For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms
and words used herein shall be interpreted or defined as follows:
A.
Words used in the present tense shall include the
future.
B.
Words used in the singular number shall include the
plural.
C.
Words used in the plural number shall include the
singular.
D.
The word "person" includes a corporation as well as
an individual or an association of individuals;
E.
The words "shall" and "will" are always mandatory.
F.
The word "may" is permissive.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A minor right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access
to the side or rear of two or more properties.
A municipal sewer is considered available if:
Connection is recommended and/or required by the regulations
of Patterson Township or any municipal authority incorporated in the
Township;
Connection is recommended and/or required by the regulations
of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection pursuant
to the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, Act 537;[1] or
An existing municipal sewer line is located within 1,000 feet
of the nearest point of a subdivision, dependent upon a determination
by the Board of Commissioners and/or their agents as to the feasibility
thereof.
An area bounded by streets, utility, railroad, public facility
or other rights-of-way; or easements or other definite barriers.
The Board of Commissioners of Patterson Township, Beaver
County, Pennsylvania.
An independent and detached structure having a roof supported
by columns or walls, or resting on its own foundation; including but
not limited to mobile homes, garages, greenhouses and other accessory
buildings; and utilized for housing, shelter or enclosure of persons,
animals, chattels or activity sites.
The line of that face of the building nearest the frontline
of the lot. This face includes sun parlors and covered porches whether
enclosed or unenclosed but does not include steps or patios.
The line of that face of the building nearest the front line
of the lot. This face includes porches whether enclosed or not, patios
and similar construction but excludes steps.
That portion of the street right-of-way surfaced for vehicular
use. Width is determined from face of curb to face of curb or from
one edge of driving surface to the other edge of driving surface.
A triangular area of unobstructed vision on corner lots formed
by a one-hundred-foot sight line along the center line of both intersecting
streets from the intersection by a line joining these two sight lines
at the greatest distance from their intersection. This entire area
is to remain clear of obstructions to sight above a plane established
31/2 feet in elevation from grade level at the intersection of the
street center line.
A subdivision in which individual lots are designated in
somewhat tighter arrangements than a conventional subdivision with
a significant percentage of the total plot or parcel being dedicated
and held as common open space.
The Patterson Township Planning Commission.
An obligation defined by law or agreement, the violation
of which can be restrained by court action; these are usually stated
in the deed.
A residential street with one end open to traffic and pedestrian
access and permanently terminated by a vehicular turnaround with a
minimum right-of-way diameter of 100 feet.
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.[2]
Grant by a property owner for the use for a specific purpose
or purposes of a strip of land by the general public, a corporation
or a certain person or persons.
The Engineer of the Township of Patterson.
A strip of land equal to or less than 1/2 of the required rights-of-way reserved or proposed for street purposes along the property line. (Half streets are prohibited except to complete another half street or as provided for in § 167-16E.)
Those physical changes to the land necessary to produce usable
and desirable lots from raw acreage, including but not limited to
grading, paving, curbs, gutters, storm sewers and drains, improvements
to existing watercourses, sidewalks, crosswalks, street signs, monuments,
water supply facilities and sewage disposal facilities.
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.[3]
A lot abutting two or more streets at their intersection,
on which the building line for all streets must be observed.
The mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and
the rear lot line.
A lot which has access to a public right-of-way from both the front yard and back yard. Double frontage lots may be permitted only as a variance in accordance with the provisions of Article XI.
A lot abutting a public right-of-way along both the front
and rear yards, having access to only one of the public rights-of-way.
The mean horizontal distance across the lot, between the
side lot lines, measured at the building line.
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.[4]
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.[5]
A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which has been so
designated and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots
for the placement thereon of mobile homes.[6]
The Township of Patterson, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
A sanitary sewage collection system approved by the Township
in which sewage is carried from an individual lot or dwelling unit
by a system of pipes to a central treatment and disposal plant which
may be publicly or privately owned and operated.
A potable water distribution system approved by the Township
in which water is carried to individual lots or dwelling units by
a system of pipes from a central water source located beyond the limits
of the lot being served which may be publicly or privately owned and
operated.
A single system of piping, tanks or other facilities approved
by the Township serving only a single lot and disposing of sewage
in whole or in part into the soil.
A single system of piping, tanks or other facilities serving
only a single lot and obtaining the water either in whole or in part
from a primary source located within the limits of the lot being served.
An unoccupied space open to the sky.
The duly authorized agent, attorney, purchaser, devisee,
fiduciary or any person having vested or equitable interest in the
lot in question.
Standards for off-street parking and loading areas:
A required off-street parking space shall be a minimum dimension
of nine feet wide by twenty feet long.
A required off-street loading space shall be a minimum dimension
of fifteen feet wide by sixty feet long.
When determination of the required number of off-street spaces
for parking or loading results in a fractional space, any fraction
of 1/2 or more shall be interpreted as a whole space.
No off-street parking or loading space shall be located within
10 feet of a public right-of-way.
An outside surfaced area having no roof and no more than
three sides walled or fenced.
The Comprehensive Plan of Patterson Township, Future Land
Use and Policy Guidelines, adopted December 12, 1983, as amended,
or revised from time to time.
A tentative subdivision, in lesser detail than a final plan,
showing approximate street and lot layout on a topographic map as
a basis for consideration prior to preparation of a final plan.
A complete and exact subdivision plan, prepared by a registered
professional engineer or registered surveyor for official recording
as required by statute, to define property rights, proposed streets
and all other improvements.
Gas, electric and telephone service.
A strip of land adjacent to a street intended to control
access to the street from an adjacent property.
The modification of a recorded subdivision, in whole or in
part, by a redesign of lots, by change of size, area or by street
layout.[7]
Land reserved for use as a street, alley, interior walk or
other public purpose and dedicated for public use; all must be recorded
in the Recorder of Deeds Office, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
The designated official of the Township who issues and reviews
sewage permit applications and conducts such investigations and inspections
as are necessary to implement the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act,[8] as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
The following street classifications shall apply to streets
in the Township of Patterson and shall be applied as defined in the
Comprehensive Plan of Patterson Township, Future Land Use and Policy
Guidelines, adopted December 12, 1983, as amended, or revised from
time to time:
EXPRESSWAYLimited access freeways which carry through traffic between major urban centers and to and from points outside of a region with no local interference.
ARTERIALA road which brings traffic to and from an expressway and serve major movements of traffic within or through the areas not served by expressways. Arterials serve primarily to move traffic, but also perform a secondary function of land service.
COLLECTORA class of road which serves the internal traffic movement within the Township and connects developed areas with the arterial system. Collectors do not accommodate long, through trips and are not continuous for any appreciable length. The principal difference between collector and arterial roads is the length of trip accommodated. The collector system simultaneously supplies abutting property with land service and accommodates local internal traffic movements.
LOCALA street whose sole function is to provide access to immediately adjacent land. Such streets normally represent a fairly large percentage of the total street mileage but carry a small portion of the vehicle miles traveled daily.
The procedure applied to new or existing streets or streets
under construction, including but not limited to resurfacing, regrading,
drainage improvement, pothole repair, dust prevention practices and
snow removal.
The owner, or authorized agent of the owner, of the 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; 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.[9]
A map showing ground elevations by contour lines and the
location of important natural, man-made and other features.
A sanitary sewer and water and storm sewer facilities.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot, unoccupied
other than by steps, walks, terraces, driveways, lampposts and similar
improvements, the depth of which is the least distance between the
front lot line and the building line.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot between
the rear of the principal building and the rear lot line, unoccupied
other than by steps, walks, terraces, driveways, lampposts and similar
improvements.
A yard between the principal structure and the side lot line,
extending from the front yard, or from the front line where no front
yard is required, to the rear yard. The width of the required side
yard is measured horizontally, at 90° with the side lot line,
from the nearest part of the principal building.
