A private drive, other than a driveway or street, which provides for vehicular access between a street and a parking area, loading area, drive-in service window, or other facility within a land development; each access drive to a principal use shall be served by a separate and distinct access drive (see "driveway").

See "building."

See "use."

A nightclub, bar, restaurant or similar commercial establishment which regularly features persons who appear in a state of nudity; live performances which are characterized by sexual content or sexually explicit nudity; films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides or other photographic reproductions which are characterized by the depiction or description of sexual content or sexually explicit nudity.

Any structure, building, or use which is open to the general public in which 20% or more of the occupied sales or display area offers for the sale, for rent, lease, loan, or for viewing upon the premises pictures, photographs, drawings, prints, images, sculpture, still film, motion-picture film, videotape, or similar visual representations distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on sexual content or sexually explicit nudity; or books, pamphlets, magazines, printed matter or sound recordings containing explicit or detailed descriptions or narrative accounts distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on sexual content; or which offers for sale sexual devices. This definition shall also include a building, structure, or a portion thereof, or a use open to the general public, used for presenting motion-picture film, videotape, live performances, or similar visual representation or materials distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on sexual conduct or sexually explicit nudity, and shall also include adult motels, adult cabarets, and adult theaters.

A hotel, motel or similar commercial establishment which:

A commercial establishment, including a theater, concert hall, auditorium, or similar commercial establishment, which regularly features persons who appear in a state of nudity either on film, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides, similar photographic reproductions, or in live performances which are characterized by the depiction or description of sexual content or sexually explicit nudity.

Any person, other than the landowner of a lot, who, acting under specific authorization of the landowner, submits plans, data, and/or applications to the designated Township official for the purpose of obtaining approval thereof.

A business involving the sale of agricultural commodities or products derived from agricultural commodities permitted to be produced on contiguous land(s); 75% of such contiguous land(s) are devoted to agricultural production of commodities to be sold at the facility.

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.

Facilities for the storage, maintenance, takeoff, and landing of fixed-wing, motorized aircraft.

See "street," Subsection G, "service street."

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

See "veterinary office or animal hospital."

The raising and keeping of livestock (nondangerous domesticated animals, excluding those defined in "kennel") and poultry with the intent of producing capital gain or profit or the intent of selling any livestock or poultry products, excluding accessory kennels or stables.

Any landowner, including his heirs, successors, assigns or agents, who submits plans, data and/or applications to the designated Township official for the purpose of obtaining approval thereof.

See "street."

Any space between the roof rafters and the ceiling beams of the top story of a building.

A facility for the sale and/or rental of automobiles, trucks, farm equipment, trailers, and boats.

The maximum density permitted on a parcel of land in a particular zoning district without the application of transferred development rights.

A portion of a building partly underground but having less than half its clear height (measured from floor to ceiling) below grade. A basement shall be counted as a story in determining floor area, but shall not be counted as a story unless, pursuant to the definition of "story," 75% or more of its clear height is above grade.

An accessory use to a single-family detached dwelling, offering overnight accommodations for a rental fee.

The Springfield Township Board of Supervisors, whose duties under this chapter shall be:

The Springfield Township Zoning Hearing Board, whose duties under this chapter are specified in Article XI.

A building arranged or used for lodging, with or without meals, for compensation, but in which no provision is made for cooking in any individual room or suite. (See "roomer, boarder, or lodger").

The renting of lodging facilities in a residential dwelling for less than one week for only one person in any thirty-day rental period, during which the owner is present and residing at the residence.

A designated area along the perimeter of a natural feature to be protected from incompatible use, or along the perimeter of that use, or between two uses deemed incompatible with each other which will absorb or otherwise preclude such incompatibility.

A structure having a roof which is used for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals or property. The word "building" shall include any part thereof. No building shall be located within the right-of-way of any street or other feature designated on the Springfield Township Official Map.[1]

The total of areas 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.

The official appointed by resolution of the Board of Supervisors as the Building Codes Official under the Springfield Township Building Code.[2]

Upon any lot, the ratio of the building area to the lot area.

A vertical distance measured from the mean elevation of the proposed finished grade to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs, to the decklines of mansard roofs, and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip, or gambrel roofs.

A line within a lot, and normally parallel to a lot or street line, which delineates the required minimum setback between a structure and an adjacent street or lot line. (See diagrams included as Attachments 2 and 3 to this chapter.)

Any permit required by the Springfield Township Building Code[3] for the erection, construction, reconstruction, extension, moving, or razing of any structure.

An office which generally operates on a first-come, first-served basis and which has relatively high pedestrian or vehicular traffic, including advertising agencies, opticians' offices, personnel agencies, and travel and ticket agencies.

The surface of a street available for vehicular traffic or the area between curbs.

A portion of a building partly underground, having half or more than half of its clear height (measured from floor to ceiling) below grade. A cellar shall not be considered in determining the permissible number of stories or determining floor area nor shall it be used for dwelling purposes.

The certificate issued by the Zoning Officer which permits the use of a building in accordance with the approved plans and specifications and which certifies compliance with the provisions of law for the use and occupancy of the building in its several parts, together with any special stipulations or conditions of the building permit.

A change of use heretofore existing within a building or on a lot to a new use which imposes other provisions of this chapter but does not require a building permit.

A building or a group of buildings used primarily for the conduct of public worship by a proprietary congregation.

An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections. It is defined by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection of the street lines.

A development technique that concentrates residential dwellings in specific areas on a site to allow the remaining land to be used for recreation, common open space, and preservation of environmentally sensitive areas.

See "street."

An activity operated as a gainful business, open to the public for the purpose of entertainment or recreation, including, but not limited to, motion-picture theaters, health clubs, miniature golf courses, etc., but specifically excepting therefrom are bowling alleys in the VC Districts. For purposes of this chapter, a miniature racing or go-cart track, a golf course, and an outdoor trap, skeet, rifle, pistol, paint ball or archery range shall not be considered as a commercial entertainment facility.

An area of land, 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.

Includes wired telephone or telegraph exchange, radio or television cable broadcasting, distributed antennas system, and similar facilities, less than 50 feet in height above the ground surface; and wireless communication antennas attached to structures permitted by right in the district, with the top of the antennas a maximum of 10 feet above the structure. A building for human occupancy shall not be construed to be included in this definition.

Includes wireless telephone exchange, radio or television broadcasting, micro-relay stations, and similar facilities, 50 feet or more in height above the ground surface.

The complete plan for the continuing development and redevelopment of Springfield Township as recommended by the Planning Commission and currently adopted by the Board of Supervisors.

An operation where:

A use to be granted or denied a zoning permit by the Township Board of Supervisors on the basis of the specific standards and criteria specified in Article IV for the use in question and upon the general standards for conditional uses contained in § 500-129B of this chapter. Conditional uses may not be approved for uses other than those expressly stated in this chapter.

Lands subject to a valid recorded deed of restriction prohibiting or strictly regulating any future development, said easement granted to a nonprofit organization, which is qualified under the Internal Revenue Code[6] to receive, hold and administer conservation easements.

A building converted into not more than two dwelling units.

See "lot."

An unoccupied open space, other than a setback, on the same lot with a building which is bounded on two or more sides by the walls of such building.

See "building coverage" and "lot coverage."

The raising, keeping, and/or sale of field, truck, or tree crops.

An art gallery, auditorium, library, museum, community center, adult education center, or other similar facility open to the public or connected with a permitted educational, philanthropic, or religious use.

A facility licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Human Services, to offer and provide for compensation a wide range of formal day care services to seven or more persons, normally but not necessarily children, who are supervised by a qualified staff in lieu of family members.

A day care facility registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning, to offer and provide, for remuneration, day care for not more than six persons, not necessarily children, who are supervised by a qualified caregiver.

A legal document which places restrictions on the amount and type of development which can occur on a parcel of land in the sending area from which development rights have been apportioned and transferred (see "sending area").

A legal document which grants transfer of ownership of development rights and provides for the attachment of the transferred development rights to a specific parcel in the receiving area or to a parcel in the Agricultural District (see "receiving area").

The number of dwelling units per acre of land. However, in the case of a Village Residential Development in the Residential Open Space District, density is also calculated as the square feet of commercial/office floor area per dwelling unit (see "base density").

The rights to construct a specified amount of development according to Township land use regulations.

A zoning district as laid out on the Springfield Township Zoning Map, along with the regulations pertaining thereto.

A private minor vehicular right-of-way providing access between a street and a garage, carport or other parking space for a single-family or two-family dwelling; each principal use shall be served by a separate and distinct driveway (see "access drive").

A building containing one or more dwelling units.

One or more rooms arranged for occupancy by one family, with cooking, living, sanitary, and sleeping facilities.

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

One or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption (including persons receiving foster care), and any domestic servants or gratuitous guests thereof, that maintain one common household and live within one dwelling unit. Additionally, a group of not more than five unrelated persons and any servants or gratuitous guests thereof who live together in a single dwelling unit with single cooking facilities and maintain a common household shall be considered as a family. Finally, a family shall also expressly include any number of unrelated persons who reside within a group home, as defined in this chapter. A roomer, boarder, or lodger shall not be considered as a member of a family.

An agricultural operation and/or a parcel of land, containing at least 50 acres, which is used in the raising of agricultural crops, fruit, livestock, poultry, fish, bees, or dairy products, and/or the raising and/or training of horses, together with the necessary accessory uses for packing, treating, or storing the produce, and which is improved with a single-family detached dwelling, and with barns, sheds, and/or other buildings or structures normally utilized for housing and feeding agricultural animals and storing agricultural equipment.

Machinery or tools that are specifically designed and manufactured for and used exclusively in agriculture to plant, seed, cultivate, harvest or apply soil nutrients, fertilizers or chemicals or are customary, incidental, or accessory to farming activities in an agricultural operation.

Any structure constructed of wood, metal, wire mesh, or masonry erected for the purpose of screening one property from another either to assure privacy or protect the property screened. For the purpose of this chapter, a masonry wall is considered to be a fence.

Any application, certificate, permit, appeal, or other relief under this chapter is not filed until delivery to or receipt by the Township at the Township's Administrative Building during regular posted hours of operation the required form as approved by the Board of Supervisors for the relief or action requested, and the receipt by the Township at the Township Administrative Building of payment of the appropriate filing fee as set by the Board of Supervisors by resolution from time to time. In the absence of either requirement, such document will be deemed not filed.

A fee payable to the Township at the Township's Administrative Building during regular posted hours for any application, certificate, permit, appeal, or other relief under this chapter without which the document is deemed not filed.

An office of a bank, savings and loan association, credit and loan company, collection agency, or stock and bond broker.

See "lot."

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 unusual and rapid accumulation of surface waters from any source. Floodplain and flood-prone areas are regulated by Chapter 225, Floodplain Management, of the Code of Springfield Township.

The management of forest 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. Forestry activities shall be a permitted use in all districts.

See "yard."

See "right-of-way."

A building or group of buildings, one story in height, used exclusively for the storage of motor vehicles for compensation.

An accessory building or an accessory portion of a principal building designed or used only for the shelter or storage of vehicles owned or operated by the occupants of the principal building.

A facility where gasoline, oil, grease, batteries, tires, and automobile accessories are sold at retail and normal mechanical repairs are performed, but not including body work, painting, spraying, or storage of automobiles not in operating condition.

Change in elevation per horizontal distance expressed as a percentage.

A single-family dwelling operated by a reasonably responsible individual, family, or organization with a program to provide a supportive living arrangement for individuals, where special care is needed by the individual served due to age, emotional, mental, or physical handicap. This definition shall expressly include facilities for the supervised care of developmentally disabled persons and those under treatment for alcohol and/or drug abuse. Group homes must be licensed where required by an appropriate government agency (agencies), and a copy of any such license(s) must be delivered to the Township prior to beginning the use. Group homes shall be subject to the same limitations and regulations by the Township as single-family dwellings.

The sum of the areas of the several floors of a building designed and intended for human occupancy (including basements, habitable attics, penthouses, etc., in addition to more conventional spaces) as measured from the exterior building walls. Areas not to be counted in calculating habitable floor area are attics, space designed and intended for the parking of motor vehicles, space designed for accessory heating and ventilating equipment, and other similar spaces. In calculating the habitable floor area of mobile homes, however, the exterior dimensions alone shall apply with no exclusions of space.

A dwelling for the supervision of transitionally institutionalized individuals who have violated the law and who are sent to a halfway house upon release from, or in lieu of being sent to, a penal institution or juvenile detention center.

An office which is limited to providing medical or dental services, including laboratories and clinics.

See "building height."

An area on a roof or ground used by helicopters or steep gradient aircraft for the purpose of picking up or discharging passengers or cargo.

Any public land, building, structure, object, district, area or site significant in the history, architecture, maritime heritage, archeology or culture of the United States of America, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any of its municipalities. Upon identification of such historic site by any applicant, Township representative, or Township resident, the Township Engineer shall confirm the same. Any modification or change in use after such identification and confirmation by the Township Engineer shall be a conditional use under § 500-129 of this chapter.

A special type of accessory use, specifically an occupation which is carried on in a dwelling unit by the residents thereof and which is clearly incidental and secondary to the principal use of the property for residential purposes.

A surface that has been compacted or covered with a layer of material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water. Areas including, but not limited to, parking areas, driveways, roads, sidewalks, patios, and any similar areas of concrete, brick, bituminous products, crushed stone, or gravel shall be considered impervious surfaces. In addition, all buildings and structures shall be considered as impervious surfaces for computation of lot coverage.

Any land, structure, or combination of land and structure used for the storage, baling, packing, sorting, handling, disassembling, purchase, or sale of any material or materials which are used, salvaged, scrapped, or reclaimed but are capable of being reused in some form, including, but not limited to, metal, bones, rags, fibers, paper, cloth, rubber, rope, bottles, machinery, tools, appliances, fixtures, utensils, lumber, boxes, crates, pipe, pipe fittings, tires, motor vehicles, and motor vehicle parts, specifically excluding radioactive waste of any kind. No material which fails to meet this definition because it is discarded and incapable of being reused in some form shall be placed in any junkyard.

Any lot and building thereon devoted to the raising, boarding or breeding of a total of five or more small animals, as defined in § 500-21B of this chapter, such as a dog, cat or similar animal, whether kept indoors or outdoors and which are kept for the purpose of profit, show, hunting or as pets.

Any of the following activities:

To be determined by Appendix A to this chapter, classifying soil types by productivity.[7]

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.

A place for the inpatient diagnosis, treatment, surgery, rehabilitation, and/or care of humans with acute illnesses or injuries; specifically excluding such establishments as sanitariums, nursing homes, or any other facility primarily caring for the chronically ill, which shall be considered a nursing home.

The pervious portion of a golf course.

An off-street space having a platform or dock raised to the height of a truck bed for the temporary use of vehicles while loading or unloading merchandise or materials.

An off-street space accessible from a street and on a lot for the temporary use of vehicles while loading or unloading merchandise or materials at ground level.

See "street."

A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by a plat or a duly approved and recorded subdivision or land development plan, or designated as a single parcel under the Uniform Parcel Identifier Act [see 21 P.S. § 334(b)] or otherwise permitted by law and to be used, developed or built upon as a unit.

The area contained within the property lines of individual parcels of land as shown on a plan, excluding any area within a street right-of-way but including the area of any easement.

The percentage of the lot area of any lot covered by impervious surfaces including, but not limited to, buildings, driveways, access drives, parking areas, and sidewalks (see "impervious surface").

The mean horizontal distance from the street line of a lot to its opposite rear lot line measured in the general direction of the side lot lines.

A line dividing one lot from another or from a street or any public place. Also referred to as a "property line."

A lot which has been recorded in the Office of the York County Recorder of Deeds.

The distance measured between the side lot lines at the minimum required building setback line. In a case where there is only one side lot line, the lot width shall be the distance measured between such lot line and the opposite lot line. (Also see "setback," Subsection A, "front setback"; and "setback line").

See "mobile home."

The maximum density of residential development permitted with the acquisition of transferred development rights.

Those authorized and licensed dispensaries as described, defined and regulated under Act 16 of 2016, the Medical Marijuana Act,[8] and § 500-52 of this chapter.

Those authorized and licensed grower/processor facilities as described, defined and regulated under Act 16 of 2016, the Medical Marijuana Act, and § 500-52 of this chapter.

A commercial rental facility providing for the enclosed storage of household items, recreational vehicles and/or equipment and/or classic or antique automobiles where said items are retained for the direct use by their owner, who shall have direct access thereto without immediate handling by the proprietor of the facility. Mini storage units shall not be used as offices or shops and shall not house any items or operation other than dead storage as specified above.

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

A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for the erection thereon of a single mobile home, which is leased by the park owner to the occupants of the mobile home erected on the lot.

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

That part of an individual mobile home lot which has been reserved for the placement of a mobile home and appurtenant structures and connections.

A building or group of buildings containing rooms for rent for the accommodation of transient guests (chiefly motorists).

An educational, religious, or charitable use which qualifies as "nonprofit" under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Service Code.[9]

A use, structure, lot, or dimension in conflict with the regulations of this chapter, existing on the effective date of this chapter, or created by any subsequent amendment of this chapter, or created by variance. Specifically, the following types of nonconformities are distinguished:

The appearance of a human bare buttock, anus, male genitals, female genitals, or female breasts.

A licensed establishment which provides full-time convalescent or chronic care or both for three or more individuals who are not related by blood or marriage to the operator and who, by reason of chronic illness or infirmity, are unable to care for themselves. A hospital shall not be construed to be included in this definition.

See "common open space" and "limited open space."

For purpose of the application of §§ 500-9E and 500-10E of this chapter, a parcel shall include any tract or contiguous tracts of land in the same ownership and contained in the same deed as of June 30, 1992, in the Conservation District and as of February 5, 1977, in the Agricultural District. Land shall be considered contiguous even though separated by public or private roads.

An open lot, containing three or more parking spaces, where passenger vehicles may be stored for short-term, daily, or overnight off-street parking.

An off-street space, with an all-weather surface, available for the parking of one motor vehicle and having direct usable access to a street.

A wall on an interior lot line used, or a wall adapted, for joint service between two residential or nonresidential units.

A business providing personalized service to customers, including barbershop, beauty parlor, laundry or cleaning agency, self-service laundry, and similar activities.

The Springfield Township Planning Commission, whose duties under this chapter shall be:

See "building."

See "use."

A for-profit structure or defined area used as and providing for a site and venue for private gatherings by invitation or association only for a particular short-term legal event not open to the general public for that particular event. As an example, private parties, weddings, family reunions and like-kind events are private functions.

A club formed for the primary purpose of conducting private recreational activities, mainly outdoor, for the enjoyment of its members, such as rod and gun clubs, golf and country clubs, and tennis and swimming clubs. Such clubs shall not involve a miniature racing or go-cart track or an outdoor trap, skeet, rifle, pistol, or archery range, unless such use is specifically permitted in the district in which the club is located and meets all other applicable requirements of this chapter.

A nonprofit facility operated by a group or individual, including camps, golf courses, tennis and other court games, fishing and hunting grounds, picnic grounds, and related facilities. A profit-oriented recreational facility shall be deemed to be a commercial entertainment facility. A private recreational facility shall not involve a miniature racing or go-cart track or an outdoor trap, skeet, rifle, pistol, or archery range, unless such use is specifically permitted in the district in which the facility is located and meets all other applicable requirements of this chapter. Any golf course established as a private recreational facility in the Residential Open Space District shall meet the requirements of § 500-36 of this chapter.

A club formed for the primary purpose of conducting social activities, primarily indoor, for the enjoyment of its members; such as service clubs, fraternal organizations, and athletic clubs.

An office which generally operates on an appointment basis and with relatively low pedestrian or vehicular traffic, including offices of accountants, actuaries, architects, attorneys, clergy, designers, engineers, insurance and bonding agents, manufacturing representatives, physicians, realtors, teachers, miscellaneous consulting services, and contractors' offices, providing there is no outdoor storage of materials or equipment.

A formal meeting held by the Board of Supervisors, the Planning Commission, or the Zoning Hearing Board pursuant to public notice, intended to inform and obtain public comment prior to taking action in accordance with this or other Township ordinances.

A forum held pursuant to notice under 65 Pa.C.S.A. Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings).

Notice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township. 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 30 days nor less than seven days from the date of the hearing.

A recreational facility owned and operated by an agency of the Township or other government.

An office of a governmental agency, social service organization, Magisterial District Judge, notary, public or private utility or political organization.

See "yard."

A zoning district in which development rights transferred from a sending area are permitted to be used. The Township has designated all parcels of land within the Residential Open Space, Residential, and Village Center Districts as receiving areas.

Space contained within either the required open space or the required yard space areas, and specifically designed and developed for active recreation usage.

Any portable or mobile vehicle used or designed to be used for travel, recreation and/or living purposes and with its wheels, rollers, or skids in place. A recreational vehicle shall include a trailer, house trailer, camper, sleigh, golf cart, boat, boat trailer, airplane or other similar vehicle providing partial and usually temporary living and sleeping quarters and which may or may not include kitchen and bathroom conveniences.

A lot, or part thereof, occupied or designed for occupancy by one or more recreational vehicles.

A business for the repair of appliances, watches, guns, bicycles, locks, and similar items.

An establishment that serves food and beverages.

A business involving the sale of antiques, automotive parts, books, beverages, confections, drugs, dry goods, flowers, foodstuffs, gifts, garden supplies, hardware, household appliances, jewelry, notions, periodicals, stationery, tobacco, paint, apparel, and similar items.

An establishment designed to serve the housing needs of older persons in a continuum of care environment through facilities which relate both to dependent and independent persons; such facilities shall include nursing care units and may include independent living units, sheltered care units, and related support services.

See "lot."

A right of passage across land occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, crosswalk, railroad, or utility lines.

A person occupying any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or intended to be used for living and sleeping, but not for cooking or eating purposes, and paying compensation for lodging and/or board and lodging by prearrangement for a week or more at a time to an owner or operator. Any person occupying such room or rooms and paying such compensation without prearrangement or for less than a week at a time shall be classified, for purposes of this chapter, not as a roomer, boarder or lodger but as a guest of a motel/hotel, village inn, or bed-and-breakfast inn (see "boardinghouse or rooming house").

See "boardinghouse or rooming house."

A zoning district containing the land-based resource which the transfer of developments rights program is designed to protect and from which development rights will be transferred or "sent." The Township has designated the Conservation and Agricultural Districts as sending areas.

The minimum required horizontal distance between a setback line and a lot or street line, including the street line of any street designated on the Springfield Township Official Map.

See "building line or setback line."

Any sewer, sewage system, sewage treatment works, or parts thereof designed, intended, or constructed for the collection, treatment, or disposal of sanitary waste.

Any of the following:

The male genitals in a state of sexual arousal and/or the vulva or female genitals, or full exposure of the female breasts.

See "yard."

Any permanent or temporary structure, or part thereof, or any device attached, painted, or represented directly or indirectly on a structure or other surface that shall display or include any letter, word, insignia, flag, or representation used as, or which is in the nature of, an advertisement, announcement, visual communication, or direction; or is designed to attract the eye or bring the subject to the attention of the public.

The total area of a proposed development, regardless of interior lot lines or proposed lots, streets, or easements.

A use to be granted or denied a zoning permit by the Zoning Hearing Board on the basis of the specific standards and criteria specified in Article IV of this chapter for the use in question and on the general standards included in § 500-116C(3) of this chapter. Special exceptions may not be granted for uses other than those expressly stated in this chapter.

The housing and caring for horses for purposes of boarding, riding and/or show, and where such housing and care is for compensation or for profit purposes or the housing and care of five or more horses for any purpose.

That part of a building located between a floor and the floor or roof next above. The first story of a building shall be the lowest story having 75% or more of its wall area above grade level.

Includes only street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway, lane, alley, viaduct, and any other ways used or intended to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians, whether public or private. Streets are further classified as set forth below:

A line defining the edge of a street right-of-way, whether existing or proposed, and separating the street from abutting property or lots, commonly known as the "right-of-way line."

Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land. No structure shall be located within the right-of-way of any street or other feature designated on the Springfield Township Official Map.

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.

See "Board of Supervisors."

A structure constructed or erected which is used or intended to be used for swimming, bathing, or for ornamental use, in or above the ground, capable of containing water over 18 inches in depth, and/or with a surface area of 150 square feet or more.

Springfield Township, York County, Pennsylvania, as represented by the Board of Supervisors or its duly authorized agents.

An area of land which may comprise the entire area or a subpart of a parcel. Individual tracts within a parcel of land shall not constitute separate lots for the purpose of construction, permitting, or for the purposes of this chapter. Such tracts contained within a single parcel of land shall be considered descriptive only.

The attaching of development rights to specified lands which are desired by the Township to be kept undeveloped, but permitting those rights to be transferred from these lands so that the development potential which they represent may occur on other lands within the Township where more intensive development is deemed to be appropriate.

Any activity carried on or intended to be carried on in a building or other structure, or on a lot.

Any utility coming under the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission of Pennsylvania, or Springfield Township.

A modification of the regulations of this chapter granted by the Zoning Hearing Board on grounds of practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship, not self-imposed, pursuant to § 500-116B of this chapter and Section 910.2 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[10]

Any building used by a veterinarian for the treatment, housing, or boarding of small domestic animals such as dogs, cats, goats, rabbits, and birds or fowl.

A building containing rooms to be rented temporarily for sleeping purposes by guests and where an accessory restaurant and dining room may be provided within the building. No facilities for cooking shall be permitted in the individual rooms or suites.

A pedestrian-oriented neighborhood with variable lot areas and lot widths, a mix of dwelling unit types, and an array of nonresidential uses that are generally developed around a community green that is located in the interior of the development.

Any water works, water supply works, water distribution system, or part thereof designed, intended, or constructed to provide or distribute potable water.

An open, unoccupied area unobstructed from the ground up, located between any permitted structures and the adjacent lot or street lines.

See "Board or Zoning Hearing Board."

The duly appointed Township official designated to administer and enforce this chapter.

Any permit, certificate of use and occupancy, or both, whichever is required in a specific circumstance.

A public or private land area or lot upon which live animals, other than livestock or animals as defined in "kennel," are kept, exhibited, or cared for.