Any unregistered, unlicensed or abandoned automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle, bus, farm machinery, or other motor vehicle which is partially dismantled, or wrecked or junked, or held or stored for scrap or for salvage. "Junk vehicle" shall not mean any motor vehicle classified as an antique motor vehicle by the Motor Vehicle Code of the State of Pennsylvania (75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.), said classification consisting of any self-propelled vehicle, but not a reproduction thereof, owned and operated as an exhibition piece or collector's item, provided that such vehicle shall have noted on its registration record the fact that it is such a special purpose vehicle, or any self-propelled vehicle manufactured more than 25 years prior to the current year, which is used for participation in club activities, exhibits, tours, parades, occasional transportation and similar uses, but is not used for general daily transportation.

See "domestic violence shelter."

One combined entrance/exit point or one clearly defined entrance point, or one clearly defined entrance point separated from another clearly defined exit point. This term shall not include accessways or driveways that are strictly and clearly limited to use by only emergency vehicles; such accesses are permitted by right as needed.

A structure serving a purpose customarily incidental to and subordinate to the use of the principal use and located on the same lot as the principal use. Accessory structures include, but are not limited to, a household garage, household storage shed, detached carport, a household swimming pool, or an accessory storage building to a business use. Accessory structures shall not include prohibited storage units as defined by § 27-302, Subsection 2E. An accessory building is any accessory structure that meets the definition of a building. A portion of a principal building used for an accessory use shall not be considered an accessory building.

A use or structure customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use or building and located on the same lot with such principal use.

An extension or increase in floor area or height of a building or structure. See also "alteration" and "repair."

The tract area remaining when the specified constrained land has been deducted from the gross tract acreage. ATA is used to calculate both density and open space.

Any place to which the public is permitted or invited wherein coin-operated or token-operated or electronically, electrically or mechanically controlled still picture or motion- picture machines, projectors, or other image-producing devices are maintained to show images of five or fewer persons per machine at any one time, and where the images so displayed are distinguished or characterized by the depicting or describing of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas. An adult arcade shall be considered an "adult business" for regulation by this chapter.

Any of the following:

A commercial establishment where, for any form of consideration, films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides, or similar photographic reproductions are regularly shown which are characterized by the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas. An adult motion-picture theater shall be considered an "adult business" for the purpose of this chapter.

A theater, concert hall, auditorium, or similar commercial establishment which regularly features persons who appear in a state of nudity or live performances which are characterized by the exposure of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas. An adult theater shall be considered an "adult business" for regulation by this chapter.

A use that permits the consumption of alcoholic beverages by five or more unrelated persons between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. and that involves some form of monetary compensation paid by such persons for the alcohol or for the use of the premises.

An enterprise that is actively engaged in the commercial production and preparation for market of crops, livestock and livestock products and in the production, harvesting and preparation for market or use of agricultural, agronomic, horticultural, silvicultural and aquacultural crops and commodities. The term includes an enterprise that implements changes in production practices and procedures or types of crops, livestock, livestock products or commodities produced consistent with practices and procedures that are normally engaged by farmers or are consistent with technological development within the agricultural industry. It includes necessary structures within the limits of the parcel and the storage of equipment necessary for production. It excludes agricultural products processing operations, riding academies, livery or boarding stables and dog or other animal kennels.

An industry that involves the processing of raw agricultural products and transforming those products into a more refined, prepared or marketable state; includes, but is not limited to, such uses as sawmills, tanneries, dairies and food canning and freezing operations.

Any activity carried out on a working agricultural operation such as a farm, orchard or vineyard that allows members of the general public, for recreational, entertainment, or educational purposes, to view or enjoy rural activities directly related to or part of the agricultural operation, including farming, wineries, historical, cultural, harvest-your-own activities, or natural activities and attractions. An activity is an "agritourism activity" whether or not the participant paid to participate in the activity.

A tract of land, with or without buildings, where airplanes, jets, helicopters and/or any other type of aircraft land and take off.

Any construction or renovation to an existing structure other than a repair or an addition. See also "addition" and "repair."

Man-made trees, clock towers, bell steeples, light poles, and similar alternative-design mounting structures that camouflage or conceal the presence of antennas or towers.

A building or part of a building in which pinball machines, video games, or other similar player-operated amusement devices are maintained, excluding the use of less than five such devices accessory to any lawful principal use.

A commercially operated park or facility with various devices for entertainment including, but not limited to, rides, games, electronic games and similar devices, food stands and other associated facilities.

The raising and keeping of livestock, small animals and fowl and/or fur-bearing animals with the intent of producing capital gain or profit or with the intent of selling any livestock and/or poultry products.

The raising and keeping of livestock and/or small animals and fowl for personal satisfaction or consumption and with no intent of producing capital gain or profit or with no the intent of selling any livestock and/or poultry products.

A facility used to house or contain stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted animals and that is owned operated, or maintained by a public body, established humane society, animal welfare society (such as the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), or other nonprofit organization devoted to the welfare protection and humane treatment of animals.

Any exterior device or apparatus designed for cellular, digital, telephonic, radio, pager, commercial mobile radio, television, microwave or any other wireless communications through sending and/or receiving of electromagnetic waves including, without limitation, omnidirectional or whip antennas and directional or panel antennas. This definition shall not include private residence-mounted satellite dishes or television antennas or amateur radio equipment including, without limitation, ham or citizens band radio antennas.

The vertical distance measured from the base of the antenna support structure at grade to the highest point of the structure, including any antennas attached thereto or forming a part thereof. If the support structure is on a sloped grade, then the average between the highest and lowest grades shall be used in calculating the antenna height.

Any communication tower or any other structure which supports an antenna.

A dwelling unit for rent and/or lease that is intended to be a separate use other than the principal use of the building.

An individual, trustee, executor or other fiduciary, corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization or other entity acting as a unit, and his/her/its heirs, successors and assigns, which is seeking an approval or permit pursuant to this chapter.

Any application required to be filed for approval in accord with the requirements of this chapter.

Any fully enclosed building used for shooting of arrows for recreational or training purposes. Any such commercial operation, any such area operated by any private, nonprofit entity or any community association, any such area operated by any sportsman's, recreation or fraternal club or association with 25 or more members, and any such area which is used or is intended to be used for more than five hours in any one week shall be considered an "indoor archery range" for the purposes of this chapter. Considered a recreation facility, commercial for regulation by this chapter.

Any area not within a fully enclosed building used for the shooting of arrows for recreational or training purposes which is a commercial operation, or which is operated by any government entity, private nonprofit entity, or any sportsman's, recreation or fraternal club or association.

An establishment or work space for the creation, manufacture, and/or preparation of individually crafted art work, jewelry, furniture, sculpture, pottery, art photography, leather craft, handwoven articles, and related items; it may also include the sale, loan, or display of such items.

A place where objects of art, furniture, and other goods are offered for sale to persons who bid on the object in competition with each other.

A facility used for the sale of motor vehicles or equipment by auction, primarily to dealers.

An establishment which rents automobiles, but no other types of vehicles or equipment.

A secondary covering attached to the exterior wall of a building, typically composed of canvas, or vinyl laminated to polyester fabric, or woven of acrylic, cotton or polyester yarn, that is stretched tightly over a light structure of aluminum, iron or steel, located above a window, door, or above the area along a sidewalk.

An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange or issue of money, for the extension of credit, and for facilitating the transmission of funds.

An enclosed floor area partly or wholly below the finished grade with at least half of its floor-to-finished height above the average level of the adjoining finished grade, and with a floor-to-ceiling height of not less than 6.5 feet. A basement shall be counted as a story for the purpose of the building height measurement if the vertical distance between the ceiling and the average level of the adjoining ground is more than five feet. See "cellar."

An owner or operator-occupied single-family dwelling in which transient visitors to the area are lodged for compensation, meals for lodging guests may or may not be included, and no cooking facilities are provided in any rental room.

An establishment with the principal use of playing cue sports such as pool, snooker or carom billiard.

A tract of land, a lot or groups of lots bounded by streets, public parks, watercourses, municipal boundary lines, unsubdivided land or by any combination of the above.

The Board of Supervisor of Jackson Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

A residential use in which:

A restaurant or tavern, as defined herein, that includes as an accessory use the brewing of malt beverages of alcoholic and/or nonalcoholic content which produces less than 15,000 gallons of malt beverages per year. Considered a "restaurant" for regulation by this chapter. (See also "microbrewery.")

A facility for the production and packaging of malt beverages of alcoholic and/or nonalcoholic content for retail or wholesale distribution, on or off the premises, and which produces 15,000 gallons or more of malt beverages per year. Considered "agricultural products processing" for regulation by this chapter. (See also "microbrewery.")

A strip of land with fencing, dense vegetative planting, additional setback distances, berms or a combination thereof that separates one use from another use or feature and is not occupied by any building, parking, outdoor storage or any use other than open space or approved pedestrian pathways, permitted vehicular access aisles or improvements which are used to provide separation between incompatible uses to effect a visual barrier, block physical passage between uses, and reduce noise, dust and litter.

The area of land immediately adjacent to any wetland, lake, pond, vernal pond, or stream, measured perpendicular to and horizontally from the delineated edge of the wetland, lake, pond, or vernal pond, or the top-of-bank on both sides of a stream, to provide separation from an intensive land use area (e.g., subdivision, farm) and minimize sediment and other pollutant loading; also referred to as "filter strips," "vegetated filter strips," and "grassed buffers."

Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of any individual, animal, process, equipment, services, goods or materials of any kind or nature.

An area on a lot or development parcel which has been designated as the area in which development may occur. Building envelopes are identified by building setbacks, conservation areas, site conditions and other factors, and shall be specifically designated on the development plan and established by deed covenants and restrictions.

The average vertical distance from finished grade at the front and rear of the building to the top of the highest roof beams on a flat or shed roof, to the deck level on a mansard roof, and the average distance between the eaves and the ridge level for gable, hip, and gambrel roofs, not including chimneys, spires, elevator shaft extensions, mechanical appurtenances, and similar projections.

See "setback."

The horizontal measurement between two vertical structural walls that are generally parallel of one building, measured in one direction that is most closely parallel to the required lot width. For attached housing, this width shall be the width of each dwelling unit, measured from the center of each interior party wall and from the outside of any exterior wall. For detached buildings, this width shall be measured from the outside of exterior walls.

Any facility where gasoline is stored in bulk for distribution by delivery truck, or where fuel, including, but not limited, to kerosene, home heating oil, diesel fuel, gasoline, or propane, is stored in large volume tanks for distribution to retail or wholesale establishments; or any retail home heating fuel distributor where the storage of fuel on the site exceeds a combined total of 20,000 gallons.

A building which has one or more walls or portions thereof in common with an adjacent building. See "addition."

A building surrounded by open space on all four sides within the same lot.

A building in which the primary or predominate use of a lot is conducted, including any structure that is physically attached to the principal building.

Any shed-like structure, usually open on one or more sides, located along the regular route of a public bus, van or other vehicle, including an official school bus, whose purpose is to provide temporary shelter for the users of the vehicle while they are waiting.

An area and/or building where passengers load on and unload from buses, and where parking for passenger vehicles and ticket sales are normally part of the operation, but without bus maintenance and repair facilities.

An area and/or building where buses, limousines, and or taxis are stored or parked on a regular basis with or without maintenance and repair facilities.

An enterprise, occupation, trade, or profession engaged in, either continuously or temporarily, for profit. The term "business" shall include the occupancy or use of a building or premises or any portion thereof for the transaction of a business or the rendering or receiving of professional or personal service.

A use comprised primarily of administrative and clerical services and involving no retail trade, lodging, warehousing or manufacturing. Such uses include, but are not limited to, financial services, legal services, travel agencies, insurance agencies, corporate offices and other similar uses.

Establishments primarily engaged in rendering services to businesses, including such activities as advertising and mailing, credit reporting and collection, duplicating, mailing, telemarketing, stenographic services, employment services, research and development and other similar services.

A parcel or parcels of land with lodging facilities where transient clientele participate in organized recreation, receive instruction or training, or are afforded peace, quiet, privacy or security.

A planned development, under single ownership, for rental, license or lease only, of sites for use as tent and/or recreational vehicle camping, on a temporary basis only, with recreational and service facilities, including central water and sewage.

A defined area within a campground to be used for camping purposes, and acting as a site for recreational vehicles, marked by the developer on a plan as a numbered, lettered, or otherwise identified plot of land.

An overhanging projection or covering, usually supported on poles, and made of canvas, fabric, plastic or other materials; or a roof over an accessory structure including, but not limited to, gasoline pumps and an ATM (automated teller machine).

Any building or premises or portions thereof used for commercial purposes for washing motorcycles, passenger cars and other two-axle, four-tire, single-unit vehicles without trailers. See "truck wash."

Establishments that provide food, shelter, personal assistance, supervision, and/or medical or other health-related services for individuals not in need of hospitalization, but who, because of age, illness, disease, injury, convalescence, or physical or mental infirmity, need such care.

A roofed building intended for the storage of one or more motor vehicles, but which is not enclosed on all sides by walls or doors. If any portion of a carport is attached to a principal building, it shall be considered to be part of that building.

An enclosed floor area partly or wholly below the finished grade with at least half of its floor-to-finished height below the average level of the adjoining finished grade, or with a floor-to-ceiling height of less than 6.5 feet. See "basement."

A place for the interment of deceased pets or human beings, by cremation or in a grave, mausoleum, vault, columbarium or other receptacle, or a memorial garden/area for the dispersal of cremated remains, but not including a private family cemetery.

A document issued by the Township stating that a newly constructed or altered building, structure, and/or use complies with this chapter and/or the Uniform Construction Code[1] and may be lawfully used.

Any conversion of a use from one use as regulated by this chapter to a different regulated use.

The physical device that provides a connection from a power source to an electric vehicle.

See "place of worship."

An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections defined by the right-of-way lines of the streets and by a line of sight between points on the street right-of-way lines at a given distance from the intersection of the right-of-way lines.

An establishment where patients are admitted for examination and treatment on an outpatient basis by one or more physicians, dentists, other medical personnel, psychologists, or social workers and where patients require a stay of less than 24 hours. Considered a "health facility" for regulation by this chapter.

An area of land or building used by a nonprofit civic, social, fraternal, recreational, religious, political, labor union, or educational association of persons (established via a meaningful and substantial membership system as opposed to a token system) to pursue common goals, interests, or activities, usually with the payment of fees and dues, regular meetings, and a charter and bylaws, but which is not routinely open to members of the general public and which is not primarily operated as a for-profit business. A private club or privet lodge shall not include commercial recreation clubs such tennis or racquetball clubs or any other use which is specifically defined by this chapter. This use does not include a target range for outdoor shooting, a boardinghouse, a tavern, a restaurant, an auditorium or any other use specifically listed on the Table of Permitted Uses, unless that particular use is permitted in that zoning district and the requirements of that use are met.

Locating wireless communications equipment from more than one provider on a single site.

An educational institution authorized by the state to award associate, baccalaureate, or higher degrees.

An occupation, employment, or enterprise carried on for profit by the owner, lessee, or licensee. The sale of goods or services from a vehicle on a lot shall also be considered to be a commercial use.

The Jackson Township Planning Commission.

All of the real property and improvements dedicated for the common use and enjoyment of the residents of a particular development, including, but not limited to, open land, development improvements, common facilities, and recreation area.

An entity licensed by the FCC or a state agency to supply local and/or long-distance telecommunication services to the general public at established and stated prices.

Improvements in a development that are not required by the Township but have been constructed as part of a development for the common use and enjoyment of the residents of that development, including, but not limited to, community centers, recreation buildings and structures, and administrative and maintenance buildings.

A guyed, monopole, or self-supporting tower, constructed as a freestanding structure or in association with a building, other permanent structure or equipment, containing one or more antennas intended for transmitting and/or receiving television, AM/FM radio, digital, microwave, cellular, telephone, or other similar forms of electronic communication. The term includes, but is not limited to, radio and television transmission towers, personal communications service towers (PCS), microwave towers, common carrier towers, cellular telephone towers, alternative tower structures, and the like. This definition does not include any structure erected solely for a residential, noncommercial individual use, such as television antennas, satellite dishes or amateur radio antennas.

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

See "property owners association."

A facility using land for processing of municipal waste by composting. The term includes land thereby affected during the lifetime of the operations, including, but not limited to, areas where composting actually occurs, support facilities, borrow areas, offices, equipment sheds, air and water pollution control and treatment systems, access roads, associated on-site or contiguous collection, transportation and storage facilities, closure and postclosure care and maintenance activities and other activities in which the natural land surface has been disturbed as a result of or incidental to operation of the facility. The term does not include a facility for composting residential municipal waste that is located at the site where the waste was generated.

The most recent Comprehensive Plan (which may be a regional plan) adopted by Jackson Township, including all maps, charts and textual matter.

Any livestock operation which is defined as a concentrated animal feeding operation by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania regulations.

A use in a particular zoning district to be allowed or denied by the Board of Supervisors pursuant to public notice and hearing and recommendation of the Township Planning Commission as authorized by Section 603(c)(2) of the Municipalities Planning Code.[2]

As defined in Section 3103 of the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act,[3] 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.

As defined in Section 3103 of the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act, a portion of the condominium designated for separate ownership, the boundaries of which are described pursuant to Section 3205(4) of the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act.[4]

A facility used for conferences and seminars, with accommodations for recreation, entertainment, sleeping, food preparation and eating, resource facilities, meeting rooms, fitness and health centers, and retail stores and services primarily for conference center guests.

A large, privately owned and maintained lot comprising part of the required conservation open space in a conservation subdivision.

Those areas of a development tract which are comprised of environmentally sensitive lands on which development is minimized.

Lands containing secondary resources that are conserved as a part of conservation open space.

A subdivision designed at the regulated dwelling unit density where individual lots are reduced in size, important natural resources are conserved, and the resultant open space is preserved in perpetuity.

A right or interest in land granted primarily for the preservation of the land in its undeveloped state but which may allow limited development (e.g., a residential structure) and other compatible uses such as agriculture and forestry.

Selected resources and areas of restricted land multiplied by a protection factor, totaled and used for the calculation of adjusted tract area related to conservation design development.

The erection, reconstruction, renovation, repair, extension, expansion, alteration or relocation of a building or structure, including the placement of mobile homes.

Any premises used as the base of operation by any tradesman or contractor for the storage of equipment, vehicles and supplies.

A retail establishment of up to 5,000 square feet, selling prepackaged food products, household items, newspapers and magazines, candy, and beverages, a limited amount of freshly prepared foods such as sandwiches and salads for off-premises consumption, self-service fuel or other goods commonly associated with the same.

A subdivision designed at the dwelling unit density specified in this chapter where individual lot reduction is not permitted.

An enclosure for confining livestock and which is typically attached to or situated in close proximity to a stable or barn as contrasted to a pasture.

A public or private facility used to house and/or rehabilitate adults or juveniles detained, sentenced or adjudicated delinquent by the criminal justice system, including, but not limited to, jails, prisons, penitentiaries, reformatories, halfway houses, transitional living facilities, juvenile detention facilities, and similar facilities.

A recreational property owned and managed by a nonprofit membership organization including recreational facilities, restaurant and meeting rooms, but not including property owner association facilities or other properties operated for profit.

The County of Monroe, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The Planning Commission of Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

See "lot coverage."

A furnace or establishment for the incineration of human or animal corpses.

An agricultural use involving the use of land for the raising of cultivated plants or agricultural produce such as grain, vegetables, silage, or fruit. The definition excludes "commercial greenhouses" and "commercial nurseries" as defined by this chapter.

Specialized data storage centers that house a large number of computers (mining rigs) dedicated to solving complex mathematical problems to validate transactions and add new blocks to a blockchain to produce newly minted cryptocurrency.

A public- or nonprofit-operated building open to the public which contains exhibits of a cultural interest, such as a museum, art gallery, nature center, library, etc.

Generally includes utilities, utility lines, electrical substations, pump stations, water towers, mechanical equipment and environmental controls (air conditioning or cooling towers, fire suppression, etc.), redundant/backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections, and security operations when located on the same parcel or assemblage of adjacent parcels developed as a unified development for a data storage center.

Includes any data center accessory uses which in an un-muffled state generate noise in excess of the permitted maximum dB(A) in § 27-1242.1.Q at the point of generation. DCE shall be accessory to the data storage center and be located on the same parcel or assemblage of adjacent parcels developed as a unified development for a data storage center.

A facility used primarily for the storage, management, processing, and transmission of digital data, which houses computer or network equipment, systems, servers, appliances, and other associated components related to digital data storage and operations. "Data storage center" may also include data center equipment and/or data center accessory uses when located on the same parcel or assemblage of adjacent parcels developed as a unified development. The data storage center use shall be inclusive of cryptocurrency mining facilities.

A final adjudication of any board or other body granted jurisdiction under this chapter, either by reason of the grant of exclusive jurisdiction or by reason of appeals from determinations. All decisions shall be appealable to a court of competent jurisdiction.

An attached or unattached platform structure elevated more than six inches and constructed with no walls and with no roof.

An agreement entered into with the Board of Supervisors, and recorded with the Monroe County Recorder of Deeds, detailing the timing, as well as the steps and procedures that will be taken, to decommission a solar energy facility and the amount, form and timing of financial security to assure the timely completion of the same, which shall be in form and content acceptable to the Board of Supervisors.

The total number of dwelling units per unit of land.

See "building, detached."

Final action by an officer, body or agency, charged with the administration of this chapter or applications hereunder, which has that authority as stated in various parts of this chapter. Determinations shall be appealable only to the Boards designated as having jurisdiction for such appeal.

Any landowner or agent thereof, or tenant or equitable owner under an agreement of sale having the permission of the landowner, who makes or causes to be made a subdivision of land or a land development.

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

All the physical additions and changes to a tract and the constructed facilities necessary and/or required by the municipality to produce a usable and functional development, including, but not limited to, roads, parking areas, stormwater controls and drainage easements, landscaped areas, utilities, and water supplies and sewage disposal systems.

A proposed development, prepared in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 22, Subdivision and Land Development, including a plat of the subject parcel and any subdivision, locations of various uses, and all covenants relating to uses, locations and sizes of buildings and other structures, intensity of use or density of development, streets, ways, and parking facilities, common open spaces and public facilities.

Any structure erected by a developer, within the confines of a subdivision, used as an office on a short-term basis for the promotion of sales of real estate exclusively within the confines of the subdivision, with ultimate use of the structure to conform to a permitted use, special exception or conditional use in the district in which the structure is located.

An area or structure where trucks load and unload goods, products, cargo, materials and/or freight and where the same may be 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. A truck terminal includes value-added services between a supplier and its customers, such as breaking down of large orders from a single source into smaller orders, product 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/or vice versa.

A land area within the Township within which certain uniform regulations and requirements apply under the provisions of this chapter.

A residence providing food, shelter, medical care, legal assistance, personal guidance, or other services to persons who have been victims of domestic violence, including any children of such victims, and who temporarily require shelter and assistance in order to protect their physical or psychological welfare.

A building used as group living quarters for a student body or religious order as an accessory use to a college, university, boarding school, convent, monastery, or similar institutional use which is owned by and is located on the same parcel as the institution it serves.

An establishment that by design, physical facilities, service, or packaging procedures encourages or permits customers to receive services or obtain goods while remaining in their motor vehicles.

See "theater, drive-in."

A privately owned and constructed vehicular access from an approved private or public road into a lot or parcel having frontage or legal access on the said road.

See "solid waste landfill."

A structure or portion thereof which is used exclusively for human habitation.

A structure or portion thereof that is used exclusively for human habitation in conjunction with an approved nonresidential use.

One or more rooms, designed, occupied, or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters, with cooking, sleeping, and sanitary facilities provided within the dwelling unit for the exclusive use of a single family maintaining a household. Any part of a dwelling structure which is not connected with full unrestricted access to all other parts of the dwelling structure is considered a separate dwelling unit.

One or more rooms with private bath and kitchen facilities constituting an independent, self-contained dwelling unit in a building containing three or more dwelling units.

A single-family detached dwelling on an individual lot, with the building set on, or close to, one side property line, so that the lot essentially has only one side yard. This side yard and the rear yard constitute the primary outdoor living areas for the dwelling. Typically, no windows are placed in the building wall that is on the lot line. If the building is set on the lot line, a five-foot easement is provided on the adjacent property along the lot line for necessary access and maintenance of the building wall.

See also "multifamily project." A building or buildings designed for occupancy by three or more families living independently of each other in separate dwelling units. The term "multifamily dwelling" shall include condominium as well as noncondominium housing units including the following construction types:

Four attached single-family dwellings in one building in which each unit has two open space exposures and shares one or two walls with an adjoining unit or units.

A building containing one dwelling unit that is not attached to any other dwelling by any means and is surrounded by open space or yards.

A building containing two dwelling units, either attached side-by-side through the use of a vertical party wall and having one side yard adjacent to each dwelling unit, or upstairs/downstairs units. (See also "multifamily project" for two-family dwellings in a multifamily project.)

Any construction or other activity which disturbs the surface of the land, including, but not limited to, excavations, embankments, land development, subdivision development, mineral extraction and the moving, depositing or storing of soil, rock or earth.

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

A worker or proprietor (including both part-time and full-time, both compensated and volunteer, and both employee and contractor) present on a lot at any one time, other than clearly temporary and occasional persons working on physical improvements to the site.

Construction of any building, structure or any obstruction or illegal or unauthorized intrusion within the boundaries of any adjacent land, right-of-way street, setback, watercourse or public or reserved ground shown or laid out on any Official Map, Township-approved plot plan or in violation of any provision of set forth in this chapter.

A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the Engineer of the Township.

To build, construct, alter, repair, display, relocate, attach, hang, place, suspend or affix any building or structure.

A person who, for consideration, agrees or offers to act as a companion, guide, or date for another person, or who agrees or offers to privately model lingerie or to privately perform a striptease for another person.

A person or business association or establishment which furnishes, offers to furnish, or advertises to furnish escorts as one of its primary business purposes for a fee, tip, or other consideration. An escort agency shall be considered an "adult business" for regulation by this chapter.

Municipal or utility facilities that do not require enclosure in a building which are necessary for the public health and safety and which are routine, customary and appropriate to the character of the area in which proposed, including such facilities as poles, towers, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, and other similar equipment. Buildings, sewage treatment plants, solid waste disposal facilities, commercial communication towers, utility company offices, storage of trucks or equipment and bulk storage, any commercial communications devices and any other use specifically defined by this chapter shall not be considered "essential services." For essential services requiring enclosure in a building see "semipublic building or use."

A type of service establishment that offers indoor or outdoor recreational facilities, such as the following: weight rooms, exercise equipment, nonhousehold pool and racquetball courts.

A booth or stall on a farm and from which produce and farm products grown on the premises are sold to the general public.

The seasonal selling or offering for sale at retail of vegetables or produce, flowers, orchard products, and similar nonanimal agricultural products, occurring in a predesignated area, where the vendors are individuals who have raised the vegetables or produce or have taken the same on consignment for retail sale.

The Federal Communications Commission.

Any artificially constructed barrier of any material or combination of materials erected to enclose or screen areas of land or to be used as a means of protection or confinement, also, a structure which permanently or temporarily prohibits or inhibits unrestricted travel between properties or portions of properties or between the street or public right-of-way and a property. The term "wall" does not include engineering retaining walls, which are permitted uses as needed in all districts. The terms "fence" and "wall" do not include hedges, trees or shrubs.

See "bank."

The importing of trees or firewood from any property to any another property for cutting or sale for use as firewood. This may include the storage of the cut trees and firewood, and customers on the site to purchase firewood, but no other retail sales. This shall not include the cutting by a property owner of trees growing on his property for sale as firewood. Considered "agricultural products processing" for regulation by this chapter.

Any sales activity conducted entirely in an enclosed building where stalls or sales areas may be set aside and rented or otherwise provided which are intended for use by various unrelated individuals and at which articles that are either homemade, homegrown, handcrafted, old, obsolete, or antique are sold, and which may include the selling of goods at retail by businesses or individuals who are generally engaged in retail trade. Considered a "retail business" for regulation by this chapter.

Any sales activity conducted in the open air or under any pavilion or other building, tent or structure which is not fully enclosed where stalls or sales areas may be set aside and rented or otherwise provided which are intended for use by various unrelated individuals and at which articles that are either homemade, homegrown, handcrafted, old, obsolete, or antique are sold, and which may include the selling of goods at retail by businesses or individuals who are generally engaged in retail trade.

See Chapter 8, Floodplains, for this and related definitions.

The sum of the total horizontal areas of all floors of a building measured from the exterior face of exterior walls, or from the center line of a wall separating two buildings, but not including interior parking spaces, loading space for vehicles, any space where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than six feet, elevator shafts, common stairwells in an apartment building, and unenclosed porches, decks and breeze ways.

That portion of the gross floor area within a building having a distance between floor and ceiling of at least seven feet for residential structures and at least 7 1/2 feet for nonresidential structures, and not including garage or accessory building space.

The total of all floor areas of a building, excluding stairwells and elevator shafts, equipment rooms, interior vehicular parking or loading, and all floors below the first or ground floor, except when these are used or intended to be used for human habitation or service to the public.

The management of forests and timberlands when practiced in accord with accepted silvicultural principles, through developing, cultivating, harvesting, transporting and selling trees for commercial purposes, which does not involve any of the following: a land development, the operation of a sawmill or the operation of any other wood manufacturing business.

A building containing sleeping rooms, bathrooms, common rooms, and a central kitchen and dining room maintained exclusively for fraternity or sorority members and their guests or visitors and affiliated with an institution of higher learning.

See "lot frontage."

A building or part thereof used for human or animal funeral services (a crematorium is a separate regulated use). Such building may contain space and facilities for any of the following:

Animals raised or trapped in the wild for their pelts such as mink, sable, and ermine.

Any facility in which any form of gaming is conducted as authorized by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania including, without limitation, gaming authorized by: i) the Pennsylvania Racehorse Development and Gaming Act, P.L. 572, No. 71, 4 Pa.C.S.A § 1101 et seq., as amended from time to time (the Racehorse Development and Gaming Act); and ii) the Racehorse Industry Reform Act, P.L. 435, No. 135, 4 P.S. § 325.101 et seq., as amended from time to time (the Racehorse Reform Act).[5] Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this chapter, the term "gaming establishments" shall not include or encompass facilities or establishments at which small games of chance are played or facilities participating in any lottery authorized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A deck, building, or parking structure, or part thereof, used or intended to be used for the parking and storage of vehicles.

A structure that is accessory to an institutional, commercial, or manufacturing establishment, building, or use and is primarily for the parking and storage of vehicles operated by the customers, visitors, and employees of such building and that is not available to the general public.

A structure that is accessory to a single- or two-family dwelling, is used for the parking and storage of vehicle(s) owned and operated by the residents thereof, and is not a separate commercial enterprise available to the general public.

A structure or portion thereof, other than a private customer and employee garage or private residential garage, used primarily for the parking and storage of vehicles and available to the general public.

A retail establishment engaged in the sale of ornamental trees, shrubs and plants and supplies for gardening and landscaping. Considered "retail business" for regulation by this chapter.

An unenclosed, detached, covered accessory structure primarily used for recreation or socializing.

A tract of land for playing golf, improved with trees, greens, fairways, hazards, and which may include clubhouses and shag ranges; but does not include miniature golf courses or golf driving ranges.

A novelty version of golf played with a putter and golf ball on a miniature course, typically with artificial playing surfaces, and including obstacles such as bridges and tunnels.

A facility arranged with golf tees and used for longer range play of golf balls where balls are supplied for a fee. It may also include a putting green.

The elevation of ground or paving.

The elevation of completed surfaces of lawns, walks, roads and other fills and excavations brought to grades as shown on official plans.

The elevation of the ground level in its natural state before construction, filling, or excavation.

A facility, including necessary structures, where grain is received and stored on site until it is prepared for reshipment or is prepared for use as an ingredient in other products, and is then shipped to other manufactures. Considered "manufacturing, light" for regulation by this chapter.

A facility meeting applicable PADEP requirements which is operated by a municipality or a property owners association (see definition) where municipal waste and recyclables are collected for transport to another site for disposal or processing.

A structure, typically constructed of metal or wood framework and covered with glass or plastic, used for the propagation of plants for wholesale or retail distribution and including associated structures for office space and storage but not including retail sales of any products or services.

An accessory structure typically constructed of metal or wood framework and covered with glass or plastic, for private noncommercial use.

See "floor area, gross."

See "care facilities."

Any dwelling or portion thereof designed or used for at least three persons unrelated to each other or to any family occupying the dwelling unit and having common eating facilities. Group quarters include, but are not limited to, lodging or boardinghouses, fraternity and sorority houses and dormitories, and other quarters of an institutional nature. Such quarters must be associated with a religious, educational, charitable or philanthropic institution.

An accessory building or structure, together with any associated gates and related equipment, which is designed, occupied and operated for the purpose of controlling vehicular access.

A communication tower that is supported, in whole or in part, by guy wires and ground anchors.

That portion of the gross floor area within a building having distance between floor and ceiling of at least six feet for residential structures and at least 7 1/2 feet for nonresidential structures, and not including garage or accessory building space.

A transitional facility for individuals after release from institutionalization (as for mental disorder, drug addiction, or criminal activity) that is designed to facilitate their readjustment to private life.

A product or waste, or combination of substances that because of the quantity, concentration, physical or infectious characteristics, which if not properly treated, stored, transported, used or disposed of, or otherwise managed, would create a potential threat to public health through direct or indirect introduction into groundwater resources and the subsurface environment which includes the soil and all subsequent materials located below. Such hazardous material includes, but is not limited to, materials which are included on the latest edition of one or more of the following lists:

Hazardous substances included on the list of "Extremely Hazardous Substances" in 29 Code of Federal Regulations Part 355, or its successor provisions.

An establishment primarily engaged in providing services for human health maintenance, including abused person shelters, medical clinics, hospital facilities, nursing homes and adult care facilities, and personal care homes or centers, whether publicly or privately operated.

An administrative proceeding conducted by the Planning Commission, governing body, or Zoning Hearing Board pursuant the requirements of this chapter.

An area, either at ground level or elevated on a structure, licensed by the federal government and/or the commonwealth for the loading, landing, and takeoff of helicopters and including auxiliary facilities, such as parking, waiting room, fueling, and maintenance equipment.

A heliport without auxiliary facilities, such as parking, waiting rooms, fueling and maintenance equipment, limited to a maximum total of 15 flights or takeoffs in any seven-day period (in addition to flights necessary for emergency medical purposes) and that is not available for use by the general public.

The use of a portion of a dwelling unit, such as an office, studio or workroom, for occupation at home by one or more persons residing in the dwelling unit. See also "no-impact home-based business."

A government or nonprofit corporation facility providing temporary housing to indigent, needy or homeless persons.

See "property owners association."

Any animal of the horse family or resembling a horse including, but not limited to, horses, ponies, mules and donkeys.

An institution or establishment providing primary health services and medical or surgical care to persons, primarily inpatients, and including, as an integral part of the institution, related facilities such as laboratories, outpatient facilities training facilities, medical offices, or staff residences. Considered a "health facility" for regulation by this chapter.

A facility offering temporary (generally for periods of two weeks or less and not intended to be used as a residence) lodging accommodations to the general public, typically on the basis of daily or weekly rentals, and providing additional services such as restaurants, meeting rooms and recreational facilities.

Land and/or a stream or body of water and adjacent area on any bank thereof, owned or leased by a person or group of persons duly formed as a club, used principally for hunting or fishing, open only to members and guests and involving no buildings other than those for lodging, eating and sanitary facilities for members and guests and accessory structures.

A surface that prevents the percolation of water into the ground, such as rooftops, pavement, sidewalks, driveways, gravel drives, roads and parking, and compacted fill, earth or turf to be used as such.

See "development improvements."

A facility not located on the same lot where the wastewater is generated which is used for treating and removing any harmful chemicals, compounds (including the flowback water and solutions used in the process of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas), nutrients, organics, solids, radionuclides or other materials prior to being transported off-site for reuse or discharged into a stream or into the soil. Such a facility typically includes a multibay truck loading/unloading station, skim ponds for oil/water separation, water clarifiers, sludge dewatering facilities, reverse osmosis units, evaporators, chemical feed equipment, pumps and other appurtenances.

Establishments engaged in the basic mechanical, chemical or other transformation of extracted or raw materials or substances into new products or materials, including, but not limited to, the assembly of component parts, the manufacturing or transformation of products for use by other manufacturers, the blending of materials such as lubricating oils, plastics, resins or liquors, other basic industrial processes, mineral processing, and any facility involving processes resulting in the nonincidental storage of hazardous materials or the generation of hazardous waste products, or other environmentally hazardous processes.

An area of land, with or without buildings, used for the storage, outside a completely enclosed building, of junk, as defined by this chapter, with or without the dismantling, processing, salvage, sale or other use or disposition of the same. Vehicle sales lots managed by licensed vehicle dealers operated in accord with this chapter shall not be considered junkyards. The following shall also be considered junkyards:

Any of the following:

A natural or artificial body of water 1/4 acre or larger which retains water year-round. Artificial ponds may be created by dams, or result from excavation.

See "solid waste facility."

The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land, the holders of an option or contract to purchase (without regard to any conditions of sale), a lessee having a remaining term of not less than 40 years, or any other person having a proprietary interest in the land.

An individual freestanding building or multiple building development in which the combined total of all structures and outdoor sales areas within the development (regardless of diverse lotting, use or tenancy) combine to total 20,000 square feet or more of gross floor area, used for conference centers; gaming establishments; hotels; motels; commercial recreation facilities; restaurants; retail businesses; service establishments; taverns; theaters; or similar patron-based uses, but not including camps, retreats, country clubs, and resorts.

A guyed or self-supporting three- or four-sided, open, steel frame structure used to support communications equipment.

Cattle, bison, sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas, swine, ostriches, emus, and similar animals.

See "animal husbandry, commercial."

An interior or exterior off-street space or berth used for the loading or unloading of people, cargo, products, or materials from vehicles.

See "residency, long term."

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

The horizontal land area contained within the property lines of a lot measured in acres or square feet.

(Applies to the creation of new lots; does not apply to the determination of lot size nonconformity; instead, the definition of "lot area" is applied.) The horizontal land area contained within the property lines of a lot expressed in acres or square feet after deducting the following areas of constrained land from the total lot area:

That portion of the lot covered by all created improvements, including but not limited to primary buildings, decks, porches, accessory buildings, paving, patios, sidewalks, pools and other impervious areas, provided that where a municipal boundary bisects a lot, the total area of the lot, regardless of the municipal boundary, shall be used for the purpose of determining compliance with the permitted lot coverage.

The horizontal distance between the midpoint of the front lot line and the midpoint of the rear lot line.

The horizontal distance between side lot lines or the projection of the side lot lines, measured along a straight line drawn perpendicular to a line joining the midpoints of the front and rear lot lines at a point equivalent to the minimum front setback applying to the lot.

The property lines bounding the lot. Wherever a property line borders a public street, for the purposes of determining setbacks, the lot line is considered to be the existing street right-of-way line or line that will exist at the time of completion of a subdivision or development.

The horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a lot measured at right angles to its depth along a straight line parallel to the front lot line at the minimum required or approved front and rear building lines. In the case of a lot fronting on a cul-de-sac turnaround or curve, along a chord perpendicular to a radial line located equidistant between the side lot lines, the said chord shall intersect the radial line at a point located at the required or approved building setback line.

A lot or parcel of land abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection or upon two parts of the same street forming an interior angle of less than 135°. A lot abutting upon a curved street or streets shall be considered a corner lot if the tangent to the curve at the points beginning within the lot or at the points of intersection of the side lot lines with the street lines intersect at an angle of less than 135°.

Any lot or parcel of property which was legally in existence and properly on file with the County Recorder of Deeds prior to the effective date of the original Township Zoning ordinance. (See "parent tract.")

A lot not meeting minimum frontage requirements and where access to the public road is by a narrow, private right-of-way or driveway.

A lot other than a corner lot, the sides of which do not abut a street.

A through lot with frontage on two streets with vehicular access restricted to only one of the streets.

A lot that fronts on two parallel streets or that fronts on two streets that do not intersect at the boundaries of the lot.

See "forestry."

An area and structures used for the storage, distribution, and sale of finished or rough-cut lumber and lumber products.

See "vehicle and equipment sales operation."

Facilities involving generally unobtrusive processes carried on entirely within a fully enclosed building and not resulting in the nonincidental storage of hazardous materials or the generation of hazardous waste products, or other environmentally hazardous processes.

Pressing, squeezing, stretching, or stimulating the face, scalp, neck, limbs, or other parts of the human body with or without cosmetic preparation, either by hand, or with mechanical or electrical appliances.

A service establishment that meets all of the following criteria:

A person or business association or establishment which furnishes, offers to furnish or advertises to furnish as one of its primary business purposes for a fee, tip or other consideration, a massage which involves the exposure of any specified anatomical areas. Considered an "adult business" for regulation by this chapter.

A voluntary negotiating process in which parties in a dispute mutually select a neutral mediator to assist them in jointly exploring and settling their differences, culminating in a written agreement which the parties themselves create and consider acceptable.

A structure designed for an assemblage of persons including fraternal organizations, banquet facilities within eating and drinking establishments, catering facilities, and areas located within the grounds of churches to service gatherings such as weddings, parties, etc.

A collection of animals which are kept in cages or enclosures, inside a building or outdoors, for exhibition or educational purposes.

A facility for the production, packaging and sampling of malt beverages of alcoholic and/or nonalcoholic content for retail or wholesale distribution, on or off the premises, and which produces less than 15,000 gallons of malt beverages per year.

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

The mining, removal or recovery by any means whatsoever (including, but not limited to, open excavations and quarries, subsurface mining and drilling) of "minerals" as defined in this Part 16 and including the incidental screening, washing, crushing and grading of materials originating on the site. "Mineral extraction" shall not include:

The refinement of minerals by the removal of impurities, reduction in size, transformation in state, or other means to specifications for sale or use, and the use of minerals in any manufacturing process such as, but not limited to, concrete or cement batching plants, asphalt plants and manufacture of concrete and clay products. Considered "industry" for the purposes of regulation by this chapter. This shall not include activities typically part of a pipeline compressor station, metering station or operation/maintenance facility.

See "convenience store."

A two- or three-story building that houses nonresidential uses including retail shops and offices on the ground floor. Uses within the upper floors include multifamily units and/or professional offices.

A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent occupancy contained in one unit, or in two 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, and which is subject to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations.

A parcel of land in a mobile home park which is leased by the park owner to the occupants of the mobile home erected on the lot and which is improved with the necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for the erection thereon of a single mobile home.

A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned and improved for more than two mobile home lots and the rental or lease only of sites for the placement of mobile homes for nontransient use.

Any structure erected by a building contractor, used as a display to promote the sale of similar residential structures, which may be utilized on a short-term basis as an office for the building contractor, with ultimate use of the structure to conform to a permitted use in the district in which the structure is located.

A communication tower consisting of a single pole, constructed without guy wires and ground anchors.

A facility offering temporary (generally for periods of two weeks or less) lodging accommodations to the general public, typically on the basis of daily or weekly rentals, with at least 25% of the rooms having direct access to the outside. Rooms in the facility shall not be used as a principal residence, except for an employee (i.e., caretaker).

A multifamily or two-family dwelling constructed by converting an existing building into dwelling units for more than one family, without substantially altering the exterior of the building. Such conversions shall be subject to review and permitting procedure by the Township Planning Commission, Board of Supervisors, Sewage Enforcement Officer, and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection where applicable.

Any development of a single parcel of property that includes one or more buildings containing three or more dwelling units. Any residential development which proposes the construction of two or more two-family dwellings on one parcel of property is also considered a multifamily project. Two-family dwellings in a multifamily project are considered townhouses.

A building containing two or more independent, nonresidential uses; such uses being permitted in the district where the multiple-occupant building is proposed.

A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the Engineer for the municipality.

Jackson Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

See "cultural center."

A facility designed and constructed to remove materials such as ethane, propane, butane, and other constituents or similar substances from natural gas to allow such natural gas to be of such quality as is required or appropriate for transmission or distribution to commercial markets, but not including facilities or equipment that is designed and constructed primarily to remove water, water vapor, oil or naturally occurring liquids from the natural gas. Considered "industry" for the purposes of regulation by this chapter. (See also "pipeline compressor station, metering station or operation/maintenance facilities.")

A development of five to 25 single-family detached dwellings clustered in a concentrated area which is surrounded by open land or recreation area.

An establishment dispensing food and drink and in which music, dancing, or entertainment is an integral and significant part of the operation.

A business or commercial activity administered or conducted as an accessory use which is clearly secondary to the use as a residential dwelling and which involves no customer, client or patient traffic, whether vehicular or pedestrian, pickup, delivery or removal functions to or from the premises, in excess of those normally associated with residential use. The business or commercial activity must satisfy the following requirements as set forth in Section 107 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code:[7]

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

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

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

Any place, which is not excepted by § 27-1201, Subsection 3Q, where a person who appears in a state of nudity or displays specified anatomical areas is provided to be observed, sketched, drawn, painted, sculptured, photographed, or similarly depicted by other persons who pay money or any form of consideration. Considered an "adult business" for regulation by this chapter.

The showing of the human male or female genitals or pubic area with less than a fully opaque covering, or the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering or any portion thereof below the top of the areola.

A condition or situation that results in an interference with the enjoyment and use of property.

See "garden center."

The growing, cultivation, storage, and sale of garden plants, flowers, trees, and shrubs to landscapers, developers, builders, and retail establishments.

Any literature, book, magazine, pamphlet, newspaper, paper, comic book, drawing, photograph, figure, image, motion picture, sound recording, article, instrument or any other written or recorded matter which depicts or describes any specified sexual activities and/or specified anatomical areas.

A facility licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Racehorse Reform Act for the purpose of gaming authorized at a nonprimary location pursuant to the provisions of the Racehorse Reform Act.[8] Considered a gaming establishment for regulation by this chapter.

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

A building or part of a building used primarily for conducting the affairs of a business, profession, service, industry or government, or like activity it may include ancillary services for office workers, such as a restaurant, coffee shop, newspaper or candy stand, and day care facilities.

A map adopted by Township ordinance in accord with Article IV of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act of 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, as enacted and amended.[9]

The Official Zoning Map of Jackson Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

A type of mineral extraction involving a bore hole drilled or being drilled for the purpose of or to be used for producing, extracting or injecting any gas, petroleum or other liquid related to oil or gas production or storage, including brine disposal, but excluding bore holes drilled to produce potable water to be used as such. The term well does not include a bore hole drilled or being drilled for the purpose of or to be used for systems of monitoring, producing or extracting gas from solid waste disposal facilities, as long as the wells are subject to the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L. 380, No. 97), known as the "Solid Waste Management Act,"[10] and do not penetrate a workable coal seam. Considered "mineral extraction" for regulation by this chapter.

An area that is intended to provide light and air, and is designed for environmental, scenic, recreational, resource protection, amenity and/or buffer purposes and which contains no development improvements which are not specifically permitted by this chapter or Chapter 22, Subdivision and Land Development.

Open space that is part of a particular conservation design subdivision development tract set aside for the use and enjoyment of residents of such development.

Open space that is part of a particular conservation design subdivision development tract set aside for the protection of sensitive natural features, farmland, scenic views and other primary and secondary conservation areas and which is permanently restricted from further development except as permitted by this chapter and cannot be used as a basis for density for any other development. Conservation open space may be accessible to the residents of the development and/or the Township, or it may contain areas of farmland or forest land which are not accessible to project residents or the public.

Open space that is dedicated or reserved for the use of the general public in accord with the requirements of Chapter 22, Subdivision and Land Development.

Any commercial activity or activity associated with a commercial use where concerts, theater arts, movies or any other type of entertainment is provided outside a fully enclosed building.

An individual, firm, association, syndicate, partnership, or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest to submit an application for the development or use of land.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

See "lot."

Any lot or parcel of property which was legally in existence and properly on file with the County Recorder of Deeds prior to the effective date of the original Township Zoning ordinance and from which a lot or lots have been subdivided or are proposed for subdivision. (See "lot, existing of record.")

A parking lot designed for drivers to leave their cars and share a ride with another driver or use mass transit facilities beginning, terminating, or stopping at or near the park-and-ride facility.

Any public or private area, under or outside of a building or structure, designed and used for parking motor vehicles, including parking lots, garages, private driveways, and legally designated areas of public streets. See "garage."

A parking area for the exclusive use of the clients, customers or owners of the lot on which the parking area is located or whomever else they permit to use the parking area.

A parking area available to the public, with or without payment of a fee.

A temporary storage area for a motor vehicle that is directly accessible to an access aisle and that is not located on a dedicated street right-of-way.

A temporary storage area for a motor vehicle that is located on a public or private street right-of-way.

An open recreational area or structure, constructed no higher than six inches from the ground level and resting directly on the ground. It may be attached to or detached from the principal building and may be constructed using wood, masonry, pavement, stone, or other material suitable for that purpose.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

A permanent foundation which meets the requirements of the Uniform Construction Code.[11]

A document issued by the proper authority documented on the required application which authorizes the applicant to undertake certain activities in compliance with all the applicable codes and ordinances.

A certificate issued by the appropriate office of the Township upon completion of the construction of a new building or upon a change in the occupancy of a building which certifies that all requirements of this chapter, or such adjustment therefrom which has been granted by the Zoning Hearing Board, are met and that the purpose for which a building or land is to be used is in conformance with the uses permitted within this chapter and all other applicable regulations for the district in which it is located or is to be located.

An individual, partnership, public or private association or corporation, firm, trust, estate, municipality, governmental unit, public utility or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.

See "service establishment."

Domestic cats and domestic dogs, and other animals which are commonly kept primarily inside a dwelling unit for companionship or personal satisfaction (not for consumption or utilitarian use), such as parakeets, parrots and similar birds, ferrets, mice, guinea pigs, hamsters and similar rodents, nonpoisonous snakes, and fish. "Pet" does not include livestock, small animals and fowl, potbellied pigs and miniature horses.

An area of open space and pavilions that is not publicly owned and is used for group picnics and related outdoor recreation, and which is used on a commercial basis. Considered a "commercial recreation facility" for regulation by this chapter.

A facility at which a petroleum product passing through a pipeline is pressurized by a turbine, motor, or engine, the volume of flow is measured or permanent facilities are installed for pipeline operation/maintenance and which compress, decompress, process, heat, dehydrate, alter or transform the pipeline product. The facility may contain some type of liquid separator consisting of scrubbers and filters that capture any liquids or other undesirable particles from the pipeline. The definition also includes utility transfer stations which are owned, operated and maintained by the local natural gas utility and mark the point at which it assumes official control of the gas. The definition excludes pipeline valves, metering stations, pig launchers/receivers, and other components which are located within the pipeline right-of-way and do not compress, decompress, process, heat, alter or transform the pipeline product.

Buildings, synagogues, churches, temples, cathedrals, chapels, religious retreats, monasteries, seminaries and shrines used primarily for religious and/or spiritual worship and that are operated by a tax-exempt organization qualifying under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code for nonprofit and noncommercial purposes, which people regularly attend to participate in or hold religious services, meetings or functions, or religious instruction, and which may include customary incidental accessory uses such as housing for active clergy, meeting and activity rooms, day care and recreation facilities.

The Planning Commission of the Township of Jackson.

An attached, roofed accessory structure projecting from a wall of a building which may be open or screened and with walls no higher than four feet above the floor level.

Any facility, including structures, machinery and associated equipment, which generates electric energy from another source of energy, such as nuclear reactions, hydroelectric dams, or natural gas or coal-fired plants, the primary purpose of which is the commercial sale of the energy which is generated. Power plants which produce electric energy, 75% or more of which is used on the site of production, shall be considered part of the principal permitted use for which the energy is used.

Any tower or antenna erected prior to the effective date of this chapter.

See "resources, primary."

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

A building in which the primary or predominate use of a lot is conducted including any structure that is physically attached to the principal building.

The place of ingress and egress most frequently used by the public.

A use allowed in a particular zoning district which is approved by the Zoning Officer provided the application complies with all requirements of this chapter.

The structure in which the principal use of a lot is conducted. Any structure that is physically attached to a principal structure shall be considered part of that principal structure.

The primary or predominate use of a lot.

The office of a member of a recognized profession such as an accountant, architect, author, dentist, engineer, insurance agent, landscape architect, lawyer, minister, optometrist, planner, physician, or realtor.

A nonprofit corporation organized by the developer or lot owners for the purpose of establishing an association of all property owners in a planned development which purposes shall include the ownership and maintenance of open space common areas and all development improvements.

Owned, operated, or controlled by a government agency (federal, state or local, including a corporation created by law for the performance of certain specialized governmental functions, and the board of public education).

Any structure, building or use owned and operated by a government body or agency including such things as public schools, parks, civic centers, municipal buildings; but excluding solid waste disposal facilities, institutional uses, nursing homes, hospitals, and other uses specifically defined by this chapter.

A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Planning Commission, governing body or Zoning Hearing Board, intended to inform and obtain public comment, prior to taking action in accord with the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[13]

A forum held pursuant to notice under the act of July 3, 1986 (P.L. 388, No. 84), as amended, known as the Sunshine Act.[14]

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

Any agency or entity that, under public ownership, or under certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, or by grant of authority by a governmental agency, provides the public with electricity, gas, heat, steam, communication, transportation, water, sewage collection, or other similar service.

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

A road course, either oval, circuitous or straight, where motor vehicles, including, but not limited to, automobiles, trucks, go-carts, motorcycles, motor scooters, dune buggies and the like, are driven for recreation, testing or competition; or, any course where animals are raced for competition.

A private or public space associated with a residential development, including accessory structures such as fences, backstops and bleachers, used for play and/or recreation by individuals.

A private or public space associated with a residential development, including accessory structures, such as fences, backstops and bleachers and other equipment, used for play and/or recreation by individuals, and including, but not limited to, golf courses, basketball, volleyball and tennis courts, baseball, football and soccer fields, and playgrounds.

A private or public space associated with a residential development, not including any accessory structures used for active recreation by individuals, and including, but not limited to, trails, picnic areas, community gardens, and lawns.

Outdoor or indoor areas or structures, operated by private nonprofit or private commercial entities, open to the public, which may contain entertainment and amusement devices or attractions, including but not limited to picnic groves, tennis and racquetball courts, ski areas, miniature golf courses, golf driving ranges, and the like, but excluding golf courses, theaters, public parks and playgrounds and any other use specifically listed in any zoning district.

Parks, swimming pools, playgrounds, tennis courts, and other recreational facilities owned and operated by the Township, county, school district, state, or federal government. See "public buildings and uses."

A vehicle primarily designed and utilized as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use, whether self-propelled or mounted on or drawn by another vehicle, and including travel trailers, recreational trailers, camping trailer, truck camper, motor homes and similar types of vehicles.

See "campground or recreational vehicle park."

A facility employing a technology that is a process that separates or classifies municipal waste (as defined by Pa. Code Title 25, § 271.1) and creates or recovers reusable materials that can be sold to or reused by a manufacturer as a substitute for or a supplement to virgin raw materials. The term does not include "solid waste facilities," a "resource recovery facility," or a "green box transfer station/recycling facility" as defined herein, or an accessory dropoff point or collection center for recycling.

See "comprehensive plan."

The committee established by intergovernmental agreement in accord with the adopted regional Comprehensive Plan.

A specific land use which is permitted within the planning region consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and specifically identified in § 27-204.

See "family."

A dwelling associated with a place of worship in which reside individuals directly involved with the administration or function of a place of worship including clergy and staff and immediate family members.

The reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing building for the purpose of its maintenance. See also "addition" and "alteration."

Shops for the repair of appliances, watches, guns, bicycles and other household items. Considered a "service establishment" for regulation by this chapter.

A parking place provided to accommodate a vehicle which is queued in a lane awaiting service in a drive-in facility such as a bank, fast food restaurant or a car/truck wash.

Occupancy of a dwelling, generally for periods of more than 180 days, as opposed to temporary visits to bed-and-breakfast establishments, motels, hotels, campgrounds and recreational vehicles, and which serves as the legal address for the occupant. It also includes any dwelling or structure where children who attend school reside.

A use or structure that is clearly accessory, customary and incidental to a principal residential use on a lot, including the following uses and uses that are very similar in nature: garage (household), carport, tennis court, garage sale, basketball backboard, household swimming pool, gazebo, storage shed, greenhouse, children's playhouse or children's play equipment. It does not include any business conducted in a household garage or storage shed that is accessory to a dwelling, except as may be allowed as a home occupation.

A business combining lodging, eating and recreational facilities for lodgers and/or nonlodgers as a single enterprise offered to the public at large or any segment thereof, not including bed-and-breakfast establishments, campgrounds, recreational vehicle parks or mobile home parks. Amenities may include conference centers, retail sales, spas, beauty salons, barbershops, restaurants, indoor and outdoor recreational facilities, health centers, day-care centers, facilities for commercial special events, and employee living quarters.

A portion of the resort condominium designated for separate ownership, the boundaries of which are described pursuant to Section 3205(4) of the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act.[15]

A condominium in any zoning district in which resorts are a permitted use and the real estate which comprises the condominium was developed and used as a resort for a minimum of 10 consecutive years prior to being converted to the condominium form of ownership.

A processing facility that provides for the extraction and utilization of materials or energy from municipal waste (as defined by Pa. Code Title 25 § 271.1).

Natural features consisting of 100-year floodplain (including the floodway), wetlands and prohibitive steep slopes (greater than 25%). In conservation subdivisions, all conserved lands containing primary resources are called primary conservation areas.

Natural or cultural features outside primary conservation areas that are worthy of conservation by inclusion in conservation open space. See the prioritized list of such features in Chapter 22, Subdivision and Land Development. Lands containing secondary resources that are conserved are called secondary conservation areas.

Any part of a food establishment located outdoors, not used for any other purposes, and open to the sky, with the exception that it may have a retractable awning or umbrellas, and may contain furniture, including tables, chairs, railings, and planters that are readily moveable.

An establishment where food and/or beverages are sold in a form ready for consumption, where all or a significant part of the consumption takes place outside the confines of the restaurant, and where ordering and pickup of food may take place from a vehicle.

An establishment where food and drink are prepared, served, and consumed, mostly within the principal building which may include limited forms of musical entertainment to accompany the dining experience; however, restaurants that provide dancing and stage shows shall be considered a nightclub.

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

An establishment that delivers kerosene, home heating oil, and propane to individual dwellings or commercial establishments for use on that premises and not for resale, and where the storage of fuel on the site of the retail home heating fuel distributor does not exceed a combined total of 20,000 gallons. Any such establishment where the storage of fuel on the site exceeds a combined total of 20,000 gallons shall be considered a "bulk fuel storage facility."

A solid or integrated vertical structure in excess of four feet in height designed for the separation or retention of varying ground levels.

A structure designed for the separation of varying ground levels.

Land reserved for use as an access, street, drainage facility or other private, public or community use.

The outside top covering of a building.

See "boardinghouse or rooming house".

An unoccupied single-family dwelling associated with a principal permitted commercial use and not intended for permanent occupancy and used solely for demonstration purposes to inform potential purchasers of the types of homes available from the seller (see also "model home.)" The display and sale of such homes is considered a "retail business" for regulation by this chapter.

A parabolic in shape device designed to receive radio waves.

An educational institution that primarily provides state-required or largely state-funded educational programs. This term shall not include trade schools.

Visibly shielded or obscured from any adjoining or neighboring property, any public or private road right-of-way, or any other premises which is accomplished by topography, fencing, berms, natural and planted vegetation or other means approved by the Township.

A method of visually shielding or obscuring a structure or use from another by topography, fencing, walls, berms, planted vegetation or a combination of these methods.

A building or group of buildings containing separate, individual, and private storage spaces of varying sizes available for lease or rent for varying periods of time.

A communication tower that is constructed without guy wires and ground anchors.

A building or use operated by nonprofit, community-based organizations for the general use of Township residents, including churches, fire houses, ambulance buildings, private schools, libraries and the like, but excluding institutional uses such as nursing homes, hospitals, sanitariums and clinics. It shall also include essential services and public utilities that require enclosure within any structure or building.

An establishment engaged in providing services involving the care of a person or a person's goods or apparel such as cleaning and garment services, beauty and barbershops, shoe repair, dry cleaning and laundries, photographic studios, etc., and which is not otherwise listed as a use in the Table of Permitted Uses.

The required minimum open space extending the full width of the lot between the principal structure(s), accessory structures, or other improvements and the front lot line. See also "yard" and "lot line."

The required minimum open space extending the full width of the lot between the principal structure(s), accessory structures, or other improvements and the rear lot line. See also "yard" and "lot line."

The required minimum open space between the principal structure(s), accessory structures, or other improvements and the nearest lot line or right-of-way as provided by this chapter. See also "yard" and "lot line."

The required minimum open space extending from the front setback to the rear setback between the principal structure(s), accessory structures, or other improvements and the side lot line. See also "yard" and "lot line."

As used in reference to transferable development rights, the division or separation of development rights from the total bundle of rights associated with a parcel of land in accord with the provisions of § 27-1320.

Any substance that contains any of the waste products or excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals and any noxious or deleterious substances being harmful or inimical to the public health, or to animal or aquatic life, or to the use of water for domestic water supply or for recreation, or which constitutes pollution under the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L. 1987, No. 394), known as "the Clean Streams Act," as amended.[16]

The system of pipes, tanks, pumps and other equipment used to carry sewage from individual lots or dwelling units to an off-site sewage disposal system. Septic tanks and grinder pumps serving individual lots or dwelling units connected to an off-site sewage disposal system shall be considered part of the collection and conveyance system.

A sanitary sewage collection system in which sewage is carried from individual lots or dwelling units by a system of pipes to a central treatment and disposal system or sewage treatment plant which may be publicly or privately owned and operated. A system designed to serve a two-family dwelling or two dwelling units located on the same property or adjacent properties shall not be considered as off-site sewage and in such a case all development standards will apply the same for each dwelling or unit as any single-family unit.

A utility system or other system designed for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage from a single lot into the soil or into waters of the commonwealth, or for conveyance to another site for final disposal. A system designed to serve a two-family dwelling or two dwelling units located on the same property or adjacent properties shall be considered on-site sewage and all development standards will apply the same for each dwelling or unit as any single-family unit.

The Township official certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection who reviews permit applications and sewage facilities planning modules, issues permits as authorized by the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, as amended,[17] and conducts investigations and inspections that are necessary to implement the Act and the regulations there under.

A system of sewage collection, conveyance, treatment and disposal which will prevent the discharge of untreated or inadequately treated sewage or other waste into waters of this commonwealth or otherwise provide for the safe and sanitary treatment and disposal of sewage or other waste.

Any part of a sewage facility which is used to provide mechanical, chemical or biological treatment of sewage, including, but not limited to, screens, settling tanks, aeration tanks, sedimentation tanks, digestion tanks, nitrogen and phosphorus removal tanks, treatment ponds and lagoons, filters, and disinfection equipment. This shall not include on-site sewage disposal systems, treated effluent storage lagoons, soil absorption areas, spray fields, drip irrigation fields and constructed wetlands.

A business or commercial enterprise that, as one of its primary business purposes, offers for any form of consideration activities between male and female persons and/or persons of the same sex when one or more of the persons is in a state of nudity or seminude. Considered an "adult business" for regulation by this chapter.

A detached accessory structure used for the storage of tools, minor equipment, and materials, but too small for the storage of an automobile.

Any fully enclosed building used for the discharge of any firearm for recreational or training purposes which is a commercial operation, or which is operated by any government entity, private nonprofit entity, or any sportsman's, recreation or fraternal club or association. Considered a "commercial recreational facility" for regulation by this chapter.

Any area not within a fully enclosed building used for the discharge of any firearm for recreational or training purposes which is a commercial operation, or which is operated by any government entity, private nonprofit entity, or any sportsman's, recreation or fraternal club or association.

A group of independent (i.e., not dependent on each other for operation) commercial establishments occupying spaces separated by walls which are planned, constructed and managed as a total entity with customer and employee parking provided on site, provision for goods delivery separated from customer access, aesthetic considerations, landscaping, and signs.

Any dwelling unit owned or managed by a person, firm or corporation which is rented or leased for a period of less than 30 consecutive days, during which time the owner or manager is not present on a full-time basis.

See Part 17.

Dragging trees on the ground from the stump to the landing by any means.

Woody debris left in the woods after logging, including logs, chunks, bark, branches, uprooted stumps, and broken or uprooted trees or shrubs.

An agricultural products processing use involving the killing of animals for the production of food or some other commercial product. A commercial stockyard or similar facility that primarily involves the bulk storage or transferring of animals on the way to slaughter shall also be considered a "slaughterhouse." Considered "agricultural products processing" for regulation by this chapter. "Slaughterhouse" shall not include a custom butcher shop that does not involve killing of animals which is considered a retail business.

Rabbits, bees, insects, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, pheasants, pigeons and any other similar animal.

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

A device or combination of devices, structure, or part of a device or structure that transforms direct solar energy into thermal, chemical, or electrical energy.

A facility where one or more solar collectors and/or other accessory structures and buildings, including substations, meteorological towers, electrical infrastructure, transmission lines and other appurtenant structures and facilities, are located and are used for the generation of electricity which is sold on the open market.

A solar easement means a right expressed as an easement, restriction, covenant, or condition contained in any deed, contract, or other written instrument executed by or on behalf of any landowner for the purpose of assuring adequate access to direct sunlight for a solar electric system.

Radiant energy (direct, diffuse and/or reflective) received from the sun.

A solar photovoltaic cell, module, or array (see Figure 1 below), or solar hot air or water collector device which relies upon solar radiation as an energy source for collection, inversion, storage, and distribution of solar energy for electricity generation or transfer of stored heat.

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

Items including, but not limited to, a solar photovoltaic cell, module, or array, or solar hot air or water collector devices, lines, pumps, batteries, mounting brackets, framing and possibly foundations or other structures used for or intended to be used for collection of solar energy.

Waste, including, but not limited to, municipal, residual, construction/demolition or hazardous wastes (as defined by Pa. Code, Title 25, § 271.1) including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous materials.

Any facility or operation, other than a landfill, involving the management, processing and/or disposal of solid waste including, but not limited to, transfer facilities and incinerators. The term does not include a "composting facility" or a "recycling facility" as defined herein, or an accessory dropoff point or collection center for recycling.

A facility using land for disposing of solid waste. The facility includes land affected during the lifetime of operations including, but not limited to, areas where disposal or processing activities actually occur, support facilities, borrow areas, offices, equipment sheds, air and water pollution control and treatment systems, access roads, associated on-site and contiguous collection, transportation and storage facilities, closure and postclosure care and maintenance activities and other activities in which the natural land surface has been disturbed as a result of or incidental to operation of the facility. The term does not include a facility for the land application of sewage sludge.

A type of solid waste facility which receives and processes or temporarily stores solid waste at a location other than the generation site, and which facilitates the transportation or transfer of the waste to a processing or disposal facility. The term does not include a "composting facility," a "green box transfer station/recycling facility," a "recycling facility," or a "resource recovery facility" as defined herein, or an accessory dropoff point or collection center for recycling.

The quantity in decibels measured by a sound level meter satisfying the requirements of American National Standards Specifications for Sound Level Meters, S1.4-1971. Sound level is the frequency weighted sound pressure level obtained with the standardized dynamic characteristic "fast" or "slow" and weighting A, B, or C; unless indicated otherwise, the A-weighting is understood. The unit of any sound level is the decibel, having the unit symbol "dB."

The level of a constant sound, which over the given time interval and situation which has the same sound energy as a time-varying sound.

A use in a particular zoning district to be allowed or denied by the Zoning Hearing Board pursuant to public notice and hearing and recommendation of the Township Planning Commission as authorized by Section 603(c)(1) of the Municipalities Planning Code.[18]

Any of the following:

Any of the following:

A structure or land where horses are kept for remuneration, hire, sale, boarding, training, riding or show, and which includes the commercial hire of horses to the general public for riding or other purposes.

An accessory structure or use of land where horses are kept for the sole use of the residents of the principal structure, and which includes no remuneration, hire, boarding or other commercial use.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its agencies.

A structure accessory to a residence for the purpose of holding household goods, tools or other personal items offering such protection from the elements and screening them from common view.

An area, not on the same parcel where the products are initially harvested or gathered, to which trees, forest products, flagstone, landscaping stone, wall stone or other minerals are hauled and stored, and which does not involve any land development, the operation of a sawmill, the operation of any other wood manufacturing business, or the operation of any natural resources processing.

A story is that part of a building between the surface of any floor and the next floor above it, or in its absence, then the finished ceiling or roof above it.

A natural watercourse. See "watercourse."

A public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property, including avenue, place, way, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road and any other thoroughfare except an alley. Public rights-of-way shall be those open to the general use of the public, not necessarily publicly dedicated.

The street line is that line determining the limit of the rights of the public.

See "alteration."

Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.

Anything constructed, the use of which requires permanent location on the ground, or attachment to something having a permanent location on the ground.

Anything constructed that is not permanently affixed to the ground but is designed to be moved from place to place.

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

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. (See Chapter 22, Subdivision and Land Development, for details.)

The Board of Supervisors of Jackson Township.

A body of water or receptacle for water having a depth at any point greater than two feet, which is used or intended to be used for swimming or bathing and constructed or maintained in or above the ground.

An establishment engaged in any of the following:

An establishment that serves primarily alcoholic beverages for mostly on-premises consumption and that is licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. Taverns may also serve food.

A building erected on a lot for use in conjunction with construction on that lot. Such building shall cease to be a temporary construction building three months after the construction is completed or after a period of nine months inactivity on the construction project.

Any tower, pole, antenna, etc., designed for use while a permanent wireless communication facility is under construction, or for a special event or conference where a majority of people attending are wireless users.

A building or part of a building devoted to the showing of motion pictures or theatrical or performing arts productions as a principal use where patrons are seated in the building, but not including an adult movie theater.

An area of land which may include accessory uses such as the sale of snacks and which is devoted to the showing of motion pictures which are viewed by persons in vehicles.

The Township of Jackson, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the Engineer for Jackson Township.

Any building, structure, service or use under the jurisdiction of Jackson Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

See "lot."

The tract area remaining when the specified constrained land has been deducted from the gross tract acreage. ATA is used to calculate both density and open space.

The total amount of land contained within the limits of the legally described property lines bounding the tract.

A facility that is primarily intended for education of a work-related skill or craft or a hobby and that does not primarily provide state-required education to persons under age 16.

The attaching of development rights to specified lands which are desired by the Township to be kept undeveloped, but permitting those rights to be transferred from those lands so that the development potential which they represent may occur on other lands where more intensive development is deemed to be appropriate.

Any building, premises, or land in which or upon which a business or service involving the maintenance, servicing, storage, or repair of automobiles, trucks, recreational and other vehicles is conducted or rendered as a service to travelers, including the dispensing of motor fuel or other petroleum products directly into motor vehicles and the sale of accessories or equipment for trucks and similar commercial vehicles, and which may include overnight accommodations and restaurant facilities.

A single or one-way motor vehicle movement either to or from a subject property or study area.

The measure of the number of vehicles or passenger movements that are or will be made between geographic areas.

The total of single or one-direction vehicle movements entering and leaving a specified land use or site over a designated period of time.

The total number of vehicle trip ends produced by a specific land use or activity.

See "travel plaza."

Any building or premises or portions thereof used for commercial purposes for washing any vehicle with more than two axles, or more than four tires, or with a trailer.

The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed, arranged, intended, or for which land is or may be occupied or maintained.

Relief granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and Articles VI and IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[19]

Any device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway or upon any land, including, but not limited to, automobiles, trucks, vans, buses, utility trailers, tractors, truck tractors, recreational vehicles, motor homes, travel trailers, motorcycles, snowmobiles, machinery, trailers, farm machinery and implements, and other wheeled equipment, boats, and aircraft.

An establishment which rents vehicles and/or equipment to the general public, and which may or may not include the repair of the vehicles and equipment which is for rent. Equipment rental operations conducted entirely within an enclosed building shall be considered a "retail business" for regulation by this chapter.

An establishment engaged in the service and/or repair of any motor vehicle as its principal use including, but not limited to, auto body shops, repair garages, truck repair garages and agriculture equipment repair.

The use of any building, land area or other premise for the display and sale of new and used automobiles of operable condition; panel trucks or vans; mobile homes or trailers; recreation vehicles; or farm or construction equipment, including any warranty repair work and other repair service as an accessory use. No business or facility which generates less than 50% of its gross sales from the actual sale of new or used vehicles or equipment of the type herein described (excluding parts and repairs) shall be considered a "vehicle and equipment sales operation."

A place where animals or pets are given medical or surgical treatment and the keeping of animals is limited to short-term care incidental to the clinic use and no outdoor kennels, pens or paddocks are on the premises.

A place where animals or pets are given medical or surgical treatment and the keeping of animals is limited to short-term care incidental to the clinic use with outdoor kennels, pens or paddocks on the premises.

See "fence or wall."

A building or group of buildings primarily used for the unloading and indoor storage, transfer, and distribution of products and materials with a cumulative gross floor area greater than 25,000 square feet with a use of the processing of materials so as to sort out which finished goods are to be transported to different locations, and the loading and unloading of such goods. A warehouse shall not include value-added services between a supplier and its customers, such as breaking down of large orders from a single source into smaller orders, product mixing, packaging, cross-docking, order fulfillment, or order returns, and shall not include the consolidation of several orders into one large order for distribution to several recipients and/or vice versa, or any manufacturing or processing. A warehouse shall only consist of indoor storage of products and materials.

A building or group of buildings primarily used for the unloading and indoor storage, transfer, and distribution of products and materials with a cumulative gross floor area less than or equal to 25,000 square feet with a use of the processing of materials so as to sort out which finished goods are to be transported to different locations, and the loading and unloading of such goods. A warehouse shall not include value-added services between a supplier and its customers, such as breaking down of large orders from a single source into smaller orders, product mixing, packaging, cross-docking, order fulfillment, or order returns, and shall not include the consolidation of several orders into one large order for distribution to several recipients and/or vice versa, or any manufacturing or processing. A warehouse shall only consist of indoor storage of products and materials.

Any natural or man-made freshwater pond, lake or stream. This shall not include any pond or facility designed and constructed solely to contain stormwater.

Any use which involves the pumping or removal of water from groundwater sources, with or without bottling, for retail or wholesale sale. Considered "industry" for the purposes of regulation by this chapter.

A drinking water supply system in which drinking water is carried to individual lots or dwelling units by a system of pipes from a central source not located on any of the served lots and which may be publicly or privately owned and operated.

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

A system for supplying and transmitting drinking water to a single dwelling or other use from a source located on adjacent conservation land via a use and access easement.

A facility immediately adjacent to a water body or stream that typically contains a submerged suction line, pumps, water main, multiple hydrants, truck loading and staging area, and water storage tanks, and which stores water on a temporary basis that is intended to be transported by vehicle to another site.

Any channel of conveyance of surface water having a defined bed and banks, whether natural or artificial, with perennial, intermittent or seasonal flow.

Any and all rivers, streams, creeks, impoundments, lakes, dammed water and all other bodies or channels of conveyance of surface or underground waters or parts thereof, whether natural or artificial, wholly or partly within or forming part of the boundary of this Township, provided that, for the purpose of this chapter, "waters of the Township" shall exclude farm ponds and other privately owned ponds of less than five acres in area.

Those areas that are inundated or 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, fens, and similar areas and which and defined as such by the Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands.

Establishments or places of business with no on-site manufacturing primarily engaged in selling merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional, or professional business users, or to other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers and buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, such individuals or companies.

Any species of animal whose natural or usual habitat within Pennsylvania is either in the wild or in a zoo, as opposed to a domesticated environment, regardless of whether such animal poses an actual or apparent threat to persons, other animals or property.

A facility where one or more wind turbines and other accessory structures and buildings, including substations, meteorological towers, electrical infrastructure, transmission lines and other appurtenant structures and facilities are located and are used for the generation of electricity which is used on-site for commercial purposes or which is sold on the open market. A wind turbine accessory to a principal structure which is sized and intended to be used to generate electricity primarily for the principal structure to which it is accessory shall not be considered a "wind energy facility, commercial."

An establishment with facilities for fermenting and bottling wine which does not meet the definition of a winery, farm. Considered "agricultural products processing" for regulation by this chapter.

An establishment located on a farm with a producing vineyard, orchard, or similar growing area and producing wine on the premises from grapes or other fruit grown primarily on the premises. It may include tasting of wine produced on the premises and retail sales of wine related items and gifts, books, souvenirs, specialty items relating to history, original and handmade arts and products, collectibles, crafts, and floral arrangements.

An all encompassing definition; any towers, poles, antennas or other structures intended for use in connection with transmission or receipt of radio or television signals, or any other spectrum based transmissions/receptions.

The area between the principal structure(s) and the adjoining lot line or right-of-way see also "setback.")

A sale, open to the public, of new, used or previously owned personal property, including but not limited to goods, wares, merchandise and clothing, held on vacant property or on the lawn, yard, porch, patio or in the garage or residence, or in the principal or outbuilding, of the person who obtains a permit for such a sale as required by the Township. The buying and selling of new or used items or surplus material shall be considered a commercial operation and shall be prohibited, except as otherwise permitted and regulated by this chapter.

The Zoning Hearing Board of Jackson Township.

The Official Zoning Map of Jackson Township.

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

The Jackson Township Zoning Ordinance, as amended.

See "permit."

A collection of animals which are maintained in a park by an educational, nonprofit or governmental entity.