[Ord. 158, 12/20/1994, § 202; as amended by Ord. 191, 4/18/2000, § I; by Ord. 192, 4/18/2000; by Ord. 214, 10/18/2005, §§ I, II; and by Ord. 241, 7/17/2008]
AFFORESTATIONThe act or process of establishing a forest on land not currently forested.
AGRICULTURAL SOILSShall be recognized and classified as follows:
A. Prime Agricultural Soils. The following soil types classified in the Soil Survey of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, September 2002 Report, or as amended:
| Manuscript Symbol | Soil Name |
|---|
| AlA | Alton gravelly loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| AlB | Alton gravelly loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| ArB | Arendtsville gravelly silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| BeA | Bedington channery silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| BeB | Bedington channery silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| BrB | Brecknock channery silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| BsA | Brownsburg silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| BsB | Brownsburg silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| CdA | Chester silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| CdB | Chester silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| CmB | Clarksburg silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| DaA | Delaware loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| DaB | Delaware loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| DfB | Duffield silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| DuA | Duncannon silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| DuB | Duncannon silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| EcB | Edgemont channery loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| FoA | Fountainville silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| FoB | Fountainville silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| GlB | Gladstone gravelly silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| GrA | Glenville silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| GrB | Glenville silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| LgA | Lansdale loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| LgB | Lansdale loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| LkA | Lawrenceville silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| LmA | Lehigh channery silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| LmB | Lehigh channery silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| Lt | Linden loam |
| MaB | Manor loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| McA | Matapeake silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| McB | Matapeake silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| MdA | Mattapex silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| MlA | Mount Lucas silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| MIl | Mount Lucas silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| NbB | Neshaminy silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| PeA | Penn channery silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| PeB | Penn channery silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| PnB | Penn-Lansdale complex, 3% to 8% slopes |
| RaA | Raritan silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| RaB | Raritan silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| ReA | Readington silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| Ro | Rowland silt loam |
| WaB | Washington silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
Agricultural Soils of Statewide Importance. The following soil types classified in the Soil Survey of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, September 2002 Report, or as amended:
| Manuscript Symbol | Soil Name |
|---|
| AbA | Abbottstown silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| AbB | Abbottstown silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| AbC | Abbottstown silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| AmA | Amell silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| AmB | Amell silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| AmC | Amell silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| ArC | Arendtsville gravelly silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| BeC | Bedington channery silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| BrC | Brecknock channery silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| BsC | Brownsburg silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| BwB | Buckingham silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| CbA | Chalfont silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| CbB | Chalfont silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| CdC | Chester silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| CyB | Culleoka-weikert channery silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| CyC | Culleoka-weikert channery silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| DgC | Duffield-ryder silt loams, 8% to 15% slopes |
| EcC | Edgmont channery loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| FoC | Fountainville silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| GlC | Gladstone gravelly silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| Ha | Hatboro silt loam (Farmland of statewide importance) |
| Ho | Holly silt loam, 0% to 8% slopes |
| KlB | Klinesville very channery silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| LgC | Lansdale loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| LkB | Lawrenceville silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| LmC | Lehigh channery silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| MaC | Manor loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| MlC | Mount lucas silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| NbC | Neshaminy silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| NkA | Nockamixon silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| NkB | Nockamixon silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| NkC | Nockamixon silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| PeC | Penn channery silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| PkB | Penn-klinesville channery silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| PkC | Penn-klinesville channery silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| PkD | Penn-klinesville channery silt loam, 15% to 25% slopes |
| PnC | Penn-lansdale complex channery silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| RaC | Raritan silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| ReB | Readington silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| RlA | Reaville channery silt loam, 0% to 3% slopes |
| RlB | Reaville channery silt loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| RlC | Reaville channery silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| StB | Steinsburg gravelly loam, 3% to 8% slopes |
| StC | Steinsburg gravelly loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| WaC | Washington silt loam, 8% to 15% slopes |
| WeB | Weikert channery silt loan, 0% to 8% slopes |
ALLEYA strip of land over which there is a public or private right-of-way which serves as the secondary means of vehicular access to the side or rear of two or more properties. Frontage on such a right-of-way shall not be construed as satisfying the requirements of Township ordinances relating to frontage on a street.
APPLICANTA landowner, or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has filed an application for development including his heirs, successors and assigns.
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENTEvery application, whether tentative, preliminary or final required to be filed, approved and recorded at the Bucks County Courthouse prior to start of construction or development including but not limited to an application for a building permit, for the approval of a subdivision plat or plan or for the approval of a development plan.
BERMAn earth mound which physically blocks views without using architectural elements.
BLOCKA tract of land bounded by streets. Block length shall be measured along the centerline of a street between centerlines of intersecting streets.
BUILDINGAny structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals or chattels and including covered porches or bay windows and chimneys. Included shall be all manufactured homes and trailers to be used for human habitation.
CARTWAY OR ROADWAYThe portion of a street right-of-way normally paved or stoned and designed or intended for vehicular use.
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLEAn area of unobstructed vision at street intersection defined by lines of sight between points at a given distance form the intersection of the street right-of-way lines.
COMMON OPEN SPACEA parcel of land or an area of water, or a combination of land and water within a development site and designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents of a development not including streets, off-street parking areas and areas set aside for public facilities.
CONDOMINIUM AND COOPERATIVE(An ownership arrangement and not a land use) a method of ownership which, when applied to a multifamily dwelling, provides for separate ownership for each unit, title of which shall consist of ownership of the unit together with an undivided interest in the common element.
COUNTYThe County of Bucks, Pennsylvania.
CROSSWALKA right-of-way or easement for pedestrian travel which crosses a cartway.
CUL-DE SACA street intersecting another street at one end and termination at the other in a vehicular turnaround.
CULVERTA pipe, conduit or similar structure including appurtenant works which convey surface water.
DENSITYThe measure of the number of dwelling units per unit of base site area as determined by Township Zoning Ordinance regulations [Chapter
27]. It shall be expressed in dwelling units per acre.
Regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter establishing minimum or maximum standards and a layout by which a subdivision and land development is developed.
DESIGN STORMThe magnitude of precipitation from a storm event measured in probability of occurrence (i.e., fifty-year storm) and duration (i.e., 24 hours) and used in computing stormwater management control system.
DETENTION BASINA basin designed to retard stormwater runoff by temporarily storing the runoff and releasing it at a predetermined rate.
DEVELOPERAny 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.
DEVELOPMENTAny man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to the construction or placement of buildings or other structures, mobile homes, streets and other paving, utilities, mining, dredging, filling, grading, excavation, or drilling operations and the subdivision of land.
DEVELOPMENT PLANThe 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 utilities. The phrase "provisions of development plan" when used in this chapter shall mean the written and graphic materials referred to in this definition.
DRAINAGE FACILITYAny ditch gutter, swale, culvert, basin, storm sewer or other structure designed, intended or constructed for the purpose of conveying, diverting or controlling surface water or groundwater.
DRAINAGE RIGHT-OF-WAYThe lands required for the installation of stormwater sewers or drainage ditches or required along a natural stream or watercourse for preserving the channel and providing for the flow if water therein to safeguard the public against flood damage and unnatural erosion.
DRIVEWAYA private vehicular passageway providing access between a street and a private parking area or private garage.
DWELLINGA building designed and occupied exclusively for residential purposes containing one or more dwelling units on a single parcel of land excluding hotel, rooming house, tourist home, institutional home, guest house, residential club, motel, motor court and the like.
DWELLING UNITAny room or group of rooms located within a residential building and forming a single habitable unit with facilities use or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating by one family.
EASEMENTA grant for the use of a parcel of land by the public, a corporation or a person for a specified purpose.
ENGINEERA registered professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
EROSIONThe removal of soil particles by the action of water, wind, ice or other geological agents.
EXCAVATIONAny act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar material is dug into, cut, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed; and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
FILLA. Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material is placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved to a new location above the natural surface of the ground or on top of a stripped surface and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
The difference in elevation between a point on the original ground and a designated point of higher elevation on the final ground elevation.
The material used to fill.
FINANCIAL SECURITYAny approved security which may be in lieu of a requirement that certain improvements be made before the Board of Supervisors approves a final subdivision or land development plan including performance bonds, escrow agreements, and other similar collateral or surety agreements.
FLOODA temporary inundation of normally dry land areas.
FLOODPLAIN Any areas of East Rockhill Township classified as special flood hazard areas (SFHAs) in the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and the accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), dated March 16, 2015, and issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), or the most-recent revision thereof, including all digital data developed as part of the Flood Insurance Study, and, for areas abutting streams and watercourses where the one-hundred-year floodplain (one-percent annual chance flood) has not been delineated by the Flood Insurance Study, the applicant shall submit a floodplain identification study. The study, prepared by a registered professional engineer expert in the preparation of hydrologic and hydraulic studies, shall be used to delineate the one-hundred-year floodplain. The floodplain study shall be subject to the review and approval of the Township. All areas inundated by the one-hundred-year flood shall be included in the Floodplain Area.
[Added by Ord. No. 279, 2/10/2015]
Areas comprised of one or more acres of mature or largely mature trees in which the largest trees measure at least six inches dbh (diameter at breast height) or 4 1/2 feet above the ground. Forest shall be measured from the dripline of the outer trees. Forest is also 10 or more individual trees which measure at least 10 dbh and form a contiguous canopy.
GOVERNING BODYThe Board of Supervisors of East Rockhill Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
GRADEThe slope of a street, other public way, land area, drainage facility or pipe, specified in percent.
GRADING AND DRAINAGE PLANA plan showing all existing ground features and proposed grading, including existing and proposed surface and subsurface drainage facilities, described by grades, contours and topography.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACEThose surfaces which do not absorb precipitation and surface water. All buildings, parking areas, driveways, roads, sidewalks, swimming pools and any areas in concrete, asphalt, packed stone or other equivalent surfaces 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 be classified as impervious surfaces.
IMPROVEMENT CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTSIncludes but are not limited to traffic study, stormwater management study, floodplain study, wetland studies, erosion and sedimentation pollution control narrative, geological studies for water supply, sewage facilities alternatives study, etc. Studies requiring engineering calculations shall be prepared, signed and sealed by a licensed professional engineer when deemed necessary by the Township.
IMPROVEMENTSThose physical additions, installations and changes required to render land suitable for the use intended, including but not limited to grading, paving curbing, street lights and signs, fire hydrants, water mains, electric service, gas service, sanitary sewers, storm drains, sidewalks, crosswalks, driveways, culverts and street shade trees.
LAND DEVELOPMENTAny of the following activities:
A. The improvement of one or two or more contiguous lots, tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
(1) 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.
Land development does not include development which involves:
(1) The conversion of an existing single-family dwelling, 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 a residential accessory building, including farm building, 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 the 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 newly acquired acreage by an exclusion shall not apply to newly acquired acreage by an amusement park until initial plans for the expanded area have been approved by the proper authorities.
LOTA designated parcel, tract or area of land established by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed or built upon as a unit.
| LOT, CORNER — A lot which has an interior angle of less than 135° at the intersection of two street lines. A lot abutting upon a curved street or streets shall be considered a corner lot if the tangent to the curb at the points beginning within the lot or at the points of intersection of the side lot lines with the street lines intersect at an angle of less than 135°. |
| LOT, DEPTH — The mean distance from the ultimate right-of-way line of the lot to its opposite rear line measured in a direction parallel to the side lines of the lot. Lot depth for triangular lots shall be the mean distance from the street line to the point of intersection of the side yards. |
| LOT OF RECORD — A lot which has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds. |
| LOT, INTERIOR — A lot, the side lot lines of which do not abut on a street. |
| LOT, LANE (FLAG LOT) — A lot which meets the criteria for an exception to the minimum lot width requirements under § 27-1505 of the Zoning Ordinance [Chapter 27]. |
| LOT, MINIMUM WIDTH — The minimum required lot width measured at the required building setback line. |
| LOT, NONCONFORMING — A lot, the area or dimension of, which was lawful prior to the adoption or amendment of the relevant zoning ordinance [Chapter 27] but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district under the current Zoning Ordinance. [Chapter 27]. |
| LOT, REVERSE-FRONTAGE — A lot (excluding corner lots) which abuts upon two streets. |
| LOT, THROUGH — An interior lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets. |
| LOT, TRIANGULAR — A lot having three lot lines but which does not qualify as a corner lot. |
| LOT, WIDTH — The distance measured between the side lot lines at the required minimum building setback line. In a case where there is only one side lot line, lot width shall be measured between such side lot line and the opposite rear lot line or street line. |
A minor subdivision of land resulting in revised property boundaries between two or more existing lots and not resulting in the creation of any additional lots.
MAINTENANCE GUARANTEEAny security which may be accepted by the Township for the maintenance of any improvements required by this chapter.
MAJOR SUBDIVISIONAny subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision or lot line adjustment.
MANUFACTURED/MODULAR HOMEA dwelling unit erected on a foundation and made of one or more sections built in a factory. The complete unit shall meet all applicable building codes in effect.
MINOR SUBDIVISIONAny division or redivision of a lot, tract or parcel of land by any means into two lots or less.
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 to that it may be used without a permanent foundation.
MOBILE HOME LOTA 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.
MOBILE HOME PARKA 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.
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITYA body politic and corporate created pursuant to the Act of May 2, 1945 (P.L. 382, No. 164), known as the "Municipalities Authority Act of 1945."
MUNICIPAL ENGINEERA registered professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and appointed by the Township pursuant to § 1201 of the Second Class Township Code, 53 P.S. § 66201.
ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR FLOODA flood that, on the average, is likely to occur once every 100 years (i.e., that has a one-percent chance of occurring each year, although the flood may occur in any year).
PERSONAn individual, partnership, public or private association or corporation, firm, trust, estate, municipality, governmental unit, public utility or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.
PLAN, FINALA complete and exact plan prepared by a licensed engineer or surveyor, prepared for official recording, showing right-of-way lines, easements, lot dimensions with bearings, lot numbers and any other relevant information pertaining to the street and lot subdivision or land development. The final plan shall include improvement construction documents prepared by a licensed engineer where applicable. Final plan must show typical cross-sections of streets and the horizontal and vertical details (plan profiles of all streets, drainage facilities, sanitary sewers, water mains, fire hydrants, street lights and all underground and aboveground utility conduits and poles). An exact copy of the approved final plan on opaque linen of standard size shall be submitted for necessary signatures and recording with the Bucks County Recorder of Deeds.
PLAN, PRELIMINARYA plan prepared by a registered professional engineer and/or registered professional land surveyor showing the existing features of a tract and its surroundings and proposed street and lot layout within and adjacent to the subdivision or land development as a basis for consideration prior to preparation of a final plan. Preliminary plan shall include improvement construction documents prepared by a licensed engineer (where applicable). Preliminary plan must show typical cross-sections of the streets and the horizontal and vertical details (plan profiles of all streets, drainage facilities, sanitary sewers, water mains, fire hydrants, street lights and all underground and above ground utility conduits and poles).
PLAN, SKETCHAn informal plan indicating salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings and a general layout of the proposed subdivision or land development, to be used as the basis of informal discussions between representatives of the Township and the subdivider or land developer.
PLAN, SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROLA plan approved by the Bucks County Conservation District for controlling erosion and sediment during construction which shall provide all steps, including scheduling, to assure erosion and sediment control during all phases of construction including final stabilization.
PLATA map or plan of subdivision or land development whether sketch, preliminary or final.
PUBLIC FACILITIESAny parks, playgrounds, trails, paths or other recreational areas; any water or sewer collection, transportation or treatment facilities; all street, sidewalk, curb or other roadway facilities to be dedicated; and any drainage or utility easement areas to be dedicated to the Township. Any public improvements required by this chapter or otherwise to be constructed and dedicated to the Township.
PUBLIC HEARINGA formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Board of Supervisors or Planning Commission of the Township, intended to inform and obtain public comment, prior to taking action in accordance with this chapter.
PUBLIC MEETINGA forum held pursuant to notice under the Act of July 3, 1986 (P.L. 388, No. 84), known as the Sunshine Act, 53 P.S. § 271 et seq.
PUBLIC NOTICENotice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in East Rockhill 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.
RECREATION FACILITIESThe following definitions apply to the recreation facilities required by §
22-525 of this chapter:
| BASKETBALL COURT — A complete basketball facility including paved, standard sized court area with posts, backboards and baskets at both ends of the court. |
| PLAYFIELD — A common area within a subdivision or land development for neighborhood residents to use for informal, active recreation purposes such a ball game and other activities requiring a large lawn area away from homes or other buildings for their proper conduct. |
| SWIMMING POOL — A complete swimming facility including the pool, surrounding paved deck, lawn area, lifeguard, and bathroom facilities and appropriate mechanical equipment. |
| TENNIS COURT — A complete tennis facility, including paved, standardsized court area, posts, net and fencing around its perimeter. |
| TOT LOT — A confined, developed, play area primarily for use by preschool children under the supervision of parents or guardian. |
The act or process of restoring a forest on previously forested land.
RESERVE STRIPA narrow parcel of ground having inadequate area for building purposes separating a street or a proposed street from other adjacent properties.
RESUBDIVISIONAny 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 the approved plan.
RETENTION BASINA basin designed to retain stormwater runoff so that a permanent pool is established.
RIGHT-OF-WAYA strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, sidewalk, alley, utilities or other similar use.
| EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY — The legal right-of-way as established by the commonwealth or other appropriate governing authority and currently in existence. |
| FUTURE (ULTIMATE) RIGHT-OF-WAY — The right-of-way deemed necessary the Township as appropriate to provide adequate width for future street improvements. |
The surface water discharge or rate of discharge of a given watershed after a fall of rain or snow that does not enter the soil but runs off the surface of the land; that part of precipitation which flows over the land.
SEDIMENTSolid material, both mineral and organic, that is in suspension, has been transported or has been moved from its site of origin by water.
SEDIMENTATIONThe process by which mineral or organic material is accumulated or deposited by the movement of wind and water or by gravity. Once this matter is deposited or remains suspended in water, it is usually referred to as sediment.
SETBACK (BUILDING SETBACK LINE)The minimum distance that a building must be held back from an adjacent lot line, depending on the applicable zoning district, or the minimum distance from the ultimate right-of-way, depending on the applicable street, road or highway.
SEWER, COMMUNITYA system, whether publicly or privately owned, for the collection of sewage or nonhazardous industrial wastes of a liquid nature from two or more lots and for the treatment or disposal of the sewage or industrial waste on one or more of the lots or at any other site.
SEWER, INDIVIDUALA system of piping, tanks or other facilities serving a single lot and collecting and disposing of sewage in whole or in part into the soil or into waters of the commonwealth or by means of conveyance to another site for final disposal.
SIGHT DISTANCEIncludes safe sight distance, safe stopping site distance, passing sight distance and decision site distance as defined and regulated by Pennsylvania Code, Title 67, Chapter 441, and PennDOT Design Manual, Part
2, Publication 13. Sight distance for intersection of streets, alleys and driveways shall be measured (unobstructed) from a point 10 feet back from edge of pavement at a height of 3 1/2 feet above the pavement surface to another point six inches above the pavement surface.
A parcel or parcels of land intended to have one or more buildings or intended to be subdivided into one or more lots.
SLOPEThe face of an embankment of cut section; any ground whose surface makes an angle with the plane of the horizon. Slopes are usually expressed in a percentage based upon vertical difference in feet per 100 feet of horizontal distance.
SOIL, PERCOLATION TESTA field test conducted to determine the absorption capacity of soil to a specified depth in a given location for the purpose of determining suitability of soil for on-site sewage disposal.
SOILS ON FLOODPLAINAreas subject to periodic flooding listed in the Official Soil Survey provided by the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Web Soil Survey (http:/websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/), as soils having a flood frequency other than none.
[Added by Ord. 279, 2/10/2015]
Includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway, lane, viaduct, alley or any other ways used or intended to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians whether public or private which are identified on the legally adopted Township street or highway plan or the Official Zoning Map, together with all necessary appurtenances, including bridges, rights-of-way and traffic control improvements. The term shall not include the interstate highway system.
| ARTERIAL STREETS — Those serving large volumes of comparatively high-speed and long-distance traffic and include facilities classified as main and secondary highways by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. |
| COLLECTOR STREETS — Streets which give minimal emphasis to travel mobility, which is characterized by low travel speeds, full land access, neighborhood penetration and which serve minor traffic generators such a local elementary schools, small individual industrial plants, offices, commercial facilities and warehouses not served by principal or minor arterials. |
| CUL-DE-SAC — A minor street intersection another street at one end and terminated at the other by a vehicular turnaround. |
| LOCAL ACCESS STREETS — Those used primarily to provide access to abutting properties. |
| MARGINAL ACCESS STREETS — Minor streets, parallel and adjacent to arterial streets, providing access to abutting properties and control of intersections with the arterial street. |
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
SUBDIVISIONThe 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 street or easement, access or any residential dwelling shall be exempted.
SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETEDWhere, in the judgment of the Township Engineer, at least 90% (based on the cost of the required improvements for which financial security was posted pursuant to the requirements of this chapter) of those improvements required as a condition for final approval have been completed in accordance with the approved plan so that the project will be able to be used, occupied or operated for its intended use.
SURVEYORA registered professional land surveyor licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
SWALEA low-lying stretch of land characterized as a depression used to carry surface water runoff.
TOPSOILSurface soils and subsurface soils which normally are fertile soils and soil material, ordinarily rich in organic mater or human debris. Topsoil is usually found in the uppermost soil layer called the A Horizon.
TREE PROTECTION ZONE (TPZ)The area radial to the trunk of a tree measured 15 feet from the trunk of the tree to be retained or the distance from the trunk of the tree to the dripline (the line marking the outer edge of the branches of the tree), whichever is greater. Where there is a group of trees or woodlands, the tree protection area shall be an area encompassing the protection areas for the individual trees.
UNDEVELOPED LANDAny lot, tract or parcel of land which has not been graded or in any other manner improved.
UNITA part of the property, structure or building designed or intended for any type of independent use, which has direct exit to a public street or way, or to an easement or right-of-way leading to a public street or way and includes a proportionate undivided interest in the common elements which is assigned to the property, structure or building.
WATER FACILITYAn inventory of the source, quantity, yield and use of groundwater and surface water resources within East Rockhill Township.
WATERCOURSEAn intermittent or perennial stream of water, river, brook, creek, swale identified on USGS mapping or SCS mapping; and/or delineated waters of the commonwealth.
WETLANDSThose area 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 areas. The term also includes but is not limited to wetland areas listed in the State Water Plan, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Wetlands Inventory of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Coastal Zone Management Plan and a wetland area designated by a river basin commission.
WETLANDS DELINEATIONThe process by which wetland limits are determined. Wetlands must be delineated by a qualified specialist according to the 1989 Federal Manual (as amended) for the delineation of jurisdictional wetlands (whichever is treated) or according to any subsequent federal or state regulation. Qualified specialists shall include those persons being certified professional soil scientists as registered with Registry of Certified Professionals in Agronomy Crops and Soils (ARCPACS); or as contained on consultant's list of Pennsylvania Association of Professional Soil Scientists (PAPSS); or as registered with National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists (NSCSS) or as certified by state and/or federal certification programs; or by a qualified biologist/ecologist.