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.

ACCESSORY BUILDING or STRUCTURE

A building subordinate to and detached from the main building and located on the same lot with such principal use or structure.

ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT

A dwelling either attached or detached from the principal dwelling or accessory structure providing a room or rooms used for living and sleeping purposes and having a kitchen and bathroom(s) arranged for occupancy by one family.

ACCESSORY USE

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.

ADULT MATERIALS

Adult materials shall include, but not be limited to, any literature, books, magazines, pamphlets, newspapers, papers, comic books, drawings, articles, computer or other images, motion pictures, mechanical devices, instruments, clothing or any other writings, materials or accessories that are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter-depicted, described or related to specified sexual acts or specified anatomical areas as defined herein, or an establishment with a segment or section exclusively devoted to the sale, lease, gift, trade, display of such materials or of any drug paraphernalia.

ADULT-ORIENTED BUSINESS

Use of a building, structure or property, or part thereof, for a business that has adult materials in a section or segment devoted to such materials or as substantial or significant portion of its stock-in-trade for the purposes of sale, lease, trade, gift or display of such adult materials. For the purposes of this chapter, adult-oriented businesses shall also mean and include any massage parlor, nightclub, bar, tavern, restaurant, eating and drinking establishment, arcade, theater, motel, hotel, or any other establishment that regularly features, for economic gain or other consideration, entertainment in any form that is characterized by nudity or the depiction or display of sexual activities.

AGRICULTURALLY RELATED OPERATION

A principal use that may, or may not, be located upon a farm, at which goods and services are provided in support of local farming operations. Sawmills and similar uses shall be considered agriculturally related.

AGRICULTURE

The raising of crops, horticulture, gardening, silviculture, and animal husbandry.

ALLEYS

A thoroughfare other than a side street which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property and not intended for general traffic circulation.

ALTERATIONS

As applied to a building or structure, 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.

ALTERATIONS, STRUCTURAL

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

AMUSEMENT BUSINESS

An amusement enterprise offering entertainment, recreation, or games of skill to the general public for a fee or charge.

ANIMAL HOSPITAL

A building used for the treatment, housing or boarding of animals by a licensed veterinarian.

APARTMENT

A dwelling unit within a multiple dwelling. This classification includes apartment houses, apartment hotels, bachelor apartments, studio apartments and kitchenette apartments.

APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

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.

APPROVED STREET TREE LIST

A list of trees approved initially by resolution of the Antrim Township Board of Supervisors and may be modified by resolution of the Board.

ARCHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY

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.

AREA, BUILDING

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.

BASE FLOOD

A flood that has a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (also called the 100 year flood ).

BASE FLOOD ELEVATION (BFE)

The elevation shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Zones AE, AH, A1-30 that indicates the water surface elevation resulting from a flood that has a 1-percent or greater chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.

BASEMENT

[Amended 11-10-2015 by Ord. No. 345]

   A.   The floor of a building partly or entirely below ground level with a minimum height of six feet eight inches (6 -8 ).

   B.   (definition only applies to the Flood Hazard regulations in Article X) any area of the building having its floor below ground level on all sides.

BED-AND-BREAKFAST

An owner-occupied single-family detached dwelling where not more than six bedrooms are rented to overnight guests on a daily basis for periods not exceeding one week.

BLOCK

An area bounded by streets.

BOARD

Any body granted jurisdiction under a land use ordinance or under this chapter to render final adjudications.

BOARDING HOUSE

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.

BUFFER ZONE

A yard covered with vegetation and intended to provide an area of separation between different districts or uses.

BUILDING

   A.   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.

   B.   A combination of materials to form a structure having walls and a roof. Included shall be all mobile homes and trailers to be used for human habitation

BUILDING, HEIGHT OF

The vertical distance measured from the lowest door threshold to the highest point of the roof.

BUSINESS SERVICE

The act of conducting business focused on providing a service to others such as banks, credit unions, loan companies, and other financial institutions, real estate and insurance agencies, utility offices, government, business and professional offices.

CAMPING GROUND

A parcel of land used by campers for seasonal, recreational or other temporary living purposes, in buildings of a movable, temporary or seasonal nature.

CAMPING TRAILER

A portable dwelling not designed for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use.

CARPORT

A covered space, open on at least two sides, for the storage of one or more vehicles.

CENTRALIZED WATER SYSTEM

Public water or a single well servicing two or more units.

COMMERCIAL RECREATION

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.

COMMON OPEN SPACE

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.

CONSERVATION EASEMENT

An area of land or water designated as being protected from development in perpetuity.

CONSERVATION EASEMENT AGREEMENT

A legally drafted and recorded agreement between a landowner and the Township, 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.

CONSERVATION PRACTICES

The preservation of primary conservation areas and buildings or lands of historical significance.

CONSTRUCTION

The construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, extension, expansion, alteration or relocation of a building or structure, including the placement of mobile homes.

CONSUMER FIREWORKS

Includes combustible or explosive composition or any substances intended to produce visible and/or audible effects by combustion and which is suitable for use by the public that complies with the construction, performance, composition and labeling requirements promulgated by the Consumer Products Safety Commission in 16 CFR (relating to commercial practices) or any successor regulation and which complies with the provisions for consumer fireworks as defined in the American Pyrotechnics Association (APA) Standard (87-1), or any successor standard. The term does not include such devices as ground and handheld sparkling devices, novelties and toy caps in APA Standard 87-1, the sale, possession and use of which shall be permitted at all times throughout this Township.

CUSTOMARY HOME OCCUPATION

Commonly permitted or accepted business operating from a residential property as a secondary use that does not negatively impact the surrounding area. The exterior appearance of the structure or premises is constructed and maintained as a residential structure.

DECISION

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.

DETERMINATION

Final action by an officer, body or agency charged with the administration of any land use ordinance or applications thereunder, except the following:

   A.   The Board of Supervisors.

   B.   The Zoning Hearing Board.

   C.   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.

DEVELOPER

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.

DEVELOPMENT

   A.   The disturbance of 5,000 sq. ft. or more of land resulting in 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.

   B.   (definition only applies to the Flood Hazard regulations in Article X) any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to the construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, expansion, or alteration of buildings or other structures; the placement of manufactured homes; streets, and other paving; utilities; filling, grading and excavation; mining; dredging; drilling operations; storage of equipment or materials; and the subdivision of land.

DEVELOPMENT PLAN

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.

DISMANTLED AND NON-OPERABLE VEHICLE

A vehicle which does not display the current Pennsylvania State Inspection Certification or is manifestly incapable of being locomotive in its existing condition.

DISPLAY FIREWORKS

Large fireworks designed primarily to produce visible or audible effects by combustion, deflagration, or detonation. This term includes, but is not limited to, salutes containing more than two grains (130 milligrams) of explosive materials, aerial shells containing more than 40 grams of pyrotechnic compositions, and other display pieces which exceed the limits of explosive materials for classification as consumer fireworks. Display fireworks are classified as fireworks UN0333, UN0334 or UN0335 by the U.S. Department of Transportation at 49 CFR 172.101. This term also includes fused set pieces containing components which together exceed 50 milligrams of salute powder.

DRIVEWAY

A surface, other than a street, which provides vehicular access from a street to a lot.

DWELLING

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.

DWELLING UNITS

One or more rooms used for living and sleeping purposes and having a kitchen with fixed cooking facilities arranged for occupancy by one family or a single person.

DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY

A building used by more than one family living independently of each other and doing their own cooking, including apartment houses, or condominiums.

DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY, ATTACHED (TOWNHOUSE)

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.

DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY, DETACHED (HOUSE)

A dwelling used by one family, having only one dwelling unit and having two side yards.

DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY, SEMIDETACHED (DOUBLE DUPLEX)

A dwelling used by one family, having one side yard and one party wall in common with another dwelling unit

EASEMENT, UTILITY

A right-of-way granted for limited use of land for public or quasipublic purpose.

ESSENTIAL SERVICES

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.

EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME OR PARK OR SUBDIVISION

A manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads) is completed before the effective date of the floodplain management regulations adopted by a community.

EXPANSION TO AN EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION

The preparation of additional sites by the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads).

FAMILY

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.

FEMA

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, successor to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Insurance Administration.

FIREWORKS

Includes either consumer or display fireworks.

FLOOD

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.

FLOOD HAZARD AREA

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.

FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP

The official map on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency has delineated both the areas of special flood hazards and the risk premium zones applicable to the community.

FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY

The official report provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency that includes flood profiles, the Flood Insurance Rate Map, the Flood Boundary and Floodway Map, and the water surface elevation of the base flood.

FLOODPLAIN AREA

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.

FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT

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.

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.

FLOOD PROOFING

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.

FLOODWAY

The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot.

FREEBOARD

A margin of safety, expressed in feet above the one-hundred-year-flood elevation.

GOVERNING BODY

The Board of Supervisors of Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

GREEN DESIGNS

Preserving primary conservation areas and incorporating green space through landscaping and courtyards to generate an aesthetic and environmentally conscious atmosphere.

GREEN SPACE

An area growing plants of any type, which include but are not limited to grass, trees, flowers, etc.

GROSS RESIDENTIAL DENSITY

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.

GROUND FLOOR

The floor of a building nearest the mean grade of the front of the building.

HEALTH CLUBS, SPAS AND SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS

Anyplace, 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.

HEAVY MANUFACTURING

The use of raw materials to fabricate an end product.

HISTORICAL PROPERTY

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.

HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT SITE OR STRUCTURE

   A.   Any site or structure in the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the Department of the Interior) or preliminarily determined by the Department of the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the National Register;

   B.   Certified or preliminary determination by the Secretary of the Interior as contributing to the historical significance of a registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined by the Secretary to qualify as a registered historic district;

   C.   Individually listed on a state inventory of historic places in states with historic preservation programs which have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior; or

   D.   Any other historic site or structure that is eligible for inclusion in a federal, state or local registry of historic sites or structures.

   E.   Any historic site or structure that the Township deems necessary for preservation.

IMPERVIOUS AREA

A surface that prevents the percolation into the ground (examples include but are not limited to stone/gravel materials, pavement, concrete, buildings, etc.).

LAND DEVELOPMENT

Any of the following activities:

   A.   The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving:

      (1)   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.

      (2)   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.

   B.   A subdivision of land.

   C.   Development in accordance with this chapter and the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act of 1968 and as reenacted and amended.

   D.   Paving for commercial or industrial use.

   E.   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).

   F.   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%.

   G.   Any nonresidential development of land.

   H.   Interior changes that create any additional improvements as required by the Code, including but not limited to: additional parking, increased sewer/water flows, etc.

   I.   Land development does not include development which involves:

      (1)   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.

      (2)   The addition of an accessory building, including farm buildings, on a lot or lots subordinate to an existing principal building.

      (3)   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.

LANDFILL

Includes municipal waste and residual waste landfills.

LANDOWNER

The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land, including the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such option or contract is subject to any 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.

LIGHT MANUFACTURING

Use of prepared materials to create a product through processing, fabricating, assembling or disassembling.

LINE OF SIGHT

A visually unobstructed distance of four hundred twenty five (425) feet from a point measured 10 back from the edge of the intersecting cartway at an elevation of three and one half (3 1/2) feet above the road surface to a point in the center of the cartway of oncoming traffic at an elevation of three and one half (3 1/2) feet above the cartway surface.

LOT

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.

LOT AREA

The area contained within the property lines of a lot as shown on a subdivision plan, excluding space within any public right-of-way.

LOT LINES

The lines bounding a lot as defined herein.

LOT OF RECORD

A lot which has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

LOT, CORNER

A lot at the junction of and abutting two or more intersecting streets or private roads.

LOT, DEPTH OF

The average horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.

LOT, INTERIOR

A lot other than a corner lot.

LOT, MINIMUM WIDTH

The minimum lot distance measured from one side property line to the opposite side property line along the required front building setback line.

LOT, PANHANDLE

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 25 feet in width and the lot shall meet the other requirements as set forth in § 150-8(E) of this chapter, and other requirements as set forth in the ordinances of the Township.

LOWEST FLOOR

The lowest floor of the lowest fully enclosed area (including basement). An unfinished, flood resistant partially enclosed area, used solely for parking of vehicles, building access, and incidental storage, in an area other than a basement area is not considered the lowest floor of a building, provided that such space is not designed and built so that the structure is in violation of the applicable non-elevation design requirements of this ordinance.

MANUFACTURED HOME

A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis, and is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when attached to the required utilities. The term does not include park trailers, travel trailers, recreational or other similar vehicles.

MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION

A parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale.

MINI-WAREHOUSING/SELF-STORAGE

Principal or accessory storage space for rent or lease. Activities other than rental of storage units and pickup and deposit of storage may be allowed on the mini-warehouse or storage facility premises after approval of a Zoning Permit.

MINOR REPAIR

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 exit way 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.

MOBILE HOME

A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent occupancy, contained in one unit or in two or more units designed to be joined into one integral unit capable of again being separated for repeated towing, which arrives at a site complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, and constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation. The term does not include park trailers, travel trailers, recreational or other similar vehicles.

MOBILE HOME LOT

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

MOBILE HOME PARK

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

MULTIPLE-USE BUILDING

A single building occupied or intended to be occupied by more than one permitted principal use.

MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY

A body politic and corporate created pursuant to the Municipality Authorities Act, being 53 Pa. C.S. §§ 5601 et seq.

MUNICIPALITY

The Township of Antrim, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

NEW CONSTRUCTION

Structures for which the start of construction commenced on or after April 24, 1981 and includes any subsequent improvements thereto.

NEW MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR MANUFACTURED HOME SUBDIVISION

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.

NO IMPACT HOME BASED BUSINESS

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, pick up, delivery or removal functions to or from the premises, in excess of those normally associated with residential use. The business or commercial activity must satisfy the following requirements:

   A.   The business activity shall be compatible with the residential use of the property and surrounding residential uses.

   B.   The business shall employ no employees other than family members residing in the dwelling.

   C.   There shall be no display or sale of retail goods and no stockpiling or inventory of a substantial nature.

   D.   There shall be no outside appearance of a business use, including, but not limited to, parking, signs or lights.

   E.   The business activity may not use any equipment or process which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical or electronic interference, including interference with radio or television reception which is detectable in the neighborhood.

   F.   The business activity may not generate any solid waste or sewage discharge, in volume or type, which is not normally associated with residential use into the neighborhood.

   G.   The business activity shall be conducted only within the dwelling and may not occupy more than 25% of the habitable floor area.

   H.   The business may not involve any illegal activity.

NONCONFORMING LOT

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.

NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE

   A.   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.

   B.   A structure or part of a structure that does not comply with the minimum area regulations set forth in 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.

NONCONFORMING USE

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

NUDITY

Nudity means the showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area, buttocks or anus, any part of the nipple or any part of a female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola with less than a fully opaque covering.

OBSTRUCTION

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.

ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR FLOOD

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.

ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR FLOODPLAIN

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.

OPEN SPACE

The unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with the building, not including parking lots. Parking lots shall not be permitted in required open space.

PARKING SPACE

The space within a building, or on a lot or parking lot, for the parking or storage of one automobile.

PERSON

As used herein, refers to any natural person, any partnership, any corporation and/or association.

PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

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.

PLANNING COMMISSION

The Planning Commission of Antrim Township.

POLLUTION

The contamination of any air, soil or water of the Township such as will create or is likely to create a nuisance or to render such air, soil, 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, soil 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, soil or water.

PRIMARY CONSERVATION AREA

Land defined as floodplain, wetland and/or having a slope greater than 25%.

PRIME AGRICULTURAL SOILS

Soils classified as prime agricultural soils in Plat Number 8 of the Comprehensive Plan for Antrim and Greencastle, dated April 14, 1992, and approved June 1 and June 9, 1992.

PROFESSIONAL OFFICE

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 and the like.

PUBLIC

Owned, operated or controlled by a government agency (federal, state or local).

PUBLIC GROUNDS

Includes:

   A.   Parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreational areas and other public areas.

   B.   Sites for schools, sewage treatment, refuse disposal and other publicly owned or operated facilities.

   C.   Publicly owned or operated scenic and historic sites.

PUBLIC HEARING

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.

PUBLIC MEETING

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.

PUBLIC NOTICE

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.

PUBLIC PARK

A recreational facility open to the public at no charge or a recreational facility or area owned by a public entity such as a municipality or state.

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

A business engaged in providing a place with activities for the purpose of enjoyment, pastime, retreat, athletics, or restorative commune with nature.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLE

A vehicle which is

   A.   built on a single chassis;

   B.   designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light-duty truck,

   C.   not designed for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use.

REGULATORY FLOOD ELEVATION

The one-hundred-year-flood elevation plus a freeboard safety factor of one and one-half (1 1/2) feet.

REPAIR SERVICE

The business of fixing items such as clocks, appliances, computers and the like.

RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY

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 of 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 are generated off-site, whether or not the facility is operated to recover energy. The term does not include:

   A.   Any composting facility.

   B.   Methane gas extraction from a municipal waste landfill.

   C.   Any separation and collection center, drop-off point or collection center for recycling or any source separation or collection center for composting leaf waste.

RURAL ENTERPRISE

Businesses permitted as accessory uses on a property used primarily as an agricultural operation.

SALVAGE YARD

A lot, land or structure, or part thereof, used 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.

SCREENING

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 properties, the structures and uses of the premises on which the screening is required to be located.

SERVICE PROVIDER

The business of providing a service such as barber shops, beauty salons, photographic studios, dry cleaning, tailor and the like.

SHOPPING CENTER

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.

SIGN

Any permanent or temporary structure or part thereof or any device attached, painted or represented, directly or indirectly, on a structure or other surface that displays or includes any letter, word, insignia, flag, or representation used as or which is in the nature of an advertisement announcement, visual communication, direction, or which is designed to attract the eye or bring the subject to the attention of the public.

SIGN, ABANDONED

A sign erected on, or related to, the use of a property which becomes vacant and unoccupied for a period six (6) months or more, or any sign which relates to a time, event, or purpose which is past.

SIGN, AREA OF

The square footage to the outermost edges of the surface which displays a message or identifies the product, activity and/or apprising the public of the location of such enterprise. When individual letters are mounted it shall be the square footage of each letter added together.

SIGN, BILLBOARD

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. Any freestanding sign over fifty (50) square feet shall be considered a billboard and shall comply with the Billboard regulations.

SIGN, CANOPY OR AWNING

Any sign that is part of or attached to an awning, canopy, or other fabric, plastic, or structural protective cover over a door, entrance, window, or outdoor service area.

SIGN, DOUBLE FACED

A sign which displays a message, information or advertising on both faces of the sign.

SIGN, FREESTANDING

A sign supported by structures or supports that are placed on, or anchored in, the ground and that are independent from any building or other structure.

SIGN, GROUND

A sign, other than a freestanding sign, placed directly on ground without supports or pylons, independent from any building.

SIGN, ILLUMINATED

A sign which has characters, letters, figures, designs, or outlines illuminated by direct or indirect electric lighting or luminous device as part of the sign.

SIGN, POLITICAL

Any temporary sign pertaining to political views, an individual seeking election or appointment to a public office, or a forthcoming public election or referendum.

SIGN, PROJECTING

A sign affixed to a wall or other vertical building surface in such a manner that its leading edge extends more than six (6) inches beyond the surface of such wall or building.

SIGN, REAL ESTATE

A sign pertaining to the sale, lease, or rental of the property on which it is located.

SIGN, TEMPORARY

A sign intended for short-term use, such as a promotional sign, including signs pertaining to business events, political issues, an individual seeking public office, or a forthcoming public election.

SIGN, WALL

A sign parallel to a wall or other vertical building surface. Wall signs shall not extend beyond the edge of any wall or other surface to which they are mounted or painted and shall project no more than six (6) inches from its surface, otherwise they shall be defined as a projecting sign.

SIGN, WINDOW

A temporary or permanent sign which is oriented to the public right of way and is located on the inside or outside of a window.

SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA (SFHA)

Means an area in the floodplain subject to a 1 percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year. It is shown on the FIRM as Zone A, AO, A1, A30, AE, A99, or, AH.

START OF CONSTRUCTION

Includes substantial improvement and other proposed new development and means the date the Permit was issued, provided the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, placement, or other improvement was within 180 days from the date of the permit. The actual start means either the first placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site, such as the pouring of slab or footings, the installation of piles, the construction of columns, or any work beyond the stage of excavation; or the placement of a manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading, and filling; nor does it include the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings, piers, or foundations or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation on the property of accessory buildings, such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not part of the main structure. For a substantial improvement, the actual start of construction means the first, alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of a building, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the building.

STORY

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.

STORY, HALF

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.

STREET

A street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway, lane, alley, viaduct and any other ways used or intended to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians whether public or private.

STRUCTURE

   A.   Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.

   B.   (definition only applies to the Flood Hazard regulations in Article X) - a walled and roofed building, including a gas or liquid storage tank that is principally above ground, as well as a manufactured home.

SUBSTANTIAL ADDITIONS TO MOBILE HOME PARKS

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.

SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE

Damage from any cause sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before-damaged condition would equal or exceed fifty (50) percent or more of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.

SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS

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.

SUPPORTIVE LOW IMPACT COMMERCIAL USES

Commercial uses integrated into a residential area that serve the needs of the immediate neighborhood while not significantly impacting the residential character of the neighborhood where located nor drawing significant traffic or growth from outside the immediate neighborhood.

TOWNSHIP

The Township of Antrim, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

USE

The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed, arranged, intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained. The term permitted use or its equivalent shall not be deemed to include any nonconforming use.

VARIANCE

Relief granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and Articles VI and IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10601 et seq. and § 10901 et seq.

VIOLATION

This definition is for the purpose of the Flood Plain Regulations only. The failure of a structure or other development to be fully compliant with the community s flood plain management regulations. A structure or other development without the elevation certificate, other certifications, or other evidence of compliance required in 44 CFR 60.3(b)(5), (c)(4), (c)(10), (d)(3), (e)(2), (e)(4), or (e)(5) is presumed to be in violation until such time as that documentation is provided.

WETLANDS

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.

YARD

An unoccupied space, other than a court, open to the sky, on the same lot with a building or structure.

YARD, FRONT

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.

YARD, REAR

The opposite of the front yard, and every lot shall have a rear yard. There shall only be one rear yard per parcel.

YARD, SIDE

Any yard or yards other than the front yard or rear yard.