A building or structure, which has not been occupied for a period of 12 months (one year). The building or structure shall be deemed deserted.

The relinquishment of property, of a cessation of the use of the property, by the owner or lessee without any intention of transferring rights to the property to another owner or of resuming the use of the property.

A building which is subordinate to the main building on the lot and is used for purposes customarily incidental to the use of the main building or lot.

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

A structure detached from a principal building located on the same lot and customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal building or use.

A use of land or of a building or portion thereof customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the land or building and located on the same lot with the principal use.

A measure of land area containing 43,560 square feet.

The development of a new use for an older building or for a building originally designed for a special or specific purpose.

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

A service roadway providing a secondary means of public access to abutting property and not intended for general traffic circulation.

Any interior or exterior change which would prolong the life of the supporting members of a building such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders.

A 1990 federal law designed to bring disabled Americans into the economic mainstream by providing them equal access to jobs, transportation, public facilities, and services.

Any exterior apparatus designed for telephonic, radio, television communications through sending and/or receiving of electromagnetic waves.

One or more rooms with private bath and kitchen facilities comprising an independent, self-contained dwelling unit in a building containing three or more dwelling units.

A structure containing three or more rental dwelling units.[1]

See Dwelling Unit, Efficiency.

A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has filed an application for development including his heirs, successors, and assigns.

Every application, whether preliminary, tentative, or final, required to be filed and approved prior to the start of construction or development, including but not limited to an application for a building permit, for the approval of a subdivision plat or plan or for the approval of a development plan. (This may include zoning variances related to the application.)

The Mayor in cities; the Board of Commissioners in counties; the council in incorporated towns and townships; the Board of Commissioners in townships of the first class; and the Board of Supervisors in townships of the second class; or as may be designated in the law providing for the form of government.[2]

A body politic and corporate created pursuant to the Act of June 19, 2001, (P.L. 287, No. 22), 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq., under the former Act of June 28, 1935 (P.L. 463, No. 191), known as the Municipality Authorities Act of 1935, or under the Act of May 2, 1945 (P.L. 382, No. 164), known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945.

A structure containing facilities for washing automobiles and automatic or semiautomatic application of cleaner, brushes, rinse water, and heat for drying.

Engine rebuilding or major reconditioning work for damaged motor vehicles or trailers; collision service, including body, frame or fender straightening or repair; overall painting of vehicles, incidental repairs; replacement of parts; motor service to automobiles; state inspection.

Any building, land area, or other premises, or portion thereof, used for the retail dispensing or sales of vehicular fuels; servicing and repair of automobiles; and including as an accessory use of the sale and installation of lubricants, tires, batteries, and similar vehicle accessories.

Premises used primarily for the sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages by the drink for on-site consumption and where food may be available for consumption on the premises as accessory to the principal use.

A story partly underground, but having at least 1/2 of its height above the average level of the adjoining ground. A basement shall be counted as a story for the purpose of height measurement if the vertical distance between the ceiling and the average level of the adjoining ground is five feet or more or if the basement is used for business or dwelling purposes.

Any body granted jurisdiction under a land use ordinance or under the MPC, as amended, to render final adjudications.

A strip of land, which is planted and maintained in shrubs, bushes, trees, grass, or other landscaping material and within which no structure is permitted, except a wall or fence. This includes open spaces, landscaped areas, fences, walls, berms, or any combination thereof used to physically separate or screen one use or property from another to visually shield or block noise, lights, or other nuisances. Buffers are to be maintained by the property owner or homeowners' association.

The area of a lot remaining after the minimum yard and open space requirements of this chapter have been meet.

Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of any individual, animal, process, equipment, goods or materials of any kind.

The aggregate of the maximum horizontal cross-section areas of all buildings on a lot above the ground level, measured at the greatest outside dimensions, excluding cornices, eaves, gutters or chimneys projecting not more than 18 inches, bay windows not extending through more than one story and not projecting more than five feet, one story open porches projecting not more than then 10 feet, steps, and balconies.

The ratio of the horizontal area measured from the exterior surface of the exterior walls of the ground floor of all principal and accessory buildings on a lot of the total lot area.

The individual designated by the appointing authority to enforce the provisions of the building code.

A line parallel to the street line touching that part of a building closest to the street.

The height, width, and depth of a structure.

The relationship of a particular building, in terms of building mass, to other nearby and adjacent buildings.

The line within a property defining the required minimum distance between any building and the adjacent right-of-way or property line. This face includes sun parlors and covered porches whether enclosed or unenclosed, but does not include walks, steps, paved areas, or terraces.

The vertical distance from finished grade to the top of the highest roof beams on a flat or shed roof, the deck level on a mansard roof, and the average distance between the eaves and the ridge level for gable, hip, and gambrel roofs. Based on the basement's finished floor height.

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

Standards and controls that establish the maximum size of buildings and structures on a lot and the buildable area within which the building can be located, including coverage, setbacks, height, floor area ratio, and yard requirements.

A small, roofed structure, usually having three walls, located near a street and designed to accommodate the disabled.

Any premises for the storage or parking of motor-driven buses and the loading and unloading of passengers.

A paved indentation at the side of a roadway designed to allow buses to pick up and discharge passengers.

The diameter of a tree trunk, measured three feet or higher from ground level.

See "recreational vehicle."

The Governor's Center for Local Government Services located within the Department of Community and Economic development.

A document issued by a governmental authority allowing the occupancy or use of a building and certifying that the structure or use has been constructed and will be used in compliance with all the applicable municipal codes and ordinances.

Any use that substantially differs from the previous use of a building or land.

An establishment providing for the care, supervision, and protection of children.

A building or structure, or groups of buildings or structures, that by design and construction are primarily intended for conducting organized religious services and associated accessory uses.

A group of people organized a common purpose to pursue common goals, interests, or activities and usually characterized by certain membership qualifications, payment of fees and dues, regular meetings, and a constitution and bylaws.

Wireless communications facilities co-located on existing structures, such as, but not limited to, buildings, water towers, electrical transmission towers, utility poles, light poles, traffic signal poles, flagpoles and other similar structures that do not require the installation of a new wireless support structure.

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

Activity involving the sale of goods or services carried out for profit.

Any motor vehicle licensed by the state as a commercial vehicle.

See "open space, common."

Any of the following:

Any motor vehicle space that does not exceed 15 feet in length and five feet, nine inches in width.

A comprehensive, long-range plan intended to guide the growth and development of a community or region that typically includes inventory and analytic sections leading to recommendations for the community's future economic development, housing, recreation and open space, transportation, community facilities, and land use, all related to the community's goals and objectives for these elements.

Informal review of a plan for development that carries no vesting rights or obligations on any party. See Plat, Sketch.

A use permitted in a particular zoning district pursuant to the provisions in Article VI of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[3] (A use permitted in a particular zoning district upon showing that such use in a specified location will comply with all the conditions and standards for the location or operation of the use a specified in this chapter and authorized by the approving agency.)

A permit issued by the Board of Commissioners of Reserve Township stating that the conditional use meets all conditions set forth in local ordinances.

Real estate, portions of which are designated for separate ownership and solely the owners of those portions designate the remainder of which for common ownership. Real estate is not a condominium unless the undivided interests in portions of the real estate designated for common ownership are vested in the unit owners.

The community association that administers and maintains the common property and common elements of a condominium.

A facility used for conferences and seminars, with accommodations for sleeping, food preparation and eating, recreation, entertainment, resource facilities, and meeting rooms.

Environmentally sensitive areas with characteristics such as steep slopes, wetlands, floodplains, high water tables, forest areas, endangered species habitat, dunes, or areas of significant biological productivity or uniqueness that have been designated for protection from any activity that would significantly alter their ecological integrity, balance, or character.

An agreement or correspondence between matters being compared which denotes a reasonable rational, similar, connection, or relationship.

Legal authorization for the erection, alteration, or extension of a structure.

A building or portion thereof designed to accommodate 300 or more people in assembly.

A change in the use of land or a structure.

Land area and buildings containing golf courses, recreational facilities, a clubhouse, and customary accessory uses, open only to members and their guests.

Any county of the second through eighth class.

A land use and growth management plan prepared by the county department of planning and economic development and adopted by Allegheny County which establishes broad goals and criteria for municipalities to use in preparation of their Comprehensive Plan and land use regulations.

The turnabout at the end of a dead-end street.

See "child-care center."

A unit of sound pressure level.

Final adjudication of any board or other body granted under jurisdiction under any land use ordinance or PA MPC to do so, either by reason of the grant of exclusive jurisdiction or by reason of appeals from determinations. All decisions shall be appealable to the Court of Common Pleas of the county and the jurisdictional district wherein the municipality lies.

The number of families, individuals, dwelling units, households, or housing per unit of land.

The submission of a site or building design for review by the design review body constituted to comment or make recommendations on the design or to grant approval.

A set of guidelines defining parameters to be followed in site and/or building design and development.

A region within a county or counties described in a municipal or multimunicipal plan that preferably includes and surrounds a city, townships or village, and within which residential and mixed use development is permitted or planned for at densities of one unit to the acre or more, commercial, industrial and institutional uses are permitted or planned for and public infrastructure services are provided or planned.

A facility for the temporary storage of stormwater runoff.

A final action by an officer, body, or agency charged with the administration of any land use ordinance or application thereunder, except the following:

Any landowner, agent of such landowner, or tenant with the permission of such landowner, who makes or causes to be made a subdivision of land or a land development.

Any land development that, because of its character, magnitude, or location will have substantial effect upon the health, safety, or welfare of citizens in more than one municipality.

The provisions for development, including a planned residential development, a plat of subdivisions, all covenants related to use, location and bulk of buildings and other structures, intensity of use or density of development, streets, ways, and parking facilities, common open space and public facilities. The phrase "provisions for the development plan" when used in this chapter shall mean the written and graphic materials referred to in this definition.

A section of the Township for which uniform regulations governing the use, height, area, and intensity of use of buildings and land and open spaces about buildings are herein established and referenced on the Township Zoning Map.

The traveled way by which cars enter and depart parking spaces.

Any structure, or part thereof, designed to be occupied as living quarters as a single housekeeping unit.

Any request for modification of an existing WCF that does not substantially change the physical dimensions of such WCF involving:

A condition that:

A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the engineer for a municipality, planning agency, or joint planning commission.

A statement of the effect of proposed development and other major private or governmental actions on the environment.

An area with one or more of the following characteristics:

An area surrounding or adjacent to a wireless support structure within which base stations, power supplies, or accessory equipment are located.

A group of individuals not necessarily related by blood, marriage, adoption, or guardianship living together in a dwelling unit as a single housekeeping unit under a common housekeeping management plan based on an intentionally structured relationship providing organization and stability.

Any building or structure used for agricultural purposes.

An establishment whose principal business is the sale of prepared or rapidly prepared food directly to the customer in a ready-to-consume state for consumption either within the restaurant building, in cars on the premises, or off the premises.

Federal Communications Commission.

An analysis of a specific project or program to determine if it can be successfully carried out.

An artificially constructed barrier of any material or combination of materials erected to enclose, screen, or separate areas.

A planted visual barrier provided along a property line consisting of low-level shrubs, hedges, or similar landscape screening materials, but excluding trees.

An unobstructed paved or improved surface area clearly defined by pavement markings and signs, at least 12 feet wide and designed to provide access for fire-fighting equipment.

An analysis of the costs and revenues associated with a specific development application.

See "lot, flag."

That portion of the flood hazard area outside of the floodway based on the total area inundated during the regulatory base flood plus 25% of the regulatory base flood discharge.

The floodplain consisting of the floodway and the flood fringe area. See "floodplain."

The channel and the relatively flat area adjoining the channel of a natural stream or river that has been or may be covered by floodwater.

The channel and the adjacent flat areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the regulatory base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than two tenths of one foot.

The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building or structure from the exterior face of exterior walls, or from the center line of a wall separating two buildings, but excluding any space where the floor-to-ceiling height is less that six feet.

The total of all floor areas of a building, excluding stairwells and elevator shafts, equipment rooms, interior vehicular parking and loading; and all floors below the first or ground floor, except when used or intended to be used for human habitation or service to the public.

Luminous intensity expressed in Isolux patterns taken down to a specified level. (The unit of illumination when the foot is the unit of length.)

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

See "yard, front."

That side of a lot abutting on a street; the front lot line.

An area of a municipal or multimunicipal plan outside of and adjacent to a designated growth area where residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional uses and development are permitted or planned at varying densities and public infrastructure services may or may not be provided, but future development at greater densities is planned to accompany the orderly extension and provisions of public infrastructure services.

A deck, building, parking structure, or part thereof, used or intended to be used for the parking and storage of vehicles.

A structure owned or operated by a municipality and used primarily for the parking and storing of vehicles owned by the general public.

A structure that is accessory to a nonretail commercial or manufacturing establishment, building, or use and is primarily for the parking and storage of vehicles operated by the customers, visitors, and employees of such building and that is not available to the general public.

A structure that is accessory to a residential building and that is used for the parking and storage of vehicles owned and operated by the residents thereof and that is not a separate commercial enterprise available to the general public.

A structure, or portion thereof, other than a private customer and employee garage or private residential garage, used primarily for the parking and storage of vehicles and available to the general public.

See "dwelling, garden apartment."

See "automobile service station."

That which exhibits consistency.

The elected Township Commissioners of Reserve Township.

See "floor area" and "floor area, net."

A facility or institution, whether public or private, principally engaged in providing services for health maintenance and the treatment of mental or physical conditions.

An establishment that provides facilities for aerobic exercises, running and jogging, exercise equipment, game courts, swimming facilities, and saunas, showers, massage rooms, and lockers.

An administrative proceeding conducted by a board pursuant to Article IX, Section 909.1 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended.

An area, either at ground level or elevated on a structure, licensed by the federal government or an appropriate state agency and approved for the loading, landing, and takeoff of helicopters and including auxiliary facilities, such as parking, waiting room, fueling, and maintenance equipment.

A business, profession, occupation or trade conducted for gain or support entirely within a residential building or structure accessory thereto, without special signs or displays, which is incidental and secondary to the use of such building for dwelling purposes and does not change the essential residential character of such building. No one living outside the home may be employed nor shall any commodity be sold or warehoused in the residential building or structure.

A home occupation consisting of the office of a practitioner of a recognized profession. See Home Occupation.

A community association, other than a condominium association, that is organized in a development in which individual owners share common interests and responsibilities for costs and upkeep of common open space or facilities.

A supervised personal care facility at a single address, other than a hotel, adult foster care facility, hospital, nursing home, or county medical care facility that provides room, board, and supervised personal care to 21 or more unrelated, nontransient individuals 55 years of age or older. "Home for the aged" includes a supervised personal care facility for 20 or fewer individuals 55 years of age or older if the facility is operated in conjunction with and as a distinct part of a licensed nursing home.

An institution providing primary health services and medical or surgical care to persons, primarily inpatients suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity, and other abnormal physical or mental conditions and including, as an integral part of the institution, related facilities, such as laboratories, outpatient facilities, training facilities, medical offices, and staff residences.

A facility offering transient lodging accommodations to the general public and providing additional services, such as restaurants, meeting rooms, entertainment, and recreational facilities.

A fee imposed on a development to help finance the cost of improvements or services (as permitted under Article V, Section 505-A of the PA MPC).

A tract of land that is planned, developed, and operated as an integrated facility for a number of individual industrial uses, with consideration to transportation facilities (rail and highway), circulation, parking, utility needs, aesthetics, and compatibility.

Industrial uses that meet the performance standards, bulk controls, and other requirements established in an ordinance.

The development of new housing or other buildings on scattered vacant sites in a built-up area (i.e., villages)

Facilities and services needed to sustain industry, residential, commercial, and all other land use activities.

Any scrap, waste, reclaimable material, or debris, whether or not stored, for sale or in the process of being dismantled, destroyed, processed, salvaged, stored, baled, disposed, or other use or disposition.

Ground, soil, or earth, including structures on, above, or below the surface.

Any of the following activities:

Any ordinance or map adopted pursuant to the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.

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

A component of a development plan on which is shown proposed landscape species (such as number, spacing, size at time of planting, and planting details); proposals for protection of existing vegetation during and after construction; proposed treatment of hard and soft surfaces; proposed decorative features; grade changes; buffer and screening devices; and any other information that can reasonably be required in order that an informed decision can be made by the approving authority.

A facility operated pursuant to a license issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for a nursing home, intermediate unit, personal care, assisted living or any similar care facility stated in the license other than a hospital or child-care center.

See "industrial, light."

A space within the main building or on the same lot therewith providing for the standing, loading, or unloading of vehicles.

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

The total area within the lot lines of a lot, excludes any streets rights-of-way.

A design technique permitting one or more lots in a subdivision be undersized, providing an equal or greater area oversize the same number of lots in the same subdivision.

That percentage of the parcel or lot area that is covered by the building area, paved areas, parking and accessory structures.

A line of record bounding a lot that divides one lot from another lot or from a public or private street or any other public space.

The lot line separating a lot from a street right-of-way.

The lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line. In the case of triangular or otherwise irregularly shaped lots, a line 10 feet in length entirely within the lot, parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line.

Any lot line other than a front or rear lot line.

The line that bounds the buildable area of the lot, including front, rear, and side building lines exclusive of any easement.

A lot occupied or unoccupied by building or structures, fronting on a public street or a street in a plan of land subdivision, and having such area and open spaces thereon as are required by this chapter for one of the uses permitted in the district in which it is located.

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

The distance between the front and rear lot lines, perpendicular or radial to the right-of-way line, measured along the median between the two side lot lines.

A large lot not meeting minimum frontage requirements and where access to the public road is by a narrow, private right-of-way or driveway.

A lot designated on a plot or subdivision duly recorded pursuant to the statute with the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County. A "recorded lot" may or may not coincide with a conforming lot or a nonconforming lot.

A through lot that is not accessible from one of the parallel or nonintersecting streets upon which it fronts.

A lot that fronts upon two parallel streets or that fronts upon two streets that do not intersect at the boundaries of the lot.

The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured along the front and rear building lines of the lot.

Any security that may be required and accepted by a governmental agency to assure that necessary improvements will function as required for a specific period (as per Article V of the PA MPC[4]). (Performance and Maintenance Bonds).

Factory-built, single-family structures that meets the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act (42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq.), commonly known as the HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) code (these units should have the DCED SEAL under the kitchen sink).

See "official map."

Any hood, canopy, awning, or permanent construction that projects from a wall of a building, usually above an entrance.

A voluntary negotiating process in which parties in a dispute mutually select a neutral mediator to assist them in jointly exploring their differences, culminating in a written agreement which the parties themselves create and consider acceptable.

A small wireless communications facility that:

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

A shopping center of between 80,000 to 150,000 square feet on a site of eight to 15 acres where tenants are located on both sides of a covered walkway with direct pedestrian access to all establishments from the walkway.

Regulations that permit a combination of different uses within a single development.

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 the site complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, and constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation.

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

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

The improvement, upgrade or expansion of existing wireless communications facilities or base stations on an existing wireless support structure or the improvement, upgrade, or expansion of the wireless communications facilities located within an existing equipment compound, if the improvement, upgrade, expansion or replacement does not substantially change the physical dimensions of the wireless support structure.

A unit transported on a removable or nonremovable frame, in which some or all of the component parts are fabricated, formed or assembled off-site in a factory, transported to the site for assembly and installed on the building site with a permanent foundation. The term includes "module," "prefab," "factory built," "panel built," and similar other terms. The completed unit shall comply with building code standards for conventionally constructed units; the modular unit is considered real property. The completed unit's kitchen sink must display the seal of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.

An establishment providing sleeping accommodations with a majority of all rooms having direct access to the outside without the necessity of passing through the main lobby of the building.

A place where motion pictures are shown to the public for a fee.

A planning agency comprised of representatives of more than one municipality and constituted as a joint planning commission in accordance with Article XI of the PA MPC,[5] or otherwise by resolution of the participating municipalities to address on behalf of the municipalities' multimunicipal issues, including but not limited to agricultural and open space preservation, natural and historic resources, transportation, housing and economic development.

A building containing two or more distinct uses.

A body politic and corporate created pursuant to the act of June 19, 2001, (P.L. 287, No. 22), 53 Pa.C.S. § 5601 et seq., under the former Act of June 28, 1935 (P.L. 463, No. 191), known as the Municipality Authorities Act of 1935, or under the Act of May 2, 1945 (P.L. 382, No. 164), known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945.

A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the engineer for a municipality, planning agency or joint planning commission.

Any city of the second class A or third class, township, incorporated town, township of the first or second class, county of the second through eighth class, home rule municipality, or any similar general purpose unit of government which shall hereafter created by the General Assembly.

The area of the lot excluding those features or areas that the development ordinance excludes from the calculations.

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

An undesired audible sound.

Continuous or episodic excessive noise in the human environment.

A lot the area or dimensions, of which was lawful before the adoption or amendment of this chapter, but that fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reasons of such adoption or amendment.

Any lawful existing sign on the effective date of an ordinance, or amendment thereto, that renders such sign nonconforming because it does not conform to all the standards and regulations of the adopted or amended ordinance.

A structure or part of a structure manifestly not designed to comply with the applicable use or extent of use provisions in a zoning ordinance or amendment heretofore or hereinafter 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 use 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.

Land or greenhouses used to raise flowers, shrubs, and plants for sale.

See "child-care center."

Licensed medical facilities that are inspected and licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. They must meet both state and federal regulations. There is third-party reimbursement (Medicare and Medicaid) for those who qualify based on income.

The residing of an individual or individuals overnight in a dwelling unit or the storage or use of equipment, merchandise, or machinery in any public, commercial or industrial building.

A required permit allowing the use of a building or structure after it has been determined that all the requirements of applicable ordinances have been met.

Any material that produces an olfactory nuisance to a human being.

Parking provided for a specific use but located on a site other than the one on which the specific use is located.

Designated areas located adjacent to buildings where trucks may load and unload cargo.

A building used primarily for conducting the affairs of a business, profession, service, industry, or government, or like activity, and may include ancillary services for office workers, such as a restaurant, coffee shops, newspaper or candy stand, and child-care facilities.

A development on a tract of land that contains a number of separate office buildings, accessory, and supporting uses, and open space designed, planned, constructed, and managed on an integrated and coordinated basis.

A map adopted pursuant to Article IV of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code. (An ordinance in map form adopted by the governing body that conclusively shows the location and width of proposed streets, public facilities, public areas, and drainage rights-of-way.)

A temporary storage area for a motor vehicle that is located on a dedicated street right-of-way.

A parcel or parcels of land or an area water, or a combination of land and water within a development site and designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents of a development not including streets, off-street parking areas, and areas set aside for public facilities. (Essentially unimproved and set aside, dedicated, designated, or reserved for public or private use or enjoyment or the use and enjoyment of owners, occupants, and their quests of land adjoining or neighboring such open space.)

An open space not occupied by any structures or impervious surfaces.

Common open space, the use of which is normally limited to the occupants of a single dwelling or building or property.

A municipally adopted law or regulation.

A deciduous tree planted primarily for its ornamental value or for screening purposes; tends to be smaller at maturity than a shade tree.

The keeping, in an enclosed area, of any goods, junk, material, merchandise, or vehicles in the same place for more than 24 hours.

A zoning district that encompasses one or more underlying zones, and that imposes additional requirements above that required by the underlying zone.

The area of parking lot that allows motor vehicles ingress and egress from the street.

Any public or private area of a building or structure, designed and used for parking motor vehicles, including parking lots, garages, private driveways, and legally designated area of public streets.

A parking area for the exclusive use of the owners, tenants, lessees, or occupants of the lot on which the parking area is located or their customers, employees, or whomever else they permit to use the parking area.

A parking area for or open to the public, with or without payment of a fee.

The parking module consisting of one or two rows of parking spaces and the aisle from which motor vehicles enter and leave the spaces.

An off-street, ground level open area, usually improved, for temporary storage of motor vehicles.

A space for the parking of motor vehicle within a public or private parking area.

Joint use of a parking area for more than use.

A set of criteria or limits relating to certain characteristics that a particular use or process may not exceed.

Written governmental permission issued by an authorized official, empowering the holder thereof to do some act not forbidden by law but not allowed without such authorization.

Any use allowed in a zoning district and subject to the restrictions applicable to that zoning district.

An area of minimum contiguous size, as specified by ordinance, to be planned, developed, operated, and maintained according to plan as a single entity and containing one or more structures with appurtenant common areas.

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

A planning commission, planning department, or a planning committee of the governing body.

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

An adequately dimensioned drawing of the area affected by a structure development located on land shown on a plan of survey, including structure area and height, locations of public use and other spaces, and the relationship to existing and proposed buildings/structures and properties and setbacks.

The use of a lot or structure before the time of the enactment of a zoning ordinance.

When used in connection with the natural and historic resources, shall include means to conserve and safeguard these resources from wasteful or destructive use, but shall not be interpreted to authorize the unreasonable restriction of forestry, mining or other lawful uses of natural resources.

Land used for agricultural purposes that contain soils of the first, second, or third class as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Services county soil survey.

See "building, principal."

A building and related facilities owned or operated by a corporation, association, or group of individuals established for the fraternal, social, educational, recreational, or cultural enrichment of its members and not primarily for profit and whose members pay dues and meet certain prescribed qualifications for membership.

See "school, private."

The office of a member of a recognized professional maintained for the conduct of that profession.

A use that is not permitted in a zone district.

A lot, parcel, or tract of land together with the building and structures located thereon.

See "lot line."[6]

Parks, playgrounds, trails, paths, and other recreational areas and open spaces; scenic and historic sites; schools and other places where the public is directly or indirectly invited to visit or permitted to congregate.

Any building structure, facility, or complex used by the general public, whether constructed by any state, county, or municipal government agency or instrumentality or any private individual, partnership, association, or corporation including, but not limited to, assembly buildings, such as auditoriums, libraries, public eating places, schools and theaters; business buildings, such as offices; and factories and industrial buildings.

Includes:

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 actions, in accordance with the provisions of the PA MPC.

A designated growth area and all or any portion of a future growth area described in a county or multimunicipal Comprehensive Plan where public infrastructure services will be provided and outside of which such public infrastructure services will not be required to be publicly financed.

Services provided to areas with densities of one or more units to the acre, which may include sanitary sewers and facilities for the collection and treatment of sewage, water lines and facilities for pumping and treating of water, parks and open space, streets and sidewalks, public transportation and other services that may be appropriated within a growth area, but shall exclude fire protection and emergency medical services and any other service required to protect the health and safety of residents.

A forum (meeting) held pursuant to notice under 65 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq.

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.

A closely regulated enterprise with a franchise for providing to the public a utility service deemed necessary for the public health, safety, and welfare.

See "lot line, rear."

A yard extending across the full width of the lot extending forward in depth the required minimum distance from the rear lot line to the nearest side of the building on the lot.

A place designed and equipped for the conduct of sports and leisure-time activities.

A recreation facility operated as a business and open to the public for a fee.

A recreation facility provided as an accessory use of the same lot as the principal permitted use and designed to be used primarily by the occupants of the principal use and their guests.

A recreation facility operated by a nonprofit organization and open only to bona fide members and guests of such nonprofit organization.

A recreation facility open to the general public.

A vehicle-type portable structure without permanent foundation that can be towed, hauled, or driven and primarily designed as a temporary living accommodation for recreational, camping, and travel use.

A planning agency that is comprised of representatives from more than one county. Regional planning shall include providing technical assistance to counties and municipalities, mediating conflicts across county lines and reviewing county Comprehensive Plans for consistency with one another.

A structure or place in which worship, ceremonies, rituals, and education pertaining to a particular system of beliefs are held.

Any method, process or substance whose supply is rejuvenated through natural processes and, subject to those natural processes, remains relatively constant, including, but not limited to, biomass conversion, geothermal energy, solar and wind energy and hydroelectric energy and excluding those sources of energy used in the fission and fusion processes.

A structure where motor vehicles and their parts are serviced and repaired for a fee.

The replacement of existing wireless communications facilities on an existing wireless support structure or within an existing equipment compound due to maintenance, repair or technological advancement with equipment composed of the same wind loading and structural loading that is substantially similar in size, weight and height as the wireless communications facilities initially installed and that does not substantially change the physical dimensions of the existing wireless support structure.

Any letter, review, memorandum, compilation or similar writing made by any body, board, officer or consultant other than a solicitor to any other body, board, officer or consultant for the purpose of assisting the recipient of such report in the rendering of any decision or determination. All reports shall be deemed recommendatory and advisory only and shall not be binding upon the recipient, board, officer, body or agency, nor shall any appeal lie therefrom. Any report used, received or considered by the body, board, officer or agency rendering a determination or decision shall be made available for inspection to the applicant and all other parties to any proceeding upon request, and copies thereof shall be provided at cost of reproduction.

A form of planned residential development to be developed as a single entity according to a plan and containing residential housing units that have a private or public open space area as an appurtenance.

The number of dwelling units per acre of residential land.

Residences usually occupied by the frail elderly that provide rooms, meals, personal care, and health monitoring services under the supervision of a professional nurse and that may provide other services, such as recreational, social, and cultural activities, financial services, and transportation.

An establishment where food and drink are prepared, served, and consumed primarily within the principal building. See "restaurant, carryout."

An establishment that by design of the physical facilities, service, or packaging sells prepared ready-to-eat foods intended primarily to be consumed off the premises where food and/or beverages are sold in a form ready for consumption, and pickup of food may take place from an automobile.

A vehicle, normally a van, truck, towed trailer, or pushcart, from which food and beverages are sold.

Establishments engaged in selling goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption and rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods.

The display and sale of products and services primarily outside of a building or structure, including vehicles, garden supplies, gas, tires and motor oil, food and beverages, boats and aircraft, farm equipment, motor homes, burial monuments, building and landscape materials, and lumber yards.

Establishments providing services or entertainment, as opposed to products, to the general public for personal or household use, including eating and drinking places, hotels and motels, finance, real estate and insurance, personal service, motion pictures, amusement and recreation services, health, educational, and social services, museums, and galleries.

Retail operation from a warehouse as an accessory use to the principal warehouse use.

Any age-restricted development, which may be in any housing form, including detached and attached dwelling units, apartments, and residences, offering private and semiprivate rooms.

See "lot, reverse frontage."

An area described in a municipal or multimunicipal plan within which rural resource uses including, but not limited to, agriculture, timbering, mining, quarrying, and other extractive industries, forest and game lands, and recreation and tourism are encouraged and enhanced, development that is compatible with or supportive of such uses is permitted, and public infrastructure services are not provided except in villages.

A device comprised of a reflective surface that is solid, open mesh, or bar-configured and is in the shape of a shallow dish, cone or horn. Such device shall be used to transmit or receive radio or similar type signals between terrestrially and/or Earth orbiting satellites. This definition is meant to include but is not limited to what are commonly referred to as satellite Earth stations, TVRO's (Television Reception Only), and microwave antennas.

Any building or part thereof, which is designed, constructed, or used for education or instruction in any branch or knowledge.

A district that serves as a unit for state financing and administration of elementary and secondary schools.

Any school licensed by the state and that meets the state requirements for elementary education.

A school supported and controlled by a church or religious organization. See "school, private."

Any building or group of buildings the use of which meets state requirements for elementary, secondary, or higher education and which use does not secure the major part of its funding from any governmental agency.

Any school licensed by the state and that is authorized to award diplomas for secondary education.

A temporary covering erected over a recreational amenity, such as a swimming pool or tennis court, for temporary or extended use, during cold weather months or inclement conditions.

A temporary use carried on for only a part of the year, such as outdoor golfing, swimming during the summer months or skiing during the winter months.

A structure containing separate, individual, and private storage spaces of varying sizes leased or rents on individual leases for varying periods.

Establishments primarily engaged in providing assistance, as opposed to products, to individuals, business, industry, government, and other enterprises, including hotels and other lodging places; personal, business, repair, and amusement services; health, legal, engineering, and other professional services; educational services; membership organizations; and other miscellaneous services.

The distance between the building and lot line.

The line that is the required minimum distance from any lot line and that establishes the area within the principal structure must be erected or placed. See "building line."

A tree, usually deciduous, planted primarily for overhead canopy.

A single driveway serving two or more adjourning lots.

See "parking, shared."

A building or structure used as a storage place or workshop and may not have a maximum square footage of greater than 160 square feet and a maximum height of 10 feet.

A group of commercial establishments planned, constructed, and managed as a total entity, with customer and employee parking provided on-site, provision for goods delivery separated from customer access, aesthetic considerations and protection from the elements, and landscaping and signage in accordance with an approved plan.

See "yard, side."

Any object, device, display, or structure, or part thereof, situated outdoors or indoors, which is used to advertise, identify, display, direct, or attract attention to an object, person, institution, organization, business, product, service, event, or location by any means, including words, letters, figures, design, symbols, fixtures, colors, illumination, or projects images.

Any sign or part of a sign that changes physical position or light intensity by any movement or rotation or that gives the visual impression of such movement or rotation.

The entire face of a sign, including the advertising surface and any framing, trim, or molding but not including the supporting structure.

Regulations on the number, size, location, height, color, materials, lighting, and content of signs.

On a sign attached to a wall, the distance from the exterior wall surface to the sign element farthest distance from such surface.

A sign that is mounted, painted, or attached to an awning, canopy, or marquee that is otherwise permitted by ordinance.

A sign painted, located on, or attached to any part of the surface of a bench, seat, or chair placed on or adjacent to a public place or roadway.

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

A sign that identifies an institution or organization on the premises on which it is located and that contains the name of the institution or organization, the names of individuals connected with it, and general announcements of events or activities occurring at the institution or similar messages.

A sign which directs attention to a business, or profession conducted, or to a commodity or service sold, offered, or manufactured, or to an entertainment offered on the premises where the sign is located.

A temporary sign erected on the premises on which construction is taking place, during the period of such construction, indicating the names of the architects, contractors or similar artisans, and the owners, financial supporters, sponsors, and similar individuals or firms having a role or interest with respect to the structure or project.

Signs limited to directional messages, principally for pedestrian or vehicular traffic, such as "one-way," "entrance," and "exit."

A sign listing the tenants or occupants of a building or group of buildings and that may indicate their respective professions or business activities.

See "sign, wall."

The area or display surface used for the message.

Any directly or indirectly illuminated sign that exhibits changing natural or artificial light or color effects by any means whatsoever.

Any non-movable sign not affixed to a building.

A sign erected and maintained pursuant to and in discharge of any governmental functions or required by law, ordinance, or other governmental regulation.

Any sign, other than a pole sign, in which the entire bottom is in contact with or is close to the ground and is independent of any other structure.

Temporary signs, in the nature of decorations, clearly incidental to and customarily and commonly associated with any national, local, or religious holiday.

A sign containing only the name and occupation of a permitted home occupation.

A sign giving the nature, logo, trademark, or other identifying symbol; address; or any combination of the name, symbol, and address of a building, business, development, or establishment on the premises where it is located.

A sign lighted by or exposed to artificial lighting either by lights on or in the sign or directed toward the sign.

Any display capable of being expanded by air or other gas and used on a permanent or temporary basis to advertise a product or event.

A sign, tablet, or plaque memorializing a person, event, structure, or site.

A sign located on the premises, giving the name or address, or both, of the owner or occupant of a building or premises.

See "sign, billboard."

A sign commonly associated with, and not limited to, information and directions necessary or convenient for visitors coming on the property, including signs marking entrances and exits, parking areas, circulation direction, rest rooms, and pickup and delivery areas.

A sign that is mounted on a freestanding pole or other support so that the bottom edge of the sign face is six feet or more above grade.

A temporary sign announcing or supporting political candidates or issues in connection with any national, state, or local election.

A sign that is not permanent, affixed to a building, structure, or the ground.

A temporary sign advertising private sales of personal property, such as "house sales," "garage sales," "rummage sales," and the like, or private not-for-profit events, such as picnics, carnivals, bazaars, game nights, or art fairs, craft shows, and Christmas tree sales.

A sign that is wholly or partly dependent upon a building for support and that projects more than 12 inches from such building.

A sign pertaining to the sale or lease of the premises, or a portion of the premises, on which the sign is located.

A sign that is mounted on the roof of a building or that is wholly dependent upon a building for support and that projects above the top wall or edge of a building with a flat roof, the eave line of a building with a gambrel, gable, or hip roof, or the deck line of a building with a mansard roof.

A sign hanging down from a marquee, awning, or porch that would exist without the sign.

A sign or advertising display constructed of cloth, canvas, fabric, plywood, or other light material and designed or intended to be displayed for a short period of time.

A sign fastened to or painted on the wall of a building or structure in such a manner that the wall becomes the supporting structure for, or forms the background surface of, the sign and that does not project more than 12 inches from such building or structure.

A wireless communications facility that meets the following qualifications:

A use permitted in a particular zoning district pursuant to the provisions of Articles VI and IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code[7] and § 430-28 of this chapter.

A retail store specializing in a specific type or class of foods, such as an appetizer store, bakery, butcher, delicatessen, fish market, or gourmet store.

A detailed plan for nonresidential development of an area covered by a municipal or multimunicipal Comprehensive Plan, which when approved and adopted by the participating municipalities through ordinances and agreements supersedes all other applications.

Detailed instructions that designate the quality and quantity of materials and workmanship expected in the construction of a structure.

A land use and growth management report to be prepared by the Center for Local Government Services and which shall contain information, data and conclusions regarding growth and development patterns in this Commonwealth and which will offer recommendations to commonwealth agencies for coordination of executive action, regulation and programs.

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

A space under a sloping roof that has the line of intersection of the roof and wall face not more than three feet above the floor level and in which space the possible floor area with head room of five feet or less occupies at least 40% of the total area of the story directly beneath.

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

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

Other than a building, the vertical measured distance from the adjacent finished grade level to the highest point of the structure.

The division or redivision of a lot, tract or parcel of land by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of land including changes in existing lot lines for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of lease, partition by the court for distribution to heirs or devisees, transfer of ownership or building or lot development; provided, however, that the subdivision by lease of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving any new street or easement of access or any residential dwelling, shall be exempted.

A modification substantially changes the physical dimensions of a support structure if it meets the criteria established by 47 CFR 1.6100.

Where, in the judgment of the municipal engineer, at least 90% of (based on the cost of the required improvements for which financial security was posted pursuant to Article V, Section 509 of the PA MPC), for those improvements required as a condition for final approval have been completed in accordance with the approved plan, so that the project will be able to be used, occupied or operated for its intended use.

A water-filled enclosure, permanently constructed or portable, having a depth of more than 18 inches below the level of the surrounding land, or an above-surface pool, having a depth of more than 30 inches, designed, used, and maintained for swimming and bathing.

An establishment used primarily for the serving of liquor by the drink to the general public and where food or packaged liquors may be served or sold only as accessory to the primary use.

The map of delineated lots or tracts in a municipality showing boundaries, bearings, sizes, and dimensions, including the block and lot numbers.

By virtue of engineering or spectrum usage, the proposed placement for a wireless communications facility or its design or site location can be implemented without a material reduction in the functionality of the wireless communications facility.

A structure without any foundation or footings and that is removed when the designated time period, activity, or use for which the temporary structure was erected has ceased.

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

A flat roof used for open-air activities.

An open lot devoted primarily to the showing of motion pictures or theatrical productions on a paid admission basis to patrons seated in automobiles.

A building or part of a building devoted to showing motion pictures or for dramatic, dance, musical, or other live performances.

Any structure that is used for the primary purpose of supporting one or more antennas, including, but not limited to, self-supporting lattice towers, guy towers and monopoles, and the accompanying antenna and accessory equipment.

The Township of Reserve.

An area of land developed for a compatible mixture of residential units for various income levels and nonresidential commercial and workplace uses, including some structures that provide for a mix of uses within the same building. Residences, shops, offices, workplaces, public buildings, and parks are interwoven within the neighborhood so that all are within relatively close proximity to each other. Traditional neighborhood development is relatively compact, limited in size and oriented toward pedestrian activity. It has an identifiable center and discernible edge. The center of the neighborhood is in the form of a park, common, plaza, square, or prominent intersection of two or more major streets. Generally, there is a hierarchy of streets laid out in a rectilinear or grid pattern of interconnecting streets and blocks that provides multiple routes from origins to destinations and are appropriately designed to serve the needs of pedestrians and vehicles equally.

A structure standing on wheels, towed or hauled by another vehicle, and used for short-term human occupancy, carrying of materials, goods, or objects, or as a temporary office.

The attaching of development rights to specific lands which are desired by a municipality 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 where more intensive development is deemed appropriate.

The purpose or activity for which land or buildings are designed, arranged, or intended or for which land or buildings are occupied or maintained.

See "variance, use."

See "accessory use."

See "conditional use."[8]

Any uses which serve a community’s educational, religious, social, health care, recreational, and cultural needs. Institutions may be privately owned or owned and/or operated by government/nonprofit agencies.

See "permitted use."

See "religious use."

See "temporary use."

A requirement of government under which those that benefit directly from a particular municipal service pay all or part of the cost.

A pole or similar structure that is or may be used, in whole or in part, by or for telecommunications, electric distribution, lighting, traffic control, signage or a similar function or for co-location. The term includes the vertical support structure for traffic lights but does not include wireless support structures or horizontal structures to which signal lights or other traffic control devices are attached.

Relief granted pursuant to the provisions of Articles VI and IX of the PA MPC.[9] (Permission to depart from the literal requirements of a zoning ordinance).

A departure from any provision of a zoning ordinance except use. See "variance, hardship."

A departure from the provisions of a zoning ordinance relating to setbacks, side yards, frontage requirements, and lot size that, if applied to a specific lot, would significantly interfere with the use of the property.

A variance granted for a use or structure that is not permitted in the zone.

A self-propelled device used for transportation of people or goods over land surfaces and licensed as a motor vehicle.

Vehicles designed for use on a variety of nonimproved surfaces and including dune buggies and all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, trail bikes, mopeds, and motorbikes.

See "recreational vehicle."

A building used for the storage of goods and materials.

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

An antenna facility or a wireless support structure that is used for the provision of wireless service, whether such service is provided on a stand-alone basis or commingled with other wireless communications services.

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

A pole, tower, base station, or other building, whether or not it has an existing antenna facility, that is used or to be used for the provision of wireless service (whether on its own or commingled with other types of services).

An open space that lies between the principal building or buildings and the nearest lot line. The minimum required yard as set forth in this chapter is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as may be specifically provided in this chapter. See "buildable area"; "lot line"; "setback line."

A space extending the full width of the lot between any building and the front lot line and measured perpendicular to the building at the closest point to the front lot line.

A space extending across the full width of the lot between the principal building and the rear lot line and measured perpendicular to the building to the closest point of the rear lot line.

A space extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the principal building and the side lot line and measured perpendicular from the side lot line to the closest point of the principal building.

The location of a building on a lot in such a manner that one or more of the building's sides rest directly on a lot line.

The delineation of districts and the establishment of regulations governing the use, placement, spacing and size of land and buildings.

The Zoning Hearing Board hears and decides requests by landowners or persons aggrieved who believe that any officer or agency of the municipality made a decision or issued an order that is not authorized by or is contrary to this chapter.

The Reserve Township Zoning Hearing Board.

The map or maps that are a part of this chapter and delineate the boundaries of zone districts.

The administrative officer designated to administer this chapter and issue zoning permits.

An ordinance or map adopted pursuant to the authority granted in Articles IV, V, VI, and VII of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[10]

A document signed by a Zoning Officer, as required in this chapter, as a condition precedent to the commencement of a use, or the erection, construction, reconstruction, restoration, alteration, conversion, or installation of a structure or building, that acknowledges that such use, structure, or building complies with the provisions of this chapter or an authorized variance therefore.