A building subordinate to the main building on a lot and used for purposes customarily and clearly incidental to those of the main building.

A use subordinate to the main use of land or of a building on the same lot and customarily and clearly incidental thereto.

Land over which there is a right-of-way, municipally or privately owned, on which no dwellings or stores front, serving as a secondary means of access to two or more lots.

An alteration, as applied to a building, is any change or rearrangement in the structural parts, or any enlargement, whether by extending on any side by increasing in height, or moving from one location or position to another.

A room or group of rooms in an apartment house designed for and used exclusively as a residence for only one family.

A building designed for and occupied exclusively as a residence for three or more families living independently of one another and which building is a single building unit for purpose of operation, management and maintenance. A basement in an apartment house shall not contain habitable rooms except for janitor's living quarters.

A story, partly underground, but having more than half of its clear height below average level of adjoining ground.

A strip of required yard space adjacent to the boundary of a property or district, not less in width than is designated in this chapter and on which is placed year-round shrubbery, hedges, evergreens, or other suitable plantings.

Any structure, including a trailer, having a roof supported by columns, piers, or walls used for the housing or enclosure of persons or animals.

The aggregate of the maximum horizontal cross-section areas of all buildings on a lot, excluding cornices, eaves, gutters, or chimneys projecting not more than 30 inches; steps, one-story open porches not extending more than one story and not projecting more than five feet; and balconies and terraces.

The line parallel to the street line at a distance therefrom at least equal to the depth of the front yard required for the district in which the lot is located and which equals or exceeds the required lot width.

See "basement."

No structure, wall, fence, shrubbery, or trees shall be erected, maintained, or planted on any lot that unreasonably or dangerously obstructs or interferes with visibility of drivers of vehicles on a curve or at any street intersection. The minimum vision clearance shall require height not exceeding 2 1/2 feet above the street grade within 35 feet of the intersecting street lines bordering corner lots.

A use which may be allowed or denied by the Township Board of Commissioners in accordance with the Municipalities Planning Code (Act 247).

A lot which abuts two intersecting streets. There shall be a front yard on each street on which the lot abuts.

A facility that provides care and feeding during the business day for more than five children, babies or elderly adults who must not be left alone.

The total number of dwelling units on a given tract divided by the total number of acres in the tract, not including existing dedicated roads, but including all residential streets to be built in conjunction with subdivision development and all land set aside and dedicated for public use.

One or more rooms designed and equipped for one family, or persons living together as one family, to occupy as a residence, but shall not include tourist homes, or cabins, lodging houses, hotels, motels, or other similar places offering overnight accommodations for transients.

The greatest number of persons to be employed on the premises in question at any one time of the day or night.

Any number of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit when said individuals are related by blood, marriage, or adoption, including foster children; or no more than five unrelated individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit with single kitchen facilities.

A dwelling, licensed by the appropriate state agency, shared by persons requiring special care and their supervisors who live together as a single housekeeping unit in a family-like environment. This facility is designed to create a residential environment for the developmentally disabled, mentally ill or retarded, handicapped, or similar groups unable to live without supervision. The maximum number of residents shall not exceed five. These facilities shall not be used to accommodate persons recovering from the effects of drugs or alcohol or inmates of penal institutions.

The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of all buildings on the lot, measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls and from the center line of walls separating two buildings. The term shall include basement, elevator shafts and stairwells at each story, floor space used for mechanical equipment (with structural headroom of six feet, six inches or more), penthouses, attic space (whether or not a floor has actually been laid providing structural headroom of six feet, six inches or more), interior balconies, and mezzanines. It shall not include stair and elevator penthouses or cellars unless said cellars are utilized for anything other than storage rooms, utility rooms, mechanical equipment rooms, etc.

A building's vertical measurement from the main level of the ground abutting the building to the highest point in the roofline of a flat roof or a roof having a slope of less than 15° from the horizontal, and to a point midway between the peak and the eaves of a roof having a slope of 15° or more; provided that chimneys, spires, towers, elevator penthouses, tanks, and similar projections of the building shall not be included in calculating the height.

An occupation or professional use which is carried on in a dwelling unit, or a structure accessory thereto, clearly secondary and incidental to the dwelling in which the practitioner resides.

A hospital is a building designed for the diagnosis, treatment or other care of human ailments, and includes facilities for the overnight care of patients.

A parcel of land which conforms to the zoning requirement for the zone in which it is located and has the required lot area and width and frontage on an improved street.

Lot area shall not include any public easement, public rights-of-way, and does include wetlands and floodplains.

Any area of land, including structures thereon, or any building or part thereof, that is used for sale of gasoline or other vehicle fuel or accessories, and which may or may not include facilities for lubrication, washing, or otherwise servicing motor vehicles, but which shall not include painting, body and fender repairs, or sale, rental and storage of vehicles.

A building or other structure, use or lot, lawful when created, which for reason of design, size, or use does not conform to revisions of the requirements of the district or districts in which it is located.

An on-the-property space for the standing, loading, and unloading of vehicles to avoid undue interference with the public use of streets and alleys. Such space shall be not less than 14 feet in width, 15 feet in height, and 55 feet in length, exclusive of access aisles and maneuvering space.

A space containing a minimum area of 180 square feet with a minimum width of nine feet, for the parking of an automobile. In determining the dimension of such space, access drives and aisles shall not be included. Minimum vertical clearance shall be 80 inches.

A building in which is conducted, or is intended to be conducted, the principal use of the lot on which it is located. In residential districts, only one principal building may be erected on each lot.

See "home occupation."

A public sewer is any municipal or privately owned sewer system in which sewage is collected from buildings and piped to an approved sewage disposal plant or central septic tank disposal system and approved by the Delaware County Department of Public Health.

Public water is any municipally or privately owned water system for the distribution and sale of water, in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The seating capacity of a particular building as determined by the specifications and plans and filed with the Zoning Officer; in the event individual seats are not provided, each 20 inches of benches or similar seating accommodations shall be considered as one seat for the purpose of this chapter.

An accessory structure for the storage of household and garden-related items, personal use automotive parts or similar items, products, tools, equipment or items such as lawnmowers, tires, etc. Sheds shall not be used for storage, parking or repair of motor vehicles.

Any structure, device, display, or part thereof, or device attached thereto, or painted or represented thereon, located outside, on, or within the building in such a manner that the sign is viewed form outside the building, which shall be used for the purpose of bringing the subject thereof to the attention of the public or which displays or includes any letter, work, motto, banner, flag, insignia, device or representation which is in the nature of an advertisement, announcement, direction, or attraction, but not including the flag, insignia of the United States of America, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any political subdivision thereof.

The ownership of a lot by one or more persons, partnerships, or corporations, which ownership is separate and distinct from that of any adjoining lot.

That part of a building located between a floor and the floor or roof next above. The first story of a building is the lowest story having 75% or more of that wall area above grade level.

A public street, road, highway which is legally open or officially plotted by the Township or a private street, road, or way, over which the owners or tenants of two or more lots held in single and separate ownership have the right-of-way. Maximum of two houses are permitted on a private street.

The dividing line between a lot and a street. The street line shall be determined by the legal right-of-way of street.

Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on the ground, or attached to something having a fixed location on the ground, including a trailer.

A swimming pool (above or below ground level) including any container designed to hold 750 gallons or more of water, and the apparatus and equipment pertaining to the swimming pool maintained by an individual for the sole use of his household and guests without charge for admission and not for the purpose of profit or in connection with any business operated for profit, located on a lot as an accessory use to a residence.

Specifications duly adopted by the Board of Commissioners by formal resolution for a specific purpose.

Any vehicle designed, intended, arranged, or used for living, eating, sleeping, business or other similar purposes, whether arranged to stand on wheels or rigid supporters.

A lot or premises used for occupancy by two or more house trailers or mobile home units for any length of time.

A modification given by the Zoning Hearing Board to a landowner relieving the landowner from the strict application of the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance as provided in the Municipalities Planning Code.