Distributed Antenna System – A network of
spatially separated antenna nodes connected to a common source via a transport
medium that provides wireless service within a geographic area. A distributed
antenna system may also known as DAS or
Small
Cell Tower.
Distributed Antenna System Pole – A pole or
other structure designed and permitted for the sole purpose of supporting the
antenna(s) of a Distributed Antenna System.
Domestic
Poultry -
Any species of
domesticated
fowl including,
but not limited
to, chickens,
turkeys, ducks,
geese, guinea
fowl, and pea
fowl.
Drive-In
Business -
A
business
establishment,
building or
structure where
service is
provided to a
customer
remaining in an
automobile and
where all or a
significant
portion of the
consumption
takes place or
is designed to
take place
on-site but
outside the
confines of the
building or
structure.
Drive-Through
Business –
A
business
establishment,
building or
structure where
service is
provided to the
customer from an
automobile
service window
or device with
access provided
by a drive
through lane
incorporated
into the site
design.
Dwelling
- A structure
or portion
thereof which is
used exclusively
for human
habitation.
Dwelling,
Multi-family -
a
building
designed for
occupancy of
families living
independently of
each other, and
containing three
(3) or more
dwelling units
per building.
Multi-family
dwelling
structures shall
include
townhouses,
garden
apartments and
other apartment
housing types,
including
residential
conversions.
Dwelling,
Single-family
-
a detached
building
designed or
occupied
exclusively by
one family and
having two side
yards, erected
on a permanent
foundation,
with/without
basement and
equipped for
year-round
occupancy.
Dwelling,
Two-family
- a structure
containing two
dwelling units.
Dwelling Unit
- One (1) or
more rooms in a
dwelling
structure,
including a
kitchen,
sleeping
facilities, bath
and toilet
designed as a
household unit
for extended
periods of
occupancy for
living and
sleeping
purposes by not
more than one
(1) family at a
time.
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Essential
Services
- the erection,
construction,
alteration or
maintenance, by
public utilities
or municipal or
other
governmental
agencies, of
underground or
overhead gas,
electrical,
communication,
water
transmission or
distribution
systems,
including poles,
wires, mains,
drains, sewers,
pipes, conduits,
cables, fire
alarm boxes,
police call
boxes, traffic
signals,
hydrants and
other similar
equipment and
accessories in
connection
therewith;
reasonably
necessary for
the furnishing
of adequate
service by such
public utilities
or municipal or
other
governmental
agencies or for
the public
health or safety
or general
welfare, but not
including
buildings.
Notwithstanding
this limitation,
telephone
booths, pump
stations and
similar
facilities shall
also be
considered as
essential
service
facilities.
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Family
–
A group of
individuals, not
to exceed five
unrelated
persons, living
together as a
single,
permanent and
stable nonprofit
housekeeping
unit, using all
rooms in the
dwelling and
housekeeping
facilities in
common and
having such
meals as they
may eat at home
generally
prepared and
eaten together
with sharing of
food, rent,
utilities or
other household
expenses.
Flea Market
- A sale of
items of
tangible
personal
property
wherein, on one
(1) location,
there are
multiple vendors
occupying spaces
allotted to each
such vendor for
the purpose of
displaying and
selling items of
tangible
personal
property.
Floor Area
- The floor
surface area
within the
inside perimeter
of the exterior
walls of the
building,
including all
floors and
surface areas,
exclusive of
courts, without
deduction for
corridors,
stairways,
closets,
interior walls,
columns, garage
space,
basements,
storage areas,
mechanical
spaces or other
similar
features.
Floor Area
Ratio - The
gross floor area
of all buildings
on a lot divided
by the lot area.
Food
Establishment -
An establishment
where food
and/or drink is
prepared, served
and consumed
primarily within
the principal
building.
Forestry
Technician
- A person with
a minimum of a
two-year college
level degree in
the subject of
forestry, or
arboriculture
related to the
management of
"urban forests",
or other similar
forest
management
course of study,
and who has a
minimum of two
years experience
actively working
in the field of
forest
management.
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Garage, Private
- An enclosed
or covered space
for the storage
of one or more
motor vehicles,
provided that no
business,
occupation or
service is
conducted for
profit therein
nor space
therein for more
than one car is
leased to a
non-resident of
the premises.
Garage Sale
- Includes but
shall not be
limited to lawn
sales, attic
sales, rummage
sales and any
similar casual
sale of tangible
personal
property owned
by person(s)
which takes
place on lands
owned by said
person holding
the sale and
which is
advertised by
any means
whereby the
public at large
is or can be
made aware of
said sale. This
section shall
not apply to the
sale of all or
substantially
all of the
contents of a
home through an
estate sale or
similar sale or
to the close out
sale of a
business.
Gasoline Service
Station -
A
structure,
building, or
area of land or
portion thereof
that is used for
the sale of
gasoline and oil
or any other
motor vehicle
fuel and/or
other
lubricating
substance, which
may or may not
include
facilities for
lubricating, and
sale of
accessories, but
not including
the painting
and/or body work
thereof and
other vehicle
and equipment
repair
operations as
defined by this
Ordinance. Any
business or
industry
dispensing
gasoline and
servicing
vehicles only
for its own use
will not be
deemed to be a
gasoline service
station.
Golf Course -
A tract of land
for playing
golf, improved
with trees,
greens,
fairways,
hazards, and
which may
include
clubhouses and
shag ranges;
but does not
include
miniature golf
courses or golf
driving ranges.
Greenhouse,
Commercial
-
an enclosed
structure of a
permanent or
temporary nature
within which is
conducted a
commercial
agricultural
operation,
generally the
propagation of
one or more
horticultural
species from
seeds or
cuttings to a
stage fit for
transplanting
elsewhere or
sale, including
retail as well
as wholesale
operations.
Greenhouse,
Private -
A
detached
accessory
structure or a
structure
attached to a
principal
structure or
other accessory
structure, that
is typically
constructed of
metal or wood
framework, and
covered with
glass or
plastic, for
private use.
Gross Floor Area
–
The sum of
the gross
horizontal areas
of all floors of
a building
measured from
the exterior
faces of the
exterior walls
or from the
centerline of
walls separating
two buildings.
Gross floor area
does not include
uninhabitable or
unfinished
space.
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H
Hazardous
Materials
- Any material
or combination
of materials
that due to
ignitability,
corrositivity,
reactivity or
toxicity poses a
substantial
danger, now or
in the future,
to human, plant,
or animal life,
and which,
therefore, can
not be handled
or disposed of
without special
precautions
including, but
not limited to
materials
defined as
hazardous by the
United States
Environmental
Protection
Agency.
Health Care
Facility
- Any land use
or facility that
is devoted to
human health
care and
maintenance,
including a
medical clinic,
whether offered
in a residential
setting or as
day-treatment.
Home Gardening
- The
cultivation of
herbs, fruits,
flowers or
vegetables on a
piece of ground
adjoining the
dwelling,
excluding the
keeping of
livestock, and
permitting the
sale of produce
raised thereon.
Home Occupation
- Home Occupation - Any use customarily conducted, to the extent that commercial activity is conducted on a home site, entirely within a dwelling or in a building accessory thereto providing that the use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes, the exterior appearance of the structure or premises is constructed and maintained as a residential dwelling, and no goods are publicly displayed on the premises other than signs as provided herein.
Hospital -
An institution
providing
primary health
services and
medical or
surgical care to
persons,
primarily
inpatients,
suffering from
illness,
disease, injury,
deformity and
other abnormal
physical or
mental
conditions, and
including as an
integral part of
the institution,
related
facilities such
as laboratories,
outpatient
facilities or
training
facilities.
Hotel or Motel
- A building
containing rooms
intended or
designed to be
used or which
are used,
rented, or hired
out to be
occupied or
which are
occupied for
sleeping
purposes by
guests and where
only a general
kitchen and
dining room are
provided within
the building or
in any accessory
building.
Hunting and
Fishing Cabin -
A
building
typically
located on or in
association with
a large tract of
land and which
is used
sporadically for
shelter during
hunting and
fishing outings.
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Intensive
Livestock
Operation
- The fattening
or raising of
beef cattle,
hogs, poultry or
other animals
for the purposes
of obtaining
meat, eggs, or
wool for
marketing. Any
livestock
operation which
involves the
keeping of more
than 100 beef
cattle, 100
hogs, 100 sheep
or 5000 poultry
shall be
considered
intensive.
Inn
– A building
which contains a
minimum of four
(4) and a
maximum of
fourteen (14)
bedrooms, each
containing
private bathroom
facilities, used
for providing
overnight
accommodations
to the public.
An Inn may
include a
kitchen and
dining room for
the purpose of
providing meals
to guests and to
the general
public. The
operator must
reside at the
premises and the
predominate
atmosphere of
the building and
its grounds
shall be
residential and
shall conform to
the character of
the surrounding
neighborhood.
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Junk Yard
- An area of
land, with or
without
buildings, used
for the storage,
outside a
completely
enclosed
building, of
used and
discarded
materials,
including but
not limited to,
waste paper,
rags, metal,
building
materials, house
furnishings,
machines,
vehicles, or
parts thereof,
with or without
the dismantling,
processing,
salvage, sale or
other use or
disposition of
the same. The
outside storage
or deposit on a
lot of two or
more inoperable
vehicles which
do not have
current licenses
issued by the
Pennsylvania
Department of
Transportation,
shall be
considered a
junk yard.
Agricultural
vehicles such as
tractors,
mowers, etc.
which are
utilized as part
of an active
on-going farming
operation and
contractors
construction
equipment shall
be exempt from
this provision.
Automobile sales
lots managed by
licensed
automobile
dealers and
storage areas
for antique
autos shall be
also exempt from
this provision.
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K
Kennel
- The keeping
of four (4) or
more dogs, that
are more than
six (6) months
of age or an
establishment
for the boarding
or commercial
breeding of
dogs, cats,
and/or other
household pets.
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L
Large Hotels,
Motels, Inns and
Resorts
- A building or
series of
buildings under
one ownership
containing not
fewer than one
(100) hundred
sleeping units
each containing
private bathroom
facilities and
each held and
available for
the lodging of
tourists or
convention
guests. (See
Section 413 of
this Zoning
Ordinance.)
Light
Manufacturing
- Industries
involving
generally
unobtrusive
processes. These
would include
research,
engineering or
testing
laboratories,
assembly from
components,
fabrication of
models, textiles
and clothing
manufacturing,
warehousing,
distribution
centers, wood
products
industries, etc.
Lot
- Land occupied
or to be
occupied by a
building and its
accessory
buildings, or by
a dwelling group
and its
accessory
buildings,
together with
such open spaces
as are required
under the
provisions of
this Ordinance,
having not less
than the minimum
area and width
required by this
Ordinance for a
lot in the
district which
such land is
situated, and
having its
principal
frontage on a
street or on
such other means
of access as may
be determined in
accordance with
the provisions
of law to be
adequate as a
condition of the
issuance of a
zoning permit
for a building
on such land.
Lot Area
- The area
contained within
the property
lines of the
individual
parcels of land
contained on a
map or plan,
excluding any
area within an
interior private
road,
subdivision
right-of-way, or
public road or
highway, but
including the
area of any
easement
designed for any
other purpose.
Lot Coverage
- That portion
or percentage of
the lot area
which is covered
by buildings,
parking areas,
driveways or
other impervious
surfaces. For
purposes of this
definition, all
parking areas,
driveways or
similar
installations
will be
considered to be
impervious
regardless of
the material
used to
construct them.
Lot Width
- The average
of the width of
a lot at the
building setback
line and rear of
the property.
Low Impact
Retail and
Service
Establishment
- a retail or
service
establishment
primarily
intended to
serve local area
residents rather
than the
traveling
public, having
no more than
5,000 square
feet of gross
floor area,
generating no
more than 500
trip ends per
day of traffic
on a State
highway (or 300
trip ends per
day on a
Township
highway) as
determined using
the latest
Institute of
Transportation
Engineers data,
employing no
more than five
(5) on-site
employees per
shift and
operating no
more than
fourteen (14)
hours per day.
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M
Manufactured and
Modular Housing
- Any housing
or portion of a
house which is
manufactured
off-site and is
exempt from the
Dingman Township
Building Code,
and is pursuant
to State and/or
Federal
Regulations. All
other structures
shall be
considered
"stick-built."
Manufactured
Housing Park
- A parcel of
land under
single ownership
which has been
planned and
improved for the
placement of two
(2) or more
mobile homes for
non-transient
use.
Manufactured
Housing Parks
are commonly
referred to as
Mobile Home
Parks.
Manufactured
Housing Unit
- A
transportable,
single-family
dwelling
intended for
permanent
occupancy,
office or place
of assembly
contained in one
unit, or in two
units designed
to be joined
into one
integral unit
capable of again
being separated
for repeated
towing, which
arrives at a
site complete
and ready for
occupancy except
for minor and
incidental
unpacking and
assembly
operations.
This shall
include
double-wide
trailers but
exclude homes of
modular
construction not
designed to be
moved after
erection.
Manufactured
Housing Units
are commonly
referred to as
Mobile Homes.
Master Signage
Plan
– A plan
submitted by the
owner or owners
of multiple
properties or
uses, under
conditional use
procedures, to
allow
pre-approval of
all future
signage on such
properties. A
master signage
plan shall
specify the
materials,
location,
dimensions,
type, design and
number of all
signs to be
erected on the
property now or
in the future.
Such plans shall
be prepared by a
landscape
architect,
architect, sign
designer,
engineer or
other qualified
professional.
These plans
shall be adopted
by the property
owners, who
shall agree that
all signs to be
constructed by
them or any of
their tenants or
occupants now or
in the future
shall comply
with the
standards
therein.
Medical Clinic -
An establishment
where patients
are admitted for
examination and
treatment by one
or more
physicians,
dentists,
psychologists or
social workers
and where
patients are not
usually lodged
overnight.
Minor Day Care
Uses
– a use
secondary to a
single family
residence use or
commercial
business use,
enrolling fewer
than seven (7)
children or
infirm adults
for a portion of
the day in a
supervised
program where
tuition, fees,
or other
compensation or
consideration is
charged for the
care of these
individuals.
Minor Natural
Resource Use
-
Natural Resource
Uses of the
following size
and scale shall
be considered
minor and the
set backs
requirements
shall be the
same as for a
single family
dwelling.
A
natural resource
use with an open
face of
twenty-five
thousand
(25,000) square
feet or less and
which will not
result in a
total disturbed
area of forty
three thousand
five hundred
sixty (43,560)
square feet over
the life of the
site, and which
does not involve
the on-site use
of any
processing or
manufacturing
equipment.
The percentage
of the lot that
can be disturbed
for resource
removal shall be
not greater than
the lot coverage
percentage for a
single family
dwelling: the
lot or parcel
shall be not
greater than one
acre; the
duration the
removal process
shall not exceed
one hundred and
eighty (180)
days; no other
natural resource
use projects can
exist within 100
feet in any
direction of the
subject site
measured from
any lot line; no
blasting may
occur; a bond
must be posted
with the
Township in the
amount
set
by the Township
for purposes of
securing
reclamation.
Model Home
- A residential
structure
associated with
a lawful
commercial use
and not intended
for permanent
occupancy and
used solely for
demonstration
purposes to
inform potential
purchasers of
the types of
homes available
from the seller,
including
manufactured and
stick-built
homes.
Motor Vehicle
Sales and
Service
-
An establishment
engaged in the
service and/or
repair of any
motor vehicle as
its principal
use, including
but not limited
to sale or lease
or rental of new
and/or used
motor vehicles, auto body
shops, repair
garages, truck
repair garages,
agricultural
equipment
repair, boat
repair, and
small engine
repair.
Municipal Park
or Playground
- a public park
or playground
owned or
operated by
Dingman
Township.
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Natural Resource
Use
- The mining,
extraction,
removal or
recovery by any
means whatsoever
(including, but
not limited to
open excavations
and quarries,
and subsurface
mining) of soil,
rock, minerals,
mineral
substances or
organic
substances other
than vegetation,
from water,
land, on or
beneath the
surface thereof;
said substances
including but
not limited to
coal, limestone,
shale, dolomite,
sandstone, sand,
clay, gravel,
rock, stone,
earth, ore,
peat, soil, or
other mineral.
This definition
shall not apply
to the removal
of materials in
preparing a site
for another use
that is
authorized by an
issued zoning
permit (such as,
by way of
example only,
excavation for a
foundation,
removal of soil
to install a
driveway,
clearing of a
lot for the
purpose of
building
construction).
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
Non-Conforming
Use
- A use,
whether of land
or of a
structure, which
does not comply
with the
applicable use
provisions in
this Ordinance
or amendments
heretofore or
hereinafter
enacted, where
such use was
lawfully in
existence prior
to the enactment
of this
Ordinance or
amendment to its
location by
reason of
annexation. Such
non-conforming
uses include,
but are not
limited to,
non-conforming
signs and other
structures.
Nurseries,
Commercial -
A
commercial
operation where
trees and shrubs
are grown for
transplanting,
for use as
stocks for
budding and
grafting, or for
wholesale sale,
excluding garden
centers or other
retail sales.
Nursing
Facility
- Any dwelling
where persons
are housed or
lodged and
furnished with
meals and
nursing care for
hire.
Nursing Home
– A facility
licensed by the
Commonwealth for
the housing and
intermediate or
fully skilled
nursing care.
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Obstruction
- any wall, dam,
wharf,
embankment,
levee, dike,
pike, abutment,
projection,
excavation,
channel,
rectification,
culvert,
building, fence,
stockpile,
refuse, fill,
structure, or
matter in,,
along, across,
or projecting
into any
channel,
watercourse, or
flood prone
area, which may
impede, retard,
or change the
direction of the
flow of water
either in itself
or by catching
or collecting
debris carried
by such water or
is placed where
the flow of the
water might
carry the same
downstream to
damage of life
and property.
Off-Site Sewage
Disposal
-
A sanitary
sewage
collection
system in which
sewage is
carried from
individual lot
or dwelling
units by a
system of pipes
to a central
treatment and
disposal system
which may be
publicly or
privately owned
and operated. A
system designed
to serve a
two-family
dwelling or two
dwelling units
located on the
same property or
adjacent
properties shall
not be
considered as
off-site
sewerage and in
such a case all
development
standards will
apply the same
for each
dwelling or unit
as any
single-family
unit.
On-Site Sewage
Disposal
- A single
system of
piping, tanks or
other facilities
serving only a
single lot and
disposing of
sewage in whole
or in part into
the soil.
Open Face
- That area of
a natural
resource use
where the
extraction or
removal of said
natural resource
is underway; and
including any
area of the
property which
has not been
fully reclaimed
and
rehabilitated
following
resource removal
in accord with
this Ordinance
and applicable
Pennsylvania
Department of
Environmental
Protection
requirements.
Open Space
- An unoccupied
space open to
the sky on the
same lot with
the building.
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Permanent
Foundation
- A cement,
concrete,
treated wood or
cinder block
walled
foundation
erected on a
poured concrete
footer. A soil
concrete slab
will also be
considered a
permanent
foundation.
Person
- Any
individual,
partnership,
firm, business,
or similar
entity, public
or private
agency,
municipality,
city, State or
Federal agency.
Plat
- A map, plan
or layout of a
subdivision
indicating the
location and
boundaries of
individual
properties.
Profession
- Indicates any
occupation or
vocation in
which a
professed
knowledge of
some department
of science or
learning is used
by its practical
application to
the affairs of
others, either
advising,
guiding, or
teaching them;
or in serving
their interest
or welfare in
the practice of
an art founded
on it. The word
implies
attainments in
professional
knowledge as
distinguished
from mere skill
and the
application of
such knowledge
to uses for
others as a
vocation. It
requires
knowledge of an
advanced type in
a given field of
science or
instruction and
study.
Professional
Forester
- A person
certified as a
Forester in
accordance with
the requirements
of the Society
of American
Foresters (SAF).
Professional
Office -
The office of a
member of a
recognized
profession
maintained for
the conduct of
that profession.
Public Parks and
Playgrounds
- an area of
land, owned and
operated by a
municipal,
county, state or
federal
governmental
body, agency or
department,
either
maintained in
its natural
state or laid
with walks,
drives,
playgrounds or
similar
facilities for
the purpose of
recreation for
the general
public.
Public
Recreation -
Parks, swimming
pools,
playgrounds,
tennis courts,
and other
recreational
facilities owned
and operated by
the Township,
County, school
district, state,
or federal
government.
Public
Recreational
Facility -
Outdoor or
indoor areas or
structures,
operated by
private
commercial
entities open to
the public,
which may
contain
entertainment
and amusement
devices or
attractions,
including but
not limited to
picnic groves,
animal farms,
zoological
parks, tennis
and racquetball
courts, ski
areas, miniature
golf courses,
golf driving
ranges and the
like, but
excluding golf
courses,
theaters, public
parks and
playgrounds.
Public and
Semi-Public Uses
- any structure
or use that is
owned or
operated by a
municipality or
organization
appointed by a
municipal
governing body
or by a
nonprofit
organization;
provided that
such structure
or use fulfills
a community need
or provides a
public service;
including but
not limited to
municipal
buildings and
facilities,
public schools,
public libraries
and volunteer
fire and
ambulance
facilities
provided that
such use is not
otherwise
defined in this
ordinance.
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Recreational
Vehicle
-
a transportable
or vehicular
type of unit
initially
designed as
temporary living
quarters for
recreational
camping or
travel use that does not require a special highway moving permit when transported which
either has its
own motive of
power or is
mounted on or
drawn by another
vehicle. The
types of
recreation
vehicles or units are:
A. Travel
Trailers - A
vehicular
unit,
mounted on
wheels,
designed
and
constructed
to provide
temporary
living
quarters for
recreational,
camping, or
travel use,
and not larger than
than 12 feet
wide and four
hundred
(400) square
feet in area when used for camping (in set up mode).
B. Truck
Camper - A
portable
unit,
designed to
be loaded
onto, or
affixed to,
the bed or
chassis of a
truck and
constructed
to provide
temporary
living
quarters for
recreational,
camping or
travel
use and not larger than 400 square feet.
C. Motor
Homes - A
vehicular
unit built
on a
self-propelled
motor
vehicle
chassis,
designed to
provide
temporary
living
quarters for
recreation,
camping or
travel use and not larger than 400 square feet. All such vehicles in use for camping shall have a current state license, inspection sticker and registration and be titled in the name of the current owner.
D. Camper
Trailer - A
vehicular
unit mounted
on wheels
and
constructed
with
collapsible
partial side
walls which
fold for
towing by
another
vehicle and
unfold at
the campsite
and designed
to provide
temporary
living
quarters for
recreational,
camping or
travel
use and not larger than 400 square feet.
E. Tent - A
movable
shelter made
of canvas or
other
similar
material and
supported by
a pole or
poles and
designed and
manufactured
to provide
temporary
living
quarters for
recreational
and camping
use.
F.
Self-Contained
Unit - A
unit that
can operate
independent
of
connections
to external
sewer, water
and
electrical
systems; has
a toilet and
holding tank
for liquid
waste;
contains
water
storage
facilities;
and may
contain a
lavatory,
kitchen sink
and/or both
bath
facilities
connected to
the holding
tank and of a size not greater than 400 square feet.
Recreational
Vehicle Pad -
A designated and defined area on a recreational vehicle park lot for the placement of recreational vehicles that are intended to be moved on and off the property on a frequent basis.
Recreational
Vehicle Park -
The division or
re-division of a
lot, tract or
parcel of land
by any means
into two (2) 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,
sale or transfer
of ownership,
lease or sale of
membership, for
the purpose of
providing a site
for travel
trailers, truck
campers, camper
trailers, motor
homes and tents
where the
primary use is
camping. Lands
so subdivided
shall be called
"campsites" and
shall be
restricted as
regulated by the
Dingman Township
Subdivision and
Land Development
Ordinance.
Remuneration - Compensation,
money, rent, or
other bargained
for
consideration
given in return
for occupancy,
possession, or
use of
residential real
property.
Residence
Connected to
Other Permitted
Use
- a dwelling
constructed
within the same
structure or on
the same
property as
another
Principal
Permitted,
Conditional or
Special
Exception use,
where the lot
area meets the
combined
requirements for
the dwelling and
the other
permitted use
and provided
that the
residential
floor area does
not exceed that
of the other
permitted use.
Residential
Conversion
- conversion of
an existing
single-family
detached
dwelling into
not more than
four (4)
apartment
dwelling units.
Residential
Property or
Housing Unit
- Any single- or
multiple-family
dwelling units,
duplexes,
guesthouses,
caretaker units,
apartment,
recreational
vehicle or other
dwelling unit or
structure
located on one
or more
contiguous lots
of record in any
of the zoning
districts which
allow
residential
uses.
Residential
Subdivision
Facility or
Amenity
- a recreational
area,
recreational
facility or
other physical
improvement
established as
part of a
subdivision and
land development
plan and
primarily
intended to
serve the
residents of
such subdivision
and land
development.
Retail Service
Establishment
Designed to
Serve the
Immediate Area -
A
retail store or
service
establishment as
defined by this
Ordinance, but
limited to a
total gross
floor area of
not more than
one thousand
five hundred
(1,500) square
feet.
Retail Store -
An establishment
engaged in
selling goods or
merchandise to
the general
public for
personal or
household
consumption and
rendering
services
incidental to
the sale of such
goods, and which
is not otherwise
listed as a use
in the Schedule
of Uses.
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Sales and
Service of
Equipment
- the use of any
building, land
area or other
premise for the
display and sale
and lease or
rental of new and used
construction,
farm,
recreational or
other equipment
including any
warrantee repair
work and other
repair service.
Screen Planting
- A vegetative
material of
sufficient
height and
density to
conceal from
view of property
owners in
adjoining
residential
districts the
structures and
uses on the
premises on
which the screen
planting is
located. The
material shall
be placed
immediately and
be approved by
the Supervisors
utilizing the
criteria of
sections 404 and
410.
Self-Storage
Facilities
- Any structure
designed or
intended to
accommodate the
storage, for a
fee, of personal
articles of two
or more people,
not residing on
the site.
Multiple
occupant garages
and warehouses
for commercial
entities shall
not be
considered
self-storage
facilities.
Services,
Essential
- Uses, not
enclosed within
a building,
necessary for
the preservation
of the public
health and
safety including
but not limited
to the erection,
construction,
alteration, or
maintenance of,
by public
utilities or
governmental
agencies,
underground or
overhead
transmission
systems, poles,
wires, pipes,
cables, fire
alarm boxes,
hydrants, or
other similar
equipment.
School Bus
Shelter
- see "Bus
Shelter".
Service
Establishment
- an
establishment
engaged in
providing
commercial
services to the
general public
including but
not limited to a
beauty, barber
and other
personal service
shop, dry
cleaning service
or laundromat.
Shooting
Facility -
A commercial
operation
involving the
discharge of
firearms as a
recreational
activity
including, but
not limited to,
the hunting of
animals, target
shooting, trap
shooting and
skeet shooting.
Shopping Center
/ Mall
- any
commercial
structure and
group of
structures
collectively
involving more
than 10,000
square feet of
floor area on a
single parcel or
group of
adjacent parcels
developed
concurrently
including those
designed for
occupancy by
multiple retail
tenants as well
as large
single-occupancy
stores including
those offering
multiple
services (e.g.
supermarkets,
home centers,
retail
superstores and
warehouse
clubs).
Sign
- Any device
for visual
communication
located on the
outside of a
building or out
of doors that is
used for
purposes of
bringing the
subject thereof
to the attention
of the public,
but not
including any
flag, badge, or
insignia of any
government or
government
agency, or of
any civic,
charitable,
religious,
patriotic, or
similar
organization.
Special
Exception
- A "special
exception" deals
with special
permission,
granted only by
the Zoning
Hearing Board,
to occupy land
for specified
purposes when
such use is not
permitted by
right.
Specialty Shop -
a retail and
service
establishment
specializing in
specific types
of foods or
other products
and services, or
combinations of
products and
services,
including but
not limited to a
bakery and
coffee shop,
butcher shop,
delicatessen,
fish store or
photographic
studio.
Stable, Private
- A building or
structure of
durable
construction,
permanently
affixed to the
ground used for
the boarding,
sheltering or
housing of
horses, but not
for hire,
remuneration or
sale.
Stable, Public
- A building or
structure (as
defined above)
involving the
keeping of
horses for hire,
remuneration or
sale.
Stick-Built
- Any
construction
which is neither
manufactured
housing nor
modular housing
as defined in
this ordinance.
Structure
- Anything
constructed or
erected on the
ground or
attached to the
ground
including, but
not limited to,
buildings,
sheds, mobile
homes, and other
similar items.
Subdivision
- The division
or redivision of
a lot, tract, or
parcel of land
by any means
into two (2) or
more lots,
tracts, parcels,
or other
divisions of
land, including
transfer of
ownership or
building or lot
development,
provided,
however, that
the subdivision
by lease of land
for agricultural
purposes into
parcels of more
than ten acres,
not involving
any new street
or easement of
access or
residential
dwellings be
exempted.
Substantial
Improvement
- A
modification,
alteration,
reconstruction,
or improvement
of any kind to
an existing
structure, to an
extent or amount
of fifty (50)
percent or more
of its market
value.
Supermarket -
A large,
self-service,
retail store
serving a
relatively large
geographical
area (in
contrast to a
"convenience
store") that is
designed and
stocked to sell
a wide variety
of food,
beverages, and
household
supplies to
customers who
typically
purchase larger
quantities of
products than
would be
purchased at a
convenience
store.
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Theater -
A
building or
room, or outdoor
facility, for
the presentation
of plays, films,
or other
dramatic
performances, or
music.
Timber
Harvesting -
The operation of
timber tracts,
tree farms, and
the gathering of
forest products,
but excluding
sawmills and
other wood
manufacturing
businesses.
Townhouse
- A
single-family
dwelling unit
constructed in a
group of three
(3) or more
attached units
in which each
unit extends
from foundation
to roof and with
a yard or public
way on at least
two (2) sides.
A combination of
three (3) or
more townhouses
as a single
building project
shall be
considered a
multi-family
dwelling
project.
Tourist
Recreational
Facility
- A
recreational
facility
designed to
accommodate
overnight stays
in permanently
built dwelling
units in
combination with
a variety of
generally
passive
recreational
opportunities
such as golf,
hiking,
swimming, etc.
not including
campgrounds,
canoe rentals,
access sites,
etc.
Transient
- Except as
provided herein,
a period of time
not less than
seven (7) nor
more than thirty
(30) consecutive
calendar days.
Transient Use of
Residential
Property
- The use, by
any person, of
residential
property or
housing unit for
a bed and
breakfast,
hostel, hotel,
inn, lodging,
motel, resort,
recreational
vehicle or other
transient
lodging uses
where the term
of occupancy,
possession or
tenancy of the
property by the
person entitled
to such
occupancy,
possession, or
tenancy is,
except as
provided herein,
for not less
than seven (7)
nor more than
thirty (30)
consecutive
calendar days.
Tract Area
(Mixed-Use
Project)
– The net
acreage of the
property
intended for
mixed-use
project
development
after deducting
80% of FEMA-designated
FEMA-designated
100-year
floodplain
areas, 60% of
all wetlands,
50% of natural
slopes over 25%
and all areas
contained within
public road
rights-of-ways
and utility
placement areas.
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Undertaking
Establishment -
A building or
part thereof
used for human
funeral
services. Such
building may
contain space
and facilities
for: a)
embalming and
the performance
of other
services used in
preparation of
the dead for
burial; b) the
performance of
autopsies and
other surgical
procedures; c)
the storage of
caskets, funeral
urns, and other
related funeral
supplies; and
d) the storage
of funeral
vehicles; but
shall not
include
facilities for
cremation.
Where a funeral
parlor is
permitted , a
funeral chapel
shall also be
permitted.
Use
- The specific
purpose for
which land or a
building is
designed,
arranged,
intended, or for
which it is or
may be occupied
or maintained.
The term
"permitted use"
or its
equivalent shall
not be deemed to
include a
non-conforming
use.
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Variance
- The
permission
granted by the
Zoning Hearing
Board, following
a public hearing
that has been
properly
advertised as
required by the
appropriate
municipal code,
for an
adjustment to
some regulation
which if
strictly adhered
to would result
in an
unnecessary
hardship, and
where the
permission
granted would
not be contrary
to the public
interest and
would maintain
the spirit and
original intent
of the
ordinance.
Vehicle
Leasing and
Rentals
- the use of any
building, land
area or other
premise for the
storage, display
and lease or
rental of ant
automobile,
truck, van or
other vehicle,
excluding
manufactured
homes and
recreational
vehicles, and
not including
any repair or
other service
activities.
