For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms and words are
defined below. Words used in the present tense shall include the future
tense. Words in the singular shall include the plural and words in
the plural shall include the singular. Words in the masculine include
the feminine and the neuter. The word "shall" is mandatory. The word
"may" is permissive. The word "person" includes "individual," "company,"
"unincorporated association" or other similar entities. The words
"used for" include "designed for," "arranged for," "intended for,"
"maintained for" or "occupied for."
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
An accredited medical school within this commonwealth that
operates or partners with an acute care hospital licensed within this
commonwealth that has been approved and certified by the Pennsylvania
Department of Health (DOH) to enter into a contract with a clinical
registrant.
[Added 2-25-2019 by Ord.
No. 823]
A subordinate use of portion of a lot, or of a building thereon,
which is customarily incidental to the main or principal use of the
land or of a building on a lot.
43,560 square feet.
The process of adapting existing historic resources for new
purposes, including preserving buildings of historical significance
while retaining the architectural details and features that make historic
resources unique.
[Amended 10-9-2017 by Ord. No. 778]
A commercial establishment having as a substantial or significant
portion of its stock-in-trade, books, magazines, photographs or other
materials which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis
on matters depicting, describing or related to specified sexual activities
or specified anatomical areas.
A facility providing care for the elderly and/or functionally
impaired adults in a protective setting for a portion of a twenty-four-hour
day.
[Added 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 794]
A building or establishment used in whole or in part for
presenting motion pictures, distinguished or characterized by an emphasis
on matters depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities
or specified anatomical areas for observation by patrons, i.e., paying
customers, therein.
A sign, including freestanding signs such as billboards,
which direct attention to a business, commodity, service or entertainment,
conducted, sold, or offered elsewhere than upon the premises where
the sign is displayed.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
The activities, practices, equipment and procedures that
farmers adopt, use or engage in the production and preparation for
market of animals and their products on a farm that is not less than
10 contiguous acres in area, and if less than 10 acres, has an anticipated
yearly gross income of at least $10,000, as defined in the Right to
Farm Act (3 P.S. §§ 951 through 957).
[Amended 9-11-2023 by Ord. No. 854]
A sign advertising the sale of farm products, including edible
farm products, plant nursery products, or livestock produced or raised
on the premises. Agricultural signs shall also include those signs
that indicated a landowner's membership in agricultural associations
or cooperatives or specialization in a particular breed of animal
or strain of plant.
[Added 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and concentrated
animal operations (CAOs).
[Amended 9-11-2023 by Ord. No. 854]
The cultivation of the soil and the raising and harvesting of the products of the soil, including plant nursery and horticulture, but excluding forestry. Such uses shall not be permitted within 75 feet of any property line. Passive agricultural uses shall not include the raising of livestock or other animals. The sale of produce shall not be permitted on the premises of the passive agricultural use, except to the extent that the same is permitted as an accessory use (as a roadside stand for the sale of farm products grown on the premises) in the applicable zoning district and subject to compliance with § 390-32A(8).
[Added 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
See "service street (alley)."
Any enlargement of a building or structure; the moving of
a building or structure from one location to another; any change in
or addition to the structural parts of a building or structure; any
change in the means of egress from or access to a building or structure.
A recreational use involving permanent structures or buildings
where there are various devices for entertainment, including rides,
booths for the conduct of games or sale of items, and buildings for
shows or entertainment.
One thousand pounds live weight of livestock or poultry animals,
regardless of the actual number of individual animals comprising the
unit.
[Amended 9-11-2023 by Ord. No. 854]
The production, control and management of domestic animals,
livestock and poultry.
[Amended 8-26-2013 by Ord. No. 744]
A building on a single lot designed for and occupied as a
residence for three or more families, and in which the dwelling units
may be separated horizontally and/or vertically.
A dwelling unit within an apartment building.
A landowner(s), developer(s) or authorized agent thereof
who has filed an application under this chapter, including his/her
heirs, successors and assigns.
A right-of-way which provides the primary vehicular access
to a lot, not dedicated or deeded to the Township, but approved by
the Board of Supervisors and shown on a recorded subdivision plan.
The area of a sign shall be construed to include all lettering,
wording and accompanying designs and symbols, together with the background,
whether open or closed, on which they are displayed, but not including
any supporting framework and bracing which is incidental to the display
itself. Where the sign consists of individual letters or symbols attached
to or painted on the surface, the area shall be considered to be the
smallest rectangle or other regular geometric figure, which can be
drawn to encompass all of the letters and symbols.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
Any area of a building having its floor below ground level
on all sides.
A building occupied by a resident innkeeper containing six
or fewer guest rooms for the temporary lodging of guests for compensation
and providing to the guests such lodging services as maid service
and accessory eating and drinking facilities limited to the serving
of breakfast.
An establishment wherein domesticated pets are housed for
compensation by the day, week or a specified or unspecified time.
The term shall not include a kennel necessary for the practice of
veterinary medicine if the kennel is covered by the Pennsylvania "Veterinary
Medicine Practice Act"; however the term shall include any boarding
facility operated by a licensed veterinarian as an accessory use whether
or not the facility is on the same premises as a building or structure
subject to the provisions of the "Veterinary Medicine Practice Act".
An establishment available to the general public that, for
consideration, takes control of a domesticated pet from the owner
for a portion of the day for the purposes of exercise, day care or
entertainment of the pet. This term does not include an establishment
engaged solely in pet grooming or training.
Board of Supervisors of the Township of Exeter, Berks County,
Pennsylvania.
A restaurant with facilities for brewing beer for on-site
consumption and retail sale at the restaurant. A brewpub must derive
a substantial portion of its gross revenue from the sale of food.
[Added 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 794]
A continuous strip of landscaped land, which is clear of
all buildings and paved or stoned areas.
A structure enclosed within exterior walls or firewalls built,
erected and framed of component structural parts, designed for the
enclosure and support of individuals, animals or property of any kind.
The total area taken on a horizontal plane at the main grade
level of all primary and accessory buildings on a lot, excluding unroofed
porches, paved terraces, steps, eaves and gutters, but including all
enclosed extensions.
The percentage of lot area covered by principal and accessory
buildings.
The height of a building or structure as calculated by measuring
the vertical distance from grade plane to the average height of the
highest roof structure. (NOTE: "Grade plane" is defined as 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.)
The measurement of a building in one general direction.
The minimum distance a building or structure must be setback
from a street right-of-way line (except the right-of-way of a service
street).
The line within a property establishing the minimum required
distance between any building or structure or portions thereof to
be erected or altered and a street right-of-way (except the rights-of-way
of a service street). The distance shall be measured at right angles
from the street right-of-way line, which abuts the property, and the
building setback line shall be parallel to said right-of-way line.
A building setback line may be established farther from a street right-of-way
line than the minimum building setback established for a zoning district.
A sign posted on, suspended from or otherwise affixed to
the wall, facade or vertical surface of a building, which directs
attention to business, commodity, or service, conducted, sold or offered
on the lot on which the building is located, which sign does not project
or extend more than 12 inches horizontally from the wall, facade or
vertical surface of the building to which it is affixed. For purposes
of building signs, the "frontage wall" shall be the exterior wall
by which customers principally obtain primary access to the building.
The "other walls" shall be the exterior walls of a store other than
the frontage wall. In calculating the permitted size of a building
sign, all measurements of walls shall be of their linear length rounded
up to the nearest foot.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
A club, restaurant, bar, tavern, theater, hall or similar
place or establishment which features male and/or female entertainers,
including, but not limited to, topless or bottomless dancers, entertainers,
strippers or employees whose performance or activities include, even
though not limited to, simulated sex acts, live or actual sex acts,
or other specified sexual activities and/or reveal or display specified
anatomical areas.
A parcel of land on which is provided a space or spaces for
travel trailers or tents for camping purposes, regardless of whether
a fee has been charged for the occupancy of such space.
The individual designated by a patient to deliver medical
marijuana.
[Added 2-25-2019 by Ord.
No. 823]
The portion of a street right-of-way, whether paved or unpaved,
intended for vehicular use.
An area of a building which is generally below ground level
but not on all sides.
A statement, based on an inspection signed by the Zoning
Officer, setting forth that a building, structure, sign and/or land
complies with this chapter, and that a building, structure, sign and/or
land may be lawfully employed for a specific use, as provided in this
chapter.
The acquisition, possession, use or transportation of medical
marijuana by a patient, or the acquisition, possession, delivery,
transportation or administration of medical marijuana by a caregiver,
for use as part of the treatment of the patient's serious medical
condition, as authorized by certification by the commonwealth.
[Added 2-25-2019 by Ord.
No. 823]
A tax-supported school (K-12 or subset thereof) established
by a charter between the state and an outside group which operates
the school so as to achieve set goals.
A building used for public worship by a congregation, excluding
buildings used primarily for residential, educational, burial, recreational
or other uses not normally associated with worship.
An entity that:
[Added 2-25-2019 by Ord.
No. 823]
Is approved by the DOH as a clinical registrant; and
Has a contractual relationship with an academic clinical research
center under which the academic clinical research center or its affiliate
provides advice to the entity, regarding, among other areas, patient
health and safety, medical applications and dispensing and management
of controlled substances; and
Is approved by the DOH to hold a permit as both a grower/processor
and a dispensary.
An association of persons for some common nonprofit activity,
not including groups organized primarily to render a service, which
is customarily carried on as a business.
An electric power production facility or other facility that
uses energy or produces a service as waste disposal that creates or
converts to a usable energy, which is intended for sale to the public
or for sale back to the electrical distribution system or utility
provider.
A school for the teaching of a trade or skill, carried on
as a business.
The State Conservation Commission established by the Conservation
District Law, 3 P.S. § 849 et seq.
[Amended 9-11-2023 by Ord. No. 854]
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water, within the development site designed and intended
for use or enjoyment of all residents of the development in which
it is located. Land included within the right-of-way lines of streets
shall not be classified as common open space. For the purpose of apartment
or townhouse developments, common open spaces shall not include required
open areas between buildings and between buildings and street rights-of-way,
driveways, parking areas unless directly associated with the open
space and property lines of the development. No dwelling unit, residential
accessory buildings or parking areas may be located within common
open spaces (unless directly associated with the open space).
A parking facility other than those provided within the lot
lines of a lot on which one single-family detached dwelling, one single-family
semidetached dwelling, or one townhouse is located.
A wall used or adopted for joint service between two buildings
or parts thereof.
A combined animal operation (CAO) with greater than 300 animal
equivalent units (AEUs), any agricultural operation with greater than
1,000 AEUs, or any agricultural operation defined as a large CAFO
under 40 CFR § 122.23.
[Amended 9-11-2023 by Ord. No. 854]
An agricultural operation with eight or more animal equivalent
units (AEUs) where the animal density exceeds two AEUs per acre on
an annualized basis. To determine if a particular agricultural operation
is a CAO, the procedure set forth under 25 Pa. Code § 83.262
shall be followed.
[Amended 9-11-2023 by Ord. No. 854]
A use that shall only be permitted by the Township Supervisors
pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
The total necessary land required for all buildings or uses
within a unified development.
A temporary sign of a contractor, architect, plumber, electrician,
roofer, builder, engineer and the like.
[Added 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
An establishment providing nursing, dietary and other similar
personal services to convalescents, invalids or aged persons, but
excluding mental cases, cases of contagious or communicable disease,
surgery or other treatments which are customarily provided in sanitariums
and hospitals.
A retail store generally containing less than 2,500 square
feet of gross floor area that is designed and stocked to sell primarily
food, beverages, and other household supplies to customers. It is
designed to attract a large volume of stop-and-go traffic.
[Added 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 794]
A residential use of land that includes the division of property
into building lots based upon the standard provisions within the zoning
district for lot area, width, building coverage and minimum yard requirements.
This definition does not include open space/conservation development.
A lot abutting two or more intersecting public or private
streets, or a lot situated at the point of abrupt change or direction
of a single street (having an interior angle of less than 135°).
Upon presentation of an application for establishment of a use on
a corner lot, the Township Zoning Officer shall designate which yard
abutting a street will be considered the front yard. The yard opposite
that yard shall meet the rear yard requirements of the applicable
zoning district. Any yard adjoining a street which was not designated
the front yard must meet the front yard requirements of the applicable
zoning district, and the yard opposite that yard shall meet the side
yard requirements of the applicable zoning district. In the case of
a building to be placed on a corner lot such that the front of the
building will not be parallel to a street line, yards shall be provided
so that no building will be placed closer to a street than the front
yard requirement of the applicable zoning district, so that no portion
of the rear of the building will be placed closer to a lot line than
the rear yard requirement of the applicable zoning district, and so
that no portion of a side of the building will be placed closer to
a lot line than the side yard requirement of the applicable zoning
district.
A publicly or privately operated facility housing persons
(either juvenile or adult) awaiting criminal trial or adjudication,
and/or serving a sentence after being found guilty of a criminal offense
or being adjudicated delinquent. The term shall include, but not be
limited to, jails, prisons, work release centers, prerelease centers,
treatment centers and all other similar facilities. The term shall
not include a group institution or a group home.
[Added 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
The number of dwelling units (DU) per unit area, including
allowance for roadways, and the attendant residential population per
unit area.
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.
A facility offering diagnostic imaging services on an outpatient
basis to ambulatory patients. The imaging modalities may include general
X-ray services, CT scans, MRI scans, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, mammography,
and any other generally recognized imaging methods commonly utilized
on an outpatient basis.
[Added 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 794]
A facility offering diagnostic or pathological testing and
analysis of blood, blood fluids, pathological specimens, DNA sampling
and analysis, and any other diagnostic test generally recognized in
the healthcare industry.
[Added 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 794]
A sign containing directional information locating public
places owned or operated by federal, state, or local governments or
their agencies; public or privately owned natural phenomena, historical,
cultural, scientific, educational and religious sites, and areas of
natural scenic beauty or which are naturally suited for outdoor recreation.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership,
association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which
holds a current and valid permit issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Health (DOH) to dispense medical marijuana pursuant
to the provisions of the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act (Act 16
of 2016).[1]
[Added 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 794]
This measurement shall be made at the closest point between
the structures.
A use with a manufacturer or wholesaler license, which does
not include any retail type liquor license on the lot or parcel, that
is primarily a manufacturing facility, where spirituous liquors are
manufactured, that may include a tasting room that is less than or
equal to 30% of the total floor area of the facility or 1,000 square
feet, whichever is greater. A distillery is allowed limited food service
on site. Food service shall be an ancillary use and may include food
service provided by the distillery, through a catering service, prepackaged
or a restaurant.
[Added 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 794]
A private road providing access to a garage, house, or other
building, and within 30° of being perpendicular to the public
road that it joins. Internal circulation drives shall not be included
in the definition of driveways.
An establishment or business maintained for the pickup and
drop off of dry cleaning and/or laundry without the maintenance or
operation of any laundry or dry-cleaning equipment or machinery on
the premises.
[Added 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 794]
Two dissimilar uses, specifically a residential use and a
commercial use such as a business/professional office, a retail business
or a personal/household service establishment, being conducted in
a single structure or on a single lot.
A building or structure or portion thereof arranged, intended,
designed or used as living quarters for one or more families living
independently of each other. Buildings such as hospitals, hotels,
boardinghouses, rooming houses, lodging houses, nursing homes, motels
and institutional residences are not included in the definition of
dwelling.
APARTMENT BUILDINGA building on a single lot arranged, intended or designed to be occupied as dwelling units for three or more families, and in which the dwelling units may be separated horizontally and/or vertically.
MOBILE HOME/MANUFACTURED HOUSINGA transportable, single-family dwelling unit constructed in accordance with the specifications of the State of Pennsylvania 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.
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGA building arranged, intended or designed to be occupied exclusively as a dwelling unit for one family and having no common wall with an adjacent building.
SINGLE-FAMILY SEMIDETACHED DWELLINGA building arranged, intended or designed to be occupied exclusively as dwelling units for two families, one family living on each side of an unpierced common wall.
TOWNHOUSEA building arranged, intended or designed to be occupied exclusively as a dwelling unit for one family which is one of a group of three or more such buildings, placed side by side and separated by unpierced common walls, each dwelling having at least one separate entrance from the outside.
TWO-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGA building arranged, intended or designed to be occupied exclusively as dwelling units for two families, with one family living wholly or partly over the other and with no common wall with an adjacent building.
A building or structure or portion thereof providing one
or more rooms arranged for the use of one or more individuals living
together as a single housekeeping unit, and having no cooking or sanitary
facilities in common with any other dwelling unit and excluding any
garages or garage area. A dwelling unit may have multiple bathrooms,
but no more than one kitchen.
A dwelling unit in which at least one resident shall be at
least 55 years of age.
[Amended 12-10-2012 by Ord. No. 733]
Land and/or buildings specifically designed, arranged and
intended for the primary purpose of educational instruction and learning,
including preschools, elementary and secondary schools, whether private
or public, including schools relating to religious organizations and
vocational schools.
Any facility or installation or improvements designed and
intended to produce energy from any source for on-site and/or off-site
use.
A sign capable of displaying text, graphics, symbols, or
images that can be electronically or mechanically changed by remote
or automatic means, and which directs attention to a business, activity,
product, commodity, service, entertainment or communication. An "off-premises
electronic sign" shall be defined as a sign that directs attention
to a business, commodity, service, entertainment, institution or other
use which is offered at a location other than upon the premises on
which the sign is located. An "on-premises" electronic sign is a sign
that directs attention to a business, commodity, service, entertainment,
institution or other permitted use which is offered on the same premises
where the sign is located.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
Equipment and devices utilized to store, convert, process
or transmit a natural source of energy (solar, wind, surface water,
groundwater, geothermal, and other similar sources) into a primary
or alternative energy supply source, which provides service to a permitted
use on an approved lot.
A large, privately owned lot comprising all or part of an
area of open land. The purpose of the estate lot is to provide surrounding
residents with visual access to open land, while keeping the land
under private ownership and maintenance. It may also be used to preserve
an existing building or buildings of historic importance. Only a small
portion of the estate lot may be developed; the remainder may be farmed
or left in its natural state. Public access to estate lots is not
required.
One or more persons, related by blood, marriage, adoption or
guardianship, with not more than two boarders, roomers or lodgers,
living together as a single housekeeping unit and using cooking facilities
and certain rooms in common.
Not more than three unrelated persons living together as a single
housekeeping unit and using cooking facilities and certain rooms in
common.
An area of land used for agriculture, as defined in this
section.
A retail establishment at which crafts, fruits, vegetables,
breads, eggs, milk, cheese, meat, flowers, plants and related agricultural
products are sold in an open air setting by those farmers who grow,
harvest and process such items from their farm or agriculture operation.
CRAFTSAll handcrafted, handmade, antique or collectible articles, not otherwise listed under "permitted items for sale."
CRAFTS APPROVED FOR SALECrafts may be sold, provided the vendor of such crafts is a member of a juried craftsmen's organization. If the vendor wishing to sell crafts is not a member of a juried craftsmen's organization, said vendor must present several items, similar in kind, quality and value to those said vendor wishes to sell, to the Quality Control Committee for final approval for sale at the market. The Committee will evaluate the submitted crafts and issue a decision to the vendor within 48 hours.
MARKETExeter Farmers Market Association, Inc. or EFMA.
PERMITTED ITEMS FOR SALEItems permitted for sale shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all types of grown or produced items, including fruits, vegetables, plants, herbs, cut flowers, baked goods (only if made by vendor, including on premises, and not made by another source), preserves (such as jams, jellies, sauces, canned goods and the like made by the licensed vendor only and not made by another source), honey, cider and juice (only permitted if pressed/extracted by the licensed vendor and not made by another source), meat, animal products, confections, coffee, foraged foods, fish, seafood, fowl, wine and limited prepared foods.
QUALITY CONTROL COMMITTEEA committee of three individuals comprised of individuals who are the market's directors and/or approved market vendors. At least two individuals on the Quality Control Committee shall be market directors. No Quality Control Committee may be established where the majority of said Committee is approved vendors. The decision of the majority of the Committee shall be final.
Any lot of irregular shape that has a narrow access strip
(not meeting the minimum lot widths requirements of this chapter and
thus too narrow for the construction of a principal building) leading
from a street or other right-of-way to a wider portion of the lot
which is intended for construction of a principal building and which
wider portion complies with the minimum lot width requirements of
this chapter. Flag lots shall not be permitted.
An open-air market for secondhand articles and antiques.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of every floor of a
building measured to the exterior faces of exterior walls and to the
center line of party walls; includes basement space, atria (open or
roofed) and roofed porches, roofed breezeways, roofed terraces, roofed
garages, carports and accessory buildings; also included are all cellar/basement
and attic areas that have floor surfaces with clear standing headroom
(six feet six inches minimum or prevailing code) regardless of use.
The management of forests and timberlands when practiced
in accordance with accepted silvicultural principles, through developing,
cultivating, harvesting, transporting and selling trees for commercial
purposes, which does not involve any land development.
The characteristics of the medical marijuana recommended
or limited for a particular patient, including the method of consumption
and any particular dosage, strain, variety and quantity or percentage
of medical marijuana or particular active ingredient.
[Added 2-25-2019 by Ord.
No. 823]
An independently supported sign, not attached to any building.
The term "freestanding sign" shall include billboards. For the purposes
of this chapter, a V-type sign and a back-to-back sign arrangement
shall constitute two separate signs. Further, for the purposes of
this chapter, an "off-premises freestanding sign" shall be defined
as a sign that directs attention to a business, commodity, service,
entertainment, institution or other use which is offered at a location
other than upon the premises on which the sign is located. An "on-premises
sign" is a sign that directs attention to a business, commodity, service,
entertainment, institution or other permitted use which is offered
on the same premises where the sign is located.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
The lot width measured along the right-of-way line of any
street or highway abutting a lot.
All signs erected by a governmental body, or under the direction
of such a body, such as safety signs, signs identifying public schools
and playgrounds, excepting identification signs for schools or educational
institutions, and also excepting traffic control signs.
[Added 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
The level of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of
a building or structure, or adjacent to the base of a sign.
See "floor area."
The gross leasable area of commercial buildings shall equal
the sum of the gross horizontal areas of every floor of a building
measured to the interior faces of exterior walls and to the interior
face of party walls; to the extent other areas are used for selling
goods and/or services to the general public, and are open for use
by the general public on a regular basis and are fully enclosed (with
or without a roof), then the calculation shall include basement space,
atria, mezzanines, upper floors and space that is external to the
outside wall faces that is used for sales such as, but not limited
to, garden centers.
A building constituting a single housekeeping unit of not
fewer than four and not more than 14 persons with handicaps, not necessarily
related by blood, marriage, adoption or legal guardianship. All group
homes shall be licensed and regulated by the Pennsylvania Department
of Public Welfare ("DPW"). Facilities which house persons who pose
a direct physical threat to the community shall not be deemed a "group
home" under the provisions of this chapter, noting that such persons
include, but are not necessarily limited to, individuals who have
violent behavioral disorders or who have been convicted or adjudicated
delinquent for violent offenses. The following facilities also do
not constitute group homes under this chapter: a group institution,
a correctional facility, an alcohol or drug treatment facility, a
halfway house for adults, a work release facility for individuals
convicted of a crime, a facility providing housing to sexual offenders,
or any such similar facility.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
A building constituting a household of not more than 14 persons,
not necessarily related by blood, marriage, adoption or legal guardianship.
All group institutions shall be licensed and regulated by the Pennsylvania
Department of Public Welfare ("DPW") and accredited by an authorized
third-party agency, such as the Joint Commission [formerly the Joint
Commission on Accreditation on Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)].
Group institutions shall include those facilities that serve as a
court-mandated alternative to incarceration, as well as those facilities
that provide housing to juveniles adjudicated delinquent of nonviolent
offenses. Group institutions shall not provide housing for individuals
who have violent behavioral disorders or who have been convicted or
adjudicated delinquent for violent offenses. The following facilities
also do not constitute group institutions under this chapter: an alcohol
or drug treatment facility, a halfway house for adults, a work release
facility for individuals convicted of a crime, a facility providing
housing to sexual offenders, or a secured care facility, secure detention
or secure treatment center (such as where the residents have been
convicted or adjudicated for violent offenses). Group institutions
shall not provide, nor be licensed to provide, treatment for adjudicated
sex offenders, fire setters, murderers, kidnappers, armed robbers
or juveniles diagnosed with violent psychiatric disorders.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership,
association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which
holds a permit from the DOH to grow and process medical marijuana.
[Added 2-25-2019 by Ord.
No. 823]
Any building or structure used to grow medical marijuana
by a licensed grower/processor that has a current and valid license
from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) pursuant
to the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act (Act 16 of 2016).[2]
[Added 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 794]
With respect to a person, a physical or mental impairment
which substantially limits one or more major life activities or having
a record of such an impairment or being regarded as having such an
impairment. The Zoning Hearing Board shall interpret this term consistent
with its meaning as provided in the Fair Housing Amendments Act and
the applicable provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations set forth
thereunder.
[Added 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
Garbage, refuse, or sludge from an industrial or other wastewater
treatment plant; sludge from a water supply treatment plant or air
pollution control facility; and other discarded material, including
solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material resulting from
municipal, commercial, industrial, institutional, mining, or agricultural
operations, and from community activities; or a combination of the
above, which because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical
or infectious characteristics may do one of the following:
Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality
or increase in morbidity in either an individual or the total population.
Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health
or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed
of or otherwise managed.
The vertical distance measured from the grade of the cartway
nearest to the sign to its highest point of the sign. The highest
point in the case of a sign shall include the supporting structure.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
A place of egress from or access to a street or highway created
by a driveway or another street or highway. Measurement between them
shall be from the termination of one such point to the beginning of
another such point.
The lot dimension measured along the right-of-way line of
any one street or highway abutting a lot.[3]
A building, site, structure, and/or district designated on
the Historic Resources Map.
[Added 10-9-2017 by Ord.
No. 778]
The map adopted as Appendix A[4] of this Zoning Ordinance, which depicts the location and
designation of the Historic Resources and their respective classifications.
[Added 10-9-2017 by Ord.
No. 778]
A sign that designates an historic resource located on the
premises on which the sign is located.
[Amended 10-9-2017 by Ord. No. 778]
An occupation customarily conducted within a dwelling unit
and as indicated within the home occupation regulations of this chapter
excluding bed-and-breakfast.
A room in the dwelling unit that may contain a desk, computer,
possibly with modem, fax machine, copy machine, telephone, answering
machine where appointments are made, supplies are ordered, etc.
An institution designed for the prevention, diagnosis, intervention,
treatment, rehabilitation and care of human injury, illness, pregnancy
or infirmity and providing health services which shall include acute
and surgical care facilities and which may include, as related facilities,
wellness facilities, laboratories, x-ray services, clinical treatment
and therapy services, outpatient service facilities and departments,
pharmacy and hospice services, training facilities, and offices used
primarily for the private or group practice by staff health care practitioners.
A building or group of buildings containing seven or more
individual rooms for rental, primarily for transients, with common
hallways for all rooms on the same floor, and where no provision is
made for cooking in any individual room or suite. "Hotel" does not
include institutional or educational uses and buildings where human
beings are housed under legal constraint.
A waste that would be considered hazardous under the Pennsylvania
Solid Waste Act,[5] but for the fact that it is produced in quantities smaller
than those regulated as hazardous waste under the Act and is generated
by persons not otherwise covered as hazardous waste generators by
that Act.
A document issued by the DOH that permits access to medical
marijuana.
[Added 2-25-2019 by Ord.
No. 823]
A freestanding sign that displays the name, address, and
number of a building, institution or person being limited to the activity/service
carried out in the building, institution or the occupancy of the person
on the premises on which the sign is located (being only an on-premises
sign). Identification signs shall include: bulletin or announcement
boards for schools, churches, clubs, lodges, or similar uses; signs
identifying the name of a subdivision; and signs identifying the name
of a multifamily dwelling (such as garden apartments, townhouses,
and PRDs).
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
A surface, such as a building or paved area, that is not
easily penetrated by water, with a runoff coefficient of 0.8 or greater.
In addition, areas covered by gravel or stone that are intended for
vehicular movement or parking shall be considered to be impervious
for the purpose of this chapter.
Any type of structure or paved section, excluding improvements
necessary for entrance or exit driveways, curb, sidewalk, planting
strip or barrier to unchanneled motor vehicle entrance or exit.
The minimum distance an improvement must be set back from
a street right-of-way line.
A line parallel to and measured at right angles from a street
line. No improvements are permitted between the street line and the
improvement setback line.
A small sign, emblem or decal less than eight square feet
per side in area, informing the public of goods, facilities or services
available on the premises, e.g., a credit card sign, directional (entrance,
exit) or a sign indicating hours of business.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
An entrepreneurial company (whether a sole proprietorship
or any business entity recognized under state law) who is being assisted
by a business incubator through the provision of an array of business-support
resources and services, including, but not limited to, affordable
physical spaces, shared offices, common services, financial assistance,
marketing support, coaching, and networking connections.
[Added 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 794]
An organization designed to accelerate the growth and success
of business incubatees (typically two or more sharing some form of
common area) through an array of business-support resources and services,
including, but not limited to, affordable physical spaces, shared
offices, common services, financial assistance, marketing support,
coaching, and networking connections.
[Added 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 794]
A building, structure or use that involves the housing of
more than five individuals that are not related in a building, structure
or use regulated as an institutional use under the Uniform Building
Code or any Pennsylvania State health, welfare or safety act, statute
or code classifying such home, structure, building or use as an institutional
use for purposes of health, safety or welfare regulation, permitting
or classification of the use or structure.
A lot, land or structure, or part thereof, used for the buying,
trading, collecting, dismantling, storage and/or sale of scrap or
discarded material, including, but not limited to, scrap metal, scrapped,
abandoned or junked motor vehicles, machinery, equipment, glass and
containers, but not including refuse or garbage kept in a proper container
for the purpose of prompt disposal.
A commercial establishment wherein domesticated pets are
kept for breeding, boarding, sale or show purposes [also see "boarding
kennel" and "boarding kennel (short term)"].
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved land, including
the improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts
or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
A group of two or more residential or nonresidential buildings,
whether proposed initially or cumulatively, or a single nonresidential
building on a lot or lots regardless of the number of occupants or
tenure;
The division or allocation of land and/or space, whether initially
or cumulatively, between or among two or more existing or prospective
occupants by means of or for the purpose of streets, common areas,
leaseholds, condominium, building groups or other features;
A subdivision of land.
A business that provides washing, drying, and/or ironing
machines for hire to be used by customers on the premises.
[Added 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 794]
A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by
a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed
or built upon as a unit.
The area contained within the property lines of a lot excluding
space within all street rights-of-way.
The percentage of a lot covered by principal and accessory
buildings.
A line forming the front, rear or side boundary of a lot.
FRONT LOT LINEThe line separating a lot from a street. The front lot line is also the street line.
REAR LOT LINEThe lot line that is opposite the front lot line. The rear line of any triangularly or irregularly shaped lot shall be established such that it will be at least 10 feet long.
A lot or parcel recorded in the office of the Recorder of
Deeds of Berks County, Pennsylvania.
The distance between side lot lines when measured at the
street line, the minimum lot width shall be provided contiguous along
the street line of one street, and the minimum building setback line,
the minimum lot width shall be provided contiguous along the minimum
building setback line established from one street. In the case of
a corner lot, the minimum lot width must be provided along the street
line and minimum building setback line established from one street
only.
Any method of pressure on or friction against, or stroking,
kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, vibrating, or stimulating of
the external parts of the human body with the hands or with the aid
of any mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliances with or without
such supplementary aids as rubbing alcohol, liniments, antiseptics,
oils, powder, creams, lotions, ointments, or other such similar preparations
commonly used in the practice of massage, under such circumstances
that it is reasonably expected that the person to whom the treatment
is provided or some third person on his or her behalf will pay money
or give any other consideration or any gratuity therefor.
Any establishment having a source of income or compensation
derived from the practice of massage and which has a fixed place of
business where any person, firm, association or corporation engages
in or carries on the practice of massage; provided, however, that
this definition shall not be construed to include a hospital, nursing
home, medical clinic, or the office of a physician, surgeon, chiropractor,
osteopath, or physical therapist duly licensed by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, nor barbershops or beauty shops in which massages
are administered only to the scalp, face, neck or the shoulders. In
addition, this definition shall not be construed to include a volunteer
fire department, a volunteer rescue squad or a nonprofit organization
operating a community center, a swimming pool, tennis court, or other
educational, cultural, recreational or athletic facilities and facilities
for the welfare of the residents of the area.
A voluntary negotiating process in which parties in a dispute
mutually select a neutral mediator to assist them in jointly exploring
and settling their differences, culminating in a written agreement
which the parties themselves create and consider acceptable.
A facility operated by one or more physicians, dentists,
chiropractors or other licensed practitioners of the healing arts
for the examination and treatment of persons solely on an outpatient
basis.
[Added 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 794]
Marijuana for certified medical use as legally permitted
by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with Act 16.
[Added 2-25-2019 by Ord.
No. 823]
Any facility used to house delivery vehicles for supplying
marijuana plants or seeds to one or more grower/processor facilities
and/or dispensary facilities.
[Added 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 794]
A dispensary or a grower/processor of marijuana for medical
purposes.
[Added 2-25-2019 by Ord.
No. 823]
A building used exclusively by physicians, dentists, and
similar personnel for the treatment and examination of patients solely
on an outpatient basis, provided that no overnight patients shall
be kept on the premises.
[Added 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 794]
A sign that is directly affixed to a building or structure
and identifies the date of the erection thereof.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
A facility for the brewing of beer that produces less than
15,000 barrels per year. It may include a tasting room and retail
space to sell the beer to patrons on the site.
[Added 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 794]
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, which is leased by the
park owner to the occupants of the mobile home erected on the lot.
A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned
and improved for the placement of mobile homes for nontransient use,
consisting of two or more mobile home lots.
Use by Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
A business or commercial activity administered or conducted
as an accessory use which is clearly secondary to the use as a residential
dwelling and which involves neither customer, client, or patient traffic,
nor pickup, delivery, or removal functions, in excess of those normally
associated with residential use. The activity must further satisfy
specified requirements.
A lot the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to
the adoption or amendment of this chapter, but which fails to conform
to the requirements of the zoning district which it is located by
reasons of such adoption or amendment.
A sign which does not conform to the requirements of this
chapter or subsequent amendments hereto, but which lawfully existed
prior to the enactment of this chapter.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
A structure or building, or part thereof, which does not
meet the applicable provisions or requirements of the zoning district
in which it is located, either at the time of enactment of this chapter
or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such building
or structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment of such ordinance
or amendment. Such nonconforming structures include, but are not limited
to, nonconforming signs.
The use, whether of land or of structure, which does not
meet the applicable provisions or requirements of the zoning district
in which it is located, either at the time of enactment of this chapter
or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, but which did not violate
any applicable use regulations prior to the enactment of such ordinances
or amendments. However, no existing use shall be deemed nonconforming
solely because of the existence of less than the required number of
off-street parking spaces.
Any notice required by this chapter to be sent to a party
or person in interest shall be sent to the last known address of such
party or person in interest by certified U.S. first-class mail, delivered
to addresses only, return receipt requested.
Establishment providing nursing, dietary and other similar
personal services to convalescents, invalids or aged persons, but
excluding treatments which are customarily provided in sanitariums
and hospitals.
A sign that directs attention to a business, commodity, service,
entertainment, institution or other use which is offered at a location
other than upon the premises on which the sign is located.
[Added 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
An area adjacent to a watercourse, which can be expected
to flood on the average once during any one-hundred-year period (i.e.,
that has one-percent chance of occurring each year, although the flood
may occur in any year).
A sign that directs attention to a business, commodity, service,
entertainment, institution or other permitted use which is offered
on the same premises where the sign is located.
[Added 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
Free of all buildings, paving, other impervious surfaces,
outside storage and structures except as permitted by this chapter.
Landscaping or screening as permitted by this chapter may occur within
the open area.
A residential development containing attached or detached units on a limited portion of land with the remaining land areas consolidated into common open space areas and with certain deed restrictions and other covenant requirements for open space. Refer to § 390-60.
A tract of land designed and utilized by the general public
for active and/or passive outdoor recreation purposes, which includes
a fenced or secured dog park.
Paved outdoor area adjoining a residence.
The portion of lot area, excluding building coverage, that
is covered by concrete, asphalt, brick, paving block, tile, flagstone,
compacted earth, compacted crushed stone, other natural or manufactured
paving material, etc.; also includes areas covered by artificial turf
that is supported by an impervious substructure.
Any sign which is not a temporary sign.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
Any natural person, partnership, firm, association, corporation
or other legal entity.
A premise in which food, shelter and personal assistance
or supervision are provided for a period exceeding 24 hours for four
or more adults who are not relatives of the operator, who do not require
the services in or of a licensed long-term care facility, but who
do require assistance or supervision in matters such as dressing,
bathing, diet, financial management, evacuation of a residence in
the event of an emergency or medication prescribed for self-administration.
A business engaged in providing services generally to individuals,
by persons who may or may not be licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
These businesses are barber shops, beauty and nail salons, massage
therapy, personal fitness training, beauty or health spas or salons,
tailor shops, dressmaker shops, diet and weight reducing centers,
laundromats and dry cleaners (drop off), linen supplies, shoe repair,
music and art instruction studios, photographic studios, travel bureau,
locksmiths, tanning salons and costume rental. No other personal service
uses are permitted.
[Added 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 794]
A commercial recreational land use conducted entirely within
a building, including, but not limited to, an arcade, arena, art gallery
and studio, art center, assembly hall, athletic and health clubs,
auditorium, bowling alley, club or lounge, community center, conference
center, exhibit hall, gymnasium, library, movie theater, museum, performance
theater, pool or billiard hall, skating rink, swimming pool, or tennis
court.
[Added 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 794]
Any sign designed to be moved easily and not permanently
affixed to the ground or to a structure or building.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
Area occupied by a business or other public enterprise. When
more than one business occupies a single building on the ground floor,
each business area shall be considered a separate premises. A business
or other public enterprise, which occupies other floors, shall be
considered separate premises.
A building or structure in which a principal use on a lot
is conducted.
The main or primary purpose for which any land, structure
or building is designed, arranged or intended, and for which they
may be occupied or maintained under the terms of this chapter.
A street not dedicated to Exeter Township.
Persons who provide expert or professional advice, including,
but not limited to, architects, attorneys, certified public accountants,
engineers, geologists, land surveyors, landscape architects or planners.
Signs indicating the name, profession, or activity of the
occupancy or of the property (i.e., being limited to an on-premises
sign).
[Added 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
An on-premises sign that promotes or advertises a special
event on a property, limited to not more than four times per calendar
year in a commercial or industrial zoned district, such as banners,
A-type, sandwich-type, sidewalk or curb signs.
[Added 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
Notice published once each week for two successive weeks
in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township. Such notice
shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature
of the matter to be considered at the hearing. The first publication
shall be not more than 30 days and the second publication shall not
be less than seven days from the date of the hearing, or as may be
required by Act 247, as amended.[6]
A public thoroughfare, including a street, road, lane, alley,
court or similar terms, which has been dedicated or deeded to the
Township and accepted by it.
A tax-supported educational facility controlled and operated
by the Exeter Township School District.
Signs necessary for the identification and protection of
approved public utility facilities.
[Added 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
A sign advertising the sale or rental of real estate.
[Added 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
A modification to the rules and regulations contained in
this chapter, as amended, that enables persons with handicaps to acquire
equal access to housing as provided in the Fair Housing Amendments
Act.
[Added 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
OUTDOORA recreational use and associated facilities designed and equipped for the conduct of sports and leisure time activities, including swimming, tennis and other court games, baseball and other field sports, playground and other outdoor activities, but excluding amusement parks, go-cart tracks, shooting ranges and other activities which generate noise objectionable to a residential environment.
INDOORThe use of a building or part thereof for indoor sports such as bowling, tennis, racquetball, squash, indoor basketball, indoor swimming and those sports activities usually conducted indoors, but excluding target shooting or any other activities that create loud noises or may be dangerous or disturbing to surrounding residents.
A sign identifying a golf course, country club or other recreational
facility when located on the premises thereof, and containing no commercial
advertising.
[Added 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
The process of creating woodlands with three distinct layers
of vegetation: canopy trees; understory shrubs or trees; and herbaceous
groundcover plants.
The registry established by the DOH for all medical marijuana
organizations and practitioners.
A room or suite of rooms providing toilets and lavatories.
Establishment providing nursing, dietary and other similar
personal services to convalescents, invalids or aged persons, but
excluding other treatments, which are customarily provided in sanitariums
and hospitals.
The total width of any land reserved or dedicated as a street,
road, lane, alley, crosswalk or for other public or semipublic uses.
Land adjacent to a stream, lake, pond, wetlands, or waterway.
Riparian areas form the transition between the aquatic and the terrestrial
environment.
As listed in § 390-12B(17).
[Added 8-26-2013 by Ord. No. 744]
A retail sales use where one vendor displays and sells general
merchandise that is new or used.
[Added 8-26-2013 by Ord. No. 744]
Exeter Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance
No. 550, as amended, or any subsequent enactment thereof.[7]
A land site on which engineering principles are utilized
to bury deposits of solid waste without creating public health or
safety hazards or nuisances.
A sanitary sewage collection system in which sewage is varied
from individual lots by a system of pipes to a temporary central treatment
and disposal plant, generally serving a neighborhood area.
Any structure designed to treat sanitary sewage within the
boundaries of any individual lot.
A sanitary sewage collection system in which sewage is carried
from individual lots by a system of pipes to a central treatment and
disposal plant.
Public or private, including parochial and nonsectarian schools.
Vegetative material, fence, etc., planted for or constructed
to screen the buildings, structures and uses on the lot on which the
screen is located from the view of people on adjoining properties.
Any consecutive three-month period within a calendar year.
A minor right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access
to the side or rear of two or more properties, which is not the primary
means of access to the properties. (See "alley.")
A person who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent
of an offense as set forth in 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9795.1 (relating
to registration of sexual offenders).
The multiple use of a single property for a planned group
of nonresidential uses, including retail operations, personal services,
offices, financial institutions, medical and dental clinics, restaurants,
family entertainment centers, taverns, nightclubs and similar planned
uses as determined by the Zoning Officer, where the uses exceed a
cumulative total of 30,000 gross square feet of floor area and are
owned and maintained by an individual, corporation, partnership or
organization. All shopping centers shall be planned and designed as
an integrated, coordinated unit or converted as such with common off-street
parking facilities, stormwater management facilities and utility services.
An area within which no vision-obstructing object is permitted
above a height of 2 1/2 feet and below a height of 10 feet.
Any structure, wall or other outdoor surface, or any device
or part thereof, which displays or includes any letter, word, model,
banner, flag, pennant, insignia, device or other representations used
for announcement, direction, information, attraction or advertisement.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
The art and science of controlling the establishment, growth,
composition, health and quality of forests and woodlands to meet the
diverse needs and values of landowners and society on a sustainable
basis.
A wind energy generation and/or conversion system with a
rated capacity of 100 kW or less, the main purpose of which is to
generate electricity and to reduce on-site consumption of utility
power, consisting of a wind turbine, a tower, mounting frame and associated
control or conversion electronics.
Waste, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous
materials.
The granting by the Zoning Hearing Board for permission to
conduct a use permitted in a particular district, to undertake certain
activities, to occupy or use land, buildings or structures for a specific
purpose or in a certain manner in accordance with this chapter.
A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way (i.e.,
not limited to the cartway) intended to be used by vehicular traffic
or pedestrians. The word "street" includes street, avenue, boulevard,
road, highway, freeway, parkway, lane, alley, viaduct and other ways
used or intended to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians whether
public or private. Streets are further classified according to the
function they perform:
ARTERIALS:
PRINCIPAL ARTERIALSServes statewide or interstate travel. Serves all urbanized areas. Provides integrated movements without stub connections.
MINOR ARTERIALSLinks cities, larger towns and other traffic generators. Provides integrated interstate and intercounty service. Spaced at proper intervals consistent with population density. Corridor movements consistent with above with greater trip lengths and travel densities than those served by rural collector or local systems.
COLLECTORS:
MAJOR COLLECTORSProvides service to county seats, larger towns and other traffic generators. Connects routes of higher classification. Serves intracounty travel corridors.
MINOR COLLECTORSSpaced at intervals to collect traffic from local roads. Provides services to remaining smaller communities. Links local traffic generators with rural hinterland.
INTERSTATE AND OTHER LIMITED ACCESS FREEWAYSProvides limited access facilities.
LOCAL ROADSProvides access to land adjacent to collector network. Serves travel over relatively short distances. Constitutes all rural mileage not classified in one of the higher systems.
CUL-DE-SAC STREETA local road intersecting another street at one end, and terminating in a vehicular turnaround at the other end.
HALF (PARTIAL) STREETA street, generally parallel and adjacent to a property line, having a lesser right-of-way width than normally required for improvement and use of the street.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETA local road parallel and adjacent to an arterial street but separated from it by a reserve strip, which provides access to abutting properties and control of intersections with the arterial street.
SERVICE STREET (ALLEY)A minor right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access to the side or rear of two or more properties which is not the primary means of access to the properties.
A sign that identifies and/or directs vehicular traffic as
to location of nearby streets and roadways.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
The lot dimension measured along the street line or right-of-way
line of any one street or highway abutting a lot.
The dividing line between a lot and the outside boundary
of a public street, road or highway right-of-way legally open or officially
mapped by a municipality or higher governmental authority, between
a lot and the outside boundary of a street shown on a recorded subdivision
or land development plan, or between a lot and a private street, road
or way over which the owners or tenants of two or more lots held in
single and separate ownership have a right-of-way.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land (excluding
paved areas, parking lots, driveways and access drives).
A pool used for swimming or bathing which has a depth in
any part of 24 inches or more.
A facility having two or more storage containers for the
transfer of inorganic liquids or gases and from which no retail sale
of fuel to the public is conducted.
A sign not constructed or intended for long term use, not
including portable or vehicular signs as defined.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
The cutting and removal of trees from a forested area. Several
types of timber harvesting methods are defined as follows:
CLEAR-CUTThe establishment of a new even-aged stand from the development of new trees after removal in a single cutting of all trees in the previous stand, except trees reserved as part of the Bureau of Forestry reservation guidelines. Regeneration is established after the cut from one or more of the following: natural seeding, direct seeding, planted seedlings, or coppice regeneration. Fences, herbicide, or fertilizer are options to protect or enhance established regeneration for any of the areas having significant deer browsing or other inhibiting vegetation problems.
DIAMETER-LIMIT CUTA timber harvesting treatment in which all trees over a specified diameter may be cut. Diameter-limit cuts often result in high-grading.
HIGH-GRADINGA type of timber harvesting in which larger trees of commercially valuable species are removed with little regard for the quality, quantity, or distribution of trees and regeneration left on the site; often results when a diameter-limit harvest is imposed.
IMPROVEMENT CUTTINGThe removal of trees of undesirable species, form or condition from the main canopy of the stand to improve the health, composition and value of the stand.
SALVAGE CUTTINGThe removal of dead trees or trees being damaged or dying due to injurious agents other than competition, to recover value that would otherwise be lost.
SINGLE TREE SELECTION METHODA method of creating new age classes in uneven-age stands in which individual trees of all size classes are removed more-or-less uniformly throughout the stand to achieve desired stand structural characteristics and regenerate shade-tolerant species.
GROUP SELECTION METHODThe removal of trees in different areas to create openings in the forest canopy to stimulate regeneration of shade-intolerant species.
The point above a waterway which defines the maximum height
of channel flow of a waterway. It is either determined visually or
computed as a topographic elevation.
The height above grade of the fixed portion of the tower
excluding the wind turbine itself.
Township of Exeter, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Planning Commission of the Township of Exeter, Berks County,
Pennsylvania.
Board of Supervisors of the Township of Exeter, Berks County,
Pennsylvania.
A sign that directs the flow of vehicular traffic.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
An on-premises sign that regulates the flow of traffic, parking
or the location of on-premises facilities (such as lavatory facilities,
telephone facilities, and sections of a building) located on the property
on which the sign is erected.
[Added 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
A vehicular portable structure built or designed to be mounted
on a chassis or wheels or constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled
vehicle for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation and/or
vacation purposes.
An on-premises sign that indicates that trespassing on a
property is prohibited, or other signs indicating the private nature
of premises or controlling hunting or fishing activities on the premises.
[Added 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
The vertical distance measured from grade plane to the highest
point of the wind turbine rotor plane.
The specific purpose for which land, a sign, or a structure
or building is designed, arranged, intended or for which it may be
occupied or maintained or any activity, occupation, business or operation
which may be carried on, thereon or therein. The term "permitted use"
or its equivalent shall not be deemed to include any nonconforming
use.
Minimum relief granted by the Zoning Hearing Board from the
terms and conditions of this chapter where literal enforcement would
create unnecessary hardship and when granting of the waiver would
not be contrary to the public interest.
A sign which is affixed to a vehicle in such a manner that
the carrying of such sign or signs is no longer incidental to the
vehicle's primary purpose but becomes a primary purpose in itself.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
Any conduct disorder of person diagnosed by a licensed psychologist
or psychiatrist that includes three or more of examples of the following
behavior within the prior twelve-month period:
Any of the following offenses, or an attempt, a solicitation
or a conspiracy to commit any of the same: aggravated assault, robbery
(limited to those robberies graded under the Crimes Code as felonies
of the first degree), burglary (limited to those burglaries graded
under the Crimes Code as felonies of the first degree), murder, voluntary
manslaughter, rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, arson,
extortion accompanied by threats of violence, assault by prisoner,
assault by life prisoner and kidnapping.
An upright structure of masonry, wood, plaster or other building
material serving to enclose, divide or protect an area.
A system for supplying and distributing water from a common
source to 10 or more dwellings and/or other buildings within a single
neighborhood, and which additionally shall comply with all other local
and state ordinances and regulations incidental to the use thereof.
A system for supplying and distributing water to a single
dwelling or other building from a source located on the same lot.
A system for supplying and distributing water from a common
source to 10 or more dwellings and other buildings, but not confined
to one neighborhood, and which additionally shall comply with all
other local and state ordinances and regulations incidental to the
use thereof.
A stream, creek, river, pond, lake, or other watercourse
or water body.
Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water
or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support,
and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation
typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, including
swamps, marshes, bogs, fens and similar areas.
A component of a wind energy conversion system that converts
wind energy into electricity through the use of a wind-powered generator,
and includes the nacelle, rotor, tower, and pad transformer, if any.
A sign affixed to or visible through a window of a building.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. 713]
The open space on the same lot with a building or structure,
extending parallel to lot lines and street lines and measured at a
distance perpendicular to lot and street lines. The yard shall be
open and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise
provided in this chapter, and not less in depth or width than the
minimum required in each zoning district.
An open space between an adjacent street right-of-way and
a line drawn parallel thereto, at such distance there from as may
be specified herein for any zoning district, and extending for the
full width of the lot.
An open space between the rear lot line and a line drawn
parallel thereto at such distance therefrom as may be specified herein
for any zoning district, and extending for the full width of the lot,
except that in the case where the rear lot line is included within
a service street, the rear yard shall be between the right-of-way
line of the service street nearest the front yard of the lot and a
line drawn parallel to such right-of-way line of the service street.
Any public sale of goods on residential property, including,
but not limited to, the residential properties, garage, home, lawn,
or yard.
An open space between the side lot line and a line drawn
parallel thereto at such distance there from as may be specified herein
for any zoning district, and extending from the front yard to the
rear yard, except that in the case where the side lot line is included
within a service street, the side yard shall be between the right-of-way
line of the service street nearest the principal use or building on
the lot and a line drawn parallel to such right-of-way of the service
street.
Exeter Township Zoning Hearing Board.
Exeter Township Zoning Officer or assistants.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 10231.101 et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 10231.101 et seq.
[3]
Editor's Note: The former definition of “historic structure,”
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 10-9-2017
by Ord. No. 778.
[4]
Editor's Note: Appendix A is on file in the Township offices.
[5]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq.
[6]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
