[Ord. No. 109-2004, § 201, 9/8/2004; as amended by Ord. No. 209-2023, 9/13/2023]
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the words and phrases listed
in this Part shall be construed throughout this chapter to have the
meanings indicated herein. Words in the singular include the plural,
and those in the plural include the singular. Words in the present
tense include the future tense. Words used in the masculine gender
include the feminine and neuter. The word "person" includes corporation,
unincorporated association, firm, organization, and partnership, as
well as an individual. The word "structure" includes the meaning of
"building," and each shall be construed as if followed by the phrase
"or part thereof." The word "may" is permissive; the word "shall"
or "must" always is mandatory. When words, phrases, or terms are not
defined, they shall have their ordinarily accepted meanings or such
as the context shall imply.
[Ord. No. 109-2004, 9/8/2004;
as amended by Ord. 122-2006, 12/15/2006; by Ord. 128-2007 § 1, 5/9/2007; by Ord. 133-2008 § 18, 4/9/2008; by Ord. 171-2014 § 1, 5/14/2014; and by Ord. No. 209-2023, 9/13/2023]
The following terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the
meanings indicated below:
The tilling of the soil; the keeping or raising of livestock,
horses, or poultry; a nursery; landscape operations; and tree farms.
See "street, service street (alley)."
A landowner or developer, including his heirs, successors,
and assigns, who has filed an application for subdivision or land
development.
Every application, whether preliminary 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 plan, for the approval of a land
development plan, and for the approval of a planned residential development.
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," 53 P.S. § 301 et seq.,[1] one of its predecessor acts or its successor act, the
Municipality Authorities Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
Computed by application of a day of the week by month factor
to an average twenty-four-hour traffic count. Such information is
available in the latest volume of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Traffic Data Collection and Factor Development Report.
A tract of land bounded entirely by streets; by streets and
a watercourse; by streets and a railroad; by streets and the corporate
boundaries of the Township; by streets and public land or other park
or recreation area; or any combination of the above.
The Board of Supervisors of Honey Brook Township.
The Borough of Honey Brook.
A strip of required yard space adjacent to a use or facility
within a property, or to the boundary of a property or district, on
which is located a visual barrier of sufficient height and density
to appropriately buffer or screen the property or use.
A person, who is not necessarily the owner of the land or
agent of the same, who by contract or other agreement is charged with
the responsibility of construction of buildings or other structures,
or of making any construction improvements on any parcel of land.
Any structure for which a building permit is required by
the Township, i.e., any combination of materials forming any structure
which is erected on the ground and designed, intended, or arranged
for the housing, sheltering, enclosure, or structural support of persons,
animals, or property of any kind. Any mobile home or similar structure
constructed off-site prior to placement on the ground also is a building.
The relation or ratio of the total ground floor area of all
buildings on a lot to the total area of the lot on which they are
located.
An established line within a property defining the minimum
required distance between any building to be erected and the adjacent
right-of-way line of the street on which it fronts, to provide the
minimum front yard dimension specified by the Township Zoning Ordinance.[2] (See also, "lot line, front.")
A parcel of land used by campers where only temporary shelters,
as tent and camping trailers, are in use throughout various seasons
of the year.
As used in § 22-612, the maximum number of vehicles that can be expected to pass over a given section of roadway or on a specific lane.
The portion of a street right-of-way, paved or unpaved, customarily
used by vehicles in the regular course of travel over the street.
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.
The official public document of current adoption consisting
of maps, charts, and textual matter, that constitutes a policy guide
to decisions about the physical and social development of the Township,
titled Honey Brook Township and Borough Multi-Municipal Comprehensive
Plan of 2015, and its authorized successors.
A form of ownership of real property, as defined in the Pennsylvania
Uniform Condominium Act of 1980, 68 Pa.C.S.A. § 3101 et
seq., which includes an undivided interest in a portion of a parcel,
together with a separate interest in a space within a structure.
A right-of-way, municipally or privately owned, intended
to furnish access for pedestrians.
As defined in the Township Zoning Ordinance,[3] as applicable.
An impoundment designed to collect and retard stormwater
runoff by temporarily storing the runoff and releasing it at a predetermined
rate. Detention basins are designed to drain completely shortly after
any given rainfall event.
Any landowner, agent of such landowner, or tenant with the
permission of such landowner, who makes or causes to be made the improvements
associated with a subdivision or land development. The developer may
also be the "subdivider," as defined herein.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate
including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures, the
placement of mobile homes, streets and other paving, utilities, mining,
dredging, filling, grading, excavation drilling operation, the storage
of equipment or materials, and the subdivision of land.
A written contract between a subdivider or developer and
the landowner, on one hand, and the Township on the other, specifying
the conditions of final approval by the Township, and providing for
the completion and dedication of critical improvements.
The outside bark diameter of a tree at breast height which
is defined as 4 1/2 feet above the forest floor on the uphill
side of the tree.
That land area contributing runoff to a single point (including,
but not limited to, the point/line of interest used for hydrologic
and hydraulic calculations) and that is enclosed by a natural or man-made
ridge line.
A private means of vehicular and pedestrian access from a
public or private street to a single lot.
A driveway providing access to not more than two contiguous
lots, which is established and maintained in accordance with the applicable
requirements of this chapter, the Township Zoning Ordinance,[4] and all other applicable laws and regulations.
Any building or part thereof designated for or occupied principally for permitted residential uses. (See also, Township Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 27, as applicable.)
A construction or other human activity which disturbs the
surface of the land, including, but not limited to, clearing and grubbing;
grading; excavations; embankments; road maintenance; land development;
building construction; and the moving, depositing, stockpiling, or
storing of soil, rock, or earth materials.
A permanent right granted for limited use of private land,
typically for a public purpose. The owner of the property shall have
the right to make any other use of the land which is not inconsistent
with the rights of the grantee (e.g., utility, drainage, and public
access easements).
A legal agreement between a property owner and an appropriate
conservation organization or governmental entity, through which the
property owner establishes certain use restrictions over all or portion(s)
of the property for conservation purposes.
A professional engineer, licensed in Pennsylvania, and duly
designated by the Township to perform the duties of Engineer as herein
specified.
The process by which the surface of the land, including water/stream
channels, is worn away by water, wind, or chemical action.
The removal of the surface of the land through the combined
action of man's activities and natural processes at a rate greater
than would occur from natural processes alone.
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock, or any other
similar material is dug into, cut quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced,
relocated, or moved, including the conditions resulting therefrom.
Any freestanding and uninhabited structure consisting of
wood, glass, metal, plastic, wire, wire mesh, masonry, or vegetation,
singularly or in combination with other materials, two feet or higher,
erected to secure or divide one property from another or part of a
property from a remaining part; to ensure privacy; to protect the
property so defined; and/or to enclose all or part of the property.
(1) Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock, or any other
similar 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, including the conditions resulting
therefrom; (2) the difference in elevation between a point on the
original ground and designated point of higher elevation on the final
grade; (3) the material used to make a fill.
See "lot, interior (flag)."
Any land area defined by the Township's Floodplain Management Ordinance, Chapter 8, as being within the identified floodplain area (as defined therein).
Any security which may be required of a developer by the
Township in lieu of a requirement that certain improvements be made
before the Township approves the developer's subdivision plan
or land development plan. Such security may include, but is not limited
to, those instruments cited above as acceptable for maintenance guarantees.
Any security which may be required of a developer by the
Township, after final acceptance by the Township of improvements installed
by the developer. Such security may include, but is not limited to,
federal or commonwealth lending institution irrevocable letter of
credit or restrictive or escrow account.
The anticipated opening year of a development, assuming full
buildout and occupancy.
A surface that has been compacted or covered with a layer
of material so that it prevents or is resistant to infiltration of
water, including but not limited to: structures such as roofs, buildings,
storage sheds; other solid, paved or concrete areas such as streets,
driveways, sidewalks, parking lots, patios, tennis or other paved
courts; or athletic playfields comprised of synthetic turf materials.
For the purposes of determining compliance with this chapter, compacted
soils or stone surfaces used for vehicle parking and movement shall
be considered impervious. Surfaces that were designed to allow infiltration
(i.e., areas of porous pavement) will be considered on a case-by-case
basis by the Municipal Engineer, based on appropriate documentation
and condition of the material, etc.
Buildings, for public or quasi-public use, streets, curbs,
gutters, street lights and signs, water mains, hydrants, sanitary
sewer mains including laterals to the street right-of-way line, stormwater
management facilities, stormwater management structures, walkways,
recreational facilities, open space improvements, shade trees, buffer
or screen plantings, and all other additions to the tract that are
required by ordinance or necessary to result in a complete subdivision
or land development in the fullest sense of the term.
Improvements including, but not limited to, those contained
in the definition of "improvements," that are intended for dedication
to the Township, either in fee or by easement.
A stormwater BMP designed to collect and discharge runoff
into the subsurface in a manner that allows infiltration into underlying
soils and groundwater (e.g., French drains, seepage pits, infiltration
basins or seepage trenches, etc.).
An area that contains 80% or more of the trips that will
be attracted to a development site.
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.
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 area,
leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features.
A subdivision of land.
Development in accordance with § 503(1.1)(i) and (iii)
of the Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10503(1.1)(i)
and (iii). The addition of an accessory building, including farm buildings,
on a lot or lots subordinate to an existing principal building shall
not be considered a land development for purposes of this chapter.
See "earth disturbance or earth disturbance activity."
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land, including
for purposes of this chapter the holder of an option or contract to
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.
A lane of a cartway intended for use by vehicles entering,
leaving, or crossing a lane of forward travel without interrupting
the flow of traffic.
A measure of the effect of traffic on the capacity of a road.
A parcel of land, undivided by any street or dedicated future
street right-of-way. Such parcel shall be separately described by
metes and bounds, the description of which is recorded in the office
of the Recorder of Deeds of Chester County by deed description or
is described by an approved subdivision plan recorded in the office
of the Recorder of Deeds of Chester County.
The nominal acreage contained within the property lines of a lot as described in the deed. Acreage shall be determined from an actual site survey rather than from a deed description. Areas to be excluded from the calculation of minimum lot area shall be as stipulated in the Township Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 27.
The total area of the lot or parcel which is covered by buildings,
driveways, paved surfaces, and other impervious surfaces.
A proposal between two abutting, existing, legally approved
and recorded lots that share a common lot line which is adjusted in
terms of its location or configuration. The land area of each lot
may be different after adjustment, but the total lot area of the two
lots will be unchanged. No alteration is permitted to the perimeter
boundary lines of the two lots.
The lot line abutting any street and coinciding with any
street right-of-way line. In the case of any corner lot, each of the
two (or more) street-abutting lot lines shall be considered a front
lot line. In the case of an interior lot, the front line shall be
the line most parallel and closest to the street right-of-way line
at the nearest point to the right-of-way where the lot attains substantially
the minimum required lot width.
A lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line.
If the rear lot line is less than 10 feet in length, or if the lot
forms a point at the rear, the rear lot line shall be deemed to be
a line 10 feet in length within the lot, parallel to and at the maximum
distance from the front lot line. In the case of a corner lot, the
rear lot line shall be any lot line that is not a front lot line or
a side lot line.
The horizontal distance between side lot lines measured along the street line or building setback line, as specified by the Township Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 27. When the street line is curved, the measurement shall be made on the arc, on or parallel to the curve of the street line.
A lot at the junction of an abutting two or more intersecting streets where the interior angle of intersection does not exceed 135°. A lot abutting a curved street shall be deemed a corner lot if the tangents to the curve at the points of intersection of the side lot lines with the street lines intersect at an interior angle of less than 135°. Each yard abutting a street shall be considered a front yard. Other yards within a corner lot shall be determined by the Township Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 27.
A lot which does not adjoin a street but is connected thereto
by an access strip of required minimum width. Minimum lot area and
other dimensional requirements shall be those of the applicable zoning
district, and shall be met on that portion of the lot exclusive of
the access strip. The access strip must be a fee simple portion of
the lot, but may not be counted a part of the minimum lot area required
by applicable zoning provisions.
A lot extending between and having frontage on an arterial
or collector street and a local street, with vehicular access solely
from the latter.
For purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program only;
see "mobile home."
For purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program only;
see "mobile home lot."
For purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program only;
see "mobile home park."
To reduce to the smallest amount possible. "Minimize" shall
not mean complete elimination but shall require that the most substantial
efforts possible under the circumstances have been taken to reduce
the adverse effect of the action required to be minimized. With respect
to activities, the conduct of which is adverse to the conservation
of natural features of land, the requirement to "minimize" shall include
but not be limited to the requirement that the placement of dwellings
and other structures and the location of roads, sedimentation and
erosion control devices, and earth disturbance activities shall be
planned and designed so as to permit the adverse effect of the activity
in question to be reduced to the smallest amount possible under the
circumstances, consistent with the otherwise permitted development.
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,
including any addition or accessory structure, such as porches, sheds,
decks, or additional rooms. All mobile homes shall meet construction
standards set by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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 under single ownership
which has been planned and improved for the placement of mobile homes
for non-transient use, consisting of two or more mobile home lots.
A tapered, permanent survey reference point of stone or concrete
having a rounded top of four inches on each side, a bottom of six
inches on each side, and a length of 24 inches.
Accommodating various modes of power assisted surface transportation,
including, but not limited to, bicycles, non-motorized scooters, Segways,
and horse drawn buggies.
Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, 53 P.S. § 10101,
et seq., as amended, the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code,
Act 247.
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water, within a development and designed and intended
for the use or enjoyment of residents of the development, not including
streets, off-street parking areas, areas set aside for public facilities,
and private yards.
The hour during which the heaviest volume of traffic occurs
on a road.
AS BUILTA corrected final plan, showing dimensions and locations of all streets and other improvements as actually constructed.
CONSERVATIONA plan to accompany preliminary and final plan submissions, including a natural resources inventory, impact assessment, and mitigation and maintenance proposals.
FINALAn exact and complete site design and layout plan and improvements construction plan prepared by a registered engineer or surveyor, to be recorded upon approval.
IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTIONA component of the preliminary and final plan, prepared by a registered engineer, showing the construction details of streets, drains, sewers, water supply systems, bridges, culverts, and other improvements as required, including a horizontal plan, profiles, and cross-sections.
LAND DEVELOPMENTA sketch, preliminary, or final plan, including written and graphic material, showing the provision for development of a subject tract when a subdivision plan would not be applicable.
PRELIMINARYA site design and layout plan and improvements construction plan prepared by a registered engineer, in less detail than a final plan and prepared for consideration prior to submission of a final plan.
RECORDEDA final plan, with accompanying documents as required by this chapter, which has been recorded by the applicant in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Chester County.
SITE DESIGN AND LAYOUTA component of the preliminary and final plan, prepared by a registered engineer, showing: property lines, existing and proposed streets, lots, buildings, public areas, drainage facilities, easements, and other details pertinent to the proposal.
SKETCHA plan submitted, at the applicant's option, for review and discussion prior to application for preliminary plan approval, including, at minimum, the information suggested for sketch plans by this chapter.
The Planning Commission of the Township of Honey Brook.
Notice given in advance of any public hearing required by
this chapter. Such notice shall be published once each week for two
successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Honey
Brook community, and shall state the time and place of any hearing
required by this chapter 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.
A vehicle which is: (1) built on a single chassis; (2) not
more than 400 square feet, measured at the largest horizontal projections;
(3) designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light-duty
truck; (4) not designed for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary
living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use.
A parcel of land under single ownership, which has been planned
and improved for the placement of two or more recreational vehicles.
A parcel of land separating a street from adjacent properties.
A change in map of an approved or recorded subdivision plat,
if such change affects any street layout on such map or area reserved
thereon for public use, or any lot line; or, if it affects any map
or plan legally recorded prior to the adoption of any regulations
controlling subdivisions.
An impoundment that is designed to temporarily detain a certain
amount of stormwater from a catchment area and which may be designed
to permanently retain stormwater runoff from the catchment area; retention
basins always contain water.
The total width of any land reserved or dedicated as a street,
alley, or crosswalk, or for any other public or private purpose.
Any part of precipitation that flows over the land surface.
Those soils in which the groundwater surface is one foot
or less from the ground surface at certain times of the year.
Soil or other materials transported by, suspended in or deposited
by surface water as a product of erosion.
The process by which mineral or organic matter is accumulated
or deposited by wind, water, or gravity.
INDIVIDUAL SYSTEMThe disposal of sewage by use of cesspools, drainfields, septic tanks, or other safe and healthful means, approved by the Chester County Health Department, and generally within the confines of the lot on which the use is located.
COMMUNITY SYSTEMA sanitary sewage system, privately built and operated, in which sewage is carried from individual dischargers by a system of pipes to one or more common treatment and disposal facilities. Treatment and disposal may occur either on site or off site, and shall be reviewed by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
PUBLIC SYSTEMAny system designed and operated by a municipality or municipal authority for the treatment and disposal of sewage in which sewage is conveyed by a system of pipes to an off-site, publicly operated treatment facility and disposed of through means approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
A tree in a public place, street, special easement, or right-of-way
adjoining a street, as provided in this chapter.
Vehicle trips entering and exiting the site that were using
the facility on the adjacent streets and therefore did not generate
new trips on the road.
A line of unobstructed vision between two points of specified
height above the center line of a street, the length of which shall
be of a minimum specified distance.
A proposal between two abutting, existing, legally approved
and recorded lots, a portion of one of the lots is being divided off
to be conveyed to the owner of the other. The land area of each lot
may be different after conveyance, but the total lot area of the two
lots will be unchanged. The land area being conveyed need not satisfy
any of the area and bulk requirements of the applicable zoning district;
as long as it is combined in common deed with the other participating
lot.
Drainage runoff from the surface of the land resulting from
precipitation or snow or ice melt.
The plan prepared by the applicant or its representative, in accordance with the requirements of Part 4 of this chapter, indicating how stormwater runoff will be managed at a particular site in accordance with this chapter, and including all necessary design drawings, calculations, supporting text, and documentation to demonstrate that ordinance requirements have been met, herein referred to as "SWM site plan." All references in this chapter to "final" or "approved" SWM site plans shall incorporate the approved SWM site plan and all subsequent approved revisions thereto.
Any feature, natural or man-made, that, due to its condition,
design, or construction, conveys, stores, or otherwise affects stormwater
runoff quality, rate, or quantity. Typical stormwater management facilities
include, but are not limited to, detention and retention basins, open
channels, storm sewers, pipes, and infiltration facilities.
A right-of-way intended for general public use to provide
means of approach for vehicles and pedestrians. The word "street"
includes the words "road," "highway," "thoroughfare," and "way." Streets
are further categorized below, and are specifically identified in
Chester County Planning Commission Technical Memo No. 1-2004, as amended
from time to time.
ARTERIALA street serving a large volume of comparatively high-speed and long-distance traffic and providing a high degree of mobility, including all facilities classified as main and secondary highways by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
COLLECTORA street designed and located to provide means to drain traffic off local streets and to provide access for through traffic between residential neighborhoods and districts within the Township to major streets and/or a street used for access to nonresidential properties; i.e., commercial, industrial, professional, etc.
CUL-DE-SAC STREETA local street intersecting another street at one end, and terminating at the other end by a permanent vehicular turnaround.
LOCAL STREETA street intended to serve and provide access to the properties abutting thereon and not connecting with other streets in such a manner as to encourage through traffic.
PRIVATE STREETA local street, serving only abutting lots, that is not offered or required to be offered for dedication.
SERVICE STREET (ALLEY)A minor right-of-way, on which no principal use fronts, providing secondary vehicular access to the side or rear of two or more properties.
SINGLE-ACCESS STREETA local street, including, but not limited to, a cul-de-sac or loop design, which has only one point of intersection with an existing street or with a proposed street having more than one access point.
The dividing line between a lot and the outside boundary
or right-of-way line of a public street, road, or highway legally
open or officially platted, or between a lot and a privately owned
street, road, or way over which the owners or tenants of two or more
lots, each held in single and separate ownership, have the right-of-way.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on land or water, whether or not affixed to the land. Anything constructed
or erected on the ground or attached to the ground, including, but
not limited to, buildings, sheds, mobile homes, and other similar
items. A walled and roofed building, including a gas or liquid storage
tank, that is principally above ground; a manufactured home.
Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
estate, trust, or any other group or combination acting as a unit
(or agent authorized thereby) which undertakes the subdivision or
development of land.
The division or redivision of a lot, tract, or parcel of land 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 or 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. Any subdivision of land for mortgage purposes shall comply with all of the requirements of this chapter and the Township Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 27.
The division of a tract of land for limited single-family detached dwelling purposes, consistent with the terms of § 22-402 of this chapter, in which site disturbance is minimized and applicable review procedures are streamlined.
A site condition where, in the judgment of the Township Engineer, at least 90% (based on the cost of the required improvements for which financial security was posted pursuant to § 22-410 of this chapter) of those improvements required as a condition of final approval have been completed in accordance with the approved plan, so that the project will be able to be used, occupied, or operated for its intended purpose.
A professional land surveyor licensed in Pennsylvania.
Natural and friable loam containing sufficient humus and
nutrients to support plant growth.
The Township of Honey Brook.
A single or one-directional motorized and/or non-motorized
vehicle movement.
INDIVIDUAL SYSTEMA safe, healthful, and adequate supply of water to a single user from a private well located on the land of the user.
CENTRAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMA system providing water for human consumption from a common source or sources to all dwellings and other buildings within a development. Such system shall comply fully with all applicable requirements of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. The water supply source may be located on site and/or off site. A central system can be further described by the following:
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMA system which has at least 15 service connections or regularly serves an average of at least 25 individuals daily for at least 60 days per year. The term includes: 1) any collection, treatment, storage, and distribution facilities that are under control of the operator and used in connection with the system; 2) collection or pretreatment storage facilities not under control of the operator but which are used in connection with the system; and 3) a system which provides water for bottling or bulk hauling for human consumption.
COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMA public water system which serves at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents.
A permanent stream, intermittent stream, river, brook, creek,
or a channel or ditch for water, whether natural or man-made.
Those areas that are inundated and saturated by surface or
groundwater at a frequency or 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; or as further defined by
the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
A tree mass or plant community covering an area of 0.25 acre
or more, in which tree species are dominant or co-dominant and the
branches of the trees form a complete, or nearly complete aerial canopy.
The extent of any woodland plant community or any part thereof shall
be measured from the outermost drip line of all the trees in such
plant community. Woodland shall include any area where timber has
been harvested within the previous three years and/or woodland disturbance
has occurred within the previous three years which would have met
the definition of woodland prior to timbering or disturbance. Woodlands
do not include orchards. A woodland also may be termed a "forest."
An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building
or other structure or use, unobstructed from the ground to the sky.
