Township of East Whiteland

Accessory office uses

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

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 uses

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.

See § 200-14: Terms defined for terms associated with adult uses.

Vehicle Parking:
1 parking space required per 200 square feet gross floor area.
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

I District:
This use is permitted as a conditional use in this district.
A. Location criteria for adult uses. No adult use shall be located within:

(1) One thousand feet of:

(a) An institutional use, including churches, schools, health-care facilities, and child-care facilities.
(b) Any other adult use.

(2) Five hundred feet of:

(a) Any residential district boundary line.
(b) Any private or public park or open space.

See § 200-40M through § 200-40Q for more details on adult uses in this district.

Agriculture

AGRICULTURE
Tilling of the soil, raising of crops, horticulture, and animal husbandry.

Animal hospital or veterinarian

ANIMAL HOSPITAL
A building used by a veterinarian for the treatment, housing, or boarding of small domestic animals, such as dogs, cats, rabbits, and birds or fowl.

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

Animal husbandry, pasturing, aviaries, hatcheries and similar uses

Antenna (wireless communications facilities)

ANTENNA
Telecommunications equipment that transmits and receives electromagnetic radio signals used in the provision of all types of wireless telecommunications services. An antenna shall not include private residence-mounted satellite dishes or television antennas or amateur radio equipment including, without limitation, ham or citizen band radio antennas.

Development Requirements:

General accessory use:

A. This use is permitted as an accessory use to residential, nonresidential principal uses and institutional uses.
B. Accessory uses to an apartment building or complex shall include a clubhouse and/or other recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the tenants thereof to be owned and maintained by the apartment owner.
C. Spacing for accessory buildings. Accessory buildings on a lot shall be located not less than 10 feet from each other and from principal structures.

See § 200-92: Communication towers (wireless communications facilities) for complete, detailed information on antennas.

Any use of the same general character as any other use permitted in the I Industrial District and which use is not specifically provided for herein

Assisted living facility

ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY
A facility for the housing and personal care of persons age 55 or older who require only intermittent care to maintain the basic needs of daily living, including hygiene, cooking, cleaning, eating, nutrition, ambulatory care, recreation, community activities, and mobility, general safety, and similar activities of daily living. An assisted living facility may include elements of a rest home or convalescent home, but shall not include a nursing home, continuing care retirement community, halfway house, group home, drug or alcohol rehabilitation center, or similar facilities.

Vehicle Parking:
Institutional home: 1 parking space required per 5 occupants of total capacity.
1 parking space required per 2 beds plus 1 parking space required per employee.
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

FC District:
This use is permitted in this district.
An assisted living facility in the FC Frontage Commercial District shall be permitted only on properties with a minimum tract area of three acres and a maximum tract area of six acres and shall be limited to a tract maximum density of 30 units per developable acre and shall maintain a 2,640-foot separation from any other assisted living facility within the Township (measured from lot line to lot line). Otherwise, an assisted living facility shall comply with all other applicable standards of § 200-31: Development standards for Mixed Use Districts which occurs as 200 Attachment 7 and is titled: Table of Development Standards for Mixed Use Districts.

INS District:
This use is permitted in this district.

Auto body shop

Banks, but excluding drive-in facilities

Vehicle Parking:
Bank, financial institution without drive-in: 6 parking spaces required per teller window.
VMX District: as a special exception, on-street parking spaces located within 500 feet of a use may be credited toward required off-street parking spaces as specified in Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading.
ROC/R District: (a) Parallel and diagonal, or angled, parking shall be permitted on either or both sides of all interior streets in an ROC/R development.
All parking space dimensions and parking aisle widths shall conform with § 200-69C, Off Street Parking Dimensions.
(b) In the ROC/R District, parking required for multi-family dwellings shall be two off-street parking spaces per unit, one of which shall be located within 200 feet of the dwelling unit. Otherwise, for all other uses, the applicable regulations of Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading shall apply.
All other districts: see Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

VMX District:
This use is permitted as a special exception, retail commerce use in this district, but excludes drive-in facilities.

FC, ROC and O/BPS Districts:
This use is permitted as a retail commerce use in these districts, but excludes drive-in facilities.
Restaurants or other similar establishments with drive-in facilities and banks with drive-in facilities shall be permitted as set forth in use classification “Drive-in facility.”

ROC/R District:
This use is permitted in this district.
A building may be altered, erected, or used, and a tract or lot may be used or occupied, for this purpose and no other in the ROC/R District.

Bathhouse, private

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for detailed information.

Development Requirements:

General accessory use:

A. This use is permitted as an accessory use to residential principal uses in conjunction with a swimming pool.
B. Accessory uses to an apartment building or complex shall include a clubhouse and/or other recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the tenants thereof to be owned and maintained by the apartment owner.
C. Spacing for accessory buildings. Accessory buildings on a lot shall be located not less than 10 feet from each other and from principal structures.

Bed-and-breakfast establishments

BED-AND-BREAKFAST
A single-family detached dwelling where between one and five sleeping accommodations are rented to overnight guests on a daily basis for periods not exceeding two weeks. Meals may be offered only to registered overnight guests.

Vehicle Parking:
2 parking spaces required, plus 1 parking space required per rental unit.
VMX District: As a special exception, on-street parking spaces located within 500 feet of a use may be credited toward required off-street parking spaces as specified in Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading.
All other districts: see Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

VMX District:
This use is permitted as a special exception in this district.

FC District:
This use is permitted in this district.

O/BPS District:
This use is permitted as a conditional use in this district.

Brewpub

BREWPUB
A restaurant in which beer or malt beverages, wine, and other alcoholic beverages are manufactured, brewed or distilled on site for retail purchase only and which establishment is licensed and operated in accordance with the Pennsylvania Liquor Code and in compliance with the requirements of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.

Business or professional offices

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

Vehicle Parking:
1 parking space required per 250 square feet gross floor area.
ROC/R District: (a) Parallel and diagonal, or angled, parking shall be permitted on either or both sides of all interior streets in an ROC/R development.
All parking space dimensions and parking aisle widths shall conform with § 200-69C.
(b) Parking required for multi-family dwellings shall be two off-street parking spaces per unit, one of which shall be located within 200 feet of the dwelling unit. Otherwise, for all other uses, the applicable regulations of Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading shall apply.
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

ROC/R District:
This use is permitted in this district.
A building may be altered, erected, or used, and a tract or lot may be used or occupied, for this purpose and no other in the ROC/R District.
This use includes:

(a) Operations designed to attract and serve customers or clients on the premises, such as but not limited to the offices of physicians, lawyers, other professions, veterinarians, insurance agents and stockbrokers, travel agents, and the offices of governmental agencies.
(b) Operations designed to attract little or no customer or client traffic other than employees of the entity operating the principal use.

Cafeterias

Carport

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

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for detailed information.

Development Requirements:

General accessory use:

A. This use is permitted as an accessory use to residential, nonresidential principal uses and institutional uses.
B. Accessory uses to an apartment building or complex shall include a clubhouse and/or other recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the tenants thereof to be owned and maintained by the apartment owner.
C. Spacing for accessory buildings. Accessory buildings on a lot shall be located not less than 10 feet from each other and from principal structures.

Cemeteries

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.

Child day-care facilities

DAY CARE, CHILD
A facility licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare which exclusively provides supplemental care or supervision and/or instruction to children under the age of 14 during the entire day or any portion of the day.

Children's play structure

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for detailed information.

Development Requirements:

General accessory use:

A. This use is permitted as an accessory use to residential principal uses and includes structures no greater than 10 feet in height.
B. Accessory uses to an apartment building or complex shall include a clubhouse and/or other recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the tenants thereof to be owned and maintained by the apartment owner.
C. Spacing for accessory buildings. Accessory buildings on a lot shall be located not less than 10 feet from each other and from principal structures.

Cinema, radio and television stations or studios

Cinemas or similar recreational or cultural establishments

Clinics

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

Communication towers (wireless communications facilities)

TOWER
Any structure that exceeds 10 feet in height and is built for the sole or primary purpose of supporting any Federal Communications Commission licensed or authorized antennas and their associated facilities, including structures that are constructed for wireless communications services, including, but not limited to, private, broadcast, and public safety services, as well as unlicensed wireless services and fixed wireless services, such as microwave backhaul, and the associated site. A Ft. Worth attachment shall not be considered a tower.

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for detailed information.

Development Requirements:

A. Design, construction and operations.

(1) All WCFs shall be designed, constructed, inspected, operated, maintained, repaired, modified and removed in strict compliance with all current applicable federal and state technical and safety codes.
(2) Subdivision plan approval shall not be required when a WCF is located on a leased parcel that is less than the entire lot.
(3) All WCFs shall be operated in accordance with all applicable FCC rules regarding interference with public safety communications or the reception of broadband, television, radio or other communication services.
(4) Co-location. Tower-based WCFs outside of the right-of-way shall be designed to accommodate both the WCF applicant's antennas and comparable antennas for future users. As a condition of approval for all tower-based WCFs, the WCF applicant shall agree to allow other service providers to co-locate antennas on tower-based WCFs where technically and economically feasible.
(5) Signage. Tower-based WCFs not located within the right-of-way shall include a posted sign at the location. Such signage shall include the ownership, contact name and phone number in the event of an emergency and Federal Communication Commission (FCC) registration number (if applicable). Such signage shall not include commercial advertising and is subject to approval by the Township, and is limited to a maximum size of two square feet. Tower-based WCFs located within the right-of-way shall have the same sign or label affixed to either the tower or the WCF, limited to the maximum size necessary to legibly provide the required information. Such signage shall not protrude from the tower or the WCF and is subject to approval by the Township.
(6) Lighting. A tower shall not be artificially lighted beyond what is required by law. If lighting is required, the WCF applicant shall provide a detailed plan for sufficient lighting, demonstrating as unobtrusive and inoffensive an effect as is permissible under state and federal regulations.
(7) Noise. WCFs shall be operated and maintained so as not to produce noise in excess of applicable noise standards established by state law and not to exceed 45 dBa as measured from the nearest property line on which the attached wireless communications facility is located except in emergency situations requiring the use of a backup generator, where such noise standards may be exceeded on a temporary basis. The use of generators for WCFs within the rights-of-way is prohibited.
(8) Access.

(a) An access drive and one off-street parking space shall be provided to ensure adequate emergency and service access to tower-based WCFs outside of the right-of-way.
(b) Maximum use of existing roads, whether public or private, shall be made to the extent practicable.
(c) Where possible, access drive construction shall at all times minimize ground disturbance and the cutting of vegetation.
(d) Access drive grades shall closely follow natural contours to assure minimal visual disturbance and minimize soil erosion.
(e) Where applicable, the WCF owner shall present documentation to the Township that the property owner has granted an easement for the proposed facility and maintenance responsibilities.
(f) The access easement shall be a minimum of 20 feet in width and the access drive shall be improved with a dust-free, all-weather surface to a width of at least 10 feet throughout its entire length.

(g) Vehicular access to the WCF shall not interfere with the parking or vehicular circulations for a principal use, if located on the lot. However, where appropriate and available, existing parking for the principal use may be utilized.

(9) Fencing. A security fence with a minimum height of eight feet shall surround any tower-based WCF located outside a right-of-way, including guy wires, associated equipment, and buildings. The requirement for a security fence may be waived by the Board where in the opinion of the Board the fence would not be appropriate or feasible. All fencing must be in accordance with the provisions of the Township Code.
(10) Mounting. Any applicant proposing a nontower WCF to be mounted on a building or any other structure shall submit detailed construction and elevation drawings indicating how the nontower WCF will be mounted on the structure for review by the Township building codes office and/or the Township Engineer for compliance with the building code.
(11) Safety in rights-of-way.

(a) Schedule of operations. The Township shall determine the time, place and manner of construction, maintenance, repair and/or removal of all WCFs in the right-of-way based on public safety, traffic management, physical burden on the right-of-way and related considerations. For public utilities, the time, place and manner requirements shall be consistent with the police powers of the Township and the requirements of the Public Utility Code.
(b) Emergency.

[1] Within 60 days following written notice from the Township, or such longer period as the municipality determines is reasonably necessary or such shorter period in the case of an emergency, an owner of a WCF in the right-of-way shall, at its own expense, temporarily or permanently remove, relocate, change or alter the position of any WCF when the Township, consistent with its police powers and applicable Public Utility Commission regulations, shall have determined that such removal, relocation, change or alteration is reasonably necessary under any one of the following circumstances:

[a] The construction, repair, maintenance or installation of any municipal or other public improvement in the right-of-way.
[b] The operations of the Township or other governmental entity in the right-of-way.
[c] Vacation of a street or road or the release of a utility easement.
[d] An emergency as determined by the Township.

[2] No permit is required for such removal, relocation, change or alteration ordered by the Township.

(12) Visual obstruction. All WCFs and accessory equipment shall be located so as not to cause any physical or visual obstruction to pedestrian or vehicular traffic, or otherwise to create safety hazards to pedestrians and/or motorists or otherwise to inconvenience public use of the right-of-way as determined by the Township. When feasible, all equipment shall be pole-mounted prior to ground-mounting the equipment. For WCFs located within the right-of-way, no ground-mounted equipment may extend or protrude past the associated tower to the edge of the curb or cartway.
(13) Maintenance. The WCF applicant shall describe anticipated maintenance needs, including frequency of service, personnel needs and equipment needs, and the traffic, safety and noise impacts of such maintenance.
(14) Soil report. A soil report complying with the standards of geotechnical investigations of the Electronics Industry Association and Telecommunications Industry Association, shall be submitted to the Township Engineer prior to construction to document and verify the design specifications of the foundation for the wireless support structure and anchors for the guy wires, if used.
(15) Interference. All WCFs shall not interfere with public safety communications or the reception of broadband, television, radio or other communication services enjoyed by occupants of nearby properties. In the event that the WCF causes interference with the radio or television reception within the Township, the WCF applicant, at the applicant's sole expense, shall thereafter ensure that any interference problems are promptly corrected.
(16) Aviation safety. All WCFs shall comply with federal and state laws and regulations concerning aviation safety.
(17) Inspections.

(a) Upon request, a copy of the most recent inspection report shall be provided to the Township. Any repairs advised by report shall be completed by the WCF owner within 60 calendar days after the report is filed with the Township.
(b) In accordance with and subject to existing law, the Township reserves the right to inspect any WCF to ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter and any other provisions found within the Township Code, state, or federal law. The Township and/or its agents shall have the authority to enter the property upon which a WCF is located at any time, upon reasonable notice to the operator, to ensure such compliance.

(18) Historic buildings or districts. A WCF shall not be located upon a property, and/or on a building or structure that is listed on either the Township, National, Pennsylvania or County Registers of Historic Places.

B. Aesthetics, landscaping and screening.

(1) Stealth technology. The WCF shall employ the most current stealth technology available, where appropriate, in an effort to appropriately blend the proposed WCF into the surrounding environment and minimize aesthetic impact. All utility buildings and accessory structures shall be designed to blend into the environment in which they are situated. All proposed tower-based WCFs must provide documentation detailing the proposed stealth technology.
(2) Landscaping design. Tower-based WCF located outside the right-of-way shall submit a landscape design describing the following:

(a) The WCF applicant shall ensure that the existing vegetation, trees and shrubs located within proximity to the WCF structure shall be preserved to the maximum extent possible.
(b) An evergreen screen shall be created by planting trees (a minimum of six feet tall at planting that will grow to a minimum of 15 feet tall at maturity) on ten-foot centers maximum around the perimeter of the security fence.
(c) Ground-mounted equipment associated with, or connected to, a tower-based WCF shall be screened from public view using landscaping and/or screening, as described above.
(d) In lieu of an evergreen screen, the Board of Supervisors may instead approve the use of an artificial screen, topography, walls, decorative fences or other features. Furthermore, the requirement for evergreen screening may be waived by the Board of Supervisors where in the opinion of the Board the evergreen screening would not be appropriate or feasible. The Board may elect to receive comment and feedback from the East Whiteland Township Planning Commission to assist with the Board's decision.

(3) Any graffiti on the tower or on any related equipment shall be immediately removed at the sole expense of the WCF owner.

See § 200-92: Communication towers (wireless communications facilities for complete, detailed information.

Concentrated animal operation

CONCENTRATED ANIMAL OPERATIONS
Agricultural operations that exceed an animal density of two animal equivalent units per acre.

Conference centers

CONFERENCE CENTER
A facility that is constructed for and devoted to formal meetings and meeting space.

Continuing-care retirement community

CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
A residential community designed to provide independent and assisted living arrangements for person(s) aged 55 years and older as part of a planned community that also provides nursing services, medical services, and other health-related services pursuant to an agreement effective for the life of the resident.

Contractor's office, construction equipment sheds, and trailers

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for detailed information.

Development Requirements:

1. A contractor's office, and construction equipment sheds and trailers may be erected and maintained where such uses are incidental to a permitted construction project and subject to the following:

A. A permit is obtained.
B. Such facilities shall not contain sleeping or cooking accommodations.
C. Maximum length of a permit shall be one year.
D. Such facilities shall be removed upon completion of the construction project.

See Permit Applications for more information.
See Forms and Applications for more information.

Convalescent homes

CONVALESCENT HOME
A facility that provides a temporary residence and nursing care for persons recovering from an illness or injury. A convalescent home does not include a halfway house, drug or alcohol rehabilitation center, or similar facilities.

Crematoriums

CREMATORIUM
A facility used for the disposal of human remains by cremation.

Crop farming, truck gardening, and similar uses

Drive-in facility

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 while remaining in an automobile.

Driveway

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

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for detailed information.

Development Requirements:

General accessory use:

A. This use is permitted as an accessory use to residential, nonresidential principal uses and institutional uses.
B. Accessory uses to an apartment building or complex shall include a clubhouse and/or other recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the tenants thereof to be owned and maintained by the apartment owner.
C. Spacing for accessory buildings. Accessory buildings on a lot shall be located not less than 10 feet from each other and from principal structures.

Drugs, medicine and other pharmaceutical products, compounding and/or manufacture of

Dry cleaning and dyeing facilities

Educational, cultural, religious, civic (including municipal government), philanthropic, social and fraternal uses

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

DAY CARE, ADULT
A facility licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging which provides supervised care and assistance, including a variety of health, social and support services, to functionally and/or cognitively impaired adults.

DAY CARE, CHILD
A facility licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare which exclusively provides supplemental care or supervision and/or instruction to children under the age of 14 during the entire day or any portion of the day.

Vehicle Parking:
Elementary or intermediate school: 1.75 parking spaces required per classroom.
High school: 5 parking spaces required per classroom. Note: All schools shall designate an area of lawn or field for overflow parking for special events, which shall provide at least 100 parking spaces.
Places of worship, public auditorium: 1 parking space required per 4 seats.
Community center, library, public building, colleges, universities: 2 parking spaces required per 500 square feet gross floor area.
Day-care: 1 parking space required per 12 children plus 1 parking space required per employee.
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

INS District:
These uses are permitted in this district and includes places of worship and adjunct administrative and residential uses, schools, libraries, museums, day-care, and similar uses.

Exercise or fitness facilities

Vehicle Parking:
1 parking space required per 250 square feet of gross floor area.
VMX District: as a special exception, on-street parking spaces located within 500 feet of a use may be credited toward required off-street parking spaces as specified in Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading.
ROC/R District: (a) Parallel and diagonal, or angled, parking shall be permitted on either or both sides of all interior streets in an ROC/R development.
All parking space dimensions and parking aisle widths shall conform with Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading.
(b) In the ROC/R District, parking required for multi-family dwellings shall be two off-street parking spaces per unit, one of which shall be located within 200 feet of the dwelling unit. Otherwise, for all other uses, the applicable regulations of Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading shall apply.
All other districts: see Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

VMX, FC, ROC and O/BPS Districts:
This use is permitted as a retail commerce use in these districts.

ROC/R District:
This use is permitted in this district.
A building may be altered, erected, or used, and a tract or lot may be used or occupied, for this purpose and no other in the ROC/R District.

Fabrication of products

Fences and walls

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.

Development Requirements:

This use is permitted as an accessory use to residential, nonresidential principal uses and institutional uses, as follows:

A. Location.

(1) Fences and walls shall be erected within property lines, and no fence or wall shall be located so as to encroach upon a public right-of-way.
(2) No fence or wall shall be permitted within 10 feet of the front lot line, provided that retaining walls required to stabilize changes in elevation shall be permitted to a height one foot above ground elevation retained.
(3) No fence or wall shall be permitted within a sight triangle area.

B. Height. Other than in Industrial Districts, the maximum height for a fence or wall shall be six feet, measured from finished grade, except that in Residential Districts all fences erected in the front yard of any lot shall not exceed four feet in height and shall have at least 50% of the space occupied by the fence open to view. In Industrial Districts, the maximum height for a fence or wall shall be eight feet, with any anti-trespass materials not extending any more than two feet higher than said fence or wall.

C. Appearance. Any portion of a fence construction intended or utilized for the support of the fence shall be located on the inside of the fence, facing the principal portion of the tract upon which the fence is erected. The finished portion of the fence shall face the property or right-of-way adjacent to the fence.

D. Anti-trespass materials. Barbed wire, razor ribbon, and similar anti-trespass fence or fence-mounted materials shall be permitted only in Industrial Districts.

E. Permit required. No fence or wall greater than four feet in height shall be constructed without first obtaining a permit. Permit applications shall be accompanied by a property survey or plot plan with the proposed location of the fence or wall shown thereon. A permit application for a retaining wall must be approved by the Township Engineer before such a permit may be issued.

See Permit Applications and Forms for more information.

For profit game preserve or similar conservation purpose

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

For-profit open space and recreation uses

Vehicle Parking:
VMX District: As a special exception, on-street parking spaces located within 500 feet of a use may be credited toward required off-street parking spaces as specified in Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading.
All other districts: see Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

VMX, O/BP and O/BPS Districts:
These uses are permitted as a conditional use in these districts.

FC and ROC Districts:
These uses are permitted in these districts.

OS District:
These uses are permitted as a special exception in this district.

Gasoline service station

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.

Golf courses

GOLF COURSE
An organized, unlighted area of land containing a minimum of 40 contiguous acres, a minimum of nine holes, and a minimum total fairway length of 3,000 yards, constructed in accordance with PGA and USGA standards.

Greenhouse, nursery and wholesale florist, commercial

GREENHOUSE
An enclosed building used for the cultivation of plants.

Greenhouse, private (storage building)

GREENHOUSE
An enclosed building used for the cultivation of plants.

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for detailed information.

Development Requirements:

General accessory use:

A. This use is permitted as an accessory use to residential, nonresidential principal uses and institutional uses and includes a storage building for garden tools.
B. Accessory uses to an apartment building or complex shall include a clubhouse and/or other recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the tenants thereof to be owned and maintained by the apartment owner.
C. Spacing for accessory buildings. Accessory buildings on a lot shall be located not less than 10 feet from each other and from principal structures.

Home day-care operation

HOME DAY CARE
A home occupation that is permitted as an accessory use to a single-family detached dwelling by special exception pursuant to the provisions in § 200-27: Operation of home day-care, as follows below:

Vehicle Parking:
1 parking space per 12 children plus 1 parking space per employee. See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

This use is permitted providing:
Home day-care for no more than six children (excluding children living in the home and related to the caregiver by blood, marriage, or legal adoption), located only in a single-family detached dwelling in which the caregiver resides, shall be considered a home occupation, when authorized as a special exception and subject to the following additional requirements:

A. The caregiver shall be registered or licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Office of Children, Youth and Families to provide child-care services in the dwelling.
B. The caregiver shall register yearly with the Township and pay an annual registration fee in accordance with a fee schedule adopted by resolution of the Board of Supervisors as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Supervisors.
C. There shall be no structural change to the exterior of the single-family detached dwelling to accommodate the day-care use.
D. There shall be a minimum of 40 square feet of floor space per child, inclusive of space occupied by furniture and equipment but exclusive of closets, halls, bathrooms, kitchens, and related areas, which shall be on the first floor of the single-family detached dwelling.
E. A minimum of 100 square feet of outdoor space per child shall be available on the same lot.
F. The normal hours of operation shall commence no earlier than 7:00 a.m. and shall finish no later than 8:00 p.m.
G. A driveway shall be provided to allow off-street pickup and drop-off of children.
H. No home day-care use shall be permitted within 750 feet of any other home day-care use.
I. As a home occupation, home day-care shall be regulated by § 200-28: Home occupations.

Home occupations, professional services and general

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

Vehicle Parking:
Home occupation or office within a residence:
General home occupations: 1 additional parking space required per use.
Professional services: 4 additional parking spaces required per use.
Healing arts practitioners: 7 additional parking spaces required per use.
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

R-1, R-2, R-3, RM, RMH, and RRD Districts:
This use is permitted as a special exception in these districts in accordance with § 200-28B, as follows:

A. No-impact home-based businesses. No-impact home-based businesses, as defined in this chapter, are permitted by right in all residential districts and in dwellings in all mixed use districts.
B. Standards applicable to professional services home occupations and general home occupations. All home occupation uses not qualifying as no-impact home-based businesses, as defined in this chapter, are permitted by special exception, subject to the following conditions:

(1) Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading.
(2) Persons engaged in the use shall comply with Township mercantile, occupational privilege, and business privilege tax regulations.
(3) No goods shall be publicly displayed.
(4) The use shall be carried on entirely within a dwelling unit or a building accessory thereto, and only one such home occupation use shall be permitted within one dwelling unit.
(5) No oversized vehicles shall be associated with the use.
(6) No sales of goods shall be made from the premises.
(7) The use shall not produce high levels of vehicular traffic, or noise, odors, air pollution, or glare.
(8) The residential character of the premises and the neighborhood shall be maintained.
(9) A maximum of two persons not permanent residents of the dwelling unit may be employed in the use.
(10) No more than 25% of the gross floor area of the dwelling may be used for the use.
(11) The use shall not alter or change the exterior character or appearance of the dwelling, except for signs as permitted by Article XIII: Signs.

General accessory use:

A. This use is permitted as an accessory use to residential principal uses.
B. Accessory uses to an apartment building or complex shall include a clubhouse and/or other recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the tenants thereof to be owned and maintained by the apartment owner.
C. Spacing for accessory buildings. Accessory buildings on a lot shall be located not less than 10 feet from each other and from principal structures.

Horticultural activities

Hospital

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 East Whiteland Township responsible for licensing hospitals as meeting the standards established for such licensing.

Hotels, motels or inns

HOTEL, MOTEL, or INN
A building or group of buildings containing a specified number of guest rooms especially designed for the temporary lodging of guests. Such establishment shall furnish to the occupants customary services, such as housekeeping service and the furnishing and laundering of linen. Eating facilities may be added as an accessory use to the hotel, motel, or inn.

Vehicle Parking:
1 parking space required per room plus 1 parking space required per 200 square feet of additional public floor area.
VMX District: as a special exception, on-street parking spaces located within 500 feet of a use may be credited toward required off-street parking spaces as specified in Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading.
ROC/R District: (a) Parallel and diagonal, or angled, parking shall be permitted on either or both sides of all interior streets in an ROC/R development.
All parking space dimensions and parking aisle widths shall conform with Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading, Off Street Parking Dimensions.
(b) In the ROC/R District, parking required for multi-family dwellings shall be two off-street parking spaces per unit, one of which shall be located within 200 feet of the dwelling unit. Otherwise, for all other uses, the applicable regulations of Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading shall apply.
All other districts: see Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

VMX, FC and O/BPS Districts:
These uses are permitted as a conditional uses in these districts.

ROC District:
These uses are permitted in this district.

ROC/R District:
These uses are permitted in this district.
A building may be altered, erected, or used, and a tract or lot may be used or occupied, for these purposes and no other in the ROC/R District.

In-law suite

IN-LAW SUITE
A self-contained attached residential dwelling unit resulting from the conversion of an existing single-family detached dwelling into two dwelling units and inhabited by persons related by blood, marriage or adoption to the owners who live in the primary dwelling unit. The accessory unit shall contain a kitchen and bath facilities, have direct access to the outdoors or to a hall from which there is direct access to the outdoors, and be physically subordinate to the primary unit that exists in the dwelling.

Vehicle Parking:
3 parking spaces required per dwelling unit. See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

A. An in-law suite shall be permitted in single-family detached dwellings.
B. The in-law suite shall be a maximum of 40% of the size of the primary residence and no larger than 1,000 square feet.
C. The owner(s) of the residence in which the in-law suite is created shall occupy either the primary residence or the in-law suite.
D. The occupants of the in-law suite shall be limited to two in number.
E. The in-law suite shall be an integral part of the primary residence, with an interior connection such that, upon the termination of its use as an in-law suite, the rooms may be incorporated back into the original single-family residence.
F. Additions. Additions to an existing single-family detached dwelling designed to allow the creation of an in-law suite in that dwelling shall be permitted, provided that yard and building coverage requirements of this chapter are maintained and the addition will facilitate the creation of an otherwise allowed in-law suite in a logical manner considering design, layout and safety factors.
G. Exterior alterations.

(1) Alterations to the exterior of the existing dwelling, other than those to improve the maintenance and attractiveness of the dwelling, shall be minimized; after creation of the in-law suite, the building shall maintain the usual appearance of a single-family detached dwelling and shall remain compatible with the character of the surrounding neighborhood.
(2) The converted dwelling shall have no more than the existing number of entrances along the front of the building. All other entrances to either the principal or accessory dwelling units shall be located on the side or rear of the building.
(3) No new unenclosed exterior stairways shall be allowed on the front of the converted dwelling.
(4) Necessary changes in the number or placement of windows to provide adequate light and air will be allowed, but shall be minimized; any changes which occur must be done in a manner consistent with the architectural character of the dwelling.

H. Parking. A minimum of one all-weather off-street parking space, with unrestricted ingress and egress to the street, shall be provided for the in-law suite, in addition to that required for the original single-family detached dwelling unit.
I. Health and safety code requirements.

(1) The single-family detached dwelling and the in-law suite shall conform to all requirements of the applicable building, health, fire and sanitary codes which regulate structural soundness, overcrowding, fire protection, sewage disposal and water supply.
(2) If an on-site sewer or water system is to be used, the applicant shall submit evidence to the Zoning Officer showing that the total number of occupants in the single-family detached dwelling and the in-law suite will not exceed the maximum capacities for which the original single-family detached dwelling was designed, unless those systems are to be expanded, in which case the expansion approvals are to be submitted. Any connection to or addition to an existing on site sewer system shall be subject to the review and approval of the Sewage Enforcement Officer.

J. Recording. The owner of the property shall execute an agreement with the Township which shall be recorded with the County Recorder of Deeds and shall set forth the limitations in this section as to the use and occupancy of the in-law suite. Such an agreement shall be subject to review by the Township Solicitor prior to recording.

Institutional residence or care or confinement facilities

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 East Whiteland Township responsible for licensing hospitals as meeting the standards established for such licensing.

HOSPITAL, SPECIALTY
An institution that:

A. Specializes in providing, by or under the supervision of physicians, diagnostic and surgical services for medical diagnosis, treatment, and care to individuals who are expected to have a stay that does not exceed 96 hours.
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. Does not provide an emergency department.
G. Is licensed as a hospital pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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

CLINIC or MEDICAL CLINIC
A facility licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health which provides specialty or multispecialty outpatient surgical treatment which does not require hospitalization but does require constant medical supervision following the surgical procedure performed. The surgical treatment and supervision shall require less than a twenty-four-hour stay at the facility. Patients may be permitted to stay at the facility for an additional period of 72 hours for physical rehabilitation, therapy, and recovery directly associated with the surgery.

CONVALESCENT HOME
A facility that provides a temporary residence and nursing care for persons recovering from an illness or injury. A convalescent home does not include a halfway house, drug or alcohol rehabilitation center, or similar facilities.

NURSING HOME
An institution that 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 East Whiteland Township responsible for licensing institutions of this nature as meeting the standards established for such licensing.

Vehicle Parking:
Hospital, nursing home, rehabilitation center: 1 parking space required per 2 beds plus 1 parking space required per employee.
Institutional home: 1 parking space required per 5 occupants of total capacity.
Medical/dental office: 1 parking space required per 200 square feet gross floor area.
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

INS District:
These uses are permitted as conditional uses in this district and include hospitals, specialty hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, rest homes, convalescent homes, and similar uses.

Junkyard

JUNKYARD
A lot, land, or structure, or part thereof, used primarily for the collecting, storage, and sale of wastepaper, rags, scrap metal, or discarded material, or for the collecting, dismantling, storage, and salvaging of machinery or vehicles not in running conditions, and for the sale of parts thereof.

Keeping of horses as an accessory use

Kennel

KENNEL
A use of land, except when related to farming, where three or more animals are kept, boarded, raised, bred, treated, or trained for a fee.

Lawn and garden centers

LAWN AND GARDEN CENTER
A retail establishment for the sale of lawn and garden supplies directly to the consumer, including but not limited to, indoor and outdoor equipment and tools, furniture, construction materials, fertilizers and lawn and garden chemicals, plants, trees, shrubs, sod, and seeds. Outdoor display and sale of goods and outdoor warehousing of the same in a fence-enclosed area shall be permitted, provided that any display, sale, or warehousing area shall not be permitted within the required setbacks of the district and may not occupy areas reserved for required parking, open space, buffers, or loading areas.

Light manufacturing, consisting primarily of the assembly of previously prepared components

Manufacturing of products

Medical offices, clinic/medical clinics and medical education facilities

MEDICAL OFFICE
An office where a licensed medical professional or a licensed health care professional receives, diagnoses, provides medication to and treats patients on an outpatient basis, including performing minor surgical procedures, diagnostic services or nonsurgical treatments where the treatment and supervision of the patient requires less than a twenty-four-hour stay, whether or not these services require licensure as a hospital under state law. A medical office shall include, but is not limited to, an urgent care center and office of a dentist or physician.

CLINIC or MEDICAL CLINIC
A facility licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health which provides specialty or multispecialty outpatient surgical treatment which does not require hospitalization but does require constant medical supervision following the surgical procedure performed. The surgical treatment and supervision shall require less than a twenty-four-hour stay at the facility. Patients may be permitted to stay at the facility for an additional period of 72 hours for physical rehabilitation, therapy, and recovery directly associated with the surgery.

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

Vehicle Parking:
1 parking space required per 200 square feet gross floor area.
ROC/R District: (a) Parallel and diagonal, or angled, parking shall be permitted on either or both sides of all interior streets in an ROC/R development.
All parking space dimensions and parking aisle widths shall conform with § 200-69C, Off Street Parking Dimensions.
(b) In the ROC/R District, parking required for multi-family dwellings shall be two off-street parking spaces per unit, one of which shall be located within 200 feet of the dwelling unit. Otherwise, for all other uses, the applicable regulations of Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading shall apply.
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

FC District:
These uses are permitted in this district.

ROC/R District:
These uses are permitted in this district.
A building may be altered, erected, or used, and a tract or lot may be used or occupied, for these purposes and no other in the ROC/R District.

Mobile home parks (MHP)

MANUFACTURED HOME PARK
A parcel of land under single ownership that has been planned and improved for the placement of two or more manufactured homes for nontransient use.

Motor vehicle sales, service or repair shop

Vehicle Parking:
Vehicle sales: 1 parking space required per 500 square feet indoor gross floor area, plus 1 parking space required per 5,000 square feet to be set aside for customer parking and not used for display or storage.
Motor vehicle service/repair: 3 parking spaces required per service bay.
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

FC District:
This use is permitted in this district.

ROC, O/BPS and I Districts:
This use is permitted as a special exception in these districts.

I District:
This use is permitted as an accessory use in this district and includes repair facilities for the maintenance of vehicles used in the operation of the principal use.

Multifamily residential dwellings (MF)

MULTIFAMILY DWELLING
A building designed for and occupied by more than two families. Such dwellings shall include, but not be limited to, the following types: townhouses (in rows of more than six units), stacked townhouses, multiplex, garden apartments, midrise apartments.

Vehicle Parking:
Multifamily dwelling: 1 parking space per studio unit, 2 parking spaces per dwelling unit for any other unit.
Two-family dwelling, three- or four-family dwelling: 2.5 parking spaces required per dwelling unit.
Five-or-more-family dwelling: 1 parking space required per studio unit, 2 parking spaces required per dwelling unit for any other unit.
VMX District: as a special exception, on-street parking spaces located within 500 feet of a use may be credited toward required off-street parking spaces as specified in Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading.
ROC/R Districts: (a) Parallel and diagonal, or angled, parking shall be permitted on either or both sides of all interior streets in an ROC/R development.
All parking space dimensions and parking aisle widths shall conform with § 200-69C, Off Street Parking Dimensions.
(b) In the ROC/R District, parking required for multi-family dwellings shall be two off-street parking spaces per unit, one of which shall be located within 200 feet of the dwelling unit. Otherwise, for all other uses, the applicable regulations of Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading shall apply.
All other districts: see Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

RM, RMH and RRD Districts:
This use is permitted in these districts, but excludes multiplexes, midrise apartments and garden apartments.

VMX District:
This use is permitted as a conditional use in this district.

ROC/R District:
This use is permitted in this district.
A building may be altered, erected, or used, and a tract or lot may be used or occupied, for this purpose and no other in the ROC/R District.

Multifamily residential dwellings in accordance with the MF Multifamily Route 30 Overlay District

MULTIFAMILY DWELLING
A building designed for and occupied by more than two families. Such dwellings shall include, but not be limited to, the following types: townhouses (in rows of more than six units), stacked townhouses, multiplex, garden apartments, midrise apartments.

Vehicle Parking:
Two-family dwelling, three- or four-family dwelling: 2.5 parking spaces required per dwelling unit.
Five-or-more-family dwelling: 1 parking space required per studio unit, 2 parking spaces required per dwelling unit for any other unit.
VMX District: As a special exception, on-street parking spaces located within 500 feet of a use may be credited toward required off-street parking spaces as specified in Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading.
All other districts: see Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

VMX and FC Districts:
This use is permitted as a conditional use in these districts providing the standards and criteria follow as outlined in § 200-39.4: MF Multifamily Route 30 Overlay District..

Museums, libraries, and other educational, cultural, religious, civic, or philanthropic uses of a similar nature

Vehicle Parking:
ROC/R District: (a) Parallel and diagonal, or angled, parking shall be permitted on either or both sides of all interior streets in an ROC/R development.
All parking space dimensions and parking aisle widths shall conform with § 200-69C, Off Street Parking Dimensions.
(b) In the ROC/R District, parking required for multi-family dwellings shall be two off-street parking spaces per unit, one of which shall be located within 200 feet of the dwelling unit. Otherwise, for all other uses, the applicable regulations of Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading shall apply.
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

ROC/R District:
These uses are permitted in this district except that educational uses shall not include trade schools and similar institutions.
A building may be altered, erected, or used, and a tract or lot may be used or occupied, for these purposes and no other in the ROC/R District.

Nonaccessory antennas

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

Not-for-profit museums, libraries or other educational, cultural, religious, civic or philanthropic uses of a similar nature

Vehicle Parking:
2 parking spaces required per 500 square feet gross floor area.
VMX District: As a special exception, on-street parking spaces located within 500 feet of a use may be credited toward required off-street parking spaces as specified in Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading.
All other districts: see Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

VMX District:
These uses are permitted as a special exception in this district.

FC and ROC Districts:
These uses are permitted in these districts.

O/BP, O/BPS and PO Districts:
These uses are permitted as a conditional use in these districts.

Nursery schools or day-care centers, inclusive of both

DAY CARE, ADULT
A facility licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging which provides supervised care and assistance, including a variety of health, social and support services, to functionally and/or cognitively impaired adults.

DAY CARE, CHILD
A facility licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare which exclusively provides supplemental care or supervision and/or instruction to children under the age of 14 during the entire day or any portion of the day.

Vehicle Parking:
Day-care: 1 parking space required per 12 children plus 1 parking space required per employee.
VMX District: as a special exception, on-street parking spaces located within 500 feet of a use may be credited toward required off-street parking spaces as specified in Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading.
ROC/R District: (a) Parallel and diagonal, or angled, parking shall be permitted on either or both sides of all interior streets in an ROC/R development.
All parking space dimensions and parking aisle widths shall conform with § 200-69C, Off Street Parking Dimensions.
(b) In the ROC/R District, parking required for multi-family dwellings shall be two off-street parking spaces per unit, one of which shall be located within 200 feet of the dwelling unit. Otherwise, for all other uses, the applicable regulations of Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading shall apply.
All other districts: see Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

VMX District:
These uses are permitted as a special exception, retail commerce use in this district.

FC, ROC, O/BP and O/BPS Districts:
These uses are permitted as a retail commerce use in these districts.

ROC/R District:
These uses are permitted in this district.
A building may be altered, erected, or used, and a tract or lot may be used or occupied, for these purposes and no other in the ROC/R District.

Nursing homes

NURSING HOME
An institution that 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 East Whiteland Township responsible for licensing institutions of this nature as meeting the standards established for such licensing.

Office

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

Vehicle Parking:
1 parking space required per 250 square feet gross floor area.
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

General accessory use:

A. This use is permitted as an accessory use to residential principal uses.
B. Accessory uses to an apartment building or complex shall include a clubhouse and/or other recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the tenants thereof to be owned and maintained by the apartment owner.
C. Spacing for accessory buildings. Accessory buildings on a lot shall be located not less than 10 feet from each other and from principal structures.

Open space and recreational uses

OPEN SPACE
A parcel or parcels of land, which may include an area of water or a combination of land and water, 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, stormwater management facilities, 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.

RECREATION, ACTIVE
A use of land equipped and designated for activities by individuals or groups participating in one or more of the following activities: individual athletic activity, organized athletic/sports' activities by groups or teams, whether formal or informal, group picnics, theatrical events, national holiday events and similar formal activities.

RECREATION, PASSIVE
A use of land designated for pastoral enjoyment and low-intensity recreational activities such as walking trails, nonmotorized biking, running, roller-blading, picnic areas, bird-watching and similar activities. A passive recreational use is not intended to be used for organized athletic activities or events by individuals or athletic teams or clubs or for group picnics, theatrical events, national holiday events and similar formal group activities.

Vehicle Parking:
ROC/R District: (a) Parallel and diagonal, or angled, parking shall be permitted on either or both sides of all interior streets in an ROC/R development.
All parking space dimensions and parking aisle widths shall conform with § 200-69C, Off Street Parking Dimensions.
(b) In the ROC/R District, parking required for multi-family dwellings shall be two off-street parking spaces per unit, one of which shall be located within 200 feet of the dwelling unit. Otherwise, for all other uses, the applicable regulations of Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading shall apply.
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

ROC/R District:
These uses are permitted in this district.
A building may be altered, erected, or used, and a tract or lot may be used or occupied, for these purposes and no other in the ROC/R District.

General accessory use:

A. This use is permitted as an accessory use to residential, nonresidential principal uses and institutional uses.
B. Accessory uses to an apartment building or complex shall include a clubhouse and/or other recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the tenants thereof to be owned and maintained by the apartment owner.
C. Spacing for accessory buildings. Accessory buildings on a lot shall be located not less than 10 feet from each other and from principal structures.

Operations designed to attract and serve customers or clients on the premises

Vehicle Parking:
VMX District: as a special exception, on-street parking spaces located within 500 feet of a use may be credited toward required off-street parking spaces as specified in Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading.
All other districts: see Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

VMX District:
This use is permitted as a special exception, business or professional use in this district.

FC, ROC, O/BP and PO Districts:
This use is permitted as a business or professional use in these districts.

O/BPS District:
This use is permitted as a conditional, business or professional use in this district.

This use includes adult daycare and child day care and operations such as the offices of physicians, lawyers, other professions, veterinarians (but excluding animal boarding facilities), insurance and stock brokers, travel agents and government entities.

Operations designed to attract little or no customer or client traffic other than employees of the entity operating the principal use

Parking space

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.

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for detailed information.

Development Requirements:

General accessory use:

A. This use is permitted as an accessory use to residential, nonresidential principal uses and institutional uses.
B. Accessory uses to an apartment building or complex shall include a clubhouse and/or other recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the tenants thereof to be owned and maintained by the apartment owner.
C. Spacing for accessory buildings. Accessory buildings on a lot shall be located not less than 10 feet from each other and from principal structures.

Parking structures

Passive recreation

RECREATION, PASSIVE
A use of land designated for pastoral enjoyment and low-intensity recreational activities such as walking trails, nonmotorized biking, running, roller-blading, picnic areas, bird-watching and similar activities. A passive recreational use is not intended to be used for organized athletic activities or events by individuals or athletic teams or clubs or for group picnics, theatrical events, national holiday events and similar formal group activities.

Printing of paper, plastic, and metal

Private garage

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.

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for detailed information.

Development Requirements:

General accessory use:

A. This use is permitted as an accessory use to residential, nonresidential principal uses and institutional uses.
B. Accessory uses to an apartment building or complex shall include a clubhouse and/or other recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the tenants thereof to be owned and maintained by the apartment owner.
C. Spacing for accessory buildings. Accessory buildings on a lot shall be located not less than 10 feet from each other and from principal structures.

Processing and storage of materials

STORAGE
The keeping of new or used products, merchandise, materials, equipment or vehicles for a continuous period greater than eight hours. Excluded from this definition are the following:

A. Equipment, vehicles, and materials that are used in connection with a construction project during the period of construction;
B. The parking of no more than two vehicles, not including tractor trailers, that are used by a commercial or industrial establishment, located within the Township, for delivery, pickup, or other business purpose or in connection with the conduct of any business within the Township;
C. The unloading or loading of vehicles that are parked against a building so that all activity occurs within the building.

Vehicle Parking:
1 parking space required per 450 square feet of gross floor area or per employee on largest shift, whichever is larger.
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

A. No flammable or explosive liquids, solids or gases shall be stored in bulk above the ground; provided, however, that tanks or drums of fuel directly connecting energy devices, heating devices, or appliances located on the same lot as the tanks or drums of fuel shall be exempt from the provision.
B. All outdoor storage, where permitted, shall be enclosed by a fence adequate to conceal the facilities from any adjacent property or screened from view by an effective screen.
C. No materials or wastes in any form shall be deposited upon a lot in such a manner that they may be transferred off or below the surface of the lot by natural causes or forces.
D. There shall be no outdoor storage or accumulation for a period in excess of seven days of any waste materials, materials which produce fumes detectable at the lot lines, inflammable materials, edible material, material which would be a harborage or breeding place for rodents or insects, or abandoned, wrecked or junked vehicles.
E. All manufacturing, processing or storage of materials, equipment or vehicles, but not including parking and similar activities, shall be carried on within a building, except that outdoor storage for a permitted industrial use may be authorized as a special exception where all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The industrial use involved traditionally employs outdoor storage.
(2) Such storage is needed for the successful operation of the use, and the proposed site is suitable for outdoor storage.
(3) It can be shown that indoor storage is not practical.
(4) The standards described in subsections A, B, C and D herein above shall be met.
(5) The storage shall comply with all applicable setback requirements and shall cover only that percentage of total lot areas which is deemed practical and feasible in the opinion of the Zoning Hearing Board.
(6) The storage area shall be screened from view from any public right-of-way or any residential district by buildings, walls or an effective screen as defined in this chapter.

Processing of food and beverages, medicine and personal care products and similar in-kind issues

Produce or farm stands

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for detailed information.

Development Requirements:

Produce or farm stand uses are permitted, subject to the following:

A. Such uses shall be open for business for no more than six months in any calendar year.
B. At least 50% of the products sold shall be grown on the property upon which the produce or farm stand is located.
C. Any signage associated with such uses shall be affixed to the stand and, in aggregate, shall not exceed 20 square feet in area.

(1) Signage may contain the name of the stand but shall only contain advertising that pertains to the produce sold at the stand.
(2) Signage may be in place only during active business hours.
(3) Such signage does not require a sign permit.

D. Such use shall not be located within any right-of-way and shall be a minimum of 20 feet from any cartway.
E. No produce or farm stand shall be erected or maintained that may cause danger to traffic on a street, sidewalk, or public way by obscuring the view or by inhibiting vehicular or pedestrian movement.
F. A permit is obtained.

See Permit Applications for more information.
See Forms and Applications for more information.

Promotional sales

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for detailed information.

Development Requirements:

Temporary, short-term retail activities associated with established property owners and businesses in the Township, including sidewalk sales and product promotions including displays, introductions, expositions, and presentations, may be conducted, subject to the following:

A. Such uses may occur for a maximum duration of four continuous days two times each calendar year for any lot or business establishment.
B. The display area for such uses shall not exceed 10% of the lot area.
C. Such uses shall not obstruct pedestrian or automobile traffic.
D. Goods or displays shall be located a minimum of six feet from any cartway.
E. Signage shall be in accordance with Article XIII: Signs of this chapter.
F. A permit is obtained.

See Permit Applications for more information.
See Forms and Applications for more information.

Public garage

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.

Public or private not-for-profit game preserve or similar conservation purposes

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

Public or private not-for-profit open space or recreation purposes

OPEN SPACE
A parcel or parcels of land, which may include an area of water or a combination of land and water, 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, stormwater management facilities, 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.

RECREATION, ACTIVE
A use of land equipped and designated for activities by individuals or groups participating in one or more of the following activities: individual athletic activity, organized athletic/sports' activities by groups or teams, whether formal or informal, group picnics, theatrical events, national holiday events and similar formal activities.

RECREATION, PASSIVE
A use of land designated for pastoral enjoyment and low-intensity recreational activities such as walking trails, nonmotorized biking, running, roller-blading, picnic areas, bird-watching and similar activities. A passive recreational use is not intended to be used for organized athletic activities or events by individuals or athletic teams or clubs or for group picnics, theatrical events, national holiday events and similar formal group activities.

Public schools, or private schools

Vehicle Parking:
Elementary or intermediate school: 1.75 parking spaces required per classroom.
High school: 5 parking spaces required per classroom. Note: All schools shall designate an area of lawn or field for overflow parking for special events, which shall provide at least 100 parking spaces.
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

INS and NS Districts:
This use is permitted in these districts.
Curriculum includes substantially the same as ordinarily given in public elementary and high schools, and having no rooms regularly used for housing or sleeping rooms.

Public utility facilities

PUBLIC UTILITY
An electric or gas utility substation (exclusive of storage facilities), public transit facility, railroad electric substation, public utility station for oil or gas metering or regulating (exclusive of storage facilities), telephone exchange, or other communications equipment structures, and water or sewage pumping station.

Real estate sales offices

Vehicle Parking:
1 parking space required per 250 square feet gross floor area.
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

Real estate sales offices may be erected and maintained where such uses are incidental to a permitted new development and subject to the following:

A. A permit is obtained.
B. Such facilities shall not contain sleeping or cooking accommodations.
C. Maximum length of a permit shall be one year.
D. Such facilities shall be removed upon completion of the development.

See Permit Applications and Forms for more information.

Research, development, and testing of new products, laboratories and facilities

Vehicle Parking:
1 parking space required per 450 square feet of gross floor area or per employee on largest shift, whichever is larger.
ROC/R District: (a) Parallel and diagonal, or angled, parking shall be permitted on either or both sides of all interior streets in an ROC/R development.
All parking space dimensions and parking aisle widths shall conform with § 200-69C, Off Street Parking Dimensions.
(b) In the ROC/R District, parking required for multi-family dwellings shall be two off-street parking spaces per unit, one of which shall be located within 200 feet of the dwelling unit. Otherwise, for all other uses, the applicable regulations of Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading shall apply.
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

O/BP and I Districts:
These uses are permitted in these districts.

ROC/R District:
These uses are permitted in this district.
A building may be altered, erected, or used, and a tract or lot may be used or occupied, for these purposes and no other in the ROC/R District.

Residences, in mixed-use commercial-residential or institutional-residential buildings

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. SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED DWELLING
A building containing not more than six dwelling units separated by parallel party walls, each of which has only one dwelling from ground to roof, independent outside access, not more than two walls in common with adjacent units and open-space exposures to the front and rear (internal units) or front, rear and one side (end units). Such dwellings shall include, but not be limited to, the following types: triplex, quadruplex, townhouses (in rows of no more than six units).
D. MULTIFAMILY DWELLING
A building designed for and occupied by more than two families. Such dwellings shall include, but not be limited to, the following types: townhouses (in rows of more than six units), stacked townhouses, multiplex, garden apartments, midrise 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.

Vehicle Parking:
Single-family detached dwelling: 3 parking spaces required per dwelling unit.
Two-family dwelling, three- or four-family dwelling: 2.5 parking spaces required per dwelling unit.
Five-or-more-family dwelling: 1 parking space required per studio unit, 2 parking spaces required per dwelling unit for any other unit.
VMX District: As a special exception, on-street parking spaces located within 500 feet of a use may be credited toward required off-street parking spaces as specified in Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading.
ROC/R District: (a) Parallel and diagonal, or angled, parking shall be permitted on either or both sides of all interior streets in an ROC/R development.
All parking space dimensions and parking aisle widths shall conform with § 200-69C, Off Street Parking Dimensions.
(b) In the ROC/R District, parking required for multi-family dwellings shall be two off-street parking spaces per unit, one of which shall be located within 200 feet of the dwelling unit. Otherwise, for all other uses, the applicable regulations of Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading shall apply.
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information

Development Requirements:

VMX District:
This use is permitted as a conditional use in this district.

ROC/R District:
This use is permitted in this district.
A building may be altered, erected, or used, and a tract or lot may be used or occupied, for this purpose and no other in the ROC/R District.

Rest home

REST HOME
A facility for the care of persons aged 55 or older, or persons with a physical condition that renders them frail and unable to care for themselves, and providing skilled or unskilled nursing care, common dining, recreation, and the like.

Restaurants or other similar establishments, but excluding drive-in facilities

RESTAURANT
An establishment that prepares and cooks food for the public to be consumed on or off the premises. The cooking facilities shall be located in the principal structure.

Vehicle Parking:
1 parking space required per 100 square feet gross floor area.
VMX District: as a special exception, on-street parking spaces located within 500 feet of a use may be credited toward required off-street parking spaces as specified in Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading.
ROC/R District: (a) Parallel and diagonal, or angled, parking shall be permitted on either or both sides of all interior streets in an ROC/R development.
All parking space dimensions and parking aisle widths shall conform with § 200-69C, Off Street Parking Dimensions.
(b) In the ROC/R District, parking required for multi-family dwellings shall be two off-street parking spaces per unit, one of which shall be located within 200 feet of the dwelling unit. Otherwise, for all other uses, the applicable regulations of Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading shall apply.
All other districts: see Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

VMX District:
This use is permitted as a special exception, retail commerce use in this district, but excludes drive-in facilities.

FC, ROC and O/BPS Districts
This use is permitted as a retail commerce use in these districts, but excludes drive-in facilities.
Restaurants or other similar establishments with drive-in facilities and banks with drive-in facilities shall be permitted as set forth in use classification “Drive-in facility.”

ROC/R District:
This use is permitted in this district.
A building may be altered, erected, or used, and a tract or lot may be used or occupied, for this purpose and no other in the ROC/R District.

Retail stores and personal service shops dealing directly with customers

Vehicle Parking:
1 parking space required per 200 square feet gross floor area.
ROC/R District: (a) Parallel and diagonal, or angled, parking shall be permitted on either or both sides of all interior streets in an ROC/R development.
All parking space dimensions and parking aisle widths shall conform with § 200-69C§ 200-69C, Off Street Parking Dimensions.
(b) In the ROC/R District, parking required for multi-family dwellings shall be two off-street parking spaces per unit, one of which shall be located within 200 feet of the dwelling unit. Otherwise, for all other uses, the applicable regulations of Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading shall apply.
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

ROC/R District:
These uses are permitted in this district and include but not limited to grocery stores.
A building may be altered, erected, or used, and a tract or lot may be used or occupied, for these purposes and no other in the ROC/R District.

Sales of burial monuments and burial vaults

Sales, repair and service of business, office and household and garden machines, equipment and devices

Seasonal sales

Security watch stations for watchmen or caretakers

Shelter for pets

Signs

SIGN
Any permanent or temporary structure or part thereof inclusive of but not limited to flags, banners, or whirly gigs 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."

Development Requirements:

General accessory use:

A. This use is permitted as an accessory use to residential, nonresidential principal uses and institutional uses.
B. Accessory uses to an apartment building or complex shall include a clubhouse and/or other recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the tenants thereof to be owned and maintained by the apartment owner.
C. Spacing for accessory buildings. Accessory buildings on a lot shall be located not less than 10 feet from each other and from principal structures.

See Article XIII: Signs for complete, detailed information on signs.

Single-family attached residential dwellings (SFA)

SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED DWELLING
A building containing not more than six dwelling units separated by parallel party walls, each of which has only one dwelling from ground to roof, independent outside access, not more than two walls in common with adjacent units and open-space exposures to the front and rear (internal units) or front, rear and one side (end units). Such dwellings shall include, but not be limited to, the following types: triplex, quadruplex, townhouses (in rows of no more than six units).

Vehicle Parking:
2.5 parking spaces required per dwelling unit; plus 0.5 parking spaces per dwelling unit for visitor parking which shall be located within areas of on -street parking along internal roadways or within standalone parking areas, separate from individual driveways and garages.
VMX District: As a special exception, on-street parking spaces located within 500 feet of a use may be credited toward required off-street parking spaces as specified in Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading.
All other districts: see Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Single-family detached residential dwellings (SFD)

SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING

A building designed for and occupied by one family and having no wall in common with an adjoining building

Solar energy systems

SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM
A solar energy system and all associated equipment which converts solar energy into a usable electrical energy, heats water or produces hot air or other similar function through the use of solar panels.

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for detailed information.

Development Requirements:

General accessory use:
This use is permitted as an accessory use to residential, nonresidential principal uses and institutional uses, as follows:

A. Solar energy systems.

(1) Solar panels shall be permitted as a rooftop installation in any zoning district. In residential zoning districts, the solar panels shall not exceed a height of eight feet from the rooftop. In no event shall the placement of the solar panels result in a total height including building and panels exceeding what is permitted in the zoning district governing the location of the principal building.
(2) Solar panels shall be permitted as ground arrays in accordance with the following:

(a) All ground arrays shall be set back a distance of 20 feet from all property lines in a residential zoning district or in conformance with the bulk standards for accessory structures in commercial districts as provided herein.
(b) Ground arrays shall not be permitted in a front yard.
(c) Ground arrays shall be located so that any glare is directed away from an adjoining property or street.
(d) Ground arrays shall not exceed a height of 15 feet.

B. Solar energy systems shall not be used for displaying any advertising except for reasonable identification of the manufacturer or operator of the system. In no case shall any identification be visible from a property line.
C. The design of solar energy systems shall, to the extent reasonably possible, use materials, colors, textures, screening and landscaping that will blend the facility into the natural setting and existing environment.
D. Solar energy systems shall only be permitted as an accessory use on the same lot as the principal use. Applications for an energy system shall include information demonstrating compliance with the provisions of this subsection.
E. Spacing for accessory buildings. Accessory buildings on a lot shall be located not less than 10 feet from each other and from principal structures.
F. Accessory uses to an apartment building or complex shall include a clubhouse and/or other recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the tenants thereof to be owned and maintained by the apartment owner.

Specialty hospital

HOSPITAL, SPECIALTY
An institution that:

A. Specializes in providing, by or under the supervision of physicians, diagnostic and surgical services for medical diagnosis, treatment, and care to individuals who are expected to have a stay that does not exceed 96 hours.
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. Does not provide an emergency department.
G. Is licensed as a hospital pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Sports courts

Vehicle Parking:
Ballfield or other outdoor court: 1 parking space required per 4 persons of total designed capacity.
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

General accessory use:

A. This use is permitted as an accessory use to residential, nonresidential principal uses and institutional uses such as tennis or basketball, in accordance with § 200-91C, as follows:

1. Location of private sports courts.

A. No private sports court shall be located in the front yard that falls between the street and the foremost portion of a principal use building.
B. Sports courts shall be located no closer than 25 feet from any lot line.

B. Accessory uses to an apartment building or complex shall include a clubhouse and/or other recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the tenants thereof to be owned and maintained by the apartment owner.
C. Spacing for accessory buildings. Accessory buildings on a lot shall be located not less than 10 feet from each other and from principal structures.

Storage garages for vehicles used in the operation of the principal use

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 gasolines or other flammable products.

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for detailed information.

Development Requirements:

I District:
This use is permitted as an accessory use in this district.

General accessory use:

A. This use is permitted as an accessory use to nonresidential principal uses and institutional uses.
B. Accessory uses to an apartment building or complex shall include a clubhouse and/or other recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the tenants thereof to be owned and maintained by the apartment owner.
C. Spacing for accessory buildings. Accessory buildings on a lot shall be located not less than 10 feet from each other and from principal structures.

Stores and personal service shops dealing directly with customers

Studios for dance, art, music or photography

Vehicle Parking:
1 parking space required per 250 square feet of gross floor area.
VMX District: as a special exception, on-street parking spaces located within 500 feet of a use may be credited toward required off-street parking spaces as specified in Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading.
ROC/R District: (a) Parallel and diagonal, or angled, parking shall be permitted on either or both sides of all interior streets in an ROC/R development.
All parking space dimensions and parking aisle widths shall conform with § 200-69C, Off Street Parking Dimensions.
(b) In the ROC/R District, parking required for multi-family dwellings shall be two off-street parking spaces per unit, one of which shall be located within 200 feet of the dwelling unit. Otherwise, for all other uses, the applicable regulations of Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading shall apply.
All other districts: see Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

VMX, FC, ROC and O/BPS Districts:
This use is permitted as a retail commerce use in these districts.

ROC/R District:
This use is permitted in this district.
A building may be altered, erected, or used, and a tract or lot may be used or occupied, for this purpose and no other in the ROC/R District.

Swimming pool, private

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.

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for detailed information.

Development Requirements:

This use is permitted as an accessory use to residential principal uses providing the following:

A. Location of swimming pools.

No private swimming pool shall be located in the front yard that falls between the street and the foremost portion of a principal use building. Swimming pools shall be located no closer than 15 feet from any lot line.

B. Fencing of swimming pools.

The entire swimming pool area shall be enclosed with a chain link or equal fence or barrier, not less than four feet high, in conformance with the Building Code. Such fencing may be either near or adjacent to the pool or at such other place on the owner’s premises as to constitute an adequate barrier against access onto the swimming pool area.

C. Accessory uses to an apartment building or complex shall include a clubhouse and/or other recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the tenants thereof to be owned and maintained by the apartment owner.
D. Spacing for accessory buildings. Accessory buildings on a lot shall be located not less than 10 feet from each other and from principal structures.

Theaters

Vehicle Parking:
Indoor theater: 1 parking space required per 3 seats.
ROC/R District: (a) Parallel and diagonal, or angled, parking shall be permitted on either or both sides of all interior streets in an ROC/R development.
All parking space dimensions and parking aisle widths shall conform with § 200-69C, Off Street Parking Dimensions.
(b) In the ROC/R District, parking required for multi-family dwellings shall be two off-street parking spaces per unit, one of which shall be located within 200 feet of the dwelling unit. Otherwise, for all other uses, the applicable regulations of Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading shall apply.
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loadingfor more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

ROC/R District:
This use is permitted in this district.
A building may be altered, erected, or used, and a tract or lot may be used or occupied, for this purpose and no other in the ROC/R District.

Transit stations

Truck terminal or bus depot

Two-family residential dwellings (2F)

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.

Vehicle Parking:
2.5 parking spaces required per dwelling unit; plus 0.5 parking spaces per dwelling unit for visitor parking which shall be located within areas of on -street parking along internal roadways or within standalone parking areas, separate from individual driveways and garages.
VMX District: As a special exception, on-street parking spaces located within 500 feet of a use may be credited toward required off-street parking spaces as specified in Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading.
All other districts: see Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for more detailed information.

Development Requirements:

RM, RMH and VMX Districts:
This use is permitted in these districts.

Warehousing and distribution

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

Wind energy systems

WIND ENERGY SYSTEM
A device that is used to produce electricity from wind and all associated equipment, including any base, blade, foundation, nacelle, rotor, tower, transformer, vane, wire, inverter, batteries or other component necessary to fully utilize the wind generator.

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for detailed information.

Development Requirements:

General accessory use:

A. This use is permitted as an accessory use to nonresidential principal uses and institutional uses, as follows:

(1) Wind energy systems shall be permitted in a nonresidential zoning district subject to the bulk requirements for that district and the following:

(a) Minimum lot size: five acres or more.
(b) The maximum height for a wind energy system shall not exceed 45 feet, including the height of the blades at its highest point.
(c) Minimum setbacks. All wind energy systems shall be set back from all property lines a distance equal to 100% of the height of the structure including the blades.
(d) Wind energy systems shall not be permitted in a front yard.
(e) No more than one wind energy system shall be permitted per property.

(2) Noise. All wind energy systems shall comply with the regulations in § 133-4: Sound-producing devices, animals and birds, of Chapter 133: Peace and Good Order, Article II: Noise and Nuisances of the Code of East Whiteland Township.

(a) These levels may be exceeded during short-term events such as utility outages and/or severe windstorms.

(3) Other Criteria.

(a) Wind energy systems shall be designed with an automatic brake or other similar device to prevent over-speeding and excessive pressure on the tower structure.
(b) Wind energy systems shall not be artificially lighted, except to the extent required by the FAA or other applicable authority.
(c) All ground-mounted electrical and control equipment shall be labeled and secured to prevent unauthorized access.
(d) The tower shall be designed and installed so as not to provide step bolts, a ladder, or other publicly accessible means of climbing the tower for a minimum height of eight feet above the ground.
(e) All moving parts of the wind energy system shall be a minimum of 10 feet above ground level.
(f) The blades on the wind energy system shall be constructed of a corrosive-resistant material.
(g) The surface of the wind energy systems shall be finished with a nonreflective coating.
(h) All guy wires or any part of the wind energy system shall be located on the same lot as the energy system.

(4) Wind energy systems shall only be permitted as an accessory use on the same lot as the principal use. Applications for an energy system shall include information demonstrating compliance with the provisions of this subsection.

B. Wind energy systems shall not be used for displaying any advertising except for reasonable identification of the manufacturer or operator of the system. In no case shall any identification be visible from a property line.
C. The design of wind energy systems shall, to the extent reasonably possible, use materials, colors, textures, screening and landscaping that will blend the facility into the natural setting and existing environment.
D. Spacing for accessory buildings. Accessory buildings on a lot shall be located not less than 10 feet from each other and from principal structures.
E. Accessory uses to an apartment building or complex shall include a clubhouse and/or other recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the tenants thereof to be owned and maintained by the apartment owner.

Wind energy systems, small

SMALL WIND ENERGY SYSTEM
A device that produces electricity from wind and has a nameplate capacity of 10 kilowatts or less and a rotor size of one meter or less in diameter.

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XII: Off-Street Parking and Loading for detailed information.

Development Requirements:

General accessory use:

A. This use is permitted as an accessory use to residential principal uses, as follows:

(1) Small wind energy systems are permitted on residentially zoned properties subject to the following requirements:

(a) Minimum lot size: one acre provided the lot size conforms to the height requirements below.
(b) Minimum setbacks. All wind energy systems shall be set back from all property lines a distance equal to 100% of the height of the structure including the blades.
(c) Wind energy systems shall not be permitted in any front yard.
(d) Maximum height. Freestanding wind turbines shall not exceed a height of 35 feet, including the height of the blades at its highest point, on lots between one acre and three acres. On lots of three acres or more, a maximum height of 45 feet is permitted. The maximum height shall include the height of the blades at its highest point.
(e) No more than one wind energy system shall be permitted per property.
(f) Wind energy systems on residential properties shall have a nameplate capacity of 10 kilowatts or less.

(2) Wind energy systems shall be permitted in a nonresidential zoning district subject to the bulk requirements for that district and the following:

(a) Minimum lot size: five acres or more.
(b) The maximum height for a wind energy system shall not exceed 45 feet, including the height of the blades at its highest point.
(c) Minimum setbacks. All wind energy systems shall be set back from all property lines a distance equal to 100% of the height of the structure including the blades.
(d) Wind energy systems shall not be permitted in a front yard.
(e) No more than one wind energy system shall be permitted per property.

(3) Noise. All wind energy systems shall comply with the regulations in § 133-4: Sound-producing devices, animals and birds, of Chapter 133: Peace and Good Order, Article II: Noise and Nuisances of the Code of East Whiteland Township.

(a) These levels may be exceeded during short-term events such as utility outages and/or severe windstorms.

(4) Other Criteria.

(a) Wind energy systems shall be designed with an automatic brake or other similar device to prevent over-speeding and excessive pressure on the tower structure.
(b) Wind energy systems shall not be artificially lighted, except to the extent required by the FAA or other applicable authority.
(c) All ground-mounted electrical and control equipment shall be labeled and secured to prevent unauthorized access.
(d) The tower shall be designed and installed so as not to provide step bolts, a ladder, or other publicly accessible means of climbing the tower for a minimum height of eight feet above the ground.
(e) All moving parts of the wind energy system shall be a minimum of 10 feet above ground level.
(f) The blades on the wind energy system shall be constructed of a corrosive-resistant material.
(g) The surface of the wind energy systems shall be finished with a nonreflective coating.
(h) All guy wires or any part of the wind energy system shall be located on the same lot as the energy system.

B. Spacing for accessory buildings. Accessory buildings on a lot shall be located not less than 10 feet from each other and from principal structures.
C. Wind energy systems shall not be used for displaying any advertising except for reasonable identification of the manufacturer or operator of the system. In no case shall any identification be visible from a property line.
D. The design of wind energy systems shall, to the extent reasonably possible, use materials, colors, textures, screening and landscaping that will blend the facility into the natural setting and existing environment.
E. Accessory uses to an apartment building or complex shall include a clubhouse and/or other recreational facilities for the exclusive use of the tenants thereof to be owned and maintained by the apartment owner.

Wireless communication facilities

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WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY (WCF)
The set of equipment and network components including antennas, transmitters, receivers, base stations, cabling and accessory equipment, used to provide wireless data and telecommunication services. The term shall not include the wireless support structure.

See § 200-92B for a complete list of definitions for wireless communications facilities.

Yard sales

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.

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