For the purpose of this chapter, the following rules of interpretation shall apply:
A. 
The word "person" includes a firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, company or corporation, as well as an individual.
B. 
The present tense includes the future tense.
C. 
The singular number includes the plural, and the plural number includes the singular.
D. 
The word "shall" is mandatory; the word "may" is permissive.
E. 
The words "used" or "occupied" include the words "intended, designated or arranged to be used or occupied."
F. 
The word "lot" includes the words "plot" or "parcel."
[Amended 12-21-2009 by Ord. No. 845; 12-17-2012 by Ord. No. 869]
The following words and phrases shall have the particular meanings specified for the purpose of interpreting this chapter:
ABANDONMENT
To cease or discontinue a use or activity without the intent to resume, but excluding temporary or short-term interruption to a use or activity during remodeling, maintaining, or otherwise improving or rearranging a facility or during normal periods of vacation or seasonal use.
ACCESSORY
A use, building or structure, part of a building or other structure which is subordinate to, and the use of which is incidental to, that of the main building, structure or use on the same lot, including a private garage. If an accessory building is attached to the main building by a common wall or roof, such accessory building shall be considered a part of the main building.
ACCESSORY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
A building or structure containing an accessory use and located on the same lot with the principal use or structure that is subordinate and incidental to the main or principal structure permitted on a lot, including, but not limited to, accessory storage buildings, gazebos, greenhouses for personal use, garages, swimming pools, decks, fences, signs and similar structures. Where accessory structures are attached to the main or principal structure, setbacks for the principal use shall apply. Accessory structures are not permitted where a principal use or structure has not been erected on the lot.
ACCESSORY STORAGE BUILDING
Any building used exclusively for storage that will not be intended for human occupancy of the structure, which is on the same lot with and is subordinate to and customarily incidental to the principal use of the lot, including, but not limited to, a lawn and garden shed accessory to a dwelling, a cooler accessory to a restaurant or food store and an equipment shed, trailer, lean-to or shed accessory to a commercial or industrial building.
ACCESSORY USE
A use or activity that is subordinate and incidental to the principal use or structure of the property and that may occupy a separate structure and/or area on or in the ground and is not permitted unless developed at the same time as, or later than, the principal permitted use, including but not limited to a private greenhouse, loading space, private garage or parking area, farm buildings (e.g., barn, silo, etc.), sign, wall or fence, private kennel or stable.
ACTIVE RECREATION, HIGH-IMPACT
See "recreation, active, high-impact."
ACTIVE RECREATION, LOW-IMPACT
See "recreation, active, low-impact."
ADAPTIVE REUSE
The reuse of an existing use and structure in combination, whether legally nonconforming or conforming, and considered a minor land development for a use permitted by right in the district.
ADULT DAY-CARE CENTERS
See "day-care centers, adult."
ADULT OR SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES OR SERVICES
A. 
ADULT ARCADEAny establishment where the public is permitted or invited wherein coin-operated or electronically, electrically or mechanically controlled still or motion-picture machines, projectors or other image-producing devices are maintained to show images to five or fewer persons per machine at any one time, and where the images displayed are sexually explicit or depict nudity, seminudity or sexual conduct.
B. 
ADULT BOOKSTORE or ADULT VIDEO STOREAny commercial establishment having a substantial or significant portion of its stock-in-trade (materials offered for sale or rental to the public) including but not limited to videos, compact discs, movies, books, magazines and other publications or media which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matters depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, as defined herein; or an establishment in which 5% or more of its display area or 5% or more of its inventory is devoted to the sale or display of such material.
C. 
ADULT OR SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS OR SERVICEEstablishments where a substantial portion of the use is related to adult reading or viewing materials, visual representations, performances, or services characterized by an emphasis upon specific sexual activities or anatomical areas. These include adult arcades, adult motels, adult bookstores or video stores, adult movie or motion-picture theaters, adult-only entertainment establishments, adult mini movie theaters, adult movie houses, adult cabarets, escort agencies or services, nude model studios, sexual encounter centers, sexually oriented spas, and/or adult live theaters.
D. 
ADULT CABARETAn establishment devoted to adult entertainment, either with or without a liquor license, presenting material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to sexual activities or anatomical genital areas and/or features topless dancers, go-go dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators or similar entertainers for observation by patrons.
E. 
ADULT ENTERTAINMENTMovies, videos, still or motion pictures, photographs, slides, films or other visual representations, books, magazines or other printed material or live dramatic, musical or dance performances which are sexually explicit or depict nudity, seminudity or sexual conduct, as defined herein.
F. 
ADULT MASSAGE PARLOR OR SEXUALLY ORIENTED SPAAn establishment which provides massages of all kinds, during which nudity or sexual conduct is displayed, but not including massage therapy practiced by or under the supervision of a medical practitioner such as a medical doctor, physician, chiropractor or similar professional licensed by the commonwealth.
G. 
ADULT MATERIALSMedia, matter, or services distinguished or characterized by the emphasis on specified sexual anatomical areas or specified sexual activities. Adult materials may include books, magazines, newspapers, periodicals, pamphlets, posters, prints, pictures, photographs, slides, transparencies, figures, images, descriptions, motion-picture films, videos, compact discs, laser discs, DVDs, phonographic records, tapes, or other printed matter, visual representations, tangible devices or paraphernalia designed for use in connection with specified sexual activities, or any service capable of arousing prurient interest through sight, sound or touch.
H. 
ADULT MINI MOTION-PICTURE AND/OR MINI MOVIE THEATERAn enclosed building with a capacity for accommodating fewer than 50 persons, used for presenting material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to sexual activities or anatomical genital areas, and/or which shows films rated "X" by the Motion Picture Coding Association of America for public viewing and/or for observation by patrons therein.
I. 
ADULT MOTELA hotel, motel or similar commercial establishment that offers accommodation to the public for any form of consideration, provides patrons with adult motion pictures by means of closed-circuit television transmissions, films, videocassettes, DVDs, slides, or other photographic reproductions that are characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, as defined herein, and has a sign visible from the public right-of-way that advertises the availability of adult and/or sexually explicit materials along with room rentals, or offers a sleeping room for rent for a period of time that is less than 10 hours, or allows a tenant or occupant of a sleeping room to subrent the room for a period of time that is less than 10 hours.
J. 
ADULT MOTION-PICTURE AND/OR MOVIE THEATERAn enclosed building with a capacity for accommodating 50 or more persons, used for presenting material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to sexual activities or anatomical genital areas, and/or which shows films rated "X" by the Motion Picture Coding Association of America for public viewing and/or for observation by patrons therein.
K. 
ADULT NEWSRACKAny coin-operated machine or device which dispenses printed material substantially devoted to the depiction of nudity or sexual conduct, as defined herein.
L. 
ADULT NIGHTCLUBAny establishment, including private clubs, which serves food and/or beverages, whether or not the consumption of alcohol is permitted on the premises, and which offers entertainment, either live or recorded, exhibiting nudity or sexual conduct, as defined herein, or which provides service by waitpersons who exhibit nudity or sexual conduct as defined herein.
M. 
ADULT-ONLY ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTAn establishment where the patron directly or indirectly is charged a fee; where the establishment features entertainment or services which constitute adult material or which features exhibitions, dance routines, gyrational choreography, persons exhibiting specified sexual anatomical areas, strippers (male or female), female impersonators, or similar entertainment or services which constitute adult material.
N. 
ADULT SERVICESAn adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult massage parlor, adult motel, adult mini motion-picture theater, adult motion-picture theater, adult newsrack, adult nightclub, bathhouse, body painting studio, internet cafe, escort service or any other establishment or organization offering adult entertainment, as defined herein.
O. 
ADULT THEATER/LIVE THEATERAny commercial establishment which features live shows for public viewing in which all or some of the performers display nudity or engage in sexual conduct, as defined in this chapter.
P. 
ESCORT SERVICE OR AGENCYA business that provides a service by appointment or upon request where individuals leave one premises and go to another premises for a specified period of time for the purpose of engaging in nudity or sexual conduct as defined herein.
Q. 
INTERNET SWEEPSTAKES CAFESGenerally, "internet sweepstakes cafes" are consumer sales promotions that involve the use of computer-generated games following the purchase of a game card which entitles the purchaser to a phone card or a set amount of network access time (NAT). If the purchaser chooses, he or she can use the game cards to play online Vegas-style computer games. In playing these games, the purchaser can win more internet time and points that have no cash value (both of which are predetermined at the time the game card is purchased), but give them chances in sweepstakes where they can win money and/or prizes. Unless specifically used, the NAT or phone minutes never decrease while the purchaser plays the computer-generated games.
R. 
NUDE MODEL STUDIOAny place where a person who exhibits specified sexual anatomical areas is to be observed, sketched, drawn, painted, sculptured, photographed, or similarly depicted by other persons who pay money or any form of consideration. A nude model studio shall not include a proprietary school licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or a college, junior college, or university supported entirely or in part by public taxation, a private college or university that maintains and operates educational programs in which credits are transferable to a college, junior college, or university supported entirely or partly by taxation, or in a structure that has no sign visible from the exterior of the structure and no other advertising that indicates a person exhibiting specified sexual anatomical areas is available for viewing, where, in order to participate in a class, a student must enroll at least three days in advance of the class, and where no more than one person exhibiting specified sexual anatomical areas is on the premises at any one time.
S. 
SEXUAL ENCOUNTER CENTERAn enterprise that, as one of its principal business purposes, for any form of consideration, offers activities or physical contact, including wrestling or tumbling, between male and female persons and/or persons of the same sex when one or more of the persons exhibits or displays specified sexual anatomical areas for the purpose of specified sexual activities.
AGRIBUSINESS
The production principally for the sale to others of plants, animals or their products, including, but not limited to, organic fruits and vegetables, hydroponic vegetables, herbs, baked goods, wine, preserves, cider, wool, grain and feed crops, dairy animals and dairy products, beef cattle, poultry, sheep, bees and apiary products and nursery ornamental and greenhouse products, on properties having an area of at least five acres but less than 10 acres. Agribusinesses shall not include swine production or feedlot operations.
AGRICULTURAL ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
A structure on land used for an agricultural operation, designed, constructed and used to store farm implements, hay, grain, fruit or other agricultural products or to house livestock or poultry. An agricultural accessory structure shall not be used for human habitation or processing, treating or packaging agricultural products.
AGRICULTURAL OPERATION
An enterprise that is actively engaged in the commercial production and preparation for market of crops, livestock and livestock products and in the production, harvesting and preparation for market or use of agricultural, agronomic, horticultural, silvicultural and aquacultural crops and commodities. The term includes an enterprise that implements changes in production practices and procedures or types of crops, livestock, livestock products or commodities produced consistent with practices and procedures that are normally engaged by farmers or are consistent with technological development within the agricultural industry.
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
The scientific investigation, research, testing, experimentation or engineering leading to the production of knowledge or end products which improve the practice of agriculture, including:
A. 
Customary agricultural research and development.
B. 
Agricultural research and development concerned with the improvement of crops and/or soil.
C. 
Specialized agricultural research and development.
D. 
Agricultural research and development concerned with genetic engineering or other aspects of livestock breeding improvement.
AGRICULTURE AND RELATED OPERATIONS
Any use of land or structures for farming, dairying, pasturage, horticulture, floriculture, arborculture, or animal or poultry husbandry, or the producing for sale or use, as a principal activity or use of the premises, of domestic livestock, dairy products, poultry, eggs, fruit, vegetables or other such crops typical of the locality; the work of cultivating the soil, producing crops, fowl or livestock, including the storage of farm equipment; but not including the raising of fur-bearing animals, agricultural research and development, boarding stables or riding academies, commercial composting or kennels, which are separately defined herein and regulated as a use by special exception under the terms of this chapter. Accessory structures permitted in conjunction with an agricultural use may include barns, stables, corn cribs, silos, and any other use or structure that is clearly related to an agricultural operation.
AIRPORT
Any area of land, either public or private, which is used, or intended to be used, for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended to be used, for airport buildings and facilities thereon. "Airports" shall not include heliports.
AIRPORT ELEVATION
The highest point of an airport's usable land area measured in feet above sea level.
ALLEY
A public or private right-of-way which provides secondary access to a property or properties which is not the only means of access for any property and is not intended for general traffic circulation.
ALTERATION
Any change, addition or modification to an existing structure that increases the height, volume, lot coverage or gross floor area of the principal or accessory structure; or any change in the structural members of a building, such as load-bearing walls, columns, beams or girders; or the moving of an existing structure from one location to another on the same site.
AMENDMENT
Any change in this chapter or the Official Zoning District Map, including the addition of new requirements, revision of existing requirements or deletion of obsolete requirements, officially approved by the municipal governing body necessitating public hearings and other approvals in accordance with procedures detailed in this chapter before becoming effective.
AMUSEMENT ARCADE
A business establishment having on its premises, and available for play by the public, at least four coin-operated amusement devices; or a part of a business establishment including at least four coin-operated amusement devices, the remainder of which is devoted to a permitted use, an approved conditional use or a nonconforming use.[1]
ANIMAL, DOMESTIC FARM
Cattle, calves, horses, mules, swine, sheep, goats, poultry or other similar birds and animals.
ANIMAL, DOMESTIC FOWL
Domesticated birds commonly associated with farms and used for eggs or meat, including chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys.
ANIMAL, EXOTIC
Any member of a species of animal, reptile, or bird, warm- or cold-blooded, that is not indigenous to the area or is not classified or considered as wildlife, livestock, or a domestic animal.
ANIMAL HOSPITAL
An establishment for the medical or surgical treatment of animals and pets, including the boarding of hospitalized animals and animals not subject to medical or surgical treatment.
ANIMAL SHELTER
A facility that is used to house or contain animals and is owned, operated, or maintained by a nonprofit corporation for the purpose of providing temporary kenneling and finding permanent adoptive homes for animals.
ANIMATED SIGN
See "sign, animated."
ANTENNA, SATELLITE DISH
A signal-receiving device (antenna, dish antenna, or dish-type antenna) that receives communications or other signals from satellites in earth orbit or other extraterrestrial sources; or a low-noise amplifier which is situated at the focal point of the receiving component to magnify, store, transfer, or transmit electronic or light signals.
[Amended 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 897]
APARTMENT
A room, or suite of two or more rooms, designed as a dwelling unit for one family in a residential building containing at least one other similar dwelling unit. Such room or suite of rooms shall include cooking, bathing, food storage and toilet facilities for the exclusive use of the resident(s) of the room or suite of rooms and shall have access directly or via a common hallway to the outside.
APARTMENT BUILDING
A residential structure including at least two apartments.
APARTMENT, CONVERSION
A room or suite of rooms designed or intended for occupancy or housekeeping by one family, which is established in a portion of a building originally used or designed for residential use by a single family, such room or suite of rooms containing cooking, bathing, food storage and toilet facilities.
APARTMENT, EFFICIENCY
A one-room apartment, plus toilet. It shall contain kitchen, sanitary and bedroom facilities for the use of not more than two persons.
APARTMENT HOTEL
A building designed for or containing both apartments and individual guest rooms or suites, or rooms and apartments catering to permanent tenants but not transients, and which may furnish dining room service for the exclusive use of its tenants.
APARTMENT HOUSE or MULTIPLE-DWELLING BUILDING
A building or a portion of a building designed for occupancy by three or more families living separately from each other and containing three or more dwelling units, each with its own cooking, food storage, bathing and toilet facilities.
APPLIANCE SALES AND SERVICE
Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of selling, servicing and repairing appliances to individuals or households, rather than businesses, but excluding automotive or equipment repair, and including, but not limited to, bicycles, watches or jewelry, musical instruments or household appliances.
APPLICANT
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has filed an application for development, including his heirs, successors, and assigns.
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
Every application, whether preliminary or final, required to be filed and approved prior to the 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 land development plat or plan.
ARCHERY RANGE
See "shooting range."
ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL
Any projection, relief, cornice, column, change of building material, window, or door opening on any building.
AREA
Area of a lot or site shall be calculated from dimensions derived by the horizontal projection of the lot or site.
ARTERIAL STREET
See "street, arterial."
AS-BUILT PLANS
Plans and profiles prepared by an engineer or surveyor showing the exact location, size, grade, and depth of all public improvements after completion, including Y-branches and laterals for future connections.
ASSEMBLY HALL
A room, hall or building used for lectures, meetings and gatherings, other than a religious convocation.
ASSISTED-LIVING FACILITY
See Subsection I under "dwelling types."
AUCTION HOUSE
A structure or enclosure where goods, wares, merchandise, or equipment is sold by auction to the highest bidder. This definition excludes the sale of livestock or motor vehicles.
AUTHORIZED AGENT
A person or individual having the legal power of attorney for another person or company.
AUTOMOBILE AND GASOLINE SERVICE STATION
An occupancy which provides for:
A. 
The servicing of motor vehicles and limited operations incidental thereto, including the retail sale of petroleum products, tires, automotive accessories, and traveler needs directly to the motorist, but not including auto body repair or painting or the long-term storage of wrecked or junked cars.
B. 
The following operations/minor repairs, if conducted within an enclosed building, are included in this definition only if the retail sales of petroleum products is a part of the operation: automobile washing by hand; waxing and polishing of automobiles; tire changing and repair (excluding recapping or retreading); battery service, charging and replacement (excluding repair and rebuilding); radiator cleaning and flushing (excluding steam cleaning and repair, and installation of accessories); lubrication of motor vehicles; brake servicing, limited to servicing and replacement of brake cylinders, lines and brake shoes; wheel balancing; the testing, adjustment and replacement or servicing of carburetors, coils, condensers, distributor caps, fan belts, filters, generators, points, rotors, spark plugs, voltage regulators, water and fuel pumps, water hoses, windshield wipers, and wiring; the conduction of state safety and emissions inspections; and the operation of a convenience store.
AUTOMOBILE, BOAT, TRAILER SALES AREA
An open area, other than a street, used for the display, sale and/or rental of new and/or used automobiles, boats, and/or trailers and where no repair work is done except minor incidental repair, excluding body and fender work or spray painting of automobiles, boats or trailers that are to be displayed, sold or rented on the premises.
AUTOMOBILE WRECKER
Any person, corporation or enterprise engaged in automobile wrecking.
AUTOMOBILE WRECKING
The dismantling or wrecking of motor vehicles or trailers, or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled, obsolete or wrecked vehicles or their parts.
AUTOMOBILE WRECKING OR SALVAGE YARD
Any premises devoted wholly or in part to the dismantling or wrecking of motor vehicles or trailers, the storage, accumulation, recycling, sealing or the processing of junk or abandoned vehicles, and/or the sale or dumping of dismantled or partially dismantled, obsolete or wrecked vehicles or their parts. The collection and/or storage of two or more motor vehicles or trailers not in running condition or which do not have valid and current registration and a current and valid inspection sticker as required by the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania[2] shall be construed to be an automobile wrecking or salvage yard.
AUTOMOTIVE BODY OR REPAIR SHOP
Any land, building, structure or premises used for the general repair, engine rebuilding or reconditioning of motor vehicles, collision service such as body, frame, and fender straightening and repair, and painting of motor vehicles. Towing may also be provided as an accessory use in commercial districts.
AWNING
A temporary or permanent structure extending out and over the upper part of a door, window, or porch and serving as protection from sun or precipitation, distinguished from a canopy by the lack of structural supports attached to the ground.
BANNER
Any sign of lightweight fabric or similar material that may or may not be permanently mounted to a pole, natural features, or vegetation, or to a building by a permanent frame at one or more edge. National, state or municipal flags shall not be considered banners.
BARNYARD
The portion of a farm property set aside to contain farm animals when not grazing or quartered in a barn.
BAR or TAVERN
A business that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises as the principal use and that may offer food for consumption on the premises as an accessory use.
BASEMENT
That portion of a building having at least 1/2 of its height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
BASIC GRADE
The average elevation of the proposed grade line of the ground at the front of the structure as shown on the construction plans; in the case of a structure abutting the front property line, the elevation of the curb in front of the center of the structure or, if there be no curbing, the elevation of the proposed grade line at the center of the front lot line. In case no grade line is established, the actual grade of the traveled roadway shall apply.
BATHHOUSE
An establishment that provides baths of all kinds, including methods of hydrotherapy, during which nudity or sexual conduct is displayed, not including hydrotherapy treatment practiced by or under the supervision of a medical practitioner, such as a medical doctor, physician, chiropractor or similar professional licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
BEACON
Any light with one or more beams directed into the atmosphere or directed at one or more points not on the same premises as the light source; also, any light with one or more beams that rotates or moves.
BED-AND-BREAKFAST
A single-family dwelling that is the principal residence of the operator, where sleeping rooms are offered to transient overnight guests for compensation and where meals are provided only to overnight guests.
BED-AND-BREAKFAST INN
An establishment operated by a resident where 15 or fewer sleeping rooms are offered to transient overnight guests for compensation and where breakfast is included with the accommodations and where meals may or may not be served to the general public.
BERM
That portion of a street lying on either side of a cartway between the edge thereof and the adjacent road ditch, intended primarily for stopping and parking purposes.
BILLBOARD
Any sign, as defined herein, that advertises an establishment, person, activity, product or service that is unrelated to or not available on the premises on which the sign is located.
BOARDING HOME FOR SHELTERED CARE
See Subsection H under "dwelling types."
BOARDINGHOUSE
See Subsection J under "dwelling types."
BOARDING STABLE or RIDING ACADEMY
The keeping of horses and ponies owned by persons other than the owner of the stable, or the rental of horses owned by the owner of the stable for a fee or other compensation, which may include training of horses, riding lessons or riding facilities. A minimum of 10 acres is required.
BODY PAINTING STUDIO
Any establishment that provides the service of applying paint or other substance, whether transparent or nontransparent, to or on the human body in a state of nudity, as defined herein.
BUFFER
A planted strip of land providing visual and environmental separation between conflicting land uses and protecting more exclusive areas from those that could deteriorate their value.
BUFFER AREA/BUFFER YARD
A landscaped area which shall be planted and maintained in trees, grass, ground cover, shrubs, bushes or other natural landscaping material consisting of a mix of types and sizes of plant material that, within three years of planting, meets the standard of providing a compact year-round visual screen at least six feet in height, or an existing or constructed natural barrier that duplicates the effect of the required buffer area, within which no structure is permitted except a wall or fence.
BUILDABLE AREA
That portion of a zoned lot bounded by the required front, side, and rear yards. When a yard is not required, the buildable area is the lot line.
BUILDING
Any man-made structure having a roof, including mobile homes and trailers. When a use is required to be within a building, or where special authority granted pursuant to this chapter requires that a use shall be within an entirely enclosed building, then the term "building" means one so designed and constructed that all exterior walls of the structure shall be continuous from the ground to the roofline and shall contain no openings except for windows and doors which are designed so they may be closed. (See also "completely enclosed building" and "structure.")
BUILDING AND/OR ZONING OFFICER
The individual authorized by the municipality to be the administrator of the daily application of the provisions of this chapter. The Building or Zoning Officer shall hold no elective office, have a working knowledge of zoning, and meet the qualifications established for the position by the municipality.
BUILDING AREA
The total of areas taken on a horizontal plane at the main grade level of the principal building and all accessory buildings, exclusive of uncovered porches, terraces and steps.
BUILDING, FRONT WALL OF
That wall of the building that faces the front lot line, regardless of which way the building is oriented.
BUILDING HEIGHT
The vertical distance measured from the basic grade at the front wall of the building to the highest point of the roof adjacent to the front wall for flat roofs; to the deckline for mansard roofs; or to the mean height between the eaves and the highest ridge for gabled, hip or gambrel roofs; and to the highest point on the roof for other types of roofs. Chimneys, spires, towers, domes, masts, mechanical penthouses, tanks, aerials and similar projections, other than signs, shall not be included in calculating the height, provided that they do not exceed the height limitation of the district by more than 15 feet and do not constitute more than 25% of the total surface area of the roof.
BUILDING LINE
A line parallel to the front, side or rear lot lines, set so as to provide the required building setback (yard).
BUILDING LINE, FRONT
An imaginary line located on the lot at a fixed distance from the street right-of-way line across the front of a property and interpreted as being the nearest point that a building may be constructed relative to the street right-of-way for the zoning district in which the property is located. The front building line shall limit the location of porches and similar construction, except steps, to the face of this line.
BUILDING, MAIN
The building housing the principal use of the lot on which it is located.
BUILDING-MOUNTED SIGN
See "sign, building-mounted."
BUILDING, PERMANENT
A building supported upon a foundation extending into the ground and constructed thereon, but not capable of being towed away later in one or several components.
BUILDING PERMIT
A document issued by the municipality attesting that a proposal for construction meets all related requirements of this chapter and other applicable requirements relative to the development and/or proposed construction, authorizing construction to commence, and indicating compliance with all applicable requirements of the Uniform Construction Code (UCC).
BUSINESS or COMMERCE
The purchase, sale, offering for sale, or other transactions involving the handling or disposition of any article, service, substance or commodity for livelihood or profit; or the management or occupancy of office buildings, offices, recreational or amusement enterprises; or the maintenance and use of buildings, offices, structures or premises by professionals and trades and/or persons rendering services.
CANOPY
A permanent roofed structure with supporting columns erected to protect sales and display areas or gasoline dispensing areas from the weather, not including any canvas, plastic, fabric or similar roofing material.
CANOPY SIGN
See "sign, canopy."
CARPORT
A structure to house or protect motor vehicles, which is open to the weather for at least 30% of the total area of its four sides.
CARRIAGE HOUSE
A detached residential use of an accessory nature on at least a three-acre lot, designed to provide separate occupancy for family members and/or household employees.
CARTWAY
The paved area of a street between the curbs, including travel lanes and parking areas, but not including shoulders, curbs, sidewalks, or swales. If curbs are lacking and parking is restricted to the shoulders, the "cartway" is defined as the travel way.
CAR WASH
A facility, whether automatic, semiautomatic or manual, for washing vehicles, including detailing of vehicles.
CELLAR (same as "basement")
That portion of a building having 1/2 or more of its height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
CEMETERY
Property used or intended to be used for interring deceased humans and/or domestic pets, including family plots, crematories, mausoleums, and mortuaries, and that may include, as an accessory use, the sale of burial items, such as caskets, monuments and urns, if operated in connection with and within the boundaries of such cemetery, also for which perpetual care and maintenance is provided.
CHANGEABLE LETTER SIGN
See "sign, changeable letter."
CHANGE OF ZONE
The removal of a property or properties from one zoning classification, and the assignment of the property or properties to a different classification.
CHECK-CASHING FACILITY
A person or business that, for compensation, engages, in whole or in part, in the business of cashing checks, warrants, drafts, money orders, or other commercial paper serving the same purpose. A check-cashing facility does not include a chartered bank, savings association, credit union, or industrial loan company, nor does it include a retailer engaged primarily in selling consumer goods to retail buyers that cash checks or money orders for minimum flat fees as a service that is incidental to its main purpose of business.
CHURCH
A building, other than a single-family dwelling or two-family dwelling, where a nonprofit organization conducts worship and/or religious instruction on a regular basis and that may include administrative offices, social rooms, classrooms, day nurseries and other uses accessory thereto related to its mission and outreach.
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE
The triangular area between the intersecting center lines of two streets, alleys or roadways, and an imaginary line(s) connecting the points 75 feet from the point of intersection along each of the streets, alleys or roadways. Where an urban collector or arterial roadway is one or both of the intersecting roadways, the lineal distance from the point of the intersections is extended to 150 feet.
CLINIC OR MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING
An establishment where several practitioners offer a range of related services to human patients, including, but not limited to, medical, dental, chiropractic, psychological and surgical diagnosis, treatment and/or counseling provided under the care of practitioners licensed by the commonwealth and their supporting staff, where said patients are not provided with board or room, nor kept overnight on the premises, but where no surgery other than minor or emergency surgery is performed.
CLUB, PRIVATE MEMBERSHIP
An incorporated or unincorporated association of persons organized for a social, athletic, educational, literary or charitable purpose. Property occupied by a club shall be deemed to be semiprivate in character and shall be subject to the municipality's regulations governing public buildings and places, excluding groups organized primarily to render a service which is normally considered a business.
CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT
A residential development designed to concentrate buildings in specific areas on a site, in order to allow remaining land to be used for recreation, common open space, or the preservation of historically or environmentally sensitive features. This concentration is accomplished through ownership in common of open space by a homeowners' association, with individual ownership in fee of a particular dwelling unit or building, wherein each individual has an absolute title to his or her dwelling unit.
[Added 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 897]
COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT DEVICE
A mechanical, electronic or electrical machine which becomes ready to play by one or several operators upon the insertion of a coin or coins and which depends on the skill and competence of operators competing among themselves or competing against the machine for a prize or recognition. Each device shall be located so that a floor area of at least 15 square feet is maintained free of obstruction in front of, and/or on either side of, each device, and, in addition, an aisle at least four feet in width is provided leading from the area containing the device(s) to building exits.
COLLECTOR STREET
See "street, collector."
COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA
Any communications antenna that is operated by any agency or corporation other than any agency or authority of the municipality, Butler County, or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or by any police, fire, emergency medical service or emergency management agency.
[Amended 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 897]
COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS TOWER
Any communications tower that is operated by any agency or corporation other than any agency or authority of the municipality, Butler County, or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or by any police, fire, emergency medical service or emergency management agency.
[Amended 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 897]
COMMERCIAL COMPOSTING
An operation engaged in a controlled process of degrading organic matter utilizing microorganisms for the purpose of selling the end product.
COMMERCIAL MESSAGE
Any wording, logo, or other representation (excluding telephone, paging or other communications numbers) that directly or indirectly names, addresses or calls attention to a business, product, service or other commercial activity.
COMMERCIAL OR FOR-PROFIT USE
An occupation or enterprise involving the disposition of any article, substance, commodity or service, conducted for profit.
COMMERCIAL SCHOOL
A secondary or higher educational facility primarily teaching usable skills that prepare students for jobs in a trade or the arts.
COMMERCIAL USE
An occupation, employment, or enterprise that is carried on for profit by the owner, lessee, or licensee.
COMMERCIAL WIND FARM
See "wind farm, commercial."
COMMON OPEN SPACE
An area of land or water, or a combination of land and water, within a development site and 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; also, an area of land owned and maintained by an organization for the benefit of those holding memberships in that organization.[3]
COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA
Any structure designed for transmitting or receiving wireless communications of video, voice, data or similar transmission, including, but not limited to, omnidirectional or whip antennas, direction or panel antennas and satellite or microwave dish antennas, when such structure results in a freestanding structure height of 40 feet or less from existing grade or, in the case of an antenna mounted upon a building, a height of 10 feet or less from point of attachment to the building when measured to the highest point.
[Added 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 897]
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT BUILDING
An unmanned building or cabinet containing communications equipment required for the operation of communications antennas and covering an area on the ground of not greater than 250 square feet.
[Added 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 897]
COMMUNICATIONS TOWER
Any structure, whether freestanding or attached to a building, including monopole, self-supporting and guyed towers designed to support multiple essential communications antennas on one or more of the following types of mounts: rotatable platform, fixed platform, multipoint or sidearm mounts and pipe mounts for microwave dish antennas, when such structure results in a height of greater than 40 feet from existing grade. The height of a communications tower is to be determined by the vertical distance measured from the level of existing grade to the highest point on a communications tower, including antennas mounted on the tower.
[Added 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 897]
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES
A statement required by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code[4] to appear in a zoning ordinance, demonstrating that the ordinance is based on a municipal master plan relative to land use, population density and location of streets and utilities.
COMMUNITY SEWAGE SYSTEM
Any system, whether publicly or privately owned, for the collection of sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid form from two or more lots, and the treatment and/or disposal of the sewage or industrial waste on one or more of the lots or at any other site.
COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA)
In basic terms, CSA consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes, either legally or spiritually, the community's farm, with the growers and consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and benefits of food production. Typically, members or shareholders of the farm or garden pledge in advance to cover the anticipated costs of the farm operation and farmer's salary. In return, they receive shares in the farm's bounty throughout the growing season, as well as satisfaction gained from reconnecting to the land and participating directly in food production. Members also share in the risks of farming, including poor harvests due to unfavorable weather or pests. By direct sales to community members, who have provided the farmer with working capital in advance, growers receive better prices for their crops, gain some financial security, and are relieved of much of the burden of marketing.
COMPARABLE USES NOT SPECIFICALLY LISTED
Uses which are not specifically listed in a particular zoning district, but which are determined by the Zoning Hearing Board, in accordance with the express standards and criteria set forth in this chapter, to be similar in characteristics and impacts to another use which is specifically listed in the same zoning district as a permitted, conditional, or special exception use.
COMPLETELY ENCLOSED BUILDING
A building designed and constructed so that all exterior walls shall be solid from the ground to the roofline, containing no openings except for windows and doors which are designed so that they may be closed and any other small openings required for the ventilation system.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
A document based on study and analysis of a municipality, projecting growth and change and recommending measures to cope with such growth and change, such as creating or modifying a zoning ordinance, which is effective only if arising directly from such a plan.
CONDITIONAL USE
A use permitted in one or more districts as defined by this chapter, but which, because of characteristics peculiar to it or because of size, technological process, or equipment, or because of the exact location with reference to surroundings, streets, existing improvements or demands upon public facilities, requires a special degree of control to make such uses consistent with, and compatible to, other existing or permissible uses in the same district and to assure that such use shall not be harmful to the public interest. Conditional uses can be granted only following a public hearing, recommendation by the Planning Commission, and approval of the governing body of the municipality in strict compliance with standards expressly outlined for such uses, and pursuant to the provisions in Article VI of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[5] The governing body of the municipality may attach conditions to the approval of a conditional use.
CONDOMINIUM
Ownership in common with others of a parcel of land and certain parts of a building, together with individual ownership in fee of a particular unit or apartment in such building. Each individual has an absolute title to his apartment, which he or she may sell, mortgage, or otherwise devise as he or she could with a single-family dwelling that he or she owned.
CONSTRUCTION TRAILER, TEMPORARY
A temporary structure designed, used or constructed to be used for the duration of the zoning, building, or grading permit to provide temporary offices for land sales or construction supervision on the site of an approved subdivision or land development during the time that said valid permit is in effect. In no case shall overnight or sleeping accommodations be permitted.
CONTIGUOUS
Sharing one or more common lot lines between properties, excluding properties that are separated by a street, railroad, utility or other right-of-way.
CONTOUR
An imaginary line connecting all points with the same elevation above or below a fixed point whose elevation is known.
CONVENIENCE STORE (WITH OR WITHOUT GAS STATION)
A retail store primarily servicing customers in the immediate area that offers a limited selection of grocery, household and personal items for quick purchase and that may include a car wash or the dispensing of gasoline.
CONVERSION APARTMENT
A dwelling unit established from a portion of an already existing single-family dwelling. Each dwelling after conversion shall be provided with all the facilities normally found in a dwelling unit, including adequate heat, light, ventilation, sanitary and washing facilities, cooking, food storage, and means of egress.
COUNTRY CLUB
See "golf course or country club (private or public)."
COVENANT
A private agreement legally binding successor owners of a property to certain conditions regarding the use or development of property being purchased.
COVERAGE
See "lot coverage."
CREMATORIUM or CREMATORY
An establishment containing a furnace designed to cremate or reduce to ashes human or animal remains of the deceased.
CROSS-SECTION DRAWING
A view drawn at right angles to the plane of the ground surface indicating existing and proposed configuration of the surface as part of a development plan.
CURATIVE AMENDMENT (LANDOWNER OR MUNICIPAL)
An amendment requested by a property owner challenging the validity of zoning regulations, as they apply to property in which he or she has an interest. This requires municipal action on his or her petition for a municipal curative amendment, in which the governing body of the municipality declares, by formal action, that specific parts of the this chapter are substantially invalid in order to cure the alleged defects.
CUT
An excavation; the difference between a point on the original ground and designated point of lower elevation on the final grade; also, the material removed in excavation.
DAY-CARE CENTER
A facility, licensed by the commonwealth, located within a building which is not used as a dwelling unit, for the care, on a regular basis during part of a twenty-four-hour day, of children under the age of 16 or handicapped or elderly persons, while parents or guardians are at work. Refer to 55 Pa. Code § 3270.4 for child day care requirements and § 3280.4 for group child day care requirements.
DAY-CARE CENTER, ADULT
A facility providing care for the elderly and/or functionally impaired adults in a protective setting for a portion of a twenty-four-hour day.
DAY CARE, FAMILY
The care of preschool or school-aged children between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on weekdays.
DAY-CARE HOME
A facility, operated in compliance with the regulations established by the commonwealth, located within a dwelling, for the care, on a regular basis, during part of a twenty-four-hour day, of not more than six children under 16 years of age. This excludes care provided to children who are relatives of the provider, where such use shall be secondary to the use of the dwelling for living purposes, and where persons who do not reside in the dwelling shall not be employed. Refer to 55 Pa. Code § 3290.4 for family child day-care home requirements.
DAY SPA
A business establishment that provides one or more of the following services to customers who do not stay overnight on the premises: massage therapy, facials, body wraps, tanning, steam or sauna baths, herbal treatments, manicure, pedicure, nutritional counseling, yoga, exercise, aromatherapy, reflexology and relaxation therapy.
DECISION
Final adjudication of any board or other body granted jurisdiction under this chapter or the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code[6] to do so, either by reason of the grant of exclusive jurisdiction or by reason of appeals from determinations. All decisions shall be appealable to the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County.
DENSITY
A measure of the intensity of the use of the land, usually measured by the number of dwelling units per gross acre of land area, exclusive of public streets, or by the number of units per multiple-family dwelling, or by the number of units in a residential development option plan.
DETERMINATION
Final action by an officer, body or agency charged with the administration of any land use ordinance or any applications thereunder, except the governing body of the municipality, the Zoning Hearing Board, and the Planning Commission. Determinations shall be appealable only to the boards designated as having jurisdiction for such appeal.
DEVELOPER
Any party who subdivides land, erects, expands or alters a structure or structures, changes the surface of the land, or any or all of these.
DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT
Any land development that, because of its character, magnitude, or location, will have a substantial effect upon the health, safety, or welfare of citizens in more than one municipality.
DEVELOPMENT or DEVELOP
The improvement of a recorded parcel through the construction of a principal use for which all required permits have been issued.
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
The provisions for development, written and/or graphic, including a planned residential development, a plat of subdivision, all covenants related 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.
DIRECTIONAL OR INCIDENTAL SIGN
See "sign, directional or incidental."
DISTRICT
An area accurately defined as to boundaries and location on an Official Zoning Map and within which area only certain types of land uses are permitted and within which other types of land uses are excluded, as set forth in this chapter.
DISTRICT BOUNDARY
The edge of a zoning district where it abuts another district or a municipality boundary.
DOMESTIC PETS
Animals or birds customarily found in a dwelling and kept for company or pleasure, including dogs and cats, provided that there is not a sufficient number to constitute a kennel. As defined herein, these include hamsters, gerbils, parakeets, canaries and similar small animals or birds, but not including any exotic animals, such as lions, tigers, bears, ocelots or other feral cats, large or poisonous snakes, alligators, monkeys or other animals normally found in a zoo, nor any horses, pigs or other fowl or livestock customarily found on a farm.
DORMITORY
A building used as group living quarters for a student body or religious order accessory to a school, convent, monastery or other institutional use, having a number of sleeping rooms, often with shared occupancy and shared bathroom facilities.
DRAINAGEWAY
A sloping depression across the ground surface, either natural or man-made, that collects water runoff from higher surrounding land and carries it to a lower, larger stream or to an underground pipe serving the same purpose.
DRIVE-IN FACILITIES OR ESTABLISHMENT
Any principal use or accessory use that involves a window, service lane, bay or other facility where customers are provided services either inside or outside their vehicles and where cars may or may not wait in line to access these services. These include but are not limited to drive-in or drive-through windows at fast-food restaurants, banks, exterior automated teller machines (ATMs), quick oil change facilities, car washes and similar automotive services, and other such facilities.
DWELLING
A building designed exclusively for residential purposes, including single-family, two-family and multiple families, on a permanent basis, including mobile homes, cottages, and camp trailers, but not including hotels or motel units, including but not limited to the following dwelling types.[7]
DWELLING GROUP
Two or more separate buildings, each containing one or more dwelling units.
DWELLING TYPES
The following dwelling types are included in this chapter:
A. 
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGA detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by one family and containing one dwelling unit surrounded by open space on the same lot. This includes mobile homes on a permanent foundation not located in a mobile home park and manufactured housing bearing the seal of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), but not including mobile homes located in a mobile home park.
B. 
TWO-FAMILY DWELLING or DUPLEXA building designed exclusively for occupancy by two families living independently of each other and containing two dwelling units. These units are totally separated by an unpierced wall extending from ground to roof or an unpierced ceiling/floor extending from exterior wall to exterior wall, except for a common stairwell exterior to both dwelling units. Each unit has its own direct access to the outside.
C. 
MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGA building designed exclusively for occupancy by three or more families living independently of each other and containing three or more dwelling units.
D. 
GROUP CARE FACILITYAny supervised long-term group living arrangement licensed by the commonwealth for any of the following:
(1) 
Persons who do not meet the definition of "mentally or physically handicapped" provided in the Fair Housing Amendments Act or the Americans with Disabilities Act.
(2) 
Persons who do meet the definition of "mentally or physically handicapped" provided in the Fair Housing Amendments Act or the Americans with Disabilities Act living in an institutional setting and not maintaining a common household.
(3) 
Persons who, whether handicapped or not, are criminal offenders, juvenile offenders or delinquents or who have been found by any governmental tribunal, court or agency to be a danger to society or who are under the jurisdiction of the criminal justice system, a governmental bureau of corrections or similar agency or institution.
E. 
TRANSITIONAL DWELLINGA dwelling unit occupied on a short-term basis by persons assigned by a court of law or public/semipublic agency and managed by a public/semipublic or nonprofit agency, responsible for the occupants' care, safety, conduct, counseling and supervision for a specified period of time. This includes alcoholic recovery, shelters for battered persons and their children, community reentry services following incarceration, adult or juvenile prison assignment or correctional treatment, house arrest, juvenile out-of-home placements or other court-ordered treatment and other such short-term supervised assignments, or those unable to care for themselves because of mental or physical handicaps.
F. 
PERSONAL CARE HOME or BOARDING HOMEA facility (nonprofit or for-profit) licensed by the commonwealth and located within a dwelling or facility where room and board are provided to more than three permanent residents who are not relatives of the operator. These residents are mobile or semimobile and require specialized services in such matters as bathing, dressing, diet and medication prescribed for self-administration for a period exceeding 24 consecutive hours, and/or counseling and transportation services, but who are not in need of hospitalization or skilled nursing care or intermediate nursing care. For the purposes of this chapter, "personal care home" or "boarding home" shall include assisted-living facilities.
G. 
MODULAR DWELLING (MODULAR HOME)A single-family dwelling that is delivered to its site in at least two sections that are set upon a permanent foundation and the sections joined together, as required by the current edition of the Uniform Construction Code (UCC) in effect in the municipality. Such dwellings shall be certified as meeting the minimum standards for modular dwellings/manufactured housing in Pennsylvania and shall be at least 20 feet wide for the entire length when assembled. Modular dwellings shall be permitted wherever single-family dwellings are allowed.
H. 
BOARDING HOME FOR SHELTERED CAREA nonprofit or for-profit boarding home for the sheltered care of persons with special needs or problems, which, in addition to providing food and shelter, may also provide some combination of personal care, social or counseling services, vocational training, recreation, and/or transportation.
I. 
ASSISTED-LIVING FACILITYA residential facility designed to provide dwelling units for elderly and/or handicapped persons who are independently mobile. On-site supervision and assistance is available to the residents on an as-needed basis, and at least one meal each day is provided in a common dining area. The facility includes certain design features associated with the needs of the elderly or handicapped, not customary in the construction of conventional dwelling units, such as emergency call systems, handicapped facilities, common dining facilities, common laundry facilities, minimal housekeeping, common leisure and recreational facilities, transportation services and similar supporting services for the convenience of the residents. Refer to 55 Pa. Code § 2800.4 for assisted living definitions and requirements.
J. 
BOARDINGHOUSEThe same as "lodging house," except that meals, with or without lodging, are provided for compensation by prearrangement for definite periods for three or more persons. "Boardinghouse" shall not be construed to mean rest homes or convalescent homes.
K. 
GROUP HOMEA nonprofit or for-profit boarding home for the sheltered care of up to eight persons with special needs in addition to food and shelter and in need of supervision and rehabilitative services, and is licensed by the appropriate state and county agencies.
L. 
INDEPENDENT-LIVING FACILITYA residential facility designed to provide housing for elderly and handicapped persons who are independently mobile and not in need of supervision. The facility includes certain design features associated with the needs of the elderly or handicapped, not customary in the construction of conventional dwelling units, such as emergency call systems, handicapped facilities, common dining facilities, common laundry facilities, minimal housekeeping, common leisure and recreational facilities, transportation services and similar supporting services for the convenience of the residents.
M. 
LIFE CARE COMMUNITYA residential development that provides a continuum of care for the elderly, including three or more of the following uses: independent-living facility, assisted-living facility, personal care boarding home or nursing home, and which may or may not include conventional single-family dwellings and/or multifamily dwellings.
N. 
LODGING HOUSEThe same as "boardinghouse," but where meals are not provided.
O. 
NURSING HOME, REST HOME, CONVALESCENT HOME, GUEST HOME or HOME FOR THE ELDERLYAn institution licensed by the commonwealth for the long-term, inpatient, overnight care of human patients requiring skilled nursing or intermediate nursing care, but not including surgical procedures or care and treatment of drug or alcohol addiction.
P. 
RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITYAny facility licensed by the state, public or private, for gain or otherwise, that regularly provides one or more persons with twenty-four-hour substitute care, food, lodging, training, education, supervision, rehabilitation, and/or treatment that cannot be furnished in the person's home. These include foster homes, halfway houses, residential treatment centers, maternity shelters, group homes, handicapped children's homes, residential programs, etc.
Q. 
RETIREMENT HOMEA place of residence for several families or individuals in apartment-like quarters, rented or condominium, which may feature services to retired persons such as limited nursing facilities, minimum-maintenance living accommodations and recreation programs and facilities.
R. 
RETIREMENT COMPLEXA planned residential development for persons of retirement age located on 10 acres or more which is held in one ownership and which provides certain health care facilities for the residents. Additional communal facilities may also include dining, recreation, open space, parking and related facilities and services.
S. 
TOWNHOUSEA residential structure that has three or more dwelling units, each unit being separated from the adjoining unit or units by a continuous unpierced wall or walls extending from the basement or cellar floor, if one exists, or, if one does not exist, from the lowest ground floor to above the roof on a flat roof and to the ridgeline on other roofs; each unit being capable of being separately owned, having its own access to the outside on the ground level, both front and rear; having no other units above or below; and arranged to be not more than two rooms in depth, front to back.
DWELLING UNIT
A group of two or more connected rooms designed for or occupied by one family only and containing cooking and food storage facilities, sleeping facilities, and, in a separate room, toilet and tub or shower, with hot and cold water supply, all for the exclusive use of the family occupying the dwelling unit. All rooms comprising a dwelling unit shall have access through an interior door, or interior doors, to all other parts of the dwelling unit.
EARTH DISTURBANCE or ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
The act of altering the natural balance of an area of land, thereby rendering it subject to erosion by wind and/or water, typically due to the removal of vegetative cover and/or topsoil or changing drainage patterns due to earthmoving activities, including filling, without compensating rehabilitation of the disturbed and/or surrounding area.
EARTH MOVEMENT or EXCAVATION or GRADING
The rearrangement of the earth's surface by excavation and/or filling to accommodate development.
EASEMENT
A right-of-way across private property generally for public utility lines, stormwater, or for access to other properties, passage over which is guaranteed by the property owner/grantor to the grantee or those using the easement.
EFFICIENCY APARTMENT
See "apartment, efficiency."
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE
Services provided by medically trained personnel by a public, commercial or for-profit enterprise or a nonprofit organization operated from a facility maintained by said organization.
ENCLOSED STRUCTURES
A covered space surrounded by solid walls pierced by doors and windows, extending from the ground to the roof.
END WALL
Any wall of a residential building that contains no windows or only secondary windows to any apartment.
ENGINEER
A professional engineer licensed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY, INDOOR
Predominantly spectator uses conducted within an enclosed building, including motion-picture theaters, concert or music halls, or sports. Facilities with less than 300 capacity are considered small, and those with over 300 capacity are considered large. See also "recreation facilities, indoor."
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Lands which, because of their characteristics or locations, are limited with regard to development activities.
EQUIPMENT, MAJOR
Items or devices weighing more than 750 pounds.
EQUIPMENT, MINOR
Nonvehicular items weighing less than 750 pounds.
EROSION
The removal of surface materials by water, wind, ice, gravity, land disturbance, frost, or a combination thereof.
ESSENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA
Any communications antenna that is operated by any agency, franchisee or authority of the municipality, Butler County, or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or by any police, fire, emergency medical service or emergency management agency.
[Amended 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 897]
ESSENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS TOWER
Any communications tower that is operated by any agency, franchisee or authority of the municipality, Butler County, or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or by any police, fire, emergency medical service or emergency management agency.
[Amended 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 897]
ESSENTIAL PUBLIC UTILITY INSTALLATION
Any element of the distribution and collection systems, other than continuous conduit, provided by public utilities, regulated by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) or by any agency, franchisee or authority of the municipality, which is reasonably necessary to furnish adequate services within the municipality to the general public, including, but not limited to, water and sewage treatment plants, water towers or other water storage structures, regulators, lift stations, pumping stations and similar facilities. This definition does not include any essential or commercial communications tower or antenna as defined herein.
[Amended 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 897]
ESSENTIAL SERVICES or ESSENTIAL SERVICE FACILITIES
The provision by continuous conduit, erection, construction, alteration or maintenance of distribution and collection systems by public utilities, regulated by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), or any agency, franchisee or authority of the municipality, including underground or overhead gas, electrical, telephone, steam or water lines, sewers, fire alarm boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, cable television (not including towers) and accessories necessary to furnish adequate services to the general public within the municipality. This definition does not include any essential or commercial communications tower or antenna as defined herein.
[Amended 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 897]
EXCAVATION
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar material is dug into, cut, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated, or disturbed and any resulting conditions.
EXPLOSIVE
Any chemical compound mixture or device, the primary and common purpose of which is to function by explosion with substantially simultaneous release of gas and heat, the resulting pressure being capable of producing destructive effects.
FACADE, PRINCIPAL
Any wall of a residential building that contains all the windows of any apartment.
FAMILY
A. 
An individual, or two or more persons related by blood, marriage, adoption or foster child care, including domestic servants or gratuitous guests thereof, or a group of not more than three unrelated persons living together without supervision in a dwelling unit, or not more than eight persons living together in a group living arrangement with supervision, provided that the group living arrangement meets all of the following criteria:
(1) 
It provides nonroutine support services, including supervision, personal care, social or counseling services, and transportation, to persons who need such assistance in order to use and enjoy a dwelling or to avoid being placed within an institution because of physical disability, old age, mental retardation, or other handicap or disability as defined by the Fair Housing Amendments Act or the Americans with Disabilities Act.
(2) 
It provides for the joint occupancy of a dwelling unit where the residents maintain a common household and practice on a permanent or long-term basis, a joint economic, social and cultural life.
(3) 
It does not involve the housing of persons on a transient basis.
(4) 
It does not involve the housing or treatment of persons accepted for residence in the group living arrangement on the basis of their status as criminal offenders, juvenile offenders or delinquents, or who would otherwise qualify for residence by virtue of having been found by any governmental tribunal, court or agency to be a danger to society or are on release or under the jurisdiction of the criminal justice system, a government bureau of corrections or similar institution.
B. 
The term "family" shall not include persons living together in a group care facility, personal care boarding home or transitional dwelling, as defined herein, or any other supervised group living arrangement for persons not protected by the Fair Housing Act or for any persons who constitute a direct threat to others or their physical property.
FAMILY DAY CARE
See "day care, family."
FARM
A site of 10 acres or more used for the pursuit of agriculture, as defined herein.
FARMERS MARKET
An occasional or periodic market held in an open area or in a structure where groups of individual sellers offer for sale to the public such items as fresh produce, seasonal fruits and vegetables, fresh flowers, arts and craft items, and food and beverages (but not to include secondhand goods) dispensed from booths located on site.
FARMETTE
An accessory use on a lot which does not meet the ten-acre minimum acreage requirements for a farm, where the principal use is a single-family dwelling and the accessory use is limited to activities authorized in the definition of "agriculture," provided that this accessory use does not constitute the principal source of income for the residents of the dwelling and utilizes a minimum of five acres.
FARM (ROADSIDE) STAND
A building or structure used for the retail sales of fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers, herbs, or plants; may also involve the accessory sales of other unprocessed foodstuffs, home-processed food products such as jams, jellies, pickles, sauces, or baked goods, and homemade handicrafts.
FENCE or WALL
A structure, including entrance and exit gates or openings, designed and constructed for the purpose of enclosing space or separating parcels of land, screening, protection, confinement and/or privacy. The term "fence" or "wall" shall not include a retaining wall.
FILL
Earth material excavated elsewhere, deposited upon undisturbed earth in the process of grading for land development.
FIRING RANGE
See "shooting range."
FLAG
Any fabric, banner or bunting containing distinctive colors, patterns, or symbols, used as a symbol of a government, political subdivision or other entity.
FLAG LOT
See "lot, flag."
FLAT WALL SIGN
See "sign, flat wall."
FLOOD
The temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of inland waters and/or the unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff of surface waters from any source.
FLOODPLAIN
A normally dry land area adjacent to a stream channel or channels that is susceptible to being inundated by overbank stream flows. For regulatory purposes, the Flood Plain Management Act (Act of October 4, 1978, P.L. 851, No. 166)[8] and regulations pursuant to the Act and delineated on a map produced by FEMA shall dictate. Chapter 183, Floodplain Management, as amended, shall regulate construction within designated floodplain areas.
FLOOD-PRONE AREA
The land surface abutting a stream or drainageway that is inundated during the course of a flood, which is likely to occur every 100 years.
FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR)
The total floor area of all buildings or structures on a zoning lot, divided by the area of said lot.
FOOD PROCESSING PLANT
A manufacturing plant designed to process food products, other than meat from live animals, for sale, which processing may include the cooking, baking, freezing and packaging of such products.
FOREST
A stand of trees covering an area greater than 1/2 acre (21,780 square feet), where the majority of the trees are a minimum of 12 inches in diameter.
FORESTRY ACTIVITIES/TIMBER HARVESTING
The management of forests and timberlands when practiced in accordance with accepted silvicultural principles, through developing, cultivating, harvesting, transplanting and selling trees for commercial purposes, which does not involve any land development. The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code Section 603(f)[9] states that "timber harvesting shall be a permitted use by right in all zoning districts in every municipality."
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION (LODGE)
A group of people formally organized for a common interest which holds regular meetings at which dining, drinking, and entertainment for the enjoyment of dues-paying members and guests may be provided and which has formal written membership requirements.
FREESTANDING SIGN
See "sign, freestanding."
FRONTAGE
The distance between side property lines of any property, measured along the right-of-way line of the street to which the property has access.
FRONT BUILDING LINE
See "building line, front."
FRONT LOT LINE
See "lot line, front."
FRONT WALL OF BUILDING
See "building, front wall of."
FRONT YARD
See "yard, front."
FUNERAL HOME
A building used for the embalming of deceased human beings for burial and/or for the display of the deceased and ceremonies connected therewith before burial or cremation and the display and sale of caskets, urns and other burial items as accessory uses.
FUTURE GROWTH AREAS
An area of a municipal or multimunicipal plan outside of and adjacent to a designated growth area where residential, commercial, industrial or institutional uses and development are permitted or planned at varying densities, and public infrastructure services may or may not be provided, but where future development at greater densities is planned to accompany the orderly extension of public infrastructure services.
GARAGE, PARKING
See "parking garage."
GARAGE, PRIVATE
An accessory building or an accessory portion of the principal building, enclosed on not fewer than three sides, not being accessible to the general public and designed or used for shelter or storage of private vehicles and personal property of the occupants of the principal building, but not intended to house an automotive repair facility.
GARAGE, PUBLIC
A building, other than a private garage, containing two or more parking spaces accessible to the general public, used for the storage or parking of motor vehicles or where such vehicles are kept for remuneration, hire or sale, but not including the repair of vehicles or the storage of dismantled or wrecked motor vehicles or junk, as defined by this chapter.
GAS DRILLING
See "oil and gas drilling."
GAS STATION, FULL-SERVICE
A facility limited to retail sales to the public of gasoline, motor oil, lubricants, motor fuels, travel aides, and minor automobile accessories. In addition, the facility must provide minor vehicle servicing, minor repairs and maintenance, and may provide engine rebuilding (but not reconditioning of motor vehicles), collision services such as body, frame, or fender straightening and repair, or overall painting of automobiles.
GAS STATION, LIMITED-SERVICE
A facility limited to retail sales to the public of gasoline, motor oil, lubricants, motor fuels, travel aides, and minor automobile accessories. In addition, the facility may provide minor vehicle servicing, minor repairs and maintenance, including engine rebuilding (but no reconditioning of motor vehicles), collision services such as body, frame, or fender straightening and repair, or overall painting of automobiles.
GAS STATION MINI MART
An establishment offering the retail sale of petroleum products and which may include the sale of prepackaged food items and tangible consumer goods primarily for self-service by the consumer; hot beverages, fountain-type beverages, and pastries may be included in the food items for sale.
GOLF COURSE OR COUNTRY CLUB (PUBLIC OR PRIVATE)
A miniature golf course, golf driving range or a recreational facility that has a course, with a minimum of nine regulation-size holes, for playing golf as its principal use and that may have a clubhouse, locker rooms, restaurant, swimming pool, pro shop, facilities for racquet sports, maintenance facilities and similar facilities as accessory uses.
GOVERNING BODY OF THE MUNICIPALITY
City Council, Borough Council, Township Board of Supervisors; also referred to as "municipal governing body."
GRADING
The process of changing the natural surface of the land in order to carry out a development plan.
GROSS FLOOR AREA (GFA)
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building measured between exterior faces of walls.
GROUP HOME
See "dwelling types," Subsection K.
GUN AND ARCHERY RANGE, OUTDOOR
An outdoor facility that may or may not include a clubhouse, but which includes facilities for one or more of the following activities: archery, target shooting, skeet or trap shooting, marksmanship and similar activities.
GUN SHOP
An establishment having at least 25% of its gross floor area used for the sale, vending, dealing, exchange, or transfer of firearms, ammunition and ammunition components and hunting or shooting equipment.
HEALTH CLUB
A commercial recreational enterprise or private club which has as a principal use a gymnasium, swimming pool, tennis, racquet or handball courts or exercise facilities, including locker rooms and showers, and which may offer massages, whirlpool baths, steam rooms, saunas and/or medical facilities as accessory uses to the principal use and which may include the sale of food and beverages to patrons when incidental to the principal use, but not including a restaurant or bar.
HEARING
An administrative agency proceeding conducted by the Zoning Hearing Board pursuant to public notice.
HEIGHT OF BUILDING
See "building height."
HEIGHT OF STRUCTURE
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the finished grade around the structure to the highest point on the structure.
HELIPAD
An area designed for takeoff and landing of non-fixed-wing aircraft.
HIGH-IMPACT ACTIVE RECREATION
See "recreation, active, high-impact."
HIGHWAY, MAJOR
A transportation facility designed to accommodate large volumes of traffic. For the purposes of this chapter, Interstate Route 79 shall meet this definition.
HOME-BASED BUSINESS (NO-IMPACT)
A business or commercial activity administered or conducted as an accessory use which 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:
A. 
The business activity shall be compatible with the residential use of the property and surrounding residential uses.
B. 
The business shall employ no employees other than family members residing in the dwelling.
C. 
There shall be no display or sale of retail goods and no stockpiling or inventory of a substantial nature.
D. 
There shall be no outside appearance of a business use, including, but not limited to, parking, signs or lights.
E. 
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.
F. 
The business activity may not generate any solid waste or sewage discharge, in volume or type, which is not normally associated with residential use in the neighborhood.
G. 
The business activity shall be conducted only within the dwelling and may not occupy more than 25% of the habitable floor area.
H. 
The business may not involve any illegal activity.
HOME GARDENING
Growing of flowers, plants or vegetables for consumption by the persons residing on the premises and not for sale, either on or off the premises, including backyard composting for personal use.
HOMELESS SHELTER
A facility providing temporary housing (maximum tenure of 120 days) to indigent, needy, homeless, or transient persons and may also provide ancillary services such as counseling, vocational training, etc.
HOME OCCUPATION
An accessory use of service character conducted on a regular basis, made available to the general public and intended to generate profit, customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling by the residents thereof, that may involve the storage of materials or stock-in-trade related to the home occupation and which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and does not change the character of the dwelling.
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HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION
An organization of all property owners in a residential option plan with responsibility to maintain all those areas of, and facilities within, the plan not sold to private owners, taken over by public bodies or retained by the developer, primarily including common open space and common facilities.
HOSPITAL
An establishment licensed as such by the commonwealth to provide facilities and services to human patients that may include surgery; obstetrics; clinical, temporary and emergency services of a medical or surgical nature; those suffering from mental or nervous disorders; and alcoholics. Hospitals may or may not include facilities for major surgery and may be publicly or privately operated.
HOSPITAL, ANIMAL
See "animal hospital."
HOTEL or MOTEL
An establishment with six or more sleeping units that provides transient lodging accommodations for compensation to the general public that each have independent access to a common interior corridor or that each have independent access directly to the outside and that may provide additional supporting services such as restaurants, meeting rooms, recreational facilities, accessory shops and services catering to the general public, and living quarters for a resident manager or proprietor.
IMPACT FEE
A charge or fee imposed by a municipality on new development in order to generate revenue for funding the costs of transportation improvements necessitated by, and attributable to, that new development.
IMPROVEMENT BOND
Surety, in a form acceptable to the Municipal Solicitor, such as cash, certified check or irrevocable letter of credit, from a federal- or commonwealth-chartered lending institution, a corporate performance bond or a labor-and-material payment bond from a surety company authorized to conduct business in the commonwealth. Said bond guarantees the satisfactory completion of improvements required by this chapter or Chapter 252, Subdivision and Land Development.
IMPROVEMENTS
Those physical changes to the land necessary to produce usable and desirable lots from raw acreage, including but not limited to grading, paving, curb, gutter, storm sewers, individual sanitary sewage system, improvements to existing watercourses, sidewalks, crosswalks, street signs, monuments, water supply and water distribution systems and facilities, sanitary sewers, sanitary sewerage collection systems, sanitary sewage treatment plant facilities, and construction and/or demolition of a structure or structures.
IMPROVEMENTS, OFF-SITE
Those public improvements which are not on-site improvements and that serve the need of more than one development.
IMPROVEMENTS, ON-SITE
All improvements constructed on an applicant's property, or the improvements constructed on the property abutting an applicant's property necessary for the ingress and/or egress to the applicant's property, and required to be constructed by the applicant pursuant to any applicable municipal ordinance, including, but not limited to, Chapter 134, Building Construction, Chapter 252, Subdivision and Land Development, PRD regulations, and/or this chapter.
INCIDENTAL RETAIL SALES
Sale at retail price of goods produced in a manufacturing plant on the same premises.
INDEPENDENT-LIVING FACILITY
See "dwelling types," Subsection L.
INDOOR AMUSEMENT
An enterprise operated for profit in a completely enclosed building that offers amusement or entertainment to the general public, including, but not limited to, a movie theater (other than an adult motion-picture theater or adult mini motion-picture theater), a live theater (other than an adult live theater), arcade, dance hall, billiards parlor, game room or similar uses.
INDUSTRIAL OR INDUSTRY, GENERAL
Establishments engaged in manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, packaging or other industrial processing of products primarily from raw materials, or the bulk storage and handling of such products and materials, or an industrial establishment having potential to produce noise, dust, glare, odors, or vibration beyond its property line. This includes but is not limited to specialized operations that require good transportation access and facilities (possibly including rail), significant electric and gas service, high-speed fiber, public services such as transit, significant parking facilities, and other facilities and services not conducive to residential or commercial areas.
INDUSTRIAL OR INDUSTRY, LIGHT
Establishments engaged in the indoor manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, packaging, or other industrial processing of finished products or parts, primarily from previously prepared materials, or the indoor provision of industrial services, where there are few external effects across property lines. This includes but is not limited to businesses engaged in the processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, or packaging of food, textiles, leather, wood, paper, chemical, plastic, or metal products, but does not include basic industrial processing from raw materials. It can also include uses such as wholesale activities and mini warehouses.
INDUSTRIAL, PLANNED
A development of land, used primarily for industrial and related uses, that is under unified control and is planned and developed as a whole in a single development operation or in a series of development stages. The development generally includes streets, circulation ways, utilities, buildings, open space, and other site features.
INSTITUTIONAL BUFFER
That area between the perimeter security, as defined herein, which is required for a correctional facility, and the property line of the site on which a correctional facility is located.
INSTITUTIONAL USE
A religious or public use, including but not limited to churches; public, private or parochial schools; juvenile detention or correctional facilities; foundations; hospitals; or government-owned or -operated structures or land used for public purposes.
INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED SIGN
See "sign, internally illuminated."
INTERNET SWEEPSTAKES CAFE
See "adult or sexually oriented businesses or services," Subsection Q.
JUNK
Any rubbish or scrap material, including all paper cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, bedding, rags, sacks, cans, metal, glass, crockery, mineral refuse, ashes and any similar substances, scrapped or used appliances, fixtures, automobile parts, machinery and machinery parts or other similar material, or any other form of discarded, unused or unusable materials, including building materials.
JUNK DEALER
Any person or enterprise having a fixed place of business in the municipality and engaged in conducting, managing or carrying on the business, either wholesale or retail, of buying, selling, salvaging, recycling or otherwise dealing in junk, as defined by this chapter.
JUNK VEHICLE
Any self-propelled, fuel-powered vehicle that has any part of the body missing, a broken windshield, a wheel or wheels off, motor out, transmission out, or missing any part that prevents the vehicle from moving on its own power; also included is any other mobile equipment that has parts missing that is pulled or towed by another fuel-powered vehicle. This shall not apply to farm vehicles or equipment.
JUNKYARD
Any premises devoted wholly or in part to the storage, buying or selling, salvaging, recycling or otherwise handling or dealing in junk, as defined by this chapter.
JUVENILE INCARCERATION FACILITY
A facility operated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for up to 120 juveniles that provides for the twenty-four-hour incarceration and confinement of juveniles adjudicated to be delinquent by the Pennsylvania Juvenile Court System or juveniles requiring incarceration and confinement by virtue of having been determined to be prosecuted as adults while committing crimes as a juvenile and limited to juveniles to be incarcerated or confined for serious criminal offenses and not including juveniles eligible to reside in a juvenile personal care home/child residential facility or other such less restrictive residential setting.
KENNEL, COMMERCIAL
A structure and/or premises where, at any one time, four or more dogs, cats, birds or other domesticated animals over six months of age are housed, groomed, nurtured, kept, bred, trained, boarded, and/or sold for a profit or not. Exotic animals are not permitted in a commercial kennel.
KENNEL, PRIVATE
A structure and/or premises where, at any one time, less than four dogs, cats, birds, or other domesticated animals, which are less than six months old, are housed, groomed, nurtured, kept, bred, trained, and/or boarded, but are not sold for profit. Exotic animals are not permitted in a private kennel.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
A. 
The improvement 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, including any change of use or structural alteration which results in additional lot coverage by structures and/or paving, as regulated by Chapter 252, Subdivision and Land Development; or
(2) 
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.
B. 
A subdivision of land.
C. 
Development in accordance with Section 503(1.1) of the Pennsylvania MPC.[10]
LANDFILL
A disposal site in which refuse and earth, or other suitable cover materials, are deposited and compacted in alternative layers of specified depth in accordance with an approved plan. Such use shall not include the disposal or processing of hazardous or radioactive materials.
LANDOWNER
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 person having a proprietary interest in land.
LANDSLIDE-PRONE AREA
Land that is susceptible to movement or sliding, as identified in the Soil Survey of Butler County, prepared by the Soil Conservation Service[11] of the United States Department of Agriculture; or as identified on the Landslide Susceptibility Map of Butler County; or as established by geotechnical investigation.
LANE
A private street or road that provides primary access to a landowner's property and/or dwelling.
LEVEL OF CUSTODY
Categories of security and supervision established by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and recommended by the American Correctional Association (ACA) document entitled "Standards for Adult Correctional Facilities," which standards are based on inmate history and behavior, the length of sentence and the nature of risk posed to the general public and other inmates. In the event of a conflict in the application of this chapter between the respective definitions of "levels of custody" specified by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and the levels of security specified by the American Correctional Association (ACA), the more restrictive requirements for security shall apply.
LIFE CARE COMMUNITY
See "dwelling type," Subsection M.
LOADING SPACE
A space accessible from a street or way, in a building or on a lot, for the temporary use of vehicles while loading or unloading merchandise or materials.
LODGING HOUSE
See "dwelling type," Subsection N.
LOT
A tract of land in an approved land development or a recorded subdivision in compliance with Chapter 252, Subdivision and Land Development, or recorded legally prior to the adoption of Chapter 252, Subdivision and Land Development, intended to be used as a unit for development or transfer of ownership.
LOT AREA OR SIZE
The total area within the lot lines, excluding the area within any street or public right-of-way.
LOT, BUILDABLE AREA
That portion of a lot bounded by the required front, rear and side yard setbacks.
LOT COVERAGE
That percentage of the lot area covered by the principal building and all accessory buildings and structures, including, but not limited to, decks, swimming pools, storage sheds, garages and similar structures.
LOT DEPTH
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines, measured in the general direction of the side lot lines.
LOT, FLAG
A lot approved with less frontage on a public street, generally required to have a minimum of 50 feet in width, where a narrow panhandle access corridor leads to the bulk of the lot located behind lots or parcels with normally required street frontage.
LOT FRONTAGE
That portion of the lot that adjoins the street right-of-way or through which access is provided to a public street.
LOT, INTERIOR
A lot which abuts other lots on each side.
LOT LINE
A line of record bounding a lot which divides one lot from another lot or from a public or private street or other public space.
LOT LINE, FRONT
That lot line that is contiguous with the street center line or the street right-of-way line or, in the case where the lot does not abut a street, that lot line through which access to a street is provided.
LOT LINE, REAR
That lot line which is generally opposite the front lot line.
LOT LINE REVISION
Refer to Chapter 252, Subdivision and Land Development.
LOT LINE, SIDE
Any lot line which is not a front lot line or rear lot line.
LOT, NONCONFORMING
See "nonconforming lot."
LOT OF RECORD
A lot described in a deed, or shown on a plan of lots, which has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Butler County, Pennsylvania.
LOT TYPES
The diagram immediately following this definition illustrates terminology used in this chapter with reference to corner lots, interior lots and double frontage lots. The lots are lettered to show the lot types indicated by definitions lettered A through C below:
A. 
CORNER LOTA lot abutting two streets that intersect next to one corner of the lot.
B. 
INTERIOR LOTA lot, other than a corner lot, with only one frontage on a street other than an alley.
C. 
DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOT (also called "through lot")A lot that has frontage on two public streets that do not intersect adjacent to the lot. (See A and C in the diagram immediately following.)
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LOT WIDTH
The horizontal distance between side lot lines, measured at the required front setback line.
LOT, ZONING
A parcel of land, fronting on a street, which is or may be occupied by a main structure or a group of buildings with accessory uses and structures and the open spaces required under this chapter.
LOW-IMPACT ACTIVE RECREATION
See "recreation, active, low-impact."
MANEUVERING SPACE
A portion of a loading area set aside so that trucks may enter and leave the area moving in a forward direction.
MANUFACTURED HOME
A dwelling unit, designed and built in a factory, which bears a seal certifying that it was built in compliance with the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Law of 1974 (42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq.) and which is constructed after January 1, 1981, and which exceeds 950 square feet of occupied space. Also known as a "modular home."
MANUFACTURING, HEAVY
See "industrial, general."
MANUFACTURING, LIGHT
See "industrial, light."
MARQUEE
A fixed shelter used only as a roof and extending beyond a building line, a building wall or street lot line and which is supported by the building to which it is attached or which is freestanding.
MASSAGE PARLOR
An establishment, other than one operated by a medical practitioner, chiropractor or professional physical therapist licensed by the commonwealth, that provides the services of massage and body manipulation, including exercises, heat and light treatments of the body, and all forms and methods of physiotherapy, but not including an athletic club, health club, school, gymnasium, reducing salon, spa or similar establishment where massage or similar manipulation of the human body is offered as an incidental or accessory service.
MEDIATION
A voluntary negotiating process in which parties to a dispute mutually select a neutral mediator to assist them in jointly exploring and settling their differences, culminating in a written agreement which the parties themselves create and consider acceptable.
MEMBERSHIP CLUB
An organization established for the mutual benefits of its members, income of which is used for operation of the club or for charitable purposes, and whose premises contain no residential accommodations except for a caretaker or manager and his family and is qualified under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.
METHADONE CLINIC/TREATMENT CENTER
A facility licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health to use the drug methadone in the treatment, maintenance or detoxification of persons.
MINERALS
Any aggregate or mass of mineral matter, whether or not coherent. The term includes, but is not limited to, limestone and dolomite, sand and gravel, rock and stone, earth, fill, slag, iron ore, zinc ore, vermiculite and clay, anthracite and bituminous coal, coal refuse and peat, but not including crude oil and natural gas.
MINI WAREHOUSE or SELF-STORAGE FACILITY
A building, group of buildings, or property with controlled access that contains various sizes of individual, compartmentalized and controlled-access stalls and/or lockers leased to the general public for a specified period of time for the dead storage of personal property.
MIXED-USE BUILDING
A building with one or more dwelling units in the same building with one or more commercial or office uses.
MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT
A development that provides for a mixture of land uses, possibly including but not limited to single-family and multifamily residential, commercial, medical and institutional services, office, recreational, green space, and light industrial.
MOBILE HOME
A transportable single-family dwelling, intended for permanent occupancy by one family, contained in one unit or in two units designed to be joined into one integral unit capable of again being separated for repeated towing. It arrives at a site complete and ready for occupancy, except for minor assembly and connecting operations, and contains its own toilet, bathing, cooking and food storage facilities and is constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation, said unit having an overall width of 16 feet or less that bears the seal of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
MOBILE HOME LOT
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 mobile home, including double-wide mobile homes.
MOBILE HOME PARK
A parcel or contiguous parcels of land under single ownership that has been so designed and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots for the placement thereon of mobile homes, regulated by Chapter 252, Subdivision and Land Development.
MODIFICATION or WAIVER
See "waiver."
MODULAR DWELLING
See Subsection G under "dwelling types."
MOTEL
A group of attached or detached buildings containing individual sleeping units where the units may open individually and directly to the outside and where a garage is attached to or a parking space is conveniently located to each unit, all for the temporary use by automobile tourists or transients, and such word shall include tourist courts, motor courts, automobile courts, and motor lodges. Also, see "hotel or motel."
MULTIMUNICIPAL PLAN
A plan developed and adopted by any number of contiguous municipalities.
MULTIMUNICIPAL PLANNING AGENCY
A planning agency comprised of representatives of more than one municipality and constituted as a joint municipal planning commission in accordance with Article XI of the Pennsylvania MPC,[12] or otherwise by resolution of the participating municipalities, to address, on behalf of the participating municipalities, multimunicipal issues, including, but not limited to, agricultural and open space preservation, natural and historic resources, transportation, housing and economic development.
MULTIPLE DWELLING
See Subsection C under "dwelling types."
MUNICIPALITY
The municipality of Butler Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
NIGHTCLUB
A restaurant or portion thereof or any other establishment serving food and drink, whether or not the consumption of alcoholic beverages is permitted or allowed on the premises, that has a seating capacity of 100 patrons or more and that offers entertainment, either live or recorded, and that is characterized by low light levels and closely placed tables around a stage, bandstand or dance floor.
NO-IMPACT HOME-BASED BUSINESS
See "home-based business, no-impact."
NONCOMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL USES
Such uses as neighborhood playgrounds, public parks and private swimming pools.
NONCONFORMING LOT
Any lot, the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to the adoption or amendment of this chapter, but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reasons of such adoption or amendment.
NONCONFORMING SIGN
A sign lawfully existing at the time of the enactment of this chapter (or as amended) which does not conform to the sign regulations applicable in the district in which it is located; also, any sign that does not conform to the provisions of this chapter.
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE
A structure or part of a structure that does not comply with the applicable area and bulk provisions of this chapter or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment of this chapter or amendment or prior to the application of this chapter or amendment to its location by reason of annexation. Such nonconforming structures include, but are not limited to, nonconforming signs.
NONCONFORMING USE
A use, whether of land or of a structure, which does not comply with the applicable use provisions in this chapter or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such use was lawfully in existence prior to the enactment of this chapter or amendment or prior to the application of this chapter or amendment to its location by reason of annexation.
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
Any person(s), partnership, association, corporation or other group whose activities are conducted for unselfish, civic or humanitarian motives, or for the benefit of others, and not for the gain of any private individual or group, including, but not limited to, patriotic, philanthropic, social service, welfare, benevolent, educational, civic, fraternal, cultural, charitable, scientific, historical, athletic or medical activities.
NUDE MODEL STUDIO
Any place where a person who exhibits specified sexual anatomical areas is to be observed, sketched, drawn, painted, sculpted, photographed, or similarly depicted by other persons who pay money or any form of consideration. This shall not include a proprietary school licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or a college, junior college, or university supported entirely or in part by public taxation, a private college or university that maintain and operates educational programs in which credits are transferable to a college, junior college, or university supported entirely or partly by taxation, or in a structure:
A. 
That has no sign visible from the exterior of the structure and no other advertising that indicates a person exhibiting specified sexual anatomical areas is available for viewing; and
B. 
Where, in order to participate in a class, a student must enroll at least three days in advance of the class; and
C. 
Where no more than one person exhibiting specified sexual anatomical areas is on the premises at one time.
NUDITY
The exposure of human bare buttocks, anus, male or female genitals or pubic areas, with less than a fully opaque covering, or the showing of a female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof below the top of the nipple, or the depiction of covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.
NURSERY
Any land used to raise trees, shrubs, flowers, and other plants for sale or transplanting and the trail handling of the same; also includes greenhouses.
NURSERY SCHOOL
See "day-care center" or "preschool facility."
NURSING HOME, REST HOME, CONVALESCENT HOME, GUEST HOME or HOME FOR THE ELDERLY
See "dwelling type," Subsection O.
OCCUPANCY PERMIT
A document issued by the Zoning Officer attesting to the fact that a property is in compliance with the approved zoning permit and this chapter and is ready to be used and occupied for the approved use.
OFFICE BUILDING
A building deigned and/or used primarily for office purposes.
OFFICE, BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONAL
A room or group of rooms used for conducting the affairs of a business, profession, service or government, not involving the retail sales of merchandise on the premises, nor the encouragement of walk-in traffic from the street.
OFFICE PARK
A large tract of land that has been planned, developed, and operated as an integrated facility for a number of separate office buildings and supporting ancillary uses, with special attention to circulation, parking, utility needs, aesthetics, and compatibility.
OFFICIAL MAP
The adopted map of the municipality, identifying existing and proposed public rights-of-way, watercourses, public watercourses, public property, parks, pedestrianways, utility and drainage easements and floodplains, and stormwater management areas.
OFFICIAL ZONING MAP
The adopted map that graphically shows all zoning district boundaries and classifications within the municipality, which, together with the zoning text, comprises the Zoning Ordinance.
OFF-STREET PARKING
See "parking, off street."
OIL AND GAS DRILLING
The removal of oil and natural gas resources for sale or other commercial purposes, including the structures and equipment necessary to accomplish the removal. Uses are regulated by a separate municipal oil and gas ordinance and any amendments.
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES
Nonmetallic, nonrenewable substances, including liquids, such as petroleum, and gases, such as natural gases, occurring in their natural state on or below the surface of the earth and having commercial value.
OLDER-ADULT DAILY LIVING CENTERS
Refer to 6 Pa. Code Chapter 11.
OPEN SPACE
Land in a planned residential development, or as part of a density transfer arrangement, used for recreation, resource protection, amenity, and/or buffers; not including any area of a lot constituting the minimum lot areas, any part of any existing or future street right-of-way, easement or access, or area set aside for public facilities.
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGN OR DISPLAY
See "sign, outdoor advertising or display."
OUTDOOR GUN AND ARCHERY RANGE
See "gun and archery range, outdoor."
OVERLAY ZONE
A special district or zone that addresses special land use circumstances or environmental safeguards and is superimposed over the underlying existing zoning district. Permitted uses in the underlying zoning district shall continue subject to compliance with the regulations of the overlay zone. Overlay zones are generally used in recognition of distinguishing circumstances such as historic preservation, wellhead protection, floodplain, access management, corridor enhancement, downtowns, etc.
OWNER
See "landowner."
PARKING GARAGE
A parking area located in a multilevel structure which is the principal use on the lot and which may be operated by either a public agency or private entity, whether for profit or not, and which is available for use by the general public, usually for a fee.
PARKING LAYOUT
The arrangement and marking of stalls to contain individual cars, and access lanes abutting the stalls and connecting to the abutting public street(s).
PARKING LOT, SURFACE
A parking area on the surface of the ground that is the principal use on the lot, that may be owned and/or operated by either a public agency or private entity, whether for profit or not, and that is available for use by the general public for the transient storage of automobiles or motor-driven vehicles. Such parking services may be provided as a free service or for a fee.
PARKING, OFF-STREET
An area set aside on a lot for parking of cars entirely outside a public street.
PARKING or PARKING AREA
Any lot, parcel or yard used, in whole or in part, for the storage of two or more vehicles where such usage is not incidental to, or in conjunction with, a one- or two-family dwelling; or a portion of a lot designated for the parking of motor vehicles in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
PARKING, PRIVATE
A parking area which is an accessory use to a facility on the same zoning lot.
PARKING, PUBLIC
A parking area used primarily by the residents, customers, or persons employed by establishments in the immediate vicinity of its location.
PARKING, REQUIRED
The number of necessary off-street parking spaces to serve a specific use, generally on the same property as the use.
PARKING SPACE
A portion of a parking area, surface or garage, designated for the parking of one motor vehicle in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
PARKS AND RECREATION
An open area of ground set aside for public use with recreational facilities, playgrounds and structures, or left in a natural state, owned by the municipality, a municipal authority, or otherwise dedicated to public use, or owned and operated by a nonprofit association for the benefit of the public or the residents of the municipality. It may include a municipal golf course, but not miniature golf or a driving range.
PASSIVE RECREATION
See "recreation, passive."
PAWNSHOP
An establishment that engages, in whole or in part, in the business of loaning money on the security of pledges of personal property or deposits or conditional sales of personal property or the purchase or sale of personal property.
PENNANT
Any lightweight plastic, fabric or other material, whether or not containing a message of any kind, suspended from a rope, wire or string, usually in series, designed to move in the wind.
PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPALITIES PLANNING CODE
The enabling legislation of the commonwealth regulating the right of municipalities to adopt zoning ordinances.[13]
PERFORMANCE BOND
A guarantee, backed by funds held in escrow, that a contractor will complete an improvement in accordance with specifications established by the municipality.
PERIMETER SECURITY
A system that controls ingress and egress to the interior of a correctional facility and that may include one or more of the following features: electronic devices, walls, fences, patrols and/or towers.
PERMITTED USE
An activity that is expressly allowed to occur on a property because of the property's location in a particular zoning district.
PERSONAL CARE BOARDING HOME or PERSONAL CARE HOME
See Subsection F under "dwelling type."
PERSONAL SERVICES
Any enterprise primarily engaged in providing services to a person, their apparel or personal effects commonly carried on or about their person, including, but not limited to, shoe repair, tailoring, clothes cleaning, watch repair, beauty shops, barbershops, tanning salons, piercing, tattooing, day spas, practitioners of the healing arts and the like.
PERSONAL STORAGE FACILITY
See "storage facility, personal."
PETS, DOMESTIC
See "domestic pets."
PILOT MANUFACTURING
An establishment or part thereof used to test concepts and ideas, determine physical layouts, material flows and processes, types of equipment required, costs and other information necessary prior to undertaking full-scale production.
PLACE OF WORSHIP
A structure to house services of an established religion, but not including living accommodations in the same building, or any cult or quasi-religious group services.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
An area of minimum contiguous size, as specified by ordinance, to be planned, developed, operated and maintained as a single entity and containing one or more structures to accommodate light industrial, service, commercial or office uses, or a combination of such uses, and appurtenant common areas and accessory uses incidental to the principal uses.
PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (PRD)
A area of land, controlled by a single landowner, to be developed as a single entity for a number of dwelling units, or combination of residential and nonresidential uses, the development plan for which does not correspond in lot size, bulk, type of dwelling or use, density or intensity, lot coverage and required open space to the regulations established in any one district created, from time to time, under the provisions of this chapter. Such development shall be based on an approved plan which allows for flexibility of design not available under standard zoning district requirements.
PLANNING AGENCY
A planning commission, planning department or a planning committee of the municipal governing body.
PLANNING COMMISSION
The duly appointed Planning Commission of the municipality in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
PLAT
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether preliminary or final.
PORCH
A roofed open structure projecting from the side, front or rear wall of a building. For the purpose of this chapter, a porch is considered a part of the principal building and is not permitted to extend into any required yards.
PORTABLE STORAGE UNITS (PSUs)
Purpose-built, box-like containers designed for temporary storage of household goods and/or equipment.
[Added 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 897]
POSTING
The placement of a notice upon a signboard on a property calling public attention to proposed changes in the zoning status of the property, or a request for a variance, indicating the date, time and place of the hearing at which such matter will be heard.
PRESCHOOL FACILITY
An establishment that offers private educational services to children who are under the minimum required age for education in public schools.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
The building or structure in which the principal use of the lot on which it is located is conducted.
PRINCIPAL USE or PRINCIPAL PERMITTED USE
The primary or predominant use, to which the property is or may be devoted, and to which all other uses on the premises are accessory or secondary, which is expressly allowed by this chapter because of the property's location in a certain zoning district.
PRINCIPAL WALL
Any wall of a multiple-family building containing all the windows of at least one apartment.
PRISON
Any governmental (whether federal, state, county or local), quasi-governmental, or private institution or facility engaged in the act of confining, housing or holding inmates accused or convicted of criminal activity, assigned and/or committed by any court and who are housed, held or confined in lawful custody, including, but not limited to, the detention, treatment, rehabilitation or execution of offenders through a program involving penal custody, parole and probation.
PRIVATE
Owned, operated or controlled by an individual, group of individuals, association or corporation.
PRIVATE GARAGE
See "garage, private."
PRIVATE GOLF COURSE
See "golf course or country club (public or private)."
PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS
Improvements to be owned, maintained or operated by a private entity such as an individual, corporation, or homeowners' association, including roads, streets, walkways, parking lots, gutters, curbs, waterlines, sewers, stormwater management facilities, landscaping, lighting, traffic control devices and/or other facilities for which plans and specifications must comply with the minimum requirements of this chapter and/or conditional use approval, including temporary erosion and sedimentation control and stormwater management control methods undertaken during construction.
PRIVATE STREET
See "street, private."
PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS
Persons who provide expert or professional advice, including, but not limited to, architects, attorneys, certified public accountants, engineers, geologists, land surveyors, landscape architects or planners.
PROPERTY
A tract of contiguous land, all sections of which are in the same ownership, surrounded by a boundary that closes on itself.
PROPERTY LINE
All or part of a boundary describing the limits of a property.
PUBLIC
Owned, operated or controlled by a government agency, federal, state, county or local.
PUBLIC BUILDING
Any structure owned and operated by a public body or agency, or any public utility agency, which disperses general service to the public, including road maintenance garages and utility substations.
PUBLIC GARAGE
See "garage, public."
PUBLIC GOLF COURSE
See "golf course or country club (public or private)."
PUBLIC GROUNDS
Publicly owned or operated lands and facilities, including parks, playgrounds, schools, wastewater treatment plants, refuse disposal sites, and other sites owned or operated by the municipality.
PUBLIC HEARING
A formal meeting held by the governing body of the municipality or the Planning Commission or Zoning Hearing Board, pursuant to public notice, as defined by this chapter, intended to inform and obtain public comment and take testimony or information from all parties having an interest in a matter of concern to the municipality, prior to taking action in accordance with this chapter and/or the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[14]
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
All roads, streets, walkways, gutters, curbs, sewers, waterlines, stormwater management facilities, landscaping, streetlighting, traffic control devices and other facilities to be dedicated to or maintained by the municipality, for which plans and specifications must comply with the standards and specifications of the municipality.
PUBLIC MEETING
A forum held pursuant to notice under the Act of July 3, 1986 (P.L. 388, No. 84), known as the "Sunshine Act," as now or hereafter amended.[15]
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in this municipality. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature of the matter to be considered at that 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.
PUBLIC STREET
See "street, public."
PUBLIC UTILITIES FACILITY
All of the buildings, wells, dams, reservoirs, plants and equipment of public utilities, including all tangible and intangible real and personal property without limitation, and any and all means and instruments of ownership, operation, lease, license, use or control furnished or supplied by, or in connection with, the business of the public utility.
PUBLIC UTILITY INSTALLATIONS OTHER THAN ESSENTIAL PUBLIC UTILITY INSTALLATIONS
Any administrative building, maintenance building, garage or other structure intended for human occupancy or storage of movable equipment or any part of the essential public utility installations, as defined herein, provided by public utilities, regulated by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) or any agency, franchisee or authority of the municipality, which is reasonably necessary to furnish adequate services to the general public both within and outside the municipality, including, but not limited to, long-distance transmission facilities such as electrical power lines or high-pressure natural gas or petroleum lines, switching facilities, substations and similar facilities.
PUBLIC UTILITY/WORKS/SERVICES, ESSENTIAL
All production, storage, transmission, and recovery facilities (underground, surface, or overhead) for water, sanitary sewerage, telephone, gas, electricity, steam, stormwater drainage, communications systems, and similar utilities owned or operated by any public agency or any utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission, except for energy facilities. The utility itself does not include business offices, yards or buildings for the storage or maintenance of equipment used by the utility, unless such structures are expressly permitted in the zoning district.
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM
See "public utility."
REAR LOT LINE
See "lot line, rear."
REAR YARD
See "yard, rear."
RECORDING DRAWING
The document showing the final layout of a development plan, approved by the governing body of the municipality, and ready for recording with the County Recorder of Deeds.
RECREATION
The refreshment of body and mind through forms of play, amusement, or relaxation. The recreational experience may be active, such as boating, fishing, ball games, and swimming, or may be passive, such as enjoying the natural beauty of the environment or its wildlife. Types of recreation:
A. 
RECREATION, ACTIVEIndoor or outdoor leisure-time pursuits that draw spectators and participants at a common time, where individuals, groups of individuals or teams use special equipment and/or a prescribed site, field or facility for the activity. This includes, but is not limited to, soccer, football, baseball and softball fields; basketball, tennis, handball or racquetball courts; swimming pools; community centers; motor-cross or dirt bike trails; paintball facilities; arenas; amusement parks; water parks; racetracks; betting parlors; ski resorts; campgrounds; fairs; truck and tractor pulls; off-road vehicle courses and trails; amphitheaters; and similar uses that have significant environmental, noise, traffic or lighting impacts on surrounding properties. (This definition excludes boarding stables, golf courses or country clubs, health clubs, indoor entertainment, private stables, and riding academies, which are separately defined and regulated by this chapter.)
B. 
RECREATION, PASSIVEOutdoor recreational activities that generally do not require a developed site. This includes activities such as bridle trails, trails with exercise stations, Nordic ski trails, hiking, nonmotorized biking, walking, fishing, picnicking, children's playgrounds, table games, observation areas, bird watching, botanical gardens, historical or archaeological sites, scenic areas, nature preserves and similar facilities for relaxing in a natural environment. Passive activities have low impact, are low trip generators, and have low potential for nuisance to adjacent properties.
RECREATIONAL ENTERPRISE
The business or establishment operating a facility for the pursuit of sports and similar recreational activities.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
A single-axle or multiple-axle structure mounted on wheels or otherwise capable of being mobile, either with its own power or mounted on/drawn by an automobile, for the purpose of travel, camping, vacation, overnight accommodations or recreational use, including but not limited to travel trailers, mobile homes, motor homes, tent trailers and pickup campers.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK
A tract or contiguous tracts of land under single ownership, improved with the necessary utility connections and other related facilities, which contain two or more sites for seasonal parking of recreational vehicles, but not including permanent, year-round occupancy.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE SITE OR SPACE
A parcel of land in a recreational vehicle park or campground for the placement of a single recreational vehicle for the exclusive use of its occupants.
RECREATION FACILITIES ACCESSORY TO SINGLE-FAMILY AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS
A recreation facility located on the same lot with, and as an accessory to, a single-family or two-family dwelling, used exclusively by the residents of the dwelling and their invited guests. The facilities are used for leisure activities, sports and recreation and could include Jacuzzis, swimming pools, tennis courts, bocce, shuffleboard or croquet, play equipment and similar facilities. These facilities shall not exceed 35% of the total land area bounded by the side lot lines, the rear wall of the dwelling and the rear property line.
RECREATION, PUBLIC (NONCOMMERCIAL)
An area operated by a public agency that is available to the general public, whether or not an admission fee is charged. This includes either indoor or outdoor facilities for the pursuit of leisure activities, sports and recreation, including, but not limited to, parks, playgrounds, playing fields, golf courses, tennis courts, golf or batting practice facilities, swimming pools and similar facilities.
REHEARING
The reconsideration, after a specific period of time, by a municipal governing or appointed body of a grievance previously decided not in favor of the person bringing the original appeal but requested by that person for review because of changed circumstances or new information affecting the original appeal.
RELIGIOUS SITE
Any building or property owned by a church or other nonprofit organization devoted to a religious purpose, which may include one or more of the following activities: youth or adult camp, retreat, revival center, biblical walk, memorial site and other similar one-time, periodic, year-round or seasonal activities, whether or not these activities are conducted on the site of a church, as defined herein.
REQUIRED PARKING
See "parking, required."
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Any establishment, including laboratories, which carries on investigation in the natural, physical or social sciences or engineering and development as an extension of such investigation with the objective of creating end products and which may include pilot manufacturing, as defined herein, and supporting storage and transportation facilities as an accessory use.
RESIDENTIAL AREA
Any property or parcel of land in any zoning classification on which exists a legally occupied dwelling.
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LOT
Any single lot or parcel of ground on which the construction of a residential dwelling is anticipated.
RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY
See "dwelling types," Subsection P.
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OPTION
A plan for the development of a property allowing greater flexibility in the arrangement of buildings than would be permitted by a conventional lot plan, but allowing preservation of parts of the lot that would be difficult to develop and/or could create environmental damage if developed.
RESIDENTIAL SIGN
See "sign, residential."
RESIDENTIAL USES
Any single-family home, two-family home, attached dwelling, apartment or dwelling group.
RESTAURANT
An establishment that offers food and beverages for sale and consumption either on or on and off the premises as the principal use and that may serve alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises as an accessory use.
RESUBDIVISION
Any subdivision or transfer of land, laid out on a plat which has been approved by the governing body of the municipality, which changes, or proposes to change, property lines and/or public rights-of-way not in strict accordance with the approved plan.
RETAIL SALES
The sale on the premises of commodities and/or services directly to consumers and may include the storage or warehousing of materials incidental to the retail sales on the premises, but not including the manufacturing or processing of any products.
RETIREMENT COMPLEX
See "dwelling types," Subsection R.
RETIREMENT HOME
See "dwelling types," Subsection Q.
RIDING ACADEMY
See "boarding stable or riding academy."
RIGHT-OF-WAY
A public or private open area of land reserved or legally dedicated for public purposes to provide access across private or public property, such as a street, alley or interior walk, or for the passage of public utilities, including stormwater. All must be recorded in the office of the Butler County Recorder of Deeds.
ROAD
The entire right-of-way of a public or private street or highway.
RUNOFF
The surface water discharge or rate of discharge of a given watershed after a rainfall or snowfall that does not enter the soil but runs off the surface of the land.
RUNOFF, DEVELOPED AREA
The surface water runoff that can be reasonably anticipated upon maximum development of that area of the watershed located upstream from the subject tract, as permitted by current design standards in current land use regulations, including any stormwater management regulations.
SCHOOL
A public or private institution of learning which is registered with or accredited by a recognized regulatory agency.
SCHOOL, COMMERCIAL (dance, arts, etc.)
An institution where instruction is given to pupils in arts, crafts, dance, painting, sculpture, singing, trades and/or professions and operated as a commercial enterprise, distinguishing it from schools supported by taxation.
SCREEN
A buffer intended to protect residential properties from abutting commercial and industrial activities that might deteriorate the residential property values.
SEAT
For purposes of determining the number of off-street parking spaces required for certain uses, the number of seats is the number of seating units installed or indicated, or each 24 lineal inches of benches, pews, or space for loose chairs.
SEDIMENTATION
The process by which mineral or organic matter is assimilated or deposited by moving wind, water, or gravity. Once the matter is deposited (or remains suspended in water), it is usually referred to as "sediment."
SELF-STORAGE FACILITY
See "mini warehouse or self-storage facility."
SEMINUDITY
A state of dress in which clothing covers no more than the genitals, pubic region and areola of the female breast, as well as portions of the body covered by supporting straps or devices.
SEMIPUBLIC
Owned, operated or controlled by a nonprofit organization, association or corporation, including, but not limited to, a community association, a condominium association or a homeowners' association organized to provide recreation, maintenance or other community services.
SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment whose primary activity is the provision of assistance, as opposed to products, to individuals, businesses, industry, government, other enterprises, or domestic pets.
SERVICE STATION, AUTOMOBILE
See "automobile and gasoline service station."
SETBACK
The required minimum horizontal distance that a structure can be located from a right-of-way or property front, rear or side line, or another structure, thereby creating a required open space on the lot. Where a lot boundary line and a right-of-way line are not the same, the setback shall be the minimum horizontal distance between the right-of-way line and the building line.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL, ON-LOT
The disposal of sanitary sewage created on the premises in the soils of the lot, without drainage onto abutting property or streets.
SEWAGE, PUBLIC
The collection of sewage by underground pipes draining to a disposal plant in a system operated by a public authority.
SEXUAL CONDUCT
Patently offensive representations or descriptions of ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, and patently offensive representations, descriptions or acts of masturbation, excretory functions, homosexuality, sodomy, sexual intercourse, or physical contact with a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area or, if such person is female, her breast(s).
SEXUAL ENCOUNTER CENTER
See "adult-oriented businesses."
SEXUALLY ORIENTED SPA
See "adult-oriented businesses."
SHED
A small, portable (nonpermanent) accessory structure used to store household goods, tools and/or equipment. A shed may not be used as a dwelling. To be considered a shed, the structure may not exceed 144 square feet in area, may not exceed 12.5 feet in height (including roof panels), and shall be limited to one floor.
SHELTER, TEMPORARY
A facility operated by a nonprofit agency providing temporary lodging, with or without meals, for persons of limited income with no ordinary or regular residences or to persons who need such shelter to avoid an abusive situation or because of a sudden event such as fire, flood, domestic violence, condemnation, or court-ordered conviction.
SHOOTING (FIRING, ARCHERY) RANGE
An area or structure specifically designed for the safe discharge and use of bows and arrows, rifles, shotguns, pistols, silhouettes, skeet, trap, black powder, or any similar firearm for the purpose of sport shooting or military/law enforcement training.
SIDE LOT LINE
See "lot line, side."
SIDE YARD
See "yard, side."
SIGN
Refer to § 300-27 of this chapter for sign definitions.
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING
See Subsection A under "dwelling types."
SITE
A land surface, not necessarily a complete property and possibly several properties, developed, or proposed for, a specific use.
SITE PLAN
A layout and/or required plans, drawings and supporting documents of a property showing all improvements proposed to be placed on or under the property in the course of development, as well as existing conditions on the property that will remain.
SLOPE
The face of an embankment or cut section; the degree of deviation of a surface from the horizontal, usually expressed in percent or degrees, or feet per 100 feet of horizontal distance.
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL, STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION
The movement, by truck or other means of conveyance, the temporary holding or permanent disposition of any municipal waste.
SPECIAL EXCEPTION, USE BY
A use authorized by this chapter granted only by the Zoning Hearing Board following a hearing pursuant to public notice and subject to express standards and criteria contained in this chapter and pursuant to Articles VI and IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[16]
SPECIALTY RETAIL
A retail establishment having a gross floor area of 5,000 square feet or less devoted exclusively to the sale of distinctive, high-quality merchandise, including one or more of the following: apparel and accessory boutique; art, music and photography gallery or studio; antique or interior design shop; bookstore; card, gift and stationery store; confectionery; florist; bakery; historic or museum shop; ice cream parlor; jeweler; kitchen accessory shop; optical shop; newsstand; tobacco shop; travel agency; wine shop; and specialty shops similar to the above, but excluding establishments offering general merchandise in a discount setting and establishments constituting an adult service, as defined herein.
SPECIFIED ANATOMICAL AREAS
Human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, female breasts below a point immediately above the top of the areola or human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely or opaquely covered.
SPECIFIED SEXUAL ACTIVITIES
Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal, acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse or sodomy or fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks or female breast.
STABILIZATION
Natural or mechanical treatments of a mass of soil or ground area to increase or maintain its stability or otherwise improve its engineering properties and resistance to erosion.
STABLE, COMMERCIAL OR RIDING ACADEMY
A structure or land use in or on which equines are kept for sale or hire to the public. Breeding, boarding, and/or training of equines may also be conducted. Instruction in riding, jumping, and showing may be offered.
STABLE, PRIVATE
The keeping of horses for personal use only on a lot which does not meet the minimum acreage requirements for a farm, not involving any profit-making activity such as boarding, riding instruction or training of horses owned by persons other than residents of the lot. A minimum of five acres is required.
STEALTH TECHNOLOGY
Design techniques used to blend a building-mounted accessory telecommunications antenna into the surrounding environment and to minimize the visual impact as much as possible. These design techniques are applied to blend the proposed facility into the existing structure or visual backdrop in such a manner as to render it less visible to the casual observer. Such techniques include, but are not limited to, architecturally screened roof-mounted antennas, building-mounted antennas painted to match the existing structure and facilities constructed to resemble architectural features.
[Added 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 897]
STENOGRAPHIC RECORD
A transcription of the testimony taken at a public hearing, recorded by a professional stenographer at that hearing.
STORAGE FACILITY, PERSONAL
A structure containing separate, individual and private storage compartments of various sizes, leased or rented through individual contracts for varying amounts of time.
STORAGE, OUTDOOR
The keeping, in an unenclosed area, of any goods, junk, material, merchandise, or vehicles in the same place for more than 24 hours.
STORMWATER
Water or snowmelt that falls upon or flows across the land surface, seeking lower elevations in its passage.
STORY
The vertical dimensions between a floor and the floor of the next level above or below, when the dimension between the floors is at least six feet, or, if no floor above, then the ceiling above.
STREET
A public or private way or thoroughfare which affords primary vehicular access to abutting properties. The term "street" shall include the words "street," "road," "avenue," "highway," "parkway," "freeway," "boulevard," "viaduct," "lane," "court," "trail" and/or other terms commonly applied to public or private ways or thoroughfares used, or intended to be used, by vehicular traffic or pedestrians, but shall not include the word "alley." Types of streets:
A. 
STREET, ARTERIALA public street which serves large volumes of high-speed and long-distance traffic and includes facilities classified as main or secondary highways by PennDOT. The governing body of the municipality shall establish, from time to time, a list of arterial streets by resolution. The list of arterial streets shall be available to the public in the municipality's Zoning Office.
B. 
STREET, COLLECTORA public street that, in addition to giving access to abutting lots, intercepts local streets and provides a route for carrying considerable volumes of local traffic from minor streets to community facilities and a major system of arterial streets, including principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for major circulation within such developments. The governing body of the municipality shall establish, from time to time, a list of collector streets by resolution. The list of collector streets shall be available to the public in the municipality's Zoning Office.
C. 
STREET, LOCAL OR LOCAL ACCESSStreets that are used primarily to provide access to abutting properties and which accommodate low volumes of traffic.
D. 
STREET, MARGINAL ACCESSMinor or local streets which are parallel and adjacent to arterial streets and provide access to abutting properties, control of intersections with arterial streets, and/or protection from through traffic.
E. 
STREET OR DRIVE, PRIVATEA recorded private right-of-way which affords means of vehicular access to abutting property, generally to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting a street.
F. 
STREET, PUBLICA public right-of-way dedicated and open for public use which has been adopted by the Township, county, commonwealth or other governmental body.
STREET FRONTAGE
The distance for which a lot line adjoins a street.
STRUCTURE
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land, including buildings, swimming pools, signs, billboards, carports, porches, landfills, walls and fences exceeding four feet in height, and other building structures. For the purposes of this chapter, patios, driveways, walkways, parking pads and similar paved areas shall not be considered structures, nor shall minor decorative structures accessory to a dwelling unit not intended for human habitation such as mailboxes, flagpoles, lawn ornaments and the like be considered structures.
STRUCTURE, HEIGHT OF
See "height of structure."
STRUCTURE, NONCONFORMING
See "nonconforming structure."
STUDIO, DANCING, MUSIC OR ART
A premises used by a teacher, or teachers, of music, dancing and/or art, where one or more students are taught in a class. This term is synonymous with "dancing school" and other similar expressions.
SUBDIVIDER
See "developer."
SUBDIVISION
The division of an area of land by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of land, including changes to 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 division of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres, and not involving any new street or easement of access or any residential dwelling, shall be exempted.
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
Any subdivision abutting or accessible to a fifty-foot right-of-way, existing public street or road; involving no more than four lots, plus residual land; and which conforms in terms of area and dimensions, parcels of land, or other division of which does not require a new street, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, water mains, or other public improvements.
SUBDIVISION PLAN
The arrangement of the division of an area of land into two or more lots for the purpose of immediate or future sale or lease, as regulated by the municipality and county subdivision regulations.
SUPPLEMENT
Any addition to an ordinance either to amplify existing requirements or to add additional controls, requiring the same procedures as for amendment.
SURFACE MINING
Any surface activity that requires a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) permit.
SWIMMING POOL
Any structure intended for swimming or recreational bathing that contains water over 24 inches deep. This includes in-ground, aboveground and on-ground swimming pools, hot tubs and spas. As herein defined, the term "swimming pool" shall be deemed to be a structure.
SWIMMING POOL, INDOOR
A swimming pool which is totally contained within a structure and surrounded on all four sides by the walls of the enclosing structure.
SWIMMING POOL, OUTDOOR
Any swimming pool which is not an indoor pool.
TAVERN
See "bar or tavern."
TAXI
A motor vehicle, other than a limousine, offered to the public by a taxicab business for the purpose of carrying or transporting passengers for a charge or fee.
TAXI STAND
A location where taxis wait to be called for their next passenger transport.
TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION TRAILER
See "construction trailer, temporary."
TEMPORARY USE OR STRUCTURE
Any use or structure accessory to an existing principal use on the lot which is intended to be used for not more than six months in any twelve-month period.
TENTATIVE APPROVAL
Acknowledgement by a municipality that all preliminary aspects of a proposal for development have been successfully completed and that the developer may proceed into final planning, but in no way permits the developer to commence construction.
THEATER
A building or part of a building devoted to showing motion pictures or for dramatic, dance, musical or other live performances.
TOWNHOUSE
See "dwelling types," Subsection S.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
TRACT
A lot or contiguous group of lots in single ownership or under single control and usually considered a unit for purposes of development.
TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT (TND)
An area of land developed for a compatible mixture of residential units for various income levels and nonresidential commercial and workplace uses, including some structures that provide for a mix of uses within the same building. Residences, shops, offices, workplaces, public buildings, and parks are interwoven within the neighborhood so that all are within relatively close proximity to each other. A traditional neighborhood development is relatively compact, limited in size, and oriented toward pedestrian activity. It has an identifiable center and a discernible edge. The center of the neighborhood is typically in the form of a public park, commons, plaza, square or prominent intersection of two or more major streets. Generally, there is a hierarchy of streets laid out in a rectilinear or grid pattern of interconnecting streets and blocks that provides multiple routes from origins to destinations, and is appropriately designed to serve the needs of pedestrians and vehicles equally.
TRANSFERABLE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS (TDR)
The attaching of development rights to specified lands which are desired by a municipality to be kept undeveloped, but permitting those rights to be transferred from those lands so that the development potential which they represent may occur on other lands where more intensive development is deemed to be appropriate.
TRANSIENT FACILITY
The use of a parcel which is visible from a major highway and where services are provided for transient trade, including motels, hotels and bed-and-breakfast establishments.
TRANSIENT PERSON
One who maintains legal residency elsewhere or otherwise does not meet expectations of permanent residency, but may be lodging in the Township under a commercial basis for a period of less than 30 days.
[Added 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 897]
TRANSITIONAL DWELLING
See Subsection E under "dwelling types."
TWO-FAMILY DWELLING
See Subsection B under "dwelling types."
TYPES OF LOTS
See "lot types."
UNIT GROUP
Two or more structures housing principal uses grouped on a single zoning lot, including, but not limited to, retail centers, schools, churches, hospitals, institutional or industrial structures.
USE
The purpose for which land or a building is arranged, designed or intended or for which land or a building is or may be occupied or maintained.
USE, NONCONFORMING
See "nonconforming use."
USE, PRINCIPAL
See "principal use."
VARIANCE
Relief from the literal terms of this chapter granted by the Zoning Hearing Board, pursuant to the provisions and procedures of Articles VI and IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code,[17] and in accordance with the provisions this chapter and any amendments.
WAIVER or MODIFICATION
Relief from the literal provisions of Chapter 252, Subdivision and Land Development, when the subdivider can show that a provision would cause unnecessary hardship if strictly adhered to, due to topographical or other conditions peculiar to the site. The Planning Commission may recommend such modification or waiver if, in its opinion, a modification or waiver would not destroy the intent of Chapter 252, Subdivision and Land Development. The municipal governing body may authorize such relief through the granting of a modification or waiver. Any relief thus authorized shall be entered into the minutes of the municipal governing body's meeting, along with the reasons justifying it.
WALL
See "fence or wall."
WAREHOUSE
A building used for the storage and handling of freight or merchandise, but not including the maintenance or fueling of commercial vehicles.
WATERCOURSE
A channel or conveyance of surface water having a defined bed and banks, whether natural or artificial, with either perennial or intermittent flow.
WETLANDS
Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater as deemed by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.
WHOLESALING
An establishment engaged in selling merchandise to retailers, institutional, commercial or professional business customers or other wholesalers, rather than to the general public, or acting as a broker for such merchandise sales.
WIND-ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM (WECS)
Any device including, but not limited to, a wind charger, wind turbine or windmill that is designed to convert wind power into another form of energy such as electricity or heat.
WIND FARM, COMMERCIAL
An area of land under common ownership and control containing two or more WECS (wind-energy conversion system) devices, including cables, wires and appurtenant accessory structures necessary to the operation of the facility.[18]
YARD
A required front, rear or side area of a property, between the property line and setback line, with open space which is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground to the sky, except as otherwise provided, by any portion of a principal structure, other than certain projections expressly permitted by this chapter, and not including any portion of a street or alley.
YARD, FRONT
An open, unoccupied space (See "yard" above.) extending between side lot lines across the full lot width between the right-of-way line and the front of the building projected to the sidelines of the lot. Covered porches, whether enclosed or unenclosed, shall be considered as part of the main building and shall not project into a required front yard.
YARD, REAR
A yard, as defined above, extending the full width of the lot and situated between the rear property line of the lot and the rear line of the building extending across the rear of the lot between the required side yard lines parallel to the rear lot line, the minimum horizontal distance required by this chapter.
YARD, SIDE
A yard, as defined above, between the building and the sideline of the lot and extending from the front yard to the rear yard. A building shall not extend into the required side yards.
ZERO LOT LINE
A common lot line on which a wall of a structure may be constructed; the location of a building on a lot in such a manner that one or more of the building's sides rests directly on a lot line and complies with all Fire Code requirements for construction on a lot line.
ZONING CLASSIFICATION
The combination of controls, requirements and uses that are permitted by right or condition, and the constraints on development that define the activities that may occur in a zoning district and apply uniformly throughout a zoning district.
ZONING DISTRICT
A contiguous area of land defined as boundaries and location on an Official Zoning Map, on all parts of which the uniform controls and requirements for development apply, and within which only certain types of land uses are permitted and within which other types of land uses are excluded, as set forth in this chapter.
ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARY
The perimeter line completely enclosing a zoning district.
ZONING DISTRICT MAP or ZONING MAP
The official map delineating the boundaries and title of each of the zoning districts of Butler Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, together with all amendments subsequently adopted, which is incorporated in and made a part of this chapter by reference thereto. The Zoning Map is on file in the office of the municipality's Zoning Officer.
ZONING HEARING BOARD
The Butler Township Zoning Hearing Board, Butler County, Pennsylvania, as duly established pursuant to this chapter, which is appointed by the governing body of the municipality to examine appeals for relief from strict conformance of this chapter and to hear testimony regarding the validity of any regulations upon development in the municipality or regarding challenges to the decisions of the Zoning Officer.
ZONING MAP, OFFICIAL
The official map of zoning districts for the municipality, included as part of this chapter, which shows precisely the boundaries and titles of each zoning district.[19]
ZONING OFFICER or ZONING AND CODE MANAGEMENT OFFICER
That person appointed by the governing body of the municipality and charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing this chapter and, at the discretion of the governing body of the municipality, other local ordinances affecting development, who also has the power to halt illegal construction, to issue occupancy permits, and to interpret the meaning of various sections of this chapter, subject to appeal before the Zoning Hearing Board.
ZONING PERMIT
A document issued by the Zoning Officer, indicating that a proposed use or development will comply with all applicable requirements of this chapter and authorizing the applicant to proceed to obtain all required building permits.
[1]
Editor’s Note: The former definition of “animal, domestic,” which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 897.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
[3]
Editor’s Note: The former definitions of “communications facilities, essential” and “communications or telecommunications tower,” which immediately followed this definition, were repealed 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 897.
[4]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[5]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[6]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[7]
Editor's Note: See the definition of "dwelling types."
[8]
Editor's Note: See 32 P.S. § 679.101 et seq.
[9]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10603(f).
[10]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10503(1.1).
[11]
Editor's Note: Now known as the "Natural Resources Conservation Service."
[12]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[13]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[14]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[15]
Editor's Note: Said Act was repealed 10-15-1998 by P.L. 729, No. 93. See now 65 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq.
[16]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[17]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[18]
Editor’s Note: The former definition of "wireless telecommunications facilities," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 897.
[19]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file in the office of the Township Zoning Officer.