Township of New Hanover, PA DEFINITIONS

[Ord. 3/29/1990A, §§ 201 — 263; as amended by Ord. 93-2, 2/8/1973, §§ 5 — 14; by Ord. 95-8, 9/25/1995, § 2; by Ord. 95-8B, 11/27/2995, §§ 4 — 6; by Ord. 97-7, 10/13/1997, § 27-202; by Ord. 98-6, 6/22/1998, § 1; by Ord. 99-2, 6/28/1999, § 03; by Ord. 01-4, 10/22/2001, § 1; by Ord. 01-6, 10/22/2001, § 8; by Ord. 05-06, 8/22/2005, § 2; by Ord. 06-02, 1/30/2006, § 8; and by Ord. 06-03, 4/24/2006, § 1; by Ord. 07-03, 3/26/2007, § 3; by Ord. 08-02, 4/14/2008, § 2; by Ord. 08-03, 9/22/2008, § 1; by Ord. 09-03, 6/22/2009, § 6; by Ord. 09-04, 8/10/2009, § 1; and by Ord. 17-03, 3/27/2017]

ACCESSORY

ACCESSORY BUILDINGSee "building, accessory."

ACCESSORY USESee "use, accessory."

AGRICULTURAL OPERATION

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 acquicultural 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.

AGRICULTURE

The use of land for agricultural purposes, including farming, dairy, pasturage, apiculture, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, silviculture and aquiculture and animal and poultry husbandry and the necessary accessory uses for packing, treating and storing the produce; provided, however, that the operation of any such accessory uses shall be secondary to that of the normal agricultural activities. Included in the term "agriculture" is the use of machinery designed and used for agricultural operations including, but not limited to, crop dryers, feed grinders, saw mills, hammer mills, refrigeration equipment, bins and related equipment used to store or prepare crops for marketing, and those items of agricultural equipment and machinery defined by the Act of December 12, 1994, P.L. 944, No. 134, known as the "Farm Safety and Occupational Health Act," 3 P.S. § 1901 et seq. Custom work and the movement of crops harvested off-site to the farmstead property shall be considered normal farming practice.

ALTERATIONS

As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement in the structural parts, or an enlargement or diminution, whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height, or the moving from one location or position to anther. The change or rearrangement of nonstructural parts to enlarge or diminish the size or bulk of a building or structure. Any change that would convert an existing building into a different structure, adapt it to a different use or, which in the case of a nonconforming use, would prolong the life of such use.

AREA

FLOOR AREAThe sum of the areas of the several floors of the building or structure, including areas used for human occupancy or required for the conduct of the business or use, and basements, attics and penthouses, as measured from the exterior faces of the walls. It does not include cellars, unenclosed porches, attics not used for human occupancy, nor any floor space in an accessory building, nor in the main building intended or designed for the parking of motor vehicles in order to meet the parking requirements of this chapter, nor any such floor space intended and designed for accessory heating and ventilating equipment.

GROSS LEASABLE AREAThe total floor area designed for tenant or owner occupancy and use, including basements, mezzanines, storage areas and upper floors, if any, expressed in square feet and measured from the center line of common partitions and from outside wall faces.

LOT AREAThe area contained within the property lines of the individual parcels of land shown on a subdivision plan or required by this chapter, excluding any area within an existing or designated ultimate street right-of-way, or any area required as open space under this chapter. See § 27-1903, Exceptions to Minimum Lot Areas.

BANKFULL FLOW

The point above a waterway which defines the maximum height of channel flow of a waterway. It is either determined visually or computed as an elevation using the peak rate of runoff from a two-year storm event.

BASEMENT

That portion of a building that, partly or completely, is below grade (see "story above grade."

BEDROOM

A room having a minimum area of 70 square feet, located in a dwelling and of proportions clearly usable, on a regular basis, for sleeping. Dens, family rooms and other rooms which, in the opinion of the Township, are not suitable for regular use as sleeping rooms shall not be counted as bedrooms for the purposes of this chapter.

BOARDER, ROOMER OR LODGER

A person, except family, occupying any room or group of rooms forming a single, habitable unit used or intended to be used for living and sleeping, but not for cooking or eating purposes, and paying compensation for lodging or board and lodging by prearrangement for a week or more at a time to an owner or operator. Any person occupying such room or rooms and paying such compensation without prearrangement for less than a week at a time shall be classified for purposes of this chapter not as a roomer, boarder or lodger, but as a guest of a commercial lodging establishment (motel, hotel, inn, guesthouse, tourist home).

BUILDING

A structure under roof, used for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals or property. The word "building" shall include any part thereof.

BUILDING, ACCESSORYA 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.

BUILDING, PRINCIPALA building in which is conducted, or is intended to be conducted, the principal use of the lot on which it is located.

BUILDING COVERAGE

The percentage of the lot area covered by the aggregate of the maximum horizontal cross-section areas of all buildings on a lot above the ground level measured at the greatest outside dimensions excluding cornices, eaves, gutters and as otherwise qualified elsewhere in this chapter.

BUILDING ENVELOPE

That area of the lot that has no development restrictions. The building envelope shall not include the area of any required setbacks, buffer yards, natural features within 100% protection standard and the portion of those natural features that may not be developed or intruded upon as specified in § 27-2101, Natural Resource Protection Standards.

BUILDING HEIGHT

A vertical distance measured from the elevation of the finished grade at the front of the building or structure to the mean height of the highest roof surface. If a building faces onto more than one street, the maximum height requirement shall refer to the average of the mean height of the highest roof surface measured from the elevation of the finished grade for each facade of the building which fronts on a street. See § 27-1910, Height, and § 27-1911, Height Limitations of Fences and Walls.

BUILDING SETBACK LINE

The minimum front yard, as herein designated, for each use and each district, measured at a distance equal to and no greater than the minimum front yard from the street line as defined in "street line." For exceptions, see "rear lot."

BUILDING SPACING

The minimum distance between buildings. The minimum building spacing shall be measured from the outermost wall or projection, excluding bay windows, chimneys, flues, columns, ornamental features, cornices and gutters. These exceptions may encroach no more than two feet.

CONDOMINIUM

Real estate, portions of which are designated for separate ownership and the remainder of which is designated for common ownership solely by the owners of those portions. Real estate is not a condominium unless the undivided interests in the common elements are vested in the unit owners. A condominium is a unit with all of the following characteristics:

The unit may be any permitted land use. A condominium is an ownership arrangement, not a land use.

All or a portion of the exterior open space and any community interior spaces are owned and maintained in accordance with the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act, 68 Pa.C.S.A. § 3101 et seq., and in accordance with the provisions for open space, roads or other development features in this chapter and Chapter 22, Subdivision and Land Development.

DENSITY

A measure of the number of dwelling units per lot area acre. Density shall be expressed in dwelling units per acre.

DETACHED DWELLING

A single detached dwelling unit on an individual lot with private yards on all sides of the house.

DEVELOPMENT

Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations or the storage of equipment or materials.

DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITY

Any commercial business, including an eating or drinking establishment, retail business, bank or related use, or service offering refreshments, entertainment, or services to patrons, who purchase and/or consume such refreshments, entertainment, or services on the premises and/or outside of the building, including patrons who may be served in their automobiles. These facilities include stacking lanes directly serving a service area, the service window where transactions such as sales of medication, food or other uses takes place, and the exit lanes not otherwise associated with exit lanes from a parking area.

DWELLING UNIT

A single unit providing complete independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.

EMPLOYEE

A person who is employed or is engaged in gainful activity. For the purposes of this chapter, the term shall refer to the maximum number of employees on duty at any time at a place of business, whether the employees are full or part time. If shifts are involved in which two shifts overlap, it refers to the total of both shifts.

EXTRACTIVE OPERATION

An enterprise that is actively engaged in the removal of any aggregate or mass of mineral matter including, but not limited to, limestone and dolomite, sand and gravel, rock and stone, earth, fill, slag, iron ore, zinc, copper, or vermiculite and clay, anthracite and bituminous coal, coal refuse, peat, crude oil and natural gas. The term includes an enterprise that implements changes in extractive practices and procedures consistent with technological development within the mining industry.

FAMILY

Any number of persons related by blood, foster relationship, marriage or adoption and, in addition, any domestic servants or gratuitous guests thereof; or a group of not more than five persons who need not be so related and, in addition, domestic servants thereof, who are living together in a single, nonprofit dwelling unit and maintaining a common household with single cooking facilities. A roomer, boarder or lodger shall not be considered a member of the family. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, family shall also be deemed to include any number of mentally or physically handicapped persons occupying a dwelling unit as a single housekeeping unit, if such occupants are handicapped persons as defined in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, in which instance such unrelated individuals shall have the right to occupy a dwelling unit in the same manner and to the same extent as any family unit as herein defined. Occupation of the dwelling unit shall be subject to confirmation by the representatives of the Montgomery County Health Department or Code Enforcement Officer, whichever is applicable, that sanitary sewage facilities, whether onsite or municipal in nature, potable water supply and off-street parking are sufficient to address the needs of the total number of individuals occupying the dwelling unit.

FLOODPLAIN

Areas adjoining streams, ponds or lakes subject to floodwater inundation during the one-hundred-year recurrence interval flood. The areas considered to be floodplain within New Hanover Township shall include those areas identified as being subject to the one-hundred-year flood in the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) prepared for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, by the Federal Insurance Administration, dated October 19, 2001, and the accompanying Flood Boundary and Floodway Map, dated October 19, 2001, or the most recent revision thereto, and FEMA-approved revisions and additions. This definition includes those portions of the floodplain identified below. Refer to §§ 27-2101, 27-2102 and 27-2103 for protection standards.

APPROXIMATE ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR FLOOD BOUNDARYThat portion of the floodplain as identified in the Flood Insurance Study for which no detailed flood profiles or one-hundred-year flood elevations have been provided.

FLOOD FRINGEThat portion of the floodplain which is outside the floodway.

FLOODWAYThat portion of the floodplain including any watercourse channel and adjacent land areas which must be reserved to carry the one-hundred-year recurrence interval flood without cumulatively increasing that flood elevation more than one foot.

FLOODPLAIN SOILS

Areas subject to periodic flooding and listed in the Soil Survey of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, April, 1967, as being subject to "flooding." Refer to §§ 27-2101, 27-2102 and 27-2103 for protection standards. Floodplain soils may include, but are not limited to, the following soil types:

	Bermudian silt loam	Bm
	Bouldery alluvial land	Bo
	Bowmansville silt loam	Bp
	Coduras silt loam	Ch
	Hatboro silt loam	Ha
	Rowland silt loam	Rt

FLOOR AREA

See "area, floor."

FLOOR AREA RATIO

The ratio of the floor area to the lot area, as determined by dividing the floor area by the lot area.

FORESTRY

The science of planting and taking care of forests.

GROUNDWATER

Water occurring in a saturated zone or stratum percolating beneath the surface of land and for the purpose of this chapter shall include water emanating or generated from any underground aquifer, spring, infiltration gallery or artesian water source.

HYDRIC SOILS

A soil that is saturated, flooded or ponded long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions that favor the growth and regeneration of wetlands vegetation. Wetlands vegetation are those plant species that have adapted to the saturated soils and periodic inundations occurring in wetlands as classified in the Soil Survey of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, April, 1967. Hydric soils may include, but are not limited to, the following soil types:

	Bowmansville silt loam	Bp
	Bowmansville silt loam, local alluvium	BrA, BrB
	Croton silt loam	CrA, CrB2
	Croton very stony silt loam	CsB
	Doylestown silt loam	DsA, DsB2
	Hatboro silt loam	Ha
	Watchung silt loam	WaA, WaB
	Watchung very stony silt loam	Wc

IMPERVIOUS SURFACE

Those surfaces which do not absorb water. All buildings, parking areas, driveways, roads, sidewalks and any areas in concrete, asphalt and packed stone shall be considered impervious surfaces within this definition. In addition, other areas determined by the Township Engineer to be impervious within the meaning of this definition will also be classed as impervious surfaces.

LOT

A parcel of land, used or set aside and available for use as the site of one or more buildings and any buildings accessory thereto or for any other purpose, in one ownership and not divided by a street, nor including any land within the right-of-way of a public street upon which said lot abuts, even if the ownership to such right-of-way is in the owner of the lot. A lot for the purpose of this chapter may or may not coincide with a lot of record. A lot shall front on a public street.

CORNER LOTA 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 curve at the points beginning with 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 AREASee "area, lot."

LOT DEPTHThe distance from the street line of the lot to its opposite rear line, measured in the general direction of the side lines of the lot.

LOT FRONTAGESee "lot width" below.

LOT WIDTHThe width of the lot measured both at the ultimate right-of-way line and at the specified distance of the required building setback line, and no farther, as defined in "building setback line." For lots bordering on the circular portion of a cul-de-sac street, the lot width shall be determined at the minimum building setback line rather than the ultimate right-of-way line. See § 27-1905, Exception to Minimum Lot Width; Rear Lots.

REAR LOTA lot which does not have the required minimum lot width at the ultimate right-of-way line, but has direct access to a public street through a narrow strip of land which is part of the same lot. The lot lines of the narrow portion of the lot (the lane) are parallel or nearly parallel. See § 27-1905, Exception to Minimum Lot Width; Rear Lots.

THROUGH LOT (DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOT)An interior lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets.

Source: Moskowitz and Lindbloom, The Illustrated Books of Development Definitions (1981 Rutgers University). Refer to illustrations in the definition of "yard."

LOT LINES

LOT LINEAny boundary line of a lot.

LOT LINE, REARAny lot line which is parallel or within 45° of being parallel to a street line, except for a lot line that is itself a street line, and except that in the case of a corner lot, all lot lines that are not street lines shall be considered side lot lines. In the case of a lot having no street frontage or a lot of an odd shape, only the one lot line furthest from any street shall be considered a rear lot line.

LOT LINE, SIDEAny lot line which is not a street line or a rear lot line.

STREET LINESee "street line."

Sample Lot Configurations: Letters correspond to the above definitions.

MINERAL

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, copper, or vermiculite and clay, anthracite and bituminous coal, coal refuse, peat, crude oil and natural gas.

MINERAL EXTRACTION

An enterprise that is actively engaged in the removal of any aggregate or mass of mineral matter, including, but not limited to, limestone and dolomite, sand and gravel, rock and stone, earth, fill, slag, iron ore, zinc, copper, or vermiculite and clay, anthracite and bituminous coal, coal refuse, peat and crude oil and natural gas. The term includes an enterprise that implements changes in extractive practices and procedures consistent with technological development within the mining industry.

MOBILE HOME

A transportable, single-family dwelling unit intended for permanent occupancy, office or place of assembly, contained in one unit, or in two units designed to be jointed 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. For the purposes of this part, any inhabited mobile home shall be considered a detached dwelling unit and as such shall be subject to all applicable regulations in this or other Township ordinances. As a structure, a mobile home shall be used only in conformance with § 27-305 and Parts 4 through 8.

MOBILE HOME LOT

A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the necessary utility connections and other appurtenances (accessory attachments) necessary for the erection thereon of a single mobile home.

MOBILE HOME PARK

See § 27-305, Subsection 2, Use B3.

MODULAR HOME

A dwelling unit erected on a foundation and made of one or more sections built in a factory. The completed unit shall meet the building code in effect.

OPEN SPACE

Land used for noncommercial purposes including recreation, agriculture, resource protection or amenity; is freely accessible to all residents of the development; and is protected by the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 22, Subdivision and Land Development, to ensure that it remains in such uses. Open space does not include land occupied by nonrecreational buildings, roads or road rights-of-way; nor does it include the yards or lots of dwelling units, nonresidential buildings, or parking areas as required by the provisions of this chapter. Open space for recreational uses may contain impervious surfaces; and such surfaces shall be included in the calculation of the impervious surface ratio. Refer to § 27-2104, Open Space in Residential Developments, for limitations on the use of open space for buffer yards, utility easements, community sewage systems and/or stormwater management improvements.

OPEN SPACE RATIO

A measure of the intensity of land use. It is arrived at by dividing the total amount of open space within the site by the base site area.

OWNER (LANDOWNER)

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 under a written lease, who has written authorization of the legal owner, shall be deemed to be landowner for the purpose of this chapter.

POND SHORELINES

Areas around ponds measured 100 feet from the spillway crest elevation. Refer to § 27-2101, Subsection 1G, for protection standards.

PONDS

Natural or artificial bodies of water 1/4 acre or larger which retain water year-round. Artificial ponds may be created by dams or result from excavation. Refer to § 27-2101, Subsection 1F, for protection standards.

PRINCIPAL

PRINCIPAL BUILDINGSee "building, principal."

PRINCIPAL USESee "use, principal."

PUBLIC AMENITY

Any infrastructure facility, building, structure, service or combination thereof, or a fee-in lieu of such improvement, intended for use by the general public or land approved for such use, that is owned, leased, operated and/or controlled by a local governmental entity or a private entity performing governmental functions. Public facilities must be community-serving and may be developed for local neighborhood communities or the Township as a whole. Such facilities include, but are not limited to, the following: fire and police stations, public libraries, swimming pools, athletic fields, a public transportation center, public administration or maintenance building.

REFORESTATION

The process of creating woodlands with three distinct layers of vegetation: canopy trees, understory shrubs or trees, and herbaceous groundcover plants. Reforestation can occur through both natural regeneration and through active management and planting.

RIGHT-OF-WAY

Land set aside for use as a street, alley or other means of travel.

EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAYThe legal right-of-way as established by the commonwealth or other appropriate governing authority and currently in existence.

ULTIMATE RIGHT-OF-WAYThe right-of-way deemed necessary to provide adequate width for future street improvements.

RIPARIAN AREA OR RIPARIAN CORRIDOR

Land adjacent to a stream, lake, pond, wetlands, or waterway. Riparian areas form the transition between the aquatic and the terrestrial environment.

SELECTIVE CUTTING

A method of removing small groups of trees scattered throughout a woodland in order to retain the biodiversity of the woodland while allowing limited harvesting of trees.

SEWER SYSTEM

COMMUNITY SEWAGE SYSTEMA system, in an area not currently serviced by or proposed for public sewer service, for the treatment of effluent from two or more homes that is applied to the land either on the surface or below.

PRIVATE SEWERAn "on-lot" disposal system providing for disposal of effluent for only one building or a group of buildings on a single lot.

PUBLIC SEWERA public sewer is any municipal sewer system in which sewerage is collected and piped to an approved sewage disposal plant or central septic tank disposal system. It may also be referred to as "off-lot" or "off-site" sewer. This shall include capped sewers when installed to Township specifications.

SIGN

See § 27-2302, Projecting Sign.

SINGLE AND SEPARATE OWNERSHIP

The ownership of a lot by one or more persons, partnerships or corporations, which ownership is separate and distinct from that of any adjoining lot.

SITE

The site shall be defined in the deed. This area shall be determined from an actual site survey rather than from a deed description. When required by this chapter, a minimum area required for a specified use, form of development or subdivision. In the determination of the minimum site area required for the specific use of land or structure, any portion of the parcel designated in a different zoning district classification shall not be included.

SITE AREA, BASE

The base site area is the area of the site remaining after subtracting land which is not contiguous, land previously subdivided, and existing road and utility rights-of-way from the site area. See § 27-2102, Subsection 1C, for the specific calculations.

SITE AREA, NET BUILDING

The area of the site at which may be altered, disturbed or regraded for development purposes. The net buildable site area could contain buildings, roads, parking areas, sewage systems and stormwater management facilities. The net buildable site area would not contain required open space, recreation areas and natural resource protection areas. See § 27-2102, Subsection 1C, for the specific calculations.

SITE CAPACITY

The maximum number of lots or dwelling units, the maximum impervious surfaces, the net buildable site area and the minimum required open space as calculated under the provisions of § 27-2102, Subsection 1C.

STEEP SLOPES

Areas where the average slope exceeds 15% which, because of this slope, are subject to high rates of stormwater runoff and therefore erosion and flooding. Refer to § 27-2101, Subsection 1C.

STORY

A story is that portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it and including those basements used for the principal use.

Source: Moskowitz and Lindbloom, The Illustrated Books of Development Definitions (1981 Rutgers University)

STORY ABOVE GRADE

Any story having its finished floor surface entirely above grade, except that a basement shall be considered as a story above grade where the finished surface of the floor above the basement is:

More than six feet above grade plans.

More than six feet above the finished ground level for more than 50% of the total building perimeter.

More than 12 feet above the finished ground level at any point.

STREET (ROAD)

A strip of land including the entire ultimate right-of-way including street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parking, lane or viaduct publicly or privately owned, serving primarily as a means of vehicular and pedestrian travel, furnishing access to abutting properties, which may also be used to provide space for sewers, public utilities, shade trees and sidewalks.

STREET LINE

The dividing line between the street and the lot. The street line shall be the same as the legal right-of-way; provided, that where an ultimate right-of-way width for a road or street has been established, then that width shall determine the location of the street line.

STRUCTURE

A combination of materials assembled, constructed or erected at a fixed location on or in land or water, including a building or a mobile home, whether or not affixed to the land.

SUBSOIL

Material immediately underlying topsoil, consisting of, but not limited to, either singly or in combination, clay, sand, gravel or crushed rock but not including bedrock or other impervious surface, as more fully defined and set forth in the most recently adopted and approved Montgomery County soil survey, exclusive of the "A" Horizon.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

The science or technology of communications by electronic transmission of impulses as by telegraph, cable, telephone, radio, television, microwave, earth station broadcast/cable television communications and other similar technology not otherwise enumerated and as may evolve after enactment of this chapter.

TOPSOIL

The top most layer of ground cover containing humus in some concentration capable of supporting plant growth as more fully defined and set forth in the most recently adopted and approved Montgomery County soil survey under the designation of the "A" Horizon, but not including subsoil.

TREES, MATURE

Mature trees are those which measure at least 10 inches dbh (diameter at breast height of 4 1/2 feet above the ground). Refer to § 27-2101, Subsection 1E, for protection standards.

USE

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.

USE, ACCESSORY

A use located on the same lot with a principal use, and clearly incidental or subordinate to, and in connection with, the principal use.

USE, PRINCIPAL

The main use on a lot.

UTILITIES

Those services customarily rendered by public utility corporations, municipalities or municipal authorities, in the nature of electricity, gas, telephone, water and sewerage, including the appurtenances used in connection with the supplying of such services (buildings, wires, pipes, poles and the like).

WATER SYSTEM

ON-LOT WATERA system for supplying and distributing water to a single dwelling or other single use from a source located on the same lot.

PUBLIC WATERA system of water collection, storage, transmission and delivery which is proposed to service a community of similarly situated residential, commercial and/or industrial properties constructed in accordance with the terms, conditions and provisions for the construction of similar systems that now or hereafter adopted by the Board of Supervisors of New Hanover Township or any delegated agency or body thereof and any and all other additional terms, conditions and restrictions of construction and operation as may be now or hereafter adopted and enacted by any applicable federal, state or county body having authority with reference to public water supplies, which system upon completion shall be tendered in an offer of dedication without cause to the Board of Supervisors of the Township of New Hanover or its delegated agent subject to the private operation under an appropriate certificate of public convenience or other approved method of ownership and operation in the event that such offer of dedication to the Township is not accepted.

WATERWAY

A stream, creek, river, pond, lake, or other watercourse or waterbody.

WETLANDS

Areas of undrained, saturated soils supporting wetland vegetation, where the water table is at or near the surface or where shallow water covers the area due to permanent or seasonal inundation of surface or ground water. For the purposes of this chapter, wetlands are identified as areas meeting one of the two following criteria:

All areas comprised of hydric soils and all adjacent soil types with inclusion of hydric components.

Areas as determined and delineated on a specific site by an environmental consultant experienced and qualified in the delineation of wetlands. Where hydric soils exist and a wetlands determination has been completed, the wetlands determination shall govern the location of the wetlands boundary. All wetlands determinations completed by environmental consultants shall follow the PA DEP accepted guidelines for the determination of wetlands. Where soil types with inclusion of hydric components exist adjacent to hydric soils a wetlands evaluation may be completed by an environmental consultant experienced in the determination of the existence of wetlands. When the evaluation determines the absence of hydric components in the soils adjacent to the hydric soils, the wetlands boundary shall be considered as the limits of the hydric soil. All wetland determination and wetland evaluation studies shall be subject to review and approval by the Board of Supervisors on the recommendation of the Township Engineer. See the definition of "hydric soils." See "Mapping Units With Inclusions of Hydric Components," published by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, included in the definition of "hydric soils" for a list of soil types with hydric components. Refer to § 27-2101, Subsection 1F, for protection standards.

WETLANDS MARGIN

The transitional area extending from the outer limit of the wetland. For purposes of this chapter, the wetlands margin shall extend 20 feet from the wetland boundary as defined in "wetlands." Refer to § 27-2101, Subsection 1H, for protection standards.

WOODLANDS

Woodlands are 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 4.5 feet above the ground). The woodland shall be measured from the drip line of the outer trees. Woodlands are also 10 or more individual trees which measure at least 10 inches dbh and form a contiguous canopy. Refer to § 27-2101, Subsection 1D, for protection standards.

YARD

An open space unobstructed from the ground up except for permitted projections and plantings, on the same lot with a structure, extending along a lot line or street line and inward to the structure. The size of the required yard shall be that minimum area as set forth in the underlying zoning district for each of the types of yards described further herein. See § 27-1907, Projections into Required Yards, § 27-1908, Accessory Buildings in Required Yards, and § 27-1909, Fences, Hedges and Walls in Required Yards.

YARD, FRONTA yard located between a structure and a street line and extending the entire length of the street line. The minimum size of the required front yard shall be as specified in the underlying zoning district. In the case of a corner lot, the yards extending along all streets are front yards. In the case of a lot, other than a corner lot, that fronts on more than one street, the yards extending along all streets are front yards and shall conform to front yard requirements. See § 27-1905, Exception to Minimum Lot Width; Rear Lots.

YARD, REARA yard located between a structure and rear lot line and extending the entire length of the rear lot line. The minimum size of the required rear yard shall be as specified in the underlying zoning district.

YARD, SIDEA yard between a structure and a side lot line, extending from the front yard to the rear yard. In the case of a lot having no street frontage or a lot of odd shape, any yard that is not a front yard or a rear yard shall be considered a side yard. The minimum size of the required side yard shall be as specified in the underlying zoning district.

Mapping Units with Inclusions or Hydric Components Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Map Symbol	Name	Hydric Component	Location Notes
AbA	Abbottstown silt loam, 0 to 3% slopes, moderately eroded	Croton	Depressions
AbB2	Abbottstown silt loam, 3 to 8% slopes, moderately eroded	Croton	Depressions
B1B2	Beltsville silt loam, 2 to 6% slopes, moderately eroded	Poorly drained soil	Depressions
Bm	Bermudian silt loam	Bowmansville	Bottom lands
Bo	Bouldery alluvial land	Bowmansville	Bottom lands
CfA	Chalfont silt loam, 0 to 3% slopes	Doylestown	Depressions
CfB2	Chalfont silt loam, 3 to 8% slopes, moderately eroded	Doylestown	Depressions
Ch	Codorus silt loam	Hatboro	Depressions
GsA	Glenville silt loam, 0 to 3% slopes	Wet spots	Depressions, drainageway
GsB2	Glenville silt loam, 3 to 8% slopes, moderately eroded	Wet spots	Depressions, drainageway
K1B2	Klinesville shaly silt loam, 3 to 8% slopes, moderately eroded	Seep spots¹	Seep areas
KsB3	Klinesville very shaly silt loam, 3 to 8% slopes, severely eroded	Seep spots¹	Seep areas
KsC3	Klinesville very shaly silt loam, 8 to 15% slopes, severely eroded	Seep spots¹	Seep areas
LeA	Lawrenceville silt loam, 0 to 3% slopes	Doylestown	Low flats
LeB2	Lawrenceville silt loam, 3 to 8% slopes, moderately eroded	Doylestown	Low flats
LhA2	Lehigh channery silt loam, 0 to 3% slopes, moderately eroded	Croton	Low flats, depressions
LhB2	Lehigh channery silt loam, 3 to 8% slopes, severely eroded	Croton	Swales, depressions
LhB3	Lehigh channery silt loam, 8 to 15% slopes, severely eroded	Croton	Swales, depressions
LhC2	Lehigh channery silt loam, 8 to 15% slopes, moderately eroded	Croton	Swales, depressions
LhC3	Lehigh channery silt loam, 8 to 15% slopes, severely eroded	Croton	Swales, depressions
LsB	Lehigh very stony silt loam, 0 to 8% slopes	Croton	Swales, depressions
LsD	Lehigh very stony silt loam, 8 to 25% slopes	Croton	Swales, depressions
Ma	Made land, diabase, gabbro materials	Wet spots¹	Swales, depressions
Mb	Made land, land fill and sediment basins	Wet spots¹	Swales, depressions
Mc	Made land, limestone materials	Wet spots¹	Depressions
MdB	Made land, schist and gneiss materials, sloping	Wet spots¹	Depressions
MdD	Made land, schist and gneiss materials, strongly sloping	Wet spots¹	Depressions
MeB	Made land, shale and sandstone materials, sloping	Wet spots¹	Depressions
MeD	Made land, shale and sandstone materials, strongly sloping	Wet spots¹	Depressions
MoA	Mount Lucas silt loam, 0 to 3% slopes	Watchung	Depressions
MoB2	Mount Lucas silt loam, 3 to 8% slopes, moderately eroded	Watchung	Depressions
MoC2	Mount Lucas silt loam, 8 to 15% slopes, moderately eroded	Watchung	Depressions
MuB	Mount Lucas very stony silt loam, 0 to 8% slopes	Watchung	Depressions
MuD	Mount Lucas very stony silt loam, 8 to 25% slopes	Watchung	Depressions
RaA	Raritan silt loam, 0 to 3% slopes	Wet spots	Depressions
RaB2	Raritan silt loam, 3 to 8% slopes, moderately eroded	Wet spots	Depressions
ReA	Readington silt loam, 0 to 3% slopes	Croton	Depressions
ReB2	Readington silt loam, 3 to 8% slopes, moderately eroded	Croton	Depressions, drainage
ReC2	Readington silt loam, 8 to 15% slopes moderately eroded	Croton	Depressions, drainage
RsA2	Reaville shaly silt loam, 0 to 3% slopes, moderately eroded	Croton	Depressions, drainage
RsB2	Reaville shaly silt loam, 3 to 8% slopes, moderately eroded	Croton	Depressions, drainage
RsB3	Reaville shaly silt loam, 3 to 8% slopes, severely eroded	Croton	Depressions, drainage
RsC3	Reaville shaly silt loam, 8 to 15% slopes, severely eroded	Croton	Depressions, drainage
Rt	Rowland silt loam	Bowmansville	Bottom lands
Ru	Rowland silt loam, coal overwash	Bowmansville	Bottom lands
RwA	Rowland silt loam, local alluvium, 0 to 3% slopes	Bowmansville	Bottom lands
RwB	Rowland silt loam, local alluvium, 3 to 8% slopes	Bowmansville	Bottom lands

	NOTES:
	¹ May need soil scientist's verification.