An improved cartway designed and constructed to provide for vehicular movement between a public or private road and the off-street parking and/or loading area for any use other than one single-family dwelling unit or farm.

That portion of an access drive in which exiting vehicles queue at a traffic control point along which there is no conflicting vehicle access point, or that portion of an access drive in which entering vehicles encounter no conflicting vehicle access points.

A detached, subordinate building, the use of which is customarily incidental to that of the principal use and which is located on the same lot as the principal use.

An area of land or other area used for, a solar energy system used to capture solar energy, convert it to electrical energy or thermal power and supply electrical or thermal power primarily for on-site use. Ground mounted or freestanding solar energy systems with an output size of not greater than 10 kw shall be considered accessory solar energy systems. Roof mounted solar energy systems on the roofs of buildings on-site used primarily for on-site use shall have no limit as to energy output. An accessory solar energy system consists of one or more freestanding ground, or roof mounted solar arrays or modules, or solar related equipment and is intended to primarily reduce on-site consumption of utility power or fuels.

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

The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended and codified.[1]

The state of being side by side, next to or abutting one another.

Any of the following, either alone or in combination with any other use:

The tilling of the soil, the raising of crops, horticulture, and the keeping or raising of livestock, such as alpacas, birds, beaver, bees, cattle, chinchilla, cows, emus, fish, foul, foxes, hogs, horses, lynx, sable, sheep, goats, llamas, mink, ostriches, peacocks, pot-belly pigs, poultry, rabbits, raccoons, seal, shellfish and other similar animals, for commercial distribution. This definition also includes noncommercial greenhouses and mushroom houses, as well as the processing and retail sale of goods produced on the farm. This definition also includes uses devoted to research into agricultural technology that would change the conduct of normal farming operations. This definition does not include concentrated animal feeding operations, concentrated animal operations, commercial produce operations and gardening, each as defined herein.

The co-development of the same area of land for both solar photovoltaic power and conventional agriculture.

Any contrivance, except an unpowered hang glider or parachute, used for manned ascent into flight through the air.

Any area of land or water which is used, or intended to be used, for the landing and takeoff of aircraft and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended to be used, for airport buildings or navigation facilities or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities thereon. For the purposes of § 155-24, Airport Safety Zone, of this chapter, the term "airport" shall refer to the commercial aviation facility within Conewago Township known as "Hanover Airport."

The highest point of an airport's usable landing area, measured in feet from sea level.

A minor right-of-way, privately or publicly owned, primarily for service access to the rear or sides of properties.

Any exterior structural addition to a building; any renovation to a building which would change its use; any change or rearrangement in the structural parts of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders, joists or rafters, or enclosing walls; the moving of a building from one location or position to another.

Any device installed as an accessory use that supplies energy principally for the principal use of the property that is derived from natural sources (e.g., solar panels, wind turbines, hydro turbines, geothermal exchangers and similar technologies). Also see the definition of "outdoor furnaces."

A method of alerting citizens of Pennsylvania when a child has been abducted, developed by the Pennsylvania State Police. The Amber Alert Plan uses the Emergency Alert System (EAS), via the code "CAE" (Child Abduction Emergency), to warn citizens by radio and television when a child abduction has occurred. The emergency alert contains information regarding the victim, the suspect and, if applicable, the suspect's vehicle information. This allows the citizens and the media to assist police by getting the message out immediately and reporting sightings of the child, perpetrator, or any other associated information. Properties with dynamic message signs are required to display Amber Alert information in accordance with § 155-45C(28)(f) of this chapter.

A commercial establishment which provides at least four amusement devices and/or games of skill or chance (e.g., pinball machines, video games, skeetball, electronic or water firing ranges and other similar devices). This definition does not include the use of less than four such devices as an accessory use that can be offered at suitable locations (e.g., restaurants, taverns, nightclubs, commercial recreation establishments, and similar uses).

A principal use designed and operated for public amusement and education that features a self-contained and secure setting with:

A standardized measure that enables regulation of density or intensity of animal population upon an area of land. One AEU is equivalent to 1,000 pounds of animal(s), including both animals customarily raised as livestock, as well as animals kept as pets.

Any establishment offering veterinary services. Animal hospitals can treat all types of animals and can include outdoor and overnight boarding of animals.

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

Every application, whether preliminary, tentative or final, required to be filed and approved prior to the start of construction or development, including but not limited to an application for zoning approval, for the approval of a subdivision plat or plan, or for the approval of a land development plan.

A surface longitudinally centered on the extended runway center line, extending outward and upward from the end of the primary surface and at the same slope as the approach zone height limitation slope set forth in § 155-24F of this chapter.

The two-dimensional measurement of space between known lines or boundaries.

The total land area proposed to be used for and/or within any, and all, of the following:

That part of a building which is immediately below and completely or partly within the roof framing. Within a dwelling unit, an attic shall not be counted as floor area unless it is constructed as or modified into a habitable room by the inclusion of dormer windows, an average ceiling height of five feet or more, and a permanent stationary interior access stairway to a lower building story.

A principal commercial use at which items are imported for public or private sale during a competitive bidding process. This use shall also expressly include a cafeteria or refreshment counter, provided such use is contained completely within an enclosed building and patrons are limited to those participating in the auction. This term shall not include automobile auctions as defined below.

A use whereby passenger vehicles are offered for wholesale and/or retail sales at prearranged sales during a competitive bidding process.

Any area of land, including structures thereon, that is used for the retail sale of gasoline or any other motor vehicle fuel and oil and other lubricating substances, including any retail sales of motor vehicle accessories, which may not include major repairing, body and fender work, painting, vehicular sales, nor rental or automatic car washes.

See definition of "parking compound."

See "passenger vehicle sales."

See "passenger vehicle service and repair."

A use whereby passenger vehicles are stored awaiting transport to a different location.

Specific actions that have been identified by one of the Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Inventory (PNDI) jurisdictional agencies that must be fulfilled by an applicant in order to inflict no impact upon a special concern species or resource in the vicinity of the project area.

Principal uses devoted to the receipt, saving, loaning, distribution, investment, and transfer of money, currency and wealth. This use shall expressly include uses commonly known as "banks," "credit unions," "savings-and-loan associations," "savings banks," "investment companies," or "philanthropic foundations," or the offices of an investment manager, investment banker, or securities broker or dealer. For the purpose of this chapter, this term shall exclude pawnshops and nonbank operations that provide check-cashing services and advances on paychecks.

The flood having a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (one-hundred-year flood).

The projected flood height of the base flood.

A space with less than half of its floor-to-ceiling height above the average finished grade of the adjoining ground and with a floor-to-ceiling height of greater than 6 1/2 feet; however, for the purposes of § 155-142 of this chapter, "basement" shall include any area of the building having its floor below ground level on all sides.

A single-family detached dwelling where between one and five sleeping accommodations are rented to overnight guests on a daily basis for periods not exceeding two weeks. Breakfast may be offered only to registered overnight guests.

The raising or keeping of bees within a man-made enclosure (beehive) for hobby or business purposes.

An off-premises sign which directs attention to a product, service, business, or cause.

Glare that is so intense that, for an appreciable length of time after it has been removed, no object can be seen.

An individual, other than a member of a family, occupying a dwelling unit or owning a lodging facility who, for compensation, is furnished sleeping accommodations within such dwelling unit or lodging facility and who also may be furnished meals or other domestic services in return for compensation.

A building or portion thereof arranged or used for sheltering or feeding, or both, as a gainful business for four but not more than 10 boarders. This term includes single-room occupancy residences (SROs), tourist homes and rooming houses. Boardinghouses must include a full-time on-site resident manager.

The governing body of Conewago Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

A carriage drawn by a horse that is commonly used by plain sects as a mode of transport and travel.

Any structure with a roof intended for shelter or enclosure of persons, animals or property.

The total area of all buildings (principal and accessory) taken on one or more horizontal planes that are directly between the ground and the sky, exclusive of uncovered porches, awnings, terraces, and steps (e.g., top view).

The area of a lot that is available for development and free of restrictions as specified in this chapter and may include building setback requirements, rights-of-way, easements, floodplains, wetlands, steep slopes, and all similar restrictions.

A building's vertical measurement from the mean sea level of the ground abutting the building, as measured at its corners to the highest point of the roof, unless otherwise specified.

The longest horizontal measurement of a building.

Permits issued under the Uniform Construction Code.[2] (Permits issued under this chapter are "zoning permits.")

The actual distance between the closest part of a building, including roof overhangs (excluding those permitted projections listed in § 155-42 of this chapter), and:

An accessory use to a restaurant and/or a drive-through/fast-food restaurant that is devoted to the outdoor seating of up to 40 patrons.

A lot, tract, or parcel of land upon which two or more campsites are located or established, intended and maintained for occupation by guests, travelers and/or transients in recreational vehicles, cabins, travel trailers or tents.

A plot of ground within a campground intended for occupation by a recreational vehicle, cabin, tent or travel trailer.

The standard industrial unit of luminous intensity. One candela is one lumen per steradian (lm/sr).

Luminous intensity expressed in candelas.

A roofed structure open on two or more sides and used in conjunction with a dwelling for the storage of motor vehicles.

An animal kept accessory to a principal residence that occupants rely upon as a primary mode of transport and travel.

The surface of a street intended and available for use by vehicular traffic.

A commercial use devoted to cleaning the exterior, and sometimes the interior, of automobiles and other passenger vehicles. There are several types of car washes, ranging from self-service coin-operated automatic car washes to fee-based full-service operations.

A facility, other than a racetrack and/or an off-track betting parlor, wherein wagering and other lawful gambling activity is conducted under Pennsylvania law. This use shall include any facility in which gambling devices, including but not limited to slot machines, video poker machines, punch boards, and similar devices, are located. The term "lawful gambling activity" shall not include the sale of lottery tickets in compliance with the State Lottery Law.[3]

A retail commercial use devoted to the preparation, packaging and/or delivery of prepared foods for consumption at another location. This use shall also expressly include the retail sales of those goods produced on the site; however, no seating for on-site consumption shall be permitted.

A space with less than 1/2 of its floor-to-ceiling height above the average finished grade of the adjoining ground or with a floor-to-ceiling height of less than 6 1/2 feet. Within a dwelling unit, a cellar shall not be counted as floor area.

Lands and/or facilities used, or intended to be used, for the burial of the deceased, including columbariums, crematoria, mausoleums, and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with the cemetery and within the boundaries thereof. This definition shall also include facilities for the burial of domestic pets.

A statement, signed by the Zoning Officer, verifying that a building, structure, sign, and/or land complies with this chapter and may be lawfully employed for its intended use.

A natural or artificial watercourse with a definite bed and banks that confine and conduct continuously or periodically flowing water.

That water that is flowing within the limits of a defined channel.

A building, structure, or group of buildings or structures, including accessory uses, designed or intended for public worship. This definition shall include rectories, convents, cemeteries and church-related recreation, educational and/or day-care facilities and orphanages.

A building or group of buildings occupied by medical and/or other licensed practitioners and related services for the purpose of providing health, emergency medical, wellness, dietary, social, behavioral, therapeutic, occupational and psychological services to outpatients.

Code of the Township of Conewago.

Any device that is attached to an existing structure and used for the transmission or reception of wireless communications signals for ultimate reception by a radio, television, wireless telephone, pager, commercial mobile radio service, or any similar device.

A principal use offering care or supervision of more than four minors or adults for a period not to exceed 18 continuous hours that is licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (See also "family day care.")

An agricultural use whereby plant materials are principally grown within enclosed buildings and where such use exceeds a lot coverage of 10%.

An activity operated as a business, open to the public, for the purpose of public recreation or entertainment, including but not limited to bowling alleys, cinemas, drive-in motion-picture facilities, swimming pools, health clubs, miniature golf courses, museums, etc. This does not include adult-related uses, shooting ranges, amusement arcades, amusement/theme/zoo parks, automobile and/or animal racing, with or without related wagering facilities, off-track betting and/or casinos, unless such uses are specifically approved under their respective terms of this chapter.

See "school, commercial."

A motor vehicle that is associated with a business and/or exceeds the limitations of a personal motor vehicle as defined herein.

Any area of land or water, or a combination of land and water, within a development site designed and intended for use by all residents of the development or the general public. Common open spaces shall not include areas devoted to driveways, access drives, parking lots, street rights-of-way, stormwater detention basins, required setbacks and private yards.

A parking facility serving multiple uses or properties.

A wall separating two units of occupancy.

Any device used for the transmission or reception of wireless communications signals for ultimate reception by a radio, television, wireless telephone, pager, commercial mobile radio service, or any similar device. This term includes, without limitation, omnidirectional (or whip) antennas and directional (or panel) antennas owned or operated by any person or entity licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate such device. This definition shall not include residential satellite dishes, television antennas, or antennas for amateur radio equipment.

An unmanned building or cabinet containing communications equipment required for the operation of communications antennas.

A freestanding structure designed and used solely to support communications antennas.

A building or portion of a building used as a gathering place by local residents and/or the general public.

A plaza, square, courtyard, park, pocket park, walkway, promenade, or other outdoor space in which features, such as pavers, benches, gazebos, pergolas, trellises, planters, plantings, lighting, sculpture, and the like, are installed and maintained for public use and enjoyment.

A system of conveyance, treatment and discharge that provides for the safe and healthful disposal of sewage generated by multiple principal uses that is not proposed to be owned and/or operated by Conewago Township. All community sewage disposal systems shall be approved and permitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

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

The latest adopted version of the Conewago Township Comprehensive Plan, including any freestanding supplemental documents, as may be amended.

An agricultural use regulated by the federal government involving the commercial keeping and handling of livestock quantities with characteristics in any of the following three criteria:

An agricultural use determined under Title 25, Chapter 83, Subchapter D, § 83.262,[4] of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Nutrient Management Rules and Regulations, involving the commercial keeping and handling of livestock and/or poultry quantities, with densities exceeding 2,000 pounds per acre, suitable for the application of manure on an annualized basis. Animal weights shall be determined using the table within the above-described definition of a "concentrated animal feeding operation," which may be amended.

A use that may appropriate to a particular zone when specific conditions and criteria prescribed for such uses are satisfied. Conditional uses are reviewed by the Board of Supervisors after recommendations by the Planning Commission, in accordance with § 155-185 of this chapter.

Real estate, portions of which, in accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act of 1980,[5] as amended, are designated for separate ownership, and the remainder of which is designed for common ownership solely by the owners of those portions. Real estate is not a condominium unless the undivided interests in the common elements are vested in the unit owners.

As it relates to § 155-24 of this chapter, a surface extending outward and upward from the periphery of the horizontal surface at a slope of 20 to 1 for a horizontal distance of 4,000 feet.

A private agreement between the landowner and the Township (and possibly other designated persons or parties) that is applied to property to perpetually protect it from future development.

A specific action that has been identified by one of the Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Inventory (PNDI) jurisdictional agencies that can minimize impact upon a special concern species or resource in the vicinity of the project area.

A plan, including a map(s) and narrative, that, at a minimum, describes and outlines an erosion and sedimentation control plan for an identified parcel of land.

An agreement or correspondence between matters being compared which denotes a reasonable, rational, or similar connection or relationship.

The placement of materials and equipment in a defined area to be assembled, built, applied, and/or demolished in a temporary or permanent manner, as approved by the designated officials of the Township.

The total necessary land area required for all buildings or uses within a development.

A business which specializes in the retail sales and/or rental of household products and foods. Although this use is permitted by right within the Commercial Zone, some of the permitted activities require the approval of a special exception or conditional use if they are conducted as part of the convenience store:

A principal use that is designed to offer accommodations that are integrated in form and function to visitors and groups of attendees for the purposes of education, training, trade shows, exhibits, presentations, and other similar activities.

To change or adapt improved property to a use, occupancy, or purpose other than what existed on the effective date of this chapter.

The County of Adams, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The Adams County Planning Commission.

Cathode ray tube.

A use conducted indoors, devoted to the development of and personal acquaintance with fine arts, humanities and broad aspects of science.

A proposed zoning amendment:

The angle, measured up from the horizon, between the vertical axis and the first line of sight at which the bare source is not visible.

A fixture that distributes light not exceeding 2.5% at an angle of 90° above the horizon and 10% at a vertical angle of 80° above the horizon.

A principal use devoted to the:

See "commercial day care" and "family day care."

A term used to express the allowable number of dwelling units per acre of land, exclusive of public rights-of-way and public and private streets.

Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations.

An accessory use that converts organic waste of the residents (excluding sewage) on site, such as yard waste, into fertilizer.

The noncommercial keeping of no more than four adult nonfarm animals that are locally available for purchase as pets as an accessory use to a primary residential use. "Domestic pets" shall not include any species identified as "exotic animals" and "livestock," both as defined herein, nor any animal species that, in the opinion of the Zoning Officer, poses a threat to the health, safety and/or welfare of the community.

Electric- and/or liquid-fuel-powered devices that assist in the maintenance and repair of personal property and one's residence (e.g., power tools, lawn mowers, chain saws, snowblowers, generators, compressors, power washers, etc.).

The outside edge of the area located directly beneath the canopy of a plant upon which rain is intercepted before it falls to the ground.

An establishment that serves prepared food generally packaged in paper wrappers and/or disposable plates and containers. Such food can be consumed either on or off of the site.

Any portion of a building or structure from which business may be transacted with a customer in a motor vehicle.

An improved cartway designed and constructed to accommodate vehicular movement between a public road and a tract of land serving one single-family dwelling unit or a farm; provided, however, that joint-use driveways as permitted under § 155-84B of this chapter may serve up to four single-family detached dwelling units.

An accessory or principal use devoted to the practice of driving golf balls.

A principal retail use at which patrons can either perform self-service dry cleaning, washing and drying of personal clothing and/or other fabric articles, or dropoff facilities for such services. This use shall not include accessory laundry services associated with lodging facilities and/or institutional uses.

Any building or portion thereof designed and used exclusively for residential occupancy, including those listed below, but not including hospitals, hotels, boardinghouses, rooming and lodging houses, institutional houses, tourist courts, and the like, offering overnight accommodations for guests or patients. All dwellings must be permanently affixed to a completely enclosed foundation constructed of currently accepted materials that shall be an entire perimeter wall and extend from below the frost line to the first floor of the building. Such foundation shall be constructed to provide sufficient structural integrity to prevent the building from heaving, shifting, or settling unevenly due to frost action. In addition, all dwellings shall be properly connected to approved and permanently designed sewer, water, electrical, and other utility systems.

A building or portion thereof arranged or designed for occupancy by not more than one family and having separate cooking and sanitary facilities.

A sign incorporating LCD, LED, plasma, CRT, pixelized lights, other video-like displays or other means of changing messages.

Any construction or other activity which disturbs the surface of the land, including, but not limited to, excavations, embankments, land development, subdivision development, mineral extraction and the moving, depositing or storing of soil, rock or earth. For the purposes of this chapter, this definition shall not include the tilling of the soils and cultivation associated with the growing of crops.

A temporary dwelling unit placed on a property with another single-family detached dwelling for occupancy by either an elderly, handicapped, or disabled person(s) related by blood, marriage, or adoption to the occupants of the principal dwelling or their caregiving family members.

The average ground level at all corners of a structure, storage area, sign or other improvement.

An organization comprised of voluntary and/or paid personnel whose principal function is the dispatch of trained responders to the general public under local emergency conditions. Such uses may include facilities for the housing of personnel while on duty, vehicle and equipment storage areas, training facilities and accessory meeting, cafeteria, banquet, stage, recreation, shooting range and/or other fund-raising amenities, all of which must be conducted within a totally enclosed building. Accessory parks, athletic facilities and fairgrounds are also permitted. Suitable examples include, but are not limited to, police departments, sheriff stations, fire companies, forest fire agencies, ambulance companies, emergency medical services, advanced life support, search and rescue, national guard and civil defense. This definition does not include prisons or outdoor shooting ranges.

That location where an exhaust chimney of an outdoor furnace permits the unrestricted flow of exhaust into the environment.

A use conducted indoors that offers personal amusement and/or enjoyment through mental engagement. This definition does not include adult uses, amusement arcades, casinos, off-track betting parlors, wagering, or shooting ranges.

A principal use at which the operator offers services and facilities to board, train, and exercise horses that are owned by nonresidents of the subject property. This use also expressly includes the recreational riding of horses for a fee, riding lessons, periodic competitions and similar events related to the care, use and enjoyment of horses.

All bears, coyotes, lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs, cougars, wolves and any crossbreed of these animals which have similar characteristics in appearance or features. This definition is applicable whether or not the birds or animals were bred or reared in captivity or imported from another state or nation.

Any one of the following:

An accessory use to a detached single-family dwelling principal use offering care or supervision to no more than six different persons during any calendar day for a period not to exceed 18 continuous hours that is registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The limit on the number of persons shall not be applied to those who reside on the property. (See also "commercial day care.")

A parcel of land that is used for one or more agricultural operations, including but not necessarily limited to the raising of agricultural products, livestock, poultry, or the production of dairy products. A farm shall be understood to include a dwelling unit, as well as all structures necessary for the housing of animals, storage of feed and equipment, and other operations customarily incidental to farm use.

A retail sales use where more than one vendor displays and sells general merchandise that is new or used on a regularly occurring basis. Farmers and/or flea markets can include indoor and outdoor display of merchandise.

A business or commercial activity that is conducted as an accessory use to a principal agricultural or horticultural use.

The Federal Communications Commission of the United States of America.

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

Material placed or deposited so as to form an embankment or raise the surface elevation of the land, including but not limited to levees, bulkheads, dikes, jetties, embankments, and causeways.

Bank, credit union, savings-and-loan association, savings bank, investment company, philanthropic foundation, or the office of an investment manager, investment banker, or securities broker or dealer. For the purpose of this chapter, this term shall exclude pawnshops and nonbank operations that provide check-cashing services and advances on paychecks.

A principal use devoted to the raising of fish for wholesale distribution and/or wholesale public release.

A flood that, on the average, is likely to occur once every 500 years.

A complete lighting unit consisting of one or more lamps (light sources), together with the parts designed to control the light distribution, and other mechanical and electrical components.

A lot permitted under specific requirements of this chapter whose lot width at its frontage is less than that required at the building setback line.

A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the overland flow of watercourses or from the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.

The projected heights, in relation to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD), reached by floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplain areas.

The flood which has reached the highest flood elevation above mean sea level at a particular location.

An area of land adjacent to the channel of a watercourse which has been or is likely to be flooded, or any area subject to the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.

Any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to property, structures and their contents.

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

A measure of intensity of light stated in lumens per square foot.

The management of forests and timberlands when practiced in accordance with accepted silvicultural principles, through developing, cultivating, harvesting, transporting and selling trees for commercial purposes, which does not involve any land development.

An individual, partnership, company, firm, association or corporation engaged in timber harvesting, including the agents, subcontractors, and employees thereof.

A written strategy approved by the PA DCNR, Bureau of Forestry, for the long-term care and maintenance of a property, or portion thereof, upon which a timber harvest is to occur.

See "communications antennas," "communications towers" and "communications equipment."

The line of a lot coincident with an abutting right-of-way line of a street that can be used for vehicular access to the site.

A fixture that distributes no light at or above an angle of 90° above the horizon and 10% at a vertical angle of 80° above the horizon.

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

An occasional and temporary use of a residential lot wherein the occupants of the said lot display and offer personal possessions for sale to the general public.

An accessory building for the storage of one or more motor vehicles and/or other vehicles, all of which must be accessory and incidental to the primary use of the residential premises, except as noted in § 155-37G of this chapter.

The growing of plants for personal use as an accessory use upon a residential site, or the growing of plants for personal use upon assigned plots located away from the residential site.

The sensation produced by lighting that causes annoyance, discomfort, or loss in visual performance and visibility to the eye.

A golf course with a minimum of 2,000 yards of play in nine holes.

An accessory use to a golf course devoted to the practice of driving golf balls.

A commercial recreational use based upon golf that requires only a putter and is typically, but not necessarily, lit for night play.

The Board of Supervisors of Conewago Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

A use that is operated by a duly recognized level of government (local, state and federal); provided, however, that such use shall not include solid waste disposal and/or handling facilities, prisons, and/or hospitals.

A measurement of slope expressed in terms of percentage of vertical versus horizontal distance.

A private accessway for pedestrian and/or vehicular use within the Town center core that is generally arranged in a series of interconnecting parallel and perpendicular alignments. A sidewalk alone shall not be construed as a grid-block street.

See the definition of "family" and "dwelling."

Any garbage, refuse, sludge from an industrial or other wastewater treatment plant, sludge from a water supply treatment plant or air pollution facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from municipal, commercial, industrial, institutional, mining, or agricultural operations, and from community activities, or any combination of the above, which, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics, may:

Any structure, group of structures, aboveground or underground storage tanks, or any other area or buildings used for the purpose of permanently housing or temporarily holding hazardous waste for the storage or treatment for any time span other than the normal transportation time through the Township.

As it relates to § 155-24, Airport Safety Zone, of this chapter, any structure, growth or other object, including a mobile object, which exceeds a specific height limit and thus is determined to have a substantial adverse effect on the safe and efficient utilization of the navigable airspace.

A principal use that offers service, support, entertainment, recreation, leisure and other activities only to club members and their guests. Such use does not include adult uses, casinos, golf courses, off-track betting parlors or outdoor shooting ranges, all as defined herein.

Vehicles and machinery that are not normally associated with domestic use (e.g., excavation equipment, commercial trucks in excess of 11,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, cargo and storage containers, cargo trailers, buses, yachts, farm equipment, mechanized amusement rides, industrial machinery, and other similar items).

A principal use that involves:

For the purpose of determining the height limits in all zones set forth in § 155-24 of this chapter and shown on the Zoning Map,[8] the datum shall be mean sea level elevation, unless otherwise specified.

A heliport conducted as an accessory use where no more than one helicopter may land/take off and be stored.

Any area of land or water which is used, or intended to be used, for the landing and takeoff of helicopter aircraft and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended to be used, for heliport buildings or navigation facilities or rights-of-way, together with all heliport buildings and facilities thereon.

Any structure that is:

The change or adaptation of an historic structure for use and occupancy other than what existed on the effective date of this chapter.

A facility for the retail sale of a combination of products used in the construction, repair and improvement of homes, including, but not limited to, lumber, masonry products, exterior siding, roofing, plumbing fixtures, pipes, electrical supplies, floor coverings, paints and wall coverings, windows and glass, landscaping materials, hardware, tools, and other accessories. Home improvement stores shall always involve outdoor storage of materials; any facilities that sell the above-described products that do not have outdoor storage can be considered to offer the general retail sale of goods.

A business or commercial activity that is conducted as an accessory use in a detached dwelling unit, except that any use that adheres to the definition of "no-impact home-based business," as defined herein, is permitted by right in any dwelling unit within any zone.

As it relates to § 155-24, Airport Safety Zone, of this chapter, a horizontal plane 150 feet above the established airport elevation.

The cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants for commercial distribution.

An institution, licensed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which renders inpatient and outpatient medical care on a twenty-four-hours-per-day basis and provides primary health services and medical/surgical care to persons suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity and other abnormal physical or mental conditions. A hospital use can also include attached and detached accessory uses, provided that all accessory uses are contained upon the hospital property.

A building or group of buildings containing rooms for rental on a transient basis of not more than 30 continuous days nor more than 60 days within any calendar year. This term excludes a boardinghouse and bed-and-breakfast, both as defined herein. Accommodations provided as an accessory by institutional and educational uses for their patrons shall not be considered a hotel; similarly, buildings where human beings are housed under legal constraint are excluded from this term. A hotel, motel and similar lodging facility may also include related accessory uses primarily directed towards serving its patrons, including but not limited to dining, recreation, meetings, gifts, laundry, maid service and other personal services. A "hotel" is a building or group of buildings containing rooms for rental on a transient basis whose primary access is limited through a lobby. A "motel" is a building or group of buildings containing rooms for rental on a transient basis whose primary exterior access occurs at each respective unit. Hotels and motels may also include related accessory uses primarily directed towards serving their patrons, including but not limited to dining, recreation, meetings, gifts, laundry, maid service and other personal services. Mail service shall be limited to counter service within the facility's lobby, and no individual unit mailboxes, individual unit mail slots or exterior gang mailboxes shall be permitted. All hotels, motels and similar lodging facilities shall require a full-time on-site staff that operates 24 hours per day and seven days per week and shall not require guests to sign a lease agreement.

Those wastes in households that are hazardous in nature but are not regulated as hazardous waste under federal and state laws. Included are such items as old paints and paint-related products, pesticides, pool chemicals, drain cleaners and degreasers, car care products, etc.

Illuminating Engineers Society of North America.

The quantity of light per unit area, measured with a light meter in footcandles.

A surface not readily penetrated by water under normal pressure associated with rainfall or other typical conditions associated with the proposed use. These typically include but are not limited to roads, access drives, interior drives, driveways, buildings, structures, sidewalks, off-street parking spaces, off-street loading spaces and paved recreation courts.

Any structure, including but not limited to the provision of underground or aboveground utilities, as well as any physical change to the surface of the land, including but not necessarily limited to grading, paving, the placement of stormwater management facilities, sidewalks, signs, traffic control devices, and monuments. This definition shall expressly exclude the tilling of soil.

A report and drawing that is prepared by a professional registered engineer, landscape architect or professional land surveyor in accordance with § 155-31 of this chapter.

Any on-site vehicular movement lane(s), other than an access drive, that is associated with a use other than a single-family dwelling and/or farm.

Invasive plants displace naturally occurring native vegetation and, in the process, upset nature's balance and diversity. Invasive plants are characterized by rapid growth and prolific reproductive capabilities, highly successful seed dispersal, germination and colonization processes, and rampant spreading that takes over native species and are very costly to control. In general, aggressive, nonnative plants have no enemies or controls to limit their spread. These invasive plant species are:

International Society of Arboriculture.

Insurance Services Office.

A parking lot that is designed, constructed and operated on a shared basis by two or more adjoining uses with one or more shared access drives.

An improved cartway designed and constructed to provide for vehicular movement between a road and up to four properties, each of which contain a single dwelling unit.

Used materials, discarded materials, or both, including, but not limited to, wastepaper, rags, metal, building materials, house furnishings and appliances, machinery, vehicles or parts thereof, all of which are being stored, awaiting potential reuse or ultimate disposal.

An area of land, with or without buildings, used for the storage, outside a completely enclosed building, of used and discarded materials, including but not limited to wastepaper, rags, metal, building materials, house furnishings, machinery, vehicles, or parts thereof, with or without the dismantling, processing, salvage, sale, or other use or disposition of the same. The term "junkyard" does not include scrap-metal-processing operations and automobile-shredding establishments. The deposit or storage on a lot of one or more unlicensed, wrecked, or disabled vehicles, or the major part thereof, shall be deemed to constitute a junkyard. (A "disabled vehicle" is a vehicle intended to be self-propelled that shall not be operable under its own power for any reason, or a vehicle that does not have a valid current registration plate or that has a certificate of inspection which has expired.)

Any lot on which nonfarm animals are kept, boarded, raised, bred, treated, or trained for commercial purposes or a fee, including but not limited to dog or cat kennels. This definition shall also expressly include animal rescue and similar emergency treatment facilities, whether or not they are operated on a commercial basis.

A use devoted to the conduct of experiments, research and observation associated with scientific study.

A man-made source of light.

Any of the following activities:

The place where logs, pulpwood, or firewood are assembled for transport to processing facilities.

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 person having a proprietary interest in land.

A planting of noninvasive species arranged to form both a low-level and a high-level barrier between grade and to a height of six feet. This definition can also include the use of an earthen berm, provided such berm is covered with noninvasive vegetative materials that stabilize its slopes and form both a low-level and a high-level screen between grade and to a height of six feet.

A principal retail use at which patrons can perform self-service dry cleaning, washing and drying of personal clothing and/or other fabric articles.

A nonretail principal use at which clothing and/or other fabric items are cleaned, dried and/or pressed.

Liquid crystal display.

Light-emitting diode.

Radiant energy that is capable of exciting the retina and producing a visual sensation. The visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum extends from about 380 nanometers to 770 nanometers.

A normal perception of undesirable illumination, including the following examples:

An animal typically bred and raised associated with some form of agriculture. This term shall expressly include alpacas, birds, beaver, bees, burrows, cattle, chinchilla, cows, donkeys, emus, fish, foul, foxes, goats, hogs, horses, lynx, mules, sable, sheep, goats, llamas, mink, ostriches, peacocks, pot-belly pigs, poultry, rabbits, raccoons, seal, shellfish, swine, and other similar animals for commercial distribution.

A shop, studio, office, or other place of business in combination with a dwelling unit located within such place of business within a traditional neighborhood design development. A person or persons other than the proprietor of the business may occupy a live-work unit.

See "off-street loading space."

The process of cutting tree tops and slash into smaller pieces to allow material to settle close to the ground.

A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed, or built upon as a unit and that is not divided by a street.

A percentage of the lot area that may be covered with an impervious surface (e.g., buildings, driveways, parking areas, sidewalks).

The horizontal distance measured between the street right-of-way line and the closest rear property line, measured perpendicular along straight street rights-of-way and measured radially along curved street rights-of-way. On corner and reverse frontage lots, the depth shall be measured from the street right-of-way line of the street of address to the directly opposite property line.

A recorded boundary line of a lot; however, any line that denotes an adjoining public or private street or railroad right-of-way shall be interpreted as the lot line for the purposes of determining the location of the setbacks required by this chapter.

The horizontal distance measured between side property lines along the minimum front yard setback line and at the street right-of-way line. On corner lots, lot width shall be measured between the right-of-way line for the nonaddress street and the directly opposite property line along the minimum front yard setback line and at the street right-of-way line along the street of address. In the case of flag lots, only where specifically permitted within this chapter, lot width shall be the horizontal distance measured between side property lines along the front yard building setback line, as defined herein.

The unit of luminous flux. Photometrically, it is the luminous flux emitted within a unit solid angle (one steradian) by a point source having a uniform luminous intensity of one candela.

The emitted or reflected light from a surface; its perceived brightness. The unit of luminance is the candela per square meter (cd/m2).

The luminous flux per unit solid angle in the direction in question. May be expressed in candelas or lumens per steradian (lm/sr).

A principal use devoted to the shaping, forming and finishing of metals into finished products or parts used in other industrial production and/or assembly.

Any area designed and improved for the collection, storage and/or release of water.

Except as applied to § 155-142 of this chapter as noted below, any structure intended for or capable of permanent human habitation, with or without wheels, and capable of being transported or towed from one place to the next, in one or more pieces, by whatsoever name or title it is colloquially or commercially known, but excluding transport trucks or vans equipped with sleeping space for a driver or drivers, and travel trailers. Manufactured homes placed in parks shall meet the requirements for manufactured home parks listed in § 155-101 of this chapter. Manufactured homes placed on individual lots shall be considered dwellings and be bound by the requirements there imposed. For the purposes of § 155-142 of this chapter, the term "manufactured home" shall mean 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 includes park trailers and recreational and other similar vehicles which are placed on a site for more than 180 consecutive days.

A parcel of land in a manufactured home park, improved with the necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for the erection thereon of a single manufactured home, which is leased by the park owner to the occupants of the manufactured home erected on the lot.

A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned and improved for the placement of two or more manufactured homes for nontransient use.

Production of goods from raw materials by the assembly of constituent parts produced elsewhere, or by a combination of these means, including the final packaging of such goods for sale or shipment. Includes all activities included in the NAICS (q.v.) list of manufacturing activities.

The fecal and urinary excrement of livestock and poultry, often containing some spilled feed, bedding or litter.

A detached structure or other improvement built to store manure for future use or disposal.

An area of land, with or without structures, where the principal use is the housing, storing, maintaining, repairing and/or dispatching of buses, trains, taxicabs or other passenger vehicles (other than aircraft) owned and operated by a provider of public transportation. This term excludes the storage of junked or discarded vehicles.

A deciduous tree with a diameter at breast height (DBH) greater than or equal to six inches or a coniferous tree at least six feet tall.

The water surface elevations of a flood which would completely fill the floodplain to the boundaries of the Floodplain Zone.

The average height of the sea for all stages of the tide, using the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

A voluntary negotiating process in which parties in a dispute mutually select a neutral mediator to assist them in jointly exploring and settling their differences, culminating in a written agreement which the parties themselves create and consider acceptable.

Any building or group of buildings occupied by medical, dental, optical, psychological, social, and/or behavioral practitioners and related services for the purpose of providing such services to people on an outpatient basis.

A use that provides a harmonious and balanced mix of medical, residential, limited commercial and recreational uses, primarily serving campus residents, and public, quasi-public and medical services for the off-campus retirement-aged community.

That unit of time in which one complete message is displayed upon a sign incorporating a dynamic message display.

Any use licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health that administers the drug methadone in the treatment, maintenance or detoxification of persons.

The least amount of land area required to be to be associated with a principal use as required by this chapter, except that the following features are expressly excluded from such calculations:

The minimum horizontal distance measured between two identifiable points.

The extraction of overburden and minerals from the earth; the preparation and processing of minerals, including any activities or processes or parts thereof for the extraction or removal of minerals from their original location, and the preparation, washing, cleaning, crushing, stockpiling or other processing of minerals at the mine location so as to make them suitable for commercial, industrial or construction use; the removal of such materials through sale or exchange or for commercial, industrial or municipal use; and the disposition of overburden, tailings and waste at the mine location. "Mining" shall expressly exclude the following:

A building, series of buildings, a portion of one or more buildings and/or exterior areas divided into separate storage spaces for personal property and/or property associated with some business or other organization. These storage spaces shall be used solely for storage, and no processing, manufacturing, sales, research and development testing, service and repair or other nonstorage activities shall be permitted.

See "manufactured home."

See "garage, moving and yard sale."

See "dwelling, multiple-family."

The Township of Conewago, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

Those uses and facilities designed to furnish necessary support for the general public health, safety and welfare that are typically the responsibility of local governments and other locally operated service agencies and are not operated on a commercial basis. Such uses shall include, but are not limited to:

An institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for the purpose of study, education and enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people, their history, culture and surroundings.

The North American Industrial Classification System, as developed and maintained by the Unites States Bureau of the Census.

An area of land with 43,560 square feet, exclusive of public rights-of-way and public and private streets.

Structures, including substantial improvements thereto, for which the start of construction commenced on or after the effective date of this chapter.

Any building used for on-site consumption of alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverages where live entertainment is offered. For the purposes of this definition, "live entertainment" is meant to include the use of disc jockeys for the purposes of supplying musical entertainment. Nightclubs may also provide for the on-site consumption of food. Additionally, nightclubs may offer the retail sale of carry-out beer and wine as an accessory use. This is meant to include an "under 21" club which features entertainment. This use does not include adult uses or gaming facilities as defined herein.

The hours between official sunset and official sunrise.

A business or commercial activity administered or conducted as an accessory use which is clearly secondary to the use as a residential dwelling and which involves no customer, client or patient traffic, whether vehicular or pedestrian, pickup, delivery or removal functions to or from the premises in excess of those normally associated with residential use. The business or commercial activity must satisfy the following requirements:

A structure designed or used for the indoor growing of plants, typically found as an accessory structure to a residence. No sales may be conducted from the structure, nor may the plants grown in the greenhouse be sold from the residence as a business operation.

An accessory use to a principal detached single-family dwelling that is not contained upon a farm, whereupon livestock are kept exclusively by the residents of the site.

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 zone in which it is located by reasons of such adoption or amendment.

A structure or part of a structure that does not comply with the applicable extent of use or bulk provisions in this chapter or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted. Such nonconforming structures include, but are not limited to, nonconforming signs.

A use, whether of land or of a 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 such ordinance or amendment or prior to the application of such ordinance or amendment to its location by reason of annexation.

Any aspect of a land use that does not comply with any size, height, bulk, setback, distance, landscaping, coverage, screening, or any other design or performance standard specified by this chapter, where such dimensional nonconformity lawfully existed prior to the adoption of this chapter or amendment thereto, or when such nonconformity is the result of the acquisition of land and/or rights-of-way by a governmental agency.

An aircraft runway having an existing instrument approach procedure utilizing air navigation facilities with only horizontal guidance or area-type navigation equipment, for which a straight-in nonprecision instrument approach procedure has been approved or planned.

Plants identified by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture's Noxious Weed Control list, as may be amended. The following lists the current known species:

A commercial operation devoted to the raising and/or selling of trees, ornamental shrubs, flowers, houseplants, and vegetable plants for transplanting along with related materials, tools and equipment.

Facilities designed for the housing, boarding, and dining associated with some level of nursing care.

Any wall, dam, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment, projection, excavation, channel, rectification, culvert, building, fence, stockpile, refuse, fill, structure, or matter in, along, across, or projecting into any channel, watercourse, or flood-prone area which may impede, retard, or change the direction of the flow of water, either in itself or by catching or collecting debris carried by such water, or which is placed where the flow of the water might carry the same downstream to the damage of life and property.

A building or a space in a building, the primary use of which is the conduct of the affairs of a business, profession, service, or government, including administration, recordkeeping, clerical work, and similar business functions. An office shall not involve manufacturing, fabrication, production, processing, assembling, cleaning, testing, repair, or storage of materials, goods, or products, except that office supplies necessary for the operation may be stored as an incidental use. An office shall only involve the incidental sales or delivery of any materials, goods, or products physically located on the premises.

An off-street area provided for the loading or unloading of goods and/or materials that has direct usable access to a use's loading docks and/or doors and is connected to a street or alley by an access drive, subject to the requirements listed in § 155-36 of this chapter. This definition shall also expressly include any area that directly adjoins the loading docks and/or doors that is necessary for the vehicles to maneuver into place with the use's loading docks and/or doors. This definition shall not include the access drives on the site that do not directly adjoin the loading docks and/or doors unless they require vehicles to move in a reverse direction to negotiate access to and from the loading docks and/or doors.

An accessory use in which required and, potentially, additional parking spaces are provided, subject to the requirements listed in § 155-37 of this chapter.

A facility, other than a racetrack, wherein pari-mutuel wagering, but no other lawful gambling activity, is conducted under Pennsylvania law.

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).

The outer boundary of an area of land that is likely to be flooded once every 100 years (i.e., that has a one-percent chance of being flooded each year). A study by the Federal Insurance Administration, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, the United States Geological Survey, the Delaware River Basin Commission, or a licensed surveyor or professional engineer, registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is necessary to define this boundary.

The water surface elevations of the one-hundred-year flood.

A system of conveyance, treatment and discharge that provides for the safe and healthful disposal of sewage generated by one principal use within the confines of the lot on which the use is located, as approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

The provision of water to a single user from a private well located on the user's lot.

Any area of land or water, or a combination of land and water, within a development site that is free of improvement and impervious surfaces. Open spaces shall not include, among other things, areas devoted to buildings, structures, driveways, access drives, parking lots, street rights-of-way, and/or stormwater detention basins, but can include required setbacks and private yards.

An accessory use that:

A building or group of buildings designed for and intended to provide housing facilities for minors who are in need of direct care in lieu of that available from their parents. The facility may include accessory medical facilities intended to serve the residents of the orphanage but not the general public.

A freestanding or attached accessory structure or appliance designed to be located outside of a principal use which is designed to provide heat and/or hot water to said principal use through the consumption of wood, natural gas, kerosene, propane, domestic heating oil, or electricity. For the purposes of this definition, "wood fuel" shall include all wood intended to be used as fuel, including but not limited to trees, cordwood, logs, lumber, sawdust, and wood from manufacturing processes (butt-offs, shavings, turnings, sander dust), wood pellets, slabs, bark, chips, and waste pallets. "Wood fuel" does not include materials chemically treated with any preservative, paint, or oil.

A facility, designed and constructed so that it is not completely enclosed within a building, that allows for the safe discharge of firearms and other projectile-type weapons (e.g., guns, rifles, shotguns, pistols, air guns, archery crossbows, etc.) by persons for the practice of marksmanship, recreation, competition, skill development, training, or any combination thereof. Nothing within this definition shall be construed to include hunting when conducted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A separate lot within a planned center that relies upon the planned center's circulation system for vehicular access.

The strata or material overlying a noncoal mineral deposit or in between noncoal mineral deposits in its natural state and material before or after its removal by surface mining.

An off-street parking space designed to accommodate a vehicle that is larger than a personal motor vehicle and is regulated by § 155-37 of this chapter.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The enclosure of products into sealers, containers, wrappers, boxes or other suitable protective coverings for shipping, distribution and/or sales.

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

A use provided by the Township, Adams County and/or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that is devoted to the daily storage of passenger vehicles by persons who engage in some form of mass transit and/or carpooling.

A principal business use at which passenger vehicles are parked in rented spaces on an hourly, daily, monthly or continuous basis.

See "off-street parking lot," as defined herein.

An off-street space available for the parking of one motor vehicle and having usable access to a street or alley.

Those facilities designed and used for recreation purposes by the general public that are not operated on a commercial basis. This definition is meant to include the widest range of recreational activities, excluding adult uses, amusement arcades, amusement or theme parks, gaming facilities, golf courses, off-track betting facilities, racetracks, and shooting ranges. Such uses may include:

A motorized means of personal conveyance upon the public road system, specifically excluding commercial trucks and heavy equipment as defined herein.

Any building or land devoted to the retail sales, leasing and/or rental of passenger vehicles, including accessory service and repair facilities if conducted within a completely enclosed building.

The retail repair, servicing, maintenance and reconstruction of passenger vehicles, provided that the washing of passenger vehicles as a principal use is excluded from this definition. (See "car wash.")

A condition of surface in which man-made materials are applied, resulting in a durable, smooth, stable and dust-free surface over which vehicles and pedestrians may pass. This definition shall expressly include asphalt, bituminous, concrete, masonry, permeable, geogrids and other similar materials, provided they are applied with sufficient depth and base to achieve the required durable, smooth, stable and dust-free surface.

An outdoor and/or covered area (other than designated sidewalks) within the traditional neighborhood design development that is open to the general public for passive recreational, cultural and entertainment activities, designed for principal access by pedestrians.

An individual, partnership, corporation, firm, company, association, governmental entity, trustee, receiver, assignee or similar representative.

A licensed vehicle that is meant to be attached to a personal motor vehicle for the purposes of transporting personal property upon the public road system.

A passenger vehicle that is less than 11,001 pounds gross vehicle weight (weight of vehicle with rated passenger and/or load capacity) and that is used and licensed as the principal mode of conveyance by the occupants of a residential premises upon the public road system. This definition shall expressly exclude race vehicles, stake-body trucks, dump trucks, panel trucks, tractor-trailers, commercial trucks and heavy equipment.

A principal use, including barbershops, beauty and tanning salons, dry-cleaning and laundry pickup and dropoff facilities, music, art, dance and photographic studios, the repair of clocks and small appliances and similar activities. This use shall not include adult uses as defined herein.

Any substance or mixture of substances intended for use in preventing, destroying, repelling, sterilizing, or mitigating any insects, rodents, nematodes, predatory animals, fungi, weeds, or other forms of plant or animal life.

Oil or petroleum of any kind and in any form, including crude oil and derivatives of crude oil. It may be alone, as a sludge, as oil refuse, or mixed with other wastes.

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

A freestanding sign that is associated with a coordinated development of more than one land use, all sharing common vehicle access and off-street parking.

The Planning Commission of Conewago Township.

A video display technology that relies upon the electric excitation of phosphors to emit light.

An accessory use to a residence comprised of a structure (freestanding or otherwise) with one or more components and supportive members, which, in whole or in part, is intended for use or play by children, including but not limited to tree houses, swing sets, sliding boards, jungle gyms, climbers, seesaws, rockers, nonportable sandboxes, big toys, modular playsets, etc.

The Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Inventory.

Portable containers that are used for temporary storage of personal property of occupants on the site during times of transition (e.g., remodeling, moving, construction, emergency).

A principal use devoted to the creation, storage, conversion, distribution and transmission of electrical energy for use at another location.

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

The property upon which the activity is conducted, as determined by physical facts rather than property lines. It is the land occupied by the buildings or other physical uses that are necessary or customarily incident to the activity, including such open spaces as are arranged and designed to be used in connection with such buildings or uses. The following are not considered to be a part of the premises on which the activity is conducted, and any signs located on such land are to be considered off-premises advertising:

As it relates to § 155-24, Airport Safety Zone, of this chapter, a surface longitudinally centered on a runway and extending 200 feet beyond each end of that runway. The width of the primary surface is set forth in § 155-24E of this chapter. The elevation of any point on the primary surface is the same as the elevation of the nearest point on the runway center line.

Land used for agricultural purposes that contains soil of the first, second, or third class, as defined by the latest edition of the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service Adams County Soil Survey.

An area of land or other area used for a solar collection system principally used to capture solar energy, convert it to electrical energy or thermal power and supply electrical or thermal power primarily for off-site use. Principal solar energy systems consist of one or more freestanding ground, or roof mounted solar collector devices, solar related equipment and other accessory structures and buildings including light reflectors, concentrators, and heat exchangers, substations, electrical infrastructure, transmission lines and other appurtenant structures.

A principal use operated by Adams County responsible for the safe and healthful collection, sorting, storage, transport and disposal of solid waste.

See "school, private."

Pertaining to a systematic modification through mechanical, physical, chemical, and/or energy forces.

A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the governing body or planning agency, intended to inform and obtain public comment, prior to taking action in accordance with this chapter.

A forum held pursuant to notice under the Act of July 3, 1986 (P.L. 388, No. 84), known as the "Sunshine Act."[9]

Notice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. 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 notice for rezoning, special exception, and conditional use and/or variance requests shall also include the posting of a sign at conspicuous locations along the perimeter of the subject property deemed sufficient by the Township to notify potentially interested citizens. These sign(s) shall be posted at least one week prior to the hearing and will exhibit the nature, date, time, and location of the hearing. Once posted in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, the Township, absent actual notice, shall not be responsible for loss or destruction of sign(s) due to vandalism or an act of God.

See "school, public."

A system of conveyance, treatment and discharge that provides for the safe and healthful disposal of sewage generated by multiple principal uses that is owned and/or operated by the Conewago Township Municipal Authority, including its successors.

A use or extension thereof which is operated, owned or maintained by a municipality or municipal authority or which is privately owned and requires a certificate of public convenience approved by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission for the purpose of providing public sewage disposal and/or treatment; public water supply, storage and/or treatment; or for the purpose of providing the transmission of energy or telephone service.

A system of source, treatment, storage and/or distribution of domestic water supply to multiple principal uses that is owned and/or operated by the Hanover Borough Water Department, including its successors.

Any natural or artificially produced substance which emits radiation spontaneously.

An area of land designed and maintained to offer on-site stormwater regeneration. Within off-street parking lots, the use of rain gardens must include interconnected drains with the site's stormwater management system that prevent the overflow of stormwater at each of the respective rain garden locations.

A vehicle which is built on a single chassis; not more than 400 square feet, measured at the largest horizontal projections; designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a passenger vehicle; and designed for recreation and/or human occupancy solely under transient circumstances (e.g., vacations, camping, seasonal recreation, temporary visitation, but expressly excluding residency and migrant employment).

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

A use that specializes in the collection and processing of discarded materials that have entered a reasonably continuous process whereby their reuse is foreseeable.

An elevation equal to 1 1/2 feet higher than the surface water elevation associated with the one-hundred-year flood as defined herein.

The temporary transferal of goods for compensation.

Flood-related damages sustained by a structure on two separate occasions during a ten-year period for which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event, on average, equals or exceeds 25% of the market value of the damaged structure.

An establishment that serves prepared food primarily on nondisposable tableware, but can provide for incidental carry-out service so long as the area used for carry-out service does not exceed 5% of the total patron seating area nor 80 square feet (whichever is less). Caterers shall be included in this definition. See also "drive-through and/or fast-food restaurants."

Pertaining to the general public availability for purchase and personal use and/or consumption.

A use devoted to the display and retail transfer of ownership and/or rental of goods and products. This term shall not include adult uses as defined herein.

A man-made structure used to stably contain land at a location of substantial elevation change.

An area secured for public use and which may, but need not, be improved with streets, utilities, stormwater management facilities, traffic control facilities, curbs, sidewalks, bicycle lanes or paths, streetlights, and similar improvements for public benefit or enjoyment.

The existing width or area of land currently owned by the Township, the state, or some other public agency or authority.

The width or area of land necessary to accommodate present or future public improvements.

An accessory use to a farm in which no less than 50% of the products for retail sale have been produced on the farm.

A defined area on an airport prepared for landing and takeoff of aircraft along its length.

An accessory business or commercial activity that is conducted within an accessory structure of a principal single-family detached dwelling.

A use devoted to the transfer of ownership and/or rental of goods and products. This term shall not include adult uses as defined herein.

A device incorporating a reflective surface which is solid, open mesh or bar-configured and is in the shape of a shallow dish, cone, horn, or cornucopia. Such device shall be used to transmit and/or receive radio or electromagnetic waves between terrestrially and/or orbitally based uses.

That range of horizontal directions the installed satellite dish antenna must be aimed to send or receive signals. These directions are usually expressed as degrees from true North. The adjacent diagram illustrates a range of azimuth alignments between 170.1° and 252.3°.

That range of vertical directions the installed satellite dish antenna must be aimed to send or receive signals. These directions are usually expressed as degrees above the horizon. The adjacent diagram illustrates a range of elevation alignments between 11.4° and 43.8°.

The combination of azimuth and elevation alignments needed for an installed satellite dish antenna to send or receive signals.

The area within a direct line between the satellite dish antenna and an orbiting satellite and/or a fixed terrestrially based sending station. For the satellite dish to remain unimpaired, this reception window must be kept relatively free from obstructions.

A principal use devoted to the processing of natural wood products into semifinished products for wholesale distribution.

A principal use in which supervised education or instruction is offered according to the following categories:

An assemblage of materials that are arranged so as to block the ground-level views between grade and a minimum height of six feet. Suitable screening materials include trees, shrubs, hedges, berms, walls, sight-tight fences, other similar-type materials, or any combination thereof. No wall or fence shall be constructed of plywood, corrugated metal or fiberglass, nor sheet metal.

A dwelling, cabin, camp, cottage, lodge or summer house which is intended for occupancy less than 182 days of the year.

A semisolid waste that collects at the bottom of sewage treatment devices that is not continuously released during normal treatment flows and needs to be periodically removed and processed and disposed of elsewhere.

A principal use devoted to the collection and conversion of the septage and/or compost for healthful disposal.

The required horizontal distance between a setback line and a property or street line.

A line within a property and parallel to a property line or street line which delineates the required minimum distance between some particular use of property and that property line or street line.

A facility designed and constructed to allow for the safe discharge of firearms and other projectile-type weapons (e.g., guns, rifles, shotguns, pistols, air guns, archery crossbows, etc.) by persons for the practice of marksmanship, recreation, competition, skill development, training, or any combination thereof. Shooting ranges may be indoor or outdoor facilities, subject to the regulation of this chapter, among other applicable regulations. Nothing within this definition shall be construed to include hunting when conducted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A development consisting of any single retail store in excess of 60,000 square feet of gross floor area or two or more establishments of any size which are designed to function as a unit for retail sales; personal services; restaurants, taverns and nightclubs; business, professional, or banking offices; and/or similar uses, together with shared stormwater management, vehicular access, off-street parking and signage.

A principal place of business where tradesmen perform their services within completely enclosed buildings on site and where they schedule and prepare to conduct work at other locations.

A device for visual communication that is used to bring the subject to the attention of the public.

A principal use devoted to the production of signs.

See "dwellings, single-family detached."

The dragging of felled trees on the ground from the stump to the landing by any means.

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

A principal industrial use at which live animals and/or their physical remains are imported for preparation into materials of human, plant and/or animal nourishment or some other beneficial use.

The latest version of Chapter 135, Subdivision and Land Development, of the Code of the Township of Conewago, as may be amended.

A facility, other than a racetrack and/or an off-track betting parlor, wherein wagering and other lawful gambling activity is conducted under Pennsylvania law. This use shall include any facility in which gambling devices, including but not limited to slot machines, video poker machines, punch boards, and similar devices are located. The term "lawful gambling activity" shall not include the sale of lottery tickets in compliance with the State Lottery Law.[10]

A use devoted to the mechanical restoration of machines that power domestic tools and other household devices and appliances. This definition shall not include uses involved in the repair of personal motor vehicles, commercial trucks and heavy equipment, all as defined herein.

The latest published version of the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Survey for Adams County, Pennsylvania.

A solar easement means a right, expressed as an easement, restriction, covenant, or condition contained in any deed, contract, or other written instrument executed by or on behalf of any landowner for the purpose of assuring adequate access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems.

Radiant energy (direct, diffuse and/or reflective) received from the sun.

An area of land used for a solar collection system principally to capture solar energy, convert it to electrical energy or thermal power and supply electrical or thermal power. This shall include all other accessory structures related to the solar energy system including buildings, structures, substations, electrical infrastructure, transmission lines, and other appurtenant structures and facilities.

That part or portion of a solar energy system containing one or more receptive cells or modules, the purpose of which is to convert solar energy for use in space heating or cooling, for water heating and/or for electricity.

The total area of land including the principal solar energy system, the space between solar arrays, stormwater management area, access drives, fencing and internal access roads. The solar project area does not include any area outside of the fenced facility set aside for agricultural uses and designed to be adequate for the maneuverability of typical farm equipment.

Items including a solar photovoltaic cell, module, panel, or array, or solar hot air or water collector device panels, lines, pumps, batteries, mounting brackets, framing and possibly foundations or other structures used for or intended to be used for collection of solar energy.

Garbage, refuse and other discarded materials, including, but not limited to, solid and liquid waste materials resulting from municipal, industrial, commercial, agricultural and residential activities. Such wastes shall not include biological excrement nor hazardous waste materials as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Chapter I, Part 261, dated July 1, 1984, or as amended.

A use that is generally compatible with uses permitted in a zone but for which additional criteria have been established and approval by the Zoning Hearing Board is required as provided for by § 155-174C of this chapter.

Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, female breasts below a point immediately above the top of areola, and/or human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered.

For the purposes of this chapter, this term shall include any of the following:

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

Existing natural slopes of 15% or greater (equal to 15 feet vertical distance over 100 feet horizontal distance). The alteration of slopes that were lawfully man-made (such as walls of a detention basin or quarry or excavated banks along a street) shall be regulated by a reasonable estimate of the preexisting natural slope.

The unit of measurement of a solid angle in a sphere.

A temporary placement of products and materials for preservation, later use and/or disposal.

That part of a building between the surface of any floor and the next floor above it or, in its absence, the finished ceiling or roof above it. A split-level story shall be considered a second story if its floor level is six feet or more above the level of the line of the finished floor next below it. Any floor under a sloping roof at the top of a building that is more than two feet below the top plate shall be counted as a half story. A basement shall be counted as a story if it averages more than five feet above grade.

Any natural or man-made channel of conveyance of surface water with an annual or intermittent flow within a defined bed and bank.

A public or private right-of-way, excluding driveways and access drives, intended for use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation that provides a means of access to abutting property. The word "street" includes "thoroughfare," "avenue," "boulevard," "court," "drive," "expressway," "highway," "lane," "road," and similar terms. This definition shall not include alleys as defined herein.

A line laterally bisecting a street right-of-way into equal widths. Where the street right-of-way cannot be determined, the cartway center line shall be deemed the street center line.

The line defining the limit of a street right-of-way and separating the street from abutting property or lots. The street line shall be the same as the legal right-of-way line currently in existence.

The publicly accessible area straddling public and/or private streets often located between building facades and including service lanes, sidewalks, pedestrian-oriented spaces and pedestrian corridors.

A structure's vertical measurement from the mean sea level of the ground abutting the corners of the structure to the highest point of the structure, including any signs, antennas or other appurtenances, unless otherwise noted.

The division or redivision of a lot, tract, or parcel of land by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels, or other divisions of land, including changes in existing lot lines for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of lease, partition by the court for distribution to heirs or devisees, transfer of ownership, or building or lot development. 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.

Any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the fair 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 purpose of this definition, substantial improvement is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the structure commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure.

Where, in the judgment of the Township Engineer, at least 90% (based on the cost of the required improvements for which financial security was posted) of those improvements required as a condition for final approval have been completed in accordance with the approved plan, so that the project will be able to be used, occupied, or operated for its intended use.

Any structure and inflatable device, not located within a completely enclosed building, and containing, or normally capable of containing, water to a depth at any point greater than 24 inches. Farm ponds, stormwater basins and/or lakes are not included, provided that swimming was not the primary purpose for their construction.

An establishment which serves primarily alcoholic beverages for mostly on-premises consumption and which is licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. Taverns may also serve food, but no live entertainment shall be permitted.

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

A forestry operation that involves cutting down of trees and removing logs from the forest for the primary purpose of sale or commercial processing into wood, wood-related or paper products.

A development that features a mixture of different housing types, civic and potentially local commercial uses in accordance with the requirements of § 155-18 of this chapter.

See "dwelling, townhouse."

Conewago Township.

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

Hazardous materials that are persistent, bioaccumulative (accumulate in living organisms), and highly dangerous because they pose significant risks to our health and our environment, as regulated by such statutes as the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) [15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. (1976)] or as recognized by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).

A principal use that involves the indoor instruction of clients/customers on any of a wide range of subjects, including but not limited to occupational, cultural, business, technical, professional, trade, religious, life skills, emergency response, and similar activities.

Any person who assumes temporary occupancy for the purposes of visitation, recreation or leisure purposes. This definition shall expressly exclude permanent residents and/or migratory workers and their families.

As it relates to § 155-24, Airport Safety Zone, of this chapter, these surfaces extend outward at ninety-degree angles to the runway center line and the runway center line extended at a slope of seven feet horizontally for each foot vertically from the sides of the primary and approach surfaces to where they intersect the horizontal and conical surfaces.

A portable structure, primarily designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreation, camping or travel purposes. In addition to the above, any of the following attributes are characteristic of a travel trailer:

As it relates to § 155-24, Airport Safety Zone, of this chapter, any object of natural growth.

The upper portion of a felled tree that is not merchantable because of small size, taper or defect.

A principal use contained on a single property:

A principal use designed as one functioning site in which various services and amenities are provided for the comfort, convenience and safety of those engaged in the trucking distribution industry and other motorists. Suitable examples include vehicle filling stations, vehicle repair and services, vehicle washing, dining and lodging, laundromats, rest lounges and areas, travel-related retail shops, gift shops, locker rooms and bathing facilities and similar uses.

The distance measured from the surface of the tower foundation upon which the wind turbine is attached to the highest point of the turbine rotor blades at their highest point of rotation.

The conversion of an existing single-family detached dwelling unit to contain two separate dwelling units.

The latest version of the statewide building code adopted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly applicable to new construction in all municipalities, whether administered by the municipality, a third party or the Department of Labor and Industry. Applicable to residential and commercial buildings, the code adopted the International Residential Code (IRC) and the International Building Code (IBC), by reference, as the construction standard applicable with the commonwealth floodplain construction. For coordination purposes, references to the above are made specifically to various sections of the IRC and the IBC.

The specific purpose(s) for which land or a structure is designed, arranged, intended, occupied or maintained.

See "certificate of use and occupancy" as defined herein.

Principal uses that:

An airport runway that is constructed for and intended to be used by propeller-driven aircraft of 12,500 pounds maximum gross weight and less.

One form of relief available to the terms of this chapter upon application to the Zoning Hearing Board pursuant to § 155-174D of this chapter.

A building or portion thereof used primarily for the treatment of small domestic animals, such as dogs, cats, rabbits and birds or fowl, by a licensed veterinarian. This term excludes the outdoor boarding or outdoor keeping of animals.

A airport runway intended solely for the operation of aircraft using visual approach procedures.

See "school, vocational/mechanical trade."

A principal use where the goods, products and/or materials of a single company or organization are stored awaiting further processing, delivery and/or distribution. This definition shall not include satellite lots where vehicles are parked, stored and/or loaded/unloaded away from the actual property where the warehouse resides.

A permanent or intermittent stream, river, brook, run, creek, channel, swale, pond, lake or other body of surface water carrying or holding surface water, whether natural or artificial.

All the land area from which water drains into a particular watercourse.

A principal use devoted to the joining of metals through intense heat for repair or the preparation of parts used in other industrial production and/or assembly.

The transitional area extending from the outer limit of a delineated wetland. For the purpose of this chapter, the wetland margin shall extend 50 feet from the wetland boundary or to the limit of the hydric soils outside the boundary, whichever is less.

Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, including swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas, and which shall be identified using that method of the following that delineates the greatest area of wetlands:

Pertaining to the sale of goods for resale.

Any device which converts wind energy to mechanical or electrical energy as an accessory use to a principal residence.

Shall include blades, hubs to which blades are attached, and any device, such as a tower, used to support the hub and/or rotary blades, etc.

An assemblage of wind energy devices whose main purpose is to supply electricity consisting of one or more wind turbines and other accessory structures, including but not limited to substations, towers, electrical infrastructure, transmission lines and other appurtenant facilities.

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

An area between the permitted structures and the property lines.

See "garage, moving and yard sale."

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

The designation of specified zones within a community or Township, reserving them for certain uses, together with limitations on lot size, heights of structures and other stipulated requirements.

The Zoning Hearing Board of Conewago Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

The Official Zoning Map[11] of Conewago Township, adopted as part of this chapter.

The duly constituted municipal official(s) designated to administer and enforce this chapter in accordance with its literal terms.

The Official Zoning Ordinance of Conewago Township.

A permit stating that the purpose for which a building or land is to be used is in conformity with the applicable requirements of this chapter for the zone in which it is, or will be, located.