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

A narrow service way providing a secondary public means of access to abutting properties.

Area of a lot or site shall be calculated from dimensions derived by horizontal projections of the site.

A story having more than 50% of its clear height below the average level of the surrounding 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 dwelling purposes.

The Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of New Bethlehem, Clarion County, Pennsylvania.

A building where lodging is provided, for compensation, for five or more persons.

A roofed structure enclosed by walls for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, goods or animals.

The vertical distance from the average elevation at grade level to the highest point of the deck of a flat roof or a mansard roof, or to the mean height between the eaves and the ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.

Imaginary line parallel to or concentric with the nearest road right-of-way line. No portion of a building foundation or wall may extend nearer the lot line than the required front yard depth.

A building housing a use customarily incidental to a permitted principal use and located on the same lot with a permitted principal building.

The building or portion thereof housing the main or primary use of the land. In any district, only one principal building may be placed on a lot.

Any business activity which renders service to other commercial or industrial enterprises.

That portion of a right-of-way which is paved or hardened, graded or improved for travel by vehicles.

Any establishment where human patients are examined and treated by doctors or dentists but not hospitalized overnight.

An establishment operated by an organization for social, recreational, educational and fraternal purposes, but open only to members and their guests and not the general public.

The Planning Commission of the Borough of New Bethlehem, Clarion County, Pennsylvania.

A use permitted in a particular zoning district by Borough Council pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter and Article VI of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10601 et. seq.

That percentage of the lot area covered by principal and accessory use structures.

The area of a lot or group of lots computed exclusive of any portion of the right-of-way of any road divided by the number of families housed on the lot or group of lots.

A building arranged or used as a residence for two or more families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking therein, including apartment houses, flats and group houses.

A detached building arranged or used for occupancy by one family having a habitable floor area of at least 800 square feet.

One or more rooms for living purposes, together with separate cooking and sanitary facilities, used or intended to be used by one or more persons living together and maintaining a common household, and accessible from the outdoors either directly or through an entrance hall shared with other dwelling units.

The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduit cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith; reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate services by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies or for the public health or safety or general welfare, but not including structures.

One person or two or more persons, related by blood, foster relationship, marriage or adoption, and, in addition, any domestic servants or gratuitous guests thereof; or one or more persons who need not be so related, and, in addition, domestic servants or gratuitous guests thereof, who are living together in a single, nonprofit dwelling unit and maintaining a common household with single cooking facilities. A roomer, boarder or lodger shall not be considered a member of the family.

The enclosed area of a building designed and intended for all-season use of human inhabitants.

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.

Premises where motor vehicles are serviced and repaired, including engine overhaul and body work.

Any use customarily carried on entirely within a dwelling by occupants thereof, which use is clearly incidental and subordinate to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and which does not change the residential character thereof.

Land or structure used for the collecting, storage, processing and sale of scrap metal, scrapped, abandoned or junked motor vehicles, machinery, equipment, wastepaper, glass, rags, containers and other discarded materials. It shall not include, however, refuse or garbage kept in a proper container for the purpose of prompt disposal.

The processing or fabrication of certain materials and products which does not produce noise, vibration, air pollution, fire hazard or other disturbance or danger to neighboring properties.

A portion of a lot usable for the standing, loading or unloading of motor vehicles, and having a minimum dimension of 12 feet by 55 feet with a vertical clearance of 14 feet.

A parcel of land occupied or capable of being occupied by one or more buildings devoted to a common interest or use, and including accessory uses and open yard space.

Any lot which individually or as a part of a subdivision has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Clarion County.

A lot at the junction of and fronting on two or more intersecting street rights-of-way.

A mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.

The area of a lot computed exclusive of any portion of the right-of-way of any public thoroughfare.

The mean width measured at right angles to its depth.

Any mobile vehicle used or designed to be used for dwelling purposes, whether the wheels be attached or not. This definition also encompasses any factory-assembled mobile or modular dwelling units. In order to be considered a dwelling unit, the home must contain at least 800 square feet.

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

The legal use of land or a structure which does not conform to the applicable use regulations of the district in which it is located, either on the effective date of this chapter, or as a result of subsequent amendments thereto.

Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (Act 247 of July 31, 1968, as amended) and amendments as same may be adopted from time to time.

Any enterprise conducted for humans which primarily offers services to the general public, such as: shoe repair, valet service, watch repairing, barber shops, beauty parlors, and related activities.

The use of offices and related spaces for such professional services as are provided by doctors, dentists, lawyers, architects and engineers.

The entire right-of-way of a public or private street or highway.

A rental unit, or portion thereof, offered for occupancy for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes for a period of less than 30 consecutive days, including but not limited to, properties listed on platforms such as Airbnb, Vrbo, or similar services.

Any structure or device to attract attention by words or graphic display. The term "sign" shall not apply to a religious symbol, bearing no lettering, when applied to a place of worship.

A modification of the regulations of this chapter which the Zoning Hearing Board is permitted to authorize in specific instances listed in this chapter, under the terms, procedures and conditions prescribed herein.

A retail place of business engaged primarily in the sale of motor fuels, but also in supplying goods and services generally required in the operation and maintenance of automotive vehicles and the fulfilling of motorist needs. These may include sale of petroleum products; charging stations, sale and servicing of tires, batteries, automotive accessories and replacement items, washing and lubrication services; the performance of minor automotive maintenance and repair; and the supplying of other incidental customer services and products.

The portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there be no floor above it, the space between such floor and the ceiling above it. A basement shall be considered as a story if more than 50% of its clear height is above finished grade, or if it is used for business or dwelling purposes.

Any thing constructed or erected, the use of which requires a fixed location on the ground or an attachment to something having a fixed location to the ground, including, in addition to buildings, billboards, carports, porches and other building features, but not including sidewalks, drives and patios.

A rooming house primarily for transient guests.

A mobile vehicle, with wheels, designed for overnight occupancy or camping purposes, capable of being towed by a passenger automobile and having an overall length of less than 25 feet and an overall width of less than eight feet.

A facility designed to accommodate the service, repair and storage of trucks and other motorized equipment, and which may incidentally provide warehousing activities.

A departure from the strict letter of this chapter as it applies to specific properties as authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board.

Any open space located on the same lot with a building, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground up, except for accessory buildings, or such projections as are expressly permitted by this chapter. The minimum depth or width of a yard shall consist of the horizontal distance between the lot line or road right-of-way line and the nearest point of the foundation wall of the main building.

An open space extending the full width of the lot between the building and the road right-of-way line.

An open space extending the full width of the lot between the building and the rear lot line.

An open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the building and the nearest side lot line.

The written authorization issued by the Zoning Officer, for the use of land or structures.

The map containing the zoning districts of the Borough of New Bethlehem, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, together with all amendments subsequently adopted.

The Zoning Officer or his authorized representative, appointed by Borough Council of New Bethlehem, Clarion County, Pennsylvania.