A use including live entertainment involving persons (which may include, but not be limited to, waiters, waitresses, dancers, clerks, bartenders, contractors or others) displaying uncovered male or female genitals or nude or almost nude female breasts or engaging in simulated or actual specified sexual activities to three or more persons and which is related to monetary compensation paid to the person or entity operating the use or to persons involved in such activity.

A use involving the on-site presentation to five or more persons at one time of moving images distinguished by an emphasis on depiction of specified sexual activities and that is related to monetary compensation paid by the persons viewing such matter.

A use that has over 10% of the total floor area occupied by items for sale or rent that are books, films, magazines, videos, paraphernalia, novelties or other periodicals which are distinguished or characterized by a clear emphasis on matter depicting, displaying, describing or relating to uncovered male or female genitals or specified sexual activities. This shall include but not be limited to materials that would be illegal to sell to persons under age 18 under state law.

Adult store, adult movie theater, adult live entertainment facility/use or massage parlor.

The cultivating of the soil and the raising and harvesting of the products of the soil including, but not by way of limitation, nursery, horticulture and forestry.

Any changes in existing facilities, structural parts, or mechanical equipment which does not increase the cubic content of the building.

A dwelling unit in a building containing three or more units having some common services or facilities.

A structure containing three or more dwelling units having some common services or facilities.

Passed upon as satisfactory by the authority designated by law to give approval to the matter in question.

A story totally or partially underground. A habitable basement shall have less than half its clear height below grade.

Any enlargement of a building, whether by extending on any side or by increasing in height, any change in the use or classification of a main building, or the moving of a building from one location to another.

The duly elected Borough Council of the Borough of Royersford in the County of Montgomery and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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

Any structure having enclosed walls or partly enclosed walls and a roof, that is permanently located on the land.

That percentage of the net area of a lot occupied by buildings, measured by taking the aggregate of the maximum horizontal cross-section areas of all buildings on a lot, taken at their greatest outside dimensions on the ground floor, including all attached structures, except steps and terraces at a lower plane or planes than the majority of the first floor area of the principal building. (Cornices, eaves, and gutters are excluded, while porches, breezeways and carports are included.)

The line parallel to the street line at a distance therefrom equal to the depth of the front yard required for the district in which the lot is located, provided that, in the case of a lot where the side lines are not parallel, the building line shall be at the point where minimum lot width first coincides with the required lot width but in no case closer to the street line than the required front yard.

A building subordinate to the principal building on the same lot therewith and used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the principal building.

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

A place of business at which services are offered to the general public or a limited number thereof and where no goods, equipment, merchandise or materials are displayed, stored or sold. For illustration, a real estate sales office, insurance sales and services office, advertising/marketing services office, or travel agency shall constitute a business office.

A retail sales or wholesale establishment which maintains 15% or more of its retail floor space of tobacco products/accessories, and/or vaping products/accessories and which permits the use of such products on the premises shall be considered a cigar lounge for the purposes of this chapter.

Provision made for traffic within or through buildings, outside areas, and communities.

A principal building used for the meeting place of an organized group of citizens such as a veterans' organization, fraternal organization, business organization, service organization and the like, in which the activities are limited to members of the organization and their guests and which may also provide living quarters for caretakers and transient quarters for members.

A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination of land and water within a development site designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of the development, not including streets, off-street parking areas, and areas set aside for public facilities. Common open space shall be substantially free of structures but may contain such improvements as are in the development plan as finally approved and as are appropriate for the recreation of residents.

The act of bringing to a condition of physical completeness and readiness for use and occupancy.

The Royersford Borough Comprehensive Plan of 2017 and amendments thereto, including maps, charts, and/or descriptive matter officially adopted by the Borough Planning Commission and Borough Council, indicating recommendations for the continuing development of the Borough and including all elements required by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (Act 247).[1]

A form of permitted use, authorized by this chapter, under the jurisdiction of the Borough Council. The Borough Council is empowered to grant permission for conditional uses, consistent with the public interest, in compliance with the standards and procedures established in this chapter.

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

The materials and methods of fabricating the various elements of a structure or building.

The remodeling or alteration of a structure so as to accommodate the provision of more apartment units (or dwelling units) than were originally intended, a change to a nonresidential use of a residential use, or a change of a nonresidential use. Residential conversions include the alteration of a nonresidential structure into a dwelling unit for at least one family, the modification of a single-family structure so as to accommodate two or more dwelling units, and the alteration of a multifamily structure so as to accommodate more units than originally intended.

A minor street with entrance and exit at the same end.

A unit which describes the sound pressure level or intensity of sound. A sound-level meter is calibrated in decibels.

A written instrument whereby an estate in real property in conveyed by a grantor to a grantee.

The number of units (persons, families, or dwellings) per acre or square mile.

That portion of a tract of land excluding the rights-of-way of all existing public roads and all floodplains as defined in Chapter 248, Floodplain Management.

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.

The provisions for a land development, including a plat of subdivision, all covenants relating to use, location and bulk of buildings and other structures, intensity of use of density of development, streets, ways and parking facilities, common open space and public facilities. The phrase "provisions for the development plan" shall mean the written and graphic materials mentioned above.

A house, an apartment, or other group of rooms, or a single room is regarded as a dwelling when it is occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters; that is, when the occupants do not live and eat with other persons in the structure and there is either:

When described in the pertinent parts herein, the various dwelling types are intended to have the following meanings:

A vested or acquired right to use land other than as a tenant, for a specific purpose, such right being held by someone other than the owner who holds title to the land.

An assemblage of equipment for purposes other than generation or utilization, through which electric energy in bulk is passed for the purposes of switching or modifying its characteristics to meet the needs of the general public, provided that in residential districts an electric substation shall not include rotating equipment, storage of materials, trucks or materials, trucks or repair facilities, housing of repair crew, offices or place of business.

A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A material which produces flammable or explosive vapors under ordinary temperature conditions and includes liquids which have a closed-cup flash point of less than 105° F.

Any number of individuals living together as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit and doing their cooking on the premises, excluding, however, occupants of a club, fraternity house, lodge, residential club or rooming house.

The gross floor area of all buildings within the tract area divided by the tract area.

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

The extent of a building or of land along a public road or a public waterway.

Any area of land, including structures thereon, or any building or part thereof, that is used for the sale of gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel or accessories, and which may or may not include facilities for lubricating, washing, or otherwise servicing motor vehicles, but which shall not include painting or body and fender repairs.

The sum of the areas of the several floors of a building, including areas used for human occupancy in basements, attics, and penthouses, as measured from the exterior faces of the walls. It does not include cellars or basements, unenclosed porches, or attics not used for human occupancy, or any floor space in accessory buildings or in the main building intended and designed for the parking of motor vehicles, or any such floor space intended and designed for accessory heating and ventilating equipment. It shall include the horizontal area at each floor level devoted to stairwells and elevator shafts.

A building's vertical measurements from the mean level of ground surrounding the building to a point midway between the highest and lowest points of the roof, provided that chimneys, spires, towers, elevator penthouses, tanks and similar projections shall not be included in calculating the height.

Any occupation for gain or support conducted only by members of a family residing on the premises and conducted entirely on the lot, in conjunction with the standards herein. The conducting of a clinic, hospital, tearoom, tourist home, animal hospital or any other similar use shall not be deemed as a home occupation.

A building used for the purpose of furnishing for compensation more or less temporary lodging to the public, with or without meals, and having lodging accommodations for 10 or more persons.

Those housing units designed for and intended for occupancy exclusively by those persons over the age of 62. Such units include those projects developed under applicable federal and/or state housing assistance programs. Such housing units shall contain appropriate safety features pertinent to the needs of their residents and ancillary recreational and other community facilities as an integral part of their development concept. Furthermore, the developer of such housing units in the Borough of Royersford must guarantee that said units will be occupied solely by elderly residents as defined above; this guarantee shall be reviewed and approved by the Borough Solicitor.

That percentage of the net area of a lot occupied by buildings, structures, paved areas, and all other materials or construction that do not permit the natural absorption and permeation of rain into the soil.

A structure or public utility, or any other installation or physical change made in a property with a view to increasing its value, utility or appearance.

The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land including the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such option or contract is subject to any condition), a lessee having a remaining term of not less than 40 years, or other person having a proprietary interest in land, shall be deemed to a landowner.

A part of the earth's surface or the view of a portion of land and water as seem from any given point.

The alteration of existing ground conditions together with construction and development of ground features, including minor structures.

A space, accessible from a street or way, in a building or on a lot, for the temporary use of the vehicles, while loading or unloading merchandise or materials.

A parcel of land which is occupied or is to be occupied by one principal building or other structure or use, together with any accessory buildings or structures or uses customarily incidental to such principal building or other structure or use, and any such open spaces as are arranged or designed to be used in connection with such principal building or other structure or use, such open spaces and the area and dimension of such lot being not less than the minimum required in this chapter.

A type of single-family detached dwelling. A manufactured home that is newly installed shall meet the following additional requirements:

A development of a parcel or contiguous parcels of land which has been planned and improved for the placement of manufactured homes for nontransient use, consisting of two or more manufactured home lots.

An establishment that meets all of the following criteria:

A building or a group of two or more detached or semidetached buildings containing rooms or apartments having separate ground-floor entrances provided directly or closely in connection with automobile parking or storage space serving such rooms or apartments, which building or group of buildings is designed, intended, or used principally for providing sleeping accommodations for automobile travelers and is suitable for occupancy at all seasons of the year.

A self-propelled recreational vehicle which includes facilities for transient human occupation such as traveling or camping.

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:

A means of dividing the range of sound frequencies into octaves in order to classify sound according to pitch.

A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water (excluding stormwater facilities) or a combination of land and water within a development site, designed and intended for use or enjoyment of all residents of the development in which it is located. Land included within the right-of-way lines of streets shall not be classified as open space. Open spaces shall not include required open areas between buildings and required open areas between buildings and street rights-of-way, driveways, parking areas and property lines of the parcel.

Any area which is used for the storage of motor or other vehicles.

A reasonably level space, available for the parking of one motor vehicle, not less than nine feet wide by 18 feet in length, exclusive of passageways, driveways, and other means of circulation or access.

A parking space surfaced to whatever extent necessary to permit reasonable use under all conditions of weather.

Material other than water which is suspended in or discharged into the atmosphere in a finely divided form, as a liquid or solid.

An establishment that provides a service oriented to personal needs of the general public and which does not involve primarily retail or wholesale sales or services to businesses. Personal services include barber and beauty shops, photography studios, travel agency, shoe repair shops, household appliance repair shops, massage therapy by a certified professional, and other similar establishments, but shall not include any adult uses.

The duly appointed Royersford Borough Planning Commission, as provided by ordinance enacted and ordained by the Borough Council.

An office for a physician, lawyer, dentist, architect, professional engineer, planner or other such profession, but not including real estate office or beauty shop, and provided that no goods, equipment, merchandise or material associated with such practice may be displayed, stored or sold on the lot on which the structure is located.

A building or structure and its equipment, used for the transmission and exchange of telephone, radio, gas, power, sewer and water facilities; provided, however, that in a residential district, these shall not include business facilities, storage of materials, trucks or repair facilities or the housing of repair crews.

An establishment at which food is sold for consumption on the premises.

Any establishment that provides, as a principal use, the preparation and sale of food and/or beverages in a ready-to-consume state, primarily for consumption off the premises. A take-out restaurant shall not include drive-through facilities, and a maximum of six seats may be provided for on-site consumption and/or customer waiting.

A building used for the purpose of a residence for one family in which the resident rents rooms within the building, or in a building accessory thereto, to not more than six nontransient persons, with or without the provision of table board for such persons.

A public sanitary sewer system, or a comparable common or package sanitary sewer facility approved by the appropriate governmental health agency.

Any name, nameplate, emblem, painting, banner, pennant, placard, billboard, poster, display, illustration, structure, or other device, illuminated or nonilluminated, which is used for visual communication and which is affixed, painted, or represented directly or indirectly upon a building or other outdoor surface or on the interior of the building, visible from the exterior, for the purpose of bringing the subject thereof to the attention of passersby, or advertising a business, commodity, service or product or for identifying a business, structure or use of land.

The ownership of a lot by one or more persons, partnerships, or corporations, which ownership is separate and distinct from that of any adjoining lot.

Panels specifically designed for the purpose of screening the underside of a mobile home by forming an extension of the vertical exterior walls of the mobile home and covering the entire distance between the bottom of the exterior walls and the ground elevation below.

Land or structures where solid waste is received and temporarily stored, at a location other than the site where it was generated and which facilitates the bulk transfer of accumulated solid waste to a facility for further processing or disposal. Such facility may or may not involve the separation of recyclables from solid waste. Such facility shall not include a junkyard, leaf composting, clean fill, or sludge application.

A determination by the Zoning Hearing Board from the terms of this chapter. See Article XXI.

The definition that is provided in Title 68, Pennsylvania Statutes, Chapter 55, shall apply.[2]

That part of a building comprised between any floor and the floor or roof next above.

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

A public or privately owned right-of-way, serving as a means of vehicular and pedestrian travel, furnishing access to abutting properties.

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

A room or rooms used by an artist, musician or person of similar calling in which such person practices his calling or teaches the same.

A building and its equipment erected and used for the purposes of facilitating transmission and exchange of telephone or radio telephone messages between subscribers, and other business of telephone company.

A retail sales or wholesale establishment which maintains 15% or more of its retail floor space of tobacco products/accessories and/or vaping products/accessories shall be considered a tobacco store/smoke shop for the purposes of this chapter. A retail or wholesale establishment which holds itself out as a "tobacco store," a "smoke shop," a "vape shop" or similar establishment shall be considered a "tobacco store/smoke shop" for the purposes of this chapter. Examples of vaping products referred to in this chapter include, without limitation, vaporizers, vape pens, vapor products, hookah pens, electronic cigarettes, e-cigarettes, e-cigs, e-pipes and any other electronic nicotine delivery systems ("ENDS"). ENDS shall be deemed noncombustible tobacco products. Tobacco products as referred to in this chapter shall include, without limitation, matches, lighters, hookahs, pipes, chewing tobacco, cigarette rolling machines, ashtrays, pipe tools, pipe supplies and pipe accessories. For the purposes of this chapter, cannabidiol products, also known as "CBD" products shall be excluded when counting the total merchandise of such retail sales or wholesale establishment.

A dwelling in which sleeping accommodations for less than 10 persons are provided or offered primarily for automobile travelers for compensation.

The space contained within the lot lines of one or more lots assembled for the purposes of subdivision or land development, including all land areas within future/ultimate street rights-of-way, and excluding all land areas within existing street rights-of-way.

A vehicle without motive power which may be towed on public highways by a passenger automobile without a special hauling permit, which is designed for human occupancy under transient circumstances such as camping, travel, or other recreation.

See "street line."

A determination by the Zoning Hearing Board from the terms of this chapter. See Article XXI.

An open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building, or other structure or use, open and unobstructed from the ground to the sky.

Division of all of the land of an entire political subdivision into districts having different regulations pertaining to use of land; and height, area, bulk, and use of buildings, and yard requirements; and in some states, density of population. Zoning is affected by local ordinance under the police power of the state granted by specific legislation generally termed an "enabling act."

Formerly the Zoning Hearing Board of Adjustment, as defined in Article XXI.