A.
Unless otherwise expressly stated or the context clearly indicates
another meaning, the following words and phrases shall be construed
throughout the chapter to have the meanings indicated below.
B.
For the purpose of this chapter, words and terms used herein shall
be interpreted as follows:
(1)
Words used in the present tense include the future.
(2)
The singular includes the plural, and the plural includes the
singular, except that such interchange of meaning shall not apply
where numbers in the text refer to specific minimum and maximum quantities.
(3)
The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
(4)
The word "person" includes an individual, estate, trust, firm,
corporation, partnership, company, association, incorporated association
or government entity and any department, board, bureau or agency thereof,
and any other legal entity which is recognized by law and shall include
trustees, receivers, assignees, and similar representatives or entities.
(5)
The words "may" and "should" are permissive. The words "shall,"
"must," and "will" are mandatory.
(6)
The word "used" as applied to any land or building shall be
construed to include the words "intended, arranged, or designed to
be used."
(7)
The word "occupied" as applied to any land or building shall
be construed to include the words "intended, arranged, or designed
to be occupied."
(8)
The words "as amended from time to time" and the like as applied
to any statute, ordinance, code, regulation, plan or map, includes
replacements, supplements or restatements thereof.
(9)
References to a particular article, section or subsection which
inherently refers to other articles, sections or subsections, includes
all articles, sections or subsections referred to.
(10)
The word "Supervisors" and the words "Board of Supervisors,"
where not otherwise specified, shall mean the Pennsbury Township Board
of Supervisors.
(11)
The words "governing body" refer to the Pennsbury Township Board
of Supervisors.
(12)
The word "Commission" and the words "Planning Commission" or
"Township Planning Commission," where not otherwise specified, shall
mean the Pennsbury Township Planning Commission.
(14)
The words "Comprehensive Plan" refer to the then-current version
of the Pennsbury Township Comprehensive Plan.
C.
The terms "such as," "including" and the like are intended to introduce
matters which are illustrative of the meaning of the sentence, clause
or phrase in which such terms appear without limiting or derogating
from the general application of the sentence, clause or phrase in
which such terms appear. The word "includes" or "including" shall
not limit the term to the specified example, but is intended to extend
its meaning to all other instances of like kind and character and
is considered interchangeable with the phrase "including but not limited
to."
D.
The word "building" includes structure and shall be construed as
if followed by the phrase "or part thereof."
E.
In addition to the definitions in this article, additional definitions
in this or other ordinances, applicable regulations, or appendices
thereto may apply or be called into application by reference. In case
of conflict, the more stringent or restrictive definition shall apply.
F.
Any word or term not defined herein shall be used with a meaning
of standard usage.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following words, terms,
and phrases have the meaning indicated herein:
Any parcel, feature or improvement which is contiguous at
any point to another parcel, feature or improvement or which is on
the other side of a section of street (public or private) on which
the subject parcel, feature or improvement has frontage.
The owner of record of a parcel of land which is contiguous
at any point to the parcel in question or which is on the other side
of a section of street (public or private) on which the subject parcel
has frontage i.e., a lot across from the subject parcel.
An ingress/egress road or way serving commercial, industrial,
institutional and residential developments excluding driveways to
individual residential units.
An area of land and/or water which equals 43,560 square feet,
measured on horizontal plans.
Land devoted to uses involving leisure time activities and/or
areas, typically involving sports, requiring equipment, or occurring
at prescribed sites or fields (e.g., soccer, football, baseball, tennis,
swimming, fitness trails, and the like).
See "abutting."
Any person other than the applicant or developer, including
but not limited to a consultant, contractor, subcontractor, representative,
licensee or invitee, who, acting for the applicant or developer, submits
to the Township an application for development and/or subdivision
or land development plans for the purpose of obtaining approval thereof.
Unless otherwise specified, soils classified in the current
edition of the Soil Survey of Chester County as land capacity Classes
I, II, III and IV, which may be considered prime agricultural soils
or soils of statewide significance.
Those land uses which are devoted to the growing and harvesting
of agricultural, horticultural, silvicultural, including timber production
and timber harvesting, aquacultural, and viticulture crops and commodities
and dairy products, livestock, including, but not limited to, raising
dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, swine, horses, ponies, mules, goats,
ranch-raised fur-bearing animals, poultry and bee raising, forestry,
sod crops, and any and all products raised on farms intended for human
or animal consumption or other uses. Property used to commercially
board the aforementioned animals shall be considered to be in "agricultural
use." Agricultural use or purpose shall not include commercial slaughtering
or rendering operations.
A minor right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access
to the side or rear of two or more properties.
Areas subject to periodic flooding or defined as alluvial
in the current edition of the Soil Survey of Chester County; soil
formed from the deposit of sediment in flowing water.
As applied to land, any change in topography as a result of
the moving of soil and rock from one location or position to another;
also the changing of surface conditions by causing the surface to
be more or less impervious; or any change which would alter the type
or method of wastewater disposal system; any land disturbance.
As applied to buildings or other structures, any change or rearrangement,
other than a repair, in the supporting members of an existing building
such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders, as well as any
change in exterior doors or windows, or any enlargement to or diminution
of a building or structure, whether horizontally or vertically, or
moving of a building or structure from one location to another.
A landowner, developer, contract purchaser (equitable owner),
or his, her or its authorized agent who has filed a complete application
for subdivision and/or land development, including his, her or its
heirs, executors, personal representatives, successors, assigns and
grantees.
Any application, for subdivision or land development, whether
pre-application, sketch, preliminary or final, either recommended
(preapplication or sketch), or required (preliminary or final) to
be filed and approved prior to the 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 approval of
a land development plan, including the application form itself, all
plan sheets, and all calculations, reports and studies required to
be submitted by this chapter or applicable regulation.
American Society for Testing and Materials.
A body, politic and corporate, created pursuant to the Municipal
Authorities Act of 1945, as amended from time to time.[1]
American Water Works Association.
A mound of earth, natural or man-made, which serves purposes
such as: directing the flow of surface water runoff, preventing soil
erosion, or supporting plant materials or fencing to aid in screening
or buffering.
Management practices, activities, facilities, measures, procedures
or methods for controlling stormwater runoff which provide hydrological
(i.e., reduction of runoff volumes) and water quality (i.e., reduction
of pollutants) benefits.
Lanes located on the paved surface or shoulder of a street
for purposes of nonmotorized bicycle travel.
A parcel of land bounded on all sides by any combination
of streets, public park land, railroad right-of-way, waterways, the
corporate boundaries of Pennsbury Township, or any other barrier to
the continuity of development.
The Board of Supervisors of Pennsbury Township, Chester County,
PA, or the official, person, or committee designated by the Board
of Supervisors to act with respect to a particular matter set forth
herein.
A defined portion of a parcel or lot proposed for development
appropriate for the planting of, or retention of, suitable hardwood
and/or evergreen trees, shrubs, bushes, grasses or other landscaping
materials, including modifications to existing contours where appropriate,
to create an acceptable transition between adjacent and potentially
incompatible land uses or to screen glare and noise or create a visual
barrier or otherwise reduce the potential for conflicts between them,
within which no structure is permitted except a fence.
Any combination of materials forming any structure which
is erected on the ground and permanently affixed thereto, designed,
intended or arranged for the housing or sheltering of persons, animals,
or property of any kind.
An approval statement signed by the Zoning Officer and the Township's Building Code Official, indicating compliance with Chapter 162, Zoning, and any other ordinances or regulations, authorizing the construction, alteration, reconstruction, restoration, demolition or razing of all or a part of any building or structure within the Township.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE, FRONTA line parallel to the right-of-way line at the front of a lot at a distance equal to the depth of the minimum front yard, as designated for each use and each district by Chapter 162, Zoning.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE, SIDEA line parallel to the side lot line at a distance there from equal to the depth of the minimum side yard, as designated for each use and each district by Chapter 162, Zoning.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE, REARA line parallel to the rear lot line at a distance from the rear lot line equal to the depth of the minimum rear yard, as designated for each use and each district by Chapter 162, Zoning.
The maximum thickness or diameter of nursery stock trees
at a point on the trunk six inches above the natural ground line for
trees up to four inches in diameter and at a point 12 inches above
the natural ground for trees over four inches in diameter. Diameter
measurements for existing trees shall be taken as defined under "diameter
at breast height" or "DBH" in this section.
The surface portion of a street which is paved, improved,
designated, available or intended for vehicular use.
A line in the center of a street right-of-way which is equidistant
from and parallel to the street lines. The center line may not actually
be in the center of the cartway.
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersection defined
by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection
down the center lines of the intersecting streets.
The distance along a public or private road in which a driver
of a stopped vehicle on a driveway, access drive or intersecting road
needs to safely pull out and enter onto the main road. See Pennsylvania
Code, Title 67, Transportation, Chapter 441, "Access to and Occupancy
of Highways by Driveways and Local Roads."
See "driveway, shared or common."
See "open space, common."
The services which provide for various community health,
education, safety, leisure, and like needs and the locations at which
these services are provided. Typical community facilities include:
schools, parks and recreation areas, libraries, health care facilities,
fire protection, police, ambulance and rescue services and postal
services.
A long-range policy plan intended to guide the growth and
development of Pennsbury Township and adopted as the Pennsbury Township
Comprehensive Plan by the Board of Supervisors, as amended and its
successor provisions, consisting of maps, charts and textual material.
A form of ownership of real property including an undivided
interest in a portion of a parcel, together with a separate interest
in a space within a structure, subject to the provisions of the Pennsylvania
Uniform Condominium Act of 1980 (68 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 3101
through 3404).
The Chester County Conservation District.
Any activity which may involve construction, reconstruction,
interior renovation, repair, extension, expansion, alteration, or
relocation of a building or structure, including the placement of
mobile homes and further including the cutting of trees of the excavation,
cutting, filling, and grading of lots in connection therewith or in
preparation or anticipation thereof.
A visually impenetrable screen when planted or constructed,
created through the effective use of perennial plant materials, fencing,
walls and/or earth sculpting or berms.
See "impervious cover."
Areas identified and described in the Township Comprehensive
Plan and Open Space Provisions, including: flood hazard and flood-fringe
areas; prime agricultural soils; steep and very steep slopes; prime
woodlands; low water yield areas; visually sensitive areas; historic
and cultural sites and structures.
A marked or specially constructed crossing of a public or
private road or other vehicular accessway designed to enhance pedestrian
safety and facilitate pedestrian circulation.
A form of a single access street with access at one end and
terminated at the other by a vehicular turnaround.
A structure, including appurtenant works, which carries water
under or through an embankment or fill.
The removal of soil or rock from its natural or predevelopment
location.
An artificial barrier, together with its appurtenant works,
constructed for the purpose of impounding or storing water or another
fluid or semifluid, or a refuse bank, fill or structure for highway,
railroad, or other purposes which does or may impound water or another
fluid or semifluid.
Date on which a completed application together with all required
information, fees, etc., is received by the Township Secretary.
See "diameter at breast height."
Final adjudication of any board or other body granted jurisdiction
under this chapter or the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code
(Act 247, as amended)[2] to do so, either by reason of the grant of exclusive jurisdiction
or by reason of appeals from determinations.
A measure of the number of dwelling units per unit of area calculated by dividing the number of dwelling units by the site area, whether gross area or net area, as defined in Chapter 162, Zoning, and usually expressed in dwelling units (DU) per acre.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, formerly
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources. See "PADEP."
Regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter imposing specific
improvement requirements by which a subdivision or land development
is developed.
The magnitude and temporal distribution of precipitation
from a storm event measured in probability of occurrence (e.g., fifty-year
storm) and duration (e.g., twenty-four-hour), and used in the design
and evaluation of stormwater management systems.
A structure designed to retard surface runoff for a period
of time sufficient to cause the deposition of sediment and to reduce
the velocity and volume of surface flows leaving a site, thus preventing
further erosion.
The final action by an officer, body or agency charged with
the administration of any land use ordinance or application, except
the following: (i) the Board of Supervisors; and (ii) the Zoning Hearing
Board. Determinations shall be appealable only to the Boards designated
as having jurisdiction for such appeals.
Any landowner, agent of such landowner, contract purchaser,
or tenant with the permission of such landowner, or equitable owner
who makes or causes to be made a subdivision of land or a land development,
including his, her or its heirs, executors, personal representatives,
successors, assigns and grantees.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including but not limited to the construction, reconstruction, renovation,
repair, expansion or alteration of buildings or other structures;
the placement of manufactured homes; streets and other paving; utilities;
filling, grading and excavation; mining; dredging; drilling operations;
and the subdivision of land.
A sketch, preliminary or final plan, submitted in compliance
with the requirements of this chapter, showing the provisions for
development of a tract of land and including all information required
pursuant to this chapter, including all covenants relating to use,
location of buildings and other structures, intensity of use or density
of development, streets, and parking facilities, common open space
and public facilities.
The diameter of a tree trunk, measured at 4.5 feet from the
ground surface at the point of the highest elevation in contact with
the trunk of such tree.
The flow of water or liquid waste and the methods of directing
such flow, whether natural or artificial.
A right granted by a landowner to a grantee, allowing the
use of private land for stormwater management purposes.
Any ditch, gutter, pipe, culvert, storm sewer, retention
basin, detention basin, or other structure designed, intended, or
constructed for the purpose of controlling or diverting surface waters
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.
Delaware River Basin Commission.
A generally circular line, the circumference of which is
determined by the outer reaches of a tree's widest branching
points.
A private vehicular and pedestrian access between a public
or private street and a parking area within a lot or property. A driveway
may be shared by not more than three lots, unless permitted under
the terms of this chapter. Any driveway serving more than three lots,
unless otherwise permitted under the terms of this chapter, shall
be deemed a private street.
A driveway which is shared by separate lots or ownership.
An application for approval by the Township which is complete
in terms of plans, reports, studies, maps, investigations, analyses,
exhibits, fees, and the like required by this chapter. Applications
for permits, subdivision, land development and the like shall not
be considered as being duly filed unless all plans, accompanying information
and applicable fees are submitted as required by the Township.
As defined in Chapter 162, Zoning.
Any activity which disturbs the surface of the land, including,
but not limited to, clearing and grubbing, grading, mining, excavation,
embankments, road maintenance, construction and the moving, depositing,
stockpiling, or storing of soil, rock or earth materials, including
the deposition or spreading of sludge.
An interest in land, including a conservation easement, owned
by a party other than the owner of the fee interest in the land, that
entitles the holder to a specific use, purpose, or enjoyment of the
land, or to enforcement of restriction(s) on the use of the land or
structures thereon.
Equivalent dwelling unit, as defined for purposes of sewage
disposal pursuant to regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection or the Chester County Health Department.
A person duly licensed and registered by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania to practice professional engineering.
A licensed Pennsylvania registered professional engineer,
duly appointed by the Pennsbury Township Board of Supervisors as the
engineer for the Township.
The wearing away of soil, bedrock or land surface by water,
wind, ice, chemical, or other natural force.
The removal of the surface of the land through the combined
action of man's activity and the natural processes at a rate
greater than would occur because of the natural process alone.
The widening and deepening of waterways due to erosion.
Existing Resources and Site Analysis Plan.
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar
material is dug into, cut, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced,
relocated or moved and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
The initial condition of a project site prior to the proposed
construction.
An accessory wall or structure composed of wood, iron, steel,
vinyl, brick, stone, decorative block, concrete block and/or other
similar materials constructed, hedges [which may include shrubbery,
trees (excluding shade trees) or other plants] or other material erected
in such a manner and positioned as to enclose, or partially enclose,
or inhibit the view of any premises or along any part of any premises.
Trellises or other structures supporting, or for the purpose of supporting,
vines, flowers and other vegetation when erected in such position
as to enclose any premises or any part of any premises shall be included
within the definition of "fence." Electronic or sound-controlled invisible
fences® shall not be included within
the definition of the word "fence."
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material,
including sludge, 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, including all conditions resulting
therefrom.
The final vertical elevation of the ground surface after
development.
See "lot, flag."
A flood that, on the average, is likely to occur once every
100 years (i.e., that has a 1% chance of occurring each year, although
the flood may occur in any year).
Those maps prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) for Pennsbury Township, delineating the floodplain, as may
be amended from time to time.
The low areas adjoining and including a watercourse or other body of water (such as a pond, marsh or lake) which are subject to inundation by a 100-year flood or as otherwise prescribed in Chapter 162, Zoning.
See "woodlands."
A vertical distance between the elevation of the design high
water and the top of a dam, levee, tank, basin, or diversion ridge.
The space is required as a safety margin in a pond or basin.
GRADE (noun)A slope, usually of a road, channel or natural ground specified in percent and shown on plans as specified herein.
"To grade" as defined above as a verb.
The sum of the horizontal areas of all floors of a building
measured from the exterior face of exterior walls, or from the center
line of a wall separating two buildings, but not including interior
parking spaces, loading space for motor vehicles, or any space where
the average floor-to-ceiling height is less than six feet.
The process by which water from above the surface is added
to the saturated zone of an aquifer.
Financial security which may be required of an applicant/developer
by the Township pursuant to this chapter prior to the Board of Supervisors
accepting dedication of improvements following completion, or to secure
structural integrity of required improvements as well as the functioning
of improvements in accordance with the design and specifications as
depicted on the final plan, including landscape improvements, for
a term not to exceed 18 months from the date of installation or acceptance
of dedication, whichever is later. Such security may include but is
not limited to performance bonds, escrow agreements, surety agreements,
or irrevocable letters of credit.
Any security which may be required of a developer by the
Township in lieu of the completion of any improvements required as
a conditions for final approval of the applicant's subdivision
plan or land development plan. Such security may include but is not
limited to performance bonds, escrow agreements, surety agreements,
or irrevocable letters of credit.
Any hazardous or toxic substances, material or waste or petroleum
derivative which is or becomes regulated by any environmental-related
law. The term "hazardous material" includes, without limitation, any
material or substance which is:
Designated as a "hazardous substance" pursuant to Section on
1311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317);
Defined as a "hazardous waste" pursuant to Section 1004 of the
Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901
et seq. (42 U.S.C. § 6903); or
Defined as a "hazardous substance" pursuant to Section 101 of
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq (42 U.S.C. § 9601).
A linear plant community dominated by trees and/or shrubs.
Hedgerows often occur along roads, fence lines, property lines, or
between fields, and may occur naturally or be specially planted (e.g.,
as a windbreak). Hedgerows are considered woodlands and regulated
as such.
Any building which historically was used for human or animal
occupancy that is representative and contributing to an understanding
of the broad patterns of local, state or national history and identified
as a historic resource on the Historic Resources Map adopted by the
Board of Supervisors of Pennsbury Township.
A geographically definable area which possesses a significant
concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures,
or objects united by past events or aesthetically by plan or physical
development and may be National Register listed or eligible.
An historic building, historic structure, historic object,
or a historic site and their context.
The Pennsbury Township Historic Resources Inventory, which
supplements and provides supporting associated information for the
Historic Resources Map.
A land area which is the site or location of a human event
or activity that has made a significant contribution to the broad
patterns of local, state, or national history (such as, by way of
example, a location of a gun emplacement or skirmish during the Battle
of Brandywine, the ruins of which would have been a historic structure
or historic object if it had not been damaged or destroyed) or which
serves as a monument or shrine of such an event or activity (such
as, by way of example, a cemetery or the ruins of a historic building)
and which is identified as a historic resource on the Historic Resources
Map adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Pennsbury Township.
A structure, or the ruin thereof, which historically was
not used for human or animal occupancy, or an object (such as hedgerows
or walls), which is representative and contributing to an understanding
of the broad patterns of local, state, or national history and has
been identified as a historic resource on the Historic Resources Map
adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Pennsbury Township.
A nonprofit organization of homeowners or property owners,
planned and operated pursuant to the Pennsylvania Uniform Planned
Community Act (68 Pa.C.S.A. § 5101 et seq.), under approved
rules and regulations, for the purpose of administering to the needs
of residents through the maintenance of community-owned property or
facilities.
Soil that is saturated, flooded, or ponded, long enough during
the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions that favor the
growth and regeneration of wetlands vegetation. Wetlands vegetation
includes those plant species that have adapted to saturated soils
and periodic inundations occurring in wetlands. Hydric soils include
any soil inventoried or described as hydric or as a soil with hydric
inclusions according to the Soil Survey of Chester County, Pennsylvania
(most current data available) or other information provided by the
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). In Pennsbury Township,
hydric soils shall include, but are not limited to:
Where site conditions indicate that the location of hydric soils
or the hydric inclusions differ from locations indicated by the U.S.
NRCS, the burden shall be upon the applicant to verify such location(s)
to the satisfaction of the Board of Supervisors; otherwise, the U.S.
NRCS information shall be presumed to be accurate. Where the spplicant
seeks reclassification of hydric soils and their location, such reclassification
shall be undertaken by a certified soil scientist or other similarly
qualified professional.
A registered, professional person trained and having experience
in the areas of hydrology and geology that deal with groundwater,
its occurrence and movements, in its replenishment and depletion,
the properties of rocks that control groundwater movement and storage,
and the methods of investigation and utilization of groundwater.
Any surface or material which is impenetrable or unable to
absorb water, or allow for groundwater recharge, including but not
limited to buildings, structures, roof overhangs, and paved areas
including parking areas, driveways, streets, sidewalks, and other
such areas in concrete, stone, or asphalt, as determined by the Township
Engineer to be impervious within the meaning of this definition.
A retention or detention basin designed to retain stormwater
runoff and release it at a controlled rate.
Any and all physical improvements, additions, changes enhancements,
augmentations, conditions, common amenities and facilities to the
land (whether or not the same are intended to be offered for dedication).
Improvements shall include, but not be limited to streets (including
but not limited to: curbing, base course, binder course, wearing course,
subbase, excavation to rough grade, saw cutting and milling), erosion
and sedimentation control facilities (including but not limited to:
any proposed temporary E&S measures, rock construction entrance(s),
silt fences, tree protection fences, baffles, temporary seeding of
stockpiles, matting and inlet protection), stormwater management facilities
(including but not limited to: swales, piping, inlets, manholes, end
walls, head walls, outlet structures, level spreaders, detention basins
(including topsoil and seeding), catch basins, fencing around detention
basins, swale grading, stone backfill, antiseep collars, riprap and
conversion from sedimentation basins), landscaping (including but
not limited to: deciduous trees, evergreen trees, evergreen shrubs,
perennials/grasses and buffer and screening plantings) street trees,
streetlights, recreation paths and sidewalks (including but not limited
to: excavation to rough grade and materials) walking paths and gazebos,
corner iron pins and concrete monuments, striping and signage (traffic
signs, street signs, etc.), utility trenching/installation for phone,
cable, electric, etc., including backfill material, open space and
recreation area improvements, clearing and grubbing, replacement of
topsoil, traffic control signage and site preparation.
A structure designed as a stormwater BMP to collect and discharge
runoff into the subsurface in a manner that allows infiltration into
underlying soils and groundwater (e.g., french drains, seepage beds,
seepage trench, and biofiltration swale).
A surface connection to a closed drain. A structure at the
diversion end of a conduit. The upstream end of any structure through
which water may flow.
See "lot, interior."
Plant species not native to local natural communities that
grow and spread aggressively and displace native plants. Often also
called "exotics," these species tend to reproduce prolifically and
out-compete other plants for light, space, and nutrients, reducing
plant diversity and wildlife habitat. Such species shall include those
with a similar definition or classification assigned by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection and/or
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as such definition
or classification may be amended or updated from time to time, including
but not limited to those listed in Appendix A.[3]
Natural or artificial bodies of water that retain water year-round.
Artificial water bodies may be created by dams, or may result from
excavation. The shoreline of such water bodies shall be measured from
the spillway crest elevation.
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, buildings, or other features.
A subdivision of land.
Development in accordance with Section 503(1.1) of the Municipalities
Planning Code, as amended,[4] is specifically included in the definition of land development,
except where otherwise excluded in Section 503(1.1).
A sketch, preliminary or final plan, submitted in compliance
with the requirements of this chapter, showing the provision for development
of a tract of land and including all information required pursuant
to this chapter, including all covenants relating to use, location
of buildings and other structures, intensity of use or density of
development, streets, and parking facilities, common open space and
public facilities.
Any activity which exposes soils, alters topography, and/or
alters vegetation including any activity defined as woodland disturbance.
The following activities shall not be regulated as land disturbance
but shall nevertheless be undertaken in a manner such that disturbed
areas shall be stabilized with suitable vegetation and shall not be
left bare:
Customary agricultural practices such as tilling, plowing, mowing,
and harvesting;
Customary landscaping practices such as mowing, planting, trimming;
Removal of hazardous vegetation or invasive species; or
Timber harvesting in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 162, Zoning.
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 professional landscape architect registered in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A plan for the installation and maintenance of landscaping,
prepared according to the provisions of this chapter.
The planting of turf or other appropriate ground cover or
the planting of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubbery, including
the maintenance thereof, for the control of erosion, the retention
of precipitation, protection against the elements, and promotion of
human comfort and welfare.
A lane adjacent to the primary cartway and attached thereto
for use only by vehicles entering, leaving or crossing a lane of forward
travel without interrupting the flow of traffic.
A space in a building or on a lot which is accessible from
the public street system for the temporary use of vehicles while loading
or unloading merchandise, materials or passengers.
A road that has its origin and ending with the same intersecting
road.
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. The term "lot" typically refers to an individual
preexisting lot or a lot within a tract proposed for subdivision.
However, a tract proposed for development also is a preexisting "lot."
The area of land contained within the limits of the legally
described property lines bounding the lot or tract, as shown on a
deed, survey, plot, subdivision or land development plan.
The gross area of land contained within the limits of the legally described property lines bounding a lot or tract, excluding the following areas where existing at the time of any applicable application: street or railroad rights-of-way, common open space, easements for the purposes of access, public or private utility, or stormwater management, prohibitively steep slopes (greater than 25%), those areas identified as Area of Special Food Hazard (Zone A) in the Flood Insurance Study (FIS), streams, an area equal to 90% of any areas of alluvial soils and wetlands as defined by this chapter. Where this definition has been applied to minimum tract area for purposes of determining available density under conventional development under §§ 162-402A(2) and 162-403A(4) or the Open Space Design Option (ODSO) in accordance with Article XVIII, it shall not additionally be applied to minimum lot area for individual lots created within a conventional development or development in accordance with the OSDO.
The percentage of the total area of all impervious surfaces
to the total area of the lot on which they are located.
A property boundary line of any lot, except that in the case
of any lot abutting the street, the lot line for such portion of the
lot that abuts such street shall be deemed to be the same as the street
line, and shall not be the center line of the street or any other
line within the street lines even though such may be the property
boundary line in a deed.
The lot line abutting a street and coinciding with the street
line, and in the case of a corner lot, both lot lines abutting the
streets shall be front lot lines.
A lot line opposite and most distant from and generally parallel
to the front lot line; if the rear lot line is less than 10 feet in
length, or if the lot forms a point at the rear, the rear lot line
shall be deemed to be a line 10 feet in length within the lot, parallel
to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line.
Any lot line not a front or rear lot line.
A lot existing on the date of enactment of this chapter.
The distance, in feet, between the two opposite side lot
lines at the building setback line, measured parallel to the street
line. Where the street line is curved or angled, the lot width shall
be measured as a straight line.
A lot at the junction of and abutting on two or more intersecting
streets where the interior angle of intersection does not exceed 135°.
A lot abutting a curved street shall be deemed a corner lot if the
tangents to the curve at the points of intersection on the side lot
lines within the street lines intersect at an interior angle of less
than 135°.
Any lot which only has access to a street by a narrow strip
of land held in fee ownership by the owner of the lot it serves and
any lot without street frontage existing as of the date of enactment
of this chapter that is accessed by a perpetual easement recorded
in the chain of title for the lot.
A lot extending between and having frontage on two generally
parallel streets with vehicular access only from the minor street.
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which
is built on a permanent chassis, and is designed or used 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. For the purpose of these provisions, a mobile home shall be
considered a manufactured home.
A metal pipe or pin pursuant to § 138-521, placed at all points where lot lines, including open space lots or parcels, intersect road lines or other lot lines and at all angle points in lot lines, except where concrete monuments are required.
A manufactured home.
A stone or concrete monument with a flat top at least four
inches across and at least 36 inches in length, as otherwise prescribed
by the Township Engineer.
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of
1968, as amended, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
A species of plant that currently or previously inhabited
or grew in a specified location, and which was not introduced to that
location as a result of human activity, either intentional or accidental.
The term "native" species generally refers to a species whose range
was located within a large area like a continent or a nation. The
term "indigenous" species is typically used to refer to a species
whose original range extended into a smaller area like a state, county,
or watershed. Examples of preferred native species or cultivars thereof
are included in Appendix A.[5]
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, the system
whereby the federal government issues permits in accordance with the
Federal Clean Water Act, which authority is delegated in Pennsylvania
to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
Any wall, dam, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment,
projection, excavation, channel, culvert, building, fence, stockpile,
refuse, fill, structure, or matter in, along, across, or projecting
into any channel, watercourse, or flood-prone area, which may impede,
retard, or change the direction of the flow of water either in itself
or by catching or collecting debris carried by such water or is placed
where the flow of the water might carry the same downstream.
An area undergoing natural succession characterized by the
presence of herbs, shrubs, and small trees (seedlings) whose branches
do not form a complete or nearly complete aerial canopy.
A system which collects, treats, and disposes of sewage from
only one dwelling unit, principal use or lot into a soil absorption
system, spray field or tank.
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water, within a development designed and intended for
the use or enjoyment of residents, which may be publicly or privately
maintained and excluding streets, off-street parking areas, areas
set aside for public facilities and private yards. It must be substantially
free of structures, but may contain such improvements as are in the
subdivision or development plan as finally approved and are appropriate
for residents' recreation.
A structure designed to control the volume of stormwater
runoff that passes through it during a specified length of time.
See "landowner."
See "lot."
That portion of each tract of land that is within Pennsbury
Township, as that tract existed as of the effective date of this chapter.
A space, available for the parking of one motor vehicle,
exclusive of passageways, driveways or other means of circulation
or access. A parking space shall include either a covered garage space
or uncovered parking lot space located outside of the road right-of-way.
The drives or roadways and the maneuvering space required
to service the parking space.
Any area developed in such a manner as to be conducive of
those activities that fall within the range of passive recreation,
such as nature areas, craft areas, meeting areas, sitting areas, walkways,
sunbathing areas, ponds and lakes, and picnicking areas.
Any leisure-time activity not considered active (e.g., walking,
picnicking, bird watching, fishing).
A continuous way designated for pedestrians and separated
from the through lanes for bicycles or motor vehicles by space or
other barrier.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
Any individual, partnership, public or private association
or corporation, firm, trust, estate, municipality, governmental unit,
public utility or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized
by law as the subject of rights and duties, including any members,
directors, officers, trustees, employees, managers and supervisors,
partners or principals thereof. Whenever used in any clause prescribing
and imposing a penalty, person specifically includes the members,
directors, officers, trustees, employees, managers and supervisors,
partners or principals, or any of them, of such legal entities, all
of which shall be jointly and severally liable to the Township.
A culvert, closed conduit, or similar structure (including
appurtenances) that conveys stormwater, water or sanitary sewerage.
See definition of "plat."
A corrected final plan, showing dimensions and locations
of all streets and other improvements as actually constructed.
A complete and exact subdivision and/or land development plan, including all required supplementary data, complete and prepared for official recording in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and with any conditions of approval imposed by the Township, to define property rights, proposed roads and other improvements. See Article IV of this chapter for final plan content.
A subdivision and/or land development plan presented to the Pennsbury Township Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors demonstrating compliance with existing ordinances and regulations and showing existing features, proposed road and lot layout, stormwater management facilities and engineering detail sufficient to ensure proper functioning of proposed improvements. See Article IV of this chapter for preliminary plan content.
An exact copy of the approved final plan on Mylar or linen
of standard size, prepared for necessary signatures and recording
with the Chester County Recorder of Deeds.
An informal plan indicating existing features of a tract and its surroundings and, with respect for those features, the general layout of the proposed subdivision or land development submitted to the Township for discussion purposes only with the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors. See Article IV of this chapter for sketch plan content.
The Planning Commission of Pennsbury Township, Chester County,
Pa.
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether
preliminary or final.
An exact copy of the approved final plan prepared for necessary
signatures and for recording with the Office of the Chester County
Recorder of Deeds.
See "lakes and ponds."
See "street, private."
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Board
of Supervisors, intended to inform and obtain public comment, prior
to action in accordance with the Municipalities Planning Code, Act
247 of 1968, as amended.[6]
A meeting advertised by public notice, or a regularly scheduled
meeting, for the discussion of a particular matter or required purpose,
such as the review, approval, or denial of subdivision or land development
applications. Such meetings may, at the discretion of the meeting
body, inform and obtain public comment, and shall proceed pursuant
to the applicable regulations for the matter at hand, including the
Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 1968, as amended.[7]
Where required pursuant to the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, Act 247 1968,[8] as amended, notice published once each week for two successive
weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township. Such
notice shall state the time, place, and particular nature of the matter
to be considered. 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.
All land whether publicly or privately owned, whether improved
or not improved, with or without structures.
Any letter, review, memorandum, compilation or similar writing
made by any applicant, developer, body, board, officer or consultant
other than a solicitor to any (other) body, board, officer or consultant
for the purpose of assisting the recipient of such report in the rendering
of any decision or determination.
A parcel of land which is in separate ownership and parallel
to and between a road right-of-way and a tract or lot(s) of land.
See "lot, reverse frontage."
An examination of a plan, report, study or other material submitted by an applicant or developer to determine compliance with this chapter, Chapter 162, Zoning, and other pertinent requirements.
Land area reserved or dedicated for a street, road, other
means of travel or other public or private purpose, or essential services
and utilities such as gas pipes, waterlines, or sewer lines.
The legal right-of-way as established by a governing authority
and currently in existence.
The right-of-way deemed necessary to provide adequate width
for future road or street improvements.
As defined in Chapter 162, Zoning
A vertical pipe extending from the bottom of a pond that
is used to control the discharge rate from the pond for a specified
design storm.
See "street."
The water-carried waste resulting from the discharge of water
closets, laundry tubs, washing machines, sinks, dishwashers, or any
other source of water-carried waste of human origin.
A conduit that collects and transports sanitary sewage.
A barrier, dam, or retention or detention basin located and
designed to retain rock, sand, gravel, silt, or other material transported
by water.
An area of excavated earth filled with loose stone or similar
coarse material, into which surface water is directed for infiltration
into the ground.
Any substance that contains any waste products or excrementitious
matter or other discharge from the bodies of human beings and laundry,
bathroom, and kitchen wastewater.
INDIVIDUAL (ON-LOT OR OFF-LOT) SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMThe disposal of sewage from one lot by the use of piping, tanks and other facilities approved by the Chester County Health Department or the Department of Environment Protection. Such system shall be totally within the confines of the lot on which the use is located (on-lot), or shall be located within an easement designated for such purpose on another lot (off-lot).
COMMUNITY COLLECTION AND TREATMENT SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMA sanitary sewage system which carries sewage from more than one individual discharger or two or more EDUs by a system of pipes to a common treatment and disposal facility, either on-site or off-site approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, or other applicable regulatory agency.
PUBLIC SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMAn off-site system for treatment and disposal of sewage in which sewage is conveyed by interceptor to the treatment facility and disposed of through means approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Such service may be administered by government agency, municipal authority, or public utility. Such system services a municipality(ies) or generally larger areas within a municipality(ies).
That portion of the Township designated in the Official Sewage
Facilities Plan (Act 537 Plan) in which there is, or may be, constructed
a public sewage disposal system.
Runoff that flows over the ground surface as a thin, even
layer, not concentrated in a channel.
The required length of roadway visible to the driver of a
passenger vehicle at any given point on the roadway when the view
is unobstructed by traffic, as follows:
OBJECT SIGHT DISTANCEShall be measured from a point 3.5 feet above the center line of the road surface to a point 0.5 foot above the center line of the road surface at the point of minimum required sight distance;
VEHICLE SIGHT DISTANCEShall be measured from a point 3.5 feet above the center line of the road surface to a point 3.5 feet above the center line of the road surface at the point of minimum required sight distance.
A parcel or parcels of land intended to have one or more
buildings or intended to be subdivided into two or more lots.
Any land area within a site as determined by an actual site
survey.
The percentage of the change in vertical distance (rise)
over the horizontal distance (run), as measured between consecutive
contour lines expressed as a percentage.
A field test conducted according to the rules and regulations
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Title 25, Chapter 73, or other
applicable provisions as may be amended or restated from time to time,
to determine the suitability of the soil for sanitary sewage disposal
by measuring the absorptive capacity of the soil at a given location
and depth.
Any tree or other vegetation determined to be of specimen quality as defined in Chapter 162, Zoning.
The proper placing, grading and/or covering of soil, rock,
or earth to insure their resistance to erosion, sliding or other movement.
Slopes shall be measured as the change in elevation over the
horizontal distance between consecutive contour lines and expressed
as a percent. For the purpose of application of these regulations,
slope shall be measured over three or more two-foot contour intervals
(six cumulative vertical feet of slope). All slope measurements shall
be based on contour intervals determined by detailed topographical
survey using aerial photogrammetry or actual field survey and shall
be signed and sealed by a registered surveyor or engineer licensed
to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A system of pipes or other conduits which carries intercepted
surface runoff, road water and other waters, or drainage, but excludes
domestic sewage or wastewater and industrial wastes.
The precipitation reaching the ground surface.
Any structure, natural or man-made, that, due to its condition,
design, or construction, conveys, stores, or otherwise affects stormwater
runoff. Typical stormwater management facilities include, but are
not limited to, detention and retention basins, open channels, storm
sewers, pipes, and infiltration structures.
The plan prepared by the developer or his representative
indicating how stormwater will be managed in accordance with the requirements
of this chapter.
A watercourse.
A pubic (dedicated) or private (undedicated) right-of-way
intended for use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation
to provide access to more than one lot, except as provided herein
for shared use of driveways for no more than three lots. The word
"street" includes road, roadway, thoroughfare, avenue, boulevard,
court, drive, expressway, highway, lane, alley, service street, and
similar terms.
A designation in the Pennsbury Comprehensive Plan, as amended,
given a street in accordance with its function as a carrier of traffic
and from which specific setback distances and other regulations in
this chapter apply. Classifications for new streets within the Township,
or streets not designated in the current Township Comprehensive Plan,
shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors after recommendation
by the Planning Commission. For the purpose of this chapter, the following
eight classifications shall apply based on the Pennsbury Township
Comprehensive Plan:
ARTERIAL (MAJOR)A street serving a heavy volume of comparatively high-speed and long-distance traffic generally ranging between 10,000 and 60,000 trips per day, and usually consisting of more than two lanes and linking urban centers.
ARTERIAL (MINOR)A street serving a heavy volume of comparatively high-speed traffic, but their focus is more regional than the major arterials and provides for traffic ranging from 8,000 to 20,000 trips per day with more access than major arterials.
COLLECTOR (MAJOR)A street, which accommodates traffic averaging 4,000 to 10,000 trips per day, designed and located to provide means to collect traffic off local streets and to provide access for through traffic between residential neighborhoods and districts within the Township to arterial streets and/or a street used for access to nonresidential properties.
COLLECTOR (MINOR)A street, which accommodates traffic averaging 1,000 to 5,000 trips per day, designed to connect neighborhoods and be primarily used for intramunicipal use.
LOCALA street, which accommodates less than 1,500 trips per day, intended to serve and provide access to the properties abutting thereon, intended for short distance travel and not to encourage through traffic.
STREET, MARGINAL-ACCESSA local street parallel and adjacent to an arterial street, (but separated from it by a reserve strip) which provides access to abutting properties.
STREET, PRIVATEA local street serving four or more lots that is not offered or required to be offered for dedication.
STREET, SINGLE-ACCESSA local street or streets, including but not limited to cul-de-sac and loop designs, which has only one point of intersection with an existing Township or state road or with a proposed road having more than one access point.
The right-of-way, or the dividing line between a lot and
the outside boundary of a public street, road or highway, legally
open or officially plotted, or between a lot and outside the boundary
of a privately owned street, road, or way over which the owners or
tenants of two or more lots each held in single and separate ownership
have the right-of-way.
Tree(s) provided along streets pursuant to § 138-522 of this chapter.
A line which is an equal distance from both street lines
as originally laid out and constructed.
A thoroughfare serving abutting lots held in single and separate
ownership and not deeded or dedicated to the Township.
A public thoroughfare which has been dedicated and deeded
to the Township and which affords the principal means of access to
the abutting property.
Any man-made object or assembly of material having an ascertainable
stationary location on or in land or water, whether public or private,
including, but not limited to, buildings, sheds, mobile homes, signs,
fences or walls, antennae, porches, decks, patios, platforms, tennis
courts, swimming pools, tanks, and towers, and similar items.
See "developer."
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 division by lease
of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres,
not involving any new street, easement of access or any residential
dwelling, shall not be considered a subdivision.
The Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance of Pennsbury
Township, Chester County, PA.
Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision, and
any land development that does not include subdivision.
A sketch, preliminary or final plan, submitted in compliance
with this chapter, showing the provision for the subdivision of a
tract of land.
Any subdivision classified as a minor subdivision in accordance with Article III of this chapter.
The Board of Township Supervisors of Pennsbury Township,
Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Water flowing from a specific site or land area, typically
from defined precipitation events such as a twenty-four-hour storm,
including flows from pervious natural surfaces in excess of soil permeability
rates and flows from fully and partially impervious developed surfaces.
A professional land surveyor registered by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A low-lying stretch of land which gathers or carries surface
water runoff.
The Township of Pennsbury. The Board of Supervisors of Pennsbury
Township or the official, person, or committee designated by the Board
of Supervisors to act with respect to a particular matter set forth
herein.
One or more contiguous lots within the Township, assembled
for the purpose of unified development, including a planned residential
development, multiple-family development, planned shopping center,
planned office park, industrial park, cluster development or lot averaging
development, or a mobile home park. See "lot."
An activity or the specific purpose for which land or a building
is designed, arranged, intended, or improved on a lot or for which
it is or may be occupied or used.
Water supply shall mean the following:
INDIVIDUAL WATER SUPPLYA safe and healthful supply of water consisting of a well, piping, pump and other equipment which services one single user.
COMMUNITY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMA system for supplying water from a common source or sources to more than one dwelling and other buildings within a development, or other Township service area. The water supply source may be located on-site and/or off-site and may be publicly or privately owned.
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMA system for supplying water in sufficient quantities to more than one dwelling and other buildings, which is administered by a municipality, municipal authority, or public utility as defined and regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC). Such system services a municipality(ies) or generally larger areas within a municipality(ies).
OFF-SITE WATER SUPPLYA safe, adequate and healthful supply of water to more than one user from a common source or common supplier approved by all governmental agencies having jurisdiction over such matters and either governmentally or privately owned or PUC-controlled.
The upper surface of a zone of saturation, except where that
surface is formed by an impermeable body.
A watercourse is a channel or conveyance of surface water
having defined bed and banks, with perennial or intermittent flow,
including the course of outflow from any spring, a river, brook, creek
or stream. The definition of watercourse shall exclude facilities
constructed solely for stormwater management.
Any and all rivers, streams, creeks, rivulets, dammed water,
ponds, springs, and all other bodies or channels of conveyance of
surface and underground water, or parts thereof, whether natural or
artificial, within or on the boundaries of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Wetlands are those areas inundated or saturated by surface
water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support,
and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation
typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, including
swamps, marshes, bogs, ponds, lakes, and similar areas. Wetlands include
all lands regulated as wetlands by the PADEP or the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers. In the event there is a conflict between the definitions
of these agencies, the more restrictive definition applies.
Any activity which:
Alters the existing structure of a woodland or hedgerow. Alterations
include the cutting or removal of canopy trees, subcanopy trees, understory
shrubs and vines, woody and herbaceous woodland floor species as well
as the removal of humus or duff from the ground; or
Constitutes a land disturbance within a woodland or hedgerow.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, woodland disturbance does not
include the following:
Where woodland disturbance is regulated as a timber harvesting
operation, such operation shall not be separately regulated as woodland
disturbance for the purposes of this chapter and shall not require
a submission pursuant to this chapter.
A tree mass or plant community covering an area of 0.25 acre
or more, in which tree species are dominant or codominant and the
branches of the trees form a complete, or nearly complete, aerial
canopy. The extent of any woodland plant community or any part thereof
shall be measured from the outermost drip line of all the trees in
such plant community. "Woodland" shall include any area where timber
has been harvested within the previous three years and/or woodland
disturbance has occurred within the previous three years which would
have met the definition of woodland prior to timbering or disturbance
but not prior to enactment of this section. "Woodlands" do not include
orchards or old fields or tree farms.
An open space between the principal building or group of
buildings and the nearest lot line or road right-of-way which is unoccupied
and unobstructed from the ground upward except for permitted accessory
structures or as otherwise herein permitted. The minimum depth of
each required yard is established by the applicable building setback
line.
The Official Zoning Map of Pennsbury Township, Chester County,
Pennsylvania.
The Zoning Ordinance of Pennsbury Township, Chester County,
Pennsylvania.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said Act was repealed 6-19-2001 by Act 22 of
2001 (P.L. 287, No. 22). See now Municipality Authorities Act, 53
Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[3]
Editor's Note: Appendix A is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[4]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10503(1.1).
[5]
Editor's Note: Appendix A is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[6]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[7]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[8]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
