Other terms or words used herein shall be interpreted or defined
as follows:
ALLEY
See "service street."
BLOCK
An area bounded by three or more streets.
BUILDING
(1)
Any enclosed or open structure other than a boundary wall or
fence, occupying more than four square feet of area.
(b)
SEMIDETACHEDA building which has only one party wall in common with another building.
(c)
ATTACHEDA building which has two party walls in common with another building.
(2)
A building is also any structure having a roof supported by
columns, piers, or walls, including structures having temporary or
permanent support. Any structure having an independent entrance or
electrical, mechanical or heating system shall be considered a single
building.
BUILDING RESERVE (SETBACK) LINE
The line within a property defining the minimum required
distance between any dwelling to be erected and an adjacent right-of-way
or front lot line.
CARTWAY (ROADWAY)
The portion of a street right-of-way, paved or unpaved, intended
for vehicular use.
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections defined
by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersections
of the street center lines.
COMMISSION
The Planning Commission of the Borough of Kenhorst.
COUNTY
The County of Berks, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
CROSSWALK (INTERIOR WALK)
A publicly or private owned right-of-way for pedestrian use
extending from a street into a block, or across a block to another
street.
DEVELOPER (SUBDIVIDER)
Any landowner, agent of such landowner, or tenant with the
permission of such landowner, who makes or causes to be made a subdivision
of land or land development.
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
The provisions for development of a planned residential,
commercial, or industrial development, including a plat of subdivision,
all covenants related to use or density of development, streets, ways
and parking facilities, common open space and public facilities. The
phrase "provisions of the development plan," when used in this chapter,
shall mean the written graphic material referred to in this definition.
DRAINAGE RIGHT-OF-WAY
The lands required for the installation of sanitary or storm
sewers or drainage ditches, or required along a natural stream or
watercourse for preserving the channel and providing for the flow
of water therein to safeguard the public against flood damage.
DWELLING UNIT
Any structure or part thereof, designed to be occupied as
living quarters as a single housekeeping unit.
EASEMENT
A right-of-way granted, but not dedicated, for limited use
of private land for a public or quasi-public purpose, and within which
the owner of the property shall not erect any permanent structure,
but shall have the right to make any other use of the land which is
not inconsistent with the rights of the grantee.
ENDORSEMENT
The application of the County Planning Commission's
appropriate stamp and the signature of the Executive Director to the
final plan. The application of the Borough Planning Commission's
appropriate stamp, the signature of the Chairman of the Commission,
the signatures of the President and secretary of the Borough Council,
and the Borough Seal.
ENGINEER
A licensed professional engineer registered by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
GRADE
The inclination, with the horizontal, of a road, unimproved
land, etc., which is generally expressed by stating the vertical rise
or fall as a percentage of the horizontal distance.
IMPROVEMENTS
Those physical additions and changes to the land that may
be necessary to produce usable and desirable lots.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
(1)
The improvement of one or more contiguous lots, tracts, or parcels
of land for any purposes 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 by means of, or for the purpose
of streets, common areas, leaseholds, building groups, condominiums
or other features;
LANDOWNER
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land, including
the holder of an option 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, shall be deemed to be
a landowner for the purpose of these regulations.
LAND PLANNER
A recognized professional individual or firm affiliated with
registered engineers, architects, and/or surveyors capable of preparing
development plans.
LOT
Any parcel of land, regardless of size, intended as a unit
for transfer or ownership, use or improvement or for development.
LOT AREA
The area contained within the property lines of a lot (as
shown on the plan) excluding space within all street rights-of-way
and within all permanent drainage easements, but including the areas
of all other easements.
MAINTENANCE GUARANTEE
A guarantee by the subdivider that he shall maintain all
improvements in good condition for a period of one year after completion
of construction and installation of all such improvements.
MARKER
A metal pipe or pin of at least 3/4 inch or 7/8 inch and
at least 30 inches in length.
MOBILE HOME
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, office or place of assembly contained in one unit, or two
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, and constructed so that it may be used without
a permanent foundation.
MONUMENT
A stone or concrete monument with a flat top at least four
inches in diameter or square, containing a copper or brass dowel (one-quarter-inch
drill hole) and at least 24 inches in length (preferred 30 inches
to 36 inches). The bottom sides or radius must be at least two inches
greater than the top, to minimize movements caused by frost.
OWNER
Any person, firm, association or syndicate, copartnership
or corporation having a proprietary interest in any land sought to
be subdivided in pursuance with this resolution.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE
Any security which may be accepted in lieu of a requirement
that certain improvements be made before the Borough gives final approval
to the plan, including performance bonds, escrow agreements, and any
other collateral or surety agreements.
PLAN, FINAL
A complete and exact subdivision plan (and including all
required supplementary data), prepared for official recording of a
major subdivision by statute, to define property rights and proposed
streets and other improvements prepared by a registered engineer or
registered surveyor.
PLAN, MAJOR STREET
That element of the Borough Comprehensive Plan, now or hereafter
adopted, which shows the general location, alignment and dimensions,
and the identification and classification of existing and proposed
major streets, highways, and other thoroughfares.
PLAN, OFFICIAL
The Comprehensive Development Plan and/or master plan and/or
future land use plan and/or ultimate right-of-way plan and/or Official
Map and/or topographical survey and/or other such plans, or portions
thereof, as may have been adopted, pursuant to statute, for the area
of the Borough in which the subdivision is located.
PLAN OF RECORD
The copy of the final plan which contains the original endorsements
of the County Planning Commission, the Borough Planning Commission
and the Borough Council, and is intended to be recorded with the County
Recorder of Deeds and is prepared by a registered engineer or registered
surveyor.
PLAN, PRELIMINARY
A tentative subdivision plan (and including all required
supplementary data), in lesser detail than a final plan, showing approximate
proposed street and lot layout as a basis for consideration of a major
subdivision prior to preparation of a final plan prepared by an engineer
or surveyor.
PLAN, SKETCH
An informal plan, not necessarily to exact scale, indicating
salient existing features of tract and its surroundings and the general
layout of a proposed subdivision prepared by the subdivider, an engineer,
a surveyor, or land planner.
PLAT
A map or plan of a subdivision, whether preliminary or final.
PUBLIC GROUNDS
Includes:
(1)
Parks, playgrounds and other public areas; and
(2)
Sites for publicly owned buildings and facilities.
RESERVE STRIP
A parcel of ground in separate ownership separating a street
from other adjacent properties, or from another street, either proposed
or existing.
REVERSE FRONTAGE LOT
A lot extending between and having frontage on two generally
parallel streets (excluding service streets), with vehicular access
solely from one street.
REVIEW
Whenever the County Planning Commission and/or the Borough
Planning Commission possesses such jurisdiction, the action of "review"
shall also include "review and approval," or if necessary, "review
and disapproval."
RIGHT-OF-WAY
The total width of any land reserved or dedicated as a street,
alley, crosswalk or for other public or semipublic purposes.
SANITARY SEWAGE SYSTEM, PUBLIC
A sanitary sewage collection system in which sewage is carried
from individual lots by a system of pipes to a central treatment and
disposal plant.
SIGHT DISTANCE
The required 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. Sight distance measurement shall be made
from a point 0.5 foot above the center line of the road surface to
a point 0.5 foot above the center line of the road surface.
SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS (SFHAs)
The one-percent-annual-chance flood (one-hundred-year flood),
also known as the "base flood." The area that has a one-percent annual
chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. The special
flood hazard area is the area subject to flooding by the one-percent-annual-chance
flood.
STREET
A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way (i.e.,
not limited to the cartway) to provide access to more than one lot.
The word "street" includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway,
freeway, parkway, lane, alley, viaduct and other ways used or intended
to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians, whether public or
private. Streets are further classified according to the function
they perform:
(1)
MINOR STREETSA street used primarily to provide access to abutting properties.
(2)
CUL-DE-SAC STREETA minor street intersecting another street at one end, and terminating in a vehicular turnaround at the other end.
(3)
HALF (PARTIAL) STREETA street generally parallel and adjacent to a property line, having a lesser right-of-way width than normally required for improvement and use of the street.
(4)
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETA minor street, parallel and adjacent to a major street (but separated from it by a reserve strip) which provides access to abutting properties and control of intersections with the major streets.
(5)
COLLECTOR STREETA street which, in addition to providing access to abutting properties, intercepts minor streets to provide a route serving 50 or more dwelling units to give access to community facilities and/or other collector and major street. (Streets in industrial and commercial subdivisions shall generally be considered collector streets.)
(6)
MAJOR STREETA street serving a large volume of comparatively high-speed and long-distance traffic, including all facilities classified as main and secondary highways by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
(7)
SERVICE STREET (ALLEY)A minor right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access to the side or rear of two or more properties.
(8)
INTERNAL STREETA minor street used for circulation and access within a development project involving multiresidence or commercial or industrial uses.
SUBDIVIDER
Any individual, copartnership or corporation (or agent authorized
thereby) which undertakes the subdivision or development of land,
as defined by this chapter, as the owner or equitable owner (or agent
authorized thereby) of the land being subdivided or developed.
SUBDIVISION
(1)
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, transfer of ownership or building
or lot development; provided, however, that the division of land for
agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving
any new street or easement of access, shall be exempted. The term
"subdivision" shall refer, as appropriate in these regulations, to
the process of subdividing land or to the land proposed to be subdivided.
A subdivision also includes division over any period of time after
the enactment of this chapter of a parcel of land having frontage
on an existing or proposed street into two or more parcels having
frontage on the existing or proposed street.
(2)
The term "subdivision" shall also include any development of
a parcel of land, for example, an industrial park, shopping center,
multiple dwelling project, or mobile home park, which involves installation
of streets and/or alleys, even though the streets and/or alleys might
not be dedicated to public use and the parcel might not be divided
immediately for purposes of conveyance, transfer or sale, or even
though the owner does not transfer legal or equitable title (for example,
structures for rental purposes).
(3)
The term subdivision includes any replotting of land including
changes in recorded plans.
SURVEYOR
A licensed surveyor registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, PUBLIC
A system for supplying and distributing water from a common
source to dwellings and other buildings, but generally not confined
to one neighborhood.