The relinquishment of property or a cessation of the use of the property by the owner with the intention neither of transferring rights to the property to another owner nor of resuming the use of the property.

An independent dwelling unit incorporated within an existing single-family detached dwelling without any substantial external modification.

A building subordinate to and detached from the principal building on the same lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to the principal building. Such buildings may include utility sheds, bath houses, barns, stables, and garages.

The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247, as amended.[1]

An establishment consisting of, including, or having the characteristics of any or all of the following:

Intensive agricultural uses that include, but are not necessarily limited to:

Recreation, entertainment, education, and tourism events and activities that are associated with and provide support for the ongoing conduct of agricultural operations on a farm or farm property.

The use of land for the growing and/or production of field crops, livestock, and livestock products for the production of income including, but not limited to, the following:

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

A change in use in any district which includes revisions to this chapter text and/or the Official Zoning Map.

A building used for the treatment, housing or boarding of small domestic animals, such as dogs, cats, rabbits, and birds or fowl, by a veterinarian.

1,000 pounds live weight of livestock, regardless of the actual number of animals comprising the unit.

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 or whip antennas and directional or panel antennas, owned and operated by any person or entity licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to operate such devise. This definition does not include private residence mounted satellite dishes or television antennas or amateur radio equipment, including without limitation ham or citizen band radio antennas.

The gross land area of any parcel, including the area contained within the property line and the ultimate right-of-way line. The area within the right-of-way is computed as part of the "gross land area."

A room, building, or business with the primary purpose of hosting parties, banquets, weddings, receptions, or other social events.

That portion of a building that is partially or wholly below ground level. A basement shall be counted as a story for the purpose of height measurement if the vertical distance between the ceiling and the average level of the adjoining ground is more than five feet or is used for business or dwelling purposes, other than a game or recreation room.

A home occupation providing for compensation, sleeping accommodations, and breakfast for transient guests.

A permanent, off-premises, freestanding sign installed on a property by an entity other than the property owner, renter, or other occupant, and where the installing entity leases or rents said sign to another entity other than the property owner, renter, or other occupant.

A building arranged or used for the lodging, with or without meals, by either transient or permanent residents, for compensation. This definition includes rooming houses, lodging houses, and bed-and-breakfast establishments operated as a principal use.

An establishment where beer is produced and often served or sold commercially.

Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals, or chattels, including covered porches, decks, and patios, whether enclosed or unenclosed, storage/utility sheds, sun parlors, bay windows, and chimneys, but does not include exterior steps.

A three-dimensional space on which a structure is permitted to be built on a lot and which is defined by maximum height regulations and yard setbacks.

The vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the proposed finished grade at the front of the building to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs, to the deck line of mansard roofs and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip, and gambrel roofs.

A line formed by the intersection of a horizontal plane and a vertical plane that coincides with the exterior surface of a building or structure on any side. In the case of a cantilevered or projected section of a building, not greater than 12 inches, the vertical plane will coincide with the most projected surface. This line defines the required front, side, and rear yards.

Written permission issued by the proper municipal authority for the construction, major repair, alteration, addition, or demolition to a structure, including stormwater management facilities.

A building or, where the context so indicates, a group of buildings in or on which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which such building is located.

A line parallel to and the distance from a public or private street or an adjoining property line as specified in this chapter, which determines the minimum distance permitted between a building or structure and the street right-of-way line or adjoining property lines.

Any premises for the loading and unloading of passengers other than school buses.

A parcel of land used by campers for seasonal, recreational, or other similar temporary living purposes, in buildings of a movable, temporary, or seasonal nature, such as cabins, tents, or shelters.

A covered space, open on at least three sides, for the storage of one or more vehicles and accessory to a principal or accessory building.

Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the deceased, including, but not limited to, columbarium, mausoleums, and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with the cemetery and within its boundaries.

Any dwelling, building, or portion thereof in which child or adult day care services other than babysitting are provided, including any on-site outdoor play area. Child and adult day care facilities shall be further differentiated by the following three classifications.

An establishment where hard cider is produced and often served or sold commercially.

A building and/or structure utilized as a private club offering food and/or drink privileges.

A form of development that permits a reduction in lot area and bulk requirements, provided there is no increase in the number of lots permitted under a conventional development or increase in the overall density of development, excepting that provided through bonus provisions. The remaining land area is devoted to open space, recreation, preservation of environmentally sensitive areas, or agricultural purposes.

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

Any sanitary sewer collection and treatment system, whether public or privately owned which uses a method of sewage collection, conveyance, treatment, and disposal other than renovation in a subsurface absorption area or retention in a retaining tank. Said system must be approved and permitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Environmentally sensitive areas with characteristics such as steep slopes, wetlands, floodplains, high-water tables, forest areas, endangered species habitat, dunes, or areas of significant biological productivity or uniqueness that have been designated for protection from any activity that would significantly alter their ecological integrity, balance or character.

Any retail establishment offering for sale prepackaged food products, household items, energy products, and other goods commonly associated with the same and having a gross floor area of less than 5,000 square feet.

A home-based business which does not meet the definition of a "no-impact home-based business."

That portion or percentage of the lot area covered by impervious materials.

Any dwelling, building, or portion thereof in which child or adult day care services other than babysitting are provided, including any on-site outdoor play areas.

A term used to express the allowable number of dwelling units per acre of land. Net density is the number of dwelling units per net acre. Gross density is the number of dwelling units per gross acre.

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

The provisions for development, including a planned residential development, a plat of subdivision, all covenants relating to use, location, and bulk of buildings and other structures, intensity of use or density of development, streets, ways, and parking facilities, common open space, and public facilities. The phrase "provisions of the development plan" when used in this chapter, shall mean the written and graphic materials referred to in this definition.

An outdoor area of a tract utilized for purposes of displaying articles for sale as part of a retail establishment, such as the display of nursery stock, vehicular sales, and farm equipment sales.

An establishment where liquor is produced and often sold or served commercially.

A building or a portion thereof designed for and used exclusively for residential occupancy.

A grant of one or more property rights by the property owner to and/or for the use by the public, a corporation, or another person or entity.

A facility providing services which may include health care, physical therapy, food and lodging, support services and accessory uses. This definition includes personal care facilities, skilled care facilities, independent living arrangements, and other forms of congregate housing facilities serving the elderly or handicapped.

An area with one or more of the following environmental characteristics:

A group of individuals not necessarily related by blood, marriage, adoption, or guardianship living together in a dwelling unit as a single housekeeping unit under a common housekeeping management plan based on an intentionally structured relationship providing organization and stability.

A tract of land of at least 10 acres in size, which is principally used for agricultural activities, such as the production of cash crops, livestock or poultry farming. Such farms may include a farm dwelling and accessory uses, buildings, and structures.

An establishment located on a farm or other property where agricultural operations are conducted and providing for the sale of horticultural and agricultural products or agriculturally-related products that are either produced on the farm or are directly related to agricultural products produced within Adams County or surrounding counties.

A booth or stall under 1,000 square feet in size on private property from which agricultural products produced on said property are sold to the general Public.

A dwelling unit or dwelling units located on a farm and occupied by persons who are employed on said farm or occupied by families with at least one family member who is employed on said farm.

A business accessory to and operated on a farm.

Establishments such as banks and savings and loans, credit agencies, investment companies, brokers and dealers of securities and commodities, security and commodity exchanges, insurance agents, lessors, lessees, buyers, sellers, agents, and developers of real estate.

An establishment that provides facilities for aerobic exercises, running and jogging, exercise equipment, game courts, swimming facilities, and saunas, showers, massage rooms, and lockers.

A relatively flat or low land area adjoining a river, stream, or watercourse which is subject to partial or complete inundation and is further defined and regulated by Chapter 101, Floodplain Management, of the Code of Freedom Township, as amended.

The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the floors of a building and its accessory buildings on the same lot, excluding cellar and basement floor areas not used as primary living and sleeping quarters, but including the area of roofed porches and roofed terraces (gross floor area). All dimensions shall be measured between exterior faces of walls.

All that space relegated to use by the customer and the retail employee to consummate retail sales, including display areas used to indicate the variety of goods available for the customer, but not to include office space, storage space, and other general administrative areas.

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.

A building used for the preparation of the deceased for display prior to burial and associated rituals.

An enclosed or covered space for the storage of one or more vehicles or vessels, provided that no business, occupation, or service is conducted for profit therein, nor space herein for more than one vehicle or vessel is leased to a nonresident of the premises.

Any structure, other than a private garage, which is used for storage of motor vehicles for compensation.

A tract of land laid out for at least nine holes for playing the game of golf and improved with tees, greens, fairways, and hazards and that may include a clubhouse, dining facilities, pool, tennis courts, and shelters.

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

A facility providing shelter, counseling, and other rehabilitative services in a family-like environment for more than nine but fewer than 15 residents, plus such minimum supervisory personnel, as may be required to meet standards of the licensing agency. Residents may not be legally related to the facility operators or supervisors and, by reason of mental or physical disability, chemical or alcohol dependency, or family or school adjustment problems, require a minimal level of supervision but do not require medical or nursing care or general supervision. A group care facility must be licensed and/or approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services.

A facility providing shelter, counseling, and other rehabilitative services in a family-like environment for periods of over one year per occupant, with such supervisory personnel as required by the licensing agency. Such facilities may provide supervisory and rehabilitative services, but medical care or nursing supervision shall not be provided, and they must not meet the definition of a "halfway house."

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

Any structure that is:

A business conducted within a dwelling or a single building accessory to the dwelling by the inhabitants thereof and which is clearly incidental and subordinate to the primary residential use of the property.

Activities or practices related to garden cultivation or management.

An institution, licensed in the commonwealth as a hospital, which renders inpatient and outpatient medical care for a twenty-four-hour-per-day basis and provides primary health services and medical/surgical care to persons suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity and other abnormal physical or mental conditions. This definition does not include an animal hospital.

A facility offering transient lodging accommodations to the general public and providing additional services, such as restaurants, meeting rooms, and recreational facilities.

A hydric soil is a soil that is saturated, flooded, or ponded long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions that favor the growth and regeneration of hydrophytic vegetation [US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) 1985, as amended by the National Technical Committee for Hydric Soils (NTCHS) in December 1986].

Any substance placed on a lot which covers the surface in such fashion as to prevent natural absorption of surface water by the earth so covered. The following items shall be deemed to be impervious material: buildings, concrete sidewalks, driveways and parking areas, swimming pools, and other nonporous structures or materials.

Any establishment which provides recreation, amusement, or entertainment for the general public within a completely enclosed structure for a fee or admission charge, including but not limited to theaters, dance halls, bowling alleys, billiard and pool halls, amusement arcades, and spas or health clubs where the principal use includes a gymnasium, exercise room, swimming pool, or other sports facility.

A lot, land, or structure, or part thereof, used primarily for the collecting, storage, and sale of wastepaper, rags, scrap metal, or reclaimable material, or for the collection, dismantling, storage, and salvaging of machinery or two or more unregistered, inoperable motor vehicles, or other types of junk. Two or more unregistered and/or inoperable farm vehicles/equipment, utilized solely for on-site replacement parts by the owner of the farm shall not be considered a junkyard.

A structure on any lot on which animals (except livestock, horses, or poultry) are kept, boarded, raised, bred, treated, or trained for a fee, including but not limited to dog or cat kennels. For the purpose of this definition, the production of more than two litters in any calendar year shall be considered breeding.

A disposal site in which refuse and earth, or other suitable cover material, are deposited and compacted in alternative layers of specified depth in accordance with an approved plan. Such use shall not include the disposal or processing of hazardous or radioactive materials.

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

An off-street area on the same lot with a building, or contiguous to a group of buildings, for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials, and which abuts on a street or other appropriate means of access.

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

The usable area contained within the property lines of a lot excluding any street right-of-way, easement, floodplain, wetland area, stormwater management basin or pond located on the lot.

A lot which has been recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Adams County, Pennsylvania.

In the case of an interior lot, lot width shall be the horizontal distance measured at the minimum building setback line between the side lot lines. In the case of a corner lot, lot width shall be the horizontal distance measured at the minimum building setback line between each front lot line and its opposite side lot line. Such distance shall be measured along a straight line which is at right angles to the axis of a lot.

The processing and/or converting of raw unfinished or finished materials or products, or of any combination, into an article or substance of a different character, or for use for a different purpose; industries furnishing labor in the case of manufacturing or the refinishing of manufactured articles.

An area of plant material covering one acre or more and consisting of 30% or more canopy trees having a sixteen-inch or greater caliper, or any grove consisting of eight or more trees having an eighteen-inch or greater caliper. Trees shall be measured at 4.5 feet from ground level.

Marijuana for certified medical use as set forth in Pennsylvania Act 16 of 2016.

Any facility used to house delivery vehicles for supplying marijuana plants or seeds to one or more marijuana grower/processors and/or dispensaries.

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

An indoor, enclosed, permanent, and secure building from which a medical marijuana dispensary may dispense medical marijuana.

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

Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing medical, surgical or other services to individuals, including the offices of physicians, dentists and other health care practitioners, medical and dental laboratories, outpatient care facilities, blood banks, and oxygen and miscellaneous types of medical supplies and services.

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

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

A building or group of buildings, whether detached or in connected units, used as individual sleeping or dwelling units, with separate entrances, and designed for year-round occupancy, primarily for transient automobile travelers and providing for accessory off-street parking facilities. The term "motel" includes buildings designated as tourist courts, tourist cabins, motor lodges, and similar terms.

Any building, structure, or use of land by Freedom Township or a municipal authority/commission created by the Freedom Township Board of Supervisors.

Net acreage is that land area remaining upon the exclusion of any portions of the tract located within existing and proposed rights-of-way, environmentally sensitive areas and those areas designated for nonresidential uses, including, but not limited to, limited neighborhood commercial areas and common open space.

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.

A lot, the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to the adoption or amendment of this chapter, but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reasons of such adoption or amendment.

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

A use, whether of land or of structure, which does not comply with the applicable use provisions of this chapter or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such use was lawfully in existence prior to the application of this chapter or amendment to its location by reason of annexation.

On-site water service is a potable supply of water used for consumption by a single-family user from a private well.

The unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with the building, not including parking lots.

When used in determining the maximum number of lots which may be subdivided, or dwellings or other principal nonagricultural buildings erected in the Agricultural District, all contiguous land held in single and separate ownership, regardless whether such land is divided into one or more lots, parcels, purparts or tracts; whether such lands were acquired by the landowner at different times or by different deeds, devices, petitions, or otherwise; whether such land is bisected by public or private streets or rights-of-way, which was held by the landowner or his predecessor in title prior to the adoption of this chapter.

A common shared wall between two separate structures, buildings, or dwelling units.

A building or structure, or groups of buildings or structures, which by design and construction are primarily intended for the conducting of organized religious services and accessory uses.

A form of development that permanently preserves 40% of the tract in an open space system; encourages the development of a town center; encourages provision for elder care facilities and utilizes residential cluster design principles.

A group of commercial establishments planned, constructed, and managed as a total entity, with customer and employee parking provided on-site, provision for goods delivery separated from customer access, aesthetic considerations, and protection from the elements, and landscaping and signage in accordance with an approved plan.

The Planning Commission of Freedom Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

Any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved and set aside, dedicated, designated, or reserved for private use or enjoyment of owners, occupants, and their guests. Private golf courses shall be considered private open space.

The practice of a profession by any professional, including, but not limited to, attorney, physician, surgeon, osteopath, chiropractor, dentist, optician, optometrist, chiropodist, engineer, surveyor, architect, landscape architect, planner, or similar type, entitled to practice under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Public grounds include the following:

A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Board of Supervisors intended to inform and obtain public comment, prior to taking action in accordance with the Act.

A forum held pursuant to notice under the Act of October 15, 1998 (P.L. 729, No. 93), known as the "Sunshine Act," 65 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq.

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

Public utility transmission and distribution facilities including substations and the like.

A potable supply of water subject to either the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission jurisdiction or other appropriate regulating agency.

Leisure-time activities, usually of a formal nature and often performed with others, requiring equipment and taking place at prescribed places, sites, or fields.

Recreation activities that involve relatively inactive or less energetic activities, such as walking, sitting, picnicking, card games, chess, checkers, and similar table games.

A facility employing a technology known as a process that separates or classifies municipal waste and creates or recovers reusable materials that can be sold to or reused by a manufacturer as a substitute for or a supplement to virgin raw materials. This term does not include such facilities as transfer stations, municipal waste landfills, composting facilities, resource recovery facilities, or junkyards.

Establishments engaged in selling goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption and rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods.

A facility owned and operated by a nongovernmental entity for the purpose of providing a rural setting in which temporary lodging, camping and/or conferences, meeting, and event facilities are provided with or without compensation.

A strip of land acquired by reservation, dedication, forced dedication, prescription, or condemnation and intended to be occupied or occupied by a road, crosswalk, railroad, electric transmission lines, oil or gas pipeline, water line, sanitary or storm sewer, and other similar uses; generally, the right of one to pass over the property of another.

An establishment that is leased on a temporary basis for private functions, including but not limited to banquets, weddings, receptions, business and organizational meetings, and other similar functions. Such establishments may include kitchen facilities, areas for dining and entertainment, and temporary lodging.

Any place offering instruction in any branch of knowledge under the supervision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or a lawfully constituted ecclesiastical governing body, person, partnership, or corporation meeting the requirements of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A structure intended for lease for the sole purpose of storing household goods, motor vehicles, or recreational equipment.

Any permanent or temporary structure, or part thereof, or any device attached, painted, or represented directly or indirectly on a structure or other surface that displays or includes any letter, word, insignia, flag, or representation used as, or which is used in the nature of an advertisement, announcement, visual communication, or direction, or is otherwise designed to attract the eye or bring the subject to the attention of the public.

The entire area within a single continuous perimeter enclosing all elements of a sign, which form an integral part of the display, including the perimeter border, and calculated in the manner prescribed in this chapter.

A measurement of the distance from the average grade below the sign to that portion of the sign the furthest distance from the ground.

A device or structural design feature, a substantial purpose of which is to provide daylight for interior lighting or provide for the collection, storage, and distribution of solar energy for space heating or cooling, electricity generation, or water heating.

A solar panel or array composed of multiple solar panels on ground-mounted rack or poles which are one of the primary use(s) for the parcel of land on which it is located, or any solar energy system that has a primary purpose for wholesale or retail sale of generated electricity, or occupies greater than 21,780 square feet, or 1/2 acre of surface area.

An event defined and in accordance with Chapter 177, Special Events, of the Code of Freedom Township, as amended. There shall be a maximum of two special events on any parcel of property in a calendar year.

Land area where the inclination of the land's surface from the horizontal plane is greater than 15%.

Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land. Fences are excluded from this definition

A building or portion of a building used as a place of work by an artist, photographer, or artisan, or used for radio or television broadcasting.

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

Any 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, regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however, include either:

The extraction of minerals from the earth, from waste or stockpiles, or from pits, or banks, by removing the strata or material that overlies or is above or between them or otherwise exposing and retrieving them from the surface; including, but not limited to, stripping of topsoil, strip mining, auger mining, dredging, quarrying, and leaching, and all surface activity connected with surface or underground mining; including, but not limited to, exploration, site preparation, entry, tunnel, drift, slope, shaft and borehole drilling, and construction and activities related thereto; but it does not include those mining operations carried out beneath the surface by means of shafts, tunnels, or other underground mine openings.

A water-filled enclosure, permanently constructed or portable, having a depth of more than 18 inches below the level of the surrounding land, or an above-surface pool, having a depth of more than 30 inches, designed, used, and maintained for swimming and bathing.

A building, or part thereof, designated for the promotion of hard cider, wine, mead, or other similar spirits produced by a winery, cidery, brewery or distillery of the tasting room's proprietor, by providing samples of such cider or wine to the public and for the sale of such spirits at retail for consumption on the premises and for sale in closed packages for consumption off the premises.

A use established for a fixed period of time with the intent to discontinue such use upon the expiration of the time period.

A building or part of a building devoted to the showing of moving pictures or theatrical productions on a paid admission basis.

The specific purpose for which land or a building is designated, arranged, intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained. The term "permitted use" or its equivalent shall not be deemed to include any nonconforming use.

A certificate issued and enforced by the Zoning Officer upon completion of the construction of a new building, structure, or development of a land area; or upon a change or conversion of a structure, use of a building, or land area which certifies that all requirements, regulations, and other applicable requirements, have been satisfied.

A structure being rented for less than 30 days without concurrently being occupied by the owner/operator where the short-term lodging is provided for compensation.

Relief granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

A building on a lot designed and/or used primarily for mechanical repairs, storage, rental, or servicing for automobiles, trucks, or similar motor vehicles.

The use of any building, land area, or the premise for the display, sale, and leasing of new or used automobiles, trucks or vans, trailers, or recreational vehicles, including boats and motorcycles, and including any warranty repair work and other repair service conducted as an accessory use.

A building on a lot, designed and used primarily for the washing and polishing of vehicles and which may provide accessory services.

Any structure or any building or part thereof, that is used for the repair or painting of bodies, chassis, wheels, fenders, bumpers, and/or accessories of automobiles and other vehicles of conveyance.

Those areas inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency or duration sufficient to support, and under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil. These areas generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas.

An establishment where wine, mead, or similar spirits are produced. Production includes, without limitation, crushing, fermenting, blending, aging, barrel and bottle storage, bottling, administrative office functions, and warehousing.

The antennas, nodes, control boxes, towers, poles, conduits, ducts, pedestals, electronics, and other equipment used for the purpose of transmitting, receiving, distributing, providing, or accommodating wireless communications service.

An open space unobstructed from the ground up, on the same lot with a structure, extending along a lot line or street line and inward to the structure. The size of the required yard shall be measured as the shortest distance between the structure and the lot line or street right-of-way line or, in the case of a street which is not dedicated to the Township, form the edge of the cartway.

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

The Map setting forth the boundaries of the zoning districts of the Township which shall be a part of this chapter.

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

A permit, stating that the purpose for which a building and/or structure or land is to be used, is in conformity with the uses permitted and all other requirements under this chapter for the district in which it is or will be located.