quarters for
one or more families, including trailers and mobile homes which are
supported by a foundation of mortared masonry or concrete construction
and permanently affixed to the land and which have the area between
the ground and body of the trailer or mobile home completely enclosed
to prevent the accumulation of debris and to provide additional stability
and safety to the trailer or mobile home, but shall not include hotels,
rooming houses or other accommodations used for transients.
A group of two or more single-family, two-family or multifamily
dwellings occupying a lot in one ownership.
A building containing three or more dwelling units in a vertical
or horizontal arrangement. All dwelling units are on the same lot.
A building containing one dwelling unit and having two party
walls in common with other buildings (such as a rowhouse or townhouse).
The end unit for each row of dwelling units shall be a single-family
semidetached dwelling unit.
A building containing one dwelling unit and having two side
yards.
A building containing one dwelling unit having one side yard
and one party wall in common with another building.
A building containing two dwelling units with one dwelling
unit arranged vertically over the other or horizontally beside the
other and having two side yards. Each set of two dwelling units is
on a separate lot.
A building containing two dwelling units with one dwelling
unit arranged over the other, having one side yard and one party wall
in common with another building. Each set of two dwelling units is
on a separate lot.
Any structure, or part thereof, designed to be occupied as
a living quarters for one family.
Electric public utilities' transmission distribution facilities,
including substations.
Systems which serve to produce energy from nondepletable
energy sources. These sources of energy (excluding minerals) are derived
from:
Any establishment that is operated, maintained, or devoted
to amusement of the general public, whether privately or publicly
owned, where entertainment is offered by the facility. Entertainment
facilities shall include, but not be limited to, theaters, bowling
alleys, movie theaters, dance halls, video arcades, skating rinks,
batting cages, and miniature golf courses. Entertainment facilities
shall not include adult entertainment businesses, clubs, bars, pubs,
golf courses, or parks.
The exterior wall of a building exposed to public view or
that wall viewed by persons not within the building.
One or more persons who live in one dwelling unit and maintain
a common household. May consist of a single person or of two or more
persons, whether or not related by blood, marriage or adoption. May
also include domestic servants and gratuitous guests, but not occupants
of a club, fraternal lodging house or boardinghouse.
Any parcel of land which is used for gain in raising of agricultural
products, livestock, poultry or dairy products, including necessary
farm structures within the prescribed limits and the storage of equipment
customarily incidental to the primary use. For the purpose of this
chapter, a farm shall not include the raising of fur-bearing animals,
a riding academy, livery, boarding stables or dog kennels.
A facility for the sale of agricultural products wholly produced
on the premises that is open only during the growing season.
A barrier consisting of wood, vinyl, metal, masonry or other
commonly used fencing materials for the purpose of enclosing space
or separating parcels of land, includes hedges and/or similar plantings.
A building or structure utilized for the direct transactional
services to the public, including the maintenance of checking and
savings accounts, certificates of deposits, etc., and the providing
of related financial services associated with a bank.
The elevation at which the finished surface of the surrounding
lot intersects the walls or supports of a building or other structure.
If the line of the intersection is not reasonably horizontal, the
finished grade in computing height of buildings and other structures
or for other purposes shall be the average elevation of all finished
grade elevations around the periphery of the building, except that
the finished grade shall not be higher than 1/2 of the floor-to-ceiling
height.
The sum of the horizontal areas of all rooms used for habitation,
such as living room, dining room, kitchen or bedroom, but not including
hallways, stairways, cellars, attics, service rooms or utility rooms,
bathrooms, closets, nor unheated areas such as enclosed porches, nor
rooms without at least one window or skylight opening onto an outside
yard or court, nor rooms having a height of less than seven feet between
the floor and ceiling. Earth-sheltered dwellings, designed as such,
shall include the aggregate of area used for habitation as defined
above, whether or not all or a portion is below ground level.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors
of a building and its accessory buildings on the same lot, excluding
cellar and basement floor areas not devoted to residential use, but
including the area of roofed porches and roofed terraces. All dimensions
shall be measured between exterior faces of walls.
The use of land for the raising of trees.
A roofed structure supported by columns with no enclosures
whatsoever, including insect screening, jalousie windows and doors;
except a railing or barrier may be erected around the perimeter of
the porch floor, provided it does not exceed 36 inches in height.
Any device, machine or apparatus used for the playing of
poker, blackjack, keno, bingo or other casino games for which a fee
is charged, whether or not such device is operated by the insertion
therein of any coin, currency, disc, slug or token.
[Added 7-26-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-07]
A roofed or partly enclosed building or structure arranged,
designed or intended to be used for the parking or storage of one
or more vehicles, provided that not more than one parking space is
leased to a nonresident of the premises.
A building or part thereof used only for the parking and
storage of vehicles for gain that is open to the general public.
An artificially enclosed body of water or receptacle for
water having a depth of less than three feet that may be used or intended
to be used as an ornamental feature constructed, installed or maintained
in or above the ground. It may include a fountain display, water plants
or fish.
See "automobile service station."
A tract of land for playing golf for a fee, improved with
tees, greens and fairways and which may include clubhouses, pro shops,
food and beverage service and shelters.
Structure used for growing plants. Natural sunlight comes
in through glass or plastic panels and the temperature and humidity
is controlled to provide ideal growing conditions.
A dwelling designed for a group of persons living and cooking
together as a family in a single unit.
Any dwelling or portion thereof not used as a group home
which is designed or used for eight or more persons unrelated to each
other or to any family occupying the dwelling unit and having common
eating facilities. Group quarters include, but are not limited to,
fraternity and sorority houses and dormitories or other quarters of
an institutional nature. Such quarters must be associated with a parent
religious, educational, charitable or philanthropic institution.
A room which is intended, arranged or designed to be occupied
or which is occupied by one or more guests, but in which no provision
is made for cooking. Residential noncommercial guest rooms shall be
within or attached to the principal residence and shall be a part
of the residential utility (sewer, electric, etc.) service line.
Any substance, material, or waste appearing on either of:
The Title III List of Lists: Chemicals Subject
to Reporting Under Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act (SARA) of 1986, published July 1987, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency; or
Hazardous Materials Table in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), Title 49, Part 172.101.
A building designed and used for exercise and physical fitness,
open to its members and guests or to the public for a fee.
Any use of a dwelling conducted solely by a member or members
of the family residing therein which is incidental or subordinate
to the main use of the building for dwelling purposes; which utilizes
not more than 20% of the total floor area of the dwelling not exceeding
350 square feet; which does not generate vehicular parking or nonresidential
traffic to a greater extent than would normally result from residential
occupancy; in connection with which no inventory or stock-in-trade
is kept for regular sale to persons coming to the premises and with
no evidence being visible or audible or abnormally odoriferous activity
detected from the outside of the dwelling to indicate it is being
used for anything other than residential purposes.
The growing of fruits, vegetables, flowers, ornamental plants
or trees for a profit. Such use may be within a building or structure
or outdoors.
A place where plants are propagated and grown to usable size
for wholesale or sale to the general public.
A place for the diagnosis, treatment or other care of humans
and having facilities for inpatient care, including such establishments
as a sanitarium, sanatorium or preventorium.
A building designed for occupancy primarily as the temporary
abiding place of individuals who are lodged with or without meals,
in which building:
There are more than 10 sleeping rooms.
Fifty percent or more of the gross floor area
shall be devoted to residential use.
Business may be conducted when accessory and
incidental.
There may be club rooms, ballrooms and common
dining facilities.
Such hotel services as maid, telephone and postal
services are provided.
A building, structure or group of buildings or structures,
including accessory uses, designed or intended for worship. Accessory
uses may include rectories, convents, church-related schools, church
day-care facilities, cemeteries or any combination thereof.
Any device, machine or apparatus designed and/or specifically
equipped to be used for the playing of poker, blackjack, keno, bingo,
slots or other casino gambling games by the insertion therein of any
coin, currency, metal disc, slug or token, which has been modified
or is designed to facilitate the ready use of a knockoff or knockdown
device or other capability for erasing or eliminating accumulated
playing credits.
[Added 7-26-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-07]
Artificial structures, such as pavement and building roofs,
that replace naturally pervious soil with construction materials that
impede the infiltration of water into the soil.
The orderly development of industrial land meeting the requirements of § 325-167, Business and industrial park standards.
A lot that has no direct frontage on a public or private
street, but which obtains access to such streets by way of a private
driveway or access agreement across land owned by another party. Interior
lots shall be prohibited in Springettsbury Township.
Any lot, land or structure, or part thereof, used primarily
for the collection, storage and/or 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/or
for the sale of parts thereof. See also "salvage yard."
Any building and/or land used for the sheltering, boarding,
breeding or training of three or more dogs, cats, fowl or other small
domestic animals at least six months of age.
A building for experimentation in pure or applied research,
design, development and production of prototype machines or devices
or of a new product, and uses accessory thereto. See also "research
and testing laboratory."
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 persons having a proprietary interest in land.
See "fence."
A business premises equipped with individual clothes washing
and drying machines for the use of public customers.
Space logically and conveniently located for bulk pickups
and deliveries, scaled to delivery vehicles expected to be used, and
accessible to such vehicles when required off-highway parking spaces
are filled.
A building or a portion thereof, other than an apartment,
hotel or a motel, containing not more than one dwelling unit, where
lodging is provided without meals for three or more persons in addition
to the family unit.
A designated parcel, tract or area of land, established by
a plan or otherwise as permitted by law, to be used, developed or
built upon as a unit.
The area contained within the property lines of an individual
parcel of land, excluding any area within a street right-of-way, but
including the area of any easement.
A lot with two adjacent sides abutting on streets that has
an interior angle of less than 135° at the intersection of the
two street lines. A lot abutting on a curved street shall be considered
a corner lot if the tangents to the curve at the points of intersection
of the side lot lines with the street line intersect at an interior
angle of less than 135°.
The percentage of the plot or lot area covered by impervious
material.
A lot line which is coincident with a street line.
A lot other than a corner lot.
The lines bounding a lot as defined herein.
An area designated as a separate and distinct parcel of land
on a properly filed subdivision plat or in a legally recorded deed
as filed in the official records of the Office of the York County
Clerk.
An interior lot having frontage on two approximately parallel
or converging streets.
Width of a lot measured at the building setback or at the
street right-of-way line for the various zoning districts per this
chapter.
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.
The term includes park trailers, travel trailers, recreational and
other similar vehicles which are placed on a site for more than 180
consecutive days.
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.
The treatment or processing of raw materials or the production
of products from raw or prepared materials by giving them new forms
or qualities.
A lot containing a building or structure utilized for the
boarding and exiting of buses, trains and/or taxis, the selling of
transport tickets and the incidental sale or dispensing of food and
drink, but specifically excluding the storage, servicing or repairing
of vehicles.
An organization of specializing physicians or dentists, or
both, who have offices in a common building. A clinic may include
laboratory facilities in conjunction with normal clinic services,
but shall not include inpatient care.
A laboratory where tests are done on biological specimens
in order to get information about the health of a patient.
Building or facility owned or operated by a corporation,
association, or persons for a social, cultural, educational, or recreational
purpose; but not primarily for profit or to solely render a service
that is publicly accessible and customarily carried on as a business.
The use of such premises is typically restricted to club members and
their guests.
A storage facility providing garages, rooms, closets and
lockers for rent on an individual basis, usually by month.
A building in which one or more parlors or rooms are maintained
for the temporary resting place of the deceased pending final disposition
thereof. Such buildings may include the following:
Space and facilities for the preparation of
such bodies for burial.
A chapel for the purpose of conducting religious
or memorial services and viewing.
Rooms or space for administrative offices for
conducting the business of the mortuary.
Space for the housing of equipment, including
motor vehicles.
A group of attached or detached buildings containing sleeping
rooms or living units with accessory facilities, designed for temporary
use by automobile tourists or transients, including auto courts, motels,
motor lodges and similar establishments.
In a Traditional Neighborhood Development as permitted under Article XV, a neighborhood center is the community focal point developed in the form of open spaces, civic space and/or retail uses.
Any retail establishment containing less than 10,000 square
feet offering for sale prepackaged food products, household items,
newspapers and magazines, and sandwiches and other freshly prepared
foods, such as salads, for off-site consumption.
An establishment primarily engaged in the sale and service
of beverages for on-premises consumption and the providing of musical
entertainment, singing, dancing or other forms of amusement and entertainment,
with the sale or service of food being incidental and accessory thereto.
Such establishment may also have one or more of the following characteristics:
age restrictions, dancing, cover charges, charges for admission, disc
jockeys, jukeboxes, amplified sound systems, live entertainment and
the like; the hours of operation extend beyond 11:00 p.m. The term
"nightclub" includes the term "cabaret" and "disco."
A sign which does not conform to the regulations of the zoning
district classification in which it is located.
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 or hereafter enacted, where such structure
lawfully existed prior to the enactment of such ordinance or amendment
or prior to the application of such ordinance 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 such ordinance or amendment or prior to the application
of such ordinance or amendment to its location by reason of annexation.
A business or commercial activity administered or conducted
as an accessory use that is clearly secondary to the use as a 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. The business or commercial activity must satisfy
the following requirements:
The business activity shall be compatible with
the residential use of the property and the surrounding residential
uses;
The business shall employ no employees other
than family members residing in the dwelling;
There shall be no display and no exterior stockpiling
or inventory;
There shall be no outside appearance of a business
use, including, but not limited to, parking, signs or lights;
The business activity may 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 the neighborhood;
The business activity may not generate any solid
waste or sewage discharge in volume or type that is not normally associated
with residential use in the neighborhood; and
The business activity shall be conducted only
within the dwelling and may not occupy more than 25% of the habitable
floor area.
Any lot or parcel of land used to cultivate, propagate and
grow trees, shrubs, vines and other plants, including the buildings,
structures and equipment customarily incidental and accessory to the
primary use.
A room or group of rooms for conducting the affairs of a
business, profession, service, industry or government and generally
furnished with desks, tables, files and communication equipment. These
may be grouped into categories that identify principal function, e.g.,
medical offices, business offices, or professional offices.
The use of office and related spaces primarily for conducting
affairs of a business, profession, service, industry or government,
or like activity and may include ancillary services for office workers,
such as a restaurant, coffee shop, newspaper or candy stand, and child-care
facilities.
A place where medical or dental care is furnished to persons
on an outpatient basis by one or more doctors or dentists. A place
for the care, diagnosis and treatment of sick, ailing, infirm or injured
persons and those who are in need of medical or surgical attention,
but who are not provided with board or room or kept overnight on the
premises. A facility for human ailments operated by a group of physicians,
dentists, chiropractors, or other licensed practitioners for the treatment
and examination of outpatients.
An office that includes accountants, actuaries, advertising
agencies, optician offices, attorneys, insurance and bonding agencies,
realtors, photography and art studios, miscellaneous consulting services
and therapeutic massage offices.
Any establishment which includes off-track betting, under
an approved license issued by the commonwealth, as an accessory use;
excluding dog or horse racing tracks of any kind.
[Added 7-26-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-07]
The unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with
the building.
The option to develop a residential community in which the
dimensions of the individual lots may be reduced, but in which common
open areas are provided so that the overall density required in the
zoning district is maintained for the purpose of providing open space
and protecting natural resources.
A parking lot intended primarily for use by persons riding
mass transit or carpooling.
An open space other than a street or alley used exclusively
for the parking of automobiles.
The space within a building or on a lot or parking lot for
the parking of one automobile or truck. For the purposes of this chapter,
the paved area serving each pump at a gas station and the paved area
serving each booth at a bank drive-through window can be counted as
a parking space.
A stacked parking space shall be any parking space that is
located behind another parking space and is not directly accessible
from a driveway or aisle.
A structure in which automobiles may be parked or stored.
An unroofed area or courtyard which shall not be completely
enclosed, except for any side which may adjoin a structure or for
any fences, walls, shrubs, or hedges. Outdoor areas covered by a roof,
trellis or fixed awning shall be considered to be a structure.
Any building or room or portion thereof which is open to
the public and which is owned or operated by a person who lends money
at a rate of interest on articles of personal property left and collateralized
as security and who makes the articles available for purchase by the
public.
[Added 7-26-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-07]
The ability to absorb into the ground at least one inch of
water in 30 minutes. Except in unusual circumstances, those portions
of the site that are required by this chapter to be permeable shall
be those areas having a vegetative cover.
Any individual, corporation, cooperative, partnership, firm,
association, trust, estate, private institution, group, agency or
any legal successor, representative, agent or agency thereof.
Establishments primarily engaged in providing services involving
the care of a person, such as beauty shops, barbershops, nail salons,
shoe repair, other salons, and tanning. This definition includes incidental
uses and additional related cosmetic and/or beauty services, such
as facials, waxing and the retail sale of cosmetic products.
An animal that is kept by humans for companionship and enjoyment rather than for economic reasons. Pets, as defined under this chapter, include cats, dogs, fish, birds (excluding poultry — see § 325-125), ferrets, domesticated mice, rats, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, snakes and similar animals.
[Amended 5-12-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-01]
Any business which is involved in grooming of pet animals
for profit.
A store at which one can purchase supplies for pets and which
may also stock animals for sale as pets.
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development whether
sketch, preliminary or final.
PLAN, SKETCHAn informal plan, not necessary to scale, indicating salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the general layout of the proposed land development for discussion purposes only and not presented for approval.
PLAN, PRELIMINARYA plan, in lesser detail than a final plan, showing the salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings and approximate proposed street and lot layout as a basis for consideration prior to preparation of a final plan.
PLAN, FINALA complete and exact plan prepared for official recording to define property rights and proposed streets and other improvements.
A map or chart indicating the subdivision or resubdivision
of land.
A roofed or unroofed structure projecting from the front,
side or rear wall of a building.
Any lot, parcel or tract of land and any building constructed
thereon.
Land, including buildings thereon, for use by providers of
electric, telephone, natural gas, cable or any other similar utility
for such utility purposes.
The main or primary use of property or structure measured
in terms of the area occupied by such use.
Not publicly owned, operated or controlled.
A right-of-way not publicly owned, operated or maintained
which provides vehicular access to two or more lots.
Owned, operated or maintained by a government agency (federal,
state or local), including a corporation created by law for the performance
of certain specialized governmental functions and the Department of
Education.
Any land, including buildings thereon, operated or used by
a governmental agency, including but not limited to governmental administrative
offices, fire stations, police stations, courthouses and other similar
uses.
Open space owned by Springettsbury Township, York County,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the federal government for the recreational
purposes, which may include sports facilities, trails and/or areas
for children's play.
Telephone, electric and cable TV lines, poles, appurtenances
and structures; cellular towers; water or gas pipes, mains, valves,
hydrants or structures; sewer pipes, valves or structures, pumping
stations; telephone exchanges, and other facilities, appurtenances
and structures necessary for conducting a service by a government
or public utility.
A lot or part thereof used for the purpose of extracting
stone, sand, clay, gravel or topsoil for sale and exclusive of the
process of grading a lot preparatory to the construction of a building
for which application for a zoning permit has been made.
Use of land, including buildings thereon, by a railroad company
for the purpose of loading, unloading, storing, maintaining and transferring
rail cars on or between rail lines.
A place designed and equipped for the conduct of sports and/or
leisure-time activities.
A vehicle with or without motive power, which is designed
for sport or recreational use, or which is designed for human occupancy
on an intermittent basis. These include but are not limited to motor
homes, campers, fifth-wheel trailers, off-road vehicles and recreational
boats.
A facility engaged in the research and testing of products,
materials, persons, animals or specimens within a completely enclosed
building or structure.
A public eating place primarily offering sit-down counter
or table service and custom-prepared foods for on-premises consumption.
If carry-out service is available, this shall constitute less than
10% of sales volume.
The selling of goods to consumers, usually in small quantities
and not for resale.
A structure that holds back earth or water from a building
or other structure. Retaining walls stabilize soil and/or rock from
downslope movement or erosion and provide support for vertical or
near-vertical grade changes. Retaining walls are generally made of
masonry, stone, brick, concrete, vinyl, steel or timber. Retaining
wall designs must be certified by a professional engineer.
An establishment where horses are kept for riding or driving
or are stabled for compensation or incidental to the operation of
any club, association, ranch or similar establishment.
A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a
street, crosswalk, railroad, road, electric transmission line, oil
or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, shade trees
or for another special use. If the right-of-way involves maintenance
by a public agency, it shall be dedicated to public use by the maker
of the plat on which such right-of-way is established.
See "junkyard."
A facility licensed and approved by the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection for the disposal of solid waste where
there is no reasonable probability of adverse effects on the public
health or the environment from such disposal.
A public or private land use that transmits and/or receives
radio frequency signals, including but not limited to directional,
omnidirectional, or parabolic (dish) antennae transmitting devices
and related equipment, transmission towers and other support structures,
connecting appurtenances, accessory equipment shelters and cabinets,
or other related structures or development. Wireless communication
facilities are either "freestanding" (equipment mounted on a "wireless
communication support structure") or "attached" (equipment affixed
to or erected upon existing buildings, water tanks, or other existing
structures).
A type of parabolic reflector antenna designed with the specific
purpose of transmitting signals to and/or receiving from satellites.
Satellites are most commonly used to receive satellite television.
Any place offering instruction in any branch of knowledge
under the supervision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or a lawfully
constituted ecclesiastical governing body, person, partnership or
corporation meeting the requirements of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any school having regular sessions with employed instruction
which teaches those subjects that are fundamental and essential in
general education for elementary school.
Any schools having regular sessions with employed instruction
which teaches those subjects that are fundamental and essential in
general education for grades 9 through 12.
Any schools having regular sessions with employed instruction
which teaches those subjects that are fundamental and essential in
general education for grades 6 through 8.
Same as elementary school, except general education is provided
for secondary grades.
Same as elementary and secondary school except that the primary
activity is training in a trade or vocation.
A trailer so connected that some part of its weight rests
upon or is carried by the towing vehicle.
A structure containing individual residence units in which
at least one of the primary occupants shall be a senior citizen (55
years of age or older) who does not require continued medical or nursing
care, providing long-term residential accommodations with or without
room, board, housekeeping, personal care and supervision.
The minimum horizontal distance between the street, rear
or side lines of the lot and the front, rear or side lines on the
building. When two or more lots under single ownership are used, the
exterior property lines so grouped shall be used in determining offsets.
Sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, involving
a person or persons, or a person or persons and an animal, including
acts of masturbation, sexual intercourse, fellatio, cunnilingus, analingus
or physical contact with a person's nude or partially denuded genitals,
pubic area, perineum, anal region or, if such person be female, a
breast.
An adult bookstore, adult novelty store, adult video store,
adult cabaret, adult theater, escort agency, nude model studio, sexual
encounter center, or other commercial or not-for-profit establishment
where adult entertainment is presented for money or other forms of
consideration.
A shopping mall with a completely enclosed climate-controlled
walkway between two facing strips of stores.
[Added 7-26-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-08]
A group of stores planned and designed to function as a unit
for the site on which it is located, with off-street parking and landscaping
provided as an integral part of the unit.
Any object, structure, device, fixture, or placard, whether two- or three-dimensional, the primary purpose of which is visual communication. See Article XXIV, Signs.
A plan of a lot on which is shown topography, location of
all buildings, structures, roads, rights-of-ways, boundaries, all
essential dimensions and bearings and any other information deemed
necessary by the Planning Commission.
Any structure where persons are housed or lodged and furnished
with meals and nursing care for hire.
A site for the disposal of unwanted or discarded material,
including garbage with insufficient liquid content to be free flowing.
A use which the Zoning Hearing Board is permitted to authorize
in specific instances listed in this chapter under the terms, procedures
and conditions prescribed herein.
The map adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Springettsbury
Township classifying the streets and roads of the Township as major
arterial, minor arterial, collector or local.
An accessory building in which horses are kept for remuneration,
sale or hire.
An accessory building in which horses are kept for private
use and not for hire, remuneration, exhibition or sale. See also "barn,
private."
Any areas that are delineated and defined as being fifteen-percent
or greater slope on the appropriate United States Geological Survey
Topographical Maps of the Regional Base Map Series of 1977, as amended,
or as determined by field survey (e.g., sloping 15 or more vertical
feet over a distance of 100 feet horizontal).
The portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above it; if there is
no floor above it, then the space between any floor and the ceiling
immediately above it.
That portion of a building between a pitched roof and the
uppermost full story, said part having a ceiling height of seven feet
or more for an area not exceeding one-half the floor area of said
full story, and in which space not more than two-thirds of the floor
area is finished off as rooms.
Includes streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, highways, freeways,
parkways, lanes, alleys, viaducts and any other ways used or intended
to be used by vehicular traffic, whether public or private. The streets
in Springettsbury Township classified “major arterial,”
“minor arterial,” “collector” and “local”
are shown on the Springettsbury Township Street Map. Streets are further
classified as follows:
[Amended 4-22-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-04]
LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAYStreet, highway or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from the same except at such points only, and in such manner as may be determined by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation or other public authority having jurisdiction over such highway, street or roadway.
MAJOR ARTERIALRoadways that are important in the interregional transportation system, with a major portion of the vehicular movements being through traffic. Any roadway projected to have an average daily traffic volume greater than 10,000 vehicles at the time the development is completed shall be considered a major arterial for the purposes of this chapter.
MINOR ARTERIALRoadways that are important in the regional transportation system and, while carrying mostly regional traffic, serve some local or Township origins and destinations. Any roadway projected to have an average daily traffic volume greater than 3,000 but less than 10,000 vehicles at the time the development is completed shall be considered a minor arterial for the purposes of this chapter.
COLLECTORRoadways serving primarily local traffic and providing the connection between the residential, commercial, and industrial developments and the minor arterial system. Any roadway projected to have an average daily traffic volume greater than 1,000 but less than 3,000 vehicles at the time the development is completed shall be considered a collector for the purposes of this chapter.
LOCAL ROADRoadways serving local traffic and connecting to collectors or minor arterials. Local roads in Springettsbury Township include all roads not classified as “major arterial,” “minor arterial,” or “collector.”
THROUGH STREETA street that has at least two separate and distinct intersections, as a means of ingress and egress for vehicular traffic, with one or more streets that are not cul-de-sacs or loop streets.
LOOP STREETAny street or combination of streets that does not intersect with a through street at two or more separate and distinct locations. A loop street includes any street or system of streets that relies on one intersection with a through street as a means of ingress and egress for vehicular traffic.
CUL-DE-SACA street with a single common ingress and egress ending with a circular paved turnaround.
The map adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Springettsbury
Township classifying the streets and roads of the Township as "major
arterial," "minor arterial," "collector" or "local."
[Amended 4-22-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-04]
The officially established grade of the street upon which
a lot fronts or, in its absence, the established grade of other streets
upon which the lot abuts, as the midway of the frontage of the lot
thereon. If there is no officially established grade, the existing
grade of the street at such midpoint shall be taken as the street
grade.
The dividing line between the street and lot, also known
as "street right-of-way line."
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
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.
Any structure, basin, chamber or tank containing or capable
of containing an artificial body of water for swimming, diving, or
recreational bathing, having a depth greater than 1 1/2 feet at any
point. Hot tubs and spas are defined as pools in this chapter. Farm
ponds and/or lakes are not included, provided that swimming was not
the primary purpose for their construction.
[Amended 4-22-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-04]
A building and its equipment erected and used for the purpose
of facilitating transmission and exchange of telephone and radio messages
between subscribers and other business of a telephone company, provided
that in a residential district a telephone central office shall not
include public business facilities, storage of material, trucks or
repair facilities or housing of repair crew.
A building or part of a building devoted to the showing of
moving pictures or theatrical productions on a commercial basis.
An open lot or part thereof with its appurtenant facilities
devoted primarily to the showing of moving pictures or theatrical
productions on a commercial basis to patrons seated in automobiles.
An office for which the principal business is to provide
therapeutic massage to patrons. Such massage shall not include any
sexual conduct. The persons conducting such massage shall be either:
Graduates of a massage therapy program at a
school accredited and licensed by the state in which the school is
located and must be certified by a nationally recognized massage therapy
organization.
Operating under the direct supervision of a
person meeting the requirements listed above under Subsection A and
such person shall be on site at all times during business hours.
A vehicle designed to be towed by an automobile or light
truck.
Buildings used for shipping and receiving of materials by
truck. This use shall include incidental administrative operations,
service, repair, fueling, cleaning and parking of trucks.
The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed,
arranged, intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
A specific principal use of a building, structure, lot or
land, or part thereof, which the chapter provides for a particular
district as "of right." The term "permitted use" or its equivalent
shall not be deemed to include any nonconforming use.
The main or primary purpose of which a building, structure
and/or lot is designed, arranged or intended, or for which they may
be used, occupied or maintained under this chapter. There shall be
a maximum of one principal use on each lot. The use of any other building,
other structure and/or land on the same lot and incidental or supplementary
thereto and permitted under this chapter shall be considered an accessory
use.
Establishments engaged in the generation, transmission and/or
distribution of electricity, gas or steam, including water and irrigation
systems and sanitary systems used for the collection and disposal
of garbage, sewage and other wastes by means of destroying or processing
materials.
A small building designed primarily for the storage of yard
and garden equipment, bicycles and miscellaneous household items incidental
to a dwelling, and of the type customarily made of prefabricated materials
purchased, assembled and erected by the property owner. See also "shed."
The permission granted by the Zoning Hearing Board, following
a public hearing that has been properly advertised as required by
the Municipalities Planning Code, for an adjustment to some regulation
which, if strictly adhered to, would result in an unnecessary hardship
and where the permission granted would not be contrary to the public
interest and would maintain the spirit and original intent of this
chapter.
A building, or portion thereof, used or intended to be used
primarily for the storage of goods and/or materials that are to be
sold at retail or wholesale from other premises or wholesale from
the same premises; however, nothing in this definition is meant to
exclude purely incidental retail sales in warehouses.
All areas meeting the criteria for wetlands as currently
defined by the USACE or Pennsylvania DEP shall be mapped. Areas of
hydric soils with a slope of 1% or less and areas appearing on the
National Wetland Inventory Maps prepared by the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service.
Any distribution procedure involving persons who in the normal
course of business do not engage in sales to the general public.
An opening to the outside, other than a door, which provides
all or part of required natural light, natural ventilation or both
to an interior space.
A space open to the sky and unoccupied by any building or
structure or merchandise for display or sale, located on the same
lot with a building or structure.
A space open to the sky and unoccupied by any building, structure
or merchandise for display or sale, located on the same lot with a
building or structure, with landscaping as an integral component.
An open, unoccupied space between the buildings of a dwelling
group or its accessory buildings and the projected boundary or street
line.
An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with the building,
between the front line of the building and the street, projected to
the side lines of the lot. Each yard that abuts a street on a corner
lot shall be considered a front yard.
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An open, unoccupied space between the buildings of a dwelling
group or its accessory buildings, not a front, side or rear yard.
A yard on the same lot with a main building extending the
full width of the lot and situated between the rear line of the lot
and the required rear building line projected to the side lines of
the lot.
A yard on the same lot with the building, situated between
the required setback line and the side line of the lot and extending
from the front yard to the rear yard. Any lot line not a rear line
or a front line shall be deemed a side line.
Refers to the scheme of land use classification contained
in this chapter.
The Springettsbury Township Zoning Officer or his duly authorized
agent.
