Definitions. For the purpose of interpreting the provisions of this
Part, the following words will have the meaning or meanings hereby
ascribed to them, viz.:
BUILDING PERMIT
A permit issued by the Building Inspector of Forest Hills Borough pursuant to the provisions of the Construction Code [Chapter
5, Part
1].
EXCAVATION
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any similar
material is penetrated, cut, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced,
relocated or bulldozed and shall include the condition of the land
surface resulting therefrom.
FILL
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material
is deposited, placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported, or moved
to a new location and shall include the condition of the land surface
resulting therefrom.
FILL (MINOR)
Fill which (1) does not exceed 25 cubic yards of material
on any one site, (2) does not exceed five feet in vertical depth at
any point, (3) does not cover an area of more than 1. 000 square feet;
and (4) is not in an area recognized by the soil survey as containing
landslide-prone soils, provided that the surfaces of such fills do
not have a slope at any point steeper than a ratio of three horizontal
to one vertical.
[Added by Ord. No. 1091, 3/24/2021]
GRADE
The elevation of the existing land surface at the location
of any proposed excavation or fill.
GRADING
Excavation or fill, or any combination thereof, including
the condition of the land surface resulting from any excavation or
fill or combination thereof.
HAZARD
A danger or potential danger to life or health and an actual
or potentially adverse effect on the safety, use or stability of land,
waterways including stream pollution, public ways, structures, utilities
and storm sewers.
NOTICE
A writing, mailed by certified mail to the property owner
at his mailing address or served by any competent adult in the manner
provided by the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure for the service
of a summons.
PERSON
A natural person, his heirs, personal representatives and
assigns and a corporation, its successors and assigns.
PROPERTY OWNER
The owner of record of real property. In the case of tenants
in common or joint tenants, it shall mean any or all of them and where
such real property is managed or operated by an agent, it shall mean
the owner's agent. Where a record owner is deceased, it shall mean
his personal representatives and heirs or either of them.
SECURITY
A bond of an applicant, with approved corporate surety, conditioned
as the circumstances shall require and at the amount indicated by
the Borough Manager or by counsel, or a cash deposit with the Borough
in an equal amount.
SITE
A lot, tract or parcel of land or a series of lots, tracts
or parcels of land forming a single contiguous whole tract where grading,
excavation or fill occurs as a continuous or unitary operation.
SOIL SURVEY
Until the publication and promulgation of the Soil Survey
for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, "soil survey" means the unpublished
and operational soil survey dated January, 1968, together with all
accompanying documents and the accompanying text, "Soil Survey Interpretation
for Allegheny County," as prepared under the authority of the U.S.D.A.
Soil Conservation Service. Upon the publication and promulgation of
Soil Survey, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, "soil survey" shall mean
said official document.