[Ord. 1290, 9/10/2012, § 22-201]
1.
Unless a contrary intention clearly appears, the following words
and phrases shall have for the purpose of this chapter the meanings
in the following subsection.
2.
For the purpose of this chapter words and terms used herein shall
be interpreted as follows:
A.
Words used in the present tense include the future.
B.
The singular includes the plural.
C.
The word "person" includes a corporation, partnership, and association
as well as the individual.
D.
The words "lot," "plot" and "parcel" are synonymous.
E.
The phrase "used for" includes "arranged for," "designed for," "intended
for," "maintained for," and "occupied for."
F.
The word "person" includes an individual, corporation, partnership,
incorporated association, and/or any other similar entity.
G.
The words "include" or "including" shall not limit the term to the
specified examples, but are intended to extend the meaning to all
other instances of like kind and character.
H.
The word "building" shall always be construed as if followed by the
words "or part thereof."
I.
The word "may" is permissive, and the words "shall" and "will" are
always mandatory.
J.
The words "he" or "she" or "they" are to be used interchangeably
with the word "person."
K.
The word "street" includes alley, aisle, lane, road, highway, avenue,
boulevard, or expressway.
L.
The word "stream" includes watercourse, creek or river.
M.
The word "Commission" and the words "Planning Commission" always
mean the Bristol Borough Planning Commission.
N.
The word "Council" and the words "Borough Council" always mean the
Bristol Borough Council.
O.
The word "shall" always signifies "is compelled to," or "it is mandatory
to."
Q.
All definitions necessary for interpreting the Bristol Borough specifications
and design standards, incorporated herein by reference and as may
be amended from time to time by resolution of Borough Council, shall
be set forth in this chapter, unless defined in said specifications
and design standards in which the definition contained therein shall
control.
3.
Any word or term not defined herein shall be used with a meaning
of standard usage.
[Ord. 1290, 9/10/2012, § 22-202]
Words and terms used in this chapter shall have the meanings
given in this chapter. Unless expressly stated otherwise, any pertinent
word or term not a part of this listing, but vital to the interpretation
of this chapter, shall be construed to have its plain and ordinary
meaning as commonly accepted by practitioners including civil engineers,
surveyors, architects, landscape architects, and planners. Any reference
to a publication shall be the current version of the publication with
all amendments unless otherwise specifically noted in this chapter.
Either a street or driveway providing access to a lot.
Any person other than the developer who, acting for the subdivider,
submits to the Borough subdivision or land development plans for the
purpose of obtaining approval.
See "street."
Any person who submits to the Borough Council subdivision
or land development plans for the purposes of obtaining approval thereof.
Every application, whether sketch, preliminary, or final
required to be filed and approved 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.
A professional architect registered by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
An earth mound with a maximum slope of 3:1 covered with grass,
shrubbery or ground cover and which is intended to block views or
create landscape interest.
Lanes located on the paved surface of a roadway, street or
highway or on the shoulder of a roadway, street or highway.
Off-street bikeways laid out on private property, public
right-of-way, or open space and recreational areas.
General term used to designate all facilities that explicitly
provide for bike travel.
An area bounded by streets or by a combination of streets,
parks, open spaces or municipal boundary line.
The Borough of Bristol.
The elected governing body of Bristol Borough.
A professional engineer registered by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania designated by Borough Council to perform the duties of
a municipal engineer.
An attorney licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania designated by Borough Council to perform the duties
of a municipal solicitor.
Any structure having a roof, supported by columns, piers,
or walls, including tents, lunch wagons, trailers, dining cars, camp
cars, mobile homes or other structure on wheels, or having other supports;
and any unroofed platform, terrace, or porch having a vertical face
higher than three feet above the level of the ground from which the
building is measured. A building may include more than one dwelling
unit. This definition shall not include motor vehicles.
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BUILDING, ACCESSORY — A subordinate building located on
the same lot as a principal building and clearly incidental and subordinate
to the principal building. Any portion of a principal building devoted
or intended to be devoted to an accessory use is not an accessory
building.
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BUILDING, PRINCIPAL — A building in which is conducted,
or is intended to be conducted, the principal use of the lot on which
it is located.
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The aggregate of the maximum horizontal cross-section area,
excluding cornices, unroofed porches, paved terraces, steps, and gutters
of all buildings on a lot.
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FRONT BUILDING SETBACK LINE — The rear fine of the minimum
front yards, as designated for each use and district, measured from
the future right-of-way, at a distance equal to and no greater than
the minimum front yard.
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SIDE BUILDING SETBACK LINE — The line establishing the
minimum side yards, as designated for each use and district, measured
from the side lot line, at a distance equal to the minimum side yard.
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REAR BUILDING SETBACK LINE — The line establishing the
minimum rear yards, as designated for each use and district, measured
from the rear lot line, at a distance equal to the minimum rear yard.
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Vehicular lane allowing traffic to pass the drive-through
lane and/or allowing vehicles, because of emergencies or mistakenly
entering the drive-through lane, to exit the drive-through lane.
The diameter of the trunk of a tree, measured at a point
on the trunk six inches above natural ground line for trees of up
to four inches in caliper and at a point 12 inches above the ground
for trees over four inches in caliper. For measuring existing trees
to determine whether they are a forest resource, caliper measurements
shall be taken at a point on the trunk 4 1/2 feet above the natural
ground line for trees over six inches in caliper.
The hard or paved surface portion of any street, or that
portion of a street customarily used by vehicles in the regular course
of travel over the street.
A line midway between and parallel to two street lines.
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections defined
by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection
of the street right-of-way lines.
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water within a development site, 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.
A publicly or privately owned pedestrian right-of-way which
crosses a cartway.
Any street that has only one end open for vehicular and pedestrian
ingress and egress. The other end of such street shall be terminated
in a vehicular turnaround.
Stationing area, separate from the drive-through service
area, which allows patrons to wait for goods and services that cannot
be delivered promptly, while other patrons waiting to use the drive-through
service area/facility could be serviced.
The number of dwelling units per unit of area, expressed
in dwelling units per acre.
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 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
development plan" when used in this chapter shall mean the written
and graphic materials referred to in this definition.
Any ditch, pipe, culvert, storm sewer, or structure designed,
intended, or constructed for the purpose of diverting surface water
from, or carrying surface waters off streets, public rights-of-way,
parks, recreational areas, or any part of any subdivision or land
development.
Overhead structures intended to shelter patrons from the
weather while stationed at the drive-through area/facility.
Vehicular lane allowing the stationing and stacking of vehicles
while ordering and waiting for goods and services.
Position and facility which permits patron to receive goods
or service, such as a pick-up window, drawer or similarly intended
structure.
A private way providing for vehicular and pedestrian access
between a public or private street and a parking area on a lot or
property.
A residential building containing one or more dwelling units.
Any room or group of rooms located within a building and
a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or intended
to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating by one family.
A file format used for storing two and three dimensional
design data. It is the native format for several CAD packages including
AutoCAD.
Granted right of use by one landowner over the land or lands
of another without ownership of the soil.
A licensed professional civil engineer registered by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
For the purpose of clearly identifying the extent of the
Borough Engineers responsibility in the review of subdivisions and
land developments, the following engineering considerations are defined.
The engineer shall make recommendations indicating approval or disapproval
of the proposed subdivision or land development based upon the various
engineering considerations identified below as they are reflected
in the submitted plans:
Dimensions of lots or parcels.
Contours, soil conditions.
Surface-subsurface drainage conditions and plans.
Lighting plans.
Utility plans.
Location and design of entrance and exit accessways.
Road specifications.
Profiles.
Sewage disposal.
Garbage disposal.
Conformance of the plans in all respects with the performance standards in the Chapter 27, "Zoning Ordinance."
Improvements, materials, construction methods, workmanship.
Landscape and buffer plans.
Traffic impact study.
Water service.
Conformance of the plans in all respects with the performance
standards in this chapter.
The process by which soil and bedrock are worn away by the
action of wind, water, climate or chemical action.
The smallest roots of a tree, which are responsible for most
of the absorption of nutrients into the tree; most are located within
the top 12 inches of the soil.
Areas adjoining any streams, ponds or lakes subject to a
one-hundred-year recurrence interval flood as delineated by the following
studies or a study conducted by a professional experienced in the
preparation of hydrological studies and the delineation of flood lines
and approved by the Borough:
FLOOD INSURANCE STUDYBristol Borough PA, Bucks County, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Insurance Administration, 1979.
Areas subject to periodic flooding or listed in the Official
Soil Survey provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service, Web Soil Survey (http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/),
as soils having a flood frequency other than none.
The area comprising 1/4 acre or more of wooded land where
the largest trees measure at least six inches diameter at breast height
(dbh), 4 1/2 feet from the ground, or a grove of trees forming
one canopy where 10 or more trees measure at least 12 inches dbh.
Impervious surfaces are those surfaces which do not absorb
water. Any area which has been or is proposed to be modified from
grass, dirt, vegetation, wooded, or ground cover including, but not
limited to, the area of all buildings, parking areas, driveways, roads,
sidewalks, and any areas in concrete, asphalt, pavers, and packed
stone shall be considered impervious surfaces. Swimming pools shall
not be considered to be impervious surfaces. Impervious surfaces also
include other surfaces determined to be impervious by the Borough
Engineer.
Any street for which the Borough, county or commonwealth
has maintenance responsibility and which has an approved surface.
Those physical additions, installations, and changes, such
as approved streets, curbs, sidewalks, water mains, sewers, drainage
facilities, public utilities, and other appropriate items required
to render land suitable for the use proposed.
Natural or artificial bodies of water which retain water
year round.
Any of the following activities:
The improvements 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 of 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.
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 experience the rights of the landowner
or other person having a proprietary interest in the land.
A professional landscape architect registered by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A street which has one point of intersection with the same
road. In its simplest form a loop street enters a tract, follows a
course through it and returns to the same road at some distance from
the other intersection.
A 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.
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CORNER LOT — 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 tangents to the curve at the points beginning with the lot, or
at the points of intersection of the side lot lines with the street
right-of-way lines, intersect at an interior angle of less than 135°.
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REVERSE FRONTAGE LOT — A lot extending between and having
frontage on a major street and a minor street with a vehicular access
solely from the minor street.
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THROUGH LOT — An interior lot with frontage on two parallel
streets.
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The area contained within the property lines of the individual parcels of land as shown on a subdivision. The lot area shall be measured to the street line and shall include the area of any easement for subsurface facilities, but excluding any area required as open space and any other areas as may be specifically excluded by the terms of the Zoning Ordinance [Chapter 27].
The mean distance from the future right-of-way of the lot
to its opposite rear line, measured in the general direction of the
side lines of the lot.
The lines bounding a lot.
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LOT LINE, FRONT — A line abutting the street at the future
right-of-way line.
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LOT LINE, REAR — Any lot line parallel to or within 45°
of being parallel to a future right-of-way, and except that in the
case of a corner lot, the owner shall have the option of choosing
which of the two lots lines that are not street lines is to be considered
a rear lot line. In the case of a lot having no street frontage or
a lot of an odd shape, only the one lot line farthest from any street
shall be considered a rear lot line.
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LOT LINE, SIDE — Any lot boundary line which is not a
street line or a rear lot line.
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The distance between the side lot lines at the required 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 or future right-of-way.
The Borough Manager appointed as such by the Borough Council.
A metal pipe of at least 3/4 inch diameter and at least 30
inches in length.
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 erection thereon of a single mobile home.
A concrete pad at least six inches in thickness of 4,000
psi concrete with six inches stone base on compacted subbase with
at least six tie-down rings to which the mobile home shall be secured,
and at least equal in length and width to the dimension of the mobile
home to be placed thereon. The space between the base of the mobile
home and top of the concrete pad shall be completely enclosed except
for approved vents, by means of skirting of compatible material and
design around the outside perimeter, or by means of a cinder or concrete
block skirt.
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 stone or concrete monument with a flat top at least four
inches square, containing a reference point, and at least 30 inches
in length. It is recommended that the bottom sides be at least two
inches greater than the top, to minimize movements caused by frost.
A building providing separate living quarters for two or
more families.
A body politic and corporate created pursuant to the Act
of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, No. 164, 53 P.S. § 301 et seq.,
known as the "Municipalities Authority Act of 1945," 53 P.S. § 301
et seq.
A lot the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to the adoption or amendment of Chapter 27, "Zoning Ordinance," but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reason of such adoption or amendment.
A structure or part of a structure manifestly not designed to comply with the use or extent of use provisions of Chapter 27, "Zoning Ordinance," or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such structure lawfully existed prior to the enactment of Chapter 27 or amendment or prior to the application of Chapter 27 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 Chapter 27, "Zoning Ordinance," or amendment heretofore or hereafter enacted, where such use was lawfully in existence prior to the enactment of Chapter 27 or amendment, or prior to the application of Chapter 27 or amendment to its location by reason of annexation.
An area on a lot used for parking a vehicle(s), to which
there is access from a street.
The drives or roadways and the maneuvering space required
to service the parking space.
An open standard electronic file format for representing
documents in a manner independent of the computer application software,
hardware, and operating system.
A continuous way designated for pedestrians and separated
from the lanes used by motor vehicles.
A complete and exact subdivision and/or land development
plan, including all required supplemental data, prepared for official
recording as required by statute, to define property rights and proposed
streets and other improvements.
A subdivision and/or land development plan (including all
data required to be submitted) showing the pertinent existing features
of a tract and its surroundings and 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 on opaque linen
of standard size, prepared for necessary signatures and recording
with the Bucks County Recorder of Deeds.
An informal plan, to scale, indicating salient existing features
of a tract and its surroundings and the general layout of the proposed
subdivision and/or land development for discussion purposes only and
not to be presented for approval.
The Planning Commission of Bristol Borough, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania.
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether
preliminary or final.
Removal of branches from a tree using proper tools and approved
cutting techniques.
Includes:
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Borough
Council or Planning Commission, intended to inform and obtain public
comment, prior to taking action in accordance with this chapter.
A 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.
Notice published once each week for two successive weeks
in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough. 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.
Components, equipment, graded fields, structures, or other
improvements that satisfy minimum design and performance criteria.
Areas within a subdivision or land development that are set
aside, designed, and constructed for the express purpose of providing
recreational facilities for that subdivision or land development.
A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a
street, alley, crosswalk, sanitary or storm sewer, stream, drainage
ditch, or for another special use. The usage of the term "right-of-way"
for land plotting purposes in the Borough shall mean that every right-of-way
hereafter established and shown on a final record plan is to be separate
and distinct from lots or parcels adjoining such right-of-way, and
not included with the dimensions of areas of such lots or parcels.
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EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY — The present legal right-of-way
as established by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or other appropriate
governing body and currently in existence.
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FUTURE RIGHT-OF-WAY — The right-of-way width required
for the expansion of existing streets to accommodate anticipated future
traffic loads; a right-of-way established to provide future access
to or through undeveloped land.
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ULTIMATE RIGHT-OF-WAY — The legal street; the area or
public way owned or acquired by the Borough or the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania at the time of subdivision by dedication; that line from
which all future property setbacks are measured; the street line.
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An area of trees and other vegetation located in areas adjoining
and upgradient from surface water bodies and designed to intercept
surface runoff, wastewater, subsurface flow, and deeper groundwater
flows from upland sources for the purpose of removing or buffering
the effects of associated nutrients, sediment, organic matter, pesticides,
or other pollutants prior to entry into surface waters and groundwater
recharge areas.
See "cartway."
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.
The process by which mineral or organic matter is accumulated
or deposited by moving wind, water or gravity. Once this matter is
deposited (or remains suspended in water), it is referred to as sediment.
See "building setback line."
A system which is owned by a municipality, municipal authority,
public company or private company in which sewage is collected from
buildings from more than one lot and/or dwelling unit and piped to
an approved sewage disposal system. It may also be referred to as
"off-lot" or "off-site" sewer.
Woody plants that do not meet the definition of tree by having
multiple stems and/or small size.
The required length of roadway visible to the driver of a
passenger vehicle at any given point on the roadway, when the view
is unobstructed by traffic. Sight distance measurement shall be made
from a point 3.5 feet above the center line of the road surface to
a point 3.5 feet above the center line of road surface.
The site shall be defined as the total land area to be proposed
for subdivision or land development.
All land area within the site as designed in the deed and
as measured by an actual site survey.
A field test conducted by a person qualified according to
the rules and regulations of the Bucks County Department of Health
to determine the suitability of the soil for on-site sanitary sewage
disposal facilities by measuring the absorptive capacity of the soil
at any given location and depth.
Includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway,
parkway, lane, alley, viaduct or any other ways used or intended to
be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians whether public or private.
Streets are further defined and classified as follows:
PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL STREETDesigned for large volumes and high-speed traffic. Traffic mixture is predominately serving regional or throughput traffic needs with controlled access to abutting properties.
MINOR ARTERIAL STREETDesigned to carry a moderate volume of high-speed traffic from collector streets or serving as a connection between other arterial streets with access to abutting properties. Traffic mixture is predominately regional traffic with some local community traffic.
MAJOR COLLECTOR STREETDesigned to carry a moderate volume of traffic from collector and local streets with predominantly local community traffic with some regional traffic.
MINOR COLLECTOR STREETDesigned to carry a moderate volume of local traffic, to intercept local/secondary residential streets, to provide routes to collector streets and facilities, and to provide access to abutting properties. Traffic is predominantly local.
LOCAL STREETSDesigned to provide local access to the abutting properties and a route to neighborhood collectors/primary residential streets.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETA secondary street which is parallel to and adjacent to an expressway, arterial or collector street; and which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
PRIVATE STREETA local street serving only abutting lots that is not offered or required to be offered for dedication.
ALLEYA public or privately owned right-of-way, on which no new dwellings, stores, or other principal buildings are intended to front, serving secondary means of access to two or more properties whose principal frontage is some other street. An alley is desirable in situations where the number of driveways to the front of narrow lots make on-street parking difficult or impossible.
The dividing line between lot and the ultimate right-of-way.
The street line shall be the same as the legal right-of-way line provided
that:
The street right-of-way shall not be less than 25 feet from
the center line of any road or street except marginal access streets
which shall not be less than 20 feet.
Where a future right-of-way width for a street has been officially
established, the street right-of-way line shall be the side line of
the future right-of-way so established.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
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
street or easement of access or any residential dwelling, shall be
exempted.
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MAJOR SUBDIVISION — The change in existing lot lines of
the division of a single lot, tract or parcel of land or parcel thereof
into three or more lots, tracts or parcels of land for the purpose,
whether immediate or future, of lease, transfer of ownership or of
building development.
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MINOR SUBDIVISION — The division of a single lot, tract,
or parcel of land into two lots, tracts or parcels of land; for the
purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or
of building development, providing lots, tracts, or parcels of land
thereby created having frontage on an improved public street or streets.
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The term "subdivision" includes resubdivision and, when appropriate
to the context, shall relate to the process of subdividing or to the
land subdivided.
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A professional land surveyor registered by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
The combination of mainly physical measures that reduce the
negative effects of motor vehicle use, alter driver behavior, and
improve conditions for nonmotorized street uses.
A woody plant that has many secondary branches supported
clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical
dominance.
The line marking the outer edges of the branches of the tree.
An area that is radial to the trunk of a tree in which no
construction activity shall occur. The TPZ shall be 15 feet from the
trunk of the tree to be retained, or the distance from the trunk to
the dripline, whichever is greater. Where there is a group of trees
or woodlands, the TPZ shall be the aggregate of the protection zones
for the individual trees.
Any activity, occupation, business or operation carried on
or intended to be carried on, in a building or other structure or
on a tract of land.
Those services rendered by public utility corporations, municipalities
or municipal authorities, including but not limited to electricity,
gas, telephone, television, water and sewerage, including the appurtenances
used in connection with the supplying of such services (buildings,
wires, pipes, poles and the like).
A modification allowed to a specific requirement of this chapter, granted only in accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., and § 22-408. Requests for waivers shall be submitted with plans.
A system which is owned by a municipality, municipal authority,
public company or private company which serves more than a single
community or subdivision and may be interconnected with other water
supply systems.
An inventory of the source, quantity, yield and use of groundwater
and surface-water resources within the Borough.
Any natural or artificial swale, stream or structure in which
water flows continuously or intermittently.
Areas of wetlands, streams, watercourses or waterway corridors
designated as waters of the commonwealth by the Department of Environmental
Protection.
These areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water
or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support,
and under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation
typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.
The area comprising 1/4 acre or more of wooded land where
the largest trees measure at least six inches diameter at breast height
(dbh), 4 1/2 feet from the ground, or a grove of trees forming
one canopy where 10 or more trees measure at least 12 inches dbh.
An open space unobstructed from the ground up, on the same lot
with a structure, extending along a lot line or street line and inward
to the structure. The size of a required yard shall be measured as
the shortest distance between the structure and a lot line or street
line.
The following types of yards are hereby established:
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FRONT YARDThe required space across the full width of the lot, extending from the street line to the nearest structure on the lot, exclusive of steps, overhanging eaves, gutter, or cornices.
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REAR YARDThe required space extending the full width of the lot except as provided for accessory buildings. The rear yard shall extend from the rear lot line to the nearest structure on the lot. The depth of the rear yard shall be measured at right angles to the rear line of the lot. If the lot is not rectangular then it should be measured in the general direction of the side yard line.
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SIDE YARDThe required space extending from the required front yard to the required rear yard, except as provided for accessory buildings, extending from the side line of the lot to the nearest structure on the lot. The width of the side yard shall be measured at right angles to the side line of the lot.
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[Ord. 1290, 9/10/2012, § 22-203]
The following abbreviations are defined below. Any reference
to a publication shall be the current version of the publication with
all amendments unless otherwise specifically noted in this chapter.
American Association of Highway and Transportation Officials.
Americans with Disabilities Act.
Americans with Disability Act Accessibility Guidelines.
American Nursery and Landscape Association.
American National Standards Institute.
American Society of Civil Engineers.
American Society of Landscape Architects.
American Society for Testing Materials.
American Water Works Association.
Bucks County Conservation District.
Bucks County Department of Health.
Bucks County Planning Commission.
Best Management Practice.
Compact Disc-Recordable.
Army Corps of Engineers.
Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Delaware River Basin Commission.
Federal Environmental Protection Agency.
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Federal Highway Administration.
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America.
Institute for Traffic Engineers.
Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.
Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System.
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
National Resources Conservation Service.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
Public Rights of Way Accessibility Guidelines.
Uniform Construction Code.
United States Department of Agriculture.
United States Geological Survey.
