Tinicum Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE II
Definitions
§ 395-12 Interpretation of language.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and phrases shall be construed throughout this chapter to have the meaning indicated herein. Words used in the present tense include the future. The singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular. The word "building" includes the word "structure." The phrase "used for" includes "arranged for," "designed for," "intended for," "maintained for," or "occupied for." The word "person" includes an individual, corporation, partnership, incorporated association or any other similar entity. The words "includes" or "including" shall not limit the term to the specified examples but are intended to extend their meaning to all other instances of like kind and character. The words "shall" and "will" are mandatory and not discretionary, and the word "may" is permissive. Terms not defined herein shall have the meaning customarily assigned to them.
§ 395-13 Definition of terms.
In this chapter, words, terms and phrases shall have the following meanings:
A structure detached from a principal building on the same lot and incidental and subordinate to the principal building or use.
A use of land or of a building or portion thereof customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the land or building and located on the same lot with such principal use.
Live or non-live entertainment containing specified sexual activities or displaying or presenting specified anatomical areas. This definition is a broad overall definition which includes the activities and uses of an adult cabaret, adult dance hall, adult club, adult bar, adult tavern, adult materials sales, adult mini-motion-picture theater, adult motion picture theater, peep shows and sexual encounter center, all as part of its definition for adult entertainment. See also Article XIXA for additional related definitions.
A commercial or governmental establishment dealing with the handling, packing, re-packing, transfer, or conveyance of packages or materials transported by aircraft.
Any machine supported for flight in the air by dynamic action of air on its surfaces including airplanes, helicopters and similar craft.
Philadelphia International Airport or any area of land or water which is used, or intended to be used, for the landing and takeoff of aircraft and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended to be used, for airport buildings or air navigation facilities or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities thereon. As used herein, the term "Airport" includes public airports but excludes private airports and heliports.
Current elevation at Philadelphia International Airport is 36 feet as measured by the North American Vertical Datum of 1988, as amended, the highest point of an airport's usable landing area measured in feet above sea level.
Any structure or object, natural or manmade, or use of land which obstructs the airspace required for flight or aircraft in landing or taking off at an airport or is otherwise hazardous as defined by "Airport Hazard" in 74 Pa.C.S.A. § 5102.
Any area of land or water upon which an airport hazard might be established if not prevented as provided for in this chapter and the Act 164 of 1984 (Pennsylvania Laws Relating to Aviation).[1]
All these zones as applied to the Philadelphia International Airport are defined in Article XIXA, AP Airport Hazard Overlay District.
A parking facility that provides parking of motor vehicles predominantly for customers using the passenger transport service of the airport.
A use that requires the presence of an airport in the vicinity of the use and/or performs operations that maintain, repair and support aircraft or airport operations. Examples of these uses are aircraft maintenance and repair, aircraft de-icing facilities, cargo transfer facilities and similar uses directly dependent on or closely connected to aircraft or airport operations.
A use that has some connection or relationship to the uses and activities normally carried on at airports. These uses, although related to airport activities, do not need to be located in the immediate vicinity of the airport.
A change or rearrangement of the supporting members of an existing building or an enlargement of a building or structure.
A structure containing three or more apartment units.
One or more rooms with private bath and kitchen facilities comprising an independent, self-contained dwelling unit in a building.
An establishment engaged in the repair of the exterior or body of automobiles.
An enclosed area partly or completely below grade. A basement shall be considered a story for the purpose of height measurement if the basement ceiling is five feet or more above the average grade level around the building.
Overnight accommodation and a morning meal in a dwelling unit provided to transients for compensation. The facility shall not operate more than 12 lodging rooms.
A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service or entertainment conducted, sold or offered at a location other than the premises on which the sign is located.
A building arranged for use for lodging, with or without meals, not occupied as a single-family unit.
A strip of land adjacent to the boundary line intended to separate one use or district from another by providing an open, unobstructed space intended to absorb, shield or block noise, light, view or other impacts of the use having the greater impact. Buffers shall be planted with grass or other ground cover and may be part of the required yards. Buffers are usually employed between a residential district and abutting nonresidential districts having greater impacts. There shall be no structures, equipment, storage, parking or trash disposal in buffer areas. Dimensions of buffers shall be as required by the zoning district.
Any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.
The ratio obtained by dividing the ground floor of all principal and accessory buildings on a lot by the total area of the lot upon which buildings are located.
The vertical distance measured from the average level of the ground surrounding the structure to the top of the highest point of the roof for flat roofs and to the ridge of sloped roofs. Chimneys, spires, towers, mechanical equipment, penthouses, tanks, antennas and similar projections of the buildings not intended for human occupancy shall not be included in calculating the height.
A line parallel to the street right-of-way line which establishes the actual location of the front wall of the principal building on the lot.
A line parallel to the street right-of-way line at a distance that is equal to the depth of the front yard required for the district in which the lot is located.
A large tract of land that has been planned, developed and operated as an integrated facility for a number of businesses or industrial establishments, with special attention to circulation, parking, aesthetics and compatibility.
A restaurant designed so that customers carry their meals from a counter to their tables.
A statement signed by the Code Enforcement Officer setting forth that the use of a building or structure legally complies with the applicable codes and regulations and that the same may be used for the purposes stated therein.
A child day-care facility in which seven or more children who are not related to the operator receive childcare. A child day-care center must have a certificate of compliance ("license") from the state Department of Public Welfare in order to legally operate.
Any person specifically designated as such by the Tinicum Township Board of Commissioners to enforce this chapter and other codes, ordinances and regulations of the Township.
Any device used for the transmission or reception of radio, television, wireless telephone, pager, commercial mobile radio service or any other wireless communications signals, including without limitation omnidirectional or whip antennas and directional or panel antennas, owned or operated by any person or entity licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate such device. This definition shall not include private residence mounted satellite dishes or television antennas or amateur radio equipment including without limitation ham or citizen band radio antennas.
An unmanned building or cabinet containing communications equipment required for the operation of communications antennas and covering an area on the ground not greater than 250 square feet.
A structure other than a building, such as a monopole, self-supporting or guyed tower, designed and used to support communications antennas.
A dwelling, licensed by the Department of Public Welfare, shared by persons requiring special care and their supervisors who live together as a single housekeeping unit in a family-like environment. This facility is designed to create a residential environment for the developmentally disabled, handicapped or similar groups unable to live without supervision. The maximum number of residents in a facility shall not exceed three which is the maximum number of unrelated persons permitted in a "family." These facilities shall not be used to accommodate persons recovering from the effects of drugs or alcohol or inmates of penal institutions.
A facility used for conferences, seminars, and similar events, with accommodations for sleeping, food preparation/service and eating. The center may include a banquet facility, recreation, entertainment, meeting rooms, fitness and health facilities, retail stores, personal service such as beauty and barbershops, and similar uses customarily included in conference centers.
A change in the use of a building: for example, the change of a single-family dwelling into a two-family dwelling or the change of a retail use to office uses. Such change may be accomplished without subdivision or the introduction of a new owner. Where the use and dimensional regulations of this chapter permit, such conversion may be accomplished by appropriate alteration upon the issuance of the necessary permits.
Unless otherwise stipulated in this chapter, the term "density" shall mean the maximum number of dwelling units per gross acre.
Any landowner, agent of such landowner, or tenant with the permission of such landowner, who makes or causes to be made subdivision, land development or any other development.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures, streets and other paving, utilities, dredging, filling, grading, excavation or drilling operations and the subdivision of land.
Any building or structure, except temporary housing, which is wholly or partly used or intended to be used or available for use or available to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants.
A single unit providing complete independent living facilities for one or more persons functioning as a family, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
A single-family dwelling unit within a building which unit has at least one party wall in common with other dwelling units in the same row; a townhouse or row house. After the effective date of this chapter, no such building shall have more than six attached units.
A building designed for and occupied exclusively as a residence for only one family with yards on all sides of the dwelling.
Two dwelling units, each accommodating one family, which are attached side by side by means of a party wall with each dwelling unit having only one side yard.
Two dwelling units, each accommodating one family, which are arranged one on top of the other, with each dwelling unit having two side yards.
A proposed bicycle and pedestrian trail which when completed is expected to connect the major cities on the eastern seaboard and extend from Maine to Florida.
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance, by public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems and their essential buildings, excluding communications towers and communications antennas, as defined herein.
Federal Aviation Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Any number of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit when said individuals are related by blood, marriage, or adoption, including foster children: or no more than three unrelated individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit with single kitchen facilities.
A home other than the child's own home, operated for profit or not for profit, in which childcare is provided at any one time to four, five or six children unrelated to the operator.
A boat or other craft intended and designed for the transport or conveyance of not more than 30 passengers. Such vessel shall not exceed a length of 80 feet.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building measured from the exterior face of exterior walls or from the center line of a wall separating two buildings, but not including interior parking spaces, loading space for motor vehicles or any space the floor-to-ceiling height is less than six feet. "Gross floor area" also includes but is not limited to the following:
The preparation, packaging, separation, shrink-wrapping and vacuum sealing of food items for the purpose of later consumption; or the preparation, cooking, and baking of raw food items, generally in large quantities, for transport to off-site locations for consumption.
Any building located within a development site which is separate from any group or cluster development on such site and which shall comply with the regulations of the district in which it is located.
Any area of land, including structures thereon, or any building or part of thereof that is used for the sale of gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel or accessories and which may or may not include facilities for lubricating, washing or otherwise servicing motor vehicles, but which shall not include painting or body and fender repairs.
A property and/or place of business where flammable or combustible liquids used as motor fuels are stored and dispensed from fixed equipment into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles by a person other than the service station attendant.
Those chemicals or substances, which are defined as "physical hazards" or "health hazards" in the most recently adopted Uniform Construction Code.
The vertical distance measured from the ground level to the highest point on a communications tower, including antennas mounted on the tower.
Any building, other than a spa/retreat, in which there are five or more guest rooms used, designed or intended to be used, let, or hired out for the purpose of offering to the general public lodging on a day-to-day basis not to exceed 30 consecutive calendar days, where the primary entrance is through a lobby or foyer, and also, in which there are no provisions for cooking in any individual room or suite unless specifically permitted by the Zoning Hearing Board. A hotel may include additional facilities and services, such as restaurants, meeting rooms, entertainment, personal services, and recreational facilities.
The coverage of the lot area or tract area by materials that prevent the percolation of water into the soil and generate stormwater runoff, such as buildings, streets, parking areas, driveways, and any other similar surfaces including stone and/or gravel.
A strip of land located generally within Eddystone Borough, Ridley Township and Tinicum Township between I-95 and the Delaware River within which the Industrial Corridor Design, Phase 1 component of the Delaware County Renaissance Program permits lower-impact, technology-based and water-related used in specified zoning districts.
A scientific, industrial, research, testing, experimental or product development facility, provided that any laboratory animals shall, at all times, be kept within completely enclosed buildings. Also, all chemical, biological, or other substances, emissions, or by-products of the procedures or operations conducted within the laboratory shall be confined to the facility and not be permitted to escape or be emitted outside the facility.
An area landscaped with grass, ground cover, shrubs, or similar plantings placed where required by this chapter and permanently maintained. See § 395-142.
A runway that is intended to be used by propeller driven aircraft of greater than 12,500 pounds maximum gross weight as well as jet powered aircraft.
A tract of land that has been planned, developed, and operated as an integrated facility for a number of individual industrial establishments, with special attention to circulation, parking, utility needs, aesthetics and compatibility. The park may contain mixed uses, or flex space in the form of manufacturing support facilities, showroom and display areas, offices and office support functions, and research and product development related uses.
Industrial processes where the finished item, material or product does not exceed 30 cubic feet, which is conducted in an enclosed building and which complies with all performance standards listed in Article XXIV. There shall be no deliveries by vehicles having a gross vehicle weight in excess of 23,000 pounds.
An accommodation off the street for loading and unloading of trucks in the form of one or more truck berths located either within or outside a building on the same lot. Such spaces shall comply with § 395-159.
A parcel of land that is or may be occupied by a building and/or accessory structure or use, including yards and setbacks as are required within the district in which the parcel is located.
The total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot, excluding street right of way.
The distance along a straight line measured from the midpoint of the front lot line to the midpoint of the rear lot line.
A line of public record bounding a lot that divides one lot from another lot or from a public or private street or any other public space.
The line separating the lot from the street right-of-way.
Any lot line, except the front lot line, which is parallel to, or within 45° of being parallel to, and does not intersect any street line, except in the case of corner lots.
Any lot line that is not a front or rear lot line.
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured at right angles to the lot depth at the building setback line.
A lot bounded by intersecting streets on at least two sides. Both yards adjacent to streets shall be considered front yards.
The lot area established by this chapter on which a use or structure may be located in a particular district.
Establishments primarily engaged in selling marine-related products to other businesses, including retailers, industrial and commercial, or acting as agents or brokers and buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, such individuals or companies.
Act 16 of 2016, 35 P.S. § 10231.101, as amended from time to time.
A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which is registered by the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under the Medical Marijuana Act to dispense medical marijuana. The term does not include a health care medical marijuana organization under Chapter 19 of the Medical Marijuana Act.
A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which is registered by the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under the Medical Marijuana Act to grow and process medical marijuana. The term does not include a health care medical marijuana organization under Chapter 19 of the Medical Marijuana Act.
A building containing rental units with entrances provided directly or closely in connection with automobile parking serving such rooms, which is designed, intended or used principally for the provision of sleeping accommodations for automobile travelers and is suitable for occupancy at all seasons of the year, including meeting, dining and similar accessory facilities.
A building designed or converted to accommodate three or more commercial tenants. Each tenant shall operate a use that is permitted in the district where the building is located.
A structure for which construction was started after the effective date of this chapter.
A business or commercial activity which is clearly secondary to the use as a residential dwelling and involves no customer, client or patient traffic, whether vehicular or pedestrian, pickup, delivery or removal from the premises, in excess of those normally associated with residential use, and complies with § 395-144.
A building or structure that does not comply with the provisions of this chapter, as amended, where such building or structure lawfully existed prior to the effective date of this chapter or of amendments thereafter.
Any lawful lot that does not conform to one or more of the applicable provisions of the district in which it is located either on the effective date of this chapter or of amendments thereafter.
A use, whether of land or a structure, which does not comply with the applicable provisions of this chapter, where such use was lawfully in existence prior to the effective date of this chapter or amendments thereafter.
Any structure, growth or other object, including a mobile object, which exceeds a limiting height set forth in Article XIXA of this chapter.
Buildings, structures or parts thereof used to conduct the business of administrative, professional, or clerical operations, but not including an office for an escort bureau or outcall entertainment referral service. Incidental uses, such as medical or dental testing or diagnostic services, are permitted in conjunction with medical and dental offices.
A tract of land that has been planned, developed, and operated as an integrated facility for the office uses of a number of individual business establishments, with special attention to circulation, parking, utility needs, aesthetics and compatibility.
A multilevel structure used for the parking of automobiles owned by the general public or operated principally for users of the Philadelphia International Airport.
A reasonably level space, having a surface slope not exceeding 6%. Such space shall have an area as listed in Article XXII, which shall be exclusive of passageways, driveways, or other means of circulation or access.
A use that promotes walking, window-shopping, and general pedestrian activity. Examples of these uses are restaurants, retail stores, food stores and service establishments. These establishments that are generally located in centralized parts of a community, and rely mainly on customers from nearby neighborhoods who could walk to these establishments. Attractive paving, period lighting, plazas, benches and shade trees are important components of pedestrian-oriented uses.
Pennsylvania Act 247 of 1968 (P.L. 805) as amended, also cited as 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., or any subsequent act of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which replaces, supplements, or repeals any or all of the provisions of Act 247.
Written municipal permission issued by the appropriate local official empowering the holder thereof to do some act not forbidden by law but not permitted without such authorization.
A business engaged in providing services involving the care or appearance of a person, his or her clothing or similar personal needs. Included in this definition are barber, beautician, shoe repair, fitness club, laundry or cleaner, or similar establishment, but not including a tattoo parlor.
A land surface that consists of material that permits full absorption of stormwater.
A strip of trees, bushes, or hedges adjacent to the boundary of a property which, at time of planting, shall be not less than six feet high and of sufficient density to constitute an effective visual screen and thereby give visual protection to abutting properties. Such screen shall consist primarily of dense evergreens that shall be planted not farther than seven feet from one another and shall be permanently maintained. Deciduous trees may be added to create interest and variety. Also see § 395-141.
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 building or use which is the primary building or use on a lot as distinguished from a building or buildings relating to an accessory, incidental or subordinate use. The primary purpose for which land, a building or a subordinate structure or the use thereof is designed, arranged or intended.
As used in the waterfront districts of this chapter, a way or path used to provide access to the water's edge generally for pedestrians and bicyclists.
A structure, owned and operated by a public utility electric company regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, designed and used to support overhead electricity transmission lines.
A place designed and equipped for the conduct of sports, leisure time activities and other customary and usual recreational activities.
Any premises used for the sale of food, refreshments, and nonalcoholic beverages the design or method operation of which includes the serving of food and beverages in disposable containers where food or beverages are not normally delivered to the customer's table by an employee of the restaurant. Such restaurant may also include the delivery of food and beverages directly from the restaurant to the customer in his or her motor vehicle.
Any premises used for the sale, dispensing and/or serving of food, refreshments, or beverages where the customer is normally involved with an individual menu and is served by a restaurant employee at the table, booth, or counter at which said items are consumed.
Land acquired by reservation, dedication, prescription, condemnation or other legal manner and occupied or intended to be occupied by a public or private street, crosswalk, electric transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, water line, watercourse, or similar uses.
The line that forms the boundary of a street, public, or private.
Any dwelling or part thereof containing one or more rooming units, in which space is let by the owner, operator or manager to three or more persons who are not related to each another by blood, adoption, marriage or formal foster relationship.
An antenna together with all attachments and parts, the purpose of which is to receive communication from orbiting satellites. Such antennas shall comply with § 395-139.
Any barrier intended and designed to shield properties and uses from other uses or activities having greater visual, sound, and other impacts (e.g., screening of residential uses from impacts of industrial uses or activities).
The distance between the street right-of-way line or a lot line and any building on a lot.
The minimum distance from the street right-of-way line and any other lot line that establishes the area, commonly known as the "building envelope," within which the principal structure must be erected or placed.
A group of commercial establishments planned, constructed and managed as a total entity, including both attached buildings and freestanding buildings, with customer and employee parking provided on site.
Any object, device, display, or illustration which is used to advertise, identify, display, direct, or attract attention to an object, person, institution, organization, business, product, service, event, or location by any means, including words, letters, numbers or symbols.
The entire face of a sign including the advertising surface and framing, trim or molding, but not including the supporting structure.
The area or display surface used for the message.
The supports, uprights, braces, and framework of the sign.
A sign that identifies a home occupation.
A sign which has its letters or design applied to cloth, canvas or other flexible material which is durable and weather resistant.
A sign that is mounted or painted on or attached to an awning, canopy or other fabric, plastic, or structural protective cover over a door, entrance, window or outdoor service area.
A sign or portion thereof with characters' letters or illustrations that can be changed or rearranged without altering the face or the surface of the sign. A sign on which the message changes more than eight times per day shall be considered an animated sign and not a changeable copy sign for purposes of this chapter. A sign on which the only copy that changes is an electronic or mechanical indication of time or temperature shall be considered a "time and temperature sign" and not a changeable copy sign for purposes of this chapter.
A movable sign which is not secured or attached permanently to the ground.
A sign limited to directional messages principally for pedestrians or vehicular traffic, such as "entry," "exit," "one way," "loading," "service area," "fire lanes," "parking" or a similar sign incidental to the primary use and not itself advertising or naming that use except as required by law.
A detached sign which shall include any sign placed upon or in the ground, supported by a post, stake, etc. and not attached to any building.
A sign, supported by the ground independent of any other structure, generally supported by timbers and not exceeding five feet in height.
A sign depicting the nature, logo, trademark, or other identifying symbol, address, or any combination of the name, symbol, and address of a building, business, development, or establishment on the premises where it is located.
A sign lighted by or exposed to artificial lighting either by lights on or in the sign or directed towards the sign.
A sign, generally informational, that has a purpose secondary to the use of the property on which it is located, such as "no parking," "entrance," "loading only," "telephone," and other similar directives. No sign with a commercial message legible from a position off the lot on which a sign is located shall be considered incidental.
A sign which depicts the menu of food and/or drink for sale at an eating or drinking establishment.
A sign that contains moving text or graphics programmed by the on/off action of multiple LED bulbs.
A sign indicating only the name and/or profession and address of the person(s) residing or legally occupying the premises.
A sign that is attached to a building and which projects more than 12 inches from such building.
A type of temporary sign that has a high turnover, such as those advertising sales and frequent price changes. These signs are most commonly found on windows/doors of supermarkets, grocery stores and beverage distributors. In most cases, these signs are constructed of paper, cardboard, or other lightweight materials.
A projecting sign capable of swinging freely by the wind but is not automated or activated to swing in any manner. Sign shall be tethered so that the arc of its swing does not exceed 45°. Sign bottom must be at least eight feet from the ground surface.
A sign that is used in connection with an event, situation, or circumstance that is designed or intended to take place or be completed within 30 days after the permit for the sign was issued or is intended to remain on the location where it is placed or erected for not more than 30 days.
A sign posted on, painted on, suspended from or otherwise affixed to a wall or vertical surface of a building that does not project more than 12 inches from the wall or vertical surface to which it is attached.
A sign attached or affixed to a window or door.
A facility for the collection of paper, glass, aluminum or other officially designated recyclable materials. Such facility shall have an area of not more than 500 feet, located permanently on the same lot with a principal or host use. No power-driven processing equipment is to be used on the site. A permit from the Township shall be required to establish operation of such facility.
A barrier or screen designed to shield a use from the sound impacts of another use or activity that emits substantial noise or sound. An example is a sound barrier between airport-dependent uses and residential or commercial uses.
A public or private way used or intended to be used as a means of vehicular and pedestrian travel and access to abutting properties and space for public utilities, which is improved to the satisfaction of the Township.
The line dividing the street and the abutting property. The street line shall be the same as the right-of-way.
Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on the ground or attached to something having a fixed location on the ground.
Any body of water, tank, or receptacle of water having a depth at any point of greater than two feet used or intended to be used for swimming or bathing solely by the owner, his family and guests of the household and constructed, installed, established or maintained outside any building in or above the ground upon any premises as an accessory use to the residence.
A building containing single-family attached dwelling units (townhouse units) in which each townhouse unit is attached only by a party wall or walls to one or two other townhouse units. Townhouse buildings erected after the effective date of this chapter shall contain not less than three or more than six attached units.
A contiguous area of land developed as a single entity for a number of townhouse buildings, the development plan for which corresponds with the specific regulations of § 395-152J.
An area, lot, parcel, site or property that is the subject of a subdivision and/or land development.
The total acreage of a subdivision or land development. Tract area shall be measured to the ultimate right-of-way line of public streets.
An open-air space that provides a clear view across one or more lots to the Delaware River or Darby Creek from an abutting street, sidewalk, park, plaza or other public space.
A runway intended solely for the operation of aircraft using visual approach procedures.
A use that requires direct access to, or location adjacent to or in marine or tidal waters, and which therefore is not customarily located in inland areas. Water-dependent uses include but are not limited to marinas, recreational and commercial fishing and boating facilities, waterfront dock and port facilities and light industrial uses dependent on waterborne transportation.
A use where a substantial portion of the goods or services provided are derived from water or waterfront-dependent activities or in connection with such activities. Also, a use that relies on or is associated with the recreational, environmental, historical, cultural, tourist-related or activity generating aspects, activities or potential of the waterfront.
An eating and/or drinking place located in the W-1 or W-1A Waterfront District that complies with the district purposes relating to size and scope of development as stated in § 395-91. No such restaurant/bar shall have a floor area devoted to patron use in excess of 3,000 square feet. The term "bar" shall include lounge, tavern, or any other establishment serving alcoholic beverages.
A retail store or shop located in the W-1 or W-1A Waterfront District, which complies with the statements relating to size and scope of development in the district, as noted in § 395-91. No such store shall be established or enlarged to have a floor area devoted to customer use in excess of 3,000 square feet.
An unobstructed open space on the same lot with a principal building which lot extends from a street line or lot line inward to the principal building and is not less than the required yard.
A yard extending the full width of the lot, the depth of which extends from the front lot line to the nearest point of the principal building and not less than the required front yard.
A yard extending the full width of the lot, the depth of which extends from the rear lot line to the nearest point of the principal building and not less than the required rear yard.
The open space between a lot line and the buildable area or "building envelope" within which the principal building must be placed or erected.
A yard extending between the inside lines of the front and rear yards and extending in width from the side lot line to the nearest point of the principal building and not less than the required side yard.
In the case of a lot bounded by streets on at least two sides, both yards abutting streets shall be considered front yards. The rear yard shall be that opposite the shorter street frontage while the side yard shall be that opposite the longer frontage. In case this definition does not provide sufficient information for a clear determination of side and rear yard on a corner lot, the Township Engineer or Code Enforcement Officer shall make that determination.