Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words shall, for the
purpose of this chapter, have the meaning herein indicated:
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 start of construction or development, including but
not limited to an application for a building permit, for the approval of a
subdivision plat or plan or for the approval of a land development plan.
An area bounded by streets.
A line parallel to the front, side or rear lot line set so as to
provide the required yard.
The area of a street, road or alley used for vehicular traffic.
The 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.
The Planning Commission of Loyalsock Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
County of Lycoming, Pennsylvania.
A street open at one end for vehicular or pedestrian access with
the opposite end terminating in a vehicular turnaround.
Any landowner, agents 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.
A building designed for residential purposes and used as the living
quarters for one or more families.
A group of two or more single-family, two-family or multifamily dwellings
occupying a lot in one ownership.
A building used by three or more families, living independently of
each other and doing their own cooking, including apartment houses.
A building used by one family, and having two party walls in common
with other buildings.
A building used by one family, having only one dwelling unit and
having two side yards.
A building used by one family, having one side yard and one party
wall in common with another building.
A building used by two families, with one dwelling unit arranged
over the other, and having two side yards.
A building used by two families, with one dwelling unit arranged
over the other, having one side yard and one party wall in common with another
building.
One or more rooms used for living and sleeping purposes, and having
a kitchen with fixed cooking facilities arranged for occupancy by one family.
A right granted to use certain land area for a special purpose consistent
with the general property rights of the owner.
A registered engineer retained by the municipality, authorized to
practice engineering as defined by the Registration Act of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
The engineering specifications of the municipality regulating the
installation of any required improvements, or for any facility installed by
an owner, subject to public use.
The Board of Supervisors of Loyalsock Township, Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania.
Sanitarian of the State Department of Health, local Health Officer,
or other qualified personnel.
An administrative proceeding conducted by a Board pursuant to 53
P.S. § 10909.1.[1]
A right-of-way for pedestrian use extending from a street into a
block or across a block to another street.
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; or
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.
A subdivision of land.
Development in accordance with 53 P.S. § 10503(1.1).
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 other person having a proprietary
interest in land, shall be deemed to be a landowner for the purposes of this
chapter.
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.
[Amended 8-25-1998 by Ord. No. 274]
Area contained within the property lines, excluding street area but
including the area of any easement.
A lot, the opposite ends of which abut on streets.
A lot between an arterial street and a minor street with vehicular
access only from the minor street.
Width of a lot measured at the building setback.
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built
on a permanent chassis, and is designed for use with or without a permanent
foundation when attached to the required utilities. The term includes park
trailers, travel trailers, recreational and other similar vehicles which are
placed on a site for more than 180 consecutive days.
[Added 8-25-1998 by Ord. No. 274;
amended 3-9-2004 by Ord. No. 303]
A parcel of land in a manufactured home park, improved with the necessary
utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for the erection thereon
of a single manufactured home.
[Added 8-25-1998 by Ord. No. 274;
amended 3-9-2004 by Ord. No. 303]
A parcel of land under single ownership, which has been planned and
improved for the placement of two or more manufactured homes for non-transient
use.
[Added 8-25-1998 by Ord. No. 274;
amended 3-9-2004 by Ord. No. 303]
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
duly appointed as the engineer for a municipality, planning agency or joint
Planning Commission.
[Added 8-25-1998 by Ord. No. 274]
The Township of Loyalsock, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
Structures for which the start of construction commenced on or after
May 16, 1977 and includes any subsequent improvements thereto.
[Added 3-9-2004 by Ord. No. 303]
A map adopted by ordinance pursuant to 53 P.S. § 10401
et seq.
[Added 8-25-1998 by Ord. No. 274]
Any individual or group of individuals, partnership, copartnership
or corporation.
A complete and exact subdivision plan, prepared for official recording
as required by statute, to define property rights and proposed streets and
other improvements.
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 Loyalsock Township Planning Commission.
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether preliminary
or final.
Includes:
[Amended 8-25-1998 by Ord. No. 274]
Notice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper
of general circulation in the Township of Loyalsock, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
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 and the second publication shall not be less
than seven days from the date of the hearing.
[Amended 8-25-1998 by Ord. No. 274]
A strip of land adjacent to a street intended to control access to
the street from an adjacent property.
A strip of land between property lines for use as a road, street
or alley.
A pipe for conveying sewage and excludes stormwater, surface water
and groundwater.
The maximum extent of unobstructed vision (in a horizontal or vertical
plane) along a street from a vehicle located at any given point on a street.
A pipe or open ditch, drainage channel for conveying rainwater, surface
water, condensation, cooling water, and similar liquid waste, exclusive of
sewage or industrial waste to a natural watercourse or other outlet, as approved.
Includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway,
lane, alley, viaduct and any other ways used or intended to be used by vehicular
traffic or pedestrians, whether public or private, and for the purpose of
this chapter shall be classed as follows:
ARTERIALTraverse through the municipality and are used primarily for through, fast or heavy traffic.
COLLECTORCarry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets, including principal entrance streets of a residential, commercial or industrial development and streets for a major circulation within such developments.
MINOR STREETSAre used primarily for access to the abutting properties.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETSAre minor streets which are parallel to and adjacent to primary streets, and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
ALLEYSAre minor ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
A street, generally parallel to and adjacent to a property line,
having a lesser right-of-way width than normally required for satisfactory
improvement and use of the street.
The shortest distance between the lines delineating the right-of-way
of a street.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on
or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
A person, copartnership or corporation owning land in the municipality
and for which a land subdivision application is filed and processed under
the provisions of this chapter.
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 ten acres,
not involving any new street or easement of access or any residential dwelling,
shall be exempted.[3]
Any subdivision abutting an existing public street or road involving
not more than five lots, parcels of land or other division of land which does
not require a new street, the installation of sanitary sewers, storm sewers,
water mains or pipes, or other public improvements.
A registered surveyor, as defined by the Registration Act of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A map showing the elevations of the ground by contours or elevations.
Relief granted pursuant to the provisions of 53 P.S. § 10601
et seq. and 53 P.S. § 10901 et seq.[4]
