A use, building, structure or improvement, the use of which is clearly incidental to, related to, and customarily found in connection with, the main or principal use, building or structure and which is located on the same lot therewith. Allowable structures and uses per district standards.

Signs indicating address and/or name of residential properties and the occupants.

Any place to which the public is permitted, or invited, wherein coin-operated or slug-operated or electronically or mechanically controlled still or motion-picture machines, projectors, or other image-producing devices are maintained to show images to five or fewer persons per machine at any one time, and where the images so displayed are distinguished or characterized by the depicting or describing of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.

Any commercial establishment which, as one of its principal business purposes, offers for sale or rental, for any form of consideration, any one or more of the following:

A nightclub, bar or similar commercial establishment, which regularly features:

Any hotel, motel or similar commercial establishment which:

A commercial establishment where, for any form of consideration, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, or other photographic reproductions are regularly shown, which are characterized by the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.

Any theater, concert hall, auditorium or similar commercial establishment which regularly features persons who appear in a state of nudity or live performances which are characterized by the exposure of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.

An enterprise that is actively engaged in the commercial production and preparation for market of crops, livestock and livestock products and in the production, harvesting and preparation for market or use of agricultural, agronomic, horticultural, silvicultural and aquacultural crops and commodities. The term includes an enterprise that implements changes in production practices and procedures or types of crops, livestock, livestock products or commodities produced consistent with practices and procedures that are normally engaged by farmers or are consistent with technological development within the agricultural industry.

A public narrow service way providing a secondary public means of access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street, not intended for general traffic circulation.

A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has filed an application for development, including his heirs, successors and assigns.

Every application, whether preliminary, tentative or final, required to be filed and approved prior to start of construction or development including, but not limited to, an application for a building permit, for the approval of a subdivision plat or plan or for the approval of a development plan.

A section of pavement that connects the driveway to the public road. The apron lies within the right-of-way.

Any building, land area, or portion thereof used for the retail dispensing of vehicle fuels, servicing and repair of automobiles and accessory sales of tires, batteries and similar vehicle accessories. Such facility may or may not offer convenience sales or services.

A roof-like cover that project from the wall of a building for the purpose of shielding a window or doorway from the elements. Retractable awnings shall be considered temporary and setbacks measured from the wall surface to which they are mounted.

A story partly underground but having at least 1/2 of its height above the average level of the adjoining ground. A basement shall be counted as a story for the purpose of height measurement if the vertical distance between the ceiling and the average level of the adjoining ground is more than five feet or if used for business or dwelling purposes.

Any owner-occupied single-family detached dwelling, having obtained all applicable state licenses and permits, which offers lodging for paying guests and may provide food services to those guests.

Retail sales of beverages in any package configuration for off-premises consumption only. Distributors are licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (LCB).

An off-premises sign upon which advertising matter of any character is printed, posted or lettered. It may be either freestanding or attached to the surface of a building or other structure.

Anybody granted jurisdiction under a land use ordinance or under the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247, as amended,[1] to render final adjudications.

The Township of Neville Board of Commissioners.

An area of land which is planted and maintained in shrubs, bushes, trees, grass or other ground cover material and within which no structure or building shall be authorized except a wall or fence that meets Township requirements.

The area of the lot within the building lines, bounded by required yards.

Any immobile structure having a roof supported by columns or walls built, erected and framed of component structural parts and designed for the shelter, housing, enclosure or support of persons, animals or property of any kind.

A percentage which, when multiplied by the lot area, will determine the maximum area permitted to be covered by structures.

A line which designates the minimum distance that a building must be erected from a street right-of-way. Such distance shall be measured at right angles from the front street right-of-way which abuts the property upon which said building is located and be parallel to said right-of-way line.

Documentation attesting that a proposal for construction meets all requirements of this chapter and other applicable requirements of the Township relating to such construction, and allowing such proposed construction to commence.

The storage of chemical, petroleum products, grains, and other materials in structures for subsequent resale to distributors, retail dealers or outlets. (See "warehousing.")

A service shop or office providing services and sales of office supplies and equipment where the repair and maintenance of equipment is limited, and does not include equipment manufacturing or industrial operations.

Any office of recognized professions, other than medical (such as doctors, lawyers, architects, engineers, real estate brokers, insurance agents, accounting, corresponding, research, editing, or other administrative function and others) who, through training, are qualified to perform services of a professional nature, but not including banks or other financial institutions.

Any sign that contains the name of, image of, or any message regarding a candidate in any election or that contains a message or identification of an issue in any election.

A sign attached to a roof extension of a building with or without support, but no walls.

A certificate issued by the Zoning Officer and enforced by the Township prior to the occupancy of, conversion of, or use of a building or use of land, which certifies that all requirements and regulations of this chapter, and all other applicable requirements, have been complied with.

As applied to any entity, organization, or group shall mean and connote that the use, operation or function conducted by such entity, organization or group is not for profit, regardless of the nature or purpose thereof, and shall include those entities which have been designated as charitable entities under the provisions of the Solicitation of Funds for Charitable Purposes Act, 10 P.S. § 162.1 et seq., or under any of the provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code, or any laws, regulations or rules enacted thereunder.

A building used as a place of religious worship.

A clear sight triangle shall be the triangular area formed by the street right-of-way line, another street right-of-way line, alley right-of-way line, or driveway surface edge, and a line connecting points 10 feet from the intersection of said lines. In the case of a round or corner-cut right-of-way, the measurement shall be taken from the intersection of the right-of-way lines extended.

A building and related grounds used for social, civic or recreational purposes and owned and operated by a private, nonprofit institution or organization serving the neighborhood in which it is located, and open to the public on an equal basis.

Engaging in a business, enterprise, activity, or other undertaking for profit.

The Board of Commissioners, the governing body of the Township of Neville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination of land and water within a development site, including Riverfront Planned Development, and designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of the public, as well as the residents of the development, but excluding areas set aside for required public facilities and improvements.

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, whip antenna and directional or panel antenna, owned or operated by any person or entity licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate such device. This definition includes freestanding antennas, antennas mounted on communications towers and antennas mounted on buildings. This definition does not include private residence mounted satellite dishes or television antenna or amateur radio equipment, including, without limitation, ham or citizen band radio antenna.

Any building, structure, tower or antenna operated by any person, agency or corporation, not otherwise a public utility regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), who or which provides any type of communication services.

A structure, other than a building, such as a monopole, self-supporting or guyed tower, designed and used to hold and facilitate the operation of a communication antenna.

A building used for recreational, social, educational and cultural activities open to the public or a designated part of the public, owned and operated by the Township or nonprofit group or agency.

A mechanical, ventilated cell or window method of degrading organic material in binds, piles or pits by microorganisms and the collection site for such purposes.

The Neville Township Comprehensive Development Plan.

A use which may be permitted in one or more zoning districts upon the recommendation of the Township Planning Commission to the Board of Commissioners, who may grant approval pursuant to certain standards and criteria and the provisions of this chapter.

An agreement or correspondence between matters being compared which denotes a reasonable, rational, similar connection or relationship.

A temporary trailer or other structure used as an office in conjunction with a construction project.

A retail use providing the public with a convenient location to purchase from a wide array of consumable products (predominantly food, beverages, and gasoline) and services, for household and personal uses and are not for resale. Typically, with adjacent on-site parking.

A facility operated for the primary purpose of modifying behavior of its students, residents or inmates, which includes but is not limited to a prison, jail, reform school, or juvenile detention center.

An open, unoccupied, uncovered space partially or wholly surrounded by the walls of buildings or structures.

See "lot coverage."

The provision of instruction and education services related to the arts and humanities.

A facility licensed by the commonwealth, located within a building which is not used as a dwelling unit, for the care, during part of a 24-hour day, of children under 16 years of age, or handicapped or elderly persons.

Final adjudication of any board or other body granted jurisdiction under any land use ordinance or this chapter to do so, either by reason of the grant of exclusive jurisdiction or by reason of appeals from determinations. All decisions shall be appealable to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County.

The number of dwelling units permitted per acre; may be described in terms of gross or net density. Gross density is calculated using the total area of the site; net density is calculated using the buildable area of the site.

Final action by an officer, body or agency charged with the administration of any land use ordinance or applications thereunder, except the following:

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

The provisions for development including a Riverfront Planned Development, 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 the written and graphic materials referred to in this definition.

A sign that provides on-site directional assistance or instruction to vehicular or pedestrian traffic relative to parking area, entrances and exits. Such sign shall contain no advertising other than the business name or logo.

Facilities with a valid permit, issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for operations to dispense medical marijuana products in accordance with Pa. Title 28, Chapter 1611.

An establishment engaged in the receipt, storage and distribution of goods, products, cargo and materials, including transshipment by boat, air, rail or motor vehicle.

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

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

Every entrance or exit used by vehicles to enter or exit from properties abutting a vehicular travel way. The term includes highways, drives, streets, lanes, alleys, courts, and other public or private vehicular travel ways.

See "dwelling, two-family."

Any building or portion thereof constituting a separate independent housekeeping establishment for one or more persons, and containing independent cooking, sanitary and sleeping facilities. It shall not be deemed to include hotels, boardinghouses or rooming houses, institutional homes and residence clubs.

A residential building containing three or more separate dwelling units.

Structure of over three stories, but not exceeding the height limitation for the district in which it is located. (Includes efficiency apartments and multi-story high-rise apartments or condominiums)

A detached residential building consisting solely of one dwelling unit.

A detached building containing two dwelling units, one above the other or side by side, each having a separate entrance, a separate cooking area, and separate sanitary facilities.

A living unit contained in multifamily buildings where living and sleeping rooms are combined.

Notice given by a municipality through the internet of the time and place of a public hearing and the particular nature of the matter to be considered at the hearing, pursuant to 53 P.S. § 10109.

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

Any person or business association who furnishes, offers to furnish, or advertises to furnish escorts as one of its primary business purposes for a fee, tip or other consideration.

Public utilities, underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution system, collection, communications, cell towers, supply or disposal systems and their required buildings. Essential services do not include public or private incinerators, landfills or similar waste disposal facilities.

A structure constructed of wood, metal, wire, plastic, mesh or masonry, erected for the purpose of screening one property from another, providing privacy, protection and/or confinement.

Establishments including, but not limited to, banks, savings-and-loans, investment companies, security and commodity brokers and exchanges, which engage in monetary activities.

A detached building which provides its occupants with a flexibility of use between office, and other uses such as manufacturing, laboratory, warehouse, and storage. A flex space building can be divided into multiple tenants and uses, and may contain garage doors, high bays and relocation flexibility for overhead doors and other entrances. At least one side of a flex space building shall have a facade which appears to have offices and storefronts thereon and shall not have garage doors. The remaining sides of the building may have garage doors or loading areas.

The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of the building measured from the exterior faces of the exterior wall or from the center line of walls separating two buildings.

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.

An establishment engaged in undertaking services such as preparing the human deceased for burial, and arranging and managing funerals, including mortuaries and crematoria.

A single-story accessory structure for housing vehicles operated by the occupants of the principal structure on the same property, but not itself containing any dwelling units.

A multifamily structure, not exceeding three stories in height, sometimes designed around courts or common open areas, frequently having private balconies or patios.

The Board of Commissioners of the Township of Neville.

A facility which provides room, board and/or specialized services to one or more unrelated individuals, including children, handicapped and/or elderly. The individuals must be living together as a single housekeeping unit under qualified supervision. This facility may be operated by a governmental agent, a state certified agent or nonprofit organization. Facilities operated by, or under, the jurisdiction of any government bureau of corrections, or similar institution, shall not be included in this definition.

Any waste defined as hazardous under the Act of July 7, 1980 (P.L. 380, No. 97), known as the Solid Waste Management Act, and any regulations promulgated under that Act.[2]

The incineration, deposit, injection, dumping, shredding, spilling, leaking or otherwise placing of hazardous waste, as defined by this chapter, into the air or onto the land or water.

The containment, whether temporary or permanent, of any hazardous wastes, as defined by this chapter, whether or not the storage is outside or inside an enclosed building or structure, and whether or not the storage is the principal use on the property, or is accessory to an authorized principal use on the property.

The collection, hauling or removal from the site of generation of any hazardous waste as defined by this chapter, by any mode of transportation for any purpose, within or through the Township of Neville.

The recovery, reduction, detoxification, neutralization, conversion, reuse or any other technology or method of processing designed to change the chemical composition or physical form of any hazardous waste, as defined.

An administrative proceeding conducted by a board pursuant to Section 909.1 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247, as amended.[3]

A member of the Township of Neville Zoning Hearing Board appointed by the other members of the Zoning Hearing Board to hear and decide an appeal before the Board.

The manufacturing, assembling, processing, alteration or storage of products or goods in commerce, involving the use of large physical plants, heavy machinery, or any other means which produces significant volumes of noise, fumes, dust, or stockpiles of inventory visible to the public. Does not include an organic industry.

The vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the proposed finished grade immediately adjacent to the front of the building to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs, to the deckline of mansard roofs, and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip and gable roofs. Chimneys, flues, stacks, fire escapes, gas holders, elevator enclosures, ventilators, skylights, water tanks and similar roof structures required to operate and maintain the building on which they are located, flagpoles, television aerials, water and similar projections shall not be included in calculating maximum height.

A business or commercial activity administered or conducted as an accessory use, which is clearly secondary and incidental to the use as a residential dwelling and which does not involve customer, client or patient traffic, or pickup, delivery or removal functions, in excess of those normally associated with residential use.

An institution providing primary health services and medical or surgical care to persons, primarily ill patients, suffering from illness, disease, injury, and other abnormal physical or mental conditions and including laboratories, outpatient services and medical offices.

Guest rooms or suites occupied on a transient basis, with most rooms gaining access from an interior hallway.

Any of the wholesaling, warehousing, manufacturing, railroad facilities, supply yards, research and development, bulk storage, and similar facilities authorized in this chapter in the I Industrial, IS Industrial Special or IT Industrial Transition Zoning Districts.

A motor vehicle not in running condition, stored in the open, not being restored to operation, unlicensed and without a current Pennsylvania state inspection sticker, or registration as required per vehicle type.

Any lot, land or structure, or parts thereof, used for the storage, accumulation, recycling, sealing or processing of junked or abandoned vehicles, or parts thereof, or scrap or metallic materials or wastepaper, rags, or other discarded material, whether or not for sale. The accumulation or storage of two or more junk vehicles or parts thereof shall be construed to be a junk or salvage yard; or the accumulation or storage of any other discarded material not reasonably needed for the immediate use of the owner or possessor.

Any of the following activities:

The legal or beneficial owner of land including the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such an 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 the land.

The manufacturing, assembling, processing, alteration or storage of products or goods in commerce, not involving the use of large physical plants, heavy machinery, or any other means which produces significant volumes of noise, fumes, dust, or stockpiles of inventory visible to the public. Does not include an organic industry.

Space conveniently located, accessible and properly designed for the temporary use by vehicles making bulk pickups or deliveries of merchandise or materials. Required off-street loading space is not to be included as off-street parking space in the computation of required off-street parking space.

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

The total area within the lot lines of a lot, excluding any street rights-of-way.

The quotient obtained by dividing the total lot area by the total number of dwelling units to be located on such lot.

A percentage which, when multiplied by the lot area, will determine the maximum area permitted to be covered by structures and all other impervious surfaces and pavement.

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

A street right-of-way line forming the boundary of a lot.

The lot line that is most distant from, and is, or is most nearly, parallel to, the front lot line.

A lot line which is neither a front lot line nor a rear lot line.

A lot which is part of a subdivision recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County or a lot or parcel described by metes and bounds, the description of which has been so recorded.

The distance between the side lot lines measured at right angles to the lot depth at the established front building line.

A lot located at the intersection of two or more streets. A lot abutting on a curved street or streets shall be considered a corner lot if straight lines drawn from the foremost points of the side lot lines to the foremost point of the lot meet at an interior angle of less than 135°.

A lot, other than a corner lot, having two or more of its non-adjoining property lines abutting a street or streets, usually having front and rear street frontage. "Double frontage" does not refer to lots bounded by an alley on the rear.

A lot, other than a corner lot or a double frontage lot, having frontage on only one street other than an alley.

Notice given by a municipality by first-class mail of the time and place of a public hearing and the particular nature of the matter to be considered at the hearing, pursuant to 53 P.S. § 10109.

A permanent structure other than a roof attached to, supported by, and projecting from, a building, and providing protection from natural elements.

A sign attached to and made a part of a marquee or any other similar projection from a building.

Any establishment or business which provides the services of massage and body manipulation, including exercises, heat, light and water treatments of the body; and all forms and methods of physiotherapy, and is operated by a medical practitioner, chiropractor or professional physical therapist licensed by the state.

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

A facility for the examination and treatment of ill and afflicted human outpatients including doctor and dental offices and clinics, provided that patients are not kept overnight, except under emergency conditions.

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.

Two or more uses in one building for the conduct of activities related to those multiple uses in one location. This may include a mix of residential and commercial uses.

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

Factory built structures which may be used as single-family homes, or temporary offices/storage facilities on site during development, which meet the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act (42 U.S.C. § 5401), known as the "HUD Code."

Guest rooms or suites occupied on a transient basis, with most rooms gaining access from an exterior walkway.

A commercial establishment where, for any form of consideration, films, motion pictures, videos, or other photographic productions are regularly shown.

A body politic and corporate created pursuant to the Act of May 2, 1945, (P.L. 382, No. 164), known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945."[4]

A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the engineer for a municipality, planning agency or joint planning commission.

Material generated by residential and commercial land uses consisting primarily of trash, refuse, food packaging and food by-products, and recyclable materials.

The Township of Neville, Allegheny County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A lot, the area or dimension of which 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 reasons of such adoption or amendment.

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

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

An organization that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and typically provides humanitarian services to the community.

Any place where a person who appears in a state of nudity, or displays specified anatomical areas, is provided to be observed, sketched, drawn, painted, sculptured, photographed or similarly depicted by other persons who pay money or any form of consideration.

The appearance of a bare human buttock, anus, genitals, or breast.

Property used to raise flowers, shrubs, and plants for sale; may include retail sales.

An institution for the care of children or the aged or the infirm, or a place of rest for those suffering bodily disorders, but not including facilities for surgical care or institutions for the care and treatment of mental illness, alcoholism, or narcotics addition.

Any individual, family, multifamily or tenant (including property owner) of any lot, property, structure, facility, land, or building within the Township of Neville.

Any office of recognized professions, other than medical who, through training, are qualified to perform services of a professional or administrative function, but not including banks or other financial institutions.

A map adopted by ordinance pursuant to Article IV of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247, as amended.[5]

Any enterprise which uses as a raw material or fuel, or produces as a finished good, any garbage, rubbish, offal, refuse, water material, or animal remains or by-products not intended for human consumption.

The keeping, in an unenclosed area, of any goods, materials, or commodity used in conjunction with the primary activity or use of land.

The keeping, in an unenclosed area, of any goods, materials or commodity as the primary activity or use of land.

An area designated for parking in service of a commercial enterprise, business or service.

A space available for parking of a motor vehicle or recreational vehicle and which has a hard, all-weather surface and is at least an area nine feet wide by 18 feet long, exclusive of passageways and driveways appurtenant thereto and giving access thereto.

A roofless space, at the existing ground level, attached or adjacent to the principal structure.

A hard, dust-free, durable surface constructed of asphalt, Portland cement concrete, bricks or other comparable material. For the purpose of calculating lot coverage, pavement will be considered a structure.

A hard, durable surface constructed of asphalt, concrete concrete, bricks or other comparable material which allows water to pass through the surface and temporarily settle in a stone reservoir before infiltrating into the ground. Per PennDOT a permeable pavement is a pervious surface.

Uses permitted by-right and shall be allowed in the respective district as noted in these regulations, subject to compliance with all other applicable regulations of this Code.

A person in whose name a permit and/or license establishment or use has been issued, as well as the individual listed as an applicant on the application for a permit and/or license.

An individual proprietor, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity.

Any premises on which food, shelter, personal assistance or supervision are provided for a period exceeding 24 hours, for four or more adults who are not relatives of the operator and who do not require the services of a licensed, long-term care facility, but who do require assistance or supervision in such matters as dressing, bathing, diet, financial management, evacuation in the event of an emergency, or self-administered medication. (See "group care residences" for facilities, which provided qualified or licensed care.)

Any equipment used for recreational purposes on lots with principal residential uses established, including, but not limited to, swing sets, slides, or horseshoe pits, for which land development approval prior to building permit issuance is not required.

Any commercial establishment providing such personal services as hair dressing and cutting, clothes cleaning, laundering, shoe repair, tailor shops and the like.

Grooming and veterinary services; limited retail.

A retail store which primarily sells prescription drugs, patent medicines, and surgical and sickroom supplies; may include medical dispensaries.

A court sport played on a badminton-sized court with the net at the center. It is played with a perforated plastic ball and composite or wooden paddles.

A Planning Commission, Planning Department, or a Planning Committee of the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Neville.

The Township of Neville Planning Commission.

The map or plan of a subdivision or land development.

A temporary sign directly associated with any national, state or local election.

A man-made enclosure, designed to impound water for the purpose of creating depth of water suitable for swimming, or other types of water recreation or therapy, including but not limited to waterslides, lap pools, whirlpools, soaking tubs, or hot tubs.

A roofed and/or partially enclosed exterior attachment to a main or accessory structure, which shall be considered a part of the structure. For the purpose of this chapter, porches shall include structures and home additions commonly referred to as "sun porches," "decks" and similar construction.

When used in conjunction with natural and historic resources, shall include means to conserve and safeguard these resources from wasteful or destructive use, but shall not be interpreted to authorize the unreasonable restriction of forestry, mining or other lawful uses of natural resources.

A building or buildings in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which said building is situated. The principal building of a shopping center is the building that houses the main use of the shopping center lot.

The primary or predominant use of land or structures as distinguished from a subordinate or accessory use.

Any building, structure, use or activity owned, operated or controlled by an individual, group of individuals, association or corporation, not for profit, limited to members of an organization or to other persons specifically invited or permitted where no advertisement or inducement has been made to the general public.

An association organized and operated not for profit for persons who are bona fide members paying annual dues, which owns, rents or leases premises, the use of which premises is limited to members of an organization or to other persons specifically invited or permitted where no advertisement or inducement has been made to the general public.

A room or rooms used for carrying on the practice of a state regulated and licensed professional, which shall include but not be limited to the following: law, medicine, dentistry, engineering, architecture, accounting and other similar professions.

Any building, structure, use or activity belonging to, or affecting, any duly authorized government body.

Land and sites for the use and activities of the public, owned and authorized by a government body.

A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Township Board of Commissioners or Planning Commission or 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 65 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq. (October 15, 1998, P.L. 729, No. 93), known as the "Sunshine Act."

Notice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township. Such notices 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 be not more than 30 days and the second publication shall not be less than seven days from the date of the hearing.

Land or a building or structure and its equipment erected and used for the purpose of supporting the delivery of service to the public, by a governmental agency or publicly franchised or regulated corporation. May include: administrative building, maintenance building, garage or other building intended for human occupancy or storage of moveable equipment or for the control or operation of essential services.

Religious facilities, Sunday schools, parsonages, and other related functions, hospitals, and other institutions of an educational, fraternal, charitable or philanthropic nature.

Sites, buildings, terminal and structures used for operation of the freight transloading and distribution.

Land or buildings for the active pursuit of health, fitness, sports or similar activities, indoor or outdoor; operated as commercial enterprises.

An open area of ground set aside for public use with recreational facilities, playgrounds and structures or left in a natural state, owned by the municipality, municipal authority or otherwise dedicated to public use or owned and operated by a nonprofit association for the benefit of the public or the residents of the Township. Public recreation shall not include amusement parks or any purely commercial enterprises.

A single-axle or multiple-axle structure mounted on wheels or otherwise capable of being made mobile, either with its own motive power or designed to be mounted on or drawn by an automotive vehicle, for the purpose of travel, camping, vacation, and recreational use, including but not limited to travel trailers, mobile homes, motor homes, tent trailers, boats, boat trailers, pickup campers, horse trailers, snow mobiles, jet skis, wave runners, motorcycles, and all-terrain vehicles.

A facility employing a technology that is a process that separates or classifies waste materials, including tires, and creates or recovers reusable materials that can be sold to or reused by a manufacturer as a substitute for, or a supplement to, virgin raw materials. The term "recycling facility" shall not include transfer stations, landfills for solid waste or composting facilities.

Facilities providing locations for persons to assemble for the purpose of engaging in the practices associated with their religion.

Any method, process or substance whose supply is rejuvenated through natural processes and, subject to those natural processes, remains relatively constant, including, but not limited to, biomass conversion, geothermal energy, solar and wind energy and hydroelectric energy and excluding those sources of energy used in the fission and fusion processes.

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

Investigation in the natural, physical or social sciences, or engineering and design, with the objective of creating end products, and that may include supporting storage, transportation and production facilities, but not including the mass production of such products.

See "accessory structure or use." Allowable structures and uses per district standards.

Those activities customarily conducted in living quarters in an urban setting, and excluding such activities as the keeping of livestock or fowl, activities resulting in noise which exceeds the standards of § 340-68.

A retail use which provides food for consumption; may include dining in, take out and drive through services, and food trucks. May include the provision of alcohol when licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania LCB. This use excludes snack bar or refreshment stand at a public or non-private recreational facility, which is operated solely by the agency or group operating the recreational facility for the convenience of the patrons of the facility.

Businesses which cater to building trades including HVAC, plumbing, construction and or landscaping.

Businesses engaged in selling goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household, or office consumption and rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods; which shall not include wholesaling, manufacturing, or processing of the goods offered for sale.

Businesses which cater to specific market sector or niche market.

A strip of land which provides access to property abutting it. This term also includes an easement across private property for access, the passage of public utilities or the disposal of stormwater.

A development which maximizes the use and benefit of its proximity to the river, which is planned and built as a single unified entity for a mixture of specified uses appropriate to the enjoyment of the riverfront, on a parcel of land not less than five acres in area, which shall not include land beyond the shoreline of the Ohio River, and which is controlled by a landowner or a group of landowners acting as a single entity.

A graphic and written presentation of a Riverfront Planned Development meeting the requirements of this chapter, including a plat of subdivision, and all provisions relating to use, location, and bulk of structures, intensity of development, streets, ways and parking facilities, common open space, private facilities and utilities, and public facilities and utilities.

A residential building other than a hotel/motel in which part or parts are kept, used or held out to be a place where sleeping accommodations are offered for hire for three or more persons.

See "educational institution."

Decorative fencing or evergreen vegetation maintained for the purpose of concealing from view the area behind such structure or evergreen vegetation.

A state of dress in which clothing covers no more than the genitals, pubic region and areola of the breast, as well as portions of the body covered by supporting straps or devices.

The required distance that a building, structure, parking or other designated item must be located from a lot line.

Any business or commercial enterprise that, as one of its primary business purposes, offers for any form of consideration:

Any adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion-picture theater, adult theater, escort agency, massage establishment, nude model studio, or sexual encounter center.

An accessory structure used primarily for the storage of lawn and yard equipment in residential zones and for the storage of tools and equipment in nonresidential zone districts.

A six-sided steel unit originally constructed as a general cargo container used for the transport of goods and materials. The provisions of the PA Uniform Construction Code and the International Code Council (ICC) Section 3114 and other applicable sections of this code, shall apply to intermodal shipping containers that are repurposed for use as buildings or structures or as a part of buildings or structures.

The edge of the Ohio River at normal pool level as delineated on U.S. Geodetic Maps.

A dwelling unit that is rented to successive tenants for periods of less than 30 days' duration over a 12-month period.

Any surface, fabric or device bearing lettered, pictorial or sculptured matter designed to convey information visually, and exposed to public view, or any structure, vehicle or medium (including billboard or poster panel) designed to inform or to attract attention, and further regulated by § 340-63 of this chapter.

The area defined by the frame or edge of a sign. Where there is no frame or edge to the sign, the area shall be defined by a projected, enclosed four-sided (straight sides) geometric shape, which most closely outlines the said sign.

A plan of a land development or lot subdivision on which is shown topography, location of all buildings, structures, roads, rights-of-way, boundaries, all essential dimensions and bearings and all required information prescribed by this chapter.

An event that takes place on public or private property, for a period of time not to exceed 21 days, including but not limited to temporary events and sales.

A use permitted in a particular zoning district pursuant to the provisions of Articles VI and IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247, as amended.[6]

A detailed plan for nonresidential development of an area covered by a municipal or multi-municipal comprehensive plan, which when approved and adopted by the participating municipalities through ordinances and agreements supersedes all other applications.

The male genitals in a state of sexual arousal and/or the vulva or more intimate parts of the female genitals.

Includes any of the following:

A construction or series of constructions placed for a foot support to effectuate the ascending or descending of a person or persons from one level of elevation to another.

A part of a building that is the space between one floor and the next floor above, or the ceiling above if there is no floor above. A split-level story shall be considered a second story if its floor level is six feet or more above the level of the line of the finished floor next below it. Any floor under a sloping roof at the top of a building which is more than two feet below the top plate shall be counted as a story; and if less than two feet below the top plate, it shall be counted as a half-story. A basement shall be counted as a story if it averages more than five feet above grade.

All land between right-of-way lines, whether public or private, and whether improved or unimproved, which is intended to accommodate vehicular traffic, including an avenue, drive, boulevard, highway, throughway, thoroughfare, parkway, freeway, road, lane, place or other vehicular way. A street name may include the designation street, road, lane, way, drive or alley.

Streets may be classified according to the following:

A short street or alley, whether public or private, designed only to provide secondary access to a structure or group of structures or to parking and loading facilities accessory to the structures and which is not intended for general traffic circulation.

The act of removing one's clothing in front of an audience or a person, usually item by item.

Any change in the supporting members of a building or structure including bearing walls, partitions, columns, beams or girders, or any change to the exterior that increases or diminishes exterior dimensions or adds or removes openings in the exterior walls.

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

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.

Chapter 290, Subdivision and Land Development, of the Code of the Township of Neville.

Any increase of the floor area occupied by a permitted use of more than 25% of the floor area existing on the date of enactment of this chapter.

A body of water in an artificial or semi-artificial receptacle or other container, whether located in or out of doors, used as a recreational facility for swimming, bathing, or wading and having a depth of over 24 inches. A swimming pool shall be deemed to include the buildings, equipment, and appurtenances incidental to such a pool.

Any sign that is displayed only for a specified period of time.

A structure without any foundation or footings and that is removed when the designated time period, activity or use for which the temporary structure was erected has ceased. May include a moving container or construction office. See § 340-62.

A use established for a limited duration with the intent to discontinue such use upon the expiration of the time period.

A specially prepared level playing surface which may have either a full or partial enclosure or fence protecting a playing area for the game of tennis. A tennis court paved surface shall be deemed a structure.

An establishment that has a hall or room and a permanent stage for the presentation of performances by actors to a live audience. Theaters may include but are not limited to performances of music, dance, plays and orations or combinations of media arts.

Noise containing one or more pure tones components which may be heard as one or more pitches.

A single structure accommodating a minimum of three and a maximum of eight individual attached dwelling units, separated from one another by continuous vertical walls without opening from basement to roof.

A vehicular portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel and recreational purposes having a body width not exceeding eight feet.

A building and/or area in which goods and freight are loaded, unloaded, sorted, or otherwise handled, but not stored, in connection with transportation and delivery of such goods and freight on trucks, tractors, trailers, or similar vehicles, and where such vehicles are parked, stored, fueled, maintained, repaired or serviced. Trucking terminals may include officers, maintenance garages, and underground or aboveground storage tanks. Storage of fuel(s), not including the storage of materials classified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as toxic, shall be permitted in accordance with all other rules, regulations, requirements, and conditions imposed by the Township of Neville, or county, state, or federal agencies.

A group of general or specialty retail establishments, planned, constructed and managed as a total entity, with shared on-site parking for patrons and employees, delivery vehicles, landscaping and signage.

The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed, arranged, intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained. The term "permitted use" or the equivalent shall not be deemed to include any nonconforming use.

Relief granted pursuant to the provisions of Articles VI and IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247, as amended,[7] and this chapter, granted by the Zoning Hearing Board in cases where a literal enforcement of provisions of this chapter will result in unusual and unnecessary hardship, depriving the recipient of reasonable use of the property, and are determined not to be contrary to the public interest and the spirit and intent of this chapter. The Board may grant a variance only in those instances set forth in § 340-99A of this chapter.

A building or structure from which petroleum products are dispensed, either by an attendant or by self-service. No other products are sold or dispensed on the premises and no related services are offered.

Includes temporary storage of vehicles incidental to lawful businesses used for storage, keeping, collecting, salvaging of vehicles.

A building used primarily for the storage of goods, bulk materials and equipment; may include associated office space. (See "bulk storage.")

An establishment primarily engaged in selling and/or distributing merchandise to retailers, to industrial, commercial or institutional users, or to other wholesalers, or acting as agents or brokers for such individuals or companies.

An open space on a lot which is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided herein.

That distance between the building and any lot boundary line.

An area of open space extending along the full length of a lot between the front lot line and the required building line. On a corner lot, each yard that abuts a front lot line shall be considered a front yard.

The required open space extending between the rear building line and the rear lot line (not necessarily a street right-of-way line) throughout the entire width of the lot.

The required open space extending from between the structural setback line, and the side lot line throughout the entire depth of the yard. Any lot line not a rear line or front line shall be deemed as a sideline.

The Zoning Hearing Board of the Township of Neville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

A part of this chapter, the Official Map of the Zoning District of the Township, showing precisely the boundaries and title of each zoning district.

A person appointed by the Commissioners of the Township of Neville to administer and enforce the regulations as found herein.