The following words and phrases, when used in this article, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COMPLETION
The date on which the Township records that permitted work
appears to be completed under the permit and this article.
APPLICANT
Any person who makes application for a permit. For the purposes
of this article, any public utility company or municipal authority
required to obtain a permit shall be considered the applicant. An
application shall not be submitted in the name of contractors of the
public utility company or municipal authority.
BACKFILL
Material used to replace or the act of replacing material
removed during construction.
CLEAR ZONE
The portion of right-of-way beyond the pavement edge within
which, under PennDOT Design Manual, Part 5, no new obstructions may
be located.
CONCRETE
Soil cement, plain cement concrete or reinforced cement concrete.
COST
Actual expenditures incurred by the Township for labor, equipment
and materials, including, without limitation, all fringe benefits
and overhead.
EMERGENCY
An unforeseen circumstance which calls for immediate action
to protect or safeguard life or property or for the restoration or
continuance of a public utility or other public service. The term
includes, but is not limited to, damage resulting from a vehicle accident
or collision with a facility, a failed component or storm damage.
The term does not include service connections or disconnections unrelated
to a vehicle accident, a failed component or storm damage.
EXCAVATION
Any activity within the right-of-way of any street which
involves cutting, breaking, crossing (either laterally or longitudinally),
drilling, grading, digging, or disturbing the earth or other material
making up the surface or subsurface of any street. In this article,
the term "opening" shall have the same meaning as excavation.
IMPROVED AREA
The area within the right-of-way which has been constructed
for street purposes, including roadbed, pavement, shoulders, slope,
sidewalks, drainage facilities and other appurtenances.
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY
Any municipal authority created, in whole or in part, by
the Board of Supervisors under the Municipality Authorities Act (53
Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.) to administer a revenue-producing
public enterprise.
PAVEMENT
The combination of subbase, base course and surface course
placed on a subgrade to support the traffic load or distribute it
to the roadbed, or both. The term normally includes the traveled portion
of the street and extends to the face of the curb in a curbed section.
The term does not include shoulders.
PENNDOT
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation or any agency
successor thereto.
PERMITTEE
Any applicant who has been issued a permit and who shall
have, by acceptance thereof, agreed to fulfill all provisions of this
article.
PERSON
Any natural person, partnership, firm, association, corporation,
municipal authority or similar entity.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
The Northwest Regional Lancaster County Police Department
or any successor municipal or multimunicipal police department having
jurisdiction within the corporate boundaries of the Township.
PUBLICATION 213
PennDOT Publication 213, Temporary Traffic Control Guidelines.
PUBLIC UTILITY
Any utility company, excluding municipal authorities, licensed
by the Public Utility Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
SECOND CLASS TOWNSHIP CODE
The Act of May 1, 1933 P.L. 103, No. 69, as reenacted and
amended by the Act of November 9, 1995, P.L. 350, No. 60, as amended.
SIDEWALK AREA
That portion of the street right-of-way reserved for sidewalks.
STREET
A public street, public easement, right-of-way, public highway,
public alley, public way or public road accepted or maintained by
the Township, or open for travel and use by the public whether or
not so accepted or maintained, including the entire area within the
right-of-way thereof.
SUITABLE MATERIAL
Soil, granular material or shale meeting specifications in Section 206.2 of Publication 408, when placed and compacted under §
116-4F.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
or any individual authorized by the Board of Supervisors to act on
behalf of the Township.