Sadsbury Township Zoning Ordinance 69
primary or secondary effect of the principal use of the land or buildings Heavy Industry characteristically
employs some of such equipment such as smokestacks, tanks, distillation or reaction columns, chemical
processing equipment, scrubbing towers, pickling equipment and waste-treatment lagoons. Heavy
industry, although conceivably operable without polluting the environment, has the potential to pollute
when equipment malfunctions or human error occurs. Examples of heavy industry are oil refineries, basic
steel manufacturing plants (such as foundries, blast furnaces, and stamping mills), industries handling
animal offal or hides, basic cellulose pulp-paper mills and similar fiberboard and plywood production,
production of cement and asphalt, lime manufacturing, ore and metal smelting and refining, natural gas or
propane compression stations, distillation and bulk storage, and chemical plants such as petrochemical
complexes. An incinerator structure or facility which, including the incinerator, contains five thousand
(5,000) square feet or more, whether public or private, is “heavy industry” for purpose of this Ordinance,
as is any electric power production plant which is a principal use, whether said power is generated by
coal, natural gas, cogeneration or more than three (3) wind turbines.
Home Occupation: a personal or professional service carried on entirely within a dwelling, by the
occupants thereof, which use is clearly incidental and subordinate to the use of the dwelling for dwelling
purposes and does not change the residential character thereof. Examples include, but are not limited to:
professional services, such as legal, financial, accounting, engineers, barber and beauty shops, studios of
artists, writers, and associations.
Home Lot Occupation: a home occupation, carried on within an accessory building on the same lot as a
dwelling.
Hospital: an institution providing health services primarily for human in-patient medical or surgical care
for the sick or injured and including related facilities such as laboratories, out-patient departments,
training facilities, central services facilities, and staff offices that are an integral part of the facilities.
Junk: any discarded material or article, and shall include, but not be limited to, scrap metal, scrapped or
abandoned motor vehicles, machinery, equipment, paper, glass, containers, and structures. It shall not
include, however, refuse or garbage kept in a proper container for the purpose of prompt disposal. For the
purpose of this Ordinance, a proper container shall mean a solid plastic or metal container, with a
sealable lid, specifically designed for the storage of waste matter.
Junk Yard: any place where any junk is stored, disposed of, or accumulated. This definition shall include
recycling centers, recycling yards, and salvage businesses and the storage of four (4) vehicles lacking
current inspection or registration for a period exceeding ten (10) days. However, it does not include
municipal recycling centers where no materials are stored in an exterior environment.
Light Industry: manufacturing in which there is no significant impact from noise, dust or odor, and impacts
are limited to secondary effects related to vehicular traffic, incidental noise, or movement of materials.
Light industries include, but are not limited to: food processing; wood products manufacturing (without
chemical treatment); production of machine tools and similar metalworking; manufacturing of plastic
products; laboratories, testing and research facilities; printing; pharmaceuticals production; and similar
facilities for assembling and fabricating. This definition also includes warehousing, distribution and truck
terminals, defined as land and buildings used as a relay station for the transfer of a load from one vehicle
to another or one party to another. The terminal facility may include storage areas for trucks and buildings
or areas for the repair of trucks associated with the terminal, or storage, wholesale and distribution of
manufactured product, supplies and equipment, but excluding bulk storage of materials that are
inflammable or explosive or that create hazardous or commonly recognized offensive conditions. For the
purpose of this Ordinance, storage of explosive, inflammable, hazardous or community-recognized
offensive conditions shall be considered heavy industry.
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 (MPC).
Lot Coverage: commonly called “coverage.” The percentage of the area of a lot that may be covered by
the principal building, accessory buildings or other structures above grade within the total lot area.