Any inoperable vehicle lacking a currently effective state license and inspection sticker.

Areas of contiguous lots that share a common lot line, except not including lots entirely separated by a street, public alley open to traffic, or a perennial waterway.

An accredited medical school within this commonwealth that operates or partners with an acute care hospital licensed within this commonwealth pursuant to the Act.

A building (including but not limited to a private garage, private toolhouse or children's play house or a noncommercial greenhouse) subordinate to and on the same lot with the principal building on the lot, and not to be used for residential purposes unless such building was originally designed for residential uses, as in conjunction with an institution.

A structure (including but not limited to a swimming pool, tennis court, fence or wall) serving a purpose customarily incidental to the use of the principal building or use and located on the same lot as the principal building or use.

A use incidental to and customarily associated with a specific principal use, located on the same lot or parcel.

Forty-three thousand five hundred sixty square feet.

Property that touches or is directly across a street, private street or access easement, or right-of-way (other than a principal arterial) from the subject property.

The person designated by the Board of Supervisors who receives subdivision or land development plans or otherwise acts in a clerical capacity for and on behalf of the Township Planning Commission.

An establishment having a substantial or significant portion of its stock and trade in, or an establishment which, as one of its principal business purposes, offers for sale books, films, video cassettes, magazines or other periodicals which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, and, in conjunction therewith, has facilities for the presentation of adult entertainment for observation by patrons. Such establishment or the segment or section devoted to the sale or display of such material in an establishment is customarily not open to the public generally, but only to one or more classes of the public, excluding any minor by reason of age.

An establishment providing:

"Adult uses" shall include, and be limited to, the following defined terms: "adult bookstore" and "adult entertainment business" as defined herein.

A structure on agricultural land designed, constructed, and used to house farm implements, livestock, or agricultural produce or products used by the owner, lessee, or sublessee or their immediate families, their employees, and persons engaged in the pick up or delivery of agricultural produce or products grown or raised on the premises. The term "agricultural building" shall not include dwellings.

Farming, including plowing, tillage, cropping, installation of best management practices, seeding, cultivating, or harvesting for the production of food and fiber products. "Agriculture" does not include animal husbandry, commercial logging and timber harvesting.

An accessory use to a single-family dwelling or farming use which may include the rental of an accessory structure for the purposes of weddings, family gatherings, reunions, or other similar events, subject to the additional regulations contained in the Zoning Ordinance.

An accessory use that consists of an enterprise that shall be considered any activity conducted as an accessory to an existing and operational farm and offered to the public or to invited groups for the purpose of recreation, education, or active involvement in the farm operation. These activities must be directly related to agricultural or natural resources and incidental to the primary operation of the farm.

An area and related support facilities used for the landing and takeoff of motorized aircraft that carry people. A public airport shall be an airport that does not meet the definition of "private airport." A private airport shall be limited to a maximum of 15 total landings and takeoffs in any seven day period, and shall not be available for use by the general public.

A public or private way affording only secondary means of access to abutting property.

One thousand pounds live weight of livestock or poultry animals, regardless of the actual number of individual animals comprising the unit, as defined in 3 Pa.C.S.A. § 503.

A facility for the provision of surgical or other medical treatment to animals. Such animals may be kept in the facility during the recovery period or while under medical treatment only.

The raising and keeping of livestock or poultry for any commercial purpose. The keeping of livestock or poultry as farm pets or for domestic purposes pursuant to the regulations of this chapter shall not be construed as animal husbandry. Does not include "concentrated animal feeding operation" or "concentrated animal operation."

Animals that exist wholly or partly on naturally growing pastures which usually consist of true grasses, together with other forage species such as legumes.

Animals that exist in confined pens, cages, buildings or feeds typically harvested and fed to the animals.

A landowner or developer who has filed an application for a subdivision or land development, including his heirs, successors and assigns.

A space containing a stage and seating for meetings and performances.

A place where only gasoline and a limited selection of automobile accessories are sold to the public at retail.

An area where repairs, improvements and installation of parts and accessories for motor vehicles and/or boats are conducted that involves work that is more intense in character than work permitted under the definition of "auto service station." An auto repair station shall include, but not be limited to, a use that involves any of the following work: major mechanical or body work, straightening of body parts, painting, welding or rebuilding of transmission. Any use permitted as part of an auto service station is also permitted as part of an auto repair station.

An area where gasoline is dispensed into motor vehicles, and where no repairs are conducted, except work that may be conducted that is closely similar in character to the following: sale and installation of oil, lubricants, batteries and belts and similar accessories and safety and emission inspections, and sale of prepackaged propane. This use may include a convenience store, provided that all of the requirements for such use are also met. A business that maintains an accessory use of providing motor fuel only for use by vehicles operated by that business shall not, by itself, be considered to be an auto service station. Outside storage of inoperable or unlicensed vehicles at service stations is limited to a maximum two-day period of time for each such vehicle.

The dismantling or disassembling of used motor vehicles or recreation vehicles, or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled, partially dismantled, obsolete or wrecked vehicles or their parts.

An open area, other than a street, used for the outdoor or indoor display, sale or rental of new or used motor vehicles, recreation vehicles or boats in operable condition, and where no major repair work is done.

A story in a building (excluding a subterranean building) which has a structural ceiling four feet or more above the average level of finished grade abutting the exterior wall(s) fronting on any road, and the floor level of which is below finished grade at all points on the periphery of the building. A basement shall be counted as one story in determining the permissible number of stories.

Any room or space designated to be used or intended to be used for sleeping purposes. Spaces used for eating, cooking, bathrooms, toilet rooms, closets, halls, storage or utility room and similar uses are not considered bedrooms.

That combination of conservation measures, structures, or management practices that reduces or avoids adverse impacts of development on adjoining site's land, water or waterways, and water bodies.

Property bounded on one side by a street and on the other three sides by a street, railroad right-of-way, public park, waterway, Township line or any combination thereof.

That part of a block which fronts on a single street.

The Zoning Hearing Board of Moore Township.

The Board of Supervisors of Moore Township.

A strip of land at least 20 feet in width which may be a part of the minimum setback distance and which is free of any principal or accessory building, parking, outdoor storage or any other use than open space designed to eliminate or minimize conflicts between land uses. Land within an existing or future street right-of-way shall not be used to meet a buffer yard requirement.

Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, used for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals or property. "Building" is interpreted as including "or part thereof." Any structure involving a permanent roof (such as a covered porch or a carport) that is attached to a principal building shall be considered to be part of that principal building.

The ratio obtained by dividing the ground floor area of all principal and accessory buildings on a lot (including covered porches, carports and breezeways, but excluding open patios) by the total area of the lot upon which the buildings are located.

The vertical distance of a building measured from the point which is the mean level of the highest and lowest portion of the building site covered by the building to the highest portion of the roof.

The building in which the main or principal use of a lot is situated.

Offices or private firms or organizations which are primarily used for the provision of executive, management or administrative services. Typical uses include administrative offices, and services including real estate, insurance, property management, investment, personnel, travel, secretarial services, telephone answering, photocopy and reproduction and business offices of public utilities, organizations and associations, or other use classifications when the service rendered is that customarily associated with administrative office services.

A business or organization offering dormitories, cottages, cabins or similar accommodations, eating facilities, sanitary facilities and recreational or education facilities to the public at large or any segment of the public on other than a transient basis, but does not include campgrounds.

Any lot, parcel or tract of land upon which space is rented for two or more tents, recreation vehicles, camping trailers, travel trailers, pickup coaches, motor homes or any combination thereof for temporary occupancy. Any such land development intended for permanent occupancy or involving the sale of lots, parking space for location of tents, recreation vehicles, travel trailers, pickup coaches or other similar accommodations shall be considered as a residential subdivision and shall meet all standards and requirements in this chapter and Chapter 260, Subdivision and Land Development.

The individual designated by a patient to deliver medical marijuana.

Washing and cleaning of automobiles and related light equipment.

A building open on two or more sides and used in conjunction with a dwelling for the storage of private motor vehicles.

The paved portion of a street or highway.

A part of the interior of a building (excluding a subterranean building) which has a structural ceiling less than four feet above the average level of finished grade abutting the exterior wall(s) fronting on any road. A cellar shall not be counted as one story in determining the permissible number of stories.

A place used for the burial of two or more noncremated humans.

The acquisition, possession, use or transportation of medical marijuana by patient, or the acquisition, possession, delivery, transportation or administration of medical marijuana by a caregiver, for use as part of the treatment of the patient's serious medical condition, as authorized by certification by the commonwealth pursuant to the Act.

See "place of worship."

An entity that:

A structure, partially or wholly exterior to a building, used for transmitting or retransmitting electronic signals through the air, and that does not meet the definition of a "standard antenna." Commercial communications antennae shall include, but are not limited to, antennas used for transmitting commercial radio or television signals, or to receive such signals for a cable system, or to retransmit wireless telecommunications. A commercial communications tower shall be a structure over 30 feet in height that is primarily intended to support one or more antenna.

The bulk storage of crops where more than 50% of the crops stored were not produced by the owner.

The harvesting of trees for any commercial purpose in areas greater than 10 acres in size or greater than 10% of the lot area.

A commercial recreational land use conducted entirely within a building, including arcade, arena, art gallery and studio, art center, assembly hall, athletic and health clubs, auditorium, bowling alley, club or lounge, community center, conference center, exhibit hall, gymnasium, library, movie theater, museum, performance theater, pool or billiard hall, skating rink, swimming pool, tennis court.

A motor vehicle licensed by the commonwealth in a class other than Class I or Class II.

Any area which is predominantly open space, is used principally for active or passive recreation and is used for a profit-making purpose. Typical uses include driving ranges, miniature golf, swimming pools, tennis courts, outdoor racquetball courts, motorized cart and motorcycle tracks, and motorized model airplane flying facilities.

The Planning Commission of Moore Township.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A publicly owned and/or publicly operated facility that serves the community at large and provides a venue for cultural events, entertainment, athletic, social, recreational, governmental and/or multipurpose uses. Uses may include, but are not limited to commercial kitchens, classrooms, events involving social or fraternal gatherings, exercise areas, gymnasiums, meeting rooms, multipurpose rooms, office spaces, public and nonprofit social service organizations, spectator sports, swimming pools, and areas for public display, such as a museum, auditorium, theater and/or stage.

Maps, charts and text duly adopted by the Moore Township Board of Supervisors as the Official Comprehensive Plan of the Township.

Any animal feeding operations that:

An operation that has an animal density of more than two AEUs per acre of land suitable for manure application.

An affirmative action by a commission or the Board of Supervisors indicating that approval will be contingent upon satisfaction of certain specified stipulations.

Certain specified uses which are allowed or denied by the Board of Supervisors after recommendation by the Planning Commission pursuant to express standards and criteria set forth in this chapter.

Real estate, portions of which are designated for separate ownership and the remainder of which is designated for common ownership solely by the owners of those portions, created under either the Pennsylvania Unit Property Act of July 3, 1963, or the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act.[1]

On-site erection, fabrication, installation, alteration, demolition, or removal of any structure, facility, or addition thereto, including all related activities, but not restricted to, clearing of land, earth moving, blasting and landscaping.

To change or adapt land or structures to a different use, occupancy or purpose.

The County of Northampton, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission.

A strip of land, including a right-of-way, dedicated to public use in order to facilitate pedestrian access through or into a block.

A building and/or land open to the public which contains exhibits of a cultural interest, such as a museum, art gallery, nature study area, etc.

A proposed zoning amendment made to the Board of Supervisors by any landowner who desires to challenge on substantive grounds the validity of an ordinance which prohibits or restricts the use or development of land in which he has an interest.

A use involving the supervised care of children under age 16 outside of the children's own home(s) primarily for periods of less than 18 hours per child during the average day. This use may also include educational programs that are supplementary to state-required education, including a nursery school or "head start" programs.

A restriction on the use of a lot or parcel of land that is set forth in the deed and recorded with the county register of deeds. It is binding on subsequent owners and is sometimes also known as a "restrictive covenant."

The number of dwelling units permitted per acre of land.

A structure or facility, natural or artificial, which stores stormwater on a temporary basis and releases it at a controlled rate. A detention basin may drain completely after a storm event, or it may be a body of water with a fixed minimum and maximum water elevation between runoff events.

A facility for the detention, confinement, treatment or rehabilitation of persons arrested or convicted for the violation of civil or criminal law. Such facilities include an adult detention center, juvenile delinquency center, jail, and prison. These facilities house prisoners who are in custody of municipal/county/law enforcement and the facilities are typically government owned.

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

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

The process whereby authorized officials of the Township review the site plans, maps and other documentation of a development to determine compliance of the stated purposes and standards of this chapter.

A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which holds a current and valid permit issued by the Department of Health (DOH) of the commonwealth to dispense medical marijuana pursuant to the provisions of the Act.

Any building or structure used to dispense medical marijuana by a licensed dispensary.

A portion of the territory of the Township within which certain uniform regulations and requirements or various combinations thereof apply under the provisions of this chapter.

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

One or more rooms intended to be occupied by one family as separate living quarters, containing sanitary facilities and kitchen facilities and having direct access from the outside or through a common hall.

A dwelling with yards surrounding all sides.

Any building, vehicle or portion thereof designed or used exclusively as the residence or sleeping place of one or more persons. The term "dwelling" shall not be deemed to include an automobile court, rooming house, tourist home, hotel, motel, hospital, nursing home, dormitory, fraternity, sorority house or other group residence.

A right-of-way or restriction granted for limited use of private land within which the owner of the property may be restricted from erecting permanent structures but shall have the right to make any other use of the land which is not inconsistent with the rights of the grantee.

Facilities for conduct of public safety and emergency services, including police and fire protection services and emergency medical and ambulance services.

The registered professional engineer designated by the Board of Supervisors to perform all duties required of the Engineer by the provisions of this chapter.

Includes the provision of gas, electricity, steam, communication, telephone, sewer, water, public safety and other similar services. The facilities required to provide such services shall consist of the following:

Any structural modification which increases the existing structure's envelope or footprint.

One or more persons living together in a single dwelling unit as a traditional family or the functional equivalent of a traditional family. It shall be a rebuttable presumption that six or more persons living together in a single dwelling unit, who are not related by blood, adoption, or marriage, do not constitute the functional equivalent of a traditional family. This definition does not intend to prohibit group homes and/or community living arrangements that are determined to be protected by the Federal Fair Housing law, provided such facilities are licensed and permitted under the authority of the Department of Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or other state department or agency. In determining the functional equivalent of a traditional family, the following criteria shall be present:

Accessory ponds established in conjunction with an agricultural use. Such ponds shall conform to the requirements for mining and excavation, as provided in this chapter, and have a maximum size of 3/4 of an acre and have a maximum ratio of one pond per five acres. All boundaries of excavation are to be wholly within the building setback line of the property.

A building in which food is prepared and served to the public for consumption both on or off the premises.

A payment of funds to the Township for any of the applications or other entitlements.

A structure or area of land on which domestic animals are fattened for market.

A barrier of fabricated materials placed or arranged as a line of demarcation between lots or to enclose a lot or portion thereof.

Sand, gravel, earth, or other materials of any composition whatsoever placed or deposited by human activity.

An establishment that is engaged in the business of a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union that is regulated by state or federal authority. Such establishment includes, without limitation, an office building or portion thereof devoted to such use, a drive-up facility, and a facility containing one or more automated teller machines.

A relatively flat or low land area adjoining a river, stream or watercourse which is subject to partial or complete inundation once in every 100 years.

The designated area of a floodplain required to carry the discharge waters of a flood of 100-year magnitude.

The total area of all floors as measured to the outside surfaces of exterior walls or from the center line of party walls separating two buildings, but excluding cellars, basements, crawl spaces, attics without floors, open porches, balconies and terraces.

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

The characteristics of the medical marijuana recommended or limited for a particular patient, including the method of consumption and any particular dosage, strain, variant and quantity or percentage of medical marijuana or particular active ingredient.

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

A use that primarily sells routine household goods, groceries, prepared ready-to-eat foods and similar miscellaneous items to the general public, but that is not primarily a restaurant, and that includes a building with a floor area less than 7,000 square feet. A convenience store involving the sale of gasoline shall be regulated as an auto service station.

The effect produced by brightness sufficient to cause annoyance, discomfort, or loss in visual performance and visibility.

A tract of land laid out with at least nine holes for playing a game of golf and improved with tees, greens, fairways, and hazards. A golf course may include a clubhouse and shelters as accessory uses.

Municipal, county, state or federal government buildings or facilities designed and intended to be occupied by the government or designed and intended for public use sponsored by such governments. Does not include detention facility.

The elevation of finished ground or paving.

A horticultural use or operation occurring within a partially or totally enclosed structure, including but not limited to the sale of products produced in such structure.

A retail establishment which primarily sells food, but also may sell other convenience and household goods, and which occupies at least 5,000 square feet but not more than 25,000 square feet of gross floor area.

A dwelling unit operated by a responsible individual, family or organization with a program to provide a supportive living arrangement for individuals where special care is needed by the persons served due to age, emotional, mental, developmental or physical disability. This definition shall expressly include facilities for the supervised care of persons with disabilities subject to protection under the Federal Fair Housing Act, as amended. Group homes must be licensed where required by any appropriate government agencies, and a copy of any such license must be delivered to the Zoning Officer prior to the initiation of the use. A "group home" typically involves an individual residing on the premises for more than 30 days at a time.

A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which holds a current and valid permit from the DOH to grow and process medical marijuana in the commonwealth, pursuant to the provisions of the Act.

Any building or structure used to grow medical marijuana by a licensed grower/processor that has a current and valid license from the DOH pursuant to the Act.

Any club, organization, individual, group of individuals, or use, whether operated for profit or not, which caters to or allows the use of firearms.

A restriction on property so unreasonable that it results in an arbitrary and capricious interference with basic property rights. "Hardship" relates to the physical characteristics of the property, not the personal circumstances of the owner or user, and the property is rendered unusable without the granting of a variance.

An administrative proceeding conducted by the Board of Supervisors or the Zoning Hearing Board pursuant to this chapter.

A facility where terminally ill individuals and their families receive support services from a team of health care providers and others to meet their physical, psychological, social, emotional, and spiritual needs.

A use involving the diagnosis, treatment or other medical care of humans that includes, but is not limited to, care requiring stays overnight. A medical care use that does not involve any stays overnight shall be considered an "office." A hospital may involve care and rehabilitation for medical, dental or mental health, but shall not primarily include housing or treatment of the criminally insane or persons actively serving an official sentence after being convicted of a felony. A hospital may also involve medical research and training for health care professionals.

A building or group of buildings with an outside entrance in common, which contains six or more rooms and is designed, arranged and used for the overnight lodging of travelers or for the temporary occupancy of transients and the business conduct of which it is licensed under applicable laws. Any such use that customarily involves the housing of persons for periods of time longer than 90 days shall be considered a boardinghouse and shall meet the requirements of that use. A hotel may also include a restaurant, meeting rooms, nightclub, newsstand, amusement arcade, gift shop, swim club, exercise facilities, tavern and similar customary accessory amenities, and provided such use shall only be allowed as a principal use of the property if such use is allowed by the applicable district regulations.

A document issued by the DOH that permits access to medical marijuana.

Any surface which does not absorb rain; all buildings, parking areas, driveways, roads, sidewalks, and any areas in concrete, asphalt or other equivalent surfaces.

Establishments providing industrial services to individuals or businesses. This classification includes dry-cleaning plants; metal, machine, and welding shops; cabinetry and woodworking shops; furniture upholstery shops; and similar businesses engagements in custom fabrication and repair.

Streets, water and sewer lines, and other public facilities necessary to the functioning of a community.

An agricultural use including but not limited to feedlots, confinement livestock, or poultry operations taking place in structures or closed pens (i.e., CAFOs or CAOs).

Any discarded material or articles (including scrap metallic or nonmetallic items, abandoned vehicles and equipment, paper, glass, containers and structures). Junk or salvage shall not include refuse or garbage kept in a proper container for the purpose of prompt disposal.

Any land or structure where junk or salvage is discarded, bought, sold, exchanged, stored, bailed, cleaned, packed, disassembled or handled. "Junkyard" does not include those structures where used furniture or household equipment is stored, bought or sold, nor those structures or land where automobiles not abandoned are stored, bought or sold.

Any establishment wherein four or more dogs and other domesticated pets four months of age or older are kept for the purpose of breeding, boarding, sale or show purposes.

Consists of all of the following: a sink with piped water, a permanent cookstove and a refrigerator.

The total area of space or surface occupied, measured in square feet.

The type of use activity occurring on a land parcel or within a building situated upon a land parcel.

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

An establishment providing washing, drying and/or dry-cleaning machines on the premises for rental use to the general public for family laundering and/or dry-cleaning purposes.

A facility in which literary and artistic materials, such as books, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, prints, records, and tapes, are kept for reading, reference, or lending.

Includes all cattle, horses, ponies, donkeys, mules, hogs, sheep, goats, rabbits, hares, poultry and any other similar creature raised for human use or profit, but shall not include dogs, cats or similar creatures customarily kept as household pets.

An unobstructed area provided and maintained for the temporary parking of trucks and other motor vehicles for the purpose of loading and unloading goods, wares, materials, and merchandise.

Any parcel or tract of land intended as a unit of ownership, transfer of ownership, use, rent, improvement or development. Contiguous nonconforming lots under common ownership shall be considered one lot.

The area contained within the lot lines, excluding space within existing street rights-of-way.

The mean average horizontal distance between the front and the rear lot lines.

The property lines bounding the lot.

The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured at the minimum prescribed front yard setback line as set forth in this chapter or as otherwise prescribed in § 300-29D(2).[3]

A facility where building materials such as lumber, plywood, drywall, paneling, cement blocks and other cement products, and other building products are stored and sold. Lumberyards may also process lumber by performing millwork, planning, cutting, and other customizing processes.

An industrial use which shall include but not be limited to the production, processing, cleaning, and testing of materials, goods, foodstuffs, and products, and the commercial generation of electricity.

Animal excrement, including poultry litter, which is produced at an agricultural operation. The term includes materials such as bedding and raw materials which are commingled with that excrement.

Marijuana for certified medical use as legally permitted by the commonwealth and the provisions of the Act.

Any facility used to house delivery vehicles for supplying marijuana plants or seeds to one or more grower/processor facilities and/or dispensary facilities.

A dispensary facility or a grower/processor facility.

A use providing consultation, diagnosis, therapeutic, preventive or corrective personal treatment services by doctors, dentists, medical and dental laboratories and similar practitioners of medical and healing arts for humans licensed for such practice by the State of Pennsylvania.

An association of persons which owns, leases or occupies an establishment operated solely for a recreational, social, fraternal, religious, political or athletic purpose and whose activities are confined to the members and guests and are not extended to the general public (including the establishment so operated). But it does not include such clubs and camps whose chief activity is a service carried on primarily for business or gain.

All activities, including minor welding, involved in the assembly, altering, servicing, repairing, warehousing or storing, or adapting for sale of previously prepared metal products.

The removal from the surface or beneath the surface of the land of bulk mineral resources using significant machinery. This use also includes accessory stockpiling and processing of mineral resources. Mineral extraction includes but is not limited to the extraction of sand, gravel, topsoil, limestone, sandstone, oil, coal, clay, shale and iron ore. The routine movement of and replacement of topsoil during construction shall not by itself be considered to be mineral extraction.

A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent occupancy, contained in one unit or two or more units designed to be joined into one integral unit capable of again being separated for repeated towing, which arrives at a site complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, and constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation.

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

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

A building or group of buildings containing individual rooms or accommodations, each of which is provided with a separate exterior entrance and a parking space and is offered principally for temporary occupancy by motor vehicle travelers (including auto courts, motor courts, motor inns and motor lodges).

The building plus contiguous space to which freight is brought for transfer, assembly and sorting for shipment by motor truck.

Existing natural elements relating to land, water, air, plant and animal life, including but not limited to soils, geology, topography, surface and subsurface waters, wetlands, vegetation, and animal habitats.

The intensity, duration, and character of sound from any and all sources.

A building or part of a building manifestly not designed to comply with the applicable use or extent of use provisions in this chapter or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such building lawfully existed prior to the enactment of such ordinance or amendment or prior to the application of such ordinance or amendment to its location by reason of annexation.

A lot which does not conform to the minimum width, depth or area dimensions specified for the district where such lot is situated, but was lawfully in existence at the time of enactment of this chapter or is legally established through the granting of a variance by the Board. Contiguous nonconforming lots under common ownership shall be considered one lot.

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

A use which does not comply with the applicable use provisions of this chapter but which was lawfully in existence prior to the enactment of this chapter.

Any thing, condition, or conduct that endangers health and safety, or unreasonably offends the senses, or obstructs the free use and comfortable enjoyment of property, or essentially interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life.

A licensed establishment which provides full-time convalescent or chronic care for three or more individuals who are not related by blood or marriage to the operator and who, by reason of chronic illness or infirmity, are unable to care for themselves. No care for the acutely ill or surgical or obstetrical services shall be provided in such a home.

The purpose for which a building or portion thereof is utilized or occupied.

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.

The Official Map as adopted or amended by the Board of Supervisors showing the characteristics of streets, watercourses and public grounds.

The map as adopted or amended by the Board of Supervisors which designates the location and boundaries of zoning districts.

The unoccupied area of a lot. Open space does not include the areas of principal and accessory structures, streets, driveways and parking areas, but may include areas occupied by walkways, patios and porches without roofs, playgrounds and other areas occupied by outdoor recreation or play apparatus, gardens and trees.

A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water or a combination of land and water within a development site 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.

Open space of a lot or tract used for residential purposes, exclusive of required front and side yard areas, which is suitable for specified use(s) or as outdoor open space for the residents.

A group of fruit or nut trees, either small and diverse and grown for home use, or large and uniform (i.e., of one variety) and cultivated for revenue. Such a collection must be planted, managed, and renewed by the household or farmer and should not be confused with a naturally occurring grove.

The Moore Township Zoning Ordinance of 2010, or any provisions or amendment thereof, enacted by the Board of Supervisors, including the Official Zoning Map.

The storage of any material for a period greater than 24 hours, including items for sale, lease, processing, and repair (including vehicles) not in an enclosed building.

Goods for sale, storage, or display that have a large size, mass, or volume and are not easily moved or carried, such as railroad ties, large bags of feed, or fertilizer, wood, etc.

Goods for sale, storage, or display that are distinguished from bulk items by being small in size or volume and not requiring a mechanical lifting device to move them. Includes such items as bikes, lightweight furniture, lawn accessories, and other items that can easily be moved indoors during close of business.

An area where certain additional requirements are superimposed upon a base zoning district or underlying district and where the requirements of the base or underlying district may or may not be altered.

Any area which is predominantly open space, is used principally for active or passive recreation and is not used for a profit-making purpose.

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

An area or courtyard which is not covered by a roof or permanent awning and is designed for outdoor living purposes as an accessory use to a structure.

Ground covered with stone, brick, concrete, asphalt, gravel, iron ore, or other substantial matter making a firm, smooth, and level surface.

An agreement by a subdivider or developer with the Township for the amount of the estimated construction cost guaranteeing the completion of physical improvements according to plans and specifications within the time prescribed by the subdivider's agreement.

Financial security which may be accepted by the Township in lieu of a requirement that certain improvements be made by a developer before a plat is approved (including letters of credit, performance bonds, escrow agreements and other similar collateral or surety agreements).

A document issued by the proper Township authority authorizing the applicant to undertake certain activities.

Any use which does not require special action by the Zoning Hearing Board or by the Planning Commission before a zoning permit is granted by the Zoning Officer.

An individual, partnership, organization, association, trust or corporation. When used in a penalty provision, "person" shall include the members of such partnership, the trustees of such trust and the officers of such organization, association or corporation.

Places primarily providing services oriented to personal needs which do not involve retail sales or professional advisory services. Personal services include barber- and beauty shops, shoe repair shops, household appliance repair shops and other similar establishments.

Buildings, synagogues, churches, religious retreats, monasteries, seminaries and shrines used primarily for religious and/or spiritual worship for more than 10 persons at a time and that are operated for nonprofit and noncommercial purposes. If a religious use is primarily residential in nature, it shall be regulated under the appropriate dwelling type.

A map or chart indicating the subdivision or resubdivision of land which, in its various stages of preparation, can include the following:

An operation for the cultivating, harvesting, and sale of plants, bushes, trees, and other nursery items grown on site or established in the ground prior to sale, and for related accessory sales and uses.

A row of evergreens or deciduous shrubs or trees located within a buffer yard.

A roofed or unroofed structure projecting from the front, side or rear wall of a building.

The predominate or main use of the lot. The landowner shall declare the principal use at the time of any application to the Zoning Officer.

Process, or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or by similar means. Includes printing, publishing, binding and similar operations.

An office maintained for the conduct of a licensed profession, including but not limited to an accountant, architect, author, community planner, dentist, engineer, insurance agent, landscape architect, lawyer, minister, notary, optometrist, physician or realtor.

The percentage of an area of natural resource that must remain undisturbed.

Notice published once each week for two successive 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 natural or excavated opening in the ground from which clay, gravel, slate, limestone, sandstone or other rocks or minerals or material are obtained by stripping, digging, blasting or other means, except for anthracite or bituminous coal stripping. "Blasting" shall mean the explosion of dynamite, black powder, fuse, blasting cap, detonators, electric squibs or other explosives as defined in the Regulation for Pits and Quarries, 1959 edition, issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through the Department of Labor and Industry, as amended.

A vehicle of any size, which is designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses and which is self-propelled or is designed to be towed or carried by another vehicle (including campers, pickup coaches, travel trailers and motor homes).

The registry established by the DOH for all medical marijuana organizations and practitioners in the commonwealth pursuant to the provisions of the Act.

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

Any zoning district which permits residential uses.

A building or group of buildings located on a lot containing 10 acres or more combining lodging of members and guests, service of food to lodgers and/or nonlodgers, retail sale of commodities and services and facilities for educational activities and recreation for lodgers and/or nonlodgers.

A building in which food is prepared and served to the public for consumption within the building.

Sale or rental of commonly used goods, and merchandise for personal or household use. Typical uses include department stores, apparel stores, furniture stores and establishments providing the following products or services: household cleaning and maintenance products, drugs, cards, stationary, notions, books, tobacco products, cosmetic and specialty items; flowers, plants, hobby materials, toys and handcrafted items; apparel, jewelry, fabrics and like items; cameras, photography services, household electronic equipment, sporting equipment, kitchen utensils, home furnishings and appliances, art supplies and framing, arts, antiques, paint and wallpaper, carpeting and floor covering, interior decorating services, office supplies, bicycles and auto parts (inside a building with no repair services).

The commercial boarding or hacking of six or more horses.

Land reserved for the public or the abutting owners for use as a street, alley, interior walk or for other public purposes.

A vegetated buffer strip along a watercourse that filters stormwater and provides wildlife habitat.

A situation or building in which an owner of a dwelling rents at least one but not more than six rooms for residential purposes, but does not furnish meals.

The rainfall, snowmelt, or irrigation water flowing that has not evaporated or infiltrated into the soil, but flows over the ground surface.

All of the following: a sink with piped water, a toilet and a bathtub or shower.

Any use, building, or structure, which is held, used or controlled exclusively for 1) public educational purposes by the local school district or other governmental entity; 2) a charter school; or 3) a private school, which is defined as an individual, association, copartnership, or corporation, or department, division, or section of such organizations, that designates itself as an educational center that includes kindergarten, elementary, or secondary schooling below college level and that provides instructional services. A private school may be a parochial, religious, denominational, for-profit, or not-for-profit school.

A screen or obstruction of sufficient height (but not less than six feet high) to effectively visually obscure the area being screened from adjoining areas.

An accessory use for the sale of dairy, farm, greenhouse or nursery products grown or produced on the lot.

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

A public utility system or other system designed to collect, centrally treat and dispose of sewage from users in compliance with regulations of the appropriate state agency and of the Township. Any system which is not a centralized sewage disposal system shall be deemed an on-lot system. A centralized sewage disposal system shall also include a "community on-lot disposal system" as defined by the Department of Environmental Protection.

The connection consisting of all pipes, fittings and appurtenances from the drain outlet of a dwelling or building to the inlet of the street or main collector sewer pipe of the sewerage system serving the subdivision or land development.

A group of retail and other commercial establishments that is planned, owned and managed as a single property. On-site parking is provided for customers and employees.

Any dwelling unit owned or managed by a person or entity which is rented or leased to a transient visitor for a period of less than 30 days. This term shall not include a hotel as that term is defined in this chapter.

The written grant of right to operate a short-term rental.

A visual display which is affixed to, painted or represented directly or indirectly upon a building, structure, wall or land and which directs attention to an object, product, place, activity, person, institution, organization or business. A sign shall not include any display of official court or public office notices nor any traffic control device nor the flag, emblem or insignias of a nation, state, county, municipality, school or religious group.

The entire area within a single continuous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of such sign and in no case passing through or between any adjacent elements of the same. However, such perimeter shall not include any structural or framing elements lying outside the limits of such sign and not forming an integral part of the display.

Includes regrading the existing topography, filling lakes, ponds, marshes or floodplains, clearing vegetation or altering watercourses.

All land area within the site as defined by the deed and determined by a site survey.

The site area minus existing road and utilities rights-of-way, land which is not contiguous or is separated from the parcel by a road or other public easement, and land shown on a previous subdivision or land development plans as reserved from development for natural resource reasons, recreation and/or open space preservation.

The area of a tract of land remaining after subtracting land which is not contiguous, land within existing rights-of-way, land within required rights-of-way, land within easements and covenants, and area identified as resource protection land [as determined in § 300-35C(2)(b)].

A 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. This shall not include a custom butcher shop that does not involve the killing of animals which is a retail sales use.

The degree of deviation of a surface from the horizontal, usually expressed in percent or degrees.

The Soil and Water Conservation District for Northampton County.

A scientific survey of soil conditions and characteristics prepared by an engineer or soil scientist and approved or certified by the United States Soil Conservation Service.

Soils susceptible to saturation by water.

Any object that uses solar radiation for a useful purpose, including but not limited to windows, walls, roofs and collectors.

An electric generating facility, whose main purpose is to generate and supply electricity on a large-scale and consists of one or more solar energy systems and other accessory structures and buildings, including substations, electrical infrastructure, transmission lines and other appurtenant structures and facilities. A solar energy facility is a system which has a rated capacity of more than 18 kilowatts or that has a lot coverage collector area of more than 1,000 square feet.

A solar collector or other device or structural design feature of a structure that relies upon sunshine as an energy source and is capable of collecting, distributing, and storing (if appropriate to the technology) the sun's radiant energy for beneficial use. A Solar Energy System shall consist of one or more roof- and/or ground-mounted solar collection device(s) with solar related equipment, which has a rated capacity of less than or equal to 18 kilowatts or that has a lot coverage collector area of less than or equal to 1,000 square feet and is intended to primarily reduce and supplement on-site consumption of utility power.

A use for which the Zoning Hearing Board may grant permission following a public hearing and findings of fact consistent with this chapter, provided that the use complies with the conditions and standards required by this chapter.

Areas of 3,000 square feet or greater which have a slope which is greater than 8% and which, because of the slope, are subject to higher rates of stormwater runoff and, therefore, erosion.

The flow of water which results from precipitation and which occurs immediately following rainfall or snowmelt.

The system, or combination of systems, designed to treat stormwater, or collect, convey, channel, hold, inhibit, or divert the movement of stormwater on, through, and from a site.

That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the ceiling next above it and having a vertical distance of not less than seven feet shall be considered a full story. Any such portion of a building having a distance of less than seven feet shall be considered a half story. Basements shall be considered full stories while cellars shall not be considered as being stories or half stories.

A channel such as river or creek that carries flowing surface water, including perennial streams and intermittent streams with defined channels, and excluding man-made irrigation and drainage channels.

Those areas within 100 feet of each side of a year-round or intermittent stream as measured by field survey from the top of bank of the defined water flow channel.

A public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property, including avenue, place, way, parkway, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road and any other thoroughfare except an alley.

Any change in the structural parts of a structure, such as walls, columns, beams, girders, floors, roof or ceiling, or any addition to any structure or the moving of a structure from one location to another. Structural alteration does not include normal maintenance or minor repairs or improvements as defined in the Township Building Permit Ordinance.

Any man-made object having an ascertainable, stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land. The term "structure" shall include buildings, signs, fences, walls, towers, swimming pools and similar structures. "Structure" shall be interpreted as including the words "or part thereof."

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.

Any subdivision which does not qualify as a minor subdivision.

A building covered by land on at least 50% of the surface of its walls and roof.

Buildings and grounds owned by a nonprofit organization used for swimming for recreational purposes by members who are invited or elected to join with the use of the facilities restricted to members and their guests and not open to the general public.

A body of water or receptacle for water having a depth at any point greater than 30 inches which is primarily used or intended to be used for swimming or bathing.

An area or structure specially designed for the safe use of archery and/or the discharging of rifles, shotguns, pistols, silhouettes, skeet, trap, black powder, or any similar firearm for the purpose of sport shooting or military/law enforcement training.

A place where alcoholic beverages are served as a primary or substantial portion of the total trade. The sale of food may also occur.

A building which is not designed to last or to be used for more than one year.

The use of any premises, building or structure for living and/or sleeping purposes for less than 100 consecutive days in any calendar year.

A structure which is not permitted to last or to be used for a specific use for more than one year.

Buildings and grounds owned by a nonprofit organization used for tennis for recreational purposes by members who are invited or elected to join with the use of the facilities restricted to members and their guests and not open to the general public.

Industrial use that transforms basic fiber (natural or synthetic) into a product, such as yarn or fabric, that is further manufactured into usable items, such as apparel, sheets, towels, and textile bags for individual or industrial consumption. Main processes include preparation and spinning of fiber, knitting or weaving of fabric, and the finishing of the textile. Establishments that make textile products (except apparel) by generally cutting and sewing (e.g., purchasing fabric and cutting and sewing to make nonapparel textile products, such as sheets and towels). Processes include cutting and sewing and the manufacture of garments in establishments that first knot fabric and then cutting and sewing the fabric into a garment.

A dwelling in which at least one but not more than six rooms are offered for overnight accommodations for transient guests, for compensation.

The Township of Moore, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

A facility that is primarily intended for education of a work-related skill or craft or a hobby that does not primarily provide state-required education to persons under age 16. This shall include a dancing school, martial arts school or ceramics school.

See "mobile home dwelling" (under "dwelling") and "recreation vehicle."

An occupant of a dwelling unit or bedroom for not more than 30 days, unless the occupant is related to the owner as married spouse, parent or child, grandparent or grandchild, or brother or sister.

A facility for loading, unloading, and interchange of passengers and baggage between modes of transportation, including bus stations, taxi terminals, and public transit facilities.

See "recreation vehicle."

See "campground."

The purpose for which land, a sign, a structure or a building is arranged, designed or intended, or for which it may be occupied or maintained, or any activity, occupation, business or operation which may be carried on.

A structure or facility which collects, processes and/or distributes a public utility commodity, not including wireless telecommunication services. Substations may include on site generators for emergency use only and not for distribution to the surrounding area.

A granting of permission to use or alter land or structures which requires a variation from the strict application of a requirement of this chapter. Variances are granted only in the case of exceptionally irregular, narrow, shallow or steep lots or other exceptional physical conditions, whereby strict application of regulations would result in practical difficulty and unnecessary hardship. Variances are granted only if specific requirements are met. A variance may not be granted to permit a use which is not permitted in the zoning district involved.

A facility for the medical treatment of small domestic animals, which is staffed by a least one doctor of veterinary medicine, and which meets the following additional requirements:

A building or group of buildings primarily used for indoor storage, transfer and distribution of products and materials, but not including retail uses or a truck terminal. The term "warehouse" shall include distribution facility, fulfillment center, logistics facility and similar uses.

The connection consisting of all pipes, fittings and appurtenances from the water pipe to the inlet pipe of the distribution system within the dwelling or nonresidential unit.

A public utility system or other system designed to transmit water from a common source to users in compliance with the requirements of the appropriate state agencies and the Township. Any system not deemed a centralized water supply system shall be an on-lot system.

A discernible, definable natural course or channel along which water is conveyed ultimately to streams and/or rivers at lower elevations. A watercourse may originate from a lake or underground spring(s) and be permanent in nature or it may originate from a temporary source such as runoff from rain or melting snow.

Areas of undrained, saturated soils, supporting wetland vegetation, where the water table is at or near the surface or where shallow water covers the site due to permanent or seasonal inundation of surface water or groundwater or other areas meeting the wetlands criteria set by the Department of Environmental Protection or the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

An electric-generating facility whose main purpose is to supply electricity, consisting of 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.

A wind energy conversion device that produces electricity; typically three blades rotating about a horizontal access and positioned up-wind of the supporting tower.

Areas of one acre or greater which contain an average of one or more trees measuring six inches in caliper or greater, per 5,000 square feet. All associated layers of growth, including but not limited to, the canopy, understory and floor, shall be considered as part of the woodland.

An open space on the same lot with a building or group of buildings which lies between the principal building or group of buildings and the nearest lot line and which is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as herein permitted.

See "district."

A change in the wording, context, or substance of this title or a change in the zoning or district boundaries of the Official Zoning Map, to be made part of this title.

See "board."

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