Borough of Gettysburg

ABUT or ABBUTTING

To physically touch or border upon; or to share a common property line.

ACCESSORY BUILDING

A building detached from and subordinate to the main building on the same lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to the main building.

ACCESSORY USE

A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the lot or building and located on the same lot with such principal use of the lot or building.

ADAPTIVE REUSE

The development of a new use for an older building or for a building originally designed for a specific purpose which it no longer serves.

ADJACENT

Immediately contiguous to or abutting a neighboring property, lot or walkway, and excludes property, lots, or walkways across the street from, or diagonally opposite across an intersection from, the subject property, lot, or walkway.

ALLEY

A minor public or private right-of-way providing a secondary means of access to abutting properties.

ALTERATION

As applied to any building, structure or sign, any change, rearrangement or relocation in the structural parts.

ANTENNA, PRIVATE

A device, partially or wholly exterior to a building, which is used for receiving and/or transmitting electronic signals or shortwave or citizens band radio frequencies and which is not a commercial communications tower and other than a satellite antenna. This includes any accessory supporting structures.

APPLICANT

The person(s), company, partnership, profit or nonprofit corporation, trust or other entity responsible for a particular application for an approval or permit under this chapter, and his/her heirs, successors and assigns.

AREA (BUILDING)

The total area, taken on a horizontal plane, at the grade level of a building, exclusive of uncovered porches, terraces and steps.

AUTOMOBILE

Any motorized or electrified powered vehicle.

BASEMENT

That portion of a building that is partially or wholly below ground level. This portion serves as a substructure or foundation for a building. A basement shall be counted as a story for the purpose of height measurement, if the vertical distance between the ceiling and the average level of the adjoining ground is more than five feet (see Figure 5.01).

Figure 5.01, Basement and Story

BICYCLE PARKING

A space for the temporary storage of a bicycle in the form of a rack, locker, or storage area used exclusively for the storage of bicycles.

BLOCK

A tract of land, lot, or group of lots, bounded by streets, alleys, public parks, railroad rights-of-way, watercourses or bodies of water, boundary lines of the Borough or any combination of the above.

BOARD

The Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

BOROUGH

The Borough of Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

BOROUGH COUNCIL

The Borough Council of the Borough of Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

BUILDING

Any enclosed structure having a roof and walls which has been designed and built for the shelter, housing enclosure or protection of individuals, animals, equipment or property of any kind.

BUILDING COVERAGE

Total area of a lot covered by buildings. Measured from the outside of all exterior walls at ground level, it includes all exterior stairways, covered parking and walkways. (See Figure 5.02.)

Figure 5.02, Building Coverage

BUILDING FACADE

An exterior side of a building.

BUILDING HEIGHT

The vertical distance calculated by subtracting the elevation of the highest point on the roof on flat or shed roofs and/or the elevation of the deck line on gambrel and mansard roofs and/or the average height between eaves and ridges on gable or hip roofs from the average elevation of finished grades at the outside walls facing and/or nearest to the front yard setback lines (see Figure 5.03).

Figure 5.03, Building Height

BUILDING SETBACK LINE

The line within which the principal building shall be located, bounding that portion of the lot not contained within the required side and rear yards, and not contained within the space between the property line and the build-to line.

BUILDING, PRINCIPAL

A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is located.

BUILD-TO LINE

A building location line where the primary facade of a building is required to be constructed, usually in alignment with other buildings on the block; a line parallel to and measured at a distance from lot frontage or otherwise front parcel boundary.

CARTWAY

The paved portion of a street designed for vehicular traffic and paved areas intended for on-street parking.

CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE

A generally triangular area that defines a zone necessary for the clear view by the driver of a motor vehicle or a bicyclist of oncoming cross-street motor vehicle, bicycle, or pedestrian traffic or of a traffic control device, and includes street intersection sight triangles, alley intersection sight triangles and traffic control device sight triangles. The clear sight triangle shall be determined by the intersecting street center lines and a diagonal line connecting the two points, one at each center line. The distance of each point from the intersection of the street or driveway center lines, as applicable, shall be as specified by PennDOT's intersection sight distance or formula sight distance, in the latest edition of AASHTO "A Policy On Geometric Design of Highways and Streets" as applied by PennDOT.

COLLOCATED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY (COLLOCATED WCF)

Wireless communications facilities that are attached to existing structures, such as, but not limited to, buildings, water towers, electrical transmission towers, utility poles, light poles, traffic signal poles, flag poles, and other similar structures that do not require the installation of a new or replacement wireless support Structure.

COLLOCATION

The mounting of one or more WCFs, including antennas, on a pre-existing Structure, or modifying a structure for the purpose of mounting or installing a WCF on that Structure.

COMMISSION

The Planning Commission of the Borough of Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

The document entitled the "Gettysburg Comprehensive Plan," or any part thereof, adopted by the Borough Council, as amended, pursuant to the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.

CONDOMINIUM

Real estate, portions of which is designated for separate ownership and the remainder of which is designated for common ownership solely by the owners of those separate portions, in accordance with the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act (68 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 3101 through 3414).

CURBLINE

A line at the face of the curb nearest to the street or roadway.

DECISION

A final adjudication of any board or other body granted jurisdiction under this chapter to do so, either by reason of the grant of exclusive jurisdiction or by reason of appeals from determinations. All decisions shall be appealable to the Court of Common Pleas of Adams County and the applicable judicial district wherein the Borough lies.

DEMOLITION

The act of razing, tearing down or dismantling a preexisting building or other structure.

DENSITY

The total number of dwelling units proposed on a lot divided by the lot area, unless otherwise stated.

DISTRICT (or ZONING DISTRICT)

A land area within the Borough within which certain uniform regulations and requirements apply under the provisions of this chapter.

EARTH DISTURBANCE ACTIVIITES

A construction or other human activity which disturbs the surface of the land, including land clearing and grubbing, grading, excavations, embankments, land development, agricultural plowing or tilling, operation of animal heavy use areas, timber harvesting activities, road maintenance activities, oil and gas activities, well drilling, mineral extraction, and the moving, depositing, stockpiling, or storing of soil, rock or earth materials.

ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV)

Any vehicle that is licensed and registered for operation on public and private highways, roads, and streets; and operates either partially or exclusively using an electric motor powered by an externally charged on-board battery.

ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION

See "electric vehicle supply/service equipment (EVSE)."

ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY/SERVICE EQUIPMENT (EVSE)

The equipment, including the cables, cords, conductors, connectors, couplers, enclosures, attachment plugs, power outlets, power electronics, transformer, switchgear, switches and controls, network interfaces, point of sale equipment, and associated apparatus designed and used for the purpose of transferring energy from the electric supply system to a plug-in electric vehicle. "EVSE" may deliver either alternating current or, consistent with fast charging equipment standards, direct current electricity. "EVSE" is synonymous with "electric vehicle charging station."

ELECTRICAL PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES (EPAMD)

A self-balancing device with two wheels not in tandem, designed to transport only one person by an electric propulsion system having a maximum speed on a paved level surface of less than 20 miles per hour. For purposes of this chapter, EPAMDs shall include but shall not be limited to the Segway® PT and shall not include electric or motorized wheelchairs and powerchairs shall not be considered EPAMDs.

EXTENDED HEIGHT BUILDING

A vertically mixed-use building having two or more different uses that is permitted, by special exception approval, to exceed the maximum permitted height of 48 feet specified in the REV District by meeting certain incentive-based criteria as set forth in the following supplemental use regulations.

FAMILY

A. The term "family" includes but is not limited to the following, regardless of actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status: a single person, who may be an elderly person, disabled person, near-elderly person, or any other single person; or a group of persons residing together. Such group includes, but is not limited to, a family with or without children (a child who is temporarily away from the home because of placement in foster care is considered a member of the family), an elderly family, a near-elderly family, a disabled family, a displaced family, or the remaining member of a tenant family.

B. A household consisting exclusively of two or more full-time college students does not qualify as a family unless each individual in the household satisfies the following conditions: The individual must have established a household separate from their parents or legal guardians for at least one year prior.

FENCE

A manufactured barrier, placed or arranged as a line of demarcation, an enclosure or a visual barrier, which is constructed of wood, chain-link metal, vinyl or aluminum and/or plastic inserts. Manufactured barriers constructed principally of masonry, concrete, cinder block or similar materials shall be considered a wall. The term "wall" does not include engineering retaining walls, which are permitted uses as needed in all districts. The terms "fence" and "wall" do not include hedges, trees or shrubs.

FLOOR AREA, HABITABLE

The sum of the horizontal areas with at least seven-foot ceilings used for habitable space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating or cooking. Bathrooms, toilet compartments, closets, halls, storage or utility spaces and similar areas are not considered habitable spaces. (See "habitable space.")

GARAGE (PRIVATE)

An accessory building for the storage of motor vehicles owned and operated by the owner or occupants of the premises, provided that space for the storage of not more than two vehicles may be leased to nonresidents.

GARAGE SALE

The accessory use of any lot for the occasional sale or auction of only common household goods and furniture and items of a closely similar character.

GREEN AREA

The portion of a lot that is not paved or covered by buildings, Structures, or other like-type impervious surfaces, which is devoted to landscaping; lawns; gardens; active and passive parks; vegetated surfaces, including vegetated stormwater management facilities; green roofs; and pervious surfacing or pavers.

GROSS FLOOR AREA

The total number of square feet within the inside finished wall surface of the outer building walls of a structure, also referred to as gross square feet and abbreviated as GFA.

HABITABLE FLOOR AREA

The aggregate of the horizontal area of all rooms used for habitation, such as living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom, but not including hallways, stairways, cellars, attics, service rooms or utility rooms, bathroom, closets, nor unheated areas such as enclosed porches, nor rooms without at least one window or skylight opening onto an outside yard or court. At least one-half of the floor area of every habitable room shall have a ceiling height of not less than seven feet and the floor area of that part of any room where the ceiling height is less than five feet shall not be considered as part of the habitable floor area.

HABITABLE SPACE

Space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating or cooking. Bathrooms, toilet compartments, closets, halls, storage or utility spaces and similar areas are not considered habitable spaces.

HANDICAP

Means, with respect to a person:
A. A physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person's major life activities;

B. A record of having such an impairment; or C. Being regarded as having such an impairment, but such term does not include current, illegal use of or addiction to a controlled substance [as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. § 802)].

HISTORIC RESOURCE, HISTORIC STRUCTURE, or HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT SITE

Any structure or site that is:
A. Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the U.S. Department of the Interior) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the National Register;

B. Certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as contributing to the historical significance of a registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined by the Secretary to qualify as a registered historic district;

C. Individually listed on a state inventory of historic places in states with historic preservation programs which have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior; or

D. Individually listed on a county or local inventory of historic places in communities with historic preservation programs that have been certified either:

(1) By an approved state program as determined by the Secretary of the Interior; or
(2) Directly by the Secretary of the Interior in states without an approved program.

E. Individually listed on the most recent inventory of the Adams County Historical Society Register, the Adams County Planning Commission, or Borough inventory (whichever is determined to be the most complete and accurate).

HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION

A homeowners' association organized pursuant to the Uniform Planned Community Act (68 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 5101 through 5414).

HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE

Any hackney or carriage which is operated by being drawn by a horse or mule for the transportation for hire of passengers.

INCLUSIONARY HOUSING

Refers to municipal housing policies that require a given share of new construction to be affordable to people with low to moderate incomes. The term is broad and covers various policies enacted by local jurisdictions to increase the supply of affordable housing.

JUNK

Items or objects that are old, discarded, or not currently being used for the purpose or purposes for which they are designed or normally used, including but not limited to used or salvaged metals and their compounds or combination; used or salvaged rope; rubber; rotting wood; scrap iron; tires and snowmobile treads; parts for motor vehicles, boats, all-terrain vehicles, recreational vehicles, snowmobiles, and/or trailers; inoperable or dismantled refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers, dryers, washing machines, and furniture; and inoperable or dismantled lawn mowers, weed trimmers, snow blowers, snow plows, tractors, and any other machinery used for excavation, maintenance, or snow removal.

JUNKED MATERIALS

The accumulation of used and/or discarded materials with the potential for leaching pollutants into the groundwater, including, but not limited to, trash, appliances, machinery, vehicles, or parts thereof, whether on the land surface, into a sinkhole or into a stream, wetland or other water body.

LAND DEVELOPMENT

As defined by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended.

LANDOWNER

The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land, including the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such option or contract is subject to any condition), a lessee if they are authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner, or other person having a proprietary interest in land, shall be deemed to be a landowner for the purposes of this chapter.

LOT

A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed or built upon as a unit.

LOT AREA

The area contained within the property lines of a lot, excluding space within the legal public right-of-way, but including the area of an easement.

LOT COVERAGE

The percentage of a lot covered by buildings, paved areas, gravel areas, and other like-type surfaces through which water does not or cannot infiltrate.

LOT DEPTH

The horizontal distance measured between the street right-of-way line and the rear property line. On corner lots, reverse frontage lots, and triangular or other irregularly shaped lots, the depth shall be measured along the property line adjacent to the side yard which extends from the street of address to the opposite property line. Where a rear yard is formed by angled or offset property lines, the lot depth shall be measured as the weighted average distance from the street right-of-way line to the farthest rear property line.

LOT FRONTAGE

The parcel's line of demarcation parallel to and abutting a public right-of-way where public mobility is permitted.

LOT LINE

A line of record which divides one lot from another lot, or from a public or private road or any other public space. Where a lot abuts a public right-of-way, the lot line for regulatory purposes shall be the right-of-way line. Also known as road or street line (see Figure 5.02).

Figure 5.02, Building Coverage

MOTOR VEHICLE

A vehicle which is self-propelled except for an electric personal assistive mobility device or a vehicle which is propelled solely by human power.

NET SQUARE FEET

The total number of square feet within the inside finished wall surface of the outer building walls of a structure, excluding major vertical penetrations of the floor (elevator and other mechanical shafts; stairwells), mechanical equipment, parking areas, common restrooms, common lobbies, and common hallways.

OBSCENE

Displays or information that, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest in sex and depicts or describes in a patently offensive manner nudity as sexual conduct and which, taken as a whole, does not have serious literary, artistic or scientific value, or otherwise qualifies as vulgar or indecent.

OFFICIAL ZONING MAP

The map as adopted by the Borough Council which designates the location and boundaries of Zoning Districts.

PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPALITIES PLANNING CODE (MPC or PA MPC)

Act 247 of 1968, P.L. 805; 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.

PERMANENT RESIDENCY or RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY

Permanent, full-time habitation in a dwelling unit for a period of 30 consecutive days or more.

PERSON

Includes one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in cases under Title 11 of the United States Code, receivers, and fiduciaries.

PRINCIPAL USE

The predominant use of the land or building to which all other uses are secondary.

PUBLIC

Owned, operated, or both, by the Borough, its authority, a municipal-supported fire company, or a municipal-supported ambulance association.

PUBLIC GREEN SPACE

A tract of land owned and maintained by private or semi-public persons, entities, groups, or a public-private partnership to provide active and/or passive recreational opportunities for the general public.

PUBLIC HEARING

A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Gettysburg Borough Council or Zoning Hearing Board intended to inform and obtain public comment, prior to taking action in accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.

PUBLIC MEETING

A forum held pursuant to notice under 65 Pa.C.S.A. Chapter 7 (relating to open meetings.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in Gettysburg Borough. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature of the matter to be considered at the hearing. The first publication shall not be more than 30 days and the second publication shall not be less than seven days from the date of the hearing. Public notice for rezoning, special exception, variance, or any combination thereof, requests shall also include the posting of a sign(s) at a conspicuous location(s) upon the site to notify potentially interested citizens; this sign(s) shall be posted at least one week prior to the hearing and will exhibit the nature, date, time and location of the hearing.

REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL

A professional engineer, land surveyor or professional geologist licensed by the State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists under the Act of May 23, 1945 (P.L. 913, No. 367), known as the "Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law," a landscape architect who is licensed by the State Board of Landscape Architects under the Act of January 24, 1966 (1965 P.L. 1527, No. 535), known as the "Landscape Architects' Registration Law," or any corporation or association, including professional corporations, organized or registered under the Act of December 21, 1988 (P.L. 1444, No. 177), known as the "General Association Act of 1988,"Editor's Note: See 15 P.S. § 20101 et seq. practicing engineering, landscape architecture or surveying in this commonwealth.

RIGHT-OF-WAY (ROW)

An area acquired or reserved for streets, street trees (or landscaping), drainage, utilities and pedestrian ways owned by a public or private person. When used in the regulation of wireless telecommunications facilities, the surface of and space above and below any real property in the Borough in which the Borough has a regulatory interest, or interest as a trustee for the public, as such interests now or hereafter exist, including, but not limited to, all streets, highways, avenues, roads, alleys, sidewalks, tunnels, viaducts, bridges, skyways, or any other public place, area or property under the control of the Borough, and any unrestricted public or utility easements established, dedicated, platted, improved or devoted for utility purposes, but excluding lands other than streets that are owned by the Borough. The phrase "in the right(s)-of-way" means in, on, over, along, above and/or under the right(s)-of-way.

ROOF

An impervious cover of a building or Structure.

SETBACK

The minimum required horizontal distance between a setback line and a property or street right-of-way line.

SETBACK LINE

A line parallel to the front, side or rear lot line so as to provide the required yards. See Figure 5.02.

Figure 5.02, Building Coverage

SETBACK, FRONT

The distance between the lot frontage parcel line of demarcation and the building setback line projected the full width of the lot. This area is identified as the front yard in this chapter.

SETBACK, REAR

The minimum distance between the rear lot line and the rear setback line projected the full width of the lot. Commonly called "required rear yard."

SETBACK, SIDE

The minimum distance between the side lot line and the side setback line projected from the front yard to the rear yard. Commonly called "required side yard."

SHORT-TERM LODGING

Any dwelling unit or portion thereof that is available for use or is used for transient lodging, and where such lodging is provided for compensation for no more than 30 consecutive days.

SIGHT DISTANCE

An area of unobstructed vision measured at the center line of the cartway to an object 1 1/2 feet above the pavement, from a height of 3 1/2 feet and 10 feet from the edge of paving at the intersection. Sight distances shall be designed pursuant to Chapter 22, Subdivision and Land Development, of the Borough Code of Ordinances.

SMALL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY

A wireless communications facility that meets the following criteria:
A. The wireless support structure on which antenna facilities are mounted:

(1) Is 50 feet or less in height; or
(2) Is no more than 10% taller than other adjacent structures; or
(3) Is not extended to a height of more than 50 feet or by more than 10% above its pre-existing height as a result of the collocation of new antenna facilities;

B. Each antenna associated with the deployment (excluding the accessory equipment) is no more than three cubic feet in volume;

C. All accessory equipment associated with the wireless support structure (excluding antennas) is cumulatively no more than 28 cubic feet in volume;

D. The wireless communications facility does not require antenna structure registration under 47 CFR Part 17;

E. The wireless communications facility is not located on Tribal lands, as defined under 36 CFR 800.16(x); and

F. The wireless communications facility does not result in human exposure to radio frequency radiation in excess of the applicable safety standards specified in 47 CFR 1.1307(b).

SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES DEPLOYMENT ACT

Act of June 30, 2021, P.L. 232, No. 50.

SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE

A use for which the Zoning Hearing Board may grant permission following a public hearing and findings of fact consistent with this chapter, provided that the use complies with the conditions and standards required by this chapter.

STREET

Any street, road, lane, court, cul-de-sac, public way, public square, alley, highway, or any other public place or way located in the Borough and as ordained or otherwise established for the use of the traveling public.

STREET LINE (RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE)

A line defining the edge of a street right-of-way and separating the street from abutting property or lots (see Figure 5.02).
Figure 5.02, Building Coverage

STRUCTURE

Any assembly of materials constructed or erected with a fixed location on the ground or attached to something having a fixed location on the ground, any portion of which is above the natural surface grade, including, but not limited to buildings, sheds, cabins, manufactured houses and trailers, pavilions, pagodas, tents, kennels, swimming pools, dumpsters, fences, dams, culverts, roads, railroads, bridges, storage tanks, and signs.

SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE

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

SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT

Any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a Structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the fair market value of the structure either (a) before the improvement or repair is started or (b) if the structure has been damaged, and is being restored, before the damage occurred. For the purpose of this definition, "substantial improvement" is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the structure commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the Structure.

TEMPORARY USE

A use or structure on improved or unimproved real estate, which is of impermanent nature, and is used for less than 90 days in a calendar year.

TOTAL FLOOR AREA

The area of all floors in all buildings measured to the outside of the exterior walls, excluding attics, basements, and open porches (measured in square feet). (Note: An "open porch" has a roof but is not enclosed with screens or windows. Porches enclosed with screens or windows shall be counted toward total floor area.)

TOUR GUIDE

Any person who drives or operates via pedestrian movement, a horse-drawn carriage, electric vehicle, motor vehicle, or velocipede, on the streets of Gettysburg Borough or who acts or offers to act as a guide for hire through any part of the Borough who serves as an actor during a tour for hire. "Tour guide" as used in this chapter does not include any person acting or offering to act as a guide for hire, or an actor during a tour for hire, when the tour is to be conducted solely on private real property.

TRANSIENT LODGING

Lodging provided for compensation for periods of less than 30 consecutive days.

USE

The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed, arranged, intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained. The term "permitted use" or its equivalent shall not be deemed to include any nonconforming use.

USE, PERMITTED

Means any use allowed by right within a zoning district, subject to the restrictions applicable to that zoning district, and that is not a special exception use.

USE, PRINCIPAL

The dominant purpose for which a lot or building is utilized.

USE, TEMPORARY

See "temporary use."

VARIANCE

The permission granted by the Zoning Hearing Board following a public hearing that has been properly advertised as required by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended, for an adjustment to some regulation which, if strictly adhered to, would result in an unnecessary hardship and where the permission granted would not be contrary to the public interest, and would maintain the spirit and original intent of the Chapter.

VEHICLE

Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a street, except devices used exclusively upon rails or tracks. The term does not include a self-propelled wheelchair, or an electrical mobility device operated by and designed for the exclusive use of a person with a mobility-related disability.

VEHICLE, ABANDONED

A. A vehicle shall be presumed to be abandoned under any of the following circumstances, but the presumption is rebuttable by a preponderance of the evidence:

(1) The vehicle is physically inoperable and is left unattended on a street or other public property for more than 48 hours.
(2) The vehicle has remained illegally on a highway or other public property for a period of more than 48 hours.
(3) The vehicle is left unattended on or along a highway or other public property for more than 48 hours and does not bear all of the following:

(a) A valid registration plate.
(b) A current certificate of inspection.
(c) An ascertainable vehicle identification number.

(4) The vehicle has remained on private property without the consent of the owner or person in control of the property for more than 24 hours.
(5) The vehicle has remained on the private property of a salvor for 20 days.

B. Vehicles and equipment used or to be used in construction or in the operation or maintenance of highways or public utility facilities, which are left in a manner which does not interfere with the normal movement of traffic, shall not be considered to be abandoned.

VEHICLE, NONREPAIRABLE

An abandoned vehicle that is incapable of safe operation for use on roadways or highways and which has no resale value except as a source of parts or scrap only, a salvage vehicle issued a nonrepairable or nonrebuildable vehicle document by another state or a vehicle which a salvor or vehicle salvage dealer designates as a source for parts or scrap or which the owner irreversibly designates as a source for parts or scrap. Such vehicles may not be issued a certificate of title or certificate of salvage.

YARD

An area between the permitted structures and the property lines.

YARD, FRONT

A yard nearest to the street extending the full width of the lot, between the build-to line and the front lot line. Also, see "build-to line."

YARD, REAR

A yard extending the full width of the lot along the rear lot line and extending in depth from the rear lot line to the building setback line.

YARD, SIDE

A yard extending the full depth of the lot along the side lot line and extending in width from such lot line to the building setback line.

ZERO-LOT-LINE DEVELOPMENT

A form of development where a building, usually a single-family detached or semidetached dwelling, is placed on a side lot line with no setback from that lot line and has only one side yard.

ZONING

The designation of specified districts within the Borough, reserving them for certain uses together with limitations on lot size, heights of structures and other stipulated requirements.

ZONING MAP

The Official Zoning Map of Gettysburg Borough, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

ZONING OFFICER

The designated administrative officer who serves as the Zoning Officer for the Borough of Gettysburg and who is charged with the duty of enforcing the provisions of this chapter.

ZONING ORDINANCE

Chapter 27 of the Code of Ordinances of the Borough of Gettysburg.

Borough of Gettysburg, PA

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