A second unit either in, added to or on the property of an existing single-family detached dwelling in which there is no means of access between the two dwelling units. An accessory dwelling unit shall comply with § 200-11, Use regulations.

A separate structure or building used to house or provide for an accessory use.

See "extension."

An establishment where, for any form of consideration, one or more booths are provided for motion-picture projectors, slide projectors or similar machines for viewing by five or fewer persons each, are used to show films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides or other photographic reproductions that are characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of specified anatomical areas.

An establishment that has a substantial portion of its stock-in-trade and offers for sale, for any form of consideration, any one or more of the following:

Commercial exploitation of explicit sexual conduct through the public exhibition of lewd films and the display and/or sale of lewd publications and the use of so-called massage parlors and model studios for purposes of lewdness, assignation or prostitution which constitutes a debasement and distortion of a sensitive key relationship of human existence central to family life, community welfare and the development of human personality and is offensive to the senses and to public morals and interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property, the interest of the public in the quality of life and total community environment, the tone of commerce in the Township, property values and the public safety.

A nightclub, bar or restaurant or similar establishment that regularly features live performances that are characterized by the exposure of specified anatomical areas or by specified sexual activities, or films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides or other photographic reproductions in which a substantial portion of the presentation time is devoted to the showing of material that is characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.

The use of land and structures for the provision of out-of-home, nonmedical care for elderly or disabled adults for part of a twenty-four-hour day, excluding care provided by relatives.

An establishment where, for any form of consideration, films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides or similar photographic reproductions are shown, and in which a substantial portion of the total presentation time is devoted to the showing of material characterized by an emphasis on the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.

A theater, concert hall, auditorium or similar establishment characterized by (activities featuring) the exposure of specified anatomical areas or by specified sexual activities.

All facilities for the storage, maintenance, takeoff and landing of motorized aircraft.

A corridor within a parking lot used by motor vehicles for access to the parking spaces.

A street, usually located to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting a street, used primarily for vehicular service access.

As applied to a structure, a change or rearrangement in the structural parts, including supporting members such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders, or an enlargement, whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height, or the moving from one location or position to another.

Any duly enacted change or revision of this chapter.

The provision of entertainment or games of skill to the general public for a fee, such as arcades, billiards, bowling, skating, miniature golf, or other similar businesses.

A place where domesticated animals, such as dogs or cats, are trained, and/or boarded.

A landowner or developer who has filed an application for a zoning permit.

Ground-mounted installations of mechanical, electrical, or other utility hardware for a development or subdivision. This includes transformers, electrical switches, HVAC equipment and the like. This does not include such equipment as ATMs, gas pumps, electric vehicle charging stations (excluding transformers or switches related to vehicle charging), or other similar devices intended for use and access by the general public.

A professional licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to practice architecture.

For the purposes of this chapter, the area median family income shall be based on data for Centre County produced annually by HUD or the Census Bureau.

Persons who are skilled in any one of the following or related professions: e.g., painter, illustrator, miniaturist, engraver, designer, etcher, commercial artist, sculptor, carver, medalist, chiseler, writer, dancer, musician, builder, landscape designer, photographer, videographer, decorator and fabric artisan.

The use of land and structures engaged in the retail sale of gasoline unless within a shopping center as defined in § 88-3,[1] oil, grease, batteries, tires and other motor vehicle accessories, which may also provide minor mechanical repairs and servicing of motorized vehicles.

The use of land and structures for the storage, baling, packing, sorting, handling, disassembling, purchase or sale of any material which has been used, salvaged, scrapped or reclaimed but is capable of being reused in some form, including metals, fiber, paper, cloth and rags, rubber, rope, bottles, machinery, tools, appliances, fixtures, utensils, lumber, boxes, crates, pipe and pipe fittings, tires, motor vehicles which are inoperable and do not have a current inspection sticker or current license as required by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and motor vehicle parts, but not including garbage or other organic wastes.

An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue of money, for the extension of credit, and for facilitating the transmission of funds. Such an establishment shall be permitted where retail establishments are permitted.

Any area of the building having its floor below ground level on all sides.

An owner-occupied single-family detached dwelling unit providing, for compensation, sleeping accommodations and breakfast for transient guests in three or less guestrooms.

An owner-occupied single-family detached dwelling unit providing, for compensation, sleeping accommodations and breakfast for transient guests in 10 or less guestrooms.

A minimum eight-foot-zero-inch-wide paved path intended to furnish bicycle and pedestrian access.

The area which encompasses the houses on both sides of the street, bordered at either or both sides by the nearest cross street.

An establishment operated for profit or pecuniary gain, which admits patrons upon the payment of a fee, has a capacity for the assemblage of 20 or more persons and in which alcoholic liquors, alcohol or malt or brewed beverages are not legally sold but where alcoholic liquors, alcohol or malt or brewed beverages are either provided by the operator or agents or employees of the operator for consumption on the premises or are brought into or kept at the establishment by the patrons or persons assembling there for use and consumption. The term shall not include a licensee under the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L. 90, No. 21), known as the "Liquor Code," or any organization as set forth in Section 6 of the Act of December 19, 1990 (P.L. 1200, No. 202), known as the "Solicitation of Funds for Charitable Purposes Act."[2]

A broad internal street with landscaped medians and planted rights-of-way lined with trees and grass cover.

A line marking the limit or border of a lot or district.

A structure, including any part thereof, having a roof and used for the shelter or enclosure of persons or property.

A freestanding building which sells hardware, building materials and lumber. The lumber may be in the main building or in a yard or storage area.

The line within a lot defining the required minimum setback distance between any structure and the adjacent street line.[3]

The placement of material in any state (solid, liquid, or gas) that will be utilized other than on site.

A building that offers office, light manufacturing and/or laboratory space, common facilities and shared services at below market rates to tenants.

Any establishment wherein the primary occupation is the provision of services or supplies principally to the business, commercial or institutional community. Examples of business services include, but are not limited to, printing and copying services, messenger or courier services, stationery and office supply facilities and sandwich shops.

The diameter of a tree measured at 4 1/2 feet above the top of the root ball. In the case of a multi-stem tree, the caliper is determined by the average of the stems.

The use of land and structures by campers for seasonal, recreational and temporary living purposes in cabins, tents or outdoor recreational vehicles.

A deciduous tree, either single-stemmed or multi-stemmed (clump form), which has a caliper of at least two inches to 2 1/2 inches at planting and is of a species which, at maturity, can be expected to reach a height of at least 30 feet.

The portion of a street right-of-way designed or intended for vehicular use.[4]

A line running parallel to and equidistant from both sides of a street.

Any fully enclosed and covered structure providing a predator-resistant shelter that is thoroughly ventilated, provides adequate sun and shade and all-season protection from the elements, designed to be easily accessed and cleaned where backyard chicken live.

A domesticated female chicken considered a chick, pullet or adult.

A covered, secure enclosure that allows chicken hens access to the outdoors.

The use of land and structures for supervised day care of seven or more children.

The use of land and structure for the care and supervision in a single-family home of no more than six nonresident children.

The use of land and structures for religious worship, education and related activities; includes chapels, cathedrals, temples, synagogues, on-site parish houses, convents and the like. Other establishments maintained by religious organizations, such as primary and secondary educational institutions, institutions of higher education, day-care centers, hospitals, recreational athletic facilities or camps and the like are classified as a land use according to their respective activities separate from that of a church/place of worship.

The nonprofit use of land and structures for social activities among group members and their guests.

The use of land and structures for the manufacture and processing of dairy products.

A parking lot that provides parking that is not specific to any particular accessory use. A fee may or may not be charged. A lot that provides both parking for a specific use and regular fee parking for people not connected to any nearby use is also considered a commercial parking use.

As defined by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 1603.

The nonprofit use of land and structures for social and community service activities, including recreational programs, professional counseling services and/or human service agencies and programs, provided that the sale of intoxicating beverages on the premises shall be prohibited.

A public or private temporary residential facility providing transitional housing, employment assistance, counseling, and/or other services to offenders who are placed in such a facility under terms of probation, parole, or pretrial status.

A space which will remain totally dry during flooding; the structure is designed and constructed to prevent the passage of water and water vapor.

The officially adopted College Township Comprehensive Plan.

Areas for the conservation of open space, water, soil, and wildlife resources. Such areas include nature centers and preserves, wildlife sanctuaries, and other areas that preserve natural and environmentally sensitive features in their natural state.

The construction, reconstruction, repair, extension, expansion, alteration or relocation of a building or structure, including the placement of manufactured homes.[5]

Small stores providing food, beverages, sundries and/or fuel and designed in a manner for quick turnover of customers.

A building, or portion thereof, that is used by a center of administration that supports the internal operations of a corporation. An office that provides external operations or services similar to those of a business, financial, and/or professional office shall not be defined as a "corporate office."

Public or privately operated facilities housing persons awaiting trial or persons serving a sentence after being found guilty of a criminal offense, including but not limited to jails, prisons, and juvenile detention centers.

The Council of the Township of College, County of Centre, Pennsylvania.

A building equipped with a furnace for cremating dead bodies.

A curved curb connecting the tangents of two intersecting curbs of streets or driveways.

A centralized facility for the storage, management, processing, and dissemination of electronic data and information. Typical facilities include but are not limited to mainframe computers, servers, networking equipment, backup power supply, and other devices associated with electronic data and information.

The conveyance of land or objects to some public use, made by the owner and accepted for such use by or on behalf of the public by a municipality, school district, public authority or other government agency.

The generalized spatial distribution of development which establishes an identifiable and legible relationship of buildings to open space.

Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, the placement of manufactured homes, streets and other paving, utilities and filling, grading, excavation, mining, dredging or drilling operations and the storage of materials or equipment.

Access to an existing public road or otherwise developed right-of-way which does not traverse lands held in ownership by others.

All land and watercourses located within designated boundaries on the Official Zoning Map; a zoning district.

The use of land and structures in which goods or services are dispensed directly to the patron in a motor vehicle by any means which eliminates the necessity for the patron to exit the motor vehicle.

An establishment or portion thereof which accommodates a patron's motor vehicle, from which the occupants may receive a service or in which products are purchased without the need for the occupants to leave the motor vehicle.

A corridor which provides motor vehicle access from a street into a lot.

A building designed for human living quarters.

A professional engineer licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to practice engineering.

A professional engineer, licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the engineer for the Township.

A sign, flag, fence, wall, fountain, kiosk or pavilion, plant material or a combination of such structures or decorative elements located at the entrance to a site to indicate or mark an access point.

Construction or assembly.

A space which will remain dry during flooding, except for the passage of some water vapor or minor seepage; the structure is substantially impermeable to the passage of water.

Facilities for the distribution of utility services, including gas, electric, steam, water and sewerage, excluding wireless communications facilities.

A tree, either single-stemmed or multi-stemmed (clump form) which is a minimum of six feet tall at planting and is of a species which at maturity can be expected to reach a height of at least 20 feet.

Any act by which earth, gravel, rock or any other similar material is dug into, cut, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed.

An addition to the floor area of an existing structure; an increase in the size of a structure or an increase in that portion of a lot occupied by an existing use; an enlargement.

A person or two or more persons, all of whom are related by blood, marriage, parentage, adoption or legal guardianship, including foster children, living together as a single housekeeping unit. In addition to the family, two or fewer persons who are not related to the family may reside within the housekeeping unit in the dwelling unit.

The ratio of gross floor area of a building or buildings within a land planning unit to the gross land area of the land planning unit.

The employment of the land and structures for one or more of the following uses: tilling or cultivation of the land; raising, harvesting and selling of crops, fruits and vegetables; horticulture use related to the raising, propagating and selling of trees, shrubs, flowers, and other plant material; forestry uses related to harvesting of lumber products; the keeping and raising of livestock, poultry; dairying and the sale of dairy products; or any other agriculture, horticultural, animal husbandry or any combination thereof. "Farm use" does not include the on-site tilling or cultivation of up to 50% of an individual parcel for the raising and maintenance of trees, shrubs, plants, flowers, garden crops, fruits and vegetables intended for personal use or eventual off-site donation or sale. This shall also not include any plants for the purpose of landscape or aesthetics.

Any establishment whose principal business is the sale of food or beverages with rapid turnover to customers in a ready-to-consume state for consumption either within the building or for carry-out off the premises and whose design or principal method of operation includes the following: foods and beverages are usually served in disposable or edible containers; it is self-service, with customers expected to clean up after themselves; and menus are posted.

Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar material is placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved to a new location above the natural surface of the ground or on top of the stripped surface; the difference in elevation between a point on the original ground and a designated point of higher elevation on the final grade; the material used to make fill.

All habitable interior space, excluding unheated porches, carports and garages.

Trunks and branches of trees and bushes, but does not include leaves, needles, vines or brush smaller than three inches in diameter.

One or more motor vehicles owned by a business, government, or similar entity utilized for the provision of services and/or goods.

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.

Waters which escape from streams or other bodies of water and overflow adjacent lands, as distinct from runoff.

The designated area of a floodplain required to carry and discharge floodwaters of a given magnitude. For the purposes of this Chapter, the floodway shall be capable of accommodating a flood of the one-hundred-year magnitude.

A business establishment where the bodies of the dead are prepared for burial or cremation and where funeral services can be held; mortuary.

The portion of a lot boundary abutting a street.

The use of land for the legal operation of a business which allows for any form of wagering, including a licensed gaming entity with the exception of lotteries.

The Council of the Township of College, County of Centre, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The slope of ground, street or other public way, specified in percentage of change in elevation per horizontal distance.

The act of excavating and/or filling land for the purpose of changing natural slope.

The act of pasturing livestock on growing grass or other growing herbage or on dead grass or other dead herbage existing in the place where grown, as the principal subsistence of the livestock so grazed.

The sum of the gross horizontal areas of all floors of a building measured from the exterior face of exterior walls, or from the center line of a wall separating two buildings, but not including interior parking spaces, loading space for motor vehicles or any space where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than six feet.

A dwelling unit in which care and residence are provided in accordance with regulations of the appropriate state agency(ies) for three and not more than six nonadjudicated clients who are dependent children or elderly, mentally ill or disabled adults.

A category for the following similar uses: personal care boarding fraternities, sororities and elderly housing developments.

A temporary residential facility for people who have had issues with alcoholism, drug abuse, mental illness, or antisocial conduct or victims thereof to live in a supportive living arrangement with the intended goal of transitioning the residents to independent or semi-independent living. This term specifically excludes correctional and community corrections facilities.

The vertical distance of a structure measured from the average elevation of existing grade at the proposed building perimeter prior to construction, to the finished ceiling of the highest habitable space. See figure below. Also see § 200-14 for exceptions.

Properties listed in the United States Department of Interior National Register of Historic Places.

Any structure that is:

An accessory use of a dwelling for gainful employment.

A business or nonprofit establishment for the diagnosis, treatment and other care of the general public through an organized medical staff which is primarily engaged in providing in-patient care. The establishment shall be licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and have as its mission the provision of acute care medical and nursing services to the injured, disabled, pregnant, diseased or sick or mentally ill persons and/or the provision of rehabilitation services for such persons and to provide further services which promote good health and well-being of people.

All the people who occupy a dwelling unit. A household includes the related family members and all the unrelated individuals, if any, such as lodgers, foster children, wards, or employees who share the dwelling unit. A person living alone in a housing unit, or a group of unrelated people sharing a housing unit such as partners or roomers, is also counted as a household.

A building used for seasonal and temporary living purposes by persons engaged in hunting, fishing and similar recreational purposes.

A surface that limits the infiltration of water into the ground, including any rooftop surface or swimming pool surface, or any asphaltic pavement, concrete or compacted gravel; any of which is used for driveways, ditches or courts.

Those physical additions, installations and changes required to render land suitable for the use intended, and including but not limited to streets, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, street signs and lights, walkways, sewer and water facilities, monuments and markers, shade trees, grading and stormwater drainage facilities.

A building or space designed to accommodate various recreational, fitness or leisure activities within an enclosed environment. Included facilities include amenities such as gymnasiums, swimming pools, basketball courts, fitness centers, climbing walls, indoor tracks, pickle ball, racquetball, or tennis courts, and multi-purpose rooms.

An area planned for the integrated design of two or more primary industrial uses and structures on a lot held in single ownership.

An establishment engaged in the repair or servicing of industrial or commercial machinery, equipment, products, or by-products. Typical uses include welding shops, machine shops; industrial tool repair; fuel oil distributors; solid fuel yards; laundry, drycleaning, and/or carpet cleaning plants.

The manufacturing of acetylene, cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris, chlorine, corrosive acid or fertilizer, insecticides, disinfectants, poisons, explosives, paint, lacquer, varnish, petroleum products, coal products, plastic and synthetic resins, and radioactive materials and the like. In addition, this shall include smelting, animal rendering, natural gas and oil refining operations.

A species that has become a weed pest, a plant which grows aggressively, spreads, and displaces other plants. Generally, invasive species are plants that are not native to North America, spread quickly, reproducing by roots or shoots, mature quickly, can grow in many different conditions and be exploiters and colonizers of disturbed ground. For the purposes of this chapter "invasive species" shall be those defined as serious or moderate threats to Pennsylvania’s noninvasive plant species as established by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

Area within a building which is intended for applied and developmental research use.

A unit of analysis for planning purposes not to exceed a certain acreage defined by district requirements. Boundaries of a land planning unit are to be determined by natural or other physical features that result in a contiguous land area.

The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land, including the holder of an option or contract to purchase, whether or not such option or contract is subject to any condition, a lessee, if he is authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner; or other persons having a proprietary interest in land.

A professional licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to practice landscape architecture.

A professional licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Includes, but is not limited to, the following acts of conduct:

A facility which provides for slot machines as permitted and regulated under Act 72 of 2004, Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act, as amended.

Any manufacturing uses with no or low environmental impacts, where by their very nature produce no impacts to nearby properties in terms of smoke, noise, soot, dirt, vibration, etc., and in which all work, including storage of materials, occurs inside the building, such as but not limited to the production and/or assembly of photographic equipment; precision instruments; ceramic products; electrical equipment, components and accessories; electronic or mechanical measuring instruments and control devices; optical equipment; communications equipment; computers; instruments, accessories and supplies used in medical diagnosis or treatment; the publishing of newspapers, books, magazines and the like.

Land and building uses within a PRBD that are restricted to certain percentages of the total FAR for the land planning unit.

The portion of the floor area of a dwelling relegated to use for residential purposes but excluding crawl spaces, garages, carports, breezeways, attics or portions thereof with clear ceiling heights of less than five feet, open porches, balconies, terraces and accessory structures.

A platform where trucks can be loaded or unloaded.

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.

A boundary line of a lot; includes property line.[6]

The area contained within the boundary lines of a lot.

Any scheme or procedure whereby one or more prizes are distributed by chance among persons who have paid or promised consideration for a chance to win such prizes, whether such scheme or procedure is called a lottery, raffle, gift, sale or some other name.

The horizontal distance between side lot lines.[7]

The lowest floor of the lowest fully enclosed area (including basement). An unfinished, flood-resistant partially enclosed area, used solely for the 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 nonelevation design requirements of this chapter.

Any of the following changes to the approved preliminary plan may constitute a major variation:

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 only when connected to the required utilities. The term includes park trailers, travel trailers, recreational and other similar vehicles placed on a site for more than 180 consecutive days.

A parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land which has been planned and improved for the placement of two or more manufactured homes.

Establishments engaged in the chemical or mechanical transformation of materials or substances into new products, including the assembling of component parts, the manufacturing of products, and the blending of materials such as lubricating oils, resins or liquors.

A dwelling unit other than mobile homes as defined herein which sells on the market at a price which is affordable to those households which make above 100% of area median family income.

An establishment where, for any form of consideration, massage, alcohol rub, fomentation, electric or magnetic treatment, or similar treatment or manipulation of the human body, is administered for purposes of specified sexual activities.

The substance or substances out of which a thing is or can be made; of or relating to matter; something physical.

The percentage of area of the land planning unit which may be occupied by the ground floor area of all primary, limited and accessory use buildings.

The actual number of occupants for whom each occupied space, floor or building is designed.

The maximum percentage of lot area which may be occupied by the ground floor area of all buildings.[8]

Any building, or portion thereof, used by any company, corporation, partnership, or sole proprietor primarily engaged in furnishing medical, surgical and related services to individuals, including the offices of physicians, dentists, chiropodists, chiropractors, ophthalmologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, medical, optical, optometric, osteopathic and other health practitioners, medical and dental laboratories, out-patient-care facilities, blood banks, oxygen and miscellaneous types of medical supplies and services. Hospitals, whether for profit or not for profit, licensed by the State of Pennsylvania are excluded from this definition.

The use of land for the purpose of extracting rocks and minerals for sale, exclusive of grading a lot preparatory to the construction of a structure for which a zoning permit has been issued.[9]

A building(s) in which a storage unit or vault is rented for the storage of goods. Each unit is physically separated from other units, and access is usually provided through an overhead door or other common access point.

A building which contains both residential and nonresidential uses. For the purposes of this chapter, a mixed-use building shall have at a minimum the entire ground floor dedicated to nonresidential uses, such as retail or office, the size of which shall be equal to or greater than the floors above it. The use of the ground- or first-floor area cannot be utilized for parking and still be defined as a mixed-use building.

A licensed mobile vehicle that is equipped to vend only sealed, prepackaged food and treats in the original sealed container or package that vends by transporting food and treats from place to place, or upon any public right-of-way for the purpose of selling or delivering food or goods.

A readily movable licensed motorized vehicle or a licensed towed vehicle designed and equipped to prepare, serve, and sell food and frozen dairy or frozen water-based food products, but which does not include mobile vending carts.

A transportable single-family dwelling contained in one unit, or in two 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.[10]

A form of development permitted in Chapter 127, Mobile Homes.

A mobile food cart that does not travel under its own power that is set up on the street that is licensed to sell food to passers-by. Prior to submission of the application for permitting, such applicants must obtain a waiver from College Township Council to operate from public sidewalks.

A residential structure constructed of similar materials and appearing similar to other structures located within the same residential development to "model" the type(s) of residential structures being offered for sale by the developer. The purpose of a model home is to display the exterior and interior of a typical residential structure and to display the developer's/builder's options offered in the residential structures to be built in the same residential development/subdivision as the model home unless it is built to commercial building code standards.

A place where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation, as a morgue or funeral home.

Of or for the Township of College, unless specifically in reference to another municipality.

Small stores permitted in selected rural and residential districts which retail food and nonalcoholic beverages primarily to the immediately surrounding population.

Structures for which the start of construction commenced on or after August 10, 1989, and includes any subsequent improvements thereto.

Any nonconforming lot, structure or use of land or structures.

A plant species not defined as invasive.

Any landowner except those on whose property all or a portion of a wind energy facility is located pursuant to an agreement with the facility owner or operator.

An arrow on a plan depicting true North.

A building with sleeping rooms where persons are housed or lodged and furnished with meals, nursing care for hire and which is approved for such by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare.

A residence, school, hospital, church, public library or other building used for public gathering that is occupied or in use when the permit application is submitted.

Any building or portion thereof used for the practice of a profession or for the conduct of business or daily operations by a government or its agency, business, corporation, institution, nonprofit entity and the like. Activities performed in an office include administrative and clerical functions, design work, software development, general research (not involving a laboratory) and the like. For the purposes of this chapter, this term shall not include a medical or veterinarian office or an office that has regular contact with the public or is dependent upon foot traffic/walk-in customers, such as a bank.

The map setting forth the boundaries of the districts of this chapter and adopted by the governing body of the Township.[11]

A sanitary sewage collection system in which sewage is carried from individual lots by a system of pipes to a central treatment and disposal plant.[12]

A space not located within any street right-of-way used by motor vehicles for the temporary storage of trucks and other commercial vehicles while loading and unloading merchandise or materials.

A space not located within any street right-of-way used by motor vehicles for the temporary storage of one motor vehicle.

A flood that, on the average, is likely to occur once every 100 years (i.e., that has a one-percent chance of occurring each year, although the flood may occur in any year).[13]

A sanitary sewage disposal system in which sewage is treated and discharged on the same lot as the use which it serves.[14]

That area within the perimeter boundaries of a plan that is intended to provide light and air and is designed for preservation of natural features, buffering or scenic or recreational purpose. Open space may include but need not be limited to lawns, decorative plantings, walkways, active and passive recreation structures and areas, children's playgrounds, fountains, pools or ponds, undisturbed natural areas, agriculture, wooded areas, and/or water bodies. Open space must also be open and accessible to all tenants or users of the proposed development. Open space for the purposes of required open space requirements pursuant to §§ 200-27.1E and 200-27.2E shall not include areas within required setbacks and/or buffer yard areas and/or areas set aside for public facilities (e.g., schools, utilities or municipal facilities).

Any equipment, device or apparatus, or any part thereof, which is installed, affixed or situated outdoors or in a structure not normally occupied for human habitation for the primary purpose of combustion of fuel to produce heat or energy used as a component of a space or water heating system in a building or structure of which the unit is located outside of.

Shall refer to each tract of land as it lies in College Township at the effective date of any ordinance referring to it.

A row of parking spaces abutting one another along the length of each space.

A raised, landscaped area located interior to a parking lot generally found every 10 spaces or at the end of a parking bay.

An area designed and used for the parking of motor vehicles outside of a public or private right-of-way, generally consisting of off-street parking spaces, drive aisles to access such spaces, and required landscaping. Areas containing off-street parking spaces for a single-family home, or an individual unit in a duplex or townhome building, shall not be considered a parking lot and thereby only need to meet the requirements for off-street parking spaces.

A structure or portion thereof composed of one or more levels or floors used exclusively for the parking or storage of motor vehicles. A parking structure may be totally below grade (as in underground parking garage) or either partially or wholly above ground with those levels being either open or enclosed.

Recreational activities that are commonly unorganized and noncompetitive, including, but not limited to, picnicking, bird watching, kite flying, bicycling, and walking. Site amenities for such activities include, but are not limited to, picnic tables, photo stands, open play areas where substantial clearing is not required, rest rooms, boardwalks, paved paths, pathways, benches, and pedestrian bridges and appurtenant structures. This is to specifically not include swimming pools, BMX tracks, skate parks, sports facilities, and the like.

A paved space at ground level that adjoins a residence and is used for dining or recreation.

Act of 1968, July 31, P.L. 805, as amended (53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.).

The line marking the outside limit of a plan.

As defined by the regulations for personal care boarding homes of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare.

Any movable thing that is subject to ownership.

Establishments primarily engaged in providing services involving the care of a person or his or her personal goods or apparel, specifically related to services that would occur on the premises of the business.

A component or definable part of a whole; a stage of development. A phase of a development plan is that part of the entire plan which, if implemented, is capable of standing on its own. A phase of planned development shall be able to function independently of the undeveloped phases, while being compatible with adjacent or neighboring land uses, even if the remainder of the planned development were to be discontinued.

A facility where the production and/or testing of materials or processes is conducted at a scale larger than bench top and smaller than commercial production and/or testing.

The use of land or structures where people assemble for a common purpose, such as social, cultural, and/or religious purposes, in an organized manner. Place of assembly includes any place of worship, community center, auditorium, exhibition/assembly hall, club, fraternal organization and the like.

An area of land, controlled by a landowner, to be developed as a single entity for a mixture of research and business uses.

A form of development permitted in Chapter 145, Planned Residential Development.

The College Township Planning Commission, Township of College, County of Centre, Pennsylvania.[15]

A covered platform at an entrance to a structure.

Any container designed for the storage of personal property that is typically rented to owners or occupants of property for their temporary use and which customarily is delivered and removed by truck. For the purpose of this chapter, a portable storage unit may also be identified as simply a unit(s).

A house or building, along with its grounds.

Food that is packaged at a licensed premises or federally inspected premises other than the premises at which it is offered for sale.

Not publicly owned, operated or controlled.

Something produced by human or mechanical effort or something created by a natural process, such as a plant, vegetable or honey, for personal or commercial use or consumption, and that may usually be considered tangible personal property.

Owned, operated or controlled by a government agency.

A man-made structure or facility which is intended for active and/or passive recreational use. Examples of such recreational structures include but are not limited to swimming pools, pavilions, gazebos, play equipment and tennis courts. This shall not be construed to include amusement enterprises.

An element, compound, mixture, solution or substance that, when released into the environment, may present substantial danger to the public health, welfare or the environment, which is one of the following:

A plan for a lot within a residential zone drawn to scale, showing uses and structures proposed for a single-family dwelling, an addition thereto or accessory structure 600 square feet or greater and/or site grading.

An occupant of a dwelling who is the properly recorded legal owner of record of the dwelling property and who uses the property as his primary or principal residence. The owner's children or relatives are not legal owners of record unless their names are recorded on the deed in the Courthouse of Centre County.

Establishments engaged in the selling of foods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption and rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods.

An establishment where horses are kept for riding or driving or are stabled for compensation as part of a club, association, ranch or similar establishment.

A corridor of land set aside for use, in whole or in part, by a street.[16]

The surface water discharge or rate of discharge of a given watershed after a fall of rain, snow or other form of precipitation that does not enter the soil but runs off the surface of the land.

A schedule of development is the projected time frame in which the several phases of a development are to be implemented.

Any place offering instruction in any branch of knowledge under the supervision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or a lawfully constituted ecclesiastical governing body, person, partnership or corporation meeting the requirements of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A trailer so constructed that some part of its weight rests upon or is carried by the towing vehicle.

An establishment whose primary activity is the provision of assistance, as opposed to tangible products to individuals, business, industry, government, institutional or other enterprises. Examples include but are not limited to dry cleaners, laundromats, barbers and beauticians, health and fitness clubs, tanning salons, funeral homes, mortuaries, tailors, automobile repair/maintenance facilities, printing/copying services, messenger/courier services, etc.

An integrated commercial development of at least 30,000 square feet of retail, service and/or sales space.

An ornamental plant with woody stems that is at least two gallons at planting.

An electric generation facility, whose main purpose is to supply electricity, consisting of one or more wind turbines and other accessory structures and buildings to a primary use located on the same site as the wind turbine(s) and has a rated capacity of 60 KW or less.

A business whose activities result in the development of computer software products. Software development may include new product development, modification, reuse, reengineering, maintenance or any other activity that results in computer software products.

Any part of a solar energy system that absorbs or reflects solar energy for use in the system's transformation process including any portion of the frames, supports and mounting hardware.

An energy system that converts solar energy to usable thermal, mechanical, chemical, or electrical energy.

Those solar energy systems that are an integral part of a primary or accessory structure rather than a separate mechanical device, replacing or substituting for an architectural or structural component of the structure. Building-integrated systems include but are not limited to photovoltaic or hot water solar systems that are contained within roofing materials, windows, skylights, awnings making them virtually indistinguishable from standard building materials.

A solar energy system whose components are mounted directly to a roof and/or wall of an accessory or primary structure.

A solar energy system whose components are placed or mounted on the ground.

A solar energy system that is incorporated into a manufactured device in which the system generates energy exclusively for said device. Such solar energy systems include but are not limited to light fixtures, signs, or mechanical devices, such as pumps, fans, water level monitoring stations, etc.

As used herein, specified anatomical areas means and includes any of the following: less than completely covered human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, or female breasts below a point immediately above the top of the areola.

Includes any of the following:

Any structure enclosing a flue or flues that carries off smoke or exhaust from a furnace located inside or outside of a structure.

Camouflaging methods applied to wireless communications facilities, communications antennas, and other facilities that render them more visually appealing and virtually indistinguishable from the structure that it is mounted to. Such methods include, but are not limited to, using architectural materials to screen the WCF from view, painting the WCF to match the building or structure it is mounted to, designing and constructing the WCF in a manner to resemble another object such as a flagpole, clock tower, decorative street light, chimney, grain silo, etc.

Land whose slope (surfaces at an angle to the plane of the horizon) is 25% or more (a vertical difference of 25 feet or more per 100 feet of horizontal distance).

A public or private corridor used as a means of vehicular and pedestrian access to two or more lots; a highway, road or alley.

The dividing line between a street and a lot; includes right-of-way line and front lot line.[17]

Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land. All buildings and all satellite dish antennas are structures.

The division or redividing of a lot, tract or parcel of land by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of land, whether immediate or future, of lease, partition by the court for distribution to heirs or devisees, transfer of ownership or building or lot development; provided, however, that the subdivision by lease of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving any new street or easement of access or any residential dwelling, shall be exempted.[18]

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

Any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the structure before the start of construction of the improvement. This term includes structures which have incurred substantial damage regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however, include either:

A single-family detached dwelling used for seasonal and temporary living purposes during any season by persons engaged in recreational pursuits.

A retail store selling a complete assortment of food and food preparation materials, household items and other retail items. Sale of additional products, when clearly incidental and subordinate to the retailing of food and beverages may include housewares, periodicals, tobacco and both prescription and nonprescription drugs. Supermarkets contain a more complete line of food products and have a minimum of 5,000 square feet of gross floor area.

A use established for a fixed period of time with the intent to discontinue the use at the end of such time. Such uses do not involve the construction or alteration of any permanent structure.

A dwelling in which overnight accommodations are provided or offered for transient guests for compensation.

The Township of College, County of Centre, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A vehicle designed to be towed by another vehicle.

The vertical distance measured from average elevation of the existing grade at the proposed tower foundation perimeter to the highest point of the turbine, including the turbine rotor blade.

A tree, either single-stemmed or multistemmed (clump form), which has a caliper of at least 1.5 inches at planting and is of a species which at maturity, can be expected to reach a height between 10 and 30 feet.

A person not related by blood or marriage.

Dry wood which has been milled and dried but which has not been treated or combined with any petroleum product, chemical, preservative, glue, adhesive, stain, paint or other substance.

Any purpose for which a lot or structure may be designed, arranged, intended, maintained or occupied, or any activity, occupation, business or operation carried on in a structure on a lot.

A corporation, enterprise, government entity or persons generating, transmitting, distributing, transporting and/or collecting in any manner, electricity, heat, steam, natural gas, propane, water, wastewater, communications (cable and telephone) to the public, or any portion thereof, for compensation.

A structure or building maintained by a utility for the operation and maintenance of a utility’s service. For the purposes of this chapter, such facilities include buildings or structures such as electric substations, water treatment plants, water tower/tank/reservoir or pumping stations, sewage disposal or pumping plants and other similar structures. Power-generation facilities, resource-extraction activities and communication antennas are not to be included in this definition.

Provisions for the transmission and/or distribution of services by a utility, involving minor structures typically found within rights-of-way, easements or immediately adjacent to them and not located within buildings or equipment compounds. Examples of such include pipes/lines carrying gas, propane, electricity, telephone, cable, heat, steam, water, wastewater and the like, including associated accessories such as utility cabinets, utility poles, vaults, hydrants, valves, manholes, transformers, etc.

A permissive waiver of terms and conditions of this chapter issued by the Zoning Hearing Board.

Any building or portion thereof used by a licensed veterinarian for the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of animal diseases. Temporary/limited boarding of animals for the purpose of recovery or medical treatment may be included, as well as overnight boarding for short-term medical care. Facilities that offer emergency veterinary care are included. No outdoor boarding of animals is permitted unless animal kennels are a permitted use in the zoning district where the veterinary office/clinic is to be located.

A secondary or higher education facility primarily teaching skills related to the practical, industrial or mechanical arts or the applied sciences that prepare students for jobs in a trade or vocation.

A right-of-way intended to provide pedestrian access.

Establishments engaged in the sale of goods sold and/or packaged in bulk or larger quantities than that found in a typical store.

Establishments or places primarily engaged in the selling of merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional or professional business users, or to other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers and buying merchandise for or selling merchandise to such individuals or companies.

A wind energy conversion system that converts wind energy into electricity through the use of a wind turbine generator and includes the nacelle, rotor, tower and pad turbine, if any.

An establishment providing outdoor recreation during the winter, such as skiing, sledding and skating.

A dwelling unit which is affordable to those making up to 100% of the area median income (AMI).

An unoccupied space, open to the sky, extending from the lot line to a structure. The size of a required yard shall be measured as the shortest distance between the structure and lot line.[19]

The minimum allowable distance between the lot line and a line drawn parallel to the lot line as specified in the chapter for front, side or rear yard setbacks.[20]

An area bounded by a lot line and a line drawn parallel to the lot line at a distance specified in the chapter for front, side or rear yard setbacks.[21]

The officially designated Zoning Officer of the Township of College, County of Centre, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.