Specific terms. The following words and phrases shall be defined
as follows:
AASHTO
American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials.
ABUT
To touch or join at the edge or border; to border on; or
to end at.
ACCESS DRIVE
A private drive which provides vehicular movement between
a street and a tract of land containing any use other than one single-family
dwelling unit or farm.
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT (IN-LAW QUARTERS)
A dwelling unit added to, or created within, a single-family
dwelling that provides basic requirements for living, sleeping, eating,
cooking and sanitation as defined and regulated in the Zoning Ordinance.
ACT 167
Act of October 4, 1978, P.L. 864, (Act 167), as amended,
and known as the "Storm Water Management Act."
AGENT
Any person other than the developer, who, acting for the
developer, submits subdivision and/or land development plans to the
Borough for the purpose of obtaining approval thereof and is authorized
to make representations.
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY
Activities associated with agriculture such as, but not limited
to, agricultural cultivation, agricultural operations, and animal
heavy use areas. This includes the work of producing crops, including
tillage, land clearing, plowing, disking, harrowing, planting, harvesting
crops or pasturing and raising of livestock and installation of conservation
measures. Construction of new buildings or impervious area is not
considered an agricultural activity.
ALLEY
A minor right-of-way, privately or publicly owned, primarily
for service access to the rear or sides of properties.
APPLICANT
A person having interest in land or standing to submit an
application for development pursuant to this chapter.
APPLICATION
Every submission required to be filed and approved prior
to start of construction or development for the approval of a subdivision
plan or land development plan. The term "application" shall be all
encompassing and include the plans and all supportive data and studies.
The following are the types of applications authorized by this chapter:
(2)
FINAL PLAN APPLICATIONAn application prepared for official recording as required by statute to define property rights and depict required improvements;
(5)
PRELIMINARY PLAN APPLICATIONAn application which, when approved, authorizes the construction of required improvements and sets the parameters of a final plan;
(6)
REVISED FINAL PLANAn application for the correction of an obvious error or a minor alteration in a previously approved application; and
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMP)
Activities, facilities, designs, measures, or procedures
used to manage stormwater impacts from regulated activities, to meet
state water quality requirements, to promote groundwater recharge,
and to otherwise meet the purposes of this chapter. Stormwater BMPs
are commonly grouped into one of two broad categories or measures:
"structural" or "nonstructural." In this chapter, nonstructural BMPs
or measures refer to operational and/or behavior-related practices
that attempt to minimize the contact of pollutants with stormwater
runoff, whereas structural BMPs or measures are those that consist
of a physical device or practice that is installed to capture and
treat stormwater runoff. Structural BMPs include, but are not limited
to, a wide variety of practices and devices, from large-scale retention
ponds and constructed wetlands to small-scale underground treatment
systems, infiltration facilities, filter strips, low-impact design,
bioretention, wet ponds, permeable paving, grassed swales, riparian
or forested buffers, sand filters, detention basins, and manufactured
devices. Structural stormwater BMPs are permanent appurtenances to
the project site.
BMP MANUAL
Pennsylvania Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual,
as amended and updated.
BOROUGH COUNCIL
The governing body of New Freedom Borough, York County, Pennsylvania.
BOROUGH ENGINEER
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the engineer for New Freedom Borough.
BOROUGH SOLICITOR
The attorney firm appointed by the Borough Council or duly
authorized by the Borough Council.
CARTWAY
The paved surface of a street or access drive that is available
for use by vehicular traffic.
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE
An area of unobstructed vision at a street intersection defined
by a line of sight between points at center lines.
COMMON AMENITIES
Certain additions, alterations or modifications constructed
or made to, upon or in connection with, realty as required by an approved
subdivision plan or approved land development plan and which are not
intended to be offered dedication to the Borough or its authorities.
See definitions for "improvements" and "required improvements."
COMMON OPEN SPACE
Any area of land or water, or a combination of land and water,
within a development site designed and intended for use by all residents
of the development or the general public. Common open spaces shall
not include areas devoted to driveways, access drives, parking lots,
street rights-of-way, required setbacks and/or private yards contained
on an individual lot of a principal residence. Typically, stormwater
management facilities shall not be counted as common open spaces unless,
with Borough approval, such facilities are designed and constructed
as wet ponds or shallow basins that incorporate natural features,
landscaping, recreational uses or other, similar qualities. With Borough
approval, common open space can include golf courses and parklands,
subject to the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance.
COMMUNITY SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
A system of conveyance, treatment and discharge that provides
for the safe and healthful disposal of sewage generated by multiple
principal uses that is not proposed to be owned and/or operated by
New Freedom Borough or its Authority. All community sewage disposal
systems shall be approved and permitted by the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection and be in accordance with the Borough
Act 537 Plan (Official Sewage Plan).
COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM
A system of source, treatment, storage and/or distribution
of domestic water supply to multiple principal uses that is not owned
and/or operated by New Freedom Borough or its Authority, including
their successors.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The latest adopted version of the New Freedom Borough Comprehensive
Plan, including any freestanding supplemental documents, as may be
amended.
CONDITIONAL USE
A use that is appropriate to a particular zone in accordance
with the Zoning Ordinance.
CONDOMINIUM
Real estate, portions of which, in accordance with the provisions
of the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act of 1980, as amended, are designated for separate ownership and
the remainder of which is designed for common ownership solely by
the owners of those portions. Real estate is not a condominium unless
the undivided interests in the common elements are vested in the unit
owners.
CONSERVATION DISTRICT
The York County Conservation District, which district is
as defined in Section 3(c) of the Conservation District Law [3 P.S.
§ 851(c)], that has the authority under a delegation agreement
executed with DEP to administer and enforce all or a portion of the
regulations promulgated under 25 Pa. Code § 102.
CONSULTANT
All professional consultants, other experts, attorneys and
independent contractors retained by the Borough to provide professional
or expert advice or services to the Borough in connection with the
review and comment on the developer's application or the construction,
observation, inspection, review and/or approval of the required improvements
contemplated by the developer's plan.
COUNTY
The County of York, Pennsylvania.
CURB
The raised edge of a pavement to confine surface water to
the pavement and to protect the abutting land from vehicular traffic.
CURBLINE
The outside edge of the cartway.
DAM
An impoundment structure regulated by the Pennsylvania DEP
Chapter 105 regulations.
DEDICATION
The deliberate assignment of land or interest in land by
its owner to a public entity.
DEED
A written instrument whereby an estate in real property is
conveyed.
DESIGN STORM
The magnitude and temporal distribution of precipitation
from a storm event measured in probability of occurrence, e.g., a
five-year storm, and duration, e.g., 24 hours, used in the design
and evaluation of stormwater management systems. Also see "return
period."
DETENTION BASIN
A reservoir/containment which temporarily contains stormwater
runoff and releases it gradually into a watercourse or stormwater
drainage system.
DETENTION VOLUME
The volume of runoff that is captured and released into the
waters of this commonwealth at a controlled rate.
DEVELOPER
An applicant or any person who acquires the rights and obligations
of the applicant in the plan.
DISTURBED AREA
An unstabilized land area where an earth disturbance activity
is occurring or has occurred.
DRIVEWAY
An improved cartway designed and constructed to accommodate
vehicular movement between a public street and a tract of land serving
one single-family dwelling unit or a farm.
DWELLING
Any building or portion thereof designed and used exclusively
for residential occupancy, but not including hospitals, nursing homes,
hotels, motels, boarding, rooming and lodging houses, institutional
houses, tourists courts, and the like, all offering overnight accommodations
for guests or patients.
DWELLING UNIT
A building or portion thereof arranged or designed for occupancy
by not more than one family and having separate cooking and sanitary
facilities.
EARTH DISTURBANCE ACTIVITY
A construction or other human activity which disturbs the
surface of the land, including, but not limited to: clearing and grubbing;
grading; excavations; embankments; road maintenance; building construction;
and the moving, depositing, stockpiling, or storing of soil, rock,
or earth materials.
EASEMENT
A property right granted for limited use of private land
for a public or quasi-public or private purpose, and within which
the owner of the property shall not have the right to make use of
the land in a manner that violates the right of the grantee.
ELEVATION
The average ground level at all corners of a structure, storage
area, sign or other improvement.
ENGINEER
A professional engineer registered as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
EROSION
The process by which soil particles are detached and transported
by action of natural forces.
EXCAVATION
Any activity by which earth, sand, gravel, rock, or any other
similar material is dug into, cut, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced,
relocated, or bulldozed and the resulting conditions.
FARM
A parcel of land which is used in the raising of agricultural
products, livestock, poultry, or dairy products, including necessary
farm structures within the prescribed limits and the storage of equipment
customarily incidental to the primary use. For the purpose of this
chapter, a farm shall not include kennels.
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
FLOODPLAIN
An area of land adjacent to the channel of a watercourse
which has been or is likely to be flooded, or any area subject to
the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from
any source.
FLOODWAY
The channel of the watercourse and those portions of the
adjoining floodplains that are reasonably required to carry and discharge
the one-hundred-year flood. Unless otherwise specified, the boundary
of the floodway is as indicated on maps and flood insurance studies
provided by FEMA. In an area where no FEMA maps or studies have defined
the boundary of the one-hundred-year floodway, it is assumed, absent
evidence to the contrary, that the floodway extends from the stream
to 50 feet from the top of the bank of the stream.
FOREST MANAGEMENT/TIMBER OPERATIONS
Planning and activities necessary for the management of forest
land. These include conducting a timber inventory, preparation of
forest management plans, silvicultural treatment, cutting budgets,
logging road design and construction, timber harvesting, site preparation,
and reforestation.
FRONTAGE
The line of a lot coincident with an abutting right-of-way
line of a street that can be used for vehicular access to the site.
GRADE
A measurement of slope expressed in terms of percentage of
vertical distance versus horizontal distance.
HYDROLOGIC SOIL GROUP (HSG)
Infiltration rates of soils vary widely and are affected
by subsurface permeability as well as surface intake rates. Soils
are classified into four HSGs (A, B, C, and D) according to their
minimum infiltration rate, which is obtained for bare soil after prolonged
wetting. The NRCS defines the four groups and provides a list of most
of the soils in the United States and their group classification.
The soils in the area of the development site may be identified from
a soil survey report that can be obtained from local NRCS offices
or conservation district offices. Soils become less pervious as the
HSG varies from A to D (NRCS 3,4).
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE (IMPERVIOUS AREA)
A surface that prevents the infiltration of water into the
ground. Impervious surfaces and areas shall include, but not be limited
to, roofs, additional indoor living spaces, patios, garages, storage
sheds and similar structures, and any new streets and sidewalks. However,
any surface or area designed, constructed and maintained to permit
infiltration as specified herein shall be considered pervious, not
impervious. For the purposes of this chapter, a surface or area shall
not be considered impervious if such surface or area does not diminish
the capacity for infiltration of stormwater for storms up to, and
including, a two-year twenty-four-hour storm event.
IMPROVEMENTS
All additions, alterations or modifications constructed or
made to, upon or in connection with, realty as required by an approved
land development plan or approved subdivision plan and which are intended
to be offered dedication to the Borough or its authorities. See definitions
for "common amenities" and "required improvements."
INFILTRATION
The entrance of surface water into the soil, usually at the
soil-air interface.
IWRP
The York County Integrated Water Resources Plan, which plan
includes Act 167 Plan elements and requirements.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
(1)
Any of the following activities:
(a)
The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts,
or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
[1]
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
[2]
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.
(2)
The following activities are excluded from this term:
(a)
The conversion of an existing building into not more than two
residential units, unless such units are intended to be a condominium.
(b)
The addition of an accessory building/use, including farm buildings,
on a lot or lots subordinate to an existing principal residence or
farm.
(c)
The addition or conversion of buildings or rides within the
confines of an amusement park. This exclusion shall not apply to newly
proposed or newly acquired areas of an existing amusement park until
the initial land development plans for such parks or areas have been
approved pursuant to the terms of the Subdivision and Land Development
Ordinance.
(d)
Construction of a nonresidential building addition, with no
other related or unrelated alterations to the property.
(e)
Construction of a nonresidential accessory building, no greater
than 500 square feet, with no other related or unrelated alteration
to the property.
LAND SURVEYOR
A land surveyor registered in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
LANDOWNER
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, including,
but not limited to, easements.
LOT
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 and that is not divided by a street.
LOT LINE
A recorded boundary line of a lot; however, any line that
denotes an adjoining public or private street or railroad right-of-way
shall be interpreted as the lot line for the purposes of determining
the location of the setbacks required by the Zoning Ordinance.
MANUFACTURED HOME
Any structure intended for or capable of permanent human
habitation, with or without wheels, and capable of being transported
or towed from one place to the next, in one or more pieces, by whatsoever
name or title it is colloquially or commercially known, but excluding
transport trucks or vans equipped with sleeping space for a driver
or drivers and travel trailers. Manufactured homes placed in parks
shall meet the Zoning Ordinance requirements for manufactured home
parks. Manufactured homes placed on individual lots shall be
considered dwellings and be bound by the requirements imposed on dwellings.
MANUFACTURED HOME LOT
A parcel of land in a manufactured home park, improved with
the necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary
for the erection thereon of a single manufactured home, which is leased
by the park owner to the occupants of the manufactured home erected
on the lot.
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK
A parcel of land under single ownership, which has been planned
and improved for the placement of two or more manufactured homes for
nontransient use.
MINIMUM LOT AREA
The least amount of land area required to be to be associated
with a principal use as specified within the Zoning Ordinance.
MPC
Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of 1968,
as reenacted and amended.
MUNICIPALITY
The Borough of New Freedom, York County, Pennsylvania.
NPDES
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System.
NRCS
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (previously SCS).
ON-LOT SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS
A system of conveyance, treatment, and discharge that provides
for the safe and healthful disposal of sewage generated by one principal
use within the confines of the lot on which the use is located, as
approved by the PA DEP.
ON-LOT WATER SERVICE
The provision of water to a single user from a private source
located on the user's lot.
PA
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
PA DEP
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
PAVED
A condition of surface in which man-made materials are applied
resulting in a durable, smooth, stable and dust-free surface over
which vehicles and pedestrians may pass. This definition shall expressly
include asphalt, bituminous, concrete, masonry, permeable, geogrids
and other similar materials, provided they are applied with sufficient
depth and base to achieve the required durable, smooth, stable and
dust-free surface.
PEAK DISCHARGE
The maximum rate of stormwater runoff from a specific storm
event.
PEDESTRIAN EASEMENT
A right-of-way, municipally owned or privately owned, which
cuts across a block to furnish access for pedestrians to adjacent
streets or properties.
PENNDOT
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
PERCOLATION
The downward movement, under the influence of gravity, of
water under hydrostatic pressure through interstices of the soil or
rock.
PERSON
An individual, partnership, corporation, limited-liability
company, limited-liability partnership, firm, company, association,
governmental entity other than the Borough, trustee, receiver, assignee,
or similar representative.
PLAN
The representation of a tract of land on a drawing, including
all supplementary data required to be noted thereon by this chapter.
PUBLIC SEWER
A system of conveyance, treatment and discharge that provides
for the safe and healthful disposal of sewage generated by multiple
principal uses that is owned, leased and/or operated by New Freedom
Borough or its Authority, including their successors.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
A facility, including an extension of a use thereof which
is operated, owned or maintained by a municipality or municipal authority
or which is privately owned and requires a certificate of public convenience
approved by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission for the purpose
of providing public sewage disposal and/or treatment; public water
supply, storage and/or treatment; or for the purpose of providing
the transmission of energy or telephone service.
PUBLIC WATER
A system of source, treatment, storage and/or distribution
of domestic water supply to multiple principal uses that is owned
and/or operated by New Freedom Borough and/or it's Authority,
including their successors.
REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS
All additions, alterations or modifications constructed,
or made to, upon or in connection with, realty as required by an approved
land development plan or approved subdivision plan and which are the
subject of financial security. Required improvements may include improvements
and common amenities as those terms are defined herein. The scope
of required improvements shall be based upon the approved land development
or subdivision plan and may relate to or include, but shall not be
limited to, traffic controls, streets, stormwater management facilities,
sanitary sewage facilities, water distribution facilities, recreational
facilities, street trees, parking lots, access roads, buffer plantings,
screening, lighting, soil/erosion/sedimentation controls, and with
respect to all of the foregoing, all appurtenances related thereto.
RETENTION BASIN
An impoundment in which stormwater is stored and not released
during a storm event. Stored water may be released from the basin
at some time after the end of a storm.
RETENTION VOLUME/REMOVED RUNOFF
The volume of runoff that is captured and not released directly
into the surface waters of this commonwealth during or after a storm
event.
RETURN PERIOD
The average interval, in years, within which a storm event
of a given magnitude can be expected to occur one time. For example,
the twenty-five-year return period rainfall would be expected to occur
on average once every 25 years; or stated in another way, the probability
of a twenty-five-year storm occurring in any one year is 0.04, i.e.,
a chance of 4%.
REVIEW FEES
All professional consultant or expert fees paid or incurred
by the Borough in the course of plan review and comment (including
all review and comment leading to final plan recording), or paid or
incurred by the Borough and arising out of or relating to the construction,
observation, inspection, review, and/or approval of the public improvements
contemplated by the application.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
An area secured for a use and which may, but need not, be
improved with streets, utilities, stormwater management facilities,
traffic control facilities, curbs, sidewalks, bicycle lanes or paths,
streetlights, and similar improvements for public benefit or enjoyment.
RIPARIAN BUFFER
A best management practice that is an area of permanent vegetation
along surface waters. (Such areas serve as natural vegetative filters
between upland landscapes and waterways.)
RUNOFF
Any part of precipitation that flows over the land.
SEDIMENT
Soils or other materials transported by surface water as
a product of erosion.
SETBACK
The required horizontal distance between a setback line and
a property or street line.
SETBACK LINE
A line within a property and parallel to a property line
or street line which delineates the required minimum distance between
some particular use of property and that property line or street line.
SHEET FLOW
Water flow with a relatively thin and uniform depth.
SPECIAL EXCEPTION
A use that is permitted in a zone but for which additional
criteria have been established, and approval by the Zoning Hearing
Board is required as provided for by the Zoning Ordinance.
SPILLWAY
A depression in the embankment of a pond or basin which is
used to pass peak discharge greater than the maximum design storm
controlled by the pond or basin.
STANDARD CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
A document or series of documents containing requirements,
specifications and details regulating construction in the Borough.
STATE WATER QUALITY REQUIREMENTS
The regulatory requirements to protect, maintain, reclaim,
and restore water quality under Title 25 of the Pennsylvania Code
and the Clean Streams Law.
STORM FREQUENCY
The number of times that a given storm event occurs on average
in a stated period of years.
STORM SEWER
A pipe or conduit, or a system of pipes or conduits, which
intercepts and carries surface stormwater runoff, but excludes sewage,
industrial wastes and similar discharges.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
A program of controls and measures designed to regulate the
quality and quantity of stormwater runoff from a development, while
promoting the protection and conservation of groundwater and groundwater
recharge.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES
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 facilities.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
Parts and/or elements of the York County Integrated Water
Resources Plan which incorporate the requirements of the Act of October
4, 1978, P.L. 864, (Act 167), as amended, and known as the "Storm
Water Management Act."
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SITE PLAN
The plan prepared by the developer or his representative
indicating how stormwater runoff will be managed at the development
site in accordance with this chapter. "Stormwater management site
plan" will be designated as "SWM site plan" throughout this chapter.
For all NPDES permitted sites, the stormwater management site plan
shall include, and be consistent with, the erosion and sediment control
plan as submitted to the York County Conservation District (YCCD)
and/or DEP.
STREET
A public or private right-of-way, excluding driveways and
access drives, intended for use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian
circulation that provides a means of access to abutting property.
The word "street" includes "thoroughfare," "avenue," "boulevard,"
"court," "drive," "expressway," "highway," "lane," "road," and similar
terms. This definition shall not include alleys as defined herein.
STREET CENTER LINE
A line laterally bisecting a street right-of-way into equal
widths, where the street right-of-way cannot be determined, the cartway
center line shall be deemed the street center line.
STREET LINE or RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE
The line defining the limit of a street right-of-way and
separating the street from abutting property or lots. The street line
shall be the same as the legal right-of-way line currently in existence.
STREAM
Any natural or man-made channel of conveyance of surface
water with an annual or intermittent flow within a defined bed and
bank.
SUBDIVISION
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. 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.
SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION
Where, in the judgment of the Borough Engineer, at least
90% (based on the cost of the required improvements for which financial
security was posted pursuant to Section 509 of the MPC) 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.
SWALE
A wide, shallow ditch which gathers or carries surface water.
SWM
Stormwater management.
TRAFFIC-CALMING DEVICES
All measures, systems and programs described in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Highway Safety
and Traffic Engineering, Publication 383, dated January 2001, and
known as "Pennsylvania's Traffic Calming Handbook," and all revisions
and updates thereto and any successor publications thereto.
UNIT OF OCCUPANCY
A unit, the use of which is not subordinate or customarily
incidental to a principal unit. A unit of occupancy can be an independent
unit within a building or a separate, detached building.
USDA
United States Department of Agriculture.
WAIVER
A change or modification to the literal terms of this chapter
granted by Borough Council pursuant to the MPC.
WATERCOURSE
A permanent or intermittent stream, river, brook, run, creek,
channel, swale, pond, lake or other body of surface water carrying
or holding surface water, whether natural or artificial.
WATERSHED
All the land area from which water drains into a particular
watercourse.
WATERS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH
Any and all rivers, streams, creeks, rivulets, impoundments,
ditches, watercourses, storm sewers, lakes, dammed water, wetlands,
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 this commonwealth.
WETLANDS
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, and which shall be identified
using that method of the following that delineates the greatest area
of wetlands:
(1)
The United States Army Corps of Engineers Technical Report Y87-1,
Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual;
(2)
The United States Environmental Protection Agency Wetlands Identification
Delineation Manual, Volume I, Rational, Wetland Parameters, and Overview
of Jurisdictional Approach, Volume II, Field Methodology, as most
recently updated or modified; or
(3)
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's
Resources Wetlands Identification and Delineation, Chapter 105, Dam
Safety and Waterways Management Rules and Regulations, as most recently
updated or modified.
YCCD
York County Conservation District.