[Amended 4/21/2007 by Ord. 07-07]
All terms not defined in this Chapter but which are defined
in the Susquehanna Township Zoning Ordinance shall have the meanings
therein defined. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following
words shall, for the purpose of this Chapter, have the meanings herein
indicated:
The removal of the surface of the land through the combined
action of human activity and the natural processes at a rate greater
than would occur because of the natural process alone.
Runoff occurring at rates in excess of rates occurring under
natural, undisturbed conditions.
An area of land used for leisure time activities of a cardiovascular
nature, with facilities such as playgrounds, playfields, play courts
(basketball, tennis), and trails (bicycling, jogging).
[Added by Ord. 17-05, 2/23/2017]
The work of producing crops and raising livestock, including
tillage, plowing, disking, harrowing, pasturing, and installation
of conservation measures. Construction of new buildings or impervious
area is not considered an agricultural activity.
Land serving as a secondary means of access to two or more
lots to the rear and/or side of a building, over which there is a
right-of-way, municipally or privately owned.
[Added by Ord. 17-05, 2/23/2017]
As applied to land, a change in topography as a result of
the moving of soil and rock from one location or position to another;
changing of surface conditions by causing the surface to be more or
less impervious; land disturbance.
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has
filed an application for development, including his heirs, successors
and assigns.
Every application, whether preliminary, tentative or final,
required to be filed and approved prior to start of construction or
development including, but not limited to, an application for a building
permit, for the approval of a subdivision plan or for the approval
of a development plan.
The one-hundred-year flood elevation as indicated on the
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), as revised, for the Township of Susquehanna,
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, prepared by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Federal Insurance Administration.
An area bounded by streets.
Activities, facilities, designs, measures, or procedures
used to manage stormwater impacts from earth disturbance activities;
to meet State water quality requirements; to promote groundwater recharge;
and to otherwise meet the purposes of this Chapter. BMPs include,
but are not limited to: infiltration, filter strips, low impact design,
bioretention, wet ponds, permeable paving, grassed swales, forested
buffers, sand filters, and detention basins.
The Board of Commissioners of Susquehanna Township, Dauphin
County, Pennsylvania.
The 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 two feet in order to promote
variation of building placement on a block, and/or may have a recess
of up to 12 feet in order to promote outdoor dining for a cafe or
restaurant.
[Added by Ord. 17-05, 2/23/2017]
The line within a property defining the required minimum
distance between any principal or accessory structure and adjacent
right-of-way, and the line defining side and rear yards, where required.
The portion of a street or alley which is improved, designated
or intended for vehicular use.
The Chairman of the Susquehanna Township Planning Commission.
The widening, deepening, and headward cutting of small channels
and waterways, due to erosion caused by moderate to large floods.
An underground reservoir or tank for storing rainwater.
A triangle shaped portion of land established at street intersections
in which nothing is erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow in
such a manner as to limit or obstruct the site distance of motorists
entering or leaving the intersection (see Exhibit VI[1]).
The Susquehanna Township Planning Commission.
Land amenities, parts of building, central services and utilities,
and any other elements and facilities owned and used by all unit owners
and are designated as common elements. These elements may include,
but are not limited to:
The land on which the building is located and portions of the
building which are not included in a unit.
The foundation, structural parts, supports, main walls, roofs,
basements, halls, corridors, lobbies, stairways and entrances and
exits of the building.
The yards, parking area and driveways.
Portions of the land and building used exclusively for the management,
operation or maintenance of the common elements.
Installations of all central services and utilities.
All other elements of the building necessary or convenient to
its existence, management, operation, maintenance and safety or normally
in common use.
Such other facilities as are designated as common elements.
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 a development, not including
streets, off-street parking areas and areas set aside for public facilities.
Real estate, portions of which are designated for separate
ownership and the remainder of which is designated for common ownership
solely by the owners for those portions. Real estate is not a condominium
unless the undivided interest in the common elements are vested in
the unit owners.
The community association which administers and maintains
the common property and common elements of a condominium.
The Dauphin County Conservation District.
County of Dauphin, Pennsylvania.
An enclosed area, often with building walls on at least two
sides, typically paved and open to the sky, through which pedestrians
walk to enter or exit a building.
[Added by Ord. 17-05, 2/23/2017]
A right-of-way, publicly or privately owned, intended to
furnish access to pedestrians.
A minor street open at one end for vehicular and pedestrian
access with the opposite end terminating in a vehicular turnaround.
A pipe, conduit or similar structure, including appurtenant
works, which carries surface water.
A cut stone, asphalt or concrete boundary usually marking
the edge of the roadway or paved areas.
The opening along the curb line at which point vehicles may
enter or leave the roadway.
The curve number reflects amounts of runoff based on land
use and hydrological soil group.
An excavation. The difference between a point on the original
ground and designated point of lower elevation on the final grade.
Also, the material removed in excavation.
Any artificial barrier, together with its appurtenant works,
constructed for the purpose of impounding or storing water or any
other fluid or semi-fluid or any refuse bank, fill or structure for
highway, railroad or other purposes which does or may impound water
or any other fluid or semi-fluid.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
The agent of the __________________ and/or agent of the governing
body involved with the administration, review or enforcement of any
provisions of this Chapter by contract or memorandum of understanding.
A committee of four persons appointed by the Board of Commissioners
to oversee the detailed design and implementation process of a TND.
The DRC shall consist of: one member of the Planning Commission; one
member of the Board of Commissioners; the Township's Zoning Officer;
and one Town Planner/Township Planning Consultant.
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The magnitude of precipitation from a storm event measured
in probability of occurrence and duration and used in computing stormwater
management control systems.
A basin designed to retard stormwater runoff by temporarily
storing the runoff and releasing it at a predetermined rate.
A person, partnership, association, corporation or other
entity, or any responsible person therein or agent thereof, that undertakes
any regulated activity of this Chapter.
See "earth disturbance activity." This term includes redevelopment.
The provisions for development including a planned residential
development, a plan or subdivision, 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 and public facilities. The phrase "provisions of
development plan," when used in this Chapter, shall mean the written
and graphic materials referred to in this definition.
The specific tract of land for which a regulated activity
is proposed.
That portion of the property line of the lot, tract, or parcels
of land being developed located such that all overland or pipe flow
from the site would be directed toward it.
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, the
means for preserving the water supply and the prevention or alleviation
of flooding.
Any ditch, gutter, culvert, storm sewer or other structure
designed, intended or constructed for the purpose of diverting surface
waters from or carrying surface waters off streets, public rights-of-way,
parks, recreational areas or any parts of any subdivision of contiguous
land areas.
A right granted by a landowner to a grantee, allowing the
use of private land for stormwater management purposes.
A permit issued by the Municipal governing body after the
drainage plan has been approved. The drainage permit is issued prior
to or with the final Municipal approval.
The documentation of the stormwater management system, if
any, to be used for a given development site.
Pipes, swales, natural features and man-made improvements
designated to carry drainage.
Any natural or artificial watercourse, trench, ditch, pipe,
swale, channel, or similar depression into which surface water flows.
A private roadway providing access for vehicles to a parking
space, garage, dwelling or other structure, including nonresidential
structures. A driveway shall not service more than six residential
dwelling units.
A single unit providing complete independent living facilities
for one or more persons including permanent provisions for living,
sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
Any completed building or structure that was designed to
be built partially or wholly underground. A completed building or
structure which was not intended to serve as a substructure or foundation
for a building.
Any structure designed primarily for residential occupancy,
except a mobile home, which is wholly or in substantial part made,
fabricated, formed or assembled in manufacturing facilities for installation
or assembly and installation on the building site in such a manner
that all concealed parts or processes of manufacture cannot be inspected
at the site without disassembly, damage or destruction.
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, contained in one unit or in two or more units designed
to be joined into one integral unit capable of again being separated
for repeated towing, which arrives at a site complete and ready for
occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations.
A building used by three or more families living independently
of each other and doing their own cooking, including apartment houses,
excluding units which qualify as single-family attached dwellings.
A one-family dwelling attached to two or more one-family
dwellings by common vertical walls. No more than eight units may be
attached in a townhouse row. Townhouse units do not include units
stacked one on top of the other.
A dwelling which is designated for and occupied by not more
than one family and surrounded by open space or yards and which is
not attached to any other dwelling by any means, excluding mobile
home dwellings.
A building used by two families with one dwelling unit arranged
over the other, or side by side and having two side yards.
A building used by two families, with one dwelling unit arranged
over the other, having one side yard, and one party wall in common
with another building.
See 25 Pennsylvania Code Chapter 102, except that this Chapter
does not further regulate agricultural plowing or tilling.
A right-of-way granted for the limited use of land for public
or quasi-public purposes.
Surveys for:
The development of any tract of land including the incidental
design of related improvements, such as line and grade extension of
roads, sewers and grading but not requiring independent engineering
judgment; provided, however, that tract perimeter surveys shall be
the function of the professional land survey.
The determination of the configuration or contour of the earth's
surface, or the position of fixed objects thereon or related thereto
by means of measuring lines and angles and applying the principles
of mathematics, photogrammetry or other measurement methods.
Geodetic or cadastral survey, underground survey and hydrographic
survey.
Sedimentation and erosion control surveys.
The determination of the quantities of materials.
Tests for water percolation in soils.
The preparation of plans and specifications and estimates of
proposed work as described herein.
The engineering specifications of the Township regulating
the installation of any required improvements or for any facility
installed by any owner, subject to public use.
An individual licensed and registered under the laws of the
Commonwealth to engage in the practice of engineering. A professional
engineer may not practice land surveying unless licensed as set forth
in P.L. 534, No. 230; however, a professional engineer may perform
engineering land surveys.
A registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania designated
by the Township to perform the duties of engineer as herein specified.
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments, by
the action of water, wind, ice, gravity or other geological agents.
A plan which is designed to minimize accelerated erosion
and sedimentation.
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar
material is dug into, cut, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced,
relocated or bulldozed. It shall include the conditions resulting
thereof.
Surface waters of high quality, which satisfies Pennsylvania
Code Title 25 Environmental Protection, Chapter 93 Water Quality Standards
93.4b(b) (relating to anti-degradation).
The initial condition of a project site prior to the proposed
construction. If the initial condition of the site is undeveloped
land, the land use shall be considered as "meadow" unless the natural
land cover is proven to generate lower Curve Numbers or Rational "C"
value, such as forested lands.
The vertical location of the ground surface prior to excavation
or filling.
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material
is placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved to a new location
above the natural surface of the ground or on top of the stripped
surface and shall include the conditions resulting there from. The
difference in elevation between a point on the original ground and
designated point of higher elevation on the final grade. The material
used to make a fill.
The proposed elevation of the land surface of a site after
completion of all site preparation work.
A general but temporary condition of partial or complete
inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of streams,
rivers, and other waters of the Commonwealth.
A flood that, on the average, is likely to occur once every
100 years (i.e., that has a 1% chance of occurring each year, although
the flood may occur in any year.)
That portion of the floodplain outside the floodway.
The land in the floodplain within a community subject to
a 1% or greater chance of flooding in any given year.
An official map of a community, issued by the Federal Insurance
Administration.
Any land area susceptible to inundation by water from any
natural source or delineated by applicable Department of Housing and
Urban Development, Federal Insurance Administration Flood Hazard Boundary;
mapped as being a special flood hazard area. Also included are areas
that comprise Group 13 Soils, as listed in Appendix A of the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) Technical Manual for
Sewage Enforcement Officers (as amended or replaced from time to time
by PA DEP).
Any combination of structural and nonstructural additions,
changes or adjustments to proposed and existing structures which reduce
or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real property,
water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents.
The channel of the watercourse and those portions of the
adjoining floodplains that are reasonably required to carry and discharge
the one-hundred-year frequency 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 frequency 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.
Planning and activities necessary for the management of forestland.
These include timber inventory and preparation of forest management
plans, silvicultural treatment, cutting budgets, logging road design
and construction, timber harvesting, site preparation and reforestation.
A vertical distance between the elevation of the design high
water and the top of a dam, levee, tank, basin, or diversion ridge.
The space is required as a safety margin in a pond or basin.
Post development (as with future condition or runoff).
Proposed land use.
The Board of Commissioners of Susquehanna Township, Dauphin
County, Pennsylvania.
A slope, usually of a road, channel or natural ground specified
in percent and shown on plans as specified herein. (To) Grade: to
finish the surface of a roadbed, top of embankment or bottom of excavation.
See definition, "existing grade."
See definition, "finished grade."
A natural or constructed waterway, usually broad and shallow,
covered with erosion-resistant grasses, used to convey surface water.
A plaza, courtyard, green court, pedestrian gathering area,
pocket park, tot lot, playground, walkway, promenade, lawn area, or
other like type facility in which features such as pavers, benches,
gazebos, pergolas, arbors, trellises, planters, plantings, lighting,
and sculpture are installed and maintained, and in which activities
such as public seating and outdoor dining take place.
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The totality of the land that comprises the area of a TND,
exclusive of buildings, streets, alleys, service lanes, parking lots,
and paved surfaces such as those used for dumpsters or approved/fenced
outdoor storage. Green space includes active open space and passive
open space, including such features as recreational areas, greens,
parks, squares, plazas, courtyards, pedestrian gathering areas, pocket
parks, green courts, playgrounds, tot lots, dog parks, playfields,
natural open space designated to conserve wetlands and floodplains,
and other areas for natural resource conservation, and stormwater
detention basins unless designed and constructed as a wet basin or
a naturalized stormwater management basin.
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Replenishment of existing natural underground water supplies.
A computer-based hydrologic model technique adapted to the
Paxton Creek and Spring Creek Watershed for the Act 167 Plans. The
model has been calibrated by adjusting key model input parameters.
Surface water having quality, which exceeds levels necessary
to support propagation of fish, shellfish, and wildlife and recreation
in and on the water by satisfying Pennsylvania Code Title 25 Environmental
Protection, Chapter 93 Water Quality Standards 93.4b(a).
See "condominium association."
Infiltration rates of soils vary widely and are affected
by subsurface permeability as well as surface intake rates. Soils
are classified into four HSG's (A, B, C, and D) according to their
minimum infiltration rate, which is obtained for bare soil after prolonged
wetting. The Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) of the US
Department of Agriculture 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 interest may be identified from a soil survey
report, which can be obtained from the local NRCS office or Dauphin
County Conservation District Office.
Those floodplain areas specifically designated in the Township of Susquehanna Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 27) as being inundated by the one-hundred-year flood; included would be areas identified as the Floodway (FW) and the Flood Fringe (FF).
A surface that prevents the percolation of water into the
ground. Impervious surface includes, but is not limited to, any roof,
parking or driveway areas, and any new streets and sidewalks. Any
surface areas proposed to initially be gravel or crushed stone shall
be assumed to be impervious surfaces.
A retention or detention basin designed to retain stormwater
runoff and release it at a controlled rate.
Any man-made, immovable item which becomes part of, placed
upon or is affixed to, real estate.
A constructed device, such as a seepage pit, trench drain
or infiltration pond designed to facilitate the infiltration of runoff
into the soil.
A surface connection to a closed drain. A structure at the
diversion end of a conduit. The upstream end of any structure through
which water may flow.
A type of topography or landscape characterized by depressions,
sinkholes, limestone towers and steep-sided hills, underground drainage,
and caves. Karst is formed on carbonate rocks, such as limestone or
dolomites and sometimes gypsum.
The design elements and attributes of a TND that create the
character of the place as a compact, mixed-use, walkable, and interconnected
place, as described and depicted in Exhibit A to Part 19 of the Zoning
Ordinance.[2]
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Any of the following activities:
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, regardless of the number
or occupants or tenure.
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.
Land development does not include development which involves:
The conversion of an existing single-family detached dwelling
or single-family semidetached dwelling into not more than three residential
units, unless such units are intended to be a condominium.
The addition of an accessory building, including farm building,
or a lot or lots subordinate to an existing principal.
The addition or conversion of buildings or rides within the
confines of an enterprise which would be considered an amusement park.
For purposes of this subsection, an "amusement park" is defined as
tract or area used principally as a location for permanent amusement
structures or rides. This exclusion shall not apply to newly acquired
acreage by an amusement park until initial plans for the expanded
area have been approved by the proper authorities.
Where an addition of no more than 15% of the square footage
is being added to an existing building, but in no case of an addition
of more than 2,000 square feet, a building permit is required to be
obtained from the appropriate officer of the Township but, submission
of a land development plan or review by the Planning Commission or
approval by the Board of Commissioners is not required but, only when
(1) the building is added to the existing structure and is not separated;
and (2) there is no change to any street or public way; and (3) there
is no interference or substantial change to drainage or the flow of
water; and (4) when the appropriate building officer of the Township
determines that the same is otherwise in compliance with all zoning
and land development requirements.
Any activity involving grading, tilling, digging, or filling
of ground or stripping of vegetation or any other activity that causes
an alteration to the natural condition of the 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), with written consent
of the owner of record, so that in the event of a change, the owners(s)
wishes are protected, a lessee if he is authorized under the lease
to exercise the rights to the landowner or other person having a proprietary
interest in land, shall be deemed to be a landowner for the purpose
of this Chapter.
A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by
a plan or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed
or built upon as a unit.
The area contained within the property lines of a lot as
shown on a subdivision plan excluding space within any street rights-of-ways,
but including the area of any easement or utility right-of-way.
An interior lot having frontage on two streets.
A lot extending between and having frontage on an arterial
street and a minor street, and with vehicular access solely from the
latter.
Any stream segment or other runoff conveyance facility used
as a reach in the Multi Creek watershed hydrologic model.
Provisions to insure proper functioning, safety, structural
integrity, weed and pest control, aesthetic appeal or any other measures
required to maintain stormwater control facilities to a standard as
approved in the stormwater control plan.
A method for calculation of velocity of flow (e.g., feet
per second) and flow rate (e.g., cubic feet per second) in open channels
based upon channel shape, roughness, depth of flow and slope. "Open
channels" may include closed conduits so long as the flow is not under
pressure.
A document that provides written and graphic design guidelines for a TND, consistent with the Design Guidelines in § 22-507.
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The minimum distance between the discharge of runoff from
impervious surfaces and the receiving stream, storm sewer, or property
line, whichever is smaller, whether the discharge is point or non-point.
It is intended to provide ample, natural, undisturbed vegetated pervious
areas to allow for infiltration of increased volumes of runoff.
A legal instrument under which title to real estate is conveyed
and by which a condominium is created and established.
See definition, "dwelling mobile home."
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, or on a single lot
within a mobile home park, improved with the necessary utility connections
and other appurtenances necessary for the erection thereon of a single
mobile home.
A parcel of contiguous parcels of land which has been so
designated and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots
for the placement thereon of mobile homes.
Variation of rational methodology; used to generate hydrographs
and required detention volume.
A body politic and corporate created pursuant to the Act
of May 2, 1945 (P.L. 382, No. 164), known as the "Municipalities Authority
Act of 1945," herein the Municipal Authority of the Township of Susquehanna.
Susquehanna Township.
A facility for the temporary storage of stormwater runoff
that is landscaped with grasses and other native plants and is designed,
constructed, and maintained in accordance with recognized Best Management
Practice techniques as recommended by the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection.
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Pollution that enters a water body from diffuse origins in
the watershed and does not result from discernible, confined, or discrete
conveyances.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, the federal
government's system for issuance of permits under the Clean Water
Act, which is delegated to DEP in Pennsylvania.
Natural Resource Conservation Service [previously Soil Conservation
Service (SCS)].
A drainage element in which stormwater flows with an open
surface. Open channels include, but shall not be limited to, natural
and man-made drainageways, swales, streams, ditches, canals, and pipes
not under pressure.
See definition, "common open space."
Open space owned by a public agency and maintained by it
for the use and enjoyment of the general public.
(i) Point where water flows from a conduit, stream, or drain;
(ii) "Point Source" as described in 40 CFR § 122.2 at the
point where the Municipality's storm sewer system discharges to surface
waters of the Commonwealth.
Points of water disposal from a stream, river, lake, tidewater,
or artificial drain.
Involves the use of impervious parking areas as temporary
impoundments with controlled release rates during rainstorms.
A thoroughfare between buildings that functions like a pedestrian
alley.
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An area of land used for informal leisure time activities,
such as picnicking, nature study, bird watching, and nature photography.
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The maximum rate of flow of storm runoff at a given point
and time resulting from a specified storm event.
Any individual or group of individuals, partnership, copartnership
or corporation.
Surface such as soil which allows the rapid infiltration
of water to the ground.
A masonry column that is typically 48 inches in height, that
serves as a type of gateway monument, or the structure to which fencing
is attached like in the case of Street Wall #2.[3]
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A culvert, closed conduit, or similar structure (including
appurtenances) that conveys stormwater.
The development policy plan (master plan) and/or future land
use plan and/or official map or other such plans, or portions thereof,
as may be adopted, pursuant to statute, for the area of Township in
which the subdivision or land development is located.
A complete and exact subdivision or land development plan,
prepared for official recording as required by statute, to define
property rights and proposed streets and other improvements. In all
cases where only one plan is required, it shall be a final plan.
Susquehanna Township Planning Commission, Dauphin County,
Pennsylvania.
A tentative subdivision or land development plan, in lesser
detail than a final plan, showing approximate proposed street and
lot layout as a basis for consideration prior to preparation of a
final plan.
An informal plan, not necessarily to exact scale, indicating
salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the
general layout of a proposed subdivision or land development.
A pedestrian gathering area that is typically paved and includes
benches, shade trees, and other pedestrian amenities.
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The flood that may be expected from the most severe combination
of critical meteorological and hydrologic conditions that are reasonably
possible in any area. The PMF is derived from the probable maximum
precipitation (PMP) as determined on the basis of data obtained from
the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
A small green space within a green, typically in the range
of 50 square feet to 500 square feet, often enclosed by buildings
on two sides, and always used as a pedestrian gathering area.
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Any discernible, confined, or discrete conveyance, including,
but not limited to, any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, or conduit from
which stormwater is or may be discharged, as defined in State regulations
at 25 Pennsylvania Code § 92.1.
Pre-proposed development (as with present conditions or runoff).
Refer to "existing conditions."
The basic or predominant purpose for which a building or
land area is occupied or intended to be occupied as opposed to accessory
or incidental uses; usually classifiable as residential, commercial,
industrial or public in nature.
A legally established right-of-way, other than a public street,
which provides the primary pedestrian and vehicular access to one
or more lots and constructed to the design standards contained in
this Chapter.
The profile of the center line of the finished surface of
the street, which shall be midway between the sidelines of the street.
The specific area of land where any earth disturbance activities
in the Township are planned, conducted, or maintained.
Includes:
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Board
of Commissioners or Planning Commissions, intended to inform and obtain
public comment, prior to taking action in accordance with this Chapter.
A forum held pursuant to notice under the Act of July 3,
1986 (P.L. 388, No. 84), known as the "Sunshine Act."
Notice published once a week for two consecutive 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 hearing.
A professional engineer licensed by the Pennsylvania Department
of State, and other persons licensed or otherwise qualified by law
to perform the work required by this Chapter.
A rainfall-runoff relation used to estimate peak flow.
Any fee, leasehold or other estate or interest in, over and
under land, including structures, fixtures and other improvements
and interests by which by custom, usage or law pass with a conveyance
of land though not described in the contract of sale or instrument
of conveyance. Real estate includes parcels with or without upper
or lower boundaries and spaces that may be filled with air or water.
Earth disturbance activities on land, which has previously
been developed.
Actions or proposed actions, which impact upon proper management of stormwater runoff and which are governed by this Chapter as specified in § 22-604(3).
A concept plan that is utilized to promulgate the form of
a TND, such as the one shown in Exhibit C to Part 19 of the Zoning
Ordinance, and to illustrate the interconnected network of streets,
alleys, sidewalks and crosswalks, as well as the proposed mixed uses,
mixed housing types, streetscapes, public realm, building locations,
and on-street and off-street parking locations.
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The percentage of the existing conditions peak rate of runoff
for a development site to which the future conditions peak rate of
runoff must be controlled to protect downstream areas.
Those subwatershed areas in which post-development flows
must be reduced to a certain percentage of pre-development flows as
required to meet the plan requirements and the goals of Act 167.
A strip of land adjacent to a street intended to control
access to the street from an adjacent property.
An impoundment in which stormwater is stored and not released
during the storm event. Stored water may be released from the basin
at some time after the end of the storm.
The average interval in years over which an event of a given
magnitude can be expected to recur. For example, the twenty-five-year
return period rainfall or runoff event would be expected to recur
on the average once every 25 years, or have one out of 25 (4%) chance
of occurring in any given year.
See definition, "lot, reverse frontage."
A public thoroughfare for vehicular traffic and/or pedestrian
traffic, whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway,
road, avenue, boulevard, lane, alley or however designated.
A vertical pipe extending from the bottom of a pond that
is used to control the discharge rate from the pond for a specified
design storm.
Earth disturbance activities within the existing road cross-section,
such as grading and repairing existing unpaved road surfaces, cutting
road banks, cleaning or clearing drainage ditches, and other similar
activities.
Temporary ponding and gradual release of stormwater falling
directly onto flat roof surfaces by incorporating controlled-flow
roof drains into building designs.
That part of precipitation which flows over the land.
The volume of runoff that is captured (retained) and not
released into surface waters of the Commonwealth during or after a
storm event.
A sanitary sewage collection method in which sewage is carried
from the site by a system of pipes to a central treatment and disposal
plant.
Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The process by which mineral or organic matter is accumulated
or deposited by wind, water or gravity. Once this matter is deposited
(or remains suspended in water), it is usually referred to as "sediment."
A barrier, dam, retention or detention basin located and
designed to retain rock, sand, gravel, silt, or other material transported
by water.
The placement, discharge, or any other introduction of sediment
into waters of the Commonwealth occurring from the failure to properly
design, construct, implement or maintain control measures and control
facilities in accordance with the requirements of this Chapter.
An area of excavated earth filled with loose stone or similar
material and into which surface water is directed for infiltration
into the ground.
A surface such as stone, rock or other materials which allows
some infiltration of water to the ground.
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with
drainage systems, Municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) primarily used for collecting
and conveying stormwater runoff.
An underground system with a septic tank used for the decomposition
of domestic wastes; also referred to as an "on-lot system."
A service way providing a secondary means of private access
to abutting property and not intended for general traffic circulation.
A thoroughfare type, similar to a common driveway or alley,
that provides vehicular access for nonresidential development, typically
for deliveries, loading and unloading, and parking.
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See definition, "building setback line."
A graphic representation of shadows cast by natural landscaping,
screening and structures plotted with regard to topography, slope
and direction at 9:00 a.m., noon and 3:00 p.m., on the date of the
winter solstice.
Off-street parking that two or more landowners or tenants
share in accordance with the regulations derived from the ULI-Urban
Land Institute publication titled "Shared Parking Second Edition,"
2005.
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Runoff that flows over the ground surface as a thin, even
layer, not concentrated in a channel.
A paved, surfaced or leveled area, paralleling and usually
separated from the street, used as a pedestrian walkway.
The length of roadway visible to the driver of a passenger
vehicle at any given point on the roadway when the view is unobstructed
by traffic.
The face of an embankment or cut section; any ground whose
surface makes an angle with the plane of the horizon. Slopes are usually
expressed in a percentage based upon vertical difference in feet per
100 feet of horizontal distance.
A method of runoff computation developed by the NRCS that
is based on relating soil type and land use/cover to a runoff parameter
called "curve number" (CN).
Chemical or structural treatment of a mass of soil to increase
or maintain its stability or otherwise to improve its engineering
properties.
Radiant energy (direct, diffuse or reflected) received from
the sun at wavelengths suitable for conversion into thermal, chemical
or electrical energy.
Any device, structure or part of a device or structure which
is used primarily to transform solar energy into thermal, chemical
or electrical energy, including any space or structural component
specifically designed to retain heat derived from solar energy.
A complete design or assembly consisting of a solar energy
collector, an energy storage facility (where appropriate) and components
for the distribution of transformed energy to the extent that they
cannot be used jointly with a conventional energy system. Passive
solar energy systems which use the natural properties of materials
and architectural components to collect and store solar energy without
using and external mechanical power are included in this definition
if they do not fulfill structural or other functions.
The space between a given location and the sun which must
remain unobstructed between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. mean solar time
on the date of the winter solstice in order to permit sufficient solar
energy to impinge on the location to allow efficient solar utilization.
A right, expressed as an easement, covenant or condition
or other property interest in any deed or other instrument executed
by or on behalf of any landlord which protects the solar sky space
of an actual, proposed or designated solar energy collector at a described
location by forbidding or limiting activities or land used that interfere
with access to solar energy. The solar sky space may be described
as a three dimensional space in which an obstruction is prohibited
or limited, or as the times of the day during which direct sunlight
to the solar energy combination of the two methods.
A depression in the embankment of a pond or basin, or other
overflow structure, that is used to pass peak discharges greater than
the maximum design storm controlled by the pond or basin.
As defined under state regulations, protection of "designated"
and "existing" uses (see 25 Pennsylvania Code Chapters 93 and 96),
including:
Each stream segment in Pennsylvania has a "designated use,"
such as "cold water fishery" or "potable water supply," which is listed
in Chapter 93. These uses must be protected and maintained, under
state regulations.
"Existing uses" are those attained as of November 1975, regardless
of whether they have been designated in Chapter 93. Earth disturbance
activities must be designed to protect and maintain existing uses
and maintain the level of water quality necessary to protect those
uses in all streams, and to protect and maintain water quality in
special protection streams.
Water quality involves the chemical, biological, and physical
characteristics of surface water bodies. After earth disturbance activities
are complete, these characteristics can be impacted by addition of
pollutants such as sediment, and changes in habitat through increased
flow volumes and/or rates as a result of changes in land surface area
from those activities. Therefore, permanent discharges to surface
waters must be managed to protect the stream bank, streambed, and
structural integrity of the waterway, to prevent these impacts.
Protection and maintenance of water quality in special protection
streams pursuant to 25 Pennsylvania Code Chapter 93.
A reservoir routing procedure based on solution of the continuity
equation (inflow minus outflow equals the change in storage for a
given time interval) and based on outflow being a unique function
of storage volume.
The number of times that a given storm "event" occurs or
is exceeded on the average in a stated period of years. See "return
period."
A system of pipes or other conduits which carries intercepted
surface runoff, street water and other wash waters or drainage, but
excludes domestic sewage and industrial wastes.
The surface runoff generated by precipitation reaching the
ground surface.
Any structure, device, dam, channel, swale, pit, trench or
any other measure taken or method employed to control stormwater runoff.
The documentation of the proposed stormwater management controls,
if any, to be used for a given development site, the contents of which
are established in Part 7.
A stormwater hotspot is defined as a land use or activity
that generates higher concentrations of hydrocarbons, trace metals,
or toxicants than are found in typical stormwater runoff, based on
monitoring studies.
Any structure, natural or manmade, 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 structures.
The plan for managing stormwater runoff with the Township
as adopted by Dauphin County for the Paxton Creek Watershed and Spring
Creek Watershed as required by the Act of October 4, 1989, P.L. 864
(Act 167), and known as the "Stormwater Management Act" and also for
all the other areas of the Township.
A watercourse having a source and terminus, banks and channel
through which water flows at least periodically.
A bridge, culvert, or other structure in excess of 100 feet
in length upstream to downstream which encloses a regulated water
of this Commonwealth.
Includes streets, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway,
parkway, lane, alley viaduct or any other ways used or intended to
be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians whether public or private.
The officially established grade of the street upon which
a lot fronts or in its absence the established grade of the other
streets upon which the lot abuts, at the midpoint of the frontage
of the lot thereon. If there is no officially established grade, the
existing grade of the street at such midpoint shall be taken as the
street grade.
The following streets are classifications of major streets:
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ARTERIAL STREET — A major street or highway with fast
or heavy traffic volumes of considerable continuity and used primarily
as a traffic artery for intercommunications among large areas.
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COLLECTOR — A major street or highway which carries traffic
from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets, including
principal entrance streets of a residential, commercial or industrial
development and streets for major circulation within such developments.
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LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY — A major street or highway which
carries large volumes of traffic at comparatively high speed with
access at designated points and not from abutting properties.
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A street used primarily for access to abutting properties.
The following streets are classifications of minor streets.
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MARGINAL ACCESS STREET — A minor street which is parallel
and adjacent to limited access highways or arterial streets and which
provides access to abutting properties and protection from through
traffic.
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CUL-DE-SAC — See definition, "cul-de-sac, street."
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The wall of a building adjoining a sidewalk at the edge of
the street right-of-way, as in the case of a non-residential use,
or adjoining a porch, stoop, or front yard landscaped area as in the
case of a residential use; or approved architectural or landscaping
elements at least 30 inches but not more than 48 inches in height
such as piers, fences, and hedges, in lieu of a building wall. A street
wall shall extend the entire length of the edge of the street right-of-way,
except where curb cuts, driveways and pedestrian access is provided.
[Added by Ord. 17-05, 2/23/2017]
The wall of a building adjoining a sidewalk at the edge of the street right-of-way, as shown in the Design Guidelines of § 22-507.
[Added by Ord. 17-05, 2/23/2017]
Approved architectural and landscaping elements with piers, fences and hedges, in lieu of a building wall, as shown in the Design Guidelines in § 22-507, consisting of fencing 30 inches to 42 inches in height, piers 48 inches in height and hedges 18 inches to 24 inches in height.
[Added by Ord. 17-05, 2/23/2017]
The shortest distance between the lines delineating the right-of-way
for a street.
The space formed between 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, as shown
in the Design Guidelines in § 22-5007.
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Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
The owner or authorized agent of the owner of a lot, tract
or parcel of land to be subdivided for sale or development under the
terms of this Chapter.
The division or re division of a lot, tract of 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, or 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.
Where, in the judgment of the Township Engineer, at least
90% (based on the cost of the required improvements for which financial
security was posted pursuant to the requirements of this Chapter)
of those improvements required as a condition for final approval have
been completed in accordance with the approval plan, so that the project
will be able to be used, occupied or operated for its intended use.
The smallest drainage unit of a watershed for which stormwater
management criteria has been established in the Stormwater Management
Plan.
A plan showing all present and proposed grades and facilities
for stormwater drainage.
Any and all perennial and intermittent rivers, streams, creeks,
rivulets, impoundments, ditches, watercourses, storm sewers, lakes,
reservoirs, dammed water, wetlands, ponds, springs, natural seeps
and estuaries, and all other bodies or channels of conveyance of surface
water, or parts thereof, whether natural or artificial, within or
on the boundaries of the Commonwealth.
An individual licensed and registered under the laws of this
Commonwealth to engage in the practice of land surveying. A professional
land surveyor may perform engineering land surveys but may not practice
any other branch of engineering.
A low-lying stretch of land which gathers or carries surface
water runoff.
See "forest management."
The time for surface runoff to travel from the hydraulically
most distant point of the watershed to a point of interest within
the watershed. This time is the combined total of overland flow time
and flow time in pipes or channels, if any.
A map showing the elevations of the ground by contours or
elevations.
The configuration of a surface area showing relative elevations.
Surface soils and subsurface soils which presumably are fertile
soils and soil material, ordinarily rich in organic matter or humus
debris. Topsoil is usually found in the uppermost soil layer called
the "A" Horizon.
The Township of Susquehanna, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania,
Board of Commissioners, its agent or authorized representatives.
Any lot, tract or parcel of land which has not been graded
or in any other manner prepared for the construction of a building
and on which no development or building has occurred.
A part of the property, structure or building designed or
intended for any type of independent use, which has direct exit to
a public street or way or to an easement of right-of-way leading to
a public street or way, and includes a proportionate undivided interest
in the common elements, which is assigned to the property, structure
or building.
Any agency which, under public franchise or ownership, or under
certificate of convenience and necessity, provides the public with
electricity, gas, heat, steam, communication, rail transportation,
water, sewage collection or other similar service.
A closely regulated private enterprise with an exclusive franchise
for providing a public service.
Any channel of conveyance of surface water having defined
bed and banks, whether natural or artificial, with perennial or intermittent
flow.
An area of land drawing to a given point. For purposes of
this plan, "watershed" refers to the watershed as designated by DEP
and delineated on the Official Watershed Map.
An inventory of the source, quantity yield and use of groundwater
and surface water resources within the Township.
Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or
ground water 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 wetland areas listed in the State Water Plan, the United
States Forest Service Wetlands Inventory of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania
Coastal Zone Management Plan and a wetland area designated by a river
basin commission. This definition is used by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency and the United States Army Corps of Engineers.)
A device which converts wind energy to mechanical or electrical
energy.
The blades, plus hub to which the blades are attached, that
are used to capture wind for purpose of energy conversion. The wind
rotor is generally used on a pole or tower and, along with other generating
and electrical storage equipment, forms a wind energy conversion system.
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit VI is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[3]
Editor's Note: See § 22-507.1K.
