An improved cartway designed and constructed to provide for vehicular movement between a public road and a tract of land containing any use other than one single-family dwelling unit or farm.

Any building associated with an accessory use.

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

The total land area contained within a property or proposed site, including lands within a public or private street right-of-way.

The total land area contained within a property or proposed site, exclusive of lands within a public or private street right-of-way.

The latest version of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended or reenacted.[1]

Act 13 of 2012, enacted on February 14, 2012, as it may from time to time be amended.[2]

A business, club or establishment that engages in one or more of the following areas of sales, services, entertainment or activity:

The tilling of the soil, the raising of crops, forestry, horticulture and gardening, including the keeping or raising of livestock such as cattle, cows, hogs, horses, sheep, goats, poultry, rabbits, birds, fish, bees, and other similar animals. This definition also includes noncommercial greenhouses and mushroom houses.

The highest point of an airport's landing area, measured in vertical feet from sea level. For the St. Marys Area Airport, this is 1,937 feet.

A minor right-of-way, privately or publicly owned, primarily for service access to the rear or sides of properties.

Any change in the supporting members of a building or structure, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders, joists or rafters, or enclosing walls; any renovation to a building which would change its use, location, and/or size.

A commercial establishment which provides, as a principal use, amusement devices and/or games of skill or chance (e.g., pinball machines, video games, skeeball, electronic or water firing ranges and other similar devices). This definition does not include the use of two or fewer of such devices as an accessory use.

A principal use at which the general public is offered pleasurable diversion through a combination of attractions, eateries, booths, stands, rides, exhibits, performances, lodging, shops and/or recreational features, but specifically excluding adult-related uses, shooting ranges, and off-track betting parlors, as defined herein. In addition, "amusement parks" can include the provision of resident employee and guest services incidental to the visit or stay on the site.

Any establishment offering veterinary services. "Animal hospitals" can treat all types of animals and can include outdoor and overnight boarding of animals.

Any establishment that specializes in the collection, occupancy, distribution and/or euthanization of rescued animals.

A surface, longitudinally centered on the extended runway center line, extending outward and upward from the end of the primary surface and at the same slope as the approach zone height limitation slope set forth in this chapter. In plan, the perimeter of the "approach surface" coincides with the perimeter of the approach zone.

Those zones as set forth in § 231 of this chapter.

That part of a building which is immediately below and wholly or partly within the roof framing. Within a dwelling unit, an "attic" shall not be counted as floor area unless it is constructed as or modified into a habitable room by the inclusion of dormer windows, has an average ceiling height of five feet or more, and has a permanent stationary interior access stairway to a lower building story.

A principal use whereby automobiles are stored for wholesale inspection and/or wholesale distribution.

Any area of land, including structures thereon, that is used for the sale of gasoline or any other motor vehicle fuel and oil and other lubricating substances, including any retail sales of motor vehicle accessories, which may not include major repairing, body and fender work, painting, vehicular sales, nor rental or automatic car washes.

A primary business where privately owned passenger vehicles may be stored for short-term, daily, or overnight periods.

An accessory use in which required, and possibly additional, parking spaces are provided, subject to the requirements listed in § 312 of this chapter.

Any building used for the retail sales and storage of automobile parts. No outdoor storage is permitted. No installation, repair or servicing of parts and vehicles shall be permitted.

Any building or land devoted to the retail sales of passenger vehicles, including accessory service and repair facilities if conducted within a wholly enclosed building.

The retail repair, servicing, maintenance and reconstruction of passenger vehicles, but not including car washes per se.

A use, either primary or accessory, where passenger vehicles are stored for periods exceeding a daily basis. Automobile storage shall not involve retail, nor wholesale, sales display areas.

The flood having a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (one-hundred-year flood).

The volume of water resulting from a base flood as it passes a given location within a given time, usually expressed in cubic feet per second (cfs).

The projected flood height of the base flood; the elevation shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Zones AE, AH and A1-30 that indicates the water surface elevation resulting from a flood that has a one-percent or greater chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.

Any area of a building having its floor subgrade (below ground level) on all sides. Within a dwelling unit, a basement shall not be counted as floor area nor as a story of permissible building height.

A single-family detached dwelling where between one and 10 rooms are rented to overnight guests on a daily basis for periods not exceeding two weeks. Breakfast may be offered only to registered overnight guests and is the only meal served.

An accessory use to a farm permitted, in which bees are raised and/or kept in compliance with § 200, Subsection 2P(4), of this chapter.

A sign upon which images and/or messages of any kind are printed, posted, or lettered, whether freestanding or attached to a surface of a building or other structure. A "billboard" is used to advertise products, services or businesses at a location other than the premises on which the sign is placed or to disseminate other messages.

A detached building arranged or used for sheltering, or sheltering and feeding, for more than three and not more than 10 individuals that do not constitute a family.

Any sign which is placed on the property commonly known as the "Boulevard" and more specifically described as the median area between the northbound and southbound lanes of South St. Marys Street from its intersection with Railroad Street to and including its intersection with State Street. Any permit for such a sign shall be subject to all State laws and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Any combination of materials that forms a structure, either temporary or permanent, having walls and a roof or other covering, principally above ground, and designed or used for the shelter or enclosure of any person, animal or property of any kind, including tents, awnings, or vehicles situated on private property and used for purposes stated above. For the purposes of this section, the word "building" shall also include fuel or liquid storage tanks, manufactured homes and travel trailers without wheels, built on a chassis and affixed to a permanent foundation. See also "structure."

The total of areas taken on a horizontal plane at the average grade level of the principal building and all accessory buildings, exclusive of uncovered porches, awnings, terraces, and steps.

A building's vertical measurement from the mean level of the ground abutting the building at its corners to the highest point of the roof.

The actual line of that face of the building nearest an adjacent right-of-way or street line. This face includes sun parlors and covered porches, whether enclosed or unenclosed, but does not include steps.

An exterior seating area associated with a restaurant or tavern which is under constant supervision by an employee of the business.

A lot, tract, or parcel of land upon which two or more campsites are located or established, intended and maintained for occupation by transients in recreational vehicles or tents.

A seasonal detached dwelling unit with no permanent mailing address.

A plot of ground within a campground intended for occupation by a recreational vehicle or tent for periods not exceeding 90 continuous days.

An unenclosed structure 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 accessory.

That portion of a street or alley right-of-way that is intended for vehicular movement.

See definition of "basement."

Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the deceased, including columbariums, mausoleums, and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with the cemetery and within the boundaries thereof. This definition shall include crematoria.

A statement, signed by a duly authorized City officer, setting forth that a building, structure or use legally complies with this chapter and other applicable codes and regulations and that the same may be used for the purposes stated therein.

A natural or artificial watercourse with a definite bed and banks which confine and conduct continuously or periodically flowing water.

A building, structure, or group of buildings or structures, including accessory uses, designed or intended for public worship. This definition shall include rectories, convents, and church-related educational and/or day-care facilities.

The City of Saint Marys.

A building within which is housed an organization catering principally to members and their guests, except that the periodic rental of the premises to nonmembers shall be expressly permitted. "Clubhouses" shall include premises or buildings for social, recreational and administrative purposes which are not conducted for profit, provided that there are no vending stands, merchandising or commercial activities, except as required for the membership of such club. Clubs shall include but are not limited to service and political organizations, labor unions, as well as social and athletic clubs. "Clubhouses" shall not be used for adult-related uses or off-track betting parlors, as defined herein.

Communication antennas that are co-located upon existing structures (e.g., utility transmission towers or poles, observation towers, communication towers, silos, steeples, smokestacks, water towers, flagpoles, buildings and other similar structures) are a permitted use.

Producing and/or maintaining with the express purpose and intent of selling the product.

An agricultural use whereby plant materials are principally grown within an enclosed building and where such use exceeds a lot coverage of 10%.

An activity operated as a business, open to the public, for the purpose of public recreation or entertainment, including but not limited to bowling alleys, drive-in motion-picture facilities, swimming pools, health clubs, miniature golf courses, museums, etc. This does not include adult-related uses, shooting ranges, amusement arcades, amusement/theme parks, horse racing with related wagering facilities, automobile race courses, zoos, nor off-track betting parlors, as defined herein.

Any area of land or water, or a combination of land and water, within a development site designed and intended for use by all residents of the development or the general public. Land included within the right-of-way lines of streets and stormwater detention basins with impervious surfaces shall not be classified as "common open space." "Common open spaces" shall not include required setbacks between buildings and street rights-of-way, driveways, access drives, parking areas, and property lines of the development. No dwelling unit, residential accessory buildings, or parking or loading areas may be located within "common open spaces."

A principal use that employs a device incorporating a mast or reflective surface design that is used to transmit and/or receive radio or electromagnetic waves between land- or orbitally based uses, except that this use shall expressly exclude antennas associated with accessory uses that also comply with the height requirements of their respective zone.

A space which will remain totally dry during flooding; the structure is designed and constructed to prevent the passage of water and water vapor.

The most recently adopted version of the Official Comprehensive Plan, City of Saint Marys, Elk County, Pennsylvania, including any amendments.

An agricultural use involving the commercial keeping and handling of livestock quantities with characteristics in both of the following subsections:

A use which may be appropriate to a particular zoning district only when specific conditions and criteria prescribed for such use have been complied with. "Conditional uses" are reviewed by the City Council after recommendations by the Planning Commission, in accordance with § 704 of this chapter.

A form of property ownership providing for individual ownership of a specific dwelling unit, or other space, together with an undivided interest in the land or other parts of the structure in common with other owners.

A plan, including a map(s) and narrative, that, at the very least, outlines an erosion and sedimentation control plan for an identified parcel of land.

A business which specializes in the retail sales and/or rental of household products and foods. "Convenience stores" may also include any of the following, provided that each use has obtained the necessary respective approvals and it operates as an accessory use to the convenience store:

A bore hole to be drilled for the purpose of or to be used for the production of oil or natural gas, using only a vertical well bore.

The adaptation of one single-family detached dwelling to two or more dwelling units.

A dead-end street equipped with a circular vehicle turnaround at its terminus.

The offering of care or supervision over minors or special-needs adults in lieu of care or supervision by family members. This definition does not include the offering of overnight accommodations.

The number of dwelling units permitted in relation to the land area actually in use or proposed to be used for residential purposes, exclusive of public and/or private streets.

Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to the construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, expansion, or alteration of buildings or other structures; the placement of manufactured homes; streets, and other paving; utilities; filling, grading and excavation; mining; dredging; drilling operations; storage of equipment or materials; and the subdivision of land.

A disability of a person which has continued or can be expected to continue indefinitely; a disability which is:

A person with a developmental disability.

The process where computers (also known as "nodes" or "mining rigs") validate blockchain transactions for a specific item of digital currency (often described as a "bitcoin" or "cryptocurrency") for a financial benefit.

A vehicle intended to be self-propelled that shall not be operable under its own power for any reason, or a vehicle that does not have a valid current registration plate or that has a certificate of inspection which is more than 60 days beyond the expiration date.

A bore hole to be drilled, or an existing well to be used, for the purpose of the injection of any liquid related to oil or gas production or storage, including the disposal of hydraulic fracturing chemicals or brine, but excluding the injection of gas or petroleum for storage purposes.

A process whereby materials, goods, or products are imported, stored by one person, and then delivered to another.

The noncommercial keeping of no more than four adult nonfarm animals that are locally available for purchase as pets, as an accessory use to a dwelling unit.

An improved cartway designed and constructed to provide vehicular movement between a public road and a tract of land serving one single-family dwelling unit or a farm. (See also "joint-use driveway.")

Any building or portion thereof designed and used exclusively for residential occupancy, including those listed below, but not including hospitals, hotels, boarding-, rooming and lodging houses, institutional houses, tourists courts, and the like, offering overnight accommodations for guests or patients. All "dwellings" must be permanently affixed to a completely enclosed foundation, constructed of currently accepted materials, that shall be an entire perimeter wall and extend from below the frost line to the first floor of the building. Such foundation shall be constructed to provide sufficient structural integrity to prevent the building from heaving, shifting, or settling unevenly due to frost action. In addition, all "dwellings" shall be properly connected to approved and permanently designed sewer, water, electrical and other utility systems.

A building or portion thereof arranged or designed for occupancy by not more than one family and having separate cooking and sanitary facilities.

Any construction or other activity which disturbs the surface of the land, including but not limited to excavations, embankments, land development, subdivision development, mineral extraction and the moving, depositing or storing of soil, rock or earth, excluding the tilling of the soil.

An accessory dwelling unit placed on a property for occupancy by either:

A space which will remain dry during flooding, except for the passage of some water vapor or minor seepage; the structure is substantially impermeable to the passage of water.

An individual or individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption (including persons receiving foster care) that maintain one common household and live within one dwelling unit. Additionally, up to four unrelated individuals who maintain a common household and live within one dwelling unit may be considered a "family." Finally, a "family" shall also expressly include any number of unrelated persons who reside within a licensed group home, as defined herein.

Any parcel of land with 10 or more acres which is used in the raising of agricultural products, livestock, poultry or dairy products, including necessary farm structures and the storage of equipment customarily incidental to the primary use.

A retail sales use where more than one vendor displays and sells general merchandise that is new or used. "Farmers' and/or flea markets" can include indoor and outdoor display or merchandise.

An accessory use to the primary agricultural use of a property in which residents and up to two nonresidents engage in a secondary occupation conducted on the active farm.

The act of cutting a standing tree so that it falls to the ground.

A structure designed as a barrier to restrict the movement or view of persons, animals, property, and/or vehicles. This definition shall not include ornamental fence treatments that are located in the front yard and extend less than 1/2 the width and/or depth of the front yard.

Material placed or deposited so as to form an embankment or raise the surface elevation of the land, including but not limited to levees, bulkheads, dikes, jetties, embankments, and causeways.

A bank, savings-and-loan association, credit union, finance or loan company, etc.

A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the overland flow of watercourses or from the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.

The projected heights, in relation to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 1988), reached by floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplain areas.

The official map on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency or Federal Insurance Administration has delineated both the areas of special flood hazard and the risk premium zones applicable to the community.

The official report provided by the Federal Insurance Administration that includes flood profiles, the Flood Insurance Rate Map, the Flood Boundary and Floodway Map, and the water surface elevation of the base flood.

An area of land adjacent to the channel of a watercourse which has been or is likely to be flooded, or any area subject to the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.

Any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes or adjustments to structures which reduces or eliminates flood damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents.

The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the base flood elevation more than a designated height.

The sum of the floor areas of a building, as measured to the outside surfaces of exterior walls, and including all areas intended and designed for the conduct of a business or use.

The total floor area designed for occupancy by an owner or tenant, as measured to the center of interior joint walls and the exterior of outside walls.

The sum of the floor areas of a dwelling unit, as measured to the outside surfaces of exterior walls, and including all rooms used for habitation, such as living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, closets, hallways, and stairways, but not including cellars or attics, or service rooms or areas such as utility rooms, nor unheated areas such as enclosed porches.

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

An individual, partnership, company, firm, association, or corporation engaged in timber harvesting, including the agents, subcontractors and employees thereof.

The continuous horizontal distance shared between a public or private street and an adjoining lot.

An area establishing the required location for all or a portion of a building's front facade, as measured from the street line.

A principal use for the preparation and viewing of the dead prior to burial or cremation. "Funeral homes" shall not include cemeteries, columbariums, crematoria, mausoleums, nor entombments but do include mortuaries.

An accessory building, or part of a principal building, for the storage of one or more automobiles and/or other vehicles accessory and incidental to the primary use of the premises. No business, occupation or service shall be conducted therein, nor shall space therein for more than one vehicle be leased to a non-occupant of the premises. Where a garage is an attached integral part of a dwelling unit, the garage shall not be counted as floor area unless it is constructed or modified into a habitable room by the removal of all vehicular access doors and provided that adequate off-street parking is still available on the same lot as the dwelling unit.

The display of personal possessions, and those of friends, relatives and neighbors, for sale to the general public upon the property of one's residence.

The effect produced by the collection of light with an intensity sufficient to cause unreasonable annoyance, discomfort or loss of visual performance or visibility.

A golf course with a minimum of 675 yards of play in nine holes.

A 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 or 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 any appropriate government agencies, and a copy of any such licenses must be delivered to the City prior to beginning the use. "Group homes" shall be subject to the same limitations and regulation by the City as single-family dwellings.

Materials which have the potential to damage health, endanger human life or impair safety.

Those wastes defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Chapter 1, Part 261, dated July 1, 1984, or as amended.

Any structure, group of structures, aboveground or underground storage tanks, or any other area or buildings used for the purpose of permanently housing or temporarily holding hazardous waste for storage or treatment for any time span other than the normal transportation time through the City.

An obstruction determined to have a substantial adverse effect on the safe and efficient utilization of the navigable airspace.

A commercial business that offers active recreational and/or fitness activities. Such activities are provided only to club members and their guests. Such facilities do not include golf courses.

Machinery, vehicles and other devices that are not normally used for domestic purposes upon a residential dwelling lot. Examples include but are not limited to farm machinery, excavation equipment, commercial trucks and trailers, yachts, industrial machinery, etc.

A building's vertical measurement from the average level at the corners of the building to the highest point of the roof.

A structure's vertical measurement from the average level of the ground abutting the structure to the highest point of the structure.

An accessory use where no more than one helicopter may land/take off and be stored.

Any area of land or structure which is used or intended to be used for the landing and takeoff of helicopters, and any appurtenant areas which are used for heliport buildings or helicopter facilities or rights-of-way, together with all heliport buildings and facilities thereon, such as but not limited to fueling and maintenance equipment, passenger terminals and storage hangars.

The area of the primary surface coincides in size and shape with the designated takeoff and landing area of a heliport. This surface is a horizontal plane at the elevation of the established heliport elevation.

The face of exposed overburden and mineral in an open cut of a surface mining operation or for entry to underground mining activities.

Any structure that is:

A business or commercial activity that is conducted as an accessory use in a detached dwelling unit, except that a limited business or commercial activity which adheres to the definition of "no-impact home-based business," as defined herein, is permitted by right in any dwelling unit within any zone.

A horizontal plane located 150 vertical feet above the established airport elevation, the perimeter of which coincides with the perimeter of the horizontal zone.

The growing of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and other ornamental plants.

An institution, licensed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a hospital, which renders inpatient and outpatient medical care on a twenty-four-hour per day basis and provides primary health services and medical/surgical care to persons suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity and other abnormal physical or mental conditions. A "hospital" use can also include attached and detached accessory uses, provided that all accessory uses are contained upon the hospital property.

A facility which provides lodging to boarders for compensation, which contains more than eight rooms, with less than 25% of all rooms having direct access to the outside without the necessity of passing through the main lobby of the building, and which may provide meals and other services as a part of the compensation.

The floodplain area specifically identified in this chapter as being inundated by the one-hundred-year flood.

Any material that covers the land which inhibits the percolation of stormwater directly into the soil, including but not limited to buildings, pavement, and stormwater facilities that discharge stormwater off the site.

Any land area characterized by any or all of the following:

Any on-site vehicular movement lane(s) that are associated with a use other than a single-family dwelling.

A common driveway that serves two to four adjoining dwelling units, as regulated in § 322.2 of this chapter.

Discarded materials that are stored awaiting potential reuse or ultimate disposal.

An area of land, with or without buildings, used for the storage, outside a completely enclosed building, of used and discarded materials, including but not limited to wastepaper, rags, metal, building materials, house furnishings, machinery, vehicles, or parts thereof, with or without the dismantling, processing, salvage, sale, or other use or disposition of the same. The deposit or storage on a lot of one or more unlicensed, wrecked, or disabled vehicles, or the major part thereof, shall be deemed to constitute a "junkyard." (A "disabled vehicle" is a vehicle intended to be self-propelled that shall not be operable under its own power for any reason or a vehicle that does not have a valid current registration plate or that has a certificate of inspection which is more than 60 days beyond the expiration date.)

Any use, except for veterinary offices, as defined herein, in which two or more animals, excluding livestock, that are older than six months (except relating to a farm) are kept, boarded, raised, bred, treated, or trained for a fee, including but not limited to dog or cat kennels.

Any of the following activities on a single lot:

A place where logs, pulpwood or firewood are assembled for transportation to processing facilities.

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, shall be deemed to be a "landowner" for the purposes of this chapter.

A completely planted visual barrier composed of evergreen shrubs and trees arranged to form both a low-level and a high-level screen between grade and to a height of six feet.

An area used for the placement of ground cover and other ornamental vegetation.

Discarded materials scattered about a site that are not normally associated with its use.

An off-street paved space suitable for the loading or unloading of goods and having direct usable access to a street or alley.

To cut tree tops and slash into smaller pieces to allow material to settle close to the ground.

Any parcel or tract of land intended as a single unit for purposes of ownership, transfer of ownership, use, rent, improvement or development. The word "lot" includes the word "plot," "parcel" or "tract." Contiguous nonconforming lots of record under single and separate ownership shall be considered one "lot" for the purposes of this chapter. A "lot," as herein defined, may or may not coincide with a lot of record.

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

The area of a lot which is covered with an impervious surface (e.g., buildings, driveways, parking area, and sidewalks).

The horizontal distance measured between the street right-of-way line and the closest rear property line. On corner and reverse-frontage lots, the "depth" shall be measured from the street right-of-way line of the street of address to the directly opposite property line.

That property line shared with a public or private street.

A lot identified on a subdivision plan or on a deed or other instrument of conveyance recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Elk County, Pennsylvania.

The horizontal distance measured between side property lines. On corner lots, "lot width" shall be measured between the right-of-way line for the nonaddress street and the directly opposite property line. Unless otherwise noted, "lot width" shall be measured at the building setback line and the street frontage.

The lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including basement). An unfinished, flood-resistant, partially enclosed area, usable solely for parking of vehicles, building access, or storage in an area other than a basement area, is not considered a building's lowest floor, provided that such space is not intended and built so that the structure is in violation of the applicable nonelevation design requirements of this chapter.

A function involving the processing, conversion or production of materials, goods, or products.

A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when attached to required utilities. This definition shall expressly exclude transport trucks or vans equipped with sleeping space for a driver or drivers, and travel trailers, except that, for the purposes of § 230 (Floodplain Overlay Zone) of this chapter, any recreational vehicle, as defined herein, park trailer, travel trailer and other similar vehicle that is contained on the same parcel for more than 180 consecutive days shall be considered a manufactured home. Manufactured homes placed in parks shall meet the requirements for manufactured home parks listed in § 438 of this chapter. Manufactured homes placed on individual lots shall be considered "dwellings" and are bound by the requirements there imposed.

A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned and improved for the placement of two or more manufactured homes for nontransient use, for rent or sale.

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

The fecal and urinary excrement of livestock and poultry, often containing some spilled feed, bedding or litter.

A detached structure or other improvement built to store manure for future use or disposal. Types of storage facilities are as follows: underground storage, in-ground storage, earthen bank, stacking area, and aboveground storage.

Trees with a caliper of six inches or more, as measured four and 1/2 feet above grade.

The water surface elevation of a flood which would completely fill the floodplain to the boundaries of the Floodplain Overlay Zone.

The average height of the sea for all stages of the tide, using the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

Any building or group of buildings occupied by licensed medical practitioners and related services for the purpose of providing health services to people on an outpatient basis.

A principal use whereby a comprehensive medical and residential environment primarily serves retirement-aged persons and/or those possessing some ailment or disability. "Medical residential campuses" also offer a variety of residential dwelling types determined by the occupants' respective needs for some level of nursing and/or medical care.

Any use licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health that administers the drug methadone in the treatment, maintenance or detoxification of persons.

The extraction of overburden and minerals from the earth; the preparation and processing of minerals, including any activities or processes or parts thereof for the extraction or removal of minerals from their original location and the preparation, washing, cleaning, crushing, stockpiling or other processing of minerals at the mine location so as to make them suitable for commercial, industrial or construction use; the removal of such materials through sale or exchange or for commercial, industrial or municipal use; and the disposition of overburden, tailings and waste at the mine location. "Mining" shall expressly exclude the following:

A building and/or series of buildings divided into separate storage units for personal property and/or property associated with some business or other organization. These units shall be used solely for dead storage, and no processing, manufacturing, sales, research and development testing, service and repair, or other non-storage activities shall be permitted. No unit shall exceed 600 square feet of gross leasable floor area.

The replacement of existing work with equivalent materials for the purpose of its routine maintenance and upkeep, but not including the cutting away of any wall, partition or portion thereof, the removal or cutting of any structural beam or bearing support, or the removal or change of any required means of egress, or rearrangement of parts of a structure affecting the exitway requirements; nor shall "minor repairs" include addition to, alteration of, replacement of or relocation of any standpipe, water supply, sewer, drainage, drain leader, gas, oil, waste, vent, or similar piping, electric wiring or mechanical or other work affecting public health or general safety.

A type of communication antenna tower that consists of a single pole or spire without guy wires or a ground anchor.

A facility which provides lodging to boarders for compensation, which contains more than eight rooms, with at least 25% of all rooms having direct access to the outside without the necessity of passing through the main lobby of the building, and which may provide meals and other services as a part of the compensation.

Those uses and facilities designed to furnish necessary support for the general public health, safety and welfare that are typically the responsibility of local governments and other locally operated service agencies and are not operated on a commercial basis. Such uses shall include but not be limited to:

A facility designed and constructed to compress natural gas that originates from an oil or gas well or collection of such wells operating as a midstream facility for delivery of oil or gas to a transportation pipe line, distribution pipe line, natural gas processing plant or underground storage field, including one or more natural gas compressors, associated buildings, pipes, valves, tanks, and other equipment.

A facility designed and constructed to remove materials such as ethane, propane, butane, or other constituents or similar substances from natural gas to allow the natural gas to be of such quality as is required or appropriate for transmission or distribution to commercial markets, but not including facilities or equipment designed and constructed to primarily remove water, water vapor, oil or naturally occurring liquids from natural gas.

Structures for which the start of construction commenced on or after August 3, 1998, and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures. For floodplain management purposes, "new construction" means structures for which the start of construction commenced on or after November 20, 1995, and any subsequent improvements thereto.

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, nor pickup, delivery or removal functions to or from the premises in excess of those normally associated with residential use. The business or commercial activity must satisfy the following requirements:

An accessory use to a principal detached single-family dwelling that is not contained upon a farm, whereupon livestock are kept exclusively by the residents of the site.

A lot, the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to the adoption or amendment of a Zoning Ordinance, but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zone 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 in the Zoning Ordinance or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment of such ordinance or amendment or prior to the application of such ordinance or amendment to its location by reason of annexation. Such "nonconforming structures" include but are not limited to nonconforming signs.

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

Any aspect of a land use that does not comply with any size, height, bulk, setback, distance, landscaping, coverage, screening, or any other design or performance standard specified by this chapter, where such dimensional nonconformity lawfully existed prior to the adoption of this chapter or amendment thereto.

A runway having an existing instrument approach procedure utilizing air navigation facilities with only horizontal guidance, or area-type navigation equipment, for which a straight-in non-precision-instrument approach procedure has been approved or planned.

Facilities designed for the housing, boarding, and dining associated with some level of nursing care.

Any wall, dam, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment, projection, excavation, channel, rectification, culvert, building, fence, stockpile, refuse, fill, structure, or matter in, along, across, or projecting into any channel, watercourse, or flood-prone area:

Any permanent building actually used for occupancy by humans or farm animals (cows, horses, pigs, sheep, goats and similar hooved animals and poultry).

A place where the primary use is conducting the affairs of a business, profession, service, or government, including administration, recordkeeping, clerical work, and similar business functions. An "office" shall not involve manufacturing, fabrication, production, processing, assembling, cleaning, testing, repair, or storage of materials, goods or products or the sale or delivery of any materials, goods, or products which are physically located on the premises. Office supplies used in the office may be stored as an incidental use.

A sign containing information or contents other than the name or insignia of the business or activity and a directional arrow or marking thereto which is placed or located on premises other than the property upon which an activity advertised is conducted and which includes any visual communication that is used to bring the subject of a business or activity to the attention of the public.

A sign which contains only the name or insignia of the business and a directional arrow or geographical indication to said business or activity which is placed or located on premises other than the property upon which the activity or business is conducted.

A commercial use at which persons can visit to wager upon, and observe by remote television, the outcomes of events that are taking place elsewhere.

Crude oil, natural gas, methane gas, coal bed methane gas, propane, butane and/or other constituents or similar substances that are produced by drilling an oil or gas well.

A flood which is likely to be equaled or exceeded once every 100 years (i.e., that has a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year). A study for the Federal Insurance Administration, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the United States Department of Agriculture's Soil Conservation Service, the United States Geological Survey, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, or a licensed professional registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to perform such a study is necessary to define this flood.

The outer boundary of an area of land that is likely to be flooded once every 100 years (i.e., that has a one-percent chance of being flooded each year). A study by the Federal Insurance Administration, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the United States Department of Agriculture's Soil Conservation Service, the United States Geological Survey, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, or a licensed surveyor or professional engineer registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is necessary to define this boundary.

The water surface elevation of the one-hundred-year flood.

The disposal of sewage generated by one principal use with the use of safe and healthful means within the confines of the lot on which the use is located, as approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

The provision of a safe, adequate and healthful supply of water to a single principal use from a private well.

A principal mining use that involves the following excavation and related processes:

A space unoccupied by buildings or paved surface and open to the sky on the same lot with the building, or the complete area of an undeveloped parcel.

Any equipment, device, apparatus, or any part thereof, which is installed, affixed or situated outdoors, for the purpose of combustion of fuel to produce heat or energy used to provide heat for an interior space or for a potable water source. An outdoor furnace may be permitted under this ordinance only as an accessory use in the Rural Conservation (R-C) Zoning District.

The strata or material overlapping a non-coal mineral deposit or in between non-coal mineral deposits in its natural state and material before or after its removal by surface mining.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

A primary retail sales business where passenger vehicles may be stored for short-term, daily, or overnight off-street parking and connected to a street by an access drive.

An accessory use in which required, and possibly additional, parking spaces are provided, subject to the requirements listed in § 312 of this chapter.

An area located on private property, outside of the street right-of-way, used for the parking of one motor vehicle and having usable access to a street or alley. The space shall consist of a stabilized area of asphalt, concrete, gravel or other dust-free material.

Those facilities designed and used for recreation purposes by the general public that are not operated on a commercial basis. This definition is meant to include the widest range of recreational activities, excluding adult-related uses, amusement arcades, amusement or theme parks, golf courses, off-track betting parlors, racetracks, and shooting ranges. Such uses may include:

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

A sign, whether commercial or noncommercial, that is located on private property for the purpose of identifying or locating activities, businesses or facilities on such property and which is constructed of such materials that demonstrate an intent that the sign be affixed indefinitely. This definition is intended to include, but not be limited to, signs advertising the owner's political or religious beliefs or support for a particular public figure or public issue.

An individual, partnership, public or private association or corporation, firm, trust, estate, municipality, governmental unit, public utility or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.

Any substance or mixture of substances intended for use in preventing, destroying, repelling, sterilizing, or mitigating any insects, rodents, nematodes, predatory animals, fungi, weeds, or other forms of plant or animal life.

Oil petroleum of any kind and in any form, including crude oil and derivatives of crude oil. It may be alone, as a sludge, as oil refuse, or mixed with other wastes.

A group of uses planned and designed as an integrated unit, with controlled ingress and egress and shared off-street parking provided on the property as an integral part of the unit. Such centers also may include planned center sign, as regulated herein.

The Planning Commission of City of Saint Marys.

A runway having an existing instrument approach procedure utilizing an instrument landing system (ILS) or a precision approach radar (PAR). It also means a runway for which a precision approach system is planned and is so indicated on an approved airport layout plan or any other planning document.

A forest practice, such as thinning or pruning, which results in better growth, structure, species composition, or health for the residual stand but which does not yield a net income to the landowner, usually because any trees cut are of poor quality, too small or otherwise of limited marketability or value.

The property upon which an activity is conducted, as determined by physical facts rather than property lines. It is the land occupied by the buildings or other physical uses that are necessary or customarily incident to the activity, including such open spaces as are arranged and designed to be used in connection with such buildings or uses. The following are not considered to be a part of the "premises" on which the activity is conducted, and any signs located on such land are to be considered off-premises advertising:

A surface longitudinally centered on a runway. When the runway has a specifically prepared hard surface, the "primary surface" extends 200 feet beyond each end of that runway; for military runways or when the runway has no specifically prepared hard surface, or planned hard surface, the "primary surface" is as set forth in this chapter. The elevation of any point on the "primary surface" is the same as the elevation of the nearest point on the runway center line.

A principal use whereby waste is brought to the site for storage, processing, treatment, transfer, or disposal.

A function which involves only the cleaning, sorting, sizing and/or packaging of products and materials.

An individual with at least a graduate degree in aquatic and/or terrestrial biology and/or ecology and with a depth of knowledge in organisms and the processes of ecological systems.

A formal meeting, held pursuant to public notice by the governing body or planning agency, intended to inform and obtain public comment prior to taking action on zoning-related matters.

A forum held pursuant to notice under the act of July 3, 1986 (P.L. 388, No. 84), known as the Sunshine Act, and subsequent amendments.[5]

Notice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature of the matter to be considered at the hearing. The first publication shall not be more than 30 days, and the second publication shall not be less than seven days, from the date of the hearing. "Public notice" for rezoning, special exception and/or variance requests shall also include the posting of a sign(s) at a conspicuous location(s) upon the subject property to notify potentially interested citizens; this sign(s) shall be posted at least one-week prior to the hearing and will exhibit the nature, date, time and location of the hearing.

A municipal sanitary sewer or a comparable community or package sanitary facility approved and permitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Such systems are capable of serving multiple users.

Use or extension thereof which is operated, owned or maintained by a public utility corporation, municipality or municipal authority or which is privately owned and approved by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission for the purpose of providing public sewage disposal and/or treatment; public water supply, storage and/or treatment; or for the purpose of providing the transmission of energy, cable television or land-based telecommunications. This definition expressly excludes antennas or towers devoted to cellular, internet and/or telecommunications services.

A municipal water supply system or a comparable community water facility approved and permitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Such systems are capable of serving multiple users.[6]

With reference to oil and gas operations, those activities which meet the specific requirements set forth in § 459.1 of this Chapter.

Any natural or artificially produced substance which emits radiation spontaneously.

A vehicle that is:

Discarded materials that have entered a reasonably continuous process whereby their reuse is imminent.

A principal use at which materials are imported, stored and mixed to create concrete that is dispatched by vehicle to job sites.

The one-hundred-year flood elevation plus a freeboard safety factor of 1 1/2 feet.

A procedure by which services or personal property are temporarily transferred to another person for a specific time period for compensation.

A function involved in correcting deficiencies of products that affect their performance and/or appearance.

An establishment that serves prepared food primarily on non-disposable tableware but can provide for incidental carry-out service so long as the area used for carry-out service does not exceed 5% of the total patron seating area nor 80 square feet, whichever is less. Caterers shall be included in this definition.

An establishment that serves prepared food generally packaged in paper wrappers and/or disposable plates and containers. Such food can be consumed either on or off the site.

Those businesses whose primary activities involve the display and sales of goods and products to the general public. This term shall not include adult-related uses, as defined herein.

Those businesses whose primary activities involve the delivery of intellectual or manual labor by the server to the general public. This term shall expressly include but not be limited to personal services but will not include adult-related uses and automobile service, as defined herein.

A man-made structure used to stably contain land at a location of substantial elevation change.

A principal use whereby equestrian instruction is offered and horses are kept, bred, trained and/or exercised upon land not occupied by the owner of the horse(s).

A corridor of publicly owned or leased land for purposes of maintaining primary vehicular and pedestrian access to abutting properties, including but not limited to roads, streets, highways, utilities and sidewalks. Abutting property owners are prohibited from encroaching across the right-of-way line. (See also "street line.")

A business or commercial activity that is conducted as an accessory use to a principal single-family detached residence and is located within an outbuilding of such residence.

The airport owned and operated by St. Marys Airport Authority.

A device incorporating a reflective surface which is solid, open-mesh or bar-configured and is in the shape of a shallow dish, cone, horn, or cornucopia. Such device shall be used to transmit and/or receive radio or electromagnetic waves between land- and/or orbitally based uses. This definition is meant to include but not be limited to what are commonly referred to as "satellite earth stations," "TVRO's," and "satellite microwave antennas."

A principal use in which supervised education or instruction is offered according to the following categories:

A dwelling, cabin, camp, cottage, lodge or summer house which is intended for occupancy less than 182 days of the year.

The required horizontal distance between a setback line and a property or street right-of-way line.

A line within a property and parallel to a property or street line which delineates the required minimum distance between some particular use of property and that property or street line.

A deciduous tree that shall have a clear trunk at least five feet above the finished grade.

A place where members of the public, for a fee or by invitation, can discharge firearms for recreation, competition, skill development, and training. For the purpose of this chapter, a "firearm" shall include any instrument that uses a propelling charge to move a projectile (e.g., rifle, gun, shotgun, pistol, air gun, or archery). A "shooting range" does not include hunting when conducted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This definition does not include the legal discharge of firearms on private property.

Any single store with greater than 30,000 square feet of gross floor area and any group of stores planned and designed for the site on which it is built, functioning as a unit, with shared off-street parking provided on the property as an integral part of the unit.

A device for visual communication that is used to bring the subject to the attention of the public, but not including lettering or symbols that are an integral part of another structure or flags or other insignia of any government, fraternal, or similar organization.

The ownership of a lot by one or more persons, which ownership is separate and distinct from that of any abutting or adjoining lot. Ownership shall be considered separate and distinct where lots have been separately described as such, by metes and bounds, in a recorded deed or conveyance prior to the enactment of this chapter, or an amendment thereto, and have continued since that date to be so separately described in all subsequent recorded deeds of conveyance.

Dragging trees on the ground from the stump to the landing by any means.

Woody debris left in the woods after logging, including logs, chunks, bark, branches, uprooted stumps, and broken or uprooted trees or shrubs.

The latest version of the City of Saint Marys Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, as may be amended from time to time.[7]

The latest published version of the United States Department of Agriculture's Soil Survey for Elk County, Pennsylvania.

A grouping of multiple solar modules or panels with the purpose of collecting solar energy.

A facility consisting of one or more modules or panels used in tandem to collect solar energy for the purpose of generating electricity or heat. A solar energy system, as regulated under this chapter, may be classified as:

A use that is generally compatible with a particular zone once specified criteria have been met. Special exception uses are listed by zone and approved by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with § 604, Subsection 3, of this chapter.

An area in the floodplain subject to a one-percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year. It is shown on the FIRM as Zone A, AO, A1-A30, AE, A99, or AH.

Any sign or part thereof which indicates or recognizes a business or other entity which donated time, money, materials or services to the City, its various departments, any governmental entity or department thereof, or a nonprofit organization for erection of the sign or for the service or activity for which the sign is erected.

Any area of forest vegetation whose site conditions, past history, and current species composition are sufficiently uniform to be managed as a unit.

Includes substantial improvement and other proposed new development and means the date the permit was issued, provided that the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition placement, or other improvement was within 180 days from the permit date. The "actual start" means either the first placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site, such as pouring of slab or footings, the installation of piles, the construction of columns, or any work beyond the stage of excavation; or the placement of a manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent construction does not include land preparation such as clearing, grading and filling, nor does it include the installation of streets and walkways, nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings, piers or foundations or the erection of temporary forms, nor does it include the installation of accessory structures on the property such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not part of the main structure. For a substantial improvement, the actual start of construction means the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor or other structural part of a building, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the building.

A function involving the deposition of materials, goods and/or products for safekeeping.

That part of a building located between a floor and the floor or roof next above. The first story of a building is the lowest story, having 75% or more of its wall area above grade level. A "half-story" is a story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plate of which on at least two opposite exterior walls is not more than two feet above such story.

Any natural or artificial channel or conveyance for surface water with an annual or intermittent flow within a defined bed and bank.

Includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, lane, viaduct and any other dedicated and adopted public right-of-way, or private right-of-way, used or intended to be used by vehicular traffic and/or pedestrians.

The horizontal line paralleling the street that bisects the street right-of-way into two equal widths. In those instances where the street right-of-way cannot be determined, the "street center line" shall correspond to the center of the cartway.

A line defining the edge of a street right-of-way and separating the street from abutting property or lots. The "street line" shall be the same as the legal right-of-way line currently in existence.

A principal mining use that involves the following excavation and related processes:

A walled and roofed building, including a gas or liquid storage tank that is principally above ground; anything constructed or erected on the ground or attached to the ground. This term includes any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land. Structures include but are not limited to buildings, sheds, cabins, and manufactured homes and travel trailers, fences, dams, culverts, roads, railroads, bridges, storage tanks, and signs. Structures shall not include such things as sandboxes, decorative fountains, swingsets, birdhouses, birdfeeders, mailboxes, and any similar nonpermanent improvements.

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.

Damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before-damaged condition would equal or exceed 50% or more of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.

Any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the structure before the "start of construction" of the improvement. This term includes structures which have incurred substantial damage, regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however, include either:

Any pool, not located within a completely enclosed building, containing, or normally capable of containing, water to a depth at any point greater than 1 1/2 feet. Farm ponds and/or lakes are not included, provided that swimming was not the primary purpose for their construction.

An establishment which serves primarily alcoholic beverages for mostly on-premises consumption and which is licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. "Taverns" may also serve food.

A sign, whether commercial or noncommercial, located for the purpose of temporarily identifying or locating activities, businesses or events and which is intended to be removed once the activity or event is completed or terminated. This definition is intended to include signs made from any type of material. This definition includes, but is not limited to, political campaign signs, religious or cultural event signs, construction-activity signs, "for sale" or realtor advertising signs, garage sale signs and similar signs.

A function involving the examination and assessment of qualities, performances and/or capabilities of a product, good or material.

That part of forestry involving cutting down trees and removing logs from the forest for the primary purpose of sale or commercial processing into wood products.

These surfaces extend outward at ninety-degree angles to the runway center line and the runway center line extended at a slope of seven feet horizontally for each foot vertically from the sides of the primary and approach surfaces to where they intersect the horizontal and conical surfaces. "Transitional surfaces" for those portions of the precision approach surfaces which project through and beyond the limits of the conical surface extend a distance of 5,000 feet, measured horizontally from the edge of the approach surface and at ninety-degree angles to the extended runway center line.

Any material that, because of its age or condition, is of little value and usefulness. Some common examples include but are not limited to:

The upper portion of a felled tree that is not marketable because of small size, taper or defect.

The conversion of an existing single-family detached dwelling unit to contain two separate dwelling units.

An oil or gas well to be drilled for the purpose of or to be used for the production of oil or natural gas employing any method of extraction other than a vertical well.

The specific purpose for which land or a structure is designed, arranged, intended, occupied or maintained.

A runway that is constructed for and intended to be used by propeller-driven aircraft of 12,500 pounds' maximum gross weight and less.

A modification of any provision of this chapter granted by the Zoning Hearing Board, subject to findings specified by the Act.

A practitioner licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who is qualified and authorized to treat diseases and injuries of animals.

Any building or group of buildings which is used primarily for the treatment of animals by a veterinarian. The facilities must include a veterinarian's office and may include indoor areas and outdoor areas used for the purpose of treatment, care, breeding, raising and/or boarding of animals.

The failure of a structure or other development to be fully compliant with any and all provisions of this chapter. For floodplain management purposes, a structure or other development without the elevation certificate or other evidence of compliance required in 44 CFR 60.3(b)(5), (c)(4), (c)(10), (d)(3), (e)(2), (e)(4), or (e)(5) is presumed to violate this chapter until such time as that documentation is provided.

A runway intended solely for aircraft using visual approach procedures.

Garbage, refuse and other discarded materials, including but not limited to solid, semisolid, contained gaseous and liquid materials resulting from municipal, industrial, institutional, commercial, agricultural, residential, and other activities. Such wastes shall also include biological excrement and hazardous waste materials, as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Chapter 1, Part 261, dated July 1, 1984, or as amended. "Waste" shall expressly include those materials defined, at any given time, as "waste" by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. For the purposes of this chapter, the difference between "waste" and "junk" or "recyclables" is that "waste" shall include materials that have entered a reasonably continuous process by which their ultimate disposal is imminent; whereas "junk" includes materials that may be stored for longer periods of time awaiting potential reuse or ultimate disposal; and whereas "recyclables" include materials that have entered a reasonably continuous process whereby their reuse is imminent.

A permanent or intermittent stream, river, brook, run, creek, channel, swale, pond, lake, or other body of surface water carrying or holding surface water, whether natural or artificial.

All the land from which water drains into a particular watercourse.

Any device which converts wind energy to mechanical or electrical energy, and shall include blades, hubs to which blades are attached, and any device, such as a tower, used to support the hub and/or rotary blades, etc.

The site where drilling activities for a conventional or unconventional well take place, excluding access roads or pipeline rights-of-way serving the site, as delineated in the applicant's erosion and sedimentation control general permit for earth disturbances issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, or such larger area as is actually used for drilling activities.

The transitional area extending from the outer limit of a delineated wetland. For the purpose of this chapter, the "wetland margin" shall extend 50 feet from the wetland boundary or to limit of the hydric soils outside the boundary, whichever is less.

Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, including swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas, and which may be identified as jurisdictional wetlands using methods described in the 1989 edition of the Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands (Government Printing Document No. 024-010-00-683-8).

Any distribution procedure involving persons who, in the normal course of business, do not engage in sales to the general public.

An assemblage of wind energy devices whose main purpose is to supply electricity, consisting of one or more wind turbines and other accessory structures, including but not limited to substations, towers, electrical infrastructure, transmission lines and other appurtenant facilities.

An opening to the outside other than a door which provides all or part of the required natural light, natural ventilation or both to an interior space. The glazed portion of a door in an exterior wall may be construed to be a "window" in regard to provision of natural light.

A wind energy device that converts wind energy into electricity through the use of a wind turbine generator, and includes the nacelle, rotor, tower, and pad transformer, if any.

An area between the permitted structures and the property lines.

The display of personal possessions, and those of friends, relatives and neighbors, for sale to the general public upon the property of one's residence.

The designation of specified districts within the City, reserving them for certain uses, together with limitations on lot size, heights of structures and other stipulated requirements.

The duly constituted municipal official designated to administer and enforce this chapter in accordance with its literal terms.

A facility in which animals are kept for public display. In addition, this use can also include the conduct of other occasional special events. In addition, this use also includes accessory uses (e.g., eateries, exhibits, and shops). In addition, this use can also include for the provision of resident employee and guest lodging services for both humans and animals incidental to the visit or stay on the site. Finally this use may also include veterinary care for animals kept at or visiting the site.