A use or building customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use or principal building and located on the same lot as the principal use or building.

A commercial establishment having as a substantial or significant portion of its stock-in-trade books, magazines, photographs or other materials which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, or an establishment with a segment or portion devoted to the sale or display of such material.

Any adult bookstore, adult cabaret, adult motion-picture theater, adult motel or adult sexual encounter center which offers activities or sales of products related to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas and which, under the State Obscenity Code, Section 5903, Title 18, PA Cons. Statutes,[1] must exclude minors.

An establishment used for presenting motion pictures distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting or relating to specified anatomical areas for observation by patrons therein.

Any person who can show written proof that he has authority to act for the property owner.

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 public right-of-way which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property.

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 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.

Any building, land area or portion thereof used for the servicing, repair, maintenance, and cleaning of automobiles and accessory sales of tires, batteries and similar vehicle accessories.

A building, premises or portions thereof which are used, arranged, designed, or intended to be used for the retail sale of gasoline or other fuel for motor vehicles, boats or aircraft and may include retail sales of goods other than gasoline.

A sign painted or incorporated into a roof-like cover, often made of fabric, metal or glass, designed and intended for protection from the weather or as a decorative embellishment which projects from a wall or roof over a window, walk or door.

A story or that portion of a building having more than 50% of its story height above finished grade. A basement may be used as a dwelling unit.

A private owner-occupied business with guest rooms where overnight accommodations and a morning meal are provided to lodgers for compensation.

A room within a dwelling unit that is marketed, designed, or otherwise likely to function for residential sleeping purposes.

Any body granted jurisdiction under a land use ordinance or under this chapter to render final adjudications.

The Borough of Slippery Rock.

An independent structure having a roof supported by columns or walls resting on its own foundation and includes, but is not limited to, a shed, garage, stable, greenhouse, barn or other accessory building. A detached building is one separate on all sides from adjacent buildings by open spaces from the ground up.

A complex of two or more principal buildings, whether detached or attached by a common wall, occupying a lot or property in single ownership and having any yard, court, service or facility in common, provided that yards and other requirements shall be met for each structure as though it were on an individual lot.

The vertical distance measured from the mean level of the ground surrounding the building to a point midway between the highest and lowest point of the roof, but not including chimneys, spires, mechanical penthouses, towers, tanks and similar projections.

A building in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which said building is situated.

The line that defines the placement of the building in relationship to the street on which the building fronts. The build-to line of the building typically forms a street wall line. On a corner lot, the build-to line is located on each side of a lot abutting a street.

A club, bar, tavern, theater, hall or similar place which features topless or bottomless dancers, entertainers or employees, strippers, simulated sex acts, live or actual sex acts, or similar entertainers or entertainment.

A story or that portion of a building having 50% or more of its story height below the average level of adjoining ground. No portion of any cellar shall be used as a dwelling or rooming unit.

Any professional medical building or establishment where people are examined or treated by doctors or dentists but are not hospitalized overnight therein.

An establishment operated for social, recreation or educational purposes, open only to members and their guests and not the general public, but excluding college fraternity or sorority houses.

Any vehicle other than a private passenger vehicle, such as trucks, trailers and construction equipment.

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 a development, not including streets, off-street parking areas, and areas set aside for public facilities.

A vending unit which is pulled by either a motorized unit or any other device, animal, or human, and has no power or ability to move on its own.

A use permitted in a particular zoning district by the Borough Council pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and Article VI of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10601 et seq.

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

A drug, substance or immediate precursor as defined in Schedules I through V of the Pennsylvania Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, 35 P.S. § 780-104, or any amendments thereto.

The Council of the Borough of Slippery Rock, Butler County, Pennsylvania.

That percentage of the lot or site area covered by principal and accessory use structures.

Final adjudication of any board or other body granted jurisdiction under any land use ordinance or this chapter 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 Butler County.

The term describing the result of dividing the number of dwelling units contained on a lot or group of lots into the area of said lot(s), excluding from that computation any portion of the right-of-way of any street or road contained thereon, and shall be expressed as the amount of square feet of area per family or housing unit, or the amount of families or dwelling units per net acre.

Final action by an officer, body or agency charged with the administration of any land use ordinance or applications 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 subdivision, all covenants relating 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 of the development plan," when used in this chapter, shall mean the written and graphic materials referred to in this definition.

A "district" or a "zone" shall be any portion of the territory of the Borough of Slippery Rock within which certain regulations and requirements or various combinations thereof apply under the provisions of this chapter.

Any animal that has been bred and/or raised to live in human habitation and is dependent on people for food and shelter.

A building designed for or used solely or primarily to provide housing for college or university students. The building may be publicly or privately owned, leased, operated, managed or otherwise controlled. Staff or monitors may also reside therein. The term "primarily" shall be construed to mean over 75% of the total design capacity of the building as permitted by local or state regulations, whichever is the more stringent.

Any objects, devices, instruments, apparatus or contrivances whose primary and traditionally exclusive use is involved with the illegal use of any and all controlled substances under the laws of Pennsylvania.

Any building or portion thereof arranged, designed, or used exclusively for residential occupancy on a permanent basis, but not including hotels, motels, hospitals, boardinghouses, lodging or rooming houses, and travel trailers or like camping or recreational equipment.

A building or portion thereof containing or designed to contain three or more separate dwelling units with or without common access facilities. (See "townhouse or row house.")

A detached building designed and used exclusively for occupancy by one family.

A building designed for and used exclusively for occupancy by two families living independently of each other, including a duplex (one dwelling unit above the other) or a double house (two dwelling units side by side having one common wall).

One or more rooms, not part of a hotel/motel, designed for and occupied for residential living purposes and collectively containing cooking, living, sanitary and sleeping facilities. All rooms comprising a dwelling unit shall have access through an interior door to other parts of the dwelling unit.

A dwelling unit that is occupied for residential use by a tenant other than the dwelling unit owner where such owner is paid a fee for such use of the dwelling unit by the tenant.

Including, but not limited to: prepackaged food (e.g., candy, beverages, and ice cream); off-site prepared food (e.g., hot dogs, desserts, and pizza); and on-site prepared food (e.g., shaved ice, sandwiches, and tacos).

Notice given by a municipality through the Internet of the time and place of a public hearing and the particular nature of the matter to be considered at the hearing.

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, distribution or disposal systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduit 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 such service by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies; excluding, however, buildings, storage tanks, towers, antennas, relay or transmission stations, substations and pumps.[2]

An enclosure or an enclosing barrier intended to prevent straying from within or intrusion.

For the purposes of applying the requirements for off-street parking and loading, "floor area," in the case of offices, merchandising, or service types of uses, shall mean the gross floor area used or intended to be used by tenants, or for service to the public as customers, patrons, clients, or patients, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for display or sale of merchandise. It shall not include areas used principally for nonpublic purposes such as storage, incidental repair, processing or packaging of merchandise, for shop windows, for offices incident to the management or maintenance of stores or buildings, for toilet rooms or restrooms, for utilities, or for dressing rooms, fitting rooms or alteration rooms.

One footcandle is the amount of illumination provided by one lumen uniformly distributed on one square foot of surface.

Areas or stands of trees, at least 20 of which are greater than 24 inches in caliper, covering an area at least 1/2 acre (21,780 square feet) in size.

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

Recreational facilities which utilize a court for participation, including but not limited to tennis, basketball, horseshoe and croquet courts.

A detached accessory building or a portion of a principal building used only for the storage of automobiles and/or farming implements by the families resident upon the premises, and further provided that, except on farms, such garage shall not be used for storage of more than one commercial vehicle and such commercial vehicle shall not be larger than one ton rated capacity.

A structure or portion thereof, other than a private garage, operated for gain and which is used for the storage, sale, hire, care, repair or refinishing of automobiles, not including a structure or part thereof used only for storage or display of automobiles for other than transients.

A collective freestanding or monument sign located at the entrance to a destination area such as a downtown, recreational area or mixed-use development.

That which exhibits consistency.

Any private residence licensed by the commonwealth to provide care to a maximum of six clients with mental or physical disabilities on a twenty-four-hour basis, not including staff.

Any business, the operation of which involves the sale, lease, trade, gift or display for sale of any and all types of drug paraphernalia.

An administrative proceeding conducted by a board pursuant to Section 909.1 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[3]

An occupation conducted in a dwelling unit solely by members of the family residing on the premises. The use of the dwelling unit for the home occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes.

An organization of property owners of lots in individual residential developments responsible for the maintenance of common open space in each plan and the payment of taxes on that land classified as commonly owned open space.

A building containing rooming units designed for or intended to be used solely or primarily to provide temporary lodging for more than 10 transient individuals for compensation, with or without meals. A dwelling unit may be provided solely for the use of the owner, manager or similar staff whose presence on site is necessary. If more than 75% of the total design capacity of the building, excluding dwelling units, as permitted by local or state regulations, whichever are more stringent, are for college students, the building shall be classified as a dormitory.

For the purposes of this chapter, a "house pet" shall include dogs, cats, and songbirds, including parrots, canaries and parakeets.

A substance which, under the regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, is a principal compound commonly used or produced primarily for use, and which is an immediate chemical intermediary used or likely to be used, in the manufacture of a controlled substance.

Any material that prevents absorption of stormwater into the ground.

Establishments providing primary service to industries such as machinery sales and repair, supply sales and warehousing, transportation services, restaurants serving industrial concerns, and the like. Industrial services shall not include the sales, salvage, or repair of passenger vehicles.

Any of the following activities:

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 if he is authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner, or other person having a proprietary interest in land.

The processing, cleaning, servicing, testing, repair or storage of material, goods or products of these types: beverages, confections, cream, all food products (exclusive of meat and fish packing), ceramics, clothing, dyes, patterns, scientific instruments, jewelry, timepieces, optical goods, musical instruments, toys, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, and of products from the following previously prepared materials: wood, glass, textiles, cork, leather, bone, horn, shell, fur, feathers, hair, rubber, paper, metals, when conducted wholly within an enclosed structure.

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

Any lot which, individually or as part of a subdivision, has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Butler County.

Notice given by a municipality by first-class mail of the time and place of a public hearing and the particular nature of the matter to be considered at the hearing.

A major thoroughfare that runs northwest to southeast through the Central Business District of the Borough, along which are located areas of unique architectural interest and value.

Any method of treating the superficial soft parts of the human body for remedial, hygienic or other purposes, consisting of rubbing, stroking, kneading or any similar treatment accomplished by hand or by the use of any instrument.

Any building or structure or portion thereof, located within Slippery Rock Borough, which is open to members of the general public, with or without the payment of a fee, at which massage services are offered.

Graphics and text describing all types of signs proposed to be erected on a site, including the sizes, colors, materials, illumination, content and exact locations.

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

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 two- or three-story building which houses nonresidential uses, including retail shops and offices on the ground floor. Uses within the upper floors include residential uses other than single-family dwellings and/or nonresidential uses.

The capability of moving freely or easily, but not necessarily in continuous motion.

A vehicle-mounted unit engaged or utilized in the sale of edible goods.

Any business or person which sells edible goods from a mobile vending unit within the Borough of Slippery Rock.

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

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

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

The unit from which a mobile vendor operates. This term includes, but is not limited to, mobile food trucks; any motor vehicle used to sell edible goods; any type of wagon, trailer, concessions cart, sled or other equipment that must be moved by nonmotorized means (pulled or pushed); and concession trailers.

A sign in which a stone or brick structure is used to mount the sign area on, in or as an integral part of such structure. The permissible sign area of such sign shall begin at a height of not greater than four feet above normal grade.

Includes any film or plate negative; film or plat positive; film designed to be projected on a screen or other surface for exhibition; films, glass slides or transparencies, either in negative or positive form, designed for exhibitions by projection on a screen or other surface; and videotape or any other medium used to electronically reproduce images on a screen or other surface.

A body politic and corporate created pursuant to the Municipality Authorities Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.

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

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.

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

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

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

Edible goods that are not required to be kept at a temperature below 41° F. according to the federal Food and Drug Administration and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services rules.

Completely without clothing or showing the human male or female genitals, pubic area or buttocks with less than a full opaque covering or showing the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering or any portion thereof below the top of the areola or showing the covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.

A map adopted by ordinance pursuant to Article IV of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[5]

A billboard or 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.

An open area for the same uses as a private garage or carport and regulated as such, together with properly related access to a public or private street or alley.

An open area, other than a street or other public way, improved and used for the parking of automobiles and available to the public, whether for a fee, free or as an accommodation for employees, clients or customers, together with properly related access to a public or private street or alley.

An off-street space having dimensions of nine feet in width and 18 feet in depth and an area of not less than 162 square feet, whether inside or outside of a structure, for the temporary standing of an automotive vehicle, to be used exclusively as a parking stall for one automotive vehicle.

A zoning district that encompasses one or more underlying zones and that imposes requirements in addition to or as a supplement to those required in the underlying zone.

A home licensed by the commonwealth in which bed care and inpatient services are provided to aged or infirm individuals for compensation, not including clinics or institutions devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of the sick or injured.

A commercial business providing individual services related to personal needs, including, but not limited to, beauty shops and barbershops, shoe repair, tailoring or therapeutic massage.

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 this chapter.

The Planning Commission of the Borough of Slippery Rock.

The single primary or predominant use to which a property is or may be devoted and to which all other uses on the property are accessory.

When used in conjunction with 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 contains soils of the first, second, or third class as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service County Soil Survey.

The office of a person engaged in any occupation, vocation, or calling, not purely commercial, mechanical or agricultural, in which a professed knowledge or skill in some area of science or learning is used by its practical application to the affairs of others, either advising or guiding them in serving their interest or welfare through the practice of an act founded thereon.

Any sign that is supported by any exterior wall of a building or suspended beneath any awning, canopy or marquee with the exposed face of the sign in a plane approximately perpendicular to the plane of the supporting wall and projecting more than 12 inches from the building.

Includes any book, magazine, article, pamphlet, writing, printing, illustration, picture, sound recording or motion-picture film which is displayed or contained in an area open to the public or is offered for sale or exhibited in a coin-operated machine.

A classroom building, laboratory, science building, faculty or administrative office building, recreation facility, or other facility used exclusively for the conduct of the educational, administrative, and on-campus student housing functions of a publicly owned institution of primary, secondary, or higher education.

Includes:

A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Borough Council or Planning Commission, intended to inform and obtain public comment, prior to taking action in accordance with this chapter.

A forum held pursuant to notice under 65 Pa.C.S.A. Chapter 7 (relating to open meetings).[6]

Notice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough. 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.

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.[7]

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.

The sale of commodities and services directly to consumers.

A building other than a dormitory, hotel, fraternity or sorority house containing not more than one dwelling unit occupied by a family and providing, for compensation, rooming units for the lodging of not more than 10 individuals in addition to the family.

A room or rooms constituting a separate, independent housekeeping unit that is physically separated from any other rooms, dwelling units, or rooming units in the same structure. The rooming unit shall contain living and sleeping facilities but not cooking or eating facilities and shall be occupied by no more than one family.

The distance between the building and any lot line. Setbacks establish the required yards, front, rear and side.

That line which is the required minimum distance from any lot line and that establishes the area within which the principal structure must be placed.

A name, identification, description, display or illustration which is affixed to or painted or represented directly or indirectly upon a building, structure, or piece of land and which directs attention to an object, product, place, activity, persons, institution, organization, or business. However, the above definition of a "sign" shall not prohibit the display of any official court or public office notices nor any official or municipal traffic control or parking sign or device, nor shall it include the flag, emblem or insignia of a nation, state, county, municipality, school, or a religious group. A sign shall not include a sign located completely within an enclosed building. Each display surface of a sign shall be considered to be a sign.

A use permitted in a particular zoning district pursuant to the provisions of Article VI and IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[8]

Uses which are linked together by an architectural, historic or geographic theme or a commonality of goods and services and whose shops cater to a specific market.

The position of the mobile food vendor when not in motion and addressing the public for the purpose of sales.

That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor and the ceiling next above it.

The following street classifications shall apply to streets in the Borough of Slippery Rock and shall be applied as defined in the "Comprehensive Plan for the Borough of Slippery Rock, Butler County, Pennsylvania":

The pedestrian-scaled space formed by buildings located close to the street, which is embellished with such features as sidewalks, street trees, streetlights, curbs, on-street parking, benches and waste receptacles. The streetscape is framed by buildings that create the outdoor-room character of the Main Street Corridor Overlay District.

The wall of a building adjoining a sidewalk at the edge of the street right-of-way.

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

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.

Where, in the judgment of the Borough Engineer, at least 90% (based on the cost of the required improvements for which financial security was posted pursuant to the requirements of § 350-64 of Chapter 350, Subdivision and Land Development) of 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, either 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.

Authorization issued by the Zoning Officer to conduct short-term activities, special events or seasonal sales within the Borough.[9]

Three to eight separate dwelling units attached to each other by party or common walls, with each unit having individual access and rear common or private garden orientation.

A use which is primary and inherent as opposed to secondary and incidental and is associated with certain knowledge or beliefs derived from statements of contemporary persons and handed down through a considerable period of time.

A portable vehicle or structure built on a chassis and designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel and recreation purposes, having a body width not exceeding eight feet and a body length not exceeding 25 feet. A travel unit shall include a travel trailer, collapsible trailer, pickup camper, chassis-mount camper, tent trailer, motor home, and conversion unit. Such units shall not be utilized for permanent human habitation.

Person occupying a dwelling unit for rent who are not related by blood, marriage, or adoption, excluding services and nursing caregivers.

Relief granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and Articles VI and IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.

A sign that is attached to or painted on a vehicle that is parked on or adjacent to any property, the principal purpose of which is to attract attention to a product sold or business located on the property.

Any fixed or temporary physical object or structure which, because of its presence, causes danger, risk, or peril to motor vehicle operators or pedestrians by making it difficult or impossible for:

An inventory of the source, quantity, yield and use of groundwater and surface water resources within the Borough.

An open space, as may be required by this chapter, of uniform width or depth on the same lot with a building or a group of buildings, which open space lies between the principal building or group of buildings and the nearest lot line and is unoccupied and unobstructed from 30 inches above the ground upward, except as herein permitted.

A Board appointed by the Borough Council to examine appeals for relief from strict conformance to application of this chapter, to consider special exceptions and to hear testimony regarding the validity of any regulations upon development in the Borough.

The official plan of zoning districts in the Borough, a part of this chapter, showing precisely the boundaries and title of each zoning district.[10]

The administrative officer appointed by the Borough Council who shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.