A. 
The following words are defined in order to facilitate the interpretation of the chapter for administrative purposes and the carrying out of duties by appropriate officers and by the Zoning Hearing Board.
B. 
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the meaning herein indicated.
C. 
Terms not defined herein are as set forth in the Township's Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance[1] or otherwise as defined by common usage.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 289, Subdivision and Land Development.
D. 
Words used in the present tense include the future tense. The masculine includes the feminine. The singular includes the plural. The word "person" includes a corporation and/or partnership as well as an individual. The word "lot" includes the word "plot" or "parcel." The term "shall" is always mandatory. The word "used" or "occupied" as applied to any land or building shall be construed to include the words "intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied." The word "building" or "structure" includes any part thereof.
ABANDONMENT
An intent to abandon or to relinquish which may be demonstrated by some overt act or some failure to act which carries the implication that the owner neither claims nor retains any interest in the subject matter of the abandonment.
ACCESS DRIVE
A private drive, other than a driveway, which provides for vehicular access between a street and a parking area, loading area, drive-in service window or other facility within a land development.
ACCESSORY BUILDING
A building subordinate to and detached from the main building on the same lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to the main building, but not including utility sheds.
ACCESSORY DWELLING
A dwelling unit that has been added onto, or created within, a single-family house, which is subordinate to the principal single-family dwelling unit in terms of size, location and appearance and provides complete housekeeping facilities for one family, including independent cooking, bathroom, and sleeping facilities, with physically separate access from any other dwelling unit.
ACCESSORY USE
A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use or the main building and located on the same lot with such principal use or main building.
ADAPTIVE REUSE TO MINI STORAGE FACILITY
The renovation and reuse of the interior of a preexisting, nonresidential structure comprised of 70,000 or more square feet, such as a former department store, " box" store, or warehouse building, into a mini storage facility.
[Added 2-27-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
ADAPTIVE REUSE TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL
The renovation and reuse of a pre-existing nonresidential structure, such as a church, school, civic organization, private club or commercial building, into multifamily residential units.
[Added 1-25-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-01]
ADULT DAY CARE
Provision of daytime care to adults whose ability to independently perform the normal activities of daily life is limited by age or physical or other impairment but who do not require the level of care provided by nursing homes or medical facilities. Said care shall be provided for a period of time of more than three but less than 12 hours on any given day.
AGRICULTURE
The production, keeping, or maintenance, for sale, lease, or personal use, of plants and animals useful to man, including but not limited to: forages and sod crops; grains and seed crops; dairy animals and dairy products, poultry and poultry products; livestock, including beef cattle, sheep, swine, horses, ponies, mules, or goats or any mutations or hybrids thereof, including the breeding and grazing of any or all of such animals; bees and apiary products; fur animals; trees and forest products; fruits of all kinds, including grapes, nuts, and berries; vegetables; nursery, floral, ornamental, and greenhouse products; or lands devoted to a soil conservation or forestry management program.
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS
Buildings used to store equipment, materials, livestock and products as a part of the customary and generally accepted activities, practices and procedures of farming, which includes the production and preparation of livestock and poultry and the production and harvesting of agricultural, agronomical, horticultural and aquacultural commodities.
ALLEY
A public thoroughfare other than a side street which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property and not intended for general traffic circulation.
ALTERATIONS
As applied to a building or structure, any change or rearrangement in the total floor area or an enlargement, whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height, or the moving from one location or position to another.
AMENDMENT
A change which includes revisions to the zoning text and/or the Official Zoning Map. The authority for any amendment lies solely with the Township Board of Supervisors.
ANIMAL HOSPITAL
A building used primarily for the treatment, by a veterinarian, of small domestic animals such as dogs, cats, rabbits, birds or fowl. Boarding of such animals shall be for medical or surgical treatment.
ANIMAL SHELTER
Any structure or property which houses stray, abandoned or owner-surrendered animals, except for fish, for impoundment purposes for future disposition including redemption, adoption, sale or disposal. This use may include facilities for the destruction and disposal of animals. Foster home sites and mobile adoption sites may be utilized in the operation of the animal shelter.
APPLICANT
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, including his heirs, successors or assigns, who has filed an application for development.
AREA
The total area within the property lines.
AREA, FLOOR
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building, including interior balconies, mezzanines and basements, but excluding exterior balconies, and attics. All horizontal dimensions of each floor area shall be measured by the exterior face of walls of each such floor, including the walls of roofed porches having more than one wall. The floor area of a building shall include the floor area of accessory buildings on the same lot measured the same way.
ART GALLERY
A structure or building utilized for the display of art work, including paintings, sculptures and paints for sale to the public.
ARTIST STUDIO
A workshop or workroom for the creation of fine art and crafts, such as painting, sculpturing, photography, or other handmade pieces of art. The space may include a residential unit and/or a teaching area for groups of 10 or fewer.
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY
Housing designed primarily for elderly or retired persons, other than nursing or convalescent homes, in which additional nonresident services may be included as an incidental use. Such incidental uses may include retail, dining, medical services and entertainment.
AUTOMOBILE
A self-propelled motor vehicle designed for the conveyance of persons or property requiring a registration plate by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for operation upon public highways, including a truck, motor home and/or motorcycle.
AUTOMOBILE AND/OR TRAILER SALES LOT
An open lot for the outdoor display of new or used automobiles or trailers when accessory to an automobile or trailer sales display building.
AUTOMOBILE BODY SHOP
A building on a lot that is used for the repair and/or painting of bodies, chassis, wheels, fenders, bumpers and/or accessories of automobiles and other vehicles for conveyance.
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION
A building on a lot or part thereof that is used primarily for the retail sale of gasoline, oil or other fuel and which may include facilities used for polishing, greasing, washing or otherwise cleaning or servicing automobiles and other vehicles. See also "gasoline service station."
AUTOMOBILE OR TRAILER SALES DISPLAY BUILDING
A building for the display and sale of new or used automobiles or trailers.
BAKERY
A building or structure utilized for the baking of breads and/or pastries for sale on or off the premises.
BAR
An establishment used primarily for the serving of alcoholic beverages, including liquor, beer and/or wine, by the drink to the general public and where food or beer may be served or sold only as accessory to the primary use. It may or may not provide musical or other entertainment as an incidental or accessory function.
BASEMENT
The portion of a building which is partly or completely below grade. For Article XVIII purposes only, any area of the building having its floor subgrade (below ground level) on all sides.
BED-AND-BREAKFAST INN
A residence used for providing overnight accommodations and a morning meal to not more than 10 transient lodgers and containing at least one but not more than four bedrooms for such lodgers. Bed-and-breakfast establishments may have regularly scheduled commercial indoor or outdoor activities such as weddings/receptions/showers, business meetings, catered events, etc.
BOARDINGHOUSE
A building where, for compensation, provisions are made for lodging and meals for at least three but not more than 15 persons.
BUILDING
Any structure on a lot having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals or chattel and including covered porches or bay windows and chimneys.
BUILDING, COMPLETELY ENCLOSED
A building which is enclosed on all sides by permanent exterior walls.
BUILDING COVERAGE
That portion of a lot that is covered by the maximum horizontal cross sections of all principal and accessory buildings.
BUILDING, DETACHED
A building surrounded by open space on the same lot.
BUILDING HEIGHT
The total overall height of a building measured from the grade level to the highest point of the roof.
BUILDING LINE
A line parallel to the front, side or rear lot line, set so as to provide the required yard.
BUILDING, MAIN
A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is located.
BUSINESS PARK
A high quality mixed-use working environment following the requirements of § 325-167, Business and industrial park standards.
BUSINESS SERVICES
Business services shall include and be limited to accountants, actuaries, advertising agencies, attorneys, art and photography studios, banks and credit unions, bonding agents, business offices, consulting services, governmental and utility offices, insurance agencies, loan companies, optician offices and real estate offices.
BULK
A term used to describe the size, volume, area, and shape of buildings and structures, and the physical relationship of their exterior walls or their location to lot lines, other buildings and structures, or other walls of the same building; and all open spaces required in connection with a building, other structure, or tract of land.
BUS SHELTER
A structure placed near a bus stop to provide seating and protection from the weather for the convenience of waiting passengers.
CAFE
A small restaurant where nonalcoholic beverages, light meals, desserts and snacks are sold for consumption on premises or for take out.
CAMP
Any one or more of the following, other than a hospital, place of detention, school offering general instructions, or a mobile home park:
(1) 
Type 1. Any area of land or water of a design or character used for seasonal, recreational or similar temporary living purposes which may include any building or group of buildings of a movable, temporary or seasonal nature, such as cabins, tents or shelters.
(2) 
Type 2. Any land and buildings thereon used for any assembly of persons for what is commonly known as "day camp" purposes, whether or not conducted for profit and whether occupied by adults or children either as individuals, families or groups.
CAMPER UNIT
A tent or camping vehicle which can be temporarily located by a campsite for transient dwelling purposes.
CAMPGROUND
A lot, tract or parcel of land upon which two or more campsites are located or established, intended and maintained for occupation by transients in camper units.
CAR RENTAL AGENCY
A building or structure utilized for the rental of automobiles or light vans or trucks to the public. It may include incidental or minor repair or servicing of vehicles available for rent.
CAR WASH
A facility equipped with apparatuses for the washing, waxing, vacuuming, drying or any combination thereof of vehicles.
CASINO AND GAMBLING FACILITY
A gaming business establishment licensed as such by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A casino and gambling facility may include accessory uses, including but not limited to those uses set forth in § 325-168.1J, but excluding sexually oriented businesses. A use shall not be deemed to be a casino and gambling facility on the basis of the sale of Pennsylvania lottery tickets, bingo conducted pursuant to the Bingo Law, and gambling activities conducted pursuant to the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act (including tavern games).
[Added 7-26-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-07]
CEMETERY
Property used for the interring of the dead. This use shall not include facilities for cremation.
CERTIFICATE OF USE AND OCCUPANCY
The certificate issued by the Building Code Official which permits the use of a building in accordance with the approved plans and specifications and which certifies compliance with the provisions of law for the use and occupancy of the land and structure in its several parts, together with any special stipulations or conditions of the zoning permit.
CHILD DAY-CARE CENTER
A state-licensed and/or registered facility in which care is provided or is intended to be provided for seven or more children at any age at any time.
CHILD DAY-CARE HOME
A state-licensed and/or registered single-family dwelling in which child care is provided at any time for not more than six children under the age of 12, including any children under the age of 12 who are residents of the dwelling.
COLLEGE
Any place offering instruction in any branch of knowledge provided above the level of the secondary school and may include junior college, college or university.
COMMERCIAL TRAILER
A trailer used in the business of transportation of goods, designed to be towed by a tractor or truck.
[Added 6-27-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-01]
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The official public document prepared in accordance with Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 170 of 1988, as amended, consisting of maps, charts and textual material, which constitutes a policy guide to decisions about the physical and social development of Springettsbury Township, as amended from time to time.
CONDITIONAL USE
A use which the Board of Supervisors is permitted to authorize in specific instances listed in this chapter, under the terms, procedures and conditions prescribed herein.
CONTRACTOR'S OFFICE
An office or shop with an accessory storage area or yard for any construction, building, electrical, plumbing or mechanical contractor. An office for a contractor which does not contain an accessory storage area and/or shop area shall be considered a business office.
COUNTRY CLUB, PRIVATE
A land area and buildings containing recreational facilities, clubhouse and normal accessory uses, primarily open to members and their guests for a membership fee, and which may include but are not limited to swimming pools, tennis courts, golf courses, stables and riding facilities, equestrian events but not racetracks; and dining facilities up to a maximum of 100 seats which may be for use by members, guests and the general public.
COUNTRY CLUB, PUBLIC
Building or facility owned or operated by public entity for a social, cultural, educational, or recreational purpose.
COURT
An unoccupied open space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a building which is bounded on two or more sides by the walls of such building.
CREMATORIUM
A facility licensed by the Department of Environmental Protection and equipped with a furnace for the purpose of reducing the deceased to ashes by heat.
CURB LEVEL
The officially established grade of the curb in front of the midpoint of the lot.
DAIRY
A commercial establishment for the manufacture or processing of dairy products.
DECK
A constructed flat surface capable of supporting weight, similar to a floor but constructed outdoors and usually (though not always) connected to a building. A deck shall not be completely enclosed, except for any side which may adjoin a structure or for any fences, walls, shrubs, or hedges.
DENSITY FACTOR
Density factors are assigned to dwelling types in accordance with the following table:
Dwelling Unit Type
Density Factor
Efficiency unit
1
One-bedroom unit
2
Two-bedroom unit
3
Three-bedroom unit
4
Four-bedroom unit
6
More than four-bedroom unit
8
DOMICILIARY CARE UNIT
An existing building or structure designed for a dwelling unit for one family which provides twenty-four-hour supervised living arrangements by the family residing therein for not more than two unrelated persons 18 years of age and above who are disabled physically, mentally, emotionally or who are aged persons.
DRIVE-IN FACILITY
An establishment offering primarily stand-up counter, vending machine or window service, wherein the customer leaves his automobile and approaches the counter for service.
DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITY
A facility which provides for service to persons while seated in their automobiles and which does not require that the customer leave the vehicle at anytime. A drive-through facility could be associated with walk-in services at the same location.
DRIVEWAY (RESIDENTIAL)
A paved or unpaved surface, other than a street or access drive, which is intended to provide vehicular access from a street or a private lane to a single residential dwelling unit.
DUMP
A lot or land or part thereof used primarily for the disposal by abandonment, dumping, burial, burning or other means, and for whatever purposes, of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, junk, discarded machinery, vehicles or parts thereof or waste material of any kind.
DWELLING
A building or structure designed for living quarters for one or more families, including trailers and mobile homes which are supported by a foundation of mortared masonry or concrete construction and permanently affixed to the land and which have the area between the ground and body of the trailer or mobile home completely enclosed to prevent the accumulation of debris and to provide additional stability and safety to the trailer or mobile home, but shall not include hotels, rooming houses or other accommodations used for transients.
DWELLING, GROUP
A group of two or more single-family, two-family or multifamily dwellings occupying a lot in one ownership.
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY
A building containing three or more dwelling units in a vertical or horizontal arrangement. All dwelling units are on the same lot.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY, ATTACHED (ROW)
A building containing one dwelling unit and having two party walls in common with other buildings (such as a rowhouse or townhouse). The end unit for each row of dwelling units shall be a single-family semidetached dwelling unit.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY, DETACHED
A building containing one dwelling unit and having two side yards.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY, SEMI-ATTACHED
A building containing one dwelling unit having one side yard and one party wall in common with another building.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
A building containing two dwelling units with one dwelling unit arranged vertically over the other or horizontally beside the other and having two side yards. Each set of two dwelling units is on a separate lot.
DWELLING, SEMIDETACHED
A building containing two dwelling units with one dwelling unit arranged over the other, having one side yard and one party wall in common with another building. Each set of two dwelling units is on a separate lot.
DWELLING UNIT
Any structure, or part thereof, designed to be occupied as a living quarters for one family.
ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES
Electric public utilities' transmission distribution facilities, including substations.
ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS
Systems which serve to produce energy from nondepletable energy sources. These sources of energy (excluding minerals) are derived from:
(1) 
Incoming solar radiation, including, but not limited to, natural daylighting and photosynthetic processes; and
(2) 
Energy derived from the internal heat of the earth, including nocturnal thermal exchanges.
(3) 
Windmills.
(4) 
Geothermal.
ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY
Any establishment that is operated, maintained, or devoted to amusement of the general public, whether privately or publicly owned, where entertainment is offered by the facility. Entertainment facilities shall include, but not be limited to, theaters, bowling alleys, movie theaters, dance halls, video arcades, skating rinks, batting cages, and miniature golf courses. Entertainment facilities shall not include adult entertainment businesses, clubs, bars, pubs, golf courses, or parks.
FACADE
The exterior wall of a building exposed to public view or that wall viewed by persons not within the building.
FAMILY
One or more persons who live in one dwelling unit and maintain a common household. May consist of a single person or of two or more persons, whether or not related by blood, marriage or adoption. May also include domestic servants and gratuitous guests, but not occupants of a club, fraternal lodging house or boardinghouse.
FARM
Any parcel of land which is used for gain in raising of agricultural products, livestock, poultry or dairy products, including necessary farm structures within the prescribed limits and the storage of equipment customarily incidental to the primary use. For the purpose of this chapter, a farm shall not include the raising of fur-bearing animals, a riding academy, livery, boarding stables or dog kennels.
FARM STAND, SEASONAL
A facility for the sale of agricultural products wholly produced on the premises that is open only during the growing season.
FENCE
A barrier consisting of wood, vinyl, metal, masonry or other commonly used fencing materials for the purpose of enclosing space or separating parcels of land, includes hedges and/or similar plantings.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
A building or structure utilized for the direct transactional services to the public, including the maintenance of checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposits, etc., and the providing of related financial services associated with a bank.
FINISHED GRADE
The elevation at which the finished surface of the surrounding lot intersects the walls or supports of a building or other structure. If the line of the intersection is not reasonably horizontal, the finished grade in computing height of buildings and other structures or for other purposes shall be the average elevation of all finished grade elevations around the periphery of the building, except that the finished grade shall not be higher than 1/2 of the floor-to-ceiling height.
FLOOR AREA, HABITABLE
The sum of the horizontal areas of all rooms used for habitation, such as living room, dining room, kitchen or bedroom, but not including hallways, stairways, cellars, attics, service rooms or utility rooms, bathrooms, closets, nor unheated areas such as enclosed porches, nor rooms without at least one window or skylight opening onto an outside yard or court, nor rooms having a height of less than seven feet between the floor and ceiling. Earth-sheltered dwellings, designed as such, shall include the aggregate of area used for habitation as defined above, whether or not all or a portion is below ground level.
FLOOR AREA OF A BUILDING
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building and its accessory buildings on the same lot, excluding cellar and basement floor areas not devoted to residential use, but including the area of roofed porches and roofed terraces. All dimensions shall be measured between exterior faces of walls.
FORESTRY
The use of land for the raising of trees.
FRONT PORCH
A roofed structure supported by columns with no enclosures whatsoever, including insect screening, jalousie windows and doors; except a railing or barrier may be erected around the perimeter of the porch floor, provided it does not exceed 36 inches in height.
GAMBLING DEVICE
Any device, machine or apparatus used for the playing of poker, blackjack, keno, bingo or other casino games for which a fee is charged, whether or not such device is operated by the insertion therein of any coin, currency, disc, slug or token.
[Added 7-26-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-07]
GARAGE OR CARPORT, PRIVATE
A roofed or partly enclosed building or structure arranged, designed or intended to be used for the parking or storage of one or more vehicles, provided that not more than one parking space is leased to a nonresident of the premises.
GARAGE, PUBLIC
A building or part thereof used only for the parking and storage of vehicles for gain that is open to the general public.
GARDEN POOL
An artificially enclosed body of water or receptacle for water having a depth of less than three feet that may be used or intended to be used as an ornamental feature constructed, installed or maintained in or above the ground. It may include a fountain display, water plants or fish.
GASOLINE SERVICE STATION
See "automobile service station."
GOLF COURSE
A tract of land for playing golf for a fee, improved with tees, greens and fairways and which may include clubhouses, pro shops, food and beverage service and shelters.
GREENHOUSE
Structure used for growing plants. Natural sunlight comes in through glass or plastic panels and the temperature and humidity is controlled to provide ideal growing conditions.
GROUP HOME
A dwelling designed for a group of persons living and cooking together as a family in a single unit.
GROUP QUARTERS
Any dwelling or portion thereof not used as a group home which is designed or used for eight or more persons unrelated to each other or to any family occupying the dwelling unit and having common eating facilities. Group quarters include, but are not limited to, fraternity and sorority houses and dormitories or other quarters of an institutional nature. Such quarters must be associated with a parent religious, educational, charitable or philanthropic institution.
GUEST ROOM
A room which is intended, arranged or designed to be occupied or which is occupied by one or more guests, but in which no provision is made for cooking. Residential noncommercial guest rooms shall be within or attached to the principal residence and shall be a part of the residential utility (sewer, electric, etc.) service line.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE
Any substance, material, or waste appearing on either of:
(1) 
The Title III List of Lists: Chemicals Subject to Reporting Under Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986, published July 1987, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; or
(2) 
Hazardous Materials Table in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 49, Part 172.101.
HEALTH CLUB
A building designed and used for exercise and physical fitness, open to its members and guests or to the public for a fee.
HOME OCCUPATION
Any use of a dwelling conducted solely by a member or members of the family residing therein which is incidental or subordinate to the main use of the building for dwelling purposes; which utilizes not more than 20% of the total floor area of the dwelling not exceeding 350 square feet; which does not generate vehicular parking or nonresidential traffic to a greater extent than would normally result from residential occupancy; in connection with which no inventory or stock-in-trade is kept for regular sale to persons coming to the premises and with no evidence being visible or audible or abnormally odoriferous activity detected from the outside of the dwelling to indicate it is being used for anything other than residential purposes.
HORTICULTURE
The growing of fruits, vegetables, flowers, ornamental plants or trees for a profit. Such use may be within a building or structure or outdoors.
HORTICULTURAL NURSERY
A place where plants are propagated and grown to usable size for wholesale or sale to the general public.
HOSPITAL
A place for the diagnosis, treatment or other care of humans and having facilities for inpatient care, including such establishments as a sanitarium, sanatorium or preventorium.
HOTEL
A building designed for occupancy primarily as the temporary abiding place of individuals who are lodged with or without meals, in which building:
(1) 
There are more than 10 sleeping rooms.
(2) 
Fifty percent or more of the gross floor area shall be devoted to residential use.
(3) 
Business may be conducted when accessory and incidental.
(4) 
There may be club rooms, ballrooms and common dining facilities.
(5) 
Such hotel services as maid, telephone and postal services are provided.
HOUSE OF WORSHIP
A building, structure or group of buildings or structures, including accessory uses, designed or intended for worship. Accessory uses may include rectories, convents, church-related schools, church day-care facilities, cemeteries or any combination thereof.
ILLEGAL GAMBLING DEVICE
Any device, machine or apparatus designed and/or specifically equipped to be used for the playing of poker, blackjack, keno, bingo, slots or other casino gambling games by the insertion therein of any coin, currency, metal disc, slug or token, which has been modified or is designed to facilitate the ready use of a knockoff or knockdown device or other capability for erasing or eliminating accumulated playing credits.
[Added 7-26-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-07]
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
Artificial structures, such as pavement and building roofs, that replace naturally pervious soil with construction materials that impede the infiltration of water into the soil.
INDUSTRIAL PARK
The orderly development of industrial land meeting the requirements of § 325-167, Business and industrial park standards.
INTERIOR LOT
A lot that has no direct frontage on a public or private street, but which obtains access to such streets by way of a private driveway or access agreement across land owned by another party. Interior lots shall be prohibited in Springettsbury Township.
JUNKYARD
Any lot, land or structure, or part thereof, used primarily for the collection, storage and/or sale of wastepaper, rags, scrap metal or discarded material or for the collecting, dismantling, storage and salvaging of machinery or vehicles not in running condition and/or for the sale of parts thereof. See also "salvage yard."
KENNEL
Any building and/or land used for the sheltering, boarding, breeding or training of three or more dogs, cats, fowl or other small domestic animals at least six months of age.
LABORATORY
A building for experimentation in pure or applied research, design, development and production of prototype machines or devices or of a new product, and uses accessory thereto. See also "research and testing laboratory."
LANDOWNER
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land, including the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such option or contract is subject to any condition), a lessee if he is authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner, or other persons having a proprietary interest in land.
LANDSCAPE WALL
See "fence."
LAUNDROMAT
A business premises equipped with individual clothes washing and drying machines for the use of public customers.
LOADING AREA, OFF-STREET
Space logically and conveniently located for bulk pickups and deliveries, scaled to delivery vehicles expected to be used, and accessible to such vehicles when required off-highway parking spaces are filled.
LODGING HOUSE (ROOMING HOUSE)
A building or a portion thereof, other than an apartment, hotel or a motel, containing not more than one dwelling unit, where lodging is provided without meals for three or more persons in addition to the family unit.
LOT
A designated parcel, tract or area of land, established by a plan or otherwise as permitted by law, to be used, developed or built upon as a unit.
LOT AREA
The area contained within the property lines of an individual parcel of land, excluding any area within a street right-of-way, but including the area of any easement.
LOT, CORNER
A lot with two adjacent sides abutting on streets that has an interior angle of less than 135° at the intersection of the two street lines. A lot abutting on a curved street shall be considered a corner lot if the tangents to the curve at the points of intersection of the side lot lines with the street line intersect at an interior angle of less than 135°.
LOT COVERAGE
The percentage of the plot or lot area covered by impervious material.
LOT FRONTAGE
A lot line which is coincident with a street line.
LOT, INTERIOR
A lot other than a corner lot.
LOT LINES
The lines bounding a lot as defined herein.
LOT OF RECORD
An area designated as a separate and distinct parcel of land on a properly filed subdivision plat or in a legally recorded deed as filed in the official records of the Office of the York County Clerk.
LOT, THROUGH
An interior lot having frontage on two approximately parallel or converging streets.
LOT WIDTH
Width of a lot measured at the building setback or at the street right-of-way line for the various zoning districts per this chapter.
MANUFACTURED HOME
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. The term includes park trailers, travel trailers, recreational and other similar vehicles which are placed on a site for more than 180 consecutive days.
MANUFACTURED HOME LOT
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.
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK
A parcel, or contiguous parcels of land, which has been so designated and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots for the placement thereon of mobile homes.
MANUFACTURING
The treatment or processing of raw materials or the production of products from raw or prepared materials by giving them new forms or qualities.
MASS TRANSIT STATION
A lot containing a building or structure utilized for the boarding and exiting of buses, trains and/or taxis, the selling of transport tickets and the incidental sale or dispensing of food and drink, but specifically excluding the storage, servicing or repairing of vehicles.
MEDICAL CLINIC
An organization of specializing physicians or dentists, or both, who have offices in a common building. A clinic may include laboratory facilities in conjunction with normal clinic services, but shall not include inpatient care.
MEDICAL LABORATORY
A laboratory where tests are done on biological specimens in order to get information about the health of a patient.
MEMBERSHIP CLUB
Building or facility owned or operated by a corporation, association, or persons for a social, cultural, educational, or recreational purpose; but not primarily for profit or to solely render a service that is publicly accessible and customarily carried on as a business. The use of such premises is typically restricted to club members and their guests.
MINI STORAGE FACILITY
A storage facility providing garages, rooms, closets and lockers for rent on an individual basis, usually by month.
MORTUARY
A building in which one or more parlors or rooms are maintained for the temporary resting place of the deceased pending final disposition thereof. Such buildings may include the following:
(1) 
Space and facilities for the preparation of such bodies for burial.
(2) 
A chapel for the purpose of conducting religious or memorial services and viewing.
(3) 
Rooms or space for administrative offices for conducting the business of the mortuary.
(4) 
Space for the housing of equipment, including motor vehicles.
MOTEL
A group of attached or detached buildings containing sleeping rooms or living units with accessory facilities, designed for temporary use by automobile tourists or transients, including auto courts, motels, motor lodges and similar establishments.
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
In a Traditional Neighborhood Development as permitted under Article XV, a neighborhood center is the community focal point developed in the form of open spaces, civic space and/or retail uses.
NEIGHBORHOOD CONVENIENCE STORE
Any retail establishment containing less than 10,000 square feet offering for sale prepackaged food products, household items, newspapers and magazines, and sandwiches and other freshly prepared foods, such as salads, for off-site consumption.
NIGHTCLUB
An establishment primarily engaged in the sale and service of beverages for on-premises consumption and the providing of musical entertainment, singing, dancing or other forms of amusement and entertainment, with the sale or service of food being incidental and accessory thereto. Such establishment may also have one or more of the following characteristics: age restrictions, dancing, cover charges, charges for admission, disc jockeys, jukeboxes, amplified sound systems, live entertainment and the like; the hours of operation extend beyond 11:00 p.m. The term "nightclub" includes the term "cabaret" and "disco."
NONCONFORMING SIGN
A sign which does not conform to the regulations of the zoning district classification in which it is located.
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE
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 such ordinance or amendment or prior to the application of such ordinance or amendment to its location by reason of annexation. Such nonconforming structures include, but are not limited to, nonconforming signs.
NONCONFORMING USE
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 such ordinance or amendment or prior to the application of such ordinance or amendment to its location by reason of annexation.
NO-IMPACT HOME-BASED BUSINESS
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, whether vehicular or pedestrian, pickup, delivery or removal functions, to or from the premises, in excess of those normally associated with residential use. The business or commercial activity must satisfy the following requirements:
(1) 
The business activity shall be compatible with the residential use of the property and the surrounding residential uses;
(2) 
The business shall employ no employees other than family members residing in the dwelling;
(3) 
There shall be no display and no exterior stockpiling or inventory;
(4) 
There shall be no outside appearance of a business use, including, but not limited to, parking, signs or lights;
(5) 
The business activity may not use any equipment or process which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical or electronic interference, including interference with radio or television reception, which is detectable in the neighborhood;
(6) 
The business activity may not generate any solid waste or sewage discharge in volume or type that is not normally associated with residential use in the neighborhood; and
(7) 
The business activity shall be conducted only within the dwelling and may not occupy more than 25% of the habitable floor area.
NURSERY, HORTICULTURE
Any lot or parcel of land used to cultivate, propagate and grow trees, shrubs, vines and other plants, including the buildings, structures and equipment customarily incidental and accessory to the primary use.
OFFICE
A room or group of rooms for conducting the affairs of a business, profession, service, industry or government and generally furnished with desks, tables, files and communication equipment. These may be grouped into categories that identify principal function, e.g., medical offices, business offices, or professional offices.
OFFICE, GENERAL
The use of office and related spaces primarily for conducting affairs of a business, profession, service, industry or government, or like activity and may include ancillary services for office workers, such as a restaurant, coffee shop, newspaper or candy stand, and child-care facilities.
OFFICE, MEDICAL
A place where medical or dental care is furnished to persons on an outpatient basis by one or more doctors or dentists. A place for the care, diagnosis and treatment of sick, ailing, infirm or injured persons and those who are in need of medical or surgical attention, but who are not provided with board or room or kept overnight on the premises. A facility for human ailments operated by a group of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, or other licensed practitioners for the treatment and examination of outpatients.
OFFICES, PROFESSIONAL
An office that includes accountants, actuaries, advertising agencies, optician offices, attorneys, insurance and bonding agencies, realtors, photography and art studios, miscellaneous consulting services and therapeutic massage offices.
OFF-TRACK BETTING
Any establishment which includes off-track betting, under an approved license issued by the commonwealth, as an accessory use; excluding dog or horse racing tracks of any kind.
[Added 7-26-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-07]
OPEN SPACE
The unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with the building.
OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION OPTION
The option to develop a residential community in which the dimensions of the individual lots may be reduced, but in which common open areas are provided so that the overall density required in the zoning district is maintained for the purpose of providing open space and protecting natural resources.
PARK AND RIDE LOT
A parking lot intended primarily for use by persons riding mass transit or carpooling.
PARKING AREA
An open space other than a street or alley used exclusively for the parking of automobiles.
PARKING SPACE
The space within a building or on a lot or parking lot for the parking of one automobile or truck. For the purposes of this chapter, the paved area serving each pump at a gas station and the paved area serving each booth at a bank drive-through window can be counted as a parking space.
PARKING SPACE, STACKED
A stacked parking space shall be any parking space that is located behind another parking space and is not directly accessible from a driveway or aisle.
PARKING STRUCTURE
A structure in which automobiles may be parked or stored.
PATIO
An unroofed area or courtyard which shall not be completely enclosed, except for any side which may adjoin a structure or for any fences, walls, shrubs, or hedges. Outdoor areas covered by a roof, trellis or fixed awning shall be considered to be a structure.
PAWN SHOP
Any building or room or portion thereof which is open to the public and which is owned or operated by a person who lends money at a rate of interest on articles of personal property left and collateralized as security and who makes the articles available for purchase by the public.
[Added 7-26-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-07]
PERMEABLE
The ability to absorb into the ground at least one inch of water in 30 minutes. Except in unusual circumstances, those portions of the site that are required by this chapter to be permeable shall be those areas having a vegetative cover.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, cooperative, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, private institution, group, agency or any legal successor, representative, agent or agency thereof.
PERSONAL CARE SERVICES
Establishments primarily engaged in providing services involving the care of a person, such as beauty shops, barbershops, nail salons, shoe repair, other salons, and tanning. This definition includes incidental uses and additional related cosmetic and/or beauty services, such as facials, waxing and the retail sale of cosmetic products.
PET
An animal that is kept by humans for companionship and enjoyment rather than for economic reasons. Pets, as defined under this chapter, include cats, dogs, fish, birds (excluding poultry — see § 325-125), ferrets, domesticated mice, rats, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, snakes and similar animals.
[Amended 5-12-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-01]
PET GROOMING
Any business which is involved in grooming of pet animals for profit.
PET SHOP
A store at which one can purchase supplies for pets and which may also stock animals for sale as pets.
PLAN
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development whether sketch, preliminary or final.
(1) 
PLAN, SKETCHAn informal plan, not necessary to scale, indicating salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the general layout of the proposed land development for discussion purposes only and not presented for approval.
(2) 
PLAN, PRELIMINARYA plan, in lesser detail than a final plan, showing the salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings and approximate proposed street and lot layout as a basis for consideration prior to preparation of a final plan.
(3) 
PLAN, FINALA complete and exact plan prepared for official recording to define property rights and proposed streets and other improvements.
PLAT
A map or chart indicating the subdivision or resubdivision of land.
PORCH
A roofed or unroofed structure projecting from the front, side or rear wall of a building.
PREMISES
Any lot, parcel or tract of land and any building constructed thereon.
PRINCIPAL SUPPLY UTILITY
Land, including buildings thereon, for use by providers of electric, telephone, natural gas, cable or any other similar utility for such utility purposes.
PRINCIPAL USE
The main or primary use of property or structure measured in terms of the area occupied by such use.
PRIVATE
Not publicly owned, operated or controlled.
PRIVATE ROAD
A right-of-way not publicly owned, operated or maintained which provides vehicular access to two or more lots.
PUBLIC
Owned, operated or maintained by a government agency (federal, state or local), including a corporation created by law for the performance of certain specialized governmental functions and the Department of Education.
PUBLIC FACILITY
Any land, including buildings thereon, operated or used by a governmental agency, including but not limited to governmental administrative offices, fire stations, police stations, courthouses and other similar uses.
PUBLIC PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
Open space owned by Springettsbury Township, York County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the federal government for the recreational purposes, which may include sports facilities, trails and/or areas for children's play.
PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITIES
Telephone, electric and cable TV lines, poles, appurtenances and structures; cellular towers; water or gas pipes, mains, valves, hydrants or structures; sewer pipes, valves or structures, pumping stations; telephone exchanges, and other facilities, appurtenances and structures necessary for conducting a service by a government or public utility.
QUARRY, SAND PIT, GRAVEL PIT, TOPSOIL STRIPPING
A lot or part thereof used for the purpose of extracting stone, sand, clay, gravel or topsoil for sale and exclusive of the process of grading a lot preparatory to the construction of a building for which application for a zoning permit has been made.
RAILROAD TERMINAL, YARD
Use of land, including buildings thereon, by a railroad company for the purpose of loading, unloading, storing, maintaining and transferring rail cars on or between rail lines.
RECREATION FACILITY
A place designed and equipped for the conduct of sports and/or leisure-time activities.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
A vehicle with or without motive power, which is designed for sport or recreational use, or which is designed for human occupancy on an intermittent basis. These include but are not limited to motor homes, campers, fifth-wheel trailers, off-road vehicles and recreational boats.
RESEARCH AND TESTING LABORATORY
A facility engaged in the research and testing of products, materials, persons, animals or specimens within a completely enclosed building or structure.
RESTAURANT
A public eating place primarily offering sit-down counter or table service and custom-prepared foods for on-premises consumption. If carry-out service is available, this shall constitute less than 10% of sales volume.
RETAIL SALES
The selling of goods to consumers, usually in small quantities and not for resale.
RETAINING WALL
A structure that holds back earth or water from a building or other structure. Retaining walls stabilize soil and/or rock from downslope movement or erosion and provide support for vertical or near-vertical grade changes. Retaining walls are generally made of masonry, stone, brick, concrete, vinyl, steel or timber. Retaining wall designs must be certified by a professional engineer.
RIDING ACADEMY
An establishment where horses are kept for riding or driving or are stabled for compensation or incidental to the operation of any club, association, ranch or similar establishment.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, crosswalk, railroad, road, electric transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, shade trees or for another special use. If the right-of-way involves maintenance by a public agency, it shall be dedicated to public use by the maker of the plat on which such right-of-way is established.
SALVAGE YARD
See "junkyard."
SANITARY LANDFILL
A facility licensed and approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for the disposal of solid waste where there is no reasonable probability of adverse effects on the public health or the environment from such disposal.
SATELLITE ANTENNA
A public or private land use that transmits and/or receives radio frequency signals, including but not limited to directional, omnidirectional, or parabolic (dish) antennae transmitting devices and related equipment, transmission towers and other support structures, connecting appurtenances, accessory equipment shelters and cabinets, or other related structures or development. Wireless communication facilities are either "freestanding" (equipment mounted on a "wireless communication support structure") or "attached" (equipment affixed to or erected upon existing buildings, water tanks, or other existing structures).
SATELLITE DISH
A type of parabolic reflector antenna designed with the specific purpose of transmitting signals to and/or receiving from satellites. Satellites are most commonly used to receive satellite television.
SCHOOL
Any place offering instruction in any branch of knowledge under the supervision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or a lawfully constituted ecclesiastical governing body, person, partnership or corporation meeting the requirements of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY
Any school having regular sessions with employed instruction which teaches those subjects that are fundamental and essential in general education for elementary school.
SCHOOL, HIGH
Any schools having regular sessions with employed instruction which teaches those subjects that are fundamental and essential in general education for grades 9 through 12.
SCHOOL, MIDDLE
Any schools having regular sessions with employed instruction which teaches those subjects that are fundamental and essential in general education for grades 6 through 8.
SCHOOL, SECONDARY
Same as elementary school, except general education is provided for secondary grades.
SCHOOL, VOCATIONAL
Same as elementary and secondary school except that the primary activity is training in a trade or vocation.
SEMITRAILER
A trailer so connected that some part of its weight rests upon or is carried by the towing vehicle.
SENIOR HOUSING
A structure containing individual residence units in which at least one of the primary occupants shall be a senior citizen (55 years of age or older) who does not require continued medical or nursing care, providing long-term residential accommodations with or without room, board, housekeeping, personal care and supervision.
SETBACK
The minimum horizontal distance between the street, rear or side lines of the lot and the front, rear or side lines on the building. When two or more lots under single ownership are used, the exterior property lines so grouped shall be used in determining offsets.
SEXUAL CONDUCT
Sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, involving a person or persons, or a person or persons and an animal, including acts of masturbation, sexual intercourse, fellatio, cunnilingus, analingus or physical contact with a person's nude or partially denuded genitals, pubic area, perineum, anal region or, if such person be female, a breast.
SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS
An adult bookstore, adult novelty store, adult video store, adult cabaret, adult theater, escort agency, nude model studio, sexual encounter center, or other commercial or not-for-profit establishment where adult entertainment is presented for money or other forms of consideration.
SHOPPING MALL, ENCLOSED
A shopping mall with a completely enclosed climate-controlled walkway between two facing strips of stores.
[Added 7-26-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-08]
SHOPPING MALL, SHOPPING CENTER, SHOPPING PLAZA
A group of stores planned and designed to function as a unit for the site on which it is located, with off-street parking and landscaping provided as an integral part of the unit.
SIGN
Any object, structure, device, fixture, or placard, whether two- or three-dimensional, the primary purpose of which is visual communication. See Article XXIV, Signs.
SITE PLAN
A plan of a lot on which is shown topography, location of all buildings, structures, roads, rights-of-ways, boundaries, all essential dimensions and bearings and any other information deemed necessary by the Planning Commission.
SKILLED NURSING FACILITY
Any structure where persons are housed or lodged and furnished with meals and nursing care for hire.
SOLID WASTE LANDFILL
A site for the disposal of unwanted or discarded material, including garbage with insufficient liquid content to be free flowing.
SPECIAL EXCEPTION
A use which the Zoning Hearing Board is permitted to authorize in specific instances listed in this chapter under the terms, procedures and conditions prescribed herein.
SPRINGETTSBURY TOWNSHIP STREET MAP
The map adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Springettsbury Township classifying the streets and roads of the Township as major arterial, minor arterial, collector or local.
STABLE, BOARDING
An accessory building in which horses are kept for remuneration, sale or hire.
STABLE, PRIVATE
An accessory building in which horses are kept for private use and not for hire, remuneration, exhibition or sale. See also "barn, private."
STEEP SLOPE
Any areas that are delineated and defined as being fifteen-percent or greater slope on the appropriate United States Geological Survey Topographical Maps of the Regional Base Map Series of 1977, as amended, or as determined by field survey (e.g., sloping 15 or more vertical feet over a distance of 100 feet horizontal).
STORY
The portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it; if there is no floor above it, then the space between any floor and the ceiling immediately above it.
STORY, HALF
That portion of a building between a pitched roof and the uppermost full story, said part having a ceiling height of seven feet or more for an area not exceeding one-half the floor area of said full story, and in which space not more than two-thirds of the floor area is finished off as rooms.
STREET
Includes streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, highways, freeways, parkways, lanes, alleys, viaducts and any other ways used or intended to be used by vehicular traffic, whether public or private. The streets in Springettsbury Township classified “major arterial,” “minor arterial,” “collector” and “local” are shown on the Springettsbury Township Street Map. Streets are further classified as follows:
[Amended 4-22-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-04]
(1) 
LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAYStreet, highway or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from the same except at such points only, and in such manner as may be determined by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation or other public authority having jurisdiction over such highway, street or roadway.
(2) 
MAJOR ARTERIALRoadways that are important in the interregional transportation system, with a major portion of the vehicular movements being through traffic. Any roadway projected to have an average daily traffic volume greater than 10,000 vehicles at the time the development is completed shall be considered a major arterial for the purposes of this chapter.
(3) 
MINOR ARTERIALRoadways that are important in the regional transportation system and, while carrying mostly regional traffic, serve some local or Township origins and destinations. Any roadway projected to have an average daily traffic volume greater than 3,000 but less than 10,000 vehicles at the time the development is completed shall be considered a minor arterial for the purposes of this chapter.
(4) 
COLLECTORRoadways serving primarily local traffic and providing the connection between the residential, commercial, and industrial developments and the minor arterial system. Any roadway projected to have an average daily traffic volume greater than 1,000 but less than 3,000 vehicles at the time the development is completed shall be considered a collector for the purposes of this chapter.
(5) 
LOCAL ROADRoadways serving local traffic and connecting to collectors or minor arterials. Local roads in Springettsbury Township include all roads not classified as “major arterial,” “minor arterial,” or “collector.”
(6) 
THROUGH STREETA street that has at least two separate and distinct intersections, as a means of ingress and egress for vehicular traffic, with one or more streets that are not cul-de-sacs or loop streets.
(7) 
LOOP STREETAny street or combination of streets that does not intersect with a through street at two or more separate and distinct locations. A loop street includes any street or system of streets that relies on one intersection with a through street as a means of ingress and egress for vehicular traffic.
(8) 
CUL-DE-SACA street with a single common ingress and egress ending with a circular paved turnaround.
STREET CLASSIFICATION MAP
The map adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Springettsbury Township classifying the streets and roads of the Township as "major arterial," "minor arterial," "collector" or "local."
[Amended 4-22-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-04]
STREET GRADE
The officially established grade of the street upon which a lot fronts or, in its absence, the established grade of other streets upon which the lot abuts, as the midway of the frontage of the lot thereon. If there is no officially established grade, the existing grade of the street at such midpoint shall be taken as the street grade.
STREET LINE
The dividing line between the street and lot, also known as "street right-of-way line."
STRUCTURE
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
SUBDIVISION
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.
SWIMMING POOL
Any structure, basin, chamber or tank containing or capable of containing an artificial body of water for swimming, diving, or recreational bathing, having a depth greater than 1 1/2 feet at any point. Hot tubs and spas are defined as pools in this chapter. Farm ponds and/or lakes are not included, provided that swimming was not the primary purpose for their construction.
[Amended 4-22-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-04]
TELEPHONE CENTRAL OFFICE
A building and its equipment erected and used for the purpose of facilitating transmission and exchange of telephone and radio messages between subscribers and other business of a telephone company, provided that in a residential district a telephone central office shall not include public business facilities, storage of material, trucks or repair facilities or housing of repair crew.
THEATER
A building or part of a building devoted to the showing of moving pictures or theatrical productions on a commercial basis.
THEATER, OUTDOOR DRIVE-IN
An open lot or part thereof with its appurtenant facilities devoted primarily to the showing of moving pictures or theatrical productions on a commercial basis to patrons seated in automobiles.
THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE OFFICE
An office for which the principal business is to provide therapeutic massage to patrons. Such massage shall not include any sexual conduct. The persons conducting such massage shall be either:
(1) 
Graduates of a massage therapy program at a school accredited and licensed by the state in which the school is located and must be certified by a nationally recognized massage therapy organization.
(2) 
Operating under the direct supervision of a person meeting the requirements listed above under Subsection A and such person shall be on site at all times during business hours.
TRAILER
A vehicle designed to be towed by an automobile or light truck.
TRUCK TERMINAL
Buildings used for shipping and receiving of materials by truck. This use shall include incidental administrative operations, service, repair, fueling, cleaning and parking of trucks.
USE
The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed, arranged, intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
USE, PERMITTED
A specific principal use of a building, structure, lot or land, or part thereof, which the chapter provides for a particular district as "of right." The term "permitted use" or its equivalent shall not be deemed to include any nonconforming use.
USE, PRINCIPAL
The main or primary purpose of which a building, structure and/or lot is designed, arranged or intended, or for which they may be used, occupied or maintained under this chapter. There shall be a maximum of one principal use on each lot. The use of any other building, other structure and/or land on the same lot and incidental or supplementary thereto and permitted under this chapter shall be considered an accessory use.
UTILITY FACILITIES
Establishments engaged in the generation, transmission and/or distribution of electricity, gas or steam, including water and irrigation systems and sanitary systems used for the collection and disposal of garbage, sewage and other wastes by means of destroying or processing materials.
UTILITY SHED
A small building designed primarily for the storage of yard and garden equipment, bicycles and miscellaneous household items incidental to a dwelling, and of the type customarily made of prefabricated materials purchased, assembled and erected by the property owner. See also "shed."
VARIANCE
The permission granted by the Zoning Hearing Board, following a public hearing that has been properly advertised as required by the Municipalities Planning Code, for an adjustment to some regulation which, if strictly adhered to, would result in an unnecessary hardship and where the permission granted would not be contrary to the public interest and would maintain the spirit and original intent of this chapter.
WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION
A building, or portion thereof, used or intended to be used primarily for the storage of goods and/or materials that are to be sold at retail or wholesale from other premises or wholesale from the same premises; however, nothing in this definition is meant to exclude purely incidental retail sales in warehouses.
WETLAND
All areas meeting the criteria for wetlands as currently defined by the USACE or Pennsylvania DEP shall be mapped. Areas of hydric soils with a slope of 1% or less and areas appearing on the National Wetland Inventory Maps prepared by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
WHOLESALE BUSINESS
Any distribution procedure involving persons who in the normal course of business do not engage in sales to the general public.
WINDOW
An opening to the outside, other than a door, which provides all or part of required natural light, natural ventilation or both to an interior space.
YARD
A space open to the sky and unoccupied by any building or structure or merchandise for display or sale, located on the same lot with a building or structure.
YARD, BUFFER
A space open to the sky and unoccupied by any building, structure or merchandise for display or sale, located on the same lot with a building or structure, with landscaping as an integral component.
YARD, EXTERIOR
An open, unoccupied space between the buildings of a dwelling group or its accessory buildings and the projected boundary or street line.
YARD, FRONT
An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with the building, between the front line of the building and the street, projected to the side lines of the lot. Each yard that abuts a street on a corner lot shall be considered a front yard.
YARD, INTERIOR
An open, unoccupied space between the buildings of a dwelling group or its accessory buildings, not a front, side or rear yard.
YARD, REAR
A yard on the same lot with a main building extending the full width of the lot and situated between the rear line of the lot and the required rear building line projected to the side lines of the lot.
YARD, SIDE
A yard on the same lot with the building, situated between the required setback line and the side line of the lot and extending from the front yard to the rear yard. Any lot line not a rear line or a front line shall be deemed a side line.
ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION
Refers to the scheme of land use classification contained in this chapter.
ZONING OFFICER
The Springettsbury Township Zoning Officer or his duly authorized agent.