This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Halfmoon
Township Subdivision Regulations."
This chapter is enacted and ordained under the grant of powers
by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the
Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act of 1968, July 31, P.L.
805, as amended (53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.).
The purpose of this chapter is:
A.
To protect and provide for the health, safety and general welfare
of the municipality.
B.
To guide the future growth and development of the municipality in
accordance with the Comprehensive Plan.
C.
To protect the character and the social and economic stability of
all parts of the municipality and to encourage the orderly and beneficial
layout and development of the municipality, to establish reasonable
procedures for subdivision review and to ensure proper legal descriptions
and monumenting of subdivided land.
D.
To protect and conserve the value of land throughout the municipality
and the value of buildings and improvements upon the land and to minimize
the conflicts among the uses of land and buildings.
E.
To guide public and private policy and action in order to provide
adequate and efficient transportation, water, sewerage, fire protection
and other public requirements and facilities; to provide the most
beneficial relationship between the uses of land and buildings and
the circulation of traffic throughout the municipality, having particular
regard to the avoidance of congestion in the streets and highways
and the pedestrian traffic movements appropriate to the various uses
of land and buildings and to provide for the proper location and design
of streets; and to ensure that public facilities and easements are
available and will have a sufficient capacity to serve the proposed
subdivision or land development.
F.
To minimize pollution of streams and ponds, to assure the adequacy
of drainage facilities, to safeguard the water table and to encourage
the wise use and management of natural resources.
For the purposes of this chapter, certain terms and words used
herein shall be interpreted as follows:
A.
Words used in the present tense include the future tense; the singular
number includes the plural, and the plural number includes the singular;
and the words of masculine gender include the feminine gender, and
words of feminine gender include the masculine gender.
B.
The word "includes" or "including" shall not limit the term to the
specific example, but is intended to extend its meaning to all other
instances of like kind and character.
C.
The word "person" includes an individual, firm, association, organization,
partnership, trust, company, corporation or any other similar entity.
D.
The words "shall" and "must" are mandatory; the words "may" and "should"
are permissive.
E.
The word "used" or "occupied" includes the words "intended, designed,
maintained or arranged to be used or occupied."
G.
ACREAGE OF PROPERTY
ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT
AMENDMENT
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
BOULEVARD-TYPE ENTRANCE
CARTWAY
CENTER LINE
CENTRE REGION
CHIP BENTONITE GROUT
CODE OFFICIAL
COUNTY
CUL-DE-SAC
CUT
DEAD-END STREET
DEDICATION
DENSITY
DEVELOPMENTS OF REGIONAL IMPACT
DRIVEWAY
ELEVATION
ENGINEER, TOWNSHIP/BOROUGH
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT (EDU)
EROSION
ESCROW
FILL
FIRE APPARATUS ACCESS ROAD
FIRE CHIEF
FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTION
FIRE FLOW
IMPROVEMENT
LAND SURVEYOR or PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR
LOT
N.S.F.
NFPA
NONCOMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS
NORTH POINT
REGIONAL GROWTH BOUNDARY
RUNOFF
SEDIMENTATION
SEED
SEWER SERVICE AREA
SIGHT DISTANCE
SINGLE ACCESS STREET SYSTEM
(1)
(2)
(3)
SUBDIVIDER
TOWNSHIP
TREMIE PIPE
TREMIE PLACEMENT METHOD FOR FILL AND BRIDGING MATERIALS
TREMIE PLACEMENT METHOD FOR GROUT
VERTICAL CLOSED-LOOP BOREHOLE
WALKWAY
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The area contained within the property lines of a lot.
Any process designed to produce an effluent of higher quality
than normally achieved through primary and secondary treatment processes
and does not utilize soils as the primary method for remediation (membrane
bioreactor, for example).
Any change or revision of this chapter.
The governing body of the Township of Halfmoon, County of
Centre, Pennsylvania, known also as the "Board" or "Supervisors."
Any entrance with two distinct travel lanes, which are separated
by a median, which is a minimum of 10 feet wide.
The portion of a street right-of-way designed or intended
for vehicular use.
A line running parallel to and equidistant from both sides
of a street.
A geographic area in Centre County, Pennsylvania, consisting
of the Townships of College, Ferguson, Halfmoon, Harris and Patton
and the Borough of State College.
Chip bentonite grout is composed of dry three-eighths-inch
or half-inch-sized chips of bentonite.
As defined in Act 1999-45, Pennsylvania Uniform Construction
Code.
The County of Centre, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A street intersecting another street at one end and terminating
in a vehicular turnaround at the other end.
The difference between a point on the original ground and
a designated point of lower elevation on the final grade; an excavation.
A street with only one vehicular traffic outlet.
The conveyance of land or objects to some public use, made
by the owner and accepted for such use by or on behalf of the public
by a municipality, school district or public authority.
In terms of land use, density is defined as the number of
dwelling units or equivalent nonresidential square footage per acre
of land.
Any land development that, because of its character, magnitude,
or location will have substantial impact upon the health, safety,
or welfare of citizens in more than one Centre Region municipality.
The Region will assess the impact on public services, including, but
not limited to, public sewer, public water, public transportation,
fire, police, and schools, in determining what qualifies as a development
of regional impact.
A corridor which provides motor vehicle access from a street
into a lot.
Height, in feet, of a point on the ground above sea level.
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the Engineer for the Township.
A unit of measurement that estimates an average use of wastewater
facilities. Roughly the average amount of wastewater generated by
a typical family in one day.
The removal of soil, stone or other surface materials by
the action of natural elements.
A deposit of cash in lieu of an amount required and still
in force on a performance or maintenance bond.
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar
material is 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; the difference in elevation between a point
on the original ground and a designated point of higher elevation
of the final grade; the material used to make fill.
A road that provides fire apparatus access from a fire station
facility, building or portion thereof. This is a general term inclusive
of all other terms, such as "fire lane," "public street," "private
street," "parking lot lane," "alley" and "access roadway or driveway."
The Fire Chief or duly authorized representative of the Port
Matilda Volunteer Fire Company or Warriors Mark Volunteer Fire Company,
as designated by the Township, for such purpose as review of plans
on a plan-by-plan basis, to be determined by the Manager of the Township
or designated person.
Any hose connection utilized by the Fire Department to supply
water to a built-in fire protection system.
The flow rate of a water supply, measured at 20 pounds per
square inch (psi) residual pressure that is available for firefighting.
Those physical additions and installations required to render
land suitable for the use intended, and including streets, curbs and
gutters, sidewalks, street signs and lights, walkways, sewer and water
facilities, monuments and markers, shade trees, grading and stormwater
drainage facilities.
A certified professional land surveyor registered by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
An area of land, including watercourses, held in single and
separate ownership, and includes "tract" and "parcel."
National Sanitation Foundation.
National Fire Protection Association. A national association
established for the purpose of proposing standards that reduce the
opportunity for injury or death from fire.
A public water system which is not a community water system.
An arrow on a plan depicting true North.
The boundary within which a higher density of development
exists to efficiently and economically support urban services, including
public sewer, public water, public transportation, fire, police, and
schools, as noted in the Centre Region Comprehensive Plan.
The surface water discharge or rate of discharge of a given
watershed after a fall of rain, snow or other form of precipitation
that does not enter the soil but runs off the surface of the land.
The process by which mineral or organic matter is accumulated
or deposited by the movement of wind and water or by gravity.
To plant an area of ground with grass or similar vegetative
ground cover.
The location where public sewer service is provided or planned
as identified in the Centre Region Act 537 Sewage Facilities Plan.
The required length of cartway visible to the driver of a
motor vehicle at any given point in the cartway when the view is unobstructed
by traffic.
A public street or network of connecting streets that have
a single point of access and egress to other public streets.
ARTERIAL STREETA major street with fast or heavy traffic of considerable continuity used primarily as a traffic artery connecting two or more neighborhoods or areas serving 200 or more residences.
COLLECTOR STREETA major street which carries traffic from local streets to arterial streets. A collector street shall be defined as any street which carries or is projected to carry, as deemed by the Board of Supervisors, vehicular traffic that will provide access and egress to 50 or more residential homes.
LOCAL STREETAny street not herein defined as an alley, collector street or arterial street.
The owner of a lot, tract or parcel of land to be subdivided
under the terms of this chapter.
The Township of Halfmoon, County of Centre, Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A rigid or flexible pipe or a hose that carries the grouting
materials to the bottom of the zone being grouted. The tremie pipe
is withdrawn as the grout material fills the annular space outside
the casing or fills the space between the loop pipes and the borehole
wall. The end of the tremie pipe is kept submerged just below the
surface of the grout material.
The tremie pipe shall be lowered to the bottom of the zone
being filled, and raised slowly as the fill material is introduced.
When using the tremie pipe method to install fills, the bottom of
the tremie should be maintained as close as possible to, but not inside
of, the emplaced fill.
After water or other drilling fluid has been circulated in
the annular space sufficient to clear obstructions, grout shall be
placed by pressure pumping through a tremie pipe. The tremie pipe
shall be lowered to the bottom of the zone being grouted, and raised
slowly as the material is introduced.
A borehole which is constructed to receive heat-exchanger
loop pipes and grout material. Fill material may be used below a minimum
depth of 20 feet below grade as the subsurface conditions warrant.
A right-of-way intended to furnish pedestrian and bicycle
access across a block from one street to another.
In their interpretation and application, the regulations set
by this chapter shall be held to be the minimum requirements adopted
for the promotion of the purposes of this chapter.
A.
Types of control. This chapter contains regulations governing the
following: submission procedures for the review and disposition of
subdivision and land development plans; graphic and written information
to be contained on or filed with such plans; and regulations governing
the design and installation of required improvements, the layout and
arrangement of lots and blocks, the reservation of land for public
use and methods of handling storm drainage and erosion and sedimentation.
B.
New subdivisions and land developments.
(1)
No subdivision or land development of any lot, tract or parcel of
land shall be made and no street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water
main or other improvements in connection therewith shall be laid out,
constructed, opened or dedicated for public use or travel or for the
common use of occupants of buildings abutting thereon except in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter.
(2)
This chapter shall apply to all plans submitted for initial approval
of a subdivision or land development after the date of enactment of
this chapter.
C.
Existing subdivisions and land developments.
(1)
Any preliminary plan approved within five years prior to the date
of enactment of this chapter shall be entitled to final plan approval
within five years of the date of approval of said preliminary plan
according to the terms of said plan.
(2)
This chapter shall apply to any subdivision or land development which
occurred without obtaining approval required under this chapter or
previous subdivision ordinances of this municipality.
(3)
The provisions of this chapter governing the design and installation
of improvements shall apply to any unbuilt portion of a subdivision
or land development for which a preliminary or final plan was approved
more than five years prior to the date of the enactment of this chapter.
Where final plan approval was preceded by preliminary plan approval,
the five-year period shall be counted from the date of the preliminary
plan approval.
D.
Relationship with other restrictions. The provisions of this chapter
are not intended to interfere with, abrogate or annul other rules,
regulations or ordinances, provided that where this chapter imposes
a greater restriction than that imposed by such other rules, easements,
covenants, restrictions, regulations or ordinances, the provisions
of this chapter shall control.
