For the purpose of this chapter, certain words
shall have the meanings assigned to them, as follows:
A.
Words used in
the present tense include the future. The singular number includes
the plural, and the plural, the singular.
B.
The phrase "used
for" includes "arranged for," "designed for," "intended for," "maintained
for" or "occupied for."
C.
The word "person"
includes an individual, corporation, partnership, incorporated association
or any other similar entity.
D.
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.
The following words and phrases shall have the
meanings given in this section, as follows:
A flood that has one chance in 100 or a one-percent chance
of being equaled or exceeded in any one year; for the purposes of
this chapter, the 100-year flood (base flood) as defined by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in the Flood Insurance Study and
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), Upper Providence Township. All references
to the Flood Insurance Study in this chapter shall be construed to
be to the most current version of said study. In addition, all references
to the "Federal Insurance Administrator" or the "Federal Insurance
and Mitigation Administration" shall be construed to be references
to FEMA.
[Amended 12-2-1996 by Ord. No. 357]
A subordinate building, the use of which is customarily incidental
to that of the principal building and is used for an accessory use
and is located on the same lot.
Any equipment serving or being used in conjunction with a
wireless communications facility or wireless support structure. The
term "accessory equipment" includes but is not limited to utility
or transmission equipment, power supplies, generators, batteries,
cables, equipment buildings, cabinets and storage sheds, shelters
or similar structures.
[Added 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
A use clearly incidental to and customarily found in connection
with a particular principal use and conducted on the same lot as a
principal use to which it is related and located, either within the
same structure or in an accessory structure or as an accessory use
of land, except that off-street parking need not be located on the
same lot.
An establishment having as a substantial or significant portion
of its stock-in-trade books, magazines, films for sale or viewing
on the premises by the use of motion-picture devices or any other
coin-operated means and other periodicals, which are distinguished
or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing
or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical
areas or an establishment with a segment or section devoted to the
sale or display of such material or similar establishment to which
access is limited to persons 18 years of age or older.
[Added 4-2-1984 by Ord. No. 240]
A public or private establishment which is licensed to serve
food and/or alcoholic beverages and which features topless dancers,
strippers, male or female impersonators or similar entertainers or
a similar establishment to which access is limited to persons 18 years
of age or older.
[Added 4-2-1984 by Ord. No. 240]
An enclosed building used regularly and routinely for presenting
material having as a dominant theme material distinguished or characterized
by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified
sexual activities or specified anatomical areas for observation by
patrons therein or a similar establishment to which access is limited
to persons 18 years of age or older.
[Added 4-2-1984 by Ord. No. 240]
A use composed of an adult bookstore, adult motion-picture
theater or adult entertainment cabaret.
[Added 4-2-1984 by Ord. No. 240]
See "sign and billboard."
Dwelling units designed to maximize the unit's attractiveness
to older adults, through the unit floor plan, unit amenities, location
of the master bedroom on the first living level, the number of bedrooms
proposed in the units, the type of common open space provided, and
the common area maintenance program proposed. Further, the site plan
shall be designed to encourage active adult living, through the provision
of walking trails and other amenities suitable for such households.
[Added 1-19-2010 by Ord. No. 507]
The cultivation of the soil and the raising and harvesting
of the products of the soil, including nursery, horticulture and forestry.
A minor way which may or may not be legally dedicated and
is used primarily for vehicular service access to the rear or side
of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
Include but are not limited to the following:
All incidental changes or replacements in the
nonstructural parts of a building or other structures.
Minor changes or replacements in the structural
parts of a building or other structure, limited to the following examples
and others of similar character or extent:
Alteration of interior partitions to improve
livability in nonconforming residential buildings, provided that no
additional dwelling units are created thereby.
Alteration of interior partitions in all other
types of buildings or other structures.
Making windows or doors in exterior walls.
Strengthening the load-bearing capacity in not
more than 10% of the total floor area to permit the accommodation
of a specialized unit of machinery or equipment.
An apparatus designed for the purpose of emitting radio frequency
(RF) radiation, to be operated or operating from a fixed location
pursuant to Federal Communications Commission authorization, for the
provision of wireless service and any commingled information services.
[Added 2-21-2017 by Ord.
No. 559; amended 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
See "dwelling, multiple."
See "lot coverage."
A structure used for the purposes of cleaning or reconditioning
the exterior and interior surfaces of automotive vehicles, but not
including an incidental one-bay washing facility in a gasoline service
station where washing facilities are purely incidental to the operation
of said service station. A self-operated vehicular laundering facility
not requiring attendants or employees, regardless of capacity, is
also considered to be an "automobile laundry."
An open area, other than a public or private street or way,
used for the display or sale of new and used automobiles, trailers,
trucks or farm equipment and where no repair work is done except that
which is minor and incidental, not including body and fender work.
Any premises used principally for the commercial repair of
vehicles, but not including automotive wrecking.
A building used for the sale of, hire of or remuneration
from automotive equipment. This shall be interpreted to include auto
accessory sales rooms but not the sale of junked automotive equipment.
A flood which has a one-percent chance of being equaled or
exceeded in any given year (also called the "100-year flood" or "one-percent
annual chance flood").
[Amended 12-2-1996 by Ord. No. 357; 3-21-2016 by Ord. No. 554]
The volume of water resulting from a base flood as it passes
a given location within a given time, usually expressed in cubic feet
per second (cfs).
[Added 3-21-2016 by Ord.
No. 554]
The elevation shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
for Zones AE, AH, A1-30 that indicates the water surface elevation
resulting from a flood that has a one-percent or greater chance of
being equaled or exceeded in any given year.
[Amended 12-2-1996 by Ord. No. 357; 3-21-2016 by Ord. No. 554]
That portion of a building that is partly or completely below
the grade plane. A basement shall be considered as a story above the
grade plane where the finished surface of the floor above the basement
is:
[Amended 5-2-2005 by Ord. No. 450]
A single-family residential building occupied by a resident
innkeeper, containing up to eight rooms for the temporary lodging
of guests for compensation and in which breakfast is the only meal
served and is included in the charge for the room.
[Added 2-1-1999 by Ord. No. 380; amended
at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A linear mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier
or to provide insulation.
[Added 12-16-2013 by Ord. No. 535]
A sign other than one indicating a business conducted on
the premises and upon which advertising matter of any character is
printed, posted or lettered by any means and which is designed for
such purposes.
A tract of land bounded by:
An area designed and functioning to separate the elements
and uses of land which abut it and to ease the transition between
them. Unless otherwise specified, "buffers" may be included as part
of the required setbacks and yard areas. "Buffers" are divided into
three types:
[Added 12-10-1979 by Ord. No. 209]
BUFFER SCREENA buffer comprised
of natural and/or man-made material arranged in a certain specified
depth, height and density to effectively block the view from one side
to another during all seasons of the year and to reduce the transmittal
of noise and odors between the sides.
BUFFER SOFTENINGA buffer comprised
of natural and/or man-made material arranged in a certain specified
depth, height and density to ease and soften, but not essentially
block, the view from one side to another and to reduce the transmittal
of noise and odors between the sides.
BUFFER, OPENA buffer normally comprised
of grass, ground cover and/or possibly other landscaping material
having a specified depth, but not necessarily having significant vertical
components to achieve a certain height or density, the purpose of
which is to achieve adequate spacing and attractive landscaping between
two or more actively used areas.
A structure or appendage to a structure which is permanently
affixed to the land, has one or more floors or stories and is bounded
by either lot lines or yards. A "building" shall not include such
structures as billboards, fences or other structures with interior
surfaces not normally accessible to human use such as gas tanks, grain
elevators, coal bunkers or similar structures. A "building" may accommodate
more than one family and have more than one dwelling unit and may
be used for residential, commercial, industrial, public or semipublic
purposes.
The aggregate of the maximum horizontal cross-section areas
of all buildings on a lot, including sun parlors, foyers, porches
and breezeways, but excluding projecting eaves, gutters, awnings,
steps, unenclosed porches and structured parking garages.
[Added 3-15-2021 by Ord. No. 588]
For the purposes of calculating the allowable total sign
area, the building frontage is defined as follows:
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 426]
The linear footage of a building face which
serves as the principal approach to a building and which building
face or wall front upon a public street, a shopping center driveway,
parking area or pedestrian mall or walkway. Building face shall include
all wall faces that are approximately parallel to each other and that
face a public street, shopping center driveway, parking area, pedestrian
mall or walkway.
For corner lots, or buildings contained within
a shopping center, such footage may be calculated separately for the
principal approach and one adjacent face if such face also fronts
on a public street or a shopping center driveway, public parking area,
pedestrian mall or public walkway. The sign area calculated for each
frontage shall be erected on that frontage only and shall not be increased
by the sign area calculated for another frontage.
A line within a property defining the required distance between
the face of any structure to be erected and the adjacent street (ultimate
right-of-way) line. This line as measured to the major portion of
the structure includes sun parlors, foyers, bay windows, porches,
projecting eaves, dormers, gutters, steps and any other solid entrances.
[Amended 12-16-1991 by Ord. No. 307]
Sewage facilities which are in all respects consistent with
the requirements for public sewer mains and laterals, but which are
not connected to sewage treatment facilities.
Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the deceased,
including columbariums, crematories, mausoleums and mortuaries when
operated in conjunction with the "cemetery" and within the boundaries.
A building used for public worship by a congregation, excluding
buildings used exclusively for residential, education, burial, recreational
or other uses not normally associated with worship.
Ambulatory health care facility, generally including a number
of medical, dental, and/or mental health specialties, in which examinations,
diagnostic and preventive health services, and treatment are provided
for patients on an outpatient basis, generally on a walk-in or first-come,
first-served basis; a clinic is characterized by centralized facilities
and services, including patient records storage/management, waiting
areas, and laboratory and other diagnostic and testing facilities.
It is typically managed by a single institution or corporation and
is distinguished from a medical office building wherein individual
offices or suites are leased or sold to a health care provider or
group of same and wherein the health care provider(s) in one office
or suite does not necessarily have any corporate, managerial or similar
relationship to the health care provider(s) occupying other offices
or suites in the building.
[Added 10-1-2007 by Ord. No. 476]
A development pattern wherein structures are arranged in
closely related groups, reducing lot sizes and preserving land for
open space.
The mounting of one or more WCFs, including antennae, on
a preexisting structure, or modifying a structure for the purpose
of mounting or installing a WCF on that structure.
[Added 2-21-2017 by Ord.
No. 559; 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water or a combination
of land and water within a development site intended and designed
for the use or enjoyment of residents of the development, not including
streets, off-street parking areas and areas set aside for public facilities.
Common open space shall be substantially free of structures but may
contain such improvements as are in the development plan as finally
approved and as are appropriate for the recreation of residents.
Any parking area used by three or more dwelling units and
having space for six or more motor vehicles.[1]
[Amended 12-10-1979 by Ord. No. 209]
An establishment, sometimes referred to as a "community living
arrangement" or a "group home," licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
that provides a home for not more than six handicapped individuals,
excluding staff who do not reside on the property, who live and cook
together as a single housekeeping unit. This definition shall not
include a facility housing persons released from or under the jurisdiction
of a government bureau of corrections or similar institution. "Handicapped"
means, with respect to a person, a physical or mental impairment which
substantially limits one or more of such person's major life activities;
a record of having such an impairment; or being regarded as having
such an impairment; but such term does not include current, illegal
use of or addiction to a controlled substance as defined in Section
102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. § 802).
[Added 10-17-1994 by Ord. No. 329]
An estate in real property consisting of an undivided interest
in a portion of a parcel, together with a separate interest in a space
within a structure. This form of ownership may be applied in residential,
professional office, industrial and commercial land uses.
The construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, extension,
expansion, alteration or relocation of a building or structure, including
the placement of mobile homes.
A minor commercial facility generally containing no more
than five units and occupying no more than three acres, designed to
serve everyday needs of residents in its immediate vicinity and whose
commercial goods and hours of operation encourage short stops for
specific items rather than extensive shopping trips. Its primary component
is a drugstore or a small food and household goods store but not a
supermarket, and the center may contain a few other establishments
as well, such as a beauty shop, laundry and dry-cleaning establishment
or similar facilities.
[Amended 12-10-1979 by Ord. No. 209]
The remodeling or alteration of a structure so as to accommodate
the provision of more dwelling units than were originally intended.
"Conversions" include the alteration of a nonresidential structure
into a dwelling unit for at least one family, the modification of
a single-family structure so as to accommodate two or more dwelling
units and the alteration of a multifamily structure so as to accommodate
more units than originally intended.
See "lot coverage."
Any facility that provides care for individuals on a less
than sixteen-hour-per-day basis. All day-care centers shall meet all
applicable design, site, and area standards as set forth by the Pennsylvania
Department of Welfare or Department of Aging, whichever agency is
applicable to the proposed use. The definition includes child day
care and adult day care. Child day care is further defined as for
seven or more children under the age of six years of age, excluding
care from relatives and care provided by places of worship during
religious services; provided, however, that before-and after-school
care may be provided for children up to the age of 16. Adult day care
is further defined as those facilities in which care is provided for
a senior citizen through a structured, community-based program which
provides health, social, and other related support services.
[Added 10-17-2005 by Ord. No. 451]
The number of units (persons, families or dwellings) per
acre or square mile.
A dwelling which has yard areas on all four sides.
That portion of a tract excluding land within existing rights-of-way of public roads and utility lines, all floodplain as defined herein and all naturally-occurring steep slopes in excess of 15% as defined in Article VI of this chapter. This definition shall be used in calculating the maximum number of dwelling units permitted in certain residential districts where so specified.
[Amended 12-10-1979 by Ord. No. 209; 9-20-1982 by Ord. No.
231; 7-15-2002 by Ord. No. 419; 3-15-2021 by Ord. No. 588]
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including but not limited to the construction, reconstruction, renovation,
repair, expansion, or alteration of buildings or other structures;
the placement of manufactured homes; streets, and other paving; utilities;
filling, grading and excavation; mining; dredging; drilling operations;
storage of equipment or materials; and the subdivision of land.[2]
[Amended 12-2-1996 by Ord. No. 357; 3-21-2016 by Ord. No. 554]
A private drive providing for vehicular and pedestrian access
between a public street and a parking area, or which is located entirely
within a single lot, or within the boundaries of multiple lots that
are developed under single direction with multifamily and/or nonresidential
uses.
[Added 3-15-2021 by Ord. No. 588]
When described in the pertinent Articles herein, the various
dwelling types are intended to have the following meanings:
Single-family.
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING (or SINGLE-FAMILY
DWELLING)A building designed for and occupied exclusively as
a residence for only one family and having no party wall in common
with an adjoining building.
TOWNHOUSE (or SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED DWELLING)
[Repealed 10-17-1994 by Ord. No. 329]
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED DWELLINGA building designed for and occupied exclusively as the residence
for one family, attached to another similar unit(s) by means of one
or more vertical party walls. Examples of "single-family attached
dwellings" include, but are not limited to, townhouse and quadraplex
units. Any reference to "townhouse" throughout this chapter shall
be construed to mean "single-family attached dwelling."
[Added 10-17-1994 by Ord. No. 329]
Two-family.
DUPLEX (or TWO-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING)A building designed for and occupied by two families, one living
above the other, having a common partition between them and having
no party wall in common with an adjoining building.
SEMIDETACHED HOUSE (TWIN)A house
surrounded on three sides by yard area and to be constructed so that
one wall is on a side lot line and abuts the neighboring house.
[Amended 9-20-1982 by Ord. No. 231]
Multifamily.
MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGA detached
building occupied by three or more families, each living independently
of the other. "Multifamily dwelling" includes, but is not limited
to, a garden apartment, which is a multifamily dwelling 35 feet or
less in height. Any reference throughout this chapter to "garden apartment"
shall be construed to mean "multifamily dwelling."
[Amended 10-17-1994 by Ord. No. 329]
GARDEN APARTMENT
[Repealed 10-17-1994 by Ord. No. 329]
STACKED TOWNHOMEA residential structure contained
in one building envelope, containing two dwelling units attached to
each other, vertically separated by floor/ceiling assembly and/ or
horizontally separated by a wall assembly, with either shared or separate
ingress points.
[Added 6-17-2024 by Ord. No. 606]
One or more rooms for living purposes, together with separate
cooking and sanitary facilities, accessible from the outdoors either
directly or through an entrance hall shared with other dwelling units
and used for or intended to be used by one or more persons living
together and maintaining a common household.
The legal right or privilege of a person, persons or entity
to use the land of another person, persons or entity for a special
purpose consistent with the rights of the underlying property owner.
[Added 10-1-2007 by Ord. No. 476]
An easement inuring to the benefit of Upper Providence Township,
the Upper Providence Township Municipal Authority, the County of Montgomery,
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, any
departments, agencies, instrumentalities and authorities created thereby,
and public utilities such as, but not limited to, sanitary sewer,
public water, cable, gas, electric, telephone.
[Added 10-1-2007 by Ord. No. 476]
Notice given by a municipality through the Internet of the
time and place of a public hearing and the particular nature of the
matter to be considered at the hearing, pursuant to 53 P.S. §
10109.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
A condition that (1) constitutes a clear and immediate danger
to the health, welfare, or safety of the public, or (2) has caused
or is likely to cause facilities in the rights-of-way to be unusable
and result in loss of the services provided.
[Added 2-21-2017 by Ord.
No. 559; amended 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
An addition to the floor area of an existing building, an
increase in size of another structure or an increase in that portion
of a tract of land occupied by an existing use.
An area surrounding or adjacent to a wireless support structure
within which base stations, power supplies, or accessory equipment
are located.
[Added 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance, by
public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of an
underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission
or distribution system or a collection, communication, supply or disposal
system.
One or more persons living together in a single dwelling
unit as a traditional family or the functional equivalent of a traditional
family. It shall be a rebuttable presumption that more than three
persons living together in a single dwelling unit, who are not related
by blood, adoption, or marriage, do not constitute the functional
equivalent of a traditional family. This definition does not prohibit
group homes and/or community living arrangements that are determined
to be protected by the Federal Fair Housing Law, provided such facilities
are licensed and permitted under the authority of the Department of
Human Services of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or other state
department or agency. In determining the functional equivalent of
a traditional family, the following criteria shall be present:
[Amended 10-17-1994 by Ord. No. 329; at
time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
The group shares the entire dwelling unit.
The group lives and cooks together as a single housekeeping
unit.
The group shares expenses for food, rent, utilities or other
household expenses.
The group is permanent and stable, and not transient or temporary
in nature. This group as a whole shows stability, with members not
staying on a temporary or transient basis. Where the length of stay
of any one member is less than six months, this will be considered
transient and contrary to the requirement that the group live as a
traditional family.
Any other factor reasonably related to whether the group is
the functional equivalent of a family.
A tract or piece of land containing not less than five contiguous
acres upon which are maintained, grown and produced for sale or use
domestic livestock, dairy products, poultry, eggs, fruit and vegetables
and such.
Federal Communications Commission.
[Added 2-21-2017 by Ord.
No. 559; amended 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
Refer to Article V.
The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent
land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood
without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than
one foot.
[Added 12-2-1996 by Ord. No. 357; 3-21-2016 by Ord. No. 554]
The sum of the gross livable area of the several floors of
a building or buildings measured from the face of exterior walls or
from center lines of walls separating two buildings. In particular,
"floor area" includes but is not limited to the following:
Basement space, if it meets the requirements
of a building story.
Elevator shafts, stairwells and attic space,
whether or not a floor has been laid, providing structural headroom
of eight feet or more.
Roofed terraces, exterior balconies, breezeways
or porches, provided that over 50% of the perimeter of these is enclosed.
Any other floor space used for dwelling purposes,
no matter where located within a building.
Accessory buildings, excluding space used for
accessory off-street parking or used for loading berths.
Any other floor space not specifically excluded,
excluding space used for air-conditioning machinery or cooling towers
and similar mechanical equipment serving the building and cellar space.
PRIVATEAn accessory building or
a part of a principal building used for the storage of motor vehicles
owned and used by the owner or tenant of the premises and for the
storage of not more than two motor vehicles owned and used by persons
other than the owner or tenant of the premises. No more than one commercial
vehicles or truck may be stored in a private garage.
PUBLICA building other than a private
or storage garage, one or more stories in height, used solely for
the commercial storage, service or repair of motor vehicles.
STORAGEA building, not a private
or public garage, one story in height, used solely for the storage
of motor vehicles other than trucks, but not for the service or repair
thereof nor for the sale of fuel, accessories or supplies.
An area of land, together with any structure thereon, used
for:
A reference plane representing the average of finished ground
level adjoining the building at exterior walls. Where the finished
ground level slopes away from the exterior walls, the reference plane
shall be established by the lowest points within the area between
the building and the lot line, or where the lot line is more than
six feet from the building, between the building and a point six feet
from the building.
[Added 5-2-2005 by Ord. No. 450]
The total floor area designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive
use, including basements, mezzanines and upper floors, expressed in
square feet and measured from the center line of partitions and from
outside wall faces; not including public or common areas, such as
public toilets, corridors, stairwells, elevator, lobbies or enclosed
mall spaces.
The vertical distance measured from the grade plane to the average height of the roof surface, provided that chimneys, spires, towers, mechanical penthouses, tanks, water towers and radio antenna and similar structures not intended for human occupancy, whether attached to a building or freestanding, shall not be included in calculating the height. If there are two or more separate roofs on a single building, the height of such building shall be calculated based upon the highest roof. For the purpose of calculating height of building, the average height of a roof is the mid-height between the roof eaves and the roof ridge. Parapet walls are not considered in measuring the height of building. In the case where a basement would contribute to the building height based upon its relationship to the grade plane, and it is used primarily for off-street parking, or a first floor used similarly, in either case with no space intended for human occupancy, the building height shall be measured from the finished floor elevation of the story immediately above said basement or first floor; provided, however, that this provision is not applicable to any form of single-family or two-family dwelling types as defined in this chapter. In calculating the height of a building, the minimum building elevation required to satisfy § 300-111 of the floodplain ordinance, regarding elevation to the regulatory flood elevation (base flood elevation plus freeboard), shall be excluded from the calculation.[3]
[Amended 12-16-1991 by Ord. No. 307; 5-2-2005 by Ord. No.
450; 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 595]
The vertical distance measured from ground level to the highest
point on the sign or its supporting structure.[4]
An area to accommodate all phases of operation of rotor-wing
aircraft (helicopters), with suitable space to allow the development
of service facilities as desired.
An area on a roof or on the ground to accommodate touchdown
and liftoff of rotor-wing aircraft (helicopters) for the purpose of
picking up and discharging passengers or cargo, with no service facilities.
The heliport-helistop relationship is comparable to a bus terminal-bus
stop relationship with respect to the extent of services provided
or expected.[5]
[Amended 12-16-1991 by Ord. No. 307; 8-6-2001 by Ord. No.
405]
Two types of businesses accessory to a residential use are
recognized in this chapter and are defined as follows:
[Added 3-15-2004 by Ord. No. 436[6]]
HOME OCCUPATIONA use which:
Is clearly incidental or secondary to the residential
use of the dwelling unit; or
Is customarily carried on within a dwelling
unit or accessory building by one or more occupants of such dwelling
units, except that in conjunction with the practice of a profession,
one person not residing in such dwelling unit may be employed; and
Occupies not more than 25% of the total floor
area of such dwelling unit or 500 square feet, whichever is less.
Does not include the following operations:
Selling articles produced elsewhere than on
the premises.
Having exterior displays of goods visible from
the outside.
Storing materials or products outside a principal
or accessory building or other structure.
Making external alterations which are not customary
in residential buildings.
Does not constitute a no-impact home-based business
as defined herein.
NO-IMPACT HOME-BASED BUSINESSESA 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 building having six or more rental rooms or suites for
transient guests, which rooms are entered exclusively from an interior
lobby or corridor from a common entrance.
[Amended 11-21-1988 by Ord. No. 289; 10-6-2014 by Ord. No.
541]
See "mobile home."
The aggregate of the maximum horizontal cross-section areas
of all impervious surfaces on a lot.
[Added 3-15-2021 by Ord. No. 588]
A surface that prevents the infiltration of water into the
ground. Impervious surface includes, but is not limited to, any roof,
parking or driveway areas and any new streets and sidewalks. Any surface
areas designed to initially be gravel or crushed stone shall be assumed
to be impervious surfaces.
[Added 3-15-2021 by Ord. No. 588]
An area of land with or without buildings, used for the storage,
outside a completely enclosed building, of used and discarded materials
including, but not limited to wastepaper, rags, metal, building materials,
house furnishings, machinery or vehicles or parts thereof, with or
without the dismantling, processing, salvage, sale or other use or
disposition of the same. The deposit or storage on a lot of one or
more unlicensed, wrecked or disabled vehicles or the major part thereof
shall be deemed to constitute a "junkyard."
A building or group of buildings in which are located the
facilities for research, investigation, testing or experimentation.
[Added 4-4-1988 by Ord. No. 278]
A tract or parcel of land held in single or separate ownership or leasehold, condominium or any other form of interest in land which is or may be occupied by a building, including the open spaces required under this chapter. Nonconforming lots of record, including those which are contiguous to each other, are regulated in § 300-77 of this chapter.
[Amended 2-21-1978 by Ord. No. 197; 12-16-1991 by Ord. No.
307]
The area contained within the property lines of the individual
parcels of land, excluding any area within any ultimate right-of-way
and any area within driveway entrance strips leading to rear lots,
but including the area of any easement.
A development pattern wherein structures are arranged on
a variety of larger and smaller lots, provided that they do not yield
a greater number of lots than permitted under the normal zoning district
requirements, and which may or may not lead to the preservation of
land for open space.
A lot bounded on at least two sides by streets, whenever
the lines of such streets, extended, form an interior angle of 135°
or less.
The aggregate of the maximum horizontal cross-section areas
of all buildings on a lot, including sun parlors, foyers, porches
and breezeways, but excluding projecting eaves, gutters, awnings,
steps, unenclosed porches and structured parking garages.
[Amended 3-15-2021 by Ord. No. 588]
The line identical with the street line (ultimate right-of-way
line).
[Amended 2-21-1978 by Ord. No. 197]
Any lot line, except a front lot line, which is parallel
to or within 45° of being parallel to and does not intersect any
street line. In the case of a corner lot, the owner or developer may
make a different designation. See the definition of "lot, corner"
for requirements.
Any lot line which is not a front lot line or a rear lot
line. In the case of a corner lot, the owner or developer may make
a different designation. See the definition of "lot, corner" for requirements.
The horizontal distance between side lot lines, measured
at right angles to the lot depth.
The lowest floor of the lowest fully enclosed area (including
basement).
[Added 12-2-1996 by Ord. No. 357]
Notice given by a municipality by first-class mail of the
time and place of a public hearing and the particular nature of the
matter to be considered at the hearing, pursuant to 53 P.S. §
10109.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. II)]
A single-family detached dwelling unit intended for permanent
occupancy which meets the standards set by the United States Department
of Housing and Urban Development, 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 with
or without a permanent foundation, including any roofed additions
such as extra rooms, covered patios, porches, etc. The term includes
park trailers, travel trailers, recreational and similar vehicles
which are placed on a site for more than 180 days. Any reference throughout
this chapter to "mobile home" shall be construed to mean "manufactured
home."
A parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two
or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale.
[Added 3-21-2016 by Ord.
No. 554]
The expected service or trade area of a given type and size
of commercial use or group of uses, determined by the number of households,
income levels and existing retail outlets within a given geographical
area.
A facility for the examination and treatment of ill and afflicted
human outpatients; provided, however, that patients are not kept overnight
except under emergency conditions, and includes doctors' and dental
offices and clinics.
A small wireless communications facility that:
[Added 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
[Repealed 10-17-1994 by Ord. No.
329]
A parcel of land in a mobile home development provided with
the necessary utility connections, a patio and other appurtenances
necessary for the erection thereon of a single mobile home and the
exclusive use of its occupants, though it may instead be designed,
developed and used for a modular or conventionally built single-family
detached home rather than a mobile home.
A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned
and improved in compliance with the requirements of the Mobile Home
Development District for the placement of mobile homes, conventionally
built or modular single-family detached homes or combinations thereof,
for nontransient use, and consisting of two or more mobile home lots
and 15 acres or greater in size. Any reference to "mobile home development"
throughout this chapter shall be construed to mean "mobile home park."
[Added 10-17-1994 by Ord. No. 329]
The improvement, upgrade or expansion of existing wireless
communications facilities or base stations on an existing wireless
support structure or the improvement, upgrade, or expansion of the
wireless communications facilities located within an existing equipment
compound, if the improvement, upgrade, expansion or replacement does
not substantially change the physical dimensions of the wireless support
structure.
[Added 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
A single-family or multifamily dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, made by assembling one or more factory-produced three-dimensional
sections into an integral living unit, whose construction materials
and specifications conform to those of conventionally built units.[8]
[Amended 12-10-1979 by Ord. No. 209]
A building or a group of buildings having units containing
sleeping accommodations which are available for temporary rental occupancy
by transients and providing sufficient off-street parking facilities
adjacent or convenient thereto.
A travel trailer which combines the living section and the
power source into a single unit.
[Amended 12-10-1979 by Ord. No. 209]
Artwork applied to the wall of a building, the primary purpose
of which is the expression of noncommercial speech. Artwork that does
not have the expression of noncommercial speech as its primary purpose
is a sign and may not be painted or applied to the wall of a building.
[Added 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 595]
A place devoted to the procurement, care, study, and display
of objects of lasting interest or value.
[Added 3-7-2010 by Ord. No. 514]
Any lawful building or other structure which does not conform
to one or more of the applicable area and bulk regulations of the
district in which it is located, either on the effective date of this
chapter or as a result of a subsequent amendment thereto.
Any lawful lot which does not conform to one or more of the
applicable area regulations of the district in which it is located,
either on the effective date of this chapter or as a result of a subsequent
amendment thereto.
Wireless communications facilities collocated on existing
structures, such as, but not limited to, buildings, water towers,
electrical transmission towers, utility poles, light poles, traffic
signal poles, flag poles and other similar structures that do not
require the installation of a new tower. This term includes the replacement
of an existing structure with a similar structure that is required
to support the weight of the proposed WCF.
[Added 2-21-2017 by Ord.
No. 559; amended 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
A planned, integrated development of two or more buildings
devoted primarily to office use and which may also include support
retail and service uses and which contains an aggregate minimum gross
floor area of 100,000 square feet of office space.
[Added 3-15-2004 by Ord. No. 436]
A sanitary sewage collection system in which sewage is carried
from individual lots by a system of pipes to a temporary central treatment
plant, generally serving only a neighborhood area.
A sanitary sewage collection system, owned and operated by
the Township or an instrumentality of the Township, in which sewage
is carried from individual lots by a system of pipes to a permanent
central treatment and disposal plant.
A covered watertight settling tank in which raw sewage is
biochemically changed into solid, liquid and gaseous states to facilitate
further treatment and final disposal on the site.
Common greens, other recreation space or generally open areas
available to the public or yards or other open areas provided in connection
with residential developments which are intended for the sole use
of the residents of such developments and their guests.
An open, covered or enclosed area with an all-weather surface
for the storage of one automobile, accessible from a public way and
which must conform to the setback requirements of the district in
which it is situated.
[Amended 12-2-1985 by Ord. No. 253; 12-16-1991 by Ord. No.
307]
Individuals, corporations, companies, associations, joint
stock companies, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies,
corporations and other entities established pursuant to statutes of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, provided that "person" does not
include or apply to the Township, or to any department or agency of
the Township.
[Added 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
A facility licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
in which some or all of the following activities of daily living are
provided, such as food, shelter and personal assistance or supervision,
and care for the persons who require assistance or supervision in
matters such as dressing, bathing, diet, or medication prescribed
for self-administration, but do not require hospitalization or care
in a skilled nursing facility.
[Added 8-19-2013 by Ord. No. 530]
Leisure-time activities, including but not limited to sports
and entertainment, that are open to anyone without restriction except
for rules and standards of conduct and use.
A structure, owned and operated by a public utility electric
company regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, designed
and used to support overhead electricity transmission lines.
[Added 6-1-1998 by Ord. No. 372]
A centralized water supply system approved by the appropriate
governmental health agencies and certified by and operating under
the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission.
A vehicle which is built on a single chassis; not more than
400 square feet, measured at the largest horizontal projections; designed
to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light-duty truck;
and not designed for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary
living quarters for recreational, camping, travel or seasonal use.[9]
[Added 12-2-1996 by Ord. No. 357]
The replacement of existing wireless communications facilities
on an existing wireless support structure or within an existing equipment
compound due to maintenance, repair or technological advancement with
equipment composed of the same wind loading and structural loading
that is substantially similar in size, weight and height as the wireless
communications facilities initially installed and that does not substantially
change the physical dimensions of the existing wireless support structure.
[Added 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
A facility consisting of individual residential living units
exclusively for persons who are 62 years of age or older, and for
married couples with one spouse or both spouses age 62 years or older.
Such facility may provide personal care and health-care services,
including resident nursing beds and nursing care for the living units.
[Added 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 338; amended 8-19-2013 by Ord. No.
530]
A restaurant with a limited menu, limited service, or self-service
format, whose food is made to order and is fresher and higher quality
and has more complex flavors than fast-food restaurants, and whose
decor is more upscale, unique, or highly developed.
[Added 6-17-2024 by Ord. No. 606]
See "modular home."
[Amended 12-10-1979 by Ord. No. 209]
A group of commercial establishments built on a site planned,
developed, owned and managed as an integrated entity with defined
points of access, customer and employee parking provided on-site,
provision for goods delivery separated from customer access, developed
with unified aesthetic standards, and may include protection from
the elements.
[Amended 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 426]
NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING CENTERA shopping
center providing for the sale of convenience foods (food, drugs and
sundries), personal services such as laundry and dry-cleaning, hairstyling
and shoe repair and for similar daily needs of an immediate neighborhood.
COMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTERA shopping
center providing for the sale of a variety of goods and service and
general merchandise for several neighborhoods.
REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTERA shopping
center providing for the general merchandise, apparel, furniture and
other major and minor items, serving several communities.
Any identification, description, illustration or device,
illuminated or nonilluminated, which is visible from any public place
or is located on private property and exposed to the public and which
directs attention to a product, service, place, activity, person,
institution, business or solicitation, including any permanently installed
or situated merchandise; or any emblem, painting, banner, pennant,
placard or temporary sign designed to advertise, identify or convey
information, with the exception of window displays and national, state
or local governmental flags.
A structure erected on supports or suspended
or projecting from a building, including a banner or flag.
The fastening of a board or other prepainted
material having prepainted or printed thereon letters, words or insignia.
The erecting or superimposing of separate cutout
letters on the walls of a building or the placing of said letters
on a plane surface which projects from the wall of the building.
A sign which offers services or goods produced or available
somewhere other than on the lot on which the sign is located. The
words "advertising sign" include the word "billboard." Neither directional,
warning nor other signs posted by public officials in the course of
their public duties shall be construed as "advertising signs."
The area of the largest single face of the sign within a
perimeter, which forms the outside shape, including any frame, and
forms an integral part of the display, but excluding the necessary
supports or uprights on which the sign may be placed. If the sign
consists of more than one section or module, all areas will be totaled.
Sign area shall include all written copy and logos.
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 426]
A sign that is mounted or painted on, or attached to, an
awning, canopy, or marquee that is otherwise permitted by ordinance.
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 426]
A sign which offers services or goods available on the lot
on which the sign is located.
Signs limited to directional messages, principally for pedestrian
or vehicular traffic, such as one-way, entrance and exit.
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 426]
Any sign, other than a pole sign, placed upon or supported
by the ground independent of any other structure.
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 426]
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No.
426]
The height at which the structural bearing wall
or the structural bearing steel or concrete beams or the columns behind
a nonbearing wall support the roof load.
In the case of a gable end wall or a building
end wall which does not support a roof load, the sign height line
shall be the height of a straight line which shall be drawn so as
to connect the top of the structural bearing walls or structural beams
or columns, where such walls, beams or columns support the roof load,
of the two adjacent walls.
A sign for the purpose of identifying the occupant of a residence,
the name of the property or the address of the property.
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 426]
A sign erected off the public right-of-way for the convenience
or safety of the public while on the subject's property, containing
no advertising.
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 426]
Any sign that incorporates a decorative base, often of stone
or masonry, placed upon or supported by the ground. Monument signs
may not include support posts or other column-like structures to raise
the bottom of the sign above the grade surrounding the sign. Monument
signs typically accent the sign with landscaping, lighting, and other
features to incorporate the sign into the landscape.
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 426]
A sign listing the name of various industrial, commercial
or business establishments within a defined contiguous area as determined
by the Zoning Officer, to be erected primarily as a service to the
motoring or pedestrian public.
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 426]
A sign that is wholly or partly dependent upon a building
for support and which projects horizontally more than 24 inches from
such building.
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 426]
A sign that is mounted on the roof of a building or which
is wholly dependent upon a building for support and which projects
above the point of a building with a flat roof, the eave line of a
building with a gambrel, gable or hip roof or the deck line of a building
with a mansard roof.
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 426]
A sign which offers premises for sale, rent or development
or advertises the services of professionals or building trades during
the construction or alteration of the premises upon which the sign
is located.
A sign fastened to or painted on the wall of a building or
structure in such a manner that the wall becomes the supporting structure
for or forms the background surface of the sign and which does not
project more than 24 inches from such building or structure.
[Added 5-5-2003 by Ord. No. 426]
The ownership of a lot by one or more persons, partnerships
or corporations, which ownership is separate and distinct from that
of any adjoining lot.
A wireless communications facility that meets the following
criteria:
[Added 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
The structure on which antenna facilities are mounted:
Each antenna associated with the deployment (excluding the associated
equipment) is no more than three cubic feet in volume; and
All antenna equipment associated with the facility (excluding
antennas) are cumulatively no more than 28 cubic feet in volume; and
The facilities do not require antenna structure registration
under 47 CFR Part 17; and
The facilities are not located on Tribal lands, as defined under
36 CFR 800.16(x); and
The facilities do not result in human exposure to radio frequency
radiation in excess of the applicable safety standards specified in
47 CFR 1.1307(b).
[Added 4-2-1984 by Ord. No.
240]
Defined as:
[Added 4-2-1984 by Ord. No.
240]
Defined as:
Camouflaging methods applied to wireless communications facilities
and accessory equipment which render them more visually appealing
or blend the proposed facility into the existing structure or visual
backdrop in such a manner as to render it minimally visible to the
casual observer. Such methods include, but are not limited to, architecturally
screened roof-mounted antennae, building-mounted antennae painted
to match the existing structure and facilities constructed to resemble
trees, shrubs, and light poles.
[Added 2-21-2017 by Ord.
No. 559; amended 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
Those areas having naturally-occurring slopes of 15% or greater as defined in Article VI of this chapter. This term shall not include areas having man-made slopes.
[Amended 8-7-1995 by Ord. No. 345; 3-15-2021 by Ord. No. 588]
A right-of-way, publicly or privately owned, which is not
a driveway and which serves primarily as a means of vehicular and
pedestrian travel and furnishing access to abutting properties, and
which may also be used to provide space for sewers, public utilities,
shade trees, bike lanes, trails, and sidewalks. The term "street"
includes the words "road," "roadway," "highway," "thoroughfare," "alley,"
and "way."
[Amended 3-15-2021 by Ord. No. 588]
The same as the definition of "ultimate right-of-way line"
herein.
[Amended 9-20-1982 by Ord. No. 231]
That portion of a building, other than the basement as defined
herein, including the space 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.
Any change in the supporting members of a building, such
as bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams or girders, or any
substantial change in the roof or in the exterior walls.
Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on
the ground or attached to something having a fixed location on the
ground, including a gas or liquid storage tank that is principally
above ground, as well as a manufactured home.
[Amended 3-21-2016 by Ord. No. 554]
A ramp or elevator access open air structure specifically
designed to accommodate vehicle parking.
[Added 3-15-2021 by Ord. No. 588]
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 an heir or devisee or 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 streets or easement of access or any residential
dwelling, shall be exempted.[10]
[Added 8-1-2011 by Ord. No. 517]
A parcel that 1) was subdivided from a larger parcel and
2) was promptly given a new parcel number by the Montgomery County
Board of Assessment Appeals as a result of such subdivision and 3)
contains all of the improvements associated with the institutional
use that were part of the previous, unsubdivided parcel. All successor
parcels must be approved by resolution by the Board of Supervisors.
[Added 12-16-2013 by Ord. No. 535]
Any pool which is constructed, used or maintained to provide
recreational facilities for swimming, bathing or wading and which
is capable of containing water to a depth greater than 18 inches and
all buildings, equipment and appurtenances thereto. Such definition
does not include farm ponds.
By virtue of engineering or spectrum usage, the proposed
placement for a small wireless communications facility or its design
or site location can be implemented without a material reduction in
the functionality of the small wireless communications facility.
[Added 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
The form of occupancy of a unit, i.e., fee-simple sale, rental,
condominium, cooperative, etc.
[Amended 12-10-1979 by Ord. No. 209]
Any structure that is used for the primary purpose of supporting
one or more antennae, including, but not limited to, self-supporting
lattice towers, guy towers and monopoles, and the accompanying antenna
and accessory equipment.
[Added 2-21-2017 by Ord.
No. 559; amended 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
The total acreage within the lot lines, excluding that area
continuously covered by water and rights-of-way of existing public
roads and overhead utility lines.
[Amended 12-10-1979 by Ord. No. 209]
When described in pertinent articles herein, the various
terms associated with TDRs are intended to have the following meanings:
[Added 12-15-2008 by Ord. No. 495]
AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONAn 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
consistent with practices and procedures that are normally engaged
by farmers or are consistent with technological development within
the agricultural industry.
DEVELOPMENT RIGHTSThe rights of
the owner of a parcel of land, under applicable zoning regulations,
to configure that parcel and the structures thereon to a particular
intensity of use.
RECEIVING DISTRICTOne or more districts
in which the development rights of parcels in the sending district
may be used.
SENDING DISTRICTOne or more districts
in which the development rights of parcels in the district may be
designated for use in one or more receiving districts.
TRANSFERABLE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS (TDRs)The attaching of development rights to specified lands which are
desired by Upper Providence Township to be kept undeveloped, but permitting
those rights to be severed and transferred from those lands so that
the development potential which they represent may occur on other
lands where more intensive development is deemed to be appropriate.
TRANSFEREEThe person or legal entity,
including a person or legal entity that owns property in a receiving
area, who purchases the development rights.
TRANSFERORThe person or legal entity,
including a person or legal entity that owns property in a sending
district.
A recreational vehicle requiring a separate power source
for pulling it, which may include living, sleeping, eating and sanitary
facilities but which is designed for vacation travel and not for long-term
or permanent occupancy.
[Amended 12-10-1979 by Ord. No. 209]
The right-of-way width of a street or other corridor as computed
from the center line, which is expected to be needed in the future
to adequately and properly accommodate the anticipated vehicular and
pedestrian traffic and related appurtenances, based on the function
of the road in the circulation system, as shown on the Upper Providence
Township Ultimate Right-of-Way Map.[11]
[Amended 9-20-1982 by Ord. No. 231; 9-17-1990 by Ord. No.
301]
The line parallel to the established center line of a street
or other corridor which defines the outside boundary of the ultimate
right-of-way as defined herein.
[Amended 9-20-1982 by Ord. No. 231]
Any purpose for which a building or other structure or a
tract of land may be designed, arranged, intended, maintained or occupied
or any activity, occupation, business or operation carried on in a
building or other structure on a tract of land.
A pole or similar structure that is or may be used, in whole
or in part, by or for telecommunications, electric distribution, lighting,
traffic control, signage or a similar function or for collocation.
The term includes the vertical support structure for traffic lights
but does not include utility poles or horizontal structures to which
signal lights or other traffic control devices are attached.
[Added 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
Pennsylvania Wireless Broadband Collocation Act (53 P.S.
§ 11702.1 et seq.).
[Added 2-21-2017 by Ord.
No. 559; amended 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
Transmissions through the airwaves, including, but not limited
to, infrared line of sight, cellular, PCS, microwave, satellite, or
radio signals.
[Added 2-21-2017 by Ord.
No. 559; amended 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
An antenna facility or a wireless support structure that
is used for the provision of wireless service, whether such service
is provided on a stand-alone basis or commingled with other wireless
communications services.[12]
[Added 2-21-2017 by Ord.
No. 559; amended 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
A pole, tower, base station, or other building, whether or
not it has an existing antenna facility, that is used or to be used
for the provision of wireless service (whether on its own or commingled
with other types of services).
[Added 2-21-2017 by Ord.
No. 559; amended 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594]
An open space at grade between a yard line and the adjoining
lot lines, unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a structure
from the ground upward.
The yard extending along the full length of the building
setback line, being the minimum horizontal distance between the building
setback line, or the building or any projection thereof other than
steps, and the street line or ultimate right-of-way line, provided
that such distance is no less than the minimum distance prescribed
in the applicable zoning district. For rear lots, the minimum front
yard depth shall be measured along the property line which most nearly
parallels the street.
[Amended 2-21-1978 by Ord. No. 197; 12-16-1991 by Ord. No.
307]
A line drawn parallel to the corresponding lot lines at a
distance specified for the required depth of a yard in each respective
case.
A line bounding the front yard and parallel to the front
lot line.
A line bounding the rear yard and parallel to the rear lot
line.
A line bounding the side yard and parallel to the side lot
lines.
A yard extending the full length of the rear lot line and
being the minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line and
the rear yard line or the rear of the building or any projections
other than steps.
A yard extending along the side lot line from the required
front yard to the required rear yard and being the minimum horizontal
distance between the side lot line and the side yard line or the side
of the building or any projections other than steps.
[1]
Editor's Note: The original definitions of "communications
antenna," "communications equipment building" and "communications
tower," which immediately followed this definition, were repealed
2-21-2017 by Ord. No. 559.
[2]
Editor's Note: The original definition of "distributed antenna
systems (DAS)," adopted 2-21-2017 by Ord. No. 559, which immediately
followed this definition, was repealed 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594.
[3]
Editor's Note: The original definition of "height of communications
tower," added 6-1-1998 by Ord. No. 372, which immediately followed
this definition, was repealed 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594.
[4]
Editor's Note: The original definition of "height of a tower-based
WCF," added 2-21-2017 by Ord. No. 559, which immediately followed
this definition, was repealed 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594.
[6]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed
the original definition of "home occupation," as amended 2-21-1978
by Ord. No. 197.
[7]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided for
the replacement of the original definition of "mobile home" with the
definition of "manufactured home."
[8]
Editor's Note: The original definition of "monopole," adopted
2-21-2017 by Ord. No. 559, which immediately followed this definition,
was repealed 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594.
[9]
Editor's Note: The original definition of "related equipment,"
adopted 2-21-2017 by Ord. No. 559, which immediately followed this
definition, was repealed 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594.
[10]
Editor's Note: The original definition of "substantially change
or substantial change," adopted 2-21-2017 by Ord. No. 559, which immediately
followed this definition, was repealed 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 594.
[12]
Editor's Note: The original definition of "wireless communications
facility applicant (WCF applicant)," added 2-21-2017 by Ord. No. 559,
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 8-15-2022
by Ord. No. 594.
