Article VIII attempts to clarify by definition terminology used within and in relationship to this Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.
A.
Words in the singular include the plural and those in the plural
include the singular.
B.
Words used in the present tense include the future tense.
C.
The words "person," "applicant," "owner" and "developer" include
a corporation, incorporated association and a partnership, or other
legal entity, as well as an individual.
D.
The word "building" includes structures and shall be construed as
if followed by the phrase "or part thereof."
E.
The word "watercourse" includes swale, channel, creek, ditch, dry
run, spring, stream and river.
F.
The words "should" and "may" are permissive; the words "shall," "must"
and "will" are mandatory and directive.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall,
for the purpose of these regulations, have the meanings indicated:
A minor right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access
to the side or rear of two or more properties which is not the primary
means of access to the properties.
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.
A right-of-way which provides the primary vehicular access
to a lot, not dedicated or deeded to the Township but approved by
the Township Supervisors and shown on a recorded subdivision plan.
An area bounded by three or more streets.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Exeter, Berks
County, Pennsylvania.
A structure enclosed within exterior walls or fire walls,
built, erected and framed of component structural parts, designed
for housing, shelter, enclosure and support of individuals, animals
or property of any kind.
The line within a property establishing the minimum required
distance between any building or structure or portions thereof to
be erected or altered and a street right-of-way (except the rights-of-way
of a service street). The distance shall be measured at right angles
or radial from the street right-of-way line which abuts the property,
and the building setback line shall be parallel to said right-of-way
line. A building setback line may be established farther from a street
right-of-way line than the minimum building setback established for
a zoning district.
The portion of a street right-of-way, paved or unpaved, intended
for vehicular use.
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections defined
by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection
of street center lines.
The Planning Commission of the Township of Exeter.
The County of Berks, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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.
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.
A building or structure or portion thereof providing one
or more rooms arranged for the use of one or more individuals living
together as a single housekeeping unit, and having no cooking or sanitary
facilities in common with any other dwelling unit. A dwelling unit
may have multiple bathrooms, but no more than one kitchen.
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 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 County Planning Commission's appropriate
stamp and the signature of the Executive Director to the final plan;
the application of the signatures of at least a majority of the Township
Supervisors and the Township Seal to the plan.
A licensed professional engineer registered by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
The Exeter Township Board of Supervisors, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
The inclination from the horizontal of a road, unimproved
land, etc., which is generally expressed by stating the vertical rise
or fall as a percentage of the horizontal distance.
The lot dimension measured along the right-of-way line of
any one street or highway abutting a lot.
Those physical additions and changes to the land that may
be necessary to produce usable and desirable lots.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved land, including
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.
The division or allocation of land and/or space, whether initially
or cumulatively, between or along two or more existing or prospective
occupants by means of, or for the purposes of streets, common areas,
leaseholds, condominium, building groups or other features.
A subdivision of land.
Land developments are subject to all regulations and requirements
set forth in this chapter as well as Act 247, as amended.[1]
The 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 shall be deemed
to be a landowner for the purpose of this chapter.
A tract or parcel of land, regardless of size, intended for
transfer or ownership, use, lease, or improvements or for development,
regardless of how it is conveyed. "Lot" shall also mean "parcel,"
"plot," "site" or any similar term.
The area contained within the property lines of a lot (as
shown on the plan), excluding space within all street rights-of-way.
A guarantee by the applicant that he shall maintain all improvements
in good condition for a period of one year after completion of construction
and installation of all such improvements in the form of a corporate
bond, or other financial security acceptable to the Township in an
amount sufficient to cover the costs of improvements which may be
required, which financial security may include, among others, a lending
institution letter of credit or a restrictive or escrow account in
a lending institution. Such bond or other security shall provide for
and secure to the public the completion of any improvements which
may be required.
A metal pipe or pin of at least three-quarter inch in diameter
and at least 24 inches in length.
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, office or place of assembly contained in one unit, or in
two 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.
A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned
and improved for the placement of two or more mobile homes/manufactured
homes for nontransient use.
A stone or concrete monument with a flat top of at least
four inches in diameter or square, at least 24 inches in length, and
containing a metal marker and a one-quarter-inch drill hole. It is
recommended that the bottom sides or radius be at least two inches
greater than on top to minimize movements caused by frost.
A building providing separate dwelling units for three or
more families.
The Township of Exeter, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
A corporate bond, or other financial security, acceptable
to the Township in an amount sufficient to cover the costs of improvements
which may be required, which financial security may include, among
others, a lending institution letter of credit or a restrictive or
escrow amount in a lending institution. Such bond or other security
shall provide for and secure to the public the completion of any improvements
which may be required.
A complete and exact subdivision or land development plan
(including all required supplementary data), prepared for official
recording to define property rights and proposed streets and other
improvements.
The Exeter Township Planning Commission.
The Comprehensive Development Plan and/or Master Plan and/or
Future Land Use Plan and/or Ultimate Right-of- Way Plan and/or Official
Map and/or Topographical Survey and/or other such plans, or portions
thereof, as may have been adopted pursuant to statute.
A tentative subdivision or land development plan (including
all required supplementary data), in lesser detail than a final plan,
showing, among other things, topographical data and approximate proposed
street and lot layout as a basis for consideration prior to preparation
of a final plan.
The copy of the final plan which contains the original endorsements
of the County Planning Commission and the Township Supervisors and
which is intended to be recorded with the County Recorder of Deeds.
An informal plan indicating salient existing features of
a tract and the general layout of a proposed subdivision or land development.
A map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether
preliminary or final.
Notice published once a week for two successive 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 be not more than 30 days or less than seven days from the date
of the hearing.
Unoccupied areas of space, including land and/or a body or
bodies of water, set aside for public open space preservation or recreation;
provided, however, the same shall not refer to those unoccupied areas
of space utilized for temporary storage of stormwaters.
A parcel of ground in separate ownership separating a street
from other adjacent properties, or from another street, either proposed
or existing.
Any replatting of land, including changes to recorded subdivision
or land development plans. See also "subdivision."
A lot extending between and having frontage on two generally
parallel streets, excluding service streets, with vehicular access
solely from one street.
The total width of any land reserved or dedicated as a street,
road, lane, alley, crosswalk or for other public or semi-public purposes.
Any structure designed to treat sanitary sewage within the
boundaries of an individual lot.
A sanitary sewage collection system in which sewage is carried
from individual lots by a system of pipes to a temporary central treatment
and disposal plant, generally serving a neighborhood area.
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, generally not confined to one neighborhood.
A watertight receptacle which receives sewage or industrial
waste and is designed and constructed to provide for sludge storage
and decomposition and to separate solids from the liquid, through
a period of detention, before allowing the liquid to be discharged.
The required length of roadway visible to the driver of a
passenger vehicle at any given point on the roadway when the view
is unobstructed by traffic. Sight distance measurement 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.
A subdivision or land development, whether existing or proposed,
that ultimately has only one street intersection with a public through
street regardless of the internal street system or vehicular circulation
patterns.
A street intersecting a public through street and said intersection
provides the sole access to abutting properties within any subdivision
or land development, whether existing or proposed.
A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way (i.e.,
not limited to the cartway) intended to be used by vehicular traffic
or pedestrians. The word "street" includes street, avenue, boulevard,
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. Streets are further classified according to the
function they perform. The Exeter Township roadway system and the
classification of the streets therein is contained in Appendix VII.[2]
A street that provides independent connectivity to the Township
street network in both directions.
Serves major centers of activity and carries a high proportion
of area travel even though it constitutes a relatively small percentage
of the total roadway network.
Integrated both internally and between major rural connections.
Carries most trips entering and leaving the area and serves
intra-area travel.
Provides continuity for rural arterials.
Spacing related to trip-end density characteristics.
INTERSTATE AND OTHER LIMITED-ACCESS FREEWAYProvides limited-access facilities.
LOCAL ROADComprises all facilities not in one of the higher systems; permits direct access to abutting lands and connects to higher systems; discourages through-traffic movement.
CUL-DE-SAC STREETA local road intersecting another street at one end and terminating in a vehicular turnaround at the other end.
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.
MARGINAL-ACCESS STREETA local road parallel and adjacent to an arterial street but separated from it by a reserve strip, which provides access to abutting properties and control of intersections with the arterial street.
SERVICE STREET (ALLEY)A minor right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access to the side or rear of two or more properties which is not the primary means of access to the properties.
SINGLE-ACCESS STREETA street intersecting only one through street and said intersection provides the sole access to abutting properties within any subdivision or land development, whether existing or proposed.
Any material or a combination of materials which is constructed
or erected, the use of which requires location on the ground, or attached
to something located on the ground, including but not limited to buildings,
factories, sheds, dwelling houses, garages, piers and walls.
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 or 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. The term "subdivision" shall refer, as
appropriate in this chapter, to the process of subdividing land or
to the land proposed to be subdivided. The enumerating of lots shall
include the residue portion of the tract as a lot. The term "subdivision"
includes resubdivision as well as all other applicable provisions
found in Act 247, as amended.[3]
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Exeter.
A licensed surveyor registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A system of open jointed or perforated pipes laid in the
upper strata of the soil to distribute sewage effluent into the soil
for absorption and vaporization.
The Township of Exeter, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
The person designated by the Township Supervisors to perform
the duties of the Secretary as set forth in the Second Class Township
Code, or his duly authorized representative.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Exeter.
A system for supplying and distributing water from a common
source to 10 or more dwellings and/or other buildings within a single
neighborhood, and which additionally shall comply with all other local
and state ordinances and regulations incidental to the use thereof.
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 10 or more dwellings and/or other buildings but not confined
to one neighborhood, and which additionally shall comply with all
other local and state ordinances and regulations incidental to the
use thereof.
[1]
Editor's Note: See the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning
Code, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: Appendix VII is included at the end of this chapter.
[3]
Editor's Note: See the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning
Code, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
