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Accessory structure A structure detached from a principal building on the same lot and incidental and subordinate to the principal building or use.

This is permitted as an accessory use, see procedures below for more information.

 
Active recreation area An open space site developed specifically for leisure activities, usually performed with others, often requiring equipment and taking place on prescribed fields or courts. The area can include indoor gymnasium facilities as well. The term "active recreation" refers to those recreational pursuits which require physical alteration to the area where they are performed. Such areas include, but are not limited to, baseball fields, basketball courts or play areas, soccer fields, swimming pools, golf courses, playgrounds, ball courts, and roller hockey rinks.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
Adult Day-Care In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
Adult entertainment Activities, publications, movies, videotapes and/or live or televised performances which have as their dominant theme or themes explicit sexual activities and/or the exhibition of human anatomy which is not normally seen in public or in other commercial or club-type operations and which may or may not exclude minors by virtue of age. Implicit in this definition are the following: bookstores, movie theaters, restaurants, bars and other operations which qualify inclusion by virtue of the above wording regardless of the type of other use or operations which may also be conducted on or in the property or properties involved.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
Automotive and truck sales Automotive and truck sales, service and repair, including body repair, painting, towing, varnishing, undercoating and detailing.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

 
Beverage/beer distribution The selling of alcoholic beverages.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Building materials storage and sales In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Cafeteria In districts where this use is an accessory, please review the procedures below.
Car wash In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
CCRC accessories and services In districts where this use is an accessory, please review the procedures below.
CCRC assisted-living facilities In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
CCRC independent-living units In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
CCRC skilled care nursing facilities In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
Cemetery In districts where this use is a special exception, please review the procedures below.
Chemical processes Chemical processes not involving noxious odors or danger from fire or explosion; compounding of perfumes and pharmaceutical products.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
Child day-care center A facility providing care and supervision, and organized recreational and educational activities for 16 or more children under the age of 16. This facility may be located in a building or establishment designed or intended for day care or in a school or church or similar building as an accessory use. The hours of operation shall be less than a twenty-four-hour period per day. All such facilities are required to have approval or licensure as required by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
Cleaning and dyeing facility A business engaged in providing services involving the care or appearance of a person, his or her clothing, or similar personal needs. Included in this definition are barber, beautician, shoe repair, fitness club, laundry or cleaner or similar establishment but not including a tattoo parlor, massage parlor, or body piercing establishment.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Cold storage plant Cold storage plant, frozen food plant and lockers.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Continuing care retirement community (CCRC) A residential living environment and care facilities with a view toward creating provisions for sustenance, housing, physical, spiritual, cultural, social and medical needs; allowing for care of residents as well as for operation and maintenance of residential dwelling units; allowing for medical services for residents in the form of an infirmary for the temporary care of residents and the treatment of their medical problems and; allowing for independent living and assisted living, as well as skilled nursing facilities for both long-term and short-term care. The CCRC may include accessory uses primarily for the benefit of the CCRC residents such as gift shop; personal services such as a barber shop or beauty salon; common dining facilities; library; and administrative offices.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
Conversion of dwelling to nonresidential use In the C-1 and C-2 Commercial Districts, a dwelling in existence at the time of the adoption of this chapter may be converted to a nonresidential use permitted in the district when such conversion is authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board as a special exception.

In districts where this use is a special exception, please review the procedures below.
Day-care facility, home-based A home, other than the child's own home operated for profit or not for profit, in which child care is provided at any one time to four, five or six children unrelated to the operator. All required certifications and other requirements must be met before operation begins.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.

In districts where this use is an accessory, please review the procedures below.
Day-care facility, home-based in a single-family dwelling A home, other than the child's own home operated for profit or not for profit, in which child care is provided at any one time to four, five or six children unrelated to the operator. All required certifications and other requirements must be met before operation begins.

In districts where this use is an accessory, please review the procedures below.
Deck Classified as a "projection". 
Drive-in commercial establishment Such as drive-in bank, restaurant, food store or pharmacy.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Eating and drinking establishment, including tavern and sit-down or fast-food restaurant A building or part of a building used for the purpose of furnishing food and beverages to the public to be consumed on the premises and in an area on the sidewalk directly abutting and adjacent to and upon the same lot as a restaurant or any business licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board pursuant to regulations of the Board to conduct business on the above-mentioned premises.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Eating or drinking establishment, including drive-through restaurant A building or part of a building used for the purpose of furnishing food and beverages to the public to be consumed on the premises and in an area on the sidewalk directly abutting and adjacent to and upon the same lot as a restaurant or any business licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board pursuant to regulations of the Board to conduct business on the above-mentioned premises.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Educational and religious use Such as a charitable, educational, political, social, trade, cultural, scientific, professional or similar organization.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.

 
Educational, recreational or nonprofit use A group organized for lawful purposes, other than generating a profit, such as a charitable, educational, political, social, trade, cultural, scientific, professional or similar organization.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Exterminator Person who does control and elimination of insects, rodents or other pests by eliminating their harborage places, removing or making inaccessible, materials that may serve as their food, poisoning, spraying, fumigating, trapping, or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination methods.

In districts where this use is a special exception, please review the procedures below.
Family-based community residence facility A residential facility licensed by the appropriate agency and used as living quarters by persons requiring special care and supervision by their adult supervisors. A family-based community residence facility is specifically designed to create a residential environment for up to five persons who are developmentally disabled, mentally ill, physically disabled, elderly, dependent children or similar types of individuals who are unable to live without supervision.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Food store Including grocery, delicatessen, convenience store or supermarket, liquor store, caterer, bakery sales or ice cream shop.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Fuel storage Any area of land, including structures thereon, or any building or part thereof, that is used for the sale of gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel or accessories, and which may or may not include facilities for lubricating, washing, or otherwise servicing motor vehicles, but which shall not include painting or body and fender repairs, or a property and/or place of business where flammable or combustible liquids used as motor fuels are stored and dispensed from fixed equipment into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles by a person other than the service station attendant.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
Funeral home and mortuary In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
Garden apartment A multiple-family dwelling of two stories in height designed for rental or condominium ownership of each housekeeping unit.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Gasoline service station Any area of land, including structures thereon, or any building or part thereof, that is used for the sale of gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel or accessories, and which may or may not include facilities for lubricating, washing, or otherwise servicing motor vehicles, but which shall not include painting or body and fender repairs, or a property and/or place of business where flammable or combustible liquids used as motor fuels are stored and dispensed from fixed equipment into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles by a person other than the service station attendant.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
Gazebo An accesory structure.

Permitted as an accessory use, see procedures below.
General service or repair Includes furniture, and electronic and appliance repair.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Government or public utility building In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

In districts where this use is a special exception, please review the procedures below.
Group-based community residence facility An institutional facility intended and designed to accommodate persons recovering from alcohol, drugs or similar addictions by providing counseling, therapy and other rehabilitation programs designed to mainstream residents back into society enabling them to live independently.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
Health clinic An office or clinic for medical or dental examination or treatment of persons primarily on an outpatient basis, including laboratories incidental thereto, provided that no overnight patients shall be kept on the premises.

In districts where this use is a special exception, please review the procedures below.
Health club or spa In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Hotel or motel A building or a group of two or more detached or semidetached buildings containing rental units having entrances provided directly or closely in connection to automobile parking serving such rooms, where such building(s) or groups of buildings are designed, intended or used principally for the provision of sleeping accommodations for automobile travelers, and are suitable for occupancy at all seasons of the year, including meeting and dining rooms as accessory uses.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
Independent senior housing In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
Indoor commercial recreation An indoor recreational facility operated as a business and open to the public for a fee. Examples of such facilities include bowling alleys, batting cages, etc.

In districts where this use is a special exception, please review the procedures below.
Industrial park A large tract of land that has been planned, developed and operated as an integrated facility for a number of individual industrial uses, with special attention to circulation, parking, utility needs, aesthetics, and compatibility.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Intermediate and group day-care center Intermediate -- A facility providing care and supervision for seven to 15 children under the age of 16. This facility may be located in a building or establishment designed or intended for day care with no live-in persons, or in a school or church or similar building as an accessory use. The hours of operation shall be less than a twenty-four-hour period per day. All such facilities are required to have approval or licensure as required by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. 

Group -- A facility providing care and supervision, and organized recreational and educational activities for 16 or more children under the age of 16. This facility may be located in a building or establishment designed or intended for day care or in a school or church or similar building as an accessory use. The hours of operation shall be less than a twenty-four-hour period per day. All such facilities are required to have approval or licensure as required by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare.

In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
Laboratory A building or group of buildings in which are located the facilities for scientific research, investigation, testing, and experimentation, but not including the manufacture of products for sale.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Laundry In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

In districts where this use is an accessory, please review the procedures below.
Laundry service and cleaning and dyeing facility A business engaged in providing services involving the care or appearance of a person, his or her clothing, or similar personal needs. Included in this definition are barber, beautician, shoe repair, fitness club, laundry or cleaner or similar establishment but not including a tattoo parlor, massage parlor, or body piercing establishment.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.

In districts where this use is an accessory, please review the procedures below.
Light metal processes Including metal finishing, grinding, polishing and heat treatment, metal cutting and extrusion of small products such as costume jewelry and pins.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Living accommodation for watchman or caretaker employed In districts where this use is an accessory, please review the procedures below.
Machines, plumbing, heating, upholstery, carpentry, electrical, welding or similar type of shop or facility In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Mail order business or facility An establishment which specializes in the sale of mail order items, but does not involve a factory outlet store or other store for walk-in retail sales.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Manufacturing In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
Manufacturing articles or merchandise from previously prepared materials In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Manufacturing electrical or electronic equipment In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Manufacturing measuring and scientific precision instruments and equipment, clocks, watches, jewelry, cameras and business machines In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below
Manufacturing products such as candy, drugs, and food products (excluding meat and fish and processing of beverages but permitting the distribution of beverages) In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Massage parlors In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
Medical clinic An office or clinic for medical or dental examination or treatment of persons primarily on an outpatient basis, including laboratories incidental thereto, provided that no overnight patients shall be kept on the premises.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.
Medical marijuana dispensary In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
Medical marijuana grower/processor In districts where this use is conditional, please review the procedures below.
Mobile home A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent occupancy contained in one unit, or in two or more units designed to be joined into one integral unit capable again of being separated for repeated towing, which arrives at a site complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, and constructed so that it may be used with or without a permanent foundation. This definition is in accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code[3] and manufactured under the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards.

In districts where this use is permitted, please review the procedures below.