Unless otherwise stated, the following words and phrases shall be construed throughout this chapter to have the meanings indicated in this section:
100-HUNDRED YEAR FLOODA flood that, on average, is likely to occur once every 100 years (i.e., flood has a 1% chance of occurring each year, although the flood may occur in any year).
100-YEAR FLOOD BOUNDARYThe outer boundary of an area of land that is likely to be flooded once every 100 years (i.e., flood that has a 1% chance of being flooded each year). A study by the Federal Insurance Administration, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the United States Department of Agriculture's Soil Conservation Service, the United States Geological Survey, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, or a licensed surveyor or professional engineer, registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is necessary to define this boundary.
AASHTOThe American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials.
ACCESS DRIVEA type of driveway designed and constructed to provide for pedestrian and vehicular movement between a public or private street and the off-street parking and/or loading area for any use other than one single-family or two-family dwelling unit or farm. Access drives shall comply in all respects with the Zoning Ordinance, and any other ordinance regulating the placement and/or construction of access drives which may be enacted by the Board of Supervisors.
ACCESS POINTThe location of the intersection of an access drive, driveway, or street with a street.
ACCESSORY BUILDINGA building detached from and subordinate to the principal building or use on the same lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to the principal building, but not including vehicles, mobile homes, travel trailers, truck trailers, or any parts thereof.
ACT 537The Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, Act of January 24, 1966, P.L. (1965) 1535, No. 537, as amended, 35 P.S. §
750.1 et seq.
Any person, other than a landowner or developer, who, acting for the landowner or developer, submits to the Township subdivision or land development plans for the purpose of obtaining approval thereof.
AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONAn enterprise that is actively engaged in the commercial production and preparation for market of crops, livestock, and livestock products and in the production, harvesting and preparation for market or use of agricultural, agronomic, horticultural, silvicultural and aquacultural crops and commodities. The term includes an enterprise that implements changes in production practices and procedures or types of crops, livestock, livestock products or commodities produced consistent with practices and procedures that are normally engaged by farmers or are consistent with technological development within the agricultural industry.
AGRICULTURAL PURPOSESThe use of land for the cultivation of soil, farming, dairying, pasturage, agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, forestry, viticulture, and animal and poultry husbandry and the necessary accessory uses for packing, treating or storing the produce and equipment for housing and feeding the animals and housing the equipment, also land which has been diverted from agricultural use by an active federal farm program, provided the land has a conservation cover of grass, legumes, trees or wildlife shrubs. The use of land for a dwelling site is not an agricultural purpose.
AGRICULTUREThe cultivation of the soil for food products or other marketable products, not including animal husbandry or storage and/or processing of products grown on other premises.
AISLEA private drive within a parking compound providing pedestrian and vehicular access between an access drive and a parking space which is located within the parking compound.
APPLICANTA landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has filed an application for development, including his heirs, successors, and assigns.
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENTEvery application, whether preliminary or final, required to be filed and approved prior to start of construction or development, including, but not limited to, an application for a zoning approval, for the approval of a subdivision plat or plan, for the approval of a land development plat or plan, or a stormwater management site plan.
AREAThe two-dimensional measurement of space between known lines or boundaries.
A. BUILDING AREAThe total areas of outside dimensions on a horizontal plane at ground level of the principal building and all accessory buildings exclusive of cornices, eaves, gutters, or chimneys projecting not more than 18 inches; bay windows not extending more than one story and not projecting more than five feet; and steps and balconies.
GROSS FLOOR AREAThe sum of the floor areas of a building as measured to the outside surfaces of exterior walls and/or all areas intended for the conduct of a use.
HABITABLE FLOOR AREAThe sum of the floor area of all heated, finished rooms, within a dwelling unit, used on a daily basis for habitation. Such area may include: living rooms; recreation rooms; kitchens; dining rooms; bedrooms; bathrooms; hallways; closets; heated and finished basements, cellars, and attics; attached garages which have been converted into an integral part of the living quarters; but does not include: garages; porches, whether roofed, unroofed or enclosed; roofed terraces; unfinished and unheated basements, attics, cellars, or garages, etc.
LOT AREAAn area of land which is determined by the limits of the property lines bounding that area and expressed in terms of square feet or acres. Any portion of a lot included in a street right-of-way shall not be included in calculating lot area.
MINIMUM LOT AREAThe least amount of lot area required to be associated with a principal use as specified within the Zoning Ordinance. In addition to minimum lot area requirements, as defined in the Zoning Ordinance, the minimum lot area within any district shall be calculated by excluding any area where a structure or a portion of a structure is not permitted, excluding the applicable setback lines (e.g., area within public or private street rights-of-way, floodway, easement, wetland, etc.).
AREA OF DISTURBANCEThe total land area proposed to be used for and/or disturbed within any property for development.
AS-BUILT DRAWINGSSet of drawings of the original land development facilities showing all changes made during construction.
AUTHORITY (SEWER)The Jackson Township Authority and its successors, or other municipality, or public sewer utility.
AUTHORITY (WATER)The Myerstown Water Authority and its successors, or other municipality, or public water utility.
AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC (ADT) VOLUMEThe number of vehicles passing a single point on a roadway in a twenty-four-hour period adjusted by day of the week and monthly factors.
BASE FLOODA flood which has a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (also called the 100-year flood).
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs)Activities, facilities, measures, planning, or procedures used to manage stormwater impacts from regulated activities, to meet State Water Quality Requirements, to promote groundwater recharge and to otherwise meet the purposes of this chapter. Stormwater BMPs are commonly grouped into one of two broad categories or measures: "nonstructural" or "structural." "Nonstructural" BMPs are measures referred to as operational and/or behavior-related practices that attempt to minimize the contact of pollutants with stormwater runoff, whereas "structural" BMPs are measures that consist of a physical device or practice that is installed to capture and treat stormwater runoff. "Structural" BMPs include, but are not limited to, a wide variety of practices and devices, from large-scale wet ponds and constructed wetlands to small-scale underground treatment systems, infiltration facilities, filter strips, low impact design, bioretention, wet ponds, permeable paving, grassed swales, riparian or forested buffers, sand filters, detention basins, and manufactured devices. "Structural" stormwater BMPs are permanent appurtenances to the project site.
BLOCKAn area bounded by streets.
BUILDINGA structure which has a roof supported by columns, piers, or walls, which is intended for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of persons, animals, or chattel, or which is to house a use of a commercial or manufacturing activity.
A. ATTACHEDA building which has two party walls in common.
BUILDING ADDITIONAn increase in floor or building area or attached expansion of an existing building or structure.
BUILDING ENVELOPEThe area of a lot that is available for development and free of restrictions as specified in this chapter and shall not include required yard areas (i.e., setback areas), rights-of-way, easements, floodplains, wetlands, steep slopes, and all similar restrictions.
BUILDING LINEA. The actual distance between the closest part of a building and:
(1) In the case of a front yard, all adjoining street right-of-way lines;
In the case of a side yard, all side lot lines; and
In the case of a rear yard, all rear lot lines.
The building line shall be located along and drawn parallel to a wall or other exterior supporting member of a structure or portion thereof, excluding self-supportive projecting architectural features that project five feet or less.
BUILDING, ACCESSORYA detached subordinate building or structure, the use of which is customarily incidental to that of the principal building or use and which is located on the same lot as occupied by the principal building or use.
BUILDING, PRINCIPALA building or structure which is constructed, designed to be constructed, or intended to be constructed as the primary use of the lot on which it is located.
CARTWAYThe surface of a street or alley intended and available for vehicular use.
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE EASEMENTAn area of unobstructed vision at the intersection of two or more streets, access drives, driveways, or alleys or any combination of the foregoing. It is defined by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection of the centerlines of both streets, access drives, driveways, or alleys.
COEUnited States Army Corps of Engineers.
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. Common open spaces shall not include areas devoted to driveways, access drives, parking lots, street rights-of-way, stormwater detention basins, required setbacks and private yards.
COMMUNITY SEWAGE SYSTEMA sewage disposal system, other than a public sewer system, which provides sewage disposal for two or more units of occupancy which shall comply with all applicable regulations of the Department of Environmental Protection or other regulatory agency.
COMMUNITY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMA water supply system, other than a public water system, providing water for more than two units of occupancy which shall comply with all applicable regulations of the Department of Environmental Protection or other regulatory agency.
CROSS ACCESS DRIVE/DRIVEWAYA service drive that provides vehicular access between two or more contiguous sites so that the driver need not re-enter the public street system.
CURBThe raised edge of a pavement to confine surface water to the pavement and to protect the abutting land from vehicular traffic.
CURB OPENINGAn access drive's (or driveway's) opening at a street's curb line measured between the points of tangency of the access drive's (or driveway's) curb return radii if curbing exists or the opening at the points of tangency of the access drive's (or driveway's) paved radii if curbing does not exist.
DEDICATIONThe deliberate appropriation of land, utilities, and facilities by its owner for general public use.
DEEDA legal document conveying ownership in real property.
DESIGN SPEEDThe design speed for streets designed in accordance with this chapter shall equal the proposed posted speed plus five miles per hour.
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; a subdivider.
DEVELOPMENTAny manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation, or drilling operations.
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 or development, streets, ways and parking facilities, common open space, and public facilities. The phrase "provisions of the development plan" shall mean written and graphic materials referred to in this definition.
DRAINAGE EASEMENTA right granted by a landowner to a grantee, allowing the use of private land for stormwater management purposes.
DRIVEWAYAn improved cartway designed and constructed to accommodate vehicular movement between a public road and a tract of land serving one single-family or two-family dwelling unit or a farm; or joint use driveways as defined herein. Driveways shall comply in all respects with the Zoning Ordinance, and any other ordinance regulating the placement and/or construction of driveways which may be enacted by the Board of Supervisors.
DRIVEWAY RADIUSThe radius of the curb or pavement at the intersection of an access drive or driveway and street.
DRIVEWAY THROATThe section of an access drive or driveway between the street right-of-way and the first internal intersecting access drive or parking lot aisle within the site.
DWELLINGAny building or portion thereof designed and used exclusively for residential occupancy, including those listed below:
A. SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHEDA freestanding detached (separate) building designed for or occupied exclusively by one family on an individual lot. However, this definition shall not include single unit mobile homes which are defined separately. Modular shall be considered single-family detached dwellings so long as they are designed and constructed in accordance with the applicable construction code. (Figure 1)
SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI-DETACHEDA freestanding building with one dwelling unit from the ground to roof and only one party wall in common with another dwelling unit. Commonly described as half a duplex, the semi-detached, single-family dwelling is on an individual lot, is connected on one side to a similar dwelling on an adjacent lot and is usually owner-occupied. (Figure 2)
TWO-FAMILYA freestanding building on an individual lot with two dwelling units from ground to roof (one unit over the other). These units are normally renter-occupied and are not designed for further subdivision. (Figure 3)
TWO-FAMILY SEMI-DETACHEDA building with two dwelling units from ground to roof (one unit over the other) and only party wall in common with another, connected to a building which may contain one or two dwelling units. The two-family semi-detached dwelling is on an individual lot and may be rental or owner-occupied. (Not pictured).
MULTIPLE-FAMILYA building containing three or more dwelling units, at least one of which must be located above or below the remaining units. (Figure 4)
GARDEN APARTMENTMultifamily apartment buildings located on a plot of land under one ownership. Garden apartments are two stories high, with individual apartments on each story. (Not pictured).
TOWNHOUSEA single-family dwelling located on an independent lot and constructed as a part of a series of three or more connected single-family dwellings with one dwelling unit from floor to roof. Townhouses are typically two stories high, and units are considered attached dwellings, except for the end units of a building series which are semi-detached. Townhouses are generally owner-occupied and provide residents with individual yards, parking, and utility access. Common areas and facilities, including parking areas, may be designed for joint utilization by all residents of the townhouse development. (Figure 5)
DWELLING UNITOne or more rooms connected together, constituting a separate, independent housekeeping establishment for owner occupancy, or rental or lease on a weekly, monthly, or longer basis, and physically separated from any other rooms or dwelling units which may be in the same structure, and containing independent cooking and sleeping facilities for one family.
EASEMENTA limited right of use granted in private land for a public, quasi-public, or private purpose.
EASEMENT OF ACCESSAny driveway or other entrance from a public or private road. A field road providing access to agriculturally used fields and not providing access to any residential, commercial, or industrial structure is not considered an easement of access.
ENGINEERA professional engineer licensed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
FINANCIAL SECURITYA letter of credit or other form of monetary guarantee provided in accordance with the requirements of Article V of the Municipalities Planning Code, posted by a developer to secure the completion of improvements indicated on an approved plan.
FLOODA general and temporary inundation of normally dry land areas by water from waterway overflows or the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.
FLOOD ELEVATIONThe projected heights, in relation to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD), reached by floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplain areas.
FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP (FIRM)The official map on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency or Federal Insurance Administration has delineated both the areas of special flood hazards and the risk premium zones applicable to the community.
FLOODPLAINA relatively flat or low land area which is subject to partial or complete inundation from an adjoining or nearby stream, river, or watercourse; and/or any area subject to the unusual and rapid accumulation of surface waters from any source.
FLOODWAYThe channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land area that must be reserved to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation of that flood more than one foot at any point.
FLOOR AREAThe total floor area of a building or structure, excluding unimproved cellars or basements used only for storage, storage attics, open porches, garages used for vehicle storage, and similar uses.
FRONTAGEThe line of a lot coincident with an abutting right-of-way line of a street that can be used for vehicular access to the site.
GISGeographic information systems.
GRADEThe slope expressed in a percent that indicates the rate of change of elevation in linear feet per 100 linear feet.
HARDSHIPA condition, not economic in nature and not caused by the applicant or developer, for which a modification may be requested.
HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATIONAn unincorporated association or not-for-profit corporation whose membership consists of the lot owners of a residential development. A homeowners' association shall also include a condominium unit owners' association. All such associations shall comply with the requirements for unit owners' associations contained in the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act, 68 Pa. C.S.A. §
3101 et seq., or the Uniform Planned Community Act, 68 Pa. C.S.A. §
5101 et seq.
Any surface that prevents the percolation of water into the ground. All structures, buildings, parking areas, driveways, roads, sidewalks and any areas of concrete, asphalt stone or gravel shall be considered impervious surface. In addition, all other areas as determined by the Township Engineer to be impervious within the meaning of this definition shall also be considered impervious surface.
IMPROVEMENTAny structure or paving placed upon land, including the provision of underground or aboveground utilities, as well as any physical change to the surface of the land, including, but not necessarily limited to, grading, paving, the placement of stormwater management facilities, sidewalks, street signs, traffic control devices, and monuments. This definition shall expressly exclude the tilling of soil.
INDIVIDUAL ON-LOT SEWAGE SYSTEMA system of piping, tanks, or other facilities located on and serving a single lot by collecting and disposing of sewage, in whole or in part, into the soil or into any waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or by means of conveyance to another site for final disposition.
LAND DEVELOPMENTA. Any of the following activities:
(1) The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts, or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
(a) 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.
The following activities are excluded from this term:
(1) The conversion of an existing single-family detached dwelling into not more than three residential units, unless such units are intended to be a condominium;
The addition of an accessory building/use, including farm buildings, on a lot or lots subordinate to an existing principal residence or farm; and
The addition or conversion of buildings or rides within the confines of an enterprise which would be considered an amusement park. For the purpose of this Subsection B(3), an amusement park is defined as a tract of land, 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 proper authorities.
LAND DISTURBANCEAny activity involving grading, tilling, digging, or filling of ground; stripping of vegetation; or any other activity which causes land to be exposed to the danger of erosion.
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 professional landscape architect licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
LATERALConduits connecting individual buildings to utility services that are generally located within the street. Ownership and maintenance of the lateral within the public right-of-way or utility easement shall be the responsibility of the agency or utility servicing the property.
LIDARLight detection and ranging.
LOCATION MAPA map showing the site with relation to adjoining areas.
LOTA 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. A "lot" shall include one or more contiguous pieces, parcels, or plots of land of record, all under the same ownership.
A. LOT, CORNERA property having street frontage along two or more contiguous sides or along a single curved street with an interior angle of less than 135° as measured along the interior edge of the street right-of-way, or in the event of no right-of-way, along the interior edge of the cartway. Corner lots shall have no required rear yards but shall have two required front yards as measured from the road right-of-way line and two required side yards as measured from the lot lines.
LOT, FLAGA lot that relies upon a thin strip of land for street access whose frontage does not satisfy the minimum width requirements for the respective zone, but that said lot has the required lot width away from the street frontage.
LOT, INTERIORA lot with only one street frontage, the sides of which do not abut a street.
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE/THROUGH/REVERSE FRONTAGEAn interior lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets with vehicular access solely from the street of lesser functional classification. These lots shall have one front yard and one rear yard; the area of frontage providing primary access to the lot shall be designated as the front yard.
LOT DEPTHA mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured in the general direction of its side lot lines.
LOT LINEA recorded boundary line of a lot; however, any line that abuts a street or other public, quasipublic, or private right-of-way shall be interpreted as the lot line for the purposes of determining the location of the required setbacks.
B. LOT LINE, REARLot lines that are formed at the outermost edge of any rear yard as defined herein.
LOT LINE, SIDELot lines that are formed at the outermost edge of any side yard as defined herein.
LOT WIDTHThe mean horizontal distance measured between side property lines measured at right angles to its depth. Required lot width shall be measured at the most forward allowable building line or setback line; however, in the case where one side lot line is not parallel to the other side lot line, or for pre-shaped lots, the required lot width shall be measured at a point equal to 50% of the lot depth.
MINIMUM USE DRIVEWAYA residential or other driveway which is used or expected to be used by not more than 25 vehicles per day.
MINOR LAND DEVELOPMENT PLANA land development plan proposing: 1) the construction of one nonresidential building not exceeding 10,000 square feet of building area; 2) the construction of an addition to a nonresidential building not exceeding 5,000 square feet of additional building area; 3) the construction of a new nonresidential building on existing impervious area; or 4) the construction of a nonresidential building addition on existing impervious area.
MINOR SUBDIVISION PLANA subdivision plan of five lots or less, including the residual tract, either initially or cumulatively from the date of the adoption of Ordinance 3-1975 (December 15, 1975), and does not require provisions for a new street.
MOBILE HOMEA 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.
MOBILE HOME LOTA 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.
MOBILE HOME PARKA 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.
MODIFICATIONThe granting of an exception to these regulations which in the opinion of the Township Supervisors will not be detrimental to the general welfare or impair the intent of those regulations.
MODULAR HOMEA sectional, single-family dwelling, intended for permanent occupancy, contained in two or more units designed to be permanently joined into one integral unit, which arrives at a site complete and ready for occupancy except for assembly operations and construction of the necessary permanent foundation. For the purposes of this Part, modular homes shall be treated the same as conventional stick-built single-family dwellings.
MS4The municipal separate storm sewer system. Those urbanized areas of the Township as identified by the United States Census and as recognized by PADEP.
MUNICIPALITYThe Township of Jackson, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
MUTCDManual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways.
NONRESIDENTIALAny use other than single-family or multifamily dwellings. An institutional use in which persons may reside on a temporary basis, such as a dormitory, prison, nursing home, or hospital, shall be considered a nonresidential use.
NWINational Wetland Inventory.
ON-LOT SEWAGE DISPOSALThe disposal of sewage by use of septic tanks, or other safe and healthful means within the confines of the lot on which the use is located as approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
ON-LOT WATER SERVICEThe provision of water to a single user from a private well located on the user's lot.
ON-SITE STORMWATER MANAGEMENTThe control of runoff to allow water falling on a given site to be absorbed, detained, or retained onsite to the extent that after development the peak rate of discharge leaving the site is not significantly greater than if the site had remained undeveloped.
OWNERThe owner of record of a parcel of land.
PACommonwealth of Pennsylvania.
PARKING AREAAn area on a lot utilized for the parking of vehicles for a single unit of occupancy, a farm or two vehicles within a land development.
PARKING COMPOUNDAn area on a lot containing any use other than an agricultural use or one single-family detached dwelling for the parking of three or more vehicles.
PARKING GARAGEA parking lot in which vehicles are parked in covered spaces, except those spaces located on a rooftop.
PARKING LOTAn off-street surfaced area designed solely for the parking of motor vehicles, including driveways, passageways, and maneuvering space appurtenant thereto.
PARKING SPACEAn open or enclosed area accessible from a street or alley for parking of a single motor vehicle for owners, occupants, employees, customers, or tenants of the principal building or use.
PEAK HOUR VOLUMEThe numbers of vehicles passing a single point during one hour during a defined peak period of a day, usually the morning or evening commuter peak or the Saturday shopping peak.
PLANThe map or plan of a subdivision or land development, as follows:
A. FINAL PLANA complete and exact subdivision and/or land development plan, including all supplementary data specified in Part
4 of this chapter.
LOT ADD-ON PLANA complete and exact subdivision plan including all supplementary data specified in Part
4 of this chapter.
MINOR SUBDIVISIONA complete and exact subdivision plan including all supplementary data specified in Part
4 of this chapter.
PRELIMINARY PLANA subdivision and/or land development plan including all required supplementary data specified in Part
4 of this chapter.
RECORD PLANA final plan which contains the original endorsement of the local municipality which is intended to be recorded with the Lebanon County Recorder of Deeds.
REVISED FINAL PLANAny subdivision or proposed land development plan that changes or proposes to change property lines and/or public rights-of-way not in strict accordance with the approved plan.
SEPARATION SUBDIVISIONA complete and exact subdivision plan including all supplementary data specified in Part
4 of this chapter.
SKETCH PLANAn informal plan, not necessarily to exact scale, indicating salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings, with the general layout of a proposal prepared in accordance with Part
4 of this chapter.
PLANNING MODULEA revision to the Township's Official 537 Plan submitted in connection with the request for approval of a subdivision or land development in accordance with DEP regulations.
PLATThe map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether preliminary or final.
PNDIThe Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Inventory.
PREMISESThe property upon which the activity is conducted as determined by physical facts rather than property lines. It is the land occupied by the buildings or other physical uses that are necessary or customarily incidental to the activity, including such open spaces as are arranged and designed to be used in connection with such buildings or uses.
PROJECT SITEAn area of land subject to land disturbance or development and within the jurisdiction of this chapter.
PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEMA municipal sanitary sewer or a comparable common or package sanitary facility approved and permitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Such systems can serve multiple users.
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMA municipal water supply system, or a comparable common water facility approved and permitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Such systems can serve multiple users.
QUADRANTA circular or square plot of a given area used to determine the dominant plant species within a site.
REPLACEMENT LOCATIONA location designated as the future location of an individual on-lot sewage system that shall be installed should the initial individual on-lot system installed or to be installed fail or otherwise become inoperable and which shall meet all the regulations of DEP and all applicable Township ordinances for an individual on-lot sewage system.
RIGHT-OF-WAYAn area secured for public use, and which may, but need not, be improved with streets, utilities, stormwater management facilities, traffic control facilities, curbs, sidewalks, bicycle lanes or paths, streetlights, and similar improvements for public benefit or enjoyment.
RIGHT-OF-WAY, LEGALThe existing width or area of land currently owned by the Township, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or some other public agency or authority.
RIGHT-OF-WAY, REQUIREDThe width or area of land necessary to accommodate present or future public improvements.
SCREENINGA landscaped buffer consisting of a mixture of coniferous trees or shrubs, shade trees, ornamental trees, hedges, earth mounding, walls, or a combination thereof established at a minimum height of six feet. Such buffer shall separate and protect uses from noise, odor, and dust, as well as moderating the effects of winter winds and summer heat and/or provide a solid visual, noise and pollutant barrier between potentially incompatible uses.
SETBACKThe required horizontal distance between a setback line and a property or street line.
A. SETBACK, FRONTThe distance between the street line and the front building setback line projected the full width of the lot. Commonly called "required front yard."
SETBACK, REARThe distance between the rear lot line and the rear setback line projected the full width of the lot. Commonly called "required rear yard."
SETBACK, SIDEThe distance between the side lot line and the side setback line projected from the front yard to the rear yard. Commonly called "required side yard."
SETBACK LINEA line within a property and parallel to a property or street line which delineates the required minimum distance generally between buildings/structures and that property or street line. Setbacks can also be applied specifically to off-street parking, off-street loading, outdoor storage, access drives and driveways, outdoor lighting, towers, antennas and other improvements, activities and uses as listed throughout this chapter.
SIGHT DISTANCEThe length of road visible to the driver of a passenger vehicle at any given point in the road when viewing is unobstructed by traffic, or any other natural or manmade object or feature.
SOIL SURVEYThe latest published version of the United States Department of Agriculture's soil survey for Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA (SFHA)An area in the floodplain subject to a 1% or greater chance of flooding in any given year, and depicted on the FIRM as Zone A, AO, A1-A30, AE, A99, or AH.
STORM SEWERA system of pipes, conduits, swales, or other similar structures including appurtenances which carries intercepted runoff, and other drainage, but excludes domestic sewage and industrial wastes. All storm sewers shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the Jackson Township Stormwater Management Ordinance.
STORMWATERDrainage runoff from the surface of the land resulting from precipitation, snow melt, or ice melt.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENTA program of controls and measures designed to regulate the quantity and quality of stormwater runoff from a development while promoting the protection and conservation of groundwater and groundwater recharge. All stormwater management facilities shall be designed in accordance with the Jackson Township Stormwater Management Ordinance.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIESAny structure, natural or man-made, that, due to its condition, design, or construction, conveys, stores, or otherwise affects stormwater runoff. Typical stormwater management facilities include, but are not limited to, detention and retention basins, open channels, road gutters, swales, storm sewers, pipes, and infiltration structures.
STREETA strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, intended primarily as a means of vehicular and pedestrian travel. Street includes avenue, boulevard, road, roadway, highway, freeway, parkway, lane, alley, viaduct, and any other ways used or intended to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians, whether public or private. Unless the existing streets within the Township are officially classified, the following general classifications will prevail:
A. ALLEYA minor right-of-way, privately owned, primarily for service access to the rear or sides of properties.
ARTERIAL STREET; HIGHWAYA street or road that is used primarily for fast or heavy traffic including all roads classified as main and secondary highways by the Department of Transportation.
COLLECTOR STREETA street which carries traffic from minor streets to the major system or arterial streets, including the principal entrance or circulation streets of a residential development and all streets within industrial and/or commercial subdivisions or developments.
CUL-DE-SACA street intersecting another street at one end and terminating at the other in a vehicular turnaround. A looped street which intersects itself is not considered a cul-de-sac.
LOCAL STREETA low-capacity street which provides direct access to abutting lands and connects to a higher order street. Local roads serve travel over relatively short distances and discourage through traffic.
PRIVATE STREETA street which is constructed in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter which is not owned by a public entity. Jackson Township shall not be responsible for any type of maintenance or snow removal on any private street.
SERVICE STREETA type of local street, which may or may not be private, that runs parallel to a higher-capacity street, and which provides access to all abutting land uses. The service street feeds the higher capacity street at appropriate points of access.
STREET CENTERLINEA line laterally bisecting a street right-of-way into equal widths. Where the street right-of-way cannot be determined, the cartway centerline shall be deemed the street centerline.
STREET LINE or RIGHT-OF-WAY LINEThe line defining the limit of a street right-of-way and separating the street from abutting property or lots. The street line shall be the same as the legal right-of-way line currently in existence.
STRUCTUREAny man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
SUBDIVIDERA landowner that subdivides his/her land; a developer.
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.
SURVEYORA professional land surveyor licensed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
TOWNSHIPJackson Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, as represented by the Board of Supervisors, or its duly authorized agents.
TOWNSHIP ENGINEERA professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the engineer for Jackson Township.
TRACT, SUBJECTAny portion or portions of the area, lot, parcel, project, property, site, or any piece of land that is the subject of an application under the jurisdiction of this chapter.
TRANSECTA line along which quadrants are placed at intervals.
UNDEVELOPED LANDLand in parcels which is of sufficient size that could allow for the future subdivision and/or development in accordance with the terms of the Zoning Ordinance and this chapter.
UNIT OF OCCUPANCYA unit, the use of which is not subordinate or customarily incidental to a principal unit. A unit of occupancy can be either residential or nonresidential and can be an independent unit within a structure or a separate detached structure. Types of units are as follows:
B. SEMI-DETACHED UNITA unit within a structure in which two units are side by side, each having open space on three sides (e.g., a twin or semi-detached dwelling).
HORIZONTALLY ATTACHED UNITA unit within a structure in which three or more units are attached by vertical walls and do not have horizontal divisions between units (e.g., town houses, row houses, shopping center with multiple store fronts).
VERTICALLY ATTACHED UNITA unit within a structure in which two or more units are attached by horizontal divisions (e.g., multistory apartment building or multistory office building).
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITYA system of piping and appurtenances, whether municipally or privately owned, designed for the collection and transmission of liquid- and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions to a central wastewater treatment plant for treatment and discharge (not including septic tanks or subsurface disposal systems).
WATER SUPPLY, COMMUNITYThe provision of water to multiple users from a single, common, privately owned water facility that shall be approved and permitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
WATER SUPPLY, ON-LOTThe provision of water to a single user from a private well located on the user's lot.
WATER SUPPLY, PUBLICThe provision of water to multiple users from a single, common water facility owned by a municipality or a municipal authority that shall be approved and permitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
WATERCOURSEA permanent or intermittent stream, river, brook, run, creek, channel, swale, pond, lake, or other body of surface water carrying or holding surface water, whether natural or artificial.
WETLANDSThose areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water 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, and which shall be identified using that method of the following that delineates the greatest area of wetlands:
A. The United States Army Corps of Engineers Technical Report Y87-1, Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual;
The United States Environmental Protection Agency Wetlands Identification Delineation Manual, Volume I, Rational, Wetland Parameters, and Overview of Jurisdictional Approach, Volume II, Field Methodology, as most recently updated or modified; or
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Resources Wetlands Identification and Delineation, Chapter 105, Dam Safety and Waterways Management Rules and Regulations, as most recently updated or modified.
WOODED AREAAny area or stands of trees, the majority of which are greater than six inches in caliper at grade and covering an area greater than one-quarter acre, or any stand or grove of mature trees without regard to minimum area.
ZONING ORDINANCEThe Jackson Township Zoning Ordinance, as enacted by the Board of Supervisors and as may be amended from time to time.
