Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall, for
the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings indicated:
ALLEY
A strip of land over which there is a right-of-way, municipally
or privately owned, on which no dwellings or stores front, serving
as the secondary means of access to two or more properties.
APPLICANT
A landowner or developer, as defined herein, who has filed
an application for a subdivision or land development, including the
applicant's heirs, successors and assigns.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Cheswick, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
BUILDING LINE
A line which designates the minimum distance that a building
must be erected from the street right-of-way line. Such distance shall
be measured at right angles from the street right-of-way on which
the lot abuts, and the building line shall be parallel to said right-of-way
line.
CUL-DE-SAC
A residential street with one end open for the public vehicular
and pedestrian access and the other terminating in a vehicular turnaround.
DEVELOPER
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.
EASEMENT
A right granted to use certain land for a special purpose
not inconsistent with the general property rights of the owner.
IMPROVEMENT
Grading, curbing, signs, water mains, sanitary sewers, a
stormwater management facility, sidewalks or similar facilities required
by this chapter.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
(1)
The improvement of one lot or two more contiguous lots, tracts
or parcels of land for any purpose involving a group of two or more
buildings or the division or allocation of land or space 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.
PLAT
The map or plan, whether preliminary or final, of a subdivision
or land development.
STREET
A general term used to describe a right-of-way, municipally
or privately owned, serving as a means of vehicular and pedestrian
travel, furnishing access to abutting properties. Streets may be classified
as follows:
(1)
ARTERIALStreets designed to carry high volumes of traffic from one area of the community to another or to link one community with another.
(2)
COLLECTORStreets designed to collect traffic from local streets and then to convey it to the major arterials.
(3)
LOCALStreets designed to serve only the traffic needs of and provide access to a limited area, neighborhood or adjacent properties.
SUBDIVISION
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, transfer of ownership or building
or lot development. However, the subdivision by lease of land for
agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres, not including
any new street or easement of access or residential dwellings, shall
be exempted.