Words used in the present tense include the future tense. The singular
includes the plural. The word "person" includes an individual, a corporation,
a partnership and incorporated association or any other similar entity. The
word "lot" includes the words "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 following words are defined in order to facilitate the interpretation
of this chapter for administrative purposes and in the carrying out of duties
by appropriate officers and by the Zoning Hearing Board. Unless otherwise
expressly stated, the following words shall, for the purpose of this chapter,
have the meaning herein indicated:
A building subordinate to and detached from the main building and
located on the same lot with such principal use or structure.
A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use
of the main building and located on the same lot with such principal use or
main building.
Agricultural operations involving seeding, planting or plowing.
[Added 5-30-2006 by Ord. 301]
The tilling of the soil, the raising of crops, horticulture, gardening
and animal husbandry.
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.
As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement
in the structural parts or in the existing facilities, or an enlargement,
whether by extending on a side or by increasing height, or the moving from
one location or position to another.
Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing
walls, columns, beams or girders.
A building used for the treatment, housing or boarding of small domestic
animals, such as dogs, cats, rabbits and birds or fowl, by a veterinarian.
Providing shelter such as a stable, pen, coop, barn, kennel, cage,
etc., for the housing of animals, including more than three dogs.
A dwelling unit within a multiple dwelling. This classification includes
apartment houses, apartment hotels, bachelor apartments, studio apartments
and kitchenette apartments. Conversion apartments are not included in this
classification.
Every application, whether preliminary, tentative or final, required
to be filed and approved prior to start of construction or development, including
but not limited to an application for a building permit, for the approval
of a subdivision plat or plan or for the approval of a development plan.
A list of trees to be maintained with the secretary for Antrim Township
at the Township office. The tree list shall be approved initially by resolution
of the Antrim Township Board of Supervisors and may be modified by resolution
of the Board.
[Added 9-24-2002 by Ord. No. 277]
A property that has any artifacts, remains, objects or any other
evidence of historic or anthropological value located on the property, whether
found above or below the surface of the earth.
[Added 7-10-2007 by Ord. No. 308]
The total of areas taken on a horizontal plane at the main grade
level of the principal building and all accessory buildings, exclusive of
uncovered porches, terraces and steps.
An owner-occupied single-family detached dwelling where not more
than four bedrooms are rented to overnight guests on a daily basis for periods
not exceeding one week.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
An area bounded by streets.
Any body granted jurisdiction under a land use ordinance or under
this chapter to render final adjudications.
A building, other than a hotel or motel, where, for compensation
and arrangement, meals or lodging and meals are provided for five or more
persons but not exceeding 10 persons.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended
for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals or chattels, and,
including covered porches or bay windows and chimneys.
A combination of materials to form a permanent structure having walls
and a roof. Included shall be all mobile homes and trailers to be used for
human habitation.
A building surrounded by open space on the same lot.
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the
proposed finished grade at the front of the building to the highest point
of the roof for flat roofs, to the deck line of mansard roofs and to the mean
height between waves and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.
A line parallel to the front, side or rear lot line set so as to
provide the required yard.
The line between a property defining the required minimum distance
between any enclosed structure and the adjacent right-of-way or other property
line.
A parcel of land used by campers for seasonal, recreational or other
temporary living purposes, in buildings of a movable, temporary or seasonal
nature, a travel trailer camp or travel trailer court.
A covered space, open on three sides, for the storage of one or more
vehicles and accessory to a main or accessory building.
Public water or a single well servicing two or more units.
Commercial establishment engaged in providing indoor and/or outdoor
amusement. The activities may include, but are not limited to, sports clubs,
amusement centers, batting cages, miniature golf, go-kart tracks, physical
fitness centers, skateboard centers and racquetball facilities.
[Added 7-10-2007 by Ord. No. 308]
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water, within a development site and designed and intended for
the use or enjoyment of residents of a development, not including streets,
off-street parking areas, and areas set aside for public facilities.
All properties within all residential zoning districts, Agricultural
(A), Agricultural Residential (AR), Low Density Residential (R-1), Medium
Density Residential (R-2) and Community Commercial (CC).
[Added 5-30-2006 by Ord. 301]
A legally drafted and recorded agreement between a landowner and
the Township, county, land trust, or other qualified organization in which
the owner agrees to place certain restrictions over all or portions of his/her
land in perpetuity to retain it in a predominantly natural, scenic, agricultural
or other open space condition. Except for the specific restrictions contained
in the easement document, the owner retains all other rights in the property.
The easement stays with the land and is therefore legally binding on present
and future owners.
[Added 5-30-2006 by Ord. 301]
The construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, extension,
expansion, alteration or relocation of a building or structure, including
the placement of mobile homes.
Ordinances and regulations of the Township of Antrim that apply to
subdivisions and land developments other than conservation by design regulations.
[Added 5-30-2006 by Ord. 301]
That portion or percentage of the plot or lot area covered by the
building area.
Any plant or tree that is grown in significant quantities to be harvested
as food, livestock fodder, for the production of textiles, or for another
economic purpose.
[Added 1-25-2005 by Ord. No. 291]
A right-of-way, publicly or privately owned, intended to furnish
access for pedestrians.
The officially established grade of the curb in front of the midpoint.
Final adjudication of a board or other body granted jurisdiction
under any land use ordinance or this chapter to do so, either by reason of
the grant of exclusive jurisdiction or by reason of appeals from determinations.
All decisions shall be appealable to the Court of Common Pleas of the county
and judicial district wherein the Township lies.
Final action by an officer, body or agency charged with the administration
of any land use ordinance or applications thereunder, except the following:
The Board of Supervisors.
The Zoning Hearing Board.
The Planning Commission, only if and to the extent the Planning Commission
is charged with the final decision on preliminary or final plans under the
subdivision and land development or planned residential development ordinances.
Determinations shall be appealable only to the boards designated as having
jurisdiction for such appeal.
Any landowner, agent of such landowner or tenant with permission
of such landowner, who makes or causes to be made a subdivision of land or
land development.
The removal of more than 250 cubic yards of land from a tract of
real estate or the displacement of more than 7,500 cubic yards of land from
a tract of real estate as a result of any man-made change to improved or unimproved
real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, the
placement of mobile homes, streets and other paving, utilities, filling, grading,
excavation, mining, dredging or drilling operation, changes in the contour
of the land and removal or destruction of topsoil, trees or other vegetative
cover of the land.
The provisions for development, including a planned residential development,
a plat of subdivision, all covenants relating to use, location and bulk of
buildings and other structures, intensity of use and density of development,
streets, ways and parking facilities, common open space and public facilities.
The phrase "provisions of development plan" when used in this chapter shall
mean the written and graphic materials referred to in this definition.
A vehicle which does not display the current Pennsylvania State Inspection
Certification or is manifestly incapable of being locomotive in its existing
condition.
For farming purposes, domesticated animals will be limited to alpacas,
beef or dairy cattle, goats, horses, llama, reindeer, deer, sheep, water buffalo,
bison, yak, donkeys, hogs or pigs, emus, ostriches, chickens, geese, ducks
and turkeys. All other domesticated animals for farming operations shall appeal
to the Board of Supervisors.
[Added 1-25-2005 by Ord. No. 291]
A surface, other than a street, which provides vehicular access from
a public street to a building on a lot.
[Added 10-24-1995 by Ord. No. 238]
A building or structure designed for living quarters for one or more
families, including homes which are supported either by a foundation or by
blocks or jacks or are otherwise permanently attached to the land, but not
including hotels, rooming houses or other accommodations used for transient
occupancy.
A building used by three or more families living independently of
each other and doing their own cooking, including apartment houses, row houses
or townhouses.
A dwelling used by one family, having only one dwelling unit and
having two side yards.
A dwelling used by one family, having one side yard and one party
wall in common with another dwelling unit.
A dwelling used by one family having two party walls in common with
other buildings (such as row house or townhouses) except for end units.
A dwelling used by two families, with one dwelling unit arranged
over the other and having two side yards.
A dwelling used by two families, with one dwelling arranged over
the other, having one side yard and one party wall in common with another
building.
A group of two or more single-family, two-family or multifamily dwellings
occupying a lot in one ownership.
One or more rooms used for living and sleeping purposes and having
a kitchen with fixed cooking facilities arranged for occupancy by one family.
A right-of-way granted for limited use of land for public or quasi-public
purpose.
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance, by public
utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies or private corporations
under contract to a municipality, of gas, electrical, telephone, steam or
water transmission or distribution systems, and sewer and solid waste disposal
systems, including buildings, enclosures, wells, pumping stations, poles,
mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call
boxes, traffic light signals, hydrants, sanitary landfills, incinerator waste
disposal areas, and other similar equipment and accessories and services in
connection therewith, reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate
service by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies
or private corporations under contract to a municipality, including firehouses
of fire companies and emergency services under agreement with the municipality
or for the public health or safety or general welfare.
One or more persons who live in one dwelling unit and maintain a
common household. A "family" may consist of a single person or of two or more
persons, whether or not related by blood, marriage or adoption. It may also
include domestic servants and gratuitous guests, but not occupants of a club,
fraternal lodging or boarding houses.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, successor to the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Insurance Administration.
The sale of used items offered to the public in an indoor or outdoor
display on property normally used for purposes other than such sales. Examples
of other purposes include, but are not limited to, residences, vacant lots
and commercial properties.
[Added 5-30-2006 by Ord. 301]
A general, but temporary condition of partial or complete inundation
of normally dry land areas from the overflow of streams, rivers or other waters
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The one-hundred-year floodplain and that maximum area of land that
is likely to be flooded by a one-hundred-year flood, as shown on the floodplain
maps provided by FEMA.
In the Conservation Design District floodplains, shall be the one-hundred-year
floodplain as defined in § 150-4 of the Zoning chapter; see the
definition of "one-hundred-year floodplain."
[Added 5-30-2006 by Ord. 301]
A relatively flat or low land area which is subject to partial or
complete inundation from an adjoining or nearby stream, river or watercourse;
and/or any area subject to the unusual and rapid accumulation of surface waters
from any source.
The operation of a program or activities which may consist of both
corrective and preventative measures for reducing flood damage, including
but not limited to such things as emergency preparedness for floods, flood
control works and floodplain management regulations.
This chapter, subdivision and land development regulations, building
codes, health regulations, special purpose ordinances, and other applications
of the police power. The term describes such state or local regulations in
any combination thereof, which provide standards for the purpose of flood
damage prevention and reduction.
Any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes
or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real
estate or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, structures
and their contents.
The portion of the one-hundred-year floodplain, including the watercourse
itself and any adjacent land area, that must be kept open in order to carry
the water of a one-hundred-year flood. At a minimum, any floodway must be
large enough to carry the water of the one-hundred-year flood without causing
an increase of more than one foot in the elevation of the existing one-hundred-year
flood.
A margin of safety, expressed in feet above the one-hundred-year-flood
elevation.
The yard on which the house fronts on the public or private road
right-of-way and shall coincide with the address. There shall only be one
front yard per parcel.
[Added 1-25-2005 by Ord. No. 291]
A trailer supported entirely by its own wheels.
[Added 1-23-2007 by Ord. No. 306]
A two-story multifamily dwelling containing one-story dwelling units
under one ownership.
An area growing plants of any type, which include but are not limited
to grass, trees, flowers, etc.
[Added 9-24-2002 by Ord. No. 277]
The number of dwelling units per acre computed by dividing the total
site area, excluding public rights-of-way, into the total number of proposed
dwelling units.
The floor of a building nearest the mean grade of the front of the
building.
The Board of Supervisors of Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
Any place, located either indoors or outdoors, engaged in any activities,
the predominant purpose of which is exercise, fitness, health maintenance,
improvement or rehabilitation, health or nutrition education or weight control.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
A building, structure, object, district, place site or area significant
in the history, architecture, maritime heritage or archaeology of the Township
of Antrim, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the United States of America.
[Added 7-10-2007 by Ord. No. 308]
As defined in Chapter 125.
[Added 5-30-2006 by Ord. 301]
Any use customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling or in a
building accessory thereto, provided that the use is clearly incidental and
secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes, the exterior appearance
of the structure or premises is constructed and maintained as a residential
dwelling, and no goods are publicly displayed on the premises other than signs
as provided herein.
A surface that prevents the percolation into the ground (examples
include but are not limited to stone/gravel materials, pavement, concrete,
buildings, etc.)
[Added 9-26-2006 by Ord. No. 304]
An indoor facility providing for entertainment and amusement. Not
included in this definition is an amusement arcade.
[Added 5-30-2006 by Ord. 301]
The manufacturing, compounding, processing, assembly or treatment
of materials, articles or merchandise.
A lot, land or structure, or part thereof, used primarily for the
collecting, storage and sale of waste paper, rags, scrap metal or discarded
material, or for the collecting, dismantling, storage and salvaging of machinery
or vehicles not in running condition, and for the sale of parts thereof.
[Amended 7-10-2007 by Ord.
No. 308]
Any of the following activities:
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 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, condominiums, building
groups or other features.
A subdivision of land.
Development in accordance with this chapter and the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, Act of 1968 and as reenacted and amended.[2]
Paving for commercial or industrial use.
Paving of more than 12,000 square feet for residential use. Paving over
concrete or bituminous surfaces which are already existing shall be excluded
from Subsections C and D above and this Subsection E.
Any alteration of the existing topography on a single nonresidential
lot, tract or parcel of land that alters the drainage characteristics of an
adjoining land parcel(s) or publicly held right-of-way by increasing the rate
of surface water runoff by more than 10%.
Any nonresidential development of land.
Interior changes that create any additional improvements as required
by the Code, including but not limited to: additional parking, increased sewer/water
flows, etc.
"Land development" does not include development which involves:
The conversion of an existing single-family detached dwelling or single-family
semidetached dwelling into not more than three residential units, unless such
units are intended to be a condominium.
The addition of an accessory building, including farm buildings, on
a lot or lots subordinate to an existing principal building.
The addition or conversion of buildings or rides within the confines
of an enterprise which would be considered an amusement park. For the purposes
of this subsection, an "amusement park" is defined as a tract or area used
principally as a location for permanent amusement structures or rides. This
exclusion shall not apply to newly acquired acreage by an amusement park until
initial plans for the expanded area have been approved by the proper authorities.
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 conditions), or a lessee if he or she is authorized under
the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner or other person having a
proprietary interest in land.
Any required landscaping (landscaping strips, islands and interior
landscaping) shall include a combination of the following elements: deciduous
trees, ground covers, evergreens, shrubs, vines, flowers, rocks, gravel, earth
mounds, berms, sculptures, fountains, sidewalk furniture or other approved
materials. Artificial plants, trees and shrubs may not be used to satisfy
any requirements for landscaping or screening. No less than 8% of the required
landscaped areas shall be vegetative in composition, and no outdoor storage
shall be permitted within required landscaped areas.
[Added 9-24-2002 by Ord. No. 277]
Domesticated animals that may be kept or raised in pens, pastures,
barns or farms as part of an agricultural or farming operation, whether for
commercial or private use.
[Added 1-25-2005 by Ord. No. 291]
An off-street space on the same lot with a building or contiguous
to a group of buildings, for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle
while loading or unloading merchandise or materials, and which abuts a street
or other appropriate means of access.
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 as shown on
a subdivision plan, excluding space within any public right-of-way and excluding
the area of easement.
A lot at the junction of and abutting two or more intersecting streets
or private roads or at the point of abrupt change of a single street or private
road, where the interior angle is less than 150° and the radius of the
street or private road line is less than 100 feet.
The average horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.[3]
A lot other than a corner lot.
The lines bounding a lot as defined herein.
The minimum lot width at the required building setback line.
A lot which has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds
of Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
A polygonal shaped lot with the appearance of a "frying pan" or "flag
and staff" in which the "handle" is most often used as the frontage on a public
street. The "handle" shall be not less than 50 feet in width and the lot shall
meet the other requirements as set forth in § 125-45G of Chapter
125, Subdivision and Land Development, and § 150-8E of this chapter,
and other requirements as set forth in the ordinances of the Township.[4]
[Added 10-24-1994 by Ord. No. 238]
Principal or accessory storage activities that are compatible with
neighboring uses and other permitted uses within the district. No activities
other than rental of storage units and pickup and deposit of storage shall
be allowed on the mini warehouse or storage facility premises.
[Added 9-24-2002 by Ord. No. 277]
The replacement of existing work with equivalent materials for the
purpose of its routine maintenance and upkeep, but not including the cutting
away of any wall, partition or portion thereof, the removal or cutting of
any structural beam or bearing support, or the removal or change of any required
means of egress, or rearrangement of parts of a structure affecting the exitway
requirements; nor shall minor repairs include addition to, alteration of,
replacement or relocation of any standpipe, water supply, sewer, drainage,
drain leader, gas, soil, waste, vent or similar piping, electrical wiring
or mechanical or other work affecting public health or general safety.
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 placed on a site for more than 180
consecutive days.
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the necessary
utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for the erection thereon
of a single mobile home.
A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which has been so designated
and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots for the placement
thereon of mobile homes.
A single building occupied or intended to be occupied by more than
one permitted principal use.
A body politic and corporate created pursuant to the Act of May 2,
1945 (P.L. 382, No. 164), known as the "Municipalities Authority Act of 1945."[5]
The Township of Antrim, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
A parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two or more
mobile home lots for rent or sale for which the construction of facilities
for servicing the lot on which the mobile home is to be affixed (including
at a minimum, the installation of utilities, either final site grading, or
the pouring of concrete pads, and the construction of streets) is complete
on or after the effective date of the floodplain management regulations adopted
by the Township Board of Supervisors.
A lot the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to the adoption
or amendment of this chapter, but which fails to conform to the requirements
of the zoning district in which it is located by reason of such adoption or
amendment.
A structure or part of a structure manifestly not designed to comply
with the use or extent of use provisions of the chapter or amendment heretofore
or hereafter enacted, where such structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment
of this chapter or amendment or prior to the application of this chapter or
amendment to its location by reason of annexation. Such nonconforming structures
include, but are not limited to, nonconforming signs.
A use, whether of land or of structure, which does not comply with
the applicable use provisions in this chapter or amendment heretofore or hereafter
enacted, where such use was lawfully in existence prior to the enactment of
this chapter or amendment, or prior to the application of this chapter or
amendment to its location by reason of annexation.
Any 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.
Any structure or assembly of materials, including fill above or below
the surface of the land or water, and any activity which might impede, retard
or change flood flows. The planting, cultivation and harvesting of field and
orchard crops or the grazing of livestock, including the maintenance of necessary
appurtenant, agricultural fencing, shall not be considered an "obstruction"
under this definition and shall not be subject to regulation under this section.
A building designed or used primarily for office purposes, no part
of which is used for manufacturing, or for dwelling other than by a watchman
or janitor.[6]
The highest level of flooding that, on the average, is likely to
occur every 100 years, that is that has a 1% chance of occurring each year.
The one-hundred-year floodway and that maximum area of land that
is likely to be flooded by a one-hundred-year flood as shown on the floodplain
maps provided by FEMA to the Township.
The unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with the building,
not including parking lots.
An amusement enterprise offering entertainment or games of skill
to the general public for a fee or charge wherein any portion of the activity
takes place outdoors.
[Added 5-30-2006 by Ord. 301]
The space within a building, or on a lot or parking lot, for the
parking or storage of one automobile.
Agricultural operations not involving seeding, planting or plowing.
[Added 5-30-2006 by Ord. 301]
An area of land, controlled by a landowner, to be developed as a
single entity for a number of dwelling units, or combination of residential
and nonresidential uses, the development plan for which does not correspond
in lot size, bulk, type of dwelling or use, density or intensity, lot coverage
and required open space to the regulations established in any one district
created, from time to time, under the provisions of this chapter.
The Planning Commission of Antrim Township.
The contamination of any air or water of the Township such as will
create or is likely to create a nuisance or to render such air or water harmful,
detrimental or injurious to public health, safety or welfare or to domestic,
municipal, industrial, agricultural, recreational or other legitimate beneficial
uses or to livestock, wild animals, birds, fish or to other aquatic life,
including but not limited to such contamination by alteration of the physical,
chemical or biological properties of such air or water or change in temperature,
taste, color or odor thereof or the discharge of any noxious liquid, gas,
radioactive material, solid or other substances into such air or water.
Land defined as "floodplain," "wetland" and/or having a slope greater
than 25%.
[Added 5-30-2006 by Ord. 301]
A room or rooms used for the carrying on of a profession recognized
by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which generally operates on an appointment
basis and generates low traffic. Professional office includes the office of
a physician, attorney, dentist, accountant or engineer.
Owned, operated or controlled by a government agency (federal, state
or local).
[Added 10-24-1995 by Ord. No. 238]
Includes:
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Board of Supervisors
or Planning Commission, intended to inform and obtain public comment, prior
to taking action in accordance with this chapter.
A forum held pursuant to notice under the Act of July 3, 1986, (P.L.
388, No. 84), known as the "Sunshine Act," 65 P.S. § 271 et seq.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
Notice published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper
of general circulation in the Township. Such notice shall state the time and
place of the hearing and the particular nature of the matter to be considered
at the hearing. The first publication shall not be more than 30 days and the
second publication shall not be less than seven days from the date of the
hearing.
The opposite of the front yard, and every lot shall have a rear yard.
There shall only be one rear yard per parcel.
[Added 1-25-2005 by Ord. No. 291]
The same setbacks as the front yard setbacks listed in the minimum
area regulations for the applicable zoning districts.
[Added 1-25-2005 by Ord. No. 291]
A recycling processing facility that separates or classifies metals,
glass, paper, leaf waste, plastics and other materials to be sold or reused
by a manufacturer as a substitute for or a supplement to virgin raw materials.
A resource recovery processing facility that provides for the extraction
and utilization of materials or energy from municipal wastes that are generated
off-site, including but not limited to a facility that mechanically extracts
materials from municipal wastes, a combustion facility that converts the organic
fraction to municipal wastes to usable energy and any chemical or biological
process that converts municipal wastes into a fuel product. The term also
includes any facility for the combustion of municipal wastes that is generated
off-site, whether or not the facility is operated to recover energy.
The one-hundred-year-flood elevation plus a freeboard safety factor
of one and one-half (1 1/2) feet.
Any letter, review, memorandum, compilation or similar writing made
by any body, board, officer or consultant other than a solicitor to any other
body, board, officer or consultant for the purpose of assisting the recipient
of such report in the rendering of any decision or determination. All reports
shall be deemed recommendatory and advisory only and shall not be binding
upon the recipient, board, officer, body or agency, nor shall any appeal lie
therefrom. Any report used, received or considered by the body, board, officer
or agency rendering a determination or decision shall be made available for
inspection to the applicant and all other parties to any proceeding upon request,
and copies thereof shall be provided at cost of reproduction.
See "recycling processing facility."
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.
Research that would not violate the intention of this chapter and
would not pose a threat to the health, safety or welfare of the Township and
its residents and is not unduly obnoxious by reason of danger of fire or explosion.
Safe research shall neither harm nor create a risk of harming either individuals
and/or their property in any manner. Safe research shall not cause inhuman
treatment to animals.
[Added 7-10-2007 by Ord. No. 308]
An establishment for research or product development, provided there
is no commercial production or storage of any hazardous, flammable, or corrosive
commodity or substance except for storage necessary for scientific research.
[Added 9-24-2002 by Ord. No. 277]
A well-maintained fence, wall, hedge or vegetative material at least
five feet in height and of a density to conceal from the view of adjoining
property owners the structures and uses of the premises on which the screening
is required to be located.
Those areas of a development tract which are somewhat less sensitive
than primary conservation areas and which may be critical to the effect the
development will have on both the natural environment and the rural character
of the community. The areas listed in § 125-73 are examples of secondary
conservation area land.
[Added 5-30-2006 by Ord. 301]
A detachable trailer for hauling freight, with wheels at the rear
end, the forward end being supported by the rear of a truck tractor when attached.
[Added 1-23-2007 by Ord. No. 306]
A group of stores planned and designed to function as a unit for
the lot on which it is located with off-street parking provided as an integral
part of the unit.
Any yard or yards other than the front yard or rear yard.
[Added 1-25-2005 by Ord. No. 291]
Any structure or device for visual communication that is used for
the purpose of bringing the subject thereof to the attention of the public,
but not including the following:
Flags and insignias of any government agency or civic, charitable, religious,
fraternal or similar organization.
Legal notices, identification, information or directional signs, erected
or required by governmental bodies.
Signs which are solely devoted to prohibiting trespassing, hunting or
fishing.
The total of each surface area used for the purpose of identifying
the product(s), activities and/or apprising the public of the location of
such enterprise.
A sign which directs attention to a use conducted, product or commodities
sold or service performed upon the premises.
An advertising sign, structure or symbol erected and maintained by
an individual or corporation upon which space there is displayed by means
of painting, posting or other method, advertising copy describing a wide variety
of products or services which are not necessarily made, produced, assembled,
stored or sold from the lot or premises upon which the advertisement is displayed.
The care and cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
[Added 5-30-2006 by Ord. 301]
That portion of any building included between the surface of any
floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or if there be no floor
above it, then the space between such floor and the ceiling next above it.
A story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which
at least two opposite exterior walls are not over two feet above the finished
floor of such story.
A public street, public avenue, public boulevard, public road, public
highway, public freeway, public alleyway or a public parkway which affords
vehicular access to abutting properties.
[Amended 10-24-1995 by Ord. No. 238]
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on
or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
Any repair, reconstruction or improvement of an existing mobile home
park or mobile home subdivision, where such repair, reconstruction or improvement
of the streets, utilities and pads will equal or exceed 50% of the value of
the streets, utilities and pads before the repair, reconstruction or improvement
is started.
Any repair, reconstruction or improvement of a structure, the cost
of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the structure either
before the improvement or repair is started, or, if the structure has been
damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred. For the purposes
of this definition, substantial improvement is considered to occur when the
first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor or other structural part of the
building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions
of the structure. The term does not, however, include either any project for
improvement of a structure to comply with existing state or local health,
sanitary or safety code specifications which are solely necessary to assure
safe living conditions, or any alteration to a structure listed on the National
Register of Historic Places or the State Inventory of Historic Places.
The Township of Antrim, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
A vehicle registered gross or combination weight in pounds 17,001
pounds or more as provided by the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 101 et seq.
[Added 1-23-2007 by Ord. No. 306]
Land and buildings used primarily for the storage and maintenance
of trucks and/or trailers and to transfer freight from one truck and/or trailer
to another. The terminal shall not be used for storage of freight. The terminal
may include storage areas for trucks and buildings for the repair of trucks
associated with the terminal.
[Added 1-23-2007 by Ord. No. 306]
See "common open space."
The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed, arranged,
intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained. The term "permitted
use" or its equivalent shall not be deemed to include any nonconforming use.
An inventory of the source, quantity, yield and use of groundwater
and surface water resources within the Township.
An area of land and/or water meeting one or more of the definitions
of wetland under federal and/or Pennsylvania law and/or regulations.
[Added 5-30-2006 by Ord. 301]
A tract of land devoted to the production and management of growing
crops or raising, breeding or housing livestock. It may be an enterprise owned
and operated by a single individual, family, or community, or owned by a corporation
or company.
[Added 1-25-2005 by Ord. No. 291]
An unoccupied space, other than a court, open to the sky, on the
same lot with a building or structure.
A yard covered with vegetation and intended to provide an area of
separation between different districts or uses.
An open, unoccupied space between the buildings of a dwelling group
or its accessory building and the project boundary or street line.
[1]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "access drive," which immediately
preceded this definition, was deleted 10-24-1995 by Ord. No. 238.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[3]
Editor's Note: The definitions of “lot, double frontage”
and “lot frontage,” which immediately followed this definition,
were repealed 1-25-2005 by Ord. No. 291.
[4]
Editor's Note: The definition of “lot, reverse frontage,”
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 1-25-2005 by Ord.
No. 291.
[5]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 301 et seq.
[6]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "office, professional," which
immediately followed this definition, was deleted 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246.
