All words used in this chapter shall carry their customary meanings
except where specifically defined herein. Words used in the present
tense shall include the future. The singular numbers shall include
the plural, and the plural shall include the singular. The word "shall"
is always mandatory, and not permissive; the word "may" is permissive.
The words "used" or "occupied" as applied to any land or structures
shall be construed to include the words "intended, arranged, designed
to be used or occupied." The word "person" shall include an individual,
corporation, partnership, incorporated association or any other entity.
The following words and phrases shall have the meaning specified
for this chapter:
When the landowner fails to meet the schedule fixed in the
tentative approval and does not appear to request an extension prior
to the schedule date, or when final approval has been granted and
the developer fails to start work within one year, or when work is
stopped for a period of one year. If the landowner fails to meet the
above deadlines and within such time does not request an extension,
abandonment shall be considered to have taken place.
Having a common border with or being separated from such
common border by an alley, right-of-way, or easement.
A means of approach or entry to or exit from a lot, a site
or a parcel.
A structure which is on the same lot with, but detached from,
the principal farm structure and which is customarily incidental and
subordinate to the principal agricultural use of the lot, including
barns, silos, stables and the like.
A structure which is on the same lot with, but detached from,
the principal building or structure and which is customarily incidental
and subordinate to the principal building or structure, including,
but not limited to, carports, swimming pools, decks, fences, walls,
gazebos, signs, air-conditioning units and the like.
A use related to the principal use which is customarily incidental
and subordinate to the principal use or structure and located on the
same lot with such principal use or structure.
A marker, not more than two square feet in size, indicating
address and/or name of a residential property or indicating the address
of a commercial property.
Within proximity to or sharing a common boundary.
An establishment in which 20% or more of the net retail floor
area offers for sale, for rent or lease, for loan, or for view upon
the premises, of pictures, photographs, drawings, prints, images,
sculpture, still film, motion-picture film, videotape, or similar
visual presentations distinguished or characterized by an emphasis
on sexual conduct or sexually explicit nudity, or books, pamphlets,
magazines, printed or digital matter or sound recordings containing
explicit and detailed descriptions or narrative accounts distinguished
or characterized by an emphasis on sexual conduct, or offers sexual
devices for sale. This use also includes any business establishment
that may or may not dispense food and/or beverages for consumption
on the premises and which features live shows for public viewing in
which all or some of the performers, both men and women, are displaying
nudity or are engaging in sexual conduct, sexual excitement or sadomasochistic
abuse (e.g., topless dancers, strippers, etc.).
An accessory use to an agricultural use where products grown
or produced on the property are offered for sale. This use shall include
a seasonal roadside stand.
Growing or producing for use on the lot or for sale domestic
livestock, farm grains, feeds or hay, fruits, nursery stock, vegetables,
dairy products, poultry, eggs or other crops or produce typical of
farm activity in the County of Washington and related use of equipment
and accessory farm buildings and structures necessary for the foregoing
purposes, including, but not limited to, barns, stables, corn cribs,
silos and the like.
A functional service way providing a secondary public means
of access to abutting properties.
See "structural alteration."
An enterprise operated for profit by other than a public
entity completely within an enclosed structure for the pursuit of
sports, recreation and entertainment activities, including, but not
limited to, such establishment as theaters, dance halls, bowling alleys,
fitness centers, indoor racquet clubs and the like.
An enterprise operated for profit by other than a public
entity which is conducted wholly or partly outside an enclosed structure
for the pursuit of sports, recreation and amusement activities, including,
but not limited to, such establishments as drive-in theaters, arenas,
stadia, racetracks, swimming pools, ball fields, parks, tennis courts,
miniature golf courses and the like.
A landowner or developer who has submitted a plan for approval
under the terms of this chapter.
A public street which serves large volumes of high-speed
and long-distance traffic. Roads classified as arterial in the Township
are Pennsylvania Route 136 and Thomas, Venetia, and Linden Roads.
An establishment, in conjunction with or without a dwelling,
designed for the preparation, instruction, display and/or sale of
individually crafted work related to artwork, jewelry, furniture,
sculpture, pottery, leathercraft, hand-woven articles, literature
or performance of fine arts such as but not limited to drawing, vocal
or instrumental music such as a music or art studio.
A residential facility which provides services and supervision
for two or more persons not related to the operator who, because of
a handicap or disability, require supervision and services to meet
their needs but do not require the services of a nursing home or hospital
as defined herein. "Assisted living facility" shall include group
care facility and group home. "Assisted living facility" shall not
include custodial care facility.
A business establishment where the principal business is
the receipt, disbursement, or exchange of funds and currencies such
as banks, savings, loans, credit unions or check cashing establishments.
Establishment may or may not offer a drive-through window.
A permanent structure specifically designed and constructed
for an assemblage of persons and including catering facilities, for
the purpose of hosting weddings, receptions, and other gatherings.
[Added 7-2-2018 by Ord.
No. 114]
A building, accessory to a farm, that is used for storing
agricultural equipment, hay, grain, and other crops, and often for
housing livestock.
[Added 7-2-2018 by Ord.
No. 114]
A business establishment which provides on-site alcoholic
beverage sales for drinking on the premises, where food may be served,
where live entertainment (not including adult entertainment) may also
be provided, and where minors are not admitted unless accompanied
by a parent or guardian. This use may include an establishment with
on-site brewing that produces less than 15,000 barrels of brewed beverages
per year.
A story having more than 50% of its wall area below the grade
of the surrounding ground.
A dwelling that is the principal residence of the operator
where no more than four bedrooms are offered to transient overnight
guests for compensation and where the only meal served and included
with the overnight accommodations is breakfast.
A sign that conveys information regarding an establishment,
an activity, a person, a product, or a service that is unrelated to
or unavailable on the premises on which the sign is located; such
a sign is a principal use of land.
An individual(s) other than a member of the family occupying
the dwelling unit, or part thereof, who, for a consideration, is furnished
sleeping accommodations and may be furnished meals or other services
as part of the consideration.
A building arranged or used for overnight lodging by three
or more persons, but not exceeding 10 persons, with or without meals,
for compensation by transient residents arriving upon their own accord.
Overnight lodging occurs in individual sleeping rooms with no cooking
facilities. A boardinghouse may include common areas and a common
kitchen available for use by residents.
A landscaped area of a certain depth specified by this chapter
which shall be planted and maintained in trees, grass, ground cover,
shrubs, bushes or other natural landscaping material and shall consist
of a mix of types and sizes of plant material which within three years
of planting meets the standard of providing a year-round visual screen
at least six feet in height or an approved existing natural or constructed
physical barrier which duplicates the effect of the required buffer
area.
A roofed structure enclosed by walls to be used for shelter,
enclosure or protection of persons, goods, materials, or animals.
That percentage of the lot area covered by the buildings.
In determining building coverage, cornices, eaves and gutters shall
be excluded.
The vertical distance from the average elevation at grade
level to the highest point of the roof.
A line parallel to, or concentric with, the right-of-way
line of the abutting road right-of-way which is at a distance therefrom
equal to the depth of the front yard required for the zoning district
in which the lot is located.
A business establishment specializing in the sale and/or
short- or long-term storage of wholesale and/or retail construction
supplies and materials for home improvement. This use may include
a lot or parcel used for the permanent storage of construction equipment
and supplies, but not including the sale of supplies or the repair
or sale of heavy equipment.
A lawfully existing building or other structure which contains
a conforming use, but which does not comply with the applicable lot
size requirements, lot coverage limitations, off-street parking requirements
or other dimensional requirements related to the characteristics of
the structure or its location on the lot.
See "principal building."
A building which is used for the residential occupancy of
one or more families or group living arrangements.
A structure used for the purposes of cleaning or reconditioning
the exterior and/or interior surfaces of automotive vehicles. Not
including an incidental one-bay washing facility in a service station,
where washing facilities are purely incidental to the operation of
said service station. This use includes any self-operated facility
not requiring attendants or employees, regardless of capacity.
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls
having one or more open sides for the storage of vehicles.
A lot used for, or intended to be used for, the burial of
human and/or domesticated animal remains, including, but not limited
to columbariums, mausoleums, and mortuaries when operated in conjunction
with the cemetery and within its boundaries.
Any substantive change from one use or occupancy to another
of a building, structure or lot.
An area of unobstructed vision for vehicle drivers at street
intersections defined by lines of sight between points at a given
distance from the intersection of street center lines.
Any outpatient establishment licensed by the commonwealth
where human patients are examined and treated by health care personnel.
An establishment where animals are examined and treated by
licensed veterinarians and which may include kennels for temporary
boarding during treatment.
Any establishment operated by an organization for social,
recreational, educational, fraternal or similar purposes, but open
only to members and their guests and not to the general public.
A public street which, in addition to giving access to abutting
lots, intercepts local streets and provides a route for carrying considerable
volumes of local traffic to community facilities and arterial roads.
The Nottingham Township Planning Commission of Washington
County, Pennsylvania.
All those areas in a planned development, including open
space, owned or leased and maintained by an association or other combination
of persons for the benefit of the residents of the planned development
and, if owned under the Uniform Condominium Act,[1] including all common elements designated for the use of
all dwelling unit owners.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A structure, including any guy wires and one or more antennas,
principally intended to support facilities for transmission of broadcast
for commercial or public VHF and UHF television or radio broadcast,
two-way radio, common carriers, cellular telephone, fixed point microwave,
low power television or AM radio, including accessory equipment related
to telecommunications. "Communications tower" does not include hobby/personal
use antennas and supportive structures for private, noncommercial
and amateur purposes, including but not limited to ham radios and
citizen band radios.
An authorized use which may be granted only by the Supervisors
pursuant to standards and criteria prescribed in this chapter, after
public hearing, review and recommendations by the Township Planning
Commission and public hearing by the Supervisors.
A facility with overnight lodging to accommodate all participants
in an event, at which meetings, seminars and conferences are conducted.
[Added 7-2-2018 by Ord.
No. 114]
The construction, reconstruction, renovation, extension,
expansion, structural alteration or relocation of a structure, including
the placement of mobile homes.
An establishment that may or may not include administrative
offices for a business that provides construction, remodeling, home
improvement, land development and related services, which may also
involve the outdoor storage of all or part of the materials, equipment
or vehicles used in the business and also may include the repair of
vehicles owned or operated by the occupant of the land.
[Added 8-6-2018 by Ord.
No. 110-B]
A business establishment not exceeding 5,000 square feet
of selling area that offers convenience goods for sale, such as prepackaged
or preprepared food items, tobacco, periodicals, and other household
goods and may or may not offer the sale of fuel/energy for vehicles.
Washington County, Pennsylvania.
See "lot coverage."
A location containing properly installed, certified apparatus
intended for use in the act of cremation.
A facility providing custodial care and/or treatment in a
supervised, protective environment for persons residing or attending
by court placement or supervision. This includes facilities for people
on probation or parole who are leaving a correctional facility, or
people who are placed in such a facility as a form of alternate sentencing.
A use related to the principal nonresidential use which is
customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use or structure
and located on the same lot with such principal use or structure.
A use related to the principal residential use which is customarily
incidental and subordinate to the principal use or structure and located
on the same lot with such principal use or structure.
A facility, licensed by the commonwealth, located within
a building which is not used as a dwelling unit, for the care during
part of a twenty-four-hour day of children under the age of 16 or
handicapped or elderly persons.
A facility, licensed by the commonwealth, located within
a dwelling, for the care on a regular basis during part of a twenty-four-hour
day of not more than six children under 16 years of age, excluding
care provided to children who are relatives of the provider. Such
use shall be secondary to the use of the dwelling for living purposes
and persons who do not reside in the dwelling shall not be employed.
A-weighted decibel, abbreviated "dBA," is an expression of
the relative loudness of sounds in air as perceived by the human ear.
A structure which may or may not be enclosed and which projects
out from the main wall of a building or structure and does not have
a roof.
The transfer of property interests from private to public
ownership for a public purpose. The transfer may be of a fee simple
interest or of a less than fee interest, including an easement.
See "dwelling unit density."
A calculation of the number of dwelling units permitted on
a site.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels;
the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration,
relocation or enlargement of any buildings; any use or change in use
of any buildings or land; or extension of any use of land, for which
permission may be required pursuant to this chapter.
An area of parcels in the Township in which regulations under
this chapter uniformly apply. The boundaries of each district are
shown on the Zoning Map.
Any digging or boring of a new well to explore, develop or
produce oil, gas or other hydrocarbons, or to inject gas, water or
any other fluid or substance into the earth.
The derrick, all parts and appurtenances to such structures,
and every piece of apparatus, machinery or equipment used, erected
or maintained for use in connection with drilling.
A private area used exclusively for vehicular circulation
and ingress and egress to a street by the owner or owners or visitors
of the lot.
Any building designed or used as permanent living quarters
for one or more families, not including hotels, motels or lodging
or boardinghouses.
One or more rooms which are used as quarters for one family
and having permanent facilities for sleeping, cooking and eating,
as well as sanitary facilities.
The number of dwelling units authorized by this chapter per
acre of land.
A residential building or portion thereof containing three
or more dwelling units.
A residential building which contains at least three, but
no more than eight, dwelling units, each for the exclusive use by
one family, where each unit has a separate entrance and direct access
to the outdoors which is not shared by other dwelling units and which
is attached to another dwelling unit by continuous vertical walls
without opening from basement to roof.
A residential building containing one dwelling unit and which
is the only principal building on the lot.
A residential building containing two independent dwelling
units, each having a separate entrance, and which is the only principal
building on the lot.
Authorization by a lot owner of the use by another and for
a specified purpose of any designated part of the owner's lot.
A building, structure and/or lot used for the maintenance,
fueling, storage, dispatching or parking of vehicles and/or equipment
utilized to provide private or public rescue or ambulatory services,
fire and/or police services.
A facility maintained for the primary purpose of training
or competing horses (or similar equids).
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by
public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies of underground
or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission, disposal
or distribution systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers,
pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic
signals, hydrants, street signs, off-street parking spaces and other
similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith reasonably
necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities
or municipal or other governmental agencies or for the public health,
safety or general welfare, but not including buildings.
The use of land which shall include, but not be limited to,
the tilling of the soil, the raising of crops, horticulture, apiculture
(beekeeping), floriculture, viticulture and gardening. The production,
keeping or maintenance, for sale, lease or personal use, of plants
and animals useful to man, including but not limited to forages and
sod crops; grains and seed crops; dairy animals and dairy products,
poultry and poultry products: livestock, including beef cattle, sheep,
swine, mules, or goats, or any mutations or hybrids thereof, including
the breeding and grazing of any or all of such animals/plants: bees
and apiary products; fur animals; trees and forest products: fruits
of all kinds, including grapes, nuts and berries; vegetables; nursery,
floral, ornamental and greenhouse products; or lands devoted to a
soil conservation program. This use does not include commercial farms
or equestrian facilities.
Animals (such as cows, horses, pigs, sheep, goats, llamas,
and the like) kept or raised especially on a farm and for profit.
Intensive agricultural uses involving farm animals that include
but are not limited to slaughter areas; processing of manure; concentrated
animal feeding operations; production of animal goods for wholesale;
or any use considered a confined livestock operation or concentrated
animal feeding operation pursuant to federal regulations. The intensity
of such uses may be described by the high concentration of farm animals,
amount of animal waste produced or handled, amount of animal feed
consumed, or other factors such that the use is distinguishable as
a commercial farm from a typical farm or a typical farm in Nottingham
Township. Such use does not include hobby farm or farm.
An agricultural land use that includes the keeping of farm
animals or the growing of crops for sale, with a minimum of three
acres where agricultural activities are conducted by the residents
thereof, but where such activities are not the principal source of
employment or income for the property owner.
A fabricated barrier used to enclose an area of land.
See "bank."
Any fabric, banner or bunting containing distinctive colors,
patterns or symbols used as a symbol of a government political subdivision,
religious, education or corporate organization if such flags are displayed
for noncommercial purposes.
A temporary inundation of normally dry land areas.
All land within the floodplain identified by the US Army
Corps of Engineers Study for Nottingham Township shall be considered
floodplain land.
The sum of the gross horizontal area of the several floors
of a principal building or buildings on the same lot. All dimensions
shall be measured between exterior faces of walls.
A unit used to measure the amount of light falling on a surface
at a point on a surface which is one foot from, and perpendicular
to, a source of illumination that produces one uniform candela.
The management of forests and timber lands when practiced
in accordance with accepted silvicultural principles, through developing,
cultivating, harvesting, transporting and selling trees for commercial
purposes, which does not involve any land development.
The portion of a lot between the building facade and the
lot line that fronts the thoroughfare or a civic open space or the
privately held portion between the building facade and the lot line.
A building licensed by the commonwealth that contains a suitable
storage room for the deceased and may include embalming facilities
and rooms for the display of burial ceremonies of the deceased, but
excludes crematories.
A building or structure part thereof, used or intended to
be used for the parking and storage of motor vehicles.
An accessory structure or part of a principal building used
only for the storage of private motor vehicles and other personal
effects of the occupants of the principal structure.
Any garage, other than a private garage, available to the
general public which is used for storage, parking, or rental of motor
vehicles, but which is not used for the repair or maintenance of motor
vehicles.
A building, or part thereof, used for the servicing and repairing
of motor vehicles, including engine overhaul and body work where all
storage of parts and dismantled vehicles and all repair work is conducted
entirely inside an enclosed building.
An establishment related to growing and sales of ornamental
plants including the following:
A business enterprise which conducts the retail of plants grown
off-site or on-site, as well as accessory items (but not power equipment
such as gas or electric lawnmowers and farm implements) directly related
to their care and maintenance. The accessory items normally sold are
clay pots, potting soil, fertilizers, insecticides, hanging baskets,
rakes and shovels.
A facility whose roof and sides are made largely of glass or
other transparent or translucent material and in which the temperature
and humidity can be regulated for the cultivation of delicate or out-of-season
plants for subsequent sale or enjoyment.
Any fluid, either combustible or noncombustible, which is
produced in a natural state from the earth and which maintains a gaseous
or rarefied state at standard temperature and pressure conditions
and or the gaseous components or vapors occurring in or derived from
petroleum or natural gas.
A building(s), premises or portions thereof which are used,
arranged, designed, or intended to be used for the retail sale of
gasoline or other fuel for motor vehicles. Gas stations may include
the operation of a convenience food store in conjunction with the
retail sale of petroleum products.
See "gross floor area."
An area of land laid out for golf with a series of nine or
18 holes each including tee, fairway, and putting green and often
one or more natural or artificial hazards.
The maximum number of dwelling units authorized per acre
of land, determined based on the total acreage in the planned residential
development site, including the acreage in open space, as well as
acreage devoted to residential and nonresidential uses.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of all the floors of
a building and its accessory structures on the same lot, excluding
cellar and basement floor areas but including the area of roofed porches
and roofed terraces. All dimensions shall be measured between exterior
faces of walls.
A facility, licensed by the commonwealth, which provides
room and board and specialized services to more than eight residents
who are in need of supervision, excluding dependent children adjudicated
by the criminal court system under the age of 18, mentally or physically
disabled persons of any age, and elderly persons, 62 or more years
of age, and the required number of supervisors on each shift, who
may or may not reside on the premises. The facility shall be licensed
by the commonwealth to provide specialized health, social and/or rehabilitative
services to the residents. Twenty-four-hour supervision shall be provided
by staff qualified in accordance with the regulations of the commonwealth.
Accessory use towers and antennas typically associated with
leisure activities in and around a residence pursuant to FCC-licensed
activities such as amateur radio and citizen's band radio and unlicensed
activities such as listening to short wave radio broadcasts or TV
broadcasts. Antennas in nonresidential areas which exist solely to
support such hobby activity are included.
Any business conducted within a residential dwelling whereas
said business is not a no-impact home-based business.
An establishment licensed by the commonwealth for the inpatient
and outpatient short-term care of patients suffering from physical
or mental illnesses, and which may or may not include facilities for
major surgery and which may be publicly or privately operated.
Any material that prevents, impedes, or slows infiltration
or absorption of stormwater directly into the ground at the rate of
absorption of vegetation-bearing soils, including building, asphalt,
concrete, gravel and other surfaces.
The mechanical or chemical transformation of raw materials
or substances into new products or other raw materials, including
the assembling of component parts, the manufacturing of products and
the blending of materials into finished or semifinished products not
otherwise defined as light manufacturing. This use includes:
The rental of vehicles and equipment over 26,000 pounds gross
vehicle weight (GVW), including any heavy equipment or any other vehicle
or equipment which is not classified as a "motor vehicle" under the
Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code.[2]
A business establishment used for the display or sale of vehicles
and equipment over 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight (GVW), including
any heavy equipment or any other vehicle or equipment which is not
classified as a "motor vehicle" under the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle
Code. Such use may also include the servicing or repair of such vehicles
or equipment.
The processing and fabrication of certain materials and products
where no process involved will produce noises, vibration, water pollution,
fire hazard or noxious emissions which will disturb or endanger neighboring
properties. Light industrial includes, but is not limited to, the
production or repair of the following goods: home appliances, electrical
instruments, office machines, precision instruments, electronic devices,
timepieces, jewelry, optical goods, musical instruments, novelties,
wood products, printed material, lithographic plates, type composition,
machine tools, dies and gauges, ceramics, apparel, lightweight nonferrous
metal castings, film processing, light sheet metal products, plastic
goods, pharmaceutical goods, food products, not including animal slaughtering,
curing or rendering of fats, and similar activities.
A vehicle which is inoperative or is unable to meet the vehicle
registration and inspection standards under Part IV (§ 4101
et seq.) of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code. The term does not
include a vehicle which would qualify as an antique or classic vehicle
except for its lack of restoration or maintenance.
Land or structure(s) used for the collection, storage, processing
and/or sale of scrap metal, wastepaper, glass, rags, containers and
other discarded materials, machinery, equipment, inoperable farm equipment,
or appliances or two or more scrapped, abandoned or junked motor vehicles.
Refuse or garbage kept in a proper container for prompt disposal shall
not be regarded as a junkyard.
Any household or establishment where more than four dogs
who are more than six months old are kept, bred, trained and/or boarded
for profit.
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 the purpose of streets, common areas, leaseholds,
condominiums, building groups, or other features.
A subdivision of land.
Development in accordance with Section 503(1.1) of the Municipalities
Planning Code.[3]
Any site licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection (PA DEP) for the disposal of solid waste, other than hazardous
waste, as defined and regulated by federal statute.
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land including
the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such
option or contract is subject to any condition), a lessee if he is
authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner,
or other persons having a proprietary interest in land.
A portion of a lot used for the standing, loading, or unloading
of motor vehicles.
A public street which is designed, primarily, to provide
access to abutting lots and to discourage through traffic. All roads
in the Township which are not defined by this chapter as arterial
or collector roads are local roads.
A tract or parcel of land or several contiguous tracts or
parcels under common ownership described in deeds or other instruments
pursuant to the laws of the commonwealth and which are used or proposed
to be used or developed as a single entity under the terms of this
chapter.
That area measured on a horizontal plane bounded by the front,
rear and side lot lines, exclusive of any area within a street right-of-way.
That percentage of the total lot area which is covered by
the principal and accessory structures.
That line which bounds the lot contiguous with the street
right-of-way line.
That line which is generally opposite to the front lot line.
Any lot line which is not a front lot line or a rear lot
line.
Any lot in a plan of subdivision which is duly recorded in
the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Washington County.
The straight-line distance between the points of intersection
of the building line with the side lot lines.
A lot at the intersection of, and fronting on, two or more
street rights-of-way.
See "nonconforming lot."
Notice given by a municipality by first-class mail of the
time and place of a public hearing and the nature of the matter to
be considered at the hearing.
A building containing aboveground tombs for burial of human
and/or domesticated animal remains.
A voluntary negotiating process in which parties in a dispute
mutually select a neutral mediator to assist with them in jointly
exploring and settling their differences culminating in a written
agreement which the parties themselves create and consider acceptable.
A solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence that includes,
but is not limited to, anthracite and bituminous coal, lignite, limestone
and dolomite, sand, gravel, rock, stone, earth, slag, ore, vermiculite,
clay and other mineral resources. This does not include liquids such
as oil and gases, such as natural gas.
Any extraction of any mineral for sale or other commercial
purposes which involves removal of the surface of the earth or exposure
of the mineral or subsurface of the earth. This definition includes
activities carried out beneath the surface of the earth by means of
shafts, tunnels or other underground mine openings.
See "self-storage."
A transportable single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy which has a minimum floor area of 720 square feet and which
is 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 constructed
so that it may be used without a permanent foundation.
A mobile home which is used without permanent foundation shall
be located within a mobile home park, as defined and regulated herein;
however, a mobile home which is rendered immobile by permanent placement
on a continuous masonry foundation or at least two concrete footers
along the longer dimension which project at least three feet below
finished grade and which is skirted and tied to its foundation in
accordance with the requirements of the American National Installation
of Mobile Homes Requirements (NFPA No. 501-A1974, ANSI A119.3-1975),
as amended, and which is connected to all available utilities shall
be regarded as a single-family dwelling, as defined and regulated
by this chapter.
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 which has been so
designated and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots
for the placement thereon of mobile homes.
An establishment which provides transient lodging accommodations
to the general public and which may provide such additional supporting
services as restaurants, dining rooms, recreation facilities and living
quarters for a resident manager or proprietor.
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247, of
1968, as amended.[4]
A facility designed and constructed to compress and aid in
the transportation of natural gas that originates from an oil and
gas well or collection of such wells operating as a midstream facility
for delivery of oil and gas to a transmission pipeline, distribution
pipeline, natural gas processing plant or underground storage field,
including one or more natural gas compressors, associated buildings,
pipes, valves, tanks and other equipment.
A facility designed and constructed to remove materials such
as ethane, propane and other constituents or similar substances from
natural gas to allow such natural gas to be of such quality as is
required or appropriate for transmission or distribution to commercial
markets but not including facilities or equipment that are/is designed
and constructed primarily to remove water, water vapor, oil or naturally
occurring liquids from natural gas.
A unit of measure used for lighting expressed as candelas
per meter squared.
A business or commercial activity administered or conducted
as an accessory use which is clearly secondary to the use as a residential
dwelling and which involves no customer, client or patient traffic,
whether vehicular or pedestrian, pickup, delivery or removal functions
to or from the premises, in excess of those normally associated with
residential use. The business or commercial activity must satisfy
the following requirements:
The business activity shall be compatible with the residential
use of the property and surrounding residential uses.
The business shall employ no employees other than members residing
in the dwelling.
There shall be no display or sale of retail goods and no stockpiling
or inventory of a substantial nature.
There shall be no outside appearance of a business use, including,
but not limited to, parking, signs or lights.
No on-site parking of commercially identified vehicles shall
be permitted. This does not preclude short-term parking of common
carrier vehicles such as USPS, UPS, etc., in conjunction with delivery
of supplies or shipment of product.
The business activity may not use any equipment or process which
creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical or electronic
interference, including interference with radio or television reception,
which is detectable in the neighborhood.
The business activity may not generate any solid waste or sewage
discharge, in volumes or type, which is not normally associated with
residential use in the neighborhood.
The business activity shall be conducted only within the dwelling
and may not occupy more than 25% of the habitable floor area.
The business may not involve any illegal activity.
Any lot which does not comply with the applicable area and
bulk provisions of this chapter or an amendment hereafter enacted,
which lawfully existed prior to the enactment of this chapter or any
subsequent amendment.
A structure, or part of a structure, manifestly not designed
to comply with the applicable area, bulk or other provisions in this
chapter or an amendment hereafter enacted, which lawfully existed
prior to the enactment of this chapter or any subsequent amendment.
Such nonconforming structures include, but are not limited to, nonconforming
signs.
An institution licensed by the commonwealth for the long-term
care of patients requiring skilled nursing or intermediate nursing
care, but not including facilities for major surgery or care and treatment
of narcotics addiction.
An office for such business as insurance, utilities, stenographic
service, employment service, real estate, post office, sales such
as those by a manufacturer's representative, legal, medical, dental,
engineering and surveying, architectural and stock brokerage firms,
securities and investment firms.
Crude oil, natural gas, methane gas, coal bed methane gas,
propane, butane and all other hydrocarbons and on-hydrocarbons contained
in, associated with, or produced/originating within any formation
and all communicating zones and their liquid or gaseous constituents
that are produced by drilling a well of any depth into, through and
below the surface of the earth.
The well site operations, well site construction, drilling,
hydraulic fracturing and/or site restoration associated with an oil
and gas well or any depth; water and other fluid storage, impoundment
and transportation used for such activities and the installation and
use of all associated equipment, including tanks, meters and other
equipment and structures whether permanent or temporary and the site
preparation, construction, installation, maintenance and repair of
oil and gas pipelines and associated equipment and other equipment
and activities associated with the exploration for, production and
transportation of oil and gas other than natural gas compressor stations
and natural gas processing plants or facilities performing the equivalent
functions that operate as midstream facilities and are only authorized
consistent with this chapter.
The oil and gas drill site shall consist of the area occupied
by the facilities, structures and equipment necessary for or incidental
to the drilling, production or operation of an oil or gas well.
Activities performed under the surface of the ground that
are part of the operation of oil and gas drilling, as defined herein,
located on properties within the unit for a particular drill site,
but that are not included in the drill site, including, but not limited
to, horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing zones, underground
gathering and transmission pipelines and similar underground facilities
incidental to oil and gas drilling.
The conduct on a property of oil and gas drilling, as defined
herein, that involves activities performed on or above the surface
of the ground, including but not limited to: location of the well
head and accessory structures, operation of the drilling rig, construction
of an access drive and aboveground storage and/or treatment of water
and fluids used in the drilling process.
Open space is land area unoccupied by buildings and unobstructed
to the sky which is devoted to landscaping, recreation, gardens or
other like uses. Areas devoted to driveways, off-street parking, loading,
swamp areas, unusable ground, retention ponds, or public or private
rights-of-way shall not be considered to be open space. Recreation
facilities or structures and their accessory uses located in common
recreation areas shall be considered open space as long as total impervious
surfaces (paving, roof, etc.) constitute no more than 5% of the total
open space.
The percentage of the total lot area contained in all lots
devoted to a given dwelling unit or use type which is required to
be reserved as open space within the planned residential development
site.
Any person, partnership, company, corporation and its subcontractors
and agents who have an interest in real estate and/or oil and gas
for the purpose of developing, exploring or drilling for, producing
or transporting oil or gas.
The person or persons having the right of legal title to,
beneficial interest in or a contractual right to purchase a lot or
parcel.
Any designated piece or tract of land located in the Township
established by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law.
A portion of a lot designed for the parking of motor vehicles
in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
A portion of a parking area designated for the parking of
one motor vehicle in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
Parking spaces available for the parking outside of a road
right-of-way for one or more motor vehicle, excluding residential
driveways, such that each vehicle shall have dimensions not less than
nine feet by 18 feet, exclusive of passageways and driveways appurtenant
thereto and giving access thereto, and having direct access to a street,
alley, or aisle.
An authorized use allowed by right which may be granted by
the Zoning Officer upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
A facility licensed by the commonwealth located within a
dwelling where room and board is provided to more than three residents
who are not relatives of the operator, and who are mobile or semimobile
and require specialized services in such matters as bathing, dressing,
diet and medication prescribed for self-administration for a period
exceeding 24 consecutive hours, but who are not in need of hospitalization
or skilled nursing care or intermediate nursing care.
Any enterprise providing services pertaining to the person,
their apparel, or personal effects commonly carried on or about the
person, including, but not limited to, shoe repair, tailoring, clothes
cleaning, watch repairing, barber shops, beauty parlors and related
activities. This use includes massage establishments licensed by the
commonwealth. This use does not include a veterinary clinic, kennel
or a medical or dental clinic.
A building use and/or lot where people regularly observe,
practice, or participate in religious or spiritual services, meeting
and/or activities.
A survey of a lot upon which is shown the location of existing
and/or proposed structures; existing contours and proposed grading;
location and dimensions of yards; proposals for the disposition of
sanitary waste and stormwater; indications of zoning compliance; name
of applicant and landowner; area location map; dates of preparation
and revisions; and evidence of preparation by a registered architect,
registered surveyor, landscape architect or engineer.
A site under single ownership and control which is proposed
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,
use, density, lot coverage and required open space to the regulations
established in any one zoning district.
The Planning Commission of the Township of Nottingham.
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether
preliminary or final.
PLAT, FINALThe final map of the land development or subdivision that is submitted for community approval and which, if approved, is filed with the County Recorder of Deeds.
PLAT, PRELIMINARYA preliminary map of the proposed land development or subdivision that is submitted for Township consideration.
A covered entrance to a building or structure which may or
may not be enclosed and which projects out from the main wall of such
building or structure and has a separate roof or an integral roof
with the principal building or structure to which it is attached.
The building or buildings on a lot in which the principal
use or uses are conducted.
The structure or structures in which the principal use or
uses are conducted.
The primary or predominant use of any lot or structure.
Belonging to or concerning an individual person, company
or interest independent from federal, state or local government agency.
Any occupied residence, commercial business, school, religious
institution or public building located within 600 feet from the center
of the drilling pad that may be impacted by noise generated from drilling
or hydraulic fracturing activity at a well site. The term shall not
include any structure owned by an oil and gas lessor who has signed
a lease or agreement with the operator granting surface rights to
drill the subject well or whose owner (or occupants) has (have) signed
a waiver relieving the operator from implementation of the measures
established in this chapter.
Owned, operated or controlled by a government agency, federal,
state, county or local.
An establishment that houses elected officials or government
employees and generally performs work related to government or public
service.
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Township
Supervisors, intended to inform and obtain public comment, prior to
taking action in accordance with this chapter.
All streets, walkways, gutters, curbs, sewers, water lines
and other utilities or related facilities to be dedicated to or maintained
by the public.
A forum held pursuant to notice under the Act of October
15, 1998 (P.L. 729, No. 93), known as the Sunshine Act, 65 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 701 et seq.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
An area maintained as a public property for recreation. This
use may include playgrounds, lawns, trails, pavilions and other areas
designed and intended for outdoor recreation.
See "public water and sewer."
Services provided to the public, specifically municipal sanitary
sewer services provided by Peters Creek Sanitary Authority and municipal
potable water services provided by Pennsylvania-American Water Company.
An intermunicipal, intrastate or interstate transmission
facility operated by a public utility necessary to supply services
to the general public outside of the Township.
Any building which is used for residential occupancy by one
or more families.
An establishment where food and beverages are served to customers
at a table or counter by a restaurant employee and where customers
are given an individual menu and/or are offered buffet service which
includes a complete meal. This use also includes an establishment
where food and beverages are served for consumption either on or off
the premises and where the primary method of operation involves the
serving of food in edible or disposable containers.
Business establishment that sells goods, services or merchandise
to the general public for personal, household or consumption and which
shall not include wholesaling, manufacturing or processing of the
goods offered for sale.
A planned residential development designed exclusively as
housing for the elderly or physically handicapped and which may contain
special features associated with the needs of the elderly or handicapped
which are not usual in the construction of residential dwellings,
such as special health and security features, dispensaries, common
dining facilities, transportation or other supporting personal or
health service facilities.
That portion of land dedicated to public use for street or
utility purposes.
See "street."
A place of instruction operated by a public, private, nonprofit
or religious organization, having regular sessions, with regularly
employed instructors and meeting all of the requirements of the Pennsylvania
Department of Education for providing primary, secondary, post-secondary,
undergraduate and/or graduate collegiate education. This definition
includes any specialized instructional establishment that provides
on-site training of business, commercial, medical and/or trade skills
such as accounting, data processing, computer repair, vocational trades
and/or equipment usage.
A building or group of buildings in a controlled access and
fenced compound that contains various sizes of individual, compartmentalized
and controlled access stalls and/or lockers leased to the general
public for a specified period of time for the dead storage of personal
property. No sales, service or repair activities other than the rental
of storage units are permitted on the premises.
A line on a lot, generally parallel to a lot line, located
a sufficient distance therefrom to provide the minimum yards required
by this chapter. The setback line limits the area in which buildings,
structures, boats and trailers are permitted subject to all applicable
provisions of this chapter.
A site under single ownership and control which is developed
as a unit for two or more retail establishments in one or more buildings
and designed so that parking, loading and access facilities are shared.
The maximum distance of unobstructed vision, in a horizontal
or vertical plane, along a street from a vehicle located at any given
point on the street which shall take into account visibility over
a crest vertical curve and the extent of headlight illumination across
a sag vertical curve.
A sign is a name, identification, description, display (including
electronic) or illustration which is affixed to, or painted, or represented
directly or indirectly upon a building, structure, or piece of land
and which directs attention to an object, product, place, activity,
persons, institution, organization, or business. The definition of
sign does not include the display of any official court, or public
office notices nor any official or municipal traffic control or parking
sign or device, nor shall it include the flag, emblem or insignia
of a nation, state, county, municipality, school, or a religious group.
A sign shall not include name, identification, description, display
or illustration that is located completely within an enclosed building.
The entire sign face (one side only), or, where the sign
consists of raised letters or symbols, or a sign face of irregular
shape, the sign area shall include the area of the smallest rectangle,
circle or oval that can encompass the letters, symbols, or irregularly
shaped sign face.
Any sign or part of a sign or sign face that changes physical
position or light intensity by any movement or rotation or that gives
the visual impression of such movement or rotation of the sign or
sign face.
Any sign intended to be hung, either with or without frames,
of lightweight material such as paper, plastic, or fabric of any kind.
National flags, state or municipal flags or the official flag of any
institution or business shall not be considered banners.
A sign attached to any part of a building, including a sign
projecting from a part of a building.
A sign attached to a roof extension of a building with or
without support, but not walls.
A sign or portion thereof with characters, letters, or illustrations
that can be changed or rearranged, mechanically or electronically,
without altering the face or the surface of the sign.
A sign, no greater than five square feet in size that provides
on-site directional assistance or instruction to vehicular or pedestrian
traffic relative to parking area, entrances and exits. Such sign shall
contain no advertising other than the business name or logo and shall
provide directional information, such as "No Parking," "Entrance,"
"Exit," "One Way," "Loading Only," "Telephone," and other similar
directives. Directional, incidental sign shall be located only in
conjunction with site drive entrances and/or internal traffic drive
aisles.
A sign that is supported from the ground and not attached
to a building. The sign may be attached to a pole, mast, frame or
other structure that is not itself an integral part of, or attached
to, a building.
Any sign or portion thereof that displays electronic images,
graphics, or pictures, with or without textual information, using
LEDs (light emitting diodes), fiber optics, light bulbs, or other
illumination devices or combination thereof within the display area
and where a static message change sequence is accomplished immediately
or by means of fade, repixilation, dissolve or other such modes, devices,
processes, products, applications or technologies from a proximate
or remote location. Such signs include computer-programmable and microprocessor-controlled
electronic displays.
A sign attached to a permanent structure, other than a roof,
attached to, supported by, and projecting from, a building, and providing
protection from natural elements.
A freestanding sign in which a solid structure, the width
of which is equal to or greater than the width of the sign face, is
used to mount the sign area on, in or as an integral part of such
structure.
A temporary sign directly associated with any national, state,
or local government election.
That area enclosed by one continuous line, connecting the
extreme points or edges of a sign. The area shall be determined using
the largest sign area or silhouette visible at any one time from any
one point. This area does not include the main supporting sign structure,
but all other ornamental attachments, inner connecting links, etc.,
which are not part of the main supports of the sign shall be included
in determining the sign area. For signs painted on walls, this will
mean the area of the smallest triangle, rectangle or circle which
can wholly enclose the surface area of the sign. For two-sided signs,
only one face is counted in computing the surface area.
Any sign not permanently attached to the ground or other
permanent structure, or is designed to be transported.
Any sign painted on or adhered directly to a wall of a building.
A building and lot occupied by one family.
The total area of the lot or lots comprising a site.
The face of an embankment or cut section; any ground whose
surface makes an angle with the plans of the horizon. Slopes are usually
expressed in a percentage based upon vertical difference in feet per
100 feet or horizontal distance.
An electric generating facility, with the purpose of electricity
supply, consisting of one or more solar panels and other ancillary
associated buildings and structures, including substations, meteorological
towers, electrical infrastructure, transmission lines, and other appurtenant
structures and facilities. This use includes solar energy conversion
systems that exist for the sole purpose of converting solar energy
into electricity for sale to utilities or off-site users, consisting
of a photovoltaic array or solar thermal generating apparatus, associated
control or conversion electronics, including collection, distribution
and storage equipment.
A solar collection system consisting of one or more building-
and/or ground-mounted systems, solar photovoltaic cells, panels or
arrays and solar related equipment that rely upon solar radiation
as an energy source for collection, inversion, storage and distribution
of solar energy for electricity generation. A small-scale solar energy
facility is a generation system with a capacity of not greater than
50 kilowatts if installed at a residential service or not larger than
3,000 kilowatts at other customer service locations and do not produce
excess on-site energy greater than currently permitted by Pennsylvania
Public Utility Commission guidelines.
The shortest distance between two buildings, regardless of
orientation.
A permanent structure that is currently being used as a barn
on a farm and which is sometimes used for the commercial purpose as
a venue for weddings, receptions, and other gatherings, to include,
but not limited to, birthday parties, retirement parties, anniversary
parties, graduation parties, formal dinners, business engagements,
where such commercial use of the barn is secondary to the farming
activity on the property.
[Added 7-2-2018 by Ord.
No. 114]
A permanent existing structure that was previously used as
a barn and is fully or partially repurposed as a venue for the commercial
purpose of hosting weddings, receptions, and other gatherings to include,
but not limited to, birthday parties, retirement parties, anniversary
parties, graduation parties, formal dinners, business engagements.
[Added 7-2-2018 by Ord.
No. 114]
A permanent structure that used as a venue for the commercial
purpose of hosting weddings, receptions, and other gatherings, or
a permanent structure which is sometimes used for the commercial purpose
as a venue for weddings, receptions, and other gatherings, to include,
but not limited to, birthday parties, retirement parties, anniversary
parties, graduation parties, formal dinners, business engagements.
[Added 7-2-2018 by Ord.
No. 114]
A use appropriate for the zoning district in which it is
permitted, but is subject to specific standards and criteria and a
hearing and decision by the Zoning Hearing Board.
Slopes exceeding 25%.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there
be no floor above it, then the space between any floor and the ceiling
next above it.
All land between right-of-way lines, whether public or private
and whether improved or unimproved, which is intended to accommodate
vehicular traffic, including an avenue, drive, boulevard, highway,
road, freeway, parkway, lane, viaduct or other vehicular way.
Any change in the support members of a building such as bearing
walls, columns, beams, or girders; changes in the means of ingress
and/or egress; enlargement of floor area or height of a structure;
or relocation of a structure from one position to another.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable location on or
in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land where said object
may or may not have a roof and/or wall(s).
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 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.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Nottingham, Washington
County, Pennsylvania.
A precise legal description of a lot and the graphic delineation
of precise lot boundaries; lot dimensions and areas; all easements
and public and private rights-of-way; and North point and graphic
scale affecting the lot, prepared by a professional land surveyor
licensed and registered in the commonwealth. The survey shall be on
sheets of 24 inches by 36 inches.
A body of water in an artificial or semiartificial receptacle
or other container, whether located in or out of doors, in-ground
or aboveground, which is used for swimming, bathing or wading and
having a depth at any point of more than 24 inches and a surface area
of more than 100 square feet, including the equipment necessary to
maintain the swimming pool and the healthful condition of the water.
Any structure or vehicle which is designed to be easily transported
or dismantled after its function has been fulfilled, and which is
used for residential, commercial or office purposes. This use does
not include tents.
The sum of the area of all parcels in the total site for
which an application for planned residential development has been
filed.
The Township of Nottingham, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
A facility to accommodate the service, repair and storage
of trucks and other motorized equipment and trailers, and which may
incidentally provide warehousing activities and transfer facilities.
An activity, business or purpose for which any lot or structure
is utilized.
USE, ACCESSORYA use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the lot.
USE, AUTHORIZEDAny principal use or accessory use allowed by this chapter as a permitted use by right, conditional use, use by planned development or use by special exception.
USE BY SPECIAL EXCEPTIONAn authorized use which may be granted only by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with standards and criteria in this chapter.
USE, CONDITIONALAn authorized use which may be granted only by Board of Supervisors pursuant to standards in this chapter and criteria after recommendation by the Planning Commission and after a public hearing held in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
USE, NONCONFORMINGA use, whether of land or of structure, which does not comply with the applicable use provisions in this chapter or an amendment hereafter enacted, where such use was lawfully in existence prior to the enactment of this chapter or amendment.
USE, BY RIGHTAn authorized use which, upon an application, may be granted by the Zoning Officer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
USE, PRINCIPALThe main purpose or activity for which a lot is used or for which a structure or part of a structure or lot is used.
Any nonresidential use not specifically identified in the
permitted land use chart of this chapter.
Any residential use not specifically identified in the permitted
land use chart of this chapter.
A departure from the strict letter of this chapter, as it
applies to specific properties, as authorized by the Zoning Hearing
Board in accordance with the terms of this chapter and the MPC.
Vehicle-related establishments including the following:
The rental of automobiles, motorcycles and trucks under 26,000
pounds gross vehicle weight (GVW), but not including any heavy equipment
or any other vehicle or equipment which is not classified as a "motor
vehicle" under the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code.
A business establishment used for the display or sale of automobiles,
noncommercial trucks, motorcycles, motor homes, recreational vehicles
and/or or boats under 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight (GVW), but
not including any heavy equipment or any other vehicle or equipment
which is not classified as a "motor vehicle" under the Pennsylvania
Motor Vehicle Code. Such use may also include the servicing or repair
of vehicles of the brand of vehicles sold at the establishment.
A building, or part thereof, used for the servicing and repair
of motor vehicles, including engine overhaul, body work and recapping/retreading
of tires and where all storage of parts and dismantled vehicles and
all repair work are conducted entirely inside a completely enclosed
building.
A building or structure used for the storage and handling
of goods, materials, freight, or merchandise awaiting sale on another
lot or location, but not including the maintenance or fueling of commercial
vehicles. Warehousing which is incidental to retail sales and which
does not constitute in excess of 30% of the total floor area of the
retail establishment shall be excluded from this definition. Incidental
sales may occur on the lot.
A graded pad designed and constructed for the drilling of
one or more oil and gas wells.
An electric generating facility, with the purpose of electricity
supply, consisting of one or more wind turbines and other ancillary
associated buildings and structures, including substations, meteorological
towers, electrical infrastructure, transmission lines, and other appurtenant
structures and facilities. This use includes a wind energy conversion
system that exists for the sole purpose of converting wind energy
into electricity for sale to utilities or off-site users, consisting
of a wind turbine or wind turbines, tower(s) and associated control
or conversion electronics, including collection, distribution and
storage equipment.
A wind energy collection system consisting of one or more
building- and/or ground-mounted systems, and related equipment that
rely upon wind as an energy source for collection, inversion, storage
and distribution of energy for electricity generation. A small-scale
wind energy facility is a generation system with a capacity of not
greater than 50 kilowatts if installed at a residential service or
not larger than 3,000 kilowatts at other customer service locations
and do not produce excess on-site energy greater than currently permitted
by Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission guidelines.
A required open space located on a lot which is unobstructed
by any portion of a principal structure other than certain projections
expressly permitted by this chapter.
A yard extending across the full lot width and abutting the
front lot line. The depth measurement required by this chapter for
the front yard shall be the horizontal distance between of the right-of-way
and a line parallel or concentric thereto known as the front building
line.
A yard extending across the width of the lot between the
side lot lines and adjoining the rear lot line. The minimum depth
measurement required by this chapter shall be the horizontal distance
between the rear lot line and a line parallel thereto known as the
rear building line.
A yard extending between the front building line and the
rear building line parallel to the side lot line. The minimum width
measurement required by this chapter shall be the horizontal distance
between the side lot line and a line parallel thereto known as the
side building line.
Approval under the provisions of this chapter certifying
that an application for development or application for occupancy permit
has fulfilled the requirements of this chapter.
A certificate issued by the Zoning Officer prior to the use
of any structure or land or the construction, reconstruction, alteration,
enlargement, removal or relocation of any structure which certifies
that the proposed use or construction is in compliance with the requirements
of this chapter for the zoning district in which the proposed use
or construction is located, but which does not include approval of
the structural integrity of the proposed construction or the materials
or methods of construction proposed.
The Zoning Hearing Board of Nottingham Township, Washington
County, Pennsylvania.
The official map delineating the zoning districts of Nottingham
Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, together with all amendments
subsequently adopted.
The designated official or an authorized representative appointed
by the Supervisors whose duty it shall be to administer this chapter.
