A.
Words used in the present tense include the future. Words in the
masculine gender include the feminine and the neuter. The singular
includes the plural and the plural the singular. The word "may" is
permissive.
B.
100-YEAR FLOOD
100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN
ABUT
ACRE
ADJACENT
ADMINISTRATOR
ALLEY
APPLICANT
BASE FLOOD ELEVATION
BLOCK
BOROUGH COUNCIL
BUILDING
BUILDING SETBACK LINE
CARTWAY
CATCH BASIN
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
CONDOMINIUM
CONSTRUCTION PLANS
COUNTY
COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
COVENANT
CRITICAL AREA
CULVERT
DEVELOPER
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
DISTRICT or ZONING DISTRICT
DRAINAGE
DRAINAGE EASEMENT
DRIVEWAY
DWELLING
(1)
(2)
(3)
EASEMENT
ENGINEER
FINAL APPROVAL
FLOOD
FLOOD FRINGE
FLOOD HAZARD BOUNDARY MAPS
FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAPS
FLOODPLAIN (100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN)
FLOODPROOFING
FLOODWAY
GOVERNING BODY
GRADE
GRADING
HIGHWAY OCCUPANCY PERMIT
HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION
IMPACT ANALYSIS
IMPROVEMENT BOND
IMPROVEMENTS
LAND DEVELOPMENT
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(2)
LAND DEVELOPMENT, MAJOR
LAND DEVELOPMENT, MINOR
LANDOWNER
LAND SURVEYOR
LOT
LOT AREA
LOT, CORNER
LOT COVERAGE
LOT DEPTH
LOT, FRONT
LOT FRONTAGE
LOT, INTERIOR
LOT LINE
LOT, MINIMUM AREA OF
LOT, REAR
LOT, SIDE
LOT, THROUGH
LOT WIDTH
MOBILE HOME
MOBILE HOME LOT
MOBILE HOME PARK
MULTIPHASE DEVELOPMENT
MUNICIPALITY
NATURAL DRAINAGE FLOW
NONCONFORMING LOT
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE OR BUILDING
NONCONFORMING USE
OFFICIAL MAP
OFFICIAL SOIL MAP
OFFICIAL SOILS INTERPRETATION
OPEN SPACE, COMMON
ORDINANCE
PERSON
PLANNING COMMISSION
PLAN or PLAT
(1)
(2)
PUBLIC HEARING
PUBLIC NOTICE
RESUBDIVISION
RETAINING WALL
RIGHT-OF-WAY
SANITARY SEWER
SEDIMENTATION
SEPTIC SYSTEM
SEPTIC TANK
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM, CENTRAL
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM, ON-LOT
SITE
SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL PLAN
STORM SEWER
STREET
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
STRUCTURE
SUBDIVISION
(1)
(2)
SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED
WATERCOURSE
WATER TABLE
WETLANDS
YARD
(1)
(2)
(3)
ZONING OFFICER
ZONING ORDINANCE
ZONING PERMIT
When used in this chapter, the following words, text and phrases
shall have the following meaning unless expressly stated otherwise
or unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
A flood that, on the average, is likely to occur once every
100 years and has a 1% chance of occurring each year.
The areas within the Borough that have a 1% chance of being
flooded in any given year based upon the most recent data and maps
as provided by the Federal Insurance Administration.
Next to or adjacent to, and includes the words "directly
across from streets, natural features, and rights-of-way."
43,560 square feet.
A state of being side by side, next to, adjoining, contiguous,
or abutting one to another, and includes the words "directly across
from streets, natural features and rights-of-way."
The person designated by the Borough Council who is authorized
to accept and receive subdivision and land development plan and applications
for and on behalf of the Borough Council.
A public or private right-of-way affording secondary means
of access to abutting property.
A landowner or developer who has filed an application for
a subdivision or land development, including his heirs, successors
and assigns.
The highest elevation, expressed in feet above mean sea level
of the floodwaters of a 100-year floodplain, as projected and delineated
upon the most recent official Flood Insurance Rate Map, published
by the Federal Insurance Administration.
A unit of land bounded by streets or by a combination of
streets and public land, railroad rights-of-way, waterways or any
other barrier to the continuity to development.
The Summit Hill Borough Council, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
Any structure built for the support, shelter, or enclosure
of persons, or property of any kind.
The minimum distance as required in Chapter 475, Zoning, between any building or structure, to the front rear, or side property.
The paved portion of a street or alley designated intended
or capable of being used for vehicular travel.
An inlet designated to intercept and redirect surface stormwater.
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.
The most recent Comprehensive Plan, and amendments thereto,
as adopted by the Borough Council.
A building or group of buildings in which the units are owned
individually, while the structure, common areas and facilities are
owned by all owners on a proportional and individual basis.
The maps or drawings accompanying a subdivision or land development
plan and showing the improvements to be installed in accordance with
the requirements of this chapter and in accordance with any terms
or conditions as set forth by the Borough Council.
Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
The Carbon County Planning Commission.
A restriction on the use of land usually set forth in the
deed. A covenant usually runs with the land, and the restrictions
thereunder are binding upon subsequent owners.
An area with one or more of the following characteristics:
slopes in excess of 20%; floodplain and/or wetlands; soils classified
as having a high water table; soils classified as highly erodible,
subject to erosion or highly acidic; land incapable of meeting percolation
requirements.
A drain, ditch or conduit not incorporated in a closed system
that carries storm drainage water under a driveway, roadway, or railroad.
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.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including but not limited to buildings or other structures, grading,
paving, excavation, or drilling operations.
The provisions for development included with an application
for a subdivision and/or land development, including all covenants
relating to use, location and bulk of buildings and other structures,
intensity of use or density of development, streets, ways and parking
facilities, common open space, easements and public facilities. The
phrase "development plan" shall mean the written and graphic materials
referred to in this definition.
A portion of the territory of the Borough within which certain
uniform regulations and requirements or various combinations thereof
apply under the provisions of this chapter.
Surface water runoff; the removal of surface water or groundwater
from land by drains, grading or other means, which include runoff
controls to minimize erosion and sedimentation during and after construction
or development.
An easement required for the installation of stormwater sewers
or drainage ditches, and/or required for the preservation or maintenance
of a natural stream or watercourse or other drainage facility.
A privately owned and constructed vehicular access from an
approved or public road into a lot or parcel having a frontage on
the road.
One or more rooms designed, occupied or intended for occupancy
as separated living quarters, with cooking, sleeping and sanitary
facilities provided within the dwelling unit for the exclusive use
of a single family maintaining a household.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILYA detached building arranged or used for occupancy by one family.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILYA detached or semidetached building where not more than two individual family or dwelling units are entirely separated by vertical walls or horizontal floors, unpierced except by access to the outside or to a common cellar.
DWELLING, MULTIPLEA building containing three or more dwelling units entirely separated by vertical walls or horizontal floors unpierced except by access to the outside or to a common cellar.
A grant of one or more of the property rights by the property
owner to and/or for the use by the public, a corporation or another
person or entity.
A registered professional engineer licensed and registered
as such by standards established by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Last official action of the Borough Council granting approval
of a subdivision or land development which has been granted preapproval
after all conditions and requirements have been met, including, as
applicable, the installation of all required improvements or the posting
of an improvement bond to guarantee the installation of such.
A temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of
normally dry land areas occurring from the overflow of inland waters
and/or the unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff and surface water
from any source.
The portion of a 100-year floodplain outside of the floodway,
as delineated upon the most recent Flood Hazard Boundary Maps as published
by the Federal Insurance Administration.
The most recent map, as published by the Federal Insurance
Administration, which delineates the boundaries of the floodway and
flood fringe of a 100-year floodplain.
The most recent map, as published by the Federal Insurance
Administration, which delineates areas of special flood hazards, base
flood elevations and applicable risk premium zones of a 100-year floodplain.
Areas of land which are subject to inundation by waters of
a 100-year flood. The source of delineating the boundaries of a 100-year
floodplain shall be based upon the most maps of the Flood Insurance
Administration.
A combination of structural provisions, changes or adjustments
to properties and structures subject to flooding for the reduction
or elimination of flood damage to properties, water and sanitary facilities
and other utilities, structures and the contents of buildings.
The portion of a 100-year floodplain as delineated upon the
most recent Flood Hazard Boundary Maps as published by the Federal
Insurance Administration, which is designated to carry and discharge
water and flow of a 100-year flood without increasing the water surface
elevation by more than one foot at any given point.
The Summit Hill Borough Council.
The slope of a road, street or other public or private way,
specified in percentage terms.
Any stripping, gutting, filing, stockpiling of earth or land,
including the land in its cut or filled condition.
A permit issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
which authorizes access from a parcel of land onto a street or highway
which is under the jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation.
A community association, other than a condominium association,
which is organized in a development in which individual owners share
common interests in open space or facilities.
A study which may be required by the Borough Council prior
to preliminary or conditional approval of a subdivision or land development
to determine the potential impact of a proposed development on activities,
utilities, traffic generation and circulation surrounding land uses,
community facilities, environmental features, critical areas, the
health, safety and welfare of residents and other factors directly,
indirectly or potentially affected. The landowner and/or applicant
shall be responsible for all costs related to the study and any and
all reports and/or studies required by the Borough Council under or
in the context of the term "impact analysis." The landowner and/or
applicant shall also be responsible to fully reimburse the Borough
for any engineering and/or other consulting fees which are incurred
for the review of any studies or reports.
Financial security which may be accepted by the Borough in
lieu of a requirement that certain improvements be completed by a
developer before a plan is approved, including a letter of irrevocable
credit, a cash deposit, an escrow agreement or other collateral or
surety agreements as approved by the Borough Council upon the advice
of its Solicitor.
Man-made physical additions, alterations and/or changes which
become part of, placed upon, or are affixed to real estate.
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.
A single nonresidential building on a lot or lots with two or
more occupants regardless of their tenure.
A single nonresidential building designed or intended for a
single occupant with a minimum gross floor area of not less than 4,000
square feet, excluding agricultural buildings and/or structures.
Any nonresidential use of land, with or without structures,
which encompasses five or more acres of land, including grading and/or
the backfilling of land, earthmoving activities, and/or removal of
vegetative cover. Agricultural uses of land and/or related agricultural
activities shall be specifically excluded.
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.
The conversion of a single-family detached dwelling or single-family
semidetached dwellings into more than three residential units. Any
conversion described above which results in not more than three residential
units shall be deemed as a land development if the units are intended
to be a condominium.
The development of a mobile home park or a campground or the
expansion of an existing mobile home park or a campground.
The development of any accessory building, including farm buildings,
on a lot or lots which are subordinate to an existing principal building
shall not be classified as a "land development."
A land development which does not qualify or as a minor land
development.
A development of a parcel of land which contains not more
than three detached single-family residential structures, whether
developed initially or cumulatively.
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 contact is subject to any condition a lessee if he is authorized
under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner, or other
having a proprietary interest in the land, shall be deemed to be a
landowner for the purpose of this chapter.
A person who is licensed and registered by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, which qualifies said person to perform accurate field
measurements, including the field measurements, including the description
and definition of land boundaries.
A designated parcel tract or area of land established by
plan, subdivision, or as otherwise permitted by law, to be used, developed
or built upon as a unit.
The total area within the lot lines of a lot, excluding any
street rights-of-way.
A lot or parcel of land abutting upon two or more streets
at their intersection, or upon two parts of the same street, forming
an interior angle of less than 135°.
That portion of the lot that is covered by buildings and
structures.
The distance measured from the front lot line to the rear
lot line.
The lot line separating a lot from a street right-of-way.
The length of the front lot line measured at the street right-of-way
line.
A lot other than a corner lot.
A line of record bounding a lot which divides one lot from
another lot or from a public or private street or any other public
space.
The smallest lot area established by Chapter 475, Zoning, on which a use or structure may be located in a particular district.
The lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot
fine or, in the case of triangular or otherwise irregularly shaped
lots, a line 10 feet in length entirely within the lot, parallel to
and at a maximum distance from the front lot.
Any lot line other than a front or rear lot line.
A lot which fronts upon two parallel streets, or which fronts
upon two streets which do not intersect at the boundaries of the lot.
The horizontal distance between the sidelines of a lot measured
at right angles to its depth along a line parallel to the front lot
line at the minimum required building setback.
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, and contained in one unit or two units designated to be
joined into one integral unit, which arrives at a site complete and
ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and
assembly operations and constructed so that it may be used with or
without a permanent foundation when connected to required utilities.
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the
necessary utility connection and other appurtenances necessary for
the erection thereon of a single mobile home, which is leased or rented
by the park owner to the occupants of the mobile home erected on the
lot.
A site with required improvements and utilities for the long-term
placement of mobile homes, which may include services and facilities
for the residents.
A development project that is to be constructed in stages,
each stage being capable of existing independently of the others.
Summit Hill Borough, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
The pattern of surface water and stormwater drainage from
a particular site before the construction or installation of improvements
or prior to any regrading.
A lot, the area, dimensions or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of Chapter 475, Zoning, but which fails by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment to conform to the present requirements of the zoning district.
A structure or building, the size, dimensions or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment to Chapter 475, Zoning, but which fails by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment to conform to the present requirements of the zoning district.
A use or act which was lawful prior to the adoption or amendment of Chapter 475, Zoning, but which fails by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment to conform to the present requirements of the zoning district.
The municipal map adopted by ordinance, conclusively showing
the location of the lines of existing and proposed public streets,
watercourses and public grounds, including the widening, narrowing,
extension, diminution, opening or closing of the same, for the entire
Borough.
Soil survey maps of Carbon County as provided by the Carbon
County Conservation District.
The written description of soil types and their characteristics
and accompanying maps based upon soil maps of Carbon County as provided
by the Carbon County Conservation District.
Land within or related to a development not individually
owned or dedicated for public use, which is designed and intended
for the common use or enjoyment of the residents of the development
and may include complementary structures and improvements which are
deemed appropriate to the development.
The Summit Hill Borough Subdivision and Land Development
Ordinance, and any amendments thereto.
An individual, partnership, organization, association, trust
or corporation. When used in a provision, "person" shall include the
members of such partnership, the trustees of such trust and the officers
of such organization, association or corporation.
The Planning Commission of Summit Hill Borough.
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development:
PRELIMINARY PLANThe preliminary drawings and any accompanying data, which accurately shows the proposed layout of lots, streets and other information as required by this chapter, with all such material being property indicated in title as "Preliminary Plan."
FINAL PLANA complete and exact plan prepared for official recording with the Carbon County Recorder of deeds as required by this chapter with said plan being properly indicated in title as "Final Plan."
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Borough
Council, intended to inform and obtain public comment prior to taking
action on a particular subject.
A notice published once each week for two successive weeks
in a newspaper of general circulation in Borough. Such notice shall
state the time and place of the hearing, the particulars and 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.
A change in a map of an approved or unapproved subdivision
plat if such change affects any street layout on such map or area
reserved therein for public use, or any lot line; or if it affects
any map or plan legally recorded prior to the adoption of any regulations
controlling subdivisions.
A structure constructed to hold back or support an earthen
bank.
A defined and designated area for vehicular or pedestrian
traffic, whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway,
road, avenue, boulevard, lane, or alley, and including both cartway
and shoulders.
Pipes that carry only domestic or commercial sewage and into
which stormwater, surface water and groundwater are not intentionally
admitted.
The depositing of earth or soil that has been transported
from its site of origin by water, ice, wind, gravity or other natural
means as a product of erosion.
An underground system with a septic tank used for the decomposition
of domestic wastes, in which bacteria in the wastes decompose the
organic matter and the sludge settles to the bottom. The effluent
flows through drains into the ground. Sludge is pumped out at in regular
intervals.
A watertight receptacle that receives the discharge of sewage
from a building sewer or part thereof and is designed and constructed
so as to permit settling of solids from this liquid, digestion of
the organic matter, and discharge of the liquid portion into a disposal
area.
A means of collecting sanitary sewage from individual lots
by a system of pipes which transports the sewage to a central treatment
and disposal system, with all aspects of the system being constructed
and operated in compliance with all governing federal, state and Borough
regulations.
A structure designed to biochemically treat sewage within
the boundaries of an individual lot.
A plot or parcel of land or combination of contiguous lots
or parcels of land.
A plan that indicates necessary land treatment measures,
as approved by the Carbon County Conservation District, designated
to effectively minimize soil erosion and sedimentation.
A pipe that collects and transports rainwater, surface water
and other liquid waste, exclusive of sewage.
A public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal
means of access to abutting property, including avenue, place, way,
parkway, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road and alley.
ARTERIALArterials are designed to carry traffic and generally should not provide access to land which would interfere with their primary traffic functions. They are also designed for medium to heavy volumes at moderately high speeds with restricted vehicular access to abutting properties.
COLLECTOR STREETCollector streets are designed to carry a moderate volume of traffic between local streets and arterials, and provide only limited vehicular access to the abutting properties.
LOCAL STREETLocal streets provide direct access to abutting properties and provide routes to collector streets.
CUL-DE-SACA minor or local street with a single common ingress and egress and with a turnaround located at its end.
DEAD-END STREETA street with a single common ingress and egress.
LIMITED ACCESSA street designed to carry a high volume of traffic such as an expressway, freeway, highway or boulevard. Owners or occupants of abutting property normally have no expressed or legal right to access to or from the same.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
The division or redividing 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 10 acres,
not involving any new street or easement of access or any residential
dwelling shall be exempted.
SUBDIVISION, MAJORAny subdivision which does not qualify or classify as a minor subdivision.
SUBDIVISION MINORA subdivision of a parcel of land into not more than six lots which has access, direct or indirect, to an existing public street or road and does not require any expenditures for the extension of any street or the extension or creation of any public improvements, does not adversely affect the remainder of the parcel or adjoining property and does not conflict with the Comprehensive Plan. Any proposed subdivision of a lot of record which resulted from a minor subdivision shall be classified as a major subdivision when the cumulative number of lots, from the original lot of record and/or any resulting lot, exceeds six lots within five years from the date of its approval under a minor subdivision classification. Information stating the above requirement shall be included upon all deeds for lots created under a minor subdivision.
The point at which, in the judgment of the municipal Engineer,
at least 90% of those improvements required as a condition for final
approval have been completed in accordance with the approved plan,
so that the project will be able to be used occupied or operated for
its intended use.
A permanent or intermittent stream, river, brook, creek,
or channel or ditch for collection and conveyance of water, whether
natural or man-made.
The upper surface of groundwater, or that level below which
the soil is seasonally saturated with water.
Those areas that are 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 and similar areas. The term includes but is
not limited to wetlands areas listed in the State Water Plan, The
United States Forest Service Inventory of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania
Coastal Management Plan and any wetland area designated by a river
basin commission.
An open space that lies between the principal or accessory
building or buildings and the nearest lot line. Such yard is unoccupied
and unobstructed from the ground upward except as may be specifically
provided in this chapter.
FRONT YARDA space extending the full width of the lot between any building and the front lot line, and measured perpendicular to the building at the closest point to the front lot line.
REAR YARDA space extending across the full width of the lot between the principal building and the rear lot line, and measured perpendicular to the building to the closest point of the rear lot line.
SIDE YARDA space extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the principal building and the side lot line measured perpendicular from the side lot line to the closest point of the principal building.
An administrative officer authorized to administer the literal terms and provisions of Chapter 475, Zoning.
The Zoning Ordinance of Summit Hill Borough of August 7th,
1995, as amended.[1]
A permit issued indicating that a proposed use, building or structure is in accordance with Chapter 475, Zoning, which authorizes an applicant to proceed with said use, building, or structure.
