[Amended 11-9-2020 by Ord. No. 02-2020; 2-8-2021 by Ord. No. 02-2021]
For the purpose of this chapter, words used in the present tense
shall include the future. The singular number shall include the plural
and the plural shall include the singular. The masculine shall include
the feminine and the neuter. The word "shall" is always mandatory.
The word "building" includes "structure" and shall be construed as
if followed by the words "or any part thereof." The phrase "used for"
includes "arranged for," "person" includes an individual, corporation,
partnership, incorporated association, or any other legal entity.
The word "includes" or "including" shall not limit the term to the
specified example, but is intended to extend its meaning to all other
instances of like kind and character. Except as defined within this
chapter, all words and phrases shall have their normal meanings and
usage.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A solar collection system principally used to capture solar
energy, convert it to electrical energy or thermal power, and supply
electrical or thermal power for on-site use. An ASES consists of one
or more free-standing ground, roof-mounted, or wall-mounted solar
arrays or modules, or solar related equipment and is intended to primarily
reduce on- site consumption of utility power or fuels. An ASES must
be accessory to the principal use of the subject property.
[Added 10-10-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
A building or structure subordinate and incidental to, and
located on the same lot as, a principal building and used for an accessory
use.
A use incidental and subordinate to and located on the same
lot occupied by the principal use to which it relates.
Business selling goods or services to a substantially agricultural
clientele, including feed mills, seed sales, feed grinding services,
and agricultural implement dealers. This category does not include
slaughterhouses or dead animal reduction plants.
The science and art of farming, the work of cultivating the
soil, producing crops and livestock. Any agricultural use, including
farming, dairying, pasturage, aquaculture, horticulture, floriculture,
viticulture, horse keeping, animal and poultry husbandry, and forestry
(including the harvesting of timber). Agriculture also includes the
home sale of fruits, meats, vegetables and similar agricultural produce.
A place licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation,
Bureau of Aviation, where fixed-wing aircraft land and take off on
designated and/or improved runways, including hangars and facilities
for refueling and repair and that may include accommodations for passengers.
A paved area, of a minimum width specified by this chapter,
which provides direct access to one or two rows of parking spaces
and connects those parking spaces with the driveways that provide
circulation through a parking area.
As applied to a building or structure, means a change or
rearrangement in the structural parts or exit facilities, or an enlargement,
whether by extending on a side, front or rear or by increasing in
height, or the moving from one location to another.
Any change in the supporting members of a building such as
bearing walls, columns, beams, girders or foundations.
Any one of the following:
Any addition, deletion or revision of the ordinance text
or map officially adopted by the Board of Supervisors after public
hearings.
A room or suite of rooms in a multifamily structure, which
is designed for use as a single housekeeping unit and which contains
a functional kitchen, bath and toilet facilities, permanently installed.
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has
filed an application for development including his heirs, successors
and assigns.
Every application, whether preliminary, tentative or final,
required to be filed and approved prior to start of construction or
development including but not limited to an application for a building
permit, for the approval of a subdivision plat or plan for the approval
of a development plan.
A road or street whose primary function is to move traffic
through intercity or interstate transit, including any road or street
identified as such by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
map and classification system, or the Robinson Township Comprehensive
Plan.
A business engaged in the repair, maintenance and sales of
motor vehicles licensed to travel the highways of the commonwealth.
Any institution that lends money or is engaged in a finance-related
business, including but not limited to a bank, savings-and-loan association,
mortgage or finance company or similar institution.
A portion of a building partly or completely below grade.
It shall be considered a building story if more than 50% of its clear
height is above the average level of the adjoining ground.
A dwelling unit or portion thereof in which short-term lodging
rooms, with or without the service of a morning meal only, are provided
for compensation and where the operator lives on the premises or in
adjacent premises.
Any structure or other outdoor surface used to display lettered,
pictorial, sculptured or other matter which directs attention to a
product, announcement, commodity or service provided off the premises.
The Board of Supervisors of Robinson Township, Washington
County, Pennsylvania.
See "trailer (camping and recreational equipment)."
See "trailer (camping and recreational equipment)."
An establishment operated for profit or pecuniary gain, which
has a capacity for the assemblage of 20 or more persons and in which
alcoholic liquors, alcohol or malt or brewed beverages are not legally
sold but where alcoholic liquors, alcohol, or malt or brewed beverages
are either provided by the operator or agents or employees of the
operator for consumption on the premises or are brought into or kept
at the establishment by the patrons or person assembling there for
use and consumption.
An arrangement of all-season vegetative material of sufficient
height and density to conceal from view of property owners in adjoining
residential districts the structures and uses on the premises on which
the screen or buffer planting is located.
An independent and detached structure having a roof supported
by columns or walls, intended for housing, shelter or enclosure of
person, animals, or any other property.
The 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, patios, terraces and steps.
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation
of the finish grade.
The line of that face of the building nearest the front line
of the lot. This face includes porches, whether enclosed or not, patios
and similar construction, but excludes steps.
A building in which is conducted the main or principal use
of the lot on which said building is situated.
Any facility where:
Gasoline is stored in bulk for distribution by delivery truck;
Fuel, including but not limited to kerosene, home heating oil,
diesel fuel, gasoline, or propane, is stored in large volume tanks
for distribution to retail or wholesale establishments; or
The total combined on-site storage of fuel exceeds 20,000 gallons.
The combination of controls which may establish the maximum
size of a building and its location on the lot. Components of bulk
regulations include size and height of building; location of exterior
walls with respect to lot lines; building coverage, yard requirements;
and amount of lot area provided per dwelling unit. Their purpose is
to assure sufficient light, air and open space and to prevent overcrowding
of the land.
Any business activity that renders service to other commercial
or industrial enterprises.
An area of land and/or structure with machine or hand-operated
facilities used principally for the cleaning, washing, polishing or
waxing of motor vehicles.
A structure to house or protect motor vehicles that is open
to the weather for at least 40% of the total area of its sides.
A portion of a road street or highway intended for vehicular
travel.
Property used for interring of dead persons or domestic pets,
including mausoleums, columbariums, crematoriums and family plots
on private property.
A building or structure or group of buildings or structures
that, by design and construction, are primarily intended for conducting
organized religious services and associated accessory uses.
An establishment where human patients are examined and treated
by doctors, technicians, dentists or similar professional practitioners
on an out-patient basis not involving overnight detaining.
A building or portion thereof or premises owned or operated
for a social, literary, political, educational and/or recreational
purpose primarily for the exclusive use of members and their guests.
A power plant wherein a gas turbine generator generates electricity
and waste heat is used to make steam to generate additional electricity
via a steam turbine.
Engaging in a business, enterprise, activity or other undertaking
related to or connected with trade and traffic or commerce in general.
A facility that offers various indoor recreational opportunities
for its patrons including such games as pool, billiards, bowling,
video games and similar pursuits.
A facility which offers various outdoor recreational or spectator
opportunities for its patrons including go-cart raceways, auto raceways,
motor sports participation or spectator opportunities, outdoor concert
performances, outdoor commercial shooting ranges, commercial hunting
operations and similar pursuits. This definition does not include
shooting ranges owned by or operated by any nonprofit conservation
organization or sportsman's organization, any noncommercial target
shooting conducted private or public land, or any traditional hunting
activities carried out with Pennsylvania Game Commission regulations.
If differs from outdoor commercial recreation in the intensive level
of impacts, such as noise from motorized recreational vehicles or
gun fire.
A facility which offers outdoor recreational opportunities
for its patrons including such games as golf driving ranges, miniature
golf, paintball, archery, tennis, team sports such as soccer or baseball,
camps and clinics for sport instruction and similar pursuits. This
term does not include recreation fields accessory to schools, churches,
or community based nonprofit organization.
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 structure or device used for the purpose of collecting
or transmitting, electromagnetic waves, including but not limited
to direction antennas (such as panels, microwave dishes) and satellite
dishes and omnidirectional antennas (such as wind antennas).
A reception and transmission tower intending for transmitting
or receiving radio, television, telephone, digital or cellular communications,
including all related appurtenances.
The construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, extension,
alteration or relocation of a building or structure, including the
placement of mobile homes.
The business location is used for ancillary activities, such
as storage of construction materials for use on such other sites,
and service and repair of the contractor's vehicles and equipment.
The key aspects of this business are that most of the services rendered
are completed on a site other than the business location.
A retail store selling food products and household supplies
for the convenience of the neighboring population.
An establishment primarily engaged in providing internal
office administration services, as opposed to customer service, in
a single building or a campus setting.
Any public or privately operated facility housing persons
awaiting trial or persons serving a sentence after being found guilty
of a criminal offense, including but not limited to jails, prisons
and juvenile detention centers.
The proportion of the lot area covered by buildings and structures,
expressed as a percentage.
An establishment containing a furnace designed to cremate
or reduce to ashes human or animal remains of the deceased.
See "day-care services."
An establishment that provides care, protection and supervision
for individuals on a regular basis away from their primary residence
for less than 24 hours a day.
FAMILY DAY-CARE HOMEFacilities in which child day care is provided at any one time to children who are not relatives.
GROUP DAY-CARE HOMEFacilities in which care is provided for more than six but less than 12 children, at any one time, where the childcare areas are being used as a family residence.
DAY-CARE CENTERSFacilities in which care is provided for children at any time, where the childcare areas are not used as a family residence.
Childcare for less than four children will not be considered
as day care.
Final adjudication of any board or other body granted jurisdiction
under any land use ordinance or this act to do so, either by reason
of the grant of exclusive jurisdiction or by reason of appeals from
determinations. All decisions shall be appealable to the Court of
Common Pleas of the county and judicial district wherein the municipality
lies.
The estimated cost to decommission the principal solar energy
system and restore the project parcels minus the estimated salvage
value of the PSES as reflected in the approved decommissioning plan.
[Added 10-10-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
Final action by an officer, body or agency charged with the
administration of any land use ordinance or applications thereunder,
except the following:
The Township Board of Supervisors;
The Zoning Hearing Board; or
The Planning Commission, only if and to the extent the planning agency is charged with final decision on preliminary or final plans under Chapter 380, Subdivision and Land Development, or planned residential development provisions.
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 land development.
Any man-made changes 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.
The provisions for development, including a planned residential
development, a plat of subdivision, all covenants relating to use,
location and bulk of buildings and other structures, intensity of
use or density of development, streets, ways and parking facilities,
common open space and public facilities. The phrase "provisions of
the development plan" when used in this chapter shall mean the written
and graphic materials referred to in this definition.
A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership,
association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which
holds a permit issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Health to
dispense medical marijuana. The term does not include a health care
medical marijuana organization under Chapter 19.4 of the Medical Marijuana
Act.[2]
See "dwelling."
A building or portion thereof providing complete housekeeping
facilities for one family.
SINGLE-FAMILYA detached building designed for or occupied exclusively as a residence for one family.
DUPLEXA detached building designed for or occupied exclusively by two families living independently of each other, with separate entrances.
MULTI- OR MULTIPLE FAMILYA structure containing three or more separate dwelling units for families living independently of each other, but which may provide joint services and/or facilities.
EARTH HOMEA detached single-family dwelling unit expressly designed for partial underground construction.
DWELLING, MODULARA single-family dwelling which is delivered to its site in at least two sections that are set upon a permanent foundation and the sections joined together. Such dwellings shall be certified as meeting the minimum standards for manufactured housing in Pennsylvania and shall be at least 20 feet in width for the entire length when assembled and shall be attached to all available utilities.
DWELLING, TOWNHOUSEA multifamily dwelling structure, consisting of at least three single-family dwelling units that are attached side-by-side by unpierced party walls, maximum six units per structure.
DWELLING, ATTACHEDA single-family dwelling that is attached to or shares a common vertical wall with one or more other dwellings.
DWELLING, QUADRAPLEXFour attached dwellings in which each unit has at least two open space exposures and shares one or two vertical walls with adjoining units and where no more than two units may lack street frontage.
DWELLING, SEMIDETACHEDA single-family dwelling that is attached to or shares a common vertical with one other dwelling.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHEDA dwelling unit, including a manufactured home, designed for and occupied by not more than one family and having no roof, wall or floor in common with any other dwelling unit.
GARDEN APARTMENTOne or more two- or three-story, multifamily structures, generally built at a gross density of 10 to 15 dwelling units per acre, with each structure containing 8 to 10 dwelling units and including related off-street parking and open space.
MID-RISE APARTMENTA multifamily residential building of four to eight occupiable stories above grade. The building must have 50% or more residential space.
MIXED-USE STRUCTUREA building that is developed into a variety of land uses, such as residential and retail. Such uses are designed to complement one another.
Any building or portion thereof that is designed and used
exclusively for residential purposes by one family and includes complete
kitchen and bathroom facilities for their exclusive use.
See "dwelling."
See "dwelling."
See "dwelling."
See "dwelling."
A right-of-way granted across private property generally
for public utility lines or for access to other properties beyond,
passage over which is guaranteed by the grantor to those using the
easement.
An establishment that offers food and beverages for sale
and consumption either on or on and off the premises as the principal
use and may serve alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises
as an accessory use.
All statutes enacted by the commonwealth relating to the
protection of the environment or the protection of public health,
safety and welfare that are administered and enforced by the department
or by another commonwealth agency, including an independent agency,
and all federal statutes relating to the protection of the environment,
to the extent those statutes regulate oil and gas operations.
A business involved in the sale, rental, or service of motor
vehicles and equipment.
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by
public utilities or municipal departments or commissions of underground
gas, electrical, telephone transmission or distribution systems; and
public water, public sanitary sewer and public storm sewer facilities
including wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire
alarm boxes, traffic signals, hydrants and similar equipment and accessories
in connection therewith; including buildings necessary for the furnishing
of adequate services for the public health, safety and general welfare.
"Essential services" do not include communications antenna, communications
equipment buildings and communications towers.
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by private utilities or otherwise private entities of underground or overhead gas, electrical, telephone transmission or distribution systems; water, sanitary sewer or storm sewer facilities including wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, traffic signals, hydrants and similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith: including buildings and structures necessary for the furnishing of adequate services for the public health, safety and general welfare. "Essential services (private or wholesale)" do not include communications antenna, communications equipment buildings and communications towers. All applications for essential services (wholesale or private) are subject to the conditions described in § 420-338.
One or more persons who live together in a single housekeeping
unit and maintain a common household, as distinguished from a group
occupying a boardinghouse. A family may consist of a single person
or of two or more persons, whether or not related by blood, marriage
or adoption. For purposes of the chapter, the term "family" shall
not include nor shall it be interpreted to include a group care facility
or similar functions or activities which provide room or board, or
room and board, to one or more persons who are residents by virtue
of receiving services, such as health, social rehabilitation, general
supervision or similar services or functions or activities, irrespective
of whether or not they are provided by governmental agencies, their
licensed or certified agents, responsible nonprofit social service
agencies or corporations, profit oriented organizations or businesses
or private individuals.
See "day-care center."
A site of 10 acres or more used for the pursuit of agriculture,
as defined herein.
An occasional or periodic market held in an open area or
structure where groups of individual sellers offer goods for sale
to the public.
The area along a natural watercourse which may from time
to time be overflowed by water there from.
The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent
land areas required to carry and discharge a flood of the 100-year
magnitude.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors
of a building, measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls,
or from the center line of common walls separating buildings. For
determining parking and loading space requirements under this chapter,
the following areas shall not be included: cellar storage areas, elevator
shafts and stairwells, floor area for mechanical equipment required
to service the needs of the building, open terraces, breezeways and
open porches.
The management of forests and timberland 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.
A building used for the embalming of the deceased for burial,
but not including cremation, and for the display of the deceased and
ceremonies connected therewith before burial or cremation.
An accessory building with area for housing motor driven
vehicles, the property of and for the use of the occupants of the
lot on which the garage is located.
Any garage other than a private garage as defined herein,
available to clients, operated for gain and which is used for storage,
repair, rental, lubricating, washing and servicing or equipping of
motor vehicles.
See "dwelling."
An area of land, together with any structure thereon used
for the retail sale of motor fuel and lubricants and incidental services.
A recreational facility that has a course, with a minimum
of nine regulation-size holes, for playing golf as its principal use
and that may have a clubhouse, locker rooms, restaurant, swimming
pool, pro shop, facilities for racquet sports, maintenance facilities
and similar facilities as accessory uses. A golf course may be public
or private.
A recreational facility operated by a public or private entity
that has as its principal use a golf course, as defined herein, and
that may include one or more of the following accessory uses: a clubhouse
and/or restaurant, locker rooms, pro shops, swimming pool and facilities
for racquet sports.
The Board of Supervisors of Robinson Township, Washington
County, Pennsylvania.
The total area of all floors of a building as measured to
the outside surfaces of exterior walls and including halls, stairways,
elevator shafts, attached garages, porches, balconies, basements,
and usable rooms.
Any residential facility which provides room, board, health
care and/or other specialized services to two or more unrelated individuals,
including children handicapped and/or elderly. The individuals must
be living together as a single housekeeping unit under twenty-four-hour
qualified supervision. This residence may be operated by a governmental
agency, a Pennsylvania-certified agency or a nonprofit organization.
Correctional institutions, jails and similar use shall not be included
in this definition.
See "day-care center."
A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership,
association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which
holds a permit from the Pennsylvania Department of Health under the
Medical Marijuana Act[3] to grow and process medical marijuana. The term does not
include a health care medical marijuana organization under Chapter
19.4 of the Medical Marijuana Act.[4]
A transitional residential facility licensed and operated
by a government, contractor or social service agency that provides
a supervised environment to residents who require psychiatric, correctional
or behavioral treatment between periods of institutional and independent
living.
The manufacture, storage, processing, and treatment of materials
which are potentially hazardous, or processes which produce significant
amounts of smoke, notice, glare, or dust or odor as a primary or secondary
effect of the principal use of the land or buildings. Heavy industry
characteristically employs equipment such as smokestacks, tanks, distillation
or reaction columns, chemical processing equipment, scrubbing towers,
pickling equipment and waste-treatment lagoons. Heavy industry, although
conceivably operable without polluting the environment, has the potential
to pollute when equipment malfunctions or human error occurs. Examples
of heavy industry are oil refineries, basic steel manufacturing plans
(such as foundries, blast furnaces, and stamping mills), industries
handling animal offal or hides, basic cellulose pulp-paper mills and
similar fiberboard and plywood production, production of cement and
bulk storage, and chemical plants such as petrochemical complexes.
An incinerator structure or facility which, including the incinerator,
contains 5,000 square feet or more, whether public or private, is
heavy industry for purpose of this chapter, as in any electric power
production plant which is a principal use, whether said power is generated
by coal, natural gas, cogeneration or wind energy conversion when
determined to be a principle use.
The height of a building shall be measured from the mean
level of the ground at the periphery of a building to a point midway
between the highest and lowest points of the roof. Chimneys, spires,
towers, tanks and similar projections shall not be included in calculating
the height.
An occupation, profession or limited commercial activity
carried on in a dwelling unit or accessory structure to a dwelling
unit which is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling
unit as a residence and conducted by a member of the family occupying
such dwelling unit.
Includes sanitarium, clinic, rest home, nursing home, convalescent
home and any place utilized for the diagnosis, treatment or other
care of humans which provides for overnight accommodation.
A building or a group of buildings in which lodging is provided
and offered to the general public or to a select group of patrons
for compensation.
A stimulation treatment routinely performed on oil and gas
wells in low-permeability reservoirs. Specially engineered fluids
are pumped at high pressure and rate into the reservoir interval to
be treated, causing a vertical fracture to open. The wings of the
fracture extend away from the well bore in opposing directions according
to the natural stresses within the formation, such as grains of sand
of a particular size, is mixed with the treatment fluid to keep the
fracture open when the treatment is complete. Hydraulic fracturing
creates high-conductivity communication with a large area of formation
and bypasses any damage that may exist in the near well bore area.
See "water recycling/hydro recovery facilities."
A lined depression, excavation or pit used for temporary
containment meeting the requirements of 25 Pa. Code § 78.56.
Impoundments may be designated as either fresh water or reuse.
Any discarded materials or articles, including, but not limited
to, scrap metal, abandoned or junked motor vehicles or vehicle parts,
machinery or machinery parts, papers, glass and related items, containers
or partially dismantled structures or parts thereof. It shall also
include a partially dismantled motor vehicle not bearing current registration
plates and which is not in the process of ongoing and immediate repair.
It shall not include refuse or garbage kept in a proper container
for the purpose of prompt disposal.
Any structure, pen or area set aside for the breeding, boarding,
show, grooming or keeping of dogs, cats or similar domestic animals.
For purposes of this chapter, the keeping of five or more such animals
for economic gain shall be deemed a commercial kennel.
A disposal site in which refuse and earth or other suitable
cover material are deposited and compacted in alternative layers of
specified depth in accordance with an approved plan.
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 a proprietary interest in the land.
A business primarily engaged in processing, selling and distributing
indoor or outdoor grown plants and landscaping materials.
Manufacturing in which there is no significant impact from
noise, dust or odor, and impacts are limited to secondary effects
related to vehicular traffic, incidental noise, or movement of materials.
Light industries include, but are not limited to, food processing;
wood products manufacturing (without chemical treatment); production
of machine tools and similar metal working; manufacturing of plastic
products; laboratories; testing and research facilities; printing;
pharmaceuticals production; and similar facilities for assembling
and fabricating.
The processing, handling or fabrication of materials and
products where no processes are involved which will produce noise,
vibration, air pollution, fire hazard, noxious emission, traffic or
other factors which will disturb or endanger neighboring properties.
An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building
or contiguous to a group of buildings, for the temporary stopping
of commercial vehicles while loading or unloading merchandise or materials
and which abuts upon an alley, street or other appropriate means of
access, and which is not less than 12 feet wide, 45 feet in length
and 15 feet in height.
A designated parcel, tract, or area of land established by
a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed
or built upon as a unit.
The area contained within the property lines of the individual
parcels of land, excluding space within any street or ultimate right-of-way,
but including the area of any easement. Lot area shall be measured
to the legal right-of-way line of the street.
The portion of a lot which is occupied by impervious surfaces,
including but not limited to buildings, parking areas and sidewalks.
The average distance between the street right-of-way line
and the rear lot line, measured perpendicular or radial to the street
right-of-way line. Lot depth shall be measured to the legal right-of-way
line of the street. In the case of a double frontage lot, such distance
shall be measured from each street right-of-way.
Distance measured along the front lot line. When a lot fronts
on a curved street, the frontage shall be determined by utilizing
the arc length.
A line of record bounding a lot that divides one lot from
another lot or from a public or private street or any other public
space.
A lot line separating the front of the lot from the street.
On corner lots and double frontage lots, all lot lines which abut
a street shall be front lot lines.
A lot line which does not intersect a front lot line and
is most distant from and most nearly parallel to a front lot line.
Corner lots shall not have a rear lot line. For the purposes of this
chapter, where the side lot lines of an interior lot meet in a point,
the rear lot line shall be assumed to be a line not less than 10 feet
long drawn within the lot between the two side lot lines, which is
equidistant to the front lot line.
Any lot line which is not a front or rear lot line.
A lot the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to
the adoption or amendment of this Zoning Ordinance, but which fails
to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it
is located by reasons of such adoption or amendment.
In the case of an interior lot, the distance between the
side lot lines. In the case of a corner lot, lot width shall mean
the distance between each front lot line and its opposite side lot
line. Such distance shall be measured along a straight line which
is at right angles to the axis of a lot. When a lot abuts on a curved
street the width shall be determined by utilizing the arc length.
A lot abutting two or more street rights-of-way at their
intersection.
That percentage of the lot area covered by the principal
and accessory structures.
A lot which is not a corner lot and abuts two or more streets,
with possible vehicular access to both streets.
A lot which is not a corner lot.
A lot which is not a corner lot and abuts two or more streets,
where vehicular access is permitted solely from one street.
A voluntary negotiating process in which parties in a dispute
mutually select a neutral mediator to assist them in jointly exploring
and settling their differences, culminating in a written agreement
which the parties themselves create and consider acceptable.
An establishment that holds a permit issued by the Pennsylvania
Department of Health to dispense medical marijuana.
A facility that holds a permit issued by the Pennsylvania
Department of Health to grow and process medical marijuana.
See "dwelling."
Mineral removal shall include all activity which removes
from the surface or beneath the surface of the land some material
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
which overlies or is above the desired material in its natural condition
and position. Open pit mining includes but is not limited to the excavation
necessary to the extraction of sand, gravel, topsoil, limestone, sandstone,
coal, clay, shale and iron ore.
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.
See "dwelling."
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, contained in one unit or in two or more units designed
to be joined into one integral unit capable of again being separated
for repeated towing, which arrives at a site complete and ready for
occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations
and constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation.
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the
necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for
the erection thereon of a single mobile home.
A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which have been so
designated and improved that they contain two or more mobile home
lots for the placement thereon of mobile homes.
See "dwelling."
A building used for the embalming of the deceased for burial,
including cremation, and for the display of the deceased and ceremonies
connected therewith before burial or cremation.
See "trailer (camping and recreational equipment)."
See "dwelling."
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the engineer for a municipality,
planning agency or joint planning commission.
Buildings, structures and land uses owned and occupied by
Robinson Township or any of its agencies and used to provide services
to the residents of the Township. Municipal facilities may include,
but not be limited to, Township administrative offices, public works
buildings, storage yards, libraries, fire company buildings, senior
centers and recreation facilities and buildings.
See "recreation."
A fossil fuel consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbon gases,
primarily methane, and possibly including ethane, propane, butane,
pentane, carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen sulfide and
other gas species. The term includes natural gas from oil fields known
as non-associated gas, coal beds, shale beds and other formations.
The term does not include coal bed methane.
A facility designed and constructed to compress natural gas
that originates from an oil and gas well or collection of such wells
operating as a midstream facility for delivery of oil and gas to a
transmission pipeline, distribution pipeline, natural gas processing
plant, or underground storage field, including one or more natural
gas compressors, associated buildings, pipes, valves, tanks and other
equipment.
A facility that provides for an interconnection between natural
gas transmission pipelines including equipment for the filtration,
measurement, pressure management and control of natural gas flows,
communication, access and associated activities, but does not involve
any engines or other equipment for the compression (i.e., increasing
of pressure) of natural gas.
A facility that is not a natural gas compressor station that
is designed and constructed to remove materials such as ethane, propane,
butane, and other constituents or similar substances from natural
gas to allow such natural gas to be of such quality as is required
or appropriate for transmission or distribution to commercial markets
but not including facilities or equipment that are/is designed and
constructed primarily to remove water, water vapor, oil or naturally
occurring liquids from natural gas, which includes dew point control
facilities.
Small-scale retail enterprises intended to benefit neighborhood
residents or tourists. Limited retail businesses are distinguished
from other retail businesses by having a smaller size of less than
5,000 square feet gross floor area and confining all commercial activities
indoors. They may not include a sexually oriented business or gasoline
sales.
A business or commercial activity administered or conducted
as an accessory use that is clearly secondary to the use as a residential
dwelling and which involves no customer, client or patient traffic.
The business or commercial activity must satisfy the following requirements:
The business activity shall be compatible with residential use
of the property and surrounding residential uses.
There shall be no outside appearance of a business use.
The business activity may not generate any solid waste or sewage
discharge, in volume or type, which is not normally associated with
residential use in the neighborhood.
The business may not involve any illegal activity.
If the business meets all such requirements, it shall be considered
a lawful accessory use to a dwelling.
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 reason 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 this
chapter or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such structure
lawfully existed prior to the enactment of this chapter or amendment
or prior to the application of this chapter or amendment to its location
by reason of annexation. Such nonconforming structures include, but
are not limited to, nonconforming signs.
A use, whether of land or 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.
Any institutional building licensed by the commonwealth for
the inpatient care of persons requiring full-time, intermediate or
skilled nursing care within the context of a planned program of care
and administrative management and/or nursing care and related medical
or other health services, but not requiring hospitalization.
A statement, based on an inspection, signed by the Zoning
Officer, setting forth either that a building or structure complies
with this chapter, or that a building, structure or parcel of land
may lawfully be employed for specified use or both.
Hydrocarbons in liquid form at standard temperature of 60°
F. and pressure 14.7 PSIA, also referred to as petroleum.
Water and other fluid storage or impoundment areas used exclusively
for oil and gas operations. This definition does not include temporary
water or fluid storage operations of a duration of less than six months.
Includes the following:
Well location assessment, including seismic operations, well
site preparation, construction, drilling, hydraulic fracturing and
site restoration associated with an oil or gas well of any depth;
Water and other fluid storage or impoundment areas used exclusively
for oil and gas operations;
Activities performed under the surface of the ground that
are part of the operation of oil and gas drilling, as defined herein,
located on properties within the unit for a particular drill site,
but that are not included in the well site, including, but not limited
to, horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing zones, underground
gathering and transmission pipelines and similar underground facilities
incidental to oil and gas development.
Includes the following: well location assessment, including
seismic operations, well site preparation, construction, drilling,
temporary water or fluid storage operations of a duration of less
than six months, hydraulic fracturing and site restoration associated
with an oil and gas well of any depth.
An area of land or water on a development site in which no
structures are permitted and which is set aside for the use and enjoyment
of the general public or the owners and tenants of property which
adjoins the open space.
Any public or private area, under or outside of a building
or structure, designed and used for parking motor vehicles including
parking lots, garages, private driveways and legally designated areas
of public streets.
An off street space having a minimum dimension of nine feet
by 18 feet, whether inside or outside of a structure, for the temporary
standing of automobile vehicles to be used exclusively as a parking
stall for one automobile.
Any individual, corporation, association, club, firm or partnership.
A facility giving geriatric care in a home-like setting and
licensed as such by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
An establishment primarily engaged in the provision of frequently
or recurrently needed services of a personal nature. Typical uses
include, but are not limited to, beauty and barbershops, tanning salons,
tailors, laundry/dry cleaning dropoff and pickup stations, licensed
massage therapists, health and fitness studios, driving schools, hobby
and handicraft instruction.
See "trailer (camping and recreational equipment)."
All parts of those physical facilities through which gas,
hazardous liquids, fresh water, salt water, or chemicals move in transportation,
including but not limited to pipe, valves and other appurtenance attached
to pipe, whether or not laid in public or private easement or public
or private right-of-way within the Township, including, but not limited
to, gathering lines, production lines, and transmission lines. This
definition does not include pipelines associated with franchise utilities.
A place of religious instruction or public gathering and
worship, which may include incidental instruction and charitable activities,
but not including a school or day-care services or any form of halfway
house.
An area of land to be developed for office and business activities
that incorporates open space which may not correspond in lot size,
density or lot coverage and required open space to the regulations
in any one district created, from time to time, under provisions of
this chapter.
An area of land, controlled by a landowner, to be developed
as a single entity for a number of dwelling units, or combination
of residential and nonresidential uses, the development plan for which
does not correspond in lot size, bulk, type of dwelling or use, density
or intensity, lot coverage and required open space to the regulations
established in any one district created from time to time under the
provisions of a municipal zoning ordinance.
The Planning Commission of Robinson Township, Washington
County, Pennsylvania.
A communications tower shall be considered one which is of
monopod configuration with a single tower structure in contact with
the ground and supported by oblique guy wires.
A solar collection system principally used to capture solar
energy, convert it to electrical energy or thermal power, and supply
electrical or thermal power primarily for off-site use. Principal
solar energy systems consist of one or more free-standing ground or
roof-mounted solar collector devices, solar related equipment and
other accessory structures and buildings including light reflectors,
concentrators, and heat exchangers; substations; electrical infrastructure;
transmission lines and other appurtenant structures.
[Added 10-10-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
The major or dominant use of a lot.
Any establishment, other than a sportsmen's club, operated
by a legally chartered organization for social, recreational, educational,
fraternal or sororal purposes, which is open only to members and their
guests and not to the general public.
See "recreation."
An office or business conducted by an individual or association
dealing with medicine, law, accounting, real estate, architecture,
engineering, finance or related services.
The PSES has not for 12 continuous months (i) generated electric
energy and delivered such energy to the utility grid; (ii) been decommissioned
in accordance with this Zoning Order; and (iii) such cessation of
operations is not attributable to an event beyond the reasonable control
of property owner or applicant, as the case may be.
[Added 10-10-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
Any occupied residence, commercial business, school, religious
institution, or other public building located within 1,000 feet of
the surface location of a well that may be impacted by noise, sound,
emissions, light, or other negative attributes of drilling operations
including, but not limited to, oil and gas development activities
as defined herein generated from drilling or hydraulic fracturing
activity at a well site.
A place of general instruction, publicly funded or recognized
by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Includes:
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Township
Board of Supervisors or Planning Commission, intended to inform and
obtain public comment prior to taking action in accordance with this
chapter.
A forum held pursuant to notice under 65 Pa.C.S.A. Chapter
7 (related to open meetings).
Notice published once each week for two successive weeks
in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township. Such notice
shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature
of the matter to be considered at the hearing. The first publication
shall not be more than 30 days and the second publication shall not
be less than seven days from the date of the hearing.
An enterprise other than a municipal facility, as defined
herein, operated by a public entity, available to the general public,
whether or not an admission fee is charged, including either indoor
or outdoor facilities for the pursuit of sports, recreation or leisure
activities, including, but not limited to, parks, playgrounds, playing
fields, or batting practice facilities, ice rinks, tennis courts,
swimming pools and similar facilities. "Public parks and recreation"
excludes golf courses, golf or country clubs, as defined herein.
An office for activities conducted by an entity providing
pipeline, gas, electrical, telephone, telegraph, water or sewage service.
MUNICIPAL RECREATIONDeveloped or undeveloped open spaces and/or structures and facilities which are provided by a governmental body for public use for the purposes of play, amusement or relaxation. Such uses may include sports facilities, parks, assembly buildings, passive areas, gardens and related amenities.
PRIVATE RECREATIONDeveloped and undeveloped open spaces and/or structures and facilities which are provided by individuals or private organizations for the use of specified individuals or groups of individuals sharing common relationships or associations for the purpose of play, amusement or relaxation. Such uses may include sports facilities, parks, assembly buildings, passive areas, gardens and related amenities.
SHOOTING RANGEAn area designed and improved to encompass shooting stations or firing lines, target areas, berms and baffles and other related components.
A grouping of multiple solar modules with the purpose of
harvesting solar energy.
[Added 10-10-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
The smallest basic solar electric device which generates
electricity when exposed to light.
[Added 10-10-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
Radiant energy (direct, diffuse and/or reflective) received
from the sun.
[Added 10-10-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
A solar photovoltaic cell, module, panel, shingle, or array,
or solar hot air or water collector device, which relies upon solar
radiation as an energy source for collection, inversion, storage,
and distribution of solar energy for electricity generation or transfer
of stored heat.
[Added 10-10-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
The practice of grazing livestock on the same area of land
occupied by a PSES.
[Added 10-10-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
A grouping of solar cells with the purpose of harvesting
solar energy.
[Added 10-10-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
Items including a solar photovoltaic cell, module, or array,
or solar hot air or water collector device panels, lines, pumps, batteries,
mounting brackets, framing and possibly foundations or other structures
used or intended to be used for collection of solar energy.
[Added 10-10-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
An area or tract of land on which accommodations for temporary
occupancy are located or may be placed, including cabins, tents, recreational
vehicles, and accessory buildings and structures for the use of campers.
Any letter, review, memorandum, compilation or similar writing
made by any body, board, officer or consultant other than a solicitor
to any other body, board, officer or consultant for the purpose of
assisting the recipient of such report in the rendering of any decision
or determination. All reports shall be deemed recommendatory and advisory
only and shall not be binding upon the recipient, board, officer,
body or agency, nor shall any appeal lie therefrom. Any report used,
received or considered by the body, board, officer or agency rendering
a determination or decision shall be made available for inspection
to the applicant and all other parties to any proceeding upon request
and copies thereof shall be provided at cost of reproduction.
Any establishment which carries on investigation in the natural,
physical, computer or social sciences or engineering and development
as an extension of such investigation with the objective of creating
end products.
An establishment where the principal business is the sale
of food and beverages in a ready-to-consume state, where there is
no service to a customer in an automobile and where the design or
principal method of operation consists of one or more of the following:
A sit-down restaurant where customers, normally provided with
an individual menu, are generally served food and beverages in nondisposable
containers by a restaurant employee at the same table or counter at
which the food and beverages are consumed; or
A cafeteria or cafeteria-type operation where food and beverages
generally are served in nondisposable containers and consumed within
the restaurant.
The sale on the premises of commodities and/or services directly
to consumers, but not including the manufacturing or processing of
any products.
Establishment engaged in selling goods or merchandise to
the general public for personal or household consumption and rendering
services incidental to the sale of such goods.
Any age-restricted development, which may be in any housing
form, including detached and attached dwelling units, apartments and
residences, offering private and semiprivate rooms.
Land legally dedicated for public purposes, including but
not limited to a street, alley or interior walk.
Any discarded material or article, and shall include, but
not be limited to, scrap metal, scrapped or abandoned motor vehicles,
machinery, equipment, paper, glass, containers and structures. It
shall not include, however, refuse or garbage kept in a proper container
for the purpose of prompt disposal. For the purpose of this chapter,
a proper container shall mean a solid plastic or metal container,
with a sealable lid, specifically designed for the storage of waste
matter.
Any place where any junk is stored, disposed of, or accumulated.
This definition shall include recycling centers, recycling yards,
and salvage businesses and the storage of four vehicles lacking current
inspection or registration for a period exceeding 10 days. However,
it does not include municipal recycling centers where no materials
are stored in an exterior environment.
An operation or facility which has, as its predominant purpose,
the sawing or planting of logs or trees into rough slabs.
An evergreen hedge at least six feet high at time of planting,
planted in such a way that it will block a line of sight throughout
the year. The screening may consist of either one or multiple rows
of bushes or trees and shall be at least four feet wide. It shall
be the responsibility of the property owner to maintain a screen planting,
replacing trees as needed. The Zoning Officer may require replacement
of screening trees.
A fence, screen planting, or wall provided in such a way
that it will block a line of sight.
A building or group of buildings consisting of individual,
self-contained units leased or rented for self-service storage of
personal property.
A form of equipment service or repair, may include woodworking
enterprises, repair services such as welding, vehicle or machinery
repair, and incidental fabrication or retail sales of items.
Buildings and premises where the primary use is the supply
and dispensing at retail of motor fuels, lubricants, batteries, tires
and motor vehicles.
A line established by this chapter generally parallel with
and measured from the street, right-of-way; no structure may be located
above ground between the street right-of-way and this line except
as may be provided under the provisions of this chapter. This line
is also referred to as a "building line."
The definition for this term and for all uses included under
this term shall apply as are provided in Title 68, Part II, Subpart
E, Chapter 55, Section 5502 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes,
as amended. Such definitions in Pennsylvania Statutes are hereby included
by reference, including but not limited to, the definitions for "adult
bookstore," "adult entertainment," "adult mini-motion picture theater,"
"adult motion picture theater," "sexual activities," "specified anatomical
areas," and "specified sexual activities."
See "recreation."
A public or private facility, including individual shooting
ranges, safety fans or shortfall zones, structures, parking areas
and other associated improvements, designed for the purpose of providing
a place for the discharge of various types of firearms or the practice
of archery. Does not include incidental target practice areas on private
property.[6]
A group of commercial establishments planned, constructed
and managed as a total entity with customer and employee parking provided
on site, provision for goods delivery separated from customer access,
aesthetic considerations and protection from the elements.
A sign which directs attention to a profession, business,
activity, commodity, service or entertainment other than one conducted,
sold or offered upon the premises where such sign is located or within
the building to which such sign is fixed.
The area of a sign on which copy is placed that is contained
by a single rectangular box to include all letters or graphics, but
not support structures or architectural embellishes.
A sign painted, stamped perforated, stitched or otherwise
applied to a canopy. The applicable size limitations shall be calculated
by taking the area enclosed within a rectangle that is needed to completely
encompass each letter, number or insignia.
A sign that relies on flashing lights or movement of some
element or all of the sign to reinforce its message.
A sign painted on or attached to a fixed or movable framework
which is attached directly to a building wall.
A temporary or permanent decorative sign made of fabric or
fabric-like material which may be freely hanging or attached at all
corners bearing to insignia of any government, religious, charitable
or fraternal organization.
A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity,
service or entertainment conducted, sold or offered at a location
other than the premises on which the sign is located.
A sign which directs attention to a profession or business
conducted or to a commodity, service, activity or entertainment sold
or offered upon the premises where such sign is located or in the
building to which such sign is affixed.
An accessory bulletin or announcement board describing the
public events of a community organization, institution or public facility
or describing the names and locations of community businesses.
A sign located on a construction site which identifies the
project name and which provides other information pertinent to the
project developer(s), contractor(s), consultant(s) and lender(s).
An informational sign indicating direction, entry, exit,
loading or service areas, fire lanes, parking and other information
incidental to the primary use and not itself advertising that use.
A sign or portion thereof that displays electronic images
with or without text information, defined by a small number of matrix
elements using different combinations within the display area where
the message change sequence is accomplished immediately or by means
of fade, repixalization or dissolve modes. Electronic signs include
computer programmable, microprocessor controlled electronic or digital
displays.
The area or display surface used for the message.
A sign supported on its own structure attached to the ground
and not to a building.
A sign erected, constructed or maintained directly upon the
ground or upon supports placed in the ground.
Plaques, signs, tablets or markers which document or honor
historical events, or the historical or memorial significance of persons
or buildings.
A sign giving the nature, logo, trademark or other identifying
symbol, address or any combination of the name, symbol and address
of a building, business, development or establishment on the premises
where it is located.
A sign that is artificially illuminated, either internally,
indirectly or externally, by means of electricity or gas.
A sign which is stationary and constant in intensity and
color at all times and which is shielded to concentrate illumination
of the sign face.
A sign which is lighted by means of lamps or devices internal
to the sign, either behind the face of the sign or is an integral
part of the sign structures and advertising effect.
Permanent covering over a building's main entrance, attached
along one side to a building and with exposed edges capable of receiving
a sign.
A sign displaying the name and street number of the resident,
business or building for each premises, but not to include any commercial
activity.
A sign that identifies or communicates a commercial or noncommercial
message related to an activity conducted, a service rendered or a
commodity sold at a location other than the premises or lot where
the sign is located or a belief held by a person or persons living
at a location other than on the premises or lot where the sign is
located.
A sign that identifies or communicates a commercial or noncommercial
message related to an activity conducted, a service rendered or a
commodity sold on the premises or lot upon which the sign is located
or a belief held by a person living on the premises or lot upon which
the sign is located.
Sign regulating on-premises traffic, parking or other functional
information.
A sign designated and intended to influence the vote of the
electorate on a law, statute, ordinance, amendment, rule, regulation
or other measure or on the nomination or election of a candidate for
any public office.
Any sign not permanently mounted on a building or in the
ground, including signs on wheels, even when wheels are removed.
A sign projecting at a 90° angle from the face of the
building and securely attached to the building. The applicable size
limitations shall be calculated by taking the area of the sign frame.
A sign located for the purpose of providing a public service
message or directions toward a use not readily visible from a public
street.
A sign advertising a property for sale, for rent or having
been sold or rented and erected by a broker or other person interested
in the sale or rental.
Any sign erected and maintained wholly upon and projecting
over the roof surface or parapet on any building.
Any structure which supports, has supported or is capable
of supporting a sign, including decorative cover.
A sign intended to remain in place for a specific short period
of time, at the end of which it must be removed by the person erecting
it, including construction signs, garage sale signs, grand opening
signs, celebration signs and signs advertising special sales or business
promotions.
A sign mounted, attached or painted on a building.
A permanent sign painted on or attached to the inside or
outside glass of a window or glass-paneled door, including decals
or suspended within a window.
See "dwelling."
The proposed development or improvement plan for any residential,
commercial or industrial parcel or property within the Township. Plans
must include the following and any other information requested by
the Township:
A plan prepared by a registered surveyor, engineer or architect
which contains the following information:
Name of applicant and landowner;
Name of development, if any;
Evidence of preparation by a licensed architect, landscape architect
or engineer;
Graphic and written scale;
North arrow;
Dates of preparation and revisions of site plan;
A site location map;
All calculations related to base site area, resource protection
land, permitted site density for residential buildings, permitted
impervious service ratio and permitted floor areas for nonresidential
uses and all other site capacity calculations as required in this
chapter.
Drawn on a sheet no less than 24 inches by 36 inches to no greater
than 100 feet scale upon which is delineated and clearly identified
the location, extent and area in acres, if applicable, of the following:
Property lines for the site and adjacent parcels;
Resource protection land identified by location, area and type;
Site area, unrestricted site area;
Proposed buffer yards;
Location and dimensions of existing and proposed public and
private roads, streets, driveways, walks and paths;
Existing and proposed structures with proposed density and approximate
height of structures indicated for each proposed type of structure
and use;
Proposed location and dimensions of all yards and open spaces;
Existing contours and proposed grading plan in compliance with Chapter 247, Grading and Excavation, drawn to no greater than five feet contours;
General proposals for the disposition of stormwater runoff in compliance with this chapter and with Chapter 369, Stormwater Management;
Proposals for the disposition of sanitary wastes and the provision
of water supplies;
All applicable area or uses regulated or mandated by this chapter,
including but not limited to off-street parking, off-street loading,
exterior lighting, signs, and outdoor storage.
Any site licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection (PA DEP) for the disposal of solid waste, other than hazardous
waste, as defined and regulated by federal statute.
Any structure that absorbs sound and mitigates noise, including,
but not limited to, solid walls, insulation structures and sound absorption
walls or structures.
For the purposes of this chapter, specialized animal raising
and care shall include:
Pens or structures for the raising and care of fur-bearing animals,
game birds, exotic animals or similar operations, when the density
exceeds one animal units per acre.
Licensed kennels or kennels with five or more canines per acre
of greater than six months of age.
The keeping of exotic wildlife as defined and regulated by the
Pennsylvania Game Commission. The phrase "exotic wildlife" includes,
but is not limited to, all bears, coyotes, lions, tigers, leopards,
jaguars, cheetahs, cougars, wolves and any crossbreed of these animals
which have similar characteristics in appearance or features. The
definition is applicable whether or not the birds or animals were
bred or reared in captivity or imported from another state or nation.
For the purposes of this section, "animal unit" shall be defined
as one bovine or equine animals, two swine, four sheep or goats, or
50 birds or small mammals.
A nonprofit entity formed for conservation of wildlife or
game, and to provide members with opportunities for hunting, fishing
or shooting. Activities limited to pistol range, skeet shoot, trap
and skeet, and rim-fire rifles.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above it or if there is
no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling
next above it.
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.
The line defining the edge of the legal width of a dedicated
street right-of-way.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
The division or redivision of a lot, tract or parcel of land
by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions
of land including changes in existing lot lines for the purpose, whether
immediate or future, of lease, partition by the court for distribution
to heirs or devisees, transfer of ownership or building or lot development;
provided, however, that the subdivision by lease of land for agricultural
purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving any new
street or easement of access or any residential dwelling, shall be
exempted.
The surface activity of a mineral extraction operation, including
sites previously mined and reclaimed. It shall not include engineering
or deep mine activity or other operations which are carried out below
the surface of the earth without disturbing vegetation, overburden
or soil.
A business that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption
on the premises as the principal use and that may offer food for consumption
on the premises as an accessory use.
Housing for employees of the oil and gas industry that is
occupied on a temporary basis related to the development cycle of
the well pad. This development may occur on a single parcel or multiple
parcels.
See "dwelling."
The Township of Robinson, a Second Class Township in Washington
County, Pennsylvania.
Includes travel trailers, pickup camper, tent trailers, motorized
homes and recreational equipment as follows:
TRAVEL TRAILERA portable structure, including tent trailers, built on a chassis, designed to be towed and used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation purposes and permanently identified as a travel trailer by the manufacturer of the trailer.
PICKUP CAMPERA structure designed primarily to be mounted on a pickup or other truck chassis with sufficient equipment to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling, travel, recreational or vacation purposes.
MOTORIZED HOMEA portable dwelling designed and constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle.
BOATA vessel designed to travel on water,
BOAT TRAILERA trailer designed to haul a boat as defined above.
See "trailer (camping and recreational equipment)."
Land and buildings used as a relay station for the transfer
of a load from one vehicle to another or one party to another. The
terminal cannot be used for permanent or long-term accessory storage
for principal land uses at other locations. The terminal facility
may include storage areas for trucks and buildings or areas for the
repair of trucks associated with the terminal.
The purpose of the activity for which the land or building
thereon is designed, arranged or intended or for which it is occupied
or maintained. The term "permitted use" or its equivalent shall not
be deemed to include any nonconforming use.
The occupancy of a building or of a lot for more than one
use, such as both a business and a residential use, both an industrial
and a residential use, etc.
An establishment operated by a veterinary medical doctor(s)
certified in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the medical or surgical
treatment of domestic, agricultural or zoological animals but excluding
the boarding and grooming of animals not subjected to medical or surgical
treatment.
An establishment, conducted within an enclosed building that
is engaged in the storage of materials, equipment or products that
will be distributed to wholesalers or retailers.
The treatment, cleaning and reuse of water related to oil
and gas activity.
The area occupied by all equipment or facilities necessary
for or incidental to drilling, production or plugging a well.
An establishment engaged in selling merchandise to retailers,
institutional, commercial or professional business customers or other
wholesalers, rather than to the general public, or acting as a broker
for such merchandise sales.
A business primarily engaged in selling merchandise to retailers,
institutional, commercial or professional business customers or other
wholesalers, rather than to the general public which includes the
warehousing of merchandise and which may include distribution of such
merchandise on the site of the principal business.
A space on the same lot with a principal structure, open,
unoccupied and unobstructed by structure, except as may be otherwise
provided in this chapter:
YARD, FRONTA yard extending across the full width of the lot, unoccupied other than by steps, walks, terraces, driveways, lamp posts and similar improvements, the depth of which is the least distance between the front lot line and the building line.
YARD, REARA yard extending across the full width of the lot between the rear of the principal building and the rear lot line, unoccupied other than by steps, walks, terraces, driveways, lampposts and similar improvements.
YARD, SIDEA yard between the principal structure and the side lot line, extending from the front yard or from the front line where no front yard is required, to the rear yard. The width of the required side yard is measured horizontally, at 90° with the side lot line, from the nearest part of the principal building.
A document signed by the Zoning Officer, as required by this
chapter, which acknowledges that a use, structure, building or lot
either complies with or is legally nonconforming to the provisions
of this chapter or is an authorized variance or modification therefrom.
The Board assigned the duties of judging various appeals
of persons aggrieved by the interpretation of this chapter and further,
assigned to consider the qualifications of special exceptions under
the terms and conditions specified in this chapter.
The Zoning Map or maps which are part of this chapter, together
with all amendments subsequently adopted.
The individual authorized by the Board of Supervisors to
be the administrator of the day to day application of the provisions
contained in this chapter.
A document signed by the Zoning Officer indicating that the
application for permission to construct, alter or add is approved
and is approved and in accordance with the requirements and terms
of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10601 et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 10231.1904.
[3]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 10231.101 et seq.
[4]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 10231.1904.
[5]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10401 et seq.
[6]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "shopping center,"
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 1-10-2022
by Ord. No. 01-2022.
[7]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10601 et seq. and § 10901
et seq., respectively.
[8]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10601 et seq. and § 10901
et seq., respectively.
