A subordinate detached building, incidental to and located on the same lot as the principal building, and used for an accessory use.

A use clearly incidental and subordinate to and located on the same lot occupied by the principal use.

The use of land for agricultural purposes, including farming, dairying, pasturage agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture and animal and poultry husbandry and the necessary accessory uses for packing, treating or storing the produce; provided, however, that the operation of any such accessory uses shall be secondary to that of normal agricultural activities, excluding agricultural uses that produce noxious odors, such as but not limited to the raising of hogs, pigs or other livestock fed from garbage or offal.

A minor way used primarily for vehicular service access to the rear or sides of properties fronting on another street.

A story or portion of a story partly below the average grade of the surrounding ground with at least 1/2 of its height (measured from floor to ceiling) below the average grade level of the surrounding ground.

An owner-occupied dwelling offering, for pay, overnight or short-term lodging and breakfast for transient guests.

A sign indicating a business conducted, a commodity sold or a service rendered, somewhere other than on the premises, on which advertising matter of any character is printed, posted or lettered by any means and is designed for such purposes. A billboard may be either freestanding or attached to a surface of a building or other structure.

The Zoning Hearing Board of Port Allegany Borough.

An owner-occupied dwelling having two or more sleeping rooms for rent to persons not related to its owner and where meals are provided.

Port Allegany Borough.

The governing body of Port Allegany Borough.

A roofed structure, whether or not enclosed by walls, to be used for the shelter, enclosure or protection of persons, goods, materials or animals.

The line within a property defining the required minimum distance between any building and the adjacent right-of-way and/or property lines.

A facility which offers various indoor recreational opportunities for its patrons, including such games as pool, billiards, bowling, video games and similar pursuits.

A use permitted in a particular district, granted by the Borough Council, pursuant to criteria set forth in this chapter, when such use is not permitted by right.

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

The keeping of four or more dogs that are more than six months old, owned or not owned, for any period of time.

A building arranged, intended, designed or used as the living quarters for one or more families living independently of each other upon the premises. The term "dwelling" shall not be deemed to include "hotel," "motel" or "rooming house."

A building or portion thereof containing one or more rooms for living purposes together with separate and exclusive cooking and sanitary facilities, accessible from the outdoors either directly or through an entrance hall shared with other dwelling units, and used or intended to be used by one family.

The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by public utilities or municipal departments, authorities or commissions of underground gas, underground or aboveground electrical, telephone and cable television transmission or distribution systems, public water, public sanitary sewer and public storm sewer facilities, including wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, traffic signals, hydrants and similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith for the furnishing of adequate services for public health, safety and general welfare. Essential services do not include office buildings, the outside storage of equipment or maintenance depots.

The sum of the gross area of the several floors of a building or buildings, excluding basements, measured from the face of the exterior walls or from the center line of the walls separating two buildings.

An accessory building used for the storage of automobiles and personal belongings, either attached to the principal building or separate.

An area of land, together with any structure thereon, used for the retail sale of motor fuel and lubricants and incidental services, such as lubrication and handwashing of motor vehicles, and the sale, installation or minor repairs of tires, batteries or other automobile accessories.

The coming together of more than four persons not related by blood, marriage or adoption in a single housekeeping unit which provides the physical and social needs normal to a residence and whose management is under the direction of a public or semipublic institution operation in pursuit of its objectives.

The vertical distance measured from the average level of finished grade along all the exterior walls of the building to the highest point of the roof and to the highest point on any structure which rises wholly or partly above the roof.

The primary use of a building on a property (where there is also located a principal building used as a dwelling) for gainful employment involving the manufacture, provision or sale of goods and/or services.

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

A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed or built upon as a unit.

The area of a lot, site, parcel, etc., which is situated within the property lines of said lot, site, parcel, etc., provided that the area shall be measured only to the right-of-way line of a street, road or alley.

A lot at the point of intersection of and abutting on two or more intersecting streets and which has an interior angle of less than 115° at the intersection of two street lines.

Any line dividing a lot from another lot or from an abutting street or other right-of-way.

The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (Act 247 of 1968, as amended by Act 170 of 1988) (as further amended by Act 209 of 1990 and Act 131 of 1992), and any further amendments after the passage of this chapter.[1]

The assembly, fabrication, manufacture, production, processing, storage and/or wholesale distribution of goods or products where no process involved will produce noise, light, vibration, air pollution, fire hazards or emissions which are noxious or dangerous to neighboring properties.

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

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

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

A building or group of buildings containing individual rooms or apartment accommodations primarily for transients, each of which is provided with a parking space, and offered principally for rental and use by motor vehicle travelers. The term "motel" includes, but is not limited to, auto courts, motor courts, motor inns, motor lodges or roadside hotels.

A lot, the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to the enactment of this chapter or amendments hereafter enacted, but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reasons of such enactment or amendment.

A structure or part of a structure clearly not designed to comply with the applicable use or extent of use provision of this chapter or any amendment hereafter enacted, where such structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment of this chapter or amendment hereafter enacted or prior to the application of this chapter or amendment to its location by reason of annexation. Such nonconforming structures include, but are not limited to, nonconforming signs.

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

A lot or structure, the principal use of which is the parking or storage of motor vehicles for specified time periods or on a rental basis, but not for commercial or public utility vehicles or the dead storage of motor vehicles.

An open space with a dustless all-weather surface or space in a private garage or other structure with an effective length of at least 18 feet and a uniform width of at least nine feet for the storage of one automobile and accessible from a public way.

Any commercial establishment providing services pertaining to the person, his apparel or personal effects commonly carried on or about the person and including automatic teller machines (excluding drive-in facilities), shoe repair, tailoring and clothes cleaning (on the premises) of wearing apparel brought to the establishment by the customer.

The office or studio of a physician, surgeon, dentist, lawyer, architect, artist, engineer, certified public accountant, accountant, real estate broker or salesperson, insurance broker or agent, music teacher or similar occupation.

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 the MPC.

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

A 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.

An owner-occupied residential building having two or more sleeping rooms for rent and making no provisions for cooking in any of the rooms.

An evergreen hedge at least six feet high, planted in such a way that it will block a line of sight. The screening may consist of either one or multiple rows of bushes or trees with a minimum width of six feet.

A fence, screen planting or wall at least six feet high, provided in such a way that it will block a line of sight.

Any structure, building, wall or other outdoor surface, or any device or part thereof, which displays or includes any letter, word, model, banner, flag, pennant, insignia, device or other representations used for announcement, direction, advertisement or identification. Banners and freestanding signs are included and controlled by its provision. The word "sign" includes the word "billboard" but does not include the flag, pennant or insignia of any nation, state, city or other political unit, nor traffic or directional signs where said signs are placed and under the control of a state or local government. The area of a sign shall be construed to include all lettering, wording and accompanying designs and symbols, together with the background which is incidental to the display itself. Where the sign consists of individual letters or symbols attached to or painted on a surface, the area shall be considered the smallest rectangle which can be drawn to encompass all of the letters and symbols.

A sign which directs attention to a business, profession, service or industry conducted or to products sold, manufactured, assembled or offered for sale other than upon the premises where the sign is displayed.

A sign which directs attention to a business, profession, service or industry conducted on the premises or to products sold, manufactured or assembled upon the same premises upon which it is displayed.

A sign that is designed so that characters, letters or illustrations can be changed or rearranged without altering the face or the surface of the sign.

Any sign which is supported by structures or supports in or upon the ground and independent of support from any building.

Any mobile or portable sign structure not securely attached to the ground or to any structure.

A use permitted in a particular district, granted by the Zoning Hearing Board, pursuant to criteria set forth in this chapter, when such use is not permitted by right.

That portion of a building located between the surface of any floor and the next floor above; if there is not more than one floor, the space between the surface of any floor and the ceiling next above it shall be considered a story.

A public or private right-of-way, excluding driveways, intended for use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation which provides a means of access to abutting property. The word "street" includes thoroughfare, avenue, boulevard, court, drive, expressway, highway, lane, alley and road or similar terms.

A line defining the right-of-way boundaries of a street.

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

A multifamily dwelling consisting of two or more dwelling units that are attached side by side by an unpierced party wall.

That portion of a lot which is unoccupied and open to the sky and extends from the lot line to the building line.

A yard between an adjacent right-of-way and the building line and extending for the full width of the lot.

A yard between the rear lot line and the rear building line and extending for the full width of the lot.

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

The Zoning Officer of Port Allegany Borough or an authorized representative or agent.