For the purpose of this chapter, words used in the present tense shall include the future. The singular number shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular. The masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter. The word "shall" is always mandatory. The word "building" includes "structure" and shall be construed as if followed by the words "or any part thereof." The phrase "used for" includes "arranged for," "person" includes an individual, corporation, partnership, incorporated association, or any other legal entity. The word "includes" or "including" shall not limit the term to the specified example, but is intended to extend its meaning to all other instances of like kind and character.
Definitions contained herein shall be interpreted as consistent with the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended, and the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code, as adopted by the Borough of Edgewood. Otherwise, all words and phrases as defined within this chapter shall have their normal meanings and usage. Definitions taken from the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code are noted as "MPC" and Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code are noted as "UCC."
The following words and phrases shall have the meaning given in this section:
ACCESSORY BUILDING
A subordinate building, incidental to, and located on the same lot as, the principal building, and used for an accessory use.
ACCESSORY DWELLING
A dwelling unit of one bedroom or less located above a garage or similar accessory building, or a portion thereof.
ACCESSORY USE
A use incidental to, and subordinate to, and located on the same lot occupied by the principal use to which it relates.
ADJACENT
For the purposes of this chapter, refers to a structure of a lot that would be adjoining, but may be separated by a right of way, easement, stream, or a single vacant lot.
ADJOINING LOT
A lot that shares a property line with another and has no intervening street or alley right-of-way.
AREA
Area of a lot or site shall be calculated from dimensions derived by horizontal projections of the site.
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY
Any premises in which food, shelter, assisted living services, assistance or supervision and supplemental health care services are provided for a period exceeding 24 hours for four or more adults who are not relatives of the operator, who require assistance or supervision in matters such as dressing, bathing, diet, financial management, evacuation from the residence in the event of an emergency or medication prescribed for self-administration, and licensed and regulated as such by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. For the purpose of this chapter, assisted living facilities shall be considered as nursing homes.
BASEMENT
A floor level completely below grade or floor level in which more than two-thirds of the perimeter walls are below grade. A wail shall be considered below grade where the dimension from the first floor line to the finished grade is five feet or less, and the slope of the finished grade extending 10 feet from the building walls does not exceed 30°.
BED AND BREAKFAST
An owner-occupied residence offering, for pay, overnight or short-term lodging and breakfast for transient guests.
BILLBOARD
A sign that identifies or communicates a commercial or non-commercial message related to an activity conducted, a service rendered, or a commodity sold at a location other than where the sign is located.
BOTTLE CLUB
An establishment operated for profit or pecuniary gain, which has a capacity for the assemblage of 20 or more persons and in which alcoholic liquors, alcohol or malt or brewed beverages are not legally sold but where alcoholic liquors, alcohol or malt or brewed beverages are either provided by the operator or agents or employees of the operator for consumption on the premises or are brought into or kept at the establishment by the patrons or persons assembling there for use and consumption. The term shall not include a licensee under the act of April 12, 1951, (P.L. 90, No. 21), known as the Liquor Code, or any organization as set forth in § 6 of the Act of December 19, 1990, (P.L. 1200, No. 202), known as the Solicitation of Funds for Charitable Purposes Act.
BUILDING
A roofed structure, whether or not enclosed by walls, to be used for the shelter, enclosure or protection of persons, goods, materials or animals.
BUILDING OR SET-BACK LINE
The line to which a building or structure may encroach toward a yard or setback.
BUILDING MATERIAL/SUPPLY YARDS
The storage of material in outdoor yards for retail sale, including lumber, pipe, culverts block, landscaping supplies, mulch, stone, and similar bulk items.
BUSINESS SERVICES
Any business activity that renders service to other commercial or industrial enterprises, including banks, credit unions, commercial printing enterprises, and other financial services.
CAR WASH
An area of land and/or a structure with machine- or hand-operated facilities used principally for the cleaning, washing, polishing, or waxing of motor vehicles.
CEMETERY
Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including columbariums, crematories, mausoleums, and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with and within the boundaries of such cemetery.
COMMERCIAL RECREATION, INDOOR
A facility which offers various indoor recreational opportunities for its patrons including such games as: pool, billiards, bowling, video or computer games, other electronic simulation games, card and board games and similar pursuits.
CONDITIONAL USE
A use to be allowed or denied by the Borough Council pursuant to public notice and hearing and recommendations by the Borough Planning Commission and pursuant to the express standards and criteria set forth in this chapter. In allowing a conditional use, the Borough Council may attach such reasonable conditions and safeguards, in addition to those expressed in this chapter, as it may deem necessary to implement the purposes of the Municipalities Planning Code and of this chapter.
CONSTRUCTION
The construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, extension, expansion, alteration or relocation of a building or structure.
CONVENIENCE STORE
A small store, selling a limited variety of food and nonfood products, including prepared food but with limited or no patron seating, typically with extended hours of operation. Convenience stores may also sell gasoline or other motor vehicle fuels.
COURT
An open, uncovered space, unobstructed to the sky, bounded on three or more sides by exterior building walls or other enclosing devices. (UCC)
COVERAGE
The percentage of a lot covered by buildings or structures, measured as gross floor area divided into lot area.
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
A facility that provides lodging, meals, counseling, treatment, and rehabilitation to adjudicated delinquents, parolees, and individuals, with security to confine said persons. This definition includes community corrections centers as well as other similar transitional housing for offenders.
DAY CARE CENTERS
Facilities in which care is provided for seven or more children, at any one time, where the child care areas are not used as a family residence.
DAY CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN (DAY CARE)
Provides out-of-home care for part of a twenty-four-hour day to children less than 16 years of age, excluding care provided by relatives and excluding day care furnished in places of worship during religious services. This chapter identifies three levels of day care services for children, family day care, group day care and day care centers, childcare for less than four children will not be considered as day care services. The definition of day care services shall be subject to licensing changes by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. Adult day care will be considered as essentially the same use.
DWELLING
A building housing a dwelling unit, including the following subcategories:
A. 
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGA building containing only one dwelling unit.
B. 
TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGA building containing two dwelling units, collectively defined under this chapter as a duplex, regardless of configuration.
C. 
MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGA building containing three or more dwelling units, including apartment houses, townhouses, flats, and garden apartments. Class one multiple family dwelling has six or fewer dwelling units per building, and class two have seven or more dwelling units per building.
D. 
DETACHED DWELLINGA dwelling with yards on all four sides.
DWELLING UNIT
A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation. (UCC)
EATING AND DRINKING PLACES
A business establishment whose principal business is the selling of unpackaged food to the customer in a ready-to-consume state.
ESSENTIAL SERVICES
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes conduit cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith; reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate services by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies or for the public health and safety or general welfare, but not including buildings.
EQUIPMENT SALES AND SERVICE
Businesses involved in the sale, rental, or servicing of motor vehicles or machinery not necessarily intended for registration, licensing, and travel on highways, including those used for agriculture, forestry, and construction.
FAMILY
An individual, or two or more persons related by blood, marriage, adoption or foster child care, including domestic servants or gratuitous guests, thereof, or a group of not more than three unrelated persons living together without supervision in a dwelling unit; or, any number of persons protected by the provisions of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq., as now or hereafter amended) living together in a group residence with supervision, provided those persons do not have a criminal record. Family shall not include persons living together in a halfway house, assisted living facility, or nursing home, as defined herein, or any other supervised group living arrangement for persons other than those protected by the Fair Housing Act, or persons who constitute a direct threat to others or their physical property.
FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES
Facilities in which day care services are provided at any one time to four, five, or six children who are not relatives of the care giver, or any facility defined as such by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare.
FLEA MARKET
A business which leases outdoor, tent or partially enclosed space to persons who wish to vend a variety of new and used goods for sale to the general public by displaying those goods on tables, in or on motor vehicles, or on the ground. This definition does not include farmers' markets, which sell produce, flowers, and similar agricultural products.
FLOOR AREA
The sum of the gross area of the several floors of a building or buildings measured from the exterior face of the exterior walls, or from the center line of the walls separating two buildings.
FORESTRY
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, pursuant to § 603f of the PA Municipalities Planning Code, forestry shall be a permitted use by right in all zoning districts wherein harvesting of timber is not conducted pursuant to any land development. While permitted, forestry is subject to the standards of Article V.
GRADE PLANE
A reference plane representing the average of finished ground level adjoining the building at exterior walls. Where the finished ground level slopes away from the exterior walls, the reference plane shall be established by the lowest points within the area between the building and the lot line or, where the lot line is more than six feet from the building, between the building and a point six feet from the building.(UCC)
GROUP DAY CARE HOMES
Facilities in which care is provided for more than six but less than 12 children, at any one time, where the child care areas are being used as a family residence, or any facility defined as such by the PA Department of Public Welfare. [Care of one to 12 children where the child care areas are not used as a family residence will be considered a day care center.]
GROUP RESIDENCE
A permanent, family-like living arrangement for persons who may have a disability or other limitation that requires additional care or supervision in daily living. This definition does not include group housing for persons who claim to be disabled solely on the basis of having been adjudicated a juvenile delinquent, having a criminal record, or have a status as a sex offender, persons who currently use illegal drugs, persons who have been convicted of the manufacture or sale of illegal drugs, or persons with or without disabilities who present a direct threat to the persons or property of others.
GARAGE OR YARD SALE
A temporary event to sell used household goods from a single family dwelling, an accessory building, or a yard area.
GROSS FLOOR AREA (GFA)
The total floor area for which the tenant pays rent and that is designed for the tenant's occupancy and exclusive use.
HALFWAY HOUSE
A transitional residential facility licensed and operated by a government or social service agency that provides a supervised environment to residents who require psychiatric, correctional or behavioral treatment between periods of institutional and independent living.
HEIGHT, BUILDING
The vertical distance from grade plane to the average height of the highest roof surface. (UCC)
HOME OCCUPATION
A personal service business or outpatient clinic carried on within a home, including therapists, barber and beauty salons, and medical practice. The use must be carried on within the home, by the occupants thereof, which use is clearly incidental and subordinate to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and does not change the residential character of the exterior of the structure.
HOME OFFICE
An accessory use, other than a home occupation, conducted entirely within a dwelling by the residents thereof, which use is clearly secondary to the use of the dwelling for living purposes and which occupies no more than 25% of the usable floor area of the dwelling and which use is limited to an office of an engineer, attorney, architect or similar recognized profession or the office of a consultant, reactor, insurance agent, manufacturer's representative, broker, writer, computer programmer, data processor, word processor, telemarketer or similar occupation. The Home office differs from a no-impact home based business in that one employee is permitted who is also not a resident of the dwelling, and a sign is permitted.
HOSPITAL
An institution providing health services primarily for human medical or surgical care for the sick or injured and including related facilities such as laboratories, out-patient departments, training facilities, central services facilities and staff offices that are an integral part of the facilities.
LIGHT MANUFACTURING
Manufacturing, predominantly from previously prepared materials, of finished products or parts, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment and packaging of such products, and incidental storage and sales, and distribution of such products; provided all manufacturing activities are contained entirely within a building and noise, odor, smoke, heat, glare and vibration resulting from the manufacturing activity are confined entirely in the building.
JUNK
Any discarded material or article, and shall include, but not be limited to, scrap metal, wood, scrapped or abandoned motor vehicles, machinery, equipment, paper, glass, containers and structures. It shall not include, however, refuse or garbage kept in a proper container for the purpose of prompt disposal. For the purpose of this chapter, a proper container shall mean a solid plastic or metal container, with a sealable lid, specifically designed for the storage of waste matter.
LAND OWNER
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land including the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such option or contract is subject to any condition), a lessee if he is authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the land owner, or other per son having a proprietary interest in land. (MPC)
LOT
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. (MPC)
LOT, AREA
The computed area contained within the lot lines. (UCC)
LOT LINE
A line dividing one lot from another or from a street or any public place. (UCC)
MINERALS
Any aggregate or mass of mineral matter, whether or not coherent. The term includes, but is not limited to, limestone and dolomite, sand and gravel, rock and stone, earth, fill, slag, iron ore, zinc ore, vermiculite and clay, anthracite and bituminous coal, coal refuse, peat and crude oil and natural gas. (MPC)
MINERAL EXTRACTION
Mineral extraction shall include all activity which removes from the surface or beneath the surface of the land some material mineral resource, natural resource or other element of economic value, by means of mechanical excavation necessary to separate the desired material from an undesirable one; or to remove the strata or material which overlies or is above the desired material in its natural condition and position.
MOTEL
A building or group of detached or connected buildings designed or used primarily for providing sleeping accommodations for travelers. The definition includes hotels, motor lodges, cottages with full bath and toilet, and similar uses.
NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS
Small-scale retail enterprises intended to benefit neighborhood residents or tourists. Limited retail businesses are distinguished from other retail businesses by a smaller size of less than 5,000 square feet gross floor area and confining all commercial activities indoors.
NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL DISTRIBUTION AND FULFILLMENT CENTER
A building not exceeding 65,000 square feet of gross floor area, often with refrigeration or air conditioning, where finished or packaged goods or products are delivered, stored, sorted and re-packaged inside the building, for further redistribution or delivery to other retail facilities or locations, or in this which retail consumer orders are processed and fulfilled within the building for on-site pickup/delivery directly by retail consumers or indirectly by retail consumer delivery services, and which may include on-site delivery/pickup in designated areas outside of the building and/or at designated publicly accessible kiosks, stations or other such areas.
[Added 11-21-2022 by Ord. No. 1077]
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 satisfy the following requirements:
A. 
The business activity shall be compatible with the residential use of the property and surrounding residential uses.
B. 
The business shall employ up to one employee other than family members residing in the dwelling.
C. 
There shall be no display or sale of retail goods and no stockpiling or inventory of a substantial nature.
D. 
There shall be no outside appearance of a business use, including, but not limited to, parking signs or lights.
E. 
The business activity may not use any equipment or process which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical interference, including interference with radio or television reception, which is detectable in the neighborhood.
F. 
The business activity may not generate any solid waste or sewage discharge, in volume or type, which is not normally associated with residential use in the neighborhood.
G. 
The business activity shall be conducted only within the dwelling and may not occupy more than 25% of the habitable floor area.
H. 
The business may not involve any illegal activity. (MPC)
NONCONFORMING LOT
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. (MPC)
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE
A structure or part of a structure manifestly not designed to comply with the applicable dimensional or extent of use provisions of this chapter or an amendment hereafter enacted, where such structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment of this chapter or amendment or prior to the application of this chapter or amendment to its location by reason of annexation. Such nonconforming structures include, but are not limited to, nonconforming signs. (MPC)
NONCONFORMING USE
A use, whether of land or structure, which does not comply with the applicable use provisions of this chapter or amendment hereafter enacted, where such use was lawfully in existence prior to the enactment of this chapter or amendment or prior to the application of this chapter or amendment to its location by reason of annexation. (MPC)
NURSING HOME
A facility to give long-term skilled care to geriatric or handicapped patients and licensed as such a facility by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. For the purposes of this chapter, a nursing home, as licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania may also include personal care or assisted living options.
OUTPATIENT CLINIC
Buildings or portions thereof used to provide medical care on less than a twenty-four-hour basis to persons who are not rendered incapable of self-preservation by the services provide. (UCC)
PARKING LOT
An at-grade non-building structure or land improved for the purpose of storing automobiles.
PARKING SPACE
An open space with a mud free all-weather surface, or space in a private garage or other structure with an effective length of at least 18 feet and a uniform width of at least nine feet for the storage of one automobile and accessible from a public way.
PERMIT
An official document or certificate issued by the authority having jurisdiction which authorizes performance of a specified activity. (UCC)
PERSONAL CARE HOME
A premise in which food, shelter and personal assistance or supervision are provided for a period exceeding 24 hours, for four or more people who are not relatives of the operator, who do not require the services in a licensed long-term care facility, but who do require assistance or supervision in activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily living. The term includes a premise that has held or greatly holds itself out as a personal care home and provides food and shelter to four or more adults who need personal care services, but who are not receiving the services.
PERSONAL SERVICES
Any enterprise conducted for people who primarily offer services to the general public, such as: shoe repair, valet services, watch repairing, barber shops, beauty parlors, personal fitness instruction, massage therapy and related activities.
PLACE OF WORSHIP AND ASSEMBLY
A place of religious instruction or public gathering, which may include incidental instruction, office and charitable activities. Examples include churches, synagogues, mosques and temples, government assembly halls, indoor museums and libraries. This definition does not include a public school, university, college, trade or commercial school, day care services, or any form of group residence or halfway house.
PLANNED SHOPPING CENTER
A commercial facility developed as a mixture of uses, including retail sales, theaters, personal services and eating and drinking places but planned, constructed, managed or promoted as an integral whole.
PLANNING CODE
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of 1968, as reenacted and amended by Act No. 170 of 1988 and Acts 67 and 68 of 2000, and as further amended from time to time.
PRIVATE CLUBS
Buildings and related facilities owned and operated by an association or group of individuals established for fraternal, social, educational, conservation, recreational or civic benefit of members. Full access to facilities is typically restricted to members and their guests. For the purposes of this chapter, this definition does not include miniature golf, golf driving ranges, paintball, or other uses defined by this chapter as various forms of commercial recreation. It also may not include any sexually oriented business or bottle club.
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
The office or studio of a physician, surgeon, dentist, lawyer, architect, artist, engineer, certified public accountant, real estate broker or salesman, insurance broker or agent, musician, teacher, or similar occupation.
PUBLIC PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
Parks and playgrounds that are owned and operated by the Borough or by an authority created for such purposes by the Borough or any government agency, or another organization, such as a nonprofit, where the use is principally to provide open and free access to the general public for the purposes of recreation, or to preserve natural historic or scenic features of site.
PUBLIC UTILITY BUILDING
A building utilized to shelter activities and materials necessary to maintain essential services as defined by this chapter.
RETAIL SALES
An establishment that offers items for sale within a building (except for incidental and accessory items) and includes hardware, general merchandise, food products, apparel, and clothing accessories, furniture, home furnishing and similar equipment, sporting goods, drugs, specialty food shops, paint stores, electrical supplies, variety stores, department stores, bakeries, dairy products, household appliances, and similar retail or general commercial outlets.
RETAIL LIQUOR STORE
A private enterprise that sells distilled spirits. This definition does not include a state owned and operated liquor store, wholesaler, licensed bar or tavern, stores selling only malted beverages, or a licensed limited winery (or retail outlet thereof) or brewery.
SCREENING
Screening shall mean an opaque fence, screen planting or wall, six feet high, provided in such a way that it will block a line of sight.
SELF SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES
A building consisting of individual, self-contained units that are leased or owned for the storage of business and household goods or contractors supplies.
SERVICE AND REPAIR BUSINESS
A form of equipment service or repair which may include vehicle or machinery repair, and incidental fabrication or retail sales of items.
SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS
Businesses which require a license and meet the definitions contained in the Edgewood Borough Sexually Oriented Business Licensing Ordinance.
SIGN
Any structure, building, wall, or other outdoor surface, or any device or part thereof, which displays or includes any letter, word, model, banner, flag, pennant, insignia, device, or other representations used for announcement, direction, advertisement or identification. The actual area of any sign shall be measured in square feet and determined by the sum of the geometrically computed area(s) encompassing separate individual letters, words, or graphic elements on the background.
SIGN, BUSINESS IDENTIFICATION
A sign that directs attention to a business by identifying the name and/or logo of the business and the principal good or service available.
SIGN, CHANGEABLE COPY
A sign or portion thereof which has a reader board for the display of text information in which each alphanumeric character, graphic or symbol is defined by objects, not consisting of an illumination device and may be changed or re-arranged manually with characters, letters, or illustrations that can be changed or rearranged without altering the face or the surface of the sign.
SIGN, ELECTRONIC
A sign or portion thereof that displays electronic alphanumeric, video or graphic information using different combinations of single color light emitting diodes (LED's), fiber optics, light bulbs or other illumination devices within the display area, and capable of changeable copy or images. Electronic signs include computer programmable, microprocessor or other remotely controlled electronic displays. Electronic changeable copy signs do not include official or time and temperature signs with no other content. Electronic changeable copy signs include projected images or messages with these characteristics onto buildings or other objects.
SIGN, MULTI-VISION
Any sign composed in whole or in part of a series of vertical or horizontal slats or cylinders that are capable of being rotated at intervals so that partial rotation of the group of slats or cylinders produces a different image and when properly functioning allows, on a single sign structure, the display at any given time, one of two or more images.
SIGN, FACADE, FASCIA, OR WALL
A sign that is in any manner affixed to any exterior wall of a building or structure and that projects not more than 18 inches from the building or structure wall. Also includes signs affixed to architectural projections that project from a building provided the copy area of such signs remains on a parallel plane to the face of the building facade or to the face or faces of the architectural projection to which it is affixed.
SIGN, FREESTANDING
A sign principally supported by one or more columns, poles, or braces placed in or upon the ground.
SIGN, FREESTANDING MONUMENT
A freestanding sign where the supporting structure of the sign face is architecturally and aesthetically integrated into the overall design of the sign and the base of supporting structure is often embellished to conceal all structural or support members. Either 80% of the base supporting structure shall be in contact with the ground, or the lowest portion of the sign face shall be no greater than three feet six inches from the ground. The sign face should be solid and not intended to be a pole type design.
SIGN, FREESTANDING POLE
A sign erected, supported, mounted on a pole or poles which is wholly independent of any building or other structure for support.
SIGN, PROJECTING
A sign other than a wall sign that is attached to or projects more than 18 inches from a building face or wall or from a structure whose primary purpose is other than the support of a sign.
SIGN, ROOF
A sign mounted on the main roof portion of a building or on the uppermost edge of a parapet wall of a building and which is wholly or partially supported by such building. Signs mounted on mansard facades, pent eaves, and architectural projections such as canopies or marquees shall not be considered to be roof signs.
SIGN, SANDWICH BOARD
A temporary sign created by attaching two sign faces along a hinge line, intended to be self-supporting.
SIGN, WINDOW
A sign affixed to the surface of a window with its message intended to be visible to exterior environment.
SPECIAL EXCEPTION
A use permitted with special permission granted by the Zoning Hearing Board, to occupy or use land and/or a building for specific purposes in accordance with the criteria set forth in this chapter when such use is not permitted by right.
STORY
That portion of a building located between the surface of any floor and the next floor above; if there is not more than one floor the space between any floor and the ceiling next above it shall be considered a story. However, an intermediate level or levels between the floor and ceiling of any story and in accordance with § 505 of the Uniform Construction Code, otherwise known as a mezzanine, shall be considered as part of the story below.
STREET
Includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway, lane, alley, viaduct and any other ways used or in tended to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians whether public or private. (MPC)
STRUCTURE
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land. (MPC)
SWIMMING POOL
Any structure intended for swimming, recreational bathing or wading that contains water over 24 inches (610 mm) deep. This includes in-ground, above-ground and on-ground pools; hot tubs; spas and fixed-in-place wading pools. (UCC)
TATTOO AND BODY PIERCING STUDIO
A business that inscribes any indelible design, letter, scroll, figure, symbol, or other mark placed with the aid of needles or other instruments; or any design, letter, scroll, figure or symbol done by scarring upon or under the skin or the perforation of any human body part other than an earlobe for the purpose of inserting jewelry or other decoration or for some other nonmedical purpose.
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FACILITY
A structure whose principal use is to provide shelter for more than a twelve-hour period to two or more persons who are homeless, subject to abuse, under a protection from abuse order, or whom otherwise need transitional housing, but are not persons in group housing due to being adjudicated a juvenile delinquent, having a criminal record, or have a status as a sex offender, or persons who currently use illegal drugs, or persons who have been convicted of the manufacture or sale of illegal drugs, or persons with or without disabilities who present a direct threat to the persons or property of others. (See also "halfway house").
UPPER FLOOR DWELLING
A dwelling unit that is located above the ground floor of commercial, retail or office uses and contains a separate entrance.
YARD
An open space, other than a court, unobstructed from the ground to the sky, except where specifically provided by this code, on the lot on which a building is situated (UCC).
YARD, FRONT
A yard extending the full width of the lot extending from the any lot line abutting a street to the front line of a principal building, as defined herein, and measured perpendicular to the building at the closest point to the front lot line.
YARD, REAR
A yard extending the full width of a lot between the rear wall of a principal building and the rear lot line measured perpendicular to the building at the closest point to the rear lot line. In the case of a corner lot, the rear yard shall be opposite to the front yard which adjoins the street which defines the street address of the lot.
YARD, SIDE
A yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the principal building and the side lot line, or in the case of a corner lot, the yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the principal building and the line separating the lot from the side street.
YARD SALE
See "garage sale."
ZONING OFFICER
The Zoning Officer of the Borough or his/her authorized representative, assistant or deputy.