For the purposes of this chapter, certain terms
and words used herein shall be interpreted as follows:
A.
Words used in the present tense include the future
tense; the singular number includes the plural, and the plural number
includes the singular; words of masculine gender include feminine
gender, and words of feminine gender include masculine gender.
B.
The word "includes" or "including" shall not limit
the term to the specific example but is intended to extend its meaning
to all other instances of like kind and character.
C.
The word "person" includes an individual, firm, association,
organization, partnership, trust, company, corporation or any other
similar entity.
D.
The words "shall" and "must" are mandatory; the words
"may" and "should" are permissive.
E.
The words "used" or "occupied" include the words "intended,
designed, maintained or arranged to be used or occupied."
Unless a contrary intention clearly appears,
the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given in this
section. All words and terms not defined herein shall be used with
a meaning of standard usage.
Any duly enacted change or revision of this chapter.
A professional licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
to practice architecture.
Any entrance with two distinct travel lanes, which are separated
by a median that is a minimum of 10 feet wide.
[Added 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
A line marking the limit or border of a lot or district.
A structure, including any part thereof, having a roof and
used for the shelter or enclosure of persons or property.[1]
The nonprofit use of land and structures for social and community
service activities, including recreational programs, professional
counseling services and/or human service agencies and programs, provided
that the sale of intoxicating beverages on the premises is prohibited.
Any public or private water system that serves more than
15 homes or 25 residents.
[Added 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
The Township Comprehensive Plan, adopted October 12, 1976,
by Resolution No. 32.
Any roadway with a single means of entry and exit. The cul-de-sac
has two parts: the stem and turnaround. The cul-de-sac is measured
from the end of the turnaround to the point where the stem intersects
with a roadway that has two means of entry and exit.
[Added 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
The conveyance of land or objects to some public use, made
by the owner and accepted for such use by or on behalf of the public
by a municipality, school district, public authority or other government
agency.
Any subdivision or land development activity as defined by
the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[2]
[Added 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
The provisions for development of a planned residential development,
including 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 all the written and graphic
materials referred to in this definition.
A corridor which provides motor vehicle access from a street
into a lot.
A building designed for human living quarters, but not including
hotels, boardinghouses, tourist homes, motels or other accommodations
used for transient occupancy.
A professional licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
to practice engineering. An engineer is only expected to practice
in those disciplines in which he is trained and experienced.
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the Engineer for the Borough/Township.
EROSIONThe removal of soil, stone and other surface materials by the action of natural elements.
SEDIMENTATIONThe process by which mineral or organic matter is accumulated or deposited by the movement of wind and water or by gravity.
The use of land and structures for one or more of the following:
the tilling of the land, the raising of crops, fruits and vegetables
and the raising and keeping of livestock and poultry; horticultural
uses related to the raising, propagating and selling of trees, shrubs,
flowers and other plant materials; and forestry uses related to the
harvesting of lumber products.
A road that provides fire apparatus access from a fire station
to a facility, building or portion thereof. This is a general term
inclusive of all other terms such as fire lane, public street, private
street, parking lot lane and access roadway.
[Added 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
The Chief of the Alpha Fire Company, Boalsburg Fire Company
or a duly authorized representative in the Alpha or Boalsburg Fire
Company Service Area.
[Added 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
Any hose connection utilized by the Fire Department to supply
water to a built-in fire protection system.
[Added 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
The flow rate of a water supply, measured at 20 pounds per
square inch (psi) residual pressure that is available for fire fighting.
[Added 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
Areas as defined by Chapter 200, Zoning.
The Council of the Township of College, County of Centre,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The slope of ground, street or other public way, specified
in percentage of change in elevation per horizontal distance.
The act of excavating and/or filling land for the purpose
of changing natural slope.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of all floors of a
building measured from the exterior face of exterior walls, or from
the center line of a wall separating two buildings, but not including
interior parking spaces, loading space for motor vehicles, or any
space where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than six feet.
[Amended 8-16-2018 by Ord. No. O-18-05]
The vertical distance of a structure, measured from the average elevation of existing grade at the proposed building perimeter prior to construction, to the finished ceiling of the highest habitable space. See figure below. Also see § 200-14 for exceptions.
[Amended 8-8-1997 by Ord. No. O-97-04]
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A surface which prevents the penetration of water into the
ground.
Those physical additions, installations and changes required
to render land suitable for the use intended, and including but not
limited to streets, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, street signs and
lights, walkways, sewer and water facilities, monuments and markers,
shade trees, grading and stormwater drainage facilities.
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 condition), a lessee, if he is
authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner,
or other persons having a proprietary interest in land.
A professional licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
to practice landscape architecture.
A professional, licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
who makes measurements of dimensional relationships, as of horizontal
distances, elevations, directions and angles on the earth's surface,
especially for use in locating property boundaries, construction layout
and mapping.
An area of land, including watercourses, held in a single
and separate ownership; includes "tract" and "parcel."
A boundary line of a lot; includes "property line."
The percentage of lot area which may be occupied by the ground
floor area of all primary and accessory buildings.
Any commercial business or any portion thereof which, by
design, type of operation or nature of business, provides service
to motor vehicles in a short period of time, including but not limited
to an automatic car wash, self-service car wash or self-service gasoline
station, or provides a service to occupants of the motor vehicle while
they remain in the vehicle, including but not limited to a drive-in
bank, drive-in restaurant, drive-in beverage sales, pickup window
or gasoline service station.
Of or for the Township of College, unless specifically in
reference to another municipality.
National Fire Protection Association. This organization is
a national association established for the purpose of proposing standards
that reduce the opportunity for injury or death from fire.
[Added 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
An arrow on a plan depicting true North.
A space not located within any street right-of-way used for
the temporary storage of one motor vehicle.
That area within the perimeter boundaries of a plan that is intended to provide light and air and is designed for preservation of natural features, buffering or scenic or recreational purpose. Open space may include but need not be limited to lawns, decorative planting, walkways, active and passive recreation structures and areas, children's playgrounds, fountains, pools or ponds, undisturbed natural areas, agriculture, wooded areas, and/or water bodies. Open space must also be open and accessible to all tenants or users of the proposed development. Open space for the purposes of required open space requirements pursuant to § 145-18 shall not include areas within required setbacks and/or buffer yard areas and/or areas set aside for public facilities (e.g., schools, utilities or municipal facilities).
[Added 2-20-2014 by Ord. No. O-14-01]
Landowner.
Act of 1968, July 31, P.L. 805, as amended (53 P.S. § 10101
et seq.).
The line marking the outside limit of the planned residential
development.
A component or definable part of a whole; a stage of development.
A phase of a development plan is that part of the entire plan which,
if implemented, is capable of standing on its own. A phase of a PRD
shall be able to function independently of the undeveloped phases,
while being compatible with adjacent or neighboring land uses, even
if the remainder of the PRD were to be discontinued and its land revert
to its original zoning.
Area(s) laid out, devoted to and designed for the active
and/or passive recreational pursuits of the residents of the planned
community. Such areas may include but shall not be limited to ballfields,
play apparatuses, nature trails, picnic areas, bike paths and like
uses. However, all common open space within the planned residential
area shall not be deemed to be "planned recreational area."
An area of land, controlled by a landowner, to be developed as a single entity for a number of dwelling units, the development plan for which may not correspond, in lot size, bulk or type of dwelling, density, lot coverage and required open space, to the regulations established in any one residential district created, from time to time, under the provisions of Chapter 200, Zoning.
The College Township Planning Commission, Township of College,
County of Centre, Pennsylvania.[3]
A schedule of development is the projected time frame in
which the several phases of a development are to be implemented.
A public or private corridor used as a means of vehicular
and pedestrian access to two or more lots; a highway, road or alley.
[Amended 3-19-2009 by Ord. No. O-09-02]
ARTERIAL STREETA major street with fast or heavy traffic of considerable continuity used primarily as a traffic artery connecting two or more neighborhoods or areas. Primary arterial streets extend through the entire urban area, while secondary arterial streets extend through only a portion of the area. For the purposes of this chapter, existing primary and secondary arterial streets are listed in Article VI of Chapter 177, Classification of Streets.
[Amended 9-16-2021 by Ord. No. O-21-05]
COLLECTOR STREETA major street which carries traffic from local streets to arterial streets. For the purposes of this chapter, existing collector streets are listed in Article VI of Chapter 177, Classification of Streets.
[Amended 9-16-2021 by Ord. No. O-21-05]
LOCAL STREETAny street not herein defined as an alley, arterial, collector or marginal access street.
NEIGHBORHOOD STREETA minor street serving only residential uses. For the purposes of this chapter, existing neighborhood streets are listed in Article VI of Chapter 177, Classification of Streets.
[Amended 9-16-2021 by Ord. No. O-21-05]
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETA minor street parallel and adjacent to a major street which provides direct access to abutting properties and control of intersections with the major street.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land. All buildings
are structures.
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, transfer of ownership or building
or lot development.[4]
Any purpose for which a lot or structure may be designed,
arranged, intended, maintained or occupied or any activity, occupation,
business or operation carried on in a structure on a lot.
A right-of-way intended to provide pedestrian access.
The company or agency responsible for providing water and
related services to its service area. College Township is served by
the State College Borough Water Authority and College Township Water
Authority.
[Added 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
An unoccupied space, open to the sky, extending from the
lot line to a structure. The size of a required yard shall be measured
as the shortest distance between the structure and lot line.
