Throughout this Part 1, the following words and phrases shall have
the specific definitions provided:
BOROUGH
The Borough of Pine Grove, County of Schuylkill in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania municipal corporation, acting by and
through its Council or, in appropriate cases, acting by the through
its authorized agents, representatives, officers, officials, or employees.
BUILDING
A combination of materials to form a permanent structure
having walls and a roof intended for use by humans or animals for
habitation, business, or storage. Included shall be all mobile homes
and trailers, warehouses, schools, and churches.
BUILDING LINE
The line behind which building is permitted as shown on the
topographical survey of the Borough, as defined by ordinance of the
Borough or the County of Schuylkill, as shown on the Borough street
plan, or shown on an approved and recorded subdivision plan; or, where
a building line is not officially established, the line behind which
most buildings on a given side of a street are currently built.
DEVELOPMENT
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including but not limited to building or other structures, the placement
of mobile homes, streets and other paving, utilities, filling, grading,
excavation mining, dredging, or drilling operations and the subdivision
of land.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property upon which there is erected a building or upon
which there has been development. The entire lot, tract, piece or
parcel upon which there has been any development shall be improved
property.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property within the Borough; including specifically
the person holding title after a subdivision.
PERSON
A natural person or persons, an individual, a partnership,
a business, an association, a corporation, a trust, an estate, an
unincorporated association, a government body, a political subdivision,
a municipality, a municipal authority, or any other group or entity,
including state and local governments and agencies.
SIDEWALK AREA
The area located between the topographical curbline and the
topographical building line as from time to time shown on the topographical
survey of the Borough of Pine Grove or as defined by the ordinance
accepting and adopting the street, the street plan of the Borough
of Pine Grove, an approved and recorded subdivision plan, or an applicable
ordinance of the Borough of Pine Grove or the County of Schuylkill.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected on the ground or attached
to the ground including, but not limited to buildings, sheds, mobile
homes and trailers, warehouses, schools, churches, athletic stadiums,
a gas or liquid storage tank that is partially above ground, driveways,
sidewalks, carports, porches, swimming pools, and other similar items.
SUBDIVISION
The division or redivision of a lot, tract, piece, or parcel
of land by any means into two or more lots, tracts, pieces, parcels,
or other division of land, including changes in existing lot lines
for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of lease, transfer of
ownership, building, or lot development; provided however, that the
division of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than
10 acres, not involving any new street, highway, or easement of access,
shall be exempt.