A private drive providing vehicular access between a public or private street and a building, parking area or loading area within a land development.

The location of the intersection of an access drive with a public street.

A temporary dwelling unit placed on a property for occupancy by either an elderly, handicapped, or disabled person related by blood, marriage, or adoption to the occupants of the principal dwelling. The ADU may be attached to an existing house or garage, or it may be built as a stand-alone unit, but it usually uses the water and energy connections of the primary house.

A building detached from and subordinate to the principal building or use on the same lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to the principal building, but not including vehicles, manufactured homes, travel trailers, truck trailers, or any parts thereof. An accessory structure may not house a principal use nor may it stand alone on a lot as a principal building.

A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use or building and located on the same lot with such principal use or building.

See Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.

The natural elevation of the ground surface prior to construction next to the proposed structure.

Any one of the following:

An establishment, having as a substantial or significant portion of its stock in trade or in which are displayed or viewed, magazines, periodicals, books, drawings, photographs, videos, paraphernalia, or other materials which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on depicting, describing or displaying sexual activities or conduct or exposed male or female genital areas, which establishment excludes minors by virtue of age pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

An establishment or place of assembly to which the public is permitted or invited:

The cultivation of the soil for food products or other marketable products, not including animal husbandry or storage and/or processing of products grown on other premises.

An improved airstrip/landing strip where aircraft can land and take off, usually equipped with hangars, facilities for refueling and repair, accommodations for passengers, freight, etc.

An area adapted with minimal improvements for use as a temporary runway for aircraft.

A public thoroughfare, other than a street, which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property and is not intended for general traffic circulation. Frontage on an alley shall not be construed as satisfying the requirements related to frontage on a street. The Township will maintain a list of its alleys.

Any change to the total floor area of a building, including, but not limited to, the addition or removal of walls beneath an existing roofed area, any extension of a roof to cover additional lot area, or any construction which increases the cubic content of a building. As applied to the Annville Historic District, an alteration also includes any change, modification, or addition to a part or all of the exterior of any structure which can be seen from a public right-of-way. Such changes may be: changes to, or modifications of, structural or architectural details, or visual characteristics; grading; surface paving; the addition of new structures; or the placement or removal of significant objects such as signs, plaques, light fixtures, street furniture, walls, fences, or steps affecting the historical qualities of the property.

Any change in the supporting members of a building such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders.

An establishment which has as its principal business offering to patrons mechanical or electrical amusement devices or games such as pinball machines, ping pong, darts, shooting galleries, pool tables, videos, computer or similar devices and games.

A building, structure, or area of land where small animals such as dogs and cats are given medical care, other than the premises where such animals are boarded. Larger animals, such as horses, cows, pigs, and sheep, are not to be accommodated outside the Institutional District.

The raising, breeding, keeping or care of farm animals or livestock, including fowl or insects, for meat, by-products, or other utility which is intended as a business or gainful occupation.

The practice of raising, breeding or keeping of livestock or fowl that involves large numbers of animals or birds concentrated in a small area utilizing mass feeding. This shall include feedlots, poultry houses, and other buildings, structures, corrals, or pens in which animals are confined in close quarters. This shall also include the raising of swine under any conditions.

The practice of raising, breeding or keeping of livestock or fowl that involves animals or birds which obtain their principal food source by grazing or foraging from the land and receive only supplementary feed at centralized feeding stations. This shall include conventional dairying operations and similar uses satisfying the above criteria.

A dwelling unit for rent or lease, which is either accessory to a principal use or one of three or more dwelling units in an apartment building, and which provides separate, independent living and sanitary facilities for one family or individual, including provisions for cooking and sleeping. Where such a unit contains no specific bedroom area, it shall be deemed an efficiency apartment and regulated as all other apartment dwelling units.

A residential building containing three or more dwelling units or apartments designed for separate, independent living, cooking, and sanitary facilities for each dwelling unit or apartment.

A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has filed an application for development, including his heirs, successors, and assigns.

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 land development plan.

A right-of-way that provides the primary vehicular access to a lot, not dedicated or deeded to the Township, but approved by the Board of Commissioners and shown on a recorded subdivision or land development plan.

Decorative elements of a building façade such as cornices, lintels, brackets, fish scale shingles, columns, fluting, and quoins that give the building its character.

That part of a building that is immediately below and wholly or partly within the roof framing.

A building containing a stage and/or screen and seating for meetings, performances, or screening of movies.

A body politic and corporate created pursuant to the Act of May 2, 1945 (P.L. 382, No. 164), known as the Municipalities Authorities Act of 1945.

A building that is used for the repair or painting of bodies, chassis, wheels, fenders, bumpers, and/or accessories of automobiles and other vehicles for conveyance.

A place where gasoline or any other automobile engine fuel (stored only in underground tanks), kerosene or motor oil and lubricants or grease (for operation of automobile), are retailed directly to the public on premises, including sale of minor accessories and service for automobiles. An automobile service station may include a convenience store not to exceed 3,000 square feet. The definition does not include the display of motor vehicles for sale.

A place where general repair and engine rebuilding services may be carried out. The definition does not include the display of motor vehicles for sale.

An institution for lending, borrowing, exchanging, issuing, and safeguarding money: an office or building used for such purposes.

See Tavern.

A space having at least one-half of its floor to ceiling height above the average level of the adjoining ground and with a floor to ceiling height of not less than 6 1/2 feet. This space shall include any area of the building having its floor below ground level on all sides. Such a space shall be considered a story.

A premises originally designed as a residential structure that provides overnight guest accommodations, including breakfast, as regulated under this Chapter.

An area bounded by streets and alleys.

The Board of Commissioners of Annville Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

The Zoning Hearing Board of Annville Township.

A person occupying any room or group of rooms in a boarding house.

Any dwelling charging for sleeping arrangements within a room when said dwelling is also occupied by the owner or resident manager. The lodgers, with or without meals, are provided a temporary residence in rooms that do not meet the definition of a “dwelling unit” as defined in this Chapter, but typically provide communal kitchen/dining facilities. This definition excludes nonprofit visitor accommodations, bed and breakfasts, homeshares, group homes, nursing homes, retirement homes, personal care homes, hotels, motels, dormitories, student group residents, and fraternity or sorority houses.

A yard space, adjacent to a property line or building, which contains landscaping and plantings designed to screen, separate and shield a potentially incompatible use from adjoining properties.

A structure that has a roof supported by columns, piers, or walls, which is intended for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of persons, animals or chattel or which is to house a use of a commercial or manufacturing activity.

A building that has two parting walls in common.

A building that has no parting walls.

A building that has only one parting wall in common.

A building in which the main and dominant use of the lot is conducted.

The total areas of outside dimensions on a horizontal plane at ground level of the principal building and all accessory structures exclusive of cornices, eaves, gutters, or chimneys projecting not more than 18 inches; bay windows not extending more than one story and not projecting more than five feet; and steps and balconies.

The percentage of a lot covered by principal and accessory structures.

The vertical dimensions measured from the average elevation of the finished lot grade at the front of the building to the highest point of the ceiling of the top story, in the case of a flat roof; to the deck line of a mansard roof; and to the average height between the plate and ridge of a gable-hip, or gambrel roof.

The longest horizontal measurement of a building.

The line within a property defining the minimum required distance between any structure or portions thereof to be erected or altered and an adjacent street right-of-way. Such line shall be measured at right angles from the street right-of-way line that abuts the property upon which said structure is located or to be located and shall be parallel to said right-of-way line.

The minimum distance a structure must be set back from a street right-of-way line.

See Sidewalk cafe.

A rigid multisided structure covered with fabric, metal or other material and supported by columns or posts embedded in the ground.

May be illuminated by means of internal or external sources.

A shelter for one or more vehicles that is not enclosed fully by walls and one or more doors.

A lot on which motor vehicles are washed or waxed, either by the patrons or by others, using machinery specially designed for the purpose.

The portion of a street right-of-way intended for vehicular use, whether paved or unpaved, between the curbs but not including curbs or sidewalks. Where there are no curbs, the cartway is that part between the edges of the paved or hard-surface width.

A space having less than one-half of its floor to ceiling height above the average finished level of the adjoining ground or with a floor to ceiling height of less than 6 1/2 feet. This space shall include any area of the building having its floor below ground level on all sides. Such a space shall not be considered a story.

An area for the burial of the dead.

A statement, based on an inspection, signed by the issuing agent, setting forth that a building, structure, sign, or land complies with this Chapter, or that a building, structure, sign, or land may be lawfully employed for specific uses, or both, as set forth therein.

A certificate issued and enforced by the Zoning Officer upon the completion of the construction of a new building or upon a change or conversion of a structure or use of a building. This document certifies that the applicant has complied with any and all requirements and regulations provided herein and all other applicable requirements. This certificate is also utilized for registration of nonconforming uses or nonconforming uses of land and structures in combination.

A triangular-shaped portion of land established at street intersections in which nothing is erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to limit or obstruct the sight distance of motorists entering or leaving the intersection. Sight distance measurement shall be made from a point two feet above the centerline of the road surface to a point 10 feet above the centerline of road surface.

The act of placing two or more antennas on one communications tower or other structure.

A school for the teaching of a trade or skill, carried on as a business.

A parcel of land or water or combination of both located within a development site and designed and intended for use or enjoyment of residents of a planned development, meeting the following standards:

Any device used for the transmission or reception of radio, television, wireless telephone, pager, commercial mobile radio service or any other wireless communications signals, including, without limitation, omnidirectional or panel antennas, owned or operated by any person or entity licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate such device. This definition shall not include private residence-mounted satellite dishes or television antennas or amateur radio equipment including, without limitation, ham or citizen band radio antennas.

An unmanned building or cabinet containing communications equipment required for the operation of communications antennas and covering an area on the ground not greater than 250 square feet.

A structure other than a building such as a monopole, selfsupporting or guyed tower, designed and used to support communications antennas.

When used to describe the relationship among buildings, compatible means having characteristics that are similar to the majority of existing historic buildings on the block. These characteristics include, but are not limited to:

The conversion of organic matter, such as yard waste, to fertilizer.

A use permitted by the Township Commissioners pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.

Real estate, portions of which in accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act of 1980 as amended are designated for separate ownership and the remainder of which is designed for common ownership solely by the owners of those portions. Real estate is not a condominium unless the undivided interests in the common elements are vested in the unit owners.

The building, reconstruction, demolition activities for reconstruction, extension, expansion, alteration, substantial improvement, erection or relocation of a structure, includes manufactured homes. This shall include the placing and fastening of construction materials in a permanent position. Earth moving activities shall not be deemed construction.

See Building coverage or Lot coverage.

A furnace or establishment for the incineration of corpses.

A street intersecting another street at one end and terminating at the other end in a paved vehicular turnaround.

A stone, concrete, or other improved boundary marking the edge of the roadway or paved area.

A facility where care is provided at any one time for six or more children under the age of 12, where the child care area(s) are not being used as a family residence and where full-time adult supervision is provided.

The razing or destruction, whether entirely or in significant part, of the exterior of a building, structure or site. Demolition includes the removal of a structure from its site or the removal, stripping, concealing or destruction of the façade or any significant exterior architectural features which are integral to the historic character of the resource, for whatever purpose, including new construction or reconstruction.

A situation in which a property owner, or others having legal possession, custody or control of a property, allow the condition of property located in the Annville Township Historic District to suffer such deterioration, potentially beyond the point of repair, as to threaten the structural integrity of the structure or its relevant architectural detail to a degree that the structure and its character may potentially be lost to current and future generations.

Unless otherwise stipulated in this Chapter, the term “density” shall mean gross density which shall be determined by dividing the total number of dwelling units by the total site area.

A person or company that builds on or improves a parcel or tract of land.

The provisions for the development of a planned residential development, including a plat of subdivision; all covenants relating to use, location, and bulk of buildings and other structures; intensity of use or density of development; streets, ways, and parking facilities; common space; and public facilities.

This measurement shall be made at the closest point.

A portion of Annville Township within which certain uniform regulations and requirements or combinations thereof apply under the provisions of this Chapter.

A residential facility other than a fraternity or sorority house that houses more than 10 students and staff-persons of an accredited college or university, and which does not meet the definition of “dwelling unit.”

The flow of water or liquid waste and the methods of directing such flow, whether natural or artificial.

A private roadway providing access to a highway or street.

A customer service window located in a principal structure as an accessory to an office or retail establishment that is intended to enable customers to transact business with an employee inside the building without leaving their motor vehicles. It is presumed the motor vehicle will exit the premises immediately after the transaction of business.

A building arranged, intended, designed, or used as the living quarters for one or more families living independently of each other upon the premises. The term “dwelling” shall not be deemed to include hotel, motel, nursing home, institutional residences, rooming house, boarding house, or tourist home.

A detached (separate) building designed for or occupied exclusively by one family on an individual lot; however, this shall not include single unit manufactured homes which are defined separately.

A building with one dwelling unit from the ground to roof and only one parting wall in common with another dwelling unit. Commonly described as a duplex, the semi-detached, single-family dwelling is on an individual lot, is connected on one side to a similar dwelling on an adjacent lot.

A separate building on an individual lot with two dwelling units from ground to roof (one unit over the other). These units are not designed for further subdivision.

A building with two dwelling units from ground to roof (one unit over the other) and only one parting wall in common with another, connected to a building which may contain one or two dwelling units. The two-family semi-detached dwelling is on an individual lot.

One or more rooms connected together, constituting a separate, independent housekeeping establishment for owner occupancy, or rental or lease on a weekly, monthly, or longer basis, and physically separated from any other rooms or dwelling units which may be in the same structure, and containing independent cooking and sleeping facilities for one family.

Multiple separate units for residential inhabitants contained within one building or several buildings within one complex, including, but not limited to, apartment buildings, condominiums, and townhouses.

The lower border of the roof where it joins with the façade.

Notice given by a municipality through the Internet of the time and place, and subject to be considered at a public meeting.

To build, construct, attach, hang, place or suspend, to include as well the painting of wall signs or other graphics.

The erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance by public utilities or municipalities or other governmental agencies of underground or overhead gas, electric, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply, or disposal systems and their essential buildings, excluding communications towers and communications antennas as defined herein.

The exterior surface of a building up to the eave line.

One or more individuals related by blood, marriage or adoption (including person receiving formal foster care) or up to five unrelated individuals who maintain a common household and live within one dwelling unit. A family also expressly includes the number of unrelated persons residing in a “group home,” as defined in this Chapter.

A home other than the child’s own home, operated for profit or not-for-profit, in which child day care is provided at any one time to four, five or six children unrelated to the operator.

A parcel of land of 10 or more acres used principally in the raising or production of agricultural products, with the customary dwelling, farm structures, storage and equipment. Adjoining tracts, parcels or separately deeded properties which are owned and farmed integrally as part of the same farming operation shall be considered jointly as one farm.

The act of cutting a standing tree so that it falls to the ground.

A barrier constructed of wood, metal, stone, chain link, or similar materials designed for the purpose of limiting or excluding access to a lot or for the purpose of screening a lot or portion thereof from the exterior of the lot.

Bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, investment company, investment manager, investment banker, securities broker/dealer, or philanthropic foundation.

Sign made of flexible material, mounted on poles, wires, or on the façade of a building, which is the official symbol of national, state and local governments and agencies, past and present, or private corporations.

Business with short-term or daily rental of stalls, booths or selling spaces to individual persons for selling used and new consumer merchandise, antiques, art and craft items and collectibles at retail. Resale of merchandise is allowable, but not as a branch or outlet of a business with another location elsewhere outside the flea market. Such uses as junk sales, weapons sales, used car sales, thrift shops, and consignment shops are excluded from this definition.

The gross floor space of the building or buildings, measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls or from the center line of walls separating buildings. In particular, the floor area of a building or buildings shall include:

A unit of incident light quantity stated in lumens per square foot and measurable with an illumination meter, a.k.a. foot-candle meter or light meter.

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.

A term used by the lighting industry to describe a lighting fixture from which no light output is emitted at or above a horizontal plane drawn through the bottom of the fixture and no more than 10% of the lamp’s light intensity is emitted at an angle 10° below that horizontal plane, at all lateral angles around the fixture.

A building or part thereof used for human funeral services. Such building may contain space and facilities for:

A structure which is accessory to the principal building, which provides for the storage of motor vehicles of the families residing on the premises, and in which no occupation, business or service for profit is conducted.

A structure, building or area of land or any portion thereof used primarily for the servicing and repairs of automotive vehicles. A repair garage may provide one or more of the following services: general mechanical repair of motor vehicles including state inspection, lubrication, washing, or sale of accessories and motor vehicle fuels. Uses permissible as a repair garage do not include bodywork, straightening of body parts, painting, welding, and storage of certain vehicles. A repair garage is not an automobile body shop or a retail automotive parts store.

The sensation produced by lighting that causes an annoyance, discomfort or loss in visual performance and visibility to the eye. Glare is subjective and cannot be measured with a meter.

The Board of Commissioners of Annville Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

The completed surfaces of lawns, walks and roads brought to grades as shown on official plans of designs relating thereto.

An enclosure made predominately of clear glass used for the cultivation or protection of plants.

A dwelling unit occupied by persons with disabilities, as defined and protected by the Federal Fair Housing Act, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, as amended. A facility providing residents, who are persons with anticipated duration of residence of at least one year, with specialized services including but not limited to providing food, shelter, and personal assistance or supervision in such matters as dressing, bathing, diet or self-administered medication, and personal care services as defined in the regulations for personal care boarding homes of the Department of Human Services, for a minimum of three persons but no more than 10 persons who are not relatives of the operator, who are developmentally disabled, intellectually disabled, mentally ill, physically handicapped, or elderly persons, or dependent children, referred by the appropriate county or state agency responsible for placement, and providing qualified staff who provide care, supervision and services for such residents. To qualify for assignment to a group home, any mentally ill person or intellectually disabled person shall be certified by the Lebanon County Mental Health/Intellectual Disabilities/Early Intervention Program as capable of residing in a group home and receiving services from a local community health program. A group home shall at all times provide a staff to resident ratio of one staff member for from three to eight residents and two staff members for nine or 10 residents. A group home shall not:

The sum of the floor area of all heated, finished rooms within a dwelling unit, used on a daily basis for habitation. Such area may include living rooms; recreation rooms; kitchens; dining rooms; bedrooms; bathrooms; hallways; closets; heated and finished basements, cellars, and attics; attached garages which have been converted into an integral part of the living quarters; but does not include garages, porches (whether roofed, unroofed or enclosed), roofed terraces, unfinished and unheated basements, attics, cellars, or garages.

The Historical Architectural Review Board created by Ordinance 587 to review proposed changes visible from a public right-of-way in the Historic District.

Waste that is dangerous or potentially harmful to health or the environment as defined in the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act, as amended.

A retail outlet that receives 90% or more of its gross revenues from the sale of paraphernalia related to the consumption of cannabis, other recreational drugs and/or new age herbs. Products typically include, but are not limited to, water pipes, bongs, roach clips, pipes, rolling papers, rolling machines, and whipped cream chargers containing nitrous oxide.

A building, or part thereof, providing facilities and programs designed to improve the physical well-being of the patrons thereof.

Such facilities include, not by way of limitation, spas, tennis or racquet clubs, swimming pools, basketball courts, gymnastic and calisthenics facilities, and weight-training facilities.

The vertical distance measured from the ground level to the highest point on a communications tower, including antennas mounted on the tower.

A place of egress from or access to a street or highway created by a driveway or another street or highway.

The lot dimension measured along the right-of-way line of any one street or highway abutting a lot.

An occupation of a service or professional nature conducted as an accessory use within a dwelling where certain conditions are met. See §27-510.

Properties listed on an online marketplace allowing anyone from private residents to commercial property owners to rent out space on a short term basis for transient guests. Bed and breakfast establishments, boarding houses, hotels, and motels shall not be considered homesharing properties.

An institution providing primary health services and medical or surgical care to persons, primarily inpatients, suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity, and other abnormal physical or mental conditions and including as an integral part of the institution related facilities, such as laboratories, outpatient facilities, training facilities, medical offices, and staff residences.

Any nonresidential building wherein sleeping or rooming accommodations are offered or furnished to the general public, with or without meals. The term “hotel” includes buildings designated as motels, inns, lodges, tourist courts, tourist cabins, and similar terms but shall not be construed to include trailers or manufactured homes. The term “hotel” shall not include boarding houses.

Soils developed under conditions sufficiently wet to support the growth and regeneration of hydrophytic vegetation and soils that are saturated, flooded, or ponded long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions (an anaerobic situation is one in which molecular oxygen is absent) in the upper part. Criteria for identifying hydric soils include somewhat poorly drained soils that have water table less than one-half foot from the surface for a significant period (usually a week or more) during the growing season; are poorly drained or very poorly drained and have either water table at less than one foot from surface for a significant period during the growing season if permeability is equal to, or greater than, six inches per hour in all areas within 20 inches, or have water table at least 1 1/2 feet from the surface for a significant period during the growing season if permeability is less than six inches per hour in any layer within 20 inches; soils that are ponded for long duration (from seven days to one month) or very long duration (greater than one month) during the growing season; or soils that are frequently flooded for long or very long duration during the growing season.

The quantity of incident light per unit area, measured with a light meter in foot-candles.

The percentage of a lot covered by impervious surfaces.

A surface not easily penetrated by water such as, but not limited to, roads, buildings, sidewalks, access drives, loading areas, parking areas, and paved recreation areas.

Scrap or discarded material, not including refuse or garbage kept in a proper container for the purpose of prompt disposal.

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.

An enclosure or area (located outside a dwelling) which is designed for keeping more than three birds, or animals, but not to include pet zoos or menageries.

A place where logs, pulpwood, or firewood are temporarily assembled for transportation to processing facilities.

The owner of a legal or equitable interest in land, including the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such option or contract is subject to any condition) or a lessee (if he is authorized under the lease to exercise the right of the landowner), or other person having a proprietary interest in land.

Reshaping land by moving earth, changing its appearance, as well as preserving, rearranging, or adding to the vegetation to produce a visual, aesthetic or environmental effect appropriate to the use of the land.

A business premises equipped with individual clothes washing or drying machines for the use of retail customers, exclusive of laundry facilities provided as an accessory use in a multifamily housing development.

Light emitted by a lighting installation, which extends beyond the boundaries of the property on which the installation is sited.

Any member of the bovine, caprine, equine, gallinaceous (except for Gallus gallus domesticus), ovine, or porcine, species, including but not limited to cows, steers, horses, ponies, pigs, sheep, goats and poultry (except chickens).

An off-street space, exclusive of access area, used for the parking of a vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials.

See Boarding house.

To cut tops and slash into smaller pieces to allow material to settle close to the ground.

A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law to be used, developed, or built upon as a unit. The area and depth of a lot abutting a street shall be determined by measurements to the street line.

An area of land that is determined by the limits of the property line bounding that area and expressed in terms of square feet or acres. Any portion of a lot included in a street right-of-way shall not be included in calculating lot area.

The percentage of the lot or property area covered by buildings or structures and other impervious surfaces.

A mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured in the general direction of its side lot lines.

That portion of a block or lot that fronts on a street.

Any line dividing a lot from another lot, street, or parcel.

A lot or parcel recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

The distance between side lot lines, determined by establishing the shortest straight-line distance. It shall not be measured along an arc.

Notice given by a municipality by first class mail of the time and place of a public hearing and the particular nature of the matter to be considered at the hearing.

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. The construction of a manufactured home shall comply with any applicable Federal, State, or Township standards and shall bear any required seal indicating compliance with those standards.

A parcel of land in a manufactured home park, improved with the necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for the erection thereon of a single manufactured home.

A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which has been so designated and improved that it contains two or more manufactured home lots for the placement thereon of manufactured homes.

Any deciduous tree with a diameter at breast height (DBH) greater than or equal to six inches and any coniferous tree with a height greater than or equal to six feet.

An individual building or cluster of buildings (on a lot in single or common ownership) operated by one or more licensed medical, psychological, or dental practitioners for the purpose of providing medical, psychological, or dental treatment to the public on an outpatient basis.

A building used exclusively by physicians and dentists for treatment and examination of patients; provided, that no overnight patients shall be kept on the premises.

A facility that must be licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health or Department of Corrections or similar authority that provides supervision, treatment and counseling for current addiction to a controlled substance that was used in an illegal manner.

A facility that brews ales, beers, and/or similar beverages primarily for sale on site as permitted by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.

A distillery established to produce beverage grade spirit alcohol in relatively small quantities primarily for sale on site, as permitted by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.

The removal from the surface or beneath the surface of the land of bulk mineral resources using significant machinery. This use also includes accessory stockpiling and processing of mineral resources. Mineral extraction includes but is not limited to the extraction of sand, gravel, topsoil, limestone, sandstone, oil, coal, clay, shale, and iron ore. The routine movement of and replacement of topsoil during construction shall not by itself be considered to be mineral extraction.

See Manufactured home.

A sectional, single-family dwelling, intended for permanent occupancy, contained in two or more units designed to be permanently joined into one integral unit, which arrives at a site complete and ready for occupancy except for assembly operations and construction of the necessary permanent foundation. For the purposes of this Chapter, modular homes shall be treated the same as conventional stick-built, single-family dwellings.

See Hotel.

A self-propelled vehicle, operable or inoperable, designed for use on a highway.

A building containing seating for the presentation of motion pictures for observation by patrons therein.

Buildings, structures, or land owned and maintained by Annville Township or an authority created by the Township.

Annville Township, Lebanon 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 no customer, client or patient traffic, whether vehicular or pedestrian, pickup, delivery or removal functions to or from the premises, in excess of those normally associated with residential use.

A lot the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to the adoption or amendment of a zoning ordinance, but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reasons of such adoption or amendment.

A sign that does not conform to the regulations of the district in which it is located.

A structure or part of a structure manifestly not designed to comply with the applicable use or extent of use provisions in a zoning ordinance or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment of such ordinance or amendment or prior to the application of such ordinance or amendment to its location by reason of annexation. Such “nonconforming structures” include, but are not limited to, nonconforming signs.

A use, whether of land or of structure, which does not comply with the applicable use provisions in a zoning ordinance or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such use was lawfully in existence prior to the enactment of such ordinance or amendment, or prior to the application of such ordinance or amendment to its location by reason of annexation.

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 principal use.

A building containing sleeping rooms used by persons who are lodged and furnished with meals and are provided with needed support services, including the availability of basic nursing care. Such a facility may or may not include skilled nursing or medical care. This definition shall be limited to facilities licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a nursing center or personal care center.

A building containing office space for one or more persons engaged in occupations or callings which required extensive learned and academic preparation to secure knowledge or skill in a profession such as medicine, law, divinity or science, wherein professional advice, guidance or instruction is provided. Occupations or vocations which are trades, crafts, or businesses and often involve the sale of a product shall not be considered professional offices.

The unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with the building.

A sign including the supporting structure which directs the attention of the general public to a business, service, or activity not usually conducted or a product not usually offered or sold upon the premises on which the outdoor advertising sign is located. “Outdoor advertising sign” shall not mean (A) a directional or other official sign authorized by law, (B) a sign advertising the sale or lease of the property on which it is located or (C) a sign which has a significant portion of its face area devoted to giving public service information.

A district which may apply to one or more underlying zoning districts and adds specific conditions and regulations to those underlying zoning districts.

Any person who has equitable or legal title to the premises, dwelling, or dwelling unit.

That portion of a parking area that provides for vehicular maneuvering within a parking area. For the purposes of this code, the terms “interior aisles” and “maneuvering lanes” shall be considered synonymous.

A structure designed for motor vehicles, including, but not limited to, parking lots, garages, and associated driveways, passageways, and maneuvering space.

An off-street, surfaced area designed solely for the parking of motor vehicles, including associated driveways, passageways, and maneuvering space. For the purposes of this code, the terms “parking area” and “parking lot” shall be considered synonymous.

An open or enclosed area accessible from a street or for the parking of motor vehicles for owners, occupants, employees, customers, or tenants of the principal building or use. Each parking space shall be not less than 10 feet wide and not less than 20 feet long, exclusive of all drives, curbs, and turning space.

A wall used or adopted for joint service between two buildings or parts thereof.

Hard material such as concrete, asphalt, or brick, applied to a lot in order to smooth or firm the surface of the lot.

This enabling legislation provides the mechanism whereby municipalities can plan for community development through the adoption of a comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance and the establishment of planning commissions, planning departments, and zoning hearing boards. The Code authorizes the above bodies to request appropriations, charge fees, make inspections, hold public hearings, make legal appeals, and process penalties for violation. For the purposes of this Chapter, the Code, enacted as Act 247 of 1968, is intended to include the current code and any future amendments and shall be referred to hereafter as Act 247.

A set of criteria or limits relating to certain characteristics that a particular use or process may not exceed.

Document issued by the Zoning Officer.

A use which does not require zoning approval by the Zoning Hearing Board or by the Township Commissioners before a zoning permit is granted by the Zoning Officer, although a site plan review or land development plan may be required.

An individual, partnership, organization, association, trust, or corporation. When used in penalty provisions, person shall include the members of such partnership, the trustees of such trust, and the officers of such organization, association, or corporation.

An establishment that provides a service oriented to personal needs that do not involve primarily retail sales of goods or professional advisory services. Personal services include barber and beauty shops, shoe repair shops, household appliance repair shops, and other similar establishments.

Facilities for the provision of personal wireless services.

Include commercial mobile services, unlicensed wireless services and common carrier wireless exchange access services.

A building wherein persons assemble regularly for religious worship and that is used only for such purposes and for those accessory activities as are customarily associated therewith.

A durable landscaped planting area located within a vehicular use area or parking lot. Design and location shall provide shade and visual separation of parking and pedestrian areas, improve air quality, and control storm water runoff from large paved areas. An island or strip shall be a minimum of 50 square feet in area, at least five feet in width and contain at least one shade tree per 40 linear feet of island or fraction thereof. Islands of 40 feet or less in length shall contain at least one shade tree. The remaining area within the island or strip shall be appropriately landscaped with grass, mulch, stones, plants, or other materials not exceeding three feet in height.

A landscaped barrier consisting of predominantly coniferous trees and shrubs, hedges, and earth mounding, or a combination thereof, established at a minimum height of six feet. Such screen shall provide a visual, noise, and pollutant barrier between potentially incompatible uses. Screen plantings shall contain irregularly spaced double rows of plants and shrubs which are on average spaced no more than 10 feet on center to obtain a dense, solid mass, unless alternative designs are approved by the Township Commissioners.

A landscaped planting consisting of trees and shrubs established at less than three feet or greater than six feet in height, so they shall not interfere with any clear sight triangle. Such planting shall separate streets and vehicular use areas from parking lots, buildings, and other interior improvements. Perimeter plantings shall consist of individual trees or shrubs spaced a maximum of 50 feet apart to form a linear vegetative border, with grass or ground cover continuously thereunder.

A forest practice, such as thinning or pruning, which results in better growth, structure, species composition, or health for the residual stand but which does not yield a net income to the land owner, usually because any trees cut are of poor quality, too small or otherwise of limited marketability or value.

Any lot, parcel, or tract of land and any building constructed thereon.

The main purpose for which land or a building is designed, arranged, intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.

A legally established road right-of-way, other than a public road, which provides the primary vehicular access to a lot.

Physician, surgeon, dentist, psychiatrist, psychologist, optometrist, chiropractor, or licensed person offering similar medical care, architect, accountant, insurance agent, real estate broker, notary, teacher, engineer, lawyer, surveyor, landscape architect, community or land planner, or similar licensed or accredited professional persons.

A recorded boundary of a lot. However, any property line abutting a street or other public or quasi-public way shall be measured from the legal right-of-way line of the street.

A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Township Commissioners or the 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.

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 be not fewer than seven days from the date of the hearing.

A public thoroughfare, including a street, road, lane, alley, court, or similar terms, under the jurisdiction of the Township or State.

A municipal sanitary sewer system approved and permitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

A municipal water supply system permitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Any or all work needed to remake or rebuild all or a part of any building to a sound condition, but not necessarily of original materials.

A use devoted to the collection of discarded materials that have entered a reasonably continuous process whereby their reuse is foreseeable, for processing and disposal at another location.

The process of returning a property to a state of utility, through repair or alteration, which makes possible an efficient contemporary use while preserving those portions and features of the property which are significant to its historic, architectural and cultural values.

Any or all work involving the replacement of existing work with equivalent material for the purpose of maintenance, but not including any addition, change or modification in construction.

See Dwelling.

The alteration of a single-family detached dwelling into two or more dwelling units.

Any establishment whose principal business is the sale of foods, frozen desserts, or beverages to the customer in a ready-to-consume state, not containing drive-through service, and whose design or method of operation includes both of the following characteristics:

A commercial establishment where food or beverage is sold for consumption on the premises either in a customer’s vehicle or in an outside area, but not within a building.

An accessory use to a commercial restaurant where the customer receives food or beverage via a drive-up window without the need for the customer to leave his vehicle.

A commercial establishment where a limited selection of food or beverage is sold either for consumption on the premises or as a take-out service. Food preparation is designed for immediate service to customers and food is normally prepared in advance to facilitate this type of service.

Any establishment whose principal business is the sale of foods, frozen desserts, or beverages to the customer in a ready-to-consume state, not containing drive-through service and whose design or principal method of operation includes one or both of the following characteristics:

Any or all work connected with the returning to or restoring a building or part of any building to its original condition through the use of original or nearly original materials.

A use in which merchandise is sold or rented or services are provided to the general public.

A wall over two feet in height for holding in place a mass of earth, typically at the edge of an excavation.

The commercial boarding or renting of horses.

The total width of any land reserved or dedicated as a street, road, lane, alley, crosswalk, or for other public or semi-public uses.

A temporary structure of less than 50 square feet for the sale of homegrown or homemade products located 15 feet or more from the road cartway and not within the road right-of-way.

See Boarding house.

The size, or apparent size, of a building in relationship to the size of a human being.

A public or private educational facility having grades K through 12 (or any consecutive combination thereof), and meeting Commonwealth requirements, or providing undergraduate, graduate, or postgraduate education, including community colleges, and being accredited. See separate definition for commercial schools.

The number of seating units installed or indicated, or each 24 linear inches of benches, pews, or space for loose chairs, or similar seating facilities; spacing of rows shall be 30 inches on center.

A use of land where secure structures or secure units within a structure are offered for lease to the general public for the storage of personal articles.

The horizontal distance from a lot line to the part of the building nearest to such a lot line.

A group of commercial establishments, built on a site that is planned, developed, owned and/or managed as an operating unit, typically sharing common facilities for parking, loading, and pedestrian circulation.

An accessory use to a restaurant or tavern with tables on the sidewalk in front or on the side of the premises.

See §27-500.

A plan of a lot or subdivision on which is shown topography; location of all buildings, roads, rights-of-way, and boundaries; all essential dimensions and bearings; and any other information deemed necessary by the Township in unusual or special cases.

Dragging trees on the ground from the stump to the landing by any means.

Woody debris left in the woods after logging, including logs, chunks, bark, branches, uprooted stumps, and broken or uprooted trees or shrubs.

The change in vertical elevation over horizontal distance, expressed as a percentage.

A place where gathers a communion of people joined by religion, ethnicity, politics, employment, activity, or other interest, formed for the preservation and advancement of a lawful interest, and enjoying tax-exempt status granted by the Internal Revenue Service. A social club may contain eating and drinking facilities, but does not include groups organized primarily to render a service customarily carried on as a business.

Permission granted by the Zoning Hearing Board, with appropriate restrictions, to undertake certain activities specified in this Chapter or to occupy or use land, buildings or structures for a specific purpose or in a certain manner specified in this Chapter.

Any area of forest vegetation whose site conditions, past history, and current species composition are sufficiently uniform to be managed as a unit.

An accessory structure with four sides and a roof, for the storage of lawn, garden and swimming pool equipment or similar domestic items.

That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it or if there be no floor above it, then the space between any floor and the ceiling next above it. A basement, but not a cellar, shall be deemed to be a story. Each level of a split-level building, excluding cellars, shall be considered a half story.

Any space immediately below and wholly or partly within the roof framing, with or without a finished floor, where the clear height of not more than 75% of such space has structural headroom of seven feet and six inches or more. Any space having more than 75% of its area having such headroom shall be deemed to be a full story. In addition, each level of a split-level building, excluding cellars, shall be considered a half story regardless of its proximity to the roof framing.

A public or private thoroughfare or right-of-way affording primary vehicular access to abutting properties. For the purposes of this Chapter, East and West Main Street shall be classified an arterial street. North and South White Oak Street shall be classified a collector street. All other streets shall be classified as local streets.

The center of the surveyed street right-of-way, or, where not surveyed, the center of the traveled cartway.

The lot dimension measured along the street line or right-of-way line of any one street or highway abutting a lot.

The line determining the limit of the street or public right-of-way, either existing or contemplated. Also referred to as the street lot line or road right-of-way line. Where a definite right-of-way width has not been established, the street line shall be determined as a line 25 feet from the centerline of the existing street.

Any manmade object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.

A person registered to study at an accredited college or university.

A residential use, such as special interest house, that is leased or owned by an accredited college or university housing a maximum of 10 individuals associated with the college, such as students, staff, and their spouses and children.

The working place of a painter, sculptor, photographer, or such other similar artistic endeavor; a place for the study of an art such as dancing, singing, or acting, or such other similar artistic endeavor.

The division or redivision of a lot, tract, or parcel of land by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels, or other divisions of land including changes in existing lot lines for the purposes, whether immediate or future, of lease, transfer of ownership, or building or lot development; provided, however, that the subdivision by lease of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving any new street or easement of access or residential dwellings, shall be exempted.

Any structure used for swimming, not located within a completely enclosed building, and containing, or normally capable of containing, water to a depth at any point greater than 18 inches. Stormwater basins are not included; provided, that swimming was not the primary purpose for their construction.

Ink or other pigment placed into or under the skin or mucosa by the aid of needles or any other instrument used to puncture the skin, resulting in permanent coloration of the skin or mucosa. This includes all forms of cosmetic tattooing.

An establishment, or any portion thereof, where tattooing is performed for compensation.

An establishment which primarily serves alcoholic beverages for mostly onpremises consumption and which is licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. This establishment may also serve food and offer incidental live entertainment.

That part of forestry involving cutting down trees and removing logs from the forest for the primary purpose of sale or commercial processing into wood products.

As applied in forestry, the upper portion of a felled tree that is not merchantable because of small size, taper, or defect.

The portion of a total tract that results after all existing and proposed road and utility rights-of-way, noncontiguous land, land previously reserved as permanent open space, and land used or zoned for another use are deducted.

A single-family dwelling located on an independent lot and constructed as a part of a series of three or more connected single-family dwellings with one dwelling unit from floor to roof. Townhouses are typically considered attached dwellings.

Annville Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

The Board of Commissioners of Annville Township.

The Planning Commission of Annville Township.

An area of land developed for a compatible mixture of residential units and nonresidential uses permitted by the applicable zoning district. Residences, public buildings, and parks are interwoven within the neighborhood so that all are within relatively close proximity to each other. Traditional neighborhood development is relatively compact, limited in size and oriented toward pedestrian activity. Generally, streets are laid out in a rectilinear or grid pattern of interconnecting streets and blocks that provides multiple routes from origins to destinations and are appropriately designed to serve the needs of pedestrians and vehicles equally.

A vehicular portable structure built on a chassis (motorized home, converted bus, tent trailer, tent, or similar device) designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel and recreational purposes.

A single use.

A specialty store, stand, booth, concession, or other place at which sales of electronic smoking/vaping devices, equipment, paraphernalia, and accessories are made to purchasers for consumption or use and in which the sale of other products is incidental.

Relief, granted by the Zoning Hearing Board, from the terms and conditions of this Chapter provided those conditions contained hereafter relating to establishing the entitlement to variances are found to exist by the Zoning Hearing Board.

A barrier constructed of stone, brick, concrete, masonry, or similar materials designed for the purpose of limiting or excluding access to a lot or for the purpose of screening a lot or portion of a lot from the exterior of the lot.

Any natural or artificial stream, river, creek, ditch, channel, canal, conduit, culvert, drain, waterway, gully, ravine or wash in which water flows in a definite direction or course, either continuously or intermittently, and has a definite channel, bed and banks.

Those areas that are inundated and saturated by surface 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, and similar areas.

A transitional area extending 100 feet from the outer limit of wetlands.

Includes nature center, outdoor education laboratory, woodland preserve or arboretum.

A tree mass or plant community in which tree species are dominant or codominant, where the branches of the trees form a complete, or nearly complete, aerial canopy. For the purposes of this Chapter, the extent of any woodland plant community, or any part thereof, shall be measured from the outermost drip line of all the trees in the community. Woodland shall include any area where timber has been harvested within the previous three years or where disturbance has occurred within the previous three years of an area that would have met the definition of woodland prior to timbering or disturbance. Woodlands do not include orchards.

An open space, other than a court, unoccupied by a structure; provided, however, that fences, walls, posts, trees, lawn furniture, and other customary yard accessories are permitted in any yard subject to height limitations and requirements limiting obstruction of visibility.

A sale of used household or personal articles (such as furniture, tools, or clothing) held on the seller’s own premises. This definition also includes garage sale, porch sale, and sidewalk sale.

The agent(s) or official(s) designated by the Township Commissioners to enforce this Chapter.

Annville Township zoning ordinance (this Chapter).