Public Township Council Meeting — Packet

DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 the proprietor may be displayed. As all "off-site signs" or "billboards" are prohibited, all commercial signs allowed in the Township must be principal signs. Principal use shall mean the primary use and chief purpose of a lot or structure. Private club shall mean a nonprofit or public building and related facilities owned or operated by a corporation, association or group of individuals established for the fraternal, social, educational, recreational or cultural enrichment of its members, which is not conducted as a business, and whose members pay dues and meet certain prescribed qualifications for membership, Private recreation facility shall mean a recreation court and/or related structures provided as an accessory use on the same lot as a residence and designed to be used by the occupants of the residence and their guests. Private swimming pool shall mean a water-filled enclosure having a depth of more than eighteen (18) inches below the level of the level of the surrounding land, or an above-surface pool, having a depth of more than 30 inches, designed, used and maintained for swimming by the occupants of the residence and their guests. Professional office building shall mean a building which is used solely for professional offices, which shall include the office or studio of a physician, dentist, optometrist, optician, chiropractor, lawyer, professional engineer, land surveyor, registered architect or teacher and similar licensed professionals. Professional office does not include the purchase or sale of goods, dance instructions, band instrument or voice instructor in groups, tea rooms, beauty parlors, hairdressing and manicuring establishments, convalescent homes or mortuary establishments. Public area shall mean (1) public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreational areas; (2) other public open spaces; (3) scenic and historic sites; and (4) sites for schools and other public buildings and structures. Public drainage way shall mean the land reserved or dedicated for the installation of storm water sewers or drainage ditches, or required along a natural stream or watercourse for preserving the biological as well as drainage function of the channel and providing for the flow of water to safeguard the public against flood damage, sedimentation and erosion and to assure the adequacy of existing and

gical as well as drainage function of the channel and providing for the flow of water to safeguard the public against flood damage, sedimentation and erosion and to assure the adequacy of existing and proposed culverts and bridges, to induce water recharge into the ground where practical and to lessen nonpoint pollution. Public open space shall mean an open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to the municipality, a municipal agency, the Board of Education, State or County Agency, or other public body for recreational or conservation uses. Public utility building or structure shall mean a building or structure necessary for the furnishing of utility services, such as electric, gas, telephone, water and sewer, to the public. Reconstruction shall mean the act or process of reproducing by new construction the exact form and detail of a vanished building, structure or object or part thereof as it appeared when the structure was originally constructed. Recreation vehicle shall mean any motor vehicle primarily designed and used as a travel trailer, camper, camping trailer, motor home or tent trailer and any boat, snowmobile, jet-ski, off-road motorcycle, vehicle intended for the purpose of racing and/or their respective trailer(s). Recycling area shall mean space allocated for collection and storage of source separated recyclable materials. Rehabilitation shall mean the act or process of returning the exterior of a property to a state of utility which makes possible an efficient contemporary use while preserving those features 21