A building subordinate to the principal building on a lot, used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the principal building, and not to be used for dwelling purposes unless such building was originally designed for dwelling use, as in conjunction with an institution. Any portion of a principal building used or intended to be used for an accessory purpose is not classified as an accessory building.

A subordinate structure located on the same lot as a principal use or building and which is clearly incidental and subordinate to the principal building or use.

A use located on the same lot and subordinate to the principal use of land or of a building on a lot, and customarily incidental thereto.

The cultivating of the soil, and the raising and harvesting of the products of the soil, including, but not by the way of limitation, nursery, nursery sales yards, horticulture and forestry, and animal husbandry.

A strip of land not exceeding 25 feet in width over which there is a municipally or privately owned right-of-way on which no dwellings or other buildings front, serving as the secondary means of access to two or more properties.

As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement in the structural parts, such as the bearing walls, partitions, columns or girders, or the enclosing of a porch, or an enlargement or diminution, whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height, or the moving from one location or position to another. The change or rearrangement of nonstructural parts to enlarge or diminish the size or bulk of a building or structure. Any change that would convert an existing building into a different structure, adapt it to a different use, or which, in the case of a nonconforming use, would prolong the life of such use.

Any system of wires, rods, discs, panels, flat panels, dishes, whips, or other similar devices used for the transmission or reception of wireless signals. An antenna may include an omnidirectional antenna (rod), directional antenna (panel), parabolic antenna (disc) or any other wireless antenna. An antenna shall not include tower-based wireless communications facilities defined below.

The on-site production, display, and sale of hand-fabricated or hand-manufactured parts and custom or craft consumer goods based on the skill and knowledge of the artisan and the use of hand tools or small-scale, light mechanical equipment. This involves activities such as small bakeries, candy or soap making, coffee roasters, or the custom production of artisan products such as apparel, cabinetry, glass working, jewelry making, metal working, pottery, sculpture, wood working, and leather working.

The lot size determined by the lot average, taking into account the areas of all sizes of lots shown on the plan laid out in accordance with the percentage limitations set forth within the zoning district.

A roof-like cover, often of fabric, metal, or glass, designed and intended for protection from the weather, or as a decorative embellishment, and which projects from a wall or roof of a structure over a window, walk, door, or the like.

A projecting platform that is open, roofless, surrounded by a railing, and which is suspended or cantilevered from, or supported solely by, the principal structure.

A calculated area of a lot, parcel or tract of land that is determined by subtracting all existing and proposed public and private road and utility rights-of-way, and land shown on previously approved subdivision and land development plans as reserved for open space from the total site area.

A room having a minimum area of 64 square feet, located in a dwelling and usable, on a regular basis, for sleeping. Dens, family rooms and other rooms, which are not suitable for regular use as sleeping rooms, shall not be counted as bedrooms for the purposes of this chapter.

An eating place (without drive-through service) accessory to a microbrewery, micro-winery or micro-distillery and which possesses the appropriate license from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.

A person, except family, occupying any room or group of rooms forming a single, habitable unit used or intended to be used for living and sleeping, but not for cooking or eating purposes, and paying compensation for lodging or board and lodging by prearrangement for a week or more at a time to an owner or operator. Any person occupying such room or rooms and paying such compensation without prearrangement for less than a week at a time shall be classified for purposes of this chapter not as a roomer, boarder or lodger, but as a guest of a commercial lodging establishment (motel, hotel, inn, guest house, tourist home).

A strip of required yard space adjacent to the boundary of a property or zoning district, not less in width than is designated in this chapter, and on which is placed year-round shrubbery, hedges, evergreens, or other suitable plantings of sufficient height and density to constitute an effective screen and give maximum protection and immediate screening to an abutting property or district. A buffer area may include a wall or fence, or a solid wall or fence, provided that such wall or fence shall be screened or constructed in such a manner that it will not conflict with the character of the abutting district.

A buffer comprised of natural and/or man-made material arranged in a certain specified depth, height and density to effectively block the view from one side to another during all seasons of the year and to reduce the transmittal of noise and odors between the sides.

Any structure having enclosing walls and roof, permanently located on the land intended for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of any individual, animal, process, equipment, goods, or materials of any kind.

The aggregate of the maximum horizontal cross-section areas of all buildings on a lot above the ground level, measured at the greatest outside dimensions, excluding cornices, eaves, gutters, balconies above the ground-level floor, or chimneys projecting not more than 24 inches, bay windows not extending more than one story and not projecting more than five feet, steps, balconies, and any accessory building intended or designed for the parking of motor vehicles in order to meet the parking requirements of this chapter.

An establishment that provides lodging and meals to transient business travelers. A business class hotel must provide food services with a designated seating area, a meeting room/business center, and online booking.

That area of a lot in which a building may be placed within the requirements of this chapter. The building envelope shall not include the area of any required minimum yard area.

That portion of any exterior elevation of a building extending vertically from grade to the top of the parapet wall or eaves and horizontally across the entire width of the building elevation.

See "height of building."

The line which establishes the minimum depth of front yard for the particular district as measured from the legal right-of-way line or the ultimate right-of-way line if greater in width than the legal right-of-way.

A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is situated.

The minimum distance between buildings. The minimum building spacing shall be measured from the outermost wall or projection, excluding bay windows, chimneys, flues, columns, ornamental features, cornices and gutters. These exceptions may encroach no more than 24 inches.

A line established within a given lot, which is a certain distance from the curb line, along which the building shall be built.

A roof-like structure, including an awning, that projects from a wall of a building over a door, entrance, or window; or a freestanding or projecting cover above an outdoor service area, such as at a gasoline service station.

A space with less than two feet of its floor-to-ceiling height above the average finished grade (the final elevation of the ground surface around the building or structure after development) of the adjoining ground or with a floor-to-ceiling height of less than six feet eight inches. A cellar is not counted as a story for the purposes of height measurement or the determination of square footage or floor area unless the cellar is used for office or business purposes. A cellar shall not be inhabited for dwelling purposes.

The mounting of one or more WCFs, including antennae, on an existing tower-based WCF or utility or light pole.

Any educational facility, other than public or parochial elementary and secondary schools and state, community, or private postsecondary schools.

A parcel or parcels of land and/or an area of water within a development site designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents or users of the development, except for residential golf course community. Common open space may not include street rights-of-way, off-street parking areas or school grounds, and shall be substantially free of structures including school buildings but may contain improvements appropriate for the recreational use of the residents. Required front, back and side yards shall not be considered common open space.

Any parking area used by three or more dwelling units and having space for six or more motor vehicles.

A building to be maintained principally as a multipurpose space for gathering, recreation, and/or social activities of the general public and is not operated for profit.

Maps, charts, descriptive matter officially adopted by the governing body showing among other things objectives for the most appropriate use of land; for the most desirable density of population; for a system of thoroughfares, parkways and streets; for parks and recreation areas; for the general location and extent of facilities for water, sewer, light, and power; for the general location, character, and extent of community facilities.

A use which may be allowed or denied pursuant to express standards or criteria by the Township Council in accordance with Article XXXV after a public hearing and reviewing comments by the Township planning agency, to occupy or use land and/or buildings or structures for specific purposes in accordance with this chapter, when such use is not permitted by right. The burden of proving compliance with the express standards and criteria applicable shall be on the applicant. The Township Council may attach such reasonable conditions and safeguards, in addition to those expressed in this chapter, as it may deem necessary to implement the purposes of 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. Real estate is not a condominium unless the undivided interests in the common elements are vested in the unit owners.

A lodging facility that provides accommodations and is specifically designed or equipped to host conferences, conventions, meetings, and other large gatherings. A conference hotel must provide meeting rooms, ballrooms, audiovisual equipment, catering services, and other amenities that support business or professional events.

The area of a lot on which the principal permitted building is located, which is comprised of horizontal areas exclusive of resources with an open space ratio of 100% such as floodplains, wetlands, lakes and ponds, and watercourses. The purpose is to provide sufficient area and flexibility for the general location of a building, driveway, parking, patio and other improvements while preserving the natural resources of a lot. There is no requirement that the total contiguous building envelope area be occupied.

A convenience store is a retail and consumer service use that sells a limited range of basic items, household goods, and groceries. It may include the sale of the following: food preparation for take-out consumption, coffee, dairy products, delicatessen, dry goods, food stuffs, grocery items, newspapers, tobacco, legal lottery sales, over-the-counter medication, and minor automotive accessories.

A facility providing for the care of children unrelated to the caregiver without overnight provisions limited to the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Any premises in which child day care is provided for a group of seven or more children simultaneously, who are not related to the operator or caregiver, including nursery schools, and which facility is licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The number of dwelling units per unit of area. The measure is arrived at by dividing the number of dwelling units by the developable area.

A calculation of land available for development on a lot, tract, or parcel of land after the protected area is subtracted from the base site area.

The perimeter property line of the tract proposed for development, or in areas where the perimeter property line lies within the legal right of-way of an existing public street, the legal right-of-way line.

Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, the placement of manufactured homes, streets, and other paving, utilities, filling, grading, excavation, mining, dredging, or drilling operations and the subdivision of land.

Network of spatially separated antenna sites connected to a common source that provides wireless service within a geographic area or structure.

Areas located in wetland transition areas describing the plant community which covers the most surface area of the transition area contained within the subject property. Vegetational communities are classified as herbaceous, scrub-shrub, or forested.

A building occupied by and maintained exclusively for faculty, students or other such persons affiliated with a school, church, recreational or educational facility or other commonly recognized institution.

An establishment which offers service to patrons in motor vehicles.

A building designed for and occupied exclusively for residential purposes, excluding hotel, rooming house, tourist home, institutional home, residential club, motor court, and the like, but including those buildings defined under "dwelling types."

Without regard to tenure, dwelling types and dwelling unit types are regulated in this chapter pursuant to the following specific meanings. See also "family."

A building or portion thereof providing permanent and complete housekeeping facilities for one family for year-round use.

The lowest horizontal line of a sloping roof.

A condition that: 1) constitutes a clear and immediate danger to the health, welfare, or safety of the public; or 2) has caused or is likely to cause facilities in the rights-of-way to be unusable and result in loss of the services provided.

A person who is employed or is engaged in gainful activity. For the purposes of this chapter, the term shall refer to the maximum number of employees on duty at any time, at a place of business, whether the employees are full or part time. If shifts are involved in which two shifts overlap, it refers to the total of both shifts.

The visible expression of architectural or landscape elements through form, structure, or materials that break up the scale of buildings and spaces to achieve human scale.

One or more persons, related by blood, adoption or marriage, living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit, or a number of persons living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit though not related by blood, adoption or marriage.

Federal Communications Commission.

See definition under "lot."

Areas adjoining streams, ponds or lakes subject to the one-hundred-year-recurrence-interval flood. The areas considered to be floodplain within Horsham Township shall include those areas identified as being subject to the one-hundred-year flood in the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) prepared for Horsham Township by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Insurance Administration, and the accompanying Flood Boundary and Floodway Map dated November 16, 1977, or current map; and those areas designated in § 230-177 of this chapter. Refer to Article XXX for protection standards.

Areas subject to periodic flooding and listed in the Soil Survey of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, April 1967, or current survey, as being subject to "flooding." Refer to Article XXX for protection standards. Floodplain soils may include, but are not limited to, the following soil types:

The sum of the areas of the several floors of the building or structure, including areas used for human occupancy or required for the conduct of the business or use, and basements, attics, and penthouses, as measured from the exterior faces of the walls. It does not include unenclosed porches, attics not over six feet in height in nonresidential uses, attics not used for human occupancy, nor any floor space in an accessory building nor in the main building intended or designed for the parking of motor vehicles in order to meet the parking requirements of this chapter, nor any such floor space intended and designed for accessory heating and ventilating equipment.

The ratio of the floor area to the lot area, as determined by dividing the floor area by the lot area.

A plant community characterized by tree species with an average height greater than 20 feet accompanied by a herbaceous or shrub layer.

Those portions of a building's exterior elevation which face and are most closely parallel to any abutting street.

The percentage of the street frontage that is occupied by a building.

Any area of land, including structures thereon, or any building or part thereof, that is used for the sale of gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel or accessories, and which may or may not include facilities for lubricating, washing, or otherwise servicing motor vehicles but which shall not include painting or body and fender repairs.

An area designed for the play of the game of golf containing greens, tees, fairways, bunkers and related areas. A golf course shall consist of at least 18 holes, shall be a minimum of 6,000 yards in length and shall be constructed to standards generally accepted by members of the American Society of Golf Course Architects concerning safety of players and surrounding non-golf-course areas.

The area within the property lines bounding the tract proposed for development.

A vertical measurement taken from the average level of grade along all exterior foundation walls of a building, which grade shall be substantially unchanged from the natural grade existing at the time of subdivision or land development approval, and the highest point of the building as defined herein. On a flat roof the highest point of the building shall be the parapet or cornice level; on a mansard roof, the highest point of the building shall be the deck level; and on a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the highest point of the building shall be the average distance between the eaves and the ridge level. Such height of buildings shall not include chimneys, spires, and similar projections and housings for equipment, provided that said projections shall be a usual and normal appurtenant to a building, not in excess of 12 feet in height, and not occupy more than 10% of the roof area.

A plant community characterized by the presence of annual and perennial plant species; or bare ground.

An occupation for gain or support conducted only by members of a family residing on the premises and conducted entirely within the dwelling and excluding any activity involving the repair, production assembly, manufacture, storage or delivery of goods or materials. Furthermore, no article may be sold or offered for sale on the premises, nor may any goods be publicly displayed on the premises. The conducting of a clinic, hospital, barbershop, beauty parlor, tea room, tourist home, animal hospital, restaurant or any similar use shall not be deemed to be a home occupation.

Any building or group of buildings containing five or more guest rooms, or a group of such buildings designed for the temporary lodging of transient guests. A hotel, motel, or inn is not an agricultural labor camp, apartment, boardinghouse, or similar place of permanent personal residence, rooming house, hospital, nursing facility, or college dormitory. For purposes of this chapter any reference to a hotel shall include hotels, motels, and inns.

Those surfaces which do not absorb water. All buildings, parking areas, driveways, roads, sidewalks, and any areas in concrete, asphalt, and packed stone shall be considered impervious surfaces within this definition. In addition, other areas within the meaning of this definition will also be classed as impervious surfaces. For the purposes of this chapter, the area of water within a swimming pool shall not be classified as impervious.

Any use of a tract of land of at least 50 acres held in single and separate ownership and/or legal control engineered and planned for division into separate and distinct building lots for development solely by said owner, as an industrial park subject to uniform regulations imposed.

A lot, land or structure, or part thereof, used for the collection, storage and sale of waste paper, rags, scrap metal or discarded material; or for the collection, dismantling, storage and salvaging of machinery or vehicles not in running condition, and for the sale of parts thereof.

Any structure used as an establishment to confine two or more domesticated animals, i.e., dogs, cats, etc., commonly kept for the use or pleasure of man. It is intended that such use shall not be for any wild creature whether or not native to the locale of this Township. The use contemplated is for the purpose of breeding, boarding, sale or show. The structure shall be such that the creatures cannot voluntarily stray therefrom.

Natural or artificial bodies of water which retain water year-round. Artificial ponds may be created by dams, or result from excavation. Lakes are bodies of water that are larger than ponds, and generally more than two acres in extent.

The manufacturing, predominantly from previously prepared materials, of finished products or parts, including research and development, processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, and packaging of such products, provided all manufacturing activities are contained entirely within a building.

A building or part of a building with habitable space, conforming to its district, specifically designed to face a public space, masking an inactive use, such as a surface parking lot or parking structure.

Any member of the bovine, equine, and porcine species, including confined domesticated hares, rabbits, horses, ponies, cows, pigs, steers, sheep and goats.

A space, accessible from a street or way, in a building or on a lot, used for the temporary loading or unloading of merchandise or materials onto or from vehicles.

An already existing parcel or a designated parcel of land which is established by a plan of subdivision or land development and occupied, or is to be occupied, by one principal building or other structure or use, together with any accessory buildings or structures or uses customarily incidental to such principal building or other structure or use, and any such open spaces as area arranged or designed to be used in connection with such principal building or other structure or use.

The maximum number of building lots of varying sizes obtainable by application of the lot area percentages to establish the "average lot" of at least six acres in area.

A written, executed, acknowledged and recorded agreement incorporating compliance with the regulations and thereby agreeing to restrict any and all lots from further subdivision in order to insure and maintain the "lot average" concept.

A property boundary line of any lot held in single and separate ownership.

A leisure time activity which requires no equipment or prescribed sites, courts or fields. A use which has an impervious surface ratio of not greater than 5%. Bike riding, hiking, walking and picnicking are included within this definition for the purposes of this chapter.

A site plan to demonstrate use and design compliance for a tract as-a-whole, to be used as sub-areas of the tract are developed.

A shop or store holding a permit issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Health to dispense medical marijuana and that sells medical marijuana to the ultimate consumer. Other retail sales, other activities, accessory/ancillary uses, and outside storage/display are not allowed as a part of this use, nor are they allowed in the same structure as this use. In addition, the establishment and operation of a dispensary shall fully comply with the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act (35 P.S. § 10231.101 et seq.), as may be amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including, but not limited to, Chapters 1141, 1151, and 1161 of Title 28 of the Pennsylvania Code (28 Pa. Code Chapters 1141, 1151 and 1161).

An industrial facility holding a permit issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Health to grow and process medical marijuana and that sells medical marijuana to medical marijuana dispensaries for sale to the ultimate consumer. Retail sales, other activities, accessory/ancillary uses, and outside storage/display are not allowed as a part of this use nor are they allowed in/on the same structure/property as this use. In addition, the establishment and operation of a grower/processor shall fully comply with the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act (35 P.S. § 10231.101 et seq.) and the regulations promulgated thereunder as may be amended, including, but not limited to, Chapters 1141 and 1151 of Title 28 of the Pennsylvania Code (28 Pa. Code Chapters 1141 and 1151).

A building for the use of physicians and other health personnel to provide patients with medical, ambulatory/outpatient procedures, urgent care, diagnostic and healthcare services on an outpatient basis. The treatment and supervision of the patient shall require less than a twenty-four-hour stay. A medical office building may include an ambulatory surgical center, twenty-three-hour stay unit, x-rays and other diagnostic imaging, laboratory and pathology testing and services, the sale and dispensing of prescription drugs, immunizations and home care. A medical office may not be a medical marijuana dispensary. A medical office building may include ancillary services for office workers, such as a restaurant, coffee shop, newsstand and child care facilities, as well as administrative offices, storage, attached or detached oxygen filling station and accessory uses thereto.

A facility in which beer, wine, spirits, or other alcoholic beverages are brewed, fermented, or distilled for distribution and consumption, and which possesses the appropriate license from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and produces less than 1,000 barrels per year (a barrel is approximately 31 gallons). On-site consumption may occur in a tasting room or in a permitted brewpub.

A building designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage space for the purpose of storing items, primarily associated with personal property, generally stored in residential structures. This use shall not provide warehousing and/or distribution for industrial or commercial businesses. No tenant shall use a self-service storage space for the operation of a business or as lodging.

(Also known as “mobile home park.”) A contiguous parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned and improved in compliance with the requirements of the Mobile Home Development District for the placement of mobile homes, conventionally built single-family detached homes, or combinations thereof, for nontransient use; consisting of two or more mobile home lots.

The total acreage within the lot lines, excluding that area continuously covered by water and rights-of-way of existing public roads and overhead utility lines.

A parcel of land in a mobile home development, improved with the necessary utility connections, patio, and other appurtenances necessary for the erection thereon of a single mobile home, and the exclusive use of its occupants.

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

A building or a group of two or more detached or semidetached buildings containing rooms or apartments having separate entrances provided directly or closely in connection with automobile parking or storage space serving such rooms or apartments, which building or group of buildings is designed, intended, or used principally for the providing of sleeping accommodations for automobile travelers and is suitable for occupancy at all seasons of the year.

A trail that permits more than one type of user group at a time, creating a two-way shared use area. The trail is constructed of a hard paved surface or hard compacted cinder to facilitate wheeled and pedestrian trail traffic.

A building owned or operated by Horsham Township or a duly incorporated authority of Horsham Township for the following purposes:

A pond-like structure designed to minimize the detrimental effects of surface water runoff. Naturalized basins are those that exhibit curvilinear shapes reflective of the surrounding topography, and thus tend to blend in with the surrounding environment. Such basins are planted with cover vegetation such as grass, crown vetch, native grasses, and appropriate shrubs and trees based on the intended use of the basin, maintenance requirements, structural integrity of the berm area, and conformity with surrounding landscaping.

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 building, or other structure, use or lot which, by reason of design, size or use, does not conform with the requirements of this chapter.

All nontower wireless communications facilities, including but not limited to antennae and related equipment. Nontower WCF shall not include support structures for antennae and related equipment.

A building used primarily for conducting the affairs of a business, profession, service, industry or government, or like activity, the normal attributes of which do not involve retailing activities on the premises, and may include ancillary services for office workers such as a cafeteria, exercise rooms, coffee shop, newspaper or candy stand.

See definition of “common open space.”

A parcel or parcels of land and/or an area of water within a development site which is dedicated to Horsham Township for public park and recreation use. Municipal open space shall not include land occupied by roads, road rights-of-way, yards or lots of dwelling units, parking areas and driveways, nonmunicipal buildings or school buildings. Municipal open space may contain buildings and associated parking and improvements for recreational use as determined by the Township.

An area set up outside the confines of the commercial structure, which is on the same lot and immediately adjacent to the commercial structure, with tables, chairs, and other furnishings for the purpose of serving food and beverages by an adjoining restaurant, coffee shop, or other food service establishment in which the same food and beverages are offered for sale, sold, and served. Outdoor dining areas do not include a bar and do not include beverage service only. Such area may be covered or open to the elements.

The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land including the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such option or contract is subject to any condition) shall be deemed to be a landowner for the purpose of this chapter.

The position of a facade or wall that extends above the roof.

A relatively flat open area at least 10 feet in width and 200 square feet in area, or of such size as provided in Article V, § 230-33, of this chapter, capable of being used in all types of weather, designed for the storage of one automobile. Said parking space and access drives shall be surfaced with an appropriate all-weather surface material such as asphaltic blacktop or poured concrete over crushed stone or a substitute as may be acceptable to Horsham Township.

A structure of more than one level designed for the temporary or long-term storage of motor vehicles that may contain access ramps. A parking structure may be freestanding or incorporated within a building. Also referred to as "structured parking."

A wall common to but dividing contiguous buildings; such a wall contains no openings and extends from its footing below the finished ground grade to the height of the exterior surface of the roof.

A design principle that emphasizes development and infrastructure that improves the access and environment for pedestrians, rather than automobile users.

A residential development that provides long-term, stable housing for individuals or households who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and who have a disability or other special needs.

A personal service establishment shall include uses such as a barber, beautician, laundry and dry cleaning, nail salon, shoe repair, photographer, newspaper, printer, and travel agency.

Individuals, corporations, companies, associations, joint-stock companies, firms, partnerships, limited-liability companies, corporations and other entities established pursuant to statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; provided that person does not include, or apply to, the Township or to any department or agency of the Township.

The Horsham Township Planning Commission.

An open space that may be landscaped, or paved, typically surrounded by buildings or streets and used for passive recreation and relaxation.

Any type of domestic or wild fowl including chickens, quail, pheasants, ducks and pigeons.

Any facility serving as a meeting place of an association of persons for some common object or purpose whose membership is limited. Such facility shall not serve or make available for consumption alcoholic beverages of any type.

Any facility, access to which is limited to paying members or their guests, whose purpose is to provide various forms of physical activities, including gymnasiums, spas, and other such places providing physical activities.

Environmentally sensitive land adjusted by the applicable open space ratio for the particular resource.

The area or areas of open space designated on the approved Residential Golf Course Community subdivision or land development plan and preserved as open space in perpetuity in accordance with provisions of Article XV.

Public or private outdoor space where the public is directly or indirectly invited to visit or permitted to congregate.

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.

A building or structure and its equipment, used for the transmission and exchange of telephone, radio, television, gas, power, sewer, and water facilities; provided, however, that in a residential district these shall not include public business facilities, storage of materials, trucks or repair facilities, housing of repair crews or communications towers or antennas.

A private or municipal corporation organized and existing for the distribution and sale of water, electricity, gas, or the collection and disposal of sanitary waste or sewage in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A nonprofit agency sanctioned and funded by a unit of government.

A restaurant that satisfies both of the following criteria: the primary method of service is counter service, at which customers order and pick up food from a counter or other central ordering point; and such restaurant features drive-through service, at which customers order and pick up food without leaving their vehicles. A quick-service restaurant differs from a convenience store in that groceries, dry goods, tobacco, and automotive accessories shall not be offered for sale at a quick-service restaurant.

A planned development of a tract combining residential uses in the form of single-family dwellings and golf course villas with the development of a golf course, together with uses incidental thereto, providing for the preservation of open space and the provision of recreational space.

R-1 Low-Density Residential District, R-2 Low-Density Residential, R-2A Low-Density Residential, R-3 Low-Density Residential District, R-4 Medium-Density Residential District, R-5 Residential District, R-6 Residential District, R-7 Residential District, MHD Mobile Home Development District, RGCC Residential Golf Course Community District, MR-1 Mixed Residential-1 District, and MR-2 Mixed Residential-2 District and any additional zoning district which may be added to the chapter which is primarily residential in nature.

A business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but a restaurant may also offer take-out and food delivery services. A restaurant shall not offer service through drive-through facilities.

A retail service establishment shall include uses such as a bakery, ice cream shop, coffee and/or tea shop, or similar shop, florist, gift shop, clock, watch or jewelry shop except pawnbroker shop, household appliance shop, not to include any drive-through services.

The surface of and space above and below any real property in the Township in which the Township has a regulatory interest, or interest as a trustee for the public, as such interests now or hereafter exist, including, but not limited to, all streets, highways, avenues, roads, alleys sidewalks, tunnels, viaducts, bridges, skyways, or any other public place, area, or property under the control of the Township, and any unrestricted public or utility easements established, dedicated, platted, improved or devoted for utility purposes, but excluding lands other than streets that are owned by the Township. The phrase "in the right(s)-of-way" means in, on, over, along, above and/or under the right(s)-of-way.

An area surrounding surface water bodies, including creeks, lakes, watercourses, and wetlands that intercept surface water runoff, wastewater, subsurface flow, and/or deep groundwater flows from upland sources and function 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, attenuate flood flow, and provide opportunities for passive recreation.

The uppermost line of the roof of a building or in the case of an extended facade or parapet, the uppermost height of said facade or parapet.

A private common open space, located on the roof, serving as a gathering space for tenants of a residential building.

See definition of “buffer, screen.”

A plant community characterized by shrub and herbaceous plant species with an average height equal to or less than 20 feet.

A calculation method that determines the number of parking spaces necessary to meet the parking demand on a site where there are multiple uses with different peak periods of parking demand.

A group of commercial establishments, planned and developed as an integrated architectural and functional unit, providing controlled, common vehicular access and parking, and with at least one anchor store of at least 20,000 square feet in size. All commercial buildings with 40,000 or more gross square feet of building area and more than one establishment shall be considered shopping centers unless the building also includes residential use.

Any name, nameplate, emblem, painting, banner, pennant, billboard, poster, panel, display, illustration, structure or visual communication, which is affixed, painted or represented directly or indirectly upon a building or other outdoor surface or the interior of the building visible from the exterior, the property line of a lot or the right-of-way of a public street or highway.

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

The site shall be defined as a parcel or parcels of land intended to have one or more buildings or intended to be developed or to be subdivided into one or more lots.

All land area within the site as determined from an actual site survey rather than from a deed description. When required by this chapter, a minimum area required for a specified use, form of development or subdivision.

A use which may be granted or denied pursuant to express standards or criteria by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with Article XXXVI hereof where provisions therefor are made by the terms of this chapter. In granting a special exception, the Zoning Hearing Board may attach such reasonable conditions and safeguards as it may deem necessary to implement the purposes of this chapter.

Camouflaging methods applied to wireless communications towers, antennae and other facilities 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 antennae, building-mounted antennae painted to match the existing structure and facilities constructed to resemble trees, shrubs, and light poles.

Areas where the average slope exceeds 15%.

A setback in the facade of the building above the lower levels.

Display windows of a building housing a commercial use visible from a street, sidewalk, or other pedestrianway accessible to the public.

That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it or if there is no floor above it, then the space between any floor and the ceiling next above it. A story must have at least one-half its average height above the average level of the finished grade abutting the exterior walls of the building.

A right-of-way municipally or privately owned, serving as a means of vehicular and pedestrian travel, furnishing access to abutting properties, and space for public utilities.

The dividing line between a lot and the outside boundary or legal right-of-way line of a public street, road, or highway legally opened or officially plotted, or between a lot and a privately owned street, road, or way over which the owners or tenants of two or more lots each held in single and separate ownership have the right-of-way.

A primary street is a designated thoroughfare within the town center that serves as a key pedestrian and vehicular corridor. It is intended to support high levels of pedestrian activity, commercial storefronts, and connections to public gathering spaces.

A secondary street is a supporting street within the town center that provides access to buildings, including parking structures, but is not intended to serve as the primary pedestrian or vehicular corridor for through traffic.

The appearance of a street enhanced by the scale and combination of elements including, but not limited to, open areas, landscaping, lighting, benches, and building facades.

A freestanding visual barrier built along the frontage line or in line with the facade, often for the purpose of masking a parking lot from the street.

Any change in or addition to the supporting or structural members of a building, such as the bearing walls, partitions, columns, beams, girders, or enclosing porches or any change which would convert an existing building into a different structure, or adapt it to a different use, or which, in the case of a nonconforming use, would prolong the life of such use.

Any form or arrangement of building materials involving the necessity of providing proper support, bracing, tying, anchoring, or other protection against the forces of the elements.

A structure in which is conducted, or is intended to be conducted, the principal use of the lot on which it is located.

Any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the structure either:

A room that is accessory to a microbrewery, micro-winery, micro-distillery or brewpub where the public can purchase and/or consume only the beer, wine or spirits produced on the site.

A room or suite within a business class hotel, conference hotel, hotel, motel, or inn that is used by its occupants but is not the primary or principal residence of its occupants.

A building in which films are shown or stage shows are performed, regardless of the type of film or program presented. This use does not include open air, outdoor or drive-in theaters. This use does not include adult commercial uses.

Any structure that is used for the purpose of supporting one or more antennae, including, but not limited to, self-supporting lattice towers, guy towers and monopoles, utility poles and light poles. DAS hub facilities are considered to be tower-based WCFs.

Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Any land used or designated to be used as parking space for more than one travel trailer.

A person renting a room or suite in a business class hotel, conference hotel, hotel, motel, or inn for a period of not more than 30 days.

The percentage of a building facade that is occupied by the transparent glass surface of windows and doors that allows visual permeability into and out of the building. Also referred to as "glazing."

The implementation of programs, plans, or policies designed to encourage changes in individual travel behavior and make efficient use of the existing transportation systems. TDM can include an emphasis on alternative travel modes to the single occupant vehicle such as carpools, vanpools, transit, walking, and biking, reduction or elimination of the number of vehicle trips, or shifts in the time of vehicle commutes to other than the peak period.

A vehicular portable structure built on a chassis designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation, vacation, and other short-term uses having a body width not exceeding eight feet and a body length not exceeding 32 feet. Not a mobile home.

Mature trees are those which measure at least six inches dbh (diameter at breast height or 4.5 feet above the ground). Refer to Chapter 198, Subdivision and Land Development, for protection standards.

A facility where trucks load and unload goods, products, cargo, materials and/or freight and where the same are broken down or aggregated into smaller or larger loads for transfer to other motor vehicles or modes of transportation or to other points or junctions. This use may also involve parking, storage, and incidental repairs and maintenance of primarily tractor-trailers and commercial vehicles. A truck terminal/distribution center/fulfillment center may include accessory uses if they are closely related to the principal use, such as, but not limited to, repair, washing, refueling, and maintenance facilities for trucks using the terminal. A truck terminal/distribution center/fulfillment center includes value-added services between a supplier and its customers, such as breaking down of large orders from a single source into smaller orders, products mixing, packaging, cross-docking, order fulfillment, or order returns, and the consolidation of several orders into one large order for distribution to several recipients and vice versa. Materials within a truck terminal/distribution center/fulfillment center are usually stored short-term.

Land or water areas that are suitable and retained for use as active or passive recreation areas.

Any activity, occupation, business or operation carried on, or intended to be carried on, in a building or other structure or on a tract of land.

Relief which may be granted or denied by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with Article XXXVI hereof constituting a modification of, or deviation from, the exact provisions of this chapter as applied to a specific piece of property where it is alleged that the provisions of this chapter inflict unnecessary hardship upon the applicant. In granting a variance, the Zoning Hearing Board may attach such reasonable conditions and safeguards as it may deem necessary to implement the purposes of this chapter.

A group of commercial, eating places, office, retail service, personal service, and related establishments intended to serve the needs of area residents, which is planned, constructed, and managed as a total entity, where parking spaces, stormwater management facilities, access drives, lighting systems, and other improvements are shared by four or more uses.

A building or group of buildings primarily used for the long-term indoor storage, transfer, and distribution of products and materials that have been manufactured, assembled, or harvested, or are being stored with the intent of the processing of materials to sort out which finished goods are to be transported to different locations, and the loading and unloading of such goods. Materials within a warehouse/logistics center are usually supplied to manufacturers or wholesalers rather than directly to consumers.

An intermittent or perennial stream of water, river, brook, creek, swale; a channel or ditch for water, whether natural or man-made.

Those areas that are inundated and saturated by surface 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, an area meeting the official wetland definition of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual, Technical Report Y-87-1; or the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Wetlands Identification and Delineation, Chapter 105 Dam Safety and Waterways Management Rules and Regulations; or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Wetlands Identification Delineation Manual, Volume I, Rational, Wetland Parameters, and Overview of Jurisdictional Approach, Volume II, Field Methodology or the most recently amended reports, will be considered a wetland for the purposes of this chapter. In the event the definition of a wetland accepted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conflicts with the definition of a wetland accepted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, or Environmental Protection Agency, the more restrictive definition shall apply.

Qualified specialist shall include those persons being certified professional soil scientists as registered with Registry of Certified Professionals in Agronomy Crops and Soils; or as contained on consultant's list of Pennsylvania Association of Professional Soil Scientists; or as registered with the National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists; or as certified by state and/or federal certification programs; or by a qualified biologist/ecologist.

An area extending from the outer limit of the wetland that provides habitat for plants and animals, and incorporates both wet and dry areas. Transition areas are an integral part of the wetlands ecosystem that serve as buffers to minimize the adverse impacts of human activities on wetlands.

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

Any person that applies for a wireless communication facility building permit, zoning approval and/or permission to use the public ROW or other Township-owned land or property.

The antennae, 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 services.

A freestanding structure, such as a tower-based wireless communications facility or any other support structure that could support the placement or installation of a wireless communications facility if approved by the Township.

The woodland area shall be measured from the drip line of the outer trees. Woodlands are also 12 or more individual trees which measure at least six inches dbh and form a contiguous canopy. Refer to Chapter 198, Subdivision and Land Development, for protection standards.

An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building or other structure or use, open and unobstructed from the ground to the sky, except for vegetation, cornices, eaves, gutters, chimneys projecting not more than 24 inches, uncovered steps and accessory buildings as herein otherwise permitted.

A document signed by the Zoning Officer, as required by this chapter, as a condition precedent to the commencement of a use or the erection, construction, reconstruction, restoration, alteration, conversion or installation of a structure or building, which acknowledges that such use, structure or building complies with the provisions of this chapter or authorized variance therefrom.