Words in the singular include the plural and those in the plural
include the singular; words in the present tense include the future
tense; words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and
neuter.
The words "person," "subdivider" and "owner" include a corporation,
unincorporated association and a partnership, or other legal entity,
as well as an individual. The word "street" includes thorouhfare,
avenue, boulevard, court, expressway, highway, lane, arterial and
road. The word "building" includes structure and shall be construed
as if followed by the phrase "or part thereof." The word "watercourse"
includes channel, creek, ditch, drain, dry run, spring and stream.
The words "should" and "may" are permissive; the words "shall" and
"will" are mandatory and directive.
Where terms or words are not defined, they shall have their
ordinarily accepted meanings or such as the context implies.
[Amended 5-13-1981 by Ord. No. 81-5; 6-12-1995 by Ord. No. 95-4]
Terms or words used herein, unless otherwise expressly stated,
shall have the following meanings:
See "service street."
Every 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 plat or plan or for the
approval of a development plan.
A licensed architect in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A tract of land, a lot or groups of lots, bounded by streets,
public parks, railroad rights-of-way, watercourses, boundary lines
of the Borough, unsubdivided land or by any combination of the above.
Borough of Green Lane, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
An authority created by the Borough Council, responsible
for, but not limited to, the construction, operation and/or maintenance
of water storage, and distribution, and/or sewage collection and treatment
facilities.
The Borough Council of Green Lane Borough, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania.
A duly registered professional engineer employed by the Borough
or engaged as a consultant thereto or his duly authorized representative.
A solicitor appointed by the Borough Council, or his duly
authorized representative.
A combination of materials to form a permanent structure
having walls and a roof. Included shall be all mobile homes and trailers
used for human habitation.
The line within a property defining the minimum required
distance between any building to be enclosed and an adjacent right-of-way.
Such line shall be measured at right angles from the front street
right-of-way line which abut the property upon which said building
is located and shall be parallel to said right-of-way line.
The portion of a street right-of-way paved or unpaved, intended
for vehicular use.
An area of unobstructed vision at the street intersection
defined by lines of sight between points at a given distance from
the intersection of street center lines.
The agent or official designated by the Borough Council to administer and enforce Chapter 415, Zoning, of the Code of the Borough of Green Lane.
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water within a development site and designed and intended
for the use or enjoyment of residents of a development, not including
streets, off-street parking areas, and areas set aside for public
facilities.
The County of Montgomery, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Montgomery County Planning Commission.
A publicly or privately owned right-of-way for pedestrian
use extending from a street into a block or across a block to another
street.
The deliberate appropriation of land by its owner for any
general and public use, reserving to himself no other rights than
those that are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment of
the pubic uses to which the property has been devoted.
Those floodplain districts specifically designated in Chapter 415, Zoning, as being inundated primarily by the one-hundred-year flood. Included would be areas identified as the Floodway District (FW) and the Flood Fringe District (FF).
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.
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 and
the subdivision of land.
The 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
development plan" when used in this chapter shall mean the written
and graphic materials referred to in this definition.
A building designed and constructed for residential purposes
in which people live.
Any structure, or part thereof, designed to be occupied as
living quarters for a single housekeeping unit.
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 lessee or owner of the property shall not erect any permanent
structure, but shall have the right to make any other use of the land
which is not inconsistent with the rights of the grantee.
The application of the reviewing and/or approving authority's
stamp and the signatures of the appropriate authority on the record
plan.
A licensed professional engineer registered in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
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; 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;
A subdivision of land.
"Land development" does not include development which involves:
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 building,
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 be considered an amusement park.
For the purposes of this subsection, an amusement park is defined
as a tract or area used principally as a 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 the proper authorities.
A licensed landscape architect in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by
a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed
or built upon as a unit.
The area contained within the property lines of a lot excluding
space within all streets and within all permanent drainage easements,
but including the areas of all other easements.
A metal pipe or pin of at least 1/2 inch in diameter and
at least 24 inches in length.
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, contained in one unit or in two or more units designed
to be joined 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.
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the
necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for
the erection thereon of a single mobile home.
A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which has been so
designated and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots
for the placement thereon of mobile homes.
A stone or concrete monument with a flat top at least four
inches in diameter or square and at least 24 inches in length (preferred
30 inches to 36 inches). Stone monument shall contain an indented
cross of 1/4 inch drill hole. Concrete monuments shall contain a copper
or brass dowel (plug). It is recommended that the bottom sides or
radius be at least two inches greater than the top, to minimize movements
caused by frost.
A body politic and corporate created pursuant to the Act
of May 2, 1945 (P.L. 382, No. 164), known as the "Municipalities Authority
Act of 1945."[1]
The Comprehensive Development Plan and/or Official Map and/or
topographical survey and/or such other plans, or portions thereof,
as may have been adopted by the Borough Council pursuant to statute,
for the area of the Borough in which the subdivision is located.
A flood that, on the average, is likely to occur once every
100 years (i.e., that has a 1% chance of occurring each year, although
the flood may occur in any year).
The Planning Commission of the Borough of Green Lane, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania.
Includes:
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Borough
Council or Planning Commission, intended to inform and obtain public
comment, prior to taking action in accordance with this chapter.
A forum held pursuant to notice under the Act of June 3,
1986 (P.L. 388, No. 84), known as the "Sunshine Act," 53 P.S. §§ 271
et seq.[2]
Notice published once each week for two successive weeks
in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough. 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.
The linen copy of the final plan which contains the original
endorsements of the Borough Planning Commission, Borough Council,
Borough Engineer and which is intended to be recorded with the County
Recorder of Deeds. The linen copy shall be a clear and legible black-line
or blue-line print on linen.
The one-hundred-year flood elevation plus a free-board safety
factor of 1 1/2 feet.
Any replatting or resubdivision of land.
A lot extending between and having a frontage on two generally
parallel streets (excluding service streets), with vehicular access
solely from one street.
Whenever the County Planning Commission possesses such review
jurisdiction, the action of review shall not limit the appropriate
authorities of the Borough in their ultimate and final decisions.
The total width of any land reserved or dedicated as a street,
alley, crosswalk or for other public or semipublic purposes.
See "cartway."
A sanitary sewage collection system in which sewage is carried
from individual lots by a system of pipes to a central treatment and
disposal plant.
The required length of roadway visible to the driver of a
passenger vehicle may at any given point on the roadway when the view
is unobstructed by traffic. Sight distance measurements shall be made
from a point 4.5 feet above the center line of the road surface to
a point 0.5 foot above the center line of the road surface.
Includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway,
parkway, lane, alley, viaduct or any other ways used or intended to
be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians whether public or private.
COLLECTOR STREETA street which, in addition to providing access to abutting properties, intersects minor streets to provide a route and give access to community facilities and/or other collector and major streets. (Streets in industrial, multifamily and commercial subdivision shall generally be considered collector streets.)
CUL-DE-SAC STREETA minor street intersecting another street at one end and terminating at the other end by a permanent vehicular turnaround.
HALF (PARTIAL) STREETA street, generally parallel and adjacent to a property line, having a lesser right-of-way width than normally required for improvement and use of the street.
MAJOR STREETA street serving a large volume of comparatively high-speed and long-distance traffic, including all facilities classified as main and secondary highways by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETA minor street, parallel and adjacent to a major street which provides access to abutting properties and controls intersections with the major street.
MINOR STREETA street used primarily to provide access to abutting properties.
SERVICE STREET (ALLEY)A minor right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access to the side or rear of two or more properties.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
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 and the subdivision of land.
The 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.
Where in the judgment of the Borough Engineer, at least 90%
(based on the cost of the required improvements for which financial
security was posted pursuant to the requirements of this chapter)
of those improvements required as a condition for final approval have
been completed in accordance with the approved plan, so that the project
will be able to be used, occupied or operated for its intended use.
A licensed surveyor registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A system for supplying and distributing water from a common
source to two or more dwellings and/or other buildings within a single
neighborhood.
A system for supplying and distributing water to a single
dwelling or other building from a source located on the same lot.
A system for supplying and distributing water from a common
source to dwellings and other buildings, but generally not confined
to one neighborhood.
An inventory of the source, quantity, yield and use of groundwater
and surface-water resources within the Borough.
