[Ord. No. 2015-03, 6/3/2015]
1.
Word Usage. Presume that all words and phrases are used in their
ordinary context unless such word or phrase is defined or interpreted
differently within this Part.
2.
Language Interpretation. In this chapter, when not inconsistent with
the context:
A.
Words in the present tense imply also the future tense.
B.
The singular includes the plural.
C.
The male gender includes the female gender.
D.
The word "person" includes a partnership or corporation, trust or
association, as well as an individual.
E.
The term "shall" or "must" is always mandatory, "may" is always permissive.
[Ord. No. 2015-03, 6/3/2015]
A private drive, other than a driveway, which provides for
vehicular access within land development and/or for all nonresidential
and multifamily uses.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2023-05, 11/1/2023]
A structure associated with an accessory use to a principal
use on the same lot; e.g., patio, swimming pool, tennis court, garage,
utility shed.
A structure that is subordinate or customarily incidental to
the use of the principal structure and is located on the same lot
as the principal structure.
See "use."
A residential development that includes restrictions on the
ages of residents and which consists of a unified development under
condominium ownership pursuant to the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium
Act, 68 Pa.C.S.A § 3101 et seq., as amended or a similar
form of ownership pursuant to the Pennsylvania Uniform Planned Community
Act, 68 Pa.C.S.A § 5101 et seq., as amended, of private
internal streets, landscaped areas along public streets, and private
on-site recreational facilities.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2023-02, 3/1/2023]
Any premises where care is provided to elderly or disabled
adults for part of a twenty-four-hour day, excluding care provided
by relatives. Such care includes personal assistance, the development
of skills for daily living, and the provision of social contact.
An establishment open to the general public or a private
club open to members that is used and occupied for one or more of
the following activities:
ADULT BOOK STOREAn establishment in which 10% or more of the occupied sales or display area offers for sale, for rent or lease, for loan, or for view upon the premises, of pictures, photographs, drawings, prints, images, still film, motion picture film, video tape, or similar visual representations depicting specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas or books, pamphlets, magazines, printed material or sound recordings containing descriptive or narrative accounts of "specified sexual activities" or depicting specified anatomical areas.
ADULT MOTION PICTURE THEATERAn enclosed building in which 10% or more of the film showings presented therein for observation by patrons of such theater are showings of film distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
ADULT CABARETAny facility which features dancers or similar entertainers who perform with less than completely and opaquely covered all of the following areas:
Any person, other than the landowner of a lot, who, acting
under specific authorization of the landowner, submits plans, data
and/or applications to the Zoning Officer or other designated Township
officials for the purpose of obtaining approval thereof.
Agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, silvicultural,
aquacultural and dairy products, livestock and the products thereof,
ranch-raised fur-bearing animals and the products thereof, the products
of poultry and bee raising, and any and all products raised or produced
on farms and intended for human consumption or use, transported or
intended to be transported in commerce.
An enterprise that is actively engaged in the commercial production
and preparation for market of crops, livestock and livestock products
and in the production, harvesting and preparation for market or use
of agricultural, agronomic, horticultural, silvicultural and aquacultural
crops and commodities.
The term includes an enterprise that implements changes in production
practices and procedures or types of crops, livestock, livestock products
or commodities produced consistent with practices and procedures that
are normally engaged by farmers or are consistent with technological
development within the agricultural industry.
Specialized agricultural operations including, but not limited
to, mushroom production, poultry production and dry lot livestock
production, which, due to the intensity of production, necessitate
development of specialized sanitary facilities and controls. Intensive
agricultural operations are regulated by federal and state statutes
including but not limited to Pennsylvania's Nutrient Management Act,
as amended by Agriculture, Communities and Rural Environment (ACRE),
Act 38, July 6, 2005, P.L. 112, 3 Pa.C.S.A. § 311 et seq.
CONCENTRATED ANIMAL OPERATION (CAO)An animal feeding operation that is required to develop a nutrient management plan in accordance with the Pennsylvania Nutrient Management Act if animal density exceeds two animal equivalent units (AEU) per acre on an annualized basis.
CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION (CAFO)An animal feeding operation that is required to obtain NPDES permits in accordance with the Clean Water Act.
The production and preparation for market of crops, livestock
and livestock products and the production, harvesting and preparation
for market or use of agricultural, agronomic, horticultural, silvicultural
and aquacultural crops and commodities. The term includes an enterprise
that implements changes in production practices and procedures or
types of crops, livestock, livestock products or commodities produced
consistent with practices and procedures that are normally engaged
in by farmers in southern York County or are consistent with technological
development within the agricultural industry in southern York County.
The use of land as a place for the location of a dwelling is not an
agricultural use. (See the separate definition of "agricultural operation,
intensive.")
Paved or unpaved runway(s) where fixed-wing aircraft or helicopters
take off or land and a terminal is co-located.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2023-05, 11/1/2023]
Any motorized vehicle capable of operating on both on- and
off-road surfaces such as dirt, mud, grass, stone and macadam.
An area of land with or without trails or other improvements
upon which ATVs and/or ORVs are driven for either commercial or noncommercial
recreational use by individuals other than the owners of the parcel
and their descendants.
A permanent serviceway providing a secondary means of access
to a lot or lots.
As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement
in the structural parts or in the exit facilities or an enlargement,
whether by extending on a side or increasing in height, or the moving
from one location or position to another.
Any combination of solar and/or wind collection system designed
for private use and biogas collection system in the agricultural district
for private agricultural use that exclusively utilizes animal and
plant waste generated on the premises. Private use alternative energy
system is considered to be "behind the meter" (BTM) system, intended
primarily to provide energy to a consumer-owner, and only secondarily
for transmission into the public power grid.
[Added by Ord. No. 2022-01, 3/2/2022]
A change in use in a district that includes revisions to
the zoning text and/or the Official Zoning Map; and the authority
for any amendment lies solely with the Township.
One thousand pounds live weight of livestock or poultry animals
regardless of the number of individual animals comprising the unit.
A dwelling unit situated within a larger building.
An apartment maintained as a discrete function apart from
but attached to a commercial establishment that is the primary function
of the building. See "mixed-use building."
See "conversion apartment."
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has
filed an application for development including his heirs, successors
and assigns.
LOT AREAThe area contained within the property lines of the individual parcels of land shown on a subdivision plan, including any area within a street right-of-way, and including the area of any easement.
BUILDING AREAThe total of areas taken on a horizontal plane at the main grade level of the principal building and all accessory buildings, exclusive of uncovered porches, terraces and steps.
HABITABLE FLOOR AREAThe aggregate of the horizontal areas of rooms used for habitation, such as living room, dining room, kitchen, bedrooms, and bathrooms, but not including hallways, stairways, cellars, basements, attics, service rooms or utility rooms, closets, areas intended for the parking of motor vehicles, areas intended for the storage of lawn and garden equipment, areas intended for location of heating or ventilation equipment, or other similar spaces, nor unheated areas such as enclosed porches, nor rooms without at least one window or skylight opening onto an outside yard or court. At least 1/2 of the floor area of every habitable room shall have a ceiling height of not less than seven feet and the floor area of that part of any room where the ceiling height is less than five feet shall not be considered as part of the habitable floor area. The minimum total window area, measured between stops, shall be 10% of the habitable floor area of such room.
SITE AREAThe total area of a proposed development, regardless of interior lot lines or proposed lots, streets or easement.
See "all-terrain vehicle."
A building in which a sale of goods or property occurs that
involves intending buyers bidding against one another for individual
items. Each item is sold to the bidder offering the highest price.
For purposes of this chapter, an automobile is defined as
a self-propelled, free-moving vehicle, designed primarily for conveyance
on a street or roadway.
This definition includes:
AUTOMOTIVE GARAGEA facility intended for the repair or replacement of automotive structural parts, including paint spraying and body and fender work or car washing facility.
SERVICE STATIONAny area of land, including structures thereon, that is used for the sale of gasoline or any other motor vehicle fuel, oil and other lubricating substances, including any sales of motor vehicle accessories at retail only, and which may or may not include facilities for lubricating, washing and servicing motor vehicles but not including major repairing, body and fender work, painting, vehicular sales or rental or automatic car washes.
AUTOMOTIVE DEALERSHIPA building or a lot designed and used primarily for the display or sale of new and used cars, recreation vehicles and mobile homes. Mechanical repairs and body work may be conducted as an accessory use incidental to the primary use.
AUTOMOTIVE WASHING FACILITYA building on a lot, designed and used primarily for the washing and polishing of automobiles and which may provide accessory services as set forth herein for automotive garage and/or service station.
Sum of cross-sectional area of tree stems or trunks per acre
as measured at 4 1/2 feet in height from ground level on trunk or
stem.
A story underground with a floor to clear ceiling height
of not less than six feet eight inches.
A use accessory to a single-family dwelling offering overnight
accommodations for a rental fee.
DISTRIBUTORAny person licensed by the Board to engage in the purchase from only Pennsylvania manufacturers and from importing distributors and the resale of malt or brewed beverages, except to importing distributors and distributors, in the original sealed containers as prepared for the market by the manufacturer at the place of manufacture, but not for consumption on the premises where sold, and in quantities of not less than a case or original containers containing 128 ounces or more which may be sold separately.
RETAIL DISPENSERAny person licensed to engage in the retail sale of malt or brewed beverages for consumption on the premises of such licensee, with the privilege of selling malt or brewed beverages in quantities not in excess of 192 fluid ounces in a single sale to one person, to be carried from the premises by the purchaser thereof.
SALE or SELLIncludes any transfer of liquor, alcohol or malt or brewed beverages for a consideration.
The Zoning Hearing Board of Shrewsbury Township.
See "rooming house."
An operation that may:
Sell malt or brewed beverages produced and owned by the brewery
on the licensed premises under such conditions and regulations as
the Board may enforce, to individuals for consumption on the premises
and to hotel, restaurant, club and public service liquor licensees.
Operate a restaurant or brewery pub on the licensed premises
under such conditions and regulations as the Board may enforce; provided,
however, that sales on Sunday may be made irrespective of the volume
of food sales if the licensed premises are at a public venue location.
The holder of a brewery license may sell at its brewery pub premises
Pennsylvania wines it has purchased from either the holder of a Pennsylvania
limited winery license or from the Board; provided, however, that
said wines must be consumed at the licensed brewery pub premises.
Use brewery storage and distribution facilities for the purpose
of receiving, storing and distributing malt or brewed beverages manufactured
outside this commonwealth if the beverages are distributed in this
commonwealth only through specific importing distributors who shall
have first been given distributing rights for such products in designated
geographical areas through the distribution system required for out-of-state
manufacturers under Section 431(b) as well as all other pertinent
sections of the act. The manufacturer of the beverages must comply
with Section 444.[1]
Apply for and hold a hotel liquor license, a restaurant liquor
license or a malt and brewed beverages retail license to sell for
consumption at the restaurant or brewery pub on the licensed brewery
premises, liquor, wine and malt or brewed beverages regardless of
the place of manufacture, under the same conditions and regulations
as any other hotel liquor license, restaurant liquor license or malt
and brewed beverages retail license, but must brew at least 250 barrels
per year. Each holder of a brewery license who receives a hotel liquor
license, a restaurant liquor license or a malt or brewed beverages
retail license to operate a brew pub shall not sell directly to any
person licensed by the act, except if any malt or brewed beverage
is to be distributed in this commonwealth it shall be only through
specific importing distributors who shall have first been given distributing
rights for such products in designated geographical areas through
the distribution system required for out-of-state manufacturers under
§ 431(b) as well as all other pertinent sections of the
act.
Any system that is on the customer side of the utility service
meter.
[Added by Ord. No. 2022-01, 3/2/2022]
A naturally vegetated or revegetated area established or
managed to protect structures, aquatic resources, wetlands, floodplains,
and terrestrial environments.
A structure having a roof that is used for the shelter or
enclosure of persons, animals or chattels. The word "building" shall
include any part thereof.
BUILDING, ACCESSORYA subordinate building located on the same lot as a principal building and clearly incidental and subordinate to the principal building, including but not limited to, private garages, carports, utility buildings, tool sheds, noncommercial greenhouses, etc. Any portion of a principal building devoted or intended to be devoted to an accessory use is not an accessory building.
BUILDING, ATTACHEDA building which has two or more party walls in common with adjacent buildings.
BUILDING, DETACHEDA building surrounded by open space on the same lot.
BUILDING, PRINCIPALA building in which is conducted or intended to be conducted any principal use of the lot on which it is located.
BUILDING, SEMIDETACHEDA building which has only one party wall in common with an adjacent building.
A vertical distance measured from the mean elevation of the
proposed finished grade to the highest point of the roof for flat
roofs, to the deck lines of mansard roofs and to the mean height between
eaves and ridge for gable, hip or gambrel roofs.
Any permit required by this chapter or the Uniform Construction
Code for the construction, alteration, razing or change of use of
any structure.
A line within and across a lot defining the required minimum
area between any structure and any adjacent street line.[2]
An office which generally operates on an appointment basis
and with relatively low pedestrian or vehicular traffic, including
offices of accountants, actuaries, architects, attorneys, clergy,
dentists, designers, engineers, insurance and bonding agents, manufacturing
representatives, physicians, real estate offices, teachers and miscellaneous
consulting services.
The service and repair of furniture, office equipment, medical
supplies and equipment and commercial appliances; the supply and servicing
of vending machines; frozen food lockers; the painting, repair and
assembly of signs; printing, copy and Photostatting services; arts,
crafts, drafting and stationery supplies; food catering; interior
decorating; taxidermy; upholstering; or similar uses.
Any one or more of the following, other than a hospital,
place of detention, school offering general instructions, or a mobile
home park.
Any area of land or water of a design or character used for
seasonal, recreational, or similar temporary living purposes that
may include only buildings of a temporary nature, such as tents or
portable shelters.
Any land and temporary buildings thereon, used for any assembly
of persons for what is commonly known as "day camp" purposes, whether
or not conducted for profit and whether occupied by adults or children,
either as individuals, families, or groups.
Any park, tourist park, tourist camp, court, site, lot, or
parcel of land upon which one or more camp cottages or cabins are
located and maintained for the accommodations of transients by the
day, week or month, or upon which tents, recreational vehicles or
other temporary accommodations may be placed by transient occupants.
It shall not include mobile home parks.
A single-family dwelling or apartment placed on property
as accessory to a commercial or industrial use.
The surface of a street or alley available for vehicular
traffic or the area between curbs.
A space partly underground and having more than 1/2 of its
height (measured from floor to ceiling) below the average finished
grade of the adjoining exterior ground surface, or with a floor-to-ceiling
height of less than six feet eight inches. A cellar shall not be included
in determining the permissible number of stories or square footage,
nor shall it be used for dwelling, office or business purposes.
Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the deceased,
including columbaria, mausoleums, memorial gardens and mortuaries
when operated in conjunction with the cemetery and located within
the boundaries thereof.[3]
See "Codes Enforcement Officer."
The certificate issued by the Zoning Officer which permits
the use of a building in accordance with the approved plans and specifications
and which certifies compliance with the provisions of law for the
use and occupancy of the building in its several parts, together with
any special stipulations or conditions of the building permit. Also
known as "use certificate."
An alteration of a building or a change of use theretofore
existing within a building or on a lot to a new use that imposes other
provisions of the building code or zoning ordinance adopted by Shrewsbury
Township.
A facility that provides formal day-care services for remuneration,
outside of a residence, to children who are not relatives of the caregiver.
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections. It
is defined by lines of sight between points at a given distance from
the intersection of the street lines.
Any act to cut or remove vegetation, including trees, saplings,
shrubs, seedlings or herbaceous plants, from the land.
An organization catering exclusively to members and their
guests including premises or buildings used for social, recreational
or administrative purposes. Clubs shall include but not be limited
to service organizations and labor unions, as well as social and athletic
clubs and fraternal organizations.
A development design technique that concentrates buildings
in specific areas on a site to allow the remaining land area to be
used for recreation, common open space, and preservation of environmentally
sensitive features.
The duly appointed Township official designated to administer
and enforce Township ordinances, including but not limited to the
Shrewsbury Township Zoning Ordinance.
The Planning Commission of the Township of Shrewsbury.
Any parcel or portion of a parcel within a subdivision or
land development which does not constitute a dwelling site or contain
within it a dwelling site which has not been offered for dedication
to the Township and which is intended to be used by the owners of
more than one dwelling unit within a subdivision or land development
to provide facilities such as stormwater management, open space, streets,
recreational facilities, etc., serving the needs of more than one
dwelling unit.
See "open space, common."
COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNAAny device used for the transmission or reception of radio, television, wireless telephone, pager, commercial mobile radio service or any other wireless communications signals, including without limitation omnidirectional or whip antennas and directional or panel antennas, owned or operated by any person or entity licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate such device. This definition shall not include private residence-mounted satellite dishes, television antennas, or amateur radio equipment including without limitation ham or citizen-band radio antennas.
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT BUILDINGAn unmanned building or cabinet containing communications equipment required for the operation of communications antennas and covering an area on the ground not greater than 250 square feet.
COMMUNICATIONS TOWERA structure other than a building, such as a monopole, self-supporting or guyed tower designed and used to support communications antennas.
COMMUNICATIONS TOWER HEIGHTThe vertical distance measured from the ground level to the highest point on a communications tower, including antennas mounted on the tower.
A public, quasipublic or privately maintained institution
devoted to a variety of group activities (civic, social, recreational,
educational and/or cultural) and maintaining the premises and facilities
appropriate to such activities.
Any one or combination of the following:
A residential care facility for the treatment of persons who
have been committed to such facilities as the result of having committed
a crime or having been adjudicated delinquent and are not handicapped
as defined by the Fair Housing Amendments Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3601(h).
The transient residents of a community treatment facility do not constitute
a "family" as defined in this section because residency is transient
in nature.
A residential care facility for the treatment of persons with
drug and/or alcohol related problems.
An out-patient drug and/or alcohol treatment center.
Methadone treatment facilities.
The complete plan for the protection of sensitive environmental
systems, natural resources, man-made features, continuing development
and redevelopment of the Township of Shrewsbury as recommended by
the Planning Commission and currently adopted by the Board of Supervisors.
Any building or buildings within which concrete or asphalt
is created and/or reclaimed, or otherwise processed.
Real estate, portions of which are designated for separate
ownership for residential purposes and the remainder of which is designated
for common ownership solely by the owners of those portions. Real
estate is not a condominium unless the undivided interests in the
common elements (portions of a condominium other than the residential
units) are vested in the unit owners.
Include erection or placement of structures, clearing, excavating,
grading, or other actions which cause disturbance of vegetation, soil,
or water.
[Added by Ord. No. 2016-03, 9/7/2016]
The Shrewsbury Township Construction and Materials Specifications
manual.
An area of land which is next to, abutting, or touching and
having a common boundary, or portion thereof. For the purposes of
this chapter, land in a single ownership or under single control shall
be considered contiguous if separated by public roads or other rights-of-way.
A small grocery store selling a limited variety of food and
nonfood products, including ready-to-eat and heat-and-serve foods
and beverages for on- or off-premises consumption, and typically with
extended hours. Many convenience stores also sell automotive fuel
at retail pumps and other automotive products, in addition to groceries
and other food products.
A dwelling unit created from usable floor space formerly
included as part of a single-family detached dwelling.
See "lot, corner."
A jail, prison, detention center, penitentiary or other place
in which individuals are physically confined, interned or incarcerated
by federal, state or local government or by private entities under
contract to a federal, state or local government agency.
York County, Pennsylvania.
An unoccupied open space, other than a yard, on the same
lot with a building, which is bounded on two or more sides by the
walls of such building.
INNER COURTA court which does not extend to a street, alley, yard, or outer court.
OUTER COURTA court which extends to a street, alley, yard or outer court.
Any open space, unobstructed from the ground to sky, other
than a yard as defined herein, that is on the same lot with, and bounded
on two or more sides by walls of a building.
A building or furnace where bodies, human or animal, are
incinerated.
The following areas shall be considered critical environmental
areas:
Lakes, Ponds, Watercourses, Springs, and Seeps. These are to
be identified by field inspection, U.S. Geologic Survey Quad Maps,
York County Planning Commission Water Resources Plan and/or other
sources acceptable to Shrewsbury Township.
One-Hundred-Year Floodplains. These are to be identified as
areas of alluvial soil as defined and mapped by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service and contained
in the 2002, or most recent, USDA Soil Survey of York County, Pennsylvania,
and/or most recent Federal Emergency Management Agency maps that encompass
Shrewsbury Township and/or a calculated floodplain area, whichever
shows the greater floodplain area. In the event the delineation as
set forth by the above agencies is unclear, the Township may require
the owner to submit an engineering study to determine the correct
delineation.
Wetlands. These are to be identified by current definitions
of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
PA DEP and/or hydric soils identification as defined and mapped by
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation
Service and contained in the 2002, or most recent, USDA Soil Survey
of York County, Pennsylvania, whichever shows the greater wetland
area.
Steep Slopes. All slopes 25% or greater as depicted in the most
recent USGS maps for York County, or as depicted on an actual topographic
survey prepared by a professional land surveyor registered in Pennsylvania.
Land planted in cultivated agricultural plants such as grain,
vegetables, fruit, nursery plants, and/or grass or legumes if utilized
for hay or haylage as opposed to pasture.
Uses open to the public and dedicated to the presentation
or availability of arts and sciences, and related activities, such
as community centers, libraries and museums.
The remains from any place or thing scattered at random.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
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.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including but not limited to buildings or other structures, the placement
of mobile homes, streets, and other paving, utilities, filling, grading,
excavation, mining, dredging, or drilling operations and the subdivision
of land.
Rights allocated to a parcel of land in the Agricultural
Zoning District.
A zoning district, as laid out on the Zoning Map, along with
the regulations pertaining thereto.
A type of group living arrangement. A building or structure
designed for living quarters for one or more families which, in addition
to providing living quarters for one or more families, provides twenty-four-hour
supervised, protective living arrangements by the families owning
the domiciliary care unit and residing therein for not more than three
persons 18 years of age and above who are disabled physically, mentally,
emotionally or as a result of old age and are unrelated to the family
providing the care.
A private vehicular travel way providing access between a
dwelling and/or farm and a street.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2023-05, 11/1/2023]
See "landfill."
A building or structure designed for living quarters for
one or more families, including mobile homes, but not including rooming
houses, convalescent homes, motels, hotels, and tourist homes or other
accommodations used for transient occupancy.
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITAccessory dwelling unit (ADU), accessory residential unit, granny flat, etc. A small, self-contained residential unit on the same lot as an existing single-family home. An ADU may be built within a primary residence (such as in an attic or basement), attached to the primary residence (such as a duplex unit with a separate entrance), or detached from the primary residence (such as above, or the conversion of, a detached garage). An ADU is subordinate in size, location, and function to the primary residential unit, and can only be placed in the following zoning districts: Part 4 - Agricultural District; Part 6 - Rural Residential District; Part 7 - Rural Residential Receiving District; Part 8 - Suburban Residential District; and, Part 9 - Suburban Residential Receiving District.
ACCESSORY FARM DWELLINGA second preexisting residential structure, existing as of June 3, 2015, located on the same agricultural parcel as, and subordinate and incidental to, the principal single-family dwelling. An accessory farm dwelling in an existing building separate from the existing single-family dwelling shall not be deeded separately from the principal residential dwelling.
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGA dwelling unit accommodating a single family and having two side yards and separate water and sewer facilities.
Mobile/manufactured home.
SEMIDETACHED DWELLINGA building containing not more than two dwelling units, arranged side by side.
ROW DWELLING (TOWNHOUSES)Three or more dwelling units, each unit on a separate lot, accommodating three or more families which are attached side by side through the use of common party walls, located on separate lots, and which shall have side yards adjacent to each end unit.
MULTIFAMILY DWELLING, APARTMENTSA building containing three or more dwelling units accommodating three or more families living independently of each other (row dwellings or townhouses are separately defined).
A building, or portion thereof, which provides complete housekeeping
facilities for one family.
A grant of one or more of the property rights by the property
owner to, and/or for, the use by the public, a corporation, or other
person in equity, which is subordinate to, but not inconsistent with,
the owner's general property rights.
ACCESS EASEMENTAny driveway or other entrance from a public or private road. A field road providing access to agriculturally used fields and not providing access to any residential, commercial or industrial structure is not considered an easement of access.
CONSERVATION EASEMENTAn easement precluding or limiting future or additional development of a lot or parcel of land.
DRAINAGE EASEMENTAn easement secured for the preservation of natural drainageways, watercourse corridors and perennial and/or intermittent watercourses, and for related man-made drainage facilities related thereto.
A facility that produces electricity, owned and operated
by an electric utility or independent energy producer to include:
[Amended by Ord. No. 2022-01, 3/2/2022]
Facilities using fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural
gas.
Hydroelectric facilities.
Nuclear facilities.
Alternative energy sources:
SOLAR COLLECTION SYSTEMA panel, collection of panels, or other solar energy device, the primary purpose of which is to provide for the collection, inversion, storage and distribution of solar energy for electricity generation, space heating, space cooling or water heating.
WIND COLLECTION SYSTEMOne or more wind turbines or a power plant that uses wind turbines, the primary purpose of which is to provide for the collection, inversion, storage and distribution of wind energy for electricity generation, space heating, space cooling or water heating. The term does not include a single traditional small-scale windmill for use on a farm or single private property.
Operations protecting the health and safety of citizens;
i.e., police, ambulance and fire services.
Any placement or obstruction in a delineated floodway, right-of-way,
easement, required yard, setback or adjacent land.
An activity operated as a gainful business, open to the public,
for the purpose of public entertainment or recreation, including,
but not limited to, bowling alleys, motion picture theaters, arcades,
amusement parks and health clubs. The term includes temporary facilities
standing alone or in conjunction with another commercial enterprise.
A detailed report of the impact that a development proposal
may have on the environment, including methods and techniques for
mitigating any potentially adverse consequences of said development.
For the purposes of this chapter, the equipment referred
to shall consist of ATV and other off-road vehicles and accessories,
and recreational, lawn mowers, tractors, and other outdoor equipment.
The process by which the land surface is worn away by the
action of wind, water, ice or gravity.
See "mineral extraction and processing."
The use of a lot or structure at the time of the enactment
of this chapter.
Includes, but is not limited to, reptiles and all bears,
coyotes, lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs, cougars, wolves
and any crossbreed of these animals that have similar characteristics
in appearance or features. This definition is applicable whether or
not the birds, animals or reptiles were bred or reared in captivity
or imported.
Includes but is not limited to: all primary explosives such
as lead azide, lead styphnate, fulminates and tetracene; all high
explosives such as TNT, RDX, HMX, PETN, and picric acid; propellants
and components thereof, such as dry nitro-cellulose, black powder,
boron hydrides, hydrazine and its derivatives; pyrotechnics and fireworks
such as magnesium powder, potassium chlorate and potassium nitrate;
blasting explosives such as dynamite and nitro-glycerin; unstable
organic compounds such as acetylides, tetraxoles and ozonides; unstable
oxidizing agents such as perchloric acid, perchlorates, and hydrogen
peroxide in concentration greater than 35%; nuclear fuels, fissionable
materials and products, and reactor elements such as Uranium 235 and
Plutonium 239; and any flammable solids, liquids, or gases that produce
flammable or explosive vapors.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2021-03, 10/6/2021]
One or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption
(including persons receiving foster care), and any domestic servants
or gratuitous guests thereof, that maintain one common household and
live within one dwelling unit; or
A group of not more than four unrelated persons and any servants
or gratuitous guests thereof who live together in a single dwelling
unit with single cooking facilities and maintain a common household;
or
Any number of unrelated persons who reside within a group home,
as defined in this chapter; or
A roomer, boarder, or lodger shall not be considered as a member
of a family.[4]
A facility located in a single-family detached dwelling,
which provides supervised care, for remuneration, of children or adults
who are not relatives of the caregiver.
A commercial enterprise jointly owned by two or more farmers
actively engaged in agriculture in South Central Pennsylvania consisting
of one or more buildings or structures, either permanent or temporary,
designed and used for the purpose of the sale, at least in part, of
agricultural commodities, as defined herein, which are located on
a parcel of land owned by one of the partners on which some of the
agricultural commodities are grown or produced.
The function of storing, repairing and selling the equipment,
parts and tools and supplies necessary for agricultural operations.
A commercial enterprise consisting of one or more buildings
or structures or portions of buildings or structures, either permanent
or temporary, designed and used primarily for the purpose of the sale
of agricultural commodities.
An accessory use to a principal agricultural use in which
residents of the property engage in an occupation that is secondary
to the active agricultural use.
A commercial enterprise consisting of one or more buildings
or structures, either permanent or temporary, designed and used primarily
for processing agricultural commodities, such as but not limited to
dairies, grain mills, slaughterhouses and wineries. Such establishments
may be co-located with a farm market.
A group of buildings, including, but not limited to, a single-family
dwelling, barn and accessory structures typically found on a farm
and which are customarily used for agricultural operations.
A building or group of buildings in which cereal grains are
processed to make meal or flour and may include grain storage and
farm supply sales as accessory uses.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2020-01, 8/5/2020]
An artificially constructed barrier of any material or combination
of materials erected to enclose or screen areas of land or land use.
Soil, earth, sand, rock and other similar natural materials.
A business that keeps money for individuals or companies,
exchanges currencies, makes loans, and offers other financial services,
such as banks, savings and loans, credit union, loan store, or cash
advance.
See "emergency service."
A temporary inundation of normally dry land areas.
The area adjoining a river, stream, or other watercourse
that will be covered by water during a one-hundred-year flood, where
a one-hundred-year flood is the flood having a one-percent chance
of being equaled or exceeded in magnitude in any given year. The one-hundred-year
floodplain is calculated using statistics, probability, and hydrologic
modeling based on actual historical rainfall data and/or the presence
of alluvium and measurements of watercourse channel cross sections.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has developed maps
of one-hundred-year floodplains for most watercourses based on these
calculations. The Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA, has
prepared soil maps delineating areas of alluvial soils.
A unit of luminance amounting to one lumen per square foot.
A biological community dominated by trees and other woody
plants.
The management of forest and timberlands 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.
Any system that is on the utility company side of the utility
service meter.
[Added by Ord. No. 2022-01, 3/2/2022]
A fully shielded luminaire is a luminaire constructed or
shielded in such a manner that all light emitted by the luminaire,
either directly from the lamp or indirectly from the luminaire, is
projected below the horizontal plane through the lowest light emitting
part as determined by photometric test or certified by the manufacturer.
See "mortuary."
An establishment where the playing of games of chance or
mixed chance and skill allowed under the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
law as regulated by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board are conducted;
a building, room or space devoted to gambling games or wagering on
a variety of events and operated as a business; a public building
for gambling and entertainment in which a variety of games of chance
can be played. A gaming establishment includes, but is not limited
to, betting parlor, off-track betting parlor, casino, gambling casino,
gambling den, gaming house.
A commercial deck, building or structure, or part thereof,
used or intended to be used for the parking and/or storage of vehicles.
A building, structure or part thereof which is accessory
to a residential dwelling and which is used for the parking and storage
of vehicles owned and operated by the residents thereof, and in which
no commercial activities, use, or service, is rendered, provided or
conducted, for the benefit of the general public. Private garage sales
shall be permitted in private residential garages if all applicable
regulations of this chapter are met.
A retail establishment that sells plants, compost, mulch,
fertilizers, stone, gardening equipment, supplies and tools, and landscaping
products such as statues, furniture and garden ornaments. Plant products
are not grown or propagated on site.
The sensation produced by luminance within the visual field
that is sufficiently greater than the luminance to which the eyes
are adapted to cause annoyance, discomfort, or loss in visual performance
and visibility.
An area of land designed for playing the game of golf, including
clubhouse and equipment and material storage. Term includes "golf
link."
The degree of rise or descent of a sloping surface.
The changing of the natural topography through cutting or
filling by more than one foot in elevation over an area exceeding
1,000 square feet, or in which the natural drainage pattern of a lot
is altered.
A glass or transparent plastic structure, often on a metal
or wooden frame, in which plants that need heat, light, and protection
from the elements are grown. Also known as a hothouse.
As used in this chapter, gross floor area is the total number
of square feet within the inside finished wall surface of the outer
building walls of a structure, including all floors of a multi-floor
structure; also, gross square feet.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2020-01, 8/5/2020]
A to provide a supportive living arrangement for individuals
where special care is needed by the individuals served due to age,
emotional, mental, or physical handicap. This definition shall expressly
include facilities for the supervised care of developmentally disabled
persons, those under treatment for alcohol abuse, drug abuse, or both,
unwed parents, and those who have been physically abused. This definition
shall expressly include single-family dwellings for the supervised
care of persons with disabilities subject to protection under the
Pennsylvania and Federal Fair Housing Acts, as amended. Group homes
shall be subject to the same limitations and regulation by the Township
as single-family dwellings, and are permitted by right in those zones
where single-family dwellings are permitted by right.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2021-03, 10/6/2021]
Any building or portion thereof that is designed or used
for persons unrelated to each other or to any family occupying the
dwelling unit and having common eating facilities. Group quarters
shall include, but not be limited to, fraternity and sorority houses,
dormitories and other group quarters typical of educational, religious
or other quasipublic institutions.
See "area."
A physical problem preventing compliance with, or allowing
a variation from, the regulations of this chapter.
A building or buildings, or fenced area, in which large tools,
generally wheeled or tracked are stored and/or staged for use on or
off premise. Small tools, household items and personal property are
handled under "Storage, Self."
[Amended by Ord. No. 2023-05, 11/1/2023]
Any small landing area used for the landing and taking off
of helicopters for the purpose of picking up or discharging passengers
or cargo. No fueling, refueling, or service facilities are permitted
in conjunction with the use.
An occupation for gain or support operated by a resident
owner of the property or conducted by members of the owner's immediate
family residing on the premises, clearly incidental and secondary
to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes. Also see "no-impact
home-based business."
An institution having an organized medical staff which is
primarily engaged in providing to in-patients, by or under the supervision
of physicians, diagnostic and therapeutic services for the rehabilitation
of injured, disabled, pregnant, diseased, sick or mentally ill persons.
The term includes facilities for the diagnosis and treatment of disorders
within the scope of specific medical specialties, but not facilities
caring exclusively for the mentally ill.
A building, other than group quarters, arranged or used for
sheltering, sleeping or feeding, for compensation, and in which no
provision is made for cooking in any individual room or suite.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2023-05, 11/1/2023]
Any structure or structures used for worship or religious
instruction, including social and administrative areas accessory thereto,
but not including any commercial activity. This includes all uses
normally accessory to such activities.
A protected area of water or land delineated, usually by
a fence, and set apart to rear wild animals, including fish and fowl,
so that they can be fished or shot for sport in the hunting season;
e.g., as a private club or as a commercial operation.
Those surfaces that do not readily absorb rain. All buildings,
structures, parking areas, driveways, roads, sidewalks and any areas
in concrete, asphalt, and packed stone shall be considered impervious
surfaces within this definition. In addition, other areas determined
by the Township Engineer to be impervious within the meaning of this
definition will also be classified as impervious.
A vacant, undeveloped, lot or parcel of land in the Agricultural Zoning District not to exceed seven acres which may be developed in residential units. (See § 27-1404.)
Any discarded material or article including, but not limited
to: scrapped, abandoned, junked, or inoperable, motor vehicles, machinery,
equipment, metal, paper, glass, furniture, appliances, tires, construction
materials, containers and structures. It shall not include, however,
refuse or garbage kept in a proper container for purpose of prompt
disposal.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2023-05, 11/1/2023]
Any person, partnership, association, corporation, firm,
fictitious name or any other individual or business entity or their
agents engaged in the business of selling, buying or dealing in junk,
including, but not necessarily being limited to, buying, selling and
dealing in junked or scrapped motor vehicles, or parts removed from
scrapped motor vehicles.
Any establishment, place of business or use of land for storing,
keeping, buying, dismantling or selling junk exclusive of garbage.
This definition shall include automobile recycling centers and similar
uses.
Any structure and/or building used for the sheltering, boarding,
breeding or training of four or more dogs, cats, fowl or other small
domesticated animals at least six months of age. This definition does
not include animals defined herein as "livestock." Any such use shall
fully comply with Pennsylvania's Act 225 of 1982, as amended and reenacted.[5]
Refer to the Shrewsbury Township Subdivision and Land Development
Ordinance.[6]
A lot or land or part thereof used primarily for the disposal
by abandonment, dumping, burial, burning or any other means and for
whatever purposes of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, junk, discarded
machinery, vehicles or parts thereof, or waste material of any kind
not normally considered to be salvageable.
Any act by which soil, earth, rock, sand or similar material
is deposited or placed for the purpose of changing the existing surface
area.
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 person having proprietary interest in land.
Shall include, but not be limited to, grass and other plantings
such as trees, shrubs and bushes.
The pipe leading from the main and connected to the home
or business. It provides service to a single building and generally
located on private property, except for the portion that may be located
within a public right-of-way or private easement. The private property
owner is typically responsible for the maintenance and operation of
the lateral.
[Added by Ord. No. 2018-04, 6/6/2018]
For the purposes of this chapter, only large-scale commercial/industrial
operations apply. Self-service laundries and dry cleaners are included
in "personal services facility."
Animals including, but not limited to, cattle, swine, sheep,
goats, poultry, donkeys, mules, horses and ponies raised primarily
for the production of food or fiber, or for recreation or sport.
An operation providing recreational activities and/or sleeping
accommodations, including related services and facilities, to the
travelling or vacationing public and in which the proprietor may offer
lodging for monetary compensation. It may consist of single units
such as cabins and cottages or multiple attached units similar to
hotels and motels. A hotel or motel located outside of designated
commercial districts whose primary purpose is as a recreation or vacation
destination as opposed to transient use.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2023-05, 11/1/2023]
See "rooming house."
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.
LOT AREASee "area."
LOT COVERAGEThat portion of a lot covered by impervious surfaces such as, but not limited to, buildings, parking areas, driveways, etc. Lot coverage does not include impervious surfaces within a street right-of-way.
LOT OF RECORDA lot which has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of York County, Pennsylvania.
DOUBLE-FRONTAGE LOTA lot which extends from one street to another, with frontage on both streets. The front yard is the yard that abuts the street used in the building's address.
CORNER LOTA lot with two adjacent sides abutting on streets or other public places which has an interior angle of less than 135° at the intersection of the two street lines. A lot abutting on a curved street shall be considered a corner lot if the tangents to the curve at the points of intersection of the side lot lines with the street line intersect at an interior angle of less than 135°.
IMPROVED LOTAny lot of record and/or any lot within any subdivision properly approved by Shrewsbury Township which either (1) has a principal building constructed thereon or (2) if no principal building has been so constructed, has frontage upon either a public or private street in suitable condition to permit access for purposes of construction or establishment of a principal building.
INTERIOR LOTA lot other than a corner lot.
LOT DEPTHThe mean horizontal distance from the street line of a lot to its opposite rear lot line measured in the general direction of the side lot lines.
LOT WIDTHThe width of a lot measured at the minimum required setback line for the zone in which the lot is located.
REVERSE-FRONTAGE LOTA lot extending between and having frontage on an arterial or collector street and a local street with vehicular access solely from the latter.
UNIMPROVED LOTAny lot of record which is not an improved lot.
A line dividing one lot from another or from a right-of-way.
REAR LOT LINEAny lot line which is parallel to or within 45° of being parallel to a street line, except for a lot line that is itself a street line and, in the case of a corner lot, the owner shall have the option of choosing which of the two lot lines that are not street lines is to be considered a rear lot line. In the case of a lot of an odd shape, only the one lot line furthest from any street shall be considered a rear lot line. In the case of a triangular lot with no rear lot line, the distance between any point on the building and the corner of the lot farthest from the street line shall be at least twice the normally required rear yard.
SIDE LOT LINEAny lot line which is not a street line or a rear lot line.
STREET LINESee "street."
A complete lighting unit consisting of a lamp or lamps together
with the parts designed to distribute the light, to position and protect
the lamps and to connect the lamps to the power supply.
The physical quantity corresponding to the brightness of
a surface (e.g., a lamp, luminaire, sky, or reflecting material) in
a specified direction. It is the luminous intensity of an area of
the surface divided by that area. The unit is candela per square meter.
A unit of luminance. One lux is one lumen per square meter.
The primary pipe to which a lateral leading from a home or
business is connected. It provides service to multiple properties
and is typically located within a public right-of-way or private easement.
The service provider is responsible for the maintenance and operation
of the main.
[Added by Ord. No. 2018-04, 6/6/2018]
An odor that causes annoyance or discomfort to the public
and that the Township determines to be objectionable to the public.
The treatment or processing of raw products or the production
or assembly of finished products from raw or prepared materials into
new forms or qualities.
Manufacturing and industrial processes which may be obnoxious
by reason of emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas, noise or similar
causes, including but not limited to:
The fabrication, assemblage, and manufacture of the following
products which are free from objectionable odors, fumes, dirt, vibrations
or noise, including, but not limited to:
Communications equipment.
Hydrological, hydrographic, meteorological and geographical
equipment.
Electronic components.
Surgical/medical instruments.
Surgical appliances and tubes.
Optical instruments and lenses.
Signs and advertising displays.
Ceramic wall and floor tile.
Frozen food specialties.
Frozen food and bakery products.
Printing, publishing, bookbinding, typesetting and lithography.
Drafting and architectural design instruments.
Office furniture and fixtures.
Beverage bottling.
Small appliances.
Jewelry.
Textile goods and similar items.
Windows, window frames, complete window assemblies, doors, door
frames, complete door assemblies, kitchen cabinets, bathroom cabinets,
fireplace mantels and similar building materials, but excluding materials
such as blocks, bricks, cement and mortar mixes, construction beams,
prefabricated walls and structures, manufactured homes and buildings
and other heavy building materials.
Tool and die making.
A facility or institution providing services to physicians
to analyze and test physical samples and specimens for the diagnosis
and treatment of patients and/or providing outpatient health services
such as medical or surgical care of the sick, handicapped or injured,
but not including doctors' offices.
The removal or recovery, and/or processing, by any means
whatsoever of soil, rock, minerals, mineral substances or organic
substances other than vegetation, from water or land on or beneath
the surface thereof, or beneath the land surface, whether exposed
or submerged. This shall include all activity including quarrying
and open pit mining that removes from the surface or beneath the surface
of land some materials, mineral, resource, natural resource, or other
element of economic value, by means of mechanical excavation necessary
to separate the desired material from an undesirable one; or to remove
the strata or material that overlies or is above the desired material
in its natural condition and position.
Any aggregate or mass of mineral matter, whether or not coherent;
the term includes, but is not limited to, limestone and dolomite,
sand and gravel, rock and stone, earth, fill, slag, iron ore, zinc
ore, vermiculite and clay, anthracite and bituminous coal, coal refuse,
peat and crude oil and natural gas.
A building that contains at least one allowed nonresidential
use.
A transportable single-family dwelling intended for a permanent
occupancy, contained in one 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 assembly operations, and constructed so that
it may be used without a permanent foundation. This definition does
not include manufactured homes (modular) designed for a permanent
foundation.
MOBILE HOME LOTA 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, which is leased by the park owner to the occupants of the mobile home erected on the lot.
MOBILE HOME PARKA 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.
MOBILE HOME STAND OR PADThat part of an individual mobile home lot that has been reserved for the placement of a mobile home and appurtenant structures and connections.
A room or building devoted to the care, embalming and/or
holding of services for the deceased; and related activity including
the sale of caskets and other funeral equipment, until buried or cremated.
Buildings and/or delineated areas in which trucks and/or
their freight are stored and staged.
Any building in which the business of the Township is carried
out on a regular basis.
Any building or area delineated for recreation and owned
and/or operated by the Township, county or school district, including
parks and playgrounds.
A sanitary sewer system owned, operated or controlled by
a municipality (borough or Township) or by a municipal authority.
A water supply system receiving its supply from other than
the proposed development site and which is owned, operated or controlled
by a municipality (borough or Township) or by a municipal authority.
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 water supply system receiving its supply from other than
the proposed development site that is owned, operated and controlled
by a private entity and approved and permitted by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection and regulated by the Pennsylvania
Public Utilities Commission.
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 in a
zoning ordinance or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where
such structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment of such ordinance
or amendment or prior to the application of such ordinance or amendment
to its location by reason of annexation. Such nonconforming structures
include, but are not limited to, nonconforming signs, buildings, fences,
and similar structures.
A use, whether of land or of structure, which does not comply
with the applicable use provisions in this chapter or amendment heretofore
or hereafter enacted, where such use was lawfully in existence prior
to the enactment of this chapter or amendment, or prior to the application
of this chapter or amendment to its location by reason of annexation.
The showing of human male or female genital, pubic area or
buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering, the showing of the
female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any part of
the nipple, the exposure of any device, costume, or covering which
gives the appearance or simulates the genitals, pubic hair, perineum
anal region, or the exposure of any device worn as a cover over the
nipples and/or areola of the female breast, which device simulates
and gives the realistic appearance of nipples and/or areola. Excepted
from this definition is spontaneous nudity by a child under six years
of age and breast-feeding a child.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2020-01, 8/5/2020]
Any activity that negatively impacts the health and/or welfare
of citizens.
A horticultural operation engaged in the propagation, breeding,
and cultivation and development of all types of plants, including
trees (for transplanting), shrubs, flowers, houseplants, and tropical
varieties. The retail sale of nursery products will be considered
a farm market use.
A facility designed and operated to provide regular instruction
and daytime care for two or more children under the age of elementary
school students. No portion of a nursery school or a building that
is used as a nursery school shall be used as a residence.
A Pennsylvania Department of Health-licensed establishment
that provides full-time convalescent or chronic care or both for three
or more individuals, who are not related by blood or marriage to the
operator and who, because of chronic illness or infirmity, are unable
to care for themselves. No care for the acutely ill or surgical or
obstetrical services shall be provided in such a home; a hospital
shall not be construed to be included in this definition. Commonly
known as a "convalescent home."
See "certificate of use and occupancy."
Any residence, school, hospital, church, public library or
other building used for public gathering that is occupied or in use
when the permit application is submitted.
Any motorized vehicle designed for off-road use, including
but not limited to off-road motorized vehicles such as dirt bike,
trail bike or minibike.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2020-01, 8/5/2020]
Parking for vehicles in designated areas that do not encroach
upon a public or private road or its right-of-way.
A place where a business is transacted, or a service is supplied.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2020-01, 8/5/2020]
A flood that, on average, is likely to occur once every 100
years (i.e., that has one-percent chance of occurring each year, although
the flood may occur in any year).
Any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved
and set aside, dedicated or reserved for resource protection, public
or private use and enjoyment, or for the use and enjoyment of owners
and occupants of land adjoining or neighboring such open space. Open
space shall not include land occupied by nonrecreational structures,
roads, street rights-of-way, parking lots, land reserved for future
parking, or any portion of required minimum lot areas as required
by this chapter.
The total amount of proposed or required open space within
a site divided by the site area.
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.
Any equipment, device or apparatus, or any part thereof,
which is installed, affixed or situated outdoors for the primary purpose
of combustion of fuel to produce heat or energy used as a component
of a heating system providing heat for any interior space.
An electrically powered illuminating device or other outdoor
lighting fixture including all parts used to distribute the light
and/or protect the lamp, permanently installed or portable, used for
illumination. Such devices shall include, but are not limited to,
search, spot, flood and area lighting.
The keeping of any goods, junk, material, merchandise, or
inoperable vehicles in an unroofed area.
All contiguous land in Shrewsbury Township owned by the same
landowner on November 10, 1976, and all land owned by the same landowner
that is contiguous except for the presence of lots or parcels adverse
from the original tract since November 10, 1976, and/or the presence
of utility rights-of-way irrespective of whether the right-of-way
is owned in fee or is an easement. Additional parcels are not created
by the presence or creation of public or private roads, railroads,
streams or other natural or man-made structures that cross land in
contiguous ownership, or the presence of lots subdivided from the
original tract since November 10, 1976.
A leisure area for public recreation. A publicly or privately-owned
area of land, usually with grass, trees, paths, sports fields, playgrounds,
picnic areas, and other features for recreation and relaxation.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2020-01, 8/5/2020]
Outdoor areas or specially designed buildings used for the
storage of vehicles.
OFF-STREET PARKING SPACEA portion of a lot area designed for the primary use of the temporary storage of an automobile.
PARKING LOTA portion of a lot area containing three or more off-street parking spaces and having direct access to a street.
PARKING STRUCTURE OR GARAGEA building constructed for the specific purpose of vehicular parking.
An area immediately adjacent to the travel lane which allows
for parallel or angled short-term storage of vehicles within the public
right-of-way.
A wall on an interior lot line or a wall adapted for joint
service between two buildings.
Land in grass and/or legumes primarily used or formerly used
primarily for grazing.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
A use allowed by right in a zoning district subject to the
restrictions applicable to that use and zoning district. See also
"use."
An individual, partnership, public or private association
or corporation, firm, trust, estate, municipality, governmental unit,
public utility or any other legal entity whatsoever, which is recognized
by the law as the subject of rights and duties.
A building or structure in which food, shelter and personal
assistance and/or supervision are provided for a period exceeding
24 hours for four or more adults who are not relatives of the operator,
who do not require the services in or of a nursing home but who do
require assistance or supervision in matters such as dressing, bathing,
diet, financial matters, evacuation of a residence in the event of
an emergency or medication prescribed for self-administration. Personal
care homes include but are not limited to assisted living facilities
and retirement homes and are licensed by the Pennsylvania Department
of Public Welfare.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2020-01, 8/5/2020]
Shall include and be limited to barber shops, beauty parlors,
self-service laundry and dry cleaning establishments, radio and television
repair, repair shops for home appliances and tools, bicycles, guns,
locks, shoes and watches, tailor and dressmaking shops and travel
and ticket agencies, or any other establishment of similar nature.
A container, designed for temporary short-term storage, which
is not affixed to the land.
When used in connection with natural and historic resources,
shall include means to conserve and safeguard these resources from
wasteful or destructive use.
Land used for agricultural purposes that contains soils of
the first, second or third class as defined by the United States Department
of Agriculture Natural Resource and Conservation Services, York County
Soil Survey, as amended.
An area not greater than 25,000 square feet in size which
is part of a larger tract that is used by family or a small segment
of a community as a location for burial of human beings or the cremated
remains of human beings.
[Added by Ord. No. 2017-07, 12/6/2017]
A low-volume road or street with an impervious surface that
provides vehicular access from a public road but is not owned or maintained
by Shrewsbury Township or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A nonpermanent structure set up temporarily along a roadside
at which a person or persons sell only agricultural commodities produced
on parcels of land within Shrewsbury Township, York County.
For the purpose of this chapter, the definition of "productive
farmland" shall be as follows:
The definition of "farmland" by the USDA, Farmland Protection
Policy Act (FPPA) including:
Prime farmland is land that has the best combination of physical
and chemical characteristics for producing food, feed, fiber, forage,
oilseed, and other agricultural crops with minimum inputs of fuel,
fertilizer, pesticides, and labor, and without intolerable soil erosion,
as determined by the Secretary. Prime farmland includes land that
possesses the above characteristics but is being used currently to
produce livestock and timber. It does not include land already in
or committed to urban development or water storage;
Unique farmland is land other than prime farmland that is used
for production of specific high-value food and fiber crops, as determined
by the Secretary. It has the special combination of soil quality,
location, growing season, and moisture supply needed to economically
produce sustained high quality or high yields of specific crops when
treated and managed according to acceptable farming methods. Examples
of such crops include citrus, tree nuts, olives, cranberries, fruits,
and vegetables; and
Farmland, other than prime or unique farmland, that is of statewide
or local importance for the production of food feed, fiber, forage,
or oilseed crops, as determined by the appropriate state or unit of
local government agency or agencies.
All agricultural land within soil capability classes of 1 through
4.
A use that is not permitted in a zoning district.
On-street parking areas which utilize curb extensions (also
called bulbouts) to narrow the overall street width and delineate
the starting and ending points of the parking lane and may also include
mid-block curb.
Any place offering instruction in any branch of knowledge
under the supervision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or a lawfully
constituted ecclesiastical governing body, person, partnership or
corporation meeting the requirements of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Includes trade, technical, professional, music or dance school.
Any theatrical, musical or dramatic performance, festival,
or carnival, or any other exhibition, show, entertainment, or amusement
of a similar nature or kind, that is a temporary and/or transitory
proceeding occurring for limited periods, and for which an admission
fee is charged or for which money or any other reward of any nature
is in any manner demanded, expected or received.
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the governing
body or planning agency, intended to inform and obtain public comment
prior to taking action in accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, Act 247 as amended.[7]
A forum held pursuant to notice under 65 Pa.C.S.A. Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings).
Notice published once each week for two successive weeks
in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. 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 of the date of the hearing.
See "nuisance, public."
An office of a governmental agency, social service organization,
Magisterial District Justice, notary, public or private utility or
political organization.
This definition covers, but is not limited to:
SUPPLY UTILITYAny water, electric, gas or oil generating or treatment facility, supply works, substation, transmission line, distribution line or right-of-way.
ACCESSORY SUPPLY UTILITYAny supply utility or part thereof located on a lot to which commercial service is provided or within a street right-of-way.
PRINCIPAL SUPPLY UTILITYAny supply utility not an accessory supply utility.
A track around which animals or vehicles race and the grounds
in which the track is sited.
One or more areas or zoning districts in which the development
rights of parcels in the sending district may be transferred.
A parcel of land in a receiving district or area that is
the subject of a transfer of development rights, where the owner of
the parcel is receiving development rights, directly or by intermediate
transfers.
A building in which tennis, handball, gymnastics, swimming,
riding, skating, hockey, boarding, trap, skeet and other shooting
ranges, etc., are enabled for any purpose public or private, gratis
or for a fee.
An open or semienclosed field or area of natural or man-made
surfaces in which recreational and related activities take place.
These activities shall include, but are not limited to, ball games,
field games, tennis, handball, swimming, riding, skating, skateboarding,
and the riding of dirt bikes, off-road vehicles including ATVs or
other motorized vehicles, whether public or private, gratis or for
a fee. This definition includes golf driving ranges and miniature
golf courses.[8]
Any portable or mobile vehicle used or designed to be used
for travel, recreation and/or living purposes and with its wheels,
rollers or skids in place. A recreation vehicle shall include a trailer,
house trailer, camper, sleigh, snowmobile, off-road vehicle, all-terrain
vehicle (ATV), golf cart, boat, boat trailer, airplane or other similar
vehicle which may provide partial and usually temporary living and
sleeping quarters and which may or may not include kitchen and bathroom
convenience.
A retail enterprise operated for the purpose of repairing
consumer equipment or machinery brought in by their owners. Such shop
may sell parts and other articles needed for the function of those
consumer goods. This definition does not include vehicle or heavy
equipment repair.
The portion of the original parcel remaining after the subdivision
of a new lot or lots from the original lot. A residual lot may exceed
the maximum lot size.
A facility or land area that is used for any one or a combination
of the following use types:
INCINERATORA facility designed to reduce the municipal solid waste stream by combustion. This use may or may not include heat exchange equipment for energy recovery.
MATERIAL SEPARATION AND/OR REFUSE DERIVED FUEL (RDF) FACILITYThe extraction of materials from the municipal waste stream for recycling or for use as refuse derived fuel (RDF).
RECYCLING FACILITYA business that accumulates material such as paper, glass, aluminum, and/or plastic that is no longer useful for its intended purpose or function, but can be reused to manufacture a new product.
SOLID WASTE TRANSFER FACILITYA facility or station where municipal solid waste is delivered for the purpose of compacting the material into larger vehicles for transport to a final disposal site or processing facility. A transfer facility may include the separation and collection of material for the purposes of recycling.
An establishment that principally sells food, frozen desserts
and nonalcoholic beverages, primarily in disposable containers, in
bags or on trays, to be consumed either on or off the site. The customer
primarily orders and receives the food at an inside counter, outdoor
walk-up or drive-up window without the assistance of a waiter or waitress.
A cafeteria-style restaurant shall be considered a standard or sit-down
restaurant.
A restaurant that does not meet the definition of a fast
food restaurant or food stand. This includes restaurants where the
majority of the food is consumed within the restaurant at tables,
and served by a waiter or waitress. A restaurant may include the accessory
sale of alcoholic beverages. However, if such sale is the primary
portion of the total trade, the requirements of a "tavern" or nightclub
as applicable must be met.
As defined herein: convenience store, antique shop, art gallery
or store selling apparel, books, confections, drugs, dry goods, flowers,
foodstuffs, furniture, gifts, alcoholic beverages, hardware, toys,
household appliances, jewelry, cards, novelties, hobby and art supplies,
music, luggage, sporting goods, pets, floor covering, fabrics, retail
nursery, garden supplies and plants, provided all products produced
on the premises are sold on the premises at retail to the public.
Also included within this use shall be the sale of soft drinks and
beer. The over-the-counter sale of alcoholic beverages in taverns
is not included within this use.
An impoundment in which stormwater is stored and not released
during the storm event. Stored water may be released from the basin
at some time after the end of the storm. Also known as a wet pond.
Land set aside for use by streets, crosswalks or utility
lines.
EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAYThe legal right-of-way as established by the commonwealth, the Township or other legal authority and currently in existence.
Land adjacent to a watercourse and other bodies of water
for the purpose of stabilizing banks, filtering sediment and pollutants
and for providing wildlife habitat.
[Added by Ord. No. 2020-01, 8/5/2020]
A person occupying any room or group of rooms forming a single
habitable unit used or intended to be used for living and sleeping,
but not for cooking or eating purposes, and paying compensation for
lodging and/or board and lodging by pre-arrangement for a week or
more at a time to an owner or operator. Any person occupying such
room or rooms and paying such compensation without pre-arrangement
or for less than one week at a time shall be classified, for purposes
of this chapter, not as a roomer or boarder but as a guest or lodger
of a commercial lodging establishment (motel, hotel, tourist home).
A building arranged or used for lodging, with or without
meals, for compensation, for at least three but not more than 15 persons,
and in which no provision is made for cooking in any individual room
or suite. Includes "boarding house."
Broken small fragments of nonorganic materials such as concrete,
masonry, brick and glass that do not break down.
An operation in which wood is sawed into planks or boards
by fixed or portable machine.
Trade, technical, or professional school, music or dance
school, etc.
See "public and private school."
A public or private primary and/or secondary educational
institution primarily for persons between the ages of five and 19
that primarily provides state-required educational programs (does
not include a commercial school). A small school shall accommodate
no more than 40 students on site at the same time. Small schools may
be permitted on leased lots. Each small school must utilize one development
right from the parcel upon which it is situated. In order for small
school use to be established, a land development plan must first be
provided to the Board of Supervisors for review and approval. If no
new improvements are proposed to create the small school use (i.e.,
a change of use from an existing structure to a small school), a land
development is not required.
[Added by Ord. No. 2020-01, 8/5/2020; as amended by Ord. No. 2023-05, 11/1/2023]
Soils or other superficial materials transported or deposited
by the action of wind, water, ice or gravity as a product of erosion.
An area where groundwater slowly oozes to the surface.
The Agricultural District.
A parcel of land in the Agriculture District from which unused
and not already restricted or unusable development rights may be severed
and conveyed to another parcel of land in a receiving area.
The required distance between the street or lot line and
the setback line.
That line that is the required minimum distance from the
street right-of-way line or any other lot line that establishes the
area within which the principal structure must be located.
A system of sewage collection, conveyance, treatment and
disposal which will prevent the discharge of untreated or inadequately
treated sewage or other waste into waters of this commonwealth or
otherwise provide for the safe and sanitary treatment and disposal
of sewage or other waste. See the Shrewsbury Township Subdivision
and Land Development Ordinance[9] for addition sewer and sewage facility related terms.
A system of conduits that collects and routes stormwater
to a surface-water discharge point.
Includes trap, skeet, rifle, pistol and other firearms, or
archery ranges.
A group of commercial establishments, planned, developed,
owned and managed as a unit related in location, size, and type of
shops to the trade area that the unit serves; it provides on-site
parking in definite relationship to the types and sizes of stores.
Any name, identification, description, display, illustration
or device which is affixed to or represented directly or indirectly
upon a building, structure or land in view of the general public,
and which directs attention to a product, place, activity, person,
institution or business. Further sign definitions and requirements
are found in the Shrewsbury Township Sign Ordinance.[10]
[Amended by Ord. No. 2020-01, 8/5/2020]
The degree of deviation of a surface from the horizontal,
usually expressed in percent or degrees. See "grade."
A minimum area reserved for snow storage while plowing. A
minimum 100 square feet of snow storage area shall be provided for
every 1,000 square feet of plowed area, along with any stormwater
management area.
All unconsolidated mineral and organic material of whatever
origin that overlies bedrock and can be readily excavated.
Areas subject to periodic flooding and listed in the 2002,
or most recent, USDA Soil Survey of York County, Pennsylvania, as
being "on, or in, the floodplain" or subject to flooding.
Soils that are categorized as poorly drained that can support
hydrophilic plants, but may not do so in many cases. For the purpose
of this chapter, hydric soils are general wetland indicator soils.
See "wetland."
One or more arrays, collectors or photovoltaic modules, or
a power plant that uses such arrays, collectors or photovoltaic modules
to convert sunlight into electricity.
An activity involving the assembly of people for cultural,
ceremonial, educational, promotional, or celebratory purposes, which
generates revenue. Includes, but is not limited to, receptions, recitals,
art exhibits, religious ceremonies, wine/food tasting events, fairs,
carnivals, festivals, auctions, concerts, and any other event which
is advertised or marketed in any form; whether or not there is an
admission fee or the exchange of funds for services, goods, or entertainment.
This definition does not include private parties or private functions
that do not meet the above stated criteria.
A use permitted in a particular zoning district pursuant
to the provisions of Articles VI and IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, Act 247 of 1968, as amended and reenacted,[11] along with the standards as set forth in this chapter.
A tree that represents outstanding or dominant qualities
for a particular species.
A small stream of water flowing naturally from the earth;
a flow of water from the ground, often a source of a stream, pond,
etc.
A building in which horses or other large types of livestock
are kept. Includes riding school.
Areas where the average slope exceeds 25%.
A large enclosed yard with pens or covered stables where
livestock not owned by the owner of the stockyard are kept before
being sold, slaughtered, or shipped.
A building or buildings or fenced area in which small tools,
household items, and personal property are stored longer than a month.
SELF-STORAGE FACILITYA building and/or series of buildings divided into separate storage units for personal property and/or property associated with some business or other organization. These units shall be used solely for dead storage and no processing, manufacturing, sales, research and development testing, service and repair, or other nonstorage activities shall be permitted.
A vegetative basin designed to drain completely after storing
runoff only for a given stormwater event and releasing it at a predetermined
rate. Also known as a dry pond.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above it; if there is
no floor above it, then the space between any floor and the ceiling
immediately above it.
That story with its floor level immediately above the average
finished grade level of the adjoining ground at any particular point
or side of a dwelling.
A watercourse with definite bed and banks which confine and
convey continuously or intermittently flowing water. See also "watercourse."
PERENNIAL STREAMA continuously flowing stream that is present at all seasons of the year.
INTERMITTENT STREAMA natural stream carrying water during the wet seasons and having at least one critical feature (bed and/or bank).
The sides of a channel that hold or carry water.
Includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway,
parkway, lane, alley, viaduct and any other ways used or intended
to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians, whether public or
private. Streets are further classified as follows:
ARTERIAL STREETStreets serving large numbers of high-speed traffic and connecting population and employment centers and which are designated in the Comprehensive Plan.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2020-01, 8/5/2020]
COLLECTOR STREETStreets which, in addition to giving access to abutting properties, intercept local streets and provide routes to community facilities and arterial streets and which are so designated in the Comprehensive Plan.
LOCAL STREETStreets primarily used for access to abutting properties and generally serving internally developed areas.
STREET GRADESee "grade."
STREET LINEThe dividing line between the street and the lot; also known as the right-of-way line.
PRIVATE ROAD OR STREETA street not offered for dedication or whose dedication was not accepted by the Township.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
Refer to the Shrewsbury Township Subdivision and Land Development
Ordinance.[12]
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Shrewsbury.
An accessory structure of a dwelling, for personal use, constructed
of solid materials so designed, either below or above the surface
of the ground, as to hold water and to be used for the purpose of
bathing or swimming in which the depth of the water stored therein
above or below ground level exceeds two feet in depth.
A public or private club swimming pool, not for personal
use, constructed for wading, bathing, or swimming. Any structure of
solid materials so designed, either below or above the surface of
the ground, indoors or outdoors, as to hold water in which the depth
of the water stored therein above or below ground level exceeds two
feet in depth.
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board licensed establishment
primarily engaged in the retail sale and the on-site consumption of
alcoholic beverages by consenting adults. This definition also includes,
but is not limited to, establishments referred to as beer gardens,
cocktail lounges, saloons and taprooms. Restaurants that serve alcoholic
beverages but are primarily engaged in the retail sale of prepared
food are not included in this definition.
A moveable structure containing a fixture or fixtures for
defecation and urination, including a waste pipe and either a flushing
apparatus or a chemical process controlling odors, all of which are
self-contained within the structure.
Surface soil including the organic layer in which plants
have most of their roots.
A private residential dwelling that is not occupied by an
owner or manager and that is rented, leased, or furnished in its entirety
to transient guests on a daily or weekly basis.
[Added by Ord. No. 2023-05, 11/1/2023]
See "lot."
A structure standing on wheels, towed or hauled by another
vehicle, and used for human occupancy, carrying of materials, goods,
or objects, or as a temporary office.
DR that are transferred, sold or donated from the parcel(s)
to which they were originally assigned.
A building or complex containing facilities needed by transportation
operators and passengers at either end of a travel or shipping route
by air, rail, road, or water.
The coverage of the ground by the upper-most leafed limbs
of trees.
The distance measured from the surface of the tower foundation
to the highest point of the turbine rotor plane.
Any activity carried on or intended to be carried on in a
building or other structure or on a lot. See "accessory use."
ACCESSORY USEA subordinate use as listed in zoning districts under the use regulations for each zoning district, normally located on the same lot with a principal use. If no principal use exists on a lot with a lawful accessory use, then such accessory use shall be considered a principal use.
PRINCIPAL USEThe primary purpose or purposes for which a lot is occupied as listed in the use regulations for each zoning district. If more than two principal uses occupy a single lot, each such use must be positioned so that the lot on which such uses are located could subsequently be subdivided, separating each use yet meeting all applicable district dimensional requirements.
A trailer, except a recreational trailer, which does not
have air brakes.
[Added by Ord. No. 2020-01, 8/5/2020]
A building in which domestic animals, such as dogs, cats,
rabbits, and birds or fowl, receive medical or surgical treatment
by a veterinarian and in which any housing or boarding of animals
is limited to short-term care incidental to the medical or surgical
treatment.
An oscillatory motion of solid bodies of deterministic or
random nature described by displacement, velocity or acceleration
with respect to a given reference point.
The presence of a vibration or vibrations of such intensity,
duration, frequency or character which annoy, disturb, or cause or
tend to cause adverse psychological or physiological effects on persons,
or damage or tend to damage personal or real property.
A building, or portion thereof, or buildings used or intended
to be used primarily for the receipt, temporary storage, and redistribution
of goods and/or materials that are to be sold retail or wholesale
from other premises, or wholesale from the same premises; however,
nothing in this definition is meant to exclude purely incidental retail
sales in warehouses.
Municipal or private facility that receives sewage from a
source or sources located other than on the facility's site, then
processes and disposes of the waste under regulation. Also referred
to as off-site sewage.
Any water works, water supply works, water distribution system
or part thereof designed, intended or constructed to provide or distribute
potable water.
OFF-LOT WATER DISTRIBUTION FACILITYAny approved system in which potable water is supplied from a central water source to a dwelling or other building located off the lot on which such dwelling or building is located.
ON-LOT WATER DISTRIBUTION FACILITYAny approved system in which potable water is supplied from an individual well to a dwelling or other building located on the same lot as the well.
Water flowing within a stream channel, ditch, conduit, gully
or ravine, which are either naturally or artificially created and
contain an intermittent or perennial base flow of groundwater origin.
Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or
groundwater of a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and
that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation
typically adapted for life in saturate soil conditions, commonly known
as hydrophytic vegetation. Wetlands include but are not limited to
swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas. The determination of whether
an area is a nontidal wetland shall be made in accordance with the
publication known as the "Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating
Jurisdictional Wetlands," published in 1987 and as may be amended
and/or hydric soil identification based on the 2002 USDA Soil Survey
of York County.
A parcel of land containing at least 10 acres utilized in
its entirety for the maintenance of a sanctuary or refuge for wildlife
(nondomesticated animals).
A facility consisting of a tower, wind turbine generator
with blades, guy wires or other support structures and anchors, access
roads, and associated control and conversion equipment to convert
wind movement into electricity.[14]
A structure that converts wind power solely for private use
(BTM), typically to pump water or grind grain, and does not provide
excess generated power to the public power grid (FTM).
[Added by Ord. No. 2022-01, 3/2/2022]
A wind energy conversion system that converts wind energy
into electricity through the use of a wind turbine generator, and
includes the nacelle, rotor, tower, and pad transformer, if any.
A building or property that includes any facilities where
any alcohol or liquor is produced by the process by which wine is
produced, or premises and plants wherein liquid such as wine is produced;
and shall include the manufacture by distillation of alcohol from
the byproducts of wine fermentation when the alcohol so derived is
used solely to fortify the fermented products, under such regulations
as are or may be promulgated by the proper agency of the United States
government, and such alcohol, for that purpose only, may be sold or
exchanged between wineries holding permits in this commonwealth, without
restriction.
See "forest."
An open, unoccupied space, unobstructed from the ground up,
on the same lot with a structure, extending along the entire length
of a lot line or street line and inward to the structure. The size
of a yard shall be measured as the shortest distance between the structure
and a lot line or street line.
FRONT YARDA yard between a structure and street line and extending the entire length of the street line. In the case of a corner lot, the yards extending along all streets are front yards. In the case of a lot other than a corner lot that fronts on more than one street, the front yard is that yard abutting the street used in the building's address.
REAR YARDA yard between a structure and rear lot line and extending the entire length of the rear lot line. If the lot fronts on more than one street, the rear yard is the yard opposite the yard abutting the street used in the building's address.
SIDE YARDA yard between a structure and side lot line, extending from the front yard to the rear yard. In the case of a lot having no street frontage or a lot of odd shape, any yard that is not a front yard or a rear yard shall be considered a side yard.
The duly appointed Township official designated to administer
and enforce this chapter.
Written authorization from the Zoning Officer to alter, improve,
construct and/or make use of an area of land as regulated by this
chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 47 P.S. § 4-431(b) and 47 P.S.
§ 4-444, respectively.
[2]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "burial plot or ground,"
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed by Ord. No. 2020-01, 8/5/2020.
[3]
Editor's Note: The definition of "cemetery, residential," which immediately followed this
definition, was repealed 12/6/2017 by Ord. No. 2017-07.
[4]
Editor's Note: The definition of "family burial ground," which
immediately followed this definition, was repealed 12/6/2017 by Ord.
No. 2017-07.
[5]
Editor's Note: See 3 P.S. § 459-101 et seq.
[7]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[8]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "recreational lodge,"
which immediately followed, was repealed by Ord. No. 2023-05, 11/1/2023.
[11]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[13]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[14]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "wind farm," which
immediately followed this definition, was repealed by Ord. No. 2022-01,
3/2/2022.
