A.
For the purposes of this chapter, certain terms and words used herein
shall be interpreted as follows:
(1)
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 those of feminine
gender and vice-versa.
(2)
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.
(3)
The word "person" includes an individual, firm, association,
organization, partnership, trust, company, corporation, or any other
similar entity.
(4)
The words "shall" and "must" are mandatory; the words "may"
and "should" are permissive.
(5)
The words "used or occupied" include the words "intended, designed,
maintained, or arranged to be used or occupied."
(6)
The word "building" shall be construed as if followed by the
words "or a part thereof."
(7)
Whenever the word "driveway" appears, it shall include streets
and alleys.
(8)
References to codes, ordinances, resolutions, plans, maps, governmental
bodies, commissions, or agencies, or officials are to codes, ordinances,
resolutions, plans, maps, governmental bodies, commissions, or agencies,
or officials of the Township and/or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
as in effect or office from time to time including amendments thereto
or revisions or successors thereof, unless the text indicates another
reference is intended.
B.
ACCESS
ALLEY
APPLICANT
APPROVED
BOARD
CARTWAY
CHAIRMAN
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE
CUL-DE-SAC
CURBLINE
DESIGNEE
DEVELOPER
DRIVEWAY
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
DRIVEWAY WIDTH
EASEMENT
EGRESS
EMERGENCY
ENGINEER
EXCAVATION
GRADE, ESTABLISHING
GRADE, FINISHED
IMPROVED AREA
INGRESS
LAND DEVELOPMENT
LANDOWNER
LOCAL STREET
LOT
OPEN
OPENING
PAVEMENT EDGE
PERMIT
PLANS
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
PLANNING COMMISSION
PUBLIC AGENCY
PUBLICATION 408
ROAD
ROADWAY
ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
SIDEWALK
SIGHT DISTANCE
STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE
STREET
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(2)
(3)
(4)
TOWNSHIP
TOWNSHIP ENGINEER
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE
VEHICLE
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall, for
the purpose of this chapter, have the meaning indicated below.
A way or means of approach for vehicle and/or pedestrian
traffic from a street, right-of-way, public area or community facility,
to a lot and/or vice versa.
See "street, alley."
A landowner, as herein defined, or agent of the landowner,
who has filed an application for a zoning, building, or driveway permit,
and/or an application for development, including his heirs, successors
and assigns.
Approved by the recognized authoritative agency or official
as specified in the respective regulations.
The Board of Supervisors of East Hempfield Township, Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania.
The surface of a street, drive or alley available or ordinarily
used for vehicular traffic.
The elected or appointed head of the governing body, authority
or commission within East Hempfield Township.
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 centerlines.
A special turning area for a vehicle at the end of a street.
A line formed by the face of the existing curb or as established
by the Township.
The agent of East Hempfield Township involved with the administration,
review or enforcement of any provisions of this chapter by appointment,
contract or memorandum of understanding.
Any landowner, agent of such landowner or tenant with the
permission of such landowner who makes or causes to be made a subdivision
of land or a land development or who undertakes earth disturbance
activities.
A private drive providing pedestrian and vehicular access
between a public or private street and a parking area.
HIGH-VOLUMEA driveway used or expected to be used by 1,500 or more vehicles a day.
JOINT USEA driveway shared by and constructed to provide access to two or three dwelling units.
[Amended 3-18-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-02]
LOW-VOLUMEA driveway used or expected to be used by more than 25 but less than 750 vehicles per day.
MEDIUM-VOLUMEA driveway used or expected to be used by 750 or more but less than 1,500 vehicles per day.
MINIMUM USEA residential or other driveway which is used or expected to be used by not more than 25 vehicles per day.
The narrowest width of a driveway measured perpendicular
to the centerline of the driveway.
A right-of-way granted for limited use of private land for
a public or quasi-public or private purpose, and within which 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.
The exit of vehicular traffic from abutting properties to
a roadway.
Any unforeseen circumstance which calls for immediate action
to protect or safeguard life or property.
A professional engineer registered in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
Any activity within the Township right-of-way of any street,
which involves cutting, breaking or disturbance of the surface thereof
or any and all facilities and/or appurtenances located within the
street (by way of example only: curbing, sidewalk, storm sewers, utilities
and traffic control devices).
See "street grade."
The completed surfaces of lawns, walks and streets brought
to grades as shown on official plans or designs relating thereto.
The area within the street right-of-way which has been constructed
for local street purposes, including roadbed, pavement, shoulders,
slope, sidewalks, drainage facilities and any other appurtenances.
The entrance of vehicular traffic to abutting lots from a
street.
Any activities meeting the definition of "land development"
as defined in the Township Subdivision and Land Development ordinance.[1]
The legal, beneficial or equitable owner or owners of land,
including the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether
or not such option of contract is subject to any conditions), a lessee
(if he is authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the
landowner) or any other person having a proprietary interest in land.
See "street, local street."
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.
Any cutting or excavating of the surface or soil of any street,
sidewalk area or public Township property.
For purposes of this article, activity which revises or changes
in any way an ingress or egress point to any existing or proposed
Township street. By way of example only, revised or changed ingress
or egress shall include construction of a new access point, physically
revising an existing access point and changing the use of an existing
access point.
The edge of the main traveled portion of any roadway, exclusive
of shoulder.
A license issued by the recognized official or authoritative
agency, as specified in the respective regulations, which permits
the applicant to proceed with the work certified by said official
or authoritative agency in the permit application.
Drawings which show the location, character, and dimensions
of the proposed occupancy and related roadway features, including
layouts, profiles, cross sections, drainage and other details as specified
in an ordinance, including, but not limited to this chapter and the
Township's Subdivision and Land Development ordinance.[2]
FINAL PLANA complete and exact subdivision and/or land development plan, including all supplementary data specified in the Subdivision and Land Development ordinance.
IMPROVEMENT CONSTRUCTION PLANA complete and exact subdivision and/or land development plan, the sole purpose of which is to permit the construction of only those improvements required by the Subdivision and Land Development ordinance, as an alternative to guaranteeing the completion of those improvements by a corporate bond or other surety.
LOT ADD-ON PLANA complete and exact subdivision plan including all supplementary data specified in the Subdivision and Land Development ordinance.
PRELIMINARY PLANA subdivision and/or land development plan including all required supplementary data specified in the Subdivision and Land Development ordinance, showing approximate locations.
RECORD PLANA final plan which contains the original endorsement of the Township and the Lancaster County Planning Commission, which is intended to be recorded with the Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds.
SKETCH PLANA plan showing the tentative street traffic pattern and/or lot layout, to be used for informal discussion with the Township/staff prior to preparation of the preliminary and/or final plan(s).
The East Hempfield Township Planning Commission appointed
by the East Hempfield Township Board of Supervisors.
The federal government, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and their instrumentalities, a municipality, school board, authority
or other officially constituted body qualified to hold and administer
publicly owned properties.
The current Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
specifications.
See "street."
That portion of a roadway improved, designed or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the sidewalk or shoulder.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Publication No.
72, containing the Department's design standards for roadway construction.
A paved walkway, continuous for a reasonable distance and
an integral part of the roadway, with or without a grass strip between
the curb or cartway edge and the sidewalk, constructed solely for
use by pedestrians.
The length of street visible to the driver of a vehicle at
any given point in the street when viewing is unobstructed by traffic.
The distance required by a driver traveling at a given speed
to stop the vehicle after an object on the roadway becomes visible
to the driver.
Includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway,
parkway, lane, alley, viaduct or any other way used or intended to
be used by vehicular traffic (excluding driveways), whether public
or private.
Streets shall conform to one of the following categories:
ALLEYA public thoroughfare which normally affords only a secondary means of access to abutting lots.
ARTERIALA street which accommodates trips of moderate length at a somewhat lower level of travel mobility than limited access arterials do and includes all arterials not classified as limited access.
COLLECTORA street that provides land access and traffic circulation service within residential, commercial, and industrial areas. The collector street distributes traffic between the arterial and the local streets.
LIMITED ACCESS ARTERIALA street which serves the major centers of activity of urbanized areas and carries the highest traffic volume corridors, where access is provided only from another street and not from abutting lots.
LOCALA street which provides direct access to abutting lands and connections to the higher order systems.
STREET CENTERLINEThe center of the surveyed road right-of-way; or, where not surveyed, the center of the traveled cartway.
STREET GRADEThe officially established grade of the street upon which a lot fronts; or in its absence, the established grade of other streets upon which the lot abuts, at the midpoint of the frontage of the lot thereon. If there is no officially established grade, the existing grade of the street at such midpoint shall be taken as the street grade.
STREET LINEThe limit of a street right-of-way.
East Hempfield Township.
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the engineer for the Township.
Any sign, signal, marking, or device placed or erected for
the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding vehicular traffic or
pedestrians, or both.
Every device in or by which any person or property is or
may be transported.
