The following terms shall have the meaning indicated
when used in this chapter.
BEDROCK
Natural rock layer, hard or soft, in place at ground surface
or beneath unconsolidated surficial deposits.
BUILDING PERMIT
A permit to construct or alter a structure, pursuant to the
provisions of the Municipality of Murrysville Building Code, adopted
as Ordinance No. 152A-77, or any subsequent ordinance as is then in force.
CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR
The chief appointed executive empowered with the duties and
responsibilities of administration of all municipal business, except
as otherwise provided by applicable law.
CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
That appointive employee of the Municipality responsible
for the enforcement of subdivision, building and related structural
and land use codes in the Municipality.
COUNCIL
The elective legislative body of the Municipality.
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
The chief appointed fiscal officer of the Municipality who
is responsible for all monetary matters of the Municipality.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
The appointive employee responsible for the construction,
operation and maintenance of roads and facilities owned and maintained
by the Municipality.
EMBANKMENT
A raised mass of soil, granular material, shale, rock or
random material that presently exists or is proposed for construction
above original ground.
ENGINEER, PROFESSIONAL
A person licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to
practice engineering and who is knowledgeable in the branch of civil
engineering.
EROSION
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice or gravity, including such processes as gravitational
creep.
EXCAVATING
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar
material is cut into, dug, quarried, altered by blasting, uncovered,
removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed. "Excavating" shall not
be interpreted to mean an act to remove subsurface minerals or other
materials which act takes place solely underground or by surface mining.
FILL
The end result of filling.
FILLING
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material
is deposited, placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved
to a new location. A stockpile of material shall not constitute a
fill.
GRADE, FINISHED
The average elevation of the finished ground surface at the
location of any proposed excavation, embankment or fill.
GRADE, ORIGINAL
The average elevation of the existing ground surface at the
location of any proposed excavation, embankment or fill.
GRADIENT
The degree of inclination of a slope, expressed in terms
of the percentage of the difference in the vertical elevation to the
horizontal distance (e.g., a gradient of 25% means a difference in
vertical elevation of 25 feet in a horizontal distance of 100 feet).
GRADING
Excavating or filling or any combination thereof.
HAZARD
A danger or potential danger to life, limb or health, or
adverse effect or potential adverse effect to the safety, use or stability
of property, waterways, public ways, structures, utilities and storm
sewers, including air, noise or stream pollution.
INSPECTOR
A person employed by the Municipality of Murrysville responsible
for the inspection of land operations, grading or other operations
as defined within this chapter, or his authorized representatives.
LAND OPERATION
An ongoing or completed operation and related activities
involving or primarily connected with reshaping of land, including
grading, removal of trees, vegetation or other natural ground cover;
transportation of fill or other material for disposal purposes; and
surfacing of land.
LAND RECLAMATION PROJECT
A land reclaiming or conservation undertaking, extending
over a site of more than one acre, involving a land operation (with
or without an extracting industry) as a continuing activity over an
extended period of time, and which will leave the land suitable for
reuse, either for new development or in a natural state as usable
open space.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
A person licensed and registered under the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania to engage in the practice of landscape architecture.
MUNICIPALITY
The Municipality of Murrysville, its elected and appointed
officials, employees or authorized agents.
PERSON
A natural person, but shall also include a partnership or
corporation and its officers and their respective heirs, successors
and assigns.
PIPELINE
Any pipe or conduit used for the transportation or conveyance
of any fluid or gas or any fluid- or gas-related material. The pipeline
may be constructed of any material of any size. The transportation
or conveyance may be continuous or intermittent.
[Added 2-1-2012 by Ord.
No. 855-12]
PLANNING COMMISSION
The Council-appointive body of the Municipality which reviews
and advises Council upon all matters related to planning, land use
and development in the Municipality.
PREMISES
A tract or parcel of land with or without habitable buildings.
RETAINING WALL
A structure constructed for the purpose of supporting a cut
or filled embankment which would otherwise not comply with the standards
set forth in this chapter and which is more than four feet in height
as measured on the exposed vertical surface of the wall.
SITE
A lot, tract or parcel of land or a series of lots, tracts
or parcels of land joined together, where grading work is continuous,
performed at the same time and covered by one land operations permit.
SITE PLAN
A drawing or drawings which indicate details of existing
and intended development of a particular site in relationship to its
surroundings, including details of land use, topography, landscaping
and structures.
STANDARDS
Those contained herein and those meanings and requirements
in applicable municipal ordinances and county, state or federal law.
TOE OF SLOPE
The beginning point of any ascending slope or, in the case
of excavation or fill on a slope, the lowermost point where the excavation
or fill joins the exposed slope surface.
TRANSPORTING OPERATION
The conveyance of materials for disposal or fill purposes
from one site to another site.