The following words are defined in order to facilitate the interpretation
of the Chapter for administrative purposes and in the carrying out
of duties by appropriate officers and by the Zoning Hearing Board.
For the purpose of this Chapter, certain words, phrases and
terms are herewith defined as follows: words used in the present tense
include the future. The singular number includes the plural number,
and words in the plural number include the singular number. The word
"lot" includes the word "plot"; the word "building" includes the word
"structure"; the word "zone" includes the word "district"; the word
"occupied" includes the word "designed" and the phrase "intended to
be occupied"; the word "use" includes the words "arranged," "designed"
and the phrase "intended to be used; and the word "shall" is always
mandatory.
Any words not included in the following definitions will be
defined as described in the latest edition of Webster's Abridged Dictionary.
[Amended 5/24/2006 by Ord.
No. 06-08]
The following is a list of definitions:
The relinquishment of property, or a cessation of the use
of the property, by the owner for a period of one year or more with
the intention neither of transferring rights to the property to another
owner nor of resuming the use of the property.
An accredited medical school within this commonwealth that
operates or partners with an acute care hospital licensed within this
commonwealth.
[Added by Ord. 17-18, 11/9/2017; amended by Ord. No. 18-01,
1/11/2018]
A paved surface, other than a street, which provides vehicular
access from a street or private road to a lot.
A subordinate building or structure, serving a purpose customarily
incidental to the use of the principal building or structure and located
on the same lot as the principal structure or use.
Any equipment serving or being used in conjunction with a
wireless communications facility or wireless support structure, including
but not limited to utility or transmission equipment, power supplies,
generators, batteries, cables, equipment buildings, cabinets, and
storage sheds, shelters, or similar structures.
[Added 9-9-2021 by Ord.
No. 21-07]
A use of land or of a building customarily incidental and
subordinate to the principal use of the land or building and located
on the same lot with the principal use. Use shall be measured by the
square footage or percentage of the square footage for that total
use. The principal use must be the use to which a majority of the
square footage of the building or lot is dedicated.
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act of 1968,
P.L. 805, No. 247 as reenacted and amended.
An area of land used for leisure time activities of a cardiovascular
nature, with facilities such as playgrounds, playfields, play courts
(basketball, tennis), and trails (bicycling, jogging).
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
The net usable land area of a proposed development site,
determined by deducting specific percentages of various categories
of constrained land from the gross tract area as described in the
Susquehanna Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.
One of two methods of determining the maximum number of permitted
dwelling units in conservation subdivisions where the adjusted tract
area of the site equals the gross tract area minus the constrained
land on the site. The actual methodology is provided in Susquehanna
Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance. The other method
is the yield plan. The adjusted tract area calculation also is used
to determine the developable area of the tract for traditional neighborhood
developments.
An office devoted to administrative and support services
as defined in the 1997 NAICS United States Structure (Code 561), as
amended, and including offices devoted to administrative services,
facilities support services, employment services, business support
services, travel arrangement and reservation services, investigation
and security services, services to buildings and dwellings, and other
support services.
Any establishment open to the general public or a private
club open to members, except minors, which is used and occupied for
one or more of the following activities and is defined further by
the following definitions.
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ADULT BOOKSTORE — Any establishment which derives a substantial
and significant portion of its gross receipts from the sale, distribution
or exhibition of any literature, book, magazine, pamphlet, newspaper,
story paper, paper, comic book, writing, drawing, photograph, figure,
audio- or videotape or motion picture which is pornography under the
meaning ascribed to the word by this Section and which expressly prohibits
entry to minors.
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ADULT THEATER — Any establishment operated for the purpose
of showing motion-picture films to patrons, whether such patrons observe
the motion-picture film while seated in the interior of the building
or while seated in automobiles, which derives a substantial and significant
portion of its gross receipts from the exhibition of films which are
pornography under the meaning ascribed to that term in this Section
and which expressly prohibits entry to minors unless accompanied by
an adult.
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NUDITY — The showing of the human male or female genitals
or pubic area or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering or
the showing of female breast with less than fully opaque covering
of any portion thereof below the top of the nipple or the depiction
of covered male genital in a discernibly turgid state.
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OTHER ADULT USES — Any establishment in which conduct,
activity of the sale, distribution or exhibition of printed or drawn
material which is pornography within the meaning ascribed to that
work in this Section is the source of a substantial and significant
portion of gross business receipts. Such "other adult uses" shall
include, but not be limited to, nude wrestling, male or female erotic
dancers or strippers, escort centers and erotic massage parlors.
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PORNOGRAPHY — The depiction or dissemination of nudity,
sexual conduct, sadomasochistic abuse or explicit and detailed verbal
descriptions or narrative accounts of nudity, sexual excitement, sexual
conduct or sadomasochistic abuse which, to the average person applying
contemporary community standards, has as its dominant theme, taken
as a whole, an appeal to prurient interest.
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SADOMASOCHISTIC ABUSE — Flagellation or torture by or
upon a person clad in undergarments, a mask or bizarre costume or
the condition of being fettered, bound or otherwise physically restrained
on the part of one so clothed.
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SEXUAL CONDUCT — Acts of masturbation, sexual intercourse,
or physical contact with a person's clothed of unclothed genitals,
pubic area, buttocks or, if such person is a female, breast.
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SEXUAL EXCITEMENT — The condition of human male or female
genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal.
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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.
A public thoroughfare primarily for service access to the
rear or sides of properties and is not intended for general traffic
circulation.
As applied to a building or structure, means a change or
rearrangement in the structural parts or in the existing facilities,
or an enlargement, whether by extending on a side or by increasing
in height, of the moving from one location or position to another.
An accessory structure or device, partially or wholly exterior
to a building that is used for receiving and/or transmitting electronic
signals or short-wave or citizens band radio frequencies, including
ham radios. Amateur radio antennas are not considered communication
towers and antennas as regulated in this Chapter.
The composite of all noise from sources near and far, excluding
the alleged intrusive noise source. The ambient noise constitutes
the normal or existing level of environmental noise at a given location,
A building which houses public or private emergency medical
services including vehicle bays, offices, personnel rest and sleeping
quarters, locker rooms, and kitchen facilities.
A change in use in any district which includes revisions
to the Zoning Ordinance text and/or the official Zoning Map.
A facility, primarily outdoors, that may include structures
and buildings, where there are various devices for entertainment,
including rides, booths for the conduct of games or sale of items,
buildings for shows and entertainment, and restaurants, and souvenir
sales; however, under no circumstances shall amusement parks include
adult-oriented activities or entertainment.
An apparatus designed for the purpose of emitting radiofrequency
(RF) radiation, to be operated or operating from a fixed location
pursuant to Federal Communications Commission authorization, for the
provision of wireless service and any commingled information services.
[Added by Ord. 16-07, 8/11/2016; amended 11-18-2021 by Ord. No. 21-10]
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has
filed an application for development including his heirs, successors,
and assigns.
Every application, whether preliminary or final, required
to be filed and approved prior to start of construction or development
including but not limited to an application for a building permit,
for the approval of a subdivision plat or plan or for the approval
of a development plan.
A retail establishment where work is similar in character
to the following: sale and installation of oil, lubricants, batteries
and belts and similar accessories.
An establishment where repairs, improvements, and installation
of parts and accessories for motor vehicles are conducted that involves
work that is more intense in character than work permitted under the
definition of gasoline service station. An automotive repair garage
shall include, but not be limited to, any use that involves any of
the following work: major mechanical or body work, straightening of
body parts, painting, welding or rebuilding of transmissions.
A story partly underground but having at least 1/2 of its
height above the average level of the adjoining ground. A basement
shall be counted as a story for the purpose of height measurement
if the vertical distance of the basement ceiling is five feet over
the average adjoining grade or ground level.
Overnight accommodations and a morning meal in a dwelling
unit provided to transients for compensation.
The Zoning Hearing Board of Susquehanna Township.
The Board of Commissioners of Susquehanna Township.
A restaurant, as defined herein, that includes as an accessory
use the on-premises production of alcoholic beverages, including beer,
wine, cider and distilled liquors, which produces less than 100,000
gallons of such beverages per year and primarily sells its beverages
on site, either for on- or off- premises consumption. The area used
for brewing, distilling, bottling, and kegging shall not exceed 30%
of the total gross leasable floor area. The brew pub must be licensed
by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and any successor agency
of the commonwealth.
[Added by Ord. No. 18-08, 6/14/2018]
A facility for the production, packaging and sampling of
alcoholic beverages, including beer, wine, cider, mead and distilled
liquors, for retail or wholesale distribution, for sale or consumption
on- or off-premises, and which produces 100,000 gallons or more of
such beverages per year. The brewery/distillery/winery must be licensed
by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and any successor agency
of the commonwealth.
[Added by Ord. No. 18-08, 6/14/2018]
An industry devoted to radio and television broadcasting.
Open spaces, landscaped areas, fences, walls, berms, or any
combination thereof use to physically separate or screen one use or
property from another so as to visually shield or block noise, lights,
or other nuisances.
A line which dictates the placement of a building or structure
from the edge of sidewalk on which the building fronts. On the corner
lot, there shall be a build-to-line on both sides of the lot, which
have street frontage.
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls
and intended for the shelter, housing, or enclosures of persons, vehicles,
animals, or belongings, and including covered porches or bay windows
and chimneys.
The horizontal area measured with the outside of the exterior
walls of the ground floor of all principal and accessory buildings
on a lot.
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation
of the proposed finished grade at the front of the building to the
highest point of the roof for flat roofs, to the deck line of mansard
roofs and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip
and gambrel roofs (see Exhibit 1).
The line within the property defining the required minimum
distance between any enclosed structure and the adjacent right-of-way.
A tract of land that is planned, developed, and operated
as an integral facility for a number of individual businesses with
consideration to transportation facilities, circulation, parking,
utility needs, aesthetics, and compatibility.
A state-permitted facility through the Pennsylvania Department of Health in which a portion of land is used for the purpose of providing a space for trailers or tents for camping purposes regardless of whether a fee has been charged for the leasing, renting or occupancy of the space, in accordance with the Pennsylvania Code, Title 28, Chapter 19. The campground may be an organized camp which includes a combination of programs and facilities established for the primary purpose of providing an outdoor group living experience for children, youth, and adults with social, recreational, and educational objectives and operated and used for five or more consecutive days during one or more seasons a year.
A building designed and used primarily for the washing and
polishing of vehicles and which may provide accessory services related
to washing and polishing.
The individual designated by a patient to deliver medical
marijuana.
[Added by Ord. 17-18, 11/9/2017; amended by Ord. No. 18-01,
1/11/2018]
Property used for the interring of the dead.
A certificate issued by the Zoning Officer upon completion
of the construction of a new building or upon a change or conversion
of the structure or use of a building, which certifies that all requirements
and regulations as provided herein, and within all other applicable
requirements are in compliance.
The acquisition, possession, use or transportation of medical
marijuana by a patient, or the acquisition, possession, delivery,
transportation or administration of medical marijuana by a caregiver,
for use as part of the treatment of the patient's serious medical
condition, as authorized by certification by the commonwealth.
[Added by Ord. 17-18, 11/9/2017; amended by Ord. No. 18-01,
1/11/2018]
A building or structure, or group of buildings or structures,
that by design and construction are primarily intended for conducting
organized religious services and associated accessory uses, including
cemeteries.
An entity that:
[Added by Ord. 17-18, 11/9/2017; amended by Ord. No. 18-01,
1/11/2018]
Holds a permit both as a grower/processor and a dispensary;
and
Has a contractual relationship with an academic clinical research
center under which the academic clinical research center or its affiliate
provides advice to the entity regarding, among other areas, patient
health and safety, medical applications and dispensing and management
of controlled substances.
Wireless communications facilities that are attached to existing
structures, such as, but not limited to buildings, water towers, electrical
transmission towers, utility poles, light poles, traffic signal poles,
flag poles, and other similar structures that do not require the installation
of a new or replacement wireless support structure.
[Added 9-9-2021 by Ord.
No. 21-07]
The mounting of one or more WCFs, including antennas, on
a preexisting structure, or modifying a structure for the purpose
of mounting, or installing a WCF on that structure.
[Added by Ord. 16-07, 8/11/2016; amended 11-18-2021 by Ord. No. 21-10]
An establishment devoted to the repair and maintenance of
commercial and industrial machinery and equipment as defined in the
1997 NAICS United States Structure (code 8113), as amended and excluding
automotive and electronic repair and maintenance.
The Planning Commission of Susquehanna Township.
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of 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.
A building used for recreational, social, educational, and
cultural activities, open to the public and usually owned and operated
by a public or nonprofit group or agency.
A form of ownership providing for individual ownership of
a specific dwelling unit, or other space not necessarily on ground
level, together with an undivided interest in the land or other parts
of the structure in common with other owners.
Areas of a parcel identified when performing the adjusted
tract area calculation in conformance with the Susquehanna Township
Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance. Calculation is required
for conservation design subdivisions and represent all right-of-ways
of existing public or private streets and overhead utilities and floodways
and portions of the one-hundred-year floodplain, wetlands, and steep
and moderate slopes.
A community licensed by the Commonwealth Department of Insurance
and offering a range of housing, support and health care services
so older people do not have to move when their needs change. Many
offer independent living (single or multifamily units) and personal
care units as well as long-term care nursing centers, all at one campus
and developed as a planned unit development.
A land development process that seeks to identify and permanently
protect special natural and/or environmental features and open space
in designated conservation areas or preserves.
A use that primarily sells for off-site consumption, routine
household goods, groceries, and prepared ready-to-eat foods to the
general public and that includes a building with a floor area of less
than 5,000 square feet. This use may also include the accessory sale
of gasoline; provided it is allowed within the district regulation
and requirements are met.
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
Care provided for individuals, either children or adults by an unrelated individual. Care is provided for part of a twenty-four-hour day. The following definitions apply to different types of child and adult day care in accordance with Chapter 3270, Child Day Care Centers, of Title 55. Public Welfare of the Pennsylvania Code and Pennsylvania Department of Aging, Pennsylvania Code, Title 6, Chapter 11, as revised or amended.
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DAY CARE CENTER — A state-certified facility providing
care for six or more children.
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GROUP DAY CARE HOME — A state-certified facility in which
care is provided at one time for more than six but fewer than 16 older
school-age level children or more than six but fewer than 13 children
of another age level who are unrelated to the operator, including:
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Care provided to a child at the parent's work site when the
parent is not present in the child care space.
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Care provided in private or public, profit or nonprofit facilities.
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Care provided before or after the hours of instruction in nonpublic
schools and in private nursery schools and kindergartens.
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OLDER ADULT DAILY LIVING CENTERS — A facility licensed through the Pennsylvania Department of Aging and operated for profit or not-for-profit to provide daily living services for part of a twenty-four-hour-day to four or more older adults, who are 60 years of age or older or 18 years and older with a dementia-related disease and who are not a relative of the operator, in accordance with the Pennsylvania Code, Title 6, Chapter 11, as revised or amended.
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FAMILY DAY CARE HOME — A state-certified home other than
the child's own home, operated for profit or not-for-profit, in which
child day care is provided at any one time to four, five or six children
unrelated to the operator.
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A unit of sound pressure level.
Final adjudication of any board or other body granted jurisdiction
under any land use ordinance or this act 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 Dauphin County
Court of Common Pleas.
The number of dwelling units permitted per acre of land.
A committee of four persons appointed by the Board of Commissioners
to oversee and make recommendations with respect to the detailed design
and implementation process of a TND. The DRC shall consist of: one
member of the Planning Commission; one member of the Board of Commissioners;
the Township Zoning Officer; and one Town Planner/Township Planning
Consultant.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
Final action by an officer, body or agency charged with the
administration of any land use ordinance or applications thereunder,
except the governing body or the zoning hearing board. Determinations
shall be appealable only to the boards designated as having jurisdiction
for such appeal.
Any landowner, agent of such landowner, or tenant with the
permission of such landowner, who makes or causes to be made a subdivision
of land or a land development.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining,
dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation, or drilling operations.
The provisions for development, including a plat of subdivision,
all covenants relating to use, location and bulk of buildings and
other structures, intensity of use or density of development, streets,
ways and parking facilities, common open space and public facilities.
The phrase "provisions of the development plan" when used in this
act shall mean the written and graphic materials referred to in this
definition.
A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership,
association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which
holds a permit issued by the Department of Health (DOH) of the commonwealth
to dispense medical marijuana.
[Added by Ord. 17-18, 11/9/2017; amended by Ord. No. 18-01,
1/11/2018]
A use involving a customer being able to order and receive
food or other items or make financial transactions while the customer
remains within their vehicle.
A single unit providing complete independent living facilities
for one or more persons including permanent provisions for living,
sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
One or more rooms used for living and sleeping purposes and
having a kitchen with fixed cooking facilities (see Exhibit 2).
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MOBILE HOME — A transportable, single-family dwelling
intended for permanent occupancy, contained in one unit or in two
or more units designed to be joined into one integral unit capable
of again being separated for repeated towing, which arrives at a site
complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking
and assembly operations, and constructed so that it may be used without
a permanent foundation.
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MULTIPLE FAMILY — A building containing three or more
dwelling units that is located on a separate lot, which is the sum
of the required minimum lot areas of all dwelling units or the minimum
tract area, whichever is greater.
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SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED (townhouses) — A dwelling unit
on a separate lot and attached to two or more dwelling units by common
vertical wall. Each unit has its own front and rear access to the
outside; no unit is located over another unit; and each unit is separated
from any other unit by fire-resistant walls.
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SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED — A dwelling located on a separate
lot which is designed for and occupied by not more than one family
and surrounded by open space or yards and which is not attached to
any other dwelling by any means.
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SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI-DETACHED (duplex) — A dwelling located
on a separate lot and used by one family but having one side yard
and one fire-resistant, party wall in common with another dwelling.
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A grant of one or more of the property rights by the property
owner to and/or for use by the public, a corporation, or another person
or entity.
An establishment devoted to the repair and maintenance electronic
and precision equipment as defined in the 1997 NAICS United States
Structure (Code 8112), as amended, and including consumer electronics,
computer and office machinery, and communications equipment.
Any school licensed by the Commonwealth and that meets the
state requirements for elementary and secondary education and is authorized
to award graduation diplomas.
A condition that:
[Added by Ord. 16-07, 8/11/2016]
An area surrounding or adjacent to a wireless support structure
within which base stations, power supplies, or accessory equipment
are located.
[Added 9-9-2021 by Ord.
No. 21-07]
A plan developed during subdivision and land development
for Conservation Design Subdivisions. The plan provides a comprehensive
analysis of existing conditions on the site and within 500 feet of
the site in accordance with the Susquehanna Township Subdivision and
Land Development Ordinance.
The Federal Fair Housing Act, as amended from time to time,
42, U.S.C. § 3601 et seq., as amended.
A single individual living alone as a separate housekeeping
unit and doing his/her own cooking, or a collective body of people
living together in a domestic relationship which may or may not be
based upon birth, marriage, custodianship, adoption or other domestic
bond as a single housekeeping unit based on an intentionally structured
relationship providing organization and stability and doing their
own cooking with or without assistance from others. This definition
does not include persons occupying a hotel, dormitory, lodge or boarding
house.
A dwelling inhabited by a group of people who are not handicapped,
without regard for age, with or without specialized needs, who are
unrelated or related by legal marriage, birth or adoption, and who
are not afforded protection by the Fair Housing Act. This group of
people typically requires extended periods of, or 24 hour, adult supervision
and guidance, who may be, but are typically not, legal custodians.
This definition does not include persons occupying a hotel, dormitory,
lodge or boarding home.
Federal Communications Commission.
[Added by Ord. 16-07, 8/11/2016; amended 11-18-2021 by Ord. No. 21-10]
Any freestanding and uninhabitable structure constructed
of wood, glass, metal, plastic materials, wire mesh or masonry, single
or in combination, erected for the purpose of screening or dividing
one property from another to assure privacy, or to protect the property
so screened or divided, or to define and mark the property line, when
such structure is erected or within two feet of any front, side or
rear lot line.
Establishments such as banks and savings and loans, credit
agencies, investment companies, brokers and dealers of securities
and commodities, and security and commodity exchanges as further defined
in the 1997 NAICS United States Structure (Code 52), as amended.
A general, but temporary condition of partial or complete
inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of streams,
rivers, or other waters of the Commonwealth.
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FLOOD, BASE — ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR FLOOD — The highest
level of flooding that, on the average, is likely to occur every 100
years or that has a one-percent chance of occurring each year.
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FLOOD-FRINGE AREA — The portion of the one-hundred-year
flood plain outside of the area or that portion of the flood hazard
area outside of the floodway based on the total area inundated during
the regulatory base flood plus 25% of the regulatory base flood discharge.
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FLOOD HAZARD AREA — The one-hundred-year floodway and
maximum land area likely to be flooded by a one-hundred-year flood.
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FLOOD HAZARD BOUNDARY MAP — An official map or plat on
which the boundaries of the flood hazard area have been drawn. This
map conforms to the Flood Insurance Study Map and provides sufficient
scale and clarity to permit the identification of parcels as being
either within or without the flood hazard area.
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FLOODPLAIN (ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR) — The one-hundred-year floodway
and the maximum area of land that is likely to be flooded by the one-hundred-year
flood as shown on the Flood Insurance Study Map.
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FLOODPROOFING — Structural or other changes or adjustments
to properties or obstructions for the reduction or elimination of
flood damages to such properties and obstructions, or to the contents
of any structure.
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FLOODWAY — The portion of the flood plain, including the
watercourse itself and any adjacent land area that must be kept open
in order to carry the water of the one-hundred-year flood. At a minimum,
any floodway must be large enough to carry the water of the one-hundred-year
flood without causing an increase of more than one foot in the elevation
of the existing one-hundred-year flood.
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FLOODWAY ENCROACHMENT LINES — The lines marking the limits
of floodways on official Federal, State and local flood plain maps.
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GENERAL FLOOD AREA — The flood plain area for Paxton Creek,
for which no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided.
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The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors
of a building and its accessory building on the same lot, excluding
basement floor areas not used as a primary living, sleeping quarters
and commercial space, but including the area of roofed porches and
roofed terraces. All dimensions shall be measured between exterior
faces of walls.
The sum of the gross horizontal area of the floors of a building
or structure, measured from the exterior face of exterior walls, or
from the center line of a common wall separating two buildings. Any
space where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than five feet is
excluded from the floor area.
The aggregate of the horizontal area of all rooms used for
habitation, such as living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom, but
not including hallways, stairways, cellars, attics, service rooms
or utility rooms, bathrooms, nor unheated areas such as enclosed porches,
nor rooms without at least one window or skylight opening onto an
outside yard or court. At least 1/2 of the floor area of every habitable
room shall have a ceiling of not less than seven feet and the floor
area of that part of any room where the ceiling height is less than
five feet shall not be considered as part of the habitable floor area.
The total of all floor areas of a building, excluding stairwells,
hallways, elevator shafts, equipment and utility rooms, interior vehicular
parking or loading areas and all floors below the first or ground
floor, except when intended to be used for human habitation or service
to the public.
The management of forests and timberlands when practiced
in accordance with accepted silvicultural principles, through developing,
cultivating, harvesting, transporting and selling trees for commercial
purposes, which does not involve any land development. Forestry shall
be allowed in any district. Related definitions include:
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FELLING — The act of cutting a standing tree so that it
falls to the ground.
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LANDING — A place where logs, pulpwood, or firewood are
assembled for transportation to processing facilities.
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LITTER — Discarded items not naturally occurring on the
site such as tires, oilcans, equipment parts, and other rubbish.
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OPERATOR — An individual, partnership, company, firm,
association, or corporation engaged in timber harvesting, including
the agents, subcontractors, and employees thereof.
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PRE-COMMERCIAL TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT — A forest practice,
such as thinning or pruning, which results in better growth, structure,
species composition, or health for the residual stand but which does
not yield a net income to the land owner, usually because any trees
cut are of poor quality, too small or otherwise of limited marketability
or value.
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SKIDDING — Dragging trees on the ground from the stump
to the landing by any means.
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SLASH — Woody debris left in the woods after logging,
including logs, chunks, bark, branches, uprooted stumps, and broken
or uprooted trees or shrubs.
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STAND — Any area of forest vegetation whose site conditions,
past history, and current species composition are sufficiently uniform
to be managed as a unit.
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STREAM — Any natural or artificial channel of conveyance
for surface water with an annual or intermittent flow within a defined
bed and bank.
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TIMBER HARVESTING, TREE HARVESTING, OR LOGGING — The part
of forestry involving cutting down trees and removing logs from the
forest for the primary purpose of sale or commercial processing into
wood products.
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TOP — The upper portion of a felled tree that is not merchantable
because of small size, taper, or defect.
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The characteristics of the medical marijuana recommended
or limited for a particular patient, including the method of consumption
and any particular dosage, strain, variety and quantity or percentage
of medical marijuana or particular active ingredient.
[Added by Ord. 17-18, 11/9/2017; amended by Ord. No. 18-01,
1/11/2018]
The regulations for a TND District that collectively promulgate
the form of a place or neighborhood with prescribed outcomes for the
location and arrangement of streets, buildings, parking, and green
space.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
A building used for the preparation of the deceased for burial
and the display of the deceased and rituals connected therewith before
burial or cremation, including the sale of funeral equipment as an
accessory activity.
An enclosed or covered space for the storage of one or more
vehicles, provided that no business, occupation or service is conducted
for profit therein nor space therein for more than one car is leased
to a nonresident of the premises.
Any garage other than a private garage and which is used
for storage, repair, rental, servicing, or supplying of gasoline or
oil to motor vehicles.
A type of multiple-family dwelling unit that is designed
to enclose partially a garden, courtyard, or other like type usable
open space.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
A retail establishment where gasoline is sold and where no
repairs are conducted, except work that may be conducted that is similar
in character to the following: sale and installation of oil, lubricants,
batteries and belts, and similar accessories; washing and cleaning
services; and safety and emission inspections.
A building or group of buildings primarily used for the indoor
storage, transfer, and distribution of products and materials.
A plaza, courtyard, green court, pedestrian gathering area,
pocket park, tot lot, playground, walkway, promenade, lawn area, or
other like type facility in which features such as pavers, benches,
gazebos, pergolas, arbors, trellises, planters, plantings, lighting,
and sculpture are installed and maintained, and in which activities
such as public seating and outdoor dining take place.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
A green space amenity that is internal to or along the edge
of a block.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
A lot that has frontage on a green, not a street, as a compliant
open space amenity of a TND.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
The totality of the land that comprises the area of a TND,
exclusive of buildings, streets, alleys, service lanes, parking lots,
and paved surfaces such as those used for dumpsters or approved/fenced
outdoor storage. Green space includes active open space and passive
open space, including such features as recreational areas, greens,
parks, squares, plazas, courtyards, pedestrian gathering areas, pocket
parks, green courts, playgrounds, tot lots, dog parks, playfields,
natural open space designated to conserve wetlands and floodplains,
and other areas for natural resource conservation, and stormwater
detention basins unless designed and constructed as a wet basin or
a naturalized stormwater management basin.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
A greenway may be any one or combination of the following:
(1) a linear open space established along either a natural corridor,
such as a riverfront, stream valley, or ridge line, or over land along
a railroad right-of-way converted to recreational use, a canal, a
scenic road, or other route; (2) a natural or landscaped course for
pedestrian or bicycle passage; (3) an open space connector linking
parks, natural reserves, cultural features, or historic sites with
each other and with populated areas; and (4) strip or linear parks
designated as a parkway or greenbelt.
A dwelling inhabited by handicapped persons as identified
and provided for by the Fair Housing Act and this Chapter. This definition
does not include persons occupying a hotel, dormitory, lodge, halfway
house, boarding house or institution. A "group home" shall be a stable
living environment which anticipates, contemplates, expects and projects
that occupants thereof shall reside in the group home for a term of
not less than one year in duration.
A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership,
association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which
holds a permit from the DOH to grow and process medical marijuana.
[Added by Ord. 17-18, 11/9/2017; amended by Ord. No. 18-01,
1/11/2018]
A noninstitutional living arrangement with treatment and
support services for persons with substance abuse problems or for
inmates and parolees approaching parole release date or release from
a corrections institution. The halfway house (community corrections
center) operates under the rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania
Department of Health or Department of Corrections or similar authorities.
The residents are provided full time supervision and counseling on
employment, vocations, finances, and community living.
With respect to a person, a physical or mental impairment,
as hereinafter defined, which substantially limits one or more major
life activities; a record of such impairment; or being regarded as
having such an impairment. This term does not include current, illegal
use of or addition to a controlled substance, as that term is defined
in 21 U.S.C. § 802. for the purpose of these guidelines,
an individual shall not be considered to have a handicap solely because
that individual is a transvestite or because of that individual's
sexual preference, sexual activities or sexual proclivities.
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PHYSICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT — An impairment including
the following disorders:
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(1)
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Any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement
or anatomical loss affecting one or more of the following body systems:
neurological; musculosketetal; special sense organs; respiratory,
including speech organs; cardiovascular; reproductive; disgestive;
genitourinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin; and endocrine.
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(2)
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Any mental or psychological disorder including, but not limited
to, mental retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental
illness, and specific learning disabilities.
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(3)
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Any physical disorder including, but not limited to, diseases
and conditions including orthopedic, visual, speech and hearing impairments,
cerebral palsy, autism, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis,
cancer, heart disease, diabetes, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
disease, drug addiction (other than addiction caused by current, illegal
use of a controlled substance) and alcoholism.
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MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIES — Function such as caring for one's
self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking,
breathing, learning and working.
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RECORD OF SUCH AN IMPAIRMENT — Has a history of, or has
been classified or misclassified as having, a physical or mental impairment,
that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
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REGARDED AS HAVING AN IMPAIRMENT — Regarded as having
one of the following impairments:
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(1)
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A physical or mental impairment that does not substantially
limit one or more major life activities but that is treated by another
person as constituting a limitation.
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(2)
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A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one
or more major life activities only as a result of the attitudes of
others toward such impairment.
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(3)
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None of the impairments defined in "physical or mental impairment"
of this definition but is treated by another person as having such
impairment.[1]
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Health care services provided by medical service providers
at the home of persons who are unable due to age or medical condition
of traveling to a medical facility for treatment.
An accessory use of a service nature customarily conducted
within a dwelling by the residents thereof, which is clearly incidental
and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and
does not change the character thereof or have any exterior evidence
of secondary use other than a small nameplate and in accordance with
this Chapter.
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NO-IMPACT HOME-BASED BUSINESS — 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 be in accordance with § 27-2041.
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An organization of property owners within a development established
for the ownership, administration and maintenance of the common open
space within the development. Such organizations are generally consistent
with the requirements for unit owners associations found in the Pennsylvania
Uniform Condominium Act 68 CSS3101 et seq.
An institution providing primary health services and medical
or surgical care to persons, primarily inpatients, suffering from
illness, disease, injury, deformity, and other abnormal physical or
mental conditions and including, as an integral part of the institution,
related facilities, such as laboratories, outpatient facilities, training
facilities, medical offices, and staff residences.
A building containing rooms intended or designed to be used
or which are used, rented or hired out to be occupied or which are
occupied for sleeping purposes by guests and where only a general
kitchen and dining room are provided within the building as an accessory
use or where no kitchen and/or dining facilities are provided.
A document issued by the DOH that permits access to medical
marijuana.
[Added by Ord. 17-18, 11/9/2017; amended by Ord. No. 18-01,
1/11/2018]
Any material, structure or coverage that prevents the absorption
of stormwater into the ground.
Single-family and multifamily dwelling units designed for
healthy, mobile older adults, not requiring special assistance or
care, within a continuing care retirement community.
A building, portion of a building, or premises used or intended
to be used for cleaning fabrics, textiles, wearing apparel, or articles
of any sort by immersion and agitation, or by immersions only, in
volatile solvents including, but not by way of limitation, solvents
of the petroleum distillate type, and/or the chlorinated hydrocarbon
type, and the processes incidental thereto.
An industry devoted to news syndicates, private libraries
and archive, and data processing services.
An educational institution authorized by the Commonwealth
to award associate, baccalaureate, or higher degrees. In the case
of professional schools, professional accreditation board or organization
may authorize the degree program.
Used materials, discarded materials, or both, including,
but not limited to, waste paper, rags, metal, building materials,
house furnishings and appliances, machinery, vehicles or parts thereof,
all of which are being stored awaiting potential reuse or ultimate
disposal.
A lot, land or structure, or part thereof, used primarily
for the collecting, storage and sale of junk as defined herein.
A state-licensed facility through the Department of Agriculture containing indoor and outdoor housing facilities for dogs in accordance with the Pennsylvania Code, Title 7, Chapter 21, as amended or revised.
The design elements and attributes of a TND that create the
character of the place as a compact, mixed-use, walkable, and interconnected
place, as described and depicted in Exhibit A to Part 19 of the Zoning
Ordinance.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
Any of the following activities: the improvement of one lot
or two or more contiguous lots, tracts, or parcels of land for any
purpose involving a group of two or more residential or nonresidential
buildings, whether proposed initially or cumulatively, or a single
nonresidential building on a lot or lots regardless of the number
of occupants or tenure; or the division or allocation of land or space,
whether initially or cumulatively, between or among two or more existing
or prospective occupants by means of, or for the purpose of streets,
common areas, leaseholds, condominiums, building groups, or other
features; and a subdivision of land.
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 authorized
under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner, or other
person having proprietary interest in land, including an individual,
partnership, association, limited partnership association or corporation.
The area of the lot covered by lawns, trees, plants, and
other natural material.
A component of a development plan, if required, on which
is shown proposed landscape species (such as number, spacing, size
at time of planting, and planting details), proposals for protection
of existing vegetation during and after construction, proposed treatment
of hard and soft surfaces, proposed decorative features, grade changes,
buffers and screening devices, and any other information that can
reasonably be required in order that an informed decision can be made
by the Board of Commissioners.
A business premise equipped with individual clothes washing
and/or drying machines for use of retail customers, including services
for the pickup of dry-cleaned articles.
A commercial use on the ground floor of a building, such
as a shop, studio, office, cafe, deli, personal service establishment,
or other place of business, in combination with a dwelling unit or
units located above such place of business. A person or persons other
than the proprietor of the business may occupy a live-work unit.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
A facility defined and licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Health in accordance with Title 28 of the Pennsylvania
Code, Chapter 201. The facility provides skilled or intermediate nursing
care services 24 hours a day and seven days a week to individuals
who do not require more intensive hospital-based care.
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SKILLED OR INTERMEDIATE NURSING CARE — Professionally
supervised nursing care and related medical and other health services
provided for a period exceeding 24 hours to an individual not in need
of hospitalization, but whose needs are above the level of room and
board and can only be met in a long-term care nursing facility or
an inpatient basis because of age, illness, disease, injury, convalescence
or physical or mental infirmity.
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A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by
a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed,
or built upon as a unit.
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LOT, AREA — The area contained within the property lines
of a lot as shown on a subdivision plan excluding space within any
street, but including the areas of any easement.
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LOT, CORNER — A lot which has an interior angle of less
than 135° at the intersection of two street lines. A lot abutting
upon a curved street shall be considered a corner lot if the tangents
to the curve at the points of intersection of the side lot lines with
the street line intersect at an interior angle of less than 135°.
A front yard, whether determined by a building setback line or a build-to
line, as provided for in the area and lot requirements in each district,
shall be required along each street on which a corner lot abuts. See
Exhibit 4.
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LOT, DEPTH — The average horizontal distance between the
front and rear lot lines.
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LOT, FLAG — A large lot not meeting minimum frontage requirements.
These type of lots are not allowed in Susquehanna Township, unless
by variance or nonconformity.
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LOT, IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE — The area of the lot covered
by impervious surface, including building coverage (see Exhibit 4).
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LOT, LINE — A line of record bounding a lot that divides
one lot from another lot or from a public or private street or any
other public space.
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LOT LINE, FRONT — The lot line separating a lot from a
street right-of-way. In the case of a corner lot or a lot abutting
a street right-of-way on more than one side, the front lot line shall
be determined based on the street address assigned by the post office.
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LOT LINE, REAR — The lot line opposite and most distant
from the front lot line. In the case of a triangular or otherwise
irregularly shaped lots, a line 10 feet in length entirely within
the lot, parallel to and a maximum distance from the front lot line.
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LOT LINE, SIDE — Any lot line other than a front or rear
lot line.
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LOT, REVERSE FRONTAGE — A through lot that is not accessible
from one of the parallel or nonintersecting streets upon which it
fronts.
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LOT, THROUGH — A lot that fronts upon two parallel streets
or that fronts upon two streets that do not intersect at the boundaries
of the lot (see Exhibit 3).
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LOT, WIDTH — The horizontal distance between the side
lines of a lot measured at right angles to its depth along a straight
line parallel to the front lot line at the minimum required building
setback line.
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Housing defined as units sold or rented to families earning
up to 120% of the area median income, adjusted for family size, as
determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
A shopping center with stores on both sides of an enclosed
or open pedestrian walkway.
A use devoted to manufacturing as defined in the 1997 NAICS
United States Structure (Code 31-33), as amended, and including manufacturing
of food; beverage and tobacco products; textiles; textile products;
apparel; leather and allied products; wood products; paper; printing
and related support activities; petroleum and coal products; chemicals;
plastics and rubber products; nonmetallic mineral products; primary
metal; fabricated metal products; machinery; computer and electronic
products; electrical equipment, appliance, and component; transportation
equipment; furniture and related products; and miscellaneous manufacturing.
A facility for the storing, servicing, fueling, berthing,
and securing of boats and that may include eating, sleeping, and retail
facilities for owners, crews, and guests.
A use devoted to medical and diagnostic laboratories as defined
in the 1997 NAICS United States Structure (code 6215), as amended,
and including medical laboratories and diagnostic imaging centers.
Marijuana for certified medical use as legally permitted
by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with Act 16.[3]
[Added by Ord. 17-18, 11/9/2017; amended by Ord. No. 18-01,
1/11/2018]
Any facility used to house delivery vehicles for supplying
marijuana plants or seeds to one or more marijuana grower/processors
and/or dispensaries.
[Added by Ord. 17-18, 11/9/2017; amended by Ord. No. 18-01,
1/11/2018]
A dispensary or a grower/processor of marijuana for medical
purposes.
[Added by Ord. 17-18, 11/9/2017; amended by Ord. No. 18-01,
1/11/2018]
A small wireless communications facility that:
[Added 9-9-2021 by Ord.
No. 21-07]
A facility for the production, packaging and sampling of
alcoholic beverages, including beer, wine, cider, mead, and distilled
liquors for retail or wholesale distribution, for sale or consumption
on- or off-premises, and which produces less than 100,000 gallons
of such beverages per year. It may include a restaurant, tasting room
and retail space to sell the product on site. "Nanobreweries" shall
be included under this definition. The microbrewery/microdistillery/microwinery
must be licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and any
successor agency of the commonwealth.
[Added by Ord. No. 18-08, 6/14/2018]
A structure containing separate, individual, and private
storage spaces of varying sizes leased or rented on individual leases
for varying periods of time.
A combination of two or more uses in a building or on a lot.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
A parcel of land either in a mobile home park or on a single
lot not within a mobile home park, improved with the necessary utility
connections and other appurtenances necessary for the erection thereon
of a single mobile home.
A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which has been so
designated and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots
for the placement thereon of mobile homes (see definition under dwelling
unit).
The improvement, upgrade, or expansion of existing wireless
communications facilities or base stations on an existing wireless
support structure or the improvement, upgrade, or expansion of the
wireless communications facilities located within an existing equipment
compound, if the improvement, upgrade, expansion or replacement does
not substantially change the physical dimensions of the wireless support
structure.
[Added 9-9-2021 by Ord.
No. 21-07]
A WCF or site which consists of a single pole structure,
designed and erected on the ground or on top of a structure, to support
communications antennas and connecting appurtenances.
[Added by Ord. 16-07, 8/11/2016]
A building or group of buildings, whether detached or in
connected units, used as individual sleeping or dwelling units, designed
with separate entrances and designed for year round occupancy, primarily
for transient automobile travelers and providing for accessory off-street
parking facilities. The term "motel" includes buildings designated
as tourist courts, tourist cabins, motor lodges and similar terms.
A use that supports motor freight transportation operations,
such as: truck terminals, including loading docks, and service and
maintenance facilities.[4]
A facility for the temporary storage of stormwater runoff
that is landscaped with grasses and other native plants and is designed,
constructed, and maintained in accordance with recognized best management
practice techniques as recommended by the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
Areas in which human activities are very limited and where
the natural environment is protected from man-made changes by a conservancy
or conservation easement. The nature preserve includes woodland preservation,
game preserves, and wildlife sanctuaries.
An innovative form of residential development incorporating
certain building, site and streetscape elements so as to provide an
attractive living environment for a variety of persons across all
life stages.
[Added by Ord. No. 19-06, 10/10/2019]
A lot the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to
the adoption or amendment of this Chapter, but which fails to conform
to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located
by reasons of such adoption or amendment.
A structure or part of a structure manifestly not designed
to comply with the applicable use or extent of use provisions of this
Chapter or amendments thereof, where such structure lawfully existed
prior to the enactment of such ordinance or amendment or prior to
the application of such ordinance or amendment to its location by
reason of annexation. Such nonconforming structures include, but are
not limited to, nonconforming signs.
A use, whether of land or of structure, which does not comply
with the applicable use provisions in a zoning ordinance or amendment
thereof, where such use was lawfully in existence prior to the enactment
of such ordinance for amendment or prior to the application of such
ordinance or amendment to its location by reason of annexation.
An office devoted to health care services as defined in the
1997 NAICS United States Structure (Code 6211, 6212 and 6213), as
amended, and including offices of physicians; dentists; chiropractors;
optometrists; mental health practitioners; physical, occupational,
and speech therapists, and audiologists; podiatrists and other health
practitioners.
A use devoted to outpatient care services as defined in the
1997 NAICS United States Structure (Code 6214), as amended, and including
family planning centers, mental health and substance abuse centers,
HMO medical centers, kidney dialysis centers, freestanding ambulatory
surgical and emergency centers, and other outpatient care centers.
A zoning district that encompasses one or more underlying
zones and deals with special situations specified in the district
regulations. The overlay district imposes additional requirements
above that required by the underlying district.
An off-street, ground level open area, improved for the temporary
storage of motor vehicles.
The space between a building, or on a lot or parking lot,
for the parking or storage of one automobile.
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OFF-STREET PARKING SPACE — A temporary storage area for
a motor vehicle that is directly accessible to an access aisle, and
which is not located on a dedicated street right-of-way.
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ON-STREET PARKING SPACE — A temporary storage area for
a motor vehicle that is located on a dedicated street right-of-way.
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RESIDENTIAL OFF-STREET PARKING — For the purposes of this
Chapter, shall consist of a parking lot, driveway, garage or combination
thereof and shall be located on the lot it is intended to serve.
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A building or structure consisting of more than one level
and used to store motor vehicles.
An area of land used for informal leisure time activities,
such as picnicking, nature study, bird watching, and nature photography.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
An attribute of a TND with an interconnected network of sidewalks,
walkways, and crosswalks both internal to the TND tract and external
to other existing pedestrian thoroughfares.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
An establishment devoted to the repair and maintenance of
personal and household goods as defined in the 1997 NAICS United States
Structure (Code 8114), as amended, and including home and garden equipment
and appliances, reupholstery and furniture repair, footwear and leather
goods repair and other personal and household goods.
A facility defined and licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Public Welfare in accordance with Title 55 of the Pennsylvania
Code, Chapter 2620. A personal care home is a premise in which food,
shelter and personal assistance or supervision are provided for a
period exceeding 24 hours for four or more adults who are not relatives
of the operator, who do not require the services in or of a licensed
long-term care facility, but who do require assistance or supervision
in matters such as dressing, bathing, diet, financial management,
evacuation of a residence in the event of an emergency or medication
prescribed for self-administration. A halfway house is not a personal
care home.
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PERSONAL CARE HOME, SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING — A personal
care home occupying a single family residential unit provided the
unit is similar in size and character as the surrounding residential
units and is in compliance with all district and bulk and area regulations.
These personal care homes shall be permitted by right in any district,
which allows single family dwellings.
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PERSONAL CARE CENTER — A personal care home, that requires
a building larger than a single-family residential unit to accommodate
the number of residents served and special and accessory commercial
services provided, often called an assisted-living center. The personal
care center may be a stand-alone facility or may be part of a continuing
care retirement community.
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An establishment devoted to personal care services as defined
in the 1997 NAICS United States Structure (Code 8121), as amended,
and including hair, nail and skin care services, diet and weight reducing
centers and other personal care services.
A retail business primarily engaged in the limited on-site
processing and developing of film plus the sale, lease, service of
photography equipment and supplies. This use is a plant devoted to
large scale processing and development of film.
The places that have been built and serve as good models
and examples of placemaking for a TND, such as those shown in Part
19, Exhibit B: Precedents for the TND – Traditional Neighborhood
Development-1 District.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
A building or buildings in which is conducted the main or
principal use of the lot on which said building is situated. Use shall
be measured by the square footage or percentage of the square footage
for that total use. The principal use must be the use to which a majority
of the square footage of the building or lot is dedicated.
The primary or predominant use of any lot or parcel. Use
shall be measured by the square footage or percentage of the square
footage for that total use. The principal use must be the use to which
a majority of the square footage of the building or lot is dedicated.
A home occupation of a professional nature customarily conducted
within a dwelling by the resident professional and in accordance with
this chapter.
An office devoted to professional, scientific and technical
services as defined in the 1997 NAICS United States Structure (Code
54), as amended, and including offices of legal services; accounting,
tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services; architectural,
engineering, and related services; specialized design services; computer
systems design and related services; management, scientific, and technical
consulting services, scientific research and development services,
advertising and related services, and other professional, scientific
and technical services.
Ground including parks, playgrounds, trails, paths, and other
recreational and public areas; sites for schools, sewage treatment,
refuse disposal and other publicly owned or operated facilities; and
publicly owned or operated scenic and historic sites.
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Susquehanna
Township Board of Commissioners or Planning Commission, intended to
inform and obtain public comment, prior to taking action in accordance
with this Chapter.
A library that is open to the public.
A forum held pursuant to notice under Act of July 3, 1986
(P.L. 388, No. 84, as amended), known as the "Sunshine Act."
Notice published once each week for two successive weeks
in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. Such notice
shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature
of the matter to be considered at the hearing. The first publication
shall not be more than 30 days and the second publication shall not
be less than seven days from the date of the hearing.
A tract of land, designated and used by the public for active
and/or passive recreation as defined below.
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RECREATION, ACTIVE — Leisure-time activities, usually
of a formal nature and often performed with others, requiring equipment
and taking place at prescribed places, sites, or fields.
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RECREATION, PASSIVE — Activities that involve relatively
inactive or less energetic activities, such as walking, sitting, picnicking,
card games, chess, checkers, and similar table games. Passive recreation
includes open space for nature walks and observations.
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A use that supports the operation of public transit, such
as: terminals, transfer stations, and service and maintenance facilities.
Bus stops shall be allowed in every district; however, these uses
represent higher intensity transit activities that are suited for
specific districts.
Building and structures necessary for the safe and efficient
operation of the public utility, including communications buildings
not associated with communication antennas and towers.
An industry devoted to production of written or digital materials
as defined in the 1997 NAICS United States Structure (Code 511), as
amended, and including the publishing of newspapers, periodicals,
books, database and directories, software, greeting cards and other
published materials.
A use that supports the operation of the railroad, such as:
railroad switching, terminal, and maintenance facilities.
An office devoted to real estate services as defined in the
1997 NAICS United States Structure (Code 531), as amended, and including
offices of real estate agents, brokers and appraisers.
A recreation facility operated by a nonprofit organization,
and open only to bona fide members and guests of such nonprofit organization.
An indoor facility designed and equipped for the conduct
of sports and leisure-time activities, such as arcades, fitness and
recreational sports centers, bowling centers, theaters, and museums,
in accordance with this Chapter.
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ARCADE — A building or part of a building in which pinball
machines, video games, or other similar player-operated amusement
devices are present and maintained as the primary use. For the purpose
of this definition, "primary use" means 51% or more of the gross floor
area of the portion of the structure being used (not to include any
area of a structure being used as storage).
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FITNESS AND RECREATIONAL SPORTS CENTER — An establishment
that may provide facilities for aerobic exercises, running and jogging,
exercise equipment, game courts, swimming, saunas, showers, lockers,
and therapeutic massage.
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MUSEUM — A nonprofit, noncommercial establishment operated
as a repository for a collection of nature, scientific or literary
curiosities or objects of interest or works of art, not including
the regular sale or distribution of the objects collected.
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THEATER — A building or part of a building devoted to
showing motion pictures or for dramatic, dance, musical, or other
live performances.
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An outdoor facility designed and equipped for the conduct
of sports and leisure-time activities, such as zoos and botanical
gardens, outdoor shooting ranges, race tracks, country clubs and golf
courses, miniature golf, active and passive parks, and greenways,
in accordance with this Chapter.
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BOTANICAL GARDENS — A place were plants are grown, often
in combination of indoor and outdoor displays and viewed by the public.
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COUNTRY CLUBS — Land area and buildings containing golf
courses, recreational facilities, a clubhouse, and customary accessory
uses, open only to members and their guests.
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GOLF COURSE — A tract of land laid out for a least nine
holes for playing the game of golf and improved with tees, greens,
fairways, and hazards and that may include a clubhouse, shelters,
maintenance and storage facilities, and a driving range.
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OUTDOOR SHOOTING RANGE — An area as part of a sporting
or outdoor club in which skeet shooting, rifle shooting, or archery
is practiced.
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ZOO — A place where animals are kept, often in combinations
of indoor and outdoor spaces, and are viewed by the public.
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The registry established by the DOH for all medical marijuana
organizations and practitioners.
[Added by Ord. 17-18, 11/9/2017; amended by Ord. No. 18-01,
1/11/2018]
A concept plan that is utilized to promulgate the form of
a TND, as shown in Part 19, Exhibit C,[5] and to illustrate such features as the interconnected
network of streets, alleys, sidewalks and crosswalks, as well as the
proposed mixed uses, mixed housing types, streetscapes, public realm,
building locations, and on-street and off-street parking locations.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
Any piece of equipment related to, incidental to, or necessary
for, the operation of a telecommunications tower or telecommunications
antenna. By way of illustration, not limitation, related equipment
includes generators and base stations.
[Added by Ord. 16-07, 8/11/2016]
Establishments engaged in rental of goods or merchandise
to the general public or businesses. Rental and leasing establishments
defined by the 1997 NAICS United States Structure (codes 532), as
amended, includes automotive equipment rental and leasing; consumer
goods rental; general rental centers; and commercial and industrial
machinery and equipment rental and leasing.
The replacement of existing wireless communications facilities
on an existing wireless support structure or within an existing equipment
compound due to maintenance, repair, or technological advancement
with equipment composed of the same wind loading and structural loading
that is substantially similar in size, weight, and height as the wireless
communications facilities initially installed and that does not substantially
change the physical dimensions of the existing wireless support structure.
[Added 9-9-2021 by Ord.
No. 21-07]
Any letter, review, memorandum, compilation of similar writing
made by any body, board, officer or consultant other than a solicitor
to any body, board, officer or consultant for the purpose of assisting
the recipient of such report in the rendering of any decision or determination.
All reports shall be deemed recommendatory and advisory only and shall
not be binding upon the recipient, board, officer, body or agency,
nor shall any appeal lie therefrom. Any report used, received or considered
by the body, board, officer or agency rendering a determination or
decision shall be made available for inspection to the applicant and
all other parties to any proceeding upon request, and copies thereof
shall be provided at cost of reproduction.
An existing building converted into residential dwelling
units in accordance with this Chapter.
On-site accessory residential dwellings for individuals providing
security and safety services for the principal use.
An establishment where food and drink are prepared, served,
and consumed primarily within the principal building.
A small restaurant, coffeehouse, or tearoom where nonalcoholic
beverages, light meals, desserts and snacks are sold for consumption
on premises or for take-out.
[Added by Ord. 17-06, 6/8/2017]
A commercial use that primarily prepares food, confections,
or beverages served to the customer in a ready-to-consume state, and
whose method of operation is such that customers normally order the
product at a central location separate from the tables or counters
used for consumption.
[Added by Ord. 17-06, 6/8/2017]
A commercial establishment where a variety of foods and beverages
are sold for consumption on the premises. Customers are normally seated
at a table where they select food and beverages from individual menus,
and they are served foods and beverages by a restaurant employee at
the same table at which said items are ordered and consumed.
[Added by Ord. 17-06, 6/8/2017]
Establishments engaged in selling goods or merchandise to
the general public for personal or household consumption and rendering
services incidental to the sale of such goods. Retail establishments
defined by the 1997 NAICS United States Structure (Codes 44 and 45),
as amended, includes motor vehicle and parts dealers; furniture and
home furnishing stores; electronics and appliance stores; building
material and garden equipment and supplies dealers; food and beverage
stores; health and personal care stores; gasoline stations; clothing
and clothing accessory stores; sporting goods, hobby, book, and music
stores; general merchandise stores; miscellaneous store retailers
(florists; office supplies, stationery, and gift shops; used merchandise
store; pet and pet supplies stores; art dealers; mobile home dealers);
and nonstore retailers (electronic shopping and mail-order houses,
vending machine operators, direct selling establishments).
A public thoroughfare for vehicular, bicycle, and/or pedestrian
traffic, whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway,
road, avenue, boulevard, lane, alley or however designated.
[Added by Ord. No. 19-02, 4/11/2019]
A single family dwelling unit, or part thereof, arranged
or used for lodging, with or without meals for compensation, but in
which no provision is made for cooking in any individual room or suite
and is in accordance this Chapter.
An education facility that focuses on the teaching of one
or more of the fine arts (e.g., vocal and instrumental music, dance,
acting, painting, drawing, mosaics) and languages.
The unwarranted disturbance of environmentally sensitive
areas, as shown on the Existing Resources and Site Analysis Plan.
A thoroughfare type, similar to a common driveway or alley,
that provides vehicular access for nonresidential development, typically
for deliveries, loading and unloading, and parking.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
The required horizontal distance between a setback line and
a property or street line.
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SETBACK, FRONT — The distance between the street line
and the front setback line projected the full width of the lot; commonly
called the "minimum front yard."
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SETBACK, REAR — The distance between the rear lot line
and rear setback line projected the full width of the lot; commonly
called the "minimum rear yard."
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SETBACK SIDE — The distance between the side lot line
and the side setback line projected from the front yard to the rear
yard; commonly called the "minimum side yard."
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A line within a property and parallel to a property or street
line which delineates the required minimum distance between some particular
use of property and that property or street line.
Off-street parking that two or more landowners or tenants
share in accordance with the regulations derived from the ULI-Urban
Land Institute publication titled "Shared Parking Second Edition,"
2005.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
A group of commercial establishments planned, constructed,
and managed as a total entity, with customer and employee parking
provided on-site, provision for goods delivery separated from customer
access, protection from the elements, and landscaping and signage
in accordance with an approved plan.
Any structure or device for visual communication that is
used for the purpose of bringing the subject thereof to the attention
of the public, but not including any flag, badge or insignia or any
government or government agency, or of any civic, charitable, religious,
patriotic, fraternal or similar organization.
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ATTACHED SIGN — One of three types of signs: awning or
canopy, projecting, or wall sign.
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AWNING, CANOPY OR MARQUEE SIGN — A sign that is mounted,
painted or attached to an awning or canopy that is otherwise permitted
by this Chapter.
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PROJECTING SIGN — A sign that is wholly or partly dependent
upon a building for support and that projects more than 12 inches
from such building.
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WALL SIGN — A sign fastened to or painted on the wall
of a building or structure in such a manner that the wall becomes
the supporting structure for or forms the background surface of, the
sign and that does not project more than 12 inches from such building
or structure.
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BILLBOARD (ADVERTISING SIGN) — A sign which advertises
or otherwise directs attention to a commodity, business, industry,
or other similar activity, which is generally sold, offered, or conducted
elsewhere than on the lot upon which such sign is located.
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BUSINESS SIGN — A sign, which directs attention to a use
conducted, product, or commodities sold or services performed upon
the premises.
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FREESTANDING SIGN — A self-supporting sign resting on
the ground or supported by means of poles, standards, or other similar
means in the ground. The height of freestanding signs shall be measured
from the official street grade.
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POLITICAL SIGN — A temporary sign announcing or supporting
political candidates in connection with any national, state, or local
election.
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PUBLIC ISSUE SIGN — A temporary sign announcing or supporting
a political issue.
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SIGN AREA — The area defined by the frame and edge of
a sign. Where there is no frame or edge to the sign, the area shall
be defined by a projected, enclosed, four-sided (straight sides) geometric
shape which most closely outlines the shape of said sign.
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A wireless communications facility that meets the following
criteria:
[Added 9-9-2021 by Ord.
No. 21-07]
The wireless support structure on which antenna facilities are
mounted:
Each antenna associated with the deployment (excluding the accessory
equipment) is no more than three cubic feet in volume; and
All accessory equipment associated with the wireless support
structure (excluding antennas) is cumulatively no more than 28 cubic
feet in volume; and
The wireless communications facility does not require antenna
structure registration under 47 CFR Part 17; and
The wireless communications facility is not located on Tribal
lands, as defined under 36 CFR 800.16(x); and
The wireless communications facility does not result in human
exposure to radiofrequency radiation in excess of the applicable safety
standards specified in 47 CFR 1.1307(b).
A group of people formally organized for a common interest,
usually cultural, religious, or entertainment, with regular meetings,
rituals, and formal written membership requirements.
An office devoted to social assistance services as defined
in the 1997 NAICS United States Structure (Code 624), as amended,
and including individual and family services; community food, emergency
and relief services; and vocational rehabilitation services.
A property owner's right to have the sunlight shine on his
land.
A complete design or assembly consisting of a solar energy
collector, an energy storage facility (where used), and components
for the distribution of transformed energy.
A device used to burn waste substances and in which all the
combustion factors — temperature, retention time, turbulence,
and combustion air — are controlled.
A disposal site licensed by the Commonwealth in which refuse
and earth, or other suitable cover material, are deposited and compacted
in alternative layers of specified depth in accordance with an approved
plan.
An industry devoted to motion pictures and sound recording
as defined in the 1997 NAICS United States Structure (Code 512), as
amended, and including motion picture and video production, distribution,
and postproduction; record production and distribution; music publication;
and sound recording studios.
A use permitted in a particular zoning district pursuant
to provisions of Parts 21 and 27, herein.
Camouflaging methods applied to wireless communications facilities
which render them more visually appealing or blend the proposed facility
into the existing structure or visual backdrop in such a manner as
to render it minimally visible to the casual observer. Such methods
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 trees, shrubs, and
light poles.
[Added by Ord. 16-07, 8/11/2016]
The part of a building between the surface of any floor and
the next floor above it or in its absence, the finished story if its
floor level is six feet or more above the level of the line of the
finished floor next below it. Any floor under a sloping roof at the
top of a building, which is more than two feet below the top plate
shall be counted as a story; and, if less than two feet below the
top plate, it shall be counted as a half-story. A basement shall be
counted as a story if it averages more than five feet above grade.
Includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway,
parkway, lane, alley, viaduct, and any other ways used or intended
to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians whether public or private.
The center of the existing street right-of-way or, where
such can not be determined, the center of the traveled cartway.
The outcome in a TND when streets form an interconnected
network, both internal to the TND tract and external to other existing,
adjoining streets or street rights-of-way.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
The street line is the line determining the limit of the
street or highway right-of-way, either existing or contemplated. Where
a definite right-of-way width has not been established, the street
line shall be assumed to be at a point 25 feet from the center line
of the existing street.
The wall of a building adjoining a sidewalk at the edge of
the street right-of-way, as in the case of a nonresidential use, or
adjoining a porch, portico, stoop, or front yard landscaped area as
in the case of a residential use; or approved architectural or landscaping
elements at least 30 inches but not more than 48 inches in height,
such as piers, benches, and hedges, in lieu of a building wall. A
street wall shall extend the entire length of the edge of the street
right-of-way, except where curb cuts, driveways and pedestrian access
is provided.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
The space formed between buildings adjoining the street, which is embellished with sidewalks, street trees, streetlights, curbs, on-street parking, and cartways. The streetscape is framed by buildings, which create the "outdoor room" character of the streets as shown in the Design Guidelines in § 22-507 of the SALDO.[6]
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
The division or redivision of a lot, tract or parcel of land
by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions
of land including changes in existing lot lines for the purpose, whether
immediate or future, or lease, partition by the court for distribution
to heirs or devisees, transfer of ownership or building or lot development.
Provided, however, that the subdivision by lease of land for agricultural
purposed into parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving any new
street or easement of access or any residential dwelling, shall be
exempted.
A modification substantially changes the physical dimensions
of any support structure if it meets the criteria established by 47
CFR § 1.6100.
[Amended 11-18-2021 by Ord. No. 21-10]
Definitions shall be in accordance with Chapter 23 of the Susquehanna Township Codified Ordinances, as follows:
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IN-GROUND SWIMMING POOL — Any artificially constructed,
belowground pool capable of being used for swimming or bathing, having
a depth of two feet or more at any point.
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PORTABLE POOL — Any artificially constructed, portable,
aboveground pool capable of being used for swimming or bathing, having
a depth of two feet or more at any point.
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PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL — A pool that is not open to the
public, that is not publicly owned, or not otherwise regulated by
the State of Pennsylvania either by statute or by rules or regulations
of one of its administrative bodies.
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An establishment which serves primarily alcoholic beverages
for mostly on-premise consumption and which is licensed by the Pennsylvania
Liquor Control Board. Taverns may also serve food.
A secondary or higher educational facility primarily teaching
usable skills that prepare students for jobs in a trade and meeting
the state requirements as a vocational facility.[7]
By virtue of engineering or spectrum usage, the proposed
placement for a small wireless facility or its design or site location
can be implemented without a material reduction in the functionality
of the small wireless facility.
[Added 9-9-2021 by Ord.
No. 21-07]
The scientific art and system of assessment, and manual application
to the superficial soft tissue of the skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments,
fascia, and the structures that lie in the superficial tissue using
the hand, foot, knee, arm, elbow, forearm through the systematic external
application of touch, stroking (effleurage), friction, vibration,
percussion, kneading (petrissage), stretching, compression, passive
and active joint movements within the normal physiological range of
motion, and adjunctive external applications of water, heat, and cold.
Therapeutic massage is a way to establish and maintain good muscle
tone promoting relaxation, stimulating circulation, and producing
therapeutic effects on the respiratory, nervous system, and the subtle
interactions between these systems through the mind/body connections,
in a safe, nonsexual environment that respects the client's self determined
outcome for the session. Therapeutic massage may be offered in a variety
of settings such as, health clubs, clinics, or beauty salons.
Any structure that is used for the primary purpose of supporting
one or more antennae, including, but not limited to, self-supporting
lattice towers, guy towers, and monopoles, and the accompanying antenna
and accessory equipment.
Township of Susquehanna, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
A parcel of land that is the subject of a development application.
An area of land developed for a compatible mixture of residential
and nonresidential uses, including buildings that provide for a mix
of uses. Residences, shops, offices, workplaces, public buildings,
and parks are interwoven within the neighborhood so that all are within
relatively close proximity to each other. Traditional neighborhood
development is relatively compact, limited in size and oriented toward
pedestrian activity. It has an identifiable center and discernible
edge. The center of the neighborhood is in the form of a public park,
commons, plaza, square, or prominent intersection of two or more major
streets. There is a hierarchy of streets laid out in a rectilinear
pattern of interconnecting streets and blocks that provide multiple
routes from origins to destinations, designed to serve the needs of
pedestrians and vehicles.
[Added by Ord. 17-04, 2/23/2017]
The specific purpose for which land or a building is designated,
arrange, intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
The term "permitted use" or its equivalent shall not be deemed to
include a nonconforming use.
Relief granted by the zoning hearing board pursuant to the
provisions of Article IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning
Code (Act of 1968, P.L. 805, No 247, as amended).
An area covered with a vegetative material — grass,
shrubs, vines, and trees.
Any lot or structure used for dismantling motor vehicles
for the purpose of selling for scrap or reselling used motor vehicle
parts. The deposit or storage on a lot of two or more unlicensed,
wrecked, or disabled vehicles, or the major part thereof, shall also
be deemed to constitute a vehicle salvage/recycling facility. (A "disabled
vehicle" is a vehicle intended to be self-propelled that shall not
be operable under its own power for any reason or a vehicle that does
not have a valid current registration plate or that has a certificate
of inspection which is more than 60 days beyond the expiration date.)
[Added by Ord. No. 22-05, 8/11/2022]
A place where animals are given medical care and the boarding
of animals is limited to short-term care incidental to the hospital
use.
Land, structures and other appurtenances or improvements
where municipal or residual waste disposal or processing is permitted
or takes place or where hazardous waste is treated, stored or disposed.
The term includes land thereby used or affected during the lifetime
of operations, including areas where solid waste management actually
occurs, support facilities, offices, equipment sheds, air and water
pollution control and treatment systems, access roads, associated
on-site or contiguous collection, transportation and storage facilities,
closure and postclosure care and maintenance activities, contiguous
borrow areas and other activities in which the natural land surface
has been disturbed or used as a result of or incidental to operation
of the facility. A waste facility must meet the requirements of Title
25 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Code, Articles VII to Article
IX and any state or federal act or laws, as applicable and amended,
such as the Solid Waste Management Act, the Clean Streams Law, and
all applicable federal regulation, such as the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA — 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 to
6992) and 40 CFR Parts 260 — 279. A waste disposal or processing
plant may include landfills, incinerators, impoundment, transfer facilities,
composting facilities, or resource recovery facilities as defined
in the Pennsylvania Code.
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HAZARDOUS MATERIAL — Materials which have the potential
to damage health or impair safety. Hazardous materials include but
are not limited to inorganic mineral acids or sulphur, fluorine, chlorine,
nitrogen, chromium, phosphorous, selenium, and arsenic and their common
salts; lead, nickel, and mercury and their inorganic salts or metallo-organic
derivatives; coal tar acids, such as phenois and cresois, and their
salts; petroleum products; and radioactive materials. Also included
are floatable materials with the potential to cause physical damage,
such as logs, storage tanks, and large containers.
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HAZARDOUS WASTE — Wastes that, in sufficient quantities
and concentrations, pose a threat to human life, human health, or
the environment when improperly stored, transported, treated or disposed.
In regulating hazardous waste, Pennsylvania uses a Federal list of
over 600 specific wastes. Other wastes are designated "hazardous"
if they contain any of the following characteristics: ignitable, corrosive,
reactive, or toxic. Mixtures of hazardous and nonhazardous waste are
also labeled hazardous. The hazardous waste designation does not include
low-level radioactive waste, which is covered under separate state
and federal rules.
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MUNICIPAL WASTE — Garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom
or office waste and other material, including solid, liquid, semisolid
or contained gaseous material resulting from operation of residential,
municipal, commercial or institutional establishments and from community
activities; and sludge not meeting the definition of residual or hazardous
waste under this Section from a municipal, commercial or institutional
water supply treatment plant, waste water treatment plant or air pollution
control facility.
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RESIDUAL WASTE — Garbage, refuse, other discarded material
or other waste, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous
materials resulting from industrial, mining and agricultural operations
and sludge from an industrial, mining or agricultural water supply
treatment facility, wastewater treatment facility or air pollution
control facility, if it is not hazardous. The term does not include
coal refuse as defined in the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act.
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The Pennsylvania Wireless Broadband Collocation Act (53 P.S.
§ 11702.1 et seq.).
[Added by Ord. 16-07, 8/11/2016; amended 11-18-2021 by Ord. No. 21-10]
Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in
selling new durable or nondurable goods to retailers; industrial,
commercial, institutional, or professional business users; to other
wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers and buying merchandise
for, or selling merchandise to, such individuals or companies.
[Amended by Ord. No. 22-05, 8/11/2022]
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DURABLE GOODS WHOLESALERS — Wholesalers of motor vehicles
and motor vehicle parts and supplies; furniture and home furnishings;
lumber and other construction materials; professional and commercial
equipment and supplies; metal and minerals; electrical goods; hardware,
plumbing and heating equipment and supplies; machinery, equipment,
and supplies; and miscellaneous durable goods.
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NONDURABLE GOODS WHOLESALERS — Wholesalers of paper and
paper products; drugs and druggist sundries; apparel, piece goods,
and notions; groceries and related products; farm product raw materials:
chemical and allied products; petroleum and petroleum products; beer,
wine, and distilled alcoholic beverages; and miscellaneous nondurable
goods.
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Transmissions through the airwaves, including, but not limited
to, infrared line-of-sight, cellular, PCS, microwave, satellite, or
radio signals.
[Added by Ord. 16-07, 8/11/2016]
An antenna facility or a wireless support structure that
is used for the provision of wireless service, whether such service
is provided on a stand-alone basis or commingled with other wireless
communications services.
[Added by Ord. 16-07, 8/11/2016; amended 11-18-2021 by Ord. No. 21-10]
Any person that applies for a wireless communication facility
building permit, zoning approval, and/or permission to use the public
right-of-way (ROW) or other Township-owned land or property.
[Added by Ord. 16-07, 8/11/2016; amended 11-18-2021 by Ord. No. 21-10]
A pole, tower, base station, or other building, whether or
not it has an existing antenna facility that is used or is to be used
for the provision of wireless service (whether on its own or commingled
with other types of services).
[Added by Ord. 16-07, 8/11/2016; amended 11-18-2021 by Ord. No. 21-10]
An open space that lies between the principal building or
buildings and the nearest lot line or street line.
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YARD, BUFFER — A yard covered with vegetation and intended
to provide an area of separation between different districts or uses.
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YARD, FRONT — An open unoccupied space on the same lot
with a main building, extending the full width of the lot and situated
between the street line and the front line of the building projected
to the side lines of the lot. The depth of the front yard shall be
measured between the front line of the building and the street lines.
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YARD, REAR — An open unoccupied space on the same lot
with a main building, extending the full width of the lot and situated
between the full width of the lot and situated between the real line
of the lot and the rear line of the building projected to the side
lines of the lot. The depth of the rear yard shall be measured between
the rear line of the lot and the rear line of the building. A building
shall not extend into the required rear yard.
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YARD, SIDE — An open unoccupied space n the same lot with
the building between the building and the side line of the lot and
extending from the front yard to the rear yard. Any lot line not a
rear line or a front line shall be deemed a side line. A building
shall not extend into the required side yards.
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YIELD PLAN — One of two methods of determining the maximum
number of permitted dwelling units in a conservation subdivision where
the yield plan is a conceptual layout plan in accordance with the
standards of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, containing
proposed lots, streets, rights-of-way, and other pertinent features.
Although the yield plan is drawn to scale, it need not be based on
a field survey. The yield plan is based on a chosen density factor
of a given conservation subdivision option and is applied to the gross
tract acreage. The actual methodology is provided in Susquehanna Township
Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance. The other method is the
adjusted tract area approach.
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Refers to the Zoning Hearing Board of Susquehanna Township.
The official zoning map of Susquehanna Township adopted under
the Susquehanna Township Zoning Ordinance, together with all amendments
thereto subsequently adopted.
The duly constituted municipal official designated to administer
and enforce this Chapter. The Zoning Officer shall administer this
Chapter in accordance with its literal terms.
The Susquehanna Township Zoning Ordinance, as amended.
A permit stating that the purpose for which a building or
land is to be used is in conformity with the uses permitted and all
other requirements under this Chapter for the zone in which it is
located or is to be located.
[1]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "height of a telecommunications
tower," which immediately followed, was repealed 11-18-2021 by Ord. No. 21-10.
[3]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 10231.101 et seq.
[4]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "municipal, county,
state and federal buildings and facilities," which immediately followed,
was repealed by Ord. No. 22-05, 8/11/2022.
[5]
Editor's Note: Said exhibits are included as an attachment to this chapter.
[7]
Editor’s Note: The definition of “telecommunications
structures” and its subdefinitions of “antenna,”
‘communication company,” “communication structure
height,” “co-usage,” and “freestanding tower,”
which immediately followed this definition, were repealed 8/11/2016
by Ord. 16-07. The defintitions of "telecommunications antenna" and
"telecommunications tower," which immediately followed, were repealed 11-18-2021 by Ord. No.
21-10.
