A building detached from and subordinate to the principal building or use on the same lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to the principal building, but not including vehicles, mobile homes, travel trailers, truck trailers, or any parts thereof. An accessory building may not house a principal use nor may it stand alone on a lot as a principal building.

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

See "Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code."

The cultivation of the soil for food products or other marketable products, not including animal husbandry or storage and/or processing of products grown on other premises.

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

An improved airstrip/landing strip where aircraft can land and take off, usually equipped with hangers, facilities for refueling and repair, accommodations for passengers, freight, etc.

An area adapted with minimal improvements for use as a temporary runway for aircraft.

A public thoroughfare (less than 20 feet in width), other than a street, which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property and is not intended for general traffic circulation.

Any enlargement of the total floor area of a building, any enclosure by adding walls beneath a previously roofed area, any extension of a roof line to cover additional lot area not previously covered, or any construction which increases the cubic content of a building.

Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders.

One thousand pounds live weight of livestock or poultry animals, on an annualized basis, regardless of the actual number of individual animals comprising the units.

An enterprise that is actively engaged in the commercial production and preparation for market of crops, mushroom production, livestock and livestock products, and in the production, harvesting, and preparation for market or use of agricultural, agronomic, horticultural, silvicultural, and aquacultural crops and commodities. The term includes an enterprise that implements changes in production practices and procedures or types of crops, livestock, livestock products or commodities produced consistent with practices and procedures that are normally engaged by farmers or are consistent with technological development within the agricultural industry. It does not include concentrated animal operations (CAO) or concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO).

Agricultural activities including mushroom production, egg and poultry production, swine production and dry-lot livestock production, which, due to the intensity of production or raw material storage needs, necessitate special control of operation, raw material storage and processing and disposal of liquid and solid waste. Activities involving more than two animal units per acre and is suitable for application of animal manure. An Animal Unit or Animal Equivalent Unit (AEU) is defined in Pennsylvania Act 6 of 1993, as amended (the Nutrient Management Act) as 1,000 pounds live weight of livestock or poultry animals, regardless of the actual number of individual animals comprising the unit. The number of AEUs on the agricultural operation shall be calculated in accordance with Act 6 by utilizing the steps and tables listed therein.

On a lot a building that is used for the repair or painting of bodies, chassis, wheels, fenders, bumpers, and/or accessories of automobiles or other vehicles for conveyance.

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 story partly below the finished grade, but having at least 1/2 of its height (measured from finished floor to finished ceiling) above the average level of the finished grade where such grade abuts the exterior walls of the building. A basement shall be considered as one story in determining the permissible number of stories.

Any body granted jurisdiction under a land use ordinance or under this chapter to render final adjudications.

A yard space, adjacent to a property line or building, which contains landscaping and plantings designed to screen, separate and shield a potentially incompatible use from adjoining properties.

A structure which has a roof supported by columns, piers, or walls, which is intended for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of persons, animals, or chattel, or which is to house a use of a commercial or manufacturing activity.

A building which has two party walls in common.

A building which has no party wall.

A building which has only one party wall in common.

A building in which the principal use of the lot is conducted.

The total areas of outside dimensions on a horizontal plane at ground level of the principal building and all accessory buildings exclusive of cornices, eaves, gutters, or chimneys projecting not more than 18 inches; bay windows not extending more than one story and not projecting more than five feet; and steps and balconies.

The vertical dimensions measured from the average elevation of the finished lot grade at the front of the building to the highest point of the ceiling of the top story, in the case of a flat roof; to the deckline of a mansard roof; and to the average height between the plate and ridge of a gable, hip, or gambrel roof.

A line located along and drawn parallel to a wall or other exterior supporting member of a structure or portion thereof, excluding self-supportive projecting architectural features that project five feet or less. Yard requirements are applied from the lot lines to said building lines.

See "Garage, Private."

A story partly below the finished grade having at least 1/2 of its height (measured from the finished floor to finished ceiling) below the average level of the adjoining finished grade where such grade abuts the exterior walls of the building. A cellar shall not be considered a story in determining the permissible number of stories.

A certificate issued and enforced by the Zoning Administrator upon the completion and final inspection of the construction of a new building or upon a change or conversion of a structure or use of a building which certifies that the applicant has complied with any and, all requirements and regulations provided herein and all other applicable requirements.

An individual building or cluster of buildings (on a lot in single or common ownership) operated by one or more licensed medical or dental practitioners for the purpose of providing medical or dental treatment to the public on an outpatient basis.

The mounting of one or more WCFs, including antennas, on an existing communications tower, or on any structure that already supports at least one communications antenna.

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

Any system of wires, rods, discs, panels, flat panels, dishes, whips, or other similar devices used for the transmission or reception of wireless signals. An antenna may include an omnidirectional antenna (rod), directional antenna (panel), parabolic antenna (disc) or any other wireless antenna. Communications antennas shall not include support structures for communications antennas (i.e., a water tower or communications tower) or any related equipment that is mounted to the ground or at ground level.[1]

Any structure that is used for the purpose of supporting one or more communications antennas, including, but not limited to, self-supporting lattice towers, guy towers and monopoles, utility poles and light poles. Distributed antenna system hub facilities are considered to be communications towers.

Those agricultural operations with either a CAO with more than 300 AEUs or more than 1,000 AEUs or more than any agricultural operation defined as a large CAFO under 40 CFR 122.23(d)(4). In the event that this definition conflicts with federal or state laws or regulations, the federal or state will control.

Those agricultural operations having an animal density of more than two AEUs per acre of land suitable for application of animal manure on an annualized basis.

The building, reconstruction, demolition activities for reconstruction, extension, expansion, alteration, substantial improvement, erection or relocation of a building or structure, including mobile homes. This shall include the placing and fastening of construction materials in a permanent position. Earth moving activities shall not be deemed construction.

See "Lot Coverage."

A facility in which child care is provided for seven or more children at any one time, for profit or not for profit, where child-care areas are not also being used as a family residence. A day-care center, if situated on the premises of an operating community service facility, including but not limited to a public or private school, place of worship, community center or library, and associated with that activity, shall be considered accessory to the principal use of the property concerned. Child-care services also may be provided as an accessory use to office, commercial or industrial uses, provided that such services are for the sole use of current employees of said business or industry.

Any family residence, other than the child's own home, in which child day-care is provided as an accessory use in the living areas of the residence. Child day-care is provided, for profit or not for profit, to four to six children who are not relatives of the caregiver.

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 the county and judicial district wherein the Township of North Lebanon lies.

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 or a land development.

The provisions for development including a planned residential 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 development plan" when used in this chapter shall mean the written and graphic materials referred to in this definition.

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

A portion of North Lebanon Township within which certain uniform regulations and requirements or combinations thereof apply under the provisions of this Part.

A detached (separate) building designed for or occupied exclusively by one family on an individual lot; however, this shall not include single unit mobile homes which are defined separately.

A building with one dwelling unit from the ground to roof and only one party wall in common with another dwelling unit. Commonly described as half a duplex, the semi-detached, single family dwelling is on an individual lot, is connected on one side to a similar dwelling on an adjacent lot and is usually owner-occupied.

A separate building on an individual lot with two dwelling units from ground to roof (one unit over the other). These units are normally renter-occupied and are not designed for further subdivision.

A building with two dwelling units from ground to roof (one unit over the other) and only party wall in common with another, connected to a building which may contain one or two dwelling units. The two-family semi-detached dwelling is on an individual lot, and may be rental or owner-occupied.

One or more rooms connected together, constituting a separate, independent housekeeping establishment for owner occupancy, or rental or lease on a weekly, monthly, or longer basis, and physically separated from any other rooms or dwelling units which may be in the same structure, and containing independent cooking and sleeping facilities for one family.

A condition that 1) constitutes a clear and immediate danger to the health, welfare, or safety of the public, or 2) has caused or is likely to cause facilities in the rights-of-way to be unusable and result in loss of the services provided.

One or more persons occupying a single dwelling unit, provided that unless all members are related by blood or marriage, or are legal foster children, no such family shall contain over five persons, provided further that domestic servants employed on the premises may be housed on the premises without being counted as a family of families.

A parcel of land of 10 or more acres used principally in the raising or production of agricultural products, with the customary dwelling, farm structures, storage and equipment. Adjoining tracts, parcels or separately deeded properties which are owned and farmed integrally as part of the same farming operation shall be considered jointly as one farm.

Federal Communications Commission.

A building or structure which is accessory to the principal building, which provides for the storage of motor vehicles of the families residing on the premises and in which no occupation, business or service for profit is conducted.

A structure, building or area of land or any portion thereof used primarily for the servicing and repair of automotive vehicles. A repair garage may provide one or more of the following services: general mechanical repair of motor vehicles including state inspection, lubrication, washing, or sale of accessories and motor vehicle fuels. Uses permissible as a repair garage do not include body work, straightening of body parts, painting, welding, and storage of certain vehicles with expired registration or inspection. A repair garage is not an automobile body shop or a retail automotive parts store.

Multi-family apartment buildings located on a plot of land under one ownership. Garden apartments are two stories high, with individual apartments on each story.

A structure, building, or area of land or any portion thereof that is used solely for the sale of gasoline, or other motor vehicle fuel, lubricants, or minor accessories for travelers' convenience (e.g. windshield wiper blades, spark plugs, fuses, bulbs, etc.). Said use shall not include the sale of automotive parts, tires, service, polishing or washing. Any business or industry dispensing gasoline solely for its own use and vehicles will not be deemed a gasoline station.

The completed surfaces of lawns, walks, and roads brought to grades as shown on official plans of designs relating thereto.

A group of individuals not related by blood, marriage, adoption or guardianship, living together in a single-family dwelling unit as one housekeeping unit under a common household keeping management plan based on an intentionally structured relationship providing organization and stability. A "group care facility" shall not include hospitals, sanitariums, sanatoriums, clinics or professional offices.

The sum of the floor area of all heated, finished rooms, within a dwelling unit, used on a daily basis for habitation. Such area may include: living rooms; recreation rooms; kitchens; dining rooms; bedrooms; bathrooms; hallways; closets; heated and finished basements, cellars, and attics; attached garages which have been converted into an integral part of the living quarters; but does not include: garages; porches, whether roofed, unroofed or enclosed; roofed terraces; unfinished and unheated basements, attics, cellars, or garages, etc.

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

Any gainful occupation conducted within a dwelling which is of a service or professional nature such that the following conditions are met, as applicable: (1) the proprietor engages primarily in the sale of a service, (2) the handling of any durable goods is limited to primarily repairing or handcrafting, and (3) the handling of non-durable or consumable goods for sale is incidental to the service. Some home occupations include but are not limited to: physicians, dentists, lawyers, architects, engineers and accountants; insurance, real estate or securities brokers; barbers and beauticians; photographers: tutors of individual students; seamstresses and tailors; and other occupations meeting these criteria which are not otherwise prohibited by law. Occupations of a nature that involve the stocking of items for retail or wholesale transfer, or use of facilities that involve a gathering of people, or occupations that normally use large areas, or customarily are not compatible with dwellings, by virtue of creating excessive noise, fumes, odor, dust, electrical interference, or substantially more than normal residential levels of traffic are prohibited. Prohibited home occupations include but are not limited to: retail and wholesale stores; instructional classes of all types; shops and equipment storage of contractors; auto, truck or engine repair; medical or dental clinics.

A place for the diagnosis, treatment, or other care of humans and having facilities for inpatient care including such establishments as a sanitarium, sanatorium, and preventorium.

A building used as the more or less temporary abiding place of three or more individuals who are, for compensation, lodged with or without meals, and in which no provision is made for cooking in any individual room or suite. A hotel may include restaurants, newsstands, and other accessory services primarily for serving its occupants and only incidentally for the public.

A lot, land, or structure, or part thereof, used primarily for the collecting, storage, and sale of wastepaper, rags, scrap metal, or discarded materials, or for the collecting, dismantling, storage, and salvaging of machinery or vehicles not in running condition, and for the sale of parts thereof.

(See PET KENNEL)

Any of the following activities:

Changing, rearranging or adding to the vegetation or appearance of land to produce a visual, aesthetic or environmental effect appropriate to the use of land. Landscaping may include reshaping the land by moving earth as well as preserving the original vegetation or adding vegetation.

A business premises equipped with individual clothes washing and/or drying machines for the use of retail customers, exclusive of laundry facilities provided as an accessory use in a multi-family housing development.

Any member of the bovine, equine, porcine, or bovine species, including but not limited to cows, steers, horses, ponies, pigs, sheep and goats.

An off-street space for vehicle or vehicles while loading or unloading merchandise or materials.

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.

In all districts, corner lots shall have one required front yard, one required rear yard and two required side yards (all required yards being measured from either the road right-of-way or the adjacent interior lot line). The yard toward which the front entrance of the building faces shall be designated as the front yard. [In no instance shall any object, structure or planting interfere with the visibility at any intersection as specified in § 27-1206 (Visibility at Intersections).]

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

An interior lot having frontage of two parallel or approximately parallel streets. The through lots shall have one front yard and one rear yard; the area of frontage providing primary access to the lot shall be designated as the front yard.

An area of land which is determined by the limits of the property lines bounding that area and express in terms of square feet or acres. Any portion of a lot included in a street right-of-way shall not be included in a calculating lot area.

The percentage of the lot or property area covered by buildings or structures, excluding driveways, sidewalks, and other standard paved vehicular or pedestrian accessways.

A mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured in the general direction of its side lot lines.

Any line dividing a lot from another lot, street, or parcel.

The mean horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at right angles to its depth. Required lot width shall be measured at the most forward allowable building line or setback line; however, in the case where one side lot line is not parallel to the other side lot line, or of pie-shaped lots, the required lot width shall be measured at a point equal to 50% of the depth of the lot.

A transportable, single family dwelling intended for permanent occupancy, contained in one unit or in 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 sectional, single family dwelling, intended for permanent occupancy, contained in two or more units designed to be permanently joined into one integral unit, which arrives at a site complete and ready for occupancy except for assembly operations and construction of the necessary permanent foundation. For the purposes of this Part, modular homes shall be treated the same as conventional stick-built single family dwellings.

A communications tower or site which consists of a single-pole structure, designed and erected on the ground or on top of a structure, to support communications antennas and connecting appurtenances.

A building or group of buildings, whether detached or in connected units, used as individual sleeping or dwelling units, designed with separate entrances and designed for occupancy, primarily for transient automotive travelers, and provided with accessory off-street parking facilities. The term "motel" includes buildings designated as tourist courts, tourist cabins, motor lodges, and similar terms, but shall not be construed to include mobile or immobile trailers or homes.

A body politic and corporate created pursuant to the Act of May 2, 1945 (P.L. 382, No. 164), known as the "Municipalities Authority Act of 1945."

This certificate shall be issued by the Township or designated party and shall be utilized for the registration of nonconforming lots, nonconforming signs, nonconforming structures, nonconforming buildings and nonconforming uses as provided in the Zoning Ordinance of North Lebanon Township.

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 reason of such adoption or amendment.

A sign which does not conform to the regulations of the district in which it is located.

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 theretofore 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.

Any lot or parcel of land used to cultivate, propagate, and grow trees, shrubs, vines, and other plants including the buildings, structures, and equipment customarily incidental and accessory to the principal use.

A building with sleeping rooms where persons are housed or lodged and furnished with meals and nursing care for hire.

A building containing office space for one or more persons engaged in occupations or callings which required extensive learned and academic preparation to secure knowledge or skill in a profession such as medicine, law, divinity or science, wherein professional advice, guidance or instruction is provided. Occupations or vocations which are trades, crafts, or businesses and often involve the sale of a product shall not be considered professional offices.

The unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with the building.

An off-street surfaced area designed solely for the parking of motor vehicles, including driveways, passageways, and maneuvering space appurtenant thereto.

An open space or enclosed area accessible from a street or alley for parking of motor vehicles for owners, occupants, employees, customers or tenants of the principal building or use.

This enabling legislation provides the mechanism whereby municipalities can plan for community development through the adoption of a comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance and the establishment of planning commissions, planning departments and zoning hearing boards. The Code authorizes the above bodies to request appropriations, charge fees, make inspections, hold public hearings, make legal appeals, and process penalties for violations. For the purposes of this Part, the Code, enacted as Act 247 of 1968, is intended to include the current code and any future amendments and shall be referred to hereafter as "Act 247."

Building and Zoning Permit issued by the Zoning Administrator.

Facilities for the provision of personal wireless services.

Includes commercial mobile services, unlicensed wireless services and common carrier wireless exchange access services.

Any customary domestic animal or bird that is kept for pleasure rather than utility and which may be kept inside or outside of a dwelling.

An animal, bird or insect that is kept for pleasure, that is not a customary household pet, nor of a domesticated variety, provided that is it not otherwise prohibited by law and is kept inside a dwelling.

An enclosure or area (located outside a dwelling) which is designed for keeping more than three birds or animals; however, this does not include pet zoos or menageries.

An area of land, controlled by a landowner, to be developed as a single entity for a number of dwelling units, or combination of residential and nonresidential uses, the development plan for which does not correspond in lot size, bulk, type of dwelling, or use, density or intensity, lot coverage and required open space to the regulations established in any one district created, from time to time, under the provisions of this chapter.

The North Lebanon Township Planning Commission.

A three to five member committee appointed by the Director of the Lebanon County Planning Department from Department personnel. The committee reviews sites to provide recommendations on design and appropriate use of vegetation, topography, building orientation and other site amenities which will result in effective energy conservation and environmental control.

Residential development that: a) involves required common open space with many of the dwellings adjoining that open space; b) includes pedestrian-friendly site designs that help to create an identifiable neighborhood; c) minimizes the views of garage doors along the front of most dwellings along streets; and d) is limited to the following dwelling types: single-family detached, single-family semi-detached and townhouse.

A building with one dwelling unit from the ground to roof and only one party wall in common with another dwelling unit. Commonly described as half a duplex, the semi-detached dwelling has open yards on three sides with one side yard and is connected on one side to a similar dwelling.

A detached (separate) building designed for or occupied exclusively by one family that has open yards on all four sides; however, this shall not include single-unit mobile homes which are defined separately.

A single-family dwelling constructed as a part of a series of three to five connected single-family dwellings with one dwelling unit from floor to roof. In pocket neighborhood developments, townhouses are one story high and are considered attached dwellings, except for the end units of a building series, which are semi-detached.

One or more persons occupying a single dwelling unit, provided that unless all members are related by blood or marriage, or are legal foster children, no such family shall contain more than two unrelated adults.

Any lot, parcel, or tract of land and any building constructed thereon.

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

A legally established road right-of-way, other than a street, which provides the primary vehicular access to a lot.

Includes:

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

A forum held pursuant to notice as provided by law.

Notice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township of North Lebanon. 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 piece of equipment related to, incidental to, or necessary for, the operation of a communications tower or communications antenna. By way of illustration, not limitation, "related equipment" includes generators and base stations.

Any letter, review, memorandum, compilation or similar writing made by any body, 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.

A commercial establishment where food or beverage is sold for consumption on the premises either in a customer's vehicle or in an outside area, but not within a building.

An accessory use to a commercial restaurant where the customer receives food or beverage via a drive-up window without the need for the customer to leave his vehicle.

A commercial establishment where a limited selection of food or beverage is sold either for consumption on the premises or as a "take out" service. Food preparation is designed for immediate service to customers and food is normally prepared in advance to facilitate this type of "fast" services.

See "Townhouse."

A private hospital, whether or not such facility is operated for profit.

A building, group of buildings or other facility having compartments, rooms, spaces, containers or other type of units that are individually leased, rented, sold or otherwise contracted for by customers for the storage of personal or business goods or property, and where the facility owner/operator has limited access to the units. For purposes of this title, "self-service storage facility" shall be considered synonymous with self-storage warehouse, self-storage facility, mini-warehouse or mini-storage.

The horizontal distance from a lot line to the part of the building nearest to such a lot line.

Sexually oriented business is an adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, escort agency, nude model studio or sexual encounter center.

A group of stores, two or more in number, planned and designed as an integrated unit with off-street parking provided on the property as an integral part of the unit.

The word "sign" includes any writing (including letter, word or numeral); pictorial representation (including illustration or decoration); emblem (including device, symbol, or trademark); or any other device or similar character which (1) is a structure or any part thereof, or is attached to, painted on, or in any other manner represented on a building or other structure; (2) is used to announce direct attention to, or advertise; and (3) is visible from outside a building.

Any sign which is owned or operated by any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of outdoor advertising for direct profit gained from the rental of such signs or any sign advertising a commodity not sold or produced on the premises, including "billboards."

A sign consisting of two display areas placed back to back or joined along a common edge and is treated as having one sign area. If the display areas are joined along a common edge and the interior angle is greater than 45°, the structure shall be treated as having two sign areas.

The area of a sign shall be construed to include the entire display surface and background, whether open or enclosed, which encompasses lettering, wording, designs, and symbols, but not including any supporting framework and bracing which is incidental to the display itself. The area shall be determined using the largest visible sign or silhouette area. When the sign consists of individual letters or symbols attached to or printed on a surface, the area shall be considered to be the smallest rectangular shape or shapes which can be drawn together to encompass all of the letters and symbols.

A plan of a lot or subdivision on which is shown topography; location of all buildings, roads, rights-of-way, and boundaries; all essential dimensions and bearings; and any other information deemed necessary by the Township in unusual or special cases.

A use permitted in a particular zoning district pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and Articles VI and IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. §§ 10601 et seq., 10901 et seq.

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

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

Includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway, lane, alley, viaduct or any other ways used or intended to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians whether public or private.

The line determining the limit of the street or public right-of-way, either existing or contemplated. Also referred to as the street lot line or road right-of-way line. Where a definite right-of-way width has not been established, the street line shall be determined as a line 25 feet from the center line of the existing street.

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

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

A single family dwelling located on an independent lot and constructed as a part of a series of three or more connected single family dwellings with one dwelling unit from floor to roof. Townhouses are typically two stories high and units are considered attached dwellings, except for the end units of a building series which are semi-detached. Townhouses are generally owner-occupied and provide residents with individual yards, parking, and utility access. Common areas and facilities, including parking areas, may be designed for joint utilization by all residents of the townhouse development.

A vehicular portable structure built on a chassis (motorized home, converted bus, tent trailer, tent, or similar device) designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel and recreational purposes.

Relief granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and Articles VI and IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.

An inventory of the source, quantity, yield and use of groundwater and surface-water resources within the Township of North Lebanon.

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

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

The antennas, nodes, control boxes, towers, poles, conduits, ducts, pedestals, electronics and other equipment used for the purpose of transmitting, receiving, distributing, providing, or accommodating wireless communications services.

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

A freestanding structure, such as a communications tower or any other support structure that is primarily constructed to support the placement or installation of a wireless communications facility if approved by the Township.

An open space, other than a court, unoccupied by a structure; provided, however, that fences, walls, posts, trees, lawn furniture, and other customary yard accessories are permitted in any yard subject to height limitations and requirements limiting obstruction and visibility.

An unoccupied space, open to the sky, provided between the front property line (road right-of-way line) and a line drawn parallel thereto, at such distance therefrom as may be specified herein for any district, and extending for the full width of the lot.

An unoccupied space, open to the sky, between the rear property line and a line drawn parallel, thereto at such distance therefrom as may be specified herein for any district, and extending for the full width of the lot.

An unoccupied space, open to the sky, between the side property line and a line drawn parallel thereto at such distance therefrom as may be specified herein for any district, and extending the full depth of the lot.

An unoccupied space, open to the sky, between the front property line (road right-of-way line) and the building line of the principal building closest to the front property line.

An unoccupied space, open to the sky, between the rear property line and the building line of the principal building which is closest to the rear property line.

An unoccupied space, open to the sky, between the side property line and the side building line of the principal building. In most cases, a lot has two side yards located on opposite sides of the principal building.

The agent(s) or official(s) designated by the Township Supervisors to enforce the Zoning Ordinance of the Township.