[Ord. 315, 9/11/1974; as amended by Ord. 514, 7/15/2009,
§ XII; by Ord. 519, 4/21/2010, § VI; by Ord. 520,
7/21/2010, § III; by Ord. 524, 3/2/2011, § III;
by Ord. 547, 7/17/2013, § 1; and by A.O.]
A structure customarily incidental and subordinate to the
principal structure and use and located on the same lot as the principal
structure and use.
[Added by Ord. No. 585-19-05, 12/18/2019]
A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal
use and located on the same lot as the principal use.
An establishment consisting of, including, or having the
characteristics of any or all of the following:
ADULT BOOK STOREAn establishment having as a substantial or significant portion of its stock-in-trade, and offers for sale, books, magazines, publications, tapes, or films that are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to sexual activities or anatomical genital areas.
ADULT MINI-MOTION PICTURE THEATERAn enclosed building with a capacity for less than 50 persons used for presenting material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to sexual activities or anatomical genital areas.
ADULT MOTION PICTURE THEATERAn enclosed building with a capacity for 50 or more persons used for presenting material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to sexual activities or anatomical genital areas.
An establishment devoted to adult entertainment, either with
or without a liquor license, presenting material distinguished or
characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating
to sexual activities or anatomical genital areas.
A cabaret that features topless dancers, go-go dancers, strippers,
male or female impersonators, or similar entertainers for observation
by patrons.
The boarding, breeding, housing, keeping or medical treatment
of five or more animals six months old or older.
A sign employing actual motion or the illusion of motion.
Animated signs, which are differentiated from changeable signs as
defined and regulated by this code, include the following types:
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
See § 27-321.
See "dwelling, multi-family."
A building or part thereof used for the repair of motor vehicles
for renumeration, but not used for dismantling or scrapping of motor
vehicles. A garage building available to the public and operated for
gain and which is used for storage, repair, greasing, washing, servicing,
adjusting, or equipping of automobiles or other motor vehicles. Where
more than two vehicles are located which are not in running condition
and are not completely enclosed in a building, such premises shall
be deemed a junkyard rather than a repair garage.
A temporary sign painted or printed on a strip of cloth,
vinyl, plastic or paper designed to be hung from poles, across the
wall of a building or in a window.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
A portion of a building located partly underground, but having
1/2 or less of its clear floor-to-floor ceiling height below the average
grade of the adjoining ground. A basement shall not be counted as
a story for purposes of height measurement unless 1/2 or more of its
volume is above the average elevation of the finished grade at the
front of the building. An improved basement shall be counted as part
of the floor area for a dwelling. A residential dwelling may be permitted
as an accessory use in basements if all other requirements of this
or other ordinances are met. This shall not be construed to permit
a residential dwelling in a cellar.
A "block" is a tract of land bounded by streets or other
definite physical or natural barriers, or by a combination of streets
and public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, shorelines of
waterways, or Borough and county boundary lines.
Zoning Hearing Board of Manor Borough.
The vertical distance and the number of stories measured
from the basic grade to:
The building line is an imaginary line fixed by the required
yard depth measured back from and parallel to the nearest road right-of-way
line or lot line.
Commercial, when referring to zoning districts, is an interchangeable
and equal reference.
Excavated earth. This shall not include scrap, from commercial
or industrial operators, used building materials or vehicles not in
running condition.
Any establishment so designated where human patients are
examined and treated by doctors or dentists but not hospitalized overnight.
An establishment operated for social, recreational or educational
purposes but open only to members and not the general public.
See "educational institutions."
Indicates business when referring to zoning districts.
Manor Borough Planning Commission.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Manor Borough Council.
Common Pleas Court of Westmoreland County.
A dead-end street having a suitable turn-around.
An excavation. The difference between a point on the original
grade and a designated point of lower elevation on the final grade.
Any sign that is designed and erected for the purpose of
providing direction and/or orientation for pedestrian or vehicular
traffic.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
Indicates zoning district unless specified otherwise.
Any building or portion thereof which is designated for or
used for residential purposes. The word "dwelling" shall not include
hotels, motels or other structures used for transient residence.
ONE-FAMILY DWELLINGA building designed for and used exclusively for occupancy by one family.
TWO-FAMILY DWELLING (ATTACHED OR DETACHED)A building designed for and used exclusively for occupancy by two families living independently of each other and characterized by a common entrance.
MULTI-FAMILY (APARTMENT) DWELLINGA building designed for and used exclusively for occupancy by three or more families, living independently of each other and characterized by a common entrance. See "townhouse."
ROOMING HOUSEA dwelling with not more than one dwelling unit, where lodging is provided for more than two persons in addition to the family unit.
A grant by the owner of land for use by others, including
the public.
Public, private or parochial, pre-school, elementary, secondary,
junior and senior high schools; child care facilities, nursery schools,
colleges, universities and business and vocational institutes of higher
learning.
Animated signs producing the illusion of movement by means
of electronic, electrical or electro-mechanical input and/or illumination
capable of simulating movement through employment of the characteristics
of one or both of the classifications noted below:
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Flashing. Animated signs or animated portions of signs whose
illumination is characterized by a repetitive cycle in which the period
of illumination is either the same as or less than the period of non-illumination.
For the purposes of this chapter, flashing will not be defined as
occurring if the cyclical period between on-off phases of illumination
exceeds 15 seconds.
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Patterned illusionary movement. Animated signs or animated portions
of signs whose illumination is characterized by simulated movement
through alternate or sequential activation of various illuminated
elements for the purpose of producing repetitive light patterns designed
to appear in some form of constant motion.
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A sign with changing text or graphics generated by electronic
components, but not limited to, light emitting diode ("led") and plasma
displays, or any other past or future technology. Electronic Message
signs shall provide such information as current time, date weather
and news updates.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
An electrically activated changeable sign whose variable
message capability can be electronically programmed.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
Any sign with text or graphics generated by electronic components,
including, but not limited to, light emitting diode ("led") and plasma
displays, or any other past or future technology. An electronic sign
is a changeable copy sign capable of displaying a message in pictures
or other photographic images, symbols, numbers and/or text which may
be changed electronically, mechanically or rearranged automatically
by computer or other form of programming.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
A sign capable of bearing a continuous or streaming message,
copy, symbols, picture, television image and/or other form of message
which may be changed electronically, mechanically or rearranged automatically
by computer or other form of programming.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
Animated signs or devices motivated by wind, thermal changes
or other natural environmental input. Includes spinner, pinwheels,
pennant strings, and/or devices or displays that respond to naturally
occurring external motivation.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
Includes built, constructed, reconstructed, moved upon, or
any physical operations on the land required for the building. Excavation,
fill, drainage and the like shall be considered part of the erection.
The removal of earth surface materials by the action of natural
elements.
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by
public utilities, municipal, county or other governmental agencies
of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission,
disposal or distributor systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains,
sewers, pipes, conduit cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes,
traffic signals, hydrants, street signs, off-street parking spaces
and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith,
reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such
public utilities or municipal, county or other governmental agencies
or for the public health, safety or general welfare.
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar
material is dug into, out, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced,
relocated or bulldozed and shall include the conditions resulting
therefrom.
Any sign placed outside a building.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
A family is:
Any parcel or land containing at least 10 acres which may
be used for gain in the raising of agricultural products, livestock,
poultry or dairy products. It includes necessary structures and the
storage of farm equipment. Truck gardens and nurseries shall be considered
to be farms.
See "Wall or fascia sign."
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other soil
material is placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved to
a new location above the natural surface of the ground or on top of
the stripped surface and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
The difference in elevation between a point on the original grade
and a designated point of higher elevation on the final grade. The
material used to make a fill.
See "Animated sign, electrically activated."
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
The overlay zoning district applying to the properties within the underlying zoning district that are within various floodplain districts classified as special flood hazard areas as delineated in the Flood Insurance Study and the accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Map for the Borough of Manor, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, effective March 17, 2011, or the most recent revision thereof, including all digital data developed as part of the Flood Insurance Study, and any subsequent revisions and amendments, to which those provisions, standards, rules and regulations as set forth in the Borough's Floodplain Management Ordinance [Chapter 8], as existing and as amended from time to time, and as set forth in applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations concerning floodplains, floodways and flooding, shall apply.
A sign principally supported by a structure affixed to the
ground, and not supported by a building, including signs supported
by one or more columns, poles or braces placed in or upon the ground.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
The distance between the points of intersection of the side
and front lot lines. On a corner lot, frontage is the distance between
the corner of the property abutting the intersection of rights-of-way
and the intersection of the side lot line and the front property line.
On lots arranged around a cul-d-sac where the radius of a curvature
of the street is less than 150 feet, frontage shall be deemed to be
the same as "mean lot width."
Any building or premises used, for the retail sale of liquified
petroleum products or other fuels for the propulsion of motor vehicles
and including such products as kerosene, fuel oil, packaged naphtha,
lubricants, tires, batteries, anti-freeze, motor vehicle accessories
and other items customarily associated with the sale of such products;
for the rendering of services and making adjustments and replacements
to motor vehicles, and the washing, waxing, and polishing of motor
vehicles except those of a major type. Repairs of a major type are
defined to be spray painting, body, fender, clutch, transmission,
differential, axle, spring, and frame repairs, major overhauling of
engines requiring the removal thereof or complete recapping or retreading
of tires.
Manor Borough Council, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
The degree or inclination of a road or slope.
Carried on within the dwelling structure, by the resident
thereof, as a customary secondary use in connection with which there
is no person employed, no display, no sign other than a name plate,
no mechanical equipment other than normal domestic or household equipment;
provided such use does not occupy more than 25% of the total floor
area of one floor, and does not require internal or external structural
alterations or involve construction features not customary in dwellings
and has an off-street area to accommodate patrons.
A business or commercial activity administered or conducted
as an accessory use, which is clearly secondary and incidental to
the use as a residential dwelling and which does not involve customer,
client, or patient traffic, or pickup, delivery, or removal functions,
in excess of those normally associated with residential use. No-impact
home-based businesses shall be included in this definition.
The business activity shall be compatible with the residential
use of the property and surrounding residential uses.
The business shall employ no employees other than family members
residing in the dwelling.
There shall be no display or sale of retail goods and no stockpiling
or inventory of a substantial nature.
There shall be no outside appearance of a business use including,
but not limited to, parking or lights, with the exception of a sign.
The business activity may not use any equipment or process which
creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical or electronic
interference, including interference with radio or television reception,
which is detectable in the neighborhood.
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.
The business activity shall be conducted only within the dwelling
and may not occupy more than 25% of the habitable floor area.
The business may not involve any illegal activity.
A sign characterized by the use of artificial light, either
projecting through its surface(s) (internally illuminated); or reflecting
off its surface(s) (externally illuminated).
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
Indicates "manufacturing" when referring to zoning districts.
A "junkyard" is an open area where waste, used or second
hand materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packaged,
disassembled or handled. Materials include, but are not limited to,
scrap iron and other metals, paper, rags, rubber tires and further
includes an auto wrecking yard, but does not include uses established
entirely within enclosed buildings. Any use of land which contains
more than two vehicles which are not in running condition and which
are not completely enclosed in a building shall be deemed a "junkyard."
The assembly, fabrication, manufacture, processing, production,
storage and/or wholesale distribution of goods or products where no
process involved will produce noise, vibration, fire hazard, air pollution
or other emissions, noxious or dangerous to neighboring properties
within 400 feet; such goods or products include advertising signs
and displays; artificial limbs, braces and orthopedic devices; awnings,
tents and tarpaulins; bakery, dairy and food products, but not animal
slaughtering, curing, not rendering of fats; books, magazines, newspapers
and printed material; cabinets custom millwork and woodworkings; ceramics,
nonstructural tile and cement products; clothing and wearing apparel;
custom sheet metal work; dies and gauges; draperies, upholstery and
slip covers; electrical instruments and electronic devices; home appliances,
radio and television; jewelry; light weight nonferrous metal castings;
lithographic plates and photo engravings; machine tools; meters; musical
instruments; non-alcoholic beverages; office machines; optical goods
and instruments; patterns; pharmaceutical products and medicines;
plastic moldings or extrusions but not the formulations of basic plastic
material; precision instruments; sporting goods; timepieces; toys;
type composition and Venetian blinds. Also, considered under this
definition is the cleaning, maintenance, repair and/or service of
all products permitted above as well as for batteries, bicycles, boilers,
guns locks and rugs. Also, animal care, exterminators, freezer lockers,
and cold storage, laboratories, laundries, light machine shops, machinery
rental, moving and storage, packing and crating service, research
laboratories with pilot plants, taxidermists and commercial welding
are included in this definition for the purposes of this chapter.
A portion of subdivision or other parcel of land intended
as a unit for transfer of ownership or for development or both. In
determining the area of a lot, no part of the right-of-way of a street,
alley or crosswalk may be included.
The total space on a horizontal plane within the boundary
lines of a zoning lot, not including any part of a street or alley.
The distance between the side lines of the zoning lot measured
at the shortest distance at or between the front and rear building
lines as determined by the prescribed front and rear yard requirements.
A lot situated at and abutting the intersection of two streets
having an interior angle of intersection no greater than 135°.
A lot other than a corner lot with frontage only at one street.
Animated signs characterized by repetitive motion and/or
rotation activated by a mechanical system powered by electric motors
or other mechanically induced means.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
Any vehicle or portable structure which is equipped for and
used as sleeping or living quarters for one or more persons; which
may be temporarily or permanently affixed to real estate with or without
a foundation; which may be drawn by its own or other motive power;
which is, or by its original design may be, mounted upon wheels and
may be used as a conveyance on highways or streets. Such structures
shall have the same or similar electrical, plumbing and sanitary facilities
as immobile housing or whatever name or title it is colloquially known.
Manor Borough.
See "Outdoor advertising sign."
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
A sign erected, maintained or used in the outdoor environment
for the purpose of the display of messages appurtenant to the use
of, products sold on, or the sale or lease of, the property on which
it is displayed.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
A permanent sign erected, maintained or used in the outdoor
environment for the purpose of the display of commercial or noncommercial
messages not appurtenant to the use of, products sold on, or the sale
or lease of, the property on which it is displayed.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
Written approval, in whatever form, including, but not limited
to, permits, approvals and decisions, as issued by any officer, employee,
agency, board or Council of the Borough, for any authorization or
approval issued or granted in conformance with the provisions of this
chapter.
Use permitted by right according to provisions of this chapter.
A premises in which food, shelter and personal assistance
or supervision are provided for a period exceeding 24 consecutive
hours for more than three adults who are not relatives of the operator
and who require assistance or supervision in such matters as dressing,
bathing, diet or medication prescribed for self-administration but
who do not require hospitalization or care in a skilled nursing or
intermediate care facility, as defined in current state licensure
requirements. This definition does not include any facility which
provides drug and/or alcohol treatment and/or rehabilitation services.
[Added Ord. No. 593-22-01, 5/4/2022]
Any commercial establishment providing services pertaining
to the person, his apparel or personal effects commonly carried on
or about the person and including hair dressing, shoe repair, tailoring
and cleaning on the premises of wearing apparel brought to the establishment
by the customer.
Any sign which advocates a candidate for public office, or
which supports a particular political party, or a position on an issue
appearing on a ballot at an election. Political signs are not to be
classified as temporary or permanent. A legally permitted outdoor
advertising sign shall not be considered to be a political sign.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
Any sign not permanently attached to the ground or to a building
or building surface.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
A temporary sign advertising the sale, lease or rental of
the property or premises upon which it is located.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
Stores for the sale of products such as, but not limited
to antiques, books, beverages, confections, drugs, dry goods, flowers,
foodstuffs, gifts, garden supplies, hardware, household appliances,
jewelry, notions, periodicals, stationary, tobacco, paint and wearing
apparel.
A sign that revolves 360° (6.28 rad) about an axis. See
also "Animated sign, mechanically activated."
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
Land reserved for use as a street or for other public purpose.
A place used for the disposal of solid waste materials approved
by the Westmoreland County Commissioners and the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection.
Any device visible from a public place that displays either
commercial or noncommercial messages by means of graphic presentation
of alphabetic or pictorial symbols or representations. Noncommercial
flags or any flags displayed from flagpoles or staffs will not be
considered to be signs.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
The area of the smallest geometric figure, or the sum of
the combination of regular geometric figures, which comprise the sign
face. The area of any double-sided or "V" shaped sign shall be the
area of the largest single face only. The area of a sphere shall be
computed as the area of a circle. The area of all other multiple-sided
signs shall be computed as 50% of the sum of the area of all faces
of the sign.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
Those letters, numerals, figures, symbols, logos and graphic
elements comprising the content or message of a sign, exclusive of
numerals identifying a street address only.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
The surface upon, against or through which the sign copy
is displayed or illustrated, not including structural supports, architectural
features of a building or sign structure, nonstructural or decorative
trim, or any areas that are separated from the background surface
upon which the sign copy is displayed by a distinct delineation, such
as a reveal or border.
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In the case of panel or cabinet type signs, the sign face shall
include the entire area of the sign panel, cabinet or face substrate
upon which the sign copy is displayed or illustrated, but not open
space between separate panels or cabinets.
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In the case of sign structures with routed areas of sign copy,
the sign face shall include the entire area of the surface that is
routed, except where interrupted by a reveal, border, or a contrasting
surface or color.
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In the case of signs painted on a building, or individual letters
or graphic elements affixed to a building or structure, the sign face
shall comprise the sum of the geometric figures or combination of
regular geometric figures drawn closest to the edge of the letters
or separate graphic elements comprising the sign copy, but not the
open space between separate groupings of sign copy on the same building
or structure.
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border, or displayed on a background contrasting in color with the
color of the building or structure, the sign face shall comprise the
area within the contrasting background, or within the painted or illuminated
border.
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Any structure supporting a sign.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
A modification of the regulations of this chapter which the Board is permitted to authorize in specific instances listed in this chapter, under the terms, procedures, and conditions prescribed herein. See § 27-510.
Includes street, road, lane, alley, court, either intended
for public or private use and shall include the cartway, sidewalk,
gutter or right-of-way area, whether or not such street, or any part
thereof, is owned by others.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
A tower, pole or similar structure that supports cellular
or telecommunications antenna operated for commercial purpose above
ground in a fixed location, freestanding, guyed or on a building or
other structure.
A sign intended to display either commercial or noncommercial
messages of a transitory or temporary nature. Portable signs or any
sign not permanently embedded in the ground, or not permanently affixed
to a building or sign structure that is permanently embedded in the
ground, are considered temporary signs.
[Ord. 554, 12/17/2014, § III]
A residential structure containing four or more attached
single-family dwelling units. Unlike row dwellings, each dwelling
unit has a recorded lot in addition to a vested interest in common
open space. The structure may be one or two stories in height. See
"dwelling, row."
Camping and recreational equipment shall include travel trailer,
pickup coach, motorized home, boat and boat trailer, as defined below:
A travel trailer is a vehicular, portable structure mounted
on a chassis and designed for temporary (short term) occupancy for
travel, recreation and vacation purposes; permanently identified as
a travel trailer by the manufacturer of the trailer; and, when factory
equipped for the road, having a body width not exceeding eight feet
and provided its gross weight does not exceed 4,500 pounds or any
weight provided its body length does not exceed 17 feet.
A pick-up coach is a structure designed primarily to be mounted
on a pick-up or truck chassis with sufficient equipment to render
it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation
and vacation use.
A motorized home is a portable dwelling designed and constructed
as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle which is usually used
for camping or vacation purposes.
A boat is a vessel not exceeding 20 feet in length and designed
to travel on water.
A boat trailer is a trailer designed to haul a boat as defined
above.
The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed,
arranged, intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
A variance is a relaxation of the terms of this chapter where such variance will not be contrary to the public interest and where, owing to conditions peculiar to the property and not the result of the actions of the applicant, a literal enforcement of the ordinance would result in unnecessary and undue hardship. As used in this chapter, a variance shall be authorized only for the height, area and size of a structure or the size of yards and open spaces. Establishment or expansion of a use otherwise prohibited shall not be allowed by variance nor shall a variance be granted because of the presence of nonconformities in the zoning district of adjoining districts. See § 27-509.
Any vehicle, which by routine inspection can be determined
to be seriously or permanently disabled, abandoned or in process of
being dismantled, shall be considered to be not in running condition.
The absence of a currently valid license or inspection sticker shall
be deemed evidence that a vehicle is not in running condition. A vehicle
not in running condition for more than 60 days is not considered to
be an accessory use.
A map indicating the zoning districts of the Borough, together
with all amendments thereto subsequently adopted.
[Ord. 315, 9/11/1974; as added by Ord. 539, 12/5/2012, § III]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter
in relation to oil and gas operations, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise, shall have and be defined as the same appear
in the definitions as set forth in current lawful provisions of Act
13 of 2012. Any word, term or phrase hereafter set forth which is
also defined in this chapter which relate to matters not involving
oil and gas operations, shall continue to be defined, construed and
interpreted by such other definitions. It is the intent of Borough
Council that the words, terms and phrases contained in this section
shall only apply to matters relating to oil and gas operations.
Any of the following:
A well:
That has not been used to produce, extract or inject any gas,
petroleum or other liquid within the preceding 12 months.
For which equipment necessary for production, extraction or
injection has been removed.
Considered dry and not equipped for production within 60 days
after drilling, redrilling or deepening.
The term does not include wells granted inactive status.
A hydraulic fracturing chemical.
The same meaning as such term is used in current lawful provisions
Act 13 of 2012. The following Borough Zoning Districts shall for the
specific purposes of this amendment of this chapter be considered
"Agricultural Zoning Districts": "A-1" District.
An operation which changes the physical characteristics of
a well bore, including stimulation or removing, repairing or changing
the casing. For the purpose of this chapter only, the term does not
include:
Repairing or replacing of the casing if the activity does not
affect the depth or diameter of the well bore, the use or purpose
of the well does not change and the activity complies with regulations
promulgated under this chapter, except that this exclusion does apply:
Stimulation of a well.
The Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board.
An obstruction placed in a well at any depth.
An occupied structure with walls and roof within which persons
live or customarily work.
A string or strings of pipe commonly placed in wells drilled
for natural gas or petroleum.
Any of the following:
Any element, chemical compound or mixture of elements or
compounds that has its own specific name or identity, such as a chemical
abstract service number.
The chemical registry website developed by the Ground Water
Protection Council and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission
or their successor organizations.
A group of chemicals that share similar chemical properties
and have a common general name.
Any of the following:
Operations in a coal seam, including excavated portions, abandoned
portions and places actually being worked.
Underground workings and shafts, slopes, tunnels and other ways
and openings, including those which are in the course of being sunk
or driven, along with all roads and facilities connected with them
below the surface.
A person that operates or proposes to operate a coal mine
as an owner or lessee.
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
The date after treatment, if any, that the well is properly
equipped for production of oil or gas, or, if the well is dry, the
date that the well is abandoned.
The Department of Environmental Protection of the commonwealth.
The drilling or redrilling of a well or the deepening of
an existing well.
All statutes enacted by the commonwealth relating to the
protection of the environment or the protection of public health,
safety and welfare, that are administered and enforced by the department
or by another commonwealth agency, including an independent agency,
and all federal statutes relating to the protection of the environment,
to the extent those statutes regulate oil and gas operations.
Water in that portion of the generally recognized hydrologic
cycle which occupies the pore spaces and fractures of saturated subsurface
materials.
Any of the following:
A physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, registered
nurse or emergency medical technician licensed by the commonwealth.
Any chemical substance or combination of substances, including
any chemicals and proppants, that is intentionally added to a base
fluid for purposes of preparing a stimulation fluid for use in hydraulic
fracturing.
The same meaning as such term is used in Act 13 of 2012,
including as used in 58 Pa.C.S.A. § 3304 and more specifically
shall mean a water and other fluid storage or impoundment area used
exclusively for oil and gas operations.
To shut off the vertical movement of gas in a gas storage
well by means of a temporary plug or other suitable device or by injecting
bentonitic mud or other equally nonporous material into the well.
The same meaning in this chapter as the term "industrial
uses" is used in current lawful provisions of Act 13 of 2012; and,
without limiting the foregoing, shall include the following specific
uses provided for in this chapter under the listing of uses in the
two Industrial Zoning Districts (L-1):
All uses identified as permitted uses, conditional uses and
special exceptions in the above Zoning District.
The same meaning as such term is used in the current lawful
provisions of Act 13 of 2012. The following Borough Zoning District
for the purposes of this chapter shall be considered "Industrial Zoning
Districts": L-1 District.
A unit or measurement in a straight line on a horizontal
plane.
The act of July 31, 1968 (P.L. 805, No. 247), known as the
Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.
A fossil fuel consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbon gases,
primarily methane, and possibly including ethane, propane, butane,
pentane, carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen sulfide and
other gas species. The term includes natural gas from oil fields known
as associated gas or casing head gas, natural gas fields known as
nonassociated gas, coal beds, shale beds and other formations. The
term does not include coal bed methane.
The same meaning as such term is used in Act 13 of 2012,
including in 58 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 3301 — 3309.
Hydrocarbons in natural gas which are separated from the
gas as liquids through the process of absorption, condensation, adsorption
or other methods in gas processing of cycling plants.
The same meaning as such term is used in Act 13 of 2012,
including in 58 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 3301 — 3309.
For the specific purposes of this chapter mean, consistent
with the definition of "building" pursuant Act 13 of 2012 (58 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 3203), an occupied structure with walls and roof within
which persons live or customarily work.
Hydrocarbons in liquid form at standard temperature of 60°
F. and pressure 14.7 PSIA, also referred to as petroleum.
The term includes the following:
Well location assessment, including seismic operations, well
site preparation, construction, drilling, hydraulic fracturing and
site restoration associated with an oil or gas well of any depth.
Water and other fluid storage or impoundment areas used exclusively
for oil and gas operations.
As used in this chapter is intended to have the same meaning
as the term "well" as defined in § 3203 of Act 13 of 2012,
(58 Pa.C.S.A. § 3203.)
As used in this chapter is intended to have the same meaning
as the term "well site" as used in Act 13 of 2012, (58 Pa.C.S.A. § 3304(b)(5.1)).
Any of the following:
An underground coal mine which is producing coal or has been
in production of coal at any time during the 12 months immediately
preceding the date its status is put in question, including contiguous
worked-out or abandoned coal mines to which it is connected underground.
An underground coal mine to be established or reestablished under Subsection (1).
A well that is not plugged and abandoned.
A well operator.
A well abandoned prior to April 18, 1985, that has not been
affected or operated by the present owner or operator and from which
the present owner, operator or lessee has received no economic benefit
other than as a landowner or recipient of a royalty interest from
the well.
When used in conjunction with the term "operating coal mine,"
the boundaries of the coal acreage assigned to the coal mine under
an underground mine permit issued by the Department of Environmental
Protection.
A person who owns, manages, leases, controls or possesses
a well or coal property. The term does not apply to orphan wells,
except where the Department of Environmental Protection determines
a prior owner or operator benefitted from the well as provided in
§ 3220(a) of Act 13 of 2012 (relating to plugging requirements).
For the purposes of this chapter shall have the same meaning
as such term as used in Act 13 of 2012, (58 Pa.C.S.A. § 3304(b)).
As used in this chapter is intended to have the same meaning
as the term "permanent oil and gas operations" as used in Act 13 of
2012, (58 Pa.C.S.A. § 3304 (b)(3)).
A use which, upon submission of written notice to and receipt
of a permit issued by a zoning officer or equivalent official, is
authorized to be conducted without restrictions other than those set
forth in § 3304 of Act 13 of 2012, (relating to uniformity
of local ordinances).
An individual, association, partnership, corporation, political
subdivision or agency of the federal government, state government
or other legal entity.
Hydrocarbons in liquid form at standard temperature of 60°
F. and pressure 14.7 PSIA, also referred to as oil.
A solid block of coal surrounded by either active mine workings
or a mined-out area.
A map, drawing or print accurately drawn to scale showing
the proposed or existing location of a well or wells.
The area surrounding a storage reservoir boundary, but within
2,000 linear feet of the storage reservoir boundary, unless an alternate
area has been designated by the Department of Environmental Protection,
which is deemed reasonably necessary to afford protection to the reservoir,
under a conference held in accordance with § 3251 of Act
13 of 2012, (relating to conferences).
The same meaning as the term "Residential District" as used
in current lawful provisions of Act 13 of 2012. The following Zoning
Districts shall for the purposes of this chapter be considered "Residential
Zoning Districts": R-1 District and R-2 District.
Removal of coal pillars, ribs and stumps remaining after
development mining has been completed in that section of a coal mine.
As used in this chapter is intended to have the same meaning
as such phrase is used in the current lawful provisions of Act 13
of 2012, and as specifically set forth elsewhere in this chapter.
As used in this chapter is intended to have the same meaning
as such phrase is used in the current lawful provisions of Act 13
of 2012, and as specifically set forth elsewhere in this chapter.
The Secretary of Environmental Protection of the commonwealth.
A person who operates or proposes to operate a storage reservoir
as an owner or lessee.
Portion of a subsurface geological stratum into which gas
is or may be injected for storage purposes or to test suitability
of the stratum for storage.
A geological shale formation existing below the base of the
Elk Sandstone or its geologic equivalent stratigraphic interval where
natural gas generally cannot be produced at economic flow rates or
in economic volumes except by vertical or horizontal well bores stimulated
by hydraulic fracture treatments or by using multilateral well bores
or other techniques to expose more of the formation to the well bore.
A bore hole drilled or being drilled for the purpose of or
to be used for the production of natural gas from an unconventional
formation.
A plan associated with drilling or completing a well in an
unconventional formation that demonstrates that the withdrawal and
use of water sources protects those sources as required by law and
protects public health, safety and welfare.
Any of the following:
A bore hole drilled or being drilled for the purpose of,
or to be used for, producing, extracting or injecting gas, petroleum
or another liquid related to oil or gas production or storage, including
brine disposal, but excluding a bore hole drilled to produce potable
water. The term does not include a bore hole drilled or being drilled
for the purpose of, or to be used for:
Systems of monitoring, producing or extracting gas from solid
waste disposal facilities, if the bore hole is a well subject to the
Act of July 7, 1980, (P.L. 380, No. 97), known as the "Solid Waste
Management Act," which does not penetrate a workable coal seam.
Degasifying coal seams, if the bore hole is:
Used to vent methane to the outside atmosphere from an operating
coal mine; regulated as part of the mining permit under the Act of
June 22, 1937, (P.L. 1987, No. 394), known as the "Clean Streams Law,"
and the Act of May 31, 1945, (P.L. 1198, No. 418), known as the "Surface
Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act"; and drilled by the operator
of the operating coal mine for the purpose of increased safety.
Used to vent methane to the outside atmosphere under a federally-funded
or state-funded abandoned mine reclamation project.
The same meaning as such term is used in Act 13 of 2012,
including in 58 Pa.C.S.A. § 3304.
An incident during drilling, operation, workover or completion
that, as determined by the department, poses a threat to public health,
welfare or safety, including a loss of circulation fluids, kick, casing
failure, blowout, fire and explosion.
Any person trained to respond to a well control emergency
with a current certification from a well control course accredited
by the International Association of Drilling Contractors or other
organization approved by the department.
Any of the following:
The person designated as operator or well operator on the permit
application or well registration.
If a permit or well registration was not issued, a person who
locates, drills, operates, alters or plugs a well or reconditions
a well with the purpose of production from the well.
If a well is used in connection with underground storage of
gas, a storage operator.
Areas inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at
a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and which normally
support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in
saturated soil conditions, including swamps, marshes, bogs and similar
areas.
A coal seam which:
