For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings herein indicated:
ACCESSORY BUILDINGSee definition of "building."
ACCESSORY USESee definition of "use."
Any equipment serving or being used in conjunction with a
WCF 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 5-16-2022 by Ord.
No. 2022-01]
Land available for agricultural purposes that contains soils
with a land capability classification of Class 1 or Class 2 or listed
as prime farmland in the Official Soil Survey provided by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service,
Web Soil Survey (http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/). In addition,
other lands available for agricultural purposes identified in the
Official Soil Survey with a land capability classification of Class
3 or listed as farmland of statewide importance in the Official Soil
Survey are considered agricultural land for the purposes of this chapter,
unless otherwise specified.
As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement
in the structural parts, or an enlargement or diminution, whether
by extending on a side or by increasing in height, or the moving from
one location or position to another.
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.
[Amended 2-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3; 5-16-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-01]
LOT AREAThe area contained within the property lines of the individual parcels of land shown on a subdivision plan or required by this chapter, excluding any area within an existing or designated future street right-of-way, or any area required as open space under this chapter, and including the area of any easements.
FLOOR AREAThe sum of the areas of the several floors of the building or structure, including areas used for human occupancy or required for the conduct of the business or use, and basements, attics, and penthouses, as measured from the exterior faces of the walls. It does not include cellars, unenclosed porches, attics not used for human occupancy, nor any floor space in an accessory building or in the main building intended or designed for the parking of motor vehicles in order to meet the parking requirements of this chapter, nor any such floor space intended and designed for accessory heating and ventilating equipment.
A space having 1/2 or more of its floor-to-ceiling height
above the average level of the adjoining ground and with a floor-to-ceiling
height of not less than 6 1/2 feet. A basement shall be counted
as a story for the purposes of height measurement or the determination
of square footage or floor area.
A person occupying any room, or group of rooms, forming a
single, habitable unit used or intended to be used for living and
sleeping, but not for cooking or eating purposes, and paying compensation
for lodging or board and lodging by prearrangement for a week or more
at a time to an owner or operator. Any person occupying such room
or rooms and paying such compensation with prearrangement for less
than a week at a time shall be classified for purposes of this chapter
not as a boarder, roomer, or lodger, but as a guest of a commercial
lodging establishment (motel, hotel, inn, guesthouse, tourist home).
Any structure having a roof of any construction supported
by columns, piers, walls or other supports, including but not limited
to tents and awnings, lunch wagons, trailers, dining cars, camp cars,
mobile homes or other structures on wheels having a fixed location.
BUILDING, ACCESSORYA subordinate building located on the same lot as a principal building and clearly incidental and subordinate to the principal building. Any portion of a principal building devoted, or intended to be devoted, to an accessory use is not an accessory building.
BUILDING, PRINCIPALA building in which is conducted, or intended to be conducted, the principal use of the lot on which it is located.
That percentage of the lot area covered by building area.
The building envelope shall be defined by the required setbacks. The building envelope shall not include the area of any required setbacks (except for driveways which would cross yards), buffer yards, natural features with one-hundred-percent protection standard and the portion of those natural features that may not be developed or intruded upon as specified in § 195-60, Natural resource protection standards.
A vertical distance measured from the average grade level
surrounding the building to the top of the highest point on the building,
including mechanical equipment, communication facilities and HVAC
or similar materials or structures placed or installed on the roof.
A line across the front of a property if measured from the
location of the forwardmost point of the primary structure on the
property.
The rear line of the minimum front yard, as herein designated
for each use and each district, measured at a distance equal to and
no greater than the minimum front yard from the street line or at
the minimum lot width, whichever is greater. For exceptions, see "lane
lot" definition.[1]
The minimum distance between buildings. The minimum building
spacing shall be measured from the outermost wall or projection, excluding
bay windows, chimneys, flues, columns, ornamental features, cornices,
and gutters. These exceptions may encroach no more than two feet.
A line which dictates the placement of a building or structure
from the street right-of-way line on which the building fronts. On
a corner lot, there shall be a build-to line on both sides of the
lot which have street frontage.
A space with less than 1/2 of its floor-to-ceiling height
above the average finished grade of the adjoining ground or with a
floor-to-ceiling height of less than 6 1/2 feet. A cellar is
not counted as a story for the purposes of height measurement or the
determination of square footage or floor area unless the cellar is
used for dwelling, office, or business purposes.[2]
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 2-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3; amended 5-16-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-01]
Real estate, portions of which are designated for separate
ownership and the remainder of which is designated for common ownership
solely by the owners of those portions. Real estate is not a condominium
unless the undivided interests in the common elements are vested in
the unit owners. A condominium is a unit with all of the following
characteristics:
The unit may be any permitted land use. A condominium is an
ownership arrangement, not a land use.
All, or a portion of, the exterior open space and any community interior spaces are owned and maintained in accordance with the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act, 68 Pa.C.S.A. § 3101 et seq., and in accordance with the provisions for open space, roads, or other development features in this chapter and Chapter 163, Subdivision and Land Development.
A measure of the number of dwelling units per unit of area.
Density shall be expressed in dwelling units per acre.
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.
Network of spatially separated antenna sites connected to
a common source that provides wireless service within a geographic
area or structure.
[Added 2-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3]
A group of rooms or a single room, occupied or intended for
occupancy as a single habitable unit by a family or other group of
persons living together or by a person living alone.
Any request for modification of an existing tower or base
station that does not substantially change the physical dimensions
of such tower or base station, involving:
[Added 5-16-2022 by Ord.
No. 2022-01]
A condition that constitutes a clear and immediate danger
to the health, welfare, or safety of the public, or has caused or
is likely to cause facilities in the rights-of-way to be unusable
and result in loss of the services provided.
[Added 2-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3]
A person who is employed or is engaged in gainful activity.
For the purposes of this chapter, the term shall refer to the maximum
number of employees on duty at any time at a place of business, whether
the employees are full- or part-time. If shifts are involved in which
two shifts overlap, it refers to the total of both shifts.
In area surrounding or adjacent to a wireless support structure
within which base stations, power supplies, or accessory equipment
are located.
[Added 5-16-2022 by Ord.
No. 2022-01]
A parcel of ground, the principal use of which is agriculture.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
Federal Communications Commission.
[Added 2-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3]
Any composition or device for the purpose of producing a
visible or an audible effect for entertainment purposes by combustion,
deflagration or detonation that meets the definition of 1.4G fireworks
or 1.3G fireworks as defined in APA Standard 87-1.
[Added 10-18-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-02]
CONSUMER FIREWORKSAs defined in Pennsylvania law," Fireworks, Definitions," the term "consumer fireworks" shall mean and include any combustible or explosive composition or any substance or combination of substances which is intended to produce visible or audible effects by combustion and which is suitable for use by the public, complies with the construction, performance, composition and labeling requirements promulgated by the Consumer Products Safety Commission in 16 CFR (relating to commercial practices) or any successor regulation and which complies with the provisions for "consumer fireworks" as defined in the American Pyrotechnics Association (APA) Standard 87-1, or any successor standard. The term does not include devices as ground and hand-held sparkling devices, novelties and toy caps in APA Standard 87-1 or any successor standard.
DISPLAY FIREWORKSAs defined in Pennsylvania law, "Fireworks, Definitions," the term "display fireworks" shall mean large fireworks to be used solely by professional pyrotechnicians and designed primarily to produce visible or audible effects by combustion, deflagration, or detonation. This term includes, but is not limited to, salutes containing more than two grains (130 mg) of explosive materials, aerial shells containing more than 60 grams of pyrotechnic compositions, and other display pieces which exceed the limits of explosive materials for classification as "consumer fireworks" and are classified as fireworks under UN0333 or UN0335 under 49 CFR 172.101 (relating to purpose and use of hazardous materials table).
Any light fixture or lamp that incorporates a reflector or
a refractor to concentrate the light output into a directed beam in
a particular direction.
See the definition of "identified floodplain area."
[Amended 3-16-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-5]
FLOODWAYThat portion of the floodplain, including the watercourse channel and adjacent land areas, which must be reserved to carry the one-hundred-year-recurrence-interval flood without cumulatively increasing that flood elevation more than one foot.
FLOOD FRINGEThat portion of the floodplain which is outside the floodway.
APPROXIMATE ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR-FLOOD BOUNDARYThat portion of the floodplain as identified in the Flood Insurance Study for which no detailed flood profiles or one-hundred-year-flood elevations have been provided.
Areas subject to periodic flooding or listed in the Official
Soil Survey provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resource Conservation Service, Web Soil Survey http://websoilsruvey.nrcs.usda.gov/
as having a flood frequency other than none. The following floodplain
soil types include, but are not limited to, the following: alluvial
land; marsh; Alton gravelly loam, flooded; Pope loam; Bowmansville
silt loam; Rowland silt loam; Hatboro silt loam.
See definition of "area."
The ratio of the floor area to the lot area, as determined
by dividing the floor area by the lot area.
A unit of illuminance. One footcandle is one lumen per square
foot (lm/ft2).
An area comprised of largely mature trees in which the largest
trees measure at least six inches dbh (diameter at breast height or
4 1/2 feet above the ground). The forest shall be measured from
the dripline of the outer trees. Forests are also 10 or more individual
trees which measure at least 10 inches dbh and form a contiguous canopy.
Note that a forest is defined in a manner which is identical to a
woodland. For the purpose of this chapter the two terms shall be interchangeable.
The managing and using for human benefit forestlands and
natural resources that occur on and in association with forestlands.
It includes, but is not limited to, the planting, cultivating, harvesting,
transporting, and selling of trees for commercial purposes.
DIAMETER-BREAST-HEIGHT)T) — Four and one-half feet above grade.
FELLINGThe act of cutting a standing tree so that it falls to the ground.
FOREST COVERA category of forest defined by its species composition and environmental factors.
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANA written description with a map of a specific commercial forestry operation prepared before the operation commences which meets the requirements of § 195-16A(5) of this chapter and the provisions herein.
FOREST PLAN PREPARERA person who has a minimum of four years' experience in the field of forestry, including the preparation of forest management plans.
FOREST TECHNICIANA person who is, at a minimum, a graduate of a two-year forest technician program accredited by the Society of American Foresters.
FORESTERA person who is, at a minimum, a graduate of a four-year college or university forestry curriculum accredited by the Society of American Foresters.
COMMERCIAL FORESTRYThe 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. Clear-cutting or selective cutting of forestlands for a land use change are excluded from this definition.
HAUL ROADA road used to move forest products from the log landing to a public roadway.
INTERMITTENT STREAMA stream identified on USGS mapping, Natural Resources Conservation Service Maps, or as mapped by the Township whose water flow normally occurs in the wetter parts of the year (October through April) or following major storm events.
LANDINGA place where logs are assembled for transportation in loads.
LOPPINGTo cut tops and slash into small pieces to allow material to settle close to the ground.
OPERATORThe individual, partnership, company, firm, association, or corporation engaged in timber harvesting, including his agents, or subcontractors, or employees.
OWNERAn individual, partnership, company, firm, association, or corporation that is in actual control of forestland, whether such control is based on legal or equitable title, or on any other interest entitling the holder to sell or otherwise dispose of any or all of the timber on such land in any manner, and any agents thereof acting on its behalf, such as forestry consultants, who set up and administer timber harvesting.
PERENNIAL STREAMA stream whose water flow normally occurs year-round and is identified on USGS mapping, Natural Resources Conservation Service Maps, or as mapped by the Township.
PERMITWritten permission, warrant, or license granted by a governmental authority.
PRECOMMERCIAL TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENTA 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 landowner, usually because any trees cut are of poor quality, too small, or otherwise of limited marketability or value.
SKID ROADMain route for skidding logs from woods to the landing.
SKID TRAILA temporary trail used for skidding logs from the site of felling to the skid road.
SKIDDINGDragging trees on the ground, by any means, from the stump to the landing.
SLASHDebris left after logging, including logs, chunks, bark, branches, stumps, and broken understory trees or brush.
SNAGSA standing dead tree without branches or the standing portion of a broken-off tree. Snags may provide feeding and/or nesting sites for wildlife.
STANDA grouping of trees of sufficiently uniform species composition, age, and condition to be distinguished from surrounding stands and managed as a single unit.
STAND PRESCRIPTIONThe type of forest management treatment, if any, to be applied to a particular stand to achieve the stated management objectives. The stand prescription should include, but not be limited to, detailed instructions on how that treatment is to be carried out on the ground, the desired residual stand, and details on any other treatments to be applied.
STAND REGENERATION TREATMENTA selection, shelterwood, seed tree, or clear-cut that is designed to replace the existing stand with a new stand of young trees.
TIMBER HARVESTING or LOGGINGThe process of cutting down trees and removing logs from the forest for the primary purpose of sale or commercial processing into wood products. Clear-cutting or selective cutting of forestlands for a land use change are excluded from this definition.
TOPSThe upper portion of a felled tree not merchantable because of small size, taper, or defect.
WATERCOURSEAn intermittent or perennial stream of water, river, canal, brook, creek, or swale identified on USGS (United States Geodetic Survey) or NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service) mapping, and/or delineated waters of the commonwealth.
WILDLIFE HABITATThe native environment of an animal ideally providing all elements for life and growth (food, water, cover, and space).
The sensation produced by luminances within the visual field
that is sufficiently greater than the luminance to which the eyes
are adapted to cause annoyance, discomfort, or loss in visual performance
or visibility.
The height of a luminaire shall be the vertical distance
from the ground directly below the center line of the luminaire to
the lowest direct-light-emitting part of the luminaire.
An activity for gain customarily carried on in a dwelling,
or in a building or structure accessory to a dwelling, clearly incidental
and secondary to the use of the dwelling for residential purposes.
A soil that is saturated, flooded, or pounded long enough
during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions that favor
the growth and regeneration of wetlands vegetation. Wetlands vegetation
are those plant species that have adapted to the saturated soils and
periodic inundations occurring in wetlands. Final determination of
the presence and/or extent of hydric soils rest with the Township
based on soils information provided by the applicant.
Any areas of Warwick Township, classified as special flood
hazard areas (SFHAs) in the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and accompanying
Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) dated March 16, 2014, and issued
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or the most recent
revision thereof, including all digital data developed as part of
the FIS and areas abutting streams and watercourses where the base
flood elevation has not been delineated by a FIS but is inundated
by the base flood.
[Added 3-16-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-5]
Those surfaces which do not absorb water. All buildings,
parking areas, driveways, roads, sidewalks, and any areas in concrete,
asphalt, and packed stone shall be considered impervious surfaces
within this definition. In addition, other areas determined by the
Township Engineer to be impervious within the meaning of this definition
will also be classed as impervious surfaces.
A measure of the intensity of use of a piece of land. It
is measured by dividing the total area of all impervious surfaces
within the site (or lot) by the base site area (or lot area if applicable).
Areas around lakes and ponds measured 100 feet from the permanent
pool elevation.
Natural or artificial bodies of water 1/10 acre or larger
which retain water year-round. Artificial ponds may be created by
dams or result from excavation.
The component of a luminaire that produces light. A generic
term for a man-made source of light, i.e., a light bulb.
Radiant energy that is capable of exciting the retina and
producing a visual sensation. The visible portion of the electromagnetic
spectrum extends from about 380 nanometers to 770 nanometers.
The assembly that houses the lamp or lamps and can include
all or some of the following parts: a housing, a mounting bracket
or pole socket, a lamp holder, a ballast, a reflector or mirror, and/or
a refractor or lens.
A parcel of land, used or set aside and available for use
as the site of one or more buildings and any building accessory thereto
or for any other purpose, in one ownership and not divided by a street,
nor including any land within the right-of-way of a public street
upon which said lot abuts, even if the ownership to such right-of-way
is in the owner of the lot. A lot for the purpose of this chapter
may or may not coincide with a lot of record. A lot shall front on
a public street.
LOT AREASee definition of "area."
CORNER LOTA lot which has an interior angle of less than 135° at the intersection of two street lines. A lot abutting upon a curved street or streets shall be considered a corner lot if the tangent to the curve at the point beginning within the lot or at the points of intersection of the side lot lines with the street lines curves at the point beginning within the lot or at the points intersect at an angle of less than 135°. A corner lot shall be considered to be a lot having no rear yard but having two front yards and two side yards.
THROUGH LOTAn interior lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets.
LOT DEPTHThe mean distance from the street right-of-way line of the lot to its opposite rear line, measured in the general direction of the side lines of the lot.
LOT WIDTHThe distance measured between the side lot lines at the specified distance of the required building setback line. In a case where there is only one side lot line, lot width shall be measured between such side lot line and the opposite rear lot line or street line.
Any boundary line of a lot.
LOT LINE, REARAny lot line which is parallel or within 45° of being parallel to a street line, except for a lot line that is itself a street line, and except that in the case of a corner lot the owner shall have the option of choosing which of the two lot lines that are not street lines is to be considered a rear lot line. In the case of a lot having no street frontage or a lot of an odd shape, only the one lot line farthest from any street shall be considered a rear lot line.
LOT LINE, SIDEAny lot line which is not a street line or a rear lot line.
A standard unit of luminous flux. Photometrically, it is
the luminous flux emitted within a unit solid angle (one steradian)
by a point source having a uniform luminous intensity of one candela.
One footcandle is one lumen per square foot. For the purposes of this
chapter, the lumen-output values shall be the initial lumen output
ratings of a lamp, as specified by the manufacturer of the lamp.
A complete lighting unit consisting of one or more lamps
together with the fixture, other parts designed to control the light
distribution, and other mechanical and electrical components.
Physical and measurable quantity corresponding to the brightness
of a surface in a specific area from which light is emitted or reflected
(e.g., a lamp, luminaire, reflecting material).
A transportable, single-family dwelling unit intended for permanent occupancy, office, or place of assembly, contained in one unit, or in two 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. For the purposes of this chapter, any inhabited mobile home shall be considered a detached dwelling unit and as such shall be subject to all applicable regulations in this or other municipal ordinances. As a structure, a mobile home shall be used only in conformance with § 195-16 and Articles IV through XVIII.
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the
necessary utility connections and other appurtenances (accessory attachments)
necessary for the erection thereon of a single mobile home, which
is leased by the park owner to the occupants of the mobile home erected
on the lot.
See § 195-16.
The improvement, upgrade or expansion of existing WCF or
base stations on an existing wireless support structure or the improvement,
upgrade, or expansion of the WCF 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 5-16-2022 by Ord.
No. 2022-01]
A dwelling unit erected on a foundation and made of one or
more sections built in a factory. The completed unit shall meet the
building code in effect.
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 2-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3]
WCF that are collected on existing structures, such as, but
not limited to buildings, water towers, electrical transmission towers,
utility poles, light poles, traffic signal poles, flagpoles and other
similar structures that do not require the installation of a new tower.
[Added 2-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3; amended 5-16-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-01]
Land which is used or reserved for recreation, agriculture, resource protection, or amenity; it is freely accessible to all residents of the community, except in the case of agricultural lands where access may be restricted; and it is protected by the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 163, Subdivision and Land Development, to ensure that it remains in such uses. Open space does not include land occupied by nonrecreational or nonagricultural buildings, roads, or road rights-of-way, stormwater management facilities, nor does it include the yards or lots of dwelling units or parking areas as required by the provisions of this chapter. Open space for recreational uses may contain impervious surfaces (for recreational, cultural, or agricultural purposes) and such surfaces shall be included in the calculation of the impervious surface ratio. Refer to § 195-62, Open space and recreation facilities, for definitions of common and active open space and for limitations on the use of open space for buffer yards, utility easements, community sewage systems and stormwater management improvements.
A measure of the intensity of land use. It is arrived at
by dividing the total amount of open space within the site by the
base site area.
Individuals, corporations, companies, associations, joint-stock
companies, firms, partnerships, limited-liability companies, corporations
and other entities established pursuant to statutes of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, provided that "person" does not include, or apply
to, the township or to any department or agency of the township.
[Added 2-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3]
Land available for agricultural purposes that contains soils
with a land capability classification of Class 1 or Class 2 or listed
as prime farmland in the Official Soils Survey provided by the U.S.
Department of Agricultural, Natural Resources Conservation Service,
Web Soil Survey (http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/). In addition,
other lands available for agricultural purposes identified in the
Official Soil Survey with a land capability classification of Class
3 or listed as farmlands of statewide importance in the Official Soil
Survey are also considered prime farmland for the purposes of this
chapter.
PRINCIPAL BUILDINGSee definition of "building."
PRINCIPAL USESee definition of "use."
The replacement of existing WCF 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 WCF initially installed and that
does not substantially change the physical dimensions of the existing
wireless support structure.
[Added 5-16-2022 by Ord.
No. 2022-01]
Zoning districts which primarily permit residential and agricultural
uses. Zoning districts meeting this definition as of the effective
date of this chapter are RA Residential Agricultural District, R1
Residential-Agricultural Districts, R1a Residential-Agricultural District,
R2 Residential District, RR Residential-Agricultural District, RG
Residential-Agricultural, MF-1 Multifamily Residential District, and
MF-2 Multifamily Residential District.
[Added 2-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3]
A strip of land to be designated by law or on the public
record as occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, crosswalk,
sanitary or storm sewer, stream, drainage ditch or for another special
use.
EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAYThe legal right-of-way as established by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or other appropriate governing body or agency, and currently in existence.
ULTIMATE RIGHT-OF-WAYAn area along the right-of-way of a public street deemed necessary to provide adequate width for future street improvements.
PUBLIC SEWERAny municipal or privately owned sewer system in which sewage is collected and piped to an approved sewage disposal plant or central septic tank disposal system. It may also be referred to as "off-lot" or "off-site" sewer. This shall include capped sewers when installed to Township specifications.
PRIVATE SEWERAn "on-lot" disposal system generally providing for disposal of effluent for only one building or a group of buildings on a single lot.
COMMUNITY SEWAGE SYSTEMA system for the treatment of effluent from two or more homes that is applied to the land either on the surface or below.
See Article XXII.
A parcel or parcels of land intended to have one or more
buildings or intended to be subdivided into one or more lots.
All land area within the site as defined in the deed. This
area shall be determined from actual site survey rather than from
a deed description.
The area of the site remaining after subtracting land which is not continuous, land previously subdivided, and road and utility rights-of-way from the site area. See § 195-61 for the specific calculations.
The area of the site which may be altered, disturbed, or regraded for development purposes. The net buildable site area could contain buildings, roads, parking areas, sewage systems, and stormwater management facilities. The net buildable site area would not contain required open space, recreation areas, and natural resource protection areas. See § 195-61 for the specific calculations.
The maximum number of lots or dwelling units, the maximum impervious surfaces, the net buildable site area, and the minimum required open space as calculated under the provisions of § 195-61, Application of natural resource protection standards.
WCF that meets the following criteria:
[Added 5-16-2022 by Ord.
No. 2022-01]
The wireless support structure on which antenna facilities are
mounted that:
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 WCF (excluding antennas)
is cumulatively no more than 28 cubic feet in volume;
The WCF does not require antenna structure registration under
47 CFR Part 17;
The WCF is not located on tribal lands, as defined under 36
CFR 800.16(x); and
The WCF does not result in human exposure to radiofrequency
radiation in excess of the applicable safety standards specified in
47 CFR 1.1307(b).
Camouflaging methods applied to WCF and accessory equipment
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 2-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3; amended 5-16-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-01]
Areas where the average slope exceeds 8% which, because of
this slope, are subject to high rates of stormwater runoff and, therefore,
erosion and flooding.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or, if there
is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling
next above it and including those basements used for the principal
use. A "half story" is a space under a sloping roof which has the
line of intersection of the roof and wall face not more than three
feet above the floor level, and in which space the possible floor
area with head room of five feet or less occupies at least 40% of
the total floor area of the story directly beneath.
That story with its floor level immediately above the average
finished grade level of the adjoining ground at any particular point
or side of the building.
Includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway,
parkway, land, viaduct and any other ways used or intended to be used
by vehicular traffic or pedestrians, whether public or private, and
also providing access to abutting properties.
The dividing line between the lot and the ultimate right-of-way
of the street.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not permanently affixed to the
land.
A modification substantially changes the physical dimensions
of a support structure if it meets the criteria established by 47
CFR 1.6100.
Any structure that is used for the primary purpose of supporting
one or more antennas, including, but not limited to, self-supporting
lattice towers, guy towers and monopoles, and the accompanying antenna
and accessory equipment.
[Added 2-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3; amended 5-16-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-01]
Warwick Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
[Added 2-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3]
A facility where municipal solid waste is delivered for the
purpose of separating, compacting or using some other means to prepare
the material into larger vehicles for transport to a final disposal
site or processing facility. (A transfer station may include the separation
and collection of material for the purpose for recycling.)
Those which measure at least 10 inches dbh (diameter at breast
height or 4 1/2 feet above the ground).
Any activity, occupation, business, or operation carried
on, or intended to be carried on, in a building or other structure
or on a tract of land.
USE, ACCESSORYA use located on the same lot with a principal use, and clearly incidental or subordinate to, and in connection with, the principal use.
USE, PRINCIPALThe main use on a lot.
Those services customarily rendered by public utility corporations,
municipalities, or municipal authorities, in the nature of electricity,
gas, telephone, water, and sewerage, including the appurtenances used
in connection with the supplying of such services (buildings, wires,
pipes, poles, and the like).
Pennsylvania Wireless Broadband Collocation Act (53 P.S. § 11702.1
et seq.).
[Added 5-16-2022 by Ord.
No. 2022-01]
These areas of hydric soils supporting wetland vegetation
where the water table is at or near the surface or where shallow water
covers the site due to permanent or seasonal inundation of surface
water or groundwater, including swamps, marshes, bogs or other areas
meeting the wetland criteria established by the Department of Environmental
Protection or the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
[Amended 3-7-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-1]
The transitional area extending from the outer limit of the
wetland. For the purposes of this chapter, the wetlands margin shall
extend 100 feet from the wetland boundary or to the limit of the hydric
soils, whichever is less.
Transmissions through the airwaves, including, but not limited
to, infrared line of sight, cellular, PCS, microwave, satellite, or
radio signals.
[Added 2-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3]
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 2-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3; amended 5-16-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-01]
Any person that applies for a wireless communications facility
building permit, zoning approval and/or permission to use the public
right-of-way or other township-owned land or property.
[Added 2-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3]
A pole, tower, base station, structure or similar support
system, whether or not it has an existing antenna facility, that is
used or to be used for the provision of wireless service (whether
on its own or commingled with other types of services).
[Added 2-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3; amended 5-16-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-01]
Areas comprised of largely mature trees in which the largest
trees measure at least six inches dbh (diameter at breast height or
4 1/2 feet above the ground). The woodlands shall be measured
from the dripline of the outer trees. Woodlands are also 10 or more
individual trees which measure at least 10 inches dbh and form a contiguous
canopy.
An open space unobstructed from the ground up on the same
lot with a structure, extending along a lot line or street line and
inward to the nearest structure on the lot, exclusive of steps, overhanging
eaves, gutters or cornices and chimneys which protrude less than two
feet from the foundation. The size of a required yard shall be measured
as the shortest distance between the structure and a lot line or street
line.
YARD, FRONTA yard between a structure and a street line and extending the entire length of the street line. In the case of a corner lot, the yards extending along all streets are front yards. In the case of a lot other than a corner lot that fronts on more than one street, the yards extending along all streets are front yards.
YARD, REARA yard between a structure and rear lot line and extending the entire length of the rear lot line.
YARD, SIDEA yard between a structure and a side lot line, extending from the front yard to the rear yard. In the case of a lot having no street frontage or a lot of odd shape, any yard that is not a front yard or a rear yard shall be considered a side yard.
[1]
Editor's Note: This definition can be found within the definition
for “lot.”
[2]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "cellular telecommunications
facility," which immediately followed, was repealed 2-18-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-3.
[3]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed the former definition
of "tower or pole," which immediately followed.
