The following words and phrases, as used in the Borough
of Carlisle Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, shall have
the meanings hereby ascribed thereto, unless the context clearly indicates
a different meaning. In the event of a conflict in the definition
of an item in the Carlisle Zoning Ordinance and this chapter, the definition provided herein shall
apply for purposes of this chapter.
APPLICANT
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has
filed an application for the subdivision of land or land development
of a tract of land, including his heirs, successors, administrators,
executor and assigns. (See also "developer" and "subdivider.")
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
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 approval
of a development plan.
BUILDING
Any residential or nonresidential structure intended for
the shelter, housing or enclosure of a person, animal or chattel,
having a roof supported by columns or walls, including but not limited
to covered porches, bay windows and chimneys, and all mobile homes
and trailers used for human habitation.
CARTWAY or ROADWAY
That portion of a street which is improved, designated or
intended for vehicular use, including paved areas for any on-street
parking.
CHAIRMAN
The Chairperson for the Borough of Carlisle Planning Commission.
CHIEF CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
An employee of the Borough of Carlisle designated by the
Borough Manager to administer and enforce the codes of the Borough.
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections. It
is defined by lines of sight between points at a given distance from
the intersection of the street center lines.
COMMISSION
The Borough of Carlisle Planning Commission.
COMMON ELEMENTS
Includes:
(1)
The land on which the building is located and
portions of the building which are not included in a unit.
(2)
The foundation, structural parts, supports,
main walls, roofs, basements, halls, corridors, lobbies, stairways
and entrances and exits of the building.
(3)
The yards, parking area and driveways.
(4)
The portion of the land and building used exclusively
for the management, operation or maintenance of the common elements.
(5)
Installation of all central services and utilities.
(6)
All other elements of the building necessary
or convenient to its existence, management, operation, maintenance
and safety or normally in common use.
(7)
Such other facilities as are designated as common
elements.
COMMON OPEN SPACE
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water or a combination
of land and water within a development site and designated 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.
CONDOMINIUM
Ownership in common with others of a parcel of land and certain
parts of a building thereon which would normally be used by all occupants,
such as yards, foundations, basements, floors, walls, hallways, stairways,
elevators and other related common easements, together with individual
ownership in a fee of a particular unit or apartment in such building
or on such parcel of land and may include dwellings, offices and other
types of space in commercial buildings or on property.
CONSISTENCY
An agreement or correspondence between matters being compared
which denotes a reasonable, rational, similar, connection or relationship.
COOPERATIVE
Ownership in common with others of a parcel of land or of
a building or buildings thereon which would normally be used by all
the occupants, together with individual rights of occupancy of a particular
unit or apartment in such building or buildings or on such parcel
of land, and may include dwellings, offices or other types of space
in commercial buildings or on property and where the lease, sale or
exchange of a unit is subject to the agreement of the group of persons
having common ownership.
CROSSWALK
A right-of-way, publicly or privately owned, intended to
furnish access for pedestrians.
CUL-DE-SAC
A street intersecting another street at one end and terminating
at the other in a permitted vehicle turnaround.
CULVERT
A drain, pipe or conduit not incorporated in a closed system
that carries drainage water under a driveway, street, railroad, pedestrian
walk or public way.
CURB
A boundary constructed of concrete or similar materials that
is placed along the edge of a cartway or paved area or within a paved
area.
CURB CUT
The opening along the curbline at which point vehicles may
enter or leave a lot from a street.
CUT
An excavation; the difference between a point on the original
ground and designated point of lower elevation on the final grade.
Also, the material removed in excavation.
DECLARATION PLAN
A survey for a condominium which shows the property, the
location of a building thereon, the building and the layout of the
floors of the building, including the units and the common elements,
and sets forth the name by which the property will be known and the
unit designation for each unit therein. The plan shall be prepared
in accordance with the Pennsylvania Unit Property Acts and shall bear
the verified statement of a registered architect or licensed professional
engineer.
DEP
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and
its relevant subparts.
DETENTION POND
Any facility or structure used for the purpose of collecting
stormwater and delaying its runoff.
DEVELOPER
Any landowner, agent of such landowner or tenant with permission
of such landowner who makes or causes to be made a subdivision of
land or land development. (See also "applicant" and "subdivider.")
DEVELOPMENT
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 or drilling operations and the subdivision
of land or land development.
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
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 spaces 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.
DRAINAGE
Surface runoff; and the removal of surface water or groundwater
from land by drains, grading or other means, which include runoff
controls to minimize erosion and sedimentation during and after construction
of development, the means of preserving the water supply and the prevention
or alleviation of flooding.
DRAINAGE FACILITY
Any ditch, gutter, culvert, storm sewer or other structure
designed, intended or constructed for the purpose of diverting surface
waters from or carrying waters off streets, public rights-of-way,
parks, recreational areas or any part of any subdivision, land development
or contiguous land areas.
DRAINAGE SYSTEM
Pipes, swales, natural features or man-made improvements
designed to carry drainage.
DRIVEWAY
A privately owned, constructed and maintained vehicular access
from a street to one dwelling unit or more than one dwelling unit,
provided all of the units are held under single unified ownership,
one commercial unit or one industrial unit.
[Amended 2-14-2008 by Ord. No. 2093, approved 2-21-2008]
DWELLING
A building or structure designed for living quarters for
one or more persons or families.
DWELLING UNIT
More than one room used for living and sleeping purposes
and having its own kitchen with fixed cooking, refrigeration and plumbing
facilities, and its own sanitation facilities with bath and toilet
fixtures, all arranged for occupancy by one family or a single person.
Each dwelling unit shall have a separate access to the outside or
to a common passageway.
EASEMENT, UTILITY
A right-of-way granted for the limited use of land for public
or quasi-public purposes.
ENGINEER
A professional engineer licensed as such in Pennsylvania,
duly appointed as the Engineer for the Borough and Planning Commission.
ENGINEERING SPECIFICATIONS
The engineering specifications of the Borough of Carlisle
regulating the installation of any required improvements or for any
facility installed by any applicant.
EROSION
The removal of surface materials by the action of natural
elements.
EXCAVATION
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar
material is dug into, cut, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced,
relocated or bulldozed. It shall include the conditions resulting
therefrom.
EXISTING GRADE
The vertical location of the ground surface prior to excavation
or filling.
FAMILY
One or more persons, related by blood, adoption or marriage,
living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit, or a number
of persons living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit
though not related by blood, adoption or marriage.
[Amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
FILL
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, and 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.
FINISHED GRADE
The proposed elevation of the land surface of a site after
completion of all site preparation work.
FLOOD FRINGE or FF
That portion of the floodplain outside the floodway in which
detailed study data and water surface profiles have been provided
by a flood insurance study.
FLOOD or FLOODING
A general and temporary condition of partial or complete
inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of inland
waters or the unusual or rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters
from any source.
FLOODPLAIN or FLOODPRONE AREAS:
(1)
A relatively flat or low land area adjoining
a river, stream, watercourse, bay or lake which is subject to partial
or complete inundation.
(2)
An area susceptible to being inundated by water
from any source.
FLOODPROOFING
Any combination of structural and nonstructural additions,
changes or adjustments to buildings or structures which reduce or
eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real property, water
and sanitary facilities, structures or buildings and their contents.
FLOODWAY or FP or REGULATORY FLOODWAY or RFW
The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent
land areas reasonably required to carry and discharge the one-hundred-year
flood without increasing the water surface elevation at any point
more than one foot above the existing conditions, as demonstrated
in the flood insurance study.
FUTURE RIGHT-OF-WAY:
(1)
Right-of-way width required for the expansion
of existing streets to accommodate anticipated future traffic loads
or to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(2)
A right-of-way established to provide future
access to or through undeveloped land.
GOVERNING BODY
The Borough Council of the Borough of Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pennsylvania.
HALF STREET or PARTIAL STREET
A street, generally parallel and adjacent to a property line,
having a lesser right-of-way width than required for improvement and
used as a street in accordance with the Borough of Carlisle Subdivision
and Land Development Ordinance.
IMPROVED PUBLIC STREET
Any street for which the Borough, county or commonwealth
has maintenance responsibility and which is paved with an approved
hard-top surface.
IMPROVEMENTS
Those physical additions, installations and changes required
to render land suitable for the use intended, including grading, paving,
curbing, streetlights and signs, fire hydrants, water mains, electric
service, telephone service, cable service, gas service, sanitary sewers,
storm drains, sidewalks, crosswalks, driveways, culverts and street
shade trees.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
(1)
Any of the following:
(a)
The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous
lots, tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
[1]
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
[2]
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.
(2)
Excluded from this definition of" land development"
are the following:
(a)
The conversion of an existing single-family
detached dwelling or single-family semidetached dwelling into not
more than three residential units, unless such units are intended
to be a condominium.
(b)
The addition of an accessory building, including
farm buildings, on a lot or lots subordinate to an existing principal
building.
(c)
The addition or conversion of buildings or rides
within the confines of an enterprise which would be considered an
amusement park. For purposes of this subsection, an "amusement park"
is defined as a tract or area used principally as a location for permanent
amusement structures or rides. This exclusion shall not apply to newly
acquired acreage by an amusement park until initial plans for the
expanded area have been approved by proper authorities.
LANDOWNER
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land, including
the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such
option or contract is subject to any conditions), 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.
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.
(2)
REVERSE FRONTAGE LOTA lot extending between and having frontage on an arterial street and a local street and with vehicular access solely from the latter.
LOT AREA
The area contained within the property lines of a lot, as
shown on a subdivision plan, excluding space within any street right-of-way,
but including the area of any easement.
MANAGER
The Borough of Carlisle Manager appointed by the Borough
Council.
MEDIATION
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.
MINOR LAND DEVELOPMENT[Amended 5-13-2021 by Ord. No. 2377, approved 5-13-2021]
A land development which involves:
(1)
Solely the enlargement of a single building or structure on an existing lot of record, or the expansion of a parking and/or loading area, together with all required design, performance, improvement and construction, and off-street parking and loading standards, all as related to such enlargement, as set forth in this chapter and in Chapter
255, Zoning, of this Code; provided, further, that there is not created by the land development any new public or private street, or street easements; and
(2)
A development that is limited to a gross floor area addition
or expansion of 2,000 square feet, or a maximum of 25% increase in
GFA, whichever is less; and
(3)
A development that does not require the submission of a stormwater
management plan, or significantly alter existing grading, require
any new stormwater management facilities, or create any runoff issues;
and
(4)
A development that does not require the preparation of a traffic impact study in accordance with §
226-20G; and
(5)
A development that does not occur within or immediately adjacent
to a floodplain, wetland, mature woodlot, or habitat of any endangered
or threatened species, solid waste brownfield or superfund contaminated
site, or archeological or historic site as may be listed on the National
Register of Historic Places.
MINOR SUBDIVISION[Amended 5-13-2021 by Ord. No. 2377, approved 5-13-2021]
(1)
A plat that proposes to consolidate two adjoining separate lots
or proposes to transfer a portion or portions of two existing lots
between those lots provided both revised lots fully comply with the
Zoning Ordinance, and no new or third lot is created, or a plat that
proposes to combine two or more existing lots into not more than one
larger lot;
(2)
The subdivision of a single lot of land into not more than two
lots for the purpose, whether immediate or future, for transfer of
ownership, or for a building development site. All lots shall have
direct frontage on an existing improved public street; and provided
that the minor subdivision does not create a new public or private
street, easements of access, other than a private driveway.
MOBILE HOME
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.
MOBILE HOME LOT
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the
necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for
the erections thereon of a single mobile home.
MOBILE HOME PARK
A parcel or continuous parcels of land which have been so
designated and improved to contain two or more mobile home lots for
the placement thereon of mobile homes.
MUDSLIDE
A condition where there is a river, flow or inundation of
liquid mud down a hillside, usually as a result of a dual condition
of loss of brush cover and the subsequent accumulation of water on
or under the ground, preceded by a period of unusually heavy or sustained
rain.
MUDSLIDE-PRONE AREA
An area with land surfaces and slopes of unconsolidated material
where the history, geology and climate indicate a potential for mudslide.
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY
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,” or pursuant to its successor, the Act of June
19, 2001 (P.L. 287, No. 22).
MUNICIPAL ENGINEER
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.
MUNICIPALITY
Any city of the second class A or third class, borough, incorporated
town, township of the first or second class, county of the second
class A through eighth class, home rule municipality or any similar
general purpose unit of government which shall hereafter be created
by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR-FLOOD
The highest level of flooding that, on the average, is likely
to occur once every 100 years within the Borough; i.e., that has a
one-percent chance of occurring each year, although the flood may
occur in any year. It shall mean “base flood” or “area
of special flood hazard” or “regulatory flood.”
OPEN SPACE
The unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with
the building and not covered by structures or paving. Also, see "common
open space."
OWNER
Any person having any title or any interest of a legal equitable
nature in any land development or subdivision as defined in this article.
PERSON
Any individual or group of individuals, partnership or corporation.
PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
An area of land controlled by a landowner to be developed
as a single entity for a number of dwelling units or combination of
residential and nonresidential uses, the development plan for which
does not correspond in lot size, bulk, type of dwelling or use, density
or intensity, lot coverage and required open space to the regulations
established in any one district created, from time to time, under
the provisions of a municipal zoning ordinance.
PLAN, OFFICIAL
The Comprehensive Plan and/or Development Policy Plan (Master
Plan) and/or Future Land Use Plan and/or Ultimate Right-of-Way Plan
and/or Official Map or other such plans, or portions thereof, as may
be adopted, pursuant to statute, for the area of the Borough in which
the subdivision is located.
PLAN, SKETCH
An informal plan, not necessarily to exact scale, indicating
salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the
general layout of a proposed subdivision or land development.
PLAT
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether
preliminary or final.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING or PRINCIPAL USE
The basic purpose for which a building or land area is occupied
or intended to be occupied, as opposed to accessory or incidental
uses; usually classifiable as residential, commercial, manufacturing
or public in nature.
PRIVATE STREET
A street, other than a public street, which provides pedestrian
and vehicular access to one or more lots and constructed to the design
standards contained in this chapter.
PROFILE LINE
The profile of the center line of the finished surface of
the street, which shall be midway between the side lines of the street.
PUBLIC
Owned, operated or controlled by a government agency, whether
federal, state or local, and including any corporation created by
law for the performance of certain specialized governmental functions,
and any public school district.
PUBLIC GROUNDS
Include:
(1)
Parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other
recreational areas and other public areas.
(2)
Sites for schools, sewage treatment, refuse
disposal and other publicly owned or operated facilities.
(3)
Publicly owned or operated scenic and historic
sites.
PUBLIC HEARING
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.
PUBLIC NOTICE
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.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
A vehicular-type unit primarily designed as temporary living
quarters for recreational, camping or travel use, which has its own
motive power or is mounted on or drawn by another vehicle (including
camper trailer, motor home, travel trailer and truck camper); and
which has a body width of no more than eight feet and body length
of no more than 35 feet when designed for the road, whether licensed
or not licensed.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK or CAMPGROUND
A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned
and improved for the placement of recreational vehicles or camping
equipment for temporary living quarters; for recreational, camping
or travel use; or recreational vehicle or campground lots rented for
such use, thereby constituting a land development.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK OR CAMPGROUND LOT
A parcel of land abutting a street or private road occupied
by one recreational vehicle or camping equipment for temporary living
quarters for recreational, camping or travel use, together with such
open space as is required under the provisions of this Subdivision
and Land Development Ordinance having not less than the minimum area
and width required by this chapter for a “recreational vehicle
park” or "campground lot."
REGULATORY FLOOD ELEVATION
The one-hundred-year flood elevation based upon information
contained in the Flood Insurance Rate Study, plus a freeboard safety
factor of 1 1/2 feet. Unless other data exists, within the General
Floodplain Conservation District, the regulatory flood elevation shall
be established at a point on the boundaries of the General Floodplain
Conservation District which is nearest to the construction site.
RESERVE STRIP
A narrow parcel of ground separating a street from other
adjacent properties. This shall have the same meaning as the term
"buffer strip" or "buffer area."
RESUBDIVISION
Any subdivision or transfer of land, laid out on a plan which
has been approved by the Borough Council which changes or proposes
to change property lines or a public right-of-way not in strict accordance
with the approved plan.
RETENTION POND
Any facility or structure used for the purpose of collecting
and holding stormwater runoff in a fixed location.
RIGHT-OF-WAY, STREET
A public or private thoroughfare for vehicular traffic and/or
pedestrian traffic, whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare,
parkway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, etc.
RUNOFF
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 the surface of the land.
SEDIMENTATION
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.”
SEPTIC SYSTEM
A sewer system covered with ground, used for the decomposition
of domestic wastes, that meets state requirements.
SEPTIC TANK
A watertight tank in which raw sewage is broken down into
solid, liquid and gaseous phases to facilitate further treatment and
final disposal.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM, PUBLIC
A sanitary sewage collection method in which sewage is carried
from the site by a system of pipes to a municipal treatment and disposal
plant.
SIGHT DISTANCE
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.
SLOPE
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.
SOIL PERCOLATION TEST
A field test conducted to determine the absorption capacity
of soil to a specified depth in a given location for the purpose of
determining suitability of soil for on-site sewage disposal.
SOIL STABILIZATION
Chemical or structural treatment designed to increase or
maintain the stability of a mass of soil or otherwise to improve its
engineering properties.
STAFF
Employees of the Borough of Carlisle serving the Carlisle
Planning Commission and Borough Council.
STREET
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.
STREET CLASSIFICATION
Certain standards in this chapter vary with the type of street
abutting the properties. All existing streets within the Borough have
been classified in accordance with the following definitions:
(1)
EXPRESSWAYA limited access street on which access is provided only at interchanges.
(2)
ARTERIALA street whose function is to provide for the movement of high volumes of through traffic and direct access to abutting properties subject to necessary control of entrances, exits and curb use.
(3)
COLLECTORA street which provides for the movement of moderate volumes of traffic between arterials and local streets and direct access to abutting property.
(4)
LOCALA street whose function is to provide for local traffic movement with relatively low volumes and direct access to abutting properties.
STREET SHOULDERS
The portion of the street, contiguous to the cartway, for
the accommodation of stopped vehicles, for emergency parking and for
lateral support of base and surface courses of the pavement.
STREET WIDTH
A distance between street right-of-way lines, measured at
right angles to the center line of the street.
STRUCTURE
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
SUBDIVIDER
The owner or authorized agent of the owner of a lot, tract
or parcel of land to be subdivided for sale or land development under
the terms of this chapter. (See also "applicant" and "developer.")
SUBDIVISION
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 or devisees, transfer of ownership or building
or lot development. However, 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 residential dwellings, shall
be exempted. (See also "land development.")
SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED
Where, in the judgment of the Borough Engineer, at least
90% (based on the cost of the required improvements for which financial
security was posted pursuant to this chapter) of those improvements
required as a condition for 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 use.
SURVEYOR
A professional land surveyor registered and licensed by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to engage in the practice of land survey.
SWALE
A low-lying stretch of land characterized as a depression
used to carry surface water runoff.
TILE DISPOSAL FIELD
A system of open-jointed or perforated pipes laid in the
upper strata of the soil for absorption.
TOPSOIL
Surface soils and subsurface soils which presumably are fertile
soil and soil material, ordinarily rich in organic matter or humus
debris. Topsoil is usually found in the uppermost soil layer called
the "A Horizon."
TREE LAWN
The area between the curb and the sidewalk in residential
subdivisions which is landscaped with grass or other suitable plant
cover.
UNDEVELOPED LAND
Any lot, tract or parcel of land which has not been graded
or in any other manner prepared for the construction of a building.
UNIT
When applied to a condominium, a part of the property, structure
or building designed or intended for any type of independent use,
which has direct exit to a street or way or to a common element or
common elements leading to a street or way, and includes a proportionate
undivided interest in the common elements, which is assigned to the
property, structure or building.
UTILITY, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE
(1)
Any agency which, under public franchise or
ownership or under certificate of convenience and necessity, provides
the public with electricity, gas, steam, communication, transportation,
water, sewage collection or similar service.
(2)
A closely regulated private enterprise with
an exclusive franchise for providing public service.
VEHICLE TRIP
A singular or one-direction vehicle movement with either
the origin or destination (entering or exiting) inside the study area.
WATERCOURSE
A stream of water, river, brook, creek or a channel or ditch
for water, whether natural or man-made.
WATER FACILITY
Any waterworks, water supply works, water storage tank, distribution
system or part thereof designed, intended or constructed to provide
or distribute potable water.
ZONING OFFICER
An employee of the Borough of Carlisle designated by the
Borough Council to administer and enforce the zoning of the Borough.