For the purpose of this chapter, the following words, terms, and phrases have the meanings indicated herein:
ALLEEA continuous arrangement of street trees, which collectively provide a shade canopy over the street.
BOROUGHThe Borough of Media, Media Borough Council.
BUILD-TO LINEThe line which defines the placement of the building from the street on which the building fronts. The build-to line of the building forms the street wall line. On a corner lot, the build-to line is located on each side of a lot abutting a street. A build-to line may have a recess or projection up to four feet in order to promote variations of building placement on a block.
COMMON OR SHARED DRIVEWAYA driveway for the use of two parcels or lots under separate or common ownership and which is located on one or both properties.
CRENELATIONThe articulation of the walls of a building so that a flat, windowless box is not built. See Exhibit B.
CURB CUTThe opening or depression of a curb to allow for vehicular or ADA access onto a lot or sidewalk.
DRIVEWAYA privately owned vehicular access from a public or private street or road to a parking area contained on a lot or property, the use of which is limited to persons residing on or otherwise using or visiting the parcel upon which such driveway is located. Driveways shall not be the sole part of said lot or parcel of land that contacts the public or private street or road. That portion of a lot or parcel of land which abuts a public or private street or road and is used as a driveway shall not be considered as part of the required area and bulk requirements and/or setbacks for any zoning district.
FLAG LOTAny lot not meeting the minimum lot width requirement at the street line and which includes an elongated extension to connect the bulk of said lot to a street.
GATEWAYThe area through which travelers pass upon entering the Borough.
INFILL DEVELOPMENTNew development, adaptive re-use of buildings, redevelopment, and the like.
LAND DEVELOPMENTA. Any of the following activities:
(1) The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
(a) 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 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 buildings or the division or allocation of land between or among two or more existing or prospective occupants and properties by means of, or for the purpose of, streets, common areas, leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features, including a subdivision of land.
LAND DISTURBANCEPaving, filling, stripping, grading, regrading, cutting, excavating, removal of vegetation or natural ground covers, tree removal, digging or earthmoving undertaken by any person on public or private property.
LAND OWNERThe 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.
LINER SHOPA ground floor retail building along the frontage of a deck parking structure.
LOT CONSOLIDATIONThe combining of two or more parcels of land, where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not thereby created.
PERSONA natural person, association, firm, partnership or corporation.
PRIMARY FACADEThe facade of a building where the front entrance door is located. On a corner lot, there shall be two primary facades.
PRIVATE STREET OR ROADA street or road that is not owned by the Borough, a municipality, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PADOT), or the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) but is owned by private land owner.
PUBLIC STREET OR ROADA street or road that is owned by the Borough, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PADOT), or the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
REDEVELOPMENTThe re-use, alteration, enlargement or extension of a building by 33 1/3% or more of the gross floor area of the building.
STATE ROADA street or road that is owned by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PADOT).
STREET and/or AVENUEIncludes a street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway, lane, alley, viaduct and any other ways used or intended to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians, whether public or private.
STREETSCAPEThe space formed by buildings adjoining the street, which is embellished with sidewalks, street trees, streetlights, curbs, on-street parking, and cartways. The streetscape is framed by buildings, which create the "outdoor room" character of the street.
STREET WALLThe wall of a building adjoining a sidewalk at the edge of the street right-of-way; or approved architectural or landscaping elements such as walls, pillars and colonnades, fences, and hedges, in lieu of a building wall when an existing building is already set back from the street wall line.
SUBDIVISIONThe division or re-division 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.
TRADITIONAL BUILDINGA building constructed prior to 1950 in Media Borough, typically two or three stories in height, adjoining or located close to the sidewalk.