The relinquishment of property or a cessation of the use of the property by the owner or lessee without any evidence of the rights to the property being transferred to another owner or of an attempt to resume the use of the property by the lessee or owner.

An attached, detached, or internal to the primary structure, self-contained dwelling unit which is complete with food preparation, sleeping and sanitary facilities for occupancy by one household with direct access to the outdoors or to a hall from which there is direct access to the outdoors, and is accessory to the existing primary dwelling structure.

Any equipment serving or being used in conjunction with a wireless communications facility or wireless support structure. The term "accessory equipment" includes but is not limited to utility or transmission equipment, power supplies, generators, batteries, cables, equipment buildings, cabinets and storage sheds, shelters or similar structures.

A structure which is subordinate to and detached from a principal building located on the same lot and whose use is customarily incidental to the principal building or use. Accessory structures include but are not limited to garages, storage sheds, detached decks, swimming pools, cabanas, gazebos, and freestanding satellite dishes over 18 inches in diameter and similar antennae typically for residential reception.

A use of land or a building or portion thereof incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the land or building and located on the same lot with the principal use.

An establishment that offers for sale, rent, lease, view on property or loan books, magazines, pictures, photographs, drawin gs, sculptures, films or video, sound recordings or any other printed or visual representations which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.

Any public or private establishment serving food or beverages or licensed to serve alcoholic beverages, which features topless dancers, strippers or similar entertainers.

Any place of business where any person, partnership, firm, association or corporation engages in or carries on or permits to be engaged in or carried on any method of pressure on, friction against or stroking, kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, vibrating or stimulating parts of the body relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, with the hands or with the aid of any mechanical apparatus or electrical apparatus or appliance, with or without such supplementary aids as rubbing alcohol, oil or other such items.

An enclosed building used to present motion picture, video or similar media distinguished or characterized by a major emphasis on matters depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas for observation by patrons therein.

Any establishment having 10% or more of its displayed stock or 20% of the occupied area or 25% or more of its sales in trade or service distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas. Such uses or facilities include but are not limited to any of the following: adult book stores, adult motion picture theaters, adult entertainment cabaret, adult video cassette rental and sales outlet, adult massage parlors or other adult uses.

The production, keeping or maintenance of plants and vegetables for sale or personal use, including forage and sod crops; grains and seed crops; fruits of all kinds including grapes and berries; vegetables; nursery, floral, ornamental and greenhouse products; or lands devoted to a soil conservation or forestry management program. For the purposes of this chapter, the term "agriculture" excludes the production, keeping or maintenance of livestock, poultry, dairy, swine, goat and other grazing animals.

The right to use space above ground level.

Traveled way by which vehicles enter and depart parking spaces, usually between rows of parking spaces within a parking lot.

A public thoroughfare providing a secondary means of public access to abutting property and not intended for general traffic circulation.

Any change or rearrangement in the structural parts or in the existing facilities of a building or structure, or any enlargement thereof, whether by extension on any side or by an increase in height, or the moving of such building from one location or position to another.

A facility for the boarding of animals, the breeding of dogs and/or cats or the boarding, grooming, sale or training of dogs and/or cats for which a fee is charged.

Any establishment where dogs and/or cats are kept within or adjoining a private residence for the noncommercial purpose of hunting or exhibition in shows or field trials or obedience training. Surplus offspring bred at such kennels to enhance or perpetuate any given breed, recognized by the American Kennel Club, may be sold at such kennels and shall not be considered a commercial activity for the purpose of this chapter. All animals kept or maintained in said kennel must be owned by the individual or family residing upon the lot upon which the kennel is located.

A building in which small domestic animals are given medical care and the boarding of animals is limited to short-term care incidental to the hospital use.

Any device used for the transmission or reception of radio, television, wireless telephone, pager, commercial mobile radio service, or any other wireless communications signals, including, without limitation, omnidirectional or whip antennas and directional or panel antennas owned or operated by any person or entity licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate such device, which is attached to a wireless support structure. This definition shall not include the following: private residence-mounted satellite dishes; television antennas; amateur radio equipment, including without limitation ham or citizens band radio antennas; and support structures for antennas or any related equipment that is mounted to the ground or at ground-level.

A person submitting an application for development.

A geologic formation that contains a supply of water.

A designated area of land identified in an approved wellhead protection, aquifer protection or water supply plan, and mapped in said plan. Aquifer protection areas shall be overlay maps to the Zoning Map and regulations applicable for aquifer protection areas shall be applicable in all districts where such aquifer protection areas exist.

The outcropping part of the aquifer through which water enters the aquifer.

A room or space that is immediately below the roof of a building.

A structure made of cloth, metal or other material affixed to a building in such a manner that the structure may be raised or retracted from a projecting position to a flat position against the building.

Any area of a building having its floor below ground level.

An owner-occupied single-family detached residence which contains not more than six bedrooms used to provide overnight accommodations to the public. If the establishment offers dinner to the overnight guests, it shall be considered an inn.

A room not less than 70 square feet of net floor area that, because of limited access and separation from the living areas, is intended or may be used for sleeping.

A physical space that is a minimum of 2.5 feet in width by six feet in length with a vertical clearance of at least seven feet that allows for the parking of one bicycle, and, if located outside, is hard-surfaced and well-drained.

A lockable enclosure consistent with industry standards that:

A device consistent with the industry standards that:

A tract of land bounded by streets, or by a combination of streets, alleys, public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, waterways or any municipal boundary.

A dwelling, other than a membership club, fraternity or sorority, dormitory, motel or hotel, in which lodging is provided on a weekly or monthly basis without meals for one or more persons in addition to the family occupying said dwelling.

The Borough of Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania.

The Code of the Borough of Lewisburg.

The Borough Council of the Borough of Lewisburg.[1]

A portion of a site intended to provide a visual barrier between different land uses or to shield, block or provide other protection from noise, light or nuisance between adjacent parcels of land to lessen the impacts of incompatible land uses.

A combination of materials forming any structure that is erected on the ground and permanently affixed thereto, that has a roof supported by columns or walls and that is designed, intended or arranged for the shelter, enclosure, housing or structural support of persons, animals, process, equipment, goods or materials of any kind. The term "building" shall not include driveways, parking spaces or parking lots.

The ratio of the horizontal area measured from the exterior surface of the exterior walls of the ground floor of all principal and accessory buildings on a lot to the total lot area.

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

The vertical distance measured from the finished grade level of the land at the front setback to the top of the highest roof point, not including chimneys, cupolas and other accessory structures such as weather vanes.

A line parallel to the street or right-of-way line touching that part of the building closest to the street.

The height, width and depth of a structure.

The relationship of a particular building, in terms of building mass, to other nearby and adjacent buildings.

A building that has one wall in common with an adjacent building.

Standards and controls that establish the maximum size of buildings and structures on a lot and the area in the lot within which the buildings can be located, including coverage, setbacks, height and floor area ratio requirements.

The diameter of a tree trunk four feet above grade.

Land used for the purpose of providing a space or spaces for six or more tents or two or more trailers or recreational vehicles for temporary (180 days or less) purposes, regardless of whether or not a fee has been charged for the leasing, renting or occupancy of the space.

A structure made of metal, aluminum or other material intended to be freestanding or affixed to a building and that serves as an overhang intended to shield persons from the elements.

See "basement."

A water or sewer distribution system that serves facilities or a community on an area-wide or regional basis. The facility company must be approved by and/or licensed by the appropriate state or federal agencies.

A document issued by the Zoning Officer certifying that the use, building or structure for which a zoning permit was issued has complied with all terms and conditions of said zoning permit and allowing occupancy.

Any use that substantially differs from the previous use of a building or land.

A state-licensed and/or -registered facility in which care is provided or is intended to be provided for seven or more children of any age at any time.

A state-licensed and/or -registered facility that is a single-family dwelling in which child care is provided by the residents at any time for not more than six children under the age of 12, including any children under the age of 12 who are residents of the dwelling.

See "house of worship."

An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections defined by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection of the streets. (See § 360-23A.)

The mounting of one or more WCFs, including antennas, on a preexisting structure, or modifying a structure for the purpose of mounting or installing a WCF on that structure.

Activity involving the sale of goods or services for profit.

The Planning Commission of the Borough of Lewisburg.

A parcel or parcels of land, an area of water or a combination of land and water within a development site that is designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents of a development, not including streets, off-street parking areas and areas set aside for public facilities. Common open space shall be deeded to an association of property owners, a nature and/or land conservancy or the Borough.

An organization whose purpose is to own, maintain and/or operate common facilities and to enhance and protect the common interests of the organization's members.

The use of a lawful dwelling unit to provide a living environment for unrelated residents who operate as the functional equivalent of a family, and where supervision and care by supportive staff may be necessary to meet the emotional, physical and social needs of an aged person, a disabled or handicapped person, a developmentally disabled person, a mentally ill person, and/or a child as defined in the appropriate federal or state statutes, provided that such person cannot reasonably be considered a threat to the physical safety of others, and/or was not previously convicted of a sexual offense committed against a minor.

A space within a structure which is designed and constructed to remain totally dry during flooding and to prevent the passage of water and water vapor into said structure and which will remain totally dry during flooding.

The official public document prepared in accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247,[2] as amended and reenacted, consisting of maps, charts, and textual material, that constitutes a policy guide to decisions about the physical and social development of the Borough of Lewisburg, as amended from time to time.

A use that may not be appropriate in a particular zoning district as a whole but that may be suitable in certain locations within the district when specific conditions and factors described within this chapter for such uses are met. Conditional uses are permitted only by the Lewisburg Borough Council.

A form of ownership in which units of property, such as dwelling units or offices, in a building or group of buildings on a parcel of land, are owned by individual owners and the parcel, the structure of the building(s), the common areas and the facilities are owned jointly by all the unit owners; also, refers to one such unit or the building or group of buildings under such form of ownership.

The building, rebuilding, renovation, repair, extension, expansion, alteration, or relocation of a building or structure, including the placement of manufactured homes and/or mobile homes.

Next to, abutting or touching and having a boundary, or portion thereof, that is coterminous.

A change in the use of land or structure that includes an increase in the number of dwelling units.

The county of Union, Pennsylvania.

A restriction on the use of land usually set forth in the deed or on a recorded plan.

The raised edge of a pavement confining surface water to the pavement and protecting the abutting land from vehicular traffic.

The opening along the curb at which point vehicles or pedestrians may enter or leave the roadway.

Final adjudication of matters subject to any land use ordinance by the Zoning Hearing Board or Lewisburg Borough Council, which has been granted jurisdiction under the land use ordinance(s) to make such adjudication, either by reason of the grant of exclusive jurisdiction or by reason of appeals from official determinations. Decisions shall be appealable to the Court of Common Pleas of Union County, Pennsylvania.

An aboveground platform which is not covered by a roof or permanent awning and is designed, intended or used for outdoor living purposes as an accessory use to a structure.

The number of families, individuals, dwelling units, households or structures per unit of land.

Guidelines defining parameters to be followed in site and/or building design and development.

Final action by an officer, body or agency charged with the administration of any land use ordinance or applications thereof. Determinations shall be appealable only to the board(s) designated as having jurisdiction for such appeal.

A landowner, agent of such landowner or tenant with the permission of such landowner who causes to be made any subdivision of land or land development.

Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to the construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, expansion or alteration of buildings or other structures; the placement of manufactured homes; streets and other paving; utilities; filling, grading and excavation; mining, dredging; drilling operations; storage of equipment or materials; and the subdivision of land.

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

A part, zone or geographic area within the Borough and indicated on the Zoning Map within which certain development or zoning regulations apply as spelled out in this chapter.

A building owned or operated by a university or institution and designed for or used as sleeping quarters for the residents of that university or institution; includes academic interest houses.

A structure or use whose design and/or physical facilities through which the service is provided encourages or permits customers to receive service, obtain goods or be entertained while remaining in their motor vehicles.

A private roadway by means of which ingress and egress to a parking lot, a parking space or parking spaces, dwelling, garage or other structure is obtained and which intersects with a public roadway.

A building or structure designed for living quarters for not more than one family. In terms of this chapter, a dwelling shall not be deemed to include hotel, motel, dormitory, fraternity or sorority house, or bed-and-breakfast establishment.

A dwelling unit in a multifamily or mixed-use structure.

A dwelling unit that is occupied by not more than two occupants and that has a clear floor area of not less than 220 square feet or a dwelling occupied by not more than three occupants and that has a clear floor area of not less than 320 square feet. The clear floor area shall not include the kitchen area consisting of a kitchen sink, cooking appliance and refrigeration facilities each having a clear floor space of not less than 30 inches in front, and shall not include a separate bathroom, consisting of a water closet, lavatory and bathtub or shower.

A mobile home or manufactured housing, as defined herein.

A building on a single lot with three or more dwelling units.

A dwelling unit not used as a principal residence.

A free-standing dwelling.

A dwelling attached to one other dwelling by a common vertical wall and located on a separate lot. For determining setbacks and other requirements, each dwelling is understood to have only a single side yard.

A building on a single lot with two dwelling units.

An existing single-family, duplex, or multifamily home with two or more rooms, including cooking, sleeping, and sanitary facilities, that shall be the primary dwelling structure on a single parcel when an accessory dwelling unit also occupies the same parcel.

Two or more rooms including cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities for the use of not more than one family.

See "accessory dwelling unit."

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.

The grant of a property right stipulating that the described land will preclude any future or additional development.

Any tower or base station as defined in this section, provided that it is existing at the time the relevant application is filed with the state or local government under this section.

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

A professional engineer registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

An area surrounding or adjacent to a wireless support structure within which base stations, power supplies, or accessory equipment are located.

An economic unit, generally at a single physical location, where business is conducted or services or industrial operations performed.

Removal or recovery by any means whatsoever of soil, rock, minerals, mineral substances or organic substances other than vegetation from water or land, on or beneath the surface thereof, whether exposed or submerged. It shall include the conditions resulting from such activity.

The vertical location of the ground surface prior to excavating or filling.

The use of a lot or structure at the time of the enactment of this chapter.

An increase in the floor area beyond the existing exterior wall.

Any wall that defines the exterior boundaries of a building or structure.

Any individual; two or more persons related by blood, marriage, legal adoption, foster placement, guardianship or other domestic bond; members of a community living arrangement; or a group of not more than a total of three persons not related by blood, marriage, legal adoption, foster placement, guardianship, other domestic bond or community living arrangement who live together as a single household. "Family" shall not be deemed to include tenants of a boarding, rooming or lodging house, nor group care facility, fraternity, sorority or hotel occupants.

A residence offering child day care and/or adult day care services by the residents of the premises to a maximum of six persons unrelated by birth or marriage who are not permanent residents of the household.

Federal Communications Commission.

An artificially constructed barrier of any material or combination of materials erected to enclose, screen or separate areas.

A fence with less than a 5% open area, including gates, concealing the activities conducted on a property from adjacent properties and rights-of-way.

A temporary inundation of normally dry land areas.

A flood that, on the average, is likely to occur once every 100 years (i.e., that has a one-percent-chance of occurring each year, although the flood may occur in any year).

The water surface elevations of the one-hundred-year flood.

The portions of land within the one-hundred-year floodplain that are outside of the floodway in those areas where detailed study and profiles are available and that are identified as an AE Zone in the Flood Insurance Rate Map.

The area specifically identified as being inundated by the one-hundred-year flood, including areas identified as floodway (FW) and floodway fringe (FF). Identification of such an area is determined by a study by the Federal Insurance Administration, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the United States Department of Agriculture's Soil Conservation Service, the United States Geological Survey, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, the State Department of Environmental protection or a licensed professional registered by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to perform such a study.

A relatively flat or low land area that is subject to partial or complete inundation from an adjoining or nearby stream, river or watercourse; and/or any area subject to the unusual and rapid accumulation of surface waters from any source.

Any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes or adjustments to structures that reduces or eliminates flood damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents.

The channel of a watercourse and portions of the adjoining floodplains that are reasonably required to carry and discharge the one-hundred-year frequency flood and that are identified as floodway in the Flood Insurance Study and accompanying maps prepared by the FEMA and dated September 28, 2007, or the most recent revision thereof; or, in an area where the boundary of the floodway of the one-hundred-year frequency flood is not identified, are assumed to be, absent evidence to the contrary, those areas that are within 50 feet of the top of the bank of any stream.

The sum of the gross horizontal areas of all the enclosed floors of a building or structure from the exterior face of the exterior walls, or from the center line of a wall separating two buildings, but excluding any space where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than six feet.

The aggregate of the horizontal area of all rooms used for habitation, such as living room, dining room, kitchen and bedroom(s) but not including hallways, stairways, cellars, service rooms, utility rooms, bathrooms, closets, unheated areas such as enclosed porches nor rooms without at least one window or skylight opening onto an outside yard or court. At least 1/2 of the floor area of every habitable room shall have a ceiling height of not less than seven feet and the floor area of that part of the room where ceiling height is less than five feet shall not be considered part of the "habitable floor area."

Gross floor area minus 15%.

The gross floor area of all buildings or structures on a lot divided by the total lot area.

A standard measurement of illuminance.

The amount of illuminance, measured in footcandles, produced by lamps and luminaires when they are new.

The management of forested and wooded open space when practiced in accordance with accepted silvicultural principles, through developing, cultivating, harvesting, transporting and selling trees for commercial purposes.

Any building or part thereof officially recognized and designated by a college or university as a residence for the members and alumni of a fraternity or sorority and/or their social, scholastic, professional and extracurricular activities.

An additional amount of height above a flood elevation used as a factor of safety in determining the level at which a structure's lowest floor must be elevated or floodproofed to be in accordance with floodplain management regulations.

The area of the public right-of-way directly in front of a structure, identified by drawing a perpendicular line from each corner of structure to the public rights-of-way.

That side of a lot abutting on a street that serves as the front lot line. The front lot line shall be identified by the official U.S. postal address of any structure on the lot.

Attribute of a lighting fixture from which no light is emitted at or above a horizontal plane drawn through the bottom of the fixture and no more than 10% of the lamp's intensity is emitted at or above an angle 10 degrees below that horizontal plane, at all lateral angles around the fixture.

Attribute of a lighting fixture provided with internal and/or external shields and louvers to prevent brightness from lamps, reflectors, refractors and lenses from causing glare at normal viewing angles.

An enclosed structure for the storage of one or more private motor vehicles incidental to the primary use of the premises, provided that no business, occupation or service is conducted therein.

A structure or portion thereof, other than a private garage, used for the storage of motor vehicles for a fee.

A building, premises and land in which or upon which a business, service or industry involving the maintenance, servicing, repair or painting of vehicles is conducted or rendered.

A multifamily dwelling, not exceeding three stories in height, containing three or more dwelling units on a lot that is held in single and separate ownership having yards in common but that may also have other shared facilities and services.

A structure, building or area of land or any portion thereof that is used for the sale of gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel and oil and/or other lubricating substances that may or may not include facilities for sale of accessories or for lubricating, washing and otherwise servicing motor vehicles, but not including the painting thereof. Sale of nonautomotive items is permitted.

Excessive brightness in the field of view that is sufficiently greater than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted to cause annoyance or loss in visual performance and visibility, so as to jeopardize health, safety or welfare.

The Borough Council of the Borough of Lewisburg.

The average elevation of the land around a building; the percent of rise or descent of a sloping surface. The slope is expressed in a percent that indicates the rate of change in elevation in feet per hundred feet.

The final elevation of the ground level after development.

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

A term that refers to the legal principle that nonconformities existing at the time of enactment of an Ordinance or its subsequent amendment shall be permitted to continue to exist unaltered despite their designation as nonconformities.

A linear open space established along a corridor, either natural or man-made, such as a watercourse or ridgeline overland along a right-of-way converted to recreational use; a canal, a scenic road or other route; any natural or landscaped course for pedestrian or bicycle passage; an open space connector linking parks, natural reserves, historic features, cultural features, scenic views or aesthetic features with each other and with populated areas; and, locally, certain strip or linear parks designated as a parkway or greenbelt.

A facility providing food, shelter and personal guidance, with supervision, to persons who require assistance, temporarily or permanently, in order to live in the community. Such facilities shall include group homes, halfway houses, intermediate care facilities, supervised living arrangements, domestic abuse shelters, congregate residences or long-term care facilities. Group care facilities shall not house more than 15 residents.

A room or enclosed floor space arranged for living, eating or sleeping purposes, not including bath or toilet rooms, laundries, pantries, foyers or communicating corridors.

A substance that because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical, radioactive, reactive, flammable or infectious characteristics may cause, or significantly contribute to, an increase in mortality or serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness or pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health, safety or welfare or to the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, used or disposed of or otherwise managed.

A facility or institution, whether public or private, principally engaged in providing services for health maintenance and the treatment of mental or physical conditions.[3]

The vertical distance measured from the ground level, including any base pad, to the highest point on a tower-based WCF, including antennas mounted on the tower and any other appurtenances.

The vertical distance measured from the ground level, including any base pad, to the highest point on a communications tower, including communications antennas mounted on the tower and any other appurtenances.

The vertical distance measured from the average finished grade at the front of the structure to which the sign is affixed to the highest point of the sign, including any supporting structure.

A seven-member committee appointed by the Lewisburg Borough Council responsible for reviewing plans for new construction and changes to the exterior of a structure within the Historic District and making recommendations to the Borough Council on whether a certificate of appropriateness should be issued. A certificate of appropriateness is required to obtain a building or zoning permit before making exterior changes visible from the street.

A mapped overlay district within the Borough that contains buildings and structures of historic and/or architectural significance where additional standards and regulations apply.

Any structure that is:

Any occupation, other than a no-impact, home-based business as defined in this chapter, that is permitted under the provisions and conditions of this chapter, that is conducted on a residential property by a member of the family residing on said property, and that is clearly secondary and incidental to the use of the property for residential purposes and does not exceed 25% of the habitable floor area of the structures on the property. (See § 360-21G.)

Unless otherwise specified, includes a sanitarium, clinic, rest home, nursing home and/or any other building for the diagnosis, treatment or care of ailments.

Any building that contains six or more sleeping units used, or intended or designed to be used, occupied, rented or hired out on a daily basis for sleeping purposes by guests, that may include dining facilities and that is licensed under applicable laws.

A group of people living together in a single dwelling unit, with common access to and common use of all living, eating and food preparation areas within the dwelling unit.

A building or structure, or a group of buildings or structures, that by design and construction is primarily intended for organized religious services and associated accessory uses.

Quantity of light, measured in footcandles.

That portion of a lot, expressed as a percentage, that does not absorb precipitation. See "impervious surface."

Any material that prevents absorption of stormwater into the ground. All buildings, structures, parking areas, roads, sidewalks, driveways, and other areas in concrete, asphalt, packed stone or other similar materials shall be considered impervious surface. Surfaces with a uniform spacing of openings for absorption of stormwater into the ground, such as decorative gravel areas, decks, pervious paving blocks and dry-laid masonry, shall be considered partially pervious. In determining total impervious coverage on a lot, partially pervious surfaces will be included in the calculation at 50% of their actual coverage.

A structure or building containing facilities for recreational activities, such as tennis, platform games, swimming, exercise rooms, handball and similar activities.

A use that involves the extracting, manufacturing, compounding, processing, assembling or treatment of materials, articles or merchandise. Industrial uses include mining, construction, manufacturing, transportation, communication, electric, natural gas services, sanitary services and wholesale trade.

See "bed-and-breakfast establishment."

A nonprofit, religious or public use, such as a church, library, public or private school, hospital, or government-owned or -operated building, structure or land used for public purpose.

Any of the following activities:

The graphic and narrative documentation for land development.

A landscape architect registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Ordinances duly adopted by the Borough, pursuant to applicable commonwealth-enabling statutes, including but not limited to the Zoning Ordinance, the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, Building Codes, Property Maintenance Codes, Historic District Ordinance, Stormwater Management Ordinance and Floodplain Management Ordinance.

Light emitted by a lighting fixture or installation which is cast beyond the boundaries of the property on which the lighting installation is sited.

Any off-street space on the same lot with a building or contiguous to a group of buildings for temporary parking (less than 24 hours) of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials.

A name, symbol or trademark designed for easy and definite recognition.

A tract or parcel of land, regardless of size, held in single or joint ownership, not necessarily a lot or lots shown on a duly recorded map, that is occupied or capable of being occupied by buildings, structures and accessory buildings, including such open spaces as are arranged, designed or required. The term "lot" shall also mean parcel, plot, site, tract or any similar term.

The area of land contained within the limits of the property lines bounding that area.

A lot at the point of intersection of and abutting on two or more intersecting streets that has an interior angle of less than 135 degrees at the intersection of the two street lines. The front lot line shall be identified by the official U.S. postal address of any structure on the lot.

The distance measured from the front lot line to the rear lot line.

Any boundary line of a lot. Where a lot line is irregular, its mean alignment shall be the determining measurement under this chapter.

A lot whose boundaries are established by deed and/or plot plan recorded in the Office of Register and Recorder.

The distance measured at the building setback line between side lot lines and parallel to the front lot line. When there is only one side lot line, as in the case of single-family semidetached or some single-family attached dwellings, the lot width shall be measured between the side lot line and the centerline of the party wall. In no case shall the street frontage be less than 1/2 of the required lot width in the particular zoning district.

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

A standard unit of measurement of the perceived power of light.

A complete lighting unit, consisting of a lamp or lamps together with the parts designed to distribute the light, to position and protect the lamps and to connect the lamps to the power supply.

An expansion of a use either due to a physical expansion of an existing facility by more than 25% of the existing gross floor area, and/or a structural alteration to the exterior of the structure, and/or a change or improvement that increases vehicular traffic flow and/or circulation in relation to that of the prior use.

Factory-built structures that meet the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act (42 U.S.C. 5401), commonly known as the HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) Code.

A permanent, roof-like structure supported by a wall of a building but having no relationship to the building's roof structure and usually at the entrance of a theater or arena.

The average of a series of numbers.

A nonprofit social organization with formal membership requirements, bylaws and with the objective of promoting the interests of its members.

Drug treatment facilities employing the use of methadone and subject to locational regulations as outlined in § 621 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.

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 replacement of existing work with equivalent materials for the purpose of routine maintenance and upkeep, but not including the cutting away of any wall, partition or portion thereof, the removal or cutting of any structural beam or bearing support or the removal or change of any required means of egress or rearrangement of parts of a structure affecting the exitway requirements; nor shall minor repairs include addition to or alteration of replacement or relocation of any standpipe, water supply, sewer, drainage, drain leader, gas, soil, waste, vent or similar piping, electric wiring or mechanical or other work affecting public health or general safety.

Use of a building or land for more than one use.

A building or structure housing a variety of uses such as, but not limited to, residential, office, retail, public or entertainment.

A transportable manufactured single-family detached dwelling built on a permanent chassis, 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 with or without a permanent foundation. A mobile home shall remain a mobile home, subject to all regulations applying thereto, whether or not wheels, axles, hitch or other appurtenances of mobility are removed and regardless of the nature of the foundation provided. The term does not include recreational vehicles or travel trailers. Also see "dwelling, manufactured home."

A residential building erected on a lot situated within an approved subdivision owned or developed by the owner of said structure and intended to serve as a representation of the kind or type of residential building the owner/developer intends to erect within said subdivision. Said building shall be used for demonstration purposes and shall include sales offices only for that period of time that the owner/developer is actively marketing the lots in said subdivision.

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

See "hotel."

Any building owned, leased or used by the Borough of Lewisburg or any agency or authority created by the Borough of Lewisburg.

The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247,[4] as amended and reenacted from time to time.

The Borough of Lewisburg.

Structures for which the start of construction commenced on or after the date of the enactment of this chapter, including any subsequent improvements thereto.

A business or commercial activity administered and conducted as an accessory use clearly secondary to the residential use of the dwelling and that meets the following requirements:

A building or structure, or part of a structure, that does not comply with the applicable provisions of this chapter or amendments heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment or amendment of this chapter or prior to the application of this chapter or amendments thereto to the structure's location by reason of annexation.

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

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

Wireless communications facilities located or collocated on existing structures, such as, but not limited to buildings, water towers, electrical transmission towers, utility poles, light poles, traffic signal poles, flag poles and other similar structures that do not require the installation of a new tower. This term includes the replacement of an existing structure with a similar structure that is required to support the weight of the proposed WCF.

An interference with the enjoyment and use of property, capable of being documented by surveys, observations or measurements.

A building containing sleeping rooms where persons are housed or lodged and furnished with meals and nursing care and is operated by a corporation licensed and approved for such use by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare.

A permit that is issued by the Code Compliance Officer after it has been determined that the required work allowing the use of any building or structure has been satisfactorily completed.

A room or group of rooms used for conducting the affairs of a business, profession, service, industry or government and generally furnished with desks, tables, files, communication equipment, etc.

A group of office establishments planned, constructed and managed as a total entity.

The transient storage of motor vehicles as an accessory use located upon the same lot as a permitted principal use to serve the parking requirements and needs of the principal use.

A parking space for one motor vehicle provided in a parking lot, parking structure or private driveway and excluding driveways, passageways and maneuvering space appurtenant thereto.

The control of runoff from precipitation on the same lot where the runoff was generated. Devices used to control the runoff shall be constructed using best management practices as identified in the Pennsylvania Handbook of Best Management Practices for Developing Areas. Applicants should consult with the Union County Conservation District and a professional engineering consultant for guidance in the selection of appropriate best management practices.

Unoccupied space open to the sky and on the same lot with the principal use. Open space shall usually be in a natural state, but may include planting beds, planting islands, landscaped buffers and screens, lawn areas, woods and hedgerows, decorative stone not less than four inches in size, stepping stones no larger than two feet by three feet (separated at least eight inches between stones) and natural mulch ground cover materials. Open space may not be underlain by impervious surface or material.

A parcel or parcels of land from which additional lots are created.

Any public or private area designed and used for parking motor vehicles, including parking lots, garages, private driveways and legally designated areas of public streets.

Any off-street area or structure that is designed solely for the transient storage of motor vehicles and includes the driveways, passageways and maneuvering space appurtenant thereto.

A parking area required to meet the parking requirements of this chapter located within 1,000 feet of the parcel containing the permitted principal use.

A graphic and/ or narrative description provided by an applicant to meet the off-street parking requirements established in this chapter. If necessary, this plan shall be submitted with the application for a zoning permit.

An area intended for outdoor living purposes that is paved or covered with brick or similar material, is flush with the ground and is unenclosed except for any side that may adjoin a structure or any fences, walls, shrubs or hedges.

A person traveling on foot; mobility device such as stroller, wheelchair or scooter; or human-powered conveyance such as bicycle, skateboard or roller skates.

Any use not requiring special action by the Zoning Hearing Board or the Borough Council before the Zoning Officer may grant a zoning permit.

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

Land or greenhouses used to raise flowers, shrubs and plants for sale.

Any freestanding structure located within the public rights-of-way, including, but not limited to, utility poles, streetlights, traffic lights and signage that may support, hold, or house wireless communications facilities, wireless accessory equipment, or related equipment.

A bicycle rack that allows for the temporary securing of bicycles for events.

A roofed or unroofed structure projecting from the front, side or rear wall of a building. A porch becomes a room when the enclosed space is heated or air-conditioned and/or when the percentage of window area to wall area is less than 50%.

A structure housing the main or principal use of the lot on which the structure is situated.

The primary or predominant use of any lot or parcel.

A design for a small wireless communications facility that has been reviewed and deemed to be in accordance with the design requirements herein and approved for construction by the Borough.

An active, registered professional engineer (PE), licensed as such by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The office of a practitioner of a calling or occupation, professional in character by virtue of specialized knowledge, training, education and/or experience required for the practice of said calling or occupation. Said professions shall include, but not be limited to, law, medicine, chemistry, ministry, architecture, accounting, engineering, writing and education.

Includes parks, playgrounds, picnic areas, swimming pools, trails, paths, recreational areas, schools or scenic or historic sites owned and operated by a governmental body or a nonprofit agency created by a governmental body.

A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the governing body, the Planning Commission or the Zoning Hearing Board, intended to inform and obtain public comment prior to taking action in accordance with this chapter.

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."[5]

A permanent and lasting memorial stone, structure or building requiring little or no maintenance, erected in remembrance of a person, persons, site or event of particular interest to the Borough of Lewisburg and its past, present and future residents and visitors.

Notice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. Such notice shall state the time and place of a public hearing or meeting and the particular nature of the matter to be considered at said hearing or meeting. 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 said hearing or meeting.

See "public grounds."

Uses, buildings or structures designed, intended or arranged for the use of or provision of service to the general public by a governmental agency or any agency, authority or organization created by a governing body or a group of governing bodies. Fees and conditions for such use may be determined and regulated by the operator thereof. Such uses shall include, but not be limited to, federal, state, county and municipal offices, sewage treatment facilities, water distribution facilities, recreation facilities, public safety facilities, human service facilities and other similar uses. Such uses shall not include privately owned facilities.

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

Any street, alley or similar parcel of land essentially unobstructed from the ground to the sky, which is deeded, dedicated or otherwise permanently appropriated to the public for public use.

Leisure time activities, usually organized and performed with others, requiring equipment and taking place at prescribed sites or fields.

A vehicle that is built on a single chassis, is designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light-duty truck and is not designed for use as a permanent dwelling but is intended as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel or seasonal use.

An area for recreational activities, free of structures except for comfort facilities, equipment storage, play equipment, necessary maintenance and open-air pavilions for leisure time activities, either of a formal, active or inactive nature such as, but not limited to, sports fields or courts, playgrounds, trails, bike paths, picnicking, table games and similar activities not taking place in a building.

Outdoor leisure activities not requiring equipment, not involving participation in an organized sport, not taking place at a prescribed site or field and/or not considered active.

Any structure or equipment at a fixed location, not including a tower or an antenna, that enables FCC licensed wireless communications between a user and a wireless network.

The replacement of existing wireless communications facilities on an existing wireless support structure or within an existing equipment compound due to maintenance, repair or technological advancement with equipment composed of the same wind loading and structural loading that is substantially similar in size, weight and height as the wireless communications facilities initially installed and that does not substantially change the physical dimensions of the existing wireless support structure.

Any letter, review, memorandum, compilation or any other similar written document made by any agency, board, council, officer or consultant other than a solicitor to any other agency, board, council, officer or consultant for the purpose of assisting the recipient of the report in rendering any decision or determination. All reports shall be deemed recommendatory and advisory only and shall not be binding upon the recipient agency, board, council, officer or consultant, nor shall any appeal lie therein. Any report used, received or considered by the agency, board, council, officer or consultant rendering a determination or a decision shall be made available for inspection to any party to any proceeding upon request, and copies thereof shall be provided at cost of reproduction.

Permanent bicycle parking that is fully protected from the weather.

A lot upon which a residential unit is located or is to be located.

A segment or strip of land acquired by reservation, dedication, forced dedication, prescription or condemnation and intended to be occupied by a road, sidewalk, crosswalk, railroad, trail, electric transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, water line, sanitary or storm sewer and other similar uses.

A right-of-way under the control or ownership of the Borough, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the United States of America and/or agencies and authorities of these governmental units.

An owner-occupied, single-family dwelling in which lodging without meals is provided on a monthly basis and in which more than three unrelated persons live.

Transactions classified as "isolated," per the PA Department of Revenue sales tax rules and regulations; that is, sales which last for no more than three days in a row and which are held for no more than seven total days in any calendar year.

A dish antenna used to receive and transmit signals relayed by satellite.

A method of visually shielding or obscuring one abutting or nearby structure or use from another by means of fencing, walls, berms or densely planted vegetation.

A use owned or operated by a nonprofit, religious or educational institution and providing educational, cultural, recreational, religious or other similar public services or programs. This term does not include houses of worship.

A line within a property defining the minimum distance as established by this chapter between any structure to be erected or altered and an adjacent right-of-way, street or property line. The setback line shall be measured at right angles and run parallel to the adjacent street, right-of-way or property line.

A group of commercial establishments planned, constructed and managed as a total entity.

A usually paved walk for pedestrians at the side of a street.

Any object, display or structure, or part thereof, that is used to advertise, identify, display, or direct or attract attention to an object, person, institution, organization, business, product, service, event or location by any means, including words, letters, figures, design symbols, fixtures, colors, illumination or projected images. The term "sign" includes "billboard." "Sign" does not include any work of art that in no way identifies a product or business, nor scoreboards located on athletic fields, and does not include the flag of the United States of America or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or any federal, state or municipal traffic or directional sign or other official federal, state, county or municipal government signs.

A sign painted on or attached to an awning.

A sign that directs attention to a business or profession conducted, or to a commodity or service sold, offered or manufactured, or to an entertainment event offered, on the premises where the sign is located.

A directory used to identify specific enterprises that are located within the commercial or office center.

The area of a sign that contains words, letters, figures, design symbols or projected images and is oriented in a distinct direction.

A self-supporting sign in a fixed location and not attached to any building structure.

The entire area within a single continuous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of the face of a sign.

An on-premises sign designed to guide vehicular and/or pedestrian traffic.

Any sign placed within a building, excluding window signs as defined in this chapter.

A sign illuminated by artificial light projecting through its entire surface.

A sign painted on, attached to or consisting of an interchangeable copyreader on a marquee attached to the face of a building.

An electrically powered sign that employs tubes of inert gas, including but not limited to neon, which give off a luminous glow.

A sign that draws attention to, provides direction or communicates information about a business, service or commodity that exists or is conducted, sold, offered, maintained or provided at a location other than the premises where the sign is located.

A sign, other than a wall sign, that is attached to and projects from a building face or wall, or from a structure whose primary purpose is other than the support of the sign.

Any sign that is not permanently affixed. Daily special temporary signs display that day's menu or other information uniquely pertinent to the day on which the sign is displayed.

A sign advertising a brand, style or line of goods, products and/or services, usually protected by copyright, having a design or logo immediately recognizable to the general public, intended for sale to regional or national audiences.

A sign fastened to or painted on the wall of a building or structure in such a manner that it does not project more than four inches from such building or structure and that the wall becomes its supporting structure or forms the background surface of the sign.

A sign affixed to the surface of a window, or within two feet of the window, with its message visible to and readable from the public right-of-way.

A wireless communications facility that meets the following criteria:

A permit issued by the Zoning Officer, after authorization by the Zoning Hearing Board, before any special exception use can be constructed or operated.

A use requiring approval from the Zoning Hearing Board, after a public hearing, and meeting the requirements established for said use in this chapter.

Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic regions, buttocks and female breasts below a point immediately above the top of the areola.

These activities include human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal, acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse or sodomy and fondling or other erotic touching of the human genitalia, pubic region, buttocks or female breast.

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

The portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and surface of the floor next above it or, if there is no floor above it, the space between any floor and the ceiling next above it. Each level of a split level building shall be considered 1/2 story. Basement/cellar shall be excluded from determining the maximum number of stories.

Any living space immediately below and within the roof framing where the clear height of not more than 75% of the space has structural headroom of seven feet or greater.

A public or private right-of-way built to approved municipal standards, excluding driveways and alleys, intended for use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation that provides a means of access to abutting property. The word "street" shall apply to thoroughfare, avenue, boulevard, court, drive, expressway, highway, lane, road or similar terms. Streets shall not be used for right-angle parking where the Borough Council determines it will interfere with traffic movement. Streets are functionally classified as follows:

Any change in the structural members of a building, such as walls, columns, beams or girders, or any addition to any structure.

Anything constructed or erected on the ground or attached to the ground including, but not limited to, buildings, sheds and manufactured homes. This term includes any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water whether or not affixed to land. See "principal and accessory structure."

A person who is registered to be enrolled or who is enrolled and matriculating at Bucknell University as a full-time undergraduate student.

A building which contains a dwelling unit occupied by one or more students who are not related to each other by adoption or marriage or are not the great-grandparent, great-grandchild, grandparent, grandchild, parent, child, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, great uncle, great aunt, great nephew or great niece of each other.

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 devises, transfer of ownership or building or lot development.

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

Any repair, reconstruction or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the structure, before the improvement or repair is started; or, if the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred. For the purposes of this definition, "substantial improvement" is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure. The term does not, however, include either any project for improvement of a structure to comply with existing state or local health, sanitary or safety code specifications which are solely necessary to assure safe living conditions; or any alteration of a structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places or a state inventory of historic places.

A modification to an existing wireless communications facility substantially changes the physical dimensions of a tower or wireless support structure if it meets any of the following criteria:

An individual registered with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as authorized to measure the boundaries of tracts of land, establish locations and perform the requirements of a survey.

An accessory structure used for swimming containing water at a depth of 42 or more inches or exceeding 5,000 gallons of water, either in-ground or aboveground. All decks, walkways, ladders, stairs, surrounds and fencing appurtenant to such an accessory structure shall be included for all measurement purposes.

By virtue of engineering or spectrum usage, the proposed placement for a wireless communications facility or its design or site location can be implemented without a material reduction in the functionality of the wireless communications facility.

Any place of business where any person, partnership, firm, association or corporation engages in or carries on or permits to be engaged in or carried on any method of pressure on, friction against or stroking, kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, vibrating or stimulating parts of the body with the hands or with the aid of any mechanical apparatus or electrical apparatus or appliance, with or without such supplementary aids as rubbing alcohol, oil or other such items.

A self-supporting lattice tower, guy tower, monopole, or any other pole, that is constructed primarily to support an antenna for receiving and/or transmitting wireless service.

Any structure that is used for the primary purpose of supporting one or more antennas, including, but not limited to, self-supporting lattice towers, guy towers and monopoles.

A single-family dwelling that is one of between three and eight such dwellings of similar construction, attached to each other so that there is a common unpierced vertical wall between adjacent dwellings. (Each dwelling unit shall have exposure to light and air and entrances on at least two sides.)

A zoning district in which all utility installations are required to be installed underground on a nondiscriminatory basis.

The statewide building code, adopted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1999, applicable to new construction in all municipalities whether administered by the municipality, a third party or the Department of Labor and Industry. Applicable to residential and commercial buildings, the Code adopted the International Residential Code (IRC) and International Building Code (IBC) of 2003, by reference, as the construction standard applicable with the Commonwealth floodplain construction. For coordination purposes, references to the above are made specifically to various sections of the IRC and the IBC.

An unenclosed portion of the area of a lot not devoted to driveways, parking spaces or principal and accessory structures. Usable open space may include common buildings such as shelter, pavilions or recreational structures that are centrally located and accessible to the occupants of the building or buildings.

The specific purpose for which land or a sign, structure or building is designed, arranged, intended or for which it may be occupied or maintained, or any activity, occupation, business or operation that may be carried on. The term "permitted use" or its equivalent shall not be deemed to include any nonconforming use. Nonconforming uses are legal only if they meet the definition of "grandfathered." See "principal use" and "accessory use."

Underground or overhead gas, electrical, communication, steam or water transmission; waste disposal systems or public safety apparatus erected, constructed, altered or maintained by public utilities, private companies or municipal or other governmental agencies. System components include poles, wires, mains, drains, sewer pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, telephone control office buildings and telephone booths, and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith that are reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities, private companies, municipalities or other governmental agencies for the public health, safety or general welfare. System components exclude broadcast transmission facilities and supportive buildings as defined herein.

A deviation from the terms and conditions of this chapter authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board in cases in which literal enforcement would create unnecessary hardship as a result of peculiar or unique conditions or circumstances pertaining only to the lot in question, and when the authorizing of such deviation would not be contrary to the public interest and would maintain the spirit and intent of this chapter.

A commercial structure for storage of goods.

Any garbage, refuse or other waste or discarded material including solid, liquid, semi-solid or gaseous material resulting from the operating of residential, municipal, commercial, industrial or institutional establishments including, but not limited to, sludge/septage, construction/demolition, infectious/chemotherapeutic, leaf/yard, residual, hazardous and/or nuclear wastes as defined by federal and/or state statutes and regulations.

The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, incineration or placing of any waste on the land or in the water so that such waste or any constituent or residue thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including groundwaters.

Any method, technique or process designed to change the physical, chemical or biological character or composition of any wastes, including neutralization, incineration, stabilization, solidification and other similar processes.

The actual or intended containment of waste for a period not to exceed 30 calendar days in a manner that does not constitute disposal or treatment.

Any method, technique or process, including landfill, incineration, stabilization, solidification or neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical or biological character or composition of any waste material. Any method, technique or process intended to neutralize any hazardous substance or to render any hazardous substance nonhazardous, safer for transport, suitable for recovery, suitable for storage or reduced in volume.

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

Pennsylvania Wireless Broadcast Collocation Act (53 P.S. § 11702.1, et seq.).

Areas that under normal, inundated or saturated circumstances, by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, including swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas, and subject to regulation by state and federal agencies.

A business devoted to the sale of commodities in quantity chiefly to retailers, other merchants, or industrial, institutional and commercial users mainly for resale or business use. Such commodities shall be limited to durable goods, sundries, dry goods and nonperishable items.

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

Any equipment serving or being used in conjunction with a wireless communications facility or wireless support structure. The term "wireless accessory equipment" includes, but is not limited to, utility or transmission equipment, power supplies, generators, batteries, cables, equipment buildings, cabinets and storage sheds, shelters or similar structures.

An apparatus designed for the purpose of emitting radiofrequency (RF) radiation, to be operated or operating from a fixed location pursuant to FCC authorization, for the provision of wireless service and any commingled information services.

An antenna facility or a wireless support structure that is used for the provision of wireless service, whether such service is provided on a standalone basis or commingled with other wireless communications services.

Any person that applies for a wireless communications facility building permit, zoning approval and/or permission to use the public right-of-way or other Borough-owned land or property.

For the purposes of wireless communications, any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land, upon or to which wireless communications facilities may be attached, approved by the Borough.

The area between the public right-of-way line and a line drawn parallel thereto at the nearest wall of the actual or proposed principal structure, extending the full width of the lot. The front yard on a corner lot shall be considered to be the official U.S. postal address of any structure on the lot.

The area between the rear lot line and a line drawn parallel thereto at the nearest wall of the actual or proposed principal structure, extending the full width of the lot.

The area between any side lot line and a line drawn parallel thereto at the nearest wall of the actual or proposed principal structure, extending from the front yard line to the rear yard line.

The Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of Lewisburg. (See § 360-43.)

A map, approved by the governing body, delineating the various zoning districts in the Borough.

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

The ordinance in effect as adopted or amended that controls or regulates land use in the Borough.

A document issued to indicate that a proposed use or structure is in compliance with the provisions of this chapter or with a decision by the Zoning Hearing Board or Borough Council and authorizing the applicant to proceed with establishing such use, building or structure but not occupying it until such time as a certificate of zoning compliance shall be obtained.