The following words and phrases shall have the particular meaning assigned by this section in the appropriate sections of this chapter:
ACCELERATED EROSIONThe removal of surface material by the action of natural elements caused by man's manipulation of the landscape.
ACCESS DRIVEAn improved surface other than a street or driveway, designed and constructed to provide vehicular movement between a street to any use other than agriculture and other than an individual residential dwelling unit.
AGENTAny person other than the developer, who acting for the developer submits subdivision and/or land development plans to the Township for the purpose of obtaining approval thereof.
AISLE, PARKINGA private drive intended principally to provide vehicular access within a vehicular parking compound. Although aisles provide interior vehicular circulation, their principal function is to provide entrance and exit for individual parking spaces. Aisle may not be used to intersect streets.
ALLEY (or SERVICE DRIVE)A right-of-way, publicly or privately owned, intended to provide for vehicular access to the back or side of properties and not intended for general traffic circulation.
APPLICANTA landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has filed an application for subdivision or land development including his heirs, successors and assigns.
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENTEvery application, whether preliminary, tentative 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, preliminary or final development plan.
AUTHORITYA body politic and corporate created pursuant to the Act of May 2, 1945 (P.L. 382, No. 164), known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945."
BERMThat portion of a street lying on either side of the cartway where the soil is stabilized as a protection for the edge of pavement or other road surfacing; or a mound of earth which serves purposes such as directing the flow of surface water runoff, preventing soil erosion or supporting plant materials to aid in screening.
BLOCKA tract of land which is entirely bounded by streets, public parks, cemeteries, railroads, watercourses, or any other barrier to the continuity of development.
BUFFER STRIPA strip of land at least 10 feet in width, in addition to the minimum setback distance, free of any principal or accessory building or required improvement other than screening.
BUILDINGAny structure, either temporary or permanent, having walls and a roof or other covering, designed for the shelter or enclosure of any persons, animals, or property of any kind.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE (SETBACK)The line within a property defining the required minimum distance between any enclosed structure and the adjacent right-of-way, and the line defining side and rear yards, where required by Chapter
450, Zoning.
Sanitary sewerage facilities which are installed and capped where existing sanitary sewerage facilities are not accessible and available, but are proposed in the Official Sewage Facilities Plan of the Township. Such facilities shall include sanitary sewers, force mains, pumping stations, and all other appurtenances necessary to serve the entire subdivision and/or land development.
CARTWAY or ROADWAYThat portion of a street or alley which is improved, or intended for vehicular use, excluding the shoulders.
CENTRALIZED SEWAGE SYSTEMA public or private utility system designed to collect, centrally treat, and dispose of sewage from customers, in compliance with Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection regulations or regulations of the Township, whichever may be more stringent.
CENTRALIZED WATER SYSTEMA public or private utility system designed to transmit potable water from a common source to customers, in compliance with Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection regulations or regulations of the Township, whichever may be more stringent.
CLEAR SIGHT DISTANCEA line of unobstructed vision from a point 3.5 feet above the center line of a street to the nearest point on the top of an object six inches high on the same center line.
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLEAn area of unobstructed vision at street intersections. It is defined by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection of the street center lines.
COMMON OPEN SPACEAny area of land or water, or a combination of land and water, within a development site designed and intended for use by all residents of the development or the general public. Land included within the right-of-way lines of streets and stormwater detention basins shall not be classified as common open space. Common open spaces shall not include required setbacks between buildings.
COMPREHENSIVE PLANThe most recently adopted version of the Northern York Region Comprehensive Plan, York County, PA, including any amendments.
CONDITIONAL USEA use which may be appropriate to a particular zoning district, only when specific conditions and criteria prescribed for such uses are satisfied. Conditional uses are reviewed by the Board of Supervisors after recommendations by the Planning Commission, in accordance with this chapter.
COUNTYYork County, Pennsylvania.
CROSSWALKA right-of-way, publicly or privately owned, intended to furnish access for pedestrians.
CUL-DE-SACA street with a single common ingress and egress ending with a circular paved turnaround.
CULVERTA pipe, conduit or similar structure including appurtenant works which carries surface water.
CURBThe raised edge of a pavement to confine surface water to the pavement and to protect the abutting land from vehicular traffic.
CUTAn excavation. The difference between a point on the original ground and designated point of lower elevation on the final grade. Also, the material removed in excavation.
DEDICATIONThe deliberate assignment of land by its owner to another party.
DEEDA written instrument whereby an estate in real property is conveyed.
DEEMED APPROVALFailure of the governing body or agency to render a decision and communicate it to the applicant within the time and in the manner required herein shall be deemed an approval of the application in terms as presented unless the applicant has agreed in writing to an extension of time or change in the prescribed manner of presentation of communication of the decision, in which case, failure to meet the extended time or change in manner of presentation of communication shall have like effect.
DENSITYThe number of dwelling units permitted in relation to the land area actually in use or proposed to be used for residential purposes, exclusive of public, private, or both, streets.
DETENTION BASINA reservoir, formed from soil or other materials designed to retard stormwater runoff by temporarily storing the runoff and releasing it at a predetermined rate into a watercourse or stormwater drainage system. This basin is designed to drain completely after a storm event.
DEVELOPERAny 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.
DEVELOPMENT PLANThe 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 the development plan," when used in this chapter, shall mean the written and graphic materials referred to in this definition.
DRAINAGEThe flow of water or liquid waste and the methods of directing such flow.
DRAINAGE FACILITYAny ditch, gutter, culvert, storm sewer, or other structure designed, intended, or constructed for the purpose of diverting surface waters from or carrying surface waters off streets, public rights-of-way, parks, recreational areas, or any part or any subdivision or contiguous land areas.
DRIVEWAYAn improved surface other than a street or access drive designed and constructed to provide vehicular access from a street to individual residential dwelling unit or a farm use. A driveway may also be used to provide access from an access drive to an individual semidetached or semiattached residential dwelling unit.
DWELLINGAny building or structure designed for living quarters for one or more families or housekeeping units, including manufactured homes, which are supported by a permanent foundation, but not including tents, cabins, travel trailers, boarding homes, rooming houses, convalescent homes, motels, hotels or other accommodations used for transient occupancy.
DWELLING UNITA structure or entirely self-contained portion thereof designed to be occupied for living quarters as a single housekeeping unit, including any domestic servants employed on the premises and having no enclosed space (other than vestibules, entrance or other hallways or porches) or cooking or sanitary facilities in common with any other dwelling unit. A travel trailer, a boarding or rooming house, convalescent home, fraternity or sorority house, hotel, inn, lodging, nursing, or other similar home, or other similar structure, shall not be deemed to constitute a dwelling unit.
EASEMENTThe authorization by a property owner or authorized agency of a right-of-way granted, but not dedicated, for limited use of private land for a public or quasi-public purpose; and within which the owner of the property shall not erect any permanent structures, but shall have the right to make any other use of the land which is not inconsistent with the rights of the grantee.
ENGINEER, TOWNSHIPThe Township Engineer or any consultant designated by the Board of Supervisors to review subdivision and land development plans and perform the duties of engineer in behalf of the Township.
ENGINEERING SPECIFICATIONSThe engineering specifications of the municipality regulating the installation of any required improvement or for any facility installed by any other, subject to public use.
EROSIONThe removal of surface materials by the action of natural elements.
EXCAVATIONAny act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar material is dug into, cut, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
FILLA. Any act by which earth, sand, gravel or rock or any other material is placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved to a new location above the stripped surface and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom;
The difference in elevation between a point on the original ground and a designated point of higher elevation on the final grade; and
The material used to make a fill.
FRONTAGEThe distance between side property lines measured at the street right-of-way.
FUTURE RIGHT-OF-WAYA. 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.
GOVERNING BODYThe Board of Supervisors of Carroll Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
GUARANTEE, COMPLETIONThe financial security that may be accepted by the Township as a guarantee that improvements required as part of an application for subdivision and/or land development are completed to the satisfaction of the Township. Such financial security shall include, but is not limited to, performance bonds, federal- or commonwealth-chartered lending institution irrevocable letters of credit, restrictive or escrow accounts in such lending institutions and mortgage commitment letters escrowing money for construction of improvements.
GUARANTEE, MAINTENANCEThe financial security that may be accepted by the Township as a guarantee that improvements required as part of an application for subdivision and/or land development will be in first-class condition, state of repair and working order for a specific period of time. Such financial security shall be similar to that accepted for a completion guarantee.
HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATIONAn incorporated nonprofit organization operating under recorded land agreements through which:
A. Each lot and/or home owner in a cluster development or other described land area is automatically a member;
Each lot is automatically subject to a charge for a proportionate share of the expenses for the organization's activities, such as maintaining a common property; and
The charge if unpaid becomes a lien against the property.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACEA surface made of materials which prevents the percolation of water into the ground. These surfaces include semi-impervious materials such as gravel, stone, block and pavers.
IMPROVEMENTSThose physical changes to the land necessary to produce usable and desirable lots from raw acreage, including but not limited to: grading, paving, curb, gutter, storm sewers and drains, improvements to existing watercourses, sidewalks, crosswalks, street signs, monuments, water supply facilities, and sewage disposal facilities.
LAND DEVELOPMENTAny of the following activities:
A. The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
(1) 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; or
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.
Excluded from this definition of land development are the following:
(1) The conversion of an existing single-family detached dwelling or single-family semidetached dwelling into not more than three residential units, unless such units are intended to be a condominium;
The addition of an accessory building, including farm buildings, on a lot or lots subordinate to an existing principal building; or
The addition or conversion of buildings or rides within the confines of an enterprise which would considered an amusement park. For the purposes of this subsection, an "amusement park" is defined as a tract or area used principally as the location for permanent amusement structures or rides. This exclusion shall not apply to newly acquired acreage by an amusement park until initial plans for the expanded area have been approved by proper authorities.
LAND SURVEYORA land surveyor registered in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
LANDOWNERThe 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 a proprietary interest in land.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTA landscape architect registered as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
LANDSCAPE BUFFERA strip of land outside of a street right-of-way, and usually along the perimeter of the lot, designed, constructed, and maintained to separate uses or activities on a lot from other uses or activities through the use of trees, shrubs, hedges, perennials and ground cover.
LANDSCAPE SCREENA strip of land outside of a street right-of-way, and usually along the perimeter of the lot, designed, constructed, and maintained to form a visual separation from one side to the other side through a the combined use of low-level and high-level planting elements (such as deciduous and coniferous trees, shrubs, hedges, perennials and ground cover).
LOOP STREETAny street or combination of streets which does not intersect with a through street at two or more separate and distinct locations. A loop street includes any street or system of streets that rely on one intersection with a through street as a means of ingress and egress for vehicular traffic.
LOTAny parcel, or tract of land intended as a single unit for purposes of ownership, transfer of ownership, use, rent, improvement, or development. The word "lot" includes the work "plot," "parcel" or "tract."
A. LOT, CORNERA lot which has an interior angle of less than 135° at the intersection of two street lines. A lot abutting upon a curve street shall be considered a corner lot if the tangents to the curve at the points of intersection of the side lot lines with the street line intersect at an interior angle less than 135°.
LOT, FLAGA lot whose frontage does not satisfy the minimum width requirements for the respective zone but that does have sufficient lot width away from the lot's frontage.
LOT, INTERIORA lot other than a corner lot, the sides of which do not abut a street.
MANUFACTURED HOME STANDThat part of an individual lot which has been reserved for the placement of the mobile home, appurtenant structures or additions.
MANUFACTURED HOUSE/HOMEAny structure intended for or capable of permanent human habitation, with or without wheels, and capable of being transported or towed from one place to the next, in one or more pieces, by whatsoever name or title it is colloquially or commercially known, but excluding transport trucks or vans equipped with sleeping space for a driver or drivers, and travel trailers. Manufactured homes placed on individual lots shall be considered "dwellings," and be bound by the requirements there imposed. For the purposes of this chapter, the term "manufactured home" shall mean a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis, and is designed for use with or without a permanent foundation when attached to the required utilities. The term includes park trailers, recreational vehicles and other similar vehicles which are placed on a site for more than 180 consecutive days.
MANUFACTURED HOUSING LOTA parcel of land in a manufactured home park, improved with the necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for the erections thereon of a single manufactured home park.
MANUFACTURED HOUSING PARKA parcel or contiguous parcels of land which has been so designated and improved that it contains two or more manufactured housing lots for the placement thereon of manufactured housing.
MEDIATIONA voluntary negotiating process in which parties in a dispute mutually select a neutral mediator to assist in jointly exploring and settling their differences, culminating in a written agreement which the parties themselves create and consider acceptable.
MINOR LAND DEVELOPMENT PLANA residential land development plan which is not required to construct public or private streets or other improvements to be dedicated to the Township or state, and is consistent with Section 305 - Minor Plans.
MINOR SUBDIVISION PLANA residential Subdivision of land which is not required to construct public or private streets or other improvements to be dedicated to the Township or State, and is consistent with §
435-15, Minor plan applications.
The Township of Carroll, York County, Pennsylvania.
PEDESTRIAN EASEMENTA right-of-way, municipally or privately owned which cuts across a lot or parcel to furnish access for pedestrians to adjacent streets or properties.
PLANThe map representing a tract of land including all supplementary data specified in this chapter. The following are the types of plans specified by this chapter:
A. SKETCH PLANA formal submission of a nonactionable plan not necessarily to exact scale, indicating salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings, with the general layout of a proposal for consideration prior to the submission of a preliminary plan.
MINOR PLANResidential subdivision or land development as defined by this chapter.
PRELIMINARY PLANA complete and exact subdivision and/or land development plan, the purpose of which is to authorize the preparation of final plans.
FINAL PLANA subdivision and/or land development plan prepared for official recording as required by statute to define property rights, proposed streets and other public improvements.
AS-BUILTA revised final plan, showing dimensions and locations of all streets and other improvements as actually constructed.
PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTAn area of land controlled by a landowner, to be developed as a single entity for a number of dwelling units, or combination of residential and nonresidential uses, the development plan for which does not correspond in lot size, bulk, type of dwelling, or use, density, or intensity, lot coverage and required open space to the regulations established in any one district created, from time to time, under the provisions of Chapter
450, Zoning.
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805, Act 247, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., as amended.
PLANTING STRIPA strip of land lying between the curbline, or edge of cartway, and the sidewalk or walkway; and any area requiring a screen planting as specified in this chapter, Chapter
450, Zoning, or any other Township ordinances, codes, regulations, plans and maps.
Includes the following:
A. Parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreational areas and other public areas;
Sites for schools, sewage treatment, refuse disposal and other publicly owned or operated facilities; and
Publicly owned or operated scenic and historic sites.
PUBLIC HEARINGA formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Board of Supervisors, Zoning Hearing Board or Planning Commission, intended to inform and obtain public comment, prior to taking action in accordance with this chapter.
PUBLIC MEETINGA forum held pursuant to notice under the act of July 3, 1986 (P.L. 388, No. 84), known as the "Sunshine Act."
PUBLIC NOTICENotice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. 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.
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCEAny method, process or substance whose supply is rejuvenated through natural processes and, subject to those natural processes, remains relatively constant, including, but not limited to, biomass conversion, geothermal energy, solar and wind energy and hydroelectric energy and excluding those sources of energy used in the fission and fusion processes.
RESERVE STRIPA narrow parcel of ground separating a street from other adjacent properties.
RIGHT-OF-WAYLand reserved for use as a public thoroughfare for vehicular traffic and/or pedestrian traffic, whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, alley, or however designated.
SAFE STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCEThe distance required by a driver traveling at a given speed to stop the vehicle after an object on the roadway becomes visible to the driver.
SCREENINGThe use of plant materials, fencing, walls and/or earthen berms, or combinations thereof, to aid in the concealment of such features as parking areas and vehicles within them, and to provide for privacy between two or more different land uses or activities; a visual and/or sound buffer or other barrier.
SEDIMENTATIONThe process by which minerals 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 usually referred to as "sediment."
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM, ON-LOTAny septic system or structure designed to biochemically treat sanitary sewage within the boundaries of an individual lot.
SIGHT DISTANCEThe 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. (See sketch in Appendix II.)
SLOPEThe face of an embankment or cut section; any ground whose surface makes an angle with the plane of the horizon. Slopes are usually expressed in a percentage based upon vertical difference in feet per 100 feet of horizontal distance.
SOIL PERCOLATION TESTA field test conducted to determine the absorption capacity of soil to be a specified depth in a given location for the purpose of determining suitability of soil for on-site sewage disposal. Such tests shall be performed in accordance with requirements of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
SOIL STABILIZATIONChemical or structural treatment designed to increase or maintain the stability of a mass of soil or otherwise to improve its engineering properties.
STORMWATERDrainage runoff from the surface of the land resulting from precipitation or snow or ice melt.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIESThose controls and measures (e.g., storm sewers, berms, terraces, bridges, dams, basins, infiltration systems, swales, watercourses and floodplains) used to effect a stormwater management program.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLANA plan for controlling surface water runoff so that it will preclude erosion or flooding and/or the adverse effects of impervious areas on surface water runoff as required by this and other Township ordinances, codes, regulations, plans, and maps.
STREETA strip of land over which there is a public or private right-of-way intended to serve principally as a means of vehicular access to and frontage for abutting properties, as well as general traffic circulation. Streets are further classified as follows:
A. ARTERIALA street which provides for intercommunity travel connecting population centers and carrying large volumes of traffic at speeds higher than desirable on other types of streets. The secondary function of an arterial street is to provide access to frontage lots; therefore, the intensity of driveway access is limited.
COLLECTORA street which conducts and distributes traffic between arterial and local streets. Collector street's primary function is to promote free traffic flow. The secondary function of a collector street is to provide access to frontage lots; therefore, the intensity direct driveway access is limited. Collectors shall be designed so that no section or any point of traffic concentration exceeds 1,000 average daily traffic movements.
CUL-DE-SACA street with a single common ingress and egress.
LOCALA street which provides frontage for access to lots, and carries traffic having destination or origin on the street itself.
STREET, PRIVATEA street not offered for dedication or was not accepted by the municipality.
STREET, PUBLICA strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, intended to be dedicated for use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation by the public at large.
STRUCTUREAny man-made object having an ascertainable location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
SUBDIVISIONThe 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.
SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETEDWhere approximately 90% of an approved plan site has been developed, or some other percent as determined by the Board of Supervisors to assure facilities to be dedicated to the Township are not adversely affected by further development and so that the project will be able to be used, occupied or operated for its intended use.
SURVEYORProfessional land surveyor registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
THROUGH STREETA street that has at least two separate and distinct intersections, as a means of ingress and egress for vehicular traffic, with one or more streets that are not cul-de-sac streets nor loop streets.
TOPSOILSurface soils and subsurface soils which presumably are fertile soils and soil material, ordinarily rich in organic matter or humus debris. Topsoil is usually found in the uppermost soil layer called the "A horizon."
TOPOGRAPHIC MAPA map showing the elevations of the ground by contours or elevations.
TOWNSHIPThe Township of Carroll, York County, Pennsylvania, Board of Supervisors, its agents or authorized representatives.
TRACTA parcel of land that is a separate legal description in a deed or deeds, or is separated from the whole tract by a stream (20 feet wide or wider), a highway or any local, county or state boundary line.
TRAILER CAMPCampgrounds with dedicated campsites for recreational vehicles or camping trailers proceed by a vehicle for short-term, temporary residence, for up to three months.
TRANSFERABLE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTSThe attaching of development rights to specified lands which are desired by a municipality to be kept undeveloped, but permitting those rights to be transferred from those lands so that the development potential which they represent may occur on other lands within the municipality where more intensive development is deemed by the municipality to be appropriate.
UNDEVELOPED LANDAny lot, tract or parcel of land which has not been graded or in any other manner prepared for the construction of a building or for any other use.
UNITA part of the property, structure, or building designed or intended for any type of independent use, which has direct exit to a public street or way, or to a common element or common elements leading to a public street or way or to an easement or right-of-way leading to a public street or way, and includes a proportionate undivided interest in the common elements, which is assigned to the property, structure or buildings.
USABLE OPEN SPACEThe unenclosed portion of the ground of a lot which is not devoted to driveways or parking spaces, which is free of structures of any kind, of which not more than 25% is roofed for shelter purposes only, and which is available and accessible to all occupants of the building or buildings on the said lot for purposes of active or passive outdoor recreation.
VISUAL SCREENA well-maintained hedge, landscaped berm, or other vegetative materials which, upon planting or installation, is both of sufficient height and density to conceal from the view of adjacent properties the structures and uses on the premise where the screening is located. Up to 30% of the screening may be accomplished by using a fence or wall.
WAIVERA process for alleviating specific requirements imposed by this chapter pursuant to the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of 1968, reenacted and amended by Act 170 of 1988, and subsequently amended. Waiver provisions are in Article
XIII.
Any water works, water supply works, water distribution system, or part thereof designed, intended or constructed to provide or distribute potable water.
WATERSHEDThe entire region or area drained by a river or other body of water whether natural or artificial.
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, ON-LOTA system for supplying and distributing potable water to a single dwelling or other building from a source located on the same lot.
WATER SURVEYAn inventory of the source, quantity, yield and use of groundwater and surface-water resources within a municipality.
WATERCOURSEAny channel or conveyance of surface water having a defined bed and banks, whether natural or artificial, with perennial or intermittent flow.
WETLANDThose 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, including swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas, as defined by the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service.
ZONING ORDINANCEThe current version of the Carroll Township Zoning Ordinance, as amended.