The permanent cessation of all uses of a wireless communications facility or a commercial communications antenna.

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

A building, such as a private garage, private swimming pool and appurtenant bathhouse, private toolhouse, 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 to the principal use of land or a building on a lot and customarily incidental thereto.

Act 167 of 1961, 53 P.S. § 8001 et seq., authorizing the creation of a Board of Historical Architectural Review, the powers designated to such Board and the certification of historic districts within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which come under the preview of such Board.

See Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended.

A use providing supervised care and assistance primarily to persons who are over age 60, mentally retarded and/or physically handicapped who need such daily assistance because of their limited physical abilities, Alzheimer's disease or mental retardation. This use shall not include persons who need oversight because of behavior that is criminal or violent. This use may involve occasional overnight stays, but shall not primarily be a residential use. The use shall involve typical stays of less than a total of 60 hours per week per person.

A use, whether a nightclub, bar, restaurant, cabaret or similar public establishment which features live entertainment on a regular or intermittent basis by persons who perform or appear in a state of seminudity; provided, however, that entertainment by persons in a state of nudity, as herein defined, shall be excluded.

A use involving the presentation typically to three or more persons at one time 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. See "adult use."

A use involving more than 15 square feet of total floor area, including any of the following items for sale or rent: 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. See "adult use."

This shall include only the following: adult store, adult movie theater, massage parlor or adult live entertainment facility.

A commercial use or membership club that permits the consumption of alcohol and is routinely open between the hours of 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m., in addition to any other hours. This use generally is prohibited under State Act 219 of 1990.

The processing, treating, packaging or storing of agricultural and dairy products, more than half of which have been grown or raised on the premises.

For purposes of this chapter, the following uses shall be considered agricultural uses:

A minor way, which may or may not be legally dedicated, and is used primarily for vehicular service access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.

"Alterations" include, but are not limited to, the following:

For the purposes of Article VI of this chapter, shall mean a change in the appearance of a building, structure, site or object which is not otherwise covered by the definition of "demolition" or any other change for which a permit is required or for which a certificate of appropriateness may be required from the Board of Supervisors. "Alteration" includes, but is not limited to, additions of or changes in the materials, shape or design of any kind of exterior cladding; window replacement; the re-roofing, cleaning by chemical means, sandblasting or high-pressure water wash or pointing of a building, structure or object; and removal or changes in supporting members of a building, structure or object, such as bearing walls, roof rafters, floor joists or stairways, which might impair or ruin the structural integrity.

The raising and keeping of livestock, horses, poultry or insects for any commercial purposes or the keeping of any animals for any reason beyond what is allowed under § 240-32A, Keeping of animals or fowl, and § 240-32L, Horse barn.

A sign with action or motion, flashing or color changes requiring electrical energy, light-emitting diodes (LED) or other light sources as part of the sign or sign face.

A device, partially or wholly exterior to a building, that is used for receiving and/or transmitting short-wave or citizens band radio frequencies or for receiving television, radio or similar frequencies, but not including a satellite dish antennae or a commercial communications antennae. A standard antenna and the standard antenna support structure shall meet the requirements of § 240-32B and are permitted by right in all districts, provided that a building permit is obtained prior to erection of the same.[3]

See "dwelling types."

A housing unit especially created for and limited to occupancy by a relative of the residents of the principal dwelling unit, to provide needed care and supervision to such relative. Such unit may also house a spouse of such relative.

The person(s), company, partnership, profit or nonprofit corporation or trust responsible for a particular application for an approval or permit under this chapter, and his/her heirs, successors and assigns.

A commercial use involving eight or more coin- or token-operated amusement devices.

Those regulations contained within this chapter that address the size, height and bulk of structures, as well as areas, courts, yards and other spaces and distances to be left unoccupied, including, but not limited to, setbacks, open space, height and bulk requirements.

A street that serves moderate- to long-distance travel with moderate to very high traffic volumes (see listing of arterial streets in § 240-27A).[4]

Any area of the building having its floor subgrade (below ground level) on all sides. A basement shall constitute a building story if more than 33 1/3% of the perimeter walls have five feet or more of the walls above-grade and if the net area of door and window openings in the exterior walls are at least equal to 10% of the enclosed floor area. See also the definition of "story."

A residential accessory use located wholly within an owner-occupied single-family detached residential dwelling providing public lodging rooms, not meeting the definition of "dwelling unit" and facilities for serving food prepared within the building to preregistered transient guests, which meets the requirements of § 240-31C(3)ss of this chapter.

A building measuring not more than 3,500 square feet of gross floor area where beverages and light fare normally and customarily associated with coffee shops or tea rooms are served for on-site or off-site consumption. A beverage cafe may also offer for sale coffee beans, tea, containers, mugs, coffee or tea brewing equipment and other related products. A beverage cafe shall not be considered a fast food restaurant and may have a drive-through lane.

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 or any combination thereof.

The Board of Supervisors of East Goshen Township, or any Board of Commissioners that may succeed the Board of Supervisors.

A residential use in which two or more individual rooms that do not meet the definition of a "dwelling unit" are rented for habitation, or a dwelling unit which includes a greater number of unrelated persons than the permitted maximum number. A "boardinghouse" shall not include a use that meets the definition of a "hotel," "dormitory," "motel," "life-care center," "personal-care center," "bed-and-breakfast use," "group home" or "nursing home." A college fraternity or sorority house used as a residence shall be considered a type of boardinghouse. A boardinghouse may either involve or not involve the providing of meals to residents. This use shall only involve renting living accommodations for minimum periods of five consecutive days.

A strip of land 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 other than open space, including plant screening.

Any 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 ground floor area of all principal and accessory buildings on a lot (including covered porches, carports and breezeways, but excluding open patios) by the total area of the lot upon which the buildings are located.

The vertical distance measured from the average level of finished grade along all the exterior walls of a building to:

The line defining the minimum required distance between a right-of-way line and the location of any structure.

The municipal officer charged with enforcing the literal terms of this chapter. Persons wishing to construct, alter, reconstruct, repair, restore, demolish or raze all or a part of any historic resource must seek authorization from this officer before commencing work.

A building or portion thereof that offers shared or partially shared office, light industry and manufacturing and/or laboratory space, common facilities and shared support services to multiple entrepreneurial companies, the purpose of which is to nurture and develop start-up businesses into profitable enterprises.

See "office."[5]

A building, or portion thereof, where automobiles are commercially cleaned.

See definition of "story."

Land or buildings used for the burial of deceased humans, but not animals. The internment or scattering of remains of properly cremated humans is not regulated by this chapter.

See "street, center line."

The approval statement signed by the Board of Supervisors which certifies the appropriateness of a particular request for the construction, alteration, reconstruction, repair, restoration, demolition or razing of all or a part of any building, structure, site or object within a certified historic district and authorizes the issuance of a building or demolition permit for said request.

A permit issued upon completion of the construction of a structure or change in use of structure or parcel of land, indicating that the premises comply with the provisions of this chapter and may be used for the purposes set forth in the certificate.

See "place of worship."

A fenced or other type of enclosure that is mostly open to the elements and includes a henhouse or coop. The chicken coop and run allows the chickens to leave the coop and move around while remaining in a predator-safe environment.

Any of the following:

May be a building, structure, object or site which:

A logging method that removes all trees, or the vast majority of all trees, from a tract of land or a portion thereof.

An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections defined by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection of the street rights-of-way, cartways or center lines.

A building to house a club or social organization which is not an adjunct to or operated by or in connection with a public tavern, cafe or other public place unless such use is also permitted in that district and the requirements for such use are met.

A street that serves short- to moderate-distance travel at speeds usually averaging 40 miles per hour to 45 miles per hour and that typically is intended to carry 2,000 to 10,000 trips per day. These streets serve a mix of intra-regional, intermunicipal and intramunicipal trips (see listing of collector streets in § 240-27A).

The placement or installation of new wireless telecommunication facilities on previously approved and constructed wireless support structures, including self-supporting or guyed monopoles and towers, electrical transmission towers, water towers or any other structure not classified as a wireless support structure that can support the placement or installation of wireless telecommunications facilities that has been approved by the Township. The term includes the placement, replacement or modification of accessory equipment within a previously approved equipment compound.

Intended to be for profit.

A device used to collect and/or transmit wireless communications or radio signals, including panels, microwave dishes, wires and single poles known as "whips."

The vertical distance measured from the base of a commercial communications antenna support structure at the undisturbed grade to the highest point of the structure. If the commercial communications antenna support structure is on a sloped grade, then the average between the highest and lowest grades shall be used in calculating the commercial communications antenna support structure height.

A monopole or a lattice-construction steel structure designed and intended solely for the support of and attachment to it of one or more commercial communications antennas and appurtenant communications equipment; a tower.

See "antenna."

The C1, C2, C4 and C5 Zoning Districts.

That portion of development tract owned in undivided fee interests by the unit owners in such condominium and set aside for their exclusive use and enjoyment.

A tract of land described in and subject to a recorded declaration and plan which provide for the subdivision of the land into common law condominium units and common area (being the balance of the tract and of the buildings and improvements not occupied by such units) and shall respectively contain a verbal and graphic description of the title lines of the common law condominium units and the common area. The declaration shall provide for the creation of an association (incorporated or unincorporated) composed of all the owners of common law condominium units within the common law condominium which shall operate and maintain the common area; shall perform such other functions as are not inconsistent with the intents and purposes of this section; and shall have the right to assess common expenses against the unit owners. The declaration may also contain such covenants, grants of easement and conditions relating to the use and enjoyment of the common area which are consistent with the intent and purpose of this section and the overall plan for the open space of which the common law condominium is a part.

A unit of real property owned in separate fee ownership whose title lines are defined by reference to elements of the building within which the unit is located, and which shall include, as an appurtenance thereto, appropriate and necessary easements of structural support and an undivided interest as tenant in common with other owners of units within the same common law condominium, in the common area of such common law condominium.

See "open space, common."

The document adopted as the Comprehensive Plan, as amended, for the Township of East Goshen by the Board of Supervisors.

Certain specified uses which may be suitable in certain areas of a district and 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 chapter.

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 either the Pennsylvania Unit Property Act of July 3, 1963, or the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act.[6] See "common law condominium."

A facility designed primarily for conventions, meetings and related exhibits of business associations, civic groups and similar organizations, or for training of employees of a corporation and which may include meals provided to attendees of meetings.

Any or all work necessary for the erection of any building or structure from a combination of materials which form safe and stable structures.

A commercial use which involves administrative offices and the storage of supplies, equipment, machinery and materials for contractors and tradesmen such as but not limited to builders, masons, carpenters, plumbers and trade businesses.

A building, structure or site adding to the historical significance of an individual property or an historic district.

See "personal-care center."

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

A nonprofit, nonstock corporation which provides one or more services to its members for a fee equal to the cost of supplying such services, and of which all members are users of such services and all users of such services are members.

See "lot, corner."

The raising, harvesting and selling of crops, including grains, vegetables and fruits, and all structures and activities customarily associated with the activity.

A facility used for providing to the public instruction in the performing arts, limited to dance, music, and theater, and the fine arts, including drawing, painting, photography and sculpture.

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 the landowner has an interest.

An independent public school established and operated under a charter from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education and in which the school uses technology in order to provide a significant portion of its curriculum and to deliver a significant portion of instruction to its students through the Internet or other electronic means. A cyber charter school must be organized as a public, nonprofit corporation. A for-profit entity may not be a cyber charter school. A cyber charter school must comply with all of the charter school requirements as outlined in 24 P.S. § 17-1701-A et seq.

A cyber charter school location where the use of computer and Internet instruction is supplemented through on-site classrooms and facilities designed to enhance the curriculum offerings of the cyber charter school. These facilities include classrooms, art studios, lunch/meeting room, science rooms, a library, administrative offices, conference rooms, and cyber teacher offices. They shall not include athletic fields or outdoor playgrounds. It is anticipated that a cyber charter school campus will have more on-site student-teacher instruction and activity than a cyber charter school.

A use involving the supervised care of children under age 16 outside of the children's own home primarily for periods of less than 18 hours during the average day. This use may also include educational programs that are supplementary to state-required education, including a nursery school. The following two types of day care are permitted without regulation by this chapter: the care of children by their own relatives; or the care of one to three children within any dwelling unit, in addition to children who are relatives of the caregiver. Such use shall comply with all applicable federal and state laws.

In the context of this chapter, the dismantling or tearing down of all or part of any identified historic resource or other building or structure located in a certified historic district, and all operations incidental thereto.

The razing, destruction or removal, whether deliberately or by neglect of any historical resource in its entirety or in substantial part. "Substantial part" shall be defined as 50% or more of the gross area of all exterior facades on the historic resource as it existed at the time of placement on the Historic Resources Inventory.[7]

Unless otherwise stated in this chapter, shall be determined by dividing the total number of dwelling units by the total lot area on the subject lot or tract after deleting land within the future right-of-way of existing streets.

Used to describe a structure which has yards on all sides.

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 and the storage of materials or equipment.

A sign identifying two or more persons, agencies or establishments located in a place or location common to them all.

A network of spatially separated antenna sites connected to a common source that provides wireless service within a geographic area or structure. Also known as "small cell networks."

The processing of materials so as to sort out which finished goods are to be transported to different locations and the loading and unloading of such goods. This use usually involves inventory control, material handling, order administration and packaging.

A highly variable domestic mammal (Canis familiaris) closely related to the gray wolf.

A privately owned, constructed and maintained vehicular access from a street or access drive to only one or two dwelling units or commercial, institutional or industrial principal uses.

A single habitable living unit occupied by only one family. See definition of "family." Each dwelling unit shall have its own toilet, bath or shower, sink, sleeping area, stove, oven and refrigerator, and separate access to the outside or to a common hallway or balcony that connects to outside access at ground level. No dwelling unit shall include a separate living area that is completely separated by interior walls so as to prevent interior access from the remainder of the living area, or shall include a second kitchen, unless specifically permitted by this chapter.

A right-of-way granted, but not necessarily dedicated, for a private, public or quasi-public purpose.

A use requiring certification, licensing or review by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

An assemblage of equipment for transforming electric power from a higher to a lower voltage rather than for its generation or utilization.

A condition that:

A building for the housing of emergency medical, fire or police equipment and for related activities. A membership club may be included if it is a permitted use in that district. This may include housing for emergency personnel while on call.

The highest number of workers (including both part-time and full-time, both compensated and volunteer, and both employees and independent contractors) present on a lot at any one time, other than clearly temporary and occasional persons working on physical improvements to the site.

An addition to the floor area of an existing building, an increase in size of a structure or an increase in that portion of a tract of land occupied by an existing use.

Includes sewerage, water, gas and electric lines and related appurtenances used to serve development within the Township, but not including cross-country transmission lines or other utilities not required to serve the Township.

The alteration of exterior features which can be seen from a public street or way.

The exterior surface of all vertical walls of a building, including any architectural features attached to the exterior of the building, including but not limited to, windows, doors, porches, columns, colonnades, railings, stairs, chimneys, shutters, planter boxes, signs, or any permanent decoration.

A single person occupying a dwelling unit and maintaining a household; two or more persons related by blood, marriage, formal foster relationship or adoption occupying a dwelling unit, living together and maintaining a common household, including not more than one boarder, roomer or lodger; or not more than three unrelated persons occupying a dwelling unit, living together and maintaining a common household.

Any building or structure used for agricultural use, including the storing of agricultural equipment or farm produce or products, the housing of livestock or poultry, or the processing of dairy products. The term "farm building or structure" shall not include a dwelling, but shall include a barn, silo, accessory building or structure or any customary farm accessory structure.

Federal Communications Commission.

A man-made barrier placed or arranged as a line of demarcation, enclosure or visual barrier that is constructed of wood, chain link metal, vinyl or aluminum and/or plastic inserts. Man-made barriers constructed principally of masonry, concrete, cinder block or similar materials shall be considered a wall. The term "wall" does not regulate engineering retaining walls, which are permitted uses as needed in all districts.

A building or structure which is used for the storage of fire trucks and related equipment and the operation of a fire company. This term may also include ancillary uses to the fire station which are conducted by the members of the fire company to raise funds to support the fire company's operations which are approved by the Board of Supervisors.

An instrument used in the propulsion of a shot, shell, bullet, missile, rocket or any other object by the action of gunpowder exploded, explosive powder or the expansion of gas.

A flagstaff designed and solely intended for the patriotic display of the flag of the United States of America, or its armed forces, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any political subdivision thereof, or the flag of a group or organization, or combination thereof, and for no other purpose. A flagpole shall not include a standard antenna, a standard antenna support structure, a commercial communications antenna support structure, tower, antenna or any other structure designed, intended or capable of supporting any other use or purpose.

A general and temporary inundation of normally dry land areas.[9]

A combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes or adjustments to properties and structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to lands, water and sanitary facilities, structures and contents of buildings.[10]

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 crawl spaces, garages, carports, attics without floors, open porches, terraces and cellars.

The total allowable floor area for a given lot, divided by the area of that lot. (For example, a building containing 15,000 square feet of floor area on a given lot of 10,000 square feet of lot area has a floor area ratio of 1.5).

A community of trees, covering at least 10 acres, possessing sufficient uniformity as regards to composition, construction, age, spatial arrangement or condition, to be distinguishable from adjacent communities.

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

Any of the larger domestic birds used for food such as turkey, geese or ducks. A chicken is a type of domesticated fowl subject to separate regulations set forth in § 240-32A of this Zoning Ordinance.

See "yard."

See "yard line."

An accessory building, either attached to or separate from the principal building, which is used only for storage purposes.

A building or portion thereof which is available to the general public, designed or used for the storage of motor vehicles, but which is not used for the repair or maintenance of motor vehicles.

The accessory use of any lot for the occasional sale or auction of only common household goods and furniture and items of a closely similar character.

An area of land, together with any structure thereon, used for the retail sale of motor fuel, lubricants and incidental services, such as lubrication and hand-washing of motor vehicles, and the sale, installation or minor repair of tires, batteries or other automobile accessories.

A sensation of brightness within the visual field which causes annoyance, discomfort or loss in visual performance, visibility and/or the ability to focus.

Either a publicly or privately owned and operated course which shall have a minimum of nine holes of golf. Neither a commercial driving range nor a commercial miniature golf area shall be considered a golf course for purposes of this chapter.

The total area of the tract of land proposed to be used and developed as a planned golf course development, exclusive of existing public road rights-of-way.

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 government.

The elevation of finished ground or paving which adjoins a building.

A dwelling unit occupied by unrelated individuals, suffering a medically recognized mental or physical impairment or disability not currently requiring hospitalization, residing together as a single housekeeping unit and using cooking facilities and certain household rooms in common as though they were a family unit.

A separate residential building for the temporary accommodation of guests of owners and tenants of a planned residential development (PRD).

A place designated and equipped for the conduct of leisure time or sports activities, including physical training, swimming, court games, field sports, playground and other indoor or outdoor activities, and other customary indoor or outdoor recreational activities.

See "building height."

An area used for the takeoff and landing of helicopters, together with any related support facilities such as for maintenance, refueling and storage. This chapter is not intended to regulate the nonroutine emergency landing and takeoff of aircraft to pick up seriously injured or ill persons or the use of helicopters in occasional on-site construction projects.

A Class I or Class II historic resource which is listed on the East Goshen Township Historic Resource Inventory.

A study of the potential impacts of proposed land development and/or land disturbance on nearby historic resources, including study of potential means to mitigate negative impacts, required to be submitted to the Township in certain land development scenarios, in accordance with Article VI of this chapter.

The East Goshen Township Historic Resources Inventory,[11] a list and corresponding map indicating the locations of all Class I and Class II historic resources in the Township, including both principal and contributing resources, to which the provisions of Article VI of this chapter apply.

For the purposes of the floodplain regulations of § 240-26, this term shall mean any structure that is designated a Class I or Class II historic resource.

A sign suspended from or otherwise affixed to a wall or vertical surface of a building, whose face is perpendicular to the wall or vertical surface of the building.

A customary accessory use to a residential dwelling unit which is clearly incidental to the principal residential use of the dwelling unit, and which is carried on only within the dwelling unit or an approved accessory structure on the same lot on which the dwelling is located, and which complies with the standards for home occupations specified in § 240-32J of this chapter, and which is not a "No-impact home based business" as that term is defined in § 240-6 of this chapter.

A routine and customary accessory use which:

A building or portion of a building used for the shelter of horses belonging to the landowner or tenant residing on the property.

A use involving the diagnosis, treatment or other medical or care of humans that includes, but is not limited to, care requiring stays overnight. A medical care use that does not involve stays overnight shall be considered a medical office or clinic. A "hospital" may involve care and rehabilitation for medical, dental or mental health, but shall not primarily include housing or treatment of the criminally insane or persons actively serving an official sentence after being convicted of a felony. A "hospital" may include a hospice for care of the terminally ill.

A building or group of two or more buildings located on a lot held in single and separate ownership, designed, intended and used principally for providing sleeping accommodations to the transient public in rooms or suites which may include a kitchen facility, and which are provided with a daily maid service. The following ancillary facilities may be provided as an integral part of the hotel or motel; provided, however, that no gambling or electronic gambling devices shall be permitted: restaurant, meeting rooms, banquet facilities and shops for the sale of books, papers, magazines, clothing and sundries to guests; recreation facilities for use only by registered guests such as a swimming pool, exercise area or room; and similar ancillary facilities commonly accessory to a hotel or motel facility. Any use that customarily involves the housing of persons for periods longer than 30 days shall be considered a "boardinghouse" or "rooming house."

Domesticated animals normally considered to be kept in or in conjunction with a dwelling unit for the pleasures of the resident family, such as dogs, cats, small birds, gerbils and other similar pets normally sold by retail pet stores.

A sign identifying a home occupation, which may specify only the name and/or logo of the home occupation.

The total area of all impervious surfaces on a lot (including building coverage) divided by the total lot area. "Impervious surfaces" shall include areas covered by roofs, concrete, asphalt or other man-made cover which has a coefficient of runoff of 0.7 or higher. The Township Engineer shall decide any dispute over whether an area is impervious.

An appurtenance developed by human design, including but not limited to buildings, structures, objects, landscape features and manufactured units, like mobile homes, boats, docks, carports and storage buildings.

A dwelling unit, developed as an integral component of a life care development, of the type authorized by the use regulations of the zoning district in which life care development is a use permitted by right or by conditional use.

Includes the I-1, I-2 and BP Districts.

Manufacturing, distribution, warehousing, processing or other operations of a similar scale.

A facility licensed or not as such by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania operated by a full-time staff in which supervised around-the-clock services and nursing care are provided for a period exceeding 24 hours, for three or more individuals who require only intermittent care to maintain the basic needs of daily living in the areas of hygiene, cooking, cleaning, eating, nutrition, ambulatory care, recreation, community activities and mobility, general safety and similar activities of every day living; an assisted living facility.

Any discarded, unusable, scrap or abandoned man-made materials or articles, such as the following: metal, building materials, house furnishings, machinery, vehicle parts, aircraft, manufactured homes, plastics and containers. Junk shall not include solid waste that is being temporarily stored within a sanitary container while awaiting imminent collection and proper disposal, or recyclables that await imminent processing and reuse.

Facility for the keeping of a total of more than 10 dogs and/or cats over three months in age on a lot, or as may be otherwise defined as a kennel under § 240-32. A nonprofit animal shelter is a type of kennel. Such facility shall be constructed to prevent dogs from straying therefrom.

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. See "applicant."

A tract or parcel of land that contains a wireless communications facility and associated parking, and may include other uses associated with and ancillary to wireless communication transmission.

A type of animated sign which uses light-emitting diodes, liquid crystal displays, or similar technologies to change the message of the sign.

Manufacturing and production establishments with no outside storage of materials, equipment or products.

A separate parcel of land held in single and separate ownership that is recorded as a lot, or will be recorded after Township final subdivision approval, in the office of the County Recorder of Deeds. (See Sketch A in the Appendix.)

The horizontal area of land contained within the property lines bounding the lot, excluding any portions thereof within a street right-of-way. The calculation of impervious coverage, as herein defined, shall be applied to the total lot area, exclusive of the area of the lot lying within any street right-of-way.

The distance along a straight line drawn from the midpoint of the front lot line to the midpoint of the rear lot line.

The property lines bounding the lot. (See Sketch B in the Appendix.)

The horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at right angles to the lot depth.

The lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including basement). An unfinished or flood-resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking of vehicles, building access or storage in an area other than a basement area is not considered a building's lowest floor, provided that such enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the applicable nonelevation design requirements of this chapter.

Any device associated with a solar energy system, such as an outdoor electrical unit/control box, that transfers the energy from the solar energy system to the intended on-site structure.

Marijuana for certified medical use as legally permitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania pursuant to the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act, 35 P.S. § 10231.101 et seq.

A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which holds a permit issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) to dispense medical marijuana.

A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which holds a permit issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) to grow and process medical marijuana.

The act or process of extracting minerals.

Any aggregate or mass of mineral matter, whether or not coherent. The term includes, but is not limited to, limestone and dolomite, sand and gravel, rock and stone, earth, fill, slag, iron ore, zinc ore, vermiculite and clay, anthracite and bituminous coal, coal refuse, peat and crude oil and natural gas.

A retail store selling a variety of food, beverages, drugs, reading material or household supplies and having a floor area not exceeding 2,500 square feet.

A type of street that primarily provides local access for very short trips with typical speeds of 15 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour and with average daily traffic of typically less than 2,000 trips per day.

See "dwelling unit."

A lot with the land under single ownership of record and which has been planned and improved for the placement of two or more mobile or manufactured homes occupied as dwellings.

The improvement, upgrade or expansion of existing wireless telecommunications facilities or base stations on an existing wireless support structure or the improvement, upgrade or expansion of the wireless telecommunication facilities located within an existing equipment compound, if the improvement, upgrade, expansion or replacement does not substantially change the physical dimensions of the wireless support structure.

A wireless communications facility or site which consists of a single pole structure, designed and erected on the ground or on top of a structure, to support communications antennas and connecting appurtenances.

See "hotel or motel."

A building which has more than one use, where each use has a minimum gross floor area of 5,000 square feet, and which may or may not consist of different businesses or tenants.

The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., as amended.

An area of any size which has been designated as a National Register Historic District pursuant to the requirements of the National Park Service.

A federal list of cultural resources worthy of preservation, authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, 16 U.S.C. § 470, as part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate and protect the nation's historic and archaeological resources.

Structure for which the start of construction commenced on or after July 27, 1977, and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures.

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 comply with the standards in § 240-32U of this chapter.

A lot which does not conform with the minimum width, depth or area dimensions specified for the district where such lot is situated but was lawfully in existence at the time of enactment of this chapter or a prior zoning ordinance, or is legally established through the granting of a variance by the Zoning Hearing Board.

A structure which lawfully exists on the effective date of this chapter that could not be built under this chapter by reason of restrictions on area, lot coverage, height, yards or other characteristics of the structure or its location on the lot.

A use which does not comply with the applicable use provisions of this chapter, but which was lawfully in existence prior to the enactment of this chapter or a prior zoning ordinance.

The showing of the human male or female genital, pubic area or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering; the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any part of the nipple; the exposure of any device, costume or covering which gives the appearance of or stimulates the genitals, perineum anal region or pubic hair region; or the exposure of any device worn as a cover over the nipples and/or areola of the female breast which device stimulates and gives the realistic appearance of nipples and/or areola.

A material thing of functional, aesthetic, cultural, historic or scientific value that may, by nature or design, be movable yet related to a specific culture, setting or environment. An example would be an Indian totem.

A use that involves administrative, clerical, financial, governmental or professional operations and operations of a similar character. This use shall include neither retail nor industrial uses, but may include business offices, medical or dental offices, clinics or laboratories, photographic studios and/or television or radio broadcasting studios.

A business establishment which does not offer, on the premises, a product or merchandise for sale to the public but offers a service to the public. Personal services, such as barber and beauty shops and repair services are not to be included within the definition of "business offices."

A map that may be adopted by the Board of Supervisors showing the exact location of the lines of existing and proposed public streets, watercourses and public grounds, including widenings, narrowings, extensions, diminutions, openings or closings of the same.

The unoccupied area of a lot. Open space does not include the areas of principal and accessory structures, streets, driveways or parking areas; but may include areas occupied by walkways, patios and porches without roofs, playgrounds and other areas occupied by outdoor recreation or play apparatus, gardens and trees. See "open space, common" and "open space, passive."

Land or an area of water or a combination of land and water legally preserved for a minimum ninety-nine-year period or perpetuity and intended for the use and enjoyment of the residents of a development and/or the general public, and which consists of landscaped or natural terrain (including lakes and streams).

Open space that does not include active recreation facilities (such as athletic facilities), but which may include trails, picnic areas and pathways, and which is primarily maintained in a relatively natural, landscaped or open grass manner.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, also known as PennDOT, or its successor, and its subparts.

See "lot."

See "garage, parking."

An area with a dustless, all-weather surface, accessible from a public way and used for the storage of an automobile.

A jail, prison, penitentiary, correctional institution or work release center for adult offenders, and a juvenile detention, shelter care or similar facility, whether public or private, for juveniles who are subject to the jurisdiction of a court or agency under and pursuant to the Pennsylvania Juvenile Act[15] or similar statute of another state.

Uses that do not have to be approved as uses by the Zoning Hearing Board or the Board of Supervisors. (A site plan review by the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors is required for certain permitted-by-right uses to ensure that the use would comply with all Township ordinances.)

Includes a firm, company, corporation, partnership, trust, organization or association, as well as an individual. When used in a penalty provision, "person" shall include the members of such partnership, the officers of such organization, association or corporation and the trustees of such trust.

A residential use providing residential and support services primarily to persons who are over age 60, physically handicapped and/or developmentally disabled and that is licensed as a personal-care center by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

An establishment that provides a service oriented to personal needs of the general public and which does not involve primarily retail or wholesale sales or services to businesses. Personal services include barber and beauty shops, photography studios, shoe repair shops, household appliance repair shops and other similar establishments, but shall not include any adult uses.

The keeping of domestic animals that are normally considered to be kept in conjunction with a dwelling for the pleasures of the resident family. This shall include dogs, cats, small birds, gerbils, rabbits and other animals commonly sold in retail pet shops.

A building or group of buildings, including customary accessory buildings designed or intended for public worship by 12 or more persons at a time. Places used for worship by fewer than 12 persons at a time are not regulated by this chapter. For the purpose of this chapter, "place of worship" includes churches, chapels, cathedrals, synagogues, temples and similar designations as well as a maximum of one dwelling unit to house full-time religious leaders and their relatives.

A unified development consisting of an eighteen-hole golf course devoted exclusively to golf course use and a combination of single-family detached and carriage house dwellings in which dwelling unit density is calculated by subdividing from the golf course development tract those portions of the tract intended exclusively for such residential development in accordance with the standards established in § 240-30.1.

A PRD is an area of land controlled by a landowner to be developed as a single entity for a number of dwelling units in a variety of housing types and for those nonresidential uses deemed to be appropriate for incorporation in the design of the planned residential development.

The Planning Commission of East Goshen Township.

When used in connection with natural and historic resources, shall include means to conserve and safeguard these resources from wasteful or destructive use but shall not be interpreted to authorize the unreasonable restriction of forestry, mining or other lawful uses of natural resources.

Land used for agricultural purposes that contains soils of the first, second or third class as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resource and Conservation Services County Soil Survey.

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

Where at least 51% of the actual cash value of a structure, less land value, is above ground.

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

Any building which serves as a meeting place for a selected membership, together with recreation and dining facilities which are not open to the public.

Any land or structure designed for or intended for indoor or outdoor recreation, regardless of whether a fee is charged, which is owned by a private for profit enterprise and open to the public.

Includes all outdoor places owned by or open to the general public and all buildings and enclosed places owned by or open to the general public, including such places of entertainment, taverns, restaurants, clubs, theaters, dance halls, banquet halls, party rooms or halls limited to specific members, whether open to the public or to patrons invited to attend, whether or not an admission charge is levied.

Land and/or facilities that are owned by a government agency or the Township and are available for use by the general public for noncommercial leisure and recreation.

A public utility as that term is defined in the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq., as may be amended from time to time.

A building constructed by a public utility or a public utility corporation.

Any domestic or foreign corporation for profit that is subject to regulation as a public utility either by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission or by an officer or agency of the United States.

A facility, other than a building, owned and operated by a public utility or public utility corporation as defined in this chapter.

See "yard, rear."

See "yard line."

Any or all work needed to remake or rebuild all or a part of any identified historic resource to a sound condition, but not necessarily of original materials.

A vehicle, boat, boat trailer or other piece of equipment, whether self-powered or designed to be pulled or carried, intended primarily for leisure time or recreational use. Recreational vehicles or units include travel trailers, truck-mounted campers, motor homes, folding tent campers, boats, boat trailers, autos, buses or trucks adapted for vacation use and other vehicles not suitable for daily conventional family transportation. Snowmobiles, minibikes, all-terrain vehicles, go-carts and boat trailers are also deemed recreational vehicles.

Persons who are closely related by blood, marriage, adoption or formal foster relationship to result in one of the following relationships: brother, sister, parent, child, grandparent, great-grandparent, grandchild, great-grandchild, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, sister-in-law, brother-in-law or parent-in-law. For the purposes of child day-care regulations, "relative" may also include a first cousin. This term shall not include relationships such as second cousins or cousins further removed.

Any piece of equipment related to, incident to, or necessary for, the operation of a wireless communications facility, either tower or antenna. By way of illustration, not limitation, "related equipment" includes generators and base stations.

Any or all work involving the replacement of existing work with equivalent material for the purpose of maintenance, but not including any addition, change or modification in construction.

The R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 Zoning Districts.

The lot line of a lot that contains an existing dwelling on a lot of less than 10 acres or is undeveloped and zoned as a residential district.

The following types of restaurants are classified for this chapter:

A use in which merchandise is sold or rented to the general public, but not including the following: sales of motor vehicles or boats, adult movie theater, adult bookstore, manufacturing, tavern, car wash, auto service station, auto repair garage, convenience store or any restaurant.

Any private club or commercial enterprise where equestrian skills are taught on the premises. Equestrian competitions and shows are a permitted accessory use, provided that adequate off-street parking is provided.

The definition in Chapter 205, Subdivision and Land Development, as amended, shall apply.

All objects, materials, equipment and/or structures extending more than six inches above the roofline of a building, including but not limited to the following: vent stacks, heat pumps, cooling towers, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning units and other mechanical equipment. Rooftop structures shall specifically not include the following: vent stacks that extend 12 inches or less above the roofline, chimneys, parapet walls and antennae. "Rooftop structures" shall be interpreted as including the words "or part thereof." For a pitched roof, for the purposes of this definition, the word "roofline" shall mean "the mean height between the eaves and ridge."

See "boardinghouse."

An institution for the treatment of chronic diseases or conditions, whether physical, mental or addictive, and/or for medically supervised recuperation of such diseases or conditions, whether inpatient or outpatient; a sanatorium.

A ground-based reflector, usually parabolic in shape, that receives electronic signals from a satellite. This term shall also include any pedestal or attached structure.

Prekindergarten, kindergarten and grades 1 through 8.

An educational institution primarily for persons between the ages of five and 19 that primarily provides state-required or largely state-funded educational programs. This term shall not include trade schools.

Grades 9 through 12.

A federal document stating standards and guidelines for the appropriate rehabilitation and preservation of historic buildings.

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

A dwelling unit surrounded on all but one side by yards, located so that one wall is on or adjoining a side lot line and abuts the neighboring house.

See "building setback line."

A centralized sewage disposal system is a public utility system or other system designed to collect, centrally treat and dispose of sewage from users in compliance with regulations of the appropriate state agency and of the Township. Any system which is not an approved centralized sewage disposal system shall be deemed an on-lot system.

The multiple use of a single property for a group of nonresidential uses, such as, but not limited to, retail stores, restaurants and personal services, that are owned and maintained by a common entity. The shopping center shall be planned and designed as an integrated unit with common vehicular and pedestrian access, parking, utilities and stormwater management facilities.

See "yard."

See "yard line."

A lettered board, structure, display, illustration or other surface, or any other graphic device used to visually announce, advertise or convey information to the public for any purpose, and which is visible from outside of a building.

The vertical distance measured from the average ground level immediately below a sign to the highest point of the sign and its supporting structure.

A tall cylindrical structure that is located on a farm and is used to store crops for animal feed.

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

A unified residential development of single-family detached dwellings that permits certain reduced lot dimensions and that requires the provision of common open space.

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

A facility licensed as such by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania operated by a full-time staff in which nursing care and related medical or other health services are provided for a period exceeding 24 hours, for three or more individuals who are not acutely ill and not in need of hospitalization, but who, because of age, illness, disease, injury, convalescence or physical or medical infirmity, need around-the-clock supervised care and supervision; a nursing home.

A scientific survey of soil conditions and characteristics prepared by the former United States Soil Conservation Service or current Natural Resources Conservation Service.

A property owner's right to have sunlight shine on the owner's land.

A structure used to collect energy from the sun that is used to produce heat or electricity.

An energy conversion system, including appurtenances, which converts solar energy to a usable form of energy to meet all or part of the energy requirements of the on-site user. This definition shall include the terms "passive solar" and "active solar" systems.

The effect produced by light reflecting from a solar panel with an intensity sufficient to cause annoyance, discomfort, or loss in visual performance and visibility.

A type of solid waste disposal facility which receives and temporarily stores solid waste at a location other than the generation site and which facilitates the bulk transfer of accumulated solid waste to a facility for further processing or disposal, and which may or may not involve the separation of recyclables from solid waste.

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

One or more of the following:

The height of a standard antenna and/or standard antenna support structure shall be measured as follows:

Any pole, mono pole, telescoping mast, tower, tripod, lattice construction steel structure or similar structure which supports or has attached to it a standard antenna(s).

See "restaurant."

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its agencies.

Camouflaging methods applied to wireless communications facilities and antennas which render them more visually appealing or blend the proposed facility into the existing structure or visual backdrop in such a manner as to render it minimally visible to the casual observer. Such methods include, but are not limited to, architecturally screened roof-mounted antennas, building-mounted antennas painted to match the existing structure and facilities constructed to resemble trees, shrubs, and light poles.

A tall tapering structure narrowing to a point at the top that is located on the roof of or is a part of the superstructure of a church or other place of worship.

Unless otherwise stated, shall mean areas with a change in elevation equal or greater than 15%. Such slopes shall be based upon and mapped using two-foot contours, unless another interval is preapproved by the Zoning Officer (see §§ 240-25 through 240-28 concerning steep slope development). Unless otherwise stated, steep slopes that were clearly man-made and not naturally steep shall not be regulated by the steep slope regulations of this chapter.

A self-contained structure to be used solely for the purpose of enclosing, protecting and/or securing objects used in the normal operation and/or maintenance associated with the principal use of the property.

That portion of a building, included between the surface of any floor and the ceiling next above it that is routinely accessible by humans and has an internal height of not less than 6.5 feet shall be considered a full story. Any such portion of a floor of a building having an internal height of less than 6.5 feet shall be considered a half story. In addition, if more than 33% of the perimeter walls around the ground level are below grade, then such ground level shall not be considered to be a story. See also the definition of "basement."

A public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property, including avenue, place, way, parkway, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road and any other thoroughfare except an alley. (A public street is dedicated to and maintained by the Township.)

The center line of a street which is at an equal distance from both right-of-way lines.

See "lot lines."

Any man-made object having ascertainable stationary location on land or water or on land and water, whether or not affixed to the land. The term "structure" shall include, but not be limited to: buildings, signs, fences, walls, towers, swimming pools, porches, garages, flagpoles, windmills, watertowers, silos, solar energy collectors, and similar constructions. "Structures" shall be interpreted as including the words "or part thereof."

See the definition in Chapter 205, Subdivision and Land Development.

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

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

See "Board of Supervisors."

A temporary or permanent structure containing a pool of water with a depth of more than two feet, which is used or intended to be used for swimming or bathing.

A place where alcoholic beverages are served as a primary or substantial portion of the total trade and which does not meet the definition of a "nightclub" or an "after-hours club." The sale of food may also occur. See also the definition of "restaurant."

See "dwelling unit."

The Township of East Goshen, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

See "publicly owned recreation."

The person authorized by the Board of Supervisors to be the Secretary of the Township.

The combined total lot area of the lot or lots that are held in single ownership and are proposed for development. In the case of a lot proposed to be subdivided into individual lots, the tract shall be the original lot.

A facility that is primarily intended for education of a work-related skill or craft or a hobby and that does not primarily provide state-required education to persons under age 18. This shall include a dancing school, martial arts school or ceramics school.

A use (other than a prison or a permitted accessory use in a hospital) providing housing facilities for persons who need specialized housing, treatment and/or counseling for stays of less than one year and who need such facilities because of:

Any woody perennial plant usually having one or more main stems or trunks and more or less definitely formed crowns and growing to a height of 15 feet or more at maturity.

A use involving a large variety of materials, including materials owned by numerous corporations, being transported to a site to be unloaded primarily from tractor-trailer trucks and reloaded onto tractor-trailer trucks. This shall not include a use that involves significant processing, such as a feed and grain mill. A use that primarily involves either loading materials from tractor-trailers onto smaller trucks or loading materials from smaller trucks onto tractor-trailers shall be considered a distribution use.

The inability of an owner to obtain a reasonable economic return or a reasonable beneficial use from an historic resource as specified by the United States Supreme Court in Penn Central Transportation Company v. New York City, 438 U.S. 104 (1978), and subsequent decisions.

Any purpose for which a building or other structure or tract of land may be designed, arranged, intended, maintained or occupied, or any activity or occupation carried on, or intended to be carried on in a building or other structure or a tract of land.

The granting of specific relief by the Zoning Hearing Board pursuant to the provisions of Articles VI and IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.

A single or one direction vehicle movement with either origin or destination (exiting or entering) inside the study site. (Source: Institute of Transportation Engineering Trip Generation Manual, Fourth Edition).

See "fence."

A Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission regulated system or a system created pursuant to the Municipal Authorities Act, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., and designed to transport water from a common source to users in compliance with the requirements of the appropriate state agencies and the Township. Any system not deemed a centralized water supply system shall be an on-lot system.

A system for supplying and distributing water to a single dwelling or other building from a source located on the same lot.

A structure owned and operated by a company which is regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission that is used to store water, a watertank.

An area of land and/or water meeting one or more definitions of a "wetland" under federal and/or Pennsylvania law and/or regulations, whichever is more inclusive.

A machine that is worked by the wind by means of vanes that radiate from a central shaft, which is used to produce energy or perform work.

Transmissions through the airwaves including, but not limited to, infrared line of sight, cellular, PCS, microwave, satellite, or radio signals.

A building or cabinet in which electronic receiving, relay or transmitting equipment for a wireless communications facility is housed. A commercial communications equipment building.

The commercial communications antenna(e), commercial communications antenna support structure, wireless communications equipment building, parking and/or other structures and equipment involved in receiving or transmitting wireless communications or radio signals. A commercial communications facility.

An open space on the same lot with a building or group of buildings measured from specified lot lines which restricts the locations of buildings and structures and which is required to be unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as herein permitted. (See Sketch J in the Appendix.)

A line drawn parallel to the corresponding lot line at a distance specified for the required depth of yard in each respective case.

The Zoning Hearing Board of East Goshen Township.

The administrative officer charged with the duty of enforcing the provisions of this chapter.

A permit issued indicating (to the best knowledge of the Zoning Officer) that a proposed use, building or structure is in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and which authorizes an applicant to proceed with said use, building or structure.