[Ord. 1-1953, 2/9/1953, Art. II, § 200; as amended by Ord. 318, 1/8/1987, § 1;
by Ord. 436, 8/7/2007, § 1; by Ord. 445, 7/7/2009, Art. I; and by Ord. 460, 6/25/2012, § I]
1.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words shall, for
the purpose of this chapter, have the meaning herein indicated.
2.
Words used in the singular number include the plural, and words in
the plural include the singular; words used in the masculine gender
include the feminine and neuter; and the word "building" includes
the word "structure."
3.
ACCESSORY BUILDING
AIRPORT ELEVATION
AIRPORT HAZARD
AIRPORT HAZARD AREA
APPROACH SURFACE (ZONE)
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BUILDING LINE
BUILDING OFFICIAL (or CODE OFFICIAL)
CONDITIONAL USE
CONICAL SURFACE (ZONE)
DEPARTMENT
DWELLING
DWELLING, DOUBLE HOUSE
DWELLING, MULTIPLE
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY (DUPLEX)
ERECTED/ERECTING
FAA
FAMILY
FENCE/WALL
HALF STORY
HEIGHT
HORIZONTAL SURFACE (ZONE)
HOSPITAL
HOUSE TRAILER
LARGER THAN UTILITY RUNWAY
LOT
LOT, CORNER
LOT, INTERIOR
LOT, THROUGH
NON-PRECISION INSTRUMENT RUNWAY
NONCONFORMING USE
NURSING HOME
OBSTRUCTION
PARKING
PERSONAL CARE HOME
PLACE OF WORSHIP
PRECISION INSTRUMENT RUNWAY
PRIMARY SURFACE (ZONE)
PRIVATE GARAGE
PUBLIC GARAGE
RETAINING WALL
RUNWAY
SATELLITE DISH ANTENNA
SCHOOL, COMMERCIAL
SCHOOL, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE
SCREENING
SIGN
SPECIAL EXCEPTION
STORAGE GARAGE
STORY
STREET
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION
STRUCTURE
TELEPHONE CENTRAL OFFICE
TRAILER CAMP
TRANSITIONAL SURFACE (ZONE)
TREE
UTILITY RUNWAY
VISUAL RUNWAY
YARD
YARD (FRONT)
YARD (REAR)
YARD (SIDE)
ZONING OFFICER
Specific Definitions.
A building subordinate to the principal building on the lot
and used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the principal
building.
The highest point of an airport's usable landing area
measured in feet above sea level. The airport elevation of the Allegheny
County Airport is 1,250 feet above mean sea level.
Any structure or object, natural or man-made, or use of land
which obstructs the airspace required for flight or aircraft in landing
or taking off at an airport or is otherwise hazardous as defined in
14 CFR Part 77 and 74 Pa.C.S.A. § 5102.
Any area of land or water upon which an airport hazard might
be established if not prevented as provided for in this chapter and
the Act 164 of 1984 (Pennsylvania Laws Relating to Aviation).
An imaginary surface longitudinally centered on the extended
runway center line and extending outward and upward from each end
of the primary surface. An approach surface is applied to each end
of the runway based on the planned approach. The inner edge of the
approach surface is the same width, as the primary surface and expands
uniformly depending on the planned approach. The approach surface
zone, as shown on Figure 27-1, is derived from the approach surface.
The Board of Commissioners of the Township of Baldwin.
A designated line located a fixed distance from a street
right-of-way line or front, side, or rear lot lines relevant to a
structure or proposed structure.
Any person who shall be appointed by the Board of Township
Commissioners from time to time to be the administrator of the day
to day application of the provisions contained in the Township's
building and property maintenance ordinances, as well as applicable
provisions of this chapter.
The permission or approval granted by the Board of Commissioners
in situations where provision therefor is made by the terms of this
chapter.
An imaginary surface extending outward and upward from the
periphery of the horizontal surface at a slope of 20 feet horizontally
to one foot vertically for a horizontal distance of 4,000 feet. The
conical surface zone, as shown on Figure 27-1, is based on the conical
surface.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
Any building which is designed for or occupied in whole or
in part as the home, residence, or sleeping place of one or more persons,
either permanently or temporarily. (See also "double house"; "two-family
dwelling (duplex)"; "multiple dwelling/townhouse.")
Dwelling designed for or occupied exclusively by two families
with separate entrances for each, but under one roof and with a wall
or party wall between, but no interior connection between the two.
A dwelling designed for or occupied as a residence for three
or more families living independently of one another, including townhouses,
and not as a residence for transients.
A separate dwelling designed for or occupied exclusively
as a residence for only one family and having no party wall in common
with an adjacent building.
A separate dwelling designed for or occupied exclusively
as a residence for only two families, with one family living wholly
or partly over the other, and having no party wall in common with
an adjacent building.
Includes "building," "constructing," "reconstructing," "repairing,"
"moving," or any physical operations on the land involving a fence,
wall, retaining wall, and/or screening; (excavation, fill, drainage,
planting, and the like shall be considered part of the erection).
Federal Aviation Administration of the United States Department
of Transportation.
Any two or more persons related by blood or marriage, living
together; or one or more persons maintaining wholly or partly other
persons, all living together in one household or housekeeping unit.
An artificially created assembly of material such as masonry,
stone, wire, metal, screens, wood, block, and/or decorative block
or any other manufactured or natural material (i.e., shrubbery) or
combination of said materials erected for any purpose, including but
not limited to the enclosure of land and/or dividing one piece of
land from another. (See also "retaining wall.")
A story under a gabled, hipped, or gambrel roof, the wall
plates of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more
than two feet above the finished floor of such story.
The height of a building shall be measured from the top of
the foundation wall to the highest point on the main roof. The height
of a structure without a roof shall be measured in the same manner
to the highest point on such structure, and the height of a structure
without a foundation shall be measured in the same manner from the
mean level of the ground surrounding the structure. For the purpose
of determining the height limits in all zones as relates to Airport
Hazard Areas or otherwise in any matter pertaining to the Allegheny
County Airport Overlay Zoning District, the datum shall be mean sea
level elevation unless otherwise specified.
An imaginary plane 150 feet above the established airport
elevation that is constructed by swinging arcs of various radii from
the center of the end of the primary surface and then connecting the
adjacent arc by tangent lines. The radius of each arc is based on
the planned approach. The horizontal surface zone, as shown on Figure
27-1, is derived from the horizontal surface.
An establishment licensed as such by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania for the treatment, care and/or supervision of human patients
suffering from physical or mental illnesses, and which may or may
not include facilities for major surgery. The term "hospital" shall
include a general or specialized hospital, including a psychiatric
hospital, sanitarium, or similar facility, and shall also include
facilities such as an LTSR ("long term structured residence"), RTFA
("residential treatment facility for adults"), EAC ("extended acute
care" facility), or other similar treatment and care facilities licensed
under the Mental Health Procedures Act or otherwise under the laws
of the Commonwealth.
Any vehicle used for living or sleeping purposes to which
wheels are or at any time have been attached.
A runway that is constructed for and intended to be used
by propeller driven aircraft of greater than 12,500 pounds maximum
gross weight and jet powered aircraft.
The parcel of land on which a principal building, and its
accessory building, if any, are placed, together with the required
open spaces, having its frontage upon a street. No part of a lot which
is also a part of a street, a road, or an alley shall be included
in determining the area of the lot for the purposes of this chapter.
A lot abutting upon at least two streets which intersect
adjacent to the lot, each of which exceeds 32 feet in width.
A lot the side and rear lines of which do not abut upon a
street.
A lot, other than a corner lot, abutting in both the front
and rear upon streets each of which exceeds 32 feet in width.
A runway having an existing instrument approach procedure
utilizing air navigation facilities with only horizontal guidance,
or area type navigation equipment, for which a straight-in non-precision
instrument approach procedure has been approved or planned.
Any pre-existing structure, object of natural growth, or
use of land which is inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter
or an amendment thereto.
A facility licensed to operate as a "nursing home" by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the purpose of providing skilled
nursing care or intermediate nursing care and related medical or other
health services. The term "nursing home" includes only a licensed
institution or facility in which such nursing care and related medical
or other related health services are provided for a period exceeding
24 hours, for two or more individuals who are not relatives of the
administrator, who are not acutely ill and not in need of hospitalization,
but who, because of age, illness, disease, injury, convalescence or
physical or medical infirmity, need such care. Without limitation,
the term "nursing home" does not include a hospital or a drug or alcohol
treatment facility.
Any structure, growth, or other object, including a mobile
object, which exceeds a limiting height set forth by this chapter.
Required or permitted paved parking spaces for a use or structure
as set forth in this chapter.
A facility licensed to operate as a "personal care home"
by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, that is, a facility in which
food, shelter and personal assistance or supervision are provided
for a period exceeding 24 hours, for four or more adults who are not
relatives of the operator, who may require assistance or supervision
in activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily
living such as bathing, dressing, diet and medication prescribed for
self-administration, but who do not require the services in or of
a licensed long-term care facility. Without limitation, the term personal
care home does not include a hospital; a skilled nursing or intermediate
nursing care or other nursing home facility; a drug or alcohol treatment
facility; or any other facility providing skilled or acute care, therapeutic
care or treatment, rehabilitation, and/or maintenance by or under
the supervision of licensed medical or other health care professionals.
An institution of any denomination where people regularly
observe, practice or participate in religious or spiritual services,
meetings and/or activities.
A runway having an existing instrument approach procedure
utilizing an instrument landing system (ILS) or a precisions approach
radar (PAR). It also means a runway for which a precision approach
system is planned and is so indicated on an approved airport layout
plan or any other planning document.
An imaginary surface longitudinally centered on the runway,
extending 200 feet beyond the end of paved runways or ending at each
end of turf runways. The elevation of any point on the primary surface
is the same as the elevation of the nearest point on the runway center
line. The primary surface zone, as shown on Figure 27-1, is derived
from the primary surface.
That integral or attached part of a dwelling which is used
or designed for use as storage space for not more than two motor vehicles.
A building not a private or storage garage, used for the
storage and repair of vehicles.
Any artificially constructed barrier as defined in the preceding
paragraph intended to reinforce, cover, and/or border exposed or elevated
earth surface.
A defined area of an airport prepared for landing and takeoff
of aircraft along its length.
A device incorporating a reflective surface that is solid,
open mesh, or bar configured and is in the shape of a shallow dish,
cone, horn, or cornucopia. Such a device shall be used to transmit
and/or receive radio or electromagnetic waves between terrestrially-
and/or orbitally-based uses. This definition is meant to include,
but not be limited to, what are commonly referred to as satellite
earth stations, TVROs (television reception only satellite dish antennas),
satellite microwave antennas, and parabolic dish antenna.
A privately operated, for-profit educational facility or
like establishment providing non-academic training, or training or
educational courses or programs in technical or skilled trades, vocations,
avocations, business, or other similar pursuits.
An educational facility which is an institution of learning
operated by a public, private or religious organization, having regular
sessions, with regularly employed instructors, meeting all of the
requirements of and accredited by the Pennsylvania Department of Education
for providing primary/elementary or secondary level instruction, or
for providing associate, bachelor or higher level degrees of post-secondary
education in the several branches of learning required by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania. (This definition shall not include a "commercial
school.")
Any planting, light fence/wall related material and/or movable
material placed for the purpose of enclosing land and/or dividing
one piece of land from another.
Any structure or part thereof on which lettered or pictorial
matter is displayed for advertising or notice purposes, and in computing
the size of any sign, the entire surface of such structure or part
thereof in the same plane as such lettered or pictorial matter shall
be included.
The permission or approval granted by the Zoning Hearing
Board in situations where provision therefor is made by the terms
of this chapter.
A building not a private garage, used for the storage only
of vehicles.
That part of any building between any floor and the floor
or roof next above, except that the first story of any building is
the lowest story for which the outside walls are 75% or more above
the average level of the ground adjacent to such outside walls.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway,
alley, viaduct, and any other paths used by or intended to be used
by vehicular traffic and pedestrians which has been dedicated and
accepted by the Township of Baldwin.
Any change in the supporting members of a building or structure,
such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.
Any building or other man-made object having an ascertainable
stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed
to the land, including anything constructed, assembled, or erected
on or under the ground or upon another structure or building; and
shall also include any mobile or immobile object constructed or installed
by man, including, but without limitation, towers, cranes, smokestacks,
earth formations, and overhead transmission lines.
A building and its equipment erected and used for the purpose
of facilitating transmission and exchange of telephone messages between
subscribers and other business of the telephone company, provided
that in a residential district, a telephone central exchange shall
not include public office facilities, storage of materials, trucks,
or repair facilities, or housing of repair crews. The plans for the
design and construction of said buildings shall be submitted to the
Board of Township Commissioners for approval, and shall be in keeping
with the general architectural design of other buildings in the neighborhood.
Any premises used or designed to be used as a parking space
for more than one house trailer.
An imaginary surface that extends outward and upward from
the edge of the primary surface to the horizontal surface at a slope
of seven feet horizontally to one foot vertically. The transitional
surface zone, as shown on Figure 27-1, is derived from the transitional
surface.
Any object of natural growth.
A runway that is constructed for and intended to be used
by propeller driven aircraft of 12,500 pounds maximum gross weight
or less.
A runway intended solely for the operation of aircraft using
visual approach procedures.
An open space on a lot which is unoccupied and unobstructed
from the ground upward.
An area of open space extending along the full length of
a lot between the front lot line and the required building line.
The required open space existing between the rear building
line and the rear lot line (not necessarily a street) throughout the
entire width of the lot.
A required open space extending from between the structural
setback line and the side lot line throughout the entire depth of
the yard. Any lot line not a rear line or a front line shall be deemed
a sideline.
Any person who shall be appointed by the Board of Township
Commissioners from time to time to be the administrator of the day
to day application of the provisions contained in this chapter.
