See "base flood."

To be joined at a border, property line, or zoning district boundary. Abutting properties include properties across a street or alley, or a railroad right-of-way.

A subordinate, uninhabitable building, located on the same lot as the principal building and clearly incidental and subordinate to that principal building. Any portion of a principal building devoted or intended to be devoted to an accessory use is not an accessory building. Examples of accessory buildings include, but are not limited to, detached garages, sheds, greenhouses, gazebos, carports and covered decks, patios, or terraces.

Any equipment servicing or being used in conjunction with a wireless communication services facility or wireless communication support structure. The term includes utility transmission equipment, power supplies, generators, batteries, cables, equipment buildings, cabinets and storage sheds.

A subordinate, uninhabitable structure, located on the same lot as the principal building and clearly incidental and subordinate to that principal building. Examples of accessory structures include, but are not limited to, swimming pools, pergolas, fences or walls, signs, walkways, driveways, parking areas and uncovered decks, patios, or terraces.

A use subordinate to the principal use of land or of a building on a lot and customarily incidental thereto.

To be joined at a property line. Adjacent properties do not include properties across a street or alley, or a railroad right-of-way.

Any business, club or other similar operation which permits patrons, clients, visitors, or members to hear, view, read, lease, purchase, trade or exchange, and/or participate in activities, publications, movies, videotapes and/or live or televised performances which have as their dominant theme or themes explicit sexual activities and/or the exhibition of portions of the human or animal anatomy which are not normally seen in public or in commercial or other club-type operations, including the genital areas, buttocks and female breasts, and which operations may or may not exclude minors by virtue of age. Included in the term "adult use" are bookstores, movie theaters, restaurants, bars and any other operation which qualifies for inclusion by virtue of the definition above, regardless of the type of other uses or operations which may also be conducted on or in the property or properties involved. See also "age-regulated use."

An age-regulated use shall include the following uses as defined by this chapter: adult use, bail bond agency, check cashing business, gun shop, hookah bar, pawnshop, payday lender, shooting range, and smoke shop. Any business that sells or offers products containing Delta-8 THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) or Kratom, and any business that permits or sanctions off-track betting or gambling on horse racing outside a racetrack shall also be considered an age-regulated use. These enumerated uses have statutory limitations that allow patronage only by individuals 18 years of age or older; however, a minor individual may accompany an adult under certain circumstances (e.g., an individual under 16 years of age may not use a shooting range unless accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older, pursuant to 58 Pa. Code § 135.181).

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 with the agricultural industry.

Land over which there is a right-of-way, municipally or privately owned, on which no dwelling or stores may front, serving as a secondary means of access to two or more lots.

As applied to a building, any change or rearrangement in the structural parts, or any enlargement, whether by extending on any side or by increasing in height, or moving from one location or position to another.

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. An antenna shall not include tower-based wireless communications facilities defined below.

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 for the approval of a development plan.

A cloth, plastic, or other nonstructural covering that projects from a wall for the purpose of shielding a doorway or window. An awning is either permanently attached to a building or can be raised or retracted to a position against the building when not in use.

A business that charges a fee or premium to effectuate the release of an accused defendant or detainee from jail, detention, or incarceration, sells or issues surety bail bonds, or otherwise requests financial security in the form of money or personal or real property to ensure the appearance of a criminal defendant before the courts. See also "age-regulated use."

Any cloth, bunting, plastic, paper or similar nonrigid material and attached to any structure, staff, pole, rope, wire, or framing and is anchored on two or more edges or at all four corners. Banners also include nonrigid signs anchored along one edge or two corners, with weights installed that reduce the reaction of the sign to wind. Banners may or may not include text, logos and/or graphic symbols. Banners are temporary in nature and do not include flags.

A flood having a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. This is the regulatory standard also referred to as the "100-year flood."

The elevation of surface water resulting from a flood that has a 1% chance of equaling or exceeding that level in any given year. The BFE is shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for zones AE, AH, A1-A30, AR, AR/A, AR/AE, AR/A1-A30, AR/AH, AR/AO, V1-V30 and VE.

A sign that directs attention to a business, product, advertising matter, or service conducted, sold, or offered at a location other than the premises on which the sign is located.

The lots included in an area on both sides of a street between consecutive cross streets that includes only homes with a mailing address for that street.

A dwelling unit or part thereof in which, for compensation, lodging and meals are provided to three or more persons unrelated to the owner and which does not constitute a single housekeeping unit. Cooking facilities shall not be permitted in individual rooms. No meals shall be provided to nonresident guests. A boardinghouse is not a hotel or motor court, but shall be classified as a multifamily development.

An area designed and functioning to separate the elements and uses of land which abut it and to ease the transition between them. Unless otherwise specified, buffers may be included as part of the required setbacks and yard areas. Buffers are divided into three types:

A build-to line is a line parallel to the street along which a front facade must be set. It is measured as a perpendicular distance from the curbline to the nearest point of the building facade. See also "setback, front."

A structure under a roof, used for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals or property, and including covered or uncovered porches, steps and ramps, bay windows and chimneys. The word "building" shall include any part thereof.

The horizontal cross-sectional area of a building on a lot above the ground level, measured at the greatest outside dimensions. This definition excludes: cornices, eaves, gutters, or chimneys projecting not more than two feet, bay windows not extending through more than one story and not projecting more than five feet, steps, and ramps.

The maximum linear width of a building measured in a single straight line parallel with the adjacent public street or parking lot.

The vertical distance measured from the elevation of the proposed finished grade at the front of the building to the midpoint between the highest and lowest point of the roof. Chimneys, spires, towers, mechanical penthouses, tanks, communications antennas and similar structures shall not be included in calculating the building height.

A building in which is conducted as the principal use of the lot on which it is situated.

A restaurant, cafe, tearoom, tavern or bar which also provides, at any time, dancing and/or live entertainment (including, but not limited to, disc jockeys), except that live background instrumental music, while dining, when such background music is performed by a single musician playing either a piano, organ, violin or accordion, shall not be considered live entertainment.

A structure other than an awning made of fabric, metal, or other material with frames affixed to a building and carried by a frame that is supported by columns or posts affixed to the ground.

A business entity that engages in the cashing of checks for a fee. The Commonwealth Department of Banking and Securities requires all check cashing businesses to maintain a check casher license. See also "age-regulated use."

A voluntary, nonprofit incorporated or unincorporated association for the purposes of social, literary or political nature.

The mounting of one or more wireless communications facility, including antennas, on an existing tower-based wireless communications facility or utility pole or light pole.

Any visit or delivery, except regular mail delivery or express mail services, by a vehicle to a property on which a home occupation is conducted, such being made in connection with the home occupation.

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 parking area used by three or more dwelling units and having space for six or more motor vehicles.

Maps, charts, descriptive matter officially adopted by the Borough's Planning Commission and the Borough Council showing, among other things, recommendations for the most appropriate use of land; for the most desirable density of population; for a system of thoroughfares, parkways and recreation areas; for the general location and extent of facilities for water, sewer, light and power; and for the general location, character and extent of community facilities.

A form of permitted use, authorized by this chapter and by Section 603(c)(2) of the Municipalities Planning Code,[1] under the jurisdiction of the Borough Council following recommendation by the Borough Planning Commission. The Borough Council is empowered to grant permission for conditional uses, consistent with the public interest, in compliance with the standards and procedures established in this chapter, following thorough examination of the proposal and hearing and under any reasonable safeguards necessary to implement the purposes and intent of this chapter and to protect the general welfare.

The construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, extension, expansion, alteration or relocation of a building or structure, including the placement of mobile homes.

The remodeling or alterations of a structure so as to accommodate the provision of more housing units or dwellings.

That space which in a building or group of buildings is bounded on three sides by the exterior walls of two or more dwelling units, in the case of apartment dwellings; that space which in a semidetached dwelling or row house is bounded on two sides by dwelling walls and the third side by the party line, provided that the term "court," as referred to in this chapter, shall not apply to open spaces defined as above, the least depth of which is less than five feet or the width of which exceeds 20 feet.

The edge of the vehicular pavement that may be detailed as a raised concrete or stone element.

A line formed by the face of the existing curb or in its absence, the outer edge of the shoulder, along which a curb would be otherwise located.

A structure, with or without a roof, either freestanding or attached to a principal building, that may or may not have railings or access to the ground and is used primarily for private recreational purposes. A deck may be constructed of any materials.

Any act or process that destroys or removes 51% or more of the exterior walls of a structure, improvement, or object.

The absence of routine maintenance and repair which can lead to a building's or structure's structural weakness, decay and deterioration resulting in its demolition.

The number of dwelling units per developable acre.

The developable acreage shall equal the gross acreage minus the following: all land contained within the existing, legal rights-of-way of all roads abutting or running through the land proposed for subdivision or land development; all slopes of 15% or greater; and all wetlands, 100-year floodplain and alluvial soils as defined by the Soil Survey of Montgomery County of 1967.

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.

Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures, the placement of mobile homes, streets and other paving, utilities, mining, dredging, filling, grading, excavation or drilling operations.

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 the development plan," when used in this chapter, shall mean the written and graphic materials referred to in this definition.

A display of a sign message made up of internally illuminated components capable of changing the message periodically. Digital displays may include but are not limited to LCD, LED, or plasma displays.

A network of spatially separated antenna nodes connected to a common source via a transport medium that provides wireless service within a geographic area or structure. DAS antenna elevations are generally at or below the clutter level and node installations are compact.

A building used as group living quarters for unrelated individuals which does not function as a single housekeeping unit and typically does not include individual kitchen facilities or private bathrooms in individual dwelling units.

A private way for vehicular and pedestrian access between a public street and a parking area within a lot or property. Also referred to as a "driveway."

A driveway consisting of two parallel strips of concrete, mortar-set stone or brick, or solid or turf pavers with an open, unpaved space in between. Refer to § 208-61E(4)(a)[4] for design requirements specific to ribbon driveways. The total area of a ribbon driveway, as calculated using the perimeter on all sides, shall be included in the calculation of impervious coverage.

A house, an apartment, or other group of rooms, or a single room is regarded as a dwelling unit when it is occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters; that is, when the occupants do not live and eat with other persons in the structure and there is either direct access from the outside or through a common hall or a kitchen or cooking equipment for the exclusive use of the occupants of the unit, excluding hotels, rooming houses, tourist homes, institutional homes, residential clubs, motor courts and the like.

A building or portion thereof providing complete housekeeping facilities for one family for year-round use.

The Federal Aviation Administration.

The exterior wall of a building that is set along a frontage line that faces a public or private street or pedestrianway.

Any group of individuals living together permanently or long-term, as opposed to transiently or short-term, as the functional equivalent of a family where the residents may share living expenses, chores, eat meals together and are a close group with social, economic and psychological commitments to each other. A family includes, for example, the residents of residential care facilities and group homes for people with disabilities. A family does not include larger institutional group living situations such as student-housing, dormitories, fraternities, sororities, monasteries or nunneries.

The Federal Communications Commission.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), an agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The federal agency under which the National Flood Insurance Program is administered. FEMA is charged with responding to Presidentially declared disasters.

A type of illumination composed of either a group of incandescent light bulbs hung or strung overhead or on a building or other structure(s), or light bulbs not shaded or hooded or otherwise screened to prevent direct rays of light from shining on adjacent properties or rights-of-way.

Any sign printed or painted on cloth, plastic, canvas, or other like material with distinctive colors, patterns or symbolic devices attached to a pole or staff and anchored along only one edge or supported or anchored at only two corners.

Official map of a community issued by FEMA, where the boundaries of the flood, mudflow and related erosion areas having special hazards have been designated.

Official map of a community on which FEMA has delineated the Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs), the Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) and the risk premium zones applicable to the community.

Any land area susceptible to being inundated by floodwaters from any source.

Any combination of structural and non-structural additions, changes, or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents.

The channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse and the adjacent land area required to carry and discharge a flood of the 100-year magnitude.

The horizontal floor area within the inside perimeter of the outside walls of the building, including, but not limited to, hallways, stairs, closets, thickness of walls, columns and other features.

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.

Persons living and cooking together as a single, nonprofit and nontransient housekeeping unit and having facilities to do their cooking on the premises.

Cellular radio, personal communication service (PCS), enhanced specialized mobile radio, specialized mobile radio and paging, commercial land mobile radio and additional emerging technologies.

The effect by reflections of light with intensity sufficient as determined in a commercially reasonable manner to cause annoyance, discomfort, or loss in visual performance and visibility in any material respects.

The Council of the Borough of North Wales.

A retail store that is engaged in the selling, leasing, purchasing, or lending of any firearms or ammunition. The Pennsylvania State Police requires all gun shops to maintain a license to sell firearms. See also "age-regulated use."

A tower which is supported or braced through the use of cables (guy wires) which are permanently anchored.

When referring to a tower, the vertical distance measured from the lowest finished grade at the base of the tower to the highest point on the tower, even if said highest point is an antenna.

An area on a roof or on the ground to accommodate touchdown, liftoff and parking of rotor-wing aircraft (helicopters) for the purpose of picking up and discharging passengers or cargo with no service facilities.

Signs or displays, including lighting, which are a nonpermanent installation celebrating national, state, and local holidays, religious or cultural holidays, or other holiday seasons.

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.

Any establishment that is devoted to, marketed as, or designed for, whether as its primary use or as an accessory use, the on-premises use of smoking through a water pipe with a smoke chamber, a bowl, a pipe and a hose, commonly referred to as a "hookah," and also known as narghile, argileh, shisha, hubble-bubble and goza, or any similar device used for on-premises smoking. The term "hookah bar" includes, but is not limited to, establishments variously known as hookah parlors, hookah cafes, and hookah lounges. See also "age-regulated use."

Any vehicle, camper or cloth structure used for living or sleeping purposes. If a house trailer or a tent is used for living or sleeping purposes within the Borough for an aggregate of more than 30 days in any year, it shall be considered as if it were a single-family detached dwelling for all purposes of this chapter.

A pet is a privately owned companion animal that is kept in the home for pleasure rather than for commercial purposes (not intended for research or resale). A household pet includes the following animal groups only: dogs, cats, birds, ferrets, fish, hedgehogs, rabbits, rodents, reptiles and amphibians. Nothing herein shall prohibit the keeping of an emotional support animal, seeing eye dog, service animal, or medically supportive animal.

A source of any artificial or reflected light, either directly from a source of light incorporated in, or indirectly from an artificial source, so shielded that no direct illumination from it is visible elsewhere than on and in the immediate vicinity of the sign/object/lot.

Any spouse, parents, stepparents, foster parents, father-in-law, mother-in-law, children, stepchildren, foster children, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, or first cousin (that is, a child of an aunt or uncle).

A surface that prevents the infiltration of water into the ground. Impervious surfaces (or areas) shall include, but not be limited to, roofs, additional indoor living spaces, patios, garages, storage sheds and similar structures, swimming pools, and any new streets or sidewalks. Decks, parking areas, and driveway areas are not counted as impervious areas only when they do not prevent infiltration of water into the ground directly beneath them.

A sign that is a cold-air-inflated object, which may be of various shapes, made of flexible fabric, resting on the ground or structure and equipped with a portable blower motor that provides a constant flow of air into the device.

Any of the following activities:

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

A type of mount that is self-supporting with multiple legs and cross bracing of structural steel.

Light emitted by a light source which extends beyond the boundaries of the property on which the light source is located.

An area in which goods and products are moved on and off a vehicle, including the stall or berth and the apron or maneuvering room incidental thereto.

Temporary residential accommodation for tourism and business purposes which typically includes a furnished room that includes temporary sleeping arrangements, sanitary facilities, and may include limited kitchen facilities.

A designated parcel, tract or area of land held by a landowner and/or intended for use, development, lease, or transfer of ownership and for which a deed description is recorded or is intended to be recorded at the Office of the Recorder of Deeds for Montgomery County.

The area of land contained with the property lines of a parcel, tract or lot as described in the deed or as shown on an approved subdivision plan.

The gross lot area, excluding the following areas:

A property boundary line of any lot held in single or joint ownership, except that in the case of any lot abutting a street, the "lot line" for such portion of the lot as abuts the street shall be deemed to be the same as the ultimate right-of-way line and shall not be the center line of the street or any other line within the street side line even though such may be the property boundary line.

The lot width shall be the width of the lot from side lot line to side lot line and the minimum lot width permitted shall be maintained for the entire depth of the lot.

A lot having contiguous frontage on two or more intersecting roads. The setback at each road frontage shall be the front setback for the district in which the lot is located. One of the other two sides shall have a rear yard setback and the other shall be the side yard.

A lot that does not provide at least 50% of the required lot width as frontage along a public street or does not provide the required lot width at a point equal to the required front yard established for the district in which located.

A designated parcel, tract, or area of land lawfully assigned a separate tax parcel identification number by the Montgomery County Board of Assessment office that does not have frontage on a street or alley.

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

Marijuana for certified medical use as set forth in the Medical Marijuana Act. (See next defined term.)

The Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act, Act 16 of 2016, 35 P.S. § 10231.101 et seq.

A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust, or other entity or any combination thereof which holds a permit issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Health to dispense medical marijuana. The term includes the facility from which medical marijuana is dispensed. The term does not include a health care medical marijuana organization under Chapter 19 of the Medical Marijuana Act.

A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust, or other entity or any combination thereof which holds a permit from the Department of Health to grow and process medical marijuana. The term includes the facilities in which medical marijuana is grown and processed. The term does not include a health care medical marijuana organization under Chapter 19 of the Medical Marijuana Act.

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.

A sign affixed to a vehicle or pulled by a vehicle, the primary purpose of which is for advertising while the vehicle is moving or in traffic.

A single-family detached dwelling intended for permanent occupancy, which may not meet local building codes but does meet the standards of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, as indicated by the Structural Engineering Bulletin(s) provided to the Borough Council by the applicant. It shall be contained in one unit (called a "single-wide") or in two or more units designed to be joined into one integral unit capable of again being separated for repeated towing (called a "double-wide"), which arrives at a site complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations and constructed so that it may be used with or without a permanent foundation, including any roofed addition such as extra rooms, covered patios, porches, etc.

A parcel of land in a mobile home park, provided with the necessary utility connections, patio and other appurtenances necessary for the erection thereon of a single mobile home and the exclusive use of its occupants.

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

The type of tower that is self-supporting with a single shaft of wood, steel or concrete and a platform (or racks) for panel antennas arrayed at the top.

Any vehicle, as more specifically defined in the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, as now in force or as hereafter amended, enacted or reenacted, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning, which is self-propelled, except tractors, power shovels, road rollers, agricultural machinery and vehicles which move upon or are guided by a track or travel through the air.

The structure or surface upon which antennas are mounted, including the following three types of mounts:

A multifamily residential development is a detached, residential building containing at least three permanent dwelling units in a variety of combinations, including side-by-side, over and under, or back-to-back with another dwelling unit.

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.

An image which is painted, constructed or affixed directly onto a vertical building wall, which may or may not contain text, logos, and/or symbols. A mural is considered a wall sign regardless of the content and the area of any mural shall be calculated as part of permissible sign area.

The program of flood insurance coverage and floodplain management administered under the Act and applicable federal regulations promulgated in Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Subchapter B.

A lot the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to the adoption or amendment of a zoning 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 sign that was legally erected and maintained at the effective date of this chapter, or amendment thereto, that does not currently comply with sign 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 in a zoning chapter or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment of such chapter or amendment or prior to the application of such 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 a zoning chapter or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such use was lawfully in existence prior to the enactment of such chapter or amendment, or prior to the application of such chapter or amendment to its location by reason of annexation.

Any wall, dam, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment, projection, excavation, channel, rectification, culvert, building, fence, stockpile, refuse, fill, structure or matter in, along, across or projecting into any channel, watercourse or designated floodplain district which may impede, retard or change the direction of the flow of water, either in itself or by catching or collecting debris carried by such water, or is placed where the flow of the water might carry the same downstream to damage property or threaten lives.

Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any property located in this Borough.

Any area privately owned which is used for the storage of motor vehicles or other vehicles, not in excess of 24 hours continuous storage.

An open or covered area with a dust-free, all-weather surface for the storage of one automobile, accessible via a driveway. A parking space shall be constructed of macadam, asphalt, concrete, or permeable paving and has an area as specified otherwise required in this chapter.

An unenclosed area at ground level, with or without a roof and is used primarily for private recreational purposes.

An all-weather paving material which allows for significant reduction in surface water runoff due to its absorptive or porosity characteristics. The paving materials may include porous bituminous concrete mixtures, permeable interlocking concrete paving blocks, concrete grid pavers, perforated brick pavers, permeable flexible paving, and similar materials when reviewed by the Borough Engineer; gravel or cinders shall not qualify. The material and its construction details shall be reviewed and approved by the Borough Engineer prior to installation.

A pawnshop is an individual or business that loans money to individuals who use their personal property as collateral, or who purchases personal property with an understanding to sell it back at a later time at a specified price. The Commonwealth Department of Banking and Securities requires all such individuals or businesses to maintain a pawnbroker's license. Furthermore, a pawnshop includes any individual or business involved in the direct purchasing and resale of an individual's personal property and the purchasing of precious metals by or on behalf of a "cash for gold" or similar operation. See also "age-regulated use."

A business where a lender will extend, or will negotiate, arrange, aid or assist a consumer in procuring a "payday loan," "cash advance loan," "check advance loan," or otherwise offer or assist with a short-term credit or a cash advance secured or facilitated by a consumer's personal check that is held for future deposit or by electronic access to the consumer's bank account. The term includes any form of such lending, notwithstanding the presence of some other element introduced to disguise the true nature of the transaction, such as the sale or provision of a good, service or commodity incidental to the advance of funds and notwithstanding the fact that the transaction is conducted in person, by mail, Internet or telephone, or through any other means. The term shall not include loans made by the customer's employer or an agent of such employer or by a federally or Commonwealth-charted bank, thrift or credit union. See also "age-regulated use."

A triangular or irregular piece of fabric or other material, commonly attached in strings or strands, or supported on small poles intended to flap in the wind.

The North Wales Borough Planning Commission.

The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether preliminary or final.

An extension to the main building, with or without a roof, is one story in height, and has access to the ground.

Any tower or antenna which has been lawfully erected prior to the effective date of this chapter, including permitted towers or antennas that have been approved but have not yet been constructed so long as such approval is current and not expired.

When used in connection 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.

All aboveground exterior walls of a building oriented parallel to a street frontage. In the event there is more than one street frontage, the primary front facade shall be oriented toward the street of higher classification. Primary facades shall contain a main entrance connected to the sidewalk by a walkway, or shall front directly on a sidewalk.

Land use for agricultural purposes that contains soils of the first, second or third class as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resource and Conservation Services County Soil Survey.

A demarcation of property ownership. Also referred to as a "lot line."

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

Notice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. Such notice shall state the time and place of 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.

A building or aboveground structure or equipment owned by a governmental entity, a nonprofit organization, corporation or any entity defined as a public utility by the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission used for the production, generation, transmission, delivery, collection or storage of water, sewage, electricity, telephone, gas, oil or communication signals. Excepted are utility transmission lines and supporting structures; provided, however, that telecommunication or transmission towers shall not be included within this definition and shall be considered a distinct separate use. In a residential district (R-1, R-2 and R-3), this use shall not include public business facilities, storage of materials, trucks or repair facilities.

An engineer specializing in electrical or microwave engineering, especially the study of radio frequencies.

The emissions from personal wireless service facilities or any electromagnetic energy within the frequency range from 0.003 MHz to 300,000 MHz.

A trailer or motor vehicle designed or adapted for recreation purposes, which may include living, sleeping, eating and sanitary facilities but which is designed for transient or vacation occupancy.

The distance from a lot line or, in the case of front setbacks, a curbline to the point on a lot where a building or structure may be constructed. A setback area must be maintained clear of buildings and structures, with the exception of encroachments as may be permitted by this chapter.

A setback extending along the full width of the lot along the street line and which extends from the curbline towards the interior of a lot. The required depth of a front setback shall be established by the applicable zoning district. See also "build-to line."

A setback extending along the full width of the lot along the rear lot line that extends towards the interior of the lot. The required depth of a rear setback shall be established by the applicable zoning district.

A setback extending along a side lot line, those being the lot lines connecting the front lot line to the rear lot line, measured from a side lot line towards the interior of the lot. The required depth of a side setback shall be established by the applicable zoning district.

A place that is designed or intended for the safe discharge, on a regular and structured basis, of firearms for the purpose of target practice or target shooting competitions. A shooting range must comply with 58 Pa. Code § 135.181, Rifle and Handgun Ranges. See also "age-regulated use."

The distance of unobstructed view along the center line of a street from the driver's eye-height of 3 1/2 feet above the pavement surface to the furthest visible point, or as otherwise defined in the most current edition of PennDOT Publication No. 13M: Design Manual, Part 2: Highway Design.

A triangular-shaped portion of land established at street intersections in which nothing is erected, placed, planted, or allowed to grow in such a manner as to limit or obstruct the sight distance of motorists entering or leaving the intersection.

Any device, structure, fixture, painting, emblem, or visual image using words, graphics, symbols, numbers, or letters designed and used for the purpose of communicating a message or attracting attention.

The total dimensions of a sign surface used to display information, messages, advertising, logos, or symbols.

The words and/or message displayed on a sign.

The part of the sign that is or can be used for the sign area. The sign area could be smaller than the sign face.

A retail sales or wholesale establishment primarily engaged or marketed as selling tobacco, tobacco products/accessories, and/or vaping products and accessories. A retail business that maintains 25% or more of its total merchandise as tobacco, tobacco products/accessories, and/or vaping products or accessories shall be considered a smoke shop for the purposes of this chapter. For the purposes of this chapter, a retail or wholesale establishment that holds itself out as, or otherwise promotes or markets itself as, a "tobacco store," a "smoke shop," a "vape shop," a "cigar shop" or a similar establishment, shall also be considered a smoke shop for the purposes of this chapter. Examples of vaping products and accessories referred to in this chapter include, without limitation, e-cigarette or vape cartridges or refills, vaporizers, vape pens, vapor products, hookah pens, electronic cigarettes, e-cigarettes, e-cigs, e-pipes, and any other electronic nicotine delivery system ("ends"). Ends shall be deemed noncombustible tobacco products. Tobacco products and accessories as referred to in this chapter shall include, without limitation, any substance containing tobacco leaf, including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco or dipping tobacco, matches, lighters, grinders, hookahs, pipes, chewing tobacco, cigarette rolling machines or papers, ashtrays, pipe tools, pipe supplies and pipe accessories. See also "age-regulated use."

Electrical material, hardware, inverters, conduit, energy storage devices, or other electrical and photovoltaic equipment associated with the production and storage of electricity.

A solar energy system which is secured to the ground via a pole, ballast system, or other mounting system; is detached from any other structure; and which generates electricity for on-site or off-site consumption.

A solar energy system located on the roof of any legally permitted building or structure that produces electricity for on-site or off-site consumption.

A photovoltaic device capable of collecting and converting solar energy into electricity.

A use which may be granted or denied pursuant to express standards or criteria by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with Article XXI hereof where provisions therefore are made by the terms of this chapter. In granting a special exception, the Zoning Hearing Board may attach such reasonable conditions and safeguards as it may deem necessary to implement the purposes of this chapter.

An area having special flood, mudflow or flood-related erosion hazards and shown on a Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM) or a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) Zone A, AO, A1-A30, AE, A99, AH, AR, AR/A, AR/AE, AR/AH, AR/AO, AR/A1-A30, V1-V30, VE or V. The SFHA is the area where the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP's) floodplain management regulations must be enforced and the area where the mandatory purchase of flood insurance applies. For the purpose of determining Community Rating System (CRS) premium discounts, all AR and A99 zones are treated as non-SFHAs.

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, flagpoles and light poles.

That part of any building comprised between any floor and the floor or roof next above. The "first story" of a wall is the lowest story which is 75% or more above the average level of the ground adjacent to said wall.

A display made of lightweight, flexible materials, consisting of long, narrow, wavy strips hung individually or in a series, with or without a logo or advertising message printed or painted on them and typically designed to move in the wind.

Includes streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, highways, freeways, parkways, lanes, alleys, viaducts and any other ways used or intended to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians, whether public or private.

The linear edge of a lot adjacent to the lot line abutting a street or public right-of-way. (Also known as "lot frontage.")

The dividing line between a lot and the outside boundary or legal right-of-way, road or highway legally opened or officially approved, or between a lot and a privately owned street, road or way over which the owners or tenants of two or more lots each held in single and separate ownership have the right-of-way.

Land opened for use as a street, municipally or privately owned, serving as a means of vehicular and pedestrian travel, with space for sewers, public utilities and sidewalks. As a minimum, the legal right-of-way on each side of a street or highway shall be a parallel line not less than 25 feet from the center of a street or highway.

The expected future street right-of-way width computed from the center line of an established street right-of-way, as identified in the Borough Land Development and Subdivision Regulations,[4] but in no event less than the minimum width established by the street right-of-way.

Any form or arrangement of building materials, excluding fences, involving the necessity of providing proper support, bracing, tying, anchoring or other protection against the forces of the elements, whether or not affixed to the land.

The division or redivision of a single lot, tract, or parcel of lands by any means into two or more lots, tracts, or parcels of land, including changes in street lines or lot lines for any purpose, whether immediate or future, including, but not limited to, the transfer of ownership or building or lot development; provided, however, that divisions by lease of land for agricultural parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving any new streets or easements of access or any residential dwelling, shall be exempted.

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

Any permanent or temporary structure used for swimming or bathing which has a depth in any part of 18 inches or more. A residential swimming pool is any swimming pool which is constructed on the same lot with and used in conjunction with a dwelling and which is available only to the occupants of the dwelling and their private guests.

An establishment whose business includes the practice of one or more of the following:

A facility designed and used for the purpose of transmitting, receiving, and relaying voice and data signals from various wireless communications devices, including transmission towers, antennas and ancillary facilities. For purposes of this section, amateur radio transmission facilities and facilities used exclusively for the transmission of television and radio broadcasts are not telecommunications facilities.

The monopole or lattice framework designed to support transmitting and receiving antennas. For purposes of this section, amateur radio transmission facilities and facilities used exclusively for the transmission of television and radio signals are not transmission towers.

The form of occupancy of a unit, i.e., fee simple sale, rental, condominium, cooperative, etc.

The maximum horizontal floor area of all floors within a building using outside dimensions of each floor, excepting therefrom cornices, chimneys, bay windows not extending more than five feet, one-story open porches, steps, balconies and floor openings above the first floor to the roof such as an atrium or open court.

A recreational vehicle requiring a separate power source for pulling it, which may include living, sleeping and sanitary facilities, but which is designed for vacation travel and not for long-term permanent occupancy.

A facility providing health services to primarily inpatients, including services for health maintenance, diagnosis, treatment of or rehabilitation from human diseases, injury, or physical condition. Includes the use of residential treatment facility.

Any motor vehicle designed or used for commercial purposes, including, but not limited to, freight, goods or merchandise.

The use of land or a building or structure on a lot. Uses are classified, defined, and regulated by Article IV, Use Regulations.

A use subordinate to the principal use of land or a building or other structure on a lot and customarily incidental thereto.

The primary use of a building or structure permitted and intended for a given lot, parcel, or premises.

An existing or replacement pole or similar structure that is used in whole or in part to carry or to provide lateral support to electric distribution lines or cables or wires for telecommunications, cable or electric service, or for lighting or support for traffic control devices. Such term shall not include structures supporting only wireless facilities.

Relief which may be granted or denied by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with Article XXI hereof constituting a modification of, or deviation from, the exact provisions of this chapter as applied to a specific piece of property where it is alleged that the provisions of this Zoning Chapter inflict unnecessary hardship upon the applicant. In granting a variance, the Zoning Hearing Board may attach such reasonable conditions and safeguards as it may deem necessary to implement the purposes of this Zoning Chapter.

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

The provision of wireless communication services, including those more commonly referred to as "cellular phones" which services are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in accordance with and as the term "personal wireless service" is defined in the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. § 332(c)(7)(c), or as amended.

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 communications facility building permit, zoning approval and/or permission to use the public right-of-way or other Borough-owned land or property.

All non-tower wireless communications facilities, including, but not limited to, antennas and related equipment, and those involving replacement of existing Borough or third-party utility structures, provided that the original function of the utility structure continues to be served following replacement. Non-tower wireless communications facilities shall not include support structures for antennas and related equipment.

Any structure that is initially constructed for the primary purpose of supporting one or more antennas, including, but not limited to, self-supporting lattice towers, guy towers and monopoles, and utility poles and light poles. DAS hub facilities are considered to be tower-based wireless communications facilities

A wireless communications facility that meets each of the following conditions:

A freestanding structure, such as a tower-based wireless communications facility, or any other support structure that could support the placement or installation of a wireless communications facility if approved by the Borough.

The required open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building, open and unobstructed from the ground to the sky except for cornices, eaves, gutters or chimneys projecting not more than two feet, uncovered steps and ramps, fences and walls, and accessory buildings or structures as may be otherwise permitted.