A.
For the purposes of this chapter, unless a contrary intention clearly
appears, the words and terms used herein shall be interpreted as follows:
(1)
Words used in the present tense include the future tense.
(2)
The singular includes the plural; words used in the masculine gender
shall include the feminine and the neuter.
(3)
The words "person," "subdivider" and "owner" include a corporation,
unincorporated association, partnership or other legal entity as well
as an individual engaged in the subdivision of land and/or land development.
(4)
The word "lot" includes the word "plot" or "parcel."
(5)
The word "Commission," the words "Planning Commission" and the words
"Township Planning Commission" always mean the Warwick Township Planning
Commission.
(6)
The words "Township," "Supervisors" and "Board of Supervisors" always
mean the Warwick Township Board of Supervisors.
(8)
The words "County Planning Commission" always mean the Bucks County
Planning Commission.
(9)
The words "should" and "may" are permissive; the words "shall" and
"will" are mandatory and directive.
(10)
References to "Form 408" and "PennDOT Specifications" shall
include, as applicable, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's
Form 408 Specifications, as amended, Form 409 Specifications, as amended,
and PennDOT Standards for Roadway Construction, Series RC-1M to 100M
(Pub. 72 M), as amended.
(11)
The word "plan" includes the word "plat."
(12)
The word "municipality" shall always mean Warwick Township/Warwick
Supervisors.
(13)
The word "Engineer" shall always mean the Warwick Township Engineer.
B.
AASHTO
AGRICULTURAL LAND
ALTERNATE BUFFER AREAS
APPLICANT
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
ASTM
AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC (ADT) COUNT
BASE SITE AREA
BLOCK
BOLLARD
BUFFER
BUILDING
BUILDING ENVELOPE
BUILDING LINE
BUILDING SETBACK LINE
CARTWAY
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE
COMMON PARKING AREAS
CONTRACTOR
CUL-DE-SAC
DATE OF FILING
DECISION
DETENTION BASIN
DEVELOPER
DEVELOPMENT
DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT (DBH)
DRAINAGE FACILITY
DRAWINGS
DWELLING UNIT
EASEMENT
ENGINEER
EROSION
FLOODPLAIN
FOREST/TREE PROTECTION GUIDELINES
(1)
(2)
(3)
GOVERNING BODY
GROSS SITE AREA (GSA)
IDENTIFIED FLOODPLAIN AREA
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE RATIO
IMPERVIOUS SURFACES
IMPROVED PUBLIC STREET
IMPROVEMENTS
LAKE AND POND SHORELINES
LAKES AND PONDS
LAND DEVELOPMENT
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
LANDOWNER
LEVEL OF SERVICE (LOS)
LOT
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
MAJOR INTERSECTION
MINIMUM AVERAGE FOOTCANDLE
MOBILE HOME
MOBILE HOME LOT
MOBILE HOME PARK
MOBILE HOME PERMIT
MODULAR HOME
MULTIPLE-DWELLING BUILDING
NET BUILDABLE SITE AREA (NBSA)
OBSERVER, CONSTRUCTION
OPEN SPACE
PARKING BAY
PARKING SPACE
PARTIALLY UNUSABLE LAND (PUL)
PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS
PERSON
PLAN
PLANNING AGENCY
PLAT
PONDS
PRIVATE PARKING AREAS
PUBLIC GROUNDS
PUBLIC HEARING
PUBLIC MEETING
PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC STREET
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
PUBLIC UTILITY
RESERVED LAND (RL)
RETENTION BASIN
RIGHT-OF-WAY
(1)
(2)
ROADWAY
RUNOFF FROM A FULLY DEVELOPED AREA UPSTREAM
RUNOFF
SECRETARY
SEDIMENTATION
SIDEWALK
SLOPE
SPECIFICATIONS
STREET
STREET LINE
STRUCTURE
SUBDIVISION
(1)
(2)
SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED
TOPOGRAPHICALLY UNSUITABLE LAND
TOTALLY UNUSABLE LAND (TUL)
TRIP GENERATION RATES
UNIFORMITY RATIO (STREETLIGHTING)
USE
VOLUME/CAPACITY ANALYSIS
WATER BODIES
WATER SURVEY
WETLANDS
WOODLANDS
YARD
(1)
(2)
(3)
Unless specifically defined below, words and phrases used in this
chapter shall be interpreted to have common English standard usage.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings herein indicated:
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials.
Land available for agricultural purposes that contains soils
with a land capability classification of Class 1 or Class 2 or listed
as “prime farmland” in the Official Soil Survey provided
by the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, web soil survey (http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/).
In addition, other lands available for agricultural purposes identified
in the Official Soil Survey with a land capability classification
of Class 3 or listed as “farmlands of statewide importance”
in the Official Soil Survey are considered agricultural land for the
purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise specified.
Areas adjacent to existing streams or other water bodies
which do not display the characteristics specified under "stream protection
areas" but require some degree of protection as specified or required
under the terms of this chapter.
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has
filed an application for development, including his heirs, successors
and assigns.
Every application, whether preliminary or final, required
to be filed and approved prior to the start of construction or development,
including but not limited to an application for a building permit
or for the approval of a development plan.
The American Society for Testing and Materials.
The vehicular traffic generated on a particular street by
the uses on that street, plus any through traffic. Average daily traffic
counts should be considered in a cumulative effect.
The area of the site remaining after subtracting land which
is not continuous, land previously subdivided, and road and utility
rights-of-way from the site area.
[Added 4-17-2023 by Ord.
No. 2023-01]
A parcel of land bounded on all sides by one or any combination
of the following: streets, public parks, railroad rights-of-way (excluding
sidings and spurs), and the corporate boundaries of Warwick Township.
A fixed vertical column of wood or concrete extending no
less than 3 1/2 feet above parking grade and five feet below
grade, placed for purposes of controlling vehicular traffic and protecting
pedestrians.
An area of a lot, of a length and width as specified in this
chapter or other applicable ordinances, which is primarily intended
as a visual and/or physical separation between two or more land uses
or activities. The separation can be created by distance, landforms,
walls, fences, plant material or other means.
Any structure having a roof of any construction supported
by columns, piers, walls or other supports, including but not limited
to tents and awnings, lunch wagons, trailers, dining cars, camp cars,
mobile homes or other structures on wheels having a fixed location.
The building envelope shall be defined by the required setbacks.
The building envelope shall not include the area of any required setbacks
(except for driveways which would cross yards), buffer yards, natural
features with 100% protection standard and the portion of those natural
features that may not be developed or intruded upon as specified in
the natural resource protection standards of the Zoning Ordinance.[2]
[Amended 4-17-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-01]
A line across the front of a property if measured from the
location of the forwardmost point of the primary structure on the
property.
The rear line of the minimum front yard, as herein designated for each use and each district, measured at a distance equal to and no greater than the minimum front yard from the street line or at the minimum lot width, whichever is greater. For exceptions, see "lane lot" definition. A line parallel to the lot line a distance measured perpendicular therefrom as prescribed by Chapter 195, the Warwick Township Zoning Ordinance, for a required side and rear yard.
The improved or unimproved traveling surface commonly understood
as that area set aside for the passage of motor vehicles. The edge
of a cartway where no curb exists shall be defined as the "curbline."
An area of unobstructed vision at intersections, defined
by horizontal and vertical lines of sight between points at a given
distance from the intersection. Intersections may be comprised of
two streets, two driveways or a street and a driveway.
Designated parking areas for more than five cars, located
and intended for use by multiple tenants or owners, which shall be
subject to all applicable design, location, setback, landscaping and
construction standards contained in this chapter or any other applicable
Township ordinances.
The subdivision developer, his agent or authorized representative,
the contractor employed by the developer and all subcontractors associated
with the work; contractors employed by the municipality or municipal
authority, including local, state or federal governments; and in all
cases shall be the individual, partnership or corporation who is charged
with the responsibility of constructing the improvements.
A residential street with one end open for vehicular and
pedestrian access and the other end terminating in a vehicular turnaround.
The date any document is received by the Secretary.
Final adjudication of any board or other body granted jurisdiction
under any land use ordinance, either by reason of the grant of exclusive
jurisdiction or by reason of appeals from determinations.[3]
An area of land and/or structure designed to collect and
retard stormwater runoff, temporarily storing the runoff and releasing
it at a predetermined rate.
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 land development.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including but not limited to buildings or other structures, the placement
of mobile homes, streets and other paving, utilities, mining, dredging,
filling, grading, excavation or drilling operations and the subdivision
of land.
The tree diameter measured at 4.5 feet above grade.
[Added 4-17-2023 by Ord.
No. 2023-01]
Any ditch, swale, pipe, culvert, storm sewer or structure
designed, intended or constructed for the purpose of diverting surface
water from or carrying surface waters from streets, public rights-of-way,
parks, recreational areas, lots or any part of any subdivision or
land development.
[Amended 11-7-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-11]
All drawings or reproductions of drawings pertaining to the
construction of the improvements, structures, and buildings.
A group of rooms or a single room, occupied or intended for
occupancy as a single habitable unit by a family or other group of
persons living together or by a person living alone.
See "right-of-way."
A professional engineer, licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, duly appointed by the governing body as the Engineer
for the Township.
The removal of surface materials by the action of natural
elements.
See the definition of "identified floodplain area."[4]
[Amended 3-16-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-6]
FORESTAn area comprised of largely mature trees in which the largest trees measure at least six inches dbh (diameter at breast height, or 4 1/2 feet above the ground). The forest shall be measured from the dripline of the outer trees. Forests are also 10 or more individual trees which measure at least 10 inches dbh and form a contiguous canopy. Note that a forest is defined in a manner which is identical to a woodland. For the purpose of this chapter, the two terms shall be interchangeable.
TREE DRIPLINEThe line marking the outer edges of the branches of the tree.
TREE PROTECTION ZONE (TPZ)An area that is radial to the trunk of a tree in which no construction activity shall occur. The tree protection zone shall be 15 feet from the trunk of the tree to be retained or the distance from the trunk to the dripline, whichever is greater. Where there is a group of trees or forest, the tree protection zone shall be the aggregate of the protection zones for the individual trees.
The Board of Supervisors of Warwick Township.
The gross lot area as defined by the deed line.
Any areas of Warwick Township, classified as special flood
hazard areas (SFHAs) in the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and accompanying
Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) dated March 16, 2014, and issued
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), or the most recent
revision thereof, including all digital data developed as part of
the FIS and areas abutting streams and watercourses where the base
flood elevation has not been delineated by a FIS but is inundated
by the base flood.
[Added 3-16-2015 by Ord.
No. 2015-6]
A measure of the intensity of use of a piece of land. It
is measured by dividing the total area of all impervious surfaces
within the site (or lot) by the base site area (or net lot area, if
applicable).
[Amended 4-17-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-01]
Those surfaces which do not absorb water. All buildings,
parking areas, driveways, roads, sidewalks, swimming pools, pervious
pavers and any areas in concrete, asphalt, and packed stone shall
be considered impervious surfaces within this definition. In addition,
other areas determined by the Township Engineer to be impervious within
the meaning of this definition will also be classed as impervious
surfaces.
[Amended 4-17-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-01]
Any street for which the Township, county or commonwealth
has maintenance responsibility and which has an approved surface.
Those physical additions, installations and changes, such
as streets, curbs, sidewalks, water mains, sewers, drainage facilities,
public utilities, parking facilities and other appropriate items,
required by this chapter or the Zoning Ordinance.[5]
Areas around lakes and ponds, measured 100 feet from the
permanent pool elevation.
Natural or artificial bodies of water 1/10 acre or larger
which retain water year round. Artificial ponds may be created by
dams or result from excavation.
Any of the following activities:
The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts
or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
A group of two or more residential or nonresidential buildings,
whether proposed initially or cumulatively, or a single nonresidential
building on a lot or lots, regardless of the number of occupants or
tenure, including any additions to existing nonresidential buildings
or conversions of residential to nonresidential buildings with additions;
The division or allocation of land or space, whether initially
or cumulatively, between or among two or more existing or prospective
occupants by means of or for the purpose of streets, common areas,
leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features; or
Any increase in impervious surface(s) on nonresidential properties.
A subdivision of land.
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 any other person having a proprietary interest in land.
A qualitative term that characterizes the operating conditions
of a roadway in terms of traffic performance measures related to speed
and travel time, freedom to maneuver, traffic interruptions, and comfort
and convenience, as described in the AASHTO Geometric Design of Highways
and Streets, as amended.
A parcel of land, used or set aside and available for use
as the site of one or more buildings and any building accessory thereto
or for any other purpose, in one ownership and not divided by a street,
nor including any land within the right-of-way of a public street
upon which said lot abuts, even if the ownership to such right-of-way
is in the owner of the lot. A lot, for the purpose of this chapter,
may or may not coincide with a lot of record. A lot shall front on
a street.
[Amended 4-17-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-01]
LOT AREAThe area contained within the property lines of the individual parcels of land shown on a subdivision plan or required by this chapter, excluding any area within an existing or designated future street right-of-way, or any area required as open space under this chapter, and including the area of any easements.
CORNER LOTA lot which has an interior angle of less than 135° at the intersection of two street lines. A lot abutting upon a curved street or streets shall be considered a corner lot if the tangent to the curve at the point beginning within the lot or at the points of intersection of the side lot lines with the street lines curves at the point beginning within the lot or at the points that intersect at an angle of less than 135°. A corner lot shall be considered to be a lot having no rear yard but having two front yards and two side yards.
THROUGH LOTAn interior lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets.
LOT DEPTHThe mean distance from the street right-of-way of the lot to its opposite rear line, measured in the general direction of the side line of the lot. In the case of a corner lot, the front of the structure as identified by a primary entrance measured to the opposite lot line will be the depth.
LOT WIDTHThe distance measured between the side lot lines at the specified distance of the required building setback line. In a case where there is only one side lot line, lot width shall be measured between such side lot lines and the opposite rear lot or street line. In the case of a corner lot at the intersection of two street lines, there shall be two lot widths.
LOT LINEAny boundary line of a lot.
LOT LINE, REARAny lot line which is parallel or within 45° of being parallel to a street line, except for a lot line that is itself a street line and except that, in the case of a corner lot, the owner shall have the option of choosing which of the two lot lines that are not street lines is to be considered a rear lot line. In the case of a lot having no street frontage or a lot of an odd shape, only the one lot line furthest from any street shall be considered a rear lot line.
LOT LINE, SIDEAny lot line which is not a street line or a rear lot line.
LOT, DOUBLEFRONTAGE — A lot fronting on two adjacent or parallel streets.
LOT LINE CHANGEAny change, revision or modification to an existing lot property boundary line which results in a change to the legal deed description and lot area and does not result in the creation of a new lot.
Any intersection where traffic generated by the proposal
will have a significant impact on the operation of the intersection.
Where doubt exists, the Warwick Township Engineer shall provide guidance
prior to the submission of the transportation impact study.
[Amended 4-17-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-01]
The lowest permitted average measurement of illumination
falling on a horizontal surface at ground elevation.
A transportable, single-family dwelling unit intended for
permanent occupancy, office, or place of assembly, contained in one
unit, or in two 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. For the purposes of this chapter,
any inhabited mobile home shall be considered a detached dwelling
unit and as such shall be subject to all applicable regulations in
this chapter or other municipal ordinances. As a structure, a mobile
home shall be used only in conformance with the applicable zoning.[6]
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the
necessary utility connections and other appurtenances (accessory attachments)
necessary for the erection thereon of a single mobile home, which
is leased by the park owner to the occupants of the mobile home erected
on the lot.
See the Zoning Ordinance.[7]
Written approval issued by the Township authorizing a person
to operate and maintain a mobile home or a mobile home park under
the provisions of this chapter.
A dwelling unit erected on a foundation and made of one or
more sections built in a factory. The completed unit shall meet the
building code in effect.
A building providing separate living quarters for two or
more families.
That portion of the gross buildable site area remaining after
subtracting the partly unusable land areas. It is the area on which
the common open space requirement is calculated.
The authorized representative of the Township Engineer.[8]
Land which is used or reserved for recreation, agriculture, resource protection, or amenity; is freely accessible to all residents of the development, except in the case of agricultural lands where access may be restricted; and is protected by the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 195, Zoning, to ensure that it remains in such uses. Open space does not include land occupied by nonrecreational or nonagricultural buildings, roads or road rights-of-way, or stormwater management facilities, nor does it include the yards or lots of dwelling units or parking areas as required by the provisions of this chapter. Open space for recreational uses may contain impervious surfaces (for recreational, cultural, or agricultural purposes), and such surfaces shall be included in the calculation of the impervious surface ratio. Refer to § 195-62, Open space and recreation facilities, for definitions of common and active open space and for limitations on the use of open space for buffer yards, utility easements, community sewage systems and/or stormwater management improvements.
A length of parking stall(s), measured along the narrow dimension,
whether contiguous or not, along which residents or patrons must walk
to get to residential or commercial uses.
[Amended 4-17-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-01]
That area, defined by paint stripes or some other means of
delineation, which is meant solely for the occupation of a motor vehicle.
That portion of the gross buildable site area containing
land which has environmental features, making it only partially usable
for development, and including the following:
[Amended 4-17-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-01]
All walkways and sidewalks.
An individual or an unincorporated organization, partnership,
association, corporation, trust or estate.
The map, plat or drawing of a subdivision or land development,
whether feasibility sketch, preliminary or final.
The Planning Commission appointed by the governing body,
known as the "Planning Commission of Warwick Township."
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether
preliminary or final.
See the definition of "lakes and ponds."
Designated parking areas for five or fewer vehicles located
and intended for the use of specific lot owners or residents.
Includes:
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the governing
body or Planning Commission, intended to inform and obtain public
comment prior to taking action in accordance with the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code.[9]
A forum held pursuant to notice and in accordance with the
Act of July 3, 1986, P.L. 388, No. 84, as amended, known as the "Sunshine
Act."[10]
A notice published once each week for two successive weeks
in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. Such notice
shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature
of the matter to be considered at the hearing. The first publication
shall not be more than 30 days and the second publication shall not
be less than seven days from the date of the hearing.
Any street for which the Township, county or commonwealth
has maintenance responsibility and which has an approved surface.
[Added 4-17-2023 by Ord.
No. 2023-01]
Transportation service for the general public provided by
a common carrier of passengers generally on a regular-route basis
by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority or a private
operator offering service to the public.
A private or municipal corporation organized and existing
for the distribution and sale of water, electricity, telephone or
gas or the collection and disposal of sanitary waste or sewage in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or other
appropriate governing body.[11]
That portion of the gross site area consisting of existing
road and utility rights-of-way and easements, all ultimate rights-of-way
for existing streets as specified in Appendix E of this chapter[12] and/or all future street rights-of-way and other land
reserved by virtue of the Official Township Map and all land shown
on previously recorded subdivision and/or development plans as reserved
from development for use as open space or resource protection.
A stormwater storage area which has a controlled release
rate and maintains a constant water level while not in use for flood
storage.
A strip of land to be designated by law or on the public
record as occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, crosswalk,
sanitary, water or storm sewer, stream, drainage ditch or for another
special use.
[Amended 4-17-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-01]
EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAYThe legal right-of-way as established by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or other appropriate governing body or agency and currently in existence.
ULTIMATE RIGHT-OF-WAYAn area along the right-of-way of a public street deemed necessary to provide adequate width for future street improvements.
That portion of the road or street included between the gutters,
side ditch lines, back of curbs or outside shoulder lines, reserved
for the accommodation of the traveling public and providing vehicular,
bicycle and pedestrian access to adjacent properties.
[Amended 4-17-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-01]
The surface water runoff that can be reasonably anticipated
upon maximum development of an area of the watershed located upstream
from any subject tract, as permitted by current or proposed zoning
or the Township Comprehensive Plan.
The surface water discharge from rain, snow melt or other
sources that do not enter the soil but runs off the surface of the
land.
[Amended 4-17-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-01]
The appointed Secretary of Warwick Township or his/her designee.
The process by which mineral or organic matter is accumulated
or deposited by wind, water or gravity. Once this matter is deposited
or remains suspended in water, it is usually referred to as "sediment."
A walkway, primarily concrete, along Township streets intended
to provide pedestrian access, connecting the street network within
a development, and also connecting a new development to an existing
street network.
The face of an embankment or cut section; any ground whose
surface makes an angle with the plane of the horizon. "Slopes" are
usually expressed in a percentage based upon vertical distance in
feet per 100 feet of horizontal distance.
The directions, provisions and requirements contained herein,
bulletins referred to herein and any supplements, bulletins, special
provisions or special requirements referred to in or bound with the
contract, together with all written agreements made or to be made,
pertaining to the method and manner of performing the work or to the
quantities and qualities of materials to be furnished under the contract.
Includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway,
parkway, land, viaduct and any other ways used or intended to be used
by vehicular traffic or pedestrians, whether public or private, and
also providing access to abutting properties.
The dividing line between a lot and the ultimate right-of-way.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not permanently affixed to the
land.
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
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. Subdivisions shall be considered in two
categories, as follows:
SUBDIVISION, MAJORThe division or redivision of a lot, tract or parcel of land by any means into three or more lots, tracts, parcels or other division of land. Any additional subdivision of a tract from which a minor subdivision has already been approved shall be deemed a major subdivision and shall follow the procedures applying thereto if the additional subdivision is submitted for review within five years of the approval date of the previous minor subdivision.
SUBDIVISION, MINORThe division or redivision of a lot, tract or parcel of land by any means into two tracts, parcels or other divisions of land.
Where, in the judgment of the Engineer, at least 90% (based
on the cost of the required improvements for which financial security
was posted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter) of those improvements
required as a condition for final approval have been completed in
accordance with the approved plan, so that the project will be able
to be used, occupied or operated for its intended use.
Land areas which, due to excessively steep slopes or flat
slopes where there may be no drainage, are unsuitable for construction
and/or habitation, whether occasional or permanent.
That portion of the gross site area containing land which
is not developable, including the following:
[Amended 3-16-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-6]
The total count of trips to and from a study site per unit
of land use, as measured by parameters like dwelling units, acres,
etc.
The term normally applies to streetlighting uniformity by
the Illuminating Engineering Society. Given in a ratio, e.g., of 3:1,
it means that the point of lowest footcandle measurement cannot be
less than 1/3 of the specified minimum average footcandle level established
in this chapter.
Any activity, occupation, business or operation carried on
or intended to be carried on in a building or other structure or on
a tract of land.
This procedure compares the volume of a roadway or intersection
approach to its capacity (the maximum number of vehicles that can
use a given point during a given time period). The procedures outlined
in the current Highway Capacity Manual shall be followed.
Includes lakes, ponds, streams, and waters of the commonwealth.
[Amended 4-17-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-01]
An inventory of the source, quantity, yield and use of groundwater
and surface water resources within a municipality.
These areas of hydric soils supporting wetland vegetation
where the water table is at or near the surface or where shallow water
covers the site due to permanent or seasonal inundation of surface
water or groundwater, including swamps, marshes, bogs or other areas
meeting the wetland criteria established by the Department of Environmental
Protection or the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
An area comprised of largely mature trees in which the largest
trees measure at least six inches dbh (diameter at breast height,
or 4 1/2 feet above the ground). The woodlands shall be measured
from the dripline of the outer trees. Woodlands are also 10 or more
individual trees which measure at least 10 inches dbh and form a contiguous
canopy. Note that a woodland is defined in a manner which is identical
to a forest. For the purpose of this chapter, the two terms are interchangeable.
An open space, unobstructed from the ground up, on the same
lot with a structure, extending along a lot line or street line and
inward to the nearest structure on the lot, exclusive of steps, overhanging
eaves, gutters or cornices and chimneys which protrude less than two
feet from the foundation. The size of a required yard shall be measured
as the shortest distance between the structure and a lot line or street
line.
FRONT YARDA yard between a structure and a street line and extending the entire length of the street line. In the case of a corner lot, the yards extending along all streets are front yards. In the case of a lot other than a corner lot that fronts on more than one street, the yards extending along all streets are front yards.
SIDE YARDA yard between a structure and a side lot line, extending from the front yard to the rear yard. In the case of a lot having no street frontage or a lot of odd shape, any yard that is not a front yard or a rear yard shall be considered a side yard.
REAR YARDA yard between a structure and rear lot line and extending the entire length of the rear lot line.
[3]
Editor’s Note: The former definition of “designated
floodplain districts,” which immediately followed this definition,
was repealed 3-16-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-6.
[4]
Editor’s Note: The former definition of “floodplain
soils,” which immediately followed this definition, was repealed
3-16-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-6.
[8]
Editor’s Note: The former definition of “one-hundred-year
flood,” which immediately followed this definition, was repealed
3-16-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-6.
[9]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[10]
Editor's Note: See 65 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq.
[11]
Editor’s Note: The former definition of “regulatory
flood elevation,” which immediately followed this definition,
was repealed 3-16-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-6.
[12]
Editor's Note: Appendix E is included as an attachment to this chapter.
