For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meaning as given in the article. Words in the present
tense include the future. The singular includes the plural. The word
"shall" is mandatory; the word "may" is optional. The word "person"
means an individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association,
company, or any other similar entity.
A private drive, other than a driveway, which provides for
vehicular access between a street and a parking area, loading area,
drive-in service window or other facility within a land development.
A subordinate structure incidental to and located on the
same lot as the principal structure.
Any condition that limits restricts or otherwise inhibits
the use, enjoyment or functionality of a particular facility, tract
or feature.
Refer to "streets, minor."
Any landowner, lessee or his authorized agent who submits
plans, data and/or application to the Zoning Officer or other designated
Township official for the purpose of obtaining approval thereof. (Zoning
Ordinance)
Every application, whether preliminary, tentative or final,
required to be filed and approved prior to start of construction or
development, including, but not limited to, an application for a building
permit, for the approval of a subdivision plat or plan or for the
approval of a development plan.
A body politic and corporate created pursuant to the act
of May 2, 1945 (P.L. 382, No. 164) known as the "Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945," as amended and/or reenacted.[1]
The total volume of traffic during a given time period (in
whole days) greater than one day and less than one year, divided by
the number of days in that time period.
An area bounded by streets or other physical barriers on
all sides. The bounded area shall consist of a minimum of two dwelling/building
units or lots.
An area, usually but not limited to being located off site,
which serves as a source for obtaining topsoil, fill, or other earthen
material for which there is a deficit elsewhere on the project site.
Any structure on a lot, having a roof supported by columns
or walls and intended for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of persons,
animals, or property.
ACCESSORY BUILDINGA building subordinate to and detached from the principal building on the same lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to the principal building.
ATTACHED BUILDINGA building which has two or more party walls in common.
DETACHED BUILDINGA building which has no party wall.
PRINCIPAL BUILDINGA building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is located.
SEMIDETACHED BUILDINGA building which has only one party wall in common. (Zoning Ordinance)
A line within a property designating the minimum distance
that must be provided between any building or structure and an adjacent
right-of-way line, property line, or street line, whichever shall
apply. With regard to panhandle lots, the "handle" portion of the
lot shall not be included within the building setback lines.
The surface of a street or road which is improved, designated,
or intended for vehicular use.
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections defined
by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection
of the street center lines.
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water within a development site and designed and intended
for the use or enjoyment of residents of a development, not including
streets, off-street parking areas, and areas set aside for public
facilities. Common open space shall be substantially free of structures
but may contain such improvements as are in the development plan as
finally approved and as appropriate for the recreation of residents.
The County of Adams, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
That portion or percentage of a parcel in which the direct
infiltration of stormwater runoff into the earth, as covered, is or
will be modified and inhibited by materials, structures, facilities,
etc.
A publicly or privately owned right-of-way for pedestrian
use extending from a street into a block or across a block to another
street.
A street with access closed at one end, provided with a vehicular
turnaround area at the closed end.
Any landowner, agent of such landowner, or tenant with the
permission of such landowner, who makes or causes to be made a subdivision
or land development.
The provisions for development, including a planned residential
development, a plat of subdivision, all covenants relating to use,
location and bulk of buildings and other structures, intensity of
use or density of development, streets, ways and parking facilities,
common open space and public facilities. The phrase "provisions of
the development plan," when used in this chapter, shall mean the written
and graphic materials referred to in this definition.
The flow of surface water runoff and the methods of directing
such flow which include but are not limited to:
A building or structure designed for living quarters for
one or more families, including mobile homes, but not including hotels,
rooming houses, convalescent homes or other accommodations for transient
occupancy. (Zoning Ordinance)
MULTIPLEX (GARDEN APARTMENTS)One or more two-story, multifamily structures not to exceed 16 units. The dwelling units share a common lot area, which is the sum of the required lot areas of all dwelling units within the building.
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED (TOWNHOUSES)A single-family attached dwelling unit in a row of at least three such units in which each unit has its own front and rear access to the outside, no unit is located over another unit, and each unit is separated from any other unit by one or more vertical common, dividing walls.
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGSA building containing only one dwelling unit and having two side yards. (Zoning Ordinance)
SINGLE-FAMILY SEMIDETACHED DWELLINGS (DUPLEX)A one-family dwelling attached to one other one-family dwelling by a common vertical wall.
TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGA building containing two dwelling units arranged either in a manner where both units share a common party wall or in a manner where one unit is located wholly or partially above the other. (Zoning Ordinance)
CONDOMINIUMA form of ownership providing for individual ownership of a specific dwelling unit, or other space not necessarily on ground level, together with an undivided interest in the land or other parts of the structure in common with other owners.
RESIDENTIAL CONVERSIONSAn existing building converted into multiple dwelling units.
MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGA building containing three or more dwelling units, including apartment houses, garden apartments or townhouses. All dwelling units located therein share with other units a common yard area. (Zoning Ordinance)
One or more rooms used for living and sleeping purposes and
having a kitchen with fixed cooking facilities arranged for occupancy
by one family. (Zoning Ordinance)
A right of limited use granted on private property by the
owner for public use or private use by another party or parties. The
owner of the property shall not have the right to make use of the
land in a manner that violates the right of the grantee.
A right-of-way granted for the limited use of land for public
or quasi-public purposes, including the placement or installation
of utilities; also the land to which such right(s) pertain.
The exit of vehicular traffic from abutting properties to
streets, lanes, alleys, courts and ways.
The written specifications of the municipality as prepared
by a registered professional engineer, regulating the installation
of any required improvement or for any facility installed by any owner,
subject to public use.
The removal of surface materials by the action of natural
elements.
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar
material is dug into, cut, carried, uncovered, removed, displaced,
relocated or bulldozed. It shall include the conditions resulting
therefrom.
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material
is placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved to a new location
above the natural surface of the ground or on top of the stripped
surface. It shall include the conditions resulting therefrom;
The difference in elevation between a point on the original
ground and a designated point of higher elevation of the final grade;
The material used to make fill.
FLOODPLAIN AREAA relatively flat or low land area adjoining a stream, river, or watercourse, which is subject to partial or complete inundation; or any area subject to the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.
FLOODWAYThe channel of the watercourse and those portions of the adjoining floodplains which are reasonably required to carry and discharge the one-hundred-year frequency flood. Unless otherwise specified, the boundary of the floodway is as indicated on maps and flood insurance studies provided by FEMA. In an area where no FEMA maps or studies have defined the boundary of the one-hundred-year frequency floodway, it is assumed, absent evidence to the contrary, that the floodway extends from the stream to 50 feet from the top of the bank of the stream.
ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR FLOODThe flood magnitude expected to be equaled or exceeded on the average of once in 100 years. It may also be expressed as the flood having a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in a given year.
REGULATORY FLOOD ELEVATIONThe one-hundred-year flood elevation, plus a freeboard safety factor of 1 1/2 feet.
The Board of Supervisors of Franklin Township, Adams County,
Pennsylvania.
Physical additions and changes to the land that may be necessary
to produce usable and desirable lots or a valuable addition to real
property amounting to more than repairs or replacement of waste, costing
labor or capital and intended to enhance its value, beauty or adapt
it to new or further purposes.
The entrance of traffic from streets, lanes, alleys, courts
and ways to abutting properties.
Any of the following activities:
The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts
or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
A group of two or more residential or nonresidential buildings,
whether proposed initially or cumulatively, or a single nonresidential
building on a lot or lots regardless of the number of occupants or
tenure; or
The division or allocation of land or space, whether initially
or cumulatively, between or among two or more existing or prospective
occupants by means of, or for the purpose of streets, common areas,
leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features.
A subdivision of land.
Development in accordance with the water supply section of this
chapter.
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land, including
the holder of an option or contract of purchase (whether or not such
option or contract is subject to any condition), a lessee, if he is
authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner,
or other person having a proprietary interest in land.
Describes the operating conditions of an intersection and
is derived by comparing traffic volumes with roadway capacity. LOS
A represents the best traffic operation; LOS F represents the worst.
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.
The area contained within the property lines of an individual
parcel of land as shown on a land development plan excluding any area
within a street or other right-of-way or easement. (Zoning Ordinance)
A lot at the junction of, and fronting on, two streets.
A lot extending between and having frontage on two streets.
The required distance between side lot lines (or in the case
of corner lots, between a front and side lot line) measured between
side lot lines. (Zoning Ordinance)
A voluntary negotiating process in which parties in a dispute
mutually select a neutral mediator to assist them in jointly exploring
and settling their differences, culminating in a written agreement
which the parties themselves create and consider acceptable.
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, contained in one unit, or in two or more units designed
to be joined into one integral unit capable of again being separated
for repeated towing, which arrives at a site complete and ready for
occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations
and constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation.
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the
necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for
the erection thereon of a single mobile home.
A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which has been so
designated and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots
for the placement thereon of mobile homes.
A body politic and corporate created pursuant to the act
of May 2, 1945 (P.L. 382, No. 164), known as the "Municipal Authorities
Act of 1945," as amended and/or reenacted.[2]
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the engineer for a municipality,
planning agency or joint planning commission.
A parcel or parcels or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water, within a development site and designed and intended
for the use or enjoyment of residents of a development, not including
streets, off-street parking areas, and areas set aside for public
facilities.
A lot that is connected to a public street by a narrower
strip of land that is part of the lot but is generally not suitable
for any structure.
A complete and exact subdivision or land development plan
prepared for official recording as required by statute.
The designated planning agency of the Township of Franklin,
whose members are appointed by the Township Supervisors.
A subdivision or land development plan, in lesser detail
than the final plan, indicating the approximate proposed layout of
a subdivision or land development as a basis for consideration prior
to preparation of the final plan.
An informal plan, not necessarily to exact scale, indicating
existing features of a tract, its surroundings, and the general layout
of a proposed subdivision or land development.
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether
preliminary or final.
Includes:
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the governing
body or planning agency, intended to inform and obtain public comment,
prior to taking action in accordance with this chapter and the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code (MPC) 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.,
as amended.
A forum held pursuant to notice under 65 Pa.C.S.A. Ch. 7
(relating to open meetings).
Notice published once each week for two successive weeks
in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. 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.
Any replatting or resubdivision of land limited to change
in lot lines on an approved final plan or recorded plan.
A right of passage across land occupied or intended to be
occupied by a street, crosswalk, railroad, electric transmission line,
oil or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, shade
trees, or for another special use.
The surface water discharge or rate of discharge of a given
watershed after a fall of rain or snow, that does not enter the soil
but runs off of the surface of the land.
The process by which mineral or organic matter is accumulated
or deposited by moving wind, water, or gravity. Once this matter is
deposited (or remains suspended in water), it is usually referred
to as "sediment."
The length of roadway visible to the driver of a passenger
vehicle at any given point on the roadway when the view is unobstructed
by traffic.
The face of an embankment or cut section; any ground whose
surface makes an angle with the plane of the horizon. Slopes are usually
expressed in a percentage based upon vertical difference in feet per
100 feet of horizontal distance.
Includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway,
parkway, lane, alley, viaduct and any other ways used or intended
to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians, whether public or
private.
ARTERIAL STREETA major street or highway with fast or heavy traffic of considerable continuity and used primarily as a traffic artery for intercommunications among large areas.
COLLECTOR STREETA major street or highway which carries traffic from neighborhood collectors and/or minor streets to abutting collectors and/or arterials. For classification purposes, collector streets shall generally have an ADT greater than 1,000.
NEIGHBORHOOD COLLECTORA major street or highway which carries traffic from minor streets and/or other neighborhood collectors to abutting neighborhood collector and/or collector streets. For classification purposes, neighborhood collector streets shall generally have an ADT greater than 500 but less than 1,000.
MINOR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETA street or roadway which primarily collects and conveys traffic from abutting properties and/or streets. For classification purposes, minor neighborhood streets shall generally have an ADT greater than 200 and less than 500.
MINOR STREETA street or roadway used primarily for access to abutting properties. For classification purposes, minor streets shall generally have an ADT less than 200.
ALLEYA minor right-of-way privately or publicly owned, used for service to the rear or sides or abutting properties, not intended for general traffic circulation.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to land.
The division or redivision of a lot, tract or parcel of land
by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels, or other divisions
of land, including changes in existing lot lines for the purpose,
whether immediate or future, of lease, partition by the court for
distribution to heirs and devisees, transfer of ownership, or building
or lot development; provided, however, that the subdivision by lease
of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres,
not involving any new street or easement of access or any residential
dwelling, shall be exempted.
Surface soils and subsurface soils which presumably are fertile
soils and soil material ordinarily rich in organic matter or humus
debris. Topsoil is usually found in the uppermost soil layer called
the "A" horizon.
Franklin Township Board of Supervisors or its designated
representative (i.e., Planning Commission, Zoning Officer, etc.)
Any lot, tract, or parcel of land which has not been graded
or in any other manner improved or prepared for subdivision or land
development or the construction of a building.
A stream of water, river, brook, creek, or a channel of a
perceptible extent, with definite bed and banks to confine and conduct
continuously or periodically flowing water.
An inventory of the source, quantity, yield and use of groundwater
and surface-water resources within a municipality.
Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or
groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and
that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation
typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, including
swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. The term includes but is
not limited to wetland areas listed in the State Water Plan, the United
States Forest Service Wetlands Inventory of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania
Coastal Zone Management Plan, and any wetland area designated by a
river basin commission.
