Otter Creek Township Zoning Ordinance - Mercer County Regional ...

Transient. Any individual residing or stopping in the municipality for less than thirty (30)days at one time.Use, Accessory. A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of abuilding, structure and/or land or a use not the principal use which is located on the samezoning lot as the principal building, other structure and/or land, except parking and/or loadingfacilities as herein provided.Use, Conditional. A use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon showing that suchuse, in a specified location, will comply with the expressed standards and criteria contained inthe Zoning Ordinance and any additional safeguards deemed necessary by the governingbody.Use, Non-Conforming. A use, whether of land or of structure, which does not comply withthe applicable use provisions in a zoning ordinance or amendment heretofore or hereafterenacted, where such use was lawfully in existence prior to the enactment of such ordinance oramendment, or prior to the application of such ordinance or amendment to its location byreason of annexation.Use, Principal. The main or primary purpose, for which a building, other structure and/orland is designed, arranged, or intended, or for which it may be used, occupied or maintainedunder the Zoning Ordinance.Utility, Private or Public. (1) Any agency which, under public franchise or ownership, orunder certificate of convenience and necessity, provides the public with electricity, gas, heat,steam, communication, rail transportation, water, sewage collection, or other similar service;(2) A closely regulated private enterprise with an exclusive franchise for providing a publicservice.Variance. Relief granted by the Zoning Hearing Board upon appeal in specific cases, inaccordance with the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Article VI and IX of, Act247, as amended.Visual Obstruction. Any fence, wall, tree, hedge, or shrub, or a combination of them whichlimits visibility.Written Notice. Shall have been served if delivered in person to the person intended or ifdelivered or sent by certified mail to the last known address of the person intended.Yard. An unoccupied space, other than a court, on the same lot with a building, unobstructedartificially from the ground to the sky, except as otherwise provided herein.Yard, Front. A yard across the full width of the lot, extending from the main wall of aprincipal building to the front lot line (street right-of-way line), measured at any pointbetween the wall and the line.98