As used in this chapter and unless otherwise
expressly stated, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings
indicated:
APPLICANT or PERSON
Any natural person, partnership, copartnership, limited partnership,
firm, association, corporation or other legal entity and their agents,
including but not limited to truck drivers. Whenever used in any section
prescribing or imposing a penalty, the term "person," as applied to
associations, shall also include the partners or members thereof and,
as applied to corporations, shall also include the officers thereof.
ENGINEER
The Township of Pine's engineer.
EXCAVATION or OPENING
The process by which the material on and below the surface
of a street or road is removed, regardless of whether it is later
replaced.
PRIVATE DRIVEWAY
A private way, lane or road, not dedicated to public use
and providing access from private buildings or lands to public roads.
PUBLIC ROAD or ROAD
Any road, avenue, street, alley, right-of-way or strip of
land, including the entire right-of-way, not limited to the roadway,
intended for general public use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian
circulation within the Township of Pine.
STREET
Any public street, avenue, road, square, alley, highway,
regardless of the surface composition or other public way or public
grounds of the Township of Pine and shall include any unimproved areas
within the street right-of-way boundaries.
TOWNSHIP
The municipal government or the land within the geographical
boundaries of Pine Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, depending
upon the context.
TUNNELLING or BORING
The process by which earth and other material is removed
from the area below the surface of a street without breaking the surface
of the street and regardless of whether such material is later replaced.
The singular shall include the plural, and the
masculine shall include the feminine.