For the purpose of these regulations, words used in the present tense
include the future tense; the terms "shall" and "will" are always mandatory;
and the word "may" is permissive. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following
words shall, for the purpose of these subdivision regulations, have the meaning
herein indicated.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A minor right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access to the
side or rear of two or more properties.
A municipal sewer is available if it is 1,000 feet or less from the
nearest point of a subdivision.
The layer of a street immediately under the wearing surface.
A point of known elevation in or near the subdivision tied in with
established bench marks in the vicinity that are maintained by the United
States Coast and Geodetic Survey.
The Borough of Brookville.
The line within the property defining the required minimum distance
between any enclosed structure and the adjacent street right-of-way.
That portion of the street right-of-way surfaced for vehicular use.
Width is determined from face of curb to face of curb.
The degree of error allowed in surveying the subdivision.
The Planning Commission of the Borough of Brookville.
The legislative body of the Borough of Brookville.
An agreement or restriction placed on a parcel of land by a previous
owner.
An easement providing a pedestrian way through a block or across
a street of excessive length.
A residential street with one end open to traffic and pedestrian
access, permanently terminated by a vehicular turnaround.
Grant by a property owner of the use, for a specific purpose or purposes,
of a strip of land by the general public, a corporation or a certain person
or persons.
The Engineer of the Borough of Brookville.
Where two or more residential buildings are constructed on a plot
of ground not subdivided into customary lots and streets.
Those physical changes to the land necessary to produce usable and
desirable lots from raw acreage including, but not limited to, grading, paving,
curbs, gutters, storm sewers and drains, improvements to existing watercourses,
sidewalks, crosswalks, street signs, monuments, water supply facilities, and
sewage disposal facilities.
A tract or parcel of land intended for the transfer of ownership,
use or improvement, whether immediate or future.
The average horizontal distance between the front and rear lines
of a lot.
A lot with opposite ends abutting on public streets.
A lot with double frontage facing a minor, rather than a collector
or arterial street.
The width of a lot at the front building line.
A point of known coordinates, established by an engineer or surveyor,
and used to locate property lines, building lines, etc. The monument must
be tied in with monuments maintained by the United States Coast and Geodetic
Survey.
A person in favor of whom some obligation is contracted.
The map kept up to date by the Borough showing existing and recorded
streets, right-of-way and cartway widths, and projected primary roads.
A large-scale development to be constructed by a single owner or
group of owners acting jointly, located on a tract approved as an improvement
subdivision, involving a related group of uses, planned as an entity and therefore
susceptible of development and regulation as one complex land-use unit, rather
than as a mere aggregation of individual buildings located on separate unrelated
lots.
The area between the curb and sidewalk suitable for planting trees,
shrubs, etc.
A representation on paper of a parcel of land subdivided into lots
showing all salient features.
A side view of the center line of a street, showing grades, transition
curves, lengths, etc.
Land reserved for use as a street, alley, crosswalk, easement, or
any other public use.
The horizontal distance along a collector street between the center
lines of two minor streets that intersect the collector street.
ARTERIALStreets or highways serving large volumes of comparatively high-speed and long-distance traffic, and including facilities classified as main and secondary highways by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT).
COLLECTORStreets which, in addition to giving access to abutting properties, intercept minor streets and provide routes carrying considerable volumes of local traffic to community facilities and to primary streets.
LOCALStreets used primarily to provide access to abutting properties.
MARGINAL ACCESSLocal streets parallel and adjacent to primary streets, providing access to adjoining properties and control of intersections with arterial streets.
The owner, or authorized agent of the owner, of the subdivision.
The division of a parcel of land into two or more lots or parcels
of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership
or of building development. (Division of land into parcels of 10 acres or
more not involving any new street or other right-of-way shall not be included
in the meaning of "subdivision.")
An individual licensed to practice land surveying in Pennsylvania.
The outside perimeter of a subdivision.
Any departure from the provisions of these subdivision regulations
granted the subdivider by the Commission or a court of competent jurisdiction.
The open space extending across the width of a lot, between the front
building line and the street right-of-way.
The open space extending across the width of the lot between the
rear of the main building and the rear lot line.
The open space between the side of the main building and the adjacent
side lot line from the front to the rear of the main building.
