[Ord. 1005, 5/23/2011]
1.
For purposes of this chapter, certain words shall be interpreted
as follows:
A.
Words used in the present tense include the future.
B.
The singular number includes the plural and the plural includes the
singular.
C.
The phrase "used for" includes "arranged for," "designed for," "intended
for," "maintained for," and "occupied for."
D.
The word "person" includes an individual, corporation, partnership,
incorporated association, and/or any other similar entity.
E.
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.
F.
The word "building" shall always be construed as if followed by the
words "or part thereof."
G.
The word "may" is permissive, and the words "shall" and "will" are
always mandatory.
H.
The words "he" or "she" or "they" are to be used interchangeably
with the word "person."
I.
The word "street" includes alley, aisle, lane, road, highway, avenue,
boulevard, or expressway.
J.
The word "stream" includes watercourse, creek or river.
[Ord. 1005, 5/23/2011]
Words and terms used in this chapter shall have the meanings
given in this Part. 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.
The removal of the surface of the land through the combination
of man's activities and natural processes at a rate greater than
would occur from natural processes alone.
The portion of a roadway adjoining the traffic lane constructed
for the purpose of enabling a vehicle entering a roadway to increase
its speed to a rate at which it can safely merge with traffic.
That which conforms to accepted principles, tests, or standards
of nationally recognized technical, scientific, and/or engineering
authorities.
The traveled way by which cars enter and depart parking spaces.
See "street."
Soil formed from material such as gravel, sand, silt or clay,
deposited by a stream and showing little or no modification of the
original material by soil forming process.
The fastening of a mobile home to its mobile home stand in
order to prevent upset or damage due to wind, erosion, flooding or
other natural forces.
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, or agent
for a landowner, executor of an estate, or purchaser of a property,
who has filed an application for subdivision or land development,
including his/her/its heirs, successors, and assigns. The words "applicant,"
"builder" and "developer" may be used interchangeably in this chapter.
Every application, whether 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 plan, or for the approval of a development
plan.
A lighting arrangement primarily used to highlight a building,
landscape feature, facade or other feature and is not used for pedestrian
or vehicular traverse.
A body politic and corporate created pursuant to the action
of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, No. 164, known as the "Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945," 53 P.S. § 301 et seq.
See definition under "floodplain related terms."
An area bounded by streets or streets and natural or man-made
features.
The most recent edition of the Pennsylvania Stormwater Best
Management Practices Manual accepted as policy by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection.
Any form of surety bond in an amount and form satisfactory
to the Hatboro Borough Council. All bonds shall be approved by the
Hatboro Borough Council whenever a bond is required by regulations.
The Borough of Hatboro.
The elected governing body of the Hatboro Borough.
An area designed to separate the uses of land which abut
it and which functions to ease the transition between them. Unless
otherwise specified, buffers may be included as part of the required
setbacks and yard areas. Buffers may be divided into two or more types
as explained in the design standards of this chapter and in the Borough
of Hatboro Specifications and Design Standards, incorporated herein
by reference and as may be amended from time to time by Resolution
of Borough Council.
A person who constructs structures, buildings and/or improvements
pursuant to an approved permit, subdivision and/or land development.
The words "applicant," "builder" and "developer" may be used interchangeably
in this chapter.
Any structure whether built conventionally or in a manner
generally referred to as "mobile," "modular" or "manufactured" and
having enclosed walls and roof, permanently located on the land, the
ordinary use of which requires people to enter the structure. See
definition of "structure."
The area of a lot within which a principal building may be
erected. This area is defined by the limits of the minimum front,
side, and rear yard areas, and encompasses the area of the lot not
found in the yard areas and rights-of-way.
The diameter of a tree trunk measured in inches, six inches
above ground level for trees four inches in diameter and 12 inches
above ground level for trees over four inches in diameter.
A plan setting forth, by category of public facility, those
public improvements and that portion of their costs that are attributable
to servicing new development within a designated service area for
such public facilities over a period of specified years.
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 centralized sewerage system including collection and treatment
facilities which was created to service a specific development independent
of other sewerage systems.
The current, officially adopted Comprehensive Plan for Hatboro
Borough including various background studies, reports and elements.
The requirement that development applications demonstrate
that adequate public services be available at prescribed levels of
service concurrent with the impact or occupancy of the developed property.
A form of ownership of real property, as defined in the Pennsylvania
Uniform Condominium Act, 68 Pa.C.S.A. § 3101 et seq., which
includes an undivided interest in a portion of a parcel, together
with a separate interest in a space within a structure.
The construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, extension,
expansion, alteration, or relocation of a building or structure, including
the placement of mobile homes.
Lots are contiguous when at least one boundary line of one
lot touches a boundary line or lines of another lot.
A street with a single means of access and egress which culminates
in a turnaround.
A structure designed to convey stormwater not incorporated
into a closed pipe system under a road or pedestrian pathway.
The connecting link between a street curb and the curb of
a driveway.
A line formed by the face of the existing curb or in its
absence, the outer edge of the shoulder, along which a curb would
otherwise be located.
An excavation; the difference between a point on the original
ground and a designated point of lower elevation on the final grade.
Also, the material removed in an excavation.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
The magnitude of precipitation from a storm event measured
in return period (i.e., a fifty-year storm) and duration (twenty-four-hour
storm) and used in computing stormwater control devices.
An impoundment basin designed to retard stormwater runoff
by temporarily storing the runoff and releasing it over a pre-determined
rate.
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 words "applicant," "builder" and
"developer" may be used interchangeably in this chapter.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including but not limited to, buildings or other structures, the placement
of mobile homes, streets and other paving, utilities, mining, dredging,
filling, grading, excavation, or drilling operations.
The provisions for development, including a planned residential
development, a plan of subdivision, all covenants relating to use,
location and bulk of buildings and other structures, intensity of
use or density of development, streets, parking facilities, ways,
common open space, and public facilities. The phrase "provisions of
the development plan" shall mean the written and graphic materials
referred to in this definition.
The natural or man-made features of land that are specifically
designed to store or carry surface water runoff.
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 right-of-way or other right granted by a property owner
for the use of a designated part of property owner's property
for public, quasi-public, or private purposes, including utilities,
drainageways, and access.
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, and competent in the profession encompassed by these
regulations.
A standardized measurement of the consumption, use or generation
of sewage equivalent to that of a new single family residential dwelling
unit.
A deposit of cash with the Hatboro Borough or escrow agent
to secure the promise to perform some future act.
Any act by which natural materials are dug into, cut, quarried,
uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed, as well as
the conditions resulting therefrom.
Any act by which natural materials are placed, pushed, dumped,
pulled, transported or moved to a new location above the natural surface
of the ground or on top of the stripped surface, as well as the conditions
resulting therefrom.
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BASE FLOOD — The flood which has been selected to serve
as the basis upon which the floodplain management provisions of this
and other ordinances have been prepared. For the purposes of this
chapter, it shall be the one-hundred-year flood as referenced in the
current Flood Insurance Study and delineated on the Flood Insurance
Rate Map of the Federal Insurance Administration.
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BASE FLOOD ELEVATION — The one-hundred-year flood elevation
as referenced in the Flood Insurance Study. Within the approximated
floodplain, alluvial soils floodplain, or other similarly documented
areas, the one-hundred-year flood elevation shall be established as
a point on the boundary of the floodplain nearest to the construction
site in question.
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FEMA AND FIA — The Federal Emergency Management Agency
and the Federal Insurance Administration who have jurisdiction over
the National Flood Insurance Program and its related studies and regulations.
FEMA is the parent agency of the FIA.
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FLOOD — A temporary condition of partial or complete inundation
of normally dry land areas.
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FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP — The official FIA map which
shows special hazard zones and risk areas for insurance rating purposes.
For the purposes of this chapter, it also delineates floodplain areas.
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FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY — The examination and determination
of flood hazards by the FIA. The flood elevations contained in this
study are used for floodplain management purposes as related to this
and other ordinances.
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FLOODPLAIN — The area defined by official federal mapping
as being within the one-hundred-year floodplain.
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FLOOD-PROOFING — Any combination of structural and nonstructural
additions, changes, or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate
flood damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary
facilities, structures and their contents. Such measures are set forth
in Flood-Proofing Regulations published by the Office of the Chief
Engineers, U.S. Army, Publication Number E 1165 2 314 (June 1972 and
as subsequently amended). Flood-proofing measures for all new construction
and substantial improvements of structures shall satisfy the requirements
of the Completely Dry Spaces and Essentially Dry Spaces classes referenced
in these regulations. In said publication where reference is made
to "below" (or above) the "BFD" (Base Flood Datum), it shall be interpreted
as meaning below (or above) the Base Flood Elevation.
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FLOODPLAIN SOILS OR SOILS ON FLOODPLAINS — 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. Such soils include,
but are not necessarily limited to:
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Alluvial land (Ae).
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(b)
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Alton gravelly loam, flooded (AIA).
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(c)
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Bowmansville silt loam (Bo).
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(d)
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Hatboro silt loam (Ha).
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(e)
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Marsh (Mh).
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(f)
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Pope loam (PoA).
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(g)
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Rowland silt loam (Ro).
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ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR FLOOD — A flood that has one chance in
100 or a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any one
year. For the purposes of this chapter, the one-hundred-year flood
(base flood) as shall be defined by the Federal Insurance Administration
in the Flood Insurance Study.
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REGULATORY FLOOD ELEVATION — The one-hundred-year flood
elevation plus a freeboard safety factor of one foot.
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SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT — Any repair, reconstruction,
or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds
50% of the market value of the structure either:
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(a)
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Before the improvement or repair is started.
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(b)
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If the structure has been damaged, and is being restored, before
the damage occurred.
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For the purposes of this definition, "substantial improvement"
is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling,
floor, or other structural part of the building commences, whether
or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure.
The term does not, however, include either:
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(a)
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Any project for improvement of a structure to comply with existing
commonwealth or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications
which are solely necessary to assure safe living conditions.
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(b)
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Any alteration of a structure listed on a National Register
of Historic Places or a State Inventory of Historic Places.
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A unit of light intensity stated in lumens per square foot
and measurable with an illuminance meter, a.k.a., footcandle or light
meter.
The edge of a lot which borders on a street or highway. In
the case of a corner lot, the front may be designated by Borough Council
or by the owner.
The extent of a building or of land along a public street
or highway.
An IESNA lighting fixture standard whereby the fixture is
shielded in such a manner that no light is emitted above a horizontal
plane passing through the lowest point of the light emitting element
so that direct light emitted above the horizontal plane is eliminated.
The sensation produced by lighting that causes annoyance,
discomfort or loss in visual performance and visibility to the eye.
The slope of a street, parcel of land, utility lines, drainageways,
etc., specified in percent and shown on plans as required herein.
Low growing plant materials planted in a manner to provide
continuous plant cover of the ground surface; lawn, ivy, and other
low plant materials are included. Non-plant ground cover may also
include bark or wood chips, gravel, and stone provided they are maintained
as a continuous pervious cover.
Any security which may be required from the developer by
Hatboro Borough at the time of acceptance of dedication by Hatboro
Borough of improvements installed by the developer. Such security
may include an irrevocable letter of credit, escrow account or surety
bond with a bonding company or commonwealth or federally chartered
financial institution. The maintenance guarantee shall be in conformance
with the requirements of § 509 of the MPC, 53 P.S. § 10509.
Any security which may be required from the developer by
Hatboro Borough in lieu of the requirement that certain improvements
be made before Hatboro Borough approves a developer's subdivision
or land development plan. Such security may include irrevocable letter
of credit, escrow account or surety bond with a bonding company or
commonwealth or federally chartered financial institution. The performance
guarantee shall be in conformance with the requirements of § 509
of the MPC, 53 P.S. § 10509.
The quantity of light measured in footcandles.
Material which is impenetrable and unable to absorb water,
including, but not limited to, buildings, structures and paved areas.
A body of water, such as a pond, confined by dam, dike, floodgate
or other barrier.
Structures, buildings, streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks,
streetlights and signs, water and sewer mains, stormwater management
systems, fire hydrants, open space and recreation facilities, shade
trees, buffer or screen plantings, soil and all other physical additions,
installations and changes to the tract, including the removal of any
of these items from the tract, that are required by this chapter or
necessary to result in a complete subdivision or land development.
Improvements including, but not limited to, those contained
in the definition of "improvements," that are constructed on the applicant's
property or along the road frontage of the tract being developed up
to the center line of the road.
Improvements, including but not limited to, those contained
in the definition of "improvements," that are intended for dedication
to Hatboro Borough, or other municipal body or authority, either in
fee or in easement.
A septic tank and drainage field or other type of sewage
disposal system as permitted by DEP located on a single lot and serving
one equivalent dwelling unit.
Any of the following activities:
The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts,
or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
A group of two or more residential or nonresidential buildings,
whether proposed initially or cumulatively or a single nonresidential
building on a lot or lots regardless of the number of occupants or
tenure.
The division or allocation of land or space, whether initially
or cumulatively, between or among two or more existing or prospective
occupants by means of, or for the purpose of streets, common areas,
leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features.
A subdivision of land.
Development in accordance with § 503(1.1) of the MPC,
53 P.S. § 10503(1.1).
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land, including
the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such
option or contract is subject to any condition), a lessee if he is
authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner,
or other person having proprietary interest in land.
A registered landscape architect licensed as such in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and competent in the profession encompassed
by these regulations.
A lot which does not adjoin a street, but which is connected
thereto by an access strip of required minimum width. Minimum lot
area and dimensional standards shall be those of the applicable zoning
district, and shall be met on that portion of the lot exclusive of
the access strip.
A street parallel to and adjacent to a collector or arterial
street which provides access to abutting properties and separation
from traffic.
Any tree of six inches or more in caliper, whether standing
alone or in a tree mass or woodlands. A mature tree shall be a desirable
species as determined by the Shade Tree Commission or landscape architect
designated by Borough Council.
A transportable single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy in one unit or two units designed to join into an integral
unit, which arrives at the site complete and ready for occupancy except
for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operation, and constructed
so that it may be used without a permanent foundation. A mobile home
need not meet local building codes but shall meet the standards of
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, as indicated
in the Structural Engineering Bulletin(s) which shall be provided
to the municipality by the applicant.
A parcel of land in a mobile home park with the necessary
utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for the placement
of mobile home.
That part of a mobile home lot which has been reserved and
prepared for the placement of a mobile home.
Housing which bears a label, as required by and referred
to in the act of November 17, 1982, P.L. 676, No. 192, known as the
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Authorization
Act, certifying that it conforms to federal construction and safety
standards adopted under the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1974 (Public Law 93-383, 88 Stat. 633).
A tapered, permanent survey reference point of stone or concrete
having a top four inches on each side and a length of 24 inches.
Located outside the boundary lines of the lot or tract which
is being subdivided or developed.
The map adopted by the Hatboro Borough Council pursuant to
Article IV of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S.
§ 10101 et seq.
Located inside the boundary lines of the lot or tract which
is being subdivided or developed including the right-of-way of a contiguous
street.
A parcel or parcels of land within a tract which meets all
of the following standards:
Is designed, intended and suitable for active or passive recreation
by residents of a development or the general public.
Is covered by a system that ensures perpetual maintenance, if
not intended to be publicly owned.
Will be deeded to the Borough and/or deed restricted to permanently
prevent uses of land other than "common open space" and noncommercial
recreation.
Does not use any of the following areas to meet minimum open
space requirements:
Existing or proposed street rights-of-way.
Vehicle streets or driveways providing access to other lots.
Land beneath building(s) or land within 20 feet of a building
(other than accessory buildings) clearly intended for noncommercial
recreation and other than agricultural buildings and a farmstead which
are permitted within land approved by the Borough for agricultural
preservation.
Off-street parking (other than that clearly intended for noncommercial
recreation).
Area(s) needed to meet a requirement for an individual lot.
For land intended to be open to the public, that does not have
provisions for entry with a twenty-foot minimum width by pedestrians
from a street open to the public or from an adjacent common open space
area that has access to such a street.
Land that includes a stormwater detention basin, except for
a basin or portions of a basin that the applicant proves to the satisfaction
of Borough Council would be a reasonably safe and useful for active
or passive recreation during the vast majority of weather conditions.
Portions of land that have a width of less than 20 feet.
Individual owned lots of a subdivision with deed-restricted
open space.
Land occupied by a swimming pool intended strictly for public
use.
The Hatboro Borough Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.
A lighting fixture used to illuminate the air space and playing
surface of a planned and engineered facility approved by the Borough
in which organized athletic events are performed in an open air and
outdoor field, court, ring, track, pool or other similar setting.
An open standard electronic file format for representing
documents in a manner independent of the computer application software,
hardware, and operating system.
The maximum rate of flow of stormwater runoff at given point
and time resulting from a particular magnitude storm.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
A graphic representation of a proposal for subdivision and/or
land development, including necessary written notes.
The map or plan or a subdivision or land development, whether
preliminary or final.
Natural or man-made permanent body of water of any size.
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice intended
to inform and obtain public comment, prior to taking action in accordance
with and pursuant to the requirements of the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
A forum held pursuant to notice under 65 Pa.C.S.A., Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings.)
The level of control of the post-development peak rate of
runoff to be achieved for a particular site, expressed as a percentage
of the pre-development peak rate of runoff.
Lotting which extends between two streets of differing classifications,
with vehicular access provided from the lesser street, in order to
promote traffic flow and safety on the greater street.
A strip of land over which are provided rights for various
purposes including vehicular access and travel, storm drainage, and
utilities. Also see "street rights-of-way."
A letter of credit, surety bond, or cash escrow provided
by the applicant to secure its promises regarding public improvements
associated with an approved subdivision or land development.
A licensed employee of the Montgomery County Health Department
who issues permits, reviews permit applications and sewage facilities
planning modules, and conducts inspections and investigations necessary
to implement the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act and regulations
promulgated under it.
A comprehensive plan for the provision of adequate sewage
facilities which was adopted by the Hatboro Borough Council and approved
by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Completed forms submitted to the Sewage Enforcement Officer
and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for the
purposes of revising the sewage facilities plan resulting from a proposed
land development or subdivision.
The distance of unobstructed view along the center line of
a street from the driver's eye-height of 3.5 feet to the furthest
visible point six inches above the street surface.
A triangular-shaped portion of land established at street
intersections in which nothing is erected, placed, planted or allowed
to grow in such a manner as to limit or obstruct the site distance
of motorists entering or leaving the intersection.
The Web Soil Survey soil data and information as produced
by the National Cooperative Soil Survey and operated by the USDA Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of
Agriculture. The Web Soil Survey available online at http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/.
Any tree with a caliper that is 75% or more of the record
tree of the same species in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A structure which provides for the storage and slow release
of stormwater runoff during and after a storm. Referred to as a sediment,
retention or detention basin.
A plan prepared and adopted by Montgomery County pursuant
to Act 167 of 1978, 32 P.S. § 680.1 et seq., as amended.
A public or private right-of-way serving primarily as a means
of vehicular and pedestrian travel, furnishing access to abutting
properties, and which may also be used for utilities, shade trees,
and stormwater control. Includes street, avenue, boulevard, road,
highway, freeway, parkway, lane, alley, viaduct, and any other ways
used or intended to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians.
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ARTERIAL STREET — A street serving a large volume of comparatively
high speed and long distance traffic.
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PRINCIPAL — An arterial serving the heaviest volumes of
traffic and involving controls on access.
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(b)
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MINOR — An arterial serving high volumes, providing a
high degree of mobility, and some limits on access.
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COLLECTOR STREET — A street designed and located to provide
a means to accommodate traffic between neighboring communities and
to interconnect arterial streets with local roads.
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MAJOR — A collector serving moderate levels of traffic
within the municipality, providing a mix of mobility and access and
linking adjacent communities.
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(b)
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MINOR — A collector serving lower amounts of traffic and
serving as a through road.
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LOCAL STREET — A street intended to provide access to
other streets from individual properties.
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CUL-DE-SAC STREET — A local street with only one outlet
and having an appropriate terminal for the safe and convenient reversal
of traffic.
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PRIVATE STREET — A local street, serving only abutting
lots that is not offered or required to be offered for dedication.
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ALLEY — A public or privately owned right-of-way, on which
no new dwellings, stores, or other principal buildings are intended
to front, serving as the secondary means of access to two or more
properties whose principle 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 spillover difficult or impossible.
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The dividing line between a lot and a street, identical to
the ultimate right-of-way line.
Rights-of-way for street purposes are defined as follows:
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LEGAL RIGHT-OF-WAY — The street right-of-way legally in
the public domain at the time a development plan is submitted.
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ULTIMATE RIGHT-OF-WAY — The street right-of-way projected
as necessary for adequate handling of anticipated maximum traffic
volumes. The ultimate right-of-way is the legal right-of-way where
it has been offered for dedication and accepted by Hatboro Borough
or PennDOT.
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EQUIVALENT RIGHT-OF-WAY — A street right-of-way required
to be reserved where private streets are permitted. The width shall
be determined by the street's function, in accordance with the
street classifications contained in this chapter.
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Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
Any form or arrangement of building material involving the necessity
of providing proper support, bracing, tying, anchoring or other protection
against the forces of the elements. Also see "building."
The division or re-division of a lot, tract, or parcel of
land by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels, or other
divisions of land, including changes in existing lot lines for the
purpose, whether immediate or future, of lease, partition by the court
for distribution to heirs or devisee, 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.
A land surveyor, licensed as such in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, and competent in the skills needed to conduct the surveys,
lay out the subdivision plans and install all markers required by
the terms of this chapter.
The original upper layer of soil material to a depth of six
inches which is usually darker and richer than subsoil.
A technical evaluation of the traffic impacts associated with a proposed subdivision or land development. Criteria for a traffic impact study are contained in § 22-802 of this chapter.
A single or one way vehicle movement to or from a property
or study area. "Trips" can be added together to calculate the total
number of vehicles expected to enter or leave a specific land use
or site over a designated period of time.
A system which is owned by a municipality, municipal authority,
public company or private company which services more than a single
community or subdivision and may be interconnected with other water
supply systems.
A place intended or used for the directed surface flow of
water, including permanent and intermittent streams, springs, brooks,
creeks, channels, ditches, swales, and rivers.
Those areas 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 soil conditions. Wetlands are delineated in accordance to manuals and procedures adopted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the United States Army Corps of Engineers, among others. See § 22-410, Subsection 2, of this chapter.
A tree mass or plant community covering an area of 1/4 acre
or more, in which tree species are dominant or co-dominant and the
branches of the trees form a complete, or nearly complete aerial canopy.
The extent of any woodland plant community or any part thereof shall
be measured from the outermost drip line of all the trees in such
plant community. Woodland shall include any area where timber has
been harvested within the previous three years and/or woodland disturbance
has occurred within the previous three years which would have met
the definition of woodland prior to timbering or disturbance. Woodlands
do not include orchards or old fields.
The Borough Zoning Ordinance, as amended [Chapter 27].
[Ord. 1005, 5/23/2011]
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 & 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.
Best Management Practice.
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.
Montgomery County Conservation District.
Montgomery County Health Department.
Montgomery County Planning Commission.
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.
Vehicular Access Analysis.
