[Ord. 690, 9/10/2009]
ACCESSWAYEither a street or driveway providing access to a lot.
AGENTAny person other than the developer who, acting for the subdivider, submits to the Township subdivision or land development plans for the purpose of obtaining approval.
ALLEYA right-of-way or secondary service access to the side or rear of abutting properties.
APPLICANTAny person who submits to the Board of Supervisors subdivision or land development plans for the purposes of obtaining approval thereof.
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENTEvery application, whether sketch, preliminary, or final, required to be filed and approved prior to start of construction or development, including but not limited to an application for a building permit, for the approval of a subdivision plat or plan or for the approval of a development plan.
ARCHITECTA professional architect registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
BASE FLOODA flood which has a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (also called the "one-hundred-year flood" or "one-percent annual chance flood").
[Added by Ord. 726, 7/23/2016]
The elevation shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Zones AE, AH, A1-30 that indicates the water surface elevation resulting from a flood that has a one-percent or greater chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.
[Added by Ord. 726, 7/23/2015]
An earth mound with a maximum slope of 3:1 covered with grass, shrubbery or ground cover and which is intended to block views or create landscape interest.
BICYCLE PATHOff-street bikeways laid out on private property, public right-of-way, or open space and recreational areas.
BICYCLE LANESLanes located on the paved surface of a roadway, street or highway or on the shoulder of a roadway, street or highway.
BIKEWAYGeneral term used to designate all facilities that explicitly provide for bike travel.
BLOCKAn area bounded by streets or by a combination of streets, parks, open spaces or municipal boundary line.
BUILDINGAny structure having a roof, supported by columns, piers, or walls, including tents, lunch wagons, trailers, dining cars, camp cars, mobile homes or other structure on wheels, or having other supports; and any unroofed platform, terrace, or porch having a vertical face higher than three feet above the level of the ground from which the building is measured. A building may include more than one dwelling unit. This definition shall not include motor vehicles.
A. BUILDING, ACCESSORYA subordinate building located on the same lot as a principal building and clearly incidental and subordinate to the principal building. Any portion of a principal building devoted or intended to be devoted to an accessory use is not an accessory building.
BUILDING, PRINCIPALA building in which is conducted, or is intended to be conducted, the principal use of the lot on which it is located.
BUILDING AREAThe aggregate of the maximum horizontal cross-section area, excluding cornices, unroofed porches, paved terraces, steps, and gutters of all buildings on a lot.
BUILDING SETBACK LINEA. FRONT BUILDING SETBACK LINEThe rear line of the minimum front yards, as designated for each use and district, measured from the future right-of-way, at a distance equal to and no greater than the minimum front yard.
SIDE BUILDING SETBACK LINEThe line establishing the minimum side yards, as designated for each use and district, measured from the side lot line, at a distance equal to the minimum side yard.
REAR BUILDING SETBACK LINEThe line establishing the minimum rear yards, as designated for each use and district, measured from the rear lot line, at a distance equal to the minimum rear yard.
BYPASS LANE/ESCAPE LANEVehicular lane allowing traffic to pass the drive-through lane and/or allowing vehicles, because of emergencies or mistakenly entering the drive-through lane, to exit the drive-through lane.
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The diameter of the trunk of a tree, measured at a point on the trunk six inches above natural ground line for trees of up to four inches in caliper and at a point 12 inches above the ground for trees over four inches in caliper. For measuring existing trees to determine whether they are a forest resource, caliper measurements shall be taken at a point on the trunk 4 1/2 feet above the natural ground line for trees over six inches in caliper.
CARTWAYThe hard or paved surface portion of any street, or that portion of a street customarily used by vehicles in the regular course of travel over the street.
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLEAn area of unobstructed vision at street intersections defined by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection of the street right-of-way lines.
COMMON OPEN SPACEA parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination of land and water within a development site, designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents of a development, not including streets, off-street parking areas, and areas set aside for public facilities.
CROSSWALKA publicly or privately owned pedestrian right-of-way which crosses a cartway.
CUL-DE-SACAny street that has only one end open for vehicular and pedestrian ingress and egress. The other end of such street shall be terminated in a vehicular turnaround.
DELAYED SERVICE PARKING AREAStationing area, separate from the drive-through service area, which allows patrons to wait for goods and services that cannot be delivered promptly, while other patrons waiting to use the drive-through service area/facility could be serviced.
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The number of dwelling units per unit of area, expressed in dwelling units per acre.
DEVELOPERAny landowner, agent of such landowner, or tenant with the permission of such landowner, who makes or causes to be made a subdivision of land or a land development.
DEVELOPMENT PLANThe provisions for development, including a planned residential development, a plat of subdivision, all covenants relating to use, location and bulk of buildings and other structures, intensity of use or density of development, streets, ways and parking facilities, common open space and public facilities. The phrase "provisions of development plan" when used in this chapter shall mean the written and graphic materials referred to in this definition.
DRAINAGE FACILITYAny ditch, pipe, culvert, storm sewer, or structure designed, intended, or constructed for the purpose of diverting surface water from, or carrying surface waters off streets, public rights-of-way, parks, recreational areas, or any part of any subdivision or land development.
DRIVE-THROUGH CANOPYOverhead structures intended to shelter patrons from the weather while stationed at the drive-through area/facility.
[Added by Ord. 737, 1/19/2017]
Vehicular lane allowing the stationing and stacking of vehicles while ordering and waiting for goods and services.
[Added by Ord. 737, 1/19/2017]
Position and facility which permits patron to receive goods or service, such as a pickup window, drawer or similarly intended structure.
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A residential building containing one or more dwelling units.
DWELLING UNITAny room or group of rooms located within a building and a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating by one family.
EASEMENTGranted right of use by one landowner over the land or lands of another without ownership of the soil.
ENGINEERA licensed professional civil engineer registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONSFor the purpose of clearly identifying the extent of the Township Engineer's responsibility in the review of subdivisions and land developments, the following engineering considerations are defined. The Engineer shall make recommendations indicating approval or disapproval of the proposed subdivision or land development based upon the various engineering considerations identified below as they are reflected in the submitted plans:
A. Dimensions of lots or parcels.
Contours, soil conditions.
Surface-subsurface drainage conditions and plans.
Location and design of entrance and exit accessways.
Conformance of the plans in all respects with the performance standards in Chapter
27, Zoning, of the Code of the Township of Warminster.
Improvements, materials, construction methods, workmanship.
Landscape and buffer plans.
Conformance of the plans in all respects with the performance standards in this chapter.
Conformance of the plans in all respects with the performance standards in Chapter
26, Water and Stormwater Management, of the Code of the Township of Warminster.
EROSIONThe process by which soil and bedrock are worn away by the action of wind, water, climate or chemical action.
FEEDER ROOTSThe smallest roots of a tree, which are responsible for most of the absorption of nutrients into the tree; most are located within the top 12 inches of the soil.
FLOODPLAINAny areas of Warminster Township, classified as Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) in the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) dated March 16, 2015, and issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or the most recent revision thereof, including all digital data developed as part of the FIS and areas abutting streams and watercourses where the base flood elevation has not been delineated by an FIS but is inundated by the base flood.
[Amended by Ord. 726, 7/23/2015]
The area comprising 1/4 acre or more of wooded land where the largest trees measure at least six inches diameter at breast height (dbh), 4 1/2 feet from the ground, or a grove of trees forming one canopy where 10 or more trees measure at least 12 inches dbh.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACESSurfaces which do not absorb water and which prevent the infiltration of water into the ground. Any area which has been or is proposed to be modified from grass, dirt, vegetation, wooded, or ground cover, including but not limited to the area of all buildings, streets, parking areas, driveways, roads, sidewalks, swimming pools, and any areas in concrete, asphalt, porous pavers, packed stone, or other similar materials shall be considered impervious surfaces. Impervious surfaces also include other areas determined to be impervious by the Township Engineer.
[Amended by Ord. 737, 1/19/2017]
Any street for which the Township, county or commonwealth has maintenance responsibility and which has an approved surface.
IMPROVEMENTSThose physical additions, installations, and changes, such as approved streets, curbs, sidewalks, water mains, sewers, drainage facilities, public utilities, and other appropriate items, required to render land suitable for the use proposed.
LAKES and PONDSNatural or artificial bodies of water which retain water year round.
LAND DEVELOPMENTAny of the following activities:
A. The improvements of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
1. A group of two or more residential or nonresidential buildings, whether proposed initially or cumulatively, or a single nonresidential building on a lot or lots regardless of the number of occupants or tenure; or
The division or allocation of land or space, whether initially or cumulatively, between or among two or more existing or prospective occupants by means of or for the purpose of streets, common areas, leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features;
LANDOWNERThe 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 experience the rights of the landowner or other person having a proprietary interest in the land.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTA professional landscape architect registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
LOOP STREETA street which has one point of intersection with the same road. In its simplest form a loop street enters a tract, follows a course through it and returns to the same road at some distance from the other intersection.
LOTA 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. CORNER LOTA lot which has an interior angle of less than 135° at the intersection of two street lines. A lot abutting upon a curved street or streets shall be considered a corner lot if the tangents to the curve at the points beginning with the lot, or at the points of intersection of the side lot lines with the street right-of-way lines, intersect at an interior angle of less than 135°.
REVERSE FRONTAGE LOTA lot extending between and having frontage on a major street and a minor street with a vehicular access solely from the minor street.
THROUGH LOTAn interior lot with frontage on two parallel streets.
LOT AREAThe area contained within the property lines of the individual parcels of land as shown on a subdivision, based on a field survey completed within five years of the plan application. The lot area shall be measured to the street line and shall include the area of any easement for subsurface facilities, but excluding any area required as open space and any other areas as may be specifically excluded by the terms of Chapter
27, Zoning.
[Amended by Ord. 737, 1/19/2017]
The mean distance from the future right-of-way of the lot to its opposite rear line, measured in the general direction of the side lines of the lot.
LOT LINEThe lines bounding a lot.
B. LOT LINE, REARAny lot line parallel to or within 45° of being parallel to a future right-of-way, and, except that in the case of a corner lot, the owner shall have the option of choosing which of the two lots lines that are not street lines is to be considered a rear lot line. In the case of a lot having no street frontage or a lot of an odd shape, only the one lot line farthest from any street shall be considered a rear lot line.
LOT LINE, SIDEAny lot boundary line which is not a street line or a rear lot line.
LOT WIDTHThe distance between the side lot lines at the required building setback line. In a case where there is only one side lot line, lot width shall be measured between such side lot line and the opposite rear lot or future right-of-way.
MANAGERThe Township Manager appointed as such by the Township Board of Supervisors.
MARKERA metal pipe of at least 3/4 inch diameter and at least 30 inches in length.
MOBILE HOMEA 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.
MOBILE HOME LOTA 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.
MOBILE HOME PADA concrete pad at least six inches in thickness of 4,000 psi concrete with six inches stone base on compacted subbase with at least six tie-down rings to which the mobile home shall be secured, and at least equal in length and width to the dimension of the mobile home to be placed thereon. The space between the base of the mobile home and top of the concrete pad shall be completely enclosed except for approved vents, by means of skirting of compatible material and design around the outside perimeter, or by means of a cinder or concrete block skirt.
MOBILE HOME PARKA 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.
MONUMENTA stone or concrete monument with a flat top at least four inches square, containing a reference point, and at least 30 inches in length. It is recommended that the bottom sides be at least two inches greater than the top, to minimize movements caused by frost.
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITYA 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."
NONCONFORMING LOTA lot the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to the adoption or amendment of Chapter
27, Zoning, 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 structure or part of a structure manifestly not designed to comply with the use or extent of use provisions of Chapter
27, Zoning, or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment of Chapter
27 or amendment or prior to the application of Chapter
27 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 Chapter
27, Zoning, or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such use was lawfully in existence prior to the enactment of Chapter
27 or amendment, or prior to the application of Chapter
27 or amendment to its location by reason of annexation.
An area on a lot used for parking a vehicle, to which there is access from a street.
PARKING SPACE ACCESSThe drives or roadways and the maneuvering space required to service the parking space.
PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYA continuous way designated for pedestrians and separated from the lanes used by motor vehicles.
PLAN, FINALA complete and exact subdivision and/or land development plan, including all required supplemental data, prepared for official recording as required by statute, to define property rights and proposed streets and other improvements.
PLAN, PRELIMINARYA subdivision and/or land development plan (including all data required to be submitted) showing the pertinent existing features of a tract and its surroundings and proposed street and lot layout as a basis for consideration prior to preparation of a final plan.
PLAN, SKETCHAn informal plan, to scale, indicating salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the general layout of the proposed subdivision and/or land development for discussion purposes only and not to be presented for approval.
PLAN, RECORDAn exact copy of the approved final plan on Mylar, or its equivalent, of standard size, prepared for necessary signatures and recording with the Bucks County Recorder of Deeds.
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The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether preliminary or final.
PRUNINGRemoval of branches from a tree using proper tools and approved cutting techniques.
PUBLIC GROUNDSIncludes:
A. Parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreational areas, and other public areas;
Sites for schools, sewage treatment, refuse disposal, and other publicly owned or operated facilities; and
Publicly owned or operated scenic and historic sites.
PUBLIC HEARINGA formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Board of Supervisors or Planning Commission, intended to inform and obtain public comment, prior to taking action in accordance with this chapter.
PUBLIC MEETINGA 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.
RIGHT-OF-WAYA strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, alley, crosswalk, sanitary or storm sewer, stream, drainage ditch, or for another special use. The usage of the term "right-of-way" for land plotting purposes in the Township shall mean that every right-of-way hereafter established and shown on a final record plan is to be separate and distinct from lots or parcels adjoining such right-of-way, and not included with the dimensions of areas of such lots or parcels.
[Amended by Ord. 737, 1/19/2017]
A. EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAYThe present legal right-of-way as established by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or other appropriate governing body and currently in existence.
ULTIMATE RIGHT-OF-WAYAn area along the right-of-way of a public street deemed necessary to provide adequate width for future street improvements.
RIPARIAN BUFFER OR CORRIDORAn area of trees and other vegetation located in areas adjoining and upgradient from surface water bodies and designed to intercept surface runoff, wastewater, subsurface flow, and deeper groundwater flows from upland sources for the purpose of removing or buffering the effects of associated nutrients, sediment, organic matter, pesticides, or other pollutants prior to entry into surface waters and groundwater recharge areas.
RUNOFFThe surface water discharge or rate of discharge of a given watershed after a fall of rain or snow that does not enter the soil but runs off the surface of the land.
SEDIMENTATIONThe process by which mineral or organic matter is accumulated or deposited by moving wind, water or gravity. Once this matter is deposited (or remains suspended in water), it is referred to as sediment.
SETBACKSee "building setback line."
SEWERA. PUBLIC SEWERA public sewer is a sewer system owned and/or operated by the Township or by the Warminster Township Municipal Authority in which sewage is collected from buildings from more than one lot and/or dwelling unit and piped to an approved sewage disposal system. It may also be referred to as "off-lot" or "off-site" sewer.
PRIVATE SEWERAn on-lot sewage disposal system providing for disposal of effluent from only one building or a group of buildings on a single lot.
SIGHT DISTANCEThe required length of roadway visible to the driver of a passenger vehicle at any given point on the roadway, when the view is unobstructed by traffic. Sight distance measurement shall be made from a point 3.5 feet above the center line of the road surface to a point 3.5 feet above the center line of road surface.
SITEThe site shall be defined as the total land area to be proposed for subdivision or land development.
SITE AREAAll land area within the site as designed in the deed and as measured by an actual site survey.
SOIL PERCOLATION TESTA field test conducted by a person qualified according to the rules and regulations of the Bucks County Department of Health to determine the suitability of the soil for on-site sanitary sewage disposal facilities by measuring the absorptive capacity of the soil at any given location and depth.
STREETA. 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.
Streets are further defined and classified as follows:
1. THOROUGHFARES.
a. EXPRESSWAYSDesigned for large volumes and high-speed traffic with access limited to grade separated intersections.
REGIONAL ARTERIAL STREETDesigned for large volumes and high-speed traffic. Traffic mixture is predominately serving regional or throughput traffic needs with access to abutting properties controlled.
COMMUNITY ARTERIAL STREETDesigned to carry a moderate volume of high-speed traffic from collector streets or serving as a connection between other arterial streets with access to abutting properties controlled. Traffic mixture is predominately from local community with some regional traffic.
COMMUNITY COLLECTOR STREETDesigned to carry a moderate volume of medium-speed traffic from collector and local streets with predominantly local community traffic.
LOCAL STREETS.
a. NEIGHBORHOOD COLLECTOR/PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL STREETDesigned to carry a moderate volume of local traffic, to intercept local/secondary residential streets, to provide routes to collector streets and facilities, and to provide access to abutting properties.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETA secondary street which is parallel to and adjacent to an expressway, arterial or collector street; and which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
DRIVEWAYGenerally a private street for the use of vehicles and pedestrians providing access between a public street and a parking area within a lot or property.
ALLEYA minor accessway used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
STREET LINEThe dividing line between lot and the ultimate right-of-way. The street line shall be the same as the legal right-of-way line, provided that:
A. The street right-of-way shall not be less than 25 feet from the center line of any road or street except marginal access streets which shall not be less than 20 feet.
Where a future right-of-way width for a street has been officially established, the street right-of-way line shall be the side line of the future right-of-way so established.
STRUCTUREAny man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
SUBDIVISIONA. 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.
MAJOR SUBDIVISIONThe change in existing lot lines of the division of a single lot, tract or parcel of land or parcel thereof into three or more lots, tracts or parcels of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of lease, transfer of ownership or of building development.
MINOR SUBDIVISIONThe division of a single lot, tract, or parcel of land into two lots, tracts or parcels of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or of building development, providing lots, tracts, or parcels of land thereby created having frontage on an improved public street or streets.
The term "subdivision" includes resubdivision and, when appropriate to the context, shall relate to the process of subdividing or to the land subdivided.
SUPERVISORSThe Board of Supervisors of Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
SURVEYORA professional land surveyor registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
TOWNSHIP ENGINEERA professional engineer registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania designated by the Supervisors to perform the duties of a Township Engineer.
TRAFFIC CALMINGThe combination of mainly physical measures that reduce the negative effects of motor vehicle use, alter driver behavior, and improve conditions for nonmotorized street uses.
TREE DRIPLINEThe line marking the outer edges of the branches of the tree.
TREE PROTECTION ZONE (TPZ)An area that is radial to the trunk of a tree in which no construction activity shall occur. The TPZ shall be 15 feet from the trunk of the tree to be retained, or the distance from the trunk to the dripline, whichever is greater. Where there is a group of trees or woodlands, the TPZ shall be the aggregate of the protection zones for the individual trees.
USEAny activity, occupation, business or operation carried on or intended to be carried on in a building or other structure or on a tract of land.
UTILITIESThose services rendered by public utility corporations, municipalities or municipal authorities, including but not limited to electricity, gas, telephone, television, water and sewerage, including the appurtenances used in connection with the supplying of such services (buildings, wires, pipes, poles and the like).
WAIVERA modification allowed to a specific requirement of this chapter, granted only in accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code and §
22-409 of this chapter. Requests for waivers shall be submitted with plans.
Any natural or artificial swale, stream or structure in which water flows continuously or intermittently.
WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, COMMUNITYA system for supplying and distributing water from a common source to two or more dwellings and/or other buildings within a single neighborhood.
WATERS OF THE COMMONWEALTHAreas of wetlands, streams, watercourses or waterway corridors designated as waters of the commonwealth by the Department of Environmental Protection.
WATER SUPPLY, PUBLICA public water system is any municipal water supply system, or any private system dedicated or intended to be dedicated to the Township and which serves more than one lot or dwelling.
WATER SURVEYAn inventory of the source, quantity, yield and use of groundwater and surface-water resources within the Township.
WETLANDSThese areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.
WOODLANDSThe area comprising 1/4 acre or more of wooded land where the largest trees measure at least six inches diameter at breast height (dbh), 4 1/2 feet from the ground, or a grove of trees forming one canopy where 10 or more trees measure at least 12 inches dbh.
YARDA. An open space unobstructed from the ground up, on the same lot with a structure, extending along a lot line or street line and inward to the structure. The size of a required yard shall be measured as the shortest distance between the structure and a lot line or street line.
The following types of yards are hereby established:
1. FRONT YARDThe required space across the full width of the lot, extending from the street line to the nearest structure on the lot, exclusive of steps, overhanging eaves, gutter, or cornices.
SIDE YARDThe required space extending from the required front yard to the required rear yard, except as provided for accessory buildings, extending from the side line of the lot to the nearest structure on the lot. The width of the side yard shall be measured at right angles to the side line of the lot.
REAR YARDThe required space extending the full width of the lot except as provided for accessory buildings. The rear yard shall extend from the rear lot line to the nearest structure on the lot. The depth of the rear yard shall be measured at right angles to the rear line of the lot. If the lot is not rectangular then it should be measured in the general direction of the side yard line.