[Ord. 311, 8/20/2012, § I[1]]
(a) 
The following words and phrases when used in this Chapter shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
ADJACENT AREA
The area surrounding the immediate area of the permitted work that can reasonably be assumed to have been affected by the permitted work.
APPLICANT
The person or entity filing an application under this Chapter for a permit. Once a permit has been issued, the applicant, or his assignee if the assignment of the permit shall have been approved by the Township Engineer, shall be deemed the "permittee."
BACKFILL
Material used to replace, or the act of replacing, material removed during construction.
BASE COURSE
The layer or layers of specified or selected material of designed thickness placed on a subbase or a subgrade to support a surface course.
BRIDGE
A structure, including supports, erected over a depression or an obstruction, such as water, street or railway, and having a track of passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads and having an opening measured along the center of the cartway of more than 20 feet between supports.
CARTWAY
That portion of a street improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the sidewalk or shoulder.
CLEAR ROADSIDE AREA
The portion of right-of-way beyond the pavement edge within which no existing obstructions are located.
CULVERT
Any structure under the cartway with an opening of 20 feet or less measured along the center of the cartway.
DESIGN MANUAL, PART 5
A publication containing PennDOT's utility relocation and accommodation policies, including any amendment thereto and any substitution or replacement thereof.
DETOUR
To send traffic by a circuitous route around a portion of a highway that has been closed in accordance with § 508 of this Chapter (relating to traffic control plans) or the section of this Chapter relating to traffic protection and maintenance.
EMERGENCY
An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy due to the imminent threat to the public health, safety and welfare.
EMERGENCY REPAIRS
Repairs to water, gas, utility or other infrastructure which repairs are necessary to mitigate, address or abate an emergency.
EQUIPMENT
All machinery and equipment, together with the necessary supplies for upkeep and maintenance, and also tools and apparatus necessary for the proper construction and completion of work.
FACILITY
Means and includes all privately, publicly or cooperatively owned lines and systems for producing, transmitting or distributing stream, waste and other similar commodities, which directly or indirectly serve the public, and all appurtenances and attachments thereto.
FLEXIBLE BASE PAVEMENT
A pavement structure which maintains intimate contact with and distributes loads to the subgrade and depends on aggregate interlock, particle friction, and cohesion for stability.
HIGHWAY
See "street."
IMPROVED AREA
The area within the right-of-way which has been constructed for street purposes, including roadbed, pavement, shoulders, slope, sidewalks, drainage facilities and any other appurtenances.
INSPECTOR
The Township's authorized representative assigned to inspect permit operations.
PAVEMENT
The combination of subbase, base course and surface course placed on a subgrade to support the traffic load and distribute it to the roadbed.
PennDOT
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
PERMIT
A street occupancy permit issued by the Township pursuant to this Chapter.
PERMITTEE
See the definition of "applicant" above.
PERSON
Any natural person, firm, co-partnership, association, corporation or political subdivision.
PLOWING
Placing utility cables underground by means of a plow mechanism.
PUBLICATION 203
A PennDOT publication containing requirements for work area traffic control during highway maintenance operations and utility work, including any amendment thereto and any substitution or replacement thereof.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
The area between the right-of-way lines of a street.
RIGID BASE PAVEMENT
A pavement structure which distributes loads to the subgrade having as one course a Portland cement concrete slab of relatively high bending resistance.
ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
PennDOT Publication No. 72 containing design standards for roadway construction, including any amendment thereto and any substitution or replacement thereof.
SELECT GRANULAR MATERIAL
Crushed stone as specified in PennDOT Publication 408, Section 703.3.
SHOULDER
The portion of the cartway, contiguous to the traffic lanes, for accommodation of stopped vehicles, for emergency use and for lateral support of base and surface courses and pavements.
SIDEWALK
A portion of a street between the curblines, or the lateral lines of a cartway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for use by pedestrians.
STREET
A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, open to vehicular use by the public. The term "street" shall include street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway, lane, alley or viaduct.
STRUCTURE
Any material or a combination of materials which are constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on or beneath the ground, or attached to something located on or beneath the ground.
SUPERVISORS
The Board of Supervisors of Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
TOWNSHIP
Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
TOWNSHIP ENGINEER
The person so designated by the Township Supervisors, or his representative so designated either by the Township Supervisors or by the Township Engineer.
TOWNSHIP STREET
A street under the jurisdiction of the Township.
UTILITY
A person owning a utility facility, including any wholly owned or controlled subsidiary, and including any plumber or any other contractor hired or engaged by the owner.
(b) 
When terms, phrases, or words used herein are not defined, they shall have the meaning prescribed by the Township Zoning Ordinance, the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance,[2] any other Township ordinances or resolutions or, in the absence of such, their ordinarily accepted meaning or such as the context may imply.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 31, Zoning, and Ch. 26, Subdivision and Land Development.
[1]
Editor's Note: This Chapter also superseded former Chapter 25, Streets, Sidewalks, Driveways and Curbs, adopted as follows: Part 1, Erection of Street Signs; Naming of Streets, Subpart A by Ord. 132, 12/17/1990, and Subpart B by Ord. 36, 10/2/1967; Part 2, Street Excavation and Construction, Subpart A by Ord. 113, 4/17/1989, and Subpart B by Ord. 114, 4/17/1989, as amended; Part 3, Construction, Grading and Repair of Sidewalks, Curbs and Driveways, Subpart A by Ord. 115, 4/17/1989, Subpart B by Ord. 93, 5/19/1986, and Subpart C by Ord. 103, 2/15/1988; Part 4, Snow and Ice Removal From Sidewalks and Roofs, by Ord. 147, 3/21/1994; and Part 5, Erection or Placement of Structures on or Over Sidewalks and Streets, by Ord. 217, 3/18/2002.