These definitions shall apply to this part.
A landowner who filed an application for a grading permit,
as defined by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247
of 1968, as amended by Act 170 of 1988 as further amended by Act 209
of 1990 and Act 131 of 1992, and all amendments thereto,[1] who has filed an application for development with the
Township.
A registered architect licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A drawing showing the final as-built location, elevation
and/or depth, size and materials of all completed public and private
improvements including the location of all easements.
Natural rock layer, hard or soft, in place at ground surface
or beneath unconsolidated superficial deposits.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Brighton.
The Township Building Code.[2]
That portion of the street right-of-way surfaced for vehicular
use.
The Public and Private Improvements Code of the Township.
The construction standards for streets, stormwater management
facilities, sanitary sewer systems, pedestrian circulation, driveways,
parking areas, fire hydrants, guide rails, cable TV and other facilities
as set forth in this Code.
A private area used exclusively for circulation and ingress
and egress to a street by the owner or owners or visitors of the lot.
All driveways shall meet the requirements of this Code.
A residential building containing one dwelling unit occupied
by one family and which is the only principal building on the lot.
A registered professional engineer licensed as such in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and knowledgeable in civil engineering;
the Township Engineer who is charged with the design, development
and inspection of the work, and determining the quantities of materials
and labor to be paid for. During the execution of the work the Engineer
shall also be interpreted to mean the assistant, inspector, or other
representative acting within the authority given. The Engineer is
to be considered an agent of the Township.
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice or gravity, including such processes as gravitational
creep.
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar
material is cut into, disturbed, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced,
relocated or bulldozed and shall include the conditions resulting
therefrom.
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material
is deposited, placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved
to a new location including the condition resulting therefrom.
A corporate bond letter of credit, or escrow account from a surety or a financial institution acceptable to the Township, naming the Township as obligee in forms specified in Article XVIII of this Code.
A temporary inundation of normally dry land areas.
A registered professional geologist licensed as such by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A report prepared by a registered professional geological
engineer.
The elevation of the existing or proposed ground surface
at the location of any proposed excavation or fill.
An excavation or fill or a combination thereof.
The Township Manager or his designated representative.
Any permit required pursuant to the provisions of this part.
Any danger or potential danger to life, limb or health, or
any adverse effect or potential adverse effect to the safety, use
or stability of property, waterways, public ways, structures, utilities
and storm sewers, including stream pollution.
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or parcel
of land, including the holder of an option or contract to purchase
(whether or not such option or contract is subject to any conditions),
a lessee (if he authorized under the lease to exercise the rights
of the landowner) or other persons having a proprietary interest in
the lot.
A landscape architect licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Excavating, loading, hauling and placement of excavated material
on another site for disposal.
Storage of excavated material and stockpiling on waste areas
and dump sites including topsoil, aggregates and other miscellaneous
materials.
A flood that, on the average, is likely to occur once every
100 years (i.e., that has a one-percent chance of occurring each year,
although the flood may occur in any year).
A public or private garage or a paved, open off-street area
other than a driveway or street with adequate means of access, which
meets the requirements of this Code and which is used exclusively
for the parking of vehicles of occupants or visitors of the lot; however,
a driveway serving a single-family dwelling or which is for the exclusive
use of an individual dwelling unit in a residential building may be
used as a parking area.
Any landowner, agent of said landowner, or tenant with the
permission of said landowner who has been granted a grading permit
pursuant to the provisions of this part.
A natural person, but also includes a partnership, corporation,
trust, association or any type of legal entity.
A street, sidewalk, walkway, gutter, curb, sewer line, water
line, driveway, parking area, street light, street sign or related
facility, to be operated and maintained by a private entity, but which
must comply with this Code.
A street, sidewalk, walkway, gutter, curb, sewer, water line,
street light, street sign or related facility to be dedicated to or
maintained by the Township, and which must comply with this Code.
Any company subject to the jurisdiction of and control by
the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission or franchised cable television
company.
A structure composed of concrete, steel, wood, or other approved
building material within the allowable stresses as specified under
the Building Code[3] constructed for the purpose of supporting a cut or filled
embankment, or to retain or support the lateral pressure of earth
or other superimposed loads.
A bond, letter of credit or cash provided by the permit holder
to secure performance under this Code.
A walk for pedestrians constructed to the standards set forth
in this Code.
A lot, tract or parcel of land, or a series of lots, tracts
or parcels of land which are adjoining and with respect to which GRADING
work is to be continuous and performed at the same time.
The upward or downward slant or inclination or degree of
slant, expressed either as a horizontal-to-vertical ratio or as a
percentage of vertical inclination from the horizontal.
A report, prepared by a registered professional engineer,
that includes a description of a site and topography, drainage, cover,
soils, soil limitations, erosion and sediment potential, surface runoff
changes and recommendations to minimize soil limitations, erosion
and sediment, and surface water disposal problems.
A registered professional engineer licensed as such in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and having training and experience in
the branch of soils engineering.
The survey for Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and the accompanying
text, soil survey of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, as prepared by the
USDA Soil Conservation Service, et al.
Any and all parts or combination of ashes, garbage, refuse,
radioactive material, combustible demolition materials and industrial
wastes such as food processing wastes, wood, plastic, scrap metal,
etc.
Those portions of the contract documents consisting of written
technical descriptions of materials, equipment, construction systems,
standards and workmanship as applied to the work.
Where in a one-hundred-foot horizontal distance, the slope
exceeds 40%.
An avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway, lane,
viaduct and any other ways used by vehicular traffic but not including
driveways, parking areas or walkways. Street includes the entire right-of-way.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township.
Brighton Township, a second class Township located in Beaver
County, Pennsylvania.
The Code of the Township adopted by the Board of Supervisors
and as amended from time to time.
The appointed engineer of the Township of Brighton.
The Manager of the Township of Brighton.
An excavation made for installation or replacement of utilities
where the depth exceeds the width of the trench.
A public service including but not limited to electric service,
gas service, telephone and cable TV service.
A walk for pedestrians constructed to the standards set forth
in the Public Improvements Code.
