Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and phrases shall be construed throughout this chapter to have the meanings indicated below:
A. 
The present tense includes all other tenses; the singular includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular; the masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter; the word "used" includes the words "designed or "arranged"; the word "person" includes any individual, estate, trust, fiduciary, partnership, association, corporation or any other organization or entity, including the principal officers thereof or any person or entity acting directly or indirectly by, through or under any of the foregoing; the word "occupied" includes the words "designed or intended to be occupied"; the word "structure" includes "building"; the word "shall" is always mandatory; the word "may" is always permissive; and the words "as amended," as applied to any code, statute, ordinance, regulation, plan or map, includes replacements, supplements or restatements thereof; and, reference to a particular Article, section or subsection which inherently refers to other Articles, sections or subsections includes all Articles, section or subsections referred to.
B. 
The word "city" means the City of Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; the term "City Council" means the City Council of Coatesville; and the term "Planning Commission" means the Planning Commission of the city.
C. 
The terms "such as" and "including" are intended to introduce matters which are illustrative of the meaning of the sentence, clause or phrase in which such terms appear without limiting or derogating from the general application of the sentence, clause or phrase in which such terms appear.
A. 
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words, terms and phrases have the meanings indicated herein:
ABUTTING OWNER
The owner of record of a lot which is contiguous at any point to the lot in question or which is contiguous to that section of street or alley on which the subject lot has frontage, i.e., a lot across from the subject lot.
ACCELERATED EROSION
Removal of the surface of the land through the combined action of man's activities and natural processes at a rate greater than would occur from natural processes alone.
ACCELERATION LANE
An added roadway lane which permits integration and merging of slower-moving vehicles into lanes of the main vehicular flow.
ACCEPTABLE OUTFALL
The point where stormwater can be released to a channel or other body of water without causing erosion to or sedimentation of the receiving channel or other body of water. The outlet shall include structural and vegetative measures to assure nonerosive velocities or rates of flow.
ACCESS
A way or means of approach to provide physical ingress to and egress from a parcel, tract or other lot.
ACCESSORY BUILDING
A building subordinate to the principal permitted building on a lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to those of such principal building.
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
A structure subordinate to the principal permitted building or use on a lot.
ACCESSORY USE
A use conducted on the same lot as, and subordinate to, a principal permitted use to which it is related and which is located either within the same structure(s) or in an accessory building or structure; a use which is clearly incidental to and customarily found in connection with a particular principal permitted use.
ACCESSWAY
A drive, driveway, aisle, private street or alley or other pavement which connects parking areas, buildings and other structures to a street, highway or alley.
ADAPTIVE REUSE
The conversion of an existing building or structure into some other form of permitted use.
ADVERSE EFFECTS
Results contributing to a harmful or degraded condition and/or producing an unfavorable result, such as harmful or degraded conditions to the environment caused by adverse environmental impacts.
AGENT
Any person or entity, other than the landowner or developer, who, acting upon written authority for the landowner or developer, files subdivision and/or land development plans with the city for the purpose of obtaining approval thereof.
AISLE
An accessway within a parking area or parking lot which provides space for the maneuvering of vehicles.
ALLEY
A street typically providing secondary vehicular access to the side or rear of the lot.
ALLEY, PRIVATE
See "street, private."
ALTERATION
Any change in the exterior or structural portions of a building; any change to or in a building which would alter its use classification; or any change which would substantially alter an existing sewage system, traffic condition or other infrastructure element.
ALTERATION OF BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
See "structural alteration."
ALTERNATIVES
Choices between or among two or more plans, layouts, approaches, solutions and/or results.
ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS
Specified characteristics of the land surface (e.g., meadow) prior to a proposed disturbance or prior to a rainfall event (e.g., amount of moisture in the soil); the basis for calculating increases in runoff attributable to the disturbance or storms which must be controlled.
APPLICANT
A landowner or developer, who has filed a complete application for subdivision and/or land development, including heirs, successors, assigns and grantees. The term "applicant" may include a landowner or developer who has filed an application for conditional use, special exception or variance.
APPLICATION FORM
A form available from the City Manager (included in the Appendix of this chapter), which is to be used to provide information to aid in the review of a subdivision and/or land development plan and for general administrative purposes, and which shall be signed by the landowner.
APPLICATION FOR SUBDIVISION AND/OR LAND DEVELOPMENT
The action taken to complete, sign and file the application form as required by this chapter, which shall also include the filing of the number and type of plans, documents and other submissions required by this chapter for the review and/or approval of a preliminary or tentative plan and thereafter a final plan, together with the necessary fees in accordance with the prevailing application fees; and the application, whether preliminary, tentative or final, required to be filed and approved prior to the conveyance or other transfer of lots and/or the commencement of construction and development, including an application for the approval of a subdivision plan and an application for the approval of a land development plan.
ARCHITECT
A person duly registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to practice architecture.
BAY WINDOW
A window within a building which may project beyond the building line.
BEARINGS AND DISTANCES
See "metes and bounds."
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS
Results contributing to an improvement in condition and/or producing a favorable outcome or result.
BERM
An earthen embankment which serves purposes, such as directing the flow of surface water runoff, preventing soil erosion or supporting plant materials to aid in screening.
BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
Characteristics of the natural environment manifest in its flora and fauna. The disposition of these characteristics is typically expressed in vegetation and/or wildlife units, such as tree, woodland or forest stands and related understory and ground cover growth; and aquatic and terrestrial wildlife and/or their habitats.
BLOCK
An area bounded by streets.
BUFFER AREA
An area adjacent to a property boundary which is landscaped and maintained for a width as required in certain districts of Chapter 224, Zoning, and for certain types of land development in a manner as required in Article VIII, § 197-50, Landscaping requirements.
BUILDABLE AREA (BUILDING ENVELOPE)
The area of a lot remaining after the minimum yard and setback requirements of Chapter 224, Zoning, have been met within which a principal permitted building shall be located. Such setback requirements include yard setback and setbacks from floodway and floodplain areas, and such features as areas of very steep slope and easements. Where a "buildable area" is shown on a plan as extending into a Floodplain Conservation Overlay District or any other area which may involve a conditional use or special exception, those portions of the "buildable area" extending into any such areas shall be delineated, depicted and otherwise noted on all plans in an accurate and conspicuous manner to disclose the specific uses which may occur in such areas.
BUILDER
A person, who is not necessarily the owner of the land or agent of the same, who by contract or other agreement is charged with the construction of buildings or other structures or of making any construction improvements on any parcel of land.
BUILDING
Any combination of materials to form a permanent structure having enclosing walls and a roof, whether or not assembled on the premises.
BUILDING AREA
The aggregate of the maximum horizontal cross-section areas of the buildings on a lot, excluding cornices, eaves, gutters or chimneys projecting not more than 18 inches, bay windows not extending through more than one story and not projecting more than five feet, one story open porches projecting not more than 10 feet, steps and balconies.
BUILDING AND STRUCTURE HEIGHT
A vertical distance measured between the mean level of the ground surrounding the structure and the highest point of the roof of the building or top of the structure.
BUILDING COVERAGE
The ratio of the aggregate building area of all buildings on a lot to the gross acreage of that lot.
BUILDING LINE
For the purpose of determining the minimum width of a lot, in the case of a normal lot, the straight line parallel to the edge of the right-of-way at a distance therefrom equal to the depth of the front yard required for the district in which the lot is located and, in the case of an interior lot not fronting on a public street for its full width, a line preferably parallel to the property line nearest and at right angles to the access right-of-way and at a distance from that property line equal to the depth of the front yard required for the district in which the lot is located.
BUILDING PERMIT
A document issued by the city granting permission for the construction, repair, alteration of or addition to a structure.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE; SIDE YARD BUILDING SETBACK LINE
The line normally perpendicular to the front yard street right-of-way line and equal to the minimum depth of the side yard designated for each district in Chapter 224, Zoning.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE; REAR YARD BUILDING SETBACK LINE
The line normally parallel to the front yard street right-of-way line and equal to the minimum depth of the rear yard designated for each district in Chapter 224, Zoning.
BUILD-TO LINE
The line on which dwellings shall be placed in accordance with Chapter 224, Zoning, measured from the right-of-way line.
CALIPER
The diameter of a tree trunk measured at a point four and one-half (4 1/2) feet from the ground surface at the center of the base of the tree for all existing trees greater than 12 inches in diameter; and at a point six inches from the ground surface at the center of the base of the tree for all street trees or shade trees to be planted in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
CAPPED SEWERS
Sanitary sewage facilities which are installed and capped where existing sanitary sewer facilities are not accessible and available but are proposed in the Official Sewage Facilities Plan of the city. Such facilities shall include sanitary sewers, force mains, pumping stations and all other appurtenances necessary to serve the entire subdivision and/or land development.
CARTWAY
That street or alley within which vehicles are permitted, including travel lanes but not including shoulders, curbs, gutters, sidewalks or drainage swales.
CATCH BASIN
An inlet which has a sump below the pipe to collect debris and is designed to intercept and redirect surface waters.
CENTER LINE OF STREET OR ROAD OR ALLEY
A line equidistant from and parallel to the street, right-of-way or property lines on each side of the street or road or alley.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
A statement signed by the Code Enforcement Officer setting forth that a building, structure or use legally complies with Chapter 224, Zoning, and other applicable codes and regulations and that the same may be used for the purposes stated therein.
CHANNEL
An area which conveys the normal continuous or intermittent flow of water.
CHECKLIST
Forms available from the City Manager (included in the Appendix of this chapter) which are to be used to provide information relative to the completeness of the subdivision and/or land development plan submission.
CITY ENGINEER
A professional engineer (P.E.) licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the engineer for the city or a firm of such engineers employed by the city or retained as a consultant thereto.
CLEAR SIGHT DISTANCE
(1) 
For local streets and alleys: the longest line of unobstructed vision along a street cartway from a point three and one-half (3 1/2) feet above the center line of the street to the top of an object six inches high on the same center line (object sight distance).
(2) 
For all other streets and alleys: the longest line of unobstructed vision along a street cartway from a point three and one-half (3 1/2) feet above the center line to an object four and one-quarter (4 1/4) inches above the pavement (vehicle sight distance).
(3) 
AASHTO's A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, latest edition, shall govern all sight distance situations, unless the city requires more stringent control to improve known or potentially hazardous conditions.
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE
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.
COMMON ELEMENTS
Any part of a development used jointly by the occupants of the development, including but not limited to open space, recreation facilities, roadways, parking areas, storage buildings and maintenance facilities.
COMMON OPEN SPACE
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water or a combination of land and water within a development site, designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents of a development, not including streets, off-street parking areas and areas set aside for public facilities.
COMMON PARKING
Any parking area used by three or more dwelling units and having space for six or more motor vehicles.
COMMUNITY FACILITIES
The services which provide for various community health, education, safety, leisure and like needs and the locations at which these services are provided. Typical "community facilities" include schools, parks and recreation areas, libraries, hospitals and other health-care facilities, fire protection, police, ambulance and rescue service and postal services.
COMMUNITY SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
Any system, whether publicly or privately owned, for the collection of sewage of a liquid nature from two or more lots and the treatment and/or disposal of the sewage on one or more of the lots or at any other site for final disposal in whole or in part into the soil.
COMMUNITY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
An individual well or series thereof serving more than one lot or more than one building which, along with its appurtenant facilities, is administered and maintained by such private organizations as a homeowners' association, community association or other like organization or agency and in compliance with the prevailing federal, state and county regulations, as well as those of any entity which may have a permitted franchise within the city.
COMPLETE APPLICATION
Constitutes the requisite number of plans, all supplementary information, data and documents, together with a completed and signed application form provided by the city and the appropriate filing fee as required by this chapter.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The City of Coatesville Comprehensive Plan, as may be amended from time to time, including maps, tables and text, which constitutes a policy guide for decisions regarding land use, circulation, community facilities and utilities within the city.
CONDITIONAL USE
A use which may not be appropriate to a particular zoning district as a whole but which may be suitable in certain locations within the district only when express standards and criteria are met by the applicant, who shall have the burden of proving that the standards and criteria can be satisfied. "Conditional uses" are approved or denied by the City Council after recommendations by the Planning Commission.
CONDOMINIUM
Any dwelling unit, regardless of dwelling type, which has all of the following characteristics:
(1) 
The unit (the interior and associated exterior areas designated for private use in the development plan) is owned by the occupant.
(2) 
All or a portion of the exterior open space and any community interior spaces are owned and maintained in accordance with the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act of 1980, as amended,[1] and in accordance with the provisions of open space, streets or other development features in Chapter 224, Zoning, and this chapter.
CONSTRUCTION
Any disturbance of the land or the erection of structures thereon, including the cutting of trees or clearing of brush; provided, however, that staking or the clearing for survey lines or performing engineering or other scientific tests to obtain data shall not be deemed as construction.
CONTINUOUS VISUAL BUFFER
A visually impenetrable screen created through the effective use of plant materials, fencing, walls and/or earthen berms.
CONTOUR
An invisible line on the surface of the earth along which all points are at the same elevation above sea level. Such lines are represented on maps relative to data furnished by such agencies as the United States Geological Survey (USGS) or other organizations duly certified to produce such information.
CONVERSION(S)
The change of a use of a building or structure or the intensity or density of the use, building or structure.
CROSSWALK
A right-of-way or easement for pedestrian travel across or within a block.
CUL-DE-SAC
A single-access street intersecting a through street at one end and terminating in a permanent vehicular turnaround at the other end.
CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
A representation of man's influence on land and/or water through the use, organization, adornment and maintenance of property and structures.
CULVERT
A structure designed to convey water under a street, alley, sidewalk or other pedestrian walk.
CURB
A stone or concrete boundary marking the edge of the cartway or paved area.
CUT
A portion of land or other area from which earth has been removed or will be removed by excavation or the depth below the original ground surface or excavated surface.
DATE OF FILING
The date on which a complete application for subdivision and/or land development has been submitted to the City Manager and accepted by the city.
DATUM
A reference point from which elevations are measured. The standard "datum" is sea level as established by the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
DBH (denoting "diameter at breast height")
The measurement of a tree at a point four and one-half (4 1/2) feet above the average grade at the base of a tree.
DECELERATION LANE
An added roadway lane that permits vehicles to slow down and leave the main vehicular flow.
DECK
A structure, typically made of wood, which serves as an outdoor patio-like space in the rear or on the side of a building.
DEDICATION
A gift or other donation of property by the owner thereof to the city or other entity.
DEED
A legal document conveying an estate or other right, title or interest in property.
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
Characteristics related to the distribution, density and vital statistics of populations.
DESIGN STANDARDS
Standards appearing in Article VIII.
DETENTION BASIN
A structure designed, built and used to retard surface water runoff for a period of time sufficient to cause the deposition of sediment and to reduce the rate of runoff leaving a site to the predevelopment rate.
DEVELOPER
Any landowner, equitable owner, authorized agent of such landowner or tenant with permission of such landowner who makes or causes to be made a subdivision of land or a land development.
DEVELOPMENT
The construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation or enlargement of any structure; any mining, excavation, landfill or land disturbance; or any use or extension of the use of land.
DISABLED (HANDICAPPED) ACCESS
Access provided in the form of a ramp, curb cut or other gradually sloped surface to accommodate pedestrian travel, in accordance with the prevailing regulations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
DITCH
A small drainage channel.
DIVERSION TERRACE
Channel or ditch and a ridge constructed across a sloping land surface on the contour or with predetermined grades to intercept and divert surface runoff before it gains sufficient volume and velocity to create harmful erosion.
DRAINAGE
A system for conveying stormwater runoff, surface water or groundwater from the land by facilities or structures which serve to control or otherwise manage runoff and minimize sedimentation and soil erosion during and after construction or development.
DRAINAGE EASEMENT
A right-of-way granted to use private land to facilitate the flow of water as deemed necessary by the city within which the owner shall erect no permanent structures but may use the land in any other way not inconsistent with the grantee's rights.
DRAINAGE FACILITY
Any trench, ditch, swale, gutter, pipe, culvert, storm sewer or other similar depression or structure designed, intended or constructed for the purpose of controlling stormwater runoff within a subdivision or conveying stormwater runoff or groundwater within and away from a subdivision, land development area or contiguous areas.
DRAINAGE PLAN
A plan which depicts existing and proposed drainage as required by this chapter.
DRAINAGEWAY
Any watercourse or trench, ditch, swale, gutter, piped flow or other similar depression or structure in which water flows in a definite direction either continuously or intermittently and has a definite channel, bed and banks and includes any area adjacent thereto subject to inundation by reason of overflow.
DRIVEWAY
A gravel or paved surface on a lot which provides access for vehicles to a parking space, garage, dwelling or other structure from a street or alley.
DRIVEWAY (LANE)
A private means of vehicle access from a public or private street or alley to a single lot; provided, however, that two contiguous lots may share a common "driveway" where the applicable requirements of this chapter and Chapter 224, Zoning, are complied with on each lot.
DRIVEWAY, SHARED
A commonly shared or used gravel or paved way on a lot, which provides access for vehicles to a maximum of two dwellings or other structures from a street or alley.
DWELLING
A building designed for and occupied exclusively for residential purposes, including a mobile home.
DWELLING UNIT
A residential building or portion thereof, forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating by one family.
EARTHMOVING ACTIVITY
Land disturbance activity resulting in the movement of earth or stripping of vegetative cover from the earth.
EASEMENT
A right, privilege or other interest granted or reserved for the use of land for a particular purpose; the land to which such right or privilege pertains.
ECONOMIC AND FISCAL CHARACTERISTICS
Characteristics related to the expenditures and revenues in conjunction with the management of income of a household, private business, community, association and/or government.
EGRESS
An exit.
END LINE
The line which represents the termination area of a shared driveway.
ENGINEER
A person duly registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to practice professional engineering.
ELEVATION
A vertical distance above or below a fixed reference level or a scale drawing of the front, rear or side of a building.
ENLARGEMENT
An addition to the floor area of an existing building, an increase in size of another existing structure or an increase in that portion of a tract of land occupied by an existing use.
ENVIRONMENT
The conditions, resources and/or characteristics which exist within and surround the area to be affected by a proposed subdivision and/or land development, including natural elements, such as land, water, air, minerals, natural flora and natural fauna; and man-made components, such as objects of historic or aesthetic significance infrastructure, and man-related attributes of a social and economic nature.
EXCAVATION
Removal or recovery by any means whatsoever of soil, rock, minerals, mineral substances or organic substances other than vegetation from water or land or beneath the surface thereof, whether exposed or submerged.
FENCE
A structure typically placed on or near property lines to define the edge of a yard and/or to contain a use and/or to visually screen a use.
FILED or DULY FILED
The complete submission of a preliminary or final plan with the proper forms, plans, documents and other submissions and fees as required by this chapter, according to the timetable set forth herein.
FILL
Material, such as sand, gravel, earth and other suitable and approved composition, or any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material is placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved to a new location above the natural surface of the ground or on top of a stripped or otherwise cut surface.
FLOOD
The general and temporary inundation or partial and complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of streams, rivers, watercourses or other inland water from any source.
FLOOD (ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR)
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).
FLOOD FRINGE
That portion of the floodplain outside the floodway.
FLOODPLAIN
A relatively flat or low land area, adjoining a creek, stream or other watercourse, which is subject to partial or complete inundation; an area subject to the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source. The "floodplain" shall include, but is not limited to, the area of the Floodplain Conservation Overlay District as per Chapter 224, Zoning.
FLOODING
A general or temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of areas from the overflow of inland waters and/or the unusual and rapid accumulation of water on or under the ground.
FLOODWAY
The designated area of a floodplain required to carry and discharge floodwaters of a given magnitude. For the purposes of this chapter, the "floodway" shall be capable of accommodating a flood of the one-hundred-year magnitude.
FLOODWAY FRINGE
The area as described in Chapter 224, Zoning, and delineated on the Floodplain Conservation Overlay District Map.
FRONTAGE
The length of any one property line of a lot, which property line abuts a street line, ordinarily regarded as the front of the lot. For the purposes of determining yard requirements on corner lots, all sides of a lot adjacent to streets shall be considered front lot lines and subject to the applicable yard requirements.
GRADE
The slope of a street, road or other installation expressed as a percent or the elevation of existing, finished or proposed conditions as hereinafter defined.
GRADE, EXISTING
The elevation, relative to a given datum, of the ground surface prior to any excavation, cut or fill.
GRADE, FINISHED
The elevation, relative to a given datum, of the ground surface after completion of any excavation, cut or fill.
GRADE, PROPOSED
The elevation, relative to a given datum, of the ground surface proposed to be achieved by excavation, cut or fill.
GRADING
The changing of the surface of the ground by cutting, filling or excavation, including land in its cut or filled condition.
GROSS ACREAGE
The acreage of a lot within the title lines.
GROSS FLOOR AREA
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of all floors of a building measured from the exterior face of exterior walls or from the center line of a common wall separating two buildings, but not including interior parking spaces, loading spaces for motor vehicles or any space where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than six feet.
GROUNDWATER RECHARGE
Replenishment of geologic structures and rock or soil interstices which have the capacity to store water or permit the transfer of water to a geologic storage area.
GUARANTY, COMPLETION
The financial security that may be accepted by the city as a guaranty that improvements required as part of an application for subdivision and/or land development are completed to the satisfaction of the city.
GUARANTY, MAINTENANCE
The financial security that may be accepted by the city as a guaranty that improvements required as part of an application for subdivision and/or land development will be in first-class condition, state of repair and working order for a specific period of time. Such financial security shall be similar to that accepted for a completion guaranty.
GUTTER
That portion within a street right-of-way, outside the cartway, designed for surface drainage, whether paved or otherwise.
HEDGE
An alignment of plant material typically used to define a yard and/or contain a use and/or to screen a use. Typical "hedges" in Coatesville are privet "hedges."
HISTORIC RESOURCE(S)
All structures and uses which are designated as Class I, II or III in accordance with Chapter 224, Zoning.
HISTORIC SITE
Buildings, structures and areas which are on the National Register of Historic Places or on the State Inventory of Historic Places and are valued due to their significance as example and/or locations of events, customs, skills and/or arts of the past, including those having a present significance.
HYDRIC SOILS
A soil that formed under saturated conditions. See the Appendix for list of hydric soils in the city.
IMPACT
The power of an event to produce changes in a condition. In the context of "impact" exerted on the environment, changes which affect the existing conditions and/or quality are of greatest concern.
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
A report prepared in accordance with § 197-77 herein, which describes the adverse impacts which could be exerted by a proposed subdivision or land development and the mitigation measures to be employed to reduce or lessen the potential adverse impacts.
IMPACT MITIGATION PLAN
A plan which depicts measures to mitigate adverse impacts described in an impact assessment report, such as traffic controls, landscaping (screening or buffering), the use of retaining walls to save trees, the use of stormwater management techniques to control flooding and the like.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
A surface which has materials that do not normally absorb rainfall or surface water, such as buildings, paved parking areas, paved walks and similar surfaces.
IMPOUNDMENT
A body of water, such as a pond or detention or retention basin, confined by a headwall, dike, floodgate or other barrier, in the nature of a dam.
IMPROVEMENT
The act of creating improvements.
IMPROVEMENT(S)
Physical additions and changes to land, such as grading, paving, curbing, fire hydrants, water mains, sanitary sewers, capped sewers, storm sewers, storm drains, catch basins, culverts, sidewalks, monuments, crosswalks, bridges, earthworks, streetlights, wells, on-site sewage disposal systems, street trees and other plantings and other structures, that may be necessary to produce usable and desirable land development.
IMPROVEMENTS AGREEMENT
A list of improvements approved by the city which the landowner or developer agrees to install as a prerequisite to final plan approval.
INFILTRATION STRUCTURE
A structure designed to direct the flow of rain into storage in geologic structures, e.g., French drains, seepage beds, seepage trenches and the like.
INFRASTRUCTURE
The basic installations and facilities on which the continuance and growth of a community depend, such as roads, schools, electrical transmission facilities, transportation and communication systems.
INGRESS
An entrance.
INSTITUTIONAL USE
A public or quasi-public use, such as a school, church, museum or other similar nonprofit entity.
INTERIOR LOT
See "lot, interior."
INTERIOR WALK
A right-of-way for pedestrian travel across or within a block, having a minimum width of 10 feet.
INVERT
The lowest visible surface of a drainage conduit or channel.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
Any of the following activities:
(1) 
The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
(a) 
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; or
(b) 
The division or allocation of land or space, whether initially or cumulatively, between or among two or more existing or prospective occupants by means of or for the purpose of streets, common areas, leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features.
(2) 
A subdivision of land.
LAND DEVELOPMENT PLAN
A sketch, preliminary or final plan, submitted in compliance with the requirements of this Subdivision and Land Development Chapter, showing the provision for development of a tract of land. See also, "subdivision plan."
LANDOWNER
The record holder of legal title to land; the rightful holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such option or contract is subject to any condition); a lessee if he or she is authorized expressly under the lease to exercise the rights of the owner; or other person having a proprietary interest of the land which is the subject of an application for subdivision and/or land development.
LAND PLANNER
A design professional who is recognized as a certified planner by the American Institute of Certified Planners, an Institute of the American Planning Association.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
A design professional duly registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to practice landscape architecture.
LANDSCAPED AREA or LANDSCAPED BUFFER
That portion of a tract or lot in which plantings have been installed in accordance with the landscaping requirements of Article VIII. The "landscaped area" includes the buffer planting strip, as well as plantings which serve a functional and/or aesthetic purpose when located around and between buildings, roads, parking areas, sidewalks, walkways, sitting areas, service or maintenance structures, courtyards and the like.
LANDSCAPING
The installations which result from the implementation of a landscape plan and the landscaping requirements of § 197-50, including such assets as trees, shrubs, paving, fences, walls, hedges, berms and the like.
LAND USE
The use to which land is used, arranged and the like typically expressed in terms of the type of activity or development which exists, such as agricultural, residential, municipal and the like, whether such use is principal or accessory.
LOAD-BEARING FILL
Any facility, earthwork or fill placed in a controlled manner and compacted to support structural foundations and the buildings and other structures thereon, vehicular traffic or improvements in accordance with the highest standards of professional engineering.
LOADING SPACE, OFF-STREET
A space, accessible from a street or way, in a building or on a lot, for the temporary use of vehicles while loading or unloading merchandise or materials.
LONG-TERM EFFECTS
Results which are manifest for or extending over a long period of time.
LOT
A contiguous area of land held or to be held in one ownership separately described by metes and bounds and not divided by a street, not including any land within the limits of a street right-of-way upon which said lot abuts, even if such right-of-way is maintained by the owner of the lot; a designated parcel, tract or area of land established by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Chester County by deed description.
LOT AREA
The area enclosed by the property lines of a lot as herein defined exclusive of the rights-of-way of dedicated streets, fire lanes, rights-of-way or easements proposed for dedication or public utility easements other than those directly servicing the lot; provided, however, that the area of land comprised by any additional road rights-of-way which the City Council may require shall not be subtracted when computing a minimum lot area.
LOT, CORNER
A lot or parcel of land abutting upon two or more streets, including shared driveways, or upon two parts of the same street, including shared driveways, forming an interior angle of less than 135º.
LOT COVERAGE
The ratio of the total building area, plus any impervious surfaces and pervious surfaces used for parking, to the gross acreage of the lot.
LOT DEPTH
The distance along a straight line drawn from the midpoint of the front lot line to the midpoint of the rear lot line. In the case of the corner lot, the "lot depth" shall be achieved along the longest dimension of the lot.
LOT, INTERIOR
A lot which does not adjoin a street but is connected thereto by an access strip of the required minimum width. Minimum lot area and other dimensional requirements shall be those of the applicable zoning district and shall be met on that portion of the lot exclusive of the access strip.
LOT LINE
A legally recorded property boundary line. In the case of any lot abutting a street, the "lot line" for the portion of the lot abutting the street shall be deemed to be the same as the street line and shall not be the center line of the street or any other line within the street line.
LOT LINE, FRONT
The line separating the lot from the street right-of-way. For interior lots, the "lot line, front," is the line generally parallel to the street right-of-way at the nearest point to the right-of-way where the lot attains substantially the minimum required lot width.
LOT WIDTH
The distance measured between the side lot lines at the required building setback line. When there is only one side lot line, as in the case of two-family or single-family attached dwellings, the "lot width" shall be measured between the side lot line and the center line of the party wall of the end dwelling unit. In the case of a corner lot, the "lot width" shall be measured between the side lot line and the front lot line opposite.
METES AND BOUNDS
A method of describing the boundaries of land by directions or bearings and distances from a known point of reference, including the content of the land and each lot in square feet and acres and fractions thereof.
MITIGATION
The act of precluding a potentially adverse effect and/or making a potentially adverse effect less severe through measures which will improve a condition and/ or lessen the impact.
MOBILE HOME
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent occupancy, contained in one unit or in two or more 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, and constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation.
MOBILE HOME LOT
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for the erections thereon of a single mobile home.
MOBILE HOME PARK
A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which has been so designated and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots for the placement thereon of mobile homes.
MONUMENTS and MARKERS
Structures which mark and identify lot lines and street lines or corners of lots and streets in accordance with Article VIII.
MULTIPLE-DWELLING BUILDINGS
A building providing separate living quarters for three or more families.
MUNICIPALITIES PLANNING CODE
See Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (MPC).[2]
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
A composition of land, water and/or air represented by its inherent physical and biological resources.
NATURAL FEATURES
Physical and biological resources manifest in land or water, such as wetlands, springs, ponds, streams, soils, rock, slopes, trees and other vegetation.
NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK/TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK
A section of the City of Coatesville as delineated on the Coatesville Historic District Map in Appendix C of this chapter, that has the pattern and form which is typical to the city, including buildings placed at a build-to line, front porches (which are unenclosed) and a small front yard which is landscaped.
NET ACREAGE
The acreage of a lot, excluding any area within existing or designated future road rights-of-way, existing utility rights-of-way and access strips for interior lots, or other areas as defined under "lot area."
NET FLOOR AREA
The total of all floor areas of a building, excluding stairwells and elevator shafts, equipment rooms, interior vehicular parking or loading and all floors below the first or ground floor, except when used or intended to be used for human habitation or service to the public.
NOTABLE TREES
Trees of twelve-inch caliper or greater which are within a woodland or forest area or are freestanding.
OFFICIAL MAP
A map adopted by ordinance pursuant to Article IV of the MPC, as amended.[3]
OFFICIAL SEWAGE FACILITIES PLAN
The plan adopted by the city and approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, which sets forth recommendations for the provision of adequate sewage systems in the city in accordance with the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, Act 537.[4]
ON-SITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL
A single system of piping, septic tanks or other facilities serving a single lot, collecting and disposing of sewage into the soil on the lot where such system is used through septic tank filter fields and in compliance with the prevailing federal, state, county and municipal regulations.
ON-SITE WATER SUPPLY
An individual well on the lot where the well services one lot and/or water supply on a lot occupied or to be occupied serving a permitted building and in compliance with the prevailing federal, state and county regulations.
PNDI SITE
A site listed on the Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Inventory (PNDI) , due to its biological resource value, the regulations for which are addressed under § 197-51. PNDI is a comprehensive computerized inventory of Pennsylvania's most significant natural areas. The database, which is maintained by the Department of Environment Protection, contains the status and location of plants, animals, geological landmarks, natural communities and other natural features considered exemplary, unique, rare or endangered in the state.[5]
PARKING LOT
A paved area for five or more motor vehicles which serves as a temporary location for the vehicles when not in use/transit.
PARKING SPACE
A reasonably level space, available for the temporary parking of one motor vehicle, exclusive of passageways, driveways or other means of circulation or access. A "parking space" shall include either covered garage spaces or uncovered parking lot space. The size of "parking spaces" shall be as required in Article VIII.
PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS
Open spaces which are used for leisure pursuits in the form of a playground, playfield, tot-lot, fitness trail, pathway or like amenity.
PEAK DISCHARGE
The maximum rate of flow of water at a given point and time resulting from a predetermined storm.
PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPALITIES PLANNING CODE (MPC)
Pennsylvania Act 247 of 1968 (P.L.805), as amended 6-23-1982 (P.L. 613, 173) and further amended by Act 170 of 1988, also cited as 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., or any subsequent act of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which replaces, supplements or repeals any or all of the provisions of Act 247.
PERMEABLE
Porous and/or pervious to water or other liquids.
PHYSICAL RESOURCES
Characteristics of the natural environment manifest in its landforms, soils, geological structure of surface and/or man-made impoundments, watercourses, groundwater and the like. The disposition of these characteristics is typically expressed in physiographic, topographic and/or hydrologic units, such as rock formations, slopes, elevations, soil types, watersheds, surface water types, wetlands, floodplains, aquifers or aquifer recharge areas and the like.
PLAN
A draft, diagram or drawing or set thereof showing the present and proposed physical features of and improvement to land and the proposed development thereto; see also Article III for classification and procedures for "plans." The term "plan" includes profiles, cross-sections and the like.
PLAN, AS-BUILT
A plan prepared by a surveyor or engineer, showing dimensions and locations of all improvements as actually constructed.
PLAN, CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENT
A plan prepared by a registered professional engineer or registered landscape architect, showing the construction details of streets, sewers, drainage, bridges and other required improvements.
PLAN, FINAL
A subdivision plan and/or land development plan prepared for official recording purposes, depicting all features required in Articles VI and VII and all plans, documents and submissions required therein.
PLAN, LAND DEVELOPMENT
See "land development plan."
PLAN, PRELIMINARY
A subdivision and/or land development plan filed as a basis for consideration and approval prior to preparation of a final plan depicting all features required in Articles V and VII, including an improvements construction plan, conservation plan and all other plans, documents and submissions required therein.
PLAN, PROFILE
A plan prepared by an engineer, architect or landscape architect, showing the vertical section of the existing grade and proposed grade along the center line of any proposed street and any street appurtenances to be constructed or installed, which must include cross-sections of the street and other improvements construction.
PLAN, RECORD
A final plan prepared for recording by an engineer or surveyor, showing the ultimate width of streets or alleys, the lot lines, easements, existing structures, streams, floodplains, building setback lines and the original required endorsements of the city and any other relevant information pertaining to a subdivision and/or land development as required by this chapter.
PLAN, SITE DEVELOPMENT
See "site development plan."
PLAN, SKETCH
A schematic plan indicating topographic, vegetative and other salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the general layout of the proposed subdivision and/or land development in sufficient detail to allow for disclosure of all significant review matters prior to the filing of a preliminary plan for a proposed subdivision and/or land development.
PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
An area of land, controlled by a landowner, to be developed as a single entity for a number of dwelling units or combination of residential and nonresidential uses, the development plan for which does not correspond in lot size, bulk, type of dwelling or use, density, or intensity, lot coverage and required open space to the regulations established in any one district created, from time to time, under the provisions of Chapter 224, Zoning.
PLANTINGS; PLANTING SCREEN
Trees, shrubs and ground covers which are installed and maintained in accordance with a landscaping plan as set forth in Article VIII.
PLAT
A map representing a tract of land, showing the boundaries and location of individual properties and streets. A map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether preliminary or final.
PORCH
An accessory structure attached to a building, typically on the front or side and typically unenclosed but with a roof, which provides cover and shade, as well as a change in the scale of a building to serve as a better transition for the height of the building relative to the front yard, sidewalk and streetscape.
PRIMARY EFFECTS
Results of a direct nature which have a principal influence on a particular condition or state.
PUBLIC GROUNDS
Includes the following: parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreational areas and public areas; sites for schools, sewage treatment, refuse disposal and other publicly operated facilities; and publicly owned or operated historic sites.
PUBLIC HEARING
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the City Council or Planning Commission, intended to inform and obtain public comment, prior to taking action in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. 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 and the second publication shall not be less than seven days from the date of the hearing.
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
Any street, avenue, boulevard, highway, sidewalk, alley or similar place which is owned or controlled by a governmental entity.
PUBLIC SANITARY SEWERAGE SYSTEM
Any system, other than an on-lot sewage disposal system, which is administered and operated by a governmental agency, authority or commission for the collection, conveyance, treatment and disposal of wastes from customers, in compliance with prevailing federal, state and municipal regulations.
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM
Any system for water distribution and water supply, other than an on-lot water supply system, which is owned, administered and operated by an organization which is regulated by a governmental agency, authority or commission.
RECREATION, ACTIVE
Outdoor recreation activities which are intensive in nature, both in terms of participation and in use of the land or facility where such activity takes place. "Active recreation" usually involves a group or groups of participants and requires some knowledge or skill for adequate participation.
RECREATION, PASSIVE
Outdoor recreation activities for individuals or small groups which are usually performed in a natural setting with minimal site preparation and facilities.
REGULARLY SCHEDULED PUBLIC MEETING
A meeting of the Planning Commission which is open to the public and is advertised, during which various items of business are reviewed and discussed at regular, scheduled intervals throughout the year.
RESTRICTION
A limitation on property which may be created in a deed; lease; mortgage; through certain zoning, subdivision or other city codes, ordinances, regulations, plans or maps; or conditions of approval of an application for subdivision and/or land development.
RESTRICTIVE COVENANT
A restriction on the use and enjoyment of land usually set forth in the deed.
RESUBDIVISION
The further division of lots or the relocation of lot lines of any lot or lots within a subdivision previously made and approved or recorded or the alteration of any streets or alleys or the establishment of any new streets or alleys within any such subdivision. "Resubdivision" does not include conveyances made so as to combine entire existing lots by deed or other instrument.
RETAINING WALL
A wall which retains soil or land and serves as a grade transition.
RETENTION BASIN
A reservoir, formed from soil or other material, which is designed to retain permanently a certain amount of stormwater from a catchment area and which also may be designed to detain temporarily additional stormwater runoff from the catchment area. "Retention basins" also may receive freshwater from year-round streams. "Retention basins" always contain water and thus may be considered man-made ponds.
REUSE
A use for an existing building or parcel or lot of land other than the use for which it was originally intended or made.
REVIEW
An examination of the sketch, preliminary and/or final plan by the City Planning Commission, City Engineer, other city officials, representatives and bodies and the City Council to determine compliance with this chapter and its regulations, design standards and all other city ordinances, codes, regulations, plans or maps.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
A strip of land granted or reserved for public or private use.
ROAD
A type of street and has the same meaning as such.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Any liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution or the water-carried waste resulting from the discharge of water closets, laundry tubs, washing machines, sinks, dishwashers or any other source of water-carried waste of human origin.
SANITARY SEWER
A pipe that conveys sanitary sewage.
SCALE
The relationship between distances on a map and the actual ground distances.
SCREEN PLANTING
The plantings which are used in a buffer planting strip or other landscaping arrangement to create a continuous visual buffer.
SCREENING
The use of plant materials, fencing, walls and/or earthen berms, or combinations thereof, to aid in the concealment of such features as parking areas and vehicles within them and to provide privacy between two or more different land uses or activities; a visual and/or sound buffer or other barrier.
SECONDARY EFFECTS
Results of an indirect nature which have an influence on a particular condition or state derived from a primary effect.
SECTION
An area or tract which is part of a proposed planned residential development which will be developed according to a timetable for development over a period of years included by the applicant in the development plan.
SEDIMENT
Solid material, both mineral and organic, that is in suspension, is being transported or has been moved from its site of origin by water.
SEDIMENT BASIN
A retention or detention basin located and designed to retain rock, sand, gravel, silt and other stormwater transported material through trapping, screening, settling, etc.
SEPTIC SYSTEM
An underground system with a septic tank and filter field used for the decomposition of domestic wastes and its safe disposal.
SEPTIC TANK
A watertight receptacle that receives the discharge of sewage from a building, sewer or part thereof and is designed and constructed so as to permit settling of solids from this liquid, digestion of the organic matter and discharge of the liquid portion into a disposal area.
SEPTIC TANK FILTER FIELD
A system of open jointed pipes intended to distribute septic tank effluent into the ground for absorption and evaporation.
SETBACK LINE
That line that is the required minimum distance from the ultimate right-of-way of a street line or any other lot line that establishes the area within which any permitted use must be erected or placed. (See "building setback line.")
SEWAGE
The total of organic waste and wastewater generated by residential, industrial, commercial, institutional or other establishments.
SEWERAGE
All effluent carried by sewers, whether it is sanitary sewage, residential, commercial or industrial wastes or stormwater runoff, or the entire system of sewage collection, conveyance, treatment and disposal.
SEWERED AREA
That portion of the city designated in the Official Sewage Facilities Plan in which there is or may be constructed a public sewer system.
SHADE TREE
A woody plant, usually deciduous, which normally grows with one main trunk and has a canopy which screens and filters the sun in the summer and winter, respectively.
SHORT-TERM EFFECTS
Results which occur immediately or within a short period of time, such as a week.
SIDEWALK
A paved, surfaced or leveled area, paralleling and separated from the cartway of the street or alley, used as a pedestrian walkway.
SIGN
A visual communication that is used for the purpose of bringing the subject thereof to the attention of others. "Signs" include letters, numbers, symbols, trademarks, illustrations or designs as they may appear on signs, billboards, banners, storefronts, marquees, canopies and other stationary locations on or off the premises of the activity to which the message pertains.
SILT
Finely divided particles of soil or rock, often carried in cloudy suspension in water and eventually deposited as sediment.
SINGLE-ACCESS STREET
See "street, single-access."
SITE
A tract or parcel of land or combination of contiguous lots on a tract which form an area for a development project.
SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN
A plan illustrating the proposed development of a property.
SOIL EROSION
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments or the wearing away of the land surface by water, wind and ice.
SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL PLAN
A plan and related narrative report required in accordance with Article VIII.
SOIL PERCOLATION TEST
A field test in accordance with criteria of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Sewage Enforcement Officer conducted to determine the suitability of the soil for on-site sewage disposal facilities and infiltration structures by measuring the absorptive capacity of the soil at a given location and depth.[6]
SOIL SURVEY
A report entitled, Soil Survey, Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania, published May 1963 by the United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, and updated from time to time.
SOLID WASTE
Garbage, refuse or other discarded materials, including, but not limited to, nonliquid waste materials resulting from industrial, commercial, institutional, agricultural and residential activities.
SPECIMEN TREE
A shade tree or street tree.
STAGE
A section or sections of which an applicant proposes to commence development at the same time, as part of a timetable for development of any development over a period of years.
STEEP SLOPE(S)
Those areas of land which are characterized by a change in elevation of 15% or more but not exceeding 25% over the specified distance or contour as specified in Article VIII.
STORM SEWER
A sewer that carries stormwater, surface water and groundwater drainage but excludes sewage and residential, commercial and industrial wastes.
STORMWATER
Water which surfaces, flows or collects during and subsequent to rain or snowfall.
STORMWATER DETENTION
Any storm drainage technique that retards or detains runoff, in rate, volume or otherwise, such as a detention or retention basin, parking lot storage, rooftop storage, porous pavement, dry wells or any combination thereof.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
A plan for controlling surface water runoff so that it will preclude erosion or flooding and/or the adverse effects of impervious areas on surface water runoff as required by the city codes, ordinances, regulations, plans and maps.
STREAM
Any perennial current or flow of water, especially one running along the surface of the earth.
STREET
A public or privately owned right-of-way abutting and furnishing access to more than one lot and serving primarily as a means of motor vehicle travel; also used to provide space for installation of improvements, such as sewers, other utilities, street trees and sidewalks.
STREET LINE
The dividing line between a lot and the outside boundary or right-of-way line of a street, alley or highway legally open or officially platted or between a lot and a privately owned street or alley.
STREET, LOCAL
A street intended to serve a principal role in collecting traffic from and between residential neighborhoods and other areas within the city.
STREET, LOCAL, CUL-DE-SAC
See "cul-de-sac."
STREET, PRIVATE
A street not offered or required to be offered for dedication or a street not duly accepted by the City Council as a public street but nevertheless designed to public street standards.
STREET, SINGLE-ACCESS
A street which is either a cul-de-sac or a dead-end or a stub street.
STREET TREE
A shade tree within a street right-of-way in accordance with Article VIII. "Street trees" recommended for use within the city are listed in the Appendix of this chapter.
STRIPPING
Cutting or any other activity which removes the vegetative surface cover, such as tree removal, clearing, grubbing and removal of topsoil.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION
Any change in or addition to the supporting or structural members of a structure, such as the bearing walls, partitions, columns, beams or girders, or any change which could convert an existing structure into a different structure or adapt the structure to a different use.
STRUCTURE
Any man-made object or improvement having an ascertainable stationary location on land or in the water, whether or not affixed to the land.
SUBDIVISION
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, conveyance or other transfer of 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 of any residential dwelling, shall be exempted.
SUBDIVISION PLAN
A sketch, preliminary or final plan, submitted in compliance with this chapter showing the provision for the subdivision of a tract of land. See also "land development plan."
SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED
Where, in the judgment of the City Engineer, at least 90% of those improvements required as a condition of final plan approval have been completed in accordance with the approved plan, so that the project will be able to be used, occupied or operated for its intended us. (Ninety percent shall be determined based on the cost of the required improvements for which financial security is posted pursuant to Article IX.)
SURVEYOR
A person duly registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to practice surveying.
SWALE
An elongated depression in the ground which collects and channels surface water runoff.
TENURE
The form of occupancy of a unit, i.e., fee simple sale, rental, condominium, cooperative, etc.
THROUGH LOT
A lot that abuts a street on two sides, which are opposite or not adjacent.
TRACT
An area, lot, parcel, site or property which is the subject of a subdivision and/or land development application.
TRANSPORTATION (CIRCULATION)
A system for the movement of people or goods, including conveyers, such as streets or alleys, and highways; accessory facilities, such as parking facilities and driveways; and attributes of conveyance, such as traffic volumes, trip generation and traffic controls.
TREE MASS
A natural contiguous grouping of trees.
USE
The specific purpose for which land or a building is proposed to be subdivided and/or developed or is otherwise designed, arranged, intended or for which it is proposed or may be occupied or maintained. "Uses" may include those which are accessory, conditional, permitted principal (by-right) and/or special exception, as regulated in Chapter 224, Zoning.
UTILITIES
Facilities, such as sewers, water mains, fire hydrants, streetlights and other facilities of the same general character; installations of a community which pertain to their consumption and emission characteristics, including facilities, such as those used for water supply, sewage disposal, refuse disposal, storm drainage, communications and electrical transmission.
VERY STEEP SLOPE(S)
The area of land which is characterized by a change in elevation of 25% or more over the specified distance or contour as specified in Article VIII.
VISUAL RESOURCES
Characteristics of the natural and/or cultural environment which are visible. The "visual resources" of a particular area are typically expressed in terms of their visibility, character and/or attractiveness relative to their amenity value and/or quality or lack of it.
WALKWAY
A thoroughfare for pedestrian travel.
WATER CONNECTION
Consists of all pipes, fittings, and appurtenances from the water riser pipe to the water inlet pipe of the distribution system within the mobile home.
WATERCOURSE
A stream, such as a creek, run or other body of running water, in which water flows in a definite direction or course, either continuously or intermittently.
WATER SURVEY
An inventory of the source, quantity, yield and the use of groundwater and surface water resources within the city.
WETLANDS
Areas with hydric soils that are inundated or saturated by surface and/or ground water which support hydrophytic vegetation, such as swamps, bogs, marshes and the like, such areas being regulated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and/or the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.[7]
WETLANDS MARGIN
The transitional area extending from the outer limit of the wetland. For the purposes of this chapter, the "wetlands margin" shall extend 100 feet from the wetland boundary or to the limit of the hydric soils, whichever is less.
WOODLAND and FOREST
Those areas of extensive vegetation in which the dominant plants are trees that are indigenous to the area, such areas being illustrated in the Open Space, Recreational and Environmental Resources Plan. "Woodlands" shall be defined specifically as one-fourth (1/4) acre or more of contiguous wooded land where the largest trees measure at least six inches diameter at DBH and are inclusive of the outer dripline of the trees or a grove of trees forming a canopy where 10 or more trees measure at least six inches DBH.
ZONING ORDINANCE
The City of Coatesville Zoning Ordinance, as amended; Chapter 224 from the Code of the City of Coatesville.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 68 Pa.C.S.A. § 3101.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[3]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10401 et seq.
[4]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 750.1 et seq.
[5]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
[6]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
[7]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
B. 
Words not defined above shall have the meanings given in the Municipalities Planning Code,[8] Chapter 224, Zoning, or other city codes and ordinances and, if not defined in the aforementioned documents, the most recent edition of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
[8]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.