Words in the present tense include the future tense; words used
in the masculine gender include the feminine and the neuter; words
in the singular include the plural, and those in the plural include
the singular.
A.
The words "applicant," "developer," "person," "subdivider," "landowner"
and "owner" include a corporation, unincorporated association and
a partnership or other legal entity, as well as an individual.
B.
The word "road" includes thoroughfare, avenue, boulevard, court,
expressway, highway, lane, arterial and road.
C.
The word "building" shall be construed as if followed by the phrase
"or part thereof."
D.
The term "occupied" or "used," as applied to any building, shall
be construed as though followed by the words "or intended, arranged
or designed to be occupied or used."
E.
The word "lot" includes plot, parcel, tract, site or any other similar
term.
F.
The word "abut" shall include the words "directly across from."
G.
The words "should" and "may" are permissive.
H.
The words "shall" and "will" are mandatory and directive.
When terms, phrases, or words are not defined, they shall have
the meaning of standard usage, within the context of the provision,
as determined by the Township Manager or his/her designee.
Terms or words used herein, unless otherwise expressly stated,
shall have the following meanings:
A structure serving a purpose customarily incidental to the
use of the principal building and located on the same lots as the
principal building.
A use subordinate to the principal use of land or a building
on a lot and customarily incidental thereto.
A state of being side by side, next to, adjoining, contiguous,
or abutting one to another.
A building which houses an agricultural use, such as barns,
milk houses, pole barns and equipment sheds. This shall not include
buildings used for the processing or transformation of agricultural
products such as slaughterhouses, canning plants, dairy bottling,
and sawmills.
An enterprise that is actively engaged in the commercial
production and preparation for market of crops, livestock and livestock
products and in the production, harvesting and preparation for market
or use of agricultural, agronomic, horticultural, silvicultural and
aquacultural crops and commodities. The term includes an enterprise
that implements changes in production practices and procedures or
types of crops, livestock, livestock products or commodities produced
consistent with practices and procedures that are normally engaged
by farmers or are consistent with technological development within
the agricultural industry. It includes necessary structures within
the limits of the parcel and the storage of equipment necessary for
production.
A public or private way affording only secondary means of
access to abutting property.
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 the start of construction
or development, including but not limited to an application for the
approval of the subdivision plot or plan or for the approval of a
development plan.
A tract of land, a lot or groups of lots, bounded by roads,
public parks, watercourses, boundary lines of the Township, unsubdivided
land, other definite barrier, or by any combination of the above.
The Board of Commissioners of Pocono Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania.
Any type of structure having a roof used for the shelter,
housing or enclosure of persons, animals or property.
That portion of a lot, excluding required setback area and
side yard, upon which a structure can be erected.
The maximum ratio obtained by dividing the ground floor area
of all principal and accessory buildings on a lot by the total area
of the lot upon which the buildings are located (including covered
porches, carports and breezeways, but excluding open patios).
The vertical distance of a building measured from the average
level of the highest and lowest ground grade of the building to the
highest point of the roof.
The line parallel to the road right-of-way line at a distance
therefrom equal to the depth of the front yard setback requirement
for the district in which the lot is located.
A building in which is conducted the main or principal use
of the lot on which it is situated.
A planned development, under single ownership, for rental,
license or lease only, of sites for use as tent and/or recreational
vehicle camping, on a temporary basis only, with recreational and
service facilities, including central water and sewage.
A defined area within a campground to be used for camping
purposes, and acting as a site for travel trailers, truck campers,
camper trailers, motor homes, or tents, marked by the developer on
a plan as a numbered, lettered, or otherwise identified plot of land.
The designated travel surface of a road, lane, road, alley
or other public way. Wherever curbs are installed or designated, the
curbline shall be considered the cartway line. When designated by
ordinance, any road or roadway width definition shall include the
cartway width along with the right-of-way width dimension.
The center of the surveyed road, lane, alley, or alley right-of-way,
or where not surveyed, the center of the traveled cartway.
An area of unobstructed vision at the road intersection defined
by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection
of the road center lines.
A building which houses a commercial use.
A use of land or improvements thereto for the purpose of
engaging in retail, wholesale, or service activities for profit.
The Pocono Township Planning Commission.
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 the development or planned
unit development or planned residential development. It does not include
roads, off-street parking areas and areas set aside for public facilities.
Common open space shall be substantially free of structures but may
contain such improvements as are in the development plan as finally
approved by the governing body and as are appropriate for recreational
use by the residents.
The Hamilton Township, Stroud Township, Pocono Township and
Stroudsburg Borough Multi-Municipal Comprehensive Plan, or any successor
plan adopted in accord with the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning
Code.[1]
Those areas of a development tract which are comprised of
environmentally sensitive lands on which development is not permitted,
including wetlands, floodway, floodplain and slopes in excess of 25%.
Those areas of a development tract which are somewhat less
sensitive than primary conservation areas and which may be critical
to the effect the development will have on both the natural environment
and the rural character of the community.
A subdivision designed at the dwelling unit density specified in Chapter 470, Zoning, of the Code of the Township of Pocono, where individual lots are reduced in size, important natural resources are conserved, and the resultant open space is preserved in perpetuity.
A right or interest in land granted primarily for the preservation
of the land in its undeveloped state but which may allow limited development
(e.g., a residential structure) and other compatible uses such as
agriculture and forestry.
That part of a particular conservation subdivision design development tract set aside for the protection of sensitive natural features, farmland, scenic views and other primary and secondary conservation areas and which meets the conservation open space requirements of Chapter 470, Zoning, and this chapter. Conservation open space may be accessible to the residents of the development and/or the Township, or it may contain areas of farmland or forest land which are not accessible to project residents or the public.
The County of Monroe, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A strip of land, including a right-of-way dedicated to public
use, to facilitate pedestrian access through or into a block.
The deliberate appropriation of land and/or improvements
by its owner for any general and public use, reserving to himself
no other rights than those that are compatible with the full exercise
and enjoyment of the public uses to which the property has been devoted.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Any landowner, equitable owner, agent of such landowner or
tenant with the permission of such landowner who makes or causes to
be made a subdivision of land or a land development.
The provisions for development, including a planned residential
development, a plat of 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
the development plan" when used in this chapter shall mean the written
and graphic materials referred to in this definition.
Any area of land which has been altered so that the surface
of the soil has physically been graded, excavated or otherwise exposed.
A privately owned and constructed vehicular access from an
approved private or public road into a lot or parcel having frontage
on the road.
Any building, vehicle or portion thereof designed or used
exclusively as the residence or sleeping place of one or more persons
as further defined below. The term "dwelling" shall not be deemed
to include automobile court, rooming house, tourist home, hotel, motel,
hospital, nursing home, dormitory, fraternity, sorority house or other
group residence, as defined herein.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILYA detached building designed for and occupied exclusively by one family, except for a mobile home, as defined below.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILYA detached or semidetached building containing two dwelling units.
DETACHED TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGA two-family building including a horizontal separation between the two separate dwelling units.
SEMI-ATTACHED TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGA two-family building including a common vertical wall between the two separate dwelling units.
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILYA building containing three or more dwelling units.
APARTMENTA multifamily building of three or more dwelling units each with one floor and access from a common hall.
GARDEN APARTMENTA multifamily building of three or more dwelling units and not exceeding three stories in height, but not including townhouses. Access is usually from a common hall although individual entrances can be provided. Dwelling units can be located back-to-back, adjacent or one on top of another.
QUADRAPLEXA multifamily building of four single-family attached dwelling units in which each unit has two open-space exposures and shares one or two walls with an adjoining unit or units.
TOWNHOUSEA multifamily building of three or more single-family attached dwelling units in which each unit has its own front and rear accesses to the outside, no unit is located over another unit and each unit is separated from any other unit by one common wall.
DWELLING, MOBILE HOMEA 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 and constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation.
DWELLING UNITOne or more rooms, including a kitchen (or kitchenette) and sanitary facilities in a dwelling structure, designed as a unit for occupancy by not more than one family for living and sleeping purposes and containing a minimum of 700 square feet or such other minimum habitable floor area as may be set forth in any building and/or housing code in force in the Township.
Any construction or other human activity which disturbs the
surface of land, including, but not limited to, clearing and grubbing,
grading, excavations, embankments, agricultural plowing or tilling,
timber harvesting activities, road maintenance activities, mineral
extraction, and the moving, depositing, stockpiling, or storing of
soil, rock or earth materials.
A right-of-way granted for limited use of land for a public,
quasi-public, or private purpose not inconsistent with a general property
right of the owner, and within which the owner of the property shall
not have the right to use the land in a manner that violates the right
of the grantee.
A person duly licensed as a professional engineer by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Pocono Township Engineer or any consultant designated
by the Board of Commissioners to review a subdivision plan and perform
the duties of engineer on behalf of the Township.
One or more persons, related by blood, adoption or marriage,
living and cooking together in a dwelling unit as a single housekeeping
unit or a number of persons living and cooking together in a dwelling
unit as a single housekeeping unit though not related by blood, adoption
or marriage, provided that they live together in a manner similar
to a traditional nuclear family.
A relatively flat or low land area adjoining a river, stream
or watercourse which is subject to partial or complete inundation
or flooding. Floodplain boundaries are frequently shown for the floods
having recurrence intervals of 10 years, 50 years, 100 years and 500
years according to the latest Flood Insurance Rate Map prepared by
the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The designated area of a floodplain required to carry the
discharge waters of a given magnitude. For purposes of this chapter,
the floodway shall be capable of a flood of one-hundred-year magnitude.
The floodway must be kept free of encroachment (except as may be otherwise
expressly permitted by the Township) in order that the one-hundred-year
flood is carried without substantial increases in flood heights as
defined and regulated by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection.
That portion of the one-hundred-year floodplain outside the
floodway.
Those surfaces which do not absorb rain. All buildings, including
roof overhangs, parking areas, driveways, roads, sidewalks, and such
areas as those in concrete and asphalt shall be considered impervious
surfaces within this definition. In addition, other areas determined
by the Township Engineer to be impervious within the meaning of this
definition will also be classed as impervious surfaces.
A physical addition or change to the land that may be necessary
to make the land suitable for the proposed use or extension of use,
including, but not limited to, buildings, structures, additions to
buildings and structures, roads, driveways, parking areas, sidewalks,
stormwater controls and drainage facilities, landscaped areas, utilities,
water supplies and sewage disposal systems, and any work involved
with highway reconstruction.
A building which houses an industrial use.
Any use engaged in:
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL USEManufacturing or storage uses which, because of their shipping, storage and other requirements are not compatible in close proximity to residential areas.
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USEManufacturing or storage uses which are characterized by uses of large sites, attractive buildings and inoffensive processes, and which are compatible with neighboring residential uses.
A building which houses an institutional use.
Any use of land owned and operated by a government body or
agency for public purposes including for example public schools, parks,
civic centers, municipal buildings, solid waste disposal facilities,
nursing homes, and hospitals; or uses operated by nonprofit, community-based
organizations for the general use of the public, including, but not
limited to, churches, fire houses, ambulance buildings, libraries,
nursing homes, hospitals, sanitariums and clinics.
A subdivision of land;
The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts
or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
A group of two or more residential or nonresidential buildings,
whether proposed initially or cumulatively, or a single nonresidential
building on a lot or lots regardless of the number of occupants or
tenure; or
The division or allocation of land or space, whether initially
or cumulatively, between or among two or more existing or prospective
occupants by means of, or for the purpose of roads, common areas,
leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features.
The definition of land development shall not include the following:
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 buildings,
on a lot or lots subordinate to an existing principal building;
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
a tract or area used principally as a location for permanent amusement
structures or rides. This exclusion shall not apply to new areas proposed
to be developed for amusement park purposes until initial plans for
the expanded area have been approved by proper authorities.
See § 390-20.
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 the land.
Occupancy of any dwelling or structure, generally for periods
of more than 180 days, as opposed to temporary visits to bed-and-breakfast
establishments, motels, hotels, campgrounds and recreational vehicles.
It also includes any dwelling or structure where children who attend
school reside.
A unit into which land is divided or other parcel of land
intended as a unit for transfer of ownership, lease, rent, improvement
or development.
The computed area contained within the lot lines, excluding
space within all road rights-of-way and within all permanent drainage
easements, but including the areas of all slope and utility easements.
The mean average horizontal distance between the front and
the rear lot lines.
The property lines bounding the lot.
LOT LINE, FRONTThe line separating the lot from an existing or proposed road right-of-way.
In the case of corner lots, the front lot line shall be that
line separating the lot from the road right-of-way which has the greater
width; the line separating the lot from the other road right-of-way
is called the "side road lot line."
In the case of corner lots, the yard adjacent to the side road
lot line shall be the same as the yard adjacent to the front lot line.
LOT LINE, REARThe lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line.
LOT LINE, SIDEAny lot line other than a front or rear lot line. A side lot line separating a lot from a road is called a "side road lot line."
LOT LINE, ROAD OR ALLEYA lot line separating the lot from a road or alley.
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured
parallel to the front lot line. In the case of lots fronting on a
cul-de-sac, along a chord perpendicular to a radial line located equidistant
between the side lot lines; said chord shall intersect the radial
line at a point located at a distance from the road right-of-way line
equal to the prescribed front yard distance.
Lot Width
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A lot situated at and abutting the intersection of two roads.
A lot with access to the bulk of the lot provided by a narrow
corridor from the adjoining public or private road.
A lot other than a corner lot, the side property lines of
which do not abut a road.
A lot with front and rear road frontage, where vehicular
access is prohibited to and from the higher intensity road.
A lot extending between and having frontage on two roads.
To reduce to the smallest amount possible. "Minimize" does
not mean to "eliminate," but rather that the most substantial efforts
possible under the circumstances have been taken to reduce the adverse
effect of the action (such as grading, clearing, construction, etc.).
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
and constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation.
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the
necessary utility connection and other appurtenances necessary for
the placement thereon of a single mobile home, which is leased by
the park owner to the occupants of the mobile home placed on the lot.
A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned
and improved for more than two mobile home lots and the rental or
lease only of sites for the placement of mobile homes for nontransient
use.
Pocono Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
A building which houses a nonresidential use.
Any commercial, industrial or institutional use of land,
or any other use of land which is not for residential purposes, but
excluding agricultural uses.
Any security which may be accepted by the Township in lieu
of a requirement that certain improvements be made by the developer
before the plan is approved.
A natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
limited liability company or other legal entity.
A map or drawing indicating the subdivision or resubdivision
of land or a land development which in its various stages of preparation
including the following:
SKETCH PLANAn informal plan, identified as such with the title "Sketch Plan" on the map, indicating salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the general layout of the proposal to be used as a basis for consideration by the Township. This plan is drawn on tracing paper or similar material enabling municipal officials to see the relationship between the proposed layout and the property's features as identified on the Existing Resources and Site Analysis Map.
PRELIMINARY PLANA complete plan identified as such with the wording "Preliminary Plan" in the title accurately showing proposed roads and lot layout and such other information as required by this chapter, such plan prepared by a qualified professional (See definition of "qualified professional.") with his/her professional seal affixed.
FINAL PLANA complete and exact plan identified as such with the wording "Final Plan" in the title, with a qualified professional's seal (See definition of "qualified professional.") affixed and prepared for official recording as required by this chapter to define property lines, proposed roads and other improvements.
RECORD PLANThe copy of the final plan which contains the original endorsements of the Township Planning Commission and the Township Board of Commissioners and which is intended to be recorded with the County Recorder of Deeds.
The Planning Commission of Pocono Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania.
A nonprofit corporation or similar legal entity organized
by the developer or homeowners for the purpose of establishing an
association of all property owners in a private development the purposes
of which shall include the ownership and maintenance of open space
common areas and all development improvements.
Includes parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreational
areas and other public areas; sites for schools, sewage treatment,
refuse disposal and other publicly owned or operated facilities; and
publicly owned or operated scenic and historic sites.
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the governing
body or planning agency, intended to inform and obtain public comment,
prior to taking action in accordance with this chapter and the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code.[2]
A forum held pursuant to notice under the act of July 3,
1986 (P.L. 388, No. 84), as amended, known as the "Sunshine Act."[3]
Notice published once each week for two successive weeks
in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. 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.
An individual authorized to prepare plans pursuant to Section
503(1) of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code[4] which states that plats and surveys shall be prepared
in accordance with the Act of May 23, 1945 (P.L. 913, No. 367), known
as the "Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law" except
that this requirement shall not preclude the preparation of a plat
in accordance with the Act of January 24, 1966 (P.L. 1527, No. 535),
known as the "Landscape Architects Registration Law" when it is appropriate
to prepare the plat using professional services set forth in the definition
of the "practice of landscape architecture" under Section 2 of that
Act.
A vehicular type of unit initially designed as temporary
living quarters for recreational camping or travel use, which either
has its own motive power or is mounted on, or drawn by, another vehicle.
The basic types of recreational vehicles are:
CAMPER TRAILERA vehicular unit mounted on wheels and constructed with collapsible partial side walls which fold for towing by another vehicle and unfold at the campsite.
MOTOR HOMEA vehicular unit built on a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis.
TRAVEL TRAILERA vehicular unit, mounted on wheels, of such size (no more than 500 square feet) and weight as not to require a special highway movement permit when drawn by a motorized vehicle.
TRUCK CAMPERA portable unit, designed to be loaded onto, or affixed to, the bed or chassis of a truck.
SELF-CONTAINED UNITA unit which:
A parcel of ground in separate ownership separating a road
from other adjacent properties or from another road.
A building or portion thereof which is used exclusively for
human habitation, including, but not limited to, single-family, two-family
and multifamily dwellings, and mobile homes.
Land reserved for the public or the abutting owners for use
as a road, alley, interior walk or for other public purposes.
A public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal
means of access to abutting property, including avenue, place, way,
drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road and any other thoroughfare except
an alley (for vehicular and pedestrian circulation use).
ARTERIAL ROADDesigned primarily to carry traffic and generally should not provide access to land which would interfere with their primary traffic functions; and are designated as limited, controlled, or partial access roads, and average daily traffic is 5,000 vehicles or more.
CONNECTOR ROADCollects traffic from local access and collector roads and also provides a connection to arterial roads and expressways and between connector roads and average daily traffic ranges from 1,000 to 4,999 vehicles.
COLLECTOR ROADGathers traffic from local and marginal access roads and feeds this traffic to connector and arterial roads and expressways. Collector roads carry heavier traffic volumes than local roads although they also provide direct access to individual uses located along them. Average daily traffic on collector roads ranges from 501 to 999 vehicles.
LOCAL ROADProvides direct access to individual uses or gathers traffic from marginal access roads and feeds this traffic to collector roads. Average daily traffic on local roads does not exceed 500 vehicles.
CUL-DE-SAC ROADA local road permanently terminated at one end by a vehicular turnaround and intersects another road at the other end.
LOOP ROADA local road that intersects other roads on each end and may intersect a cul-de-sac road at some point between each end.
MARGINAL ACCESS ROADA local road parallel and adjacent to major traffic roads providing access to abutting properties and control of intersections with major traffic roads.
PRIVATE ACCESS ROADProvides access to residential lots from a public or approved road and the lots do not have direct access to a public or approved road.
The line of contact between the lot and road right-of-way.
With respect to roads, highways or other public or private ways with
undeterminable right-of-way, such line shall be coincident with the
line marking the outer portion of the traveled way or the outer portion
of the berm, whichever shall provide the maximum width for road purposes.
The minimum distance measured horizontally and at 90°
(perpendicular) from the edge of the right-of-way of the road to the
outermost projection of a building or appurtenance to a structure
permanently fixed on a building lot or real estate property. With
respect to roads, highways or other public or private ways with undeterminable
right-of-way, such setback shall be measured coincident with the line
marking the outer portion of the traveled way or the outer portion
of the berm, whichever shall provide the maximum width for street
purposes.
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or
excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals
and any noxious or deleterious substances being harmful or inimical
to the public health, or to animal or aquatic life, or to the use
of water for domestic water supply or for recreation, or which constitutes
pollution under the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L. 1987, No. 394), known
as "The Clean Streams Law," as amended.[5]
The system of pipes, tanks, pumps and other equipment used
to carry sewage from individual lots or dwelling units to an off-site
sewage disposal system. Septic tanks and grinder pumps serving individual
lots or dwelling units connected to an off-site sewage disposal system
shall be considered part of the collection and conveyance system.
A sanitary sewage collection system in which sewage is carried
from individual lots or dwelling units by a system of pipes to a central
treatment and disposal system or sewage treatment plant which may
be publicly or privately owned and operated. For purposes of determining
lot size or lot density, a system designed to serve a two-family dwelling
or two dwelling units located on the same property or adjacent properties
shall not be considered as off-site sewage and in such a case all
development standards will apply the same for each dwelling or unit
as any single-family unit.
A single system of piping, tanks or other facilities serving
only a single lot and disposing of sewage in whole or in part into
the soil on that lot or as may be permitted on common open space in
a conservation subdivision design development. A system designed to
serve a two-family dwelling or two dwelling units located on the same
property or adjacent properties shall be considered on-site sewage
and all development standards will apply the same for each dwelling
or unit as any single-family unit.
Piping and the ground surface to the outside edges of the
irrigated perimeter used for the application of sewage effluent.
Piping, spray heads and the ground surface to the outside
edges of the wetted perimeter, used for the application of sewage
effluent.
A system of sewage collection, conveyance, treatment and
disposal which will prevent the discharge of untreated or inadequately
treated sewage or other waste into waters of this commonwealth or
otherwise provide for the safe and sanitary treatment and disposal
of sewage or other waste. (See "on-site sewage disposal" and "sewage
disposal, central.")[6]
Any part of a sewage facility which is used to provide mechanical,
chemical or biological treatment of sewage, including, but not limited
to, screens, settling tanks, aeration tanks, sedimentation tanks,
digestion tanks, nitrogen and phosphorus removal tanks, treatment
ponds and lagoons, filters, and disinfection equipment. This shall
not include on-site sewage disposal systems, treated effluent storage
lagoons, soil absorption areas, spray fields, drip irrigation fields
and constructed wetlands.
An on-site or community sewage facility designed to adequately
treat sewage flows not greater than 2,000 gallons per day for final
disposal using a stream discharge or other methods approved by DEP.
The connection consisting of all pipes, fittings and appurtenances,
from the drain outlet of a dwelling or building to the inlet of the
road or main collector sewer pipe of the sewerage system serving the
subdivision or development.
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.
The face of an embankment or cut section; any ground whose
surface makes an angle with the plane of the horizon. The change in
elevation, measured in consistent units, from one point to another
measured perpendicular to the contours (lines of equal elevation)
of the land. Slope is generally expressed as a ratio based on the
vertical difference in feet per 100 feet of horizontal distance or
as a percentage.
Piping, spray heads and the ground surface to the outside
edges of the wetted perimeter, used for the application of sewage
effluent.
Any structure, natural or man-made, that, due to its condition,
design, or construction, conveys, stores, or otherwise affects stormwater
runoff quality and quantity. Typical stormwater management facilities
include, but are not limited to, detention and retention basins, open
channels, storm sewers, pipes, and infiltration structures.
A natural watercourse.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
A structure or, where the context so indicates, a group of
structures in or on which is conducted the principal use of the lot
on which such structure is located.
A structure which was not designed to last or to be used
for a long time for a specific use.
See "developer."
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; provided however, that the subdivision by lease
of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres,
not involving any new road or easement of access or any residential
dwelling, shall be exempted.
MINOR SUBDIVISIONA subdivision that creates five lots or less, or the cumulative development on a lot by lot basis for a total of five lots or less of any original tract of record (i.e., not subdivided or developed subsequent to the effective date of the original Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance); and which does not require the construction or extension of any roads or municipal facilities and creates no public or private community facilities such as, but not limited to, stormwater control facilities, a central water supply, a central sewage disposal system, roads or other improvements.
LOT LINE ADJUSTMENTThe revision or deletion of one or more lot lines in such a way that all of the following are true:
No new lots will be created beyond what was previously approved;
No additional road segments or significant changes in alignment
are proposed other than what was previously approved;
No additional nonconformities will be created under Chapter 470, Zoning; and
No new land development will occur other than the land development
that was previously approved.
MAJOR SUBDIVISIONAny subdivision that is not a minor subdivision or a lot line adjustment.
MINOR RESIDENTIAL LAND DEVELOPMENTA development that does not involve more than three dwelling units or is not by definition considered a "major subdivision." Multifamily dwellings, mobile home parks, and campgrounds and recreational vehicle parks shall not qualify as minor residential land developments.
Where, in the judgment of the municipal engineer, at least
90% (based on the cost of the required improvements for which financial
security was posted pursuant to this chapter) 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.
A professional land surveyor licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A movable camping shelter made of canvas or other similar
new material and supported by a pole or poles.
Pocono Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
The person, or persons, designated by the Township to receive
plans and otherwise act in a clerical capacity for and on behalf of
the Planning Commission.
The portion of the cartway used for normal movement of vehicles.
The connection consisting of all pipes, fittings and appurtenances
from the water pipe to the inlet pipe of the distribution system within
the dwelling or nonresidential unit.
A drinking water supply system in which drinking water is
carried to individual lots or dwelling units by a system of pipes
from a central source not located on any of the served lots and which
may be publicly or privately owned and operated.
A single system of piping, tanks or other facilities serving
only a single lot and providing drinking water from a source on the
lot.
A discernible, definable natural course or channel along
which water is conveyed ultimately to streams and/or rivers at lower
elevations. A watercourse may originate from a lake or underground
spring(s) and be permanent in nature or it may originate from a temporary
source such as runoff from rain or melting snow.
Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface 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, fens, and similar areas and defined as such
by the Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional
Wetlands.
An open space as may be required by Chapter 470, Zoning, on the same lot with a building or group of buildings, which open space lies between the principal building or group of buildings and the nearest lot line and is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as permitted by Chapter 470, Zoning.
YARD, FRONTAn open space extending the full width of the lot between a building and the front lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as specified elsewhere in Chapter 470, Zoning.
YARD, REARAn open space extending the full width of the lot between a building and the rear lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as specified elsewhere in Chapter 470, Zoning.
YARD, SIDEAn open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard between a building and the nearest side lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as specified elsewhere in Chapter 470, Zoning.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq,
[2]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq,
[3]
Editor's Note: Said Act was repealed 10-15-1998 by P.L. 729,
No. 93; see now Sunshine Act, 65 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq.
[4]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10503(1).
[5]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 691.1 et seq.
