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.

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.

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.[1]

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

Any structure, building, or use which is open to the general public in which 20% or more of the occupied sales or display area offers for sale, for rent, lease, loan or for view upon the premises pictures, photographs, drawings, prints, images, sculpture, still film, motion-picture film, videotape, or similar visual representations distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on sexual content or sexually explicit nudity depicting exposed male or female genitalia, or books, pamphlets, magazines, printed matter or sound recordings, containing explicit or detailed descriptions or narrative accounts distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on sexual content, or which offers for sale sexual devices. This definition shall also include a building, structure, or a portion thereof, or a use open to the general public, used for presenting motion-picture film, videotape, live performances, or similar visual representation or materials distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on sexual conduct or sexually explicit nudity depicting exposed male or female genitalia.

The tilling of the soil, the raising of crops, horticulture, and the keeping or raising of livestock. This definition also includes noncommercial greenhouses and mushroom houses, the processing and retail sale of goods produced on a farm, uses devoted to research into agricultural technology that would change the conduct of normal farming operations and custom work. For the purposes of this definition, "custom work" shall mean the hiring of another person or agency who does not reside on the subject property to perform one or more activities necessary to the function of the principal farm use as a whole. This definition of agriculture does not include concentrated animal feeding operations, concentrated animal operations, commercial produce operations and gardening, each as defined below. Agriculture shall be a principal use and shall be understood to include one dwelling unit as well as all structures necessary for the housing of animals, storage of feed and equipment, and other operations customarily incidental to agricultural use. Below are definitions relevant to 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.

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 and emerging technologies.) This definition shall expressly exclude outdoor furnaces, as defined herein.

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

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

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

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

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.

A space with less than 1/2 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.

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.

See "sign."

The governing body of Dickinson Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

An individual other than a member of a family occupying a room within a dwelling unit or 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 one or more boarders. This term includes single-room occupancy residences (SROs), tourist homes, and rooming houses. It expressly excludes bed-and-breakfast arrangements and short-term rentals (including arrangements known as "AirBNB").

Except as referenced in §§ 205-136 and 205-137 of this chapter, a continuous strip of land that is clear of all buildings and paved areas and is landscaped in accordance with § 205-40 of this chapter.

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

See "area."

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

A building's vertical measurement from the mean level of the ground abutting the corners of the building to the highest point of the building, including except as noted in § 205-28, any signs, antennas or other appurtenances.

The longest horizontal measurement of a building.

Permits issued under the Uniform Code Construction Code. 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 § 205-26 of this chapter) and:

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 or tents.

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

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

A roofed structure open on two or more sides for the storage of motor vehicles.

The paved surface of a street or access drive intended and available for use by vehicular traffic.

A gaming 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 state lottery law.

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.

Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the deceased, including columbariums, crematoriums, 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 setting forth that a building, structure, sign, and/or use of land complies with this chapter and a previously issued zoning permit.

A facility in which a wide range of formal care is provided by qualified staff for remuneration to children under the age of 16 years, if such children are not related to the provider by blood, marriage or adoption or are not placed in the home as foster children pursuant to direction by an authorized licensed foster child agency or who are not placed in the home by court order. This definition does not include the offering of overnight accommodations. Any child day-care use shall meet all applicable requirements of the State Department of Public Welfare. The following types of child day-care uses are regulated by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare:

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

Fine grained soil that is used in the construction of a liner that limits the rate of surface water intrusion into the subsurface.

An area of unobstructed vision at a street intersection defined by a line of sight between points at center lines.

An organization catering exclusively to members and their guests, or premises or buildings for social, recreational and administrative purposes which are not conducted for profit, provided there are not conducted any vending stands, merchandising or commercial activities except as required for the membership of such club. Clubs shall include but not be limited to, service and political organizations, labor unions, as well as social and athletic clubs.

Code of the Township of Dickinson.

See "agriculture."

Words and/or images intended to influence consumer behavior.

See "agriculture."

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, and etc. This does not include adult entertainment uses, outdoor shooting ranges, automobile and/or animal racing with or without related wagering facilities, campgrounds, convention or conference center, gaming operations, golf courses and driving ranges, off-track betting, slot machine parlors and/or casinos.

See "school, commercial."

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

A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination of land and water within a development site and designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents of a development, not including streets, off-street parking areas, and areas set aside for public facilities.

A parking facility serving multiple uses or properties that is not owned by one user or property, although it may be owned jointly by all or some of the users.

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

Any device or equipment used for the transmission or reception of wireless communications signals for ultimate reception by a modem, computer, similar internet use or purpose, radio, television, wireless telephone (mobile or cell phone), pager, commercial mobile radio service, or any similar device. This term includes without limitation wireless telecommunication devices, small cells, communication antenna employing stealth technology, distributed antenna systems, 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, residential television antennas, or antennae for amateur radio equipment.

A building or portion of a building used as a gathering place or meeting area by local residents of the Township or development within which it is located.

The conversion of organic matter, such as yard waste, into fertilizer and similar materials useful for gardening and lawn care, conducted within a portable open structure used and properly maintained by on-site residents.

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

See "agriculture."

See "agriculture."

A use permitted in a particular zone pursuant to the provisions in Article VI of the Act[2] and in accordance with § 205-162 of this chapter.

Real estate, portions of which, in accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act of 1980,[3] 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.

A development that integrates required common open space and residential dwellings. Conservation design developments are further regulated by § 205-67 of this chapter.

An 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. This definition is not meant to relate to a conservation easement as defined under the Pennsylvania Conservation Easement Act.[4]

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, outlines an erosion and sedimentation control plan for an identified parcel of land.

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.

A business which specializes in the retail sales and/or rental of household products and foods, which may or may not be operated in conjunction with a gas station use. Although this use is permitted by right within the BI Zone, additional activities are permitted pursuant to § 205-68 of this chapter.

An assemblage of uses that provide a setting for indoor and outdoor exhibits and activities to serve various business activities, meetings, training sessions, entertainment, and recreation on a temporary basis. This use may include hotels and eating and drinking establishments as accessory uses.

To change or adapt improved property to a use, occupancy, or purpose other than what was intended at its time of construction.

The County of Cumberland, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The Cumberland County Planning Commission.

A proposed zoning amendment:

A principal use devoted to the:

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

Any landowner, agent of such landowner, or tenant with the permission of such landowner, who makes or causes to be made a subdivision of land, a land development or a use requiring zoning approval.

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.

The noncommercial keeping of adult non-farm-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.

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

Improved cartway designed and constructed solely to accommodate vehicular movement between a public and/or private road and a tract of land serving one single-family dwelling unit or a farm.

A tract of land, or portion thereof, used by trucks and other large motor freight vehicles for the purpose of dropping or picking up loaded and/or unloaded trailers, including the incidental short-term or daily storage of loaded and/or unloaded trailers, for transfer to other points or jurisdictions. The use may include an accessory guardhouse or similar type structure to allow for trailers to be checked in and out. The use does not include the breakdown or aggregation into smaller or larger loads, truck repair and service facilities, fueling, dispensing or storage of petroleum products.

A use at which articles of clothing, uniforms, linens, sheets, blankets, table cloths, draperies, towels, diapers and other fabric items are delivered to be cleaned with the use of chemical agents that are generally not water soluble.

Any building or portion thereof designed and used exclusively for residential occupancy, including those listed below, but not including hospitals and nursing homes; hotels and motels, boarding, rooming and lodging houses, institutional houses, tourists courts, and the like, which offer overnight accommodations for guests or patients. All dwellings are permanently affixed to a completely enclosed foundation constructed of currently accepted materials that are an entire perimeter wall and extend from below the frost line to the first floor of the building. Such foundation is constructed to provide sufficient structural integrity to prevent the building from heaving, shifting, or settling unevenly, due to frost action. In addition, all dwellings are 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.

An interest in land owned by another person, consisting in the right to use or control the use of land, or areas above or below it, for a specific limited purpose. The grant of an easement reserves to the owner of the land all other incidents of ownership.

The level of the ground adjacent to a structure, storage area, sign or other improvement.

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

A professional engineer registered as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A use conducted indoors that offers personal amusement and/or enjoyment through mental engagement. This does not include adult entertainment uses, amusement arcades, amusement/theme/zoo parks, automobile and/or animal racing with or without related wagering facilities, off-track betting, slot machine parlors and/or casinos.

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

The face(s) of a principal structure that directly adjoins and whose longest axis runs generally perpendicular to the adjoining yard.

Any one of the following:

See "agriculture."

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.

The Federal Communications Commission of the United States of America.

Bank, credit union, savings-and-loan association, savings bank, investment company, or philanthropic foundation. For the purpose of this chapter, this term shall exclude pawn shops and non-bank 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 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 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.

An area of land adjacent to the channel of a watercourse below the flood elevation 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 as regulated by Article III, Chapter 92 of the Code of Dickinson Township.

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

The line of a lot coincident with an abutting right-of-way line of a street.

A minimum of 40 hours per week.

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

Any facility or location at which any lawful gambling activity other than or in addition to pari-mutuel wagering may be conducted under Pennsylvania law, including 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 state lottery law. The incidental use of less than eight amusement devices and/or games of skill or chance (e.g., pinball machines, video games, Skee-Ball, electronic or water firing ranges and other similar devices) is not considered to be a gaming facility and can be offered at suitable uses and locations (e.g., restaurants, taverns, nightclubs, commercial recreation establishments, and similar uses).

An accessory building for the storage of one or more personal 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 § 205-34E of this chapter.

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.

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.

Any area of land, including structures thereon, that is used for the retail sale of gasoline, fuel, diesel or similar products used to fuel any passenger or commercial motor vehicle, which may or may not be operated in conjunction with a convenience store use.

Any device installed as an accessory use that supplies energy principally for the principal use of the property that is derived from the exchange of underground temperature.

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

Property developed for and devoted for the recreational participation in the sport commonly known as "golf," having a minimum of 675 yards of play in nine holes.

A use 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 Dickinson Township, Cumberland 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 and/or hazardous waste disposal and/or handling facilities, prisons, and/or hospitals.

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

An assemblage of man-made and natural materials that support vegetation as the principal exposed surface atop a building and are designed and maintained to offer thermal protection and hydrological benefit over conventional roofing surfaces.

A retail business devoted to the raising and/or selling of trees, ornamental shrubs, flowers, and houseplants for transplanting, along with the sale of ancillary supplies wherein the preponderance of the growing operation is indoors.

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.

A single-family dwelling operated by a reasonably responsible individual, family or organization with a program to provide a supportive living arrangement for individuals where special care is needed by the individual served due to age, emotional, mental or physical disability. This definition shall expressly include facilities for the supervised care of developmentally disabled persons and those under treatment for alcohol and/or drug abuse. Group homes must be licensed by appropriate government agencies, and a copy of any such licenses must be delivered to the Township prior to beginning the use. Group homes shall be considered as single-family dwellings and subject to the same requirements as single-family dwellings, plus the requirements found in § 205-74 of this chapter.

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 entertainment 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:

A structure's vertical measurement from the mean level of the ground abutting the corners of the structure to the highest point of the structure, including except as noted in § 205-28, any signs, antennas or other appurtenances.

An accessory use where no more than one helicopter may land/takeoff 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.

The face of exposed overburden and mineral in an open cut of a surface mining operation or for entry to underground mining activities.

Any structure that is:

The change or adaptation of a historic structure for use and occupancy for a use other than that generally permitted within the site's zone. Historic structure conversions are governed by § 205-88 of this chapter.

A facility for the retail sale and/or rental 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.

An occupation customarily conducted within a dwelling unit that is clearly incidental and secondary to the residential use of the dwelling. The following uses are expressly prohibited as home occupations, without limitation, animal hospitals; commercial stables and kennels; commercial day care facilities, funeral homes; tourist homes; restaurants; wholesale sales; storage or mail order activities in which goods are distributed from the dwelling or property; the repair, servicing, storage, or rental of motor vehicles; offices of medical practitioners; clinics; hospitals; and machine and welding shops.

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 24 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 "boardinghouse," "bed-and-breakfast" and "campground" all 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. Hotels are a building or group of buildings containing rooms for rental on a transient basis whose primary access is limited through a lobby. Motels are 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 its 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 and etc.

The distance measured from the surface of the tower foundation to the highest height of the wind turbine hub, to which the blade is attached.

A liner system that prohibits the infiltration or surface water into the subsurface.

A surface not readily penetrated by water under normal pressure associated with rainfall or other typical conditions associated with the proposed use. Impervious surfaces (or areas) shall include, but not be limited to, buildings, roofs (except for green roofs, as defined herein), patios, garages, storage shed and similar structures, access drives, interior drives, driveways, sidewalks, off-street parking spaces, off-street loading spaces and paved recreation courts. Any areas designed to be covered by loose surfacing materials such as gravel, stone and/or crushed stone, and intended for storage of and/or travel by motorized or nonmotorized vehicles, or travel by pedestrians shall be considered impervious.

Any area characterized by any of the following:

Any structure or paving placed upon land, including 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, street signs, traffic control devices, and monuments. This definition shall expressly exclude the tilling of soil.

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

Those plants and vegetation identified by the PA DCNR as invasive plant species, with such list being published at (as amended and updated) http://www.dcnr.pa.gov/Conservation/WildPlants/InvasivePlants/Pages/default.aspx

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.

Used materials, discarded materials, or both, including, but not limited to, waste paper, 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, waste paper, rags, metal, building materials, house furnishings, appliances, machinery, vehicles, or parts thereof, with or without the dismantling, processing, salvage, sale, or other use or disposition of the same. The term "salvage yard" includes "junkyard," but 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 salvage yard. For the purposes of this definition, 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 three or more non-farm-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 generic term for a man-made source of light.

Any of the following activities:

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 who has 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 a predetermined height established by the applicable regulation. 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 a predetermined height established by the applicable regulation.

An area of designated width at the periphery of a property planted with required noninvasive vegetative species that generally visually and functionally separate adjoining properties and uses.

A self-service business in which patrons clean, dry clean and/or dry articles of clothing, uniforms, linens, sheets, blankets, table cloths, draperies, towels, diapers and other fabric items.

A use at which articles of clothing, uniforms, linens, sheets, blankets, table cloths, draperies, towels, diapers and other fabric items are delivered to be cleaned with the use of agents that are generally water soluble.

See "agriculture."

An off-street space or area having direct usable access to a street or alley suitable for the loading or unloading of goods for shipment.

A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed, or built upon as a unit.

A percentage of the lot area which may be covered with an impervious surface (e.g., buildings, driveways, parking area, sidewalks). To the extent a building or structure incorporates a green rooftop (as defined herein) such area shall not be considered to be impervious.

The horizontal distance measured between the street right-of-way line and the closest rear property line measured perpendicular along straight streets 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 edge of an adjoining street or other public or quasi-public 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.

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.

A body of surface water that has been constructed with a bottom and sides generally comprised of natural materials with the possible exception of an artificial dam or spillway or bottom liner.

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 except those excluded by the definition of heavy industry as contained herein.

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 awaiting disposal.

An area of land with or without structures where passengers are routinely collected by and dispatched from buses, trains, subways, taxicabs or other passenger vehicles (other than aircraft) owned and operated by a provider of public transportation.

A deciduous tree with a diameter at breast height (DBH) greater than or equal to 10 inches or a coniferous tree at least 10 feet tall.

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.

Marijuana for certified medical use as set forth under the Medical Marijuana Act, Pennsylvania Act 16, adopted April 17, 2016, as may be amended.[8] The following definitions shall apply to medical marijuana uses:

A building or group of buildings occupied by medical and/or other licensed practitioners and related services for the purpose of providing health, dental, vision, emergency medical, wellness, dietary, social, behavioral, therapeutic, occupational and psychological services to outpatients. This definition does not include methadone treatment facilities, as defined herein.

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 lot area required to be to be associated with a principal use as required by this chapter.

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 transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent occupancy, contained in one unit, or in two or more units designed to be joined into one integral unit capable of again being separated for repeated towing, which arrives at a site complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, and constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation.

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

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

See "hotel, motel and similar lodging facilities."

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. Such uses shall include, but are not limited to:

The Township of Dickinson, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

An area of land with 43,560 square feet, exclusive of public rights-of-way, and public and private streets. In the case where a proposed development with more than one principal use is to rely upon one or more private access drives rather than streets, the area devoted to the access drives that serve more than one principal use and any adjoining curbs and sidewalks shall also be deducted from the calculation of acreage.

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

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 all of the following requirements:

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

A use, whether of land or of structure, which does not comply with the applicable use provisions in 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.

Plants identified by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture on its noxious weed control list, with such list being published at (as amended and updated): http://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Plants Land Water/Plant/Plandustry/NIPPP/Pages/default.aspx

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

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 § 205-33 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 § 205-34 of this chapter.

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

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, record keeping, 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.

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. This definition shall not prohibit the use of sewage plume easements that may extend beyond the property upon which the sewage is generated.

The provision of water to a single user from a private source 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 clean wood, coal, natural gas, kerosene, propane, domestic heating oil provided that such fuels comply with all applicable sulfur limits. For the purposes of this definition, "clean 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. Clean wood fuel does not include materials chemically treated with any preservative, paint, or oil.

An accessory use to a principal residence which is improved for the use by residents and their guests to engage in recreational sport.

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.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

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

When used in determining the permissible number of lots which may be subdivided or dwellings or other principal nonresidential uses which may be erected within the Conservation Zone (C) or Agricultural Zone (A), all contiguous land held in single and separate ownership is considered the parent tract, regardless of whether such land is divided into one or more lots, parcels, purparts or tracts; regardless of whether such land was acquired by the landowner at different times or by different deeds, devise, partition or otherwise; regardless of whether or such land is bisected by public or private streets or rights-of-way, which was held by the landowner or his or her predecessor in title on the effective date of this chapter.

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

An accessory use in which required and additional parking spaces are provided subject to the requirements listed in § 205-34 of this chapter.

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 entertainment uses, amusement arcades, amusement or theme parks, gaming facilities, golf courses, off-track betting facilities, racetracks, and shooting ranges. Such uses may include:

A person who works less than 20 hours per week or less than 1,000 hours per year at a farm occupation.

A passenger vehicle that is less than 11,001 pounds gross vehicle weight (weight of vehicle with rated passenger and/or load capacity) 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.

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

The retail repair, servicing, maintenance and reconstruction of passenger motor 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, geo-grids 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 individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability corporation, limited liability partnership, firm, company, association, governmental entity, trustee, receiver, assignee, or similar representative.

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

A principal use (excluding adult entertainment uses) including barbershops, beauty and tanning salons, dry cleaning and laundry pickup and dropoff facilities, tailor shops, shoe repair shops, the repair of clocks and small appliances and similar activities.

A surface 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 yards, gardens, landscape features, fields, woodlands and other similar unimproved open spaces. These can also include special paving treatments that allow the ready penetration of surface water into the ground under normal pressure.

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 coordinated development of more than one land use all sharing common vehicle access and off-street parking.

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 Dickinson Township.

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 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 play sets, 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).

Except as permitted under the definition of wind and solar farm, a principal use devoted to the creation, storage, conversion, distribution and transmission of electrical energy for use at another location.

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:

A principal use operated by Cumberland County devoted to the 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, the Planning Commission or the Zoning Hearing Board, 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."[10]

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, 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 the Act, 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 municipal or privately owned sanitary sewer facility approved and permitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Such systems are capable of serving multiple users.

Use or extension thereof which is privately owned and operated and requires a certificate of convenience approved by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission for the purpose of providing public sewage disposal and/or sewage treatment; public water supply, storage and/or treatment; or for the purpose of providing the transmission of energy or telephone service. For purposes of this definition, no use regarding or related to communication antenna, communication equipment facilities, and communication towers shall be considered, or in any way constitute, a public utility.

Any structure built for the purpose of providing a public utility which is not owned by a municipal or government entity, whether such structure, or the land upon which it is constructed, is owned or leased by the entity operating said public utility. The following are expressly excluded from the definition of public utilities structures: communication antenna, communication equipment facilities, and communication towers.

A municipal or privately owned water supply system approved and permitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Such systems are capable of serving multiple users.

A vehicle which is 1) built on a single chassis; 2) not more than 400 square feet, measured at the largest horizontal projections; 3) designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a passenger vehicle; and 4) 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 accessory use involving any structure and inflatable device used for swimming, not located within a completely enclosed building, and containing, or normally capable of containing, water to a depth at any point greater than 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 that serves prepared food primarily on nondisposable tableware, but can provide for incidental carryout service so long as the area used for carryout service does not exceed 5% of the total patron seating area nor 80 square feet (whichever is less). Restaurants may offer incidental live entertainment.

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.

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 entertainment uses, as defined herein.

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

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.

A defined portion of land acquired by reservation, dedication, forced dedication, prescription or condemnation that may or may not be 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 width or area of land necessary to accommodate present or future public improvements.

See "street."

An accessory agricultural use for the sale of local agricultural or horticultural produce, livestock or merchandise.

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

The latest version of the Township's Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.[11]

A use devoted to the transfer of ownership and/or rental of goods and products. This term shall not include adult entertainment 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 semi-finished 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 predetermined height established by the applicable regulation. 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 spent mushroom 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 or street line which delineates the required minimum distance between some particular use of property and that property or street line.

Alternating changes in light intensity caused by a moving wind rotor blade casting shadows on the ground and stationary objects.

A freestanding accessory building to a residence that is generally used to store personal property solely of the inhabitants on the site.

A development consisting of any single retail store in excess of 20,000 square feet of gross floor area or two or more establishments which are designed to function as a unit, for retail sales; personal services; restaurants, taverns and nightclubs; business, professional, or banking offices; civic uses, commercial schools, and/or similar uses together with shared stormwater management, vehicular access, off-street parking and signage.

Any lease or rental arrangement by a property owner of the owner's property to a third party for a fee or similar compensation, the duration of which rental, including successive weeks, is less than a month. This term shall not include boardinghouses, bed-and-breakfasts, motels, hotels, or campgrounds.

A device for visual communication that is used to bring the subject to the attention of the public that is legible from an adjoining road or adjoining property standing at grade (for the purposes of this definition the term legible shall mean understandable by someone of sufficient age and eyesight to obtain a Pennsylvania driver's license.)

A lot or portion thereof devoted to a particular use as regulated by this chapter.

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.

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 state lottery law.

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's soil survey for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

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

An energy conversion system or device, including any structural design features and all appurtenances and parts thereof, whose primary purpose is to provide for the collection, storage and distribution of solar energy for space heating or cooling, for water heating and/or for electricity.

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

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 1, Part 261, dated July 1, 1984.

A use permitted in a particular zone pursuant to the provisions of Articles VI and IX of the Act[12] and approved by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with § 205-151C of this chapter.

Soil or mulch-like material that is a by-product of the cultivation of mushrooms.

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.

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 non-storage activities shall be permitted.

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 1/2 story. A basement shall be counted a story if it averages more than five feet above grade.

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 right-of-way line currently in existence.

Any man-made object, including buildings, having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land, excluding stormwater management retention/detention basins and related inlet and/or outlet devices, sidewalks, driveways leading directly to a public street, and public utility lines and appurtenances. Structures shall not include such things as sandboxes, decorative fountains, swing sets, birdhouses, birdfeeders, mailboxes, and any other similar nonpermanent improvements.

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 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.

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

See "dwelling, townhouse."

Dickinson Township.

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.

See "recreational vehicle."

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 Assemble applicable to new construction in all municipalities whether administered by the municipality, a third party of the Department of Labor and Industry. Applicable to residential and commercial buildings, the code adopted by 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."

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

The use of land, including vacant or open land, or structure that is most dominant (either visually or economically) in the determination of the Zoning Officer.

Principal uses that:

Relief granted pursuant to the provisions of Articles VI and IX of the Act[13] upon application to the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with § 205-151D of this chapter.

Any establishment, building or portion thereof, offering veterinary services to any type of animals by a licensed veterinarian. Such use is permitted to include the overnight boarding of domestic pets, but only if such domestic pets are kept inside the building where the use is operated. This term excludes the outdoor boarding or keeping of animals.

See "school."

A building whose purpose is the storage of goods awaiting further processes or delivery/distribution.

A principal use where goods, products and/or materials are stored waiting further processing, delivery and/or distribution.

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 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.

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:

A principal use devoted to the generation of electrical energy for consumption elsewhere by means of solar panels and/or wind energy conversion systems.

That person or entity responsible for the day-to-day operation of the wind and solar farm.

That person or entity having legal or equitable interest in the wind and solar farm.

Any device which converts wind energy to mechanical or electrical energy. This 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 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 Dickinson Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

The Zoning Map of Dickinson Township adopted as part of this chapter.

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

The Official Zoning Ordinance of Dickinson Township.

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