An abandoned vehicle as defined by the Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as that definition may from time to time be amended.

An internal street providing vehicular access between separate buildings, parking lots or parcels.

See "driveway."

A subordinate building detached from but located on the same lot as the principal building.

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

Forty-three thousand five hundred twenty square feet.

A use primarily engaged in the sale or rental of farm machinery, farm tools and implements, feed, grain, tack and animal-care products, and other farm supplies.

Any farming, dairying, pasturage, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, and animal husbandry, and the necessary accessory uses for storing equipment, feed and products, but excluding animal feeding operations and concentrated animal feeding operations.

Any area of land designed and set aside for the landing and take-off of aircraft, including all necessary facilities for passengers and the housing and maintenance of aircraft.

An operation where animals have been, are, or will be stabled or confined and fed or maintained for a total of 45 days or more in any twelve-month period and where vegetation is not sustained in the confinement area during the normal growing season. An animal feeding operation that meets specific size and other thresholds is a concentrated animal feeding operation and is separately regulated under this chapter.

Any building or portion of a building used for the veterinary care, observation or treatment of domestic animals.

The care and raising of domesticated farm animals, including but not limited to the following: alpaca, dairy cows, beef cattle, poultry, swine, horses (except private stables), ponies, mules, llamas, goats and sheep.

See "dwelling."

A public or private park containing collections of primarily woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study.

A public road intended to provide for high-speed travel between or within communities or to and from collector streets. Access is controlled so that only regionally significant land uses may take direct access to these streets. Arterial streets are described in the Comprehensive Plan and shall include, but not be limited to:

An establishment engaged in the sale, loan or display of painting, sculpture or other works of art.

A facility licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that provides a combination of housing, supportive services, personalized assistance and health care to individuals who need help with certain activities of daily living.

A business engaged in the acquisition and subsequent sale of motor vehicles through auction, public or private. Use includes warehousing and storage of motor vehicles pending sale; on-site minor automobile repairs; on-site mechanical and detail servicing; on-site test operation of motor vehicles; general office uses and other on-site uses incidental to the sale of motor vehicles. A junkyard operation or activity, salvage motor vehicle auction or pool operator, and/or a salvage yard shall not be considered an auto auction as herein defined.

A business engaged in engine rebuilding or major reconditioning of worn or damaged motor vehicles or trailers; collision service, including body, frame or fender straightening or repair; or overall painting of vehicles.

A business engaged in incidental repairs, replacement of parts, and motor service to automobiles, as well as state inspection, but not including any operation specified under "automobile repair, major" above.

A business in which new or used automobiles, motorcycles, or other passenger vehicles in operating condition are sold or traded.

Any establishment or place of business which is maintained, used or operated for storing, keeping, buying or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined or dismantled motor vehicles parts, or both.

The average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of a building.

A freestanding building for the custody, loan, or exchange of money; for the extension of credit; and for facilitating the transmission of funds. The definition includes a drive-up window or automated teller machine that is attached to the main bank building.

An establishment which is rented by individuals or groups to accommodate private functions, including, but not limited to, banquets, weddings, anniversaries, and other similar celebrations. Such a use may or may not include:

A lodging establishment, generally in a single-family dwelling or detached guest houses, primarily engaged in providing overnight or temporary lodging to the general public and in which the only meal served to guests is breakfast.

The Board of Supervisors of Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County.

A strip of land with natural or planted vegetation that is located between uses of different character and is intended to mitigate negative impacts of the more-intense use on the other.

The area of a lot remaining after the minimum setback and open space requirements of this chapter have been met.

A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, for the shelter of persons, animals, chattels or property. When separated by walls which are common with the walls of adjoining dwellings, each portion of such structure shall be considered a separate building; provided, however, that those items listed in the definition of "accessory building," Subsections (1)(e), (1)(f) and (2), are not to be considered as buildings.

The vertical distance measured from the average grade level to the highest point of the deck of a flat roof or a mansard roof or to the mean elevation between the eaves and the ridge for gable, hip or gambrel roofs.

The line of that face of the building nearest the front lot line. The face includes sun parlors and covered porches, whether enclosed or unenclosed, but does not include walks, steps or terraces.

As defined by the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

An area of land, managed as a unit, providing short-term accommodation for tents, tent trailers, travel trailers, recreational vehicles and campers.

That portion of a right-of-way that is improved and maintained for the use of vehicles.

A building or part of a building where mechanical equipment is used for washing passenger vehicles. This definition may also include a self-service operation.

A facility, other than a racetrack and/or an off-track betting parlor, wherein wagering and other lawful gambling activity is conducted under Pennsylvania law. This use shall include any facility in which gambling devices, including but not limited to slot machines, video poker machines, punch boards, and similar devices, are located. The term "lawful gambling activity" shall not include the sale of lottery tickets in compliance with the State Lottery Law.[1] Category 4 casinos are limited to 750 slot machines and 30 table games.

Land used or dedicated to the burial of the dead, including crematoriums, mausoleums, and necessary sales and maintenance facilities.

A domesticated female chicken considered a chick, pullet or adult.

Any fully enclosed and covered structure providing a predator-resistant shelter that is thoroughly ventilated, provides adequate sun and shade and all-season protection from the elements, designed to be easily accessed and cleaned, where backyard chickens live.

A covered, secure enclosure that allows chicken hens access to the outdoors.

A sight distance established in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

A facility which makes available for rent to the public, multiple indoor storage units that avoid temperature extremes by keeping the storage units warmer than the outside temperature in cold weather, and/or cooler than the outside temperature in hot weather through the utilization of an HVAC or other mechanical system.

An establishment operated for social, athletic, recreational or educational purposes but open only to members and not the general public.

A road designed for moderate traffic at reduced speeds and that provides access between an arterial street and a local road. Township roads classified as collectors are described in the Comprehensive Plan.

An educational institution authorized by the state to award associates', bachelors' or higher degrees.

Any device used for the transmission or reception of radio, television, wireless telephone, page, commercial mobile radio service or any other wireless communications signals, including, without limitation, omnidirectional or whip antennas and directional or panel antennas, owned or operated by any person or entity licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate such device. This definition shall not include facilities used primarily for government, safety or emergency service uses; private-residence-mounted satellite dishes or television antennas; or amateur radio equipment, including, without limitation, ham or citizens' band radio antennas.

An unmanned building or cabinet containing communications equipment required for the operation of communications antennas and covering an area on the ground not greater than 25 square feet.

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

The multimunicipal plan, "A Plan for our Community," adopted in 2005 by the Township, the City of Greensburg, the Borough of South Greensburg and the Borough of Southwest Greensburg.

An animal feeding operation that meets the regulatory definition in 40 CFR 122.23(b)(4) or (6) of a large or medium CAFO or has been designated as a CAFO on a case-by-case basis by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection or by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

A method of residential development designed to preserve an interconnected corridor of open space and natural features. Conservation subdivisions are discussed in Article XIX of this chapter.

A structure designed, used or constructed to provide temporary offices for construction supervision on the site of an approved subdivision or land development during the time that a valid building permit is in effect.

Land operated by or on behalf of a contractor for the storage of equipment, vehicles, or other materials commonly used in the contractor's business, including buildings or structures used as offices and repair facilities.

A curb break for the purpose of gaining vehicular or pedestrian access between a street and abutting property.

A facility designed to provide daytime care or instruction for four or more children of preschool age.

A facility designed to provide daytime care or instruction for no more than three children of preschool age who do not reside on the premises.

See "zoning district."

A structure specifically designed for long-term stay by students of a college, university, or other educational or nonprofit organization for the purpose of providing rooms for sleeping purposes. A common kitchen and gathering rooms may also be provided.

A facility that dispenses products or services to patrons who remain in vehicles, whether attached to a building or freestanding, but excluding a drive-up window or automated teller machine that is attached to a bank or financial institution.

An entrance or exit used by vehicular traffic to or from properties abutting a highway, street, lane, court or way.

A public or private area operated for the purpose of developing golfing techniques, including a miniature golf course, that is not operated as part of a golf course.

A building, portion of a building or premises used or intended to be used for cleaning fabrics, textiles, wearing apparel, or articles of any sort using chemical solvents.

An establishment or business maintained for the pickup and delivery of dry cleaning and/or laundry without the maintenance or operation of any laundry or dry-cleaning equipment or machinery on the premises.

See "dwelling."

Any building or portion thereof, with a minimum of 600 square feet, which is designed for and/or occupied in whole or part as a residence for one or more families, not including hotels, boarding- or rooming houses, institutional homes or residence clubs. The following are specific structural types of dwellings:

One or more rooms in a residential building with a minimum of 600 square feet and with independent cooking and bathroom facilities, intended for occupancy by one family unit or person.

An interest in real property generally established in a real estate document or on a recorded plat to reserve, convey or dedicate the use of land for a specialized or limited purpose without the transfer of fee title.

The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance, by public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduit cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith which are reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies or for the public health or safety or general welfare, but not including buildings.

A retail establishment operated by the owner of an active farm, located within the Township, for the sale or serving of products raised or produced on that farm, which may include, as an accessory use, the sale of related products produced elsewhere. This may also include the sale of fruits, vegetables, breads, eggs, milk, cheese, meat, flowers, and the like sold by persons who typically grow, harvest or process such items from their farm, which may either be the owners or other farms in the County of Westmoreland. A farm market/farm restaurant is permitted to serve meals or prepared refreshments to the public, provided that said farm market/farm restaurant is a retail establishment operated by the owner of an active farm located within the Township. Further, said farm market/farm restaurant shall comply with the parking provisions set forth in Article XXI, § 87-141A (Table 12) as it applies to a restaurant or tavern.

A barrier constructed of allowable materials for the purpose of providing a boundary, preventing uncontrolled access, limiting visibility from adjoining streets or lots, or for decorative purposes. Walls constructed for these purposes are defined separately as "screening walls."

A driving lane, cartway, accessway or pad capable of supporting firefighting equipment and installed in accordance with the requirements of § 87-136C of this Code.

A building used for firefighting equipment and firefighters.

A relatively flat or low land area which is subject to partial or complete inundation from an adjoining or nearby stream, river or watercourse; and/or any area subject to the unusual and rapid accumulation of surface waters from any source. For the purpose of this chapter, the floodplain shall include the area regulated as floodplain under Chapter 49, Flood Damage Prevention, of the Code of the Township of Hempfield.

A unit of illumination produced on a surface, all points of which are one foot from a uniform point source of one candle and equal to one lumen per square foot.

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

As defined by the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

An establishment engaged in undertaking services such as preparing the dead for burial and arranging and managing funerals.

Land managed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission for wildlife habitat and public recreational purposes such as hunting, fishing and bird watching.

An accessory building used for the storage of motor vehicles.

A place of business where retail or wholesale plants, tools, gardening supplies and equipment, and lawn care supplies and equipment are sold to consumers. They may include nurseries and/or greenhouses.

One or more buildings, premises or portions thereof which are used, arranged, designed or intended to be used for the retail sale of gasoline or other fuel for motor vehicles, boats or aircraft, as well as for automobile repair, minor, including state inspection.

A lot, group of lots or portion of a lot used for the playing of golf, with tees, greens, fairways and hazards, and which may include a clubhouse, restrooms, a driving range and shelters as accessory uses.

A building used for the growing of plants, all or part of which are sold at retail or wholesale.

A retail establishment which primarily sells food, but also may sell other convenience and household goods, and which occupies or exceeds 75,000 square feet of gross floor area.

A retail establishment which primarily sells food, but also may sell other convenience and household goods, and which occupies between 25,000 and 75,000 square feet of gross floor area.

A retail establishment which primarily sells food, but also may sell other convenience and household goods, and which does not exceed 25,000 square feet of gross floor area.

The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building (or a single floor if the building occupies one floor), measured from the exterior face of exterior walls or from the center line of a wall separating two buildings, but not including interior parking areas, loading areas or any space where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than six feet.

A noninstitutional living arrangement with treatment and support services for persons with substance abuse problems or for inmates and parolees approaching parole release date or release from a corrections institution. The halfway house operates under the rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Health or Department of Corrections or similar authorities. The residents are provided full-time supervision and counseling on employment, vocations, finances, and community living.

A highway within this commonwealth designated by the Secretary of Transportation, a highway designated as a public road duly adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Hempfield, or an alley or a private road within the corporate limits of the Township of Hempfield.

A facility where prefabricated homes or mobile homes are erected for display purposes only and from which orders can be placed for the purchase and delivery of such dwellings or their parts and accessories.

The use of land for growing or production for income of fruits, vegetables, flowers, nursery stock, including ornamental plants and trees, and cultured sod.

An institution, licensed by the State Department of Health, providing primary health services and medical or surgical care to persons on a primarily inpatient basis, and including, as an integral part of the institution, related facilities such as laboratories, staff offices, outpatient facilities and/or training facilities.

A building in which primarily temporary lodging is provided and offered to the public for compensation, in which ingress and egress to and from rooms is made from an inside lobby or office supervised by a person in charge at all hours, in contradistinction to a boardinghouse, lodging house or rooming house, and where incidental business may be conducted.

As defined by the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Any hard-surfaced, man-made area that does not readily absorb water, including, but not limited to, building roofs, parking areas, driveways, sidewalks and paved recreation areas.

Recreational facilities within a building or structure that are operated by a private, for-profit entity and for which a fee is charged for their use.

Recreational facilities within a building or structure that are operated by a public or nonprofit entity and for which a fee may or may not be charged for their use.

Any lot, land, structure or part thereof where any discarded materials or article may be stored, and shall include, but not be limited to, scrap metal; scrapped, abandoned or junked motor vehicles, in excess of one per lot; machinery; equipment; paper; glass; containers; and structures. It shall not include, however, refuse or garbage kept in a proper container for the purpose of prompt disposal.

An establishment where four or more dogs, cats or other domestic animals, excluding livestock, over four months of age are kept, boarded, trained or bred.

A natural or man-made body of water which retains water year-round. A man-made body of water may be created by dams or result from excavation. A lake is a body of water two or more acres in area. A pond is a body of water less than two acres in area.

Any of the following activities:

A licensed disposal site for the burial of nonhazardous and nonmedical farm, residential, institutional, commercial or industrial waste.

A business that provides home-type washing, drying or ironing machines or dry-cleaning machines for hire to be used by customers on the premises.

A public, nonprofit facility in which literary, musical, artistic or reference materials are kept for use by or loaning to the public, but are not normally offered for sale.

An unobstructed area not within the public right-of-way provided or maintained for the temporary parking of trucks or other vehicles for the purpose of loading and unloading goods, wares, materials and merchandise.

A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed or built upon as a unit. A lot shall not be used for the purposes of a street, roadway, easement or right-of-way to any abutting property.

The total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot.

A line dividing one lot from another or from a street, also known as a "property line." Lot lines shall be further defined as front, side and rear, as depicted below:

See "lot area."

The dimension of a lot, measured between the side lot lines at the building line.

A use engaged in manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, packaging or other industrial processing of products primarily from extracted or raw materials or the bulk storage and handling of such products and materials, or a use having the potential to produce noise, dust, glare, odors, vibration, smoke or other noxious emissions beyond its lot lines.

A use engaged in the indoor manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, packaging or other industrial processing of finished parts or products, or the indoor provision of industrial services, where no process involved will produce noise, dust, glare, odors, vibration, smoke or other noxious emissions beyond its lot lines.

That percentage of the lot area covered by principal and accessory use structures.

Any establishment where human patients are examined and treated by doctors or dentists but not hospitalized overnight.

Any aggregate or mass of mineral matter, whether or not coherent, including, but 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, crude oil and natural gas.

The exploration for and extraction of minerals.

A building or group of buildings divided into separate compartments used to meet temporary storage needs of individuals, organizations and businesses.

A building containing both residential and nonresidential uses permitted in the district.

A transportable single-family dwelling intended for permanent occupancy, office or place of assembly, contained in one unit or in two or more units designed to be joined into one integral unit capable of again being separated for repeated towing, which arrives at a site complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations and constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation. A travel trailer, as defined herein, shall be considered a mobile home if occupied permanently.

A parcel of land in a mobile home park improved with the necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for erection of a mobile home and leased to occupants by the park owners.

A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned and improved for the placement of mobile homes for nontransient uses, consisting of two or more mobile home lots.

A dwelling unit temporarily used for display purposes as an example of dwelling units available or to be available for purchase or rental in a particular subdivision or other residential development.

See "dwelling."

A building in which lodging is provided and offered to the transient public for compensation and in which egress and ingress to and from rooms may be made either through an inside lobby or office supervised by a person in charge at all times or directly from the exterior and wherein incidental business may be conducted.

See "dwelling."

A facility for the parking of motor vehicles that is owned and managed by the Township.

A building or facility constructed and occupied by local, state or federal governments or their agents.

An institution devoted to the procurement, care, study, and display of objects of lasting interest or value.

A business or commercial activity administered or conducted as an accessory use which is clearly secondary to the use of a residential dwelling, 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, and which meets all of the requirements set forth in § 87-17 of this chapter.

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

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

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

Any land used to raise trees, shrubs, flowers, and other plants for sale or for transplanting.

Land or water areas retained for use as active or passive recreation areas or for resource protection in an essentially undeveloped state.

Recreational facilities, not housed within a building or structure, operated by a private, for-profit entity and for which a fee is charged for their use.

Recreational facilities not housed within a building or structure that are operated by a public or nonprofit entity and for which a fee may or may not be charged for their use.

An area devoted to the off-street, temporary parking of vehicles, including parking spaces, aisles, access drives and landscaped areas. The term shall not include private garages or private residential parking of fewer than five spaces.

A certificate issued by the Zoning Officer for the construction, reconstruction, remodeling, alteration or repair of a building, structure or part thereof.

A permit issued upon completion of the construction of a building, or change in use of a building or a lot, indicating that the building complies with all applicable ordinances and that the building or lot may be used as set forth on the permit application.

A permit issued upon substantial completion of the construction of a building, or change in use of a building or a lot, indicating that the building substantially complies with all applicable ordinances and that the building or lot may be used as set forth on the permit application.

A certificate issued by the Zoning Officer, after approval by the Zoning Hearing Board, for the conduct of a use for a limited time period indicating the duration of the permit and indicating that all special requirements governing such use and all other applicable zoning requirements have been met.

A certificate issued by the Zoning Officer stating that the purpose for which a building or land is to be used is in conformity with all requirements of the Zoning Ordinance for the zoning district in which the use is situate.

Any natural person, association, partnership, firm or corporation.

A building dedicated to religious worship, including a church, synagogue, temple, or assembly hall, and that may include such accessory uses as a nursery school, a convent, a monastery or a parish hall.

A commercial area consisting of retail businesses and other uses permitted in the district, designed as a unit, whether at one time or in phases, with adequate off-street free parking, usually consisting of several buildings, and having a gross leasable floor area of 100,000 square feet or more.

A commercial area consisting of retail businesses and other uses permitted in the district, designed as a unit, whether at one time or in phases, with adequate off-street free parking, in one or more buildings, and occupying less than 100,000 square feet of gross leasable floor area.

The Planning Commission duly appointed by the Board of Supervisors.

Domestic fowl, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese.

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

The building or portion thereof housing the principal use.

The main or primary purpose for which a building, other structure and/or lot is designed, arranged or intended or for which it may be used, occupied or maintained under this chapter.

A commercial facility engaged in printing or imprinting of text or images.

The use of offices and related spaces, greater than 2,500 square feet, for the affairs of business, professional service or government, including administration, recordkeeping, clerical work, and similar business functions, among other professions.

The use of offices and related spaces, less than or equal to 2,500 square feet, for the affairs of business, professional service or government, including administration, recordkeeping, clerical work, and similar business functions, among other professions.

Any administrative office or service building operated by a public utility which does not meet the definition of an "essential service."

Any business activity regulated by a government agency in which the business is required by law to:

See "dwelling."

A facility that collects, separates and stores recyclable materials, such as newspaper, metal and glass, for shipment to others for remanufacture into new products.

A building or group of buildings in which are located facilities for scientific research, investigation, testing or experimentation, but not facilities for manufacture or sale of products, except as incidental to the main purpose of the facility.

An establishment where refreshments, meals or prepared foods may be obtained by the public; where customers thereof customarily arrive at the premises via motor vehicle; and where less than 90% of the persons served consume the food or drink served to them within the main building on the premises. This definition shall include, inter alia, such enterprises as drive-in ice cream or custard stands, hot or cold drink or sandwich establishments, and the like. It shall not include enterprises selling canned or bottled beverages, dairy stores or grocery stores, where such beverages or food products are sold in their original closed containers. Where more than 25% of the gross business of any establishment is covered under this definition, such establishment shall be considered a "drive-in restaurant" for purposes of this chapter.

A building where food and beverages are offered for sale to the public for consumption on the premises at tables or counters and, as an accessory use, may provide customers with take-out service of food and beverages for off-site consumption.

An establishment selling goods, wares or merchandise directly to the consumer, occupying a building or group of buildings having 75,000 square feet or more of gross floor area.

An establishment selling goods, wares or merchandise directly to the consumer, occupying a building or group of buildings of between 10,000 and 75,000 square feet of gross floor area.

An establishment selling goods, wares or merchandise directly to the consumer, occupying a building or group of buildings having 10,000 square feet or less of gross floor area.

A wall of four feet or more in height constructed for the purpose of stabilizing soil, retarding erosion, or terracing a lot or site.

An area of land dedicated and publicly owned that can be used by the public for travel and for the location of public water lines, public sewer lines and utilities regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission.

Area surrounding a watercourse that intercepts surface water runoff, wastewater, subsurface flow, and/or deep groundwater flows from upland sources and functions to remove or buffer the effects of associated nutrients, sediment, organic matter, pesticides, or other pollutants prior to entry into surface waters. This area may also provide wildlife habitat, control water temperature, reduce flooding, and provide opportunities for passive recreation. The buffer area may or may not contain trees and other native vegetation.

A male domestic chicken.

A person who, on his own or as an agent for a third party, engages in business for the purpose of offering wrecked or salvaged motor vehicles through auction or private bid process to vehicle salvage dealers.

Any place where a salvor, a vehicle salvage dealer, a salvage motor vehicle auction or pool operator or where an automobile dismantler and recycler engages in business.

A person engaged in the business of acquiring abandoned vehicles for the purposes of taking apart, recycling, selling, rebuilding or exchanging the vehicle or the parts thereof and who is certified as a salvor pursuant to the certification provisions of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

As defined by the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A public, private or parochial educational institution offering instruction in branches of learning and study required to be taught in the public schools of Pennsylvania.

A facility where individual classes are offered by a private or nonprofit institution, usually for a fee, to children or adults in a classroom or studio setting. Such facilities shall include, but not be limited to, music and dance schools, language schools, tutoring services, technical schools and beautician schools.

As defined by the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A wall that encloses, marks or borders a yard or lot and that limits access and/or visibility from adjoining streets or lots.

A development having a combination of housing for persons 55 years of age and over, including the following: independent senior housing, which may be single-family dwellings or multifamily dwellings or a combination thereof; assisted living facilities, where permitted; and common facilities such as community centers, indoor recreation facilities and outdoor recreation facilities.

Any enterprise which primarily offers services related to personal needs to the general public, such as shoe repair, watch repair, barbershops, beauty parlors, nail salons and related activities.

The minimum distance by which any building or structure must be separated from a street or lot line.

A facility designed for the collection, treatment, and disposal of waterborne sewage generated within a given service area.

An adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult novelty store, adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motion-picture theater, adult theater, escort agency, massage parlor, nude model studio, sexual encounter center, or other commercial establishment where adult entertainment is presented for money or other forms of consideration, or where viewing booths as the types specifically referred to herein are present.

See "dwelling."

See "dwelling."

A private institution licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania providing twenty-four-hour supervision and care of the aged who are unable to care for themselves.

Those areas of land where the change in elevation over the horizontal distance between consecutive contour lines is 15% or greater. For the purposes of this chapter, slopes are divided into two categories:

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

Any solar collector or other solar energy device, or any structural design feature, mounted on a building or on the ground, and whose primary purpose is to provide for the collection, storage and distribution of solar energy for space heating or cooling, for water heating or for electricity, that may be mounted on a building or on the ground and is not the primary use of the property.

An installation or area of land in which a large number of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels are set up in order to generate electricity.

A structure containing one or more receptive cells, the purpose of which is to convert solar energy into usable electrical energy by way of a solar energy system.

Any use which is authorized or must be authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board pursuant to the criteria in Article XXVI.

A food store of less than 10,000 square feet of gross floor area primarily engaged in selling food stuffs associated with a particular nationality, religious observance, dietary practice or cuisine.

A group of shops (two or more) collectively occupying no more than 35,000 square feet that cater to a specific market and are linked together by an architectural, historical or geographic theme or by similarly offered goods such as locally supplied arts and crafts.

A membership organization owning land in common for outdoor recreational purposes on a seasonal basis, such as hunting, fishing, boating, skeet shooting and the like, and which may include indoor facilities such as a lodge or cabins for use by members.

A structure or land use in or on which horses and/or ponies are kept for sale, hire, breeding, boarding or training.

An accessory building in which horses are kept for riding, driving or stabling for private use and not for hire or sale.

A slope having a grade of 20% or more.

A structure, the dimensions of which are not less than 60 square feet nor more than 144 square feet in square footage area and not exceeding 14 feet in height, with only one story or floor and used solely for the storage of household materials and/or equipment, not to include four-wheel motor vehicles as defined by the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code.

A street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway, lane, alley, viaduct and any other ways used or intended to be used by public vehicular traffic or pedestrians, whether public or private, to provide access to abutting properties. Certain streets may be considered alleys or culs-de-sac. An easement or right-of-way shall not constitute a street under the terms hereof.

Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land. The term "structure" shall include buildings, carports, porches, jersey barriers, and any other type of construction except sidewalks, driveways and patios. Further, there is excluded from this definition accessory buildings or uses as set forth in the definition of "accessory building," Subsections (1)(e), (1)(f), and (2). These accessory buildings or uses are not considered structures.

An individual who is enrolled or has made application and been accepted at a university, college or trade school and is taking at least six credit hours and whose primary occupation is as a student, or who is on a semester or summer break from studies at a college, university or trade school. The term "student" shall apply to both undergraduate and graduate students alike.

A living arrangement for a maximum of five students (as defined in this chapter). Student homes shall not include dormitories.

The division or redivision of a lot, tract or parcel of land by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of land, including changes in existing lot lines for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of lease, partition by the court for distribution to heirs or devisees, transfer of ownership or building or lot development; provided, however, that the subdivision by lease of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving any new street or easement of access or any residential dwelling, shall be exempted.

A subdivision of more than three lots or any subdivision which requires the development of new streets.

A subdivision of no more than three lots and in which there are no new required streets.

A commercial establishment storing or offering for sale building supplies, steel supplies, coal, heavy equipment, feed and grain and similar goods. Supply yards do not include the wrecking, salvaging, dismantling or storage of automobiles and similar vehicles.

A structure, whether above or below ground, designed to hold water more than 18 inches deep to be used for recreational purposes. The definition of "swimming pool" shall include hot tubs, lap pools and wading pools.

An establishment which conducts research, development, and/or controlled production of high-technology electronic, industrial or scientific products or commodities, including, but not limited to, a biotechnology firm or manufacturer of nontoxic computer components.

A lot which is used commercially for showing motion pictures which are viewed by patrons from their motor vehicles.

A building or part of a building devoted to showing motion pictures or to staging dramatic, musical or live performances.

See "dwelling."

The Township of Hempfield, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, duly appointed by the Board of Supervisors to serve as the Engineer for the Township.

As defined by the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A portable vehicular structure built on a chassis, designed or used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses.

See "dwelling."

As defined by the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

As defined by the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A facility for the receipt, transfer, short-term storage, and dispatching of goods transported by truck.

As defined by the Motor Vehicle Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The conduct of an activity or the performance of a function or operation on a lot or in a building or structure.

A departure from the strict letter of this chapter as it applies to specific property as authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board.

Any person regularly engaged in the business of acquiring and dismantling used, wrecked, damaged, abandoned or salvaged vehicles for the purpose of selling the usable parts and selling the remaining vehicle bulk for recycling or processing.

A man-made, vertical structure of building material that restricts the passage of light and air. "Retaining wall" and "screening wall" are separately defined under this article.

A building or part of a building which is used primarily for the housing, storage, adapting for sale, packaging or wholesale distribution of goods, wares, merchandise, food stuffs, and the like.

A channel for conveyance of surface water, having a defined bed and banks, whether natural or artificial, with perennial or intermittent flow. For the purposes of this chapter, a watercourse shall not include man-made swales constructed expressly for the purpose of stormwater management.

Those areas that are inundated and saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, including swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. More specifically, any area meeting the official wetland definition of the United States Army Corps of Engineers or the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, as amended, shall be considered a wetland for the purposes of this chapter. In the event there is a conflict between the definitions of these agencies, the more-restrictive definition shall apply.

An area maintained in a natural state for the preservation of both animal and plant life.

A space on the same lot as the principal building which remains open, unoccupied and unobstructed by structures, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. The different types of yards are defined and illustrated below.

An individual or individuals appointed by the Board of Supervisors to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.

A land use area or zone established by this chapter, and any subsequent amendments, for the designated intent and as shown on the Zoning Map.

A board constituted of five members duly appointed by the Board of Supervisors to undertake the duties prescribed under this chapter and as authorized by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Code and the laws of the commonwealth, as amended from time to time.

The map or maps that are a part of this chapter and that delineate the boundaries of all zoning districts established by this chapter, as amended from time to time.