A flood that has one chance in 100 years or a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. For the purposes of this chapter, the 100-year flood (base flood) as defined by the Federal Insurance Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, in the Flood Insurance Study, the Borough of Trappe.

An accredited medical school within this commonwealth that operates or partners with an acute care hospital licensed within this commonwealth.

A self-contained residential dwelling unit resulting from the conversion of an existing single-family detached dwelling into two units. The accessory unit is complete with kitchen and bath facilities, has direct access to the outdoors, and is physically subordinate to the primary unit that exists in the dwelling. When built as an addition, the unit must include at least one structural wall in common with the single-family dwelling.

A subordinate use or building customarily incidental to and located on the same lot occupied by the main use or building. The term "accessory building" may include a private garage, garden shed or barn, private playhouse, private greenhouse, guesthouse, caretaker's cottage, or servants' quarters, as hereinafter provided. An outdoor private swimming pool is an accessory use but not an accessory building. Where any part of the wall of an accessory building is part of the wall of a main building, or where the accessory building is attached to the main building by a roof, including carports however covered, such accessory building shall be deemed part of the main building. Unless specifically allowed otherwise by this chapter, a detached building that is accessory to a dwelling shall not include cooking facilities, a shower or a bath tub, and shall not be used for overnight sleeping purposes.

Dwelling units arranged and constructed to serve the needs or older persons who prefer an independent residential environment. Age-restricted housing shall comply with applicable regulations of the Federal Fair Housing Act, as amended.[1]

An enterprise that is actively engaged in the commercial production and preparation for market of crops, livestock and livestock products and in the production, harvesting and preparation for market or use of agricultural, agronomic, horticultural, silvicultural and aquacultural crops and commodities. The term includes an enterprise that implements changes in production practices and procedures or types of crops, livestock, livestock products or commodities produced consistent with practices and procedures that are normally engaged by farmers or are consistent with technological development within the agricultural industry.

The cultivating of the soil, and the raising and harvesting of products of the soil, including, but not by limitation, nursery horticulture and forestry.

An alteration, as applied to a building, is any change, rearrangement in the structural parts, or any enlargement, whether by extending on any side or by increasing in height, or adapting in any way to a different use, or moving from one location or position to another, or in the case of a nonconforming use, any structural change which would prolong the life of such use.

All non-human vertebrate and invertebrate species, whether wild or domestic, commonly considered to be part of the animal kingdom.

The raising and keeping of livestock and poultry not classified as intensive agriculture.

Any animal of a species prohibited by Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations or otherwise as controlled by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It shall include any animal which is wild, fierce, dangerous, noxious, or naturally inclined to do harm. Wild animals, however domesticated, shall also include but not limited to:

Any exterior transmitting or receiving device mounted on a tower, building, or structure, and used in communications that radiate or capture electromagnetic waves, digital signals, analog signals, radio frequencies (excluding radar signals), wireless telecommunications signals, or other communication signals. Such devices shall not be deemed to be a public utility or public use.

The area which lies between a satellite dish antenna and an orbiting satellite.

See dwelling, multiple.

A place of business where three or more coin-operated video game machines are located.

A work of art sited within view from the public right-of-way. This can include murals, outdoor sculptures, or infrastructure, such as fixtures or furniture, and other functional elements designed and/or built for artistic purposes.

A building which is rented by individuals or groups to accommodate private functions including but not limited to banquets, weddings, anniversaries and other similar celebrations. Such use may or may not include kitchen facilities for the preparation or catering of food, and the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption only during scheduled events and not open to the general public.

The flood that has been selected to serve as the basis upon which the floodplain management provisions of this chapter and other ordinances have been prepared; for purposes of this chapter, the 100-year flood, as referenced in the current Flood Insurance Study, Borough of Trappe, prepared by the Federal Insurance Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The 100-year flood elevation, as referenced in the Flood Insurance Study, Borough of Trappe, prepared by the Federal Insurance Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency. Within the approximated floodplain, alluvial soils; floodplain, or areas to be determined as floodplain as documented by the Borough Engineer, the 100-year flood elevation shall be established as a point on the boundary of the approximated floodplain nearest to the construction site in question.

Any area of the building having its floor subgrade (below ground level) on all sides.

A building where lawful gambling activities are conducted, including but not limited to off-track parimutual betting. This term shall not include betting under the state lottery programs or betting under the "Small Games of Chance" provisions of state law, which shall instead be regulated under the regulations applicable to the principal use of the property.

A type of off-premises sign that has a sign area of greater than 10 square feet.

A building or part thereof designed for and occupied as a residence containing one or more rooming units, whether or not meals are furnished to lodgers and in which no transients are accommodated, and no public restaurant is maintained. A school or college dormitory, fraternity or sorority house, and other similar uses are not deemed a boardinghouse or rooming house.

Any establishment that uses any method of placing ink or pigment into or under the skin or mucosa by the aid of needles or any other instrument used to puncture the skin, resulting in permanent coloration of the skin or mucosa. This includes all forms of cosmetic tattooing.

The means of puncturing or penetrating a person's skin with presterilized single-use needles and the insertion of presterilized jewelry or other adornment thereto in the opening, except that puncturing the outer perimeter or lobe of the ear with a presterilized single-use stud-and-clasp ear-piercing system shall not be included in this definition.

A place of assembly or any other use defined in this chapter, other than a dwelling unit, including but not limited to restaurants, taverns, clubs and social buildings, that is not licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, in which no intoxicating beverages are sold, but where patrons are permitted to bring intoxicating beverages upon the premises for their own use and consumption only.

Any structure, whether built conventionally or in a manner generally referred to as a "mobile" or "modular" home having enclosing walls and roof, permanently affixed to the land.

The ratio of the total ground floor area of all buildings on a lot to the total area of the lot on which they are located.

The line which establishes the minimum depth of front yard for the particular district as measured from the ultimate right-of-way.

A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is situated.

The individual designated by a patient to deliver medical care, including marijuana.

A person or business that prepares and provides food, beverages, or both, along with the necessary accessories for serving these products, for consumption. The food and beverages are provided for events that are located off the business establishment's premises.

Land used for burial of dead bodies or cremated remains.

A use engaged primarily in the cashing of checks by individuals or the deferred deposit of personal checks whereby the check casher refrains from depositing a personal check written by a customer until a specific date; or the offering of a loan until a paycheck would be received by the person receiving the loan. This term shall not include a state- of federally chartered bank, savings association, credit union, or industrial loan association, or a retail store engaged primarily in selling or leasing items to retail customers and that cashes a check for a fee not routinely exceeding 1% of the check amount as a service to its customers incidental to the retail store principal use.

Care given to four or more children under 16 years of age, away from the child's own home, given for part of a twenty-four-hour day, on a regular basis. Child care does not include care furnished in churches during religious services, care in public or private elementary junior high or high schools before, during or after hours of instruction, nursery schools, or care given by relatives.

A facility, other than a dwelling unit, in which child care is provided for seven or more children at any one time. A child care center may be a customarily incidental accessory use to a place of employment, such as an office or manufacturing use, if care is primarily given to children of employees of the principal use.

A voluntary, nonprofit, incorporated or unincorporated association for the purpose of a social, literary or political nature.

An area of land to be developed as a single entity for a number of single-family detached dwellings in compliance with the cluster regulations of this chapter.

See "boardinghouse."

A post-secondary educational institution authorized by the State of Pennsylvania to award associate, baccalaureate or higher degrees.

Any structure that is constructed for the primary purpose of supporting one or more communications antennas, including, but not limited to, self-supporting lattice towers, guy towers and monopoles. Distributed antenna system hub facilities are considered to be telecommunications towers.

The antennas, nodes, control boxes, towers, poles, conduits, ducts, pedestals, electronics and other equipment used for the purpose of transmitting, receiving, distributing, providing, or accommodating wireless communications services.

Maps, charts, descriptive matter officially adopted by the Borough showing, among other things, recommendations for the most appropriate use of land; for the most desirable density of population; for a system of thoroughfares, parkways and recreation areas; for the general location and extent of facilities for water, sewer, light and power; for the general location, character and extent of community facilities.

An agricultural operation where the animal density exceeds two Animal Equivalent Units (1,000 pounds live weight, such as 1,000 head of beef cattle, 700 dairy cows, 2,500 swine weighing more than 55 pounds, 125 thousand broiler chickens, or 82 thousand laying hens or pullets) per acre on an annualized basis.

A use permitted in a particular zoning district pursuant to the provisions of Article VI of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[2]

The construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, extension, expansion, alteration, or relocation of a building or structure including the placement of a mobile home.

A location containing properly installed, certified apparatus intended for the use in and the act of cremation.

See "child care center."

A developable acre consists of all land whose dimensions calculate to the square footage of an acre but in making such calculation, such land as is located within existing road ultimate rights-of-way, noncontiguous land; 100% of floodplain, wetlands, ponds and lakes; 50% of slopes from 15% to 25%, 85% of slopes over 25% and 50% of existing utility rights-of-way shall be excluded in the calculation of the developable acre.

Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures, the placement of mobile homes, streets and other paving, utilities, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations, or the storage of equipment or materials.

A building or portion thereof which contains living quarters for five or more students, staff or members of a college, university, primary or secondary boarding school, theological school, hospital, religious order or comparable organization, provided that such building is either owned or managed by such organization.

A use which provides for some or all customers to receive services, obtain food or other goods, or be entertained while remaining in their motor vehicles.

A building designed for and occupied exclusively for residential purposes, excluding hotel, rooming house, tourist home, institutional home, residential club, motor court and the like.

A building or portion thereof providing complete housing facilities for one family.

A dwelling in combination with an existing or proposed nonresidential use within the same building (live/work).

A building, not a single-family dwelling nor a two-family dwelling, designed for and occupied exclusively for dwelling purposes by three or more families living independently of one another, not a row house, but customarily called an "apartment house."

A building designed for and occupied exclusively as a dwelling for one family.

A dwelling unit having its own independent outside access and having party walls in common with at least one other unit and located in a building comprised of at least three dwelling units. This dwelling type shall include, but not be limited to, dwelling units commonly known as "townhouses," "row houses," "triplexes," "quadruplexes," and "multiplexes."

A building designed for and occupied exclusively as a dwelling for one family.

A set of three or more attached dwelling units which are completely separated from each other by one or two vertical party walls, where each dwelling unit has its own entrance/exit to the outside.

A building designed and occupied exclusively as a dwelling for two families.

A public or private parking space that is served by battery charging station equipment for the purpose of transferring electric energy to a battery or other storage device in an electric vehicle.

Fire, ambulance, rescue, and other emergency services of a municipal or volunteer nature.

See "banquet hall."

A facility that offers indoor or outdoor recreational facilities, such as the following: weight rooms, personal exercise and gymnastic equipment, aerobic, dance, or yoga rooms, nonhousehold swimming pools, racquetball, squash, basketball and tennis courts and training for these activities.

Any number of individuals living and eating together as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit, provided that not more than three of such number are unrelated. "Family" does not, in any case, include occupants of a club, fraternity house, lodge, residential club, rooming house, nursing home, halfway house, hospital, sanitarium, or charitable or public residential institution.

A dwelling unit in which child care is provided simultaneously for four to six children who are not relatives of the caregiver, where the primary use of the child care areas is as a residence.

A parcel of land used for the purpose of discharging firearms at fixed and/or moving targets or flying targets.

A temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas.

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. Such measures are set forth in floodproofing regulations published by the Office of the Chief Engineer, U.S. Army, publication number EP 1165 2 314 (June 1972, and as subsequently amended). Floodproofing measures for all new construction and substantial improvements of structures shall satisfy the requirements of the completely dry spaces (W1) and essentially dry spaces (W2) classes referenced in these regulations. In said publication, where reference is made to "below" (or above) the "BFD" (base flood datum), it shall be interpreted as meaning below, (or above) the base flood elevation. Said regulations are contained in the Building Code of the Borough of Trappe, as amended.[3]

That area defined in Article XX, Floodplain Conservation District, as the Floodplain Conservation District; the "floodplain" definition contained therein shall be considered the definition for "floodplain" for all purposes and uses of this chapter.

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

A building designed or arranged for occupancy by an incorporated nonprofit organization of full-time students of an accredited college or university.

A building or part thereof for funeral services. Such building may contain space and facilities for a) embalming and the performance of other services used in the preparation of the dead for burial; b) the performance of autopsies and other surgical procedures; c) the storage of caskets, funeral urns, and other related funeral supplies; d) the storage of funeral vehicles; and e) facilities for cremation.

An accessory building or a part of a principal building used for the storage of motor vehicles owned and used by the owner or tenant of the premises, and for the storage of not more than three motor vehicles owned and used by persons other than the owner or tenant of the premises. Not more than one commercial vehicle or truck may be stored in a private garage. For the purposes of this section, a boat shall be considered a motor vehicle.

A garage accessory to a principal building, either attached to said principal building or as a separate accessory use, used for the storage of motor vehicles owned and used by the tenant of the premises.

A building, other than a private or storage garage, one or more stories in height, used solely for the commercial storage, service or repair of motor vehicles.

A building, not a private or public garage, one story in height, used solely for the storage of motor vehicles (other than trucks) but not for the service or repair thereof, nor for the sale of fuel, accessories or supplies.

Any area of land, including structures thereon, or any building or part 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 or storage of motor vehicles thereon.

An energy system that uses a heat pump to extract heat from the earth in heating mode and/or reject heat into the earth in cooling mode. It is also called a "geothermal heat pump system," a "ground-coupled heat pump system," an "earth-source heat pump system," and a "GeoExchange system."

A dwelling unit in which child care is provided simultaneously for seven to 12 children who are not relatives of the caregiver, where the primary use of the child care areas is as a residence.

A building's vertical measurement from the mean level of the ground surrounding the building to a point midway between the highest and lowest points of the roof.

An area that is used for the landing and taking off of helicopters, and includes some or all of the auxiliary facilities useful to helicopter operations, such as helicopter parking, fueling and maintenance equipment.

A structure that is:

A business or commercial activity administered or conducted incidental and secondary to the use of a residential dwelling, and whereas there shall be a maximum of two accessory uses within any one dwelling, and which involves no customer, client or patient traffic, whether vehicular or pedestrian, pickup, delivery or removal function to or from the premises, in excess of those normally associated with residential use. The business or commercial activity shall:

An activity, intended to be financially gainful, conducted within a dwelling unit incidental and secondary to the use of a residential dwelling, and whereas there shall be a maximum of two accessory uses within any one dwelling unit. Unlike a no-impact home-based business, home occupations provide opportunity for on-site customers and, therefore, also permit restricted signage opportunity.

A building used for the purpose of furnishing for compensation more or less temporary lodging to the public, with or without meals, and having lodging accommodations for 10 or more persons.

A group residential facility that provides supportive services and treatment as well as residence of more than 12 unrelated persons, including but not limited to children, juvenile delinquents, the mentally or physically handicapped and elderly, but not including drug and alcohol treatment or rehabilitation facilities or adult pre-release correctional facilities such as work release, halfway houses or similar uses.

Any area and/or structure used or intended to be used for the conduction and operating of the business of selling, buying, storing or trading in used or discarded metal, glass, paper, cordage or any used or disable furniture, vehicles or equipment of any kind. Such operation may include the dismantling or disassembling of used motor vehicles or trailers, or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled, partially dismantled, obsolete or wrecked vehicles or their parts.

A building, including a dwelling unit, in which more than six dogs or domesticated animals more than four months old are housed, bred, boarded, or trained, including but not limited to dog and cat kennels, horse stables, or riding academies. This term shall not include the routine keeping of animals within a veterinary office while undergoing recuperation.

A building containing a museum-like preservation and exhibition of objects in one or more of the arts and sciences, gallery exhibition of works of art, or collection of books, manuscripts, and similar materials for study and reading.

See "dwelling, combination use."

A space, accessible from a street but not including any portion of the public right-of-way, in a building or on a lot, for the temporary use of vehicles, while loading or unloading merchandise or materials.

A parcel of land which is occupied or is to be occupied by one principal building or other structure or use, together with any accessory building or structures or uses customarily incidental to such principal building or other structure or use, and any such open spaces as are arranged or designed to be used in connection with such principal building or other structure or use, such open spaces and the area and dimensions of such lot being not less than the minimum required by this chapter.

The total horizontal area of the lot lying within the lot lines, provided that no area of land lying within any street line shall be deemed a portion of any lot area; the area of any lot abutting a street shall be measured to the ultimate right-of-way.

A property boundary line of any lot held in single and separate ownership, except that, in the case of any lot abutting a street, the lot line for such portion of the lot as abuts the street shall be deemed to be the same as the street line, and shall not be the center line of the street, or any other line within the street line, even though such may be the property boundary line.

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

A use where lumber products are sold, manufactured, or stored.

See "mobile home."

The treatment or processing of raw products, and the production of articles or finished products from raw or prepared materials by giving them new forms or qualities.

Any business or establishment where a massage is available, including, without limitation, a massage school, but excluding a hospital, nursing home, medical clinic, the office of a duly licensed physician, surgeon, physical therapist, chiropractor or osteopath, or a barbershop or beauty salon in which a massage is administered only to the scalp, face, neck or shoulders.

Marijuana for certified medical use as legally permitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

An entity that:

Any facility used to house delivery vehicles for supplying marijuana plants or seeds to one or more marijuana grower/processors and/or dispensaries.

A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which holds a permit issued by the Department of Health (DOH) of the Commonwealth to dispense medical marijuana.

A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which holds a permit from the DOH to grow and process medical marijuana.

A document issued by the DOH that permits access to medical marijuana.

A dispensary or a grower/processor of marijuana for medical purposes.

A building used exclusively by physicians and dentists for treatment and examination of patients, provided that no overnight patients shall be kept on the premises.

The acquisition, possession, use or transportation of medical marijuana by a patient, or the acquisition, possession, delivery, transportation, or administration of medical marijuana by a caregiver, for use as part of the treatment of the patient's medical condition, as authorized by certification by the Commonwealth.

The extraction of mineral or aggregate resources from the ground for off-site use. Examples include quarrying or dredging for sand, gravel or other aggregate materials; and mining.

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

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

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

A building or a group of two or more detached or semidetached buildings, containing rooms or apartments having separate ground floor entrances provided directly or closely in connection with automobile parking or storage space serving such rooms or apartments, which building or group of buildings 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.

Uses engaged in the moving of household or office furniture, appliances, and equipment from one location to another, including the temporary storage of those same items. Typical uses include moving companies and self-service and mini-storage warehouses.

Structures for which the start of construction, as herein defined, commenced on or after May 5, 1975, and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures.

Structures for which the "start of construction" as herein defined commenced on or after May 5, 1975, and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures.

A use that meets all of the following standards:

A building or other structure, use or lot which, by reason of design, size or use, does not conform with the requirements of the district or districts in which it is located.

The raising of trees for transplanting, ornamentals, shrubs, flowers or houseplants for any commercial purpose.

The storage of goods, products, materials, vehicles not is service, equipment and similar items in an unenclosed area for preservation, later use, or disposal. For purposes of this chapter, this definition does not include the storage of trucks and/or trailers unless as accessory to another permitted principal use.

A reasonably level space, available for the parking of one motor vehicle, not less than 10 feet wide and having an area of not less than 200 square feet exclusive of passageways, driveways or other means of circulation or access.

The parking space shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 295, Subdivision and Land Development.

All areas provided for use by vehicles and/or pedestrian walkways shall be constructed in accordance with the pertinent provisions within Chapter 295, Subdivision and Land Development.

An establishment engaged in retail sales of secondhand merchandise and that offers personal loans secured by consumer good, jewelry and other personal property held by the pawn shop.

Measures and standards by which the suitability of a proposed use can be measured by the extent of its external effect.

A domesticated animal kept for companionship. This shall not include animals raised or kept for agricultural or farming purposes, venomous or poisonous animals, wild or exotic animals, feral animals, and wild/domestic animal hybrids.

A domesticated animal kept for companionship, specifically dogs, cats, ferrets, Vietnamese potbellied pigs, and rabbits.

An establishment where prescription medicines and drugs are compounded and/or dispensed and where a variety of over-the-counter medications, cosmetics, and other miscellaneous merchandise may be sold.

An establishment engaged in printing by letterpress, lithography, gravure, screen, offset, or electrostatic (xerographic) copying, and other establishments serving the printing trade including bookbinding, typesetting, engraving, photo engraving, and electrotyping. This use also includes establishments that publish newspapers, book and periodicals. This use does not include "quick printing" services.

A building or structure and its equipment, used for the transmission and exchange of telephone, radio-telephone, gas, power, sewer and water facilities, provided that:

A company or entity regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission or the Joint Public Works Department of the Boroughs of Collegeville and Trappe or the Collegeville-Trappe Municipal Authority.

A vehicle which is:

A use involving the bulk separation and/or processing of types of waste materials found in the typical household for some productive reuse, but which does not involve highly hazardous or toxic substances, incineration, putrescent waste or a junkyard. Waste materials shall be stored only for the short term and shall be transported from the site on a regular basis.

The registry established by the DOH for all medical marijuana organizations and practitioners.

The 100-year flood elevation plus a freeboard safety factor of 1 1/2 feet.

A building or group of buildings containing facilities for scientific research, investigation, testing or experimentation, but not facilities for the manufacture or sale of products.

To increase the number of dwelling units within an existing residential or mixed-use building consisting of three or fewer dwelling units.

See "boardinghouse."

A device incorporating a reflective surface that 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 terrestrially and/or orbitally based uses. This definition is meant to include but not be limited to what are commonly referred to as "microwave antennas," "satellite earth stations," and "television reception only (TRVO) antennas."

Any secondary or higher education facility primarily teaching usable skills that prepare students for jobs in a trade meeting the state requirements as a vocational facility.

A residence providing food, shelter, medical care, legal assistance, job training, and/or other services to persons who temporarily require shelter and assistance in order to protect their physical or psychological welfare. Such shelter shall not include housing for treatment of drug or alcohol addiction or correctional facilities.

See "firing range."

Any dwelling unit utilized as a single-family residence rented for the purpose of overnight lodging for a period of 30 days or less.

A structure, building wall, outdoor surface, or any device used for visual communication which is used for the purpose of bringing the subject thereof to the attention of the public, or to display, identify and publicize the name and product or services of any person, exclusive of supporting members that bear no message.

A solar collection system consisting of one or more roof- and/or ground-mounted solar collector devices and solar related equipment, which is intended to primarily reduce on-site consumption of utility power or fuels. A system is considered an accessory solar energy system only if it supplies electrical or thermal power solely for on-site use, except that when a property upon which the facility is installed also receives electrical power supplied by a utility company, excess electrical power generated and not presently needed for on-site use may be used by the utility company.

An area of land or other area used for a solar collection system principally used to capture solar energy and convert it to electrical energy or thermal power and supply electrical or thermal power primarily for off-site use. Principal solar energy production facilities consist of one or more freestanding ground- or roof-mounted solar collector devices, solar related equipment and other accessory structures and buildings, including light reflectors, concentrators, and heat exchangers, substations, electrical infrastructure, transmission lines and other appurtenant structures and facilities.

A storage building with or without a concrete slab or footing. Storage sheds of either type shall not exceed 12 feet in depth nor 12 feet in height as measured from the lowest point in grade to the peak or ridge of the roof.

A public or privately owned right-of-way serving as a means of vehicular and pedestrian travel, which may furnish access to abutting properties.

Any form or arrangement of building materials built, constructed or erected, which requires location on the ground or attachment to something located on the ground.

A living arrangement consisting of three or four full-time or part-time students living in a dwelling unit, one or more of whom are unrelated by blood, marriage or adoption, and who a) attend undergraduate colleges or universities, b) attend graduate programs at colleges or universities, c) are on a semester or summer break from studies at colleges or universities, or d) any combination of such persons. The residents of a student residence shall live in a dwelling unit as a single housekeeping unit, doing their cooking on a premise. A student residence shall not include dormitories or fraternity or sorority houses.

Spaces used by artists for the creation of art or the practice of their artistic endeavors, as well as uses that produce consumer goods by hand manufacturing, involving the use of hand tools and small-scale, light mechanical equipment in a completely enclosed building with no outdoor operations, storage or regular commercial truck parking/loading.

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% of the market value of the structure before damage occurred.

Any repair, 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, as defined herein, regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however, include either:

Any receptacle or artificially constructed container for water, whether erected above or below ground level, having a wall depth of two feet or more at any point within its perimeter, which is primarily used or intended to be used for swimming or bathing, available only to the family of the dwelling unit and private guests, not open to the public.

Any swimming pool other than a private swimming pool, including publicly and privately owned pools open to the general public and pools owned and operated in conjunction with membership organizations, motels, hotels, and other similar uses.

See "body art establishment."

A dwelling in which sleeping accommodations for fewer than 10 persons are provided or offered primarily for automobile travelers for compensation.

Any structure that is designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas for telephone, radio, and similar communication purposes, including self-supporting lattice towers, guyed towers, or monopole towers. The term includes radio and television transmission towers, microwave towers, common-carrier towers, cellular telephone towers, personal communications services (PCS) towers, alternative tower structures, and the like. The term includes the structure and any support thereto. Such structures shall not be deemed to be a public utility or public use.

A vehicle without motive power which may be towed on public highways by a passenger automobile without a special hauling permit, which is designed for human occupancy under transient circumstances such as camping, travel or other recreation, and having a body not exceeding 375 square feet.

A facility which provides residentially based care, counseling, and/or rehabilitation. The residentially based facility may include room and board, personal care, and intensive supervision and casework. Both the residential and outpatient facilities may be included within a hospital but are not a hospital or clinic or veterans treatment center as defined in this chapter.

An area and/or building where trucks load and unload materials on a regular basis, or where tractor trailers are transferred from one tractor cab to another for the purpose of continuation to another destination, or where trucks or tractors or tractor trailers are stored, parked or waiting for dispatch.

The dividing line between a lot and the outside boundary or right-of-way line of a public street, road or highway legally opened or officially plotted, or between a lot and a privately owned street, road or way over which the owners or tenants of two or more lots each held in single and separate ownership have the right-of-way.

Buildings and structures of a public or municipal utility, in addition and connected to the lines, piping, conduits, transformer, or other equipment which is essential to providing that utility's services. Normally a significant or combination of structures, often enclosed within a building, such as a substation, pumping station, switching building or central station, or similar installation. "Utilities" shall not be deemed to include antennas, backhaul networks, or towers.

Permission or approval granted by the Zoning Hearing Board to deviate from the exact provisions of this chapter as applied to a specific piece of property in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV, Zoning Hearing Board, hereof.

A facility which provides residentially based treatment and rehabilitation and/or outpatient services for veterans and veterans' family members. The residentially based facility may include room and board, personal care, and intensive supervision, including but not limited to treatment for drug and alcohol abuse, co-occurring disorders (PTSD), family education and intervention, education, and mentoring programs and casework for no more than 60 patients. Both the residential and outpatient facilities may be included within a hospital but are not a hospital or clinic as defined by this chapter. For purposes of this definition, "veteran" means an individual who has served in the armed forces for the United States and any reserve component thereof.

An establishment used by a licensed veterinarian for the practice of veterinary medicine that may include an accessory animal kennel.

A use which shall include exhibit space, presentation space, informational displays and/or retail space. The visitor center may also include ancillary and operational spaces necessary to support the visitor center, such as restaurants, administrative offices, storage, etc.

Uses that do not meet the definition of a moving and storage facility but that are engaged in long-term and short-term storage of goods, typically in containers such as boxes, barrels, or drums, within a completely enclosed building.

A place of business primarily engaged in selling merchandise to retailers and industrial, commercial, institutional or professional business users, or to other wholesalers or acting as agents or brokers and buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, such individuals or companies.

A wind energy conversion system consisting of a wind turbine, tower, and associated control or conversion electronics, which has a rated capacity of less than or equal to 100 kilowatts and is intended to primarily reduce on-site consumption of utility power. A system is considered an accessory wind energy system only if it supplies electrical power solely for on-site use, except that when a parcel on which the system is installed also receives electrical power supplied by a utility company, excess electrical power generated and not presently needed for on-site use may be used by the utility company.

An area of land or other area used for a wind energy conversion system principally used to capture wind energy and convert it to electrical energy. Principal wind energy production facilities consist of one or more wind turbines, tower, and associated control or conversion electronics and other accessory structures and buildings, including substations, electrical infrastructure, transmission lines and other appurtenant structures and facilities, which has a rated capacity of more than 100 kilowatts.

See "communications facility, wireless."

An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building, or other structure or use, open and unobstructed from the ground to the sky.

A yard extending the full width of the lot along the front line and extending in depth from the front lot line to the nearest point of any structure on the lot.

A yard extending the full width of the lot along the rear lot line and extending in depth from the rear lot line to the nearest point of any structure on the lot.

A yard extending the full depth of the lot along the side lot line and extending in depth from such side lot line to the nearest point of any structure on the lot.