An accredited medical school within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that operates or partners with an acute care hospital licensed within the Commonwealth.

A use located on the same lot with a principal use and clearly incidental or subordinate to, and in connection with, the principal use.

For small wireless communications facilities, any similarly-situated infrastructure within a 250-foot radius that is of the same design, construction, or use as the proposed structure. Adjacent structures may include, but are not limited to, utility poles and streetlight poles. The height of an adjacent structure is the vertical distance measured from the ground level to the highest point on a structure, not including antennas mounted on the tower and any other appurtenances.

Those soils that have been designated by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture as Capability Class I Land, Capability Class II Land, and Capability Class III Land. These soils are best suited for producing food, feed, forage, fiber, and oilseed crops and also available for these uses based upon their soil quality, growing season, and moisture supply needed to produce high-yield crops. For purposes of this chapter, the most current Official Soil Survey of Bucks County, Pennsylvania provided by the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Web Soil Survey (http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/), as amended, shall be utilized in determining soil classifications for either use or preservation.

A strip of land over which there is a public or private right-of-way that serves as the secondary means of vehicular access to the side or rear of two or more properties. Frontage on an alley shall not satisfy the requirements of this chapter relating to frontage on a street.

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

An animal equivalent unit (AEU) is equal to 1,000 pounds of live weight of livestock or poultry animals, regardless of the actual numbers of animals.

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 herein. An antenna shall not include private residence-mounted satellite dishes or television antennas or amateur radio equipment including, without limitation, ham or citizen band radio antennas.

A space having part or all of its floor-to-ceiling height below the average level of the adjoining ground. A basement or cellar shall be counted as a story for the purpose of determining floor area if the vertical distance between the floor and the ceiling is more than six feet.

See "site area, base."

A person, except family, occupying any room or group of rooms forming a single, habitable unit used or intended to be used for living and sleeping, but not for cooking or eating purposes, and paying compensation for lodging or board for a week or more at a time to an owner or operator.

A facility in which beer or other alcoholic beverages are brewed, fermented or distilled for distribution or consumption and which possesses the appropriate license from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, producing less than 15,000 barrels per year (for purposes of this definition, a barrel is 31 gallons). On-site consumption may occur so long as allowed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.

A strip of land planted with trees, shrubs, ground cover or a combination of types of vegetation, established to protect adjacent land uses. Buffers are intended to screen glare and noise and to create a visual barrier between land uses.

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

A building located on the same lot as a principal building and clearly incidental and subordinate to the principal building. Any portion of a principal building devoted or intended to be devoted to an accessory use is not an accessory building.

The total of the areas taken on a horizontal plane at the main grade level of the principal building and all accessory buildings, measured from the exterior of outside walls.

For all uses for which there is an open space requirement, the percentage of the lot area covered by buildings, measured as building coverage per net buildable site area, as defined herein. For uses for which there is not an open space requirement, the percentage of the lot area covered by buildings, measured as building coverage per the base site area, as defined herein.

The 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 yards); bufferyards; stormwater management basins; easements; and the portion of those natural features that may not be developed or intruded upon as specified in this chapter.

The vertical distance measured from the elevation of the finished grade at the front of the building or structure to the midpoint of the roof for a pitched roof or the top of the structure for a flat roof.

A building in which is conducted, or is intended to be conducted, the principal use of the lot on which it is located, and not an accessory building.

The line establishing the minimum front yard, as herein designated for each use in each district, measured from the street line at a distance equal to the minimum required front yard.

The line establishing the minimum rear yard, as herein designated for each use in each district, measured from the rear lot line at a distance equal to the minimum required rear yard.

The line establishing the minimum side yards, as herein designated for each use and each district, measured from the side lot line at a distance equal to the minimum required side yard.

The minimum distance between buildings measured from the outermost wall or projection.

The mounting of one or more wireless communication facilities, including antennas, on a preexisting structure, or modifying a structure for the purpose of mounting or installing a wireless communication facility on that structure.

Terms and pricing that are reasonably consistent with similar wireless communication facility leases and agreements within a twenty-five-mile radius of the municipality.

A use permitted only when granted by the Board of Supervisors in accordance with the standards contained in this chapter and Article VI of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended.[1]

Any combustible or explosive composition or any substance or combination of substances intended to produce visible and/or audible effects by combustion and which is suitable for use by the public that complies with the construction, performance, composition and labeling requirements promulgated by the Consumer Products Safety Commission in Title 16 CFR (relating to commercial practices) or any successor regulation and which complies with the provisions for "consumer fireworks" as defined in the American Pyrotechnics Association (APA) Standard 87-1, including but not limited to Sections 3.1 and 3.5, or any successor standard. The term does not include devices such as "ground and handheld sparkling devices" as defined in APA Standard 87-1, Section 3.1.1, "novelties" as defined in APA Standard 87-1, Section 3.2. or "toy caps" as defined in APA Standard 87-1, Section 3.3.

An unenclosed patio or porch attached to a dwelling unit.

A municipal-owned pole that is specially designed and placed for aesthetic purpose and on which no appurtenances or attachments, other than a small wireless communications facility, lighting, or municipal attachments have been placed or are permitted to be placed.

The number of dwelling units per acre of net buildable site area or base site area as applicable pursuant to the requirements of this chapter.

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, utilities, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations.

The attaching of development rights to specified lands which are desired to be kept undeveloped but permitting those rights to be transferred from those lands so that the development potential which they represent may occur on other lands within the Township.

The diameter of a tree trunk measured at a height of four feet six inches above the ground surface.

Defined as more fully set forth in 27 CFR 555.11 (meaning of terms), which is incorporated herein by reference which meets the types of display fireworks devices set forth in the APA Standard 87-1, Section 4.1, which comply with requirements for display fireworks set forth in APA Standard 87-1.

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

Any room or group of rooms located within a residential building and forming a single, habitable unit with facilities used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating by one family.

An application for modification of an existing wireless communications facility or base station that involves co-location of new transmission equipment; removal of transmission equipment; or replacement of transmission equipment.

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

A person who is employed or is engaged in gainful activity. For the purposes of this chapter, the term shall refer to the maximum number of employees on duty at any time at a place of business whether the employees are full- or part-time. If shifts are involved in which two shifts overlap, it refers to the total of both shifts.

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 eight persons who need not be so related, and in addition domestic servants or gratuitous guests thereof who are living together in a single dwelling unit and maintaining a common household with single cooking facilities, including occupants that are mentally or physically handicapped persons as defined in Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988,[2] have the right to occupy a dwelling unit in the same manner and to the same extent as any family unit, subject to the Mental Health Procedures Act, 50 P.S. §§ 7101 through 7503, and shall be eligible for such facility. A roomer, boarder or lodger shall not be considered a member of the family.

The Federal Communications Commission.

Any composition or device for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect for entertainment purposes by combustion, deflagration or detonation that meets the definition of "1.4G fireworks" as set forth in the 2003 International Fire Code, including, but not limited to, those compositions or devices defined in APA Standard 87-1.

Areas subject to periodic flooding and listed in the Soil Survey of Bucks and Philadelphia Counties, Pennsylvania, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, latest version, as being subject to flooding.

The sum of the areas of all the floors of the building or structure, including areas used for human occupancy or required for the conduct of the business or use, as measured from the exterior faces of the walls. It does not include basements or cellars, unenclosed porches, attics not used for human occupancy, nor any floor space in accessory or primary buildings intended or designed for the parking of motor vehicles in order to meet the parking requirements of this chapter.

The ratio of the floor area to the lot area, as determined by dividing the total floor area by the base site area.

Naturally occurring vegetation characterized by trees whose crowns meet to form a 70% to 100% closed canopy. Forest must be at least 0.5 acre in area and contain trees at least 20 feet tall or 12 inches diameter at breast height, although all trees need not be this size. In addition to trees, a forest includes all natural layers of vegetation beneath the canopy, all the diversity of organisms that inhabit it, both plant and animal, and the soil layers that develop beneath it. Forest areas smaller than 0.5 acre on a parcel shall also be considered to be forest if the forest is part of a larger contiguous forest area that extends onto other parcels.

The area of the public right-of-way directly in front of a structure, identified by drawing a perpendicular line from each corner of structure to the public rights-of-way.

A vertically integrated health system [a health delivery system licensed under the Act of July 19, 1979 (P.L. 130, No. 48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act,[3] in which the complete spectrum of care, including primary and specialty care, hospitalization and pharmaceutical care, is provided within a single organization] approved by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Health to dispense medical marijuana or grow and process medical marijuana, or both, in accordance with research under the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act of 2016, P.L. 84.[4]

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

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

An establishment where patrons share flavored tobacco from a communal hookah (a single-stemmed or multistemmed instrument for vaporizing or vaping and smoking flavored tobacco) which is placed at each table.

A surface that does not absorb precipitation and surface water. All buildings, parking areas, driveways, roads, sidewalks, swimming pools (including the pool water surface), and any areas containing concrete, asphalt, packed stone, compacted soils, or equivalent surfaces shall be considered impervious surfaces. Decks that allow precipitation to pass through the deck onto a pervious surface below shall be considered pervious. In addition, other areas determined by the Township Engineer to be impervious within the meaning of this definition shall be classified as impervious surfaces. Permeable/Pervious pavers may only be considered a pervious surface when installed in accordance with manufacturer instructions, installation is approved and inspected by the Township Engineer, and an operations and maintenance agreement, prepared by the Township Solicitor, is signed and recorded with the Bucks County Recorder of Deeds.

For purposes of subdivision, the maximum impervious surface coverage shall apply to the overall site, including open space areas, roads and improvements on individual lots. Unless otherwise restricted or limited, or increased or made greater by a notation on an approved subdivision or land development plan which is recorded in the Bucks County Recorder of Deeds office, the maximum impervious surface coverage on any preexisting lot or lot created as part of a subdivision plan which has been duly recorded shall be the maximum impervious surface allowed by this chapter on the existing lot. When there is a conflict between this chapter and a notation on a recorded approved subdivision or land development plan, the notation shall establish the maximum impervious surface coverage allowed.

The total area of all impervious surfaces divided by the net buildable site area for an entire tract, or the area of impervious surface on an individual lot divided by the lot area, or the area of impervious surface divided by the base site area depending upon the particular use requirements.

Areas around lakes and ponds measured 100 feet from the spillway crest elevation.

Natural or artificial bodies of water 0.25 acre or larger which retain water at least six months out of the year.

A normal agricultural operation as defined under the Right to Farm Act, 3 P.S. § 952, that produces viticultural commodities and is regulated and licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board pursuant to a limited winery license, 47 P.S. §§ 5.401 and 5-505.2.

A parcel of land, used or set aside and available for use as the site of one or more buildings and any buildings accessory thereto or for any other purpose, in one ownership and not divided by a street, nor including any land within the right-of-way of a public street upon which said lot abuts, even if the ownership to such right-of-way is in the name of owner of the lot.

The area within the lot lines of an individual parcel of land shown on a land development or subdivision plan or the area within the lot lines of an individual preexisting parcel of land, excluding all of the following:

A lot which has an interior angle of less than 135° at the intersection of two street lines. A lot abutting upon a curved street or streets shall be considered a corner lot if the tangent to the curve at the points beginning within the lot or at the points of intersection of the side lot lines with the street lines intersect at an angle of less than 135°. A corner lot shall have front yards on all streets and shall have one side yard and one rear yard.

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.

A lot which does not have the required minimum lot width at the minimum front yard line but has direct access to a public street through a narrow strip of land which is part of the same lot. The lot lines of the narrow portion of the lot (the lane) shall be parallel or nearly parallel.

Any boundary line of a lot.

An interior lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets.

The distance measured between the side lot lines at the required front building setback line. In a case where there is only one side lot line, lot width shall be measured between such side lot line and the opposite rear lot line or street line. Lot width shall always be measured along the required building setback line, even where the front of a lot is other than a straight line.

A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which holds a permit issued by the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to dispense medical marijuana. The term does not include a health care medical marijuana organization.

A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which holds a permit issued by the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grow and process medical marijuana. The term does not include a health care medical marijuana organization.

Any aggregate or mass of mineral matter, whether or not coherent. The term includes, but is not limited to, limestone, dolomite, sand and gravel, rock and stone, earth, slag, iron ore, zinc ore, vermiculite and clay, coal, peat, crude oil and natural gas.

A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the necessary utility connections and other appurtenances (accessory attachments) necessary for the erection thereon of a single mobile home.

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

A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which have been so designated and improved that they contain two or more mobile home lots for the placement thereon of mobile homes.[5]

Plumstead Township, Bucks County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The National Fire Protection Association Standard 1124, Code for the Manufacture, Transportation, Storage and Retail Sales of Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles, 2006 edition.

The following are nonresidential zoning districts: VC Village Center District, C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District, C-2 Commercial District, C-3 Planned Shopping Center District, LI Light Industrial District, Q Quarry District.

All nontower wireless communications facilities, including but not limited to, antennas and related equipment. "Nontower WCF" shall not include support structures for antennas and related equipment.

Articles of trade having amusement value and whose appeal is often transitory, and which is limited to those items for sale described in APA Standard 87-1, Section 3.2.

Land used for farmland preservation, resource protection, or scenic areas and is protected from future development by the provisions of this chapter. Open space does not include land occupied by roads; road rights-of-way; the yards or minimum lot areas of dwelling units; minimum separation distances between dwellings; driveways; parking areas; minimum recreation land required by Chapter 22, Subdivision and Land Development, of the Township Code; or any lands or uses or activities which are specifically prohibited in open space by the terms of this chapter. The land area of any stormwater management facility (detention, retention, bioretention areas, or others), as defined by the extent of the stormwater or drainage easement, may not be used to meet minimum open space requirements. The land area required for wellhead protection shall not be used to meet minimum open space requirements.

The total amount of open space within the site divided by the base site area.

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 municipality or to any department or agency of the municipality.

A portable shed or structure that may be loaded with materials, equipment and/or personal property and placed on a residential property for the purpose of storage. A portable home storage unit or structure shall not exceed 10 feet in width, 20 feet in length and 10 feet in height.

A design for a small wireless communications facility that has been reviewed and deemed to be in accordance with the design requirements herein and approved for construction by the municipality.

An active, registered professional engineer (PE), licensed as such by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Board of Supervisors or the Planning Commission, 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 known as the "Sunshine Act," 65 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq.

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

The surface of and space above and below any real property in the municipality in which the municipality has a regulatory interest, or interest as a trustee for the public, as such interests now or hereafter exist, including, but not limited to, the total extent of land reserved or dedicated as a street way/alley/lane for public or private purpose; all streets, highways, avenues, roads, alleys, sidewalks, tunnels, viaducts, bridges, skyways, or any other public place, area or property under the control of the municipality; 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 municipality. The phrase "in the right(s)-of-way" means in, on, over, along, above and/or under the right(s)-of-way.

A structure, owned and operated by a public utility electric company regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, designed and used to support overhead electricity transmission lines.

Any piece of equipment related to, incidental to, or necessary for, the operation of a wireless communications facility. By way of illustration, not limitation, related equipment includes generators and base stations.

Any single- or multiple-family dwelling units, duplexes, guest houses, caretaker units, apartment, recreational vehicle, or other dwelling unit or structure located on one or more contiguous lots of record in any of the zoning districts which allow residential uses.

The following are residential zoning districts: RP Resource Protection District, RO Rural Residential District, R-1 Rural Residential District, VR Village Residential District, R-2 Residential District, R-3 Residential District, R-4 Residential District, R-5 Residential District.

The dividing line between a lot and the future right-of-way of a street or utility.

Area surrounding designated bodies of water, including streams, creeks, lakes, intermittent watercourses, and wetlands, that intercept surface water runoff, subsurface flow, or deep groundwater flows.

The required distance between a lot line and any building or structure under the terms of this chapter. Setback requirements include building setbacks, setbacks for accessory uses or structures, special setbacks from future right-of-way, and special setbacks from natural resource areas.

The rental of one or more rooms of a residential property to transient guests for a period of less than 14 consecutive days wherein the guests are allowed access to the cooking facilities. The owner of such a property need not reside at the property contemporaneously with the transient guests.

A parcel or parcels of land intended to have one or more buildings or intended to be subdivided into one or more lots.

All land area within the site as defined in the deed and as measured by a boundary survey prepared by land surveyor as licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The total area of a site minus:

That part of the base site area remaining for development after the amount of open space necessary for resource protection has been calculated and deducted, as required by this chapter.

The maximum number of lots or dwelling units, the maximum impervious surfaces, the net buildable site area and the minimum required open space as calculated under the provisions of this chapter.

A wireless communications facility that meets the following criteria:

Residential facilities where individuals reside together either voluntarily or by court order in order to recover from drug, alcohol and/or substance abuse, which serve as an interim environment between rehabilitation facilities and reintegration into their future lives. This definition shall include recovery houses and halfway houses. This term does not include roomers, boarders, lodgers, members of a family [except those protected as suffering from a "handicap" under the provisions of Sections 3602(h) and 3604 of the Fair Housing Act[6]] or any use otherwise defined, described or regulated in this chapter.

Includes any solar collector or other solar energy device, or any structural design feature 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 generation, which may be mounted on a building, or on the ground, or on other structures. Solar energy systems may include solar panels which, for the purpose of this chapter, are structures containing one or more photovoltaic cells, the purpose of which is to convert solar energy into usable electrical energy. Solar energy systems are regulated under this chapter for either solar energy systems' on-site usage or solar energy systems' off-site usage.

A use permitted only when granted by the Township Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with the standards contained in this chapter and Article IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended.[7]

Any structure, natural or man-made, that, due to its condition, design, or construction, conveys, stores, or otherwise affects stormwater runoff. Typical stormwater management facilities include, but are not limited to, detention and retention basins, open channels, storm sewers, pipes, infiltration structures, and other stormwater best management practices as defined by Part 1, Stormwater Management, of Chapter 26 of the Township Code.

That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it, and including those basements used for the principal use.

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.

Any perennial or intermittent stream shown on a USGS map, waters of the commonwealth, and/or waters of the U.S.

A road used or intended to be used for passage or travel by motor vehicles and to provide access to abutting properties.

Streets are classified according to the functions they perform, in accordance with the average daily traffic (ADT), the number of dwelling units, commercial developments, and industrial developments served. The streets in the Township shall be classified as listed below. The future right-of-way for each road classification is established in Chapter 22, Subdivision and Land Development, of the Plumstead Township Code.

The dividing line between the street and the lot. The street line shall be the same as the future right-of-way line for a public road or street. In the case of a private road or street, the street line shall be located 25 feet from the center line of the private road or street.

Any man-made object having an ascertainable location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.[8]

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

A self-supporting lattice tower, guy tower, monopole, or any other pole, that is constructed primarily to support an antenna for receiving and/or transmitting wireless service.

A tower and its supporting antennas, including, but not limited to, self-supporting lattice towers, guy towers and monopoles. Distributed antennas system hub facilities are considered to be tower based WCFs.

A zoning district in which all utility installations are required to be installed underground on a nondiscriminatory basis.

Any activity, occupation, business or operation carried on, or intended to be carried on, in a building or other structure or on a tract of land. A principal use is the main use on a lot.

A retail establishment specializing in the sale of electronic cigarette products and accessories.

An intermittent or perennial stream of water, river, brook, creek, or swale identified on USGS (United State Geodetic Survey) or NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service) mapping and/or delineated waters of the commonwealth or waters of the U.S.

Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, including swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas.

A system that converts wind energy into electrical or mechanical energy through the use of a generator and includes the nacelle, rotor, tower, pad turbine, if any, and all related components. This definition also includes windmills used for all other purposes. Wind energy systems are regulated under this chapter for either on-site-usage wind energy systems or off-site-usage wind energy systems.

A device, which includes a tower structure and associated mechanism(s) and supporting components, which is installed above ground for the purpose of generating mechanical or electrical energy, and may include, but not be limited to, vertical or horizontal plane, wind-driven turbines, helixes, meteorological towers, and windmills.

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

Any equipment serving or being used in conjunction with a wireless communications facility or wireless support structure. The term "accessory equipment" includes but is not limited to utility or transmission equipment, power supplies, generators, batteries, cables, equipment buildings, cabinets and storage sheds, shelters or similar structures.

An apparatus designed for the purpose of emitting radio frequency (RF) radiation, to be operated or operating from a fixed location pursuant to FCC authorization, for the provision of wireless service and any commingled information services.

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

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 rights-of-way or other municipal-owned land or property.

For the purposes of wireless communications, any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land, upon or to which wireless communications facilities may be attached, approved by the municipality.

An open area unobstructed from the ground up, except for vegetation and accessory uses or structures to the extent specifically permitted by this chapter, on the same lot with a structure, extending along a lot line or street line and inward to the structure. The size of a required yard shall be measured as the shortest distance between the structure and a lot line or street line.

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

The yard between a structure and a rear lot line, extending the entire length of the rear lot line.

The 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.