The present tense shall include the future;
the singular number shall include the plural of the singular; words
used in the masculine gender shall include the feminine and the neuter;
the word "shall" is always mandatory; and the word "may" is always
permissive.
Unless otherwise expressly stated or unless
the context clearly requires another interpretation, the following
words shall, for the purpose of this Part 1, have the meanings herein
indicated:
A minor right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access
to the side or rear of two or more properties.
An area divided into lots and usually bounded by streets.
The Borough of Edgeworth.
A registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania as may
be designated by the Borough to represent it.
A combination of materials to form a permanent structure
having walls and a roof, including but not limited to all mobile homes
and trailers.
The portion of a street or alley intended for vehicular use.
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections defined
by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection
of street center lines.
Ownership in common with others of a parcel of land and certain
parts of a building thereon which would normally be used by all the
occupants, together with individual ownership in fee of a particular
unit or apartment in such building or on such parcel of land, and
may include dwellings, offices and other types of space in commercial
and industrial buildings or on real property.
The Council of the Borough of Edgeworth.
The County of Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
The Planning Commission of the County of Allegheny.
A minor street intersecting another street at one end and
terminated at the other by a vehicular turnaround.
An excavation; the difference between a point on the original
ground and designated point of lower elevation on the final grade;
also, the material removed in excavation.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, its
bureaus, divisions, departments and/or agencies, as may from time
to time be established, or such department or departments as may in
the future succeed it.
A relatively flat or low land area adjoining a river, stream
or watercourse which is subject to partial or complete inundation
in a one-hundred-year flood as designated by the United States Army
Corps of Engineers.
An area in which surface water runoff is temporarily stored
pending its release at a controlled rate.
Any landowner, agent or tenant with permission of such landowner
who makes or causes any development of a tract or parcel of land or
a lot.
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 removal of surface water or groundwater from land by
drains, grading or other means, including control of runoff to minimize
erosion and sedimentation during and after construction or development.
Any ditch, gutter, culvert, storm sewer or other structure
designed, intended or constructed for the purpose of diverting surface
waters from or carrying surface waters off streets, public rights-of-way,
parks, recreational areas or any part of any subdivision, land development
or contiguous land areas.
A plan showing all present and existing surface and subsurface
drainage conditions as described by grades, contours and topography,
with proposed methods and facilities to collect and convey said drainage.
The lands required for the installation of stormwater sewers
or drainage ditches or required along a natural stream or watercourse
for preserving the channel and providing for the flow of water therein
to safeguard the public against flood damage.
A minor vehicular right-of-way providing access between a
street and a parking area or garage within a lot or property.
A building designed and constructed for residential purposes
in which people live.
A grant of limited use of private land for a public or quasipublic
purpose.
The engineering specifications of the Borough regulating
the installation of any required improvement or for any facility installed
by any owner, subject to public use; in the absence of such engineering
specifications, the applicable standards of the County Planning Commission
to the extent that such standards are approved by the Borough Manager
or Borough Engineer, if any.
The removal of surface materials by the action of natural
elements.
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar
material is dug into, cut, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced,
relocated or bulldozed. It shall include the conditions resulting
therefrom.
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or
any other material is placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported
or moved to a new location above the natural surface of the ground
or on top of the stripped surface. It shall include the conditions
resulting therefrom.
The difference in elevation between a point
on the original ground and a designated point of higher elevation
of the final grade.
The material used to make fill.
The area along a natural watercourse which may from time
to time be overflowed by water therefrom.
The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent
land areas required to carry and discharge a flood of the one-hundred-year
magnitude.
A street, generally parallel and adjacent to a property line,
having a lesser right-of-way width than normally required for satisfactory
improvement and use of the street.
Those physical additions, installations and changes required
to render land suitable for the use intended, including but not limited
to grading, paving, curbing, streetlights and street signs, fire hydrants,
water mains, electric service, gas service, sanitary sewers, storm
drains, sidewalks, crosswalks, driveways, culverts and street shade
trees.
A right-of-way or easement for pedestrian use, extending
from a street into a block or across a block to another street.
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 buildings.
The division or allocation of land or space
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.
Any development of a parcel of land (for example,
as a shopping center or a multiple dwelling project) which involves
installation of streets and/or alleys, even though the streets, parking
lots and alleys may not be dedicated to public use and the parcel
may not be divided immediately for purposes of conveyance, transfer
or sale.
All commercial, manufacturing or industrial
development.
A parcel of land occupied or to be occupied by a main building
or group of main buildings and accessory buildings, together with
such yards, open spaces, lot width and a lot area as are required
by this Part 1 and having frontage upon a street, either shown on
a plat of record or considered as a unit of property and described
by metes and bounds.
LOT, CORNERA lot abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection, the front of which shall be considered to be the frontage of least dimension on a street.
LOT, DOUBLE-FRONTAGEAn interior lot having frontage on two streets.
LOT, INTERIORA lot, the side lines of which do not abut on a street.
LOT, MINIMUM WIDTHThe minimum lot width at the building setback line.
LOT, NONCONFORMINGA lot of record at the time of the adoption of this Part 1 which, by reason of area or dimension, does not conform to the requirements of this Part 1.
LOT OF RECORDA lot described in a deed or shown on a plan of lots which has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
LOT, REVERSE-FRONTAGEA lot extending between and having frontage on an arterial street and a local access street and with vehicular access solely from the latter.
Any security, other than cash, which may be accepted by the
Borough for the maintenance of any improvements required by this Part
1.
A wood or metal stake placed to designate the boundary and
corners of lots in the subdivision of land for the purpose of reference
in land and property survey and to facilitate the sale of lots.
A concrete, stone or other permanent object placed to designate
boundary lines, corners of property, rights-of-way of streets and
utilities for the purpose of reference in land and property survey.
A flood that, on the average, is likely to occur once every
100 years.
An area to be preserved as a natural forestation and vegetation
zone.
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/she
is authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the owner
or other persons having a proprietary interest in the land.
Any security which may be in lieu of a requirement that certain
improvements be made before the Council approves a final subdivision
or land development plan, including performance bonds, escrow agreements
and other similar collateral or security agreements.
Any individual or group of individuals, corporation, estate,
trust, unincorporated association, cooperative or partnership.
A complete and exact subdivision plan, prepared for official
recording as required by statute, to define property rights and proposed
streets and other improvements.
The Planning Commission of the Borough of Edgeworth.
A tentative subdivision plan, in lesser detail than a final
plan, showing approximate proposed street and lot layout as a basis
for consideration prior to preparation of a final plan.
An informal plan, not necessarily to scale, indicating salient
existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the general
layout of the proposed subdivision.
The map or maps of a subdivision or land development.
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 be not more than 30 days nor less than 14 days from the date
of the hearing.
The one-hundred-year flood elevation plus a freeboard safety
factor of 1 1/2 feet.
A narrow parcel of ground having inadequate area for building
purposes and separating a street or a proposed street from other adjacent
properties.
Any individual maintaining a voting address in the Borough
within 500 feet of the proposed subdivision and owning real estate
in his own or joint names.
Any subdivision or transfer of land laid out on a plan which
has been approved by the Council which changes or proposes to change
property lines and/or a public right-of-way not in strict accordance
with an approved plan.
Land legally dedicated for public purposes, including but
not limited to a street, alley or interior walk.
The surface water discharge or rate of discharge of a given
watershed after a fall of rain or snow that does not enter the soil
but runs off the surface of the land.
The process by which mineral or organic matter is accumulated
or deposited by moving wind, water or gravity. Once this matter is
deposited or remains suspended in water, it is usually referred to
as "sediment."
A watertight tank in which raw sewage is broken down into
solid, liquid and gaseous phases to facilitate further treatment and
final disposal.
The line within a property defining the required minimum
distance between any structure and the ultimate adjacent right-of-way
and the line defining side and rear yards where required.
Any structure designed to eliminate sanitary sewage within
the boundaries of the lot.
A sanitary sewage collection method in which sewage is carried
from the site by a system of pipes to a central treatment and disposal
plant.
The portion of a roadway (cartway) between the curb or gutter
and the travelway, intended for emergency and parking use.
The extent of unobstructed vision, in a horizontal or vertical
plane, along a street as defined in the engineering specifications.
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 difference in
feet per 100 feet of horizontal distance.
A field test conducted to determine the absorption capacity
of soil to a specified depth in a given location for the purpose of
determining suitability of soil for on-site sewage disposal.
A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way intended
for use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation.
LOCAL ACCESS STREETSThose used primarily to provide access to abutting properties.
COLLECTOR STREETSThose which, in addition to giving access to abutting properties, intercept local access streets and provide routes carrying considerable volumes of traffic to community facilities and to arterial streets.
ARTERIAL STREETSThose serving large volumes of comparatively high-speed and long-distance traffic and include facilities classified as main and secondary highways by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETSMinor streets, parallel and adjacent to arterial streets, providing access to abutting properties and control of intersections with the arterial street.
Anything constructed or erected on the ground or attached
to the ground, including but not limited to buildings, factories,
sheds, cabins, mobile homes and other similar items.
A division of any part, parcel or area by the owner or agent,
either by lots or by metes and bounds, into lots or parcels two or
more in number for the purpose of conveyance, transfer, improvement
or sale, with appurtenant roads, streets, lanes, alleys and ways,
dedicated or intended to be dedicated to public use or the use of
purchasers or owners of lots fronting thereon. A "subdivision," as
herein defined, includes division of a parcel of land having frontage
on an existing street into two or more lots, each having frontage
on the existing street. The term "subdivision" includes land development
and resubdivision and, as appropriate in these regulations, shall
refer to the process of subdividing land or to the land subdivided.
A plan showing all present and proposed grades and facilities
for stormwater drainage.
A licensed surveyor registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A low-lying stretch of land characterized as a depression
used to carry surface water runoff.
A system of open-jointed or perforated pipes laid in the
upper strata of the soil for absorption.
Surface soils and subsurface soils which normally are fertile
soils and soil material ordinarily rich in organic matter or humus
debris. "Topsoil" is usually found in the uppermost soil layer called
the "A horizon."
Any lot, tract or parcel of land which has not been graded
or in any other manner prepared for the construction of a building
or other improvement.
A part of the property, structure or building designed or
intended for any type of independent use, which has direct exit to
a public street or to an easement or right-of-way leading to a public
street and includes a proportionate undivided interest in the common
elements, which is assigned to the property, structure or building.
A stream of water, river, brook, creek or a channel or ditch
for water, whether natural or man-made.
Any waterworks, water supply works, water distribution system
or part thereof designed, intended or constructed to provide or distribute
potable water.
