Glossary forEast Goshen Township, Chester County, PA

ABUT - Next to or adjacent to and includes the words "directly across from streets, natural features and rights-of-way."

ACCESSORY BUILDING - A building (such as a private garage, private swimming pool and appurtenant bathhouse, private toolhouse, children's playhouse or a noncommercial greenhouse) which is subordinate and accessory to a principal building on the same lot and which is used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the principal building

ACCESSORY STRUCTURE - A structure serving a purpose customarily incidental to the use of the principal building and located on the same lot as the principal building

ALLEY - An "alley" is a minor way, which may or may not be legally dedicated, and is used primarily for vehicular service access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.

ALTERATIONS - Alterations include, but are not limited to the following:

A. All incidental changes or replacement in the nonstructural parts of a building or other structure.

B. Minor changes or replacements in the structural parts of a building or other structure, such as the following examples:

(1) Change of interior partitions to improve livability in nonconforming residential buildings, provided that no additional dwelling units are created thereby;

(2) Change of interior partitions in all other types of buildings or other structures;

(3) Making windows or doors in exterior walls; or

(4) As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement in the loadbearing and non-load-bearing structural members, resulting in the extension of any side or the increase in height.

C. The moving of the building or structure from one location or position to another or the conversion of one use to another by virtue of interior change.

APARTMENT - See definition of "dwelling unit."

APPLICANT - The person(s), company, partnership, profit or nonprofit corporation or trust responsible for a particular application for an approval or permit under Chapter 240, Zoning, and his/her heirs, successors and assigns (see §205-6).

APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT - Every application, whether preliminary or final, required to be filed and approved prior to start of construction or development, including but not limited to an application for a building permit for the approval of a subdivision plat or plan or for the approval of a development plan.

BASEMENT - See definition of "story."

BLOCK - Property bounded on one side by a street and on the other three sides by a street, railroad right-of-way, public park, waterway, township line or any combination thereof.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS - The Board of Supervisors of East Goshen Township or any Board of Commissioners that may succeed the Board of Supervisors.

BUFFER YARD - A strip of land which may be a part of the minimum setback distance and which is free of any principal or accessory building, parking, outdoor storage or any use other than open space, and which includes plant screening.

BUILDING - Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, used for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals or property. "Building" is interpreted as including the words "or part thereof."

BUILDING SETBACK LINE - The line defining the minimum required distance between a right-of-way line and the location of any structure.

CARTWAY (ROADWAY) - The portion of a street right-of-way, paved or unpaved, customarily used by vehicles in the regular course of travel over the street.

CELLAR - See definition of "story."

CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE - An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections defined by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection of the street right-of-way, cartways or center lines.

COMMON AREA - That portion of development tract owned in undivided fee interest by the unit owners in such condominium and set aside for their exclusive use and enjoyment.

COMMON OPEN SPACE - Land or an area of water or a combination of land and water legally preserved for a minimum ninety-nine-year period or perpetuity and intended for the use and enjoyment of the residents of a development and/or the general public and which consists of landscaped or natural terrain (including lakes and Streams).

A. Common open space shall be free of buildings, except for recreational and utility buildings specifically approved by the Board of Supervisors as part of the initial development plan

B.. Common open space shall not include street rights-of-way, private streets, any yard or other area required to meet a requirement for an individual building lot or off-street parking areas except for parking areas clearly needed to serve the permitted uses on the common open spaces.

C. Common open space may include recreational uses such as tennis courts, squash courts, playgrounds, golf courses, swimming pools or other similar uses that do not primarily involve buildings.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN - The document adopted as the Comprehensive Plan for the Township of East Goshen by the Board of Supervisors.

CONDOMINIUM - Real estate, portions of which are designated for separate ownership and the remainder of which is designated for common ownership solely by the owners of those portions created under either the Pennsylvania Unit Property Act of July 3, 1963, or the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act.

CONSERVANCY BOARD - The Conservancy Board of East Goshen Township.

CROSSWALK (INTERIOR WALK) - A publicly or privately owned right-of-way for pedestrian use extending from a street into a block or across a block to another street.

DATUM - A real or assumed level or plane used as a basis for calculations or measurements from which elevations and depths are measured in surveying.

DENSITY - The total number of units per acre as computed and stipulated in Chapter 240, Zoning (as amended).

DESIGN STANDARDS - Minimum standards for the layout by which a subdivision or land development is created.

DETACHED - Used to describe a structure which has yards on all sides.

DETENTION BASIN - A reservoir, formed from soil or other material, which is designed to temporarily detain a certain amount of stormwater from a drainage area in order to reduce the velocity and volume of peak flows.

DEVELOPER - Any landowner, agent of such landowner or tenant with the permission of such landowner, who makes or causes to be made a subdivision of land or a land development.

DEVELOPMENT - Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading paving, excavation or drilling operations.

DISTRIBUTION -The processing of materials so as to sort out which finished goods are to be transported to different locations, and the loading and unloading of such goods. This use usually involves inventory control, material handling, order administration and packaging.

DRAINAGE - The flow of water or liquid waste and the method of directing such flow, whether natural or artificial.

DRIVEWAY - A privately owned, constructed and maintained vehicular access from a street or access drive to only one or two dwelling units or commercial, institutional or industrial principal uses.

DWELLING UNIT (HOUSING UNIT) - A single habitable living unit occupied by only one family. See definition of "family." Each dwelling unit shall have its own toilet, bath or shower, sink, sleeping area, stove, oven and refrigerator, and have separate access to the outside or to a common hallway or balcony that connects to outside access at ground level. No dwelling unit shall include a separate living area that is completely separated by interior walls so as to prevent interior access from the remainder of the living area, or shall include a second kitchen, unless specifically permitted by Chapter 240, Zoning.

A. SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING - A dwelling unit which has yards on all sides. The term "single-family detached dwelling" shall be deemed to include a sectional or modular home which is designed for transportation after fabrication in one or more units and constructed so that it must be assembled on a permanent perimeter foundation and which complies with Chapter 100, Building Construction.

(1) MOBILE (MANUFACTURED) HOME .

(a) A type of single-family detached dwelling intended for permanent occupancy and contained in one unit designed to be joined into one integral unit, which is transportable and 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 is constructed so as to be used without a conventional perimeter foundation. The terms "mobile home" and "manufactured home" have the same meaning.

(b) As opposed to a sectional home, a mobile/manufactured home does not rest on a permanent perimeter foundation and under federal law is not required to meet Chapter 100, Building Construction.

B. SEMIDETACHED DWELLING - A dwelling unit, surrounded on all but one side by yards, located so that one wall is on or adjoining a side lot line and abuts the neighboring house.

C. TOWNHOUSE DWELLING - A single-family attached dwelling unit with one dwelling unit from ground to roof, two points of independent outside access, at least two other dwellings built in conjunction herewith and any portion of one or two unpierced vertical fire-resistant parry walls common with an adjoining dwelling and having yards on at least two sides. Townhouses may be attached back-to-back or side-by-side.

APARTMENT DWELLING - A building or group of buildings with common ownership on a lot with three or more dwelling units used specifically for residential purposes and originally constructed as such.

EASEMENT - A right-of-way granted, but Pot necessarily dedicated, for a private, public or quasi-public purpose.

EMPLOYEES -The highest number of workers (including both part-time and full-time, both compensated and volunteer and both employees and independent contractors) present on a lot at any one time, other than clearly temporary and occasional persons working on physical improvements to the site.

ENGINEER - A licensed professional engineer registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in accordance with the Act of May 23, 1945 (P.L. 913, No. 367), known as the "Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law," except that this requirement shall not preclude the preparation of a plat in accordance with the Act of January 24, 1966 (1965 P.L. 1527, No. 535), known as the "Landscape Architects Registration Law," when it is appropriate to prepare the plat using professional services as set forth in the definition of the "practice of landscape architecture" under Section 2 of that Act.

ENGINEER, TOWNSHIP - A licensed professional engineer registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and appointed on a yearly basis to act as consulting engineer for the township.

EROSION - The movement of soil by the action of wind and/or water.

FAMILY - A "family" is a single person occupying a dwelling unit and maintaining a household; two or more persons related by blood, marriage, formal foster relationship or adoption occupying a dwelling unit, living together and maintaining a common household, including not more than one boarder, roomer or lodger ; or not more than three unrelated persons occupying a dwelling unit, living to-ether and maintaining a common household.

FENCE - A man-made barrier placed or arranged as a line of demarcation, enclosure or visual barrier that is constructed of wood, chain link metal, vinyl, aluminum and/or plastic inserts. Man-made barriers constructed principally of masonry, concrete, cinder block or similar materials shall be considered a wall. The term "wall" does not regulate engineering retaining walls, which are permitted uses as needed in a districts.

FLOOD - A general and temporary inundation of normally dry land areas.

FLOODPLAIN - A relatively flat or low land area adjoining a river, stream or watercourse which is expected to be subject to partial or complete inundation once in every 100 years.

FLOODWAY - The designated area of a floodplain required to carry the discharge waters of a one-hundred-year flood.

GARAGE - An accessory building, either attached to or separate from the principal building, which is used only for storage purposes.

GOLF COURSE - Either a publicly or privately owned and operated course which shall have a minimum of nine holes of golf. Neither a commercial driving range nor a commercial miniature golf area shall be considered a golf course for the purposes of Chapter 240, Zoning.

GRADE - The elevation of finished ground or paving which adjoins a building

GREENWAY -- A loosely defined term for any open space which can be used for the establishment of a wildlife or recreation corridor. [Added 3-18-2003 by Ord. No. 129-D-03]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 129-D-03.

HISTORICAL COMMISSION - An advisory board designated by the Board of Supervisors to deal with matters pertaining to any of the township's identified historic resources. The authority for and powers of this commission are drawn primarily from the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.

HOUSING UNIT - See definition of "dwelling unit."

IMPROVEMENT SPECIFICATIONS - Minimum standards for the construction of the required improvements such as streets, curbs, sidewalks, water mains, sewers, drainage facilities, public utilities and other items required to render the land suitable for the use proposed.

INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT - Includes the I- 1, I-2 and BP Districts.

LAND DEVELOPMENT :

A. The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving:

(1) A group of two or more residential or nonresidential buildings, whether proposed initially or cumulatively, or a single nonresidential building on a lot or lots regardless of the number of occupants or tenure; or

(2) The division or allocation of land or space, whether initially or cumulatively, between or among two or more existing or prospective occupants by means of or for the purpose of streets, common areas, leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features.

B. A subdivision of land.

LANDOWNER - The owner of a legal or equitable interest in land, including the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such option or contract is subject to any condition) or a lessee if he is authorized under the lease to exercise the right of the landowner. See "applicant."

LOT - A separate parcel of land held in single and separate ownership that is recorded as a lot, or will be recorded after township final subdivision approval, in the office of the County Recorder of Deeds.

A. CORNER LOT - A lot bounded on at least two sides by streets, whenever the lines of such streets, extended, form an interior angle of 135 degrees or less. A corner lot has a designated front lot line and a designated side street lot line.

B. INTERIOR LOT - A lot other than a corner lot.

C. FLAG LOT OR FLAG-SHAPED LOT - An irregularly- shaped lot characterized by an elongated extension providing access from a street to the principal part of the lot. Such a lot is typically the shape of a flag on a flag pole.

D. LANDLOCKED LOT - A lot which is surrounded on all sides by one or more lots and does not have a street connection and does not abut a street.

E. THROUGH LOT - An interior lot having frontage on two streets. Also called a "double-frontage lot."

LOT AREA - The total area within the boundary lines of a single lot as computed and stipulated in Chapter 240, Zoning (as amended).

LOT DEPTH - The distance along a straight line drawn from the midpoint of the front lot line to the midpoint of the rear lot line.

LOT LINES - The property lines bounding the lot.

A. FRONT LOT LINE (STREET LINE) - A lot line separating the lot from an existing or future street right-of-way (whichever contains a greater right-of-way width).

B. REAR LOT LINE - A lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line. (A three-sided lot has no rear lot line.)

C. SIDE LOT LINE - Any lot line other than a front or rear lot line.

D. SIDE STREET LOT LINE - A lot line on a comer lot separating a lot from a street.

LOT WIDTH - The horizontal distance between side lot lines and/or side street lines measured at the minimum prescribed building setback line set forth in Chapter 240, Zoning.

MEETING, FORMAL - The advertised, regularly scheduled meeting of a township board or commission.

MEETING, WORKSHOP - The advertised, regularly scheduled workshop of a township board or commission.

MOBILE HOME PARK - A lot with the land under sin-le ownership of record and which has been planned and improved for the placement of two or more mobile homes occupied as dwellings.

MONUMENT - A stone or concrete marker with a flat top at least four inches in diameter, or square and at least 24 inches in length (preferred 30 inches to 36 inches). The monument shall be tapered so that the dimensions at the bottom shall be at least two inches greater than the top to minimize movement caused by frost.

MULTIPLE-DWELLING BUILDING - A building containing more than one dwelling unit.

MUNICIPALITIES PLANNING CODE - Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of 1968.

OFFICE - A use that involves administrative, clerical, financial, governmental or professional operations and operations of a similar character. This use shall include neither retail nor industrial uses, but may include business offices, medical or dental offices, clinics or laboratories, photographic studios and/or television or radio broadcasting studios.

OPEN SPACE -- The unoccupied area of a lot. "Open space" does not include the areas of principal and accessory structures, streets, driveway or parking area, but may include areas occupied by walkways, patios without roofs, playgrounds, stormwater management structures and other areas occupied by outdoor recreation or play apparatus, lawns, gardens and trees. [Amended 3-18-2003 by Ord. No. 129-D-03]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been amended as per Ordinance No. 129-D- 03.

PADOT - The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, also known as PennDot, or its successor, and its subparts.

PARCEL - A tract of ground as described in the recorded deed description. Parcels owned by the same owner(s) on either side of a public or private road (or separated by construction of a public road) shall be considered one lot.

PERSON - Includes a firm, company, corporation, partnership, trust, organization or association, as well as an individual. When used in a penalty provision, "person" shall include the members of such partnership, the officers of such organization, association or corporation and the trustees of such trust.

PLAN, CONSERVATION - A plan accompanying and forming part of the preliminary and final plans detailing the applicant's measures to be taken for protection of waterways, wetlands, stream channels, major trees, tree masses, specimen trees and other important natural features and for erosion and sediment control.

PLAN, CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENT - A plan prepared by a registered engineer or Surveyor showing the construction details of street, drains, sewers, bridges, culverts, stormwater management structures and other improvements as required by this chapter.

PLAN, FINAL - A complete and exact subdivision or development plan or plat, prepared for official recording as required by statute, which includes all information required under Article VII of this chapter.

PLAN, MAJOR STREET - The element of the county's or township's Comprehensive Plan, which shall show the general location, alignment, dimensions and the identification and classification of existing and proposed streets, highways and other thoroughfares.

PLAN, OFFICIAL - The comprehensive development policy plan (Master Plan), future land use plan, ultimate right-of-way plan and/or Official Map or other such plans or portions thereof as may be adopted, pursuant to statute, for the area of the township in which the subdivision is located.

PLAN, PRELIMINARY - A tentative subdivision or development plan, in lesser detail than a final plan, which includes all information required under Article VI of this chapter.

PLAN, RECORD (TITLE) - The copy of the final plan which contains the original endorsements of the County Planning Commission and the township and which is intended to be recorded with the County Recorder of Deeds.

PLAN, SKETCH - An informal plan, not necessarily to exact scale, indicating salient features of a tract and its surroundings and the general layout of a proposed subdivision or land development and which includes all information required under Article V of this chapter.

PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (PRD) - A PRD is an area of land controlled by a landowner to be developed as a single entity for a number of dwelling units, in a variety of housing types and for those nonresidential uses deemed to be appropriate for incorporation in the design of the planned residential development.

PLANNING COMMISSION - The Planning Commission of East Goshen Township.

PLAT - The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether preliminary or final.

RESERVE STRIP - A narrow parcel of ground (which is not to be used for building purposes) separating an arterial street from another street.

RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT - The R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 and R-5 Zoning Districts.

RESIDENT PROPERTY OWNER - Any individual maintaining a voting address in the township or owning real estate in his own or joint names. A tenancy in common or any other means of joint ownership shall be considered as an individual; provided, however, that the signature of any single joint owner shall be considered as binding the others.

RETENTION BASIN - A reservoir, formed from soil or other material, which is designed to temporarily detain a certain amount of stormwater from a drainage area in order to reduce the velocity and volume of peak flows. Unlike detention basins, retention basins always contain water, and thus may be considered man-made lakes or ponds.

REVIEW - An examination of the sketch plan, preliminary plan, and/or final plan by the East Goshen Township Board of Supervisors and/or other planning agencies and consultants so assigned to determine compliance with this chapter and the administrative regulations, design standards and improvement specifications enacted pursuant thereto.

RIGHT-OF-WAY - Land reserved for a street, crosswalk, utility or for other public purposes.

ROADWAY - See definition of "cartway."

SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM, CENTRALIZED/ON-LOT - A "centralized sewage disposal system" is a public utility system or other system designed to collect, centrally treat and dispose of sewage from users in compliance with regulations of the appropriate state agency and of the township. Any system which is not an approved centralized sewage disposal system shall be deemed an "on-lot system."

SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM, COMMUNITY - Any system, whether publicly or privately owned, for the collection of sewage of a liquid nature from two or more lots, and the treatment and/or disposal of the sewage on one or more of the lots or at any other location for final disposal in whole or in part into the soil. This includes land application by spray irrigation.

SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM, ON-SITE - A system of piping, treatment tanks or other facilities serving a single lot and collecting, treating and disposing of sewage into a subsurface absorption area or spray irrigation system.

SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM, PUBLIC - A sanitary sewage collection system in which sewage is carried from individual lots by a system of pipes to a publicly owned central treatment and disposal plant.

SCHOOL, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL - An educational institution primarily for persons between the ages of five and 19 that primarily provides state-required or largely state-funded educational programs. This term shall not include trade schools.

SEDIMENT - The resulting residue from erosion.

SIGHT DISTANCE - The required length of roadway visible to the driver of a passenger vehicle at any given point on the roadway when the view is unobstructed by traffic.

SINGLE AND SEPARATE OWNERSHIP - The ownership of a lot by one or more persons, which ownership is separate and distinct from that of any abutting or adjoining lot.

SIM AREA, GROSS - For purposes of this chapter, the total area of the parcel or tract (according to the recorded deed description) shall be as computed and stipulated in Chapter 240, Zoning (as amended).

SITE AREA, NET - For purposes of this chapter, "net site area" shall mean the gross site area less any areas that are required to be excluded according to Chapter 240, Zoning (as amended).

SOIL PERCOLATION TEST - A field test conducted to determine the suitability of the soil for on-site sanitary sewage disposal facilities by measuring the absorptive capacity of the soil at a given location and depth.

STATE - The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its agencies.

STEEP SLOPES - Unless otherwise stated, "steep slopes" shall mean areas with a change in elevation equal or greater than 15%. Such slopes shall be based upon and mapped using two-foot contours, unless another interval is preapproved by the Zoning Officer. Unless otherwise stated, for the purposes of Chapter 240, Zoning, the following shall not, by themselves, invoke the steep slope regulations of this chapter:

A. If a maximum of only three adjacent two-foot contours have slopes of 15% or greater; and/or

B. If the steep slopes were clearly man-made and not natural.

STORY AND HALF-STORY - That portion of a building, included between the surface of any floor and the ceiling next above it that is routinely accessible by humans, and having, an internal height of not less than 6 1/2 feet shall be considered a full story. Any such portion of a floor of a building having an internal height of less than 6 1/2 feet shall be considered a half-story. In addition, if more than 33% of the perimeter walls around the ground level are below grade, then such ground level shall not be considered to be a story.

STREET CLASSIFICATIONS - Street are classified as follows:

A. EXPRESSWAY - Serves inter-regional and through trips with access limited to interchanges.

B. ARTERIAL HIGHWAY - Serves moderate-to-long-distance travel with moderate to very high traffic volumes.

C. COLLECTOR STREET - Serves short-to-moderate-distance travel at speeds usually averaging 40 to 45 miles per hour, and typically intended for 2,000 to 10,000 trips per day. These streets serve a mix of intra-regional and intermunicipal and intramunicipal trips.

D. MINOR OR LOCAL STREET - Primarily serves local access for very short distance travel with typical speeds of 15 to 25 miles per hour and with average daily traffic typically of less than 2,000 trips per day.

E. CUL-DE-SAC - A minor street with access at one end and which is terminated by a vehicular turnaround.

F. HALF (PARTIAL) STREET - A street, generally parallel and adjacent to a property line, having a lesser right-of-way width than normally required for improvement and use of the street.

STREET, PRIVATE - A private thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property, including avenue, place, way, parkway, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road and any other thoroughfare except an alley. (The private street is generally owned/maintained by a homeowners' or condominium association and/or the abutting property owners.)

STREET, PUBLIC - A public thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property, including avenue, place, way, parkway, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road and any other thoroughfare except an alley. A public street is dedicated to and maintained by the township, state or other governmental entity.

STRUCTURE - Any man-made object having, ascertainable stationary location on land or water, or on land and water, whether or not affixed to the land. The term "structure" shall include buildings, signs, fences, walls, towers, swimming pools, porches, garages and similar construction. The term "structure" shall be interpreted as including the words "or part thereof."

SUBDIVIDER - Any individual, copartnership or corporation (or agent authorized thereby) which undertakes the subdivision of land, as defined by these regulations, as the owner, lessee or equitable owner (or agent authorized thereby) of the land being subdivided.

SUBDIVISION - 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 by heirs or devisees or transfer of ownership of 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, easement of access or any residential dwelling, shall be exempted.

SURVEYOR - A licensed surveyor registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

SWALE - A low-lying stretch of land which gathers, and/or carries, surface water runoff across the ground.

SWIMMING POOL A temporary or permanent structure containing a pool of water with a depth of more than two feet, which is used or intended to be used for swimming or bathing.

SWIMMING POOL, HOUSEHOLD - A man-made area with walls of man-made materials intended to enclose water at least two feet deep for recreational bathing or swimming and that is intended to serve the residents of only one dwelling unit and their occasional guests.

SWIMMING POOL, NON-HOUSEHOLD - A man-made area with walls of manmade materials intended to enclose water at least two feet deep for recreational bathing or swimming, and which does not meet the definition of a household swimming pool.

TOWNSHIP -The Township of East Goshen, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

TOWNSHIP SECRETARY - The person appointed by the Board of Supervisors to be the Secretary of the Township.

TRACT - The combined total lot area of the lot or lots that are held in single ownership and are proposed for development. In the case of a lot proposed to be subdivided into individual lots, the tract shall be the original lot.

TRADE SCHOOL - A facility that is primarily intended for education of a work-related skill or craft or a hobby, and which does not primarily provide state-required education to persons under 16. This shall include a dancing school, martial arts school or ceramics school.

TREE MASSES - A grouping of more than three trees of the same or different variety to be treated as one unit.

TREE SPECIMEN - Any tree (measured at a height of 4 1/2 feet) greater than twelve-inch caliper within a tree mass and greater than six-inch caliper outside the tree mass, and any unique or rare species of tree greater than four-inch caliper existing in any location.

USE - Any purpose for which a building or other structure or tract of land may be designed, arranged, intended, maintained or occupied, or any activity or occupation carried on or intended to be carried on in a building or other structure or tract of land.

WATER DISTRIBUTION, PUBLIC - A system for supplying and distributing water to individual lots by a system serving more than one neighborhood and regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, COMMUNITY - A system for supplying and distributing water from a common source to dwellings and other buildings, but generally confined to one neighborhood.

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, ON-SITE - A system for supplying and distributing water to a single dwelling, or other building from a source located on the same lot.

WETLAND MARGIN/FREEBOARD - The traditional area extending from the outer limits of the wetland. The wetland margin of safety shall extend 100 feet from the wetland boundary or to the limit of the hydric soils, whichever is less.

WETLANDS - An area of land and/or water meeting one or more definitions of "wetlands" under federal and/or Pennsylvania law and/or regulations, whichever is more inclusive. [NOTE: As of 1994, the following was the official United States Army Corps of Engineers' definition of wetlands: "Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater 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. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas." "Wetlands" are technically defined on the basis of types of vegetation and soils and the level of the water table below the surface. As of 1994, the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) enforce the wetlands regulations.]

WILDFLOWER MEADOW -- A naturally occurring or man-made vegetated landscape dominated by wildflowers which are allowed to go to seed and which is mowed annually, preferably in the fall. [Added 3-18-2003 by Ord. No. 129-D-03]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 129-D-03.

YARD - An open space on the same lot with a building or group of buildings measured from specified lot lines which restricts the locations of buildings and structures and which is required to be unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as herein permitted.

A. YARD, FRONT - A yard extending the full width of the lot measured parallel to the front lot line.

B. YARD, REAR - A yard extending the full width of the lot measured parallel to the rear lot line.

C. YARD, SIDE - A yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard measured parallel to each side lot line.

D. YARD, SIDE STREET - A yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard measured parallel to the nearest side street lot line. A side street yard has the same requirements as a front yard.

ABUT - Next to or adjacent to and includes the words "directly across from streets, natural features and rights-of-way."

ACCESSORY BUILDING - A building such as a private garage, private swimming pool and appurtenant bathhouse, private toolhouse, children's playhouse or a noncommercial greenhouse, which is subordinate and accessory to a principal building on the same lot and which is used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the principal building

ACCESSORY STRUCTURE - A structure serving a purpose customarily incidental to the use of the principal building and located on the same lot as the principal building

ACCESSORY USE - A use subordinate to the principal use of land or a building on a lot and customarily incidental thereto.

ACT 167 - Act 167 of 1961, 53 P.S. §8001 et seq., authorizing the creation of a Board of Historical Architectural Review, the powers designated to such Board and the certification of historic districts within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which come under the preview of such Board.

ACT 247 - See Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended.

ADULT DAY-CARE CENTER - A use providing supervised care and assistance primarily to persons who are over age 60, mentally retarded and/or physically handicapped who need such daily assistance because of their limited physical abilities, Alzheimer's disease or mental retardation. This use shall not include persons who need oversight because of behavior that is criminal or violent. This use may involve occasional overnight stays, but shall not primarily be a residential use. The use shall involve typical stays of less than a total of 60 hours per week per person.

ADULT LIVE ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY - A use, whether a nightclub bar, restaurant, cabaret or similar public establishment which features live entertainment on a regular or intermittent basis by persons who perform or appear in a state of seminudity; provided, however, that entertainment by persons in a state of nudity, as herein defined, shall be excluded.

ADULT MOVIE THEATER - A use involving the presentation typically to three or more persons at one time of motion pictures, video tapes or similarly reproduced images distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on depiction of specified sexual activities for observation by patrons therein and that is related to some form of monetary compensation by the persons viewing such matter. See "adult use."

ADULT STORE OR ADULT BOOKSTORE - A use involving more than 15 square feet of total floor area, including any of the following items for sale or rent: books, films, magazines, video tapes, coin- or token-operated films or video tapes, paraphernalia, novelties or other periodicals which are distinguished or characterized by a clear emphasis on matter depicting, displaying, describing or relating to uncovered male or female genitals or specified sexual activities. This shall include, but not be limited to, materials that would be illegal to sell to persons under age 18 under state law. See "adult use."

ADULT USE - This shall include only the following: adult store, adult movie theater, massage parlor or adult live entertainment facility.

AFTER HOURS CLUB - A commercial use or membership club that permits the consumption of alcohol and is routinely open between the hours of 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m., in addition to any other hours. This use generally is prohibited under State Act 219 of 1990.

AGRICULTURAL/BUSINESS - The processing, treating, packaging or storing of agricultural and dairy products, more than half of which have been grown or raised on the premises.

AGRICULTURAL USES - For purposes of this chapter, the following uses shall be considered agricultural uses:

(1) CROP FARMING- The raising, harvesting and selling of crops, including grains, vegetables and fruits, and all structures and activities customarily associated with the activity.

(2) NURSERY - The outdoor raising of plants, shrubs and trees for transplantation and for sale off the lot where the nursery is located.

(3) GREENHOUSE - A structure used for the indoor raising of plants, shrubs, flowers and trees for transplantation and for sale off the lot where the greenhouse is located.

(4) ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - The raising and keeping of livestock, poultry, forbearing animals, bees, etc., for any commercial purpose, and all structures associated with any of these activities. The keeping of livestock or poultry as farm pets or for domestic purposes pursuant to the regulations of this chapter shall not be construed as animal husbandry.

ALLEY - A minor way, which may or may not be legally dedicated, and is used primarily for vehicular service access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.

ALTERATIONS - "Alterations" include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) All incidental changes or replacements in the nonstructural parts of a building or other structure; or

(2) Minor changes or replacements in the structural parts of a building or other structure, such as the following examples:

(a) Alteration of interior partitions to improve livability in nonconforming residential buildings, provided that no additional dwelling units are created thereby;

(b) Alteration of interior partitions in all other types of buildings or other structures;

(d) As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement in the loadbearing and non-load-bearing structural members, resulting in the extension of any side or an increase in height.

(3) The moving of a building or structure from one location or position to another or the conversion of one use to another by virtue of interior change.

ALTER OR ALTERATION - For the purposes of Article VI of this chapter, shall mean a change in the appearance of a building, structure, site or object which is not otherwise covered by the definition of "demolition" or any other change for which a permit is required or for which a certificate of appropriateness may be required from the Board of Supervisors. "Alteration" includes, but is not limited to, additions of or changes in the materials, shape or design of any kind of exterior cladding; window replacement; the reroofing, cleaning by chemical means, sandblasting or high-pressure water wash or pointing of a building, structure or object; and removal or changes in supporting members of a building, structure or object, such as bearing walls, roof rafters, floor joists or stairways, which might impair or ruin the structural integrity.

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - The raising and keeping of livestock, horses, poultry or insects for any commercial purposes or the keeping of any animals for any reason beyond what is allowed under § 240-32A, keeping of animals and fowl, and § 240-32B, horse barn.

ANTENNA, STANDARD - A device, partially or wholly exterior to a building, that is used for receiving and/or transmitting short-wave or citizens band radio frequencies or for receiving television, radio or similar frequencies, but not including a satellite dish antennae or a commercial communications antennae. A standard antenna and the standard antenna support structure shall meet the requirements of § 240-32B and are permitted by right in all districts, provided that a building permit is obtained prior to erection of the same. [Amended 6-29-2001 by Ord. No.129-C-01]

APARTMENT - See "dwelling types."

APARTMENT FOR CARE OF RELATIVE - A housing unit especially created for and limited to occupancy by a relative of the residents of the principal dwelling unit, to provide needed care and supervision to such relative. Such unit may also house a spouse of such relative.

APPLICANT - The person(s), company, partnership, profit or nonprofit corporation or trust responsible for a particular application for an approval or permit under this chapter, and his/her heirs, successors and assigns.

ARCADE - A commercial use involving eight or more coin- or token-operated amusement devices.

ARTERIAL STREET OR HIGHWAY - A street that serves moderate- to long-distance travel with moderate to very high traffic volumes (see listing of arterial streets in § 240-27A).

**Webmasters Note: The previous definitions, Adult Use through Arterial Street or Highway, have been amended as per Supplement No. 19.

BASE FLOOD - The flood which has been selected to serve as the basis upon which the floodplain management provisions of this chapter have been prepared; for the purposes of this chapter, the one-hundred-year flood.

BASE FLOOD ELEVATION - The one-hundred-year flood elevation. Within the approximated floodplain, the base flood elevation shall be established as a point on the boundary of the approximated floodplain which is nearest to the construction site in question.

BASEMENT - Any area of the building having its floor subgrade (below ground level) on all sides. A basement shall constitute a building story if more than 33 1/3% of the perimeter walls have five feet or more of the walls above-grade and if the net area of door and window openings in the exterior walls are at least equal to 10% of the enclosed floor area. See also the definition of "story."

BED-AND-BREAKFAST - A residential accessory use located wholly within an owner occupied single-family detached residential dwelling providing public lodging rooms, not meeting the definition of "dwelling unit" and facilities for serving food prepared within the building to preregistered transient guests, which meets the requirements of §240-3 1 C(3)ss of this chapter. [Added 3-7-2000 by Ord. No. 129-E-00)

BLOCK - Property bounded on one side by a street and on the other three sides by a street, railroad right-of-way, public park, waterway, township line or any combination thereof

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS - The Board of Supervisors of East Goshen Township, or any Board of Commissioners that may succeed the Board of Supervisors.

BOARDINGHOUSE OR ROOMING HOUSE - A residential use in which two or more individual rooms that do not meet the definition of a "dwelling unit" are rented for habitation, or a dwelling unit which includes a greater number of unrelated persons than the permitted maximum number. A "boardinghouse" shall not include a use that meets the definition of a "hotel," "dormitory," "motel," "life-care center," "personal-care center," "bed-and-breakfast use," "group home" or "nursing home." A college fraternity or sorority house used as a residence shall be considered a type of boardinghouse. A boardinghouse may either involve or not involve the providing of meals to residents. This use shall only involve renting living accommodations for minimum periods of five consecutive days.

BUFFER YARD - A strip of land which may be a part of the minimum setback distance and which is free of any principal or accessory building, parking, outdoor storage or any other use other than open space, including plant screening.

BUILDING COVERAGE - The ratio obtained by dividing the ground floor area of all principal and accessory buildings on a lot (including covered porches, carports and breeze ways, but excluding open patios) by the total area of the lot upon which the buildings are located.

BUILDING HEIGHT - The vertical distance measured from the average level of finished grade along all the exterior walls of a building to:

(1) The highest point of the roof, in the case of a flat roof;

(2) The mean height between eaves and ridge, in the case of a pitched roof; or

(3) The highest point on any structure which rises wholly or partly above the roof line, and whose area equals or exceeds 20% of the ground floor area of the building which supports it. However, if a parapet wall is used to screen rooftop structures, and if there is a flat or relatively flat roof, the building height shall be measured from the highest point of the flat roof, excluding the height of the parapet.

BUILDING SETBACK LINE - The line defining the minimum required distance between a right-of-way line and the location of any structure.

BUILDING/ZONING OFFICER - The municipal officer charged with enforcing the literal terms of this chapter. Persons wishing to construct, alter, reconstruct, repair, restore, demolish or raze all or a part of any historic resource must seek authorization from this officer before commencing work.

BUSINESS OFFICE - See "office."

**Webmasters Note: The definition of Carriage Home has been re-designated as Semi- Detached Dwelling or Carriage Home as per Ordinance No. 129-A-05.

CAR WASH - A building, or portion thereof, where automobiles are commercially cleaned.

CELLAR - See definition of "story."

CEMETERY - Land or buildings used for the burial of deceased humans, but not animals. The internment or scattering of remains of properly cremated humans is not regulated by this chapter.

CENTER LINE OF STREET - See "street, center line."

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS - The approval statement signed by the Board of Supervisors which certifies the appropriateness of a particular request for the construction, alteration, reconstruction, repair, restoration, demolition or razing of all or a part of any building, structure, site or object within a certified historic district and authorizes the issuance of a building or demolition permit for said request.

CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY - A permit issued upon completion of the construction of a structure or change in use of structure or parcel of land, indicating that the premises comply with the provisions of this chapter and may be used for the purposes set forth in the certificate.

CHURCH - See "place of worship."

CLASS II HISTORIC RESOURCE -- All historic resources included in the East Goshen Township Historic Resource Inventory, not otherwise designated as Class I historic resources, and approved as such by the Board of Supervisors pursuant to the provisions of § 240-38.4. [Added 1-21-2003 by Ord. No. 129-B-03]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 129-B-03.

CLEAR CUTTING - A logging method that removes all trees, or the vast majority of all trees, from a tract of land or a portion thereof.

CLUB, LODGE OR SOCIAL BUILDING - A building to house a club or social organization which is not an adjunct to or operated by or in connection with a public tavern, caf or other public place unless such use is also permitted in that district and the requirements for such use are met.

COLLECTOR STREET - A street that serves short- to moderate-distance travel at speeds usually averaging 40 miles per hour to 45 miles per hour and that typically is intended to carry 2,000 to 10,000 trips per day. These streets serve a mix of intra-regional, intermunicipal and intramunicipal trips (see listing of collector streets in §240-27A).

COMMERCIAL - Intended to be for profit.

COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA - A device used to collect and/or transmit wireless communications or radio signals, including panels, microwave dishes, wires and sin-le poles known as "whips." [Added 4-7-1998 by Ord. No. 119-B-981a

COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURE HEIGHT - The vertical distance measured from the base of a commercial communications antenna support structure at the undisturbed grade to the highest point of the structure. If the commercial communications antenna support structure is on a sloped grade, then the average between the highest and lowest grades shall be used in calculating the commercial communications antenna support structure height. [Added 4-7-1998 by Ord. No. 119-B-98]

COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURE (TOWER) -- A monopole or a lattice-construction steel structure designed and intended solely for the support of and attachment to it of one or more commercial communications antennas and appurtenant communications equipment; a tower. [Added 4-7-1998 by Ord. No. 119-B-98; amended 5-7-2002 by Ord. No. 129-K-02 ]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been amended as per Ordinance No. 129-K- 02.

COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS TOWER/ANTENNA - See "antenna."

COMMERCIAL DISTRICT - The Cl, C2, C4 and C5 Zoning Districts.

COMMON AREA - That portion of development tract owned in undivided fee interests by the unit owners in such condominium and set aside for their exclusive use and enjoyment.

COMMON LAW CONDOMINIUM - A tract of land described in and subject to a recorded declaration and plan which provide for the subdivision of the land into common law condominium units and common area (being the balance of the tract and of the buildings and improvements not occupied by such units) and shall respectively contain a verbal and graphic description of the title lines of the common law condominium units and the common area. The declaration shall provide for the creation of an association (incorporated or unincorporated) composed of all the owners of common law condominium units within the common law condominium which shall operate and maintain the common area; shall perform such other functions as are not inconsistent with the intents and purposes of this section; and shall have the right to assess common expenses against the unit owners. The declaration may also contain such covenants, grants of easement and conditions relating to the use and enjoyment of the common area which are consistent with the intent and purpose of this section and the overall plan for the open space of which the common law condominium is a part.

COMMON LAW CONDOMINIUM UNIT - A unit of real property owned in separate fee ownership whose title lines are defined by reference to elements of the building within which the unit is located, and which shall include, as an appurtenance thereto, appropriate and necessary easements of structural support and an undivided interest as tenant in common with other owners of units within the same common law condominium, in the common area of such common law condominium.

COMMON OPEN SPACE - See "open space, common."

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN - The document adopted as the Comprehensive Plan, as amended, for the Township of East Goshen by the Board of Supervisors.

CONDITIONAL USE - Certain specified uses which may be suitable in certain areas of a district and are allowed or denied by the Board of Supervisors after recommendation by the Planning Commission pursuant to express standards and criteria set forth in this chapter.

CONDOMINIUM - Real estate, portions of which are designated for separate ownership and the remainder of which is designated for common ownership solely by the owners of those portions, created under either the Pennsylvania Unit Property Act of July 3, 1963, or the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act.1 See "common law condominium."

CONFERENCE CENTER - A facility designed primarily for conventions, meetings and related exhibits of business associations, civic groups and similar organizations, or for training of employees of a corporation and which may include meals provided to attendees of meetings.

CONSTRUCTION - Any or all work necessary for the erection of any building or structure from a combination of materials which form safe and stable structures.

CONVALESCENT HOME - See "personal-care center." [Amended 12-1-1998 by Ord. No. 1291

CONVERSION - To change or adapt land or structures to a different use, occupancy or purpose.

COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION - A nonprofit, nonstock corporation which provides one or more services to its members for a fee equal to the cost of supplying such services, and of which all members are users of such services and all users of such services are members.

CORNER LOT - See "lot, comer."

CROP FARMING - The raising, harvesting and selling of crops, including grains, vegetables and fruits, and all structures and activities customarily associated with the activity.

CURATIVE AMENDMENT - A proposed zoning amendment made to the Board of Supervisors by any landowner who desires to challenge on substantive grounds the validity of an ordinance which prohibits or restricts the use or development of land in which the landowner has an interest.

DAY CARE, CHILD - A use involving the supervised care of children under age 16 outside of the children's own home primarily for periods of less than 18 hours during the average day. This use may also include educational programs that are supplementary to state-required education, including a nursery school. The following two types of day care are permitted without regulation by this chapter: the care of children by their own relatives; or the care of one to three children within any dwelling unit, in addition to children who are relatives of the care giver. Such use shall comply with all applicable federal and state laws.

(1) CHILD DAY CARE AS AN ACCESSORY USE - A type of day-care use that provides care for six or fewer children at one time, in addition to children who are relatives of the care giver.

(2) CHILD DAY CARE AS A PRINCIPAL USE - A type of day-care use that provides care for seven or more children at any one time, in addition to children who are relatives of the primary operator, except that the care of seven or more relatives of employees of a business may occur as an accessory use to that business.

DEMOLITION - In the context of this chapter, the dismantling or tearing down of all or part of any identified historic resource or other building or structure located in a certified historic district, and all operations incidental thereto.

DEMOLITION OF HISTORIC RESOURCE -- The razing, destruction or removal, whether deliberately or by neglect of any historical resource in its entirety or in substantial part. "Substantial part" shall be defined as 50% or more of the gross area of all exterior facades on the historic resource as it existed at the time of placement on the Historic Resources Inventory. [Added 1-21-2003 by Ord. No. 129-B-03]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 129-B-03.

DENSITY - Unless otherwise stated in this chapter, shall be determined by dividing the total number of dwelling units by the total lot area on the subject lot or tract after deleting land within the future right-of-way of existing streets.

DETACHED - Used to describe a structure which has yards on all sides.

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

DIRECTORY SIGN - A sign identifying two or more persons, agencies or establishments located in a place or location common to them all. [Added 11-1-1999 by Ord. No. 129-G-991

DISTRIBUTION - The processing of materials so as to sort out which finished goods are to be transported to different locations and the loading and unloading of such goods. This use usually involves inventory control, material handling, order administration and packaging.

DWELLING UNIT (OR HOUSING UNIT) - A single habitable living unit occupied by only one family. See definition of "family." Each dwelling unit shall have its own toilet, bath or shower, sink, sleeping area, stove, oven and refrigerator, and separate access to the outside or to a common hallway or balcony that connects to outside access at ground level. No dwelling unit shall include a separate living area that is completely separated by interior walls so as to prevent interior access from the remainder of the living area, or shall include a second kitchen, unless specifically permitted by this chapter.

(1) SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING - One dwelling unit occupied by one family and which has yards on all sides, is not attached to any other principal building and which is located on one lot.

(a) The term "single-family detached dwelling" shall be deemed to include a "sectional or modular home" which is designed for transportation after fabrication in one or more units and constructed so that it must be assembled on a permanent perimeter foundation and which complies with the township building code.2

(b) MOBILE (MANUFACTURED) HOME :

[1] A type of single-family detached dwelling intended for permanent occupancy and contained in one unit or in two units designed to be joined into one integral unit, which is transportable and 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 is constructed so as to be used without a conventional perimeter foundation. The terms "mobile home" and "manufactured home" have the same meaning.

[2] As opposed to a "sectional home," a "mobile/manufactured home" does not rest on a permanent perimeter foundation and under federal law is not required to meet the township's building code.

(c) The following definition of "mobile/manufactured home" shall apply for the purposes of the floodplain regulations of §240-26: A transportable, single-family detached dwelling intended for permanent occupancy, office or place of assembly, contained in one or more sections, built on a permanent chassis, which arrives at a site completed and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, and constructed so that it may be used with or without a permanent foundation. The term includes park trailer, travel trailers and recreational and other similar vehicles which are placed on a site for more than 180 consecutive days.

(2) SEMIDETACHED DWELLING - A dwelling unit surrounded on all but one side by yards, located so that one wall is on or adjoining a side lot line and abuts the neighboring house.

(3) TOWNHOUSE DWELLING - A single-family attached dwelling unit with one dwelling unit from ground to roof, two points of independent outside access, at least two other dwellings built in conjunction herewith and any portion of one or two unpierced vertical fire-resistant party walls common with an adjoining dwelling, and having yards on at least two sides. Townhouses may be attached back-to-back or side-by-side.

(4) APARTMENT DWELLING - A building or group of buildings with common ownership on a lot with four or more dwelling units used specifically for residential purposes and originally constructed as such.

EASEMENT - A right-of-way granted, but not necessarily dedicated, for a private, public or quasi-public purpose.

EDUCATIONAL USE - A use requiring certification, licensing or review by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

ELECTRIC SUBSTATION - An assemblage of equipment for transforming electric power rather than for its generation or utilization.

EMERGENCY SERVICES STATION - A building for the housing of emergency medical, fire or police equipment and for related activities. A membership club may be included if it is a permitted use in that district. This may include housing for emergency personnel while on call.

EMPLOYEES - The highest number of workers (including both part-time and full-time, both compensated and volunteer, and both employees and independent contractors) present on a lot at any one time, other than clearly temporary and occasional persons working on physical improvements to the site.

ENLARGEMENT - An addition to the floor area of an existing building, an increase in size of a structure or an increase in that portion of a tract of land occupied by an existing use.

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES - Includes sewerage, water, gas and electric lines and related appurtenances used to serve development within the township, but not including cross-country transmission lines or other utilities not required to serve the township.

EXTERIOR ALTERATION - The alteration of exterior features which can be seen from a public street or way.

FACADE -- The exterior surface of all vertical walls of a building, including any architectural features attached to the exterior of the building, including but not limited to, windows, doors, porches, columns, colonnades, railings, stairs, chimneys, shutters, planter boxes, signs, or any permanent decoration. [Added 1-21-2003 by Ord. No. 129-B-03]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 129-B-03.

FAMILY - A single person occupying a dwelling unit and maintaining a household; two or more persons related by blood, marriage, formal foster relationship or adoption occupying a dwelling unit, living together and maintaining a common household, including not more than one boarder, roomer or lodger; or not more than three unrelated persons occupying a dwelling unit, living together and maintaining a common household.

FARM BUILDING OR STRUCTURE -- Any building or structure used for agricultural use, including the storing of agricultural equipment or farm produce or products, the housing of livestock or poultry, or the processing of dairy products. The term "farm building or structure" shall not include a dwelling, but shall include a barn, silo, accessory building or structure or any customary farm accessory structure. [Added 5-7-2002 by Ord. No. 129-J-02 ]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 129-J-02.

FENCE - A man-made barrier placed or arranged as a line of demarcation, enclosure or visual barrier that is constructed of wood, chain link metal, vinyl or aluminum and/or plastic inserts. Man-made barriers constructed principally of masonry, concrete, cinder block or similar materials shall be considered a wall. The term "wall" does not regulate engineering retaining walls, which are permitted uses as needed in all districts.

FLAGPOLE -- A flagstaff designed and solely intended for the patriotic display of the flag of the United States of America, or its armed forces, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any political subdivision thereof, or the flag of a group or organization, or combination thereof, and for no other purpose. A flagpole shall not include a standard antenna, a standard antenna support structure, a commercial communications antenna support structure, tower, antenna or any other structure designed, intended or capable of supporting any other use or purpose. [Added 5-7-2002 by Ord. No. 129-K-02 ]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 129-K-02.

FLOOD - A general and temporary inundation of normally dry land areas.

FLOODPLAIN - A relatively flat or low land area adjoining a river, stream or watercourse which is expected to be subject to partial or complete inundation once in every 100 years.

FLOODPROOFING - A combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes or adjustments to properties and structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to lands, water and sanitary facilities, structures and contents of buildings.

FLOODWAY - The designated area of a floodplain required to carry the discharge waters of a one-hundred-year flood.

FLOOR AREA OR GROSS FLOOR AREA - The total area of all floors as measured to the outside surfaces of exterior walls or from the center line of party walls separating two buildings, but excluding crawl spaces, garages, carports, attics without floors, open porches, terraces and cellars.

FLOOR AREA RATIO - The total allowable floor area for a given lot, divided by the area of that lot. (For example, a building containing 15,000 square feet of floor area on a given lot of 10,000 square feet of lot area has a floor area ratio of 1.5).

FOWL -- Any of the larger domestic birds used as food, such as chickens, turkey, geese and duck. [Added 7-16-2002 by Ord. No. 129-O-02 ]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 129-O-02.

FRONT YARD - See "yard."

FRONT YARD LINE - See "yard line."

GARAGE - An accessory building, either attached to or separate from the principal building, which is used only for storage purposes.

GARAGE, PARKING - A building or portion thereof which is available to the general public, designed or used for the storage of motor vehicles, but which is not used for the repair or maintenance of motor vehicles. [Added 12-1-1998 by Ord. No. 1291

GARAGE SALE - The accessory use of any lot for the occasional sale or auction of only common household goods and furniture and items of a closely similar character.

GASOLINE SERVICE STATION - An area of land, together with any structure thereon, used for the retail sale of motor fuel, lubricants and incidental services, such as lubrication and hand- washing of motor vehicles, and the sale, installation or minor repair of tires, batteries or other automobile accessories.

GLARE - A sensation of brightness within the visual field which causes annoyance, discomfort or loss in visual performance, visibility and/or the ability to focus.

GOLF COURSE DEVELOPMENT TRACT - The total area of the tract of land proposed to be used and developed as a planned golf course development, exclusive of existing public road rights-of-way. [Added 11-1-1999 by Ord. No. 129-G-99)

GOVERNMENTAL USES - Municipal, county, state or federal government buildings or facilities designed and intended to be occupied by the government or designed and intended for public use sponsored by such government.

GRADE - The elevation of finished ground or paving which adjoins a building.

GROUP HOME - A dwelling unit occupied by unrelated individuals, suffering a medically recognized mental or physical impairment or disability not currently requiring hospitalization, residing together as a single housekeeping unit and using cooking facilities and certain household rooms in common as though they were a family unit.

(1) See group home standards in §240-38.

(2) The term "group home" shall not include any use meeting the definition of a "treatment center."

(3) The term "group home" shall not involve the housing or treatment of persons who could reasonably be considered a threat to the physical safety of others.

GUEST HOUSE - A separate residential building for the temporary accommodation of guests of owners and tenants of a planned residential development (PRD).

HEALTH/EXERCISE/TENNIS CLUBS - A place designated and equipped for the conduct of leisure time or sports activities, including physical training, swimming, court games, field sports, playground and other indoor or outdoor activities, and other customary indoor or outdoor recreational activities. [Added 4-12-2005 by Ord. No. 129-B-05]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 129-B-05.

HEIGHT - See "building height."

HELIPAD (OR HELIPORT) - An area used for the takeoff and landing of helicopters, together with any related support facilities such as for maintenance, refueling and storage. This chapter is not intended to regulate the nonroutine emergency landing and takeoff of aircraft to pick up seriously injured or ill persons or the use of helicopters in occasional on-site construction projects.

HISTORIC RESOURCE -- Any building, site, structure, object, or other resource which has been designated a Class I or Class II historic resource. [Added 1-21-2003 by Ord. No. 129-B-03]

HISTORIC RESOURCE IMPACT STUDY -- A study of the potential impacts of proposed land development and/or land disturbance on nearby historic resources, including study of potential means to mitigate negative impacts, required to be submitted to the Township in certain land development scenarios, in accordance with Article VI of this chapter. [Added 1-21-2003 by Ord. No. 129-B-03]

HISTORIC RESOURCE INVENTORY -- The East Goshen Township Historic Resource Inventory, a list and corresponding map indicating the locations of all Class I and Class II historic resources in the Township, including both principal and contributing resources, to which the provisions of Article VI of this chapter apply. [Added 1-21-2003 by Ord. No. 129-B-03]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definitions, Historic Resource through Historic Resource Inventory, have been added as per Ordinance No. 129-B-03.

HISTORIC STRUCTURE -- For the purposes of the floodplain regulations of § 240-26, this term shall mean any structure that is designated a Class I or Class II Historic Resource. [Amended 1-21-2003 by Ord. No. 129-B-03]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been amended as per Ordinance No. 129-B- 03.

HISTORIC WALL SIGN -- A sign suspended from or otherwise affixed to a wall or vertical surface of a building, whose face is perpendicular to the wall or vertical surface of the building. [Added 5-4-2004 by Ord. No. 129-D-04]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 129-D-04.

HOME OCCUPATION -- A customary accessory use to a residential dwelling unit which is clearly incidental to the principal residential use of the dwelling unit, and which is carried on only within the dwelling unit or an approved accessory structure on the same lot on which the dwelling is located, and which complies with the standards for home occupations specified in § 240-32J of this chapter, and which is not a "No-impact home based business" as that term is defined in § 240-6 of this chapter. [Added 10-21-2003 by Ord. No. 129-L-03]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 129-L-03.

HOME OCCUPATION, MAJOR - A routine and customary accessory use which is clearly incidental to the residential use of the dwelling unit and is carried on only within the dwelling unit or approved accessory structure and complies with the standards for major home occupations in §240-32J(4) and (6) herein. [Added 1-2-2001 by Ord. No. 129-A-011]

HOME OCCUPATION, MINOR - A routine and customary accessory use which is clearly incidental to the residential use of the dwelling unit and is carried on only within the dwelling unit or approved accessory structure and complies with the standards for minor home occupations in §240-32J(4) and (5) herein. [Added 1-2-2001 by Ord. No. 129-A-01]

HOME-RELATED BUSINESS [Amended 1-2-2001 by Ord. No. 129-A-01] - A routine and customary accessory use which:

(1) Is clearly incidental to the residential use of the dwelling unit; and

INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT - Includes the 1-1, 1-2 and BP Districts.

INDUSTRIAL USE - Manufacturing, distribution, warehousing, processing or other operations of a similar scale.

INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY - A facility licensed or not as such by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania operated by a full-time staff in which supervised aroundthe-clock services and nursing care are provided for a period exceeding 24 hours, for three or more individuals who require only intermittent care to maintain the basic needs of daily living in the areas of hygiene, cooking, cleaning, eating, nutrition, ambulatory care, recreation, community activities and mobility, general safety and similar activities of every day living; an assisted living facility. [Added 5-5-1998 by Ord. No. 119-C-98]

JUNK - Any discarded, unusable, scrap or abandoned man-made materials or articles, such as the following: metal, building materials, house furnishings, machinery, vehicle parts, aircraft, manufactured homes, plastics and containers. Junk shaIl not include solid waste that is being temporarily stored within a sanitary container while awaiting collection and proper disposal, or recyclables that await imminent processing and reuse.

**Webmasters Note: The followong defintions have been amended as per Supplement No. 14.

JUNKYARD :

(1) An area of land used for the storage of junk or vehicles, or parts thereof, with or without the dismantling, processing, salvage, sale or other use or disposition of the same.

(2) Vehicles. The keeping, storage and/or parking outside of an enclosed building on a lot of two or more motor vehicles that are wrecked or disabled or do not display current state registration or current state safety inspection stickers shall be deemed to be a "junkyard." An area of land used for the storage of vehicles.

KENNEL - Facility for the keeping of a total of more than 10 dogs and/or cats over three months in age on a lot, or as may be otherwise defined as a kennel under §240-32. A nonprofit animal shelter is a type of kennel. Such facility shall be constructed to prevent dogs from straying therefrom.

LAND SITE - A tract or parcel of land that contains a wireless communications facility and associated parking, and may include other uses associated with and ancillary to wireless communication transmission. [Added 4-7-1998 by Ord. No. 119-B-98]

LIFE CARE DEVELOPMENT :

(1) A planned residential development held in private ownership, designed, developed and maintained to serve the housing and personal care needs of persons age 55 or older (provided that nothing herein shall preclude residency by any person under age 55 who is handicapped). A "life care development" shall consist of at least two of the following three components.

(a) A skilled care facility licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;

(b) An intermediate care facility licensed or not by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and/or

(2) With the exception of those of any age suffering from senile dementia and Alzheimer's disease, a life care development shall not include any facility providing housing, custodial, treatment, habilitative or rehabilitative services to those afflicted with drug or alcohol addiction or dependence, mental illness or emotional illness or for those detained for, charged with or convicted of any act punishable under any state or federal penal statute or detained, adjudicated delinquent or dependent under any juvenile code. [Amended 5-5-1998 by Ord. No. 119-C-98]

(1) CORNER LOT - A lot bounded on at least two sides by streets whenever the lines of such streets, extended, form an interior angle of 135 degrees or less. A comer lot has a designated front lot line and a designated side street lot line.

(2) INTERIOR LOT - A lot other than a comer lot.

(3) FLAG LOT OR FLAG-SHAPED LOT - An irregularly-shaped lot characterized by an elongated extension providing access from a street to the principal part of the lot. Such lot is typically the shape of a flag on a flag pole. (See §240-23B.)

(4) LANDLOCKED LOT - A lot which is surrounded on all sides by one or more lots and does not have a street connection or does not abut a street.

(5) PARENT LOT - A lot of record that exists at the time of application for approval of a particular subdivision and from which one or more new lots are proposed to be created.

(6) THROUGH LOT - An interior lot having frontage on two streets. Also called a "double frontage lot."

LOT AREA - The horizontal area of land contained within the property lines bounding the lot, excluding any portions thereof within a street right-of-way. The calculation of impervious coverage. as herein defined, shall be applied to the total lot area, exclusive of the area of the lot lying within any street right-of-way.

LOT DEPTH - The distance along a straight line drawn from the midpoint of the front lot line to the midpoint of the rear lot line.

LOT LINES -- The property lines bounding the lot. (See Sketch B in the Appendix.)

(1) FRONT LOT LINE (STREET LINE) -- The lot line separating the lot from the abutting street right-of-way. In the case where the property owner owns to the center of the right-of-way, the front lot line shall be the street right-of-way line. [Amended 7-16-2002 by Ord. No. 129-0-02 ]

(2) REAR LOT LINE -- A lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line. (A three- sided lot has no rear lot line.) Every lot with four or more sides shall have a rear lot line and a rear yard. [Amended 12-1-1998 by Ord. No. 129]

(3) SIDE LOT LINE -- Any lot line other than a front or rear lot line.

(4) SIDE STREET LOT LINE -- Exists on a corner lot and is a lot line separating a lot from a street.

**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been amended as per Ordinance No. 129-O- 02.

LOT WIDTH - The horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at right angles to the lot depth. [Amended 6-1-1999 by Ord. No. 129-D-99]

LOWEST FLOOR - 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 a 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.

MASSAGE PARLOR :

(1) An establishment that meets all of the following criteria:

(a) Manipulative exercises are performed using the hands and/or a mechanical or bathing device on a person's skin other than the face or neck by another person that is related to certain monetary compensation.

(b) The person conducting the massage is not licensed as a health care professional or a licensed massage therapist by the state, nor related to the person receiving the massage by blood, adoption, marriage or official guardianship.

(c) The massages are not conducted within a licensed hospital or nursing home or an office of a medical doctor or chiropractor.

(d) The massages are conducted within private or semiprivate rooms.

(e) The use is not clearly a customary and incidental accessory use to a permitted exercise club or to a high school or college athletic pro-ram.

(2) See standards under "adult use" in §240-3 1.

MINI-MARKET - A retail store selling a variety of food, beverages, drugs, reading material or household supplies and having a floor area not exceeding 2,500 square feet.

MINOR OR LOCAL STREET - A type of street that primarily provides local access for very short trips with typical speeds of 15 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour and with average daily traffic of typically less than 2,000 trips per day.

MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOME - See "dwelling unit."

MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOME PARK - A lot with the land under single ownership of record and which has been planned and improved for the placement of two or more mobile or manufactured homes occupied as dwellings.

MOTEL - See "hotel or motel."

MUNICIPALITIES PLANNING CODE OR STATE PLANNING CODE - The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. §10101 et seq., as amended.

NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT - An area of any size which has been designated as a National Register Historic District pursuant to the requirements of the National Park Service.

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - A federal list of cultural resources worthy of preservation, authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, 16 U.S.C. §470, as part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate and protect the nation's historic and archaeological resources.

NEW CONSTRUCTION - Structure for which the start of construction commenced on or after July 27, 1977, and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures.

NO-IMPACT HOME-BASED BUSINESS -- A business or commercial activity administered or conducted as an accessory use which is clearly secondary to the use as a residential dwelling and which involves no customer, client or patient traffic (whether vehicular or pedestrian) pickup, delivery or removal functions to or from the premises, in excess of those normally associated with residential use. The business or commercial activity must comply with the standards in § 240-32U of this chapter. [Added 10-21-2003 by Ord. No. 129-L-03]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 129-L-03.

NONCONFORMING LOT - A lot which does not conform with the minimum width, depth or area dimensions specified for the district where such lot is situated but was lawfully in existence at the time of enactment of this chapter or a prior zoning ordinance, or is legally established through the granting of a variance by the Zoning Hearing Board.

NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE - A structure which lawfully exists on the effective date of this chapter that could not be built under this chapter by reason of restrictions on area, lot coverage, height, yards or other characteristics of the structure or location on the lot.

NONCONFORMING USE - A use which does not comply with the applicable use provisions of this chapter, but which was lawfully in existence prior to the enactment of this chapter or a prior zoning ordinance.

NUDITY - The showing of the human male or female genital, pubic area or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering; the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any part of the nipple; the exposure of any device, costume or covering which gives the appearance of or stimulates the genitals, perineum anal re-ion or pubic hair re-Ion; or the exposure of any device worn as a cover over the nipples and/or areola of the female breast which device stimulates and gives the realistic appearance of nipples and/or areola.10

OBJECT - A material thing of functional, aesthetic, cultural, historic or scientific value that may, by nature or design, be movable yet related to a specific culture, setting or environment. An example would be an Indian totem.

OFFICE, BUSINESS A business establishment which does not offer, on the premises, a product or merchandise for sale to the public but offers a service to the public. Personal services, such as barber and beauty shops and repair services are not to be included within the definition of "business offices."

OFFICIAL MAP - A map that may be adopted by the Board of Supervisors showing the exact location of the lines of existing and proposed public streets, watercourses and public grounds, including widenings, narrowings, extensions, diminutions, openings or closings of the same.

OPEN SPACE - The unoccupied area of a lot. Open space does not include the areas of principal and accessory structures, streets, driveways or parking areas; but may include areas occupied by walkways, patios and porches without roofs, playgrounds and other areas occupied by outdoor recreation or play apparatus, gardens and trees. See "open space, common" and "open space, passive."

OPEN SPACE, COMMON - Land or an area of water or a combination of land and water legally preserved for a minimum ninety-nine-year period or perpetuity and intended for the use and enjoyment of the residents of a development and/or the general public, and which consists of landscaped or natural terrain (including lakes and streams).

(1) Common open space shall be free of buildings, except for recreational and utility buildings specifically approved by the Board of Supervisors as part of the initial development plan.

(2) Common open space shall not include street rights-of-way, private streets, any yard or other area required to meet a requirement for an individual building lot or off-street parking areas except for parking areas clearly needed to serve the permitted uses on the common open spaces.

(3) Common open space may include recreational uses such as tennis courts, squash courts, playgrounds, golf courses, swimming pools or other similar uses that do not primarily involve buildings.

OPEN SPACE, PASSIVE - Open space that does not include active recreation facilities (such as athletic facilities), but which may include trails, picnic areas and pathways, and which is primarily maintained in a relatively natural, landscaped or open grass manner.3

PADOT - The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, also known as PennDOT, or its successor, and its subparts.

PARENT LOT - See "lot."

PARKING GARAGE - See "garage, parking."

PARKING SPACE - An area with a dustless, all-weather surface, accessible from a public way and used for the storage of an automobile.

PENAL OR CORRECTIVE INSTITUTION - A jail, prison, penitentiary, correctional institution or work release center for adult offenders, and a juvenile detention, shelter care or similar facility, whether public or private, for juveniles who are subject to the jurisdiction of a court or agency under and pursuant to the Pennsylvania Juvenile Act4 or similar statute of another state. [Added 9-7-1999 by Ord. No. 129-F-99]

PERMITTED-BY-RIGHT USES - Uses that do not have to be approved as uses by the Zoning Hearing Board or the Board of Supervisors. (A site plan review by the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors is required for certain permitted-by-right uses to ensure that the use would comply with all township ordinances.)

PERSONAL CARE HOME OR CENTER - A residential use providing residential and support services primarily to persons who are over age 60, physically handicapped and/or developmentally disabled and that is licensed as a personal-care center by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

PERSONAL SERVICE - An establishment that provides a service oriented to personal needs of the general public and which does not involve primarily retail or wholesale sales or services to businesses. Personal services include barber and beauty shops, photography studios. shoe repair shops, household appliance repair shops and other similar establishments, but shall not include any adult uses.

PETS, KEEPING OF - The keeping of domestic animals that are normally considered to be kept in conjunction with a dwelling for the pleasures of the resident fan-lily. This shall include dogs, cats, small birds, gerbils, rabbits and other animals commonly sold in retail pet shops.

PLACE OF WORSHIP OR CHURCH - A building or group of buildings, including customary accessory buildings designed or intended for public worship by 12 or more persons at a time. Places used for worship by fewer than 12 persons at a time are not regulated by this chapter. For the purpose of this chapter, "place of worship" includes churches, chapels, cathedrals, synagogues, temples and similar designations as well as a maximum of one dwelling unit to house full-time religious leaders and their relatives.

PLANNED GOLF COURSE DEVELOPMENT - A unified development consisting of an eighteen-hole golf course devoted exclusively to golf course use and a combination of single- family detached and carriage house dwellings in which dwelling unit density is calculated by subdividing from the golf course development tract those portions of the tract intended exclusively for such residential development in accordance with the standards established in §240-101

PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (PRD) - A PRD is an area of land controlled by a landowner to be developed as a single entity for a number of dwelling units in a variety of housing types and for those nonresidential uses deemed to be appropriate for incorporation in the design of the planned residential development.

PLANNING COMMISSION - The Planning Commission of East Goshen Township.

PRINCIPAL BUILDING - The building in which the principal use of a lot is permitted.

PRINCIPALLY ABOVE GROUND - Where at least 51 % of the actual cash value of a structure, less land value, is above ground.

PRINCIPAL USE - The single dominant use or single main use on a lot.

PRIVATE CLUBS AND LODGE - Any building which serves as a meeting place for a selected membership, together with recreation and dining facilities which are not open to the public.

PRIVATE RECREATION FACILITY - Any land or structure designed for or intended for indoor or outdoor recreation, regardless of whether a fee is charged, which is owned by a private for profit enterprise and open to the public.

PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENT - Includes all outdoor places owned by or open to the general public and all buildings and enclosed places owned by or open to the general public, including such places of entertainment, taverns, restaurants, clubs, theaters, dance halls, banquet halls, party rooms or halls limited to specific members, whether open to the public or to patrons invited to attend, whether or not an admission charge is levied.

PUBLICLY OWNED RECREATION - Land and/or facilities that are owned by a government agency or the township and are available for use by the general public for noncommercial leisure and recreation.

PUBLIC UTILITY BUILDING - A building owned and operated by any utility authorized to operate a public utility facility as that term is defined in this § 240-6 and constituting a part thereof. [Added 11-13-2001 by Ord. No. 129-F-01]

PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITY - A facility owned and operated by an electric company, water company, sewage disposal company, telephone company, cable television company, gas company, pipe line company or similar legal entity owning or operating equipment or facilities for transmitting, distributing or conveying natural gas, electricity or steam for the production of light, heat or power through and outside the township to or for the public for compensation; pumping, distributing or furnishing water to or for the public for compensation; transporting passengers or property as a common carrier; transporting or conveying natural gas, crude oil, gasoline or petroleum products, materials for refrigeration, oxygen or nitrogen or other fluid substance, by underground pipeline or conduit, for the public for compensation; conveying or transmitting messages or communications by telephone or telegraph for the public for compensation, except as herein otherwise excluded; and sewage collection, treatment or disposal for the public for compensation; provided, however, that such facility shall not include a sewage treatment plant, power generation plant for the production of natural gas, electricity, steam or any similar facilities, buildings or structures designed and intended to produce or generate any such products or services, or administrative offices of such entity, whether publicly or privately owned. The term also does not include any facility of a person, corporation or other legal entity not otherwise a public utility, who or which furnishes service only to himself or itself; any facility of a person, corporation or other legal entity who or which furnishes mobile domestic cellular radio telecommunications service; any cooperative association which furnishes service only to its stockholders or members on a nonprofit basis; any producer of natural gas not engaged in distributing such gas directly to the public for compensation; any building or facility owner/operators who hold ownership over and manage the internal distribution system serving such building or facility and who supply electric power and other related electric power services to occupants of the building or facility. Provided, however, that in any instance where the use regulations of a particular zoning district do not permit a public utility building, the provisions of 53 P.S. § 10619 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code shall apply. Provided, further, that "essential utilities," as defined in this section, shall be permitted in all zoning districts. [Amended 10-21-1997 by Ord. No.119-A-97]

REAR YARD - See "yard, rear."

REAR YARD LINE - See "yard line."

RECONSTRUCTION - Any or all work needed to remake or rebuild all or a part of any identified historic resource to a sound condition, but not necessarily of original materials.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLE OR UNIT - A vehicle, boat, boat trailer or other piece of equipment, whether self-powered or designed to be pulled or carried, intended primarily for leisure time or recreational use. Recreational vehicles or units include travel trailers, truck-mounted campers, motor homes, folding tent campers, boats, boat trailers, autos, buses or trucks adapted for vacation use and other vehicles not suitable for daily conventional family transportation. Snowmobiles, minibikes, all-terrain vehicles, go-carts and boat trailers are also deemed recreational vehicles.

RELATED OR RELATIVE - Persons who are closely related by blood, marriage, adoption or formal foster relationship to result in one of the following relationships: brother, sister, parent, child, grandparent, great-grandparent, grandchild, great-grandchild, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, sister-in-law, brother-in-law or parent-in-law. For the purposes of child day-care regulations, "relative" may also include a first cousin. This term shall not include relationships such as second cousins or cousins further removed.

REPAIRS - Any or all work involving the replacement of existing work with equivalent material for the purpose of maintenance, but not including any addition, change or modification in construction.

RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT - The R 1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 Zoning Districts.

RESIDENTIAL LOT LINES - The lot line of a lot that contains an existing dwelling on a lot of less than 10 acres or is undeveloped and zoned as a residential district.

RESTAURANT - The following types of restaurants are classified for this chapter:

(1) STANDARD RESTAURANT-An establishment that sells ready-to-eat meals to the public which are clearly primarily consumed within the building or the place of business, and where waiters and/or waitresses serve the clear majority of nonbuffet food and beverages to patrons while the customers are seated. Unless otherwise stated, such restaurant may not include a drive-through lane.

(2) STANDARD RESTAURANT WITH TAKE-OUT SERVICE - A standard restaurant that also involves accessory service to customers who consume the food off-premises. Unless otherwise stated, such restaurant shall not include drive-through service.

(3) FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT - A restaurant that sells ready-to-eat meals to the public and which does not meet the definition of a "standard restaurant." This use typically involves customers making orders at an inside window or service area or cafeteria line, with the food consumed either at seating areas within the building or for take-out for consumption off the premises, and which typically involves customers eating the food outside of the building relatively frequently.

(4) RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE-THROUGH SERVICE - A restaurant that includes service to customers remaining seated in automobiles, either through an exterior window or service area or through service to parked automobiles.

(5) FOOD STAND - A place (such as a snack bar, dairy bar or hamburger or hot dog stand) where customers are served ready-to-eat at an exterior window or service area and where no inside seating facilities are provided and/or which primarily involves the off-site delivery of meals to the homes or businesses of customers.

RETAIL STORE - A use in which merchandise is sold or rented to the general public, but not including the following: sales of motor vehicles or boats, adult movie theater, adult bookstore, manufacturing, tavern, car wash, auto service station, auto repair garage, convenience store or any restaurant.

**Webmasters Note: The previous definitions, Publicly Owned Recreation through Retail Store, have been amended as per Supplement No. 21.

RIDING ACADEMY - Any private club or commercial enterprise where equestrian skills are taught on the premises. Equestrian competitions and shows are a permitted accessory use, provided that adequate off-street parking is provided.

RIGHT-OF-WAY - The definition in Chapter 205, Subdivision and Land Development, as amended, shall apply.

ROOFTOP STRUCTURES - All objects, materials, equipment and/or structures extending more than six inches above the roofline of a building, including but not limited to the following: vent stacks, heat pumps, cooling towers, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning units and other mechanical equipment. Rooftop structures shall specifically not include the following: vent stacks that extend 12 inches or less above the roofline, chimneys, parapet walls and antennae. "Rooftop structures" shall be interpreted as including the words "or part thereof." For a pitched roof, for the purposes of this definition, the word "roofline" shall mean "the mean height between the eaves and ridge."

ROOMING HOUSE - See "boardinghouse."

SANITARIUM - An institution for the treatment of chronic diseases or conditions, whether physical, mental or addictive, and/or for medically supervised recuperation of such diseases or conditions, whether inpatient or outpatient; a sanatorium. [Added 9-7-1999 by Ord. No. 129-F- 99]

SATELLITE DISH ANTENNA OR SATELLITE ANTENNA - A ground-based reflector, usually parabolic in shape, that receives electronic signals from a satellite. This term shall also include any pedestal or attached structure.

SCHOOL, PRIMARY - Prekindergarten, kindergarten and grades I through 8. [Added 9-7-1999 by Ord. No. 129-F-99]

SCHOOL, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL - An educational institution primarily for persons between the ages of five and 19 that primarily provides state- required or largely state-funded educational programs. This term shall not include trade schools.

SCHOOL, SECONDARY - Grades 9 through 12. [Added 9-7-1999 by Ord. No. 129F-99]

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR'S STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION AND GUIDELINES FOR REHABILITATING HISTORIC BUILDINGS - A federal document stating standards and guidelines for the appropriate rehabilitation and preservation of historic buildings.

SELF-STORAGE DEVELOPMENT - A building or group of buildings divided into individual separate access units which are rented or leased for the storage of personal and small business property.

SEMI DETACHED DWELLING OR CARRIAGE HOUSE -- A dwelling unit surrounded on all but one side by yards, located so that one wall is on or adjoining a side lot line and abuts the neighboring house. [Added 11-1-1999 by Ord. No. 129-G-99; amended 2-22-2005 by Ord. No. 129-A-05]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been amended as per Ordinance No. 129-A- 05.

SETBACK - See "building setback line."

SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM, CENTRALIZED/ON-LOT - A centralized sewage disposal system is a public utility system or other system designed to collect, centrally treat and dispose of sewage from users in compliance with regulations of the appropriate state agency and of the township. Any system which is not an approved centralized sewage disposal system shall be deemed an on-lot system.

SIDE YARD - See "yard."

SIDE YARD LINE - See "yard line."

SIGN - A lettered board, structure, display, illustration or other surface, or any other graphic device used to visually announce, advertise or convey information to the public for any purpose, and which is visible from outside of a building.

(1) DIRECTIONAL SIGN - An informational sign indicating direction, entry or exit, loading or service area, fire lanes, parking, no trespassing or similar information incidental to the primary use and not itself advertising that use.

(2) FREESTANDING SIGN - A sign and supporting structure which is self-supporting upon the ground or which is supported by means of poles, pylons or standards in the ground. A freestanding sign is not attached to a building except by secondary supports such as guy wires.

(3) IDENTIFICATION SIGN - A sign identifying a home occupation or identifying the use of a property, but one that has no advertisement.

(4) ILLUMINATED SIGN, DIRECT - A sign which is designed to be illuminated by artificial light from a source adjacent to or outside of the sign in such a manner that the source of the light is not directly visible from the street or any other intended vantage point of the sign.

(5) ILLUMINATED SIGN, INDIRECT - A sign which is designed to be illuminated by light from within the sign rather than a source adjacent to or outside of the sign.

(6) MENU BOARD - A sign that only lists type and prices of beverages offered for sale. Such sign includes but is not limited to a bill of fare or a price list.

(7) MOVABLE SIGN - A sign which is not secured or attached to a structure or to the ground.

(8) NAMEPLATE SIGN - A sign indicating only the name and/or address of persons or person residing on or legally occupying the premises.

(9) OFFICIAL SIGN - A sign erected by the state, county, township or other legally constituted governmental body.

(10) OFF-PREMISES SIGN - A sign which directs attention to an object, product, service, place, activity, person, institution, organization or business that is primarily offered or located at a location other than the lot upon which the sign is located. This includes signs commonly called "billboards."

(11) POLITICAL SIGN - A sign which indicates the name, cause or affiliation of a person seeking public office or on which reference is made to an issue for which a referendum is scheduled to be held.

(12) PUBLIC SERVICES SIGN - A sign which advertises availability of rest rooms, telephone, meeting times of service organizations or other similar public conveniences.

(13) TEMPORARY SIGN - A sign constructed of paper, cloth, canvas, wood, metal or any lightweight material intended to be displayed for a short period of time, normally less than 30 days.

(14) TIME AND TEMPERATURE SIGNS - A sign or portion of a sign whose sole purpose is to indicate the time and/or temperature.

(15) VEHICULAR SIGN - A sign affixed or painted on a vehicle, trailer or similar device.

(16) WALL SIGN - A sign posted on, painted on, suspended from or otherwise affixed to a wall or vertical surface of a building which does not project more than 12 inches from the wall or vertical surface to which it is attached.

(17) WALL-SIGNABLE AREA - A continuous rectangular area on the wall of a building.

(18) WINDOW SIGN - A temporary sign attached to or affixed to the interior of a window or door, or a sign which is readily visible and can be read from the exterior through a window or door from a distance of 20 feet therefrom. Such sign shall not be internally illuminated.

SIGN, HEIGHT OF - The vertical distance measured from the average ground level immediately below a sign to the highest point of the sign and its supporting structure.

SILO -- A tall cylindrical structure that is located on a farm and is used to store crops for animal feed. [Added 5-7-2002 by Ord. No. 129-K-02 ]

SINGLE AND SEPARATE OWNERSHIP -- The ownership of a lot by one or more persons which ownership is separate and distinct from that of any abutting or adjoining lot.

SINGLE-FAMILY CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT -- A unified residential development of single-family detached dwellings that permits certain reduced lot dimensions and that requires the provision of common open space.

SITE ALTERATION -- Include regrading the existing topography, filling lakes, ponds, marshes or floodplains, clearing vegetation or altering watercourses.

SKILLED CARE FACILITY -- A facility licensed as such by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania operated by a full-time staff in which nursing care and related medical or other health services are provided for a period exceeding 24 hours, for three or more individuals who are not acutely ill and not in need of hospitalization, but who, because of age, illness, disease, injury, convalescence or physical or medical infirmity, need around-the-clock supervised care and supervision; a nursing home. [Added 5-5-1998 by Ord. No. 119-C-98]

SOIL SURVEY -- A scientific survey of soil conditions and characteristics prepared by the former United States Soil Conservation Service or current Natural Resources Conservation Service.

SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTOR -- A structure used to collect energy from the sun that is used to produce heat or electricity. [Added 5-7-2002 by Ord. No. 129-K-02 ]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definitions, Silo through Solar Energy Collector, have been amended as per Ordinance No. 129-K-02.

SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM - Any structure attached to a building or erected as a structure and attached to the ground and used for the purpose of generating solar energy.

SOLID WASTE TRANSFER FACILITY - A type of solid waste disposal facility which receives and temporarily stores solid waste at a location other than the generation site and which facilitates the bulk transfer of accumulated solid waste to a facility for further processing or disposal, and which may or may not involve the separation of recyclables from solid waste.

SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE - A use for which the Zoning Hearing Board may grant permission following a public hearing and findings of fact consistent with this chapter, and provided that the use complies with the conditions and standards required by this chapter.

SPECIFIED SEXUAL ACTIVITIES - One or more of the following:

(1) Human male genitals in a visible state of sexual stimulation.

(2) Acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse, oral sex or sodomy.

(3) Fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals.

STANDARD ANTENNA HEIGHT [Added 6-29-2001 by Ord. No. 129-C-01] - The height of a standard antenna and/or standard antenna support structure shall be measured as follows:

(1) The height of a standard antenna and/or standard antenna support structure unsupported by a separate foundation which is attached to a building shall be measured from the average level of the finished grade along the exterior of the building to which the antenna is attached to the top of the highest point of the antenna.

(2) The height of a standard antenna and/or standard antenna support structure which has a separate foundation and is also attached to a building (not on the roof) shall be measured from the ground level at the point where the antenna is anchored to the ground to the top of the highest point of the antenna.

(3) The height of a standard antenna and/or standard antenna support structure which has a separate foundation and is detached from any building shall be measured from the average ground level of a circle with a center where the antenna is anchored to the ground and extending a radius of ten feet to the top of the highest point of the antenna.

STANDARD ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURE - Any pole, mono pole, telescoping mast, tower, tripod, lattice construction steel structure or similar structure which supports or has attached to it a standard antenna(s). (Added 6-19-2001 by Ord. No. 129-C-011

STANDARD RESTAURANT - See "restaurant."

STATE - The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its agencies.

STEEPLE -- A tall tapering structure narrowing to a point at the top that is located on the roof of or is a part of the superstructure of a church or other place of worship. [Added 5-7-2002 by Ord. No. 129-K-02 ]

STEEP SLOPES -- Unless otherwise stated, shall mean areas with a change in elevation equal or greater than 15%. Such slopes shall be based upon and mapped using two-foot contours, unless another interval is preapproved by the Zoning Officer (see §§ 240-25 through 240-28 concerning steep slope development). Unless otherwise stated, steep slopes that were clearly man-made and not naturally steep shall not be regulated by the steep slope regulations of this chapter.

STORAGE SHED -- A self-contained structure to be used solely for the purpose of enclosing, protecting and/or securing objects used in the normal operation and/or maintenance associated with the principal use of the property.

STORY AND HALF STORY -- That portion of a building, included between the surface of any floor and the ceiling next above it that is routinely accessible by humans and has an internal height of not less than 6.5 feet shall be considered a full story. Any such portion of a floor of a building having an internal height of less than 6.5 feet shall be considered a half story. In addition, if more than 33% of the perimeter walls around the ground level are below grade, then such ground level shall not be considered to be a story. See also the definition of "basement."

STREET -- A public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property, including avenue, place, way, parkway, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road and any other thoroughfare except an alley. (A public street is dedicated to and maintained by the Township.)

STREET, CENTER LINE -- The center line of a street which is at an equal distance from both right-of-way lines.

STREET CLASSIFICATIONS :

(1) ARTERIAL STREET OR HIGHWAY -- A street that serves moderate- to long-distance travel with moderate to very high traffic volumes (see listing of arterial streets in § 240-27A).

(2) COLLECTOR STREET -- A street that serves short- to moderate-distance travel at speeds usually averaging 40 miles per hour to 45 miles per hour and that typically is intended to carry 2,000 to 10,000 trips per day. These streets serve a mix of intra-regional, intermunicipal and intramunicipal trips (see listing of collector streets in § 240-27A).

(3) MINOR OR LOCAL STREET -- A type of street that primarily provides local access for very short trips with typical speeds of 15 mile per hour to 25 miles per hour and with average daily traffic of typically less than 2,000 trips per day.

STREET LINE -- See "lot lines."

STRUCTURE -- Any man-made object having ascertainable stationary location on land or water or on land and water, whether or not affixed to the land. The term "structure" shall include, but not be limited to: buildings, signs, fences, walls, towers, swimming pools, porches, garages, flagpoles, windmills, watertowers, silos, solar energy collectors, and similar constructions. "Structures" shall be interpreted as including the words "or part thereof." [Amended 5-7-2002 by Ord. No. 129-K-02 ]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definitions, Steeple through Structure, have been amended as per Ordinance No. 129-K-02.

**Webmasters Note: The previous definitions, Sign, Height of through Structure, have been amended as per Supplement No. 19.

SUBDIVISION - See the definition in Chapter 205, Subdivision and Land Development.12

SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE - 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 the damage occur-red.

SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT - 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:

(1) Any project for improvement of a structure to correct existing violations of state or local health, sanitary or safety code specifications which have been identified by the local Code Enforcement Officer and which are the minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions.

(2) Any alteration of an historic structure, provided that the alteration will not preclude the structure's continued designation as an historic structure.

SUPERVISORS - See "Board of Super-visors."

SWIMMING POOL - A temporary or permanent structure containing a pool of water with a depth of more than two feet, which is used or intended to be used for swimming or bathing.

(1) SWIMMING POOL, HOUSEHOLD - A man-made area with walls of man-made materials intended to enclose water at least two feet deep for recreational bathing or swimming and that is intended to serve the residents of only one dwelling unit and their occasional guests.

(2) SWIMMING POOL, NONHOUSEHOLD - A man-made area with walls of manmade materials intended to enclose water at least two feet deep for recreational bathing or swimming and that does not meet the definition of a "household swimming, Pool."

TAVERN - A place where alcoholic beverages are served as a primary or substantial portion of the total trade and which does not meet the definition of a "nightclub" or an "after-hours club." The sale of food may also occur. See also the definition of "restaurant."

TOWNHOUSE - See "dwelling unit."

TOWNSHIP - The Township of East Goshen, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

TOWNSHIP PARK - See "publicly owned recreation."

TOWNSHIP SECRETARY - The person authorized by the Board of Supervisors to be the Secretary of the township.

TRADE SCHOOL - A facility that is primarily intended for education of a work-related skill or craft or a hobby and that does not primarily provide state-required education to persons under age 18. This shall include a dancing school, martial arts school or ceramics school.

TREATMENT CENTER - A use (other than a prison or a permitted accessory use in a hospital) providing housing facilities for persons who need specialized housing, treatment and/or counseling for stays of less than one year and who need such facilities because of:

(1) Criminal rehabilitation, such as a criminal halfway house or a treatment/housing center for persons convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol;

(2) Addiction to alcohol and/or a controlled substance; or

(3) A type of mental illness or other behavior that could cause a person to be a threat to the physical safety of others. (For housing of persons with other types of mental illness, see "group home.")

TRUCKING COMPANY TERMINAL - A use involving a large variety of materials, including materials owned by numerous corporations, being transported to a site to be unloaded primarily from tractor-trailer trucks and reloaded onto tractor-trailer trucks. This shall not include a use that involves significant processing, such as a feed and -rain mill. A use that primarily involves either loading materials from tractor-trailers onto smaller trucks or loading materials from smaller trucks onto tractor-trailers shall be considered a distribution use.

UNREASONABLE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP - The inability of an owner to obtain a reasonable economic return or a reasonable beneficial use from an historic resource as specified by the United States Supreme Court in Penn Central Transportation Company v. New York City, 438 U.S. 104 (1978), and subsequent decisions.

USE - Any purpose for which a building or other structure or tract of land may be designed, arranged, intended, maintained or occupied, or any activity or occupation carried on, or intended to be carried on in a building or other structure or a tract of land.

VARIANCE - The -ranting of specific relief by the Zoning Hearing Board pursuant to the provisions of Articles VI and IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.

VEHICLE TRIP - A single or one direction vehicle movement with either origin or destination (exiting or entering) inside the study site. (Source: Institute of Transportation Engineering, Trip Generation Manual, Fourth Edition).

WALL -- See "fence." [Added 7-16-2002 by Ord. No. 129-O-02 ]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 129-O-02.

WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, CENTRALIZED - A Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission regulated system or a system created pursuant to the Municipal Authorities Act, 53 P.S. §10101 et seq., and designed to transport water from a common source to users in compliance with the requirements of the appropriate state agencies and the township. Any system not deemed a centralized water supply system shall be an on-lot system.

WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, ON-LOT - A system for supplying and distributing water to a single dwelling or other building from a source located on the same lot.

WATERTOWER(S) -- A structure owned and operated by a company which is regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission that is used to store water, a watertank. [Added 5-7-2002 by Ord. No. 129-K-02 ]

WETLANDS -- An area of land and/or water meeting one or more definitions of a "wetland" under federal and/or Pennsylvania law and/or regulations, whichever is more inclusive.

WINDMILL -- A machine that is worked by the wind by means of vanes that radiate from a central shaft, which is used to produce energy or perform work. [Amended 5-7-2002 by Ord. No. 129-K-02 ]

**Webmasters Note: The previous definitions, Watertower(s) through Windmill, have been amended as per Ordinance No. 129-K-02.

WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT BUILDING - A building or cabinet in which electronic receiving, relay or transmitting equipment for a wireless communications facility is housed. A commercial communications equipment building. [Added 4-7-1998 by Ord. No. 119- B-98]

WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY - The commercial communications antenna(e), commercial communications antenna support structure, wireless communications equipment building, parking and/or other structures and equipment involved in receiving or transmitting wireless communications or radio signals. A commercial communications facility. [Added 4-7- 1998 by Ord. No. 119-B-98]

(1) YARD, FRONT - A yard extending the full width of the lot measured parallel to the front lot line.

(2) YARD, REAR - A yard extending the full width of the lot measured parallel to the rear lot line.

(3) YARD, SIDE - A yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard measured parallel to each side lot line.

(4) YARD, SIDE STREET - A yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard measured parallel to the nearest side street lot line. A side street yard has the same requirements as a front yard.

YARD LINE - A line drawn parallel to the corresponding lot line at a distance specified for the required depth of yard in each respective case.

ZONING HEARING BOARD - The Zoning Hearing Board of East Goshen Township.

ZONING OFFICER - The administrative officer charged with the duty of enforcing the provisions of this chapter.

ZONING PERMIT - A permit issued indicating (to the best knowledge of the Zoning Officer) that a proposed use, building or structure is in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and which authorizes an applicant to proceed with said use, building or structure.

SITE ENTRANCE(S) - A point(s) of ingress or egress providing access to the district from East Boot Road, Line Road and/or Paoli Pike, excluding, however, public recreation, planned golf course development, existing residential use, existing land developments devoted to life-care, public recreation or agricultural uses. [Amended 11-1-1999 by Ord. No. 129-G-99]

PERIMETER BUILDING SETBACK [Amended 1-25-2000 by Ord. No. 129-B-00] The distance that buildings (excluding guardhouses at site entrances) and outside storage (other than temporary crop storage) must be set back from the respective center lines of East Boot Road, Line Road and/or Paoli Pike.

AIRPORT - See "commercial airport."

AIRPORT ELEVATION - The highest point of an airport's usable landing area measured in feet from sea level which is 465 feet.

APPROACH SURFACE - A surface longitudinally centered on the extended runway center line, extending outward and upward from the end of the primary surface and at the height limitation scope set forth in Subsection D. In the plan, the perimeter of the approach surface coincides with the perimeter of the approach zone.

APPROACH, TRANSITIONAL, HORIZONTAL AND CONICAL ZONES - These zones are as set forth in Subsection C.

COMMERCIAL AIRPORT - A landing area which may be used for commercial flight operations, including charter, leasing of aircraft, aircraft sales, aircraft rental, flight instruction, air freight, aircraft maintenance and repair or any other flight activities for compensation, but excluding scheduled airlines (FAA Part 121 operations).

CONICAL SURFACE - A surface extending outward and upward from the periphery of the horizontal surface at a slope of 20 to I for a horizontal distance of 4,000 feet.

HAZARD TO AIR NAVIGATION - An obstruction determined to have a substantial adverse effect on the safe and efficient utilization of the navigable airspace.

HEIGHT - For the purpose of determining the height limits in all zones set forth in this section and shown on the Airport Zoning Map, the datum shall be mean sea level elevation unless otherwise specified.

HORIZONTAL SURFACE - A horizontal plane 150 feet above the established airport elevation, the perimeter of which, in plan, coincides with the perimeter of the horizontal zone.

NONPRECISION INSTRUMENT RUNWAY - 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 nonprecision instrument approach procedure has been approved or planned.

OBSTRUCTION - Any structure, growth or other object, including a mobile object, which exceeds a limiting height set forth in Subsection D.

PRIMARY SURFACE - A surface longitudinally centered on a runway. When the runway has a specially prepared hard surface, the primary surface extends 200 feet beyond each end of that runway. When the runway has no specially prepared hard surface or planned hard surface, the primary surface ends at each end of that runway. The width of the primary surface is 500 feet. The elevation of any point on the primary surface is the same as the elevation of the nearest point on the runway center line.

RUNWAY - A defined area in an airport prepared for landing and takeoff of aircraft along its length.

STRUCTURE - As defined in §240-6, but also to include any object, including a mobile C, or immobile object constructed or installed by man, including, but without limitation, buildings, towers, cranes, smokestacks, earth formation and overhead transmission lines.

TRANSITIONAL SURFACES - 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.

TREE - Any object of natural growth.