Township of Marple - Definitions

ABANDONED SIGN

A. Any sign that does not display a well-maintained message for a consecutive one-hundred-twenty-day period;

B. Any sign the owner of which cannot be located at the owner's last address as reflected on the records of the department; or

C. Any sign no longer fully supported by the structure designed to support the sign for a consecutive one-hundred-twenty-day period.

ABANDONMENT

To cease or discontinue a use or activity without intent to resume, but excluding temporary or short-term interruptions to a use or activity during periods of remodeling, maintaining or otherwise improving or rearranging a facility or during normal periods of vacation or seasonal closure.

ACCESSORY STRUCTURE

See "accessory use."

ACCESSORY USE

A structure or use that:

A. Is clearly incidental to and customarily found in connection with a principal building or use;

B. Is subordinate to and serves a principal building or a principal use;

C. Is subordinate in area, extent or purpose to the principal building or principal use served;

D. Contributes to the comfort, convenience or necessity of occupants, business or industry in the principal building or principal use served; and

E. Is located on the same lot as the principal building or use served.

ADULT

A person who has attained 21 years of age.

ADULT ARCADE

An establishment where, for any form of consideration, one or more motion-picture projectors, slide projectors or similar machines for viewing by five or fewer persons each are used to show films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides or other photographic reproductions that are characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.

ADULT BOOKSTORE

An establishment that has as a substantial portion of its stock-in-trade and offers for sale, for any form of consideration, any one or more of the following:

A. Books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter or photographs, films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides or other visual representations that are characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas; or instruments, devices or paraphernalia that are designed for use in connection with specified sexual activities.

ADULT CABARET

A nightclub, bar, restaurant or similar establishment that regularly features live performances that are characterized by the exposure of specified anatomical areas or by specified sexual activities or films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides or other photographic reproductions in which a substantial portion of the total presentation time is devoted to the showing of material that is characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.

ADULT CINEMA

An establishment where, for any form of consideration, films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides or similar photographic reproductions are shown and in which a substantial portion of the total presentation time is devoted to the showing of material characterized by an emphasis on the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.

ADULT THEATER

A theater, concert hall, auditorium or similar establishment characterized by activities of which a substantial portion of the presentation time features the exposure of specified anatomical areas or by specified sexual activities.

ADULT USES

Any of the following uses: adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult novelty store, adult video store, adult cabaret, adult cinema, adult theater, escort agency, nude model studio, peep show, sexual encounter establishment.

ANTENNA

Any system of wires, poles, rods, reflecting discs or similar devices used for the transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves external to or attached to the exterior of any building.

ANTENNA ARRAY

One or more rods, panels, discs or similar devices used for the transmission or reception of radio frequency signals. These can include omni-directional antenna (rod), directional antenna (panel) and parabolic antenna (disc). The antenna array does not include the support structure defined below.

APPLICANT

Any person applying for the required wireless communication facility building permit, zoning approval and/or for permission to use the right-of-way or other Township-owned land or property.

APPLICANT

A person, organization, society, association, corporation or any governmental agency or representative thereof who wishes to demolish an historic resource.

APPLICATION

The process by which a person submits a request to develop, construct, build, modify or erect and operate a wireless communication facility upon a parcel of land. "Application" includes all written documentation, verbal statements and representations, in whatever form or forum, made by an applicant to the Township concerning such a request.

AREA OF A SIGN

The area of one side of a sign is calculated from the smallest rectangle that encompasses all the exposed face that could be filled with a message or graphics.

ATTACHED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY

A wireless communication facility or some component of which is attached to an attachment structure.

ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE

A building which is 35 or more feet in height or an existing structure suitable for the support of a wireless communication facility, but which has been designed and constructed for another purpose. Such existing structures shall include, but not be limited to, utility poles, signs, water towers and municipally owned towers.

BANNERS

Sign placed without a permanent structure containing a time bound message and used in aggregate no more than seven days in any calendar on any private parcel.

BASEMENT

Any area of a building having a floor below ground level on all sides.

BOARD or BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Marple Township Board of Commissioners.

BOAT

A vehicle for traveling in or on water, not exceeding 30 feet in body length, eight feet in width or 12 feet in overall height. Height includes the trailer, if the boat is mounted on a trailer.

BUFFER

A landscaped area intended to separate and sometimes partially or fully obstruct the view of two adjacent land uses or properties from one another. Unless otherwise specified, buffers may be included as part of required setbacks and yard areas.

BUILDING

A structure or appendage to a structure that is permanently affixed to the land, has one or more floors or stories and is bounded by either lot lines or yards.

BUILDING AREA

The aggregate of the maximum horizontal cross-section area of the buildings on a lot, excluding cornices, eaves or gutters projecting not more than 24 inches, steps, chimneys, balconies and terraces, none of which shall project more than two feet.

BUILDING COVERAGE

The percentage of the lot area covered by the legally prescribed building area.

BUILDING ENVELOPE

That portion of a lot in which buildings may be erected, as determined by the minimum required front, side and rear yard setbacks.

BUILDING LINE

The line, parallel to the street line, that passes through the point of the principal building nearest the front lot line.

BUILDING SETBACK

A. FRONT YARD BUILDING SETBACK LINE
The line parallel to the public street right-of-way line at a distance equal to the minimum depth of the front yard designated for each district in this chapter. All yards adjacent to a public street right-of-way shall be considered front yards.

CALIPER

The diameter of a tree trunk measured at a point 4 1/2 feet from the ground surface at the center of the base of the tree (also known as "DBH").

CARPORT

A roofed area projecting from the side of a building or standing alone, used as a shelter for motor vehicles.

CARTWAY

That area of a road or other street within which vehicles are permitted, including travel lanes but not including shoulders, curbs, gutters, sidewalks or drainage swales.

CEMETERY

Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including columbariums, mausoleums and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with and within the boundaries of such cemetery. Crematories are excluded from cemeteries.

CHURCH

A building or group of buildings, including customary accessory buildings, designed or intended for organized religious services. For the purpose of this chapter, the word "church" shall include chapels, cathedrals, temples and similar designations.

CLINIC

A building designed and used for the diagnosis and treatment of human patients that does not include overnight care facilities.

CLUB

A private, noncommercial and not-for-profit association or corporation, organized and engaged in common recreational, swimming and social purposes or other common objectives related to community, charitable, educational or political purposes and consisting solely of a limited membership that operates and controls the association or corporation, excluding churches, synagogues or other houses of worship.

CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT

A development design technique that concentrates buildings in specific areas on a site to allow the remaining land to be used for recreation, common open space and preservation of environmentally sensitive areas.

CODE OFFICIAL

Marple Township Department of Code Enforcement.

COMMERCIAL USE

An occupation, employment or enterprise that is carried on for profit by the owner, lessee or licensee.

COMMISSION or HISTORICAL COMMISSION

Marple Township Historical Commission.

COMMON OPEN SPACE

See "open space."

COMMUNITY CENTER

A place, structure, area or other facility used for and providing social and/or recreational programs generally open to the public and designed to accommodate and serve significant segments of the community.

COMPANION ANIMAL

Any type of animal that is commonly kept by persons as a pet or for companionship and includes but is not limited to domesticated dogs, domesticated cats, ferrets, gerbils, guinea pigs, hamsters, horses, mice, rabbits, and rats.

COMPLETELY DRY SPACE

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

CONDITIONAL USE

A use permitted in a particular zoning district by the Board of Commissioners pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and Article VI of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.

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 and organized in accordance with the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act.

CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

A development that provides a continuum of accommodations and care for senior persons, including a combination of independent living units, personal care assisted living units, a skilled nursing facility and accessory uses.

DAY

Calendar day, unless specifically noted otherwise in the text as a business day. Business days exclude all days when Township offices are officially closed.

DEMOLITION

Destruction of a building or structure, all or in part, whether systematic or by neglect. "Demolition" shall include the extensive removal or stripping of significant interior or exterior architectural features and leaving a building or structure open or vulnerable to vandalism or decay by the elements.

DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT

Allowing an historic resource to lose its historic integrity or usefulness by failure to provide necessary and timely maintenance.

DEMOLITION or DEMOLISH

The removal or destruction of all or a significant part of an historic resource, such that the historic integrity of the historic resource is lost. Demolition includes, but is not limited to, removal or relocation of the historic resource from its current location, destruction of a facade or exterior wall surface, removal or replacement of significant elements of the historic resource, or loss of historic material due to fire, flood, or other disaster. Examples include, but are not limited to:

(1) Moving the resource to another location.

(2) Removal of any portion of any roof or exterior wall, or of any significant building elements such as cornices, doors, windows, porches, or chimneys.

(3) Covering of any portion of any roof or exterior wall, or of any significant building elements.

(4) Removing all or part of a resource that has been damaged by a fire.

DEVELOPABLE ACREAGE

The gross acreage of a tract or lot minus the area of public rights-of-way, utility easements or rights-of-way, floodplains, wetlands, 50% of steep slopes greater than 25% and 25% of steep slopes between 15% and 25%.

DEVELOPER

Any landowner, equitable owner or authorized agent 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 the construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, expansion or alteration of buildings or other structures; the placement of manufactured homes; streets and other paving; utilities; filling; grading and excavation; mining; dredging; drilling operations; storage of equipment or materials; and the subdivision of land.

DEVELOPMENT PLAN

The provisions for the development of a residential, commercial or industrial site prepared in accordance with this chapter including but not limited to a plat of subdivision, location of various uses, all covenants relating to use, location and bulk of buildings and other structures, intensity of use or density of development, streets, parking facilities, common open space and public facilities. The phrase "provisions of the development plan," when used in this chapter, shall mean both the verbal and graphic materials referred to in the proposal.

DIRECTOR OF CODE ENFORCEMENT

A Township of Marple official whose duties include the administration of § 300-110: Antennas of the Marple Zoning Code.

DISTRICT

An area that includes all buildings, lots and tracts within certain designated boundaries as indicated on the Zoning Map or Maps.

DOMESTIC ANIMAL

Any animal that is livestock, a companion animal, or both.

DOUBLE FACED SIGN

Sign with a message on both sides of a support structure, thus counting as two sign faces.

DRIVE-IN FACILITY

An establishment that, by design of physical facilities or by service or packaging procedures, encourages or permits customers to receive a service or obtain a product that may be used or consumed in a motor vehicle on the premises or to be entertained while remaining in an automobile.

DRIVEWAY

A private way providing for vehicular and pedestrian access between a public street and a parking area within a lot or tract.

DWELLING

A building or portion thereof that is used exclusively for residential purposes:

A. SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING
A building designed for and occupied by one family and having no wall in common with an adjoining building.

B. TWO-FAMILY DWELLING
A building designed for and occupied by two families.

(1) TWIN OR SEMIDETACHED
A building with one unit on each side of a common wall.

(2) DUPLEX
A building with one unit placed above the other so that they share a common horizontal partition.

C. THREE-FAMILY OR FOUR-FAMILY DWELLING
A building designed for and occupied by three families or a building designed for and occupied by four families. Such dwellings shall include but not be limited to the following types: triplex, quadruplex, townhouses (in rows of three or four units), twin-duplex. All units of a three-family or four-family dwelling shall have at least two open-space exposures.

D. FIVE-OR-MORE-FAMILY DWELLING
A building designed for and occupied by more than four families. Such dwellings shall include but not be limited to the following types: townhouses (in rows of more than four), stacked townhouses, multiplex, garden apartments, mid-rise apartments.

DWELLING UNIT

Two or more rooms used exclusively for occupancy by one person or family, containing living, sleeping, cooking and bath facilities for the use of and under the control of the occupants.

EASEMENT

A grant of one or more property rights by the property owner to and/or for the use by the public, a corporation or another person or entity.

EMPLOYEE, SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS

A person who performs any service on the premises of a sexually oriented business on a full-time, part-time or contract basis, whether or not the person is denominated an employee, independent contractor, agent or otherwise and whether or not said person is paid a salary, wage or other compensation by the operator of said business. "Employee, sexually oriented business" does not include a person exclusively on the premises for repair or maintenance of the premises or equipment on the premises or for the delivery of goods to the premises.

ENGINEER

Any engineer licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who based on training and/or experience and involvement is allowed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to place his seal and signature on the relevant documents and drawings.

ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA

An area consisting of any of the following:

A. Floodplain areas as identified in § 300-60C and § 300-60D;

B. Areas of steep slope and very steep slope as identified in § 300-62;

C. Areas identified as wetlands in accordance with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual.

EQUIPMENT FACILITY

Any structure or enclosure used to contain ancillary equipment as a component of a wireless communication facility, including a cabinet, shelter, a build-out of an existing structure or a pedestal.

ESCORT

A person who, for consideration, agrees or offers to act as a companion, guide or date for another person or who agrees or offers to privately model lingerie or to privately perform a striptease for another person.

ESCORT AGENCY

A person or business association that furnishes, offers to furnish or advertises to furnish escorts as one of its primary business purposes for a fee, tip or other consideration.

ESSENTIALLY DRY SPACE

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

ESTABLISHMENT, SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS

Any of the following:

A. The opening or commencement of any sexually oriented business as a new business;

B. The conversion of an existing business, whether or not a sexually oriented business, to any sexually oriented business;

C. The addition of any sexually oriented business to any other sexually oriented business; or

D. The relocation of any sexually oriented business.

FAMILY

Any number of individuals living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit, provided that not more than three of such number are unrelated to all of the others by blood, marriage or legal adoption. Domestic servants shall be considered an adjunct to the term "family." A family, as herein defined, specifically excludes individuals and groups occupying a boardinghouse or rooming house, lodging house, club, group home, fraternity, hotel or similar living environment.

FCC

The Federal Communications Commission.

FENCE

The enclosing or dividing framework for land, yards or gardens; a barrier of posts, wire or other suitable materials.

FENCE, WIRE

A fence consisting of, except for basic structural support, a series of longitudinal and transverse wires arranged at right angles to each other and welded or otherwise joined together at all points of intersection. Openings in such a fence shall be a minimum of 24 square inches.

FLOOD

A temporary inundation of normally dry land.

FLOODPLAIN

An area adjoining a creek, stream or other watercourse, that is subject to partial or complete inundation; an area subject to the accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.

FLOODPROOFING

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

FLOODWAY

The designated area of floodplain required to carry and discharge floodwater of a given magnitude. For the purposes of this chapter, a floodway shall be capable of accommodating a flood of the one-hundred-year magnitude.

FLOOR AREA RATIO

Determined by dividing the gross floor area of all buildings on a lot by the developable acreage of that lot.

FLOOR AREA, GROSS

The sum of the areas of the several floors of a building, including areas used for human occupancy in basements, attics and penthouses, as measured from the exterior faces of the walls. It does not include cellars, unenclosed porches or attics not used for human occupancy or any floor space in accessory buildings or in the main building intended and designed for the parking of motor vehicles in order to meet the parking requirements of this chapter or any such floor space intended and designed for accessory heating and ventilating equipment. It shall include the horizontal area at each floor level devoted to stairwells and elevator shafts.

FOOTCANDLE

A unit of illumination equal to one lumen per square foot (1 footcandle = 10.76 lux).

FRONTAGE

The length of any one property line of a premises, which property line abuts a legally accessible street right-of-way.

FUNERAL HOME

A building or part thereof used for human funeral services. Such building may contain space and facilities for embalming and the performance of other services used in preparation of the dead for burial; the performance of autopsies and other surgical procedures; the storage of caskets, funeral urns and other related funeral supplies; and the storage of funeral vehicles, but shall not include facilities for cremation. Where a funeral home is permitted, a funeral chapel shall also be permitted.

GAME PRESERVE

An enclosed area of land of at least one acre, for the not-for-profit protection and managed care of wildlife.

GARAGE PRIVATE

An accessory building or part of a permitted principal building capable of the storage of automobiles or trucks owned and used by the owner or tenant of such building. Such building shall not be utilized at any time for commercial or business purposes.

GARAGE, COMMERCIAL

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

GARAGE, STORAGE

A building, not a private or commercial garage, used solely for the temporary parking or storage of motor vehicles and not intended for the sale of gasoline or other flammable products.

GASOLINE SERVICE STATION

A lot or area of land, together with any structure thereon, used for the retail sale of motor fuel and lubricants and incidental services such as the sale, installation or minor repair of tires, batteries or other automotive accessories.

GLARE

A sensation of brightness within the visual field that causes annoyance, discomfort or loss in visual performance and visibility.

GOVERNMENT SIGN

A sign authorized by this municipality, another governmental agency, the State or Pennsylvania, or the federal government.

GRADE

The average of the finished ground level at the center of all walls of a building. In cases where walls are parallel to and within five feet of a sidewalk, the ground level shall be measured at the sidewalk.

GREENHOUSE

An enclosed building used for the cultivation of plants.

GROUP HOME

A dwelling unit operated by a responsible individual, family or organization with a program to provide a supportive living arrangement for residential clients and attendant (24 hours or less) staff, living together in a dwelling unit and functioning as a single housekeeping unit under a common housekeeping management plan based upon an intentionally structured relationship providing organization and stability. The resident clients of a group home must be limited to persons who need specialized housing because of age, disability or illness, and may include, but not necessarily be limited to, children, the mentally or physically handicapped and elderly, but shall not include drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities, or adult pre-release correctional facilities such as work release, halfway houses or similar uses. This definition shall expressly include facilities for the supervised care of persons with disabilities subject to protection under the federal Fair Housing Act.

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Substances that are carcinogenic, flammable and that may be toxic to human beings and that may contaminate the air, land or water and that include, but are not limited to, inorganic mineral acids of sulfur, fluorine, chlorine, nitrogen, chromium, phosphorus, selenium and arsenic and their common salts; asbestos; lead, nickel and mercury and their inorganic salts or metallo-organic derivatives; coal tar acids, including phenol and cresol and their salts; and all radioactive substances.

HEIGHT

The vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the finished grade surrounding the structure to the highest point of the structure. The only exemption would be a chimney which may exceed the height limit by three feet.

HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE DISTRICT TRACT

An area of land consisting of one or more lots planned for unified commercial uses considered as a single entity for land development and as shown on one land development plan, whether or not the lots are separated by a street.

HISTORIC INTEGRITY

The authenticity of a property's historic identity, evidenced by the survival of physical characteristics that existed during the property's historic period.

HISTORIC RESOURCE

A building, structure, site, or object listed in the Marple Township Historic Resource Inventory.

HISTORIC RESOURCE

Any building, structure, road, bridge, marker, fence, sign, tree, hedgerow, site, district, passage, object or vista contained on the list of Marple Township Historic Sites in the Marple Township Comprehensive Plan Update, adopted April 8, 1991, and as may be amended by the Board of Commissioners.

HISTORICAL COMMISSION

See "commission" above.

HOME OCCUPATION

Any single lawful commercial use of a dwelling unit as customarily incidental and accessory to a permitted residential use, conducted by any one person who makes the residence his or her primary dwelling.

HOSPITAL

An institution that:

A. Is primarily engaged in providing, by or under the supervision of physicians, to inpatients:

(1) Diagnostic services and therapeutic services for medical diagnosis, treatment and care of injured, disabled or sick persons; or

(2) Rehabilitation services for the rehabilitation of injured, disabled or sick persons;

B. Maintains clinical records on all patients;

C. Has bylaws in effect with respect to its staff of physicians;

D. Has a requirement that every patient must be under the care of a physician;

E. Provides twenty-four-hour nursing service rendered or supervised by a registered professional nurse and has a licensed practical nurse or registered professional nurse on duty at all times;

F. Is licensed as a hospital pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or is approved by the agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or locality covering Marple Township responsible for licensing hospitals as meeting the standards established for such licensing.

HOSPITAL, ANIMAL

A structure used for the care and treatment of sick or wounded domestic animals.

HOTEL, MOTEL or INN

A building or group of buildings containing a specified number of guest rooms especially designed for the temporary lodging of transient guests, provided that no room shall have cooking facilities of any kind. Such establishment shall furnish to the occupants customary services, such as maid service and the furnishing and laundering of linen. Eating facilities may be added as an accessory use to the hotel, motel or inn.

IDENTIFIED FLOODPLAIN AREA

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

IMPERVIOUS SURFACE

Any surface on a lot that blocks the natural percolation of water. Examples include, but are not limited to, structures, including eaves, roofs and roof overhangs; parking areas; driveways; sidewalks; patios; sport courts; and pools.

IMPROVEMENTS

Physical additions and changes to land, such as grading, paving, curbing, fire hydrants, water mains, sanitary sewers, capped sewers, storm sewers, storm drains, catch basins, culverts, sidewalks, monuments, crosswalks, bridges, earthworks, street lights, street trees, other plantings and other structures.

IN

When used in conjunction with "right-of-way," means above, along, in, over, under, upon or within the right-of-way.

INDEPENDENT LIVING UNIT

A dwelling unit in a building of multiple dwelling units, or standing alone, used exclusively for occupancy by one or more senior persons in a continuing care retirement community.

INSTITUTIONAL USE

Any use of land, buildings and structures for educational, religious, social or health care facilities, including dependent, family and group care facilities; clinics and hospitals; schools for basic and higher education; churches and other places of worship; child-care centers, including day camps; cemeteries; and any philanthropic use.

INVENTORY

The Marple Township Historic Resource Inventory.

LAND DEVELOPMENT

Any of the following activities:

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.

LIVESTOCK

Poultry, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, horses, donkeys, and mules.

LOT

One duly recorded plot or parcel of land on which a permitted use or building and an accessory use or building may be placed, together with the required yards and areas required by this chapter, not including any land within the limits of a street right-of-way upon which said lot abuts, even if a portion of the right-of-way is maintained by the owner of the lot.

LOT AREA

The area of land contained within the property lines of a lot, including the area of any easement, but excluding any area with an existing or designated future road rights-of-way.

LOT COVERAGE

The percentage of the lot area that is occupied by the building area.

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 FRONTAGE

The distance measured along the street line of the lot abutting a public road, street or highway.

LOT LINE

A property boundary line shown on a recorded plan or described in a recorded deed. In the case of any lot abutting a street, the lot line for the portion of the lot abutting the street shall be deemed to be the same as the street line and shall not be the center line of the street or any other line within the street right-of-way.

A. FRONT LOT LINE
The lot line abutting a street and coinciding with the street line. In the case of a corner lot, both street lines shall be deemed the front lot line, except in the R-1, R-1A, R-2, R-3 and R-4 Districts, where the front lot line shall be the lot line on the short side of the lot.

B. REAR LOT LINE
A lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line. If the rear lot line is less than 10 feet in length or if the lot forms a point at the rear, the rear lot line shall be deemed to be a line 10 feet in length within the lot, between the side lot lines, parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line. For a corner lot, of the two lot lines opposite the front lot lines, that which is most distant will be the rear lot line.

C. SIDE LOT LINE
Any lot line that is not a street line or a rear lot line.

LOT WIDTH

The horizontal distance measured between the side lot lines at the required or proposed building setback line. In the case of a unit of a twin or semidetached dwelling, the lot width shall be measured between the side lot line and the center line of the party wall and in the case of a unit of a single-family attached dwelling the lot width shall be measured either between the side lot line and the center line of the party wall or between the center lines of adjacent party walls. In each of the aforementioned cases involving party walls, the center line of the party walls shall be construed as a side lot line. The lot width for the entire depth of the lot shall not be less than 2/3 of the minimum lot width at the right-of-way line.

LOT, CORNER

A lot abutting upon two or more streets or upon two parts of the same street, forming an interior angle of less than 135°.

LOT, NONCONFORMING

A lot the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to the adoption or amendment of a zoning ordinance, but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reasons of such adoption or amendment.

LOWEST FLOOR

The lowest floor of the lowest fully enclosed area (including basement) of a building. An unfinished, flood-resistant, partially enclosed area, used solely for parking of vehicles, building access and incidental storage, in an area other than a basement area, is not considered the lowest floor of a building, provided that such space is not designed and built so that the structure is in violation of the applicable non-elevation design requirements of § 300-60: Flood and floodplain protection of this chapter.

LUX

A unit of illumination equal to one lumen per square meter (one lux = .0929 footcandle).

MANUFACTURED HOME

See "mobile home."

MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT

Act 16 of 2016, 35 P.S. § 10231.101, et seq.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY

A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which is registered by the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under the Medical Marijuana Act to dispense medical marijuana. The term does not include a health care medical marijuana organization under Chapter 19 of the Medical Marijuana Act.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA GROWER/PROCESSOR

A person, including a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity, or any combination thereof, which is registered by the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under the Medical Marijuana Act to grow and process medical marijuana. The term does not include a health care medical marijuana organization under Chapter 19 of the Medical Marijuana Act.

MICRO FACILITY

A wireless communication facility consisting of an equipment facility capable of being mounted onto the attachment or support structure and antenna that is either no more than five feet in height with a face area of not more than 580 square inches; or if a tubular antenna, no more than four inches in diameter and no more than seven feet in length.

MINOR REPAIR

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

MOBILE HOME

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

MOBILE HOME LOT

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

MOBILE HOME PARK

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

MUNICIPAL/GOVERNMENTAL FACILITY

A building or buildings or lot owned or used in connection with Marple Township's local government functions, services and/or administration, including Township-owned golf course(s), volunteer fire services and magisterial district courts located in the Township.

NEW CONSTRUCTION

Structures for which the start of construction commenced on or after the effective date of this chapter, including subsequent improvement hereto.

NO-IMPACT HOME-BASED BUSINESS

A. The business activity shall be compatible with the residential use of the property and surrounding residential uses.

B. The business shall employ no employees other than family members residing in the dwelling.

C. There shall be no display or sale of retail goods and no stockpiling or inventory of a substantial nature.

D. There shall be no outside appearance of a business use, including, but not limited to, parking, signs or lights.

E. The business activity may not use any equipment or process which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical or electronic interference, including interference with radio or television reception, which is detectable in the neighborhood.

F. The business activity may not generate any solid waste or sewage discharge in volume or type which is not normally associated with residential use in the neighborhood.

G. The business activity shall be conducted only within the dwelling and may not occupy more than 25% of the habitable floor area.

H. The business may not involve any illegal activity.

NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE

A structure or part of a structure manifestly not designed to comply with the applicable use or extent of use provisions of this chapter or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment of this chapter or amendment.

NONCONFORMING USE

A use, whether of land or of structure, that does not comply with the applicable use provisions of this chapter or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such use was lawfully in existence prior to the enactment of this chapter or amendment.

NUDE MODEL STUDIO

Any place where a person who appears seminude, in a state of nudity or who displays specified anatomical areas and is provided to be observed, sketched, drawn, painted, sculptured, photographed or similarly depicted by other persons who pay money or any form of consideration. "Nude model studio" shall not include a proprietary school licensed by the State of Pennsylvania or a college, junior college or university supported entirely or in part by public taxation; a private college or university that maintains or operates educational programs in which credits are transferable to a college, junior college or university supported entirely or partly by taxation; or in a structure:

A. That has no sign visible from the exterior of the structure and no other advertising that indicates a nude or seminude person is available for viewing; and

B. Where in order to participate in a class a student must enroll at least three days in advance of the class; and

C. Where no more than one nude or seminude model is on the premises at any one time.

NUDITY or A STATE OF NUDITY

The showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area, vulva, anus, anal cleft or cleavage 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 or the showing of the covered male genitals in a discernible turgid state.

NURSING HOME

An institution that:

A. Is primarily engaged in providing to inpatients:

(1) Skilled nursing care and related services for patients who require medical or nursing care; or

(2) Rehabilitation services for the rehabilitation of injured, disabled or sick persons;

B. Has policies that are developed with the advice of and with provision of review of such policies from time to time by, a group of professional personnel, including one or more physicians and one or more registered professional nurses to govern the skilled nursing care and related medical or other services it provides;

C. Has a physician, a registered professional nurse or a medical staff responsible for the execution of such policies;

D. Has a requirement that the health care of every patient must be under the supervision of a physician and provides for having a physician available to furnish necessary medical care in case of emergency;

E. Maintains clinical records on all patients;

F. Provides twenty-four-hour nursing services and has at least one registered professional nurse employed full-time;

G. Provides appropriate methods and procedures for the dispensing and administering of drugs and biologicals;

H. Is licensed as a nursing home pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or is approved by the agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or locality covering Marple Township responsible for licensing institutions of this nature as meeting the standards established for such licensing.

OBJECTOR

A person, organization, society, association, corporation or any governmental agency or representative thereof, any of which resides in or pays taxes to the Township, who wishes to object to a permit application for demolishing an historic resource.

ODOR, NOXIOUS

An airborne emission that creates a nuisance.

OFFICE

A building or portion of a building wherein services are performed involving predominantly administrative, professional or clerical operations.

OFF-PREMISES SIGN

Any sign advertising activities, services, products or uses not located, made, sold, used or served on the premises displaying such sign.

ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR FLOOD

A flood that, on average, is likely to occur once every 100 years (i.e., that has a one-percent chance of occurring each year, although the flood may occur in any year).

OPEN SPACE

A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water or a combination of land and water within a development site, logically interrelated and interconnected and designed and intended for the use and enjoyment of the residents of the development and/or community, not including streets, required off-street parking areas and required yards. Open space shall be substantially free of structures but may contain such improvements as are in the development plan as finally approved and as are appropriate for the recreation of the residents served thereby.

OWNER

Any person, including the Township, with fee title or a long-term (exceeding 10 years) leasehold to any parcel of land within the Township.

OWNER

A person, organization, society, association, corporation or any governmental agency or representative thereof who has legal right to the historic resource.

PARK

A parcel of land designated for outdoor enjoyment that is open and may include such facilities as play area, bike trails, hiking paths and family picnic areas.

PARKING SPACE

A reasonably level space, available for the temporary parking of one motor vehicle, exclusive of passageways, driveways or other means of circulation or access. A parking space shall include either covered garage spaces or uncovered parking lot space located off the street right-of-way. Such spaces may include but not be limited to parking lots, private garages or, when permitted, other structures and accessories or service facilities or facilities above or under the ground.

PARTY WALL

A fire wall on an interior lot line used or adapted for joint service between two buildings.

PAVED AREA

A portion of land paved with a weatherproof surface for parking space, driveways or streets.

PEEP SHOW

The presentation of material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting or describing specified sexual activity or specified anatomical areas for observation by parties in a viewing booth.

PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPALITIES PLANNING CODE

Pennsylvania Act 247 of 1968 (P.L. 805), as amended, also cited as 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., or any subsequent Act of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that replaces, supplements or repeals any or all of the provisions of Act 247.

PERMANENT OPEN SPACE

See "open space."

PERMIT

A document issued by the Code Enforcement Officer of Marple Township authorizing an applicant to undertake certain activities, as further defined below:

A. BUILDING PERMIT
A permit indicating that a proposed construction, alteration or reconstruction of a structure is in accordance with the construction provisions of any Building Code that may be adopted by Marple Township and authorizing an applicant to commence said construction, alteration or reconstruction.

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

C. ZONING PERMIT
A permit issued indicating that a proposed use, building or structure is in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or with an order of the Zoning Hearing Board and authorizing the applicant to proceed with said use, building or structure.

PERSON

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

PERSONAL CARE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY

A facility licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare in which food, shelter and personal assistance or supervision are provided for a period of at least 14 days. Such facility shall contain dwelling units for four or more persons who do not require the services in or of a Pennsylvania Department of Health-licensed long-term care facility, but who do, because of their advanced age, require assistance or supervision in matters such as dressing, bathing, diet, financial management evacuation of a residence in the event of any emergency, or medication prescribed for self-administration.

PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

An area of land, controlled by a landowner, to be developed as a single entity for a number of dwelling units or combination of residential and nonresidential uses, the development plan for which does not correspond in lot size, bulk, type of dwelling or use, density or intensity, lot coverage and required open space to the regulations established in any one district created, from time to time, under the provisions of this chapter.

PLANNING COMMISSION

An agency of Marple Township as duly appointed for specified terms by the Board of Commissioners of Marple Township for duties as prescribed in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.

PLANNING COMMISSION

Marple Township Planning Commission.

PLANTINGS; PLANTING SCREEN

Trees, shrubs and ground covers that are installed and maintained in accordance with a landscaping plan approved by the Board of Commissioners.

PORTABLE STORAGE CONTAINERS

Portable sheds (hereinafter referred to as "PSCs") that are loaded with materials and placed on a residential property for the purpose of storing and moving household materials.

PRINCIPAL USE

The main use of land or structures, as distinguished from a secondary or accessory use.

PROVIDER

A person that is not a public utility, who is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to provide telecommunications service to the public.

PUBLIC CONVENIENCE

A structure maintained by the Township or other authorized governmental entity which provides a service to the public such as public bus shelters, public trash receptacles, and other similar structures.

PUBLIC HEARING

A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Board of Commissioners or Planning Commission, intended to inform and obtain public comment, prior to taking action in accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature of the matter to be considered at the hearing. The first publication shall not be more than 30 days and the second publication shall not be less than seven days from the date of the hearing.

RECREATION, ACTIVE

Those recreational pursuits that require physical alteration to the area in which they are performed. Such areas are intensively used and include, but are not limited to, playgrounds, ball courts, golf courses and swimming pools.

RECREATION, PASSIVE

Recreational pursuits that can be carried out, with little alteration or disruption, in the area in which they are performed. Such uses include, but are not limited to, hiking, biking and picnicking.

REGULATORY FLOOD ELEVATION

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

RELIGIOUS USE

A use involving a structure or place in which worship and ceremonies pertaining to a particular system of beliefs are held.

RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL

An individual who is legally capable of acting for the person or entity with regard to the equipment being installed and operated under § 300-110.

RESTAURANT

A building or an area within a building used primarily for the purpose of furnishing prepared food to the public to be consumed within the building or for consumption off the premises. Outdoor cafes or outdoor extensions of the premises dining area are not permitted.

RIGHT-OF-WAY

A. A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by street, crosswalk, railroad, electric transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, shade trees or other special use.

B. The surface, air space above the surface and the area below the surface of any street.

RIGHT-OF-WAY, ULTIMATE

The expected future right-of-way width for a public street, computed from the center line of an established right-of-way and delineated by a line parallel to the center line.

RINGELMANN NUMBER

The number of the area on a Ringelmann chart that most nearly matches the light obscuring capacity of smoke as described in the U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular No. 6888. Smoke below the density of Ringelmann No. 1 shall be considered as Ringelmann No. 0 or no smoke.

SEMINUDE OR IN A SEMINUDE CONDITION

The state of dress in which clothing partially or opaquely covers specified anatomical areas.

SETBACK

The required minimum horizontal distance between the building line and the related front, side or rear property line.

SEWER FACILITY, CENTRAL

A system, whether publicly or privately owned, for the collection of sewage from two or more lots and for the treatment or disposal of the sewage on one or more of the lots or at any other site.

SEXUAL ENCOUNTER ESTABLISHMENT

An establishment other than a hotel, motel or similar establishment offering public accommodations, which, for any form of consideration, provides a place where two or more persons may congregate, associate or consort in connection with specified sexual activities or the exposure of specified anatomical areas. This definition does not include an establishment where a medical practitioner, psychologist, psychiatrist or similar professional person engages in sexual therapy which they are licensed to perform.

SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS

An adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult novelty store, adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motion-picture theater, adult theater, escort agency, nude model studio or sexual encounter center.

SIGN

Any permanent or temporary structure or part thereof, inclusive of but not limited to flags, banners or whirligigs or any device attached, painted or represented directly or indirectly on a structure or other surface that shall display or include any letter, word, insignia, flag or representation used as or that is in the nature of an advertisement, announcement, visual communication, direction or is designed to attract the eye or bring the subject to the attention of the public. Flags of any governmental unit or branch of any charitable or religious organization, interior signs not visible from a public right-of-way or adjoining property and cornerstones built into or attached to a wall of a building shall not be construed to be signs.

SIGN

An object, including a structure, wall, image, or movable device, displaying any message visible to the public.

SKILLED NURSING FACILITY

A facility which provides for personal health care in a continuing care retirement community and is licensed to provide nursing care by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

SPECIAL EXCEPTION

A use permitted in a particular zoning district pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and Articles VI and IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.

SPECIFIED ANATOMICAL AREAS

Human genitals, pubic region, anus, buttocks, female breast(s) below a point immediately above the top of the areola or human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely covered.

SPECIFIED SEXUAL ACTIVITIES

Any of the following:

A. The fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus or female breasts;

B. Sex acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including intercourse, oral copulation, masturbation or sodomy; or

C. Excretory functions as part of or in connection with any of the activities set forth in Subsections A and B above.

STEALTH

Any wireless communication facility which is designed to enhance compatibility with adjacent land uses, including but not limited to architecturally screened and or landscaped antenna arrays and equipment facilities and support structures designed to look other than like a support structure, such as a light pole, a power pole, a component of a building or a tree.

STEEP SLOPE

An area of land that is characterized by a change in elevation of 15% or more over a horizontal distance of two feet or greater.

STEEP SLOPE, VERY

An area of land that is characterized by a change in elevation of 25% or more over a horizontal distance of two feet or greater.

STORY

The space between the surface of two successive floors in a building or between the top floor and the ceiling or underside of the roof framing. The number of stories shall be counted at the point from which the height of building is measured. For the purpose of determining the maximum number of permitted stories, the term "story" shall not include cellars, stair or elevator penthouses or other roof structures, provided that the total area of all roof structures located above the top story does not exceed 1/3 of the total roof area.

STREET

A right-of-way, municipally or privately owned, serving as a means of vehicular and pedestrian travel and furnishing access to abutting properties and space for sewers and public utilities.

STREET LINE

The line dividing a lot from a street.

STREET, ARTERIAL

Principal arterials, arterials and minor arterials as designated by the Road Functional Classification of the Marple Township Comprehensive Plan.

STREET, COLLECTOR

Collectors as designated by the Road Functional Classification of the Marple Township Comprehensive Plan.

STREET, LOCAL

A street or road used primarily as the principal means of access to adjacent residential properties.

STRUCTURAL ALTERATION

Any change in or addition to the supporting or structural members of a building, such as the bearing walls, partitions, columns, beams or girders or any change that would convert an existing building into a different structure or adapt it to a difference use or that, in case of a nonconforming use, would prolong the life of such use.

STRUCTURE

Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.

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 to heirs or devisees, transfer of ownership or building or lot development; provided, however, that the subdivision by lease of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving any new street or easement of access or any residential dwelling, shall be exempted.

SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE

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

SUBSTANTIAL ENLARGEMENT

Of a sexually oriented business, means the increase in floor areas occupied by the business by more than 25%, as the floor area exists on May 11, 1998.

SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT

Any repair, reconstruction or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the structure either before the improvement or repair is started or, if the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred.

SUPPORT STRUCTURE

A structure designed and constructed to support an antenna array or micro facility and may include a utility pole, a monopole, self-supporting (lattice) or guy-wire support tower and other similar structures.

SWIMMING POOL

Any body of water or receptacle for water having a depth at any point greater than two feet, used or intended to be used for swimming or bathing and constructed, installed or maintained in or above the ground, outside any building.

SWIMMING POOL, PRIVATE

A swimming pool or hot tub and the apparatus and equipment pertaining to such pool maintained by an individual for the sole use of his household and guests without charge for admission and not for the purpose of profit or in connection with any business operated for profit and located on a lot as an accessory use to a residence.

SWIMMING POOL, PUBLIC OR SEMIPUBLIC

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

TRACT

An area of land consisting of one or more contiguous lots, excluding lots separated by existing public streets, considered as a single entity for land development.

TRAILER

A vehicle or structure without motive power used to haul freight or cargo and commercially registered by the state.

TREE PROTECTION ZONE, PRIMARY

All lands in floodplains and wetlands; all steep slope and very steep slope areas; all street rights-of-way; those portions of any lot covered by the front, side and rear setback areas as established and required by articles of this chapter.

TREE PROTECTION ZONE, SECONDARY

Any portion of a lot, regardless of zoning, not included within the primary tree protection area.

TREE REMOVAL

Any act that causes a tree to die within a period of two years, including but not limited to damage inflicted upon the root system by machinery, storage of materials and soil compaction; changing the natural grade above the root system or around the trunk; damage inflicted on the tree permitting infection or pest infestation; excessive pruning; paving with concrete, asphalt or other impervious material within such proximity as to be harmful to the tree.

UNDEVELOPED LAND

Any lot, tract or parcel of land that has not been graded or in any other manner improved.

UNIFORM CONDOMINIUM ACT

1980, July 2, P.L. 286, No. 82; 68 Pa.C.S.A. § 3101 et seq., as amended.

UNIT, DWELLING

See "dwelling unit."

USE

Any purpose for which a lot or structure may be designed, arranged, intended, maintained or occupied or any activity, occupation, business or operation carried on in a structure on a lot.

VARIANCE

Relief granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and Articles VI and IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.

VEHICLE, OVERSIZED

A vehicle with length exceeding 18 feet.

VEHICLE, RECREATIONAL

A vehicle that is built on a single chassis; not more than 250 square feet, measured at the largest horizontal projections; assigned to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light-duty truck; not assigned for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters or recreational, camping, travel or seasonal use.

VIEWING BOOTH

An enclosed area for the presentation of peep shows. The full interior of a viewing booth must be open and visible at all times to an attendant and to the public portion of the premises.

WAREHOUSE

A building used primarily for the storage of goods and materials.

WATER BODY

Pond, reservoir, lake or impounded mass of water.

WATER FACILITY, CENTRAL

Any publicly or privately owned water generation, collection and distribution system that serves more than one building or lot.

WATERCOURSE

A stream of water, river, brook, creek; a channel or ditch for water, whether natural or man-made.

WETLANDS

Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water 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, including swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas.

WILD OR EXOTIC ANIMAL

Includes, but is not limited to, the following orders or families, or similar orders or families, whether bred in the wild or in captivity, and any hybrid thereof, including with domestic animals. The examples identified in parentheses are not intended to be an exhaustive list and do not limit the generality of each group of animals, unless otherwise specified:

A. Nonhuman primates (chimpanzees, monkeys, lemurs);

B. Felidae (except domesticated cats);

C. Ursidae (bears);

D. Proboscidea (elephants);

E. Camels.

F. Animal or animal classification prohibited in Chapter 95, § 95-36 of the Marple Township Codified Ordinances (Ord. No. 71-16).

WINDOW

An opening, usually glazed, in an external wall of a building to admit light and sometimes air.

WINDOW WALL

An external wall of a building that has more than 2% of its total surface area as windows.

WINDOWLESS WALL

An external wall of a building that has 2% or less of its total surface area as windows.

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY

Any unstaffed facility for the transmission and/or reception of wireless communication services, usually consisting of an antenna array or micro facility, connection cables, an equipment facility and a support structure or attachment structure to achieve the necessary elevation.

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SERVICE

Any personal wireless service as defined by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which includes FCC-licensed commercial wireless telecommunications services including cellular, personal communication services (PCS), specialized mobile radio (SMR), enhanced specialized mobile radio (ESMR), paging and similar services that currently exist or that may be in the future defined as such by the FCC.

YARD

An open area that lies between a structure and the nearest lot or street right-of-way line. The minimum required yard is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as may be specifically provided in the Zoning Code.

YARD SALE

A sale of limited duration of clothing and household items belonging to the residents of a dwelling and conducted from the yard, porch or garage of that dwelling.

YARD, FRONT

A yard between a structure and the street right-of-way line and extending the entire width of the lot. In the case of a corner lot, the yards extending along all the streets are front yards. In the case of a lot other than a corner lot that fronts on more than one street, the yards extending on all streets are front yards.

YARD, REAR

A yard extending the full width of the lot along the rear lot line and extending in depth from the rear lot line to the nearest point of the permitted principal or accessory building or buildings on the lot.

YARD, SIDE

The depth extends along the side lot line between the required front and rear setbacks; in width extends from such side lot line to the nearest point of the permitted principal or accessory building or buildings on the lot.

ZONING DISTRICT

A contiguous area of land on all parts of which the same uniform zoning regulations apply.

ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARY

The perimeter line completely enclosing a zoning district.

ZONING HEARING BOARD

A Board appointed by the Board of Commissioners to examine and decide appeals for the relief from strict conformance to this chapter or relief from a decision of the Code Enforcement Officer and to hear testimony regarding the validity of any zoning regulations upon development in the Township.

ZONING MAP

The official plan of zoning districts in the Township showing precisely the boundaries and titles of each zoning district, which map is a part of this chapter.

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