Any inoperable vehicle which has been lacking a currently effective state license and inspection sticker for a period of at least one year.

Next to or adjacent to, and includes the words "directly across from streets," "natural features," and "rights-of-way."

An accredited medical school within this commonwealth that operates or partners with an acute care hospital licensed within this commonwealth pursuant to the Act.[1]

A privately owned, constructed, and maintained vehicular access from a public or private street to four or more off-street parking spaces or to at least one loading space.

A building (such as a private garage, private toolhouse or children's playhouse or a noncommercial greenhouse) which is subordinate and accessory to a principal building on the same lot and which is used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the principal building.

A structure serving a purpose customarily incidental to the use of the principal building and located on the same lot as the principal building.

A use subordinate and customarily incidental to the principal use on the same lot.

Forty-three thousand five hundred sixty square feet.

A state of being side by side, next to, adjoining, contiguous, or abutting one to another.

A use with a significant portion of the market value of or total number of items for sale or rent being books, films, magazines, video tapes, coin- or token-operated films or video tapes, paraphernalia, novelties or other periodicals which are distinguished or characterized by a clear emphasis on matter depicting, displaying, describing, or relating to uncovered male or female genitals or specified sexual activities. This shall include but not be limited to materials that would be illegal to sell to persons under age 18 under state law.

A use including live entertainment involving persons (which may include waiters, waitresses, dancers, clerks, bartenders, contractors, or others) displaying uncovered male or female genitals or nude or almost nude female breasts engaging in simulated or actual specified sexual activities related to some form of monetary compensation paid to a person, company, or organization operating the use or to persons involved in such activity.

A use involving the presentation of motion pictures, video tapes or similarly reproduced images distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on depiction of specified sexual activities for observation by patrons therein, and that is related to some form of monetary compensation by the persons viewing such matter.

This shall include only the following: adult bookstore, adult movie theater, or adult live entertainment facility/use.

A planned residential development in which residency is qualified by age and other related characteristics as defined by the developer in accordance with this ordinance and all applicable laws and regulations.

The raising and keeping of field, truck or tree crops and/or the raising and keeping of any member of the animal kingdom as a business enterprise. Kennels and seasonal roadside produce markets as defined herein are specifically excluded.

A public or private way affording only secondary means of access to abutting property.

As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement in the structural parts, or an enlargement, whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height, or the moving from one location or position to another.

An indoor or outdoor structure or area having tiers of seats, risers, benches or grassy slope rising gradually outward from a central open space or arena where fee-based or non fee-based events, programs, spectacles and the like are performed or displayed.

A building, structure, or area of land where animals are given medical care, other than the premises where such animals are normally kept.

The raising and keeping of livestock or poultry for any commercial purpose. The keeping of livestock or poultry as farm pets or for domestic purposes pursuant to the regulations of this ordinance and the raising of garbage-fed pigs or minks shall not be construed as animal husbandry.

One animal unit is equal to a total of 1,000 pounds of animal(s).

The cultivation of fish and plants together in a constructed, recirculating system utilizing natural bacterial cycles to convert fish wastes to plant nutrients, for distribution to retailers, restaurants and consumers.

A building containing a stage and seating for meetings and performances.

A place where only gasoline and a limited selection of automobile accessories are sold to the public at retail.

An open area, other than a street, used for the display, sale, or rental of new or used motor vehicles, recreation vehicles, or boats in operable condition, and where no major repair work is done.

Buildings and land areas where repairs and installation of parts and accessories for motor vehicles and/or boats are conducted that involves work that is more intense in character than work permitted under the definition of "auto service station." An auto repair garage shall include, but not be limited to, any use that involves any of the following work: major mechanical or body work, straightening of body parts, painting, welding, or rebuilding of transmissions. This use may also include any use described in the definition of "auto service station."

The dismantling or disassembling of motor vehicles or recreational vehicles to salvage parts therefrom, provided that no vehicle or part shall be stored on the premises for more than six months.

Buildings and land areas where gasoline, oil, grease, batteries, tires or automobile accessories are supplied and dispensed at retail and where minor repairs are conducted. Uses permissible at a service station do not include major mechanical and body work, straightening of body parts, painting, welding, or other work involving noise, glare, fumes, smoke, or other characteristics to an extent greater than customary. Outside storage of inoperable or unlicensed vehicles at service stations is limited to a maximum two-day period of time for each such vehicle.

A story in a building (excluding a subterranean building) which has a structural ceiling five feet or more above the average level of finished grade abutting the exterior wall(s) fronting on any road. A basement shall be counted as one story in determining the permissible number of stories.

A private single-family detached dwelling unit which provides overnight sleeping accommodations and bathroom access for guests, and provides breakfast (but no other meals or cooking or kitchen facilities or access) to guests for a per-night charge, provided that individual guests do not stay longer than seven days.

A use where lawful gambling activities are conducted, including but not limited to off-track pari-mutual betting. This term shall not include betting under the state lottery programs or betting under the Small Games of Chance provisions of state law; which shall instead be regulated under the regulations applicable to the principal use of the property (such as a "membership club").

Property bounded on one side by a street, and on the other three sides by a street, railroad right-of-way, public park, waterway, township line, tract of land held in separate ownership, or any combination thereof.

The Zoning Hearing Board of the Township of East Allen.

The Board of Supervisors of the Township of East Allen.

A dwelling in which the owner or tenant rents at least one (but not more than five) rental units for residential or lodging purposes, regardless of whether meals are furnished or not.

A strip of land at least 20 feet in width which may be a part of the minimum setback distance and which is free of any principal or accessory building, parking, outdoor storage or any other use than open space.

A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, used for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of persons, animals, or property. "Building" is interpreted as including "or part thereof."

The ratio obtained by dividing the maximum horizontal cross section of all principal and accessory buildings on a lot by the total area of the lot upon which the buildings are located.

The vertical distance of a building measured from the point which is the mean level of the highest and lowest portion of the site covered by the building to the highest portion of the roof.

A use that is primarily recreational in nature that involves the use of tents or sites leased for recreational vehicles for transient and seasonal occupancy by persons recreating or travelers, or the use of tents or cabins for seasonal occupancy by organized groups of persons under age 18 and their counselors.

Limestone or dolomite rock formations formed by carbonate sedimentation in shallow sea waters.

The individual designated by a patient to deliver medical marijuana.

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

The paved portion of a street or highway designed for vehicular traffic.

A part of the interior of a building (excluding a subterranean building) which has a structural ceiling less than five feet above the average level of finished grade abutting the exterior wall(s) fronting on any road. A cellar shall not be counted as one story in determining the permissible number of stories.

The acquisition, possession, use or transportation of medical marijuana by a patient, or the acquisition, possession, delivery, transportation or administration of medical marijuana by a caregiver, for use as part of the treatment of the patient's serious medical condition, as authorized by certification by the commonwealth pursuant to the Act.

An entity that:

In a karst area, a distinctive bowl-shaped depression in the land surface. It is characterized by internal drainage, varying magnitude, and an unbroken ground surface.[2]

A motor vehicle licensed by the commonwealth in a class other than Class I or Class II.

A specialized form of agriculture involving the raising and harvesting of mushrooms, carried on primarily inside buildings, including accessory operations such as composting, pasteurization, packaging and shipping.

Any area which is predominantly open space, is used principally for active or passive recreation, and is used for a profit-making purpose.

The Planning Commission of the Township of East Allen.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Any device used for the transmission or reception of radio, television, wireless telephone, pager, commercial mobile radio service or any other wireless communications signals, including without limitation omnidirectional and 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 private residence mounted satellite dishes or television antennas or amateur radio equipment including without limitation, ham or citizen band radio antennas.

An unmanned building or cabinet containing communications equipment required for the operation of communications antennas and covering an area on the ground not greater than 250 square feet.

A structure other than a building, such as a monopole, self-supporting or guyed tower, designed and used to support communications antennas.

The document entitled "Comprehensive Plan for East Allen Township," or any part thereof, adopted by the Board of Supervisors.

Certain specified uses which are allowed or denied by the Board of Supervisors after recommendation by the Planning Commission pursuant to express standards and criteria set forth in this ordinance.

Real estate, portions of which are designated for separate ownership and the remainder of which is designated for common ownership solely by the owners of those portions, created under the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act.

A facility used for corporate or professional meetings, seminars and/or employee training, but which may include supporting dining and lodging facilities and related recreational facilities as accessory uses.

Includes the placing of construction materials in permanent position and fastening in a temporary or permanent position; and the demolition of a pre-existing building, provided that further construction be diligently carried on.

To change or adapt land or structures to a different use, occupancy or purpose.

The County of Northampton, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission for Lehigh and Northampton counties.

A building and/or land open to the public which contains exhibits of a cultural interest, such as a museum, art gallery, nature study area, etc.

A proposed zoning amendment made to the Board of Supervisors by any landowner who desires to challenge on substantive grounds the validity of an ordinance which prohibits or restricts the use or development of land in which he has an interest.

A state of being surrounded on all sides by yards.

A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which holds a current and valid permit issued by the Department of Health ("DOH") of the commonwealth to dispense medical marijuana pursuant to the provisions of the Act.

Any building or structure used to dispense medical marijuana by a licensed dispensary.

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

A privately owned, constructed, and maintained vehicular access from a street or access drive to three or fewer off-street parking spaces.

A site used primarily for the disposal by abandonment, dumping, burial, burning other means, and for whatever purpose of garbage, trash, junk, vehicles or parts thereof, or waste material of any kind.

A building containing one or more dwelling units. The term "dwelling" shall not be deemed to include automobile court, rooming house, tourist home, hotel, motel, hospital, nursing home, dormitory, fraternity, sorority house, or other group residence.

One or more rooms intended to be occupied by one family as separate living quarters, containing sanitary facilities, kitchen facilities, and having outside access directly from the dwelling unit or through a common access hall.

Any person or persons working for an employer including both part time and full time, both compensated, volunteer, and both employees and contractors present on a lot at any one time.

The erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance, by public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply and disposal systems and their essential buildings, excluding communications towers and communications antennas, as defined herein.

A facility devoted principally to the public display or exhibition of products and technology and which may include, as accessory uses, facilities for meeting and/or training.

One or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption (or a group of not more than five persons not related by blood, marriage, or adoption), living together in a single dwelling and maintaining a common household with a single cooking facility. The term "family" shall not include the occupants of a clubhouse, hotel, motel, fraternity/sorority house, dormitory or boardinghouse. The term "family" shall include a group home, which is a building occupied as a residence by residents who receive twenty-four-hour on-site supervision by people or employees qualified by training and experience in the field for which the group home is indicated.

A man-made body of water at least 2,000 square feet in area used for agricultural or recreational purposes.

A business substantially devoted to serving production agriculture, which can be conducted on a property primarily used for agriculture as defined in this Ordinance. Said businesses must be farm related and/or designed to provided goods and services to the agriculture community.

A building in which food is prepared and served to the public for consumption, but where no waiters or waitresses take orders and serve food to seated patrons at tables, booths or counter seats.

A man-made barrier placed or arranged as a line of demarcation between lots or to enclose a lot or portion thereof. The term "fence" shall be deemed to include a wall.

The total area of all floors, as measured to the outside surfaces of exterior walls (or from the center line of party walls separating two buildings), but excluding basements, cellars, crawl spaces, garages, carports, attics without floors, open porches, balconies, and terraces.

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

The characteristics of the medical marijuana recommended or limited for a particular patient, including the method of consumption and any particular dosage, strain, variant and quantity or percentage of medical marijuana or particular active ingredient.

Linear features in rock of less than one mile in length appearing on aerial photographs, representing zones of fracture concentrations in the bedrock.

A building, structure, or part thereof, approved by the State Board of Funeral Directors wherein a licensed funeral director conducts the professional practice of funeral directing, including the preparation, care, and funeral services for the human deceased. A funeral home may include a crematory.

Transient surface water bodies formed in sinks and closed depressions after heavy precipitation, due to poor internal drainage. This poor drainage may be due to residual clay remaining after solution of limestone minerals.

Municipal, county, state, or federal government buildings or facilities designed and intended to be occupied by the government or designed and intended for public use sponsored by such governments.

The elevation of finished ground or paving.

A building consisting of glass or plastic walls used to conduct the business of growing of trees, shrubs, flowers and vegetables. A greenhouse may also be used as a retail outlet for plants grown in the greenhouse.

A greenhouse that uses hydroponic production method, natural and artificial sunlight, and a controlled environment to grow trees, shrubs, flowers, ferns, houseplants, ornamental varieties, fruits or vegetables, or other plant varieties as deemed allowable by the Board of Supervisors in a nutrient solution instead of ground soil. Such greenhouses may include accessory headhouse buildings for the cleaning and packaging of trees, shrubs, flowers or vegetables grown in the greenhouse.

A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which holds a current and valid permit from the DOH to grow and process medical marijuana in the commonwealth, pursuant to the provisions of the Act.

Any building or structure used to grow medical marijuana by a licensed grower/processor that has a current and valid license from the DOH pursuant to the Act.

Those wastes where significant potential exists for causing adverse public health or environmental impacts if the waste is handled, stored, transported, treated, or disposed of in a manner customarily accepted for ordinary solid wastes and subject to special state or federal licensing.

(Commonly referred to as "Support Building".) A building primarily utilized for harvesting and packing of vegetables and herbs. Commonly includes areas for some or all of the following: storage of raw materials; shipment of packaged goods; mechanical, electrical, water treatment, and plumbing equipment; office and administrative staff.

The vertical distance measured from the ground level to the highest point on a communications tower, including antennas mounted on the tower.

A routine, accessory, and customary nonresidential use conducted within or administrated from a portion of a dwelling which has primary residential use, that complies with the requirements of § 250-27. A dwelling that only receives business mail at the address and does not involve the conduct of any other nonresidential use shall not be considered a home occupation and shall not by itself require a permit under this ordinance for such activity.

A building or group of buildings which contains six or more rental units for overnight lodging of travelers or for the temporary occupancy of transients, licensed under applicable laws.[4]

The propagation of plants using a mechanical system designed to circulate a solution of minerals in water, for distribution to retailers, restaurants and consumers.

A single well or system, including wells, pumps, piping, storage and/or treatment equipment, supplying water for human consumption and not regulated under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act, 35 P.S. § 721.1 et seq.

An establishment, other than an adult movie theater or movie house, inside a completely enclosed building devoted to showing motion pictures and/or live dramatic or musical performances.

An activity where the number of animal units is greater than 0.5 units per acre on parcels equal to or less than five contiguous acres and the number of animal units is greater than 2.0 units per acre on parcels greater than five contiguous acres.

An agricultural use whereby plant materials are principally grown within enclosed buildings, including but not limited to the erection of greenhouses in excess of 10,000 square feet in area, including Controlled Environment Greenhouses. (See also Aquaponics and Hydroponics.)

Any discarded material or articles (including scrap metallic or nonmetallic items, abandoned vehicles and equipment, paper, glass, containers, and structures). It shall not include refuse or garbage kept in a proper container for the purpose of prompt disposal.

Any land or structure where junk or salvage is discarded, bought, sold, exchanged, stored, bailed, cleaned, packed, disassembled, or handled. "Junkyards" does not include those structures where used furniture or household equipment is stored, bought, or sold, nor those structures or land where automobiles not abandoned are stored, bought, or sold.

A type of topography that is formed over limestone, dolomite, or gypsum by bedrock solution, and that is characterized by closed depressions or sinkholes, caves, and underground drainage.

Any lot on which four or more adult (over six months of age) dogs or cats are kept.

Shall consist of all the following: sink with piped water, a permanent cookstove and a refrigerator.

The owner of a legal or equitable interest in land, including the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such option or contract is subject to any condition) or a lessee (if he is authorized under the lease to exercise the right of the landowner), or other person having a proprietary interest in land.

Includes, without limitation, landscaping poles, mounds, ceramics, fountains, decorative fences and bird baths. The term "landscaping" does not include a decorative pond with a water depth greater than two feet at any point on an aggregate area of more than 150 square feet (as measured by the smallest rectangle that can be drawn around the pond).

See "boarding house."

Any parcel or tract of land intended as a unit of ownership, transfer of ownership, use, rent, improvement or development. The term "lot" includes the word "plot," "parcel," and "tract." Contiguous nonconforming lots under common ownership shall be considered one lot.

The area contained within the lot lines, excluding area within all existing and future street rights-of-way, flood plains, detention basins, wetlands, drainage easements, or slopes more than 25%. Any lots created before January 1, 1996, shall continue to use all of the lot area contained within the lot lines excluding space within existing or future road rights-of-way. As stated in the Zoning Ordinance effective January 1, 1983, for the calculations.

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

The property lines bounding the lot.

The calculation for lot size shall not include any of the following areas: floodplain, detention basins, wetlands, drainage easements or slopes of more than 25% [see Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regulations]. Any lots created before January 1, 1996, shall continue to use all of the lot area contained within the lot lines excluding space within existing or future road rights-of-way. As stated in the Zoning Ordinance effective January 1, 1983, for the calculations.

The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured at the front lot line as set forth in this ordinance.

Marijuana for certified medical use as legally permitted by the commonwealth and the provisions of the Act.

Any facility used to house delivery vehicles for supplying marijuana plants or seeds to one or more grower/processor facilities and/or dispensary facilities.

A dispensary facility or a grower/processor facility.

A building or land area used by an association of persons and their invitees for a recreational, religious, educational, social, fraternal, political or athletic purposes. A church is an example of a membership club.

A site where a mineral, stone, sand, gravel, or topsoil is extracted.

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

See "hotel."

The building, plus contiguous space, to which freight is brought for transfer, assembly and sorting for shipment by motor truck.

A tavern or restaurant that has a primary or substantial portion of the total trade in the sale of alcoholic beverages, which frequently charges admission or cover charges for entertainment or music for dancing.

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

A lot which does not conform with the minimum lot width, or area dimensions specified for the district where such lot is situated, but was lawfully in existence prior to the effective date of this ordinance or is legally established through the granting of a variance by the Board. Contiguous nonconforming lots under common ownership shall be considered one lot.

A structure which could not be built under this ordinance by reason of restrictions on area, lot coverage, height, yards, or other characteristics of the structure or its location on the lot, but was lawfully in existence prior to the effective date of this ordinance.

A use which does not comply with the applicable use provisions of this ordinance, but which was lawfully in existence prior to the effective date of this ordinance.

A building containing sleeping rooms used by elderly persons who are lodged and furnished with meals with or without nursing care.

A building in which a business is conducted, but is not a personal service, professional service, or retail store.

The Official Map[5] as adopted or amended by the Board of Supervisors showing the characteristics of streets, watercourses, and public grounds.

The map as adopted or amended by the Board of Supervisors which designated the location and boundaries of zoning districts.

The area of a lot unoccupied by principal or accessory structures, streets, driveways, or parking areas; but includes areas occupied by walkways, patios, porches without roofs, playgrounds, outdoor recreation or play apparatus, gardens or trees.

A parcel or parcels of land, or an area of water, or a combination of land and water within a development site, which is open space designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents of a development.

The raising and keeping of tree crops for any commercial purpose.

The East Allen Township Zoning Ordinance, including the Official Zoning Map, and any amendments enacted by the Board of Supervisors.

Any area which is predominantly open space, is used principally for active or passive recreation, and is not used for a profit-making purpose.

Outdoor areas or specially designed buildings or garages used for the storage of vehicles.

A document issued by the proper Township authority authorizing the applicant to undertake certain activities.

A use which does not require special action by the Zoning Hearing Board or by the Board of Supervisors before a zoning permit is granted by the Zoning Officer.

An individual, partnership, organization, association, trust, or corporation. When used in a penalty provision, "person" shall include the members of such partnership, the trustees of such trust, and the officers of such organization, association, or corporation.

A building in which a business provides a service oriented to personal needs which do not involve primarily retail sales of goods or professional advisory services. Personal services include barber and beauty shops, shoe repair shops, household appliance repair shops, and other similar establishments.

An area of land under single ownership containing any combination of two or more principal uses permitted by right, as a special exception, or as a conditional use in the district in which the development is proposed, provided a special exception or conditional use approval must be obtained for any proposed use so listed in the regulations of the district in which the development is proposed. Provided, however, that the definition of "planned development" shall not include a shopping center, as defined in this ordinance.

An area of land controlled by a single landowner, to be developed as a single entity for a number of dwelling units in a variety of housing types, and which has a development plan that does not comply with regulations on lot size, bulk or type of dwelling, density, lot coverage or required open space, which apply to any single residential district created from time to time by this ordinance, and which complies with the regulations contained in § 250-19 and Appendix A.

The Planning Commission for the Township of East Allen.

The building in which the principal use of a lot is conducted.

The single dominant use or single main use on a lot.

A building in which services are performed by a member of a profession, including but not limited to an accountant, architect, author, community planner, dentist, engineer, insurance agent, landscape architect, lawyer, minister, notary, optometrist, physician, realtor, or undertaker.

Notice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature of the matter to be considered at the hearing. The first publication shall not be more than 30 days and the second publication shall not be less than seven days from the date of the hearing.

A structure, owned and operated by a public utility electric company regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, designed and used to support overhead electricity transmission lines.

A use primarily involving driving of motor vehicles other than driving on a public street.

Any structure used for the transmission or retransmission of a commercial radio or television (TV) broadcast signal.

A vehicle (regardless of size) which is designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses (regardless of whether it is self-propelled or is designed to be towed or carried by another vehicle). Recreational vehicle includes campers, pop-up trailers, pickup coaches, travel trailers, or motor homes.

The registry established by the DOH for all medical marijuana organizations and practitioners in the commonwealth pursuant to the provisions of the Act.

One or more rooms intended to be occupied by one family as separate living quarters, but does not contain one or more of the following: sanitary facilities, kitchen facilities, or direct access from the outside or through a common hall.

A building in which food is prepared and served to the public for consumption, where waiters or waitresses take orders and serve food to people at tables, booths, or counters.

A building in which retail merchandise is sold, except for any type of business selling any type of retail merchandise which is specifically listed in this ordinance.

The commercial boarding or renting of horses.

Land reserved for the public or others for future use as a street or other purpose.

See "boarding house."

All of the following: sink with piped water, a toilet, and a bathtub or shower with piped water.

An area where garbage, trash, or junk is disposed of by burial in conformance with state regulations, but shall not include the disposal of hazardous materials or radioactive materials.

A public or private primary or secondary school, college or similar education institution.

A fence or natural obstruction of sufficient height (but not less than six feet high) to effectively visually obscure the area being screened from adjoining areas.

An accessory use for the sale of dairy, farm, greenhouse, or nursery products.

A building or group of buildings divided into individual separate access units which are rented or leased for the storage of personal property.

A system designed to collect, treat, and dispose of sewage from users in compliance with regulations of the appropriate state agency and of the Township.

A combination of four or more retail stores, financial institutions or personal service uses on one lot or on up to three adjacent lots in single ownership. This shall include only uses that are developed as one integrated development with shared off-street parking and a shared internal vehicular circulation system. This use may, in addition, involve other uses permitted in the district in which the shopping center is situate, including, but not limited to, professional office uses.

A visual display or image which is affixed to, painted, or represented directly or indirectly upon a building, structure, land, or any surface and which directs attention to an object, product, service, place, activity, person, institution, organization, or business, regardless of whether such display or image is permanent or temporary, but excluding displays or images which are decorative only.

The gross surface area of a sign shall be the entire area within a single continuous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of such sign and in no case passing through or between any adjacent elements of the sign. However, such perimeter shall not include any structural or framing elements lying outside the limits of such sign and not forming an integral part of the display.

An area of land controlled by a single landowner to be developed as a single entity for a number of single-family detached dwellings in compliance with the regulations contained in Appendix B.

A localized sinking of the land surface to a variable depth, occurring in areas of carbonate bedrock, generally characterized by a roughly circular outline, a distinct breaking of the ground surface and downward movement of soil into bedrock voids.

Includes regrading the existing topography, filling lakes, ponds, marshes or floodplains, clearing vegetation or altering watercourses.

All equipment, machinery, and structures utilized in connection with the conversion of wind to electricity. This includes, but is not limited to, storage, electrical collection and supply equipment, transformers, and one or more wind turbines or windmills, which have a combined total rated nameplate capacity of 100 kilowatts (kW) or less.

The capability of receiving direct sunlight between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. (Solar Time) on any area of a lot not within required yard areas.

A type of solar energy system that utilizes solar energy to generate electricity.

Radiant energy (direct, diffuse, and reflected) received from the sun.

All equipment, machinery, and structures utilized in connection with the collection, storage, conversion, and distribution of solar energy into space heating or cooling, water heating, and/or electricity that is a principal use of the lot. This includes but is not limited to solar panels, water storage, electrical batteries, electrical collection/connection and supply equipment, and transformers.

All equipment, machinery, and structures utilized in connection with the collection, storage, conversion, and distribution of solar energy into space heating or cooling, water heating, and/or electricity for use and consumption on site that is not the principal use of the property. This includes but is not limited to solar panels, water storage, electrical batteries, electrical collection/connection and supply equipment, and transformers.

A type of solar energy system that utilizes solar energy to heat water.

A structure containing one or more receptive cells which capture solar energy for use in a solar energy system.

A use for which the Zoning Hearing Board may grant permission following a public hearing and findings of fact consistent with this ordinance, provided that the use complies with the conditions and standards required by this ordinance.

One or more of the following:

A large, open or enclosed place used for athletic competitions and major events and partly or completely surrounded by tiers of seats for spectators.

An intensive agricultural use containing a large yard area with pens or stables where cattle, sheep, swine or other livestock are kept ready for sale or shipping.

That portion of a building, included between the surface of any floor and the ceiling next above it, having a vertical distance of not less than seven feet shall be considered a full story. Any such portion of a building having a vertical distance of less than seven feet shall be considered a half-story. Basements shall be considered full stories while cellars shall not be considered as being stories or half-stories.

A public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property or to multiple buildings that are under separate ownership and/or maintenance, regardless of the form of ownership and maintenance of the land upon which the buildings are located. This definition includes any physical improvements (such as cartway) and any rights to the land (such as right-of-way). The definition includes the terms "avenue," "place," "way," "parkway," "lane," "boulevard," "highway," "road" and any other thoroughfare except an alley, access drive, or driveway.

Any change in the structural parts of a structure such as walls, columns, beams, girders, floors, roof or ceiling, or any addition to any structure; or the moving of a structure from one location to another. "Structural alteration" does not include normal maintenance, minor repairs, or interior alterations.

Any man-made object having an ascertainable, stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land. The term "structure" shall include: building, fence, wall, tower, swimming pool, porch, garage, and similar structures. "Structure" shall be interpreted as including the words "or part thereof."

A building covered by land on at least 50% of the total surface of its walls and roof.

An area containing a swimming pool which is used by the public or by members for a fee.

A body of water or receptacle for water having a depth at any point greater than 30 inches which is primarily used or intended to be used for swimming or bathing.

The use of any premises or structure for living and/or sleeping purposes for less than 100 consecutive days in any calendar year.

A structure which is not designed to last or to be used for a specific use for more than one year.

Any area covered by a structure or other nonvegetative surface, including, but not limited to, roofs, patios, walkways, paved or stoned driveways and paved or stoned parking areas, paved or stoned outdoor storage areas, swimming pools and swimming pool deck areas, expressed as a percentage of lot area. The Township Engineer shall decide any dispute over whether an area is "impervious."

The Township of East Allen, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

See "mobile home" (listed under "dwelling") and "recreation vehicle."

See "recreation vehicle."[9]

Any activity, occupation, business, or operation carried on or intended to be carried on in a structure or on a lot.

The granting of permission by the Zoning Hearing Board to use or alter land or structures which requires a variation from the strict application of a requirement of this ordinance. Variances are granted only in the case of exceptionally irregular, narrow, shallow or steep lots, or other exceptional physical conditions, whereby strict application of regulations would result in practical difficulty and unnecessary hardship. Variances are granted only if specific requirements are met. A variance may not be granted to permit a use, which is not permitted in the zoning district involved.

See "animal hospital."

A building or group of buildings primarily used for the indoor storage, transfer, and distribution of products and materials, but not including retail uses or a motor freight terminal, unless such uses are specifically permitted in that zoning district.

An area of the Township designated by the Township by ordinance, in accordance with the Second Class Township Code § 2611, to require connection and financial contributions by property owners to the public water supply system. See related Chapter 242 of the East Allen Township Code.

A system designed to transmit water from a source to users, in compliance with the requirements of the appropriate state agencies and the Township.

Any person licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania performing or responsible and in charge of drilling, altering, or repairing a water well.

Any excavation that is drilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted, or otherwise constructed when the intended use of such excavation is for the location, testing, use, withdrawal, or artificial recharge of groundwater. This includes but is not limited to test wells, test borings, geothermal and monitoring wells, in addition to wells to be utilized for public or private water supplies.

The latest version of the Water Well Completion Report, DCNR Form 8700FMTG51OOS, or its replacement.

An open space on the same lot with a structure (or a group of structures), except signs, and a lot line and which is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as herein permitted.

See "district."

See "Board."

The administrative officer or officers charged with the duty of enforcing the provisions of this ordinance.