Definition of terms. As used in these regulations, the
following terms, listed alphabetically, shall be defined as follows:
ALLEY
A minor right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access to the
side or rear of two or more properties.
BLOCK
An area bounded by streets, railroads, public facilities or other
rights-of-way or easements or other definite barriers.
BUILDING
Any structure or part thereof affixed to the land.
BUILDING LINE
A line which is a specified distance from and generally parallel
to the street right-of-way line or lines upon which the lot abuts. Between
the setback and right-of-way lines, enclosed structures or portions thereof
are prohibited.
COMMISSION ENGINEER
The Borough Engineer, if said office exists, and, if not, the Commission
Engineer shall be the registered civil engineer designated by the Planning
Commission to perform all administrative and/or supervisory duties required
of the Commission Engineer by the provisions of these regulations.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (MASTER PLAN)
The complete plan or any of its parts for the development of the
Borough of Punxsutawney, prepared by the Planning Commission and adopted in
accordance with the Code pertaining to boroughs.
COUNTY
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
CUL-DE-SAC
A minor street having one end open to traffic and being permanently
terminated by a vehicle turn-around.
DEDICATION
The deliberate appropriation of land by its owner for any general
and public uses, reserving to himself no other rights than such as one compatible
with the full exercise and enjoyment of the public uses to which the property
has been devoted.
DEVELOPER
An individual, firm, association, syndicate, partnership, corporation,
trust or other legal entity, or agent thereof, that undertakes the activities
covered by these regulations, particularly the drawing up of the subdivision
plan showing the layout of the land and the public improvements involved therein.
Inasmuch as the subdivision plan is merely a necessary means to the end of
assuring satisfactory development, the term "developer" is intended to include
the term "subdivider," "owner" and "builder," even though the persons involved
in successive stages of the project may vary.
EASEMENT
A right-of-way granted for limited use of private land for a public
or quasi-public purpose.
ENGINEER and SURVEYOR
A person licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
as a registered professional engineer or registered surveyor.
IMPROVEMENTS
Physical changes made to the raw land and structures placed on or
under the land in order to improve acreage for certain specified uses. Typical
improvements would be grading, paving, curbs, buildings, gutters, storm sewers,
sanitary sewers, waterworks, street signs, shade trees, sodding, seeding and
monuments.
LOT
A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended as a
unit for transfer of ownership, use or for development.
LOT AREA
The computed area contained within the lot lines, excluding land
within any street right-of-way, but including the land within easements on
the lot.
LOT DEPTH
The average horizontal distance between the front and rear property
lines of a lot.
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE
A lot having two or more of its nonadjoining property lines abutting
upon a street or streets.
LOT, REVERSE FRONTAGE
A double frontage lot which fronts on an arterial and a minor street,
but limits its access to the minor street.
LOT WIDTH
The distance, measured along the building setback line, between the
side property lines of a lot.
PLAN, FINAL
A complete and exact subdivision plan prepared for official recording
by a registered engineer or surveyor.
PLAN, PRELIMINARY
A formal plan which shows existing features of the land within and
adjacent to the subdivision and the proposed streets, utilities and lot layout.
PLAT or PLAN
A map indicating the subdivision or resubdivision of land, intended,
in its final stage, to be filed for record.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
Land reserved for use as a street, alley, interior walk or for other
public purpose.
SETBACK or BUILDING LINE
The line within a property defining the required minimum distance
between any enclosed structure and the adjacent right-of-way.
STREET
A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, intended for
use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation. Classes of streets
are as follows:
(2)
COLLECTOR STREETSThose which, in addition to giving access to abutting properties, intercept minor streets and provide routes, carrying considerable volumes of traffic, to community facilities and to major traffic streets.
(4)
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETSMinor streets, parallel and adjacent to major traffic streets, providing access to abutting properties and control of intersections with and access on the major traffic streets.
SUBDIVIDER
The owner or authorized agent of the owner of a subdivision.
SUBDIVISION
The division by the owner, including grantors and devisors, of a
single lot, tract or parcel of land or a part thereof, either by lots or by
metes and bounds, into two or more lots, tracts or parcels of land, including
lots, tracts or parcels of land retained by the owner or owners for the purpose,
whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or of building development;
provided, however, that divisions of land for agricultural purposes in parcels
of more than 10 acres, not involving any new street or easement of access,
shall be exempted. The term "subdivision" includes "resubdivision" and, as
appropriate in these regulations, shall refer to the process of subdividing
land or to the land subdivided.
(1)
MINOR SUBDIVISIONThe division of any lot, tract or parcel of land or a part thereof into less than five lots, tracts or parcels of land, including changes in street lines or lot lines, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or of building development, where such division, change or transfer does not abut a street of insufficient width and does not require that a street be laid out through unimproved land; provided, however, that divisions of land for agricultural purposes in parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving any new street or easement of access shall be exempted.
(2)
(a)
The division of any lot, tract or parcel of land or a part thereof into
two or more lots, tracts or parcels of land which abut a street of insufficient
width or require that a street be laid out through unimproved land, or the
division of any lot, tract or parcel of land into five or more lots, tracts
or parcels of land, including changes in street lines or lot lines, for the
purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or of building
development; provided, however, that divisions of land for agricultural purposes
in parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving any new street or easement
of access, shall be exempted.
(b)
Any development of a parcel of land, for example, as a shopping center,
an industrial park or a multiple dwelling project, which involves installation
of streets and/or alleys, even though the streets and alleys may not be dedicated
to public use and the parcel may not be divided immediately for purposes of
conveyance, transfer or sale.