[Ord. 457, 1/31/1994, § 201]
For the purpose of this chapter, words used in the present tense
shall include the future. The singular number shall include the plural
and the plural shall include the singular. The masculine shall include
the feminine and the neuter. The word "shall" is always mandatory.
The word "building" includes "structure" and shall be construed as
if followed by the words "or any part thereof." The phrase "used for"
includes "arranged for," "person" includes an individual, corporation,
partnership, incorporated association or any other legal entity. The
word "includes" or "including" shall not limit the term to the specified
example, but is intended to extend its meaning to all other instances
of like kind and character. Except as defined within this chapter,
all words and phrases shall have their normal meanings and usage.
[Ord. 457, 1/31/1994, § 202; as amended by Ord.
482, 3/23/1998, § 3; by Ord. 545, 2/26/2007, § 27-202;
by Ord. 561, 5/12/2008, § 1; by Ord. 563, 8/11/2008, § 1;
by Ord. 567, 2/9/2009, §§ 1 — 3; by Ord. 578,
5/10/2010, § 2; and by Ord. 585, 9/12/2011]
The following words and phrases shall have the meaning given
in this section.
A subordinate building, incidental to and located on the
same lot as principal building, and used for an accessory use.
A use incidental and subordinate to and located on the same
lot occupied by the principal use to which it relates.
Not distant; having a common endpoint or border; immediately
preceding or following.
[Added by Ord. No. 623,
5/9/2022]
Day care services for adults providing out-of-home care for
part of a twenty-four-hour day to adults, excluding care provided
by relatives.
Telecommunications equipment that transmits and receives
electromagnetic radio signals used in the provision of all types of
wireless telecommunications services.
[Added by Ord. No. 623,
5/9/2022]
A part of a building containing cooking and housekeeping
facilities, consisting of a room or suite of rooms intended, designed
and used as a residence.
Same as "dwelling, multi-family."
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 building
permit, for the approval of a subdivision plat or plan or for the
approval of a development plan.
A cloth, plastic, or other nonstructural covering that projects
from a wall for the purpose of shielding a doorway or window. An awning
is either permanently attached to a building or can be raised or retracted
to a position against the building when not in use.
[Added by Ord. No. 619, 1/6/2020]
A story or portion of a story partly below the average grade
of the surrounding ground with at least 1/2 of its height (measured
from floor to ceiling) below the average grade level of the surrounding
ground.
An owner-occupied residence offering, for pay, overnight
or short-term lodging and breakfast for transient guests.
A room in a dwelling unit used primarily for sleeping purposes in either a dwelling unit or sleeping unit, and that meets the requirements for bedrooms contained in the Borough's International Property Maintenance Code at Chapter 5, Part 2, Subpart D, Section 227, Subsection 4, as may be amended.
[Added by Ord. No. 621, 8/9/2021]
A sign indicating a business conducted somewhere other than
on the premises, on which advertising matter of any character is printed,
posted, or lettered by any means and is designed for such purposes.
A billboard may be either freestanding or attached to a surface of
a building or other structure.
Any body granted jurisdiction under a land use ordinance
or under this chapter to render final adjudications.
A type of residential living facility which provides food
and shelter, for payment, to three or more adults who are unrelated
to the provider and who require no services beyond food, shelter and
other services usually found in hotel or apartment rental.
A place of assembly owned, maintained or leased, for pecuniary
gain, in which no intoxicating beverages are sold, but where patrons
are permitted to bring intoxicating liquors upon the premises for
their own use and consumption.
The area of that part of the lot not included within the
open space herein required.
The width of that part of the lot not included within the
open spaces herein required.
A roofed structure, whether or not enclosed by walls, to
be used for the shelter, enclosure or protection of persons, goods,
materials or animals.
Authorization issued by the Building Code Official of the
Borough of Edinboro to commence construction pursuant to the PA UCC.
Buildings, other structures, and equipment used by the owner
or operator of a cable television system to provide services.
[Added by Ord. No. 623,
5/9/2022]
As used in this Zoning Ordinance, the term "cable system"
shall have the meaning given to it in Section 602(6) of the Cable
Communications Policy Act of 1984, 47 U.S.C. § 522(7), as
may be amended from time-to-time.
[Added by Ord. No. 623,
5/9/2022]
The land of Edinboro University upon which the various buildings
of the institution are located. Such buildings shall consist of classrooms,
libraries, dining halls, dormitories and all other buildings necessary
to the successful maintenance and operation of the University.
Mechanical, electrical, electronic and telecommunication
apparatus and devices used in conjunction with cellular communication.
This definition shall not include cellular towers supporting such
equipment.
A certificate of Building Code compliance and approved occupancy
issued by the Building Code Official of the Borough of Edinboro pursuant
to the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code, Act 45 of 1999.
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections defined
by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection
of the street corner lines.
To attach, mount or construct communication equipment on
existing structures. For example, communication equipment may be constructed
on tall, commercial buildings.
A facility which offers various indoor recreational opportunities
for its patrons including such games as: pool, billiards, bowling,
video games and similar pursuits.
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water within a development site and designed and intended
for the use or enjoyment of residents of a development, not including
streets, off-street parking areas and areas set aside for public facilities.
A structure designed and constructed to support communication
equipment including cellular, radio, television, short wave and similar.
The communication tower may be a monopole design or lattice-type construction.
The tower, whether monopole or lattice-type construction may or may
not be supported by the use of guy wires.
A set of equipment and network components, including wires
and cables and associated facilities, used by a communications service
provider to provide a communications service.
[Added by Ord. No. 623,
5/9/2022]
Any of the following:
[Added by Ord. No. 623,
5/9/2022]
A cable operator as defined in Section 602(4) of the Cable Communications
Policy Act of 1984, 47 U.S.C. § 522(5) as may be amended
from time-to-time.
A provider of information service as defined in Section 3(20)
of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. § 153(24),
as may be amended from time-to-time.
A telecommunications carrier as defined in Section 3(44) of
the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. § 153(5).
A wireless provider.
A use permitted in a particular zoning district pursuant
to the provisions of this chapter and in accordance with the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
A form of ownership of space and use in a multi-family dwelling.
A large single-family home divided into two or more dwellings.
Provides out-of-home care for part of a twenty-four-hour
day to children under 16 years of age, excluding care provided by
relatives. For the purpose of this chapter, day care facilities are
divided into the following types:
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CHILD DAY CARE CENTER — Is a facility in which care is
provided for seven or more children at any one time and the child
care areas are not being used as a family residence.
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FAMILY DAY CARE HOME — Is any premise operated to profit
or not for profit, in which day care is provided at any one time to
four, five or six children. A family day care home may be operated
from a single-family dwelling.
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GROUP DAY CARE HOME — Is any premises operated for profit
or not for profit in which day care is provided at any one time for
more than six but less than 12 children and where the child care areas
are being used as a family residence.
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To qualify as a day care facility, these uses must secure any
needed state permits or licenses.
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Final adjudication of any board or other body granted jurisdiction
under any land use ordinance or this chapter to do so, either by reason
of the grant of exclusive jurisdiction or by reason of appeals from
determinations. All decisions shall be appealable to the Court of
Common Pleas of the county and judicial district wherein the Borough
lies.
A municipal pole that is specifically designed and placed
for aesthetic purposes.
[Added by Ord. No. 623,
5/9/2022]
Final action by an officer, body or agency charged with the
administration of any land use ordinance or applications thereunder,
except the following:
The Borough Council.
The Zoning Hearing Board.
The Edinboro Planning Commission, only if and to the extent
the Edinboro Planning Commission is charged with final decision on
preliminary or final plans under the subdivision and land development
or planned residential development ordinances. Determinations shall
be appealable only to the boards designated as having jurisdiction
for such appeal.
Any landowner, agent of such landowner or tenant with the
permission of such landowner, who makes or causes to be made a subdivision
of land or a land development.
The provisions for development including a planned residential
development, a plat of subdivision, all covenants relating to use,
location and bulk of buildings and other structures, intensity of
use or density of development, streets, ways and parking facilities,
common open space and public facilities. The phrase "provisions of
development plan," when used in this chapter, shall mean the written
and graphic materials referred to in this definition.
The keeping of four or more dogs that are more than six months
old, owned or unowned, for any period of time.
Animals that are customarily kept as household pets for personal
use or enjoyment within the home. Household pets shall include domestic
dogs, domestic cats, domestic tropical birds and similar animals.
A building used as group living quarters for students at
Edinboro University.
A building arranged, intended, designed or used as the living
quarters for one or more families living independently of each other
upon the premises. The term "dwelling" shall not be deemed to include
"hotel," "motel" or "tourist home." A dwelling may be a rooming/boarding
house also, if so permitted by zoning district regulations.
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DETACHED DWELLING — A dwelling with yards on all four
sides.
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MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING — A dwelling containing three or
more dwelling units, including apartment houses, apartment hotels,
flats and garden apartments.
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SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING — A dwelling containing only one
dwelling unit.
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TWO-FAMILY DWELLING — A dwelling containing two dwelling
units.
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A building or portion thereof containing one or more rooms
for living purposes together with separate and exclusive cooking and
sanitary facilities, accessible from the outdoors either directly
or through an entrance hall shared with other dwelling units and used
or intended to be used by either one family or one non-family household.
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by
public utilities or municipal departments, authorities or commissions
of: underground gas, underground or aboveground electrical, telephone
and cable television transmission or distribution systems; and, public
water, public sanitary sewer and public storm sewer facilities including
wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm
boxes, traffic signals, hydrants and similar equipment and accessories
in connection therewith; for adequate services of the public health,
safety and general welfare, but excluding office buildings, gas, telephone
and electric substations, the outside storage of equipment or maintenance
depots. This definition shall not apply to cellular towers and cellular
equipment.
A family is:
[Amended by Ord. No. 613, 1/7/2019]
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A.
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A single person occupying a dwelling unit and maintaining a
household.
[Amended by Ord. No. 621, 8/9/2021] | |
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B.
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Two or more relatives (as defined and referenced in this chapter)
occupying a dwelling unit, living together and maintaining a common
household, including not more than two boarders or roomers.
[Amended by Ord. No. 621, 8/9/2021] | |
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C.
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Two or more unrelated persons (see definition of "related")
occupying a dwell unit, living together, and maintaining a common
household.
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D.
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Permanent group homes for the disabled or family-like living
arrangements for disabled persons. Any number of disabled persons
may be treated as a "family" if they are defined as handicapped or
disabled under the Fair Housing Act Amendments to the Federal Civil
Rights Act. Please note: Handicapped or disabled persons shall be
those who are so designated under the Fair Housing Amendment (1988)
to the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1968.
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An affixed barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard,
etc., usually made of vertical posts connected with horizontal sections
of sturdy material or materials, as wood, metal, vinyl, or wire, used
to prevent entrance, to confine or to mark a boundary.
[Added by Ord. No. 623,
5/9/2022]
A barrier designed to be erected on the windward side of
a road, house, barn, etc., for the purpose of serving as a protection
from drifting snow.
[Added by Ord. No. 623,
5/9/2022]
A relatively flat or low area which is subject to partial
or complete inundation from an adjoining or nearby stream, river or
watercourse; and/or any area subject to the unusual and rapid accumulation
of surface waters from any source as indicated on the flood boundary
and floodway map.
The sum of the gross area of the several floors of a building
or buildings measured from the face of the exterior walls, or from
center line of the walls separating two buildings. Floor area shall
exclude spaces such as garages, basements, open porches and similar
areas.
The management, cultivating, maintaining and harvesting of
timber from a site. Forestry activity does not include the production
or processing of lumber mills or similar activities/uses of timber
whether grown on site or off site.
Common rooms and a central kitchen and dining room maintained
exclusively for fraternity members and their guests or visitors and
officially recognized as a fraternity by Edinboro State University.
An accessory building used only for storage purposes, either
attached to the principal building or separate. A private garage may
store no more than four automobiles.
An area of land, together with any structure thereon, used
for the retail sale of motor fuel and lubricants and incidental services,
such as lubrication and hand washing of motor vehicles and the sale,
installation or minor repairs of tires, batteries or other automobile
accessories.
A nonprofit or for-profit home for the sheltered care of
persons with special needs, which, in addition to providing food and
shelter, shall also provide some combination of personal care, social
or counseling services and transportation.
An administrative proceeding conducted by a board pursuant
to § 909.1 of the Municipalities Planning Code.
The vertical distance from the grade to the highest point
of the coping of a flat roof, or to the deck line or highest point
of coping or parapet of a mansard roof or to the mean height level
between eaves and ridge of gable, hip, shed and gambrel roofs. When
the highest wall of a building with a shed roof is within 30 feet
of a street, the height of such building shall be measured to the
highest point of coping or parapet.
The vertical distance measured from the ground level to the
highest point on a communications tower, including antennas mounted
on the tower.
Any business use customarily carried on entirely within a
dwelling by the occupants thereof, which use is clearly incidental
and subordinate to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and
does not change the residential character thereof.
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.
A surface that generally prevents the infiltration of water
into the ground.
[Added by Ord. No. 623,
5/9/2022]
(UCC) Under § 3 of the Industrialized Housing Act
(35 P.S. § 1651.3), a structure designed primarily for residential
occupancy which is wholly or in substantial part made, fabricated,
formed or assembled in manufacturing facilities for installation or
assembly and installation, on the building site. This term does not
include housing units defined as mobile homes.
Activities and uses which are a direct function of Edinboro
University or a subsidiary of same.
A facility which offers instruction in a variety of endeavors
or skills but is not a school, vocational school, college or university
or similar institution licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Such uses will be treated as personal services by this chapter.
A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by
a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed
or built upon as a unit.
The portion or percentage of the lot area covered by the
impervious surface.
[Added by Ord. No. 623,
5/9/2022]
Any line dividing a lot from another lot or from an abutting
street or other right-of-way.
The horizontal distance between the side lot line measured
at the required front yard building line.
A lot at the point of intersection of and abutting on two
or more intersecting streets, and which has an interior angle of less
than 115° at the intersection of two street lines. (See also "yard,
front.")
A lot that has a pair of opposite lot lines along two substantially parallel streets and which is not a corner lot. Such lots are also known as "double frontage lots." (See also § 27-403.)
(UCC) Under § 901(a) of the UCC (35 P.S. § 7210.901),
housing which bears a label as required by and referenced in the Manufactured
Housing Act, certifying that it conforms to federal construction and
safety standards adopted under the National Manufactured Housing Construction
and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.A. §§ 5401
— 5426).
The assembly, fabrication, manufacture, production, processing,
storage and/or wholesale distribution of goods or products where no
process involved will produce noise, light, vibration, air pollution,
fire hazard or emissions, noxious or dangerous to neighboring properties
within 400 feet.
A small wireless facility that 1) does not exceed two cubic
feet in volume; and 2) has an exterior antenna no longer than 11 inches.
[Added by Ord. No. 623,
5/9/2022]
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 of
occupancy, except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly
operations. (Subject to the Act of May 11, 1972, P.L. 286, No. 70,
known as the "Industrialized Housing Act" and to Title VI, Public
Law 93-383, referred to as the Federal Mobile Home Construction and
Safety Standards Act of 1974 and subject to the Borough's building
codes.)
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the
necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for
the erection thereon of a single mobile home.
A parcel or contiguous parcels of land under single ownership
which has been so designated and improved that it contains two or
more mobile home lots for the placement thereon of mobile homes.
As used within Part 4 of Chapter 27 of this chapter, pertaining to small wireless facilities, the improvement, upgrade, or replacement of a small wireless facility or an existing utility pole that does not substantially change the physical dimension of the small wireless facility or utility pole.
[Added by Ord. No. 623,
5/9/2022]
A building or group of buildings containing individual rooms
or apartment accommodations primarily for transients, each of which
is provided with a parking space and offered principally for rental
and use by motor vehicle travelers. The term "motel" includes, but
is not limited to, auto courts, motor courts, motor inns, motor lodges
or roadside hotels.
A body politic and corporate created pursuant to the Act
of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, No. 164, known as the "Municipalities Authority
Act of 1945," 53 P.S. § 301 et seq., or the Municipality
Authorities Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
A utility pole, owned, managed, or operated by or on behalf
of the Borough.
[Added by Ord. No. 623,
5/9/2022]
A lot the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to
the adoption or amendment of this chapter, but which fails to conform
to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located
by reasons of such adoption or amendment.
A structure or part of a structure manifestly not designed
to comply with the applicable use or extent of use provisions of this
chapter or an amendment hereafter enacted, where such structure lawfully
existed prior to the enactment of this chapter or amendment or prior
to the application of this chapter or amendment to its location by
reason of annexation. Such nonconforming structures include, but are
not limited to, nonconforming signs.
A use, whether of land or structure, which does not comply
with the applicable use provisions of this chapter or amendment hereafter
enacted, where such use was lawfully in existence prior to the enactment
of this chapter or amendment or prior to the application of this chapter
or amendment to its location by reason of annexation. For clarification
purposes this is also known in commonly accepted terms as "grandfathered."
A lot or structure whose principal use is the parking or
storage of motor vehicles for specified time periods or on a rental
basis, but not for commercial or public utility vehicles or the dead
storage of motor vehicles.
An open space with a dustless all-weather surface, or space
in a private garage or other structure with an effective length of
at least 18 feet and a uniform width of at least nine feet for the
storage of one automobile and accessible from a public way.
A premises in which food, shelter, 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 matters as dressing, bathing,
diet or medication prescribed for self-administration but do not require
hospitalization or care in a skilled nursing or intermediate care
facility.
An area of land, controlled by a landowner, to be developed
as a single entity for a number of dwelling units, or combination
of residential and nonresidential uses, the development plan for which
does not correspond in lot size, bulk, type of dwelling or use, density
or intensity, lot coverage and required open space to the regulations
established in any one district created, from time to time, under
the provisions of this chapter.
The office or studio of a physician, surgeon, dentist, lawyer,
architect, artist, engineer, certified public accountant, real estate
broker or salesman, insurance broker or agent, musician, teacher or
similar occupation.
Those services provided by a physician, surgeon, dentist,
lawyer, architect, artist, engineer, certified public accountant,
real estate broker or salesman, insurance broker or agent, musician,
teacher, or similar occupation.
[Added by Ord. No. 619, 1/6/2020]
Includes:
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A.
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Parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreational areas
and other public areas.
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B.
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Sites for schools, sewage treatment, refuse disposal and other
publicly owned or operated facilities.
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C.
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Publicly owned or operated scenic and historic sites.
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A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Borough
Council or Edinboro Planning Commission, intended to inform and obtain
public comment prior to taking action in accordance with this chapter.
A forum held pursuant to notice under the Act of October
15, 1998, P.L. 729, No. 93, 65 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq.
Notice published once each week for two successive weeks
in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough. Such notice
shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature
of the matter to be considered at the hearing. The first publication
shall not be more than 30 days and the second publication shall not
be less than seven days from the date of the hearing.
A structure or building, used for the distribution of gas,
electric or cable utilities, but not including office, garage, maintenance
or similar facilities.
Any facility, including, but not limited to a facility determined
to be Commercial Recreation (Indoor), which provides indoor or outdoor
recreational opportunity for patrons.
[Added by Ord. No. 626, 6/12/2023]
A dwelling unit, with separate and exclusive cooking and
sanitary facilities, used as a rental property, accessible from the
outside or a common hallway.
A relationship or condition which connects two or more persons
by blood, marriage, adoption or other legally established commitment.
For the purpose of this chapter, it shall be limited to parent(s),
grandparent(s), sibling(s), aunt or uncle(s), first cousin(s), niece(s)
or nephew(s). Any person not connected by the specified relationship
of this definition shall be considered as unrelated.
Any letter, review, memorandum, compilation or similar writing
made by any body, 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. All reports shall be deemed recommendatory and advisory
only and shall not be binding upon the recipient, board, officer,
body or agency, nor shall any appeal lie therefrom. Any report used,
received or considered by the body, board, officer or agency rendering
a determination or decision shall be made available for inspection
to the applicant and all other parties to any proceeding upon request,
and copies thereof shall be provided at cost of reproduction.
Restaurants specializing in fast food with drive-through
facilities.
A business establishment or office engaged in selling goods
or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption
and rendering retail services incidental to the sale of such goods.
[Added by Ord. No. 619, 1/6/2020]
The area on, below, or above a public roadway, highway, street,
sidewalk, alley, utility easement, or similar property. The term does
not include a federal interstate highway.
[Added by Ord. No. 623,
5/9/2022]
A dwelling having three or more sleeping rooms for rent to
persons not related to its other occupants. See also "boarding house."
A public or private institution which provides primary (elementary)
or secondary education and is duly approved/accredited by the Pennsylvania
Department of Education.
Screen planting for this chapter shall mean an evergreen
hedge at least six feet high, planted in such a way that it will block
a line of sight. The screening may consist of either one or multiple
rows of evergreen bushes or trees.
Screening shall mean a fence, screen planting or wall at
least six feet high, provided in such a way that it will block a line
of sight.
The distance a house or structure must be from the property
line.
[Added by Ord. No. 623,
5/9/2022]
A business district or portion thereof, wherein stores and
shops occupy space in a single structure and where these stores and
shops use a common off-street parking lot.
Any structure, building, wall or other outdoor surface, or
any device or part thereof, which displays or includes any letter,
word, model, banner, flag, pennant, insignia, device or other representations
used for announcement, direction, advertisement or identification.
The word "sign" includes the word "billboard," but does not include
the flag, pennant or insignia of any nation, state, city or other
political unit, nor public traffic or directional signs. The word
"sign" includes temporary and portable devices as well as permanent
signs. The "area of a sign" shall be construed to include all lettering,
wording and accompanying designs and symbols, together with the background,
including framework and bracing which is incidental to the display
itself, when viewed from its widest silhouette. Where the sign consists
of individual letters or symbols attached to or painted on a surface,
the area shall be considered the smallest rectangle which can be drawn
to encompass all of the letters and symbols.
A sign which directs attention to a business, profession,
service or industry, conducted, sold, manufactured, assembled or offered
for sale other than upon the premises where the sign is displayed.
A sign which directs attention to a business, profession
or industry conducted on the premises or to products sold, manufactured
or assembled upon the same premises upon which it is displayed.
The equipment and network components, including antennas,
transmitters, and receiver, used by a wireless provider that meets
the following qualifications:
[Added by Ord. No. 623,
5/9/2022]
Each antenna associated with the deployment is no more than
three cubic feet in volume.
The volume of all other equipment associated with the wireless
facility, whether ground-mounted or pole-mounted, is cumulatively
no more than 28 cubic feet.
Any equipment used solely for the concealment of the small wireless
facility shall not be included in the calculation of equipment volume
under this paragraph.
A building containing sleeping rooms, bathrooms, common rooms
and a central kitchen and dining room maintained exclusively for sorority
members and their guests or visitors and officially recognized as
a sorority by Edinboro State University.
A porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda at
a house door.
[Added by Ord. No. 623,
5/9/2022]
That portion of a building located between the surface of
any floor and the next floor above; if there is not more than one
floor the space between any floor and the ceiling next above it shall
be considered a story.
A public or private right-of-way, excluding driveways, intended
for use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation which provides
a means of access to abutting property. The word "street" includes
thoroughfare, avenue, boulevard, court, drive, expressway, highway,
lane, alley and road or similar terms.
A line defining the right-of-way boundaries of a street.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land. The word
"structure" is to include antenna or satellite dish antennas.[1]
Four classifications of zoning uses:
Uses by right are those authorized uses for which a zoning appeal
will be issued by the Zoning Officer upon the Zoning Officer's review
of the application for development if the application for development
indicates compliance with this chapter.
Conditional uses are those authorized uses which are permitted by approval of the Borough Council in accordance with this chapter and specifically § 27-308, "Conditional Uses and Special Exceptions."
Uses by special exception are those authorized uses which are
permitted by approval of the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with
this chapter.
Uses Not Specifically Listed. Uses which are not specifically
listed but are similar to a specifically listed use shall be permitted
by conditional use in the same zoning district in which similar specifically
listed use is permitted and the Borough Council shall make findings
with regard to the similarity of the uses.
A use engaged in storage, wholesale and distribution of manufactured
products, supplies and equipment; but excluding bulk storage of materials
that are inflammable or explosive or that create hazardous or commonly
recognized offensive conditions.
An inventory of the source, quantity, yield and use of groundwater
and surface water resources within the Borough.
[Added by Ord. No.
623, 5/9/2022]
A person authorized by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
to provide telecommunications services in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
that builds or installs wireless communication transmission equipment,
wireless facilities, or wireless support structures.
A person who provides wireless services.
That portion of a lot which is unoccupied and open to the
sky and extends from the lot line to the yard line.
A line within a lot defining the minimum distance between
any building or structure or portion thereof, and an adjacent lot
line. Such line shall be measured at right angles from and parallel
to the corresponding lot line.
A yard between an adjacent right-of-way and the building
line and extending for the full width of the lot. On corner lots,
the front yard shall be considered on the street which has the least
dimension.
A yard between the rear lot line and a line drawn parallel
thereto at such distance therefrom as may be specified herein for
any zoning district and extending for the full width of the lot.
An open yard space between the side lot line and parallel
thereto extending from the front lot line to the rear lot line.
A certificate of approved, conforming, nonconforming or appropriate
land or building use issued by the Zoning Officer of the Borough of
Edinboro pursuant to the Edinboro Zoning Ordinance [this chapter].
The Zoning Officer of the Borough of Edinboro or his authorized
representative.
A permit issued by the Zoning Officer of the Borough of Edinboro
for activities pursuant to this chapter and is the initial approval
to begin review of building plans for projects regulated by the PA
UCC.
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Editor's Note: The former definitions of "student" and "student
house," added by Ord. No. 613, 1/7/2019, which immediately followed this definition, were repealed
by Ord. No. 621, 8/9/2021.
