[Amended 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 235-90]
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and phrases
shall be construed throughout this chapter to have the meanings herein
indicated. The singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall
include the singular. Words used in the present or past tenses shall
include the future tense. The words "person," "applicant," "subdivider,"
and "owner" shall include a corporation, unincorporated association,
trust, partnership, or other legal entity, as well as an individual.
The words "shall" and "will" are always mandatory.
A.
Undefined words shall have the meanings ascribed to them by definition in Chapter 455, Zoning, of the Code of the Township of Easttown, as amended. Otherwise, undefined words shall have ascribed to them their commonly accepted meanings as verified by dictionary definition.
[Added 8-17-1998 by Ord. No. 317-98]
B.
ALLEY
APPLICANT
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK
BUILDING SETBACK LINE
CARTWAY (ROADWAY)
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE
COMMON OPEN SPACE
CRITICAL AREAS
CROSSWALK (INTERIOR WALK)
CUL-DE-SAC
DESIGN STANDARDS
DEVELOPER
DRAINAGE
DWELLING UNIT
EASEMENT
ENGINEER
EROSION
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE(S)
IMPROVEMENTS
IMPROVEMENT SPECIFICATIONS
LAND DEVELOPMENT
(1)
(a)
(b)
(2)
LANDOWNER
LOT
LOT AREA
MARKER
MONUMENT
MPC
MULTIPLE-DWELLING BUILDING
PLAN, AS-BUILT
PLAN, CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENT
PLAN, FINAL
PLAN, LAND DEVELOPMENT
PLAN, MAJOR STREET
PLANNING COMMISSION
PLAN, OFFICIAL
PLAN, OFFICIAL SEWAGE FACILITIES
PLAN, PRELIMINARY
PLAN, PROFILE
PLAN, RECORD
PLAN, SKETCH
PLAT
PUBLIC NOTICE
RESERVE STRIP
RESIDENT PROPERTY OWNER
REVERSE FRONTAGE LOT
REVIEW
RIGHT-OF-WAY
ROADWAY
SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL, COMMUNITY
SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL, ON-SITE
SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL, PUBLIC
SEDIMENT
SEPTIC TANK
SIGHT DISTANCE
SOIL PERCOLATION TEST
STREET, PRIVATE
STREET, PUBLIC
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
STRUCTURE
SUBDIVIDER
SUBDIVISION
SURVEYOR
TILE DISPOSAL FIELD
WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, COMMUNITY
WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, ON-SITE
As used in this chapter, except where the context clearly indicates
otherwise, the following words and/or phrases have the meanings indicated
below:
A right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access to the
side or rear of lots.
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has
filed an application for development, including his or its heirs,
personal representatives, successors and assigns.
Every application, whether preliminary or final, required
to be filed and approved prior to the start of construction or development,
including but not limited to an application for a building permit
or for the approval of a subdivision plan or plot.
An area bounded by streets.
The line within a property defining the minimum required
distance between any building to be erected and an adjacent right-of-way.
The portion of a street right-of-way, paved or unpaved, customarily
used by vehicles in the regular course of travel over the street.
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections defined
by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection
of the street center lines.
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water, within a development site and designed and intended
for the use or enjoyment of residents of the development, but not
including streets, off-street parking areas, and areas set aside for
public facilities. Common open space shall be substantially free of
structures but may contain such improvements as are in the subdivision
or development plan as finally approved and as are appropriate for
the recreation of residents.
Areas of a subdivision or land development particularly subject
to erosion and sedimentation, such as areas not covered with vegetation
due to grading, cutting or filling, which contain exposed subsoils
or mixtures of soil horizons, or excessively long slopes or steep
grades.
A publicly or privately owned right-of-way for pedestrian
use extending from a street into a block or across a block to another
street.
A single-access minor street intersecting another street
at one end and terminating in a vehicular turnaround at the other
end.
[Amended 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 235-90[1]]
Minimum standards for the layout by which a subdivision or
land development is developed.
Any landowner, agent of such landowner or tenant with the
permission of such landowner who makes or causes to be made a subdivision
of land or a land development.
The flow of water or liquid waste and the method of directing
such flow, whether natural or artificial.
Any structure, or part thereof, designed to be occupied as
a single housekeeping unit.
A right-of-way granted, but not dedicated, for limited use
of private land for a public or quasi-public purpose, and within which
the owner of the property shall not erect any permanent structures,
but shall have the right to make any other use of the land which is
not inconsistent with the rights of the grantee.
A licensed professional engineer registered by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
The movement of soil by the action of wind and/or water.
Areas or materials which are substantially impenetrable by
liquids, such as buildings, structures, paved areas, brick, flagstone,
concrete pavers, concrete walkways and patios.
[Added 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 235-90]
Grading, paving, curbing, streetlights, fire hydrants, water
mains, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, detention basins, retention
basins, culverts, streets, sidewalks, monuments, open space improvements,
recreation facilities, buffer and screen plantings, street and replacement
trees, and similar improvements.
[Added 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 235-90]
Minimum standards for the construction of the required improvements,
such as streets, curbs, sidewalks, water mains, sewers, drainage,
public utilities and other items required to render the land suitable
for the use proposed.
[Amended 9-6-1989 by Ord. No. 224-89]
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.
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.
[Amended 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 235-90]
A designated parcel, 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 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 235-90; 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 424-14]
See "lot area, net" definition under Ch. 455, Zoning.
[Amended 4-6-1987 by Ord. No. 203-87; 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 424-14]
An iron pipe or steel bar 3/4 inch in diameter and 30 inches
in length.
[Added 5-3-1993 by Ord. No. 263-93]
A stone or concrete monument with a flat top at least four
inches in diameter or square, containing a copper or brass dowel (plug),
and at least 30 inches in length (preferred 30 inches to 36 inches).
The monument shall be tapered so that the dimensions at the bottom
be at least two inches greater than the top, to minimize movement
caused by frost.
[Amended 5-3-1993 by Ord. No. 263-93]
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of
1968, as amended by Act 170 of 1988, as amended from time to time.[2]
[Added 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 235-90]
A building containing more than one dwelling unit.[3]
A plan prepared by a surveyor or engineer showing dimensions
and locations of all improvements as actually constructed. As-built
plans shall be submitted to the Township Engineer within 90 days from
substantial completion of the work.
[Added 5-3-1993 by Ord. No. 263-93; amended 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 424-14]
A plan prepared by a registered engineer or surveyor showing
the construction details of streets, drains, sewers, bridges, culverts
and other improvements as required by this chapter.
A complete and exact subdivision or land development plat, prepared for official recording as required by this chapter, and which includes all information required by the applicable provisions of Article V of this chapter.
[Amended 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 235-90]
A sketch, preliminary or final plan, including written and
graphic documentation showing the provision for development of a lot
when a plan of subdivision would not be applicable.
[Added 5-3-1993 by Ord. No. 263-93; amended 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 424-14]
The element of the County or Township Comprehensive Plan
which shall show the general location, alignment, and dimensions and
the identification and classification of existing and proposed streets,
highways, and other thoroughfares.
The Easttown Township Planning Commission.
The Comprehensive Plan (Master Plan) and/or future land use
plan and/or ultimate right-of-way plan and/or Official Map and/or
other such plans, or portions thereof, as may be adopted, pursuant
to ordinance or statute, for the area of the Township in which the
land development or subdivision is located.
[Amended 6-2-2014 by Ord.
No. 422-14]
The plan adopted by the Township and approved by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection which sets forth recommendations
for the provision of adequate sewage systems in the Township in accordance
with the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, Act 537, as amended (35
P.S. § 750.1 et seq.).
[Added 5-3-1993 by Ord. No. 263-93; amended 6-2-2014 by Ord. No. 422-14]
A tentative subdivision or land development plat, prepared in accordance with and containing all of the information required by the applicable provisions of Article V of this chapter.
[Amended 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 235-90]
A plan prepared by an engineer, architect or landscape architect,
showing the vertical section of the existing grade and proposed grade
along the center line of any proposed street and any street appurtenances
to be constructed or installed, which must include cross sections
of the street and other construction improvements.
[Added 5-3-1993 by Ord. No. 263-93]
The copy of the final plan which contains the original endorsements
of the County Planning Commission and the Township and which is intended
to be recorded with the County Recorder of Deeds.
An informal drawing of a proposed subdivision or land development, not a formal plat or plan submission, submitted for informal discussion as permitted by the applicable sections of Article V of this chapter.
[Amended 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 235-90]
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether
preliminary or final.
Notice published once each week for two successive weeks
in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township. Such notice
shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature
of the matter to be considered at the hearing. The first publication
shall not be more than 30 days and the second publication shall not
be less than seven days from the date of the hearing.
[Amended 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 235-90]
A parcel of ground in separate (sometimes public) ownership
separating a street from other adjacent properties or from another
street.
Any individual maintaining a voting address in the Township,
owning real estate in his own or joint names. A tenancy in common
or any other means of joint ownership shall be considered as an individual;
however, the signature of any single joint owner shall be considered
as binding the others.[4]
A lot extending between and having frontage on two generally
parallel streets (excluding service streets or alleys), with vehicular
access solely from one street.
An examination of the sketch plan, preliminary plan, and/or
final plan by the Planning Commission and/or the Easttown Township
Board of Supervisors to determine compliance with this chapter and
the administrative regulations, design standards and improvement specifications
enacted pursuant thereto.
The total width of any land reserved or dedicated as a street,
alley, crosswalk or for other public purposes.
See "cartway."
A sanitary sewage collection system in which sewage is carried
from individual lots by a system of pipes to a treatment and disposal
plant, generally serving a neighborhood area.
Any structure designed to treat sanitary sewage within the
boundaries of an individual lot.
A sanitary sewage collection system in which sewage is carried
from individual lots by a system of pipes to a publicly owned central
treatment and disposal plant.
The resulting residue from erosion.
A covered watertight settling tank in which raw sewage is
changed into solid, liquid, and gaseous states to facilitate further
treatment and final disposal.
The required length of roadway visible to a driver of a passenger
vehicle at any given point on the roadway when the view is unobstructed
by traffic. Sight distance measurements shall be made from a point
3.5 feet above the center line of the road surface to a point 0.5
feet above the center line of the road surface.
[Amended 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 235-90]
A field test conducted to determine the suitability of the
soil for on-site sanitary sewage disposal facilities by measuring
the absorptive capacity of the soil at a given location and depth.
A strip of land or roadway intended for use as a means of
vehicular and pedestrian circulation to provide access to more than
one lot. A private street is intended for use of only the lots served
rather than the general public.
A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way (i.e.,
not limited to the cartway), intended for general public use as a
means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation to provide access to
more than one lot. The term "public street" includes any thoroughfare
intended for public use. Public streets are further classified according
to the functions they perform.
MINOR LOCAL STREETA street used primarily to provide access to abutting properties.
CUL-DE-SAC STREETA minor street intersecting another street and terminating in a vehicular turnaround at the other end.
HALF (PARTIAL) STREETA street, generally parallel and adjacent to a property line, having a lesser right-of-way width than normally required for improvement and use of the street.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETA minor street, parallel and adjacent to a major street (but separated from it by a reserve strip), which provides access to abutting properties and control of intersections with the major street.
COLLECTOR STREETA street which, in addition to providing access to abutting properties, intercepts minor streets to provide a route serving 50 or more dwelling units to give access to community facilities and/or other collector and major streets (streets in industrial commercial subdivisions shall generally be considered collector streets); sometimes called a "feeder street," which connects a local street system and a major street or highway system.
MAJOR STREET or THROUGH HIGHWAY (ARTERIAL)A street serving a large volume of comparatively high-speed and long-distance traffic, including all facilities classified as main and secondary highways by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation; a highway on which preference is given to the through movement of traffic at the expense of cross traffic.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
Any individual, copartnership or corporation (or agent authorized
thereby) which undertakes the subdivision of land, as defined by this
chapter, as the owner, lessee, equitable owner (or agent authorized
thereby) of the land being subdivided.
The division or redivision of a lot 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 10 acres,
not involving any new street or easement of access or any residential
dwelling, shall be exempted.
[Amended 9-6-1989 by Ord. No. 224-89; 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 424-14]
A licensed surveyor registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A system of open-jointed or perforated pipes laid in the
upper strata of the soil to distribute sewage effluent into the soil
for absorption and evaporation.
A system for supplying and distributing water from a common
source to dwellings and other buildings, but generally not confined
to one neighborhood.
A system for supplying and distributing water to a single
dwelling or other building from a source located on the same lot.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also added the definition "cul-de-sac
street," which was subsequently repealed 5-3-1993 by Ord. No. 263-93.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[3]
Editor's Note: The original definition of "plan, conservation,"
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 9-17-1990
by Ord. No. 235-90.
[4]
Editor's Note: The original definition of "resubdivision,"
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 9-17-1990
by Ord. No. 235-90.
