Words and terms used herein shall be interpreted as follows:
A.
Words used in the present tense include the future tense.
B.
The singular includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular.
C.
The word "person" includes individual, corporation, partnership,
trust, company, organization, firm, and association.
D.
The word "lot" includes the words "plot" or "parcel."
E.
The term "shall" is mandatory; the word "may" is permissive.
F.
The word "used" or "occupied" as applied to any land or building
shall be construed to include words "intended, arranged or designed
to be used or occupied."
G.
If a word or term is not defined in this chapter, and is defined
in the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (SALDO),[1] the SALDO definition shall also apply to this chapter.
If a word or term is not defined in either ordinance, then the plain
and ordinary meaning shall apply with the context of the provision.
The following words, terms or phrases shall have the following
meanings unless expressly stated otherwise or unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise.
The cessation of the use of the property by the owner with
the intention neither of transferring rights to the property to another
owner nor of resuming the use of the property. For the purpose of
this chapter, abandonment shall commence when reasonable efforts involving
affirmative action or efforts of the owner to reestablish the use
(such as actively offering for lease, rental or sale or conducting
renovations) have ceased.
A public or private drive, other than a driveway, which provides
for vehicular access between a public street and a tract of land containing
any use other than one single-family or two-family dwelling. See also
the definition of "driveway."
One combined entrance/exit point, or one clearly defined
entrance point separated from another clearly defined exit point.
This term shall not include accessways or driveways that are strictly
and clearly limited to use by only emergency vehicles; such accesses
are permitted by right as needed.
A subordinate building or structure, serving a purpose customarily
incidental to the use of the principal structure or principal use
and located on the same lot as the principal structure or principal
use.
(Often referred to as "residential solar," but does not rule
out commercial installations.) An area of land or other area used
for a solar collection system principally used to capture solar energy,
convert it to electrical energy or thermal power and supply electrical
or thermal power the majority of which is for on-site use. An accessory
solar energy system consists of one or more freestanding ground, wall-
or roof-mounted, solar arrays or modules, or solar-related equipment
and is intended to primarily reduce on-site consumption of utility
power or fuels.
[Added 4-5-2022 by Ord. No. 285-04-2022]
A use of land or of a building customarily incidental and
subordinate to the principal use of the land or building and located
on the same lot with the principal use.
An establishment open to the general public or a private
club open to members, except minors, which is used and occupied for
one or more of the following activities and is defined further by
the following definitions:
ADULT LIVE ENTERTAINMENT FACILITYA use including live entertainment involving persons (which may include, but not be limited to, waiters, waitresses, dancers, clerks, bartenders, contractors or others) displaying uncovered male or female genitals or nude or almost nude female breasts or engaging in simulated or actual "specified sexual activities" to three or more persons and which is related to monetary compensation paid to the person or entity operating the use or to persons involved in such activity.
ADULT STOREAny establishment which involves more than 10% of the total floor area of a use occupied by publications or video which is pornography under the meaning ascribed to the word by this section and/or related devices and novelties, and which expressly prohibits entry to minors.
ADULT THEATERAny establishment operated for the purpose of showing films or video to patrons inside a building, which derives a substantial and significant portion of its gross receipts from the exhibition of films which are pornography under the meaning ascribed to that term in this section.
MASSAGE PARLORAny establishment where any part of the patrons' bodies are massaged, caressed, stroked, pounded, rubbed or treated in a similar fashion within a private room and which activity is not conducted by a state-licensed massage therapist or state-licensed health care professional.
NUDITYThe showing of the human male or female genitals or pubic area or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering or the showing of female breast with less than fully opaque covering of any portion thereof below the top of the nipple or the depiction of covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.
OTHER ADULT USESAny establishment in which conduct, activity or the sale, distribution or exhibition of printed or drawn material which is pornography within the meaning ascribed to that word in this section is the source of a substantial and significant portion of gross business receipts. Such other adult uses shall include, but not be limited to, nude wrestling, male or female erotic dancers or strippers and escort centers.
PORNOGRAPHYThe depiction or dissemination of nudity, sexual conduct, sadomasochistic abuse or explicit and detailed depictions of nudity, sexual excitement, sexual conduct or sadomasochistic abuse which, to the average person applying contemporary community standards, has as its dominant theme, taken as a whole, an appeal to prurient interest.
SADOMASOCHISTIC ABUSEFlagellation or torture by or upon a nude person or person clad in undergarments or a costume or the condition of being fettered, bound or otherwise physically restrained in a manner intended to cause sexual arousal.
SEXUAL CONDUCTActs of masturbation, homosexuality, sexual intercourse or physical contact with a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area or buttocks.
SEXUAL EXCITEMENTThe condition of human male or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal.
A use that permits the consumption of alcoholic beverages
by five or more unrelated persons between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and
6:00 a.m. and that involves some form of monetary compensation paid
by such persons for the alcohol or for the use of the premises.
A building or area used for the outdoor or indoor display,
sale, lease or rental of agricultural equipment and/or a building
used for the repair, improvement and installation of parts and accessories
for agricultural equipment.
The use of land for commercial production and/or preparation
for market of crops, livestock and livestock products and in the production,
harvesting and preparation for market or use of agricultural, agronomic,
horticultural, silvicultural, and aquacultural crops and commodities.
The term includes an enterprise that implements changes in production
practices and procedures or types of crops, livestock, livestock products
or commodities produced consistent with practices and procedures that
are normally engaged in by farmers or are consistent with technological
development within the agricultural industry.
This term shall also include the raising of crops for wine,
and related accessory processing and bottling of wine, as well as
the raising and on-site sales of Christmas trees.
A change in use in any district which includes revisions to the zoning ordinance text and/or the official Zoning Map.
The raising and keeping of livestock and poultry, including
commercial feedlots, with the intent of producing capital gain or
profit or the intent of selling any livestock or poultry products,
excluding accessory kennels or stables. See also definitions of "concentrated
animal operation (CAO)" and "concentrated animal feeding operation
(CAFO)" in this section, which are types of animal husbandry uses.
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has
filed an application for development including heirs, successors and
assigns.
Every application, whether preliminary, tentative or final,
required to be filed and approved prior to start of construction or
development, including but not limited to an application for a zoning
permit, for the approval of a subdivision plat or plan or for the
approval of a development plan.
The total of areas taken on a horizontal plane at the main
grade level of the enclosed principal building and all accessory buildings,
exclusive of uncovered porches, terraces and steps. A porch area that
is only screened but not enclosed by solid material shall not by itself
be considered to be building area.
A room or building which is used for a fee by individuals
or groups to accommodate private functions, including, but not limited
to, banquets, weddings, anniversaries and other similar celebrations
or social events. Such use may or may not include:
[Added 10-15-2019 by Ord.
No. 278-08-2019]
The land remaining after subtracting land which is held for
future road rights-of-way or is in existing utility right-of-way or
other easements.
An enclosed floor area partly or wholly underground. A basement
shall be considered a "story" if more than 50% of the perimeter walls
at the basement ceiling height along the front of the building are
five feet or higher above the adjacent finished grade.
Overnight accommodations and a morning meal in a dwelling
unit provided to transients for compensation.
The Zoning Hearing Board of North Codorus Township, unless
otherwise stated.
The Board of Supervisors of North Codorus Township.
A building arranged or used for lodging, with or without
meals, for compensation, but in which no provision is made for cooking
in any individual room or suite.
Open spaces, landscaped areas, fences that block 90% or more
of views, architectural screening walls, berms, or any combination
thereof used to physically separate or screen one use or property
from another so as to visually shield or block noise, lights, or other
nuisances.
The lot area of a development site that is used to determine the allowed density in certain zoning districts, after deleting certain features, as provided in § 195-10C.
Any combination of materials forming any structure, which
is erected on the ground and permanently affixed thereto, designed,
intended, or arranged for the housing, sheltering, enclosure, or structural
support of persons, animals, or property of any kind, and which encloses
more than 100 square feet of space.
The percentage obtained by dividing the maximum horizontal
area in square feet of all principal and accessory buildings on a
lot by the total lot area, as defined by this chapter, of the lot
upon which the buildings are located.
The horizontal distance between two buildings.
A building used for the conduct of the principal use of a
lot, and which is not an accessory building.
A use that is primarily recreational in nature and involves
the use of tents or sites for transient and seasonal occupancy by
persons recreating or travelers, or the use of tents or cabins for
seasonal occupancy by organized groups of persons.
CAMPGROUND, RECREATIONAL VEHICLEA campground that is primarily used by persons occupying recreational vehicles.
Land or buildings used for the burial or internment of the
dead.
A building and/or structure utilized as a private club offering
food and/or drink privileges.
A tract of land that is planned, developed, and operated
as an integrated facility for a number of individual commercial uses,
with consideration to transportation facilities, circulation, parking,
utility needs, aesthetics, and compatibility.
Any establishment which provides recreation, amusement or
entertainment for the general public within a completely enclosed
structure for a fee or admission charge. Commercial indoor recreation
facilities may include theaters, bowling alleys, pool halls, and skating
rinks. These establishments do not include adult-oriented businesses.
A commercial use primarily involving horticulture, which
includes the retail and/or wholesale sale of plants grown on the premises
and related goods and materials, as well as the storage of equipment
customarily incidental and accessory to the principal use.
A use of open land for leisure time activities, such as a
swimming pool, tennis court, drive-in theater, miniature golf course,
and miniature racing. A golf course that is not a miniature golf course
shall be considered to be a separate use.
The North Codorus Township Planning Commission. See also
"Planning Commission."
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water or a combination
of land and water within a development site designed and intended
for the use or enjoyment of residents, not including streets or off-street
parking areas.
Communications antennas, buildings, structures and towers
used in transmitting, re-transmitting or receiving electronics signals
for commercial purposes, in accordance with the following definitions:
COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNAAny device used for the transmission or reception of radio, television, wireless telephone, pager, commercial mobile radio service or any other wireless communications signals, including without limitation omnidirectional, microwave or whip antennas and directional or panel antennas, owned or operated by any person or entity licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate such device. This definition shall not include private residence-mounted satellite dishes or television antennas or amateur radio equipment, including without limitation ham or citizen band radio antennas.
COMMUNICATIONS TOWERA structure that supports two or more communications antennas, and which does not meet the requirements that allow antenna to be attached to a building, water tower, silo or electric transmission tower.
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT BUILDINGAn unmanned building or cabinet containing communications equipment required for the operation of communications antennas and covering an area on the ground not greater than 250 square feet per provider.
HEIGHT OF A COMMUNICATIONS TOWERThe vertical distance measured from the ground level to the highest point on a communications tower, including antennas mounted on the tower.
PUBLIC UTILITY TRANSMISSION TOWERA structure, owned and operated by a public utility electric company regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, designed and used to support overhead electricity transmission lines.
A type of animal husbandry use that meets the definition
of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under this
term, as amended, or its successor definition. (Note: As of 2014,
such definition was in Title 25, Chapter 92a of the Pennsylvania Code.)
A type of animal husbandry use that meets the definition
of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under this
term, as amended, or its successor definition. (Note: As of 2014,
such definition was in Title 25, Chapter 92a of the Pennsylvania Code.)
An ownership arrangement and not a land use; therefore, it
is allowed in any district and under the same restrictions of the
residential land use that comprises it. A condominium is a dwelling
unit, which has all of the following characteristics:
The unit (the interior and associated exterior areas designated
for private use in the development plan) is owned by the occupant.
The unit may be any permitted dwelling type.
All or a portion of the exterior open space and any community
interior spaces area owned and maintained in accordance with the Uniform
Condominium Act of Pennsylvania regulations[1] and in accordance with the provisions for open space,
roads, or other development features in this chapter and the North
Codorus Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.[2]
A use that primarily sells, for off-site consumption, routine
household goods, groceries, and/or prepared ready-to-eat foods to
the general public and that includes a building with a floor area
of less than 8,000 square feet. This use may also include the accessory
sale of gasoline, provided it is allowed within the zoning district
and such requirements are met.
The routine, accessory and customary use of a portion of
a dwelling for the conduct of business that is clearly incidental
and secondary to the principal residential use and is conducted primarily
by one or more residents of the dwelling in accordance with the use
regulations established in this chapter.
The County of York, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The York County Planning Commission.
The raising, keeping and/or sale of field, truck or tree
crops.
A facility which provides care for a combined total of seven
or more children or adults per day, where the facility is not being
used as a residence.
Any premises or dwelling unit where the day care areas are
being used as a dwelling unit, either operated for profit or not for
profit, in which day care is provided on a regular basis to a combined
total of four to six children or adults per day other than relatives
of the caregiver.
A measure of the number of dwelling units per unit of area.
It shall be expressed in dwelling units per acre.
The maximum density permitted on a parcel of land in a particular
zoning district.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection,
or its successor, and its relevant subpart.
An area of the Township defined by the North Codorus Comprehensive
Plan and intended to help consolidate the residential and commercial
growth of the Township into a confined area thus allowing the concentration
of public infrastructure and roadway improvements, the protection
of prime agriculture resources in other areas of the Township and
the minimization of intrusion on natural resources.
Any landowner, agent of such landowner or tenant with permission
of such landowner, who makes or causes to be made a subdivision of
land or a land development.
The provisions for development, including a plat of subdivision,
all covenants relating to use, location and bulk of buildings and
other structures, intensity of use or density of development, streets,
ways and parking facilities, common open space and public facilities.
This phrase "provisions of the development plan" when used in this
chapter shall mean written and graphic materials referred to in this
definition.
A land area within the Township within which certain uniform
regulations and requirements apply under the provisions of this chapter.
A use involving a customer being able to order and receive
food or other items or make financial transactions while the customer
remains within their vehicle.
A private vehicular access between a public street and a
garage, carport, or other parking space for one single-family or two-family
dwelling.
Any building or part thereof, designed, occupied, and intended
for occupancy as separate living quarter, with cooking, sleeping,
and sanitary facilities provided for the exclusive use of a single
family maintaining a common household.
MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS (or APARTMENTS)One or more dwelling units in a building that do not meet the definition of other dwelling types. An apartment building shall not exceed 16 units. The dwelling units share a common lot area, which is the sum of the required lot areas of all dwelling units on the lot.
TWO-FAMILY ATTACHED DWELLINGA building on a single lot containing two dwelling units, each of which is totally separated from the other by an unpierced ceiling and floor extending from exterior wall to exterior wall, except for common stairwell exterior to both dwelling units.
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED DWELLINGS OR TOWNHOUSESA one-family dwelling attached to and separated from two or more one-family dwellings by common vertical fire-resistant walls. Each unit shall have its own front and rear access to the outside, and with no unit located over another unit. A row of attached townhouses shall not exceed eight dwelling units, unless otherwise stated.
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGSA building on one lot containing one dwelling unit that is not attached to any other dwelling.
SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI-DETACHED DWELLINGSA one-family dwelling attached to and separated from one other one-family dwelling by a common vertical wall, with each dwelling located on a separate lot.
Any building or part thereof which is designed, constructed,
or used for public or private education or instruction in any branch
of knowledge.
One or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption
(including persons receiving foster care) that maintain one common
household and live within one dwelling unit. Additionally, a group
of not more than four unrelated persons thereof who live together
in a dwelling unit with single cooking facilities and maintain a common
household shall be considered as a family. A family shall also expressly
include up to nine unrelated individuals who reside within a permitted
group home, as defined and where allowed in this chapter.
A single-family detached dwelling associated with a principal
agricultural parcel and activities.
A customarily incidental accessory business operated on a
principally agricultural lot that is intended to provide supplemental
income to farmers to encourage the continuation of farming, and/or
to provide needed services to other farmers.
Warehousing limited to the storage of agricultural equipment,
vehicles, produce, feed and supplies.
An establishment involved in the processing and storage of
feed and grain.
A man-made barrier placed or arranged as a line of demarcation,
an enclosure or a visual barrier and that is constructed of wood,
wire, metal (other than scrap or sheet metal), vinyl or aluminum and/or
plastic inserts. Man-made barriers constructed principally of masonry,
concrete or similar materials shall be considered a "wall."
An area devoted to the cultivation of fish and other seafood
for sale or distribution.
Those areas designated and delineated by the Flood Insurance
Study (FIS) and Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) issued by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), effective September 25, 2009,
or their successors, and regulated by the North Codorus Township Floodplain
Management Ordinance of 2009 or its successors for additional definitions
and regulations.[3]
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of all floors of a
building from the exterior face of the exterior walls, or from the
center line of a wall separating two buildings, but excluding any
space where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than six feet.
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, and which does not involve any land development.
The portion of a lot abutting a street right-of-way line.
A building devoted to the embalming and holding of services
for the dead, including the sale of funeral equipment as an accessory
activity. A crematorium shall only be allowed where permitted in the
applicable zoning district.
The right-of-way required for the expansion of existing streets
to accommodate anticipated future traffic loads and/or a right-of-way
established through the North Codorus Township Official Map to provide
future access to or through undeveloped lands.
An enclosed building for the storage of one or more motor
vehicles. No business, occupation or service shall be conducted in
a private garage that is accessory to a dwelling in a residential
district, except as may be allowed by other provisions of this chapter.
A sensation of brightness within the visual field, which
causes annoyance, discomfort or loss in visual performance, visibility
and/or ability to focus.
A tract of land laid out for at least nine holes for playing
the game of golf and improved with tees, greens, fairways, and hazards
and that may include a clubhouse, shelters, maintenance and storage
facilities and a driving range.
A dwelling unit operated by a responsible individual, family
or organization with a program to provide a supportive living arrangement
for individuals where special care is needed by the persons served
due to age, emotional, mental, developmental or physical disability.
This definition shall expressly include facilities for the supervised
care of persons with disabilities that are subject to protection under
the Federal Fair Housing Act,[5] as amended. Group homes must be licensed where required
by any appropriate government agencies, and a copy of any such license
must be delivered to the Zoning Officer prior to the initiation of
the use. Group homes shall be subject to the same limitations and
regulations by the Township as the type of dwelling unit they occupy.
A group home shall not include a halfway house.
The sum of the horizontal areas of all rooms used for habitation, such as living room, dining room, kitchen and bedroom, but not including hallways, stairways, cellars, attics, service or utility rooms, bathrooms, closets, nor unheated areas such as enclosed porches nor rooms without at least one window or skylight opening onto an outside yard or court. At least 1/2 of the floor area of every habitable room shall have a ceiling height of not less than seven feet and the floor area of that part of any room where the ceiling height is less than five feet shall not be considered as part of the habitable floor area. See also § 195-34B.
A dwelling, other than a prison or hospital, providing housing
for four or more unrelated persons who need specialized housing, treatment,
and/or counseling because of: criminal rehabilitation, such as a criminal
or penal halfway house; current addiction to or illegal use of a controlled
substance; or any individual whose tenancy would constitute a direct
threat to the health or safety of other individuals, or whose tenancy
could reasonably result in substantial physical damage to the property
of others. A halfway house shall be limited to a maximum of nine residents,
excluding staff.
A vertical distance measured from the mean elevation of the proposed finished grade at the front of a building or structure to the highest point of the roof. See height exceptions in § 195-34A.
A routine, accessory and customary nonresidential use conducted within or administered from a portion of a dwelling or its permitted accessory building and that meets all of the applicable "horne-based business" requirements of § 195-26A. See § 195-26A for additional requirements for a "no-impact home-based business" and the definition of that term in this section.
An organization of property owners within a development established
as a nonprofit corporation for the ownership, administration, and
maintenance of the common open space within the development. Such
organizations are generally consistent with the requirements for unit
owners associations found in the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium
Act, 68 Pa.C.S.A. § 3101 et seq., or related state laws,
such as the Pennsylvania Planned Community Act.[6]
A building or buildings including rooms rented out to persons
as clearly transient and temporary living quarters and which does
not meet the definition and regulations of a bed-and-breakfast inn.
Such uses may include accessory uses such as restaurants, meeting
rooms, and recreational facilities for guests.
The total amount of impervious surfaces on a lot divided
by the total lot area of a lot, as expressed in the resulting percentage.
For the purposes of this chapter, this term shall mean any
man-made or man-processed material, structure or coverage that prevents
the absorption of the majority of stormwater into the ground, including
areas covered by stone or gravel. In case of uncertainty about whether
a material is impervious, the Zoning Officer may request input from
the Township Engineer.
An accessory dwelling unit, designed and intended as to house no more than two persons which is located on the same lot as a principal dwelling, and is designed and intended to house relatives who need the assistance of family members. See § 195-17G, which limits the duration of this use and provides other standards.
A principal use that involves using high temperatures to
convert waste materials into fuel, ash or other materials, and in
which all the combustion factors are controlled (such as temperature,
retention time, turbulence, and combustion air).
A tract of land that is planned, developed, and operated
as an integrated facility for a number of individual industrial uses,
with consideration to transportation facilities, circulation, parking,
utility needs, aesthetics, and compatibility.
A use as defined and regulated in Chapter 116 of the Code of North Codorus Township, as amended, involving a place or establishment where junk is stored or accumulated on the outside of any building, edifice or structure that is enclosed on all sides, or where the business of selling, buying or dealing in junk is carried on, or where two or more motor vehicles are stored outdoors which are unlicensed, inoperable and do not have a current and valid inspection sticker as required by the motor vehicle laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
An establishment in which dogs or domesticated animals (excluding
livestock, horses or poultry) are housed, bred, boarded, held for
adoption, or sold, all for a fee or compensation, beyond the number
of animals allowed under other provisions of this chapter.
The definition in the SALDO[7] shall apply. (Note: As of the adoption of the 2014 SALDO,
the following definition applied: "Any of the following activities:
The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts
or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
A group of two or more residential or nonresidential buildings,
whether proposed initially or cumulatively, or a single nonresidential
building on a lot or lots regardless of the number of occupants or
tenure; or
The division or allocation of land or space, whether initially
or cumulatively, between or among two or more existing or prospective
occupants by means of, or for the purpose of, streets, common areas,
leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features.
A subdivision of land.
The following shall not be considered a land development:
The conversion of an existing single-family detached dwelling
or single-family semidetached dwelling into not more than three residential
units, unless such units are intended to be a condominium.
The addition of an accessory building, including farm buildings,
on a lot or lots subordinate to an existing principal building.
The addition or conversion of buildings or rides within the
confines of an enterprise which would be considered an amusement park.
For purposes of this subsection, an "amusement park" is defined as
a tract or area used principally as a location for permanent amusement
structures or rides. This exclusion shall not apply to newly acquired
acreage by an amusement park until initial plans for the expanded
area have been approved by proper authorities.")
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land including
the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such
option or contract is subject to any condition), a lessee if authorized
under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner, or other
person having proprietary interest in land, including an individual,
partnership, limited partnership, corporation or unincorporated association.
A proposed zoning amendment submitted to the Board of Supervisors
by any landowner who desires to challenge on substantive grounds the
validity of an ordinance or map which prohibits or restricts the use
or development of land in which they have an interest.
The area of the lot covered by lawns, trees, plants and other
natural material and decorative features, such as sculptures, walks,
fountains, wading pools and fish ponds.
An institution licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
providing primary health services and medical or surgical care to
persons, primarily inpatients, suffering from illness, disease, injury,
deformity, and other abnormal physical or mental conditions and including,
as an integral part of the institution, related facilities, such as
laboratories, outpatient facilities, training facilities, medical
offices, and staff residences.
Illumination that passes from the source through a translucent
cover or shade.
A line defining the edge of a street right-of-way and separating
the street from abutting property or lots. Commonly known as the "street
right-of-way line."
An off-street space on the same lot with a building or contiguous
to a group of buildings, for the temporary parking of a commercial
vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials, and which
abuts on a street or other appropriate means of access.
A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by
a plat or otherwise as permitted by law to be used, developed or built
upon as a unit. (See the graphic representation of the different lot
configurations following the definitions.)
FRONT LOT LINE (STREET LINE)A lot line separating the lot from the street right-of-way. In the case of corner lots, the lines extending along all street rights-of-way shall be considered front lot lines. In the case of a lot other than a corner lot that fronts on more than one street, the lines extending along all street right-of-way lines are front lot lines.
REAR LOT LINEA lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line. Every lot must have a rear yard and a rear lot line, including a triangular or irregularly shaped lot. In case of a corner lot, the rear lot line is lot line that is closest to being opposite to and approximately parallel to the street on which the structure fronts.
SIDE LOT LINEAny lot line other than a front or rear lot line.
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The area contained within the property lines of an individual
parcel of land, excluding any area within a street right-of-way. Lot
area shall include the area of any other easement, such as sanitary,
storm drainage or utility easements. This is also known and referred
to as the "lot size."
The total area of all impervious surfaces on a lot (including
but not limited to building and paving coverage) divided by the total
lot area.
The average horizontal distance between the front and the
rear lot lines, measured through the approximate center of the lot.
See "lot area."
The minimum required distance between the side property lines
measured at the minimum front setback line, except as may be allowed
otherwise for an approved flag lot. See definition of "lot, flag."
A lot which has an interior angle of less than 135° at
the intersection of two street lines. A lot abutting upon a curved
street or streets shall be considered a corner lot if the tangent
to the curve at the points beginning within the lot or at the points
of intersection of the side lot lines with the street lines intersect
at an angle of less than 135°.
An interior lot having frontage on two streets.
A lot that does not meet the minimum lot width requirements
at the minimum front yard setback line, but instead that includes
a narrower lot extension to connect to a road. The lot shall include
lot area that provides room for vehicle access to the road. The lot
shall meet the lot width requirement at the proposed front building
setback line. Note: See the Lot Types Diagram above.
A lot other than a corner lot, with sides that do not abut
a street.
A type of through lot that abuts two generally parallel streets,
excluding service streets, but which only has vehicular access from
the less traveled street.
A lot that abuts two approximately parallel streets.
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, contained in one unit, or in two or more units designed
to be joined into one integral unit capable of again being separated
for repeated towing, which arrives at a site complete and ready for
occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations
and utility connections, and constructed so that it may be used without
a permanent foundation. The terms "mobile home" and "manufactured
home" shall have the same meaning.
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the
necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for
the erections thereon of a single mobile home.
A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which has been so
designated and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots
for the placement thereon of mobile homes.
Establishments engaged in the production, processing, cleaning,
testing and distribution of materials.
A voluntary negotiating process in which parties in a dispute
mutually select a neutral mediator to assist them in jointly exploring
and settling their differences, culminating in a written agreement
which the parties themselves create and consider acceptable.
The searching for or removal of rock, soil or minerals from
the earth by excavating, stripping, mining, leveling or any other
process but exclusive of excavations or grading involved in the construction
of a building. Also, mineral recovery operations include any processing
operations in connection with the above activities. Permitted operations
must comply with all current applicable federal, state and local regulations.
See "manufactured/mobile home."
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended.[8]
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended.[9]
The Township of North Codorus, York County, Pennsylvania.
Areas in which human activities are very limited and where
the natural environment is protected from man-made changes.
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, and with business or commercial activity that must
satisfy the following requirements:
The business activity shall be compatible with the residential
use of the property and surrounding residential uses.
The business shall employ no more than one employee who does
not reside within the dwelling. (Note: North Codorus Township has
chosen to be more permissive than the minimum state requirements in
this regard.)
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, signs or lights, except that a maximum
of one sign that is not internally illuminated and that has a maximum
sign area of two square feet on each of two sides shall be allowed.
(Note: North Codorus Township has chosen to be more permissive than
the minimum state requirements in this regard.)
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 are detectable in the neighborhood.
The business 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 within the dwelling
and may not occupy more than 25% of the habitable floor area.
The business may not involve any illegal activity.
When permitted by this chapter, such permission shall not supersede
any deed restriction, covenant or agreement restricting the use of
land, nor any master deed, bylaw or other document applicable to a
common interest ownership community. See the definition of a "home-based
business."
A lot, the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to
the adoption or amendment of the current zoning ordinance, but which
fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which
it is located by reasons of such adoption or amendment.
A structure or part of a structure which does not comply
with the applicable use or extent of use provisions in this chapter,
as amended, where such structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment
of such ordinance or to its location by reason of annexation. Such
nonconforming structures include, but are not limited to, nonconforming
signs.
A use, whether of land or of a structure, which does not
comply with the applicable use provisions in this chapter or amendments
heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such use was lawfully in existence
prior to the enactment of this chapter or amendment or prior to the
application of such ordinance or amendment to its location by reason
of annexation.
An establishment licensed as a nursing home by the Pennsylvania
Department of Health, which provides full-time convalescent or chronic
care or both for three or more individuals who are not related by
blood or marriage to the operator and who, by reason of chronic illness
or infirmity, are unable to care for themselves. A hospital shall
not be construed to be included in this definition.
A use that involves administrative, clerical, financial,
governmental or professional operations and operations of a similar
character. This use shall not include retail or industrial uses, but
may include business offices, medical offices, laboratories, photographic
studios and/or television or radio broadcasting studios. This term
shall also include an office of a governmental agency, social service
organization, district justice, notary, utility or political organization.
The map as adopted by the Board of Supervisors classifying
the streets of the Township. See definition of "street classification."
This map may be amended by resolution of the Board of Supervisors,
from time to time.
The map as adopted by the Board of Supervisors which designates
the location and boundaries of zoning districts.[11]
Any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved
and set aside, dedicated, or reserved for public or private use or
enjoyment or for the use and enjoyment of owners, occupants, and their
guests of land adjoining or neighboring such open land. See also "open
space, preserved or common."
A parcel or parcels of land within a tract which meets all
of the following standards:
Is designed, intended and suitable for active or passive recreation
by residents of a development or the general public, or that is approved
for agricultural purposes;
Is covered by a system that ensures perpetual maintenance, if
not intended to be publicly owned and if not approved for agricultural
purposes;
Will be preserved by a deed restriction or conservation easement
to permanently prevent uses of land other than "preserved open space"
and noncommercial recreation or a golf course open to the public;
Does not use any of the following areas to meet minimum preserved
open space requirements:
Existing street rights-of-way;
Vehicle streets or driveways providing access to other lots;
Land beneath building(s) or land within 20 feet of a building
(other than accessory buildings and pools clearly intended for noncommercial
recreation and other than agricultural buildings and a farmstead which
are permitted within land approved by the Township for agricultural
preservation);
Off-street parking (other than that clearly intended for noncommercial
recreation);
Area(s) needed to meet a requirement for an individual lot;
For land intended to be open to the public, that does not have
provisions for entry with a fifteen-foot minimum width by pedestrians
from a street open to the public or from adjacent preserved open space
that has access to such a street;
Land that includes a stormwater detention basin, except for
a basin or portions of a basin that the applicant proves to the satisfaction
of the Board of Supervisors would: a) be reasonably safe and useful
for active or passive recreation during the vast majority of weather
conditions or b) serve as a scenic asset resembling a natural pond,
Portions of land that have a width of less than 50 feet;
Areas that are under water during normal weather conditions;
Fifty percent of areas that are under electric transmission
lines which are designed for a capacity of 35 kilovolts or greater.
Each square foot of preserved open space that is of 25% or greater
slopes and each square foot within the one-hundred-year floodplain
shall only count as 1/2 square foot for the purposes of determining
the amount of preserved open space.
The North Codorus Township Zoning Ordinance, including the Official Zoning Map, as amended.
Any building or group of buildings occupied by medical practitioners
and related service for the purpose of providing health services to
persons on an outpatient basis.
A fuel-burning device that provides indoor heat and/or domestic
hot water service to a principal building, but which does not involve
the device being located within a principal or livestock or poultry
building, and which is designed to burn clean wood or wood pellets.
These are devices that the manufacturer designs to be located outdoors
or in a shed or garage-type structure. The stack of an outdoor boiler
shall be considered to be any vertical structure enclosing a flue(s)
that carries off smoke or exhaust from the boiler.
Each tract of land held in single and separate ownership
as of July 21, 1998.
Unless used with another descriptive term, shall mean a tract
of land, designated and used by the public for active and/or passive
recreation.
Off-street parking unless otherwise stated.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, or its successor,
and its subparts.
An objective set of criteria or limits relating to certain
characteristics that a particular use or process may not exceed.
A document issued by the proper Township authority authorizing
the applicant to undertake certain activities.
BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTION PERMITA permit indicating that a proposed construction, alteration, or reconstruction of a structure is, to the best knowledge of applicable Township staff-person or Construction Official, in accordance with the provisions of applicable Construction Codes.
ZONING PERMITA permit issued indicating that a proposed use or structure is, to the best knowledge of the Township Zoning Officer, in accordance with this chapter and which authorizes an applicant to proceed with said use, building or structure, within all other applicable laws and regulations.
A residential facility that is licensed by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania as a personal care home or an assisted living facility.
An establishment that provides a service oriented to personal
needs of the general public and which does not involve primarily retail
or wholesale sales or services to businesses. These businesses do
not include adult-oriented businesses.
A building that is primarily used for organized regularly
scheduled religious services and customary accessory uses.
An informal land development plan indicating salient existing
features of a tract and its surrounding and the general layout of
the proposed land development for discussion purposes only and not
to be presented for approval.
The North Codorus Township Planning Commission.
A building or structure in which is conducted in the principal
use of the lot on which the building or structure is located.
[Added 4-5-2022 by Ord. No. 285-04-2022]
An area of land or other area used for a solar collection
system principally used to capture solar energy, convert it to electrical
energy or thermal power and supply electrical or thermal power primarily
for off-site use. Principal solar energy systems consist of one or
more freestanding ground-, or roof-mounted, solar collector devices,
solar-related equipment and other accessory structures and buildings
including light reflectors, concentrators, and heat exchangers; substations;
electrical inverters; electrical infrastructure; battery storage;
on-site transmission lines; and other appurtenant structures. Off-site
transmission lines will not be considered part of the PSES for the
purposes of zoning applications, but must be shown on land development
plans submitted for approval.
[Added 4-5-2022 by Ord. No. 285-04-2022]
The main or primary purpose, activity, occupation, business
or operation for which land or a structure is designed, arranged,
intended, occupied or maintained.
Has the same meaning as "lot line."
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Board
of Supervisors that is intended to inform and obtain public comment,
prior to taking action in accordance with this chapter and the MPC.
A meeting that is open to the public and that is held pursuant
to notice under the MPC.
As defined by the state Municipalities Planning Code, as
amended. (Note: As of 2015, the MPC required that notice be published
once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation
in the municipality. Such notice shall state the time, place and date
of the meeting/hearing and the particular nature of the matter to
be considered. The first publication shall be not more than 30 days
and the second publication shall not be less than seven days from
the date of the meeting/hearing.)
The measure of the amount of space per dwelling unit required
for recreation activities.
Leisure-time activities, usually of an organized nature and
often performed with others, requiring equipment and taking place
at prescribed places, sites, or fields.
Activities that involve relatively inactive or less energetic
activities, such as walking, sitting, picnicking, card games, chess,
checkers, and similar table games. Passive recreation includes open
space for nature walks and observations.
A lot or parcel of land, with or without buildings, upon
which used materials are separated and processed for shipment for
eventual reuse in new products. These centers do not include transfer
stations, landfills, composting facilities, resource recovery facilities
or junkyards.
Any letter, reviews, memorandum, compilation or similar writing
made by anybody, board, officer or consultant other than a solicitor
to any other body, board, officer or consultant for the purpose of
assisting the recipient of such report in the rendering of any decision
or determination.
The change to an existing building to result in one or more
additional dwelling units.
A business involving the sale directly to the consumer, and
not in bulk or at wholesale, of antiques, automotive parts, books,
beverages, confections, drugs, dry goods, flowers, foodstuffs, gifts,
garden supplies, hardware, household appliances jewelry, notions,
periodicals, stationery, tobacco, paint, apparel, and similar consumer
and household goods. This term shall not include any "adult business."
A structure for the display and retail sale of agricultural
products. This use may involve existing or new or temporary or permanent
structures.
An establishment engaged in the sale of materials and goods,
both durable and nondurable, as a combination of wholesale and retail
trade. The outlet may be based wholly on a cooperative membership
basis and not open to the general public as a club warehouse store.
An establishment where horses are kept for riding or driving,
or are stabled for compensation, or incidental to the operation of
any club, association, ranch, or similar establishment.
Land acquired by reservation, dedication, prescription or
condemnation for the purpose of maintaining primary vehicular and
pedestrian access to abutting properties.
Right-of-way width required for the expansion of existing
streets to accommodate anticipated future traffic loads. A right-of-way
established to provide future access to or through undeveloped land.
Linear strips of land that are preserved or planted and maintained in trees, shrubs and low level vegetation along a waterway, in order to protect water quality, filter out sediments and other pollutants from runoff, avoid erosion and protect aquatic habitats. See § 195-15.4 of this chapter.
Note: A riparian buffer may also be required under PA. DEP requirements,
particularly if a waterway is designated by DEP as high quality or
exceptional value.
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 and/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 without prearrangement or for
less than a week at a time shall be classified, for purposes of this
chapter, not as a roomer, boarder or lodger but as a guest of a motel/hotel
or bed-and-breakfast inn. (See "boardinghouse or rooming house.")
The North Codorus Township Subdivision and Land Development
Ordinance, as amended.[13]
The relationship of a particular project or development,
in terms of size, height, bulk, intensity and aesthetics, to its surroundings.
An educational institution primarily for persons between
the ages of five and 19 that primarily provides state-required or
state-funded educational programs.
A public or private primary or secondary educational institution
primarily for persons between the ages of five and 19 that primarily
provides state-required or state-funded educational programs. A small
school shall accommodate no more than 35 students on site at the same
time. Small schools may be permitted on leased lots. In order for
small school use to be established, a land development plan must first
be provided to the Board of Supervisors for review and approval.
[Added 10-15-2019 by Ord.
No. 278-08-2019]
A method of visually shielding or obscuring one abutting
or nearby structure or use from another by mostly solid fencing, architectural
walls, berms, or densely planted vegetation.
A structure containing separate, individual, and private
storage spaces of varying sizes leased or rented on individual leases
for varying periods of time.
The required horizontal distance between a setback line and
a property or street line.
SETBACK, FRONTThe distance between the street line and the front setback line projected the full width of the lot; commonly called "front yard."
SETBACK, REARThe distance between the rear lot line and the rear setback line projected from the full width of the lot; commonly called "rear yard."
SETBACK, SIDEThe distance between the side lot line and the side setback line projected from the front yard to the rear yard; commonly called "side yard."
A line within a lot and parallel to a property or street
line which delineates the required minimum distance between a structure
and that property or street line.
A system to collect, treat and dispose of sewage. No such
system shall be permitted that does not comply with local, county,
state and federal regulations.
PUBLIC OR CENTRAL SEWER SERVICEConnection to a municipal sanitary sewer system or a comparable centralized wastewater treatment and collection system that was approved and permitted by DEP.
ON-LOT OR NONCENTRAL SEWER SERVICEConnection to an on-lot septic system or other system designed to treat sanitary sewage within the boundaries of an individual lot and that meets federal, state, and local regulations. An approved DEP planning module may be required and a Township permit is required to construct such a system.
A group of commercial establishments planned, constructed
and managed as a total entity, with customer and employee parking
provided on-site, provision for goods delivery separated from customer
access, aesthetic considerations and protection from the elements,
and landscaping and signage in accordance with an approved plan.
Any permanent or temporary structure, or part thereof, or
any device attached, painted, or represented directly or indirectly
on a structure or other surface that shall display or include any
letter, word, insignia, flag, or representation used as, or which
is in the nature of, an advertisement, announcement, visual communication,
or direction; or is designed to attract the eye or bring the subject
to the attention of the public.
BILLBOARDA sign which advertises or otherwise directs attention to a commodity, business, industry, or other similar activity, which is generally sold, offered, or conducted elsewhere other than on the lot upon which such sign is located.
BUSINESS SIGNAn on-premises sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service, industry, or other activity, which is sold, offered or conducted on the property on which the sign is located.
DIRECTLY ILLUMINATED SIGNA sign designed to give forth artificial light directly or through transparent or translucent material from a source of light within such sign.
FESTOON-LIGHTED SIGNA directly illuminated sign comprised of a group of incandescent bulbs hung or strung overhead or used to outline a structure or any part thereof.
FLASHING SIGNAn illuminated sign on which the artificial light is not maintained in a stationary position and is not constant in intensity and color at all times when in use.
FREESTANDING SIGNA self-supporting sign resting on the ground or supported by means of poles, standards, or other similar means in the ground. The height of freestanding signs shall be measured from the official street grade.
INDIRECTLY ILLUMINATING SIGNA sign illuminated with a light so shielded that no direct rays therefrom are visible elsewhere on the lot where said illumination occurs.
NONCONFORMING SIGNAny sign existing at the time of the passage of this chapter that does not conform in use, location, height, or size with the regulations of the district in which such sign is located shall be considered a nonconforming use and may continue in such use in its present location until replacement or rebuilding becomes necessary, at which time a permit will be required and the sign brought into conformity with this chapter.
NONILLUMINATED SIGNA sign which is not illuminated either directly or indirectly.
ON-PREMISES SIGNA sign which directs attention to an activity conducted on the same lot.
OFF-PREMISES SIGNA sign which directs attention to an activity not conducted on the same lot.
PARALLEL SIGNA sign attached, painted, or otherwise mounted parallel to a wall or other vertical building surface.
PROJECTING SIGNAny sign mounted to a wall or other vertical building surface other than a parallel sign.
The deviation of a surface from the horizontal, usually expressed
in percent, computed by dividing the vertical distance by the horizontal
distance times 100, or as a ratio of the feet vertical to a foot horizontal.
A solar easement means a right, expressed as an easement,
restriction, covenant, or condition contained in any deed, contract,
or other written instrument executed by or on behalf of any landowner
for the purpose of assuring adequate access to direct sunlight for
solar energy systems.
[Added 4-5-2022 by Ord. No. 285-04-2022]
Radiant energy (direct, diffuse and/or reflective) received
from the sun.
[Added 4-5-2022 by Ord. No. 285-04-2022]
A solar photovoltaic cell, module, or array, or solar hot
air or water collector device, which relies upon solar radiation as
an energy source for collection, inversion, storage, and distribution
of solar energy for electricity generation or transfer of stored heat.
[Added 4-5-2022 by Ord. No. 285-04-2022]
SOLAR ARRAYA grouping of multiple solar modules with the purpose of harvesting solar energy.
SOLAR MODULEA grouping of solar cells with the purpose of harvesting solar energy.
SOLAR CELLThe smallest basic solar electric device which generates electricity when exposed to light.
Items including a solar photovoltaic cell, module, or array,
or solar hot air or water collector device panels, lines, pumps, storage
batteries, mounting brackets, framing and possibly foundations or
other structures used or intended to be used for collection, storage,
and transmission of solar energy.
[Added 4-5-2022 by Ord. No. 285-04-2022]
Unless otherwise stated, shall mean the appointed Solicitor
to the North Codorus Township Board of Supervisors.
A site involving disposal of municipal solid waste utilizing
sanitary methods and that has been licensed and is operated under
state environmental regulations.
Areas where the average slope is 25% or greater, which, because
of this slope, are subject to high rates of stormwater runoff and,
therefore, erosion and flooding.
That portion of any building included between the surface
of any floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or, if there
be no floor above it, then the space between such floor and the ceiling
next above it.
A story under a gable, hip, or gambrel roof, the wall plates
of which at least two opposite exterior walls are not over two feet
above the finished floor of such story.
Street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway,
lane, alley, viaduct and any other ways used or intended to be used
by vehicular traffic or pedestrians, whether public or private.
The center of the existing street right-of-way or, where
such cannot be determined, the center of the traveled cartway.
The functional classification of streets, as shown in the
North Codorus Township Comprehensive Plan, for existing streets and
as determined by the Township Engineer for future streets.
A line defining the edge of a street right-of-way and separating
the street from abutting property or lots; commonly known as the "street
right-of-way line."
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
The workshop of an artist, sculptor, photographer, or craftsperson.
The definition in the SALDO shall apply.[14]
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The division or redivision of a lot, tract or parcel of land
by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions
of land including changes in existing lot lines for the purpose, whether
immediate or future, of lease, partition by the court for distribution
to heirs or devisees, transfer of ownership or building or lot development;
provided, however, that the subdivision by lease of land for solely
agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving
any new street or easement of access or any residential dwelling,
shall be exempted from the definition of a "subdivision.")
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The North Codorus Township Subdivision and Land Development
Ordinance, as amended.[15]
A water-filled enclosure, whether permanently constructed
or portable, having a water depth of more than 24 inches that is used
for swimming and/or bathing by persons.
Any area (usually in a sportsmen's or outdoor club) in which
skeet shooting, firearms shooting or archery is practiced.
An establishment which serves primarily alcoholic beverages
for mostly on-premises consumption and which is licensed by the Pennsylvania
Liquor Control Board, and which involves more than 50% of the gross
receipts resulting from the sale of alcohol. Uses with a lower percentage
shall be considered to be a restaurant. Taverns may also serve food.
Mobile home or manufactured dwellings provided on a seasonal
basis to house temporary farm laborers.
A commercial timbering operation established temporarily
(three months or less) for the sale of lumber cut and processed on
the property to be sold for commercial purposes off-site.
The Township of North Codorus, York County, Pennsylvania.
A professional engineer or engineering firm licensed as such
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the engineer
for North Codorus Township.
A lot or set of adjacent lots in common ownership that is
the subject of a development application.
Occupancy that typically involves stays by an individual
of less than 30 total days in any sixty-day period.
A use (other than a prison, halfway house or a hospital)
providing housing for three or more unrelated persons who need specialized
housing, treatment and/or counseling because of:
An area and building where trucks load and unload cargo and
freight and where the cargo and freight may be broken down or aggregated
into smaller or larger loads for transfer to other vehicles or modes
of transportation.
The granting of specific permission by the Zoning Hearing
Board to use, construct, expand or alter land or structures in such
a way that compliance is not required with a specific requirement
of this chapter. Any variance shall be granted only within the limitations
of the Municipalities Planning Code.
The area of the lot covered by lawns, plants, shrubs and
trees.
A building where gasoline is sold, and where no auto body
work or major repairs are conducted, except work that may be conducted
that is closely similar in character to the following: sale and installation
of oil, lubricants, batteries and belts and similar accessories and
safety and emission inspections. This use may be combined with retail
sales of other products if a retail store is also allowed in the zoning
district.
A building where repairs, improvements and installation of
parts and accessories for motor vehicles and/or boats are conducted
that involves work that is more intense in character than work permitted
under the definition of "vehicle fueling station." An auto repair
garage shall include, but not be limited to, any use that involves
any of the following work: major mechanical or body work, straightening
of body parts, painting, welding or rebuilding of transmissions. This
use may be combined with retail sales of other products if a retail
store is also allowed in the zoning district.
A building or area used for outdoor or indoor display, wholesale
or retail or auction sale or lease or rental of one or more of the
following in operable condition: motor vehicles, recreation vehicles,
boat trailers, farm machinery, motorcycles, utility trailers, boats,
or transportable mobile/manufactured homes in a livable condition.
A building designed and used primarily for the washing and
polishing of vehicles and which may provide accessory services related
to washing and polishing.
A place where animals are given medical care and the boarding
of animals is limited to short-term care incidental to hospital use.
An area of the Township defined by the North Codorus Comprehensive
Plan, including the historic crossroads community of Stoverstown and
intended to accommodate additional residential and commercial development
consistent with the historic development patterns.
A two-story building located in a village center district
of similar style as surrounding single-family detached residential
buildings utilized for the express purpose of providing one of the
following mixture of uses:
RETAIL ON THE GROUND LEVEL WITH HOUSING ABOVEThe first floor of the building designated for a single permitted retail use of the underlying VC District with the second floor designated for a single residential use.
RETAIL ON THE GROUND LEVEL WITH OFFICES ABOVEThe first floor of the building designated for a single permitted retail use of the underlying VC District with the second floor designated for a single permitted office use of the underlying Village Center District.
OFFICES ON THE GROUND LEVEL WITH HOUSING ABOVEThe first floor of the building designated for a single permitted office use of the underlying VC District with the second floor designated for a single residential use.
A building or group of buildings primarily used for the indoor
storage, transfer and distribution of products and materials.
Any water works, water supply works, water distribution system,
or part thereof designed, intended or constructed to provide or distribute
potable water.
WATER DISTRIBUTION SUPPLY SYSTEM, CENTRALIZEDA public or private utility system designed to transmit potable water from a common source to customers in compliance with DEP regulations or regulations of the Township, whichever may be more stringent.
WATER DISTRIBUTION SUPPLY SYSTEM, COMMUNITYA system for applying and distributing water from a common source for two or more dwellings and/or other buildings within a single neighborhood.
WATER DISTRIBUTION SUPPLY SYSTEM, ON-SITEA system for supplying and distributing potable water to a single dwelling or other building from a source located on the same lot.
The wetland margin shall extend 50 feet from the wetland
boundary.
Areas meeting the definition of a "wetland" under federal
or state regulations, whichever are more inclusive.
Sales that primarily involve the sale of goods or equipment
to retail businesses, resellers and other businesses and their agents
with the intent to resell such items, as opposed to sales to the general
public.
A publicly or privately owned natural area established and/or
maintained as a protective habitat for plants and animals.
An open space that lies between the principal building or
buildings and the nearest lot or street line. The minimum required
yard as set forth in this chapter is unoccupied and unobstructed from
the ground up except as may be specifically provided in this chapter.
A strip of land, free of any principal or accessory building
or required improvement other than screening to physically separate
one incompatible use from another and as illustrated in the SALDO.[16]
An open, unoccupied space between the buildings of a dwelling
group or its accessory buildings and the project boundary or street
line.
An area within the minimum setback between the front lot
line (as defined by this chapter) and the closest portion of the subject
structure or use. This yard area shall extend the full width of the
lot from one side lot line to the other side lot line. In the case
of a corner lot, the yards extending along a street right-of-way lines
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 street
right-of-way lines are front yards. No accessory or principal building
shall extend into the required front yard.
An area extending the full width of the lot and situated
between the rear lot line (as defined by this chapter) and the closest
portion of the subject building or use, and stretching between the
side lot lines parallel to the rear lot line. In the case of a corner
lot, the yard that is closest to being opposite from and approximately
parallel to the street on which the structure fronts shall be considered
the rear yard. Every lot shall have a rear yard.
An area situated between the closest portion of the subject
building and the entire length of the side lot line (as defined by
this chapter), and extending from the front lot line to the rear lot
line. A triangular lot that is adjacent to only one street shall have
one side yard and one rear yard.
The Official Zoning Map of North Codorus Township as adopted by the North Codorus Board of Supervisors as amended.[17]
The administrative officer charged with the duty of enforcing
the provisions of this chapter, or his or her officially designated
assistant(s).
The North Codorus Township Zoning Ordinance, as amended.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 68 Pa.C.S.A. § 3101 et seq.
[4]
Editor's Note: See also definition of "right-of-way, future."
[5]
Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.
[6]
Editor's Note: See 68 Pa. C.S.A. § 5101 et seq.
[8]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[9]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[10]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10401 et seq.
[11]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is included as an attachment to this chapter.
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Editor's Note: See also definition for "future right-of-way."
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Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is included as an attachment to this chapter.
