It is not intended that this glossary include only words used or referred to in this Chapter. The words are included in order to facilitate the interpretation of the Chapter for administrative purposes and in the carrying out of duties by appropriate officers and by the Zoning Hearing Board.

   Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following shall, for the purpose of this Chapter, have the meaning herein indicated:

   A.   Words used in the present tense include the future tense.

   B.   The word "person" includes a profit or non-profit corporation, company, partnership, or individual.

   C.   The words "used" or "occupied" as applied to any land or building include the words "intended", "arranged", or "designed" to be used or occupied.

   D.   The word "building" includes "structure".

   E.   The word "lot" includes "plot" or "parcel".

   F.   The word "shall" is always mandatory.

(Ord. 87-8, 12/10/1987)

   For the purposes of this Chapter the following words, terms, and phrases have the meaning herein indicated.

   ABUTTING - Having a common border with, or being separated from such common border by, an alley or easement.

   ACCESS - A means of vehicular approach or entry to or exit from property.

   ACCESSORY BUILDING - A subordinate building or a portion of the main building on a lot, the use of which is customarily incidental to that of the main or principal building.

   ACCESSORY USE - A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use or building and located on the same lot with such principal use or building.

   ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS These include adult book stores, adult cabarets, adult drive-in theatres, adult massage businesses, adult mini-motion picture theatres, and adult motion picture theatres, which exclude minors by virtue of age. Each is defined as follows:

   ADULT BOOK STORE - An establishment which has as a substantial or significant portion of its stock in trade, books, magazines, or other periodicals and which excludes minors by virtue of age.

   ADULT CABARET - A cabaret which features go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male and female impersonators, or similar entertainers and which excludes minors by virtue of age.

   ADULT DRIVE-IN THEATRE - An establishment showing motion picture films to patrons, designed to permit patrons to remain in their automobiles or similar vehicles, and which excludes minors by virtue of age.

   ADULT MASSAGE BUSINESS - An establishment where massages are administered for pay, including but not limited to massage parlors, health clubs, sauna baths, and steam baths, and which excludes minors by virtue of age.

   ADULT MINI-MOTION PICTURE THEATRE - An enclosed building with a capacity for fewer than fifty (50) persons used for showing motion picture films to patrons and which excludes minors by virtue of age.

   ADULT MOTION PICTURE THEATRE - An enclosed building with a capacity of fifty (50) or more persons used for showing motion picture films to patrons and which excludes minors by virtue of age.

   ALTERATION - As applied to a building or structure, means a change or rearrangement in the structural parts or in the existing facilities, or an enlargement, whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height, or the moving from one location or position to another,

   ALTERATION, STRUCTURAL Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders.

   AMENDMENT - A change in the regulations or district boundaries or classifications of property established by this Zoning Ordinance and according to procedures provided by law and exercised by the Borough Council.

   ANIMAL HOSPITAL - A building used for the treatment, housing, or boarding incidental to hospital use of small domestic animals such as dogs, cats, rabbits, and birds or fowl by a veterinarian.

   ANIMAL KENNEL - Any lot or premises on which four (4) or more dogs or cats, or both, at least six (6) months of age, are kept, boarded or trained, whether in special buildings or runways or not.

   APPEAL - A means for obtaining review of a decision, determination, order, or failure to act pursuant to the terms of this Chapter as expressly authorized by the provisions of Part 11.

   AREA, BUILDING - (See BUILDING AREA.)

   AREA, LOT - (See LOT AREA.)

   ATTIC - That part of a building which is immediately below, and wholly or partly within, the roof framing.

   BASEMENT - A story partly underground but having at least one-half 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 more than five (5) feet or if used for business or dwelling purposes, other than a game or recreation room.

   BASE SITE AREA - A calculated area. (See § 702.)

   BOARD, or ZONING HEARING BOARD - The Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of Shamokin Dam.

   BOARDING HOUSE - (See ROOMING or BOARDING HOUSE.)

   BOROUGH - Refers to the Borough of Shamokin Dam, Snyder County, Pennsylvania.

   BUFFER AREA - An area of land, with plantings as specified by this Chapter, and any structures which may be required between land uses to eliminate or minimize conflicts between them.

   BUILDING - Any structure having a roof supported by walls and intended for shelter, housing, or enclosure of persons, animals, or chattel.

   BUILDING, ACCESSORY - (See ACCESSORY BUILDING.)

   BUILDING AREA - The total area taken on a horizontal plane at the main grade level of the principal building and all accessory buildings, exclusive of uncovered porches, terraces, and steps, (See also FLOOR AREA RATIO.)

   BUILDING HEIGHT - The vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the proposed finished grade at the front of the building to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs, to the deck line of mansard roofs, and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip, and gambrel roofs.

   BUILDING, PRINCIPAL - A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is located.

   CARPORT - An open space for the storage of one or more vehicles in the same manner as a private garage, which may be covered by a roof supported by columns or posts except that one or more walls may be the walls of the main building to which the carport is an accessory building or extension.

   CELLAR - A story partly underground and having more than one-half of its clear height below the average level of the adjoining ground. Cellar shall not be considered in determining the permissible number of stories.

   CLUB - The room, building, or other facilities used for the meetings of a group of people organized for a common purpose.

   COMMERCIAL - Something owned, operated, and supported by private individuals or a corporation, on a profit basis, for the use or benefit of the general public or for some part of the general public.

   COMMON OPEN SPACE - A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination of land and water within a development site and designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents of the planned residential development, not including streets, off-street parking areas, and areas set aside for public facilities.

   COMPREHENSIVE PLAN - A Comprehensive Plan (overall program) consisting of maps, charts, and textual matter, and indicating the recommendations of the Planning Commission for the continuing development of the Borough. The Comprehensive Plan includes, but is not limited to, the following related basic elements: a statement of objectives; a plan for land use; a plan for the movement of people and goods; a plan for community facilities and utilities; and a map or statement indicating the relationship of the municipality and its proposed development to the adjacent municipalities and areas.

   CONDITIONAL USE - Any uses considered major or otherwise important developments in certain zones or districts where the conditions described for permitting each type of use have been enumerated in the Zoning Chapter and where permission for such use can only be given by the Borough Council after review and recommendation by the Borough Planning Commission and a public hearing after proper legal notice.

   COUNCIL - The Shamokin Dam Borough Council.

   COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION - The Planning Commission of Snyder County.

   COVERAGE - That portion or percentage of the plot or lot area covered by the building area.

   DECK - An uncovered platform in excess of four (4) feet by five (5) feet or twenty (20) square feet in area at a front, side, or rear door.

   DENSITY - A measure of the number of dwelling units which occupy, or may occupy, an area of land.

   DENSITY, GROSS - The maximum density that shall be permitted in any zoning district. It is calculated by dividing the total number of dwelling units by the base site area. This density is illustrative only; net density is controlling.

   DENSITY, NET - The maximum density permitted on the buildable portion of the site. Net density is calculated by dividing the total number of dwelling units by the Net Buildable Site Area. This density controls actual site capacity.

   DEVELOPER - 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 land development. (See also Subdivider and Land Development.)

   DEVELOPMENT - (See LAND DEVELOPMENT.)

   DISTRICT or ZONE - A portion of the area of the Borough of Shamokin Dam, as shown on the Zoning Map, containing a uniform class of uses of structures or land, and to which regulations described in the Zoning Chapter text apply.

   DWELLING - A building designed or used as the living quarters for one or more, families, but not intended to include automobile court, tourist home, or motel.

   DWELLING TYPES:

   A.   Garden Apartments: Three or more dwelling units accommodating three or more families which are located one over the other and which, when more than three units are utilized, are attached side-byside through the use of common party walls, and which have side yards adjacent to each first-story end unit.

   B.   Mobile Homes: (See MOBILE HOMES.)

   C.   Multi-Family Low-Rise Houses: Three or more dwelling units accommodating three or more families which are located one over the other and are attached by the use of common party walls. Each dwelling unit is accessible by a common stairwell. The building is built to a height of three (3) stories.

   D.   Multi-Family Mid-Rise Houses: Three or more dwelling units accommodating three or more families which are located one over the other and are attached by the use of common party walls. Each dwelling unit is accessible by a common stairwell or elevator. The building is built to a height of four (4) stories.

   E.   Residential Conversion Units: To be a conversion, any proposed alteration must be confined to the interior of an already existing structural shell. Any proposal to extend the sides or increase the height of an existing structure shall not be considered a conversion.

   F.   Sinle-Family Houses: A dwelling unit accommodating a single family and having two (2) side yards.

   G.   Townhouses (Row Houses): Three or more dwelling units accommodating three or more families which are attached side by side through the use of common party walls and which have side yards adjacent to each end unit. Each dwelling unit is two (2) stories in height. •

   H.   Two-Family Houses (Duplexes and Flats): Two dwelling units accommodating two families which are attached side by side through the use of a party wall and having one side yard adjacent to each dwelling unit for a duplex; and two dwelling units accommodating two families which are each on a separate floor one over the other and share a common yard for a flat.

   DWELLING UNIT - A building or portion thereof providing complete housekeeping facilities for one family or household.

   ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES - The erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance, by public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of underground or overhead gas, electrical, communication, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith, reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies or for the public health or safety or general welfare, but not including buildings.

   FAMILY - One (1) or more persons who live together in one (1) dwelling unit and maintain a common household. A family may consist of a single person or two (2) or more persons, whether or not related by blood, marriage, or adoption. Family may also include domestic servants and gratuitous guests.

   FLOOD PLAIN - A relatively flat or low land area which is subject to partial or complete inundation from an adjoining or nearby stream, river, or watercourse; and/or any area subject to the unusual and rapid accumulation of surface waters from any source.

   FLOOR AREA RATIO - The ratio of the total floor area to the lot area, as determined by dividing the total floor area by the lot area.

   FORESTRY PRODUCTION - The production of forest products through the cultivating, maintaining, and developing of forests.

   GARAGES , AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE AND REPAIRS - A garage, other than a private garage, used for gasoline refueling and for the storage, equipping for operation, repairing, maintaining, keeping for remuneration, hiring, or selling of motor vehicles

   GARAGES, PRIVATE - Any accessory building or part of a principal building used for the storage of motor vehicles owned or used by the owner or tenant of the premises and having no public shop or service in connection therewith.

   HOME GARDENING The cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables on a piece of ground adjoining the dwelling, excluding the keeping of livestock,

   HOME NURSERIES AND GREENHOUSES The cultivating of plants either outdoors or in glass-enclosed structures on the same lot as a dwelling and not for sale commercially.

   HOME OCCUPATION - A business, profession, occupation, or trade conducted for gain or support and located entirely within a residential building, or a structure accessory thereto, which use is accessory, incidental, and secondary to the use of the building for dwelling purposes and does not change the essential residential character or appearance of such building.

   HOTEL - (See MOTEL or HOTEL.)

   IMPERVIOUS SURFACE - Those surfaces which do not absorb water are impervious. They consist of all buildings, parking areas, driveways, roads, sidewalks, and any areas of concrete or asphalt.

   IMPERVIOUS SURFACE RATIO - A measure of the intensity of land use which is determined by dividing the total area of all impervious surfaces on a site by the base site area.

   LAND DEVELOPMENT:

   A.   The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving (i) a group of two or more buildings, or (ii) the division or allocation of land or space between or among two or more existing or prospective occupants by means of, or for the purpose of, streets, common areas, leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features.

   B.   A subdivision of land.

   LANDOWNER - 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 forty (40) years, or other person having a proprietary interest in land, shall be deemed to be a landowner for the purposes of this Chapter.

   LIVESTOCK - Farm animals such as cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, or goats.

   LODGE - The meeting hall of a social or fraternal organization.

   LOT - Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory buildings, or by a dwelling group and its accessory buildings, together with such open spaces as are required under the provisions of this Chapter, having not less than the minimum area and width required by this Chapter for a lot in the district in which such land is situated, and having its principal frontage on a street or on such other means of access as may be determined in accordance with the provisions of law to be adequate as a condition of the issuance of a zoning permit for a building on such land.

   LOT AREA: - The total area within the lot lines.

   LOT, CORNER - A parcel of land at the junction of and abutting on two or more intersecting streets.

   LOT DEPTH - The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot line. Measurement shall be from the street or highway right-of-way line to the opposite rear line.

   LOT, INTERIOR - A lot other than a corner lot.

   LOT LINE - Any boundary line of a lot.

   LOT OF RECORD - Any lot which individually, or as part of a subdivision, has been recorded in the Office of the County Recorder of Deeds.

   LOT WIDTH - The distance between the straight lines connecting front and rear lot lines at each side of the lot, measured across the rear of the required front yard, provided, however, that width between side lot lines at their foremost points (where they intersect with the street line) shall not be less than eighty percent (80%) of the required lot width except in the case of lots on the turning circle of cul-de-sacs, where the eighty percent (80%) requirement shall not apply.

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

   MOBILE HOME LOT - 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, which is leased by the park owner to the occupants of the mobile home erected on the lot.

   MOBILE HOME PARK - A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned and improved for the placement of mobile homes for nontransient use, consisting of two or more mobile home lots.

   MOTEL or HOTEL - A building or group of buildings used, or intended to be used, for the lodging of more than ten (10) persons for compensation.

   MUNICIPALITY - The Borough of Shamokin Dam, Snyder County, Pennsylvania.

   NET BUILDABLE SITE AREA - (See Section 703(3)(G))

   NIGHTCLUB - An establishment that stays open late at night and provides food, drink, and entertainment.

   NON-CONFORMING LOT - A lot which does not meet the area or dimensional requirements of this Chapter but which has been legally established as a lot of record. (See also LOT OF RECORD.)

   NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE - A structure or part of a structure manifestly not designed to comply with the applicable use provisions in the Zoning Chapter or amendments hereto or hereafter enacted, where such structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment of such ordinance or amendment. Such non-conforming structures include, but are not limited to, non-conforming signs.

   NON-CONFORMING USE - A use, whether of land or of a structure, which does not comply with the applicable use provisions in the Zoning Chapter or amendments hereto 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.

   NON-PROFIT - Something owned, operated, and supported by private individuals or a corporation, without seeking profit, for the use or benefit of the general public or for some part of the general public.

   NURSING or CONVALESCENT HOME - Any commercial premises providing sleeping rooms where patients are lodged and furnished with meals and long-term nursing care.

   NURSERY (plants) - An enterprise which conducts the retail and wholesale sale of plants grown on the site, as well as accessory items such as clay pots, potting soil, fertilizers, etc., directly related to their care and maintenance.

   NURSERIES and DAY CARE CENTERS for CHILDREN - Places where children are kept and cared for while their parents are working. The children are generally of pre-school age.

   OPEN SPACE - (See § 703(3)(G)(4).)

   OPEN SPACE RATIO - The open space ratio is a measure of the intensity of land use. It is arrived at by dividing the total amount of open space within the site by the base site area.

   OUTDOOR ADVERTISEMENT - An advertisement used outdoors, including painted walls or rock faces, of a product or service unrelated to the use of the land or structure on which it is located, but not including official notices or directional road signs of a governmental body.

   PARCEL - (See LOT.)

   PARKING, OFF-STREET - A reasonably level space, available for parking one (1) motor vehicle, and having dimensions of nine (9) feet in width and nineteen (19) feet in depth, or one hundred seventy-one (171) square feet, exclusive of passageways, driveways, or other means of circulation or access.

   PATIO - A courtyard with or without railings and without a roof, adjacent to or near a dwelling but not a part of the dwelling structure, and intended to be used as an area for seating, dining, or recreation outdoors.

   PLACE OF WORSHIP - A building used for religious services, including churches, synagogues, mosques, and similar edifices.

   PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT - An area of land, controlled by a landowner, to be developed as a single entity for a number of dwelling units, the development plan for which does not correspond in lot size, bulk, or type of dwelling, density, lot coverage and required open space to the regulations established in any one residential district created, from time to time, under the provisions of this Chapter.

   PLANNING COMMISSION - The Planning Commission of Shamokin Dam Borough.

   PORCH - A covered area in excess of four (4) feet by five (5) feet or twenty (20) square feet in area at a front, side, or rear door.

   POULTRY - Domestic fowls, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, or geese, raised for flesh or eggs.

   POWER GENERATION FACILITY - Any facility that generates electrical power for the purpose of transmission of such electricity to other users not located on the same lot as the facility where the electricity is generated. [Ord. 2015-6]

   PRINCIPAL BUILDING - (See BUILDING, PRINCIPAL.)

   PRINCIPAL USE - (See USE, PRINCIPAL.)

   PRIVATE - Something owned, operated, and supported by private individuals or a corporation, rather than by government, and not available for public use.

   PUBLIC - Something awned, operated, and supported by the community or the people for the use or benefit of the general public.

   PUBLIC NOTICE - 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 be not more than thirty (30) days or less than fourteen (14) days from the date of the hearing.

   PUBLIC UTILITIES - (See ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES.)

   RESIDENTIAL CONVERSION UNIT - (See Dwelling Type.)

   ROOMING AND BOARDING HOUSES - Any dwelling in which more than three (3) persons, either individually or as families, are housed or lodged for hire with or without meals in the home of the resident owner. A rooming house or a furnished-room house shall be deemed a boarding house.

   SEMI-PUBLIC - Something owned, operated, and supported by private individuals or a corporation, on a non-profit basis, for the use or benefit of the general public or for some part of the general public.

   SETBACK LINE - The line within a property defining the required minimum distance between any building to be erected and the adjacent property line.

   The front yard setback shall be measured at right angles from the front street right-of-way line which abuts the property upon which said building is located and shall be parallel to said right-of-way line.

   SHOPPING CENTER - A retail commercial area designed as a unit, with adequate off-street, free parking area, and usually consisting of several one-story or two-story buildings.

   SIGN - An advertisement displayed outside a building, pertaining to a product, service or name, related directly to the permitted activity carried on and use of the lot on which it is placed, including painted walls and structures. This definition does not include flags or pennants. (See also Outdoor Advertisement.)

   SOCIAL HALL - A room or building used for friendly or convivial gatherings.

   SPECIAL EXCEPTION - Any uses considered to have special requirements in certain zones or districts where the conditions described for permitting each such use have been enumerated in the Zoning Chapter and where permission for such use can only be given by the Zoning Hearing Board.

   STORY - That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there be no floor above it, then the space between any floor and the ceiling next above it.

   STORY, HALF - A story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than four (4) feet above the floor of such story.

   STREET - Includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, expressway, parkway, alley, viaduct and any other ways used or intended to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians whether public or private. The strip of land including the entire right-of-way, not just the cartway and classified as follows:

   A.   Arterial Road: A road whose function is to provide for the movement of high volumes of through traffic and both limited access and direct access to abutting properties, subject to necessary control of entrances, exits, and curb use. The right-of-way is in excess of sixty (60) feet wide.

   B.   Collector Street: A road or street which provides for the movement of large volumes of traffic between arterials and local streets and direct access to abutting property. The right-of-way is between fifty (50) and sixty (60) feet wide.

   C.   Local Access Street: A street or road whose function is to provide for local traffic movement and direct access to abutting properties. The right-of-way is fifty (50) feet or less in width.

   STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE - The line dividing a lot from the full street right-of-way, not just the cartway. The word street shall be defined as above.

   STRUCTURAL ALTERATION - (See ALTERATION, STRUCTURAL.)

   STRUCTURE - Structure means a combination of materials that form a construction that is safe and stable and includes, among other things, buildings, stadiums, platforms, radio towers, sheds, carports, storage bins, fences, and display signs.

   STRUCTURE, ACCESSORY - (See ACCESSORY BUILDING.)

   SUBDIVIDER - (See DEVELOPER.)

   SUBDIVISION - 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 change in existing lot lines for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of lease, 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 ten (10) acres, not involving any new street or easement of access or residential dwellings, shall be exempted. (See also LAND DEVELOPMENT.)

   SWIMMING POOL:

   A.   Private. Any private swimming pool permanently attached to or temporarily erected on or in the ground, not located within a completely enclosed building, and containing, or normally capable of containing, water to a depth at any point greater than one and one-half (1½) feet. Farm ponds, lakes and river are not included, provided that swimming is not the primary purpose for their construction or use. (See also PRIVATE.)

   B.   Community or Club (Public or Semi-Public): Any public or semipublic swimming pool shall be construed to mean any outdoor pool constructed by a unit of government for use by residents of the Borough or region and their guests or by an association of property owners or by a private club solely for the use and enjoyment of members of the association or club and their families and guests.

   TEMPORARY USE - (See USE, TEMPORARY.)

   TERRACE - A raised level or platform of earth, supported on one or more faces by a wall, a bank of turf, or the like, or a series of such raised levels or platforms arranged one above the other on a slope.

   TOURIST HOME - A private house operated by the resident owner for the commercial purpose of providing bedrooms and breakfast to paying guests who are short-term (no longer than one week) visitors in the community.

   TRAVEL TRAILER - A vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational, and vacation use, permanently identified “travel trailer” by the manufacturer on the trailer and, when factory-equipped for the road, having a body width not exceeding eight (8) feet, or being of any weight; provided its body length does not exceed thirty-four (34) feet.

   USE - The specific purpose for which land or a structure or building is designed, arranged, intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained. The term “permitted use” or its equivalent shall not be deemed to include any non-conforming use.

   USE, ACCESSORY - (See ACCESSORY USE.)

   USE, PRINCIPAL - The main use on a lot.

   USE, TEMPORARY - The use of land or the structure or building located on a lot for a limited time as regulated by this Chapter.

   VARIANCE - The permission granted by the Zoning Hearing Board, following a public hearing that has been properly advertised as required by the provisions of this Chapter for an adjustment to the application to a specific piece of property of some regulation which, if strictly adhered to, would result in an unnecessary hardship, and where the permission granted would not be contrary to the public interest, and would maintain the spirit and original intent of the Chapter.

   YARD - An unoccupied space open to the sky, on the same lot with a building or structure, but not intended to mean “court.”

   YARD, FRONT - An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a main building, extending the full width of the building projected to the side lines of the lot. The depth of the front yard shall be measured between the front line of the building and the street right-of-way line. Covered porches, whether enclosed or unenclosed, shall be considered as part of the main building and shall not project into a required front yard.

   YARD, REAR - An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a main building, extending the full width of the lot and situated between the rear line of the lot and the rear line of the building projected to the side lines of the lot. The depth of the rear yard shall be measured between the rear line of the lot and the rear line of the building. A building shall not extend into the required rear yard.

   YARD, SIDE - An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with the building, situated between the building and the side line of the lot and extending from the front yard to the rear yard. Any lot line not a rear line or a front line shall be deemed a side line. A building shall not extend into the required side yards.

   ZONING - The designation of specified districts or zones within the municipality, reserving them for certain classes of uses, together with limitations on lot area and size, heights of structures, and other stipulated requirements.

   ZONING HEARING BOARD - (See BOARD, or ZONING HEARING BOARD.)

   ZONING MAP - The officially adopted Zoning Map of Shamokin Dam Borough, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, containing zoning districts, together with all amendments subsequently adopted.

   ZONING OFFICER - The Zoning Officer or his authorized representative appointed by the Shamokin Dam Borough Council to enforce this Chapter.

   ZONING ORDINANCE - The Zoning Ordinance of Shamokin Dam Borough [this Chapter 27] as amended.

   ZONING PERMIT - The written authorization issued by the Zoning Officer for the use of land or buildings or other structures.

(Ord. 87-8, 12/10/1987; as amended by Ord. 2015-6, 6/1/2015, §2)