[Ord. 2007-07, 12/11/2007, § 1]
1.
In this chapter the general terms are to include the following:
A.
The
word "lot" includes the word "plot" or "parcel."
B.
Words in the present tense imply the future tense.
C.
Words used in the singular imply the plural.
D.
The word "person" includes a partnership or corporation as well as
an individual.
E.
The male gender includes the female gender.
F.
The term "shall" or "must" is always mandatory.
G.
The word "building" shall include any structure or part thereof.
[Ord. 2007-07, 12/11/2007, § 1; as amended by Ord.
2009-03, 9/8/2009, §§ 1, 2]
Specific Words and Phrases. The following words and phrases
are defined in order to facilitate the interpretation of this chapter
for administrative purposes and for carrying out the provisions of
this chapter:
A minor vehicular cartway providing access between a street
and a parking area or garage within a lot or property of a non-single
or non-two-family dwelling.
A structure subordinate to and detached from the main building
on the same lot, the use of which is customarily incidental to that
of the principal structure on the lot, but not including a utility
shed.
A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal
use of the main building and located on the same lot with such principal
use or main building.
Any person, other than the landowner, subdivider or developer
who, acting for the landowner, subdivider or developer, submits to
the Planning Commission and the Township Supervisors subdivision or
land development plans for the purpose of obtaining approval thereof.
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.
An area established by a resolution of the Board of Supervisors
in accordance with the Agricultural Area Security Law, 3 P.S. §§ 901-915.
A public thoroughfare other than a side street that affords
only a secondary means of access to abutting property and not intended
for general traffic circulation.
A landowner, or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has
filed an application for development including his heirs, successors
and assigns.
Every application, whether preliminary or final, required
to be filed and approved prior to the start of construction or development
including, but not limited to, an application for a building permit,
for the approval of a subdivision plot or plan, or for the approval
of a development plan filed under the provisions of this chapter.
The total areas taken on a horizontal plane at the main grade
level of the principal building and all accessory buildings, exclusive
of uncovered porches, terraces and steps.
The total area within the property lines, excluding any portion
that may be used or dedicated as a public or private street or alley.
A body politic and corporate created pursuant to the Act
of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, No. 164, known as the "Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945." For the purpose of this chapter, the reference is to
the Manchester Township Municipal Authority.
A land area bounded by streets.
Manchester Township Board of Supervisors.
Any structure on a lot, having a roof supported by columns
or walls and designed and/or intended for the shelter, housing or
enclosure of persons, animals or chattels and including covered porches
or bay windows and chimneys.
Percentage determined by adding together the total areas
all building areas and then divided by the lot area.
The vertical distance measured from the mean level of the
ground surrounding the building to a point midway between the highest
and lowest point of the roof, but not including chimneys, spires,
towers, elevator penthouses, tanks and similar projections.
A line within a property and parallel to a property or street
line which delineates the required distance that must be provided
between a structure or building and an adjacent street line and/or
property line.
The portion of a street or alley intended for vehicular use.
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections. It
is defined by the center lines of the two streets and by a line of
sight between points on their center lines at a given distance from
the intersection of the center lines.
Manchester Township Planning Commission.
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination of land and water, within a development plan, designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents of the development plan and, where designed, the community at large. Common open space does not include rights-of-way, 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 approved in the development plan that are appropriate to recreational and other open-space uses of the land, and shall not include playground, athletic field or other open space areas of any schools or churches to be included within the proposed development. (Lands dedicated to the Township count as open space, see § 27-309, Subsection 3D).
The official public document prepared in accordance with
the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 170 of 1988, as
amended, consisting of maps, charts and textual material that constitutes
a policy guide to decisions about the physical and social development
of Manchester Township, as amended from time to time.
A type of multi-family dwelling which has individual ownership
of the single dwelling units and an undivided (common) interest or
ownership of the common areas and facilities serving the building,
such as halls, elevators, lobbies, driveways, parking lots, stormwater
facilities, recreation areas and utilities.
A lot abutting upon two streets at their intersection.
Any county of the second class through eighth class. (i.e.,
County of York).
A land use and growth management plan prepared by the County
Planning Commission and adopted by the County Commissioners which
establishes broad goals and criteria for municipalities to use in
preparation of their comprehensive plan and land use regulation.
An unoccupied open space, other than a yard, on the same
lot with a building, which is bounded on two or more sides by the
walls of such buildings.
A court that does not extend to a street, alley, yard or
outer court.
A court that extends to a street, alley, yard or other outer
court.
A right-of-way or easement for pedestrian travel across or
within a block.
A street intersecting another street at one end and terminating
at the other in a vehicular turnaround.
The raised edge of a pavement to confine surface water to
the pavement and to protect the abutting land from vehicular traffic.
The officially established grade of the curb in front of
the mid-point of the lot.
The total number of dwelling units per gross area of the
proposed development.
A region within a county or counties described in a municipal
or multi-municipal plan that preferably includes and surrounds a city,
borough or village, and within which residential and mixed use development
is permitted or planned for at densities of one unit to the acre or
more, commercial, industrial and institutional uses are permitted
or planned for and public infrastructure services are provided or
planned.
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 a land development.
The provisions for development of a planned industrial or
multiple family residential land development, including subdivision,
site plan, restrictive covenants, location and bulk of buildings and
other structures, intensity of use of development density, streets,
ways, parking facilities, green areas, walkways, common open space
and public facilities.
The provisions for development of a planned residential development
under the provisions of this chapter, including 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 both the written and graphic materials referred
to in this definition.
A lot fronting on two streets other than a corner lot. May
also be referred to as a reverse frontage lot.
Any ditch, gutter, pipe, 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 part of any subdivision or contiguous
land areas.
A paved or unpaved surface other than a street that provides
vehicular access from a street or a private road to a lot, to a single-
or two-family dwelling.
A building or structure designed for living quarters for
one or more families, including trailers (mobile homes) which are
supported either by a foundation or by blocks or jacks covered by
skirts or are otherwise permanently attached to the land and anchored
against wind and water movement but not including, rooming houses,
convalescent homes, motels, hotels, tourist homes or other accommodations
used for transient occupancy.
A building arranged or designed to provide living facilities
for one family entirely separated by any other building or structure
by space on all sides.
One building arranged or designed for dwelling purposes where
two dwelling units exist, separate from each other by only one party
wall and having two side yards.
A dwelling designed, occupied or used by one family, having
two party walls in common with other buildings and no side yards,
commonly called row houses or townhouses.
A building used by not more than two families, arranged one
above the other and having two side yards.
A building used by four families, with one dwelling unit
arranged over the other, having one side yard, and one party wall
in common with another building.
A building designed, occupied or used by three or more families
living independently of each other, wherein each dwelling unit or
apartment shall contain private bath and kitchen facilities; including
apartment houses.
One or more rooms used for living and sleeping purposes and
having a kitchen with fixed cooking facilities and toilet and bathroom
facilities and arranged for occupancy by not more than one family.
A limited right of use granted in private land for public
or quasi-public purpose, wherein no structure may be constructed.
An easement stabilized to support emergency equipment and
blocked to prohibit daily vehicular movement, providing a secondary
means of egress from properties not served by more than one public
thoroughfare or street.
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
The area noted on the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map and noted
as special flood hazard areas (SFHAs) subject to inundation by the
1% annual chance flood. The 1% annual chance of flood (one-hundred-year
flood), also known as the base flood, is the flood that has a 1% chance
of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. The special flood
hazard area is the area subject to flooding by the 1% annual chance
flood. Areas of the special flood hazard include Zones A and AE.
Chapter 8 of the Manchester Township Code of Ordinances.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors
of a building and its accessory buildings on the same lot, excluding
cellar and basement floor areas not devoted to residential use, but
including the area of roofed porches and roofed terraces. All dimensions
shall be measured between exterior faces of walls.
The management of forests and timberlands when practiced
in accordance with accepted silvicultural principles, through developing,
cultivating, harvesting, transporting and selling trees for commercial
purposes, which does not involve any land development.
The horizontal or curvilinear distance along the street line
upon which a lot abuts.
An area of a municipal or multi-municipal plan outside of
and adjacent to a designated growth area where residential, commercial
industrial and institutional uses and development are permitted or
planned at varying densities and public infrastructure services may
or may not be provided, but future development at greater densities
is planned to accompany the orderly extension an provision of public
infrastructure services.
The right-of-way width required for the expansion of existing
streets to accommodate anticipated future traffic loads.
Board of Supervisors of Manchester Township.
The slope expressed in a percent that indicates the rate
of change of elevation in feet per 100 feet.
The completed surfaces of lawns, walks and roads brought
to grades as shown on official plans or designed relating thereto.
The number of dwelling units divided by the land area proposed
to be used for residential purposes, excluding interior or exterior
rights-of-way and lands intended for commercial or other nonresidential
uses, but including interior parking areas, sidewalks, parks, playgrounds
and common open space.
A condition not caused by the subdivider for which he may
request a hardship modification.
The granting of an exception to these regulations which in
the opinion of the Township will not be detrimental to the general
welfare, impair the intent of this chapter or conflict with the Comprehensive
Plan. Such modifications are granted only for reason of undue hardship
as determined by the Board of Supervisors.
A surface that does not absorb rain, including all buildings
and other structures, parking areas, driveways, roads, sidewalks,
storage areas and areas of concrete and nonporous asphalt and other
such area as shall be determined to be nonporous by the Township Engineer.
Pavements, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, water mains, sanitary
sewers, storm sewers, grading, street signs and planting and other
items for the welfare of the property owners and the public.
An informal meeting at which time the Township and its consultant
discuss various aspects of a formally submitted subdivision or land
development plan prior to the formal presentation before the Planning
Commission.
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, or a single nonresidential
building on a lot or lots regardless of the number of 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.
Development in accordance with Part 4.
New nonresidential structure, facility or impervious areas.
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land including
the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such
option or contract is subject to any condition), a lessee if he is
authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner,
or other person having a proprietary interest in land.
A map showing the site with relation to adjoining areas.
A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by
a plan or otherwise as permitted by law to be used, developed or built
upon as a unit.
The area contained within the property lines of the individual
parcels of land as shown on a plan, excluding any area within a street
right-of-way, but including the area of any easement.
A lot with two adjacent sides abutting on streets which has
an interior angle of less than 135° at the intersection of the
two street lines. A lot abutting on a curved street shall be considered
a corner lot if the tangents to the curve at the points of intersection
of the side lot lines with the street line intersect at an interior
angle of less than 135°.
The total of impervious areas including building area divided
by lot area.
The horizontal distance measured between the street right-of-way
line and the closest rear property line. On corner and reverse frontage
lots, the depth shall be measured from the street right-of-way line
of the street of address to the directly opposite property line.
A lot other than a corner lot.
The boundary lines of a lot as defined herein.
The distance measured between the side lot lines at the required
or proposed building setback line.
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When there is only one side lot line, as in the case of single-family
semi-detached or some single-family attached dwellings, the lot width
shall be measured between the side lot line and the center line of
the party wall.
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(b)
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For interior single-family attached dwellings, lot width shall
be measured between the center lines of party walls.
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(c)
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On corner lots, lot width shall be measured between the right-of-way
line for the non-address street and directly opposite property line.
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An authority created by Manchester Township primarily to
finance and oversee the construction of public improvements including,
but not limited to, sanitary sewer lines within Manchester Township.
A voluntary negotiating process, in which parties in a dispute
mutually select a neutral mediator to assist them in jointly exploring
and settling their differences, culminating in a written agreement,
which the parties themselves create and consider acceptable.
Any aggregate or mass of mineral matter, whether or not coherent.
The term includes, but is not limited to, limestone and dolomite,
sand and gravel, rock and stone, earth, fill, slag, iron ore, zinc
ore, vermiculite and clay, anthracite and bituminous coal, coal refuse,
peat and crude oil and natural gas.
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 connections and other appurtenances necessary for
the erections thereon of a single mobile home.
A parcel or 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.
A building providing separate living quarters for two or
more families.
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the engineer for a municipality,
planning agency or joint Planning Commission.
Any city of the second class A or third class, borough, incorporated
town, township of the first class or second class and county of the
second class A through eighth class. (Manchester Township)
Enabling legislation that prescribes how municipalities regulate
land use issues with their boundaries or jointly with other municipalities.
Also known as Act of 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247 as re-enacted and amended,
53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
A lot the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to
the adoption or amendment of a zoning ordinance, but which fails to
conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is
located by reasons of such adoption or amendment.
A structure or part of a structure manifestly not designed
to comply with the applicable use or extent of use provisions in a
zoning ordinance or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where
such structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment of such ordinance
or amendment or prior to the application of such ordinance or amendment
to its location by reason of annexation. Such nonconforming structures
include, but are not limited to, nonconforming signs.
A use, whether of land or of structure, which does not comply
with the applicable use provisions in a zoning ordinance or amendment
heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such use was lawfully in existence
prior to the enactment of such ordinance or amendment, or prior to
the application of such ordinance or amendment to its location by
reason of annexation.
Any aspect of a land use that does not comply with any size, height, bulk, setback, distance, landscaping, coverage, screening, or any other design or performance standard specified by Chapter 27, "Zoning," where such dimensional nonconformity lawfully existed prior to the adoption of Chapter 27, "Zoning," or amendment thereto.
A permit issued by EPA (or PADEP under authority delegated
pursuant to U.S.C. § 1342(b)) that authorizes the discharge
of pollutants to the waters of the United States, whether the permit
is applicable on an individual, group or general area-wide basis.
An area of land to be developed as a residential community
in which the dimensions of the individual lots may be reduced, but
in which common areas are provided so that the overall density required
in that zoning district is maintained and in which open space constitutes
an outdoor playground area or sports field, open space or scenic vista.
The owner of record of a parcel of land.
The space within a building, or on a lot or parking lot,
for the parking of one automobile.
An improved thoroughfare designated exclusively for pedestrian
traffic.
An area of land, controlled by a landowner, to be developed
as a single entity under the provisions of previous Township Ord.
1981-4, PRD Ordinance, October 23, 1981, as amended and repealed by
Ord. 1993-05, June 8, 1993.
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether
sketch, preliminary or final.
A complete and exact subdivision or land development plan,
prepared as for official recording, to define property rights and
proposed streets and other improvements.
A tentative subdivision or land development plan, in lesser
detail than a final plan, showing the salient existing features of
a tract and its surroundings and approximate proposed street and lot
layout as a basis for consideration prior to preparation of a final
plan.
An exact copy of the approved final plan prepared for necessary
signatures and recording with the York County Recorder of Deeds.
An informal plan, not necessarily to scale, indicating salient
existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the general
layout of the proposed subdivision or land development for discussion
purposes only and not to be presented for approval.
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether
preliminary or final.
When used in connection with natural and historic resources,
shall include means to conserve and safeguard these resources from
wasteful or destructive use, but shall not be interpreted to authorize
the unreasonable restriction of forestry, mining or other lawful uses
of natural resources.
Land used for agricultural purposes that contains soils of
the first, second or third class as defined by the United States Department
of Agriculture natural resource and conservation services county soil
survey.
Not publicly owned, operated or controlled.
A roadway that provides direct access to not more than two
residential lots having a right-of-way of not less than 50 feet and
that can be used only by traffic having a destination in that immediate
area.
Owned, operate or controlled by a governmental agency (Federal,
State or local, including a corporation created by law for the performance
of certain specialized governmental functions and the Department of
Education).
Include:
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.
A designated growth area and all or any portion of a future
growth area described a county or multi-municipal comprehensive plan
where public infrastructure services will be provided and outside
of which such public infrastructure services will not be required
to be publicly financed.
Services that are provided to areas with densities of one
or more units to the acre, which may include sanitary sewers and facilitates
for the collection and treatment of sewage, water lines and facilitates
for the pumping and treating of water, parks and open space, streets
and sidewalks, public transportation and other services that may be
appropriated within a growth area, but shall exclude fire protection
and emergency medical services and any other service required to protect
the health and safety of residents.
A forum held pursuant to notice under 65 Pa.C.S.A., Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings).
Notice published once each week for two successive weeks
in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.
Locations for leisure-time activities including, but not
limited to, sports and entertainment, that are open to anyone without
restriction, except for the rules and standards of conduct and use
(see "public").
A municipal sanitary sewer system, or a comparable common
or package sanitary facility approved by the State of Pennsylvania,
Department of Environmental Protection.
Any structure, which belongs to a public utility for, uses
such as electrical, telephone, gas, water, sewer and cable services
which are regulated by the PUC or any other governmental agency.
A municipal water supply system, or a comparable common water
facilities approved by the State of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental
Protection.
Any method, process or substance whose supply is rejuvenated
through natural processes and, subject to those natural processes,
remains relatively constant including, but not limited to, biomass
conversion, geothermal energy, solar and wind energy and hydroelectric
energy and excluding those sources of energy used in the fission and
fusion processes.
Any subdivision or transfer of land, laid out on a plan which
has been approved by the Board of Supervisors which changes or proposes
to change property lines and/or public rights-of-way not in strict
accordance with a previously approved and recorded plan.
A lot extending between and having frontage on a major street
and a minor street with vehicular access solely from the latter.
A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a
street crosswalk, railroad, road, electric transmission line, oil
or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, shade trees,
or for another special use. If the right-of-way involves maintenance
by a public agency, it shall be dedicated to public use by the maker
of the plat on which such right-of-way is established.
An area described in a municipal or multi-municipal plan
within which rural resource uses including, but not limited to, agriculture,
timbering, mining, quarrying and other extractive industries, forest
and game lands and recreation and tourism are encouraged and enhanced,
development that is compatible with or supportive of such uses in
permitted, and public infrastructure services are not provided except
in villages.
A system of piping and appurtenances whether municipally
or privately owned, designed for the collection and transmission of
liquid and water carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings,
industrial plants and institutions to a control waste water treatment
plan for treatment and discharge (not including septic tanks).
A vegetative material of sufficient height and density to
conceal from the view of adjoining property owners the structures
and uses on the premises on which the screen planting is located.
The length of street, measured along the center line, which
is continuously visible from any point three feet above the center
line.
A use permitted in a particular zoning district pursuant to the provisions of Articles VI and IX (of the MPC), 53 P.S. §§ 10601 et seq., 10901 et seq., and of Chapter 27 of the Manchester Township Code of Ordinances.
A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, intended
primarily as a means of vehicular and pedestrian travel. Street includes
avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway, land, alley, viaduct
and any other ways used or intended to be used by vehicular traffic
or pedestrians whether public or private. Streets are further classified
as follows:
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ARTERIAL STREET/HIGHWAY — A street or road which is used
primarily for fast or heavy traffic, including all roads classified
as main and secondary highways by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
and all roadways identified in the Township Comprehensive Plan as
arterial streets or highways.
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COLLECTOR STREET — A street that carries traffic from
minor streets to the major system of arterial streets, including the
principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets
within such a development and all roadways identified in the Township
Comprehensive Plan as collector streets.
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LOCAL STREET — A street that is used primarily for access
to the abutting properties.
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MAJOR ARTERIAL STREET — Any thoroughfare so designated
by the Manchester Township Comprehensive Plan.
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MARGINAL ACCESS STREET — Minor streets, parallel and adjacent
to major traffic streets providing access to abutting properties and
control of intersections with the major traffic street.
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PRIVATE STREET/ROADWAY — A roadway that provides direct
access to not more than two lots having a right-of-way width of not
less than 50 feet and that can be used only by traffic having a destination
in that immediate area.
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SERVICE STREET/DRIVE OR ALLEY — A minor street, which
is used primarily for vehicles service access to the back or the side
of properties otherwise abutting a street.
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The officially established grade of the street upon which
a lot fronts or in its absence, the established grade of other streets
upon which the lot abuts, at the midway of the frontage of the lot
thereon.
If there is no officially established grade, the existing grade
of the street at some midpoint shall be taken as the street grade.
The dividing line between the street and lot, also known
as right-of-way line.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
Any person, firm or corporation who subdivides land deemed
as a subdivision as defined in this chapter, said person, firm or
corporation acting as owner or authorized agent of the landowner,
a developer.
The division or re-division 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, 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 residential dwellings, shall
be exempted.
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 § 22-509) 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 plan showing all present and proposed grades and facilities
for stormwater drainage.
Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, as represented
by the Board of Township Supervisors or their duly authorized agents.
Land in parcels sufficiently large for future subdivision,
which is presently in agriculture, woodland or lying fallow.
The specific purpose, for which land or a building is designed,
arranged, intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
The term "permitted use" or its equivalent shall not be deemed to
include any nonconforming use.
Uses customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal
use, building or structure, and located on the same lot with this
principal use, building or structure.
The main or primary use of property, buildings, or structures.
Relief granted pursuant to the provisions of Articles VI and IX (of the MPC), 53 P.S. § 10601 et seq., 10901 et seq., and Chapter 27 of the Manchester Township Code of Ordinances.
A system of piping and appurtenances whether municipally
or privately owned, designed for the transmission and distribution
of safe, potable water from centralized water supply or source to
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants or institutions
(not including individual on-lot wells).
An inventory of the source, quantity, yield and use of groundwater
and surface-water resources within a municipality.
A space open to the sky and unoccupied by any building, structure,
or merchandise for display or sale, located on the same lot with a
building or structure.
A space open to the sky and unoccupied by any building, structure,
or merchandise for display or sale, located on the same lot with a
building or structure, but in addition to and outside of the required
front yard, rear yard, and side yards.
Plantings may be permitted to provide additional screening from
one use to another.
An open, unoccupied space between the buildings of a dwelling
group or its accessory buildings and the project boundary or street
line.
A yard on the same lot with a main building extending the
full width of the lot, exclusive of any buffer yards, and situated
between the street line or rear line of a buffer yard and the required
front building line projected to the side lines of the lot.
An open, unoccupied space between the buildings of a dwelling
or its accessory buildings; not a front, side or rear yard.
A yard on the same lot with a main building extending the
full width of the lot, exclusive of any buffer yards, and situated
between the rear line of the lot or buffer yard or if none from the
conjunction of the two lot side lines and the required rear building
lines projected to the side lines of the lot. On a corner lot, the
rear yard should be the yard line opposite the street of address.
A yard on the same lot with a main building situated between
the required setback line and the side line of the lot or rear yard.
Any lot line not a rear line or a front line shall be deemed a side
line. On a corner lot, there should only be one side yard.
Chapter 27 of the Manchester Township Code of Ordinances.
