For the purposes of this chapter, certain terms
and words used herein shall be interpreted as follows:
A.Â
Words used in the present tense include the future
tense; the singular number includes the plural, and the plural number
includes the singular; words of masculine gender include feminine
gender, and words of feminine gender include masculine gender.
B.Â
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 the kind and character.
C.Â
The word "person" includes an individual, firm, association,
organization, partnership, trust, company, corporation, or any other
similar entity.
D.Â
The words "shall" and "must" are mandatory words and
"may" and "should" are permissive.
E.Â
The words "used" or "occupied" include the words "intended,
designed, maintained, or arranged to be used or occupied."
Unless a contrary intention clearly appears,
the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given in this
section. All words and terms not defined herein shall be used with
a meaning of standard usage.
The Board of Supervisors, Chestnuthill Township, County of
Monroe, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Chestnuthill Township, the County of Monroe, Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A legal right granted or sold by a property owner to the
Township, some other public entity, or a private conservation organization
which permanently restricts the type and amount of development that
may take place on the property, and specifies the type, if any, of
public access to the property.
The County of Monroe, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The agent or official designated by the Township to administer
and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
The identification of general operating conditions and operational characteristics of roads categorized according to a hierarchy, as designated by the Official Map or Chapter 98, Subdivision and Land Development.
Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
Any land, right-of-way, easement or other interest in land
owned, operated, or controlled by a government agency, including but
not limited to buildings, streets and street rights-of-way, parks,
playgrounds, and open space reservations, conservation easements,
sidewalks and pedestrianways and easements, railroad and transit rights-of-way
and easements, airports, flood control facilities, stormwater management
facilities, and drainage easements. As used in this definition "public"
does not necessarily mean the public ground is open for the use and
access by the general public. For example a street right-of-way limits
use by the property owner over whose land the right-of-way runs, and
a conservation easement may only prohibit development but not allow
access by the general public.
Notice published once each week for two consecutive weeks
in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township. 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 total width of any land reserved or dedicated for the
purposes of a street, crosswalk, or for other public purposes.
A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, to provide
access to more than one lot. The word street includes street, avenue,
boulevard, thoroughfare, road, highway, freeway, parkway, lane, alley,
viaduct, and other ways used or intended to be used by vehicular traffic
or pedestrians, whether public or private.
A street which is not dedicated for public use and maintenance.
A street which is dedicated for public use and maintenance.
The Chestnuthill Township Zoning Hearing Board.
