For the purposes of this chapter, certain terms and words used
herein shall be interpreted as follows:
A.
Words used in the present tense include the future tense; the singular
number includes the plural, and the plural number includes the singular;
words of masculine gender include feminine gender, and words of feminine
gender include masculine gender.
B.
The word "includes" or "including" shall not limit the term to the
specific example but is intended to extend its meaning to all other
instances of the kind and character.
C.
The word "person" includes an individual, firm, association, organization,
partnership, trust, company, corporation, or any other similar entity.
D.
The words "shall" and "must" are mandatory words, and "may" and "should"
are permissive.
E.
The words "used" or "occupied" include the words "intended, designed,
maintained, or arranged to be used or occupied."
Unless a contrary intention clearly appears, the following words
and phrases shall have the meanings given in this section. All words
and terms not defined herein shall be used with a meaning of standard
usage.
The Board of Supervisors, Brecknock Township, County of Lancaster,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Brecknock Township, the County of Lancaster, Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A legal right granted or sold by a property owner to the
Township, some other public entity, or a private conservation organization,
which permanently restricts the type and amount of development that
may take place on the property and specifies the type, if any, of
public access to the property.
The County of Lancaster, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The agent or official designated by the Township to administer
and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
The identification of general operating conditions and operational
characteristics of roads categorized according to a hierarchy.
Brecknock Township, the County of Lancaster, Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Any land, right-of-way, easement or other interest in land
owned, operated, or controlled by a government agency, including but
not limited to buildings, streets and street rights-of-way, parks,
playgrounds, and open space reservations, conservation easements,
sidewalks and pedestrian ways and easements, railroad rights-of-way
and easements, and flood-control facilities. As used in this definition,
"public" does not necessarily mean the public ground is open for use
and access by the general public.
Notice published once each 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 date of the hearing.
The total width of any land reserved or dedicated for the
purposes of a street, crosswalk, or for other public purposes.
A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, to provide
access to more than one lot. The word "street" includes street, avenue,
boulevard, thoroughfare, road, highway, freeway, parkway, lane, alley,
and other ways used or intended to be used by vehicular traffic or
pedestrians, whether public or private.
A street which is not dedicated for public use and maintenance.
A street which is dedicated for public use and maintenance.
The Brecknock Township Zoning Hearing Board.
