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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
Yard, Minimum Dimension. The minimum permitted horizontal distance between a lot lineand the nearest point of a main wall of a principal building or structure exclusive ofpermissible yard encroachments and occupancy and street projections as provided by thisOrdinance. The measurement of the minimum dimension shall be made at grade andperpendicular to the lot line and building or structure.Yard, Rear. A yard across the full width of the lot, extending from any point of a wall of abuilding or structure to the rear lot line of the lot.Yard, Side. A yard extending from any point of a wall of a building or structure to theadjacent side lot line of the lot, extending from the front yard to the rear yard.Zero Lot Line. A development approach in which a building is sited on one or more lot lineswith no yard.Zoning Officer. The agent or official designated by the Otter Creek Board of Supervisorsand charged by law with the administration and enforcement of the Zoning Ordinance.Zoning Map. Otter Creek Township Zoning Map.99
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OTTER CREEKTOWNSHIPZONING ORDINANCE
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500.6: Institutional Homes ........
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801.1: Minimum Construction Standar
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ARTICLE XVI: REPEAL ...............
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ARTICLE ISHORT TITLE - PURPOSE - SC
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ARTICLE IICOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OBJ
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301.1: Where a Zoning District Boun
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Farm Structures A A AInstitutional
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Loading Area (SEE 503.4) A A AParki
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Table 401 - Area and Height Dimensi
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500.6: Institutional Homes, provide
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500.9: Home Occupation as defined i
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(c)(d)(e)(f)No entrance or exit sha
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(c)(d)(e)It shall be customarily in
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f.) Promote the aesthetic quality o
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11. Communications Antennas shall n
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14. A Telecommunications Tower may
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For the purpose of this Section, ad
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operated by a medical practitioner
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ARTICLE VIDEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS F
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(j)(k)Soil Erosion and Sedimentatio
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(2) Access driveways and entrances
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Section 603: Development Regulation
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(5) Modifications: On lots of 40,00
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Do not include ornamentalwoodwork a
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(1) Roof signs or integral roof sig
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(7) Special event signs- advertisin
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Page 70 and 71: 802.5: Lot CoverageMajor recreation
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