A building on the same lot with the principal building and customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal building.

An accessory dwelling proposed within an existing principal single-family dwelling, attached to an existing principal single-family dwelling by way of addition, or wholly and exclusively within an accessory building on the same lot as a principal single-family dwelling.

A fence, wall, driveway, sidewalk, sign, patio, deck, terrace, porch, pool and the like that is incidental and subordinate to the principal use and principal building.

A use on the same lot with the principal use and customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use.

The change in use of an existing structure as provided in § 27-301 of this chapter 27, whereby the essential and defining characteristics thereof are preserved and maintained, including, but not limited to, the facade of the structure.

A store, shop and/or other commercial establishment with more than 15 square feet of floor area devoted primarily to the display, sale and/or rental of and/or with 10% or more of its gross income attributable to sale and/or rental of pornographic materials, which are pictures, drawings, photographs, movies and/or other visual images and/or paraphernalia which, if sold knowingly to a child under 18 years of age, would violate the then-current criminal laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. No other use identified as being allowed in any zoning district shall be construed to be, include and/or allow any use which is part of this adult commercial use. No use which is within the definition of "adult commercial" use shall be permitted (e.g., by right, conditional use, special exception and/or as an accessory to any principal use) except as an adult commercial use.

The display of pornographic movies, videos, pictures and/or other visual images, and/or display of live human "stripping," "topless," and/or nude person(s), and/or any other live display of the human body where female breasts and/or male or female buttocks and/or genitalia are exposed to patrons, business invitees, guests and/or club members as part of a private club, entertainment establishment, bar, tavern and/or other commercial business or activity. All such adult entertainment uses shall constitute a separate use and shall require separate use approval (e.g., by zoning use permit) whether or not they are an accessory use. No other use identified as being allowed in any zoning district shall be construed to be, include and/or allow any use which is part of this adult entertainment use. No use which is within the definition of "adult entertainment use" shall be permitted (e.g., by right, conditional use, special exception and/or as an accessory to any principal use, including, but not limited to, a bar or tavern) except as an adult entertainment use.

Such use includes the retail sales of agricultural products at roadside stands or other structures to the general public; the production of agricultural, horticultural, arboricultural, viticultural and dairy products; the keeping of livestock, poultry, and bee-raising; the outdoor raising of plants, shrubs and trees for sale and transplantation; an establishment where horses are boarded and cared for, and/or where instruction in riding, jumping and showing is offered, and/or the general public may, for a fee, hire horses for riding; and other such uses with similar characteristics.

A public or private right-of-way, typically paved, for vehicular access to the rear or side of properties.

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.

This use is included as a permitted use under the definition of "retail goods and services." An auto supply store is a facility used for the sale of automotive accessories, such as parts, tires, batteries, and other supplies. Minor installation and limited storage of parts may also take place within an enclosed structure.

This use includes facilities such as automobile repair garages; facilities for the sale of automobiles by a duly franchised new car dealership, including used car sales and/or car, truck, trailer, cycle and boat rental; facilities used for the retail sale of vehicular fuels, including, as accessory uses, the sale and installation of lubricants, tires, batteries, and similar accessories and/or the sale of groceries and similar convenience-type products; retail vehicle fueling stations (including, without limitation, combined convenience store-fueling stations); and facilities or premises used for washing motor vehicles.

A projection or shelter extending from and supported by the exterior wall of a building and composed of rigid or nonrigid materials and/or fabric covering on a supporting framework that may be either permanent or retractable, including such structures that are internally illuminated.

A residential home converted into a commercial use offering lodging for overnight guests and offering common eating facilities.

A freestanding structure erected for the purpose of advertising which is not associated with a building on the same lot; also known as an "outdoor advertising sign."

An area of land surrounded by streets. Alleys and streets or lanes that function as alleys are within a block.

All lots abutting one side of a street between the two nearest intersecting streets or one intersecting street and a street dead end.

Phoenixville Borough, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

A designated area of vegetation or natural landscaping between properties or areas of development to provide visual screening, noise reduction, and environmental benefits.

A structure under a roof used for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, or property. The word "building" shall include any part thereof.

That area of a lot that has no development restrictions. The building envelope shall not include the area of any required setbacks (except for driveways which would cross the yards), buffer yards, natural features with 100% protection standard, and the portion of those natural features that may not be developed or intruded upon.

The area of a building or any part thereof, conditioned or unconditioned, where it meets the ground; usually the area of the slab or grade.

The vertical distance from either the finished grade at the front of the building or the mean ground level, whichever is the lowest, to the highest point of the roof or parapet wall for buildings with flat or mansard roofs; or the mean height between the building eave and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs. If there are two or more separate roofs on a single building, the height of such shall be calculated from the highest roof. Chimneys, spires, cupolas, and similar building elements shall not be included in the building height. If required or requested by the Borough, the builder, architect or engineer of the building shall certify the building height prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy. "Mean ground level" is a reference plane representing the average of the finished ground level at the center of all exposed walls of the building. Where walls are parallel to and within five feet of a sidewalk, the sidewalk shall be considered the mean ground level. "Mean height" is a reference plane representing the distance from the mean ground level to the highest point of the roof or parapet wall for buildings with flat or mansard roofs or the reference plane representing 1/2 the vertical distance from the building eave and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.

The minimum distance between buildings. The minimum building spacing shall be measured from the outermost wall or projection, excluding bay windows, chimneys, flues, columns, ornamental features, cornices and gutters. These exceptions may encroach no more than three feet into the required minimum distance between buildings.

A horizontal recess of a building above a lower level, extending around the perimeter of the building and a minimum of five feet deep, occurring above the third story from grade or lower.

A building in which the principal use of the lot upon which the building is located is conducted or is intended to be conducted.

The diameter of a tree measured six inches above grade.

Property used for the interring of the dead.

The mounting of one or more WCFs, including antennas, on an existing tower-based WCF, or utility pole or light pole.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

An institutional or recreational building type that provides space for meeting rooms, classrooms, public assembly, and exercise and sports facilities, which may also include ancillary cooking facilities and offices. A community center may also encompass outdoor recreational space, community gardens or other similar-type outdoor uses. This use is not intended to include privately owned and for-profit health and fitness clubs.

A plot of land (public or private) for the use of individual small garden plots by residents for producing food for their own use and recreation or donation to nonprofit groups and not for commercial use or sale.

County of Chester, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A thoroughfare for pedestrian access, across a street or driveway, that is created and maintained in accordance with the design standards of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.

A licensed facility in which care is provided for children outside a residential home environment. A day-care center may include a nursery, nursery school, preschool, kindergarten or other type of agency providing day-care services for children.

A facility within a residential dwelling in which care is provided for one or more children, but no more than six children at any one time, who are not relatives of the caregiver, and where the child-care areas are also being used as a family residence. The family day-care shall be clearly subordinate to the existing residential use of the property and shall be treated as an accessory use to the dwelling unit.

A structure of wood or concrete installed above grade and without walls or roof, as an extension or addition to a dwelling unit, that may include railings and low walls with a maximum height of three and one-half feet from the top of the deck.

A measure of the number of dwelling units per unit of area.

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 pavings, utilities, filling, grading, excavation, mining, dredging or drilling operations, as well as the subdivision of land.

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

A thoroughfare that provides vehicular access on a lot to a building or use.

The lowest horizontal line of a sloping roof.

An activity in a building and on a lot that provides instruction, training, and/or similar type of advancement in educational or vocational skills.

A vehicle that operates, either partially or exclusively, on electric energy from the electrical grid, or an off-grid source, that is stored on board for motive purposes.

A public or private parking space that is served by battery charging station equipment that has as its primary purpose the transfer of electric energy (by conductive or inductive means) to a battery or other energy storage device in an electric vehicle.

An exterior, computer-programmable sign capable of displaying words, symbols, figures or picture images that can be altered or rearranged automatically or by remote means, utilizing LED (light-emitting diode) technology or other light sources as part of the sign or sign face, electronic or digital sign face, to produce the characters and graphics of this display.

A condition that:

Those services and uses customarily rendered by fire, ambulance, police, rescue and other emergency services of a Municipality, or a volunteer or privately operated group, including the facilities and appurtenances used in connection with the supplying of such services and uses (such as buildings and equipment).

An entertainment facility operated as a gainful business within a building or structure which provides automatic amusement devices or games, including pool or billiard rooms or similar facilities.

To build, construct, attach, hang, suspend, affix, alter, or to structurally repair, remove, relocate, demolish, or modernize, or to paint on a wall.

That portion of any exterior elevation of a building extending vertically from grade to the top of the parapet, wall or eaves and horizontally across the entire width of the building elevation.

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

The Federal Communications Commission.

A barrier constructed of any combination of materials that is intended to enclose or partition a space or define a property line.

The illuminance of the inside surface of a one-foot-radius sphere with a point source of one candela at its center. Alternatively, it can be defined as the illuminance of one lumen on a one-square foot surface with a uniform distribution.

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

The portion of a lot directly abutting a public right-of-way, that, when required to be measured, is measured directly at the lot line abutting such right-of-way.

A term used by the lighting industry to describe a lighting fixture from which no light is emitted at or above a horizontal plane drawn through the bottom of the fixture and no more than 10% of the lamp's light intensity is emitted at an angle 10° below that horizontal plane, at all lateral angles around the fixture.

An establishment for the preparation of the deceased for burial, the display of the deceased, and any ceremonies connected therewith related to such burial or cremation.

The sensation produced by excessive direct or reflected light that causes annoyance, discomfort or loss in visual performance to the eye. Glare is subjective and cannot be measured with a meter.

A public or private open space, typically enclosed with buildings on at least two sides, that is used as a pedestrian gathering area.

Housing occupied by groups of unrelated individuals with disabilities. Such housing may be provided by the individuals themselves or by a group home operator and shall include reasonable accommodations to facilitate the group home use within the Borough as provided for in the Fair Housing Act.[1] A group home does not include housing for current users of illegal controlled substances, work release facilities for convicts, housing as an alternative to incarceration or housing for persons who present a direct threat to other people or their property.

The attribute of a zoning district that lends itself to new development, redevelopment, and/or adaptive reuse.

When used in relation to a pipeline or pipeline system, "hazardous liquid" means petroleum, petroleum products, anhydrous ammonia, or ethanol.

A commercial business offering primarily indoor sports and fitness facilities to the public, including sports such as racquetball, handball, squash, tennis, basketball and volleyball, fitness classes and other healthy lifestyle activities and amenities. A health and fitness club also encompasses facilities for activities such as rock climbing, trampoline and moon bounce activities, and other physical fitness activities of a similar nature.

A designated area that envelopes a neighborhood of buildings as shown on the Zoning Map of Phoenixville Borough.

A home occupation for gain that is an accessory use, which must be separately permitted, which is clearly subordinate to the existing residential use of the property and shall be conducted within the dwelling unit primarily by a person(s) residing in the dwelling unit. Such use may involve clients or customers visiting the dwelling on a limited basis and involve deliveries to and from the dwelling unit, on a limited basis, without impacting adjacent properties.

A retail use that sells building products, typically with a ground floor area of greater than 65,000 square feet.

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

An establishment, licensed by the American Hospital Association, which provides health services primarily for inpatient medical or surgical care of the sick or injured, which includes related facilities, such as laboratories, outpatient departments, training facilities, central service facilities, as well as staff offices as an integral part of the establishment.

A building or group of buildings used for the accommodation of transient guests and containing guest rooms for rent.

The quantity of incident light per unit area, measured with a light meter in footcandles (or lux).

As defined in Chapter 23 (Stormwater Management), § 23-202 (Definitions) of the Borough Ordinances.

A limitation on the intensity of impervious surface of the site as a whole and each lot. With respect to the site, it is stated as a percentage of the base site area; and with respect to the lot, it is stated as a percentage of the lot area. This percentage is calculated by dividing the total area of all impervious surfaces within the site by the base site area.

Includes uses such as contractor/construction facilities; crafts and trades, such as plumbing, carpentry, upholstery, cabinetmaking, furniture-making, planing mill and similar crafts; the storage and distribution of fuel oil or coal; a lumberyard where lumber products are sold and/or processed; the production, processing, cleaning, testing and distribution of materials, goods, foodstuffs and products; research, testing or experimental laboratory; resource recovery and/or recycling facility; storage of trucks and/or the transfer of freight from one truck to another; and wholesale business, wholesale storage or warehousing with no retail sale. Emergency management services uses, public utility uses and public transportation uses are also included under the definition of "industrial uses."

The attribute of a zoning district that enables the context-sensitive placement of new buildings on an established block in an established neighborhood.

Includes uses such as park and recreation use, community center, hospital or similar type licensed health care facility, personal care home, library/museum, municipal use, place of worship, cemetery and school.

Any property, including any building or structure thereon, where 10 or more dogs or other domestic animals, 10 weeks of age or older, are kept or maintained for boarding, grooming, breeding, training, showing, selling or exchange.

Any of the following activities:

A library or museum which is open to the public or connected with a permitted educational use and not conducted as a private gainful business.

A facility for residential use designed and operated for individuals who may require certain support facilities or which includes life-transition-type housing for seniors; includes residential housing such as full-care facilities, nursing homes, life-care facilities, senior housing and continuing-care retirement facilities.

The light created by a lighting installation, which extends beyond the boundaries of the property on which the installation is sited.

The area contained within the property lines of an individual parcel of land shown on a subdivision and/or land development plan, excluding any land area which has any of the following characteristics:

The area of a lot covered by buildings, pavement, and other impervious surfaces.

The mean distance from the street line of the lot to its opposite rear line, measured in the general direction of the side lines of the lot.

Any boundary line of a lot.

Any lot line which is parallel to or within 45° of being parallel to a street line, except for a lot line that is, itself, a street line, and except in the case of a corner lot, when the owner shall have the option of choosing which of the two lot lines that are not street lines shall be considered a rear lot line. In the case of a lot having no street frontage or of a lot being of an odd shape, only the one lot line furthest from any street shall be considered a rear lot line.

Any lot line which is not a street line or a rear lot line.

A designated parcel, plot or area of land established by a plot or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed or built upon as a unit. The term "lot" shall be interchangeable with the term "plot" or "parcel."

The distance measured between two side yard lot lines at the point of the street frontage.

A parcel of land abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection, or upon two parts of the same street forming an interior angle of less than 135°.

The light-output rating of a lamp (light bulb), as used in the context of this chapter.

A permanent canopy projecting over the public sidewalk above the main entrance to a building that displays the facility's name and/or featured attractions.

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.

The removal of 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.

The attribute of a lot that involves the combination of uses, either horizontally or vertically.

The attribute of a building that involves the combination of uses, either vertically or horizontally.

A transportable, single-family dwelling, intended for permanent occupancy, which is contained in one or in two or more units designed to be joined into one integral unit which is capable of again being separated for repeated towing, and which arrives at a site complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, being constructed so that it may be used with or without a permanent foundation, including any additional or accessory structures, such as porches, sheds, decks or additional rooms. A mobile home is not a single-family detached dwelling.

That part of an individual lot which has been reserved for the placement of a mobile home, appurtenant structures, or additions and which has been constructed according to the specifications of this chapter.

A contiguous parcel 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 WCF 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 utility pole owned, managed, or operated by or on behalf of a Municipality.

Includes administration buildings, police barracks, recreation buildings, parks, libraries or road maintenance facilities and any other building or areas designed for municipal use or owned by the Municipality, including emergency management services administered by the Borough.

The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10101, et seq., as amended from time to time.

All non-tower wireless communications facilities, including, but not limited to, antennas and related equipment. Non-tower WCFs shall not include support structures for antennas and related equipment.

A lot that does not comply with the applicable area and bulk regulations, such as lot area, setback, or lot coverage, that existed prior to the enactment of the prevailing zoning district regulations.

A structure or part of a structure, or building, or part of building, not in compliance with applicable provisions of the Zoning Ordinance or amendment theretofore or heretofore enacted, where such structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment of such ordinance or amendment or prior to the application of such ordinance or amendment to its location by reason of annexation. Such nonconforming structures include, but are not limited to, nonconforming signs.

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

A licensed nursing or convalescent home.

Includes uses such as medical offices, professional offices, and veterinary offices.

Parking for motor vehicles that is typically parallel to the curbline in a parking space that is typically seven feet wide by 22 feet long.

A portion of land or an area of water, or a combination of land and water, designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of the public, not including streets, off-street parking areas, steep slopes and areas set aside for public facilities such as storm-water detention basins. "Public open space" may include areas commonly referred to as "greens" or "plazas" but shall not include sidewalks unless such features are within the public open space design parameters. "Public open space" shall also be subject to a continuing offer of dedication.

A temporary outdoor sales area utilizing tents, tables and/or shelters for the selling of retail goods and services directly to the consumer. The preparation, sale and consumption of food and beverages may also be part of the outdoor market but may require separate permitting and approval as an accessory use to the outdoor market.

The top of a building's wall or facade which is raised above the roof.

A use that involves active and passive recreational activities that take place on facilities such as playfields, playgrounds, or play courts and in undeveloped areas such as woodlots or greenways.

The area of a tract dedicated to on-site parking, including, without limitation, parking lots and multilevel parking garages.

A building or structure which has more than one story and is used or intended to be used for the parking and/or storage of vehicles.

An off-street improved area with individual access for the purpose of parking motor vehicles.

The area utilized for the temporary storage of motor vehicles, either in a parking lot, in an on-street parking berth, or on a driveway.

Joint use of parking facilities for two or more uses, including on separate lots, which are within close proximity and may share parking facilities to fulfill their individual parking requirements because their prime operational hours do not overlap.

A concrete or masonry pad directly on grade and without walls or a roof, as an extension or addition to a dwelling unit.

A premises in which food, shelter and personal assistance or supervision are provided for a period exceeding 24 hours, for four or more adults who are not relatives of the operator who do not require the services in or of a licensed long-term care facility, but who do require assistance or supervision in activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily living.

Individuals, corporations, companies, associations, joint-stock companies, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations and other entities established pursuant to statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; provided that "person" does not include or apply to the Borough or to any department or agency of the Borough.

Crude oil, condensate, natural gasoline, natural gas liquids, and liquefied petroleum gas.

New and existing pipe, rights-of-way and any equipment, facility, or building used in the transportation of hazardous liquids or carbon dioxide.

All parts of a pipeline facility through which a hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide moves in transportation, including, but not limited to, line pipe, valves, and other appurtenances connected to line pipe, pumping units, fabricated assemblies associated with pumping units, metering and delivery stations and fabricated assemblies therein, and breakout tanks.

Any structure or structures used for worship or religious instruction, including social and administrative rooms which are accessory to such use.

A pedestrian gathering area that serves as a public or private open space in which pedestrian amenities, such as benches and shade trees, are provided.

An extension of a building with a roof supported by posts or columns, but without permanent walls.

A privately-owned social club or lodge that is open only to members of the club and their invited guests.

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

A forum held pursuant to notice under the Act of July 3, 1986 (P.L. 388, No. 84), known as the "Sunshine Act."[2]

Notice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough. 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.

Services and uses typically associated with a transportation facility serving one or several modes of public transportation, including public rail, bus transit or taxi, and associated accessory uses, buildings and structures.

Those services customarily rendered by public utility corporations, municipalities, or municipal authorities, in the nature of electricity, gas, telephone, water, and sewerage, including the facilities and appurtenances used in connection with the supplying of such services (such as pumping stations, sewage treatment plans, landfills, buildings, wires, pipes, poles and the like). This use does not include wireless communication facilities.

Leisure activities, usually performed with others, often requiring equipment and taking place at prescribed places, sites, or fields. This term "active recreation" includes but is not limited to swimming, tennis, and other court games, playground activities, skating, golf, frisbee, climbing, cycling, or similar use.

Leisure activities involving natural resources that generally do not require a developed site and have minimal impact. This generally includes, but is not limited to, such activities as hiking, horseback riding, nature observation and picnicking.

The reuse of a property or the expansion of buildings on a property for a new, viable outcome.

The alteration and improvement of a building to enhance its viability for a particular use.

A building or part of a building used for the purpose of furnishing food and beverages to the public to be consumed inside the building and/or in a designated outdoor area on the premises or in a part of the same lot as the eating place. Any sale of alcoholic beverages upon the premises must be incidental to the sale and consumption of food and licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. The definition of "restaurant" does not include restaurants offering drive-through services.

A building or part of a building used for the purpose of furnishing food and beverages to the public to be consumed inside the building or on site and includes a drive-through service window. Any outdoor dining area and/or drive-through portion of the restaurant must be located in an area directly abutting and adjacent to the main restaurant building.

A use operating within a shop, store or group of stores selling commodities, goods and services directly to the consumer. Not included under this use is the over-the-counter sale of alcoholic beverages in a tavern/bar, or a store as described under "adult commercial use." "Retail goods and services use" includes, but is not limited to, the following types of business: an auto supply store; a repair shop offering repair services for items, including, but not limited to, appliances, lawn mowers, watches, guns, bicycles, locks and small business machines, but not including automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, trailers and other heavy equipment; a financial establishment, such as a bank, savings-and-loan association, credit union or other financial establishment; a personal service business, such as a barber, beautician, laundry and dry cleaning, shoe repair, tailor, photographer, travel agency, photocopy center, and physical and/or massage therapy, but does not include medical or professional offices, medical clinics and health service agencies.

The surface of and space above and below any real property in the Borough in which the Borough, County or Commonwealth has a regulatory interest, or interest as a trustee for the public, as such interests now or hereafter exist, including, but not limited to, all streets, highways, avenues, roads, alleys, sidewalks, tunnels, viaducts, bridges, skyways, or any other public place, area or property under the control of the Borough, County or Commonwealth, and any unrestricted public or utility easements established, dedicated, platted, improved or devoted for utility purposes, but excluding lands other than streets that are owned by the Borough, County or Commonwealth. The phrase "in the right(s)-of-way" means in, on, over, along, above and/or under the right(s)-of-way. The phrase "existing right-of-way" is the legal right-of-way as established by the Commonwealth or other appropriate governing authority and which is currently in existence. The phrase "future right-of-way" is the right-of-way deemed necessary to provide adequate width for future street improvements.

The highest continuous horizontal line of a roof. On a sloping roof, the roofline is the principal ridgeline or the highest line common to one or more principal slopes of the roof. On a flat roof, the roofline is the highest continuous line on the roof.

A religious (either sectarian or nonsectarian), denominational educational institution, or a public educational institution which is not conducted as a private gainful business. The definition of "school" includes nursery schools operated as a private gainful business.

The designated pedestrian accessway along the Schuylkill River, as shown in the Borough Comprehensive Plan.

Landscape materials, such as hedges, trees, shrubs, fences, or walls, used to buffer or insulate a use, building, or structure from adjoining areas.

Also known as "self-service storage" and "mini warehouse," self-storage facilities are buildings or structures designed and used for renting or leasing individual storage spaces, other than storage spaces which are leased or rented as an incident to the lease or rental of residential property or dwelling units, to which the occupants thereof have access for storing or removing their personal property.

A dimension or distance established to govern the placement and location of buildings and structures.

A pedestrian thoroughfare within the right-of-way of a street, built and maintained in accordance with the design standards of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.[4]

Any copy so constructed, placed, attached, painted, erected, fastened, or manufactured in any manner whatsoever, which is used for the attraction of the public to any place, subject, person, firm, corporation, public performance, article, or merchandise and which is displayed in any manner whatsoever which can be seen from the right-of-way of a public street or highway, including permanent window signs placed inside windows to attract the attention of those outside in the public right-of-way. The various features and types of signs addressed in this chapter include the following:

A use involving an electronic, computerized, or mechanical machine, or other similar device that requires payment and/or the insertion of a coin, ticket, token, or similar object, or a fee paid to access such device, to operate, activate, or play a game, the outcome of which is determined by any element of skill of the player, rather than chance determining the outcome, and that, in some or all circumstances, delivers or entitles the person playing or operating the device to receive cash or cash equivalents, gift cards, vouchers, billets, tickets, tokens, or electronic credits to be exchanged for cash, or cash equivalents, whether the payoff is made automatically from the device or other service, or manually. A skill game use shall not be considered an amusement device or game.

Facilities that meet each of the following conditions:

Radiant energy (direct, diffuse, and reflected) received from the sun.

Any solar collector or other solar energy device, or any structural design feature, mounted on a building or on the ground, and whose primary purpose is to provide for the collection, storage and distribution of solar energy for space heating or cooling, for water heating or for electricity.

An oscillation in pressure, particle displacement, particle velocity or other physical parameter, in a medium with internal forces, that causes compression and rarefaction of that medium. The description of "sound" may include any characteristic of such "sound," including duration, intensity and frequency.

A sports complex, including indoor and/or outdoor sports facilities, which may be publicly or privately owned and operated, including, but not limited to, facilities such as a stadium, indoor arenas, aquatic facilities, track-and-field venues, and outdoor fields for a variety of sports, athletics and recreational facilities.

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, flag poles and light poles.

Areas where the average slope exceeds 15% and has a grade crossing three consecutive two-foot contours or six feet in elevation, or as otherwise defined in the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.[7]

That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor just above it, or, if there is no floor above it, including those basements which are used for the principal use. A "half story" is a space under a sloping roof which has the line of intersection of the roof and wall face, but is not more than three feet above the floor level, and the space in which the possible floor area has a headroom of five feet or less and occupies at least 40% of the total floor area of the story directly beneath.

That story with its floor level immediately above the average finished grade level of the adjoining ground at any particular point or side of the building.

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

The attribute of linkage between lots to enable continuous vehicular access along a common thoroughfare.

The dividing line between the street and the lot. The street line shall be the same as the legal right-of-way, provided that where a future right-of-way width for a road or a street has been established, then that width shall determine the location of the street line.

The system of interconnected vehicular accessways that provides street connectivity.

A deciduous tree within the right-of-way of a street.

The wall of a building close to the sidewalk along which traditional buildings are aligned, or in the case of an existing building with a deeper setback, the wall, pier, hedge, fence or condition located in place of a building wall.

The area between buildings along a street, within which sidewalks, street trees, streetlights, on-street parking and vehicular travel lanes are located, and the space that provides the outdoor room character that is emblematic in the traditional neighborhoods of the Borough.

The width of the space across the streetscape, measured from street walls on opposite sides of the street.

Anything constructed or erected on the ground or attached to the ground, including any assembly of materials having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land, including, but not limited to, any building, sign, fence, wall over four feet in height, aerial, antenna, platform, pier, pipeline, paved athletic courts, shell, mobile home, shelter, swimming pool, tent, tower, trestle, tank, tennis court or utility pole.

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 land used for agricultural purposes divided into parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving any new street or easement of access or any residential dwelling, shall be exempted.

Aboveground transmission pipeline facilities, including, but not limited to, compressor stations, pumping stations, regulator stations, launcher/receiver stations, and other surface pipeline appurtenances.

An establishment which serves alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption and which is licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.

An outside display being necessary but incidental to the normal operations of the primary use and temporary in duration (such as seasonal displays).

A structure placed in a certain location for a limited duration with the intent to remove such structure upon the expiration of a prescribed time period as established by the Uniform Construction Code advisory guidelines.

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

A plateau-like landscape space that is either earthen with grass and/or ground covers or is paved with materials such as brick, flagstone or concrete.

A building in which films are shown, theater performed, and/or stage shows and concerts are performed, regardless of the type of film or program presented (with the exception of adult entertainment). This use does not include open-air, outdoor or drive-in theaters.

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

The gross area of a property before subdivision or land development.

The contiguous lot or lot(s) owned by the same person or entity.

A pedestrian thoroughfare, typically in a natural setting, that is built and maintained in accordance with the design standards of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.[8]

Any building, structure or facility that is primarily used, as part of a public transportation system, for the purpose of loading, unloading, or transferring passengers or accommodating the movement of passengers from one mode of transportation to another. A bus stop shall not constitute a transit station; however, a bus stop may be located at a transit station.

Transmission pipelines include, but are not limited to: (i) pipelines designed for the transmission of a gas or petroleum gas, except a service line, as those terms are defined by 49 CFR 192.3, as amended and incorporated herein by reference; and (ii) pipelines designed for the transmission of a hazardous liquid, as defined by 49 CFR 195.2, as amended and incorporated herein by reference.

The space adjoining the curb, and between the curb and sidewalk, in which plantings are located.

A man-made structure built around the base of a tree, intended to enable the roots of the tree to thrive.

Trees which measure at least 10 inches dbh (diameter at breast height) at four and one-half feet above ground.

A man-made structure, typically made of stone, brick, or other masonry material, typically located to enclose, separate, or screen outdoor areas.

An electric-generation facility, whose main purpose is to supply electricity, consisting of one or more wind turbines and other accessory structures and buildings, including substations, meteorological towers, electrical infrastructure, transmission lines and other appurtenant structures and facilities. The term does not include stand-alone wind turbines constructed primarily for residential or farm use.

A wind energy conversion system that converts wind energy into electricity through the use of a wind turbine generator, and includes the nacelle, rotor, tower and pad turbine, if any.

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 or other Borough-owned land or property.

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.

Areas comprised of one or more acres of mature or largely mature trees and in which the largest trees measure at least six inches dbh (diameter at breast height) or four and one-half feet above ground. The woodland shall be measured from the dripline of the outer trees. Woodlands are also 10 or more individual trees which measure at least 10 inches dbh and form a contiguous canopy.

An open space, unobstructed from the ground up, except for permitted projections, plantings, and accessory buildings on the same lot with a structure, and which extends along a lot line, street line, and/or curbline and inward to the structure. The size of the yard shall be measured from the shortest distance between the primary structure and the lot line or street line.

A yard between a structure and a street line and/or curbline extending the entire length of the street line and/or curbline. In the case of a corner lot, yards extending along all streets are yard fronts. In case of a lot other than a corner lot that fronts on more than one street, the yards extending along all streets are also considered front yards.

A yard between a structure and the rear lot line which extends the entire length of the rear lot line.

A yard between a structure and a side lot line, extending from the front yard to the rear yard. In the case of a lot having no street frontage or a lot of odd shape, any yard that is not a front yard or a rear yard shall be considered a side yard.