For the purpose of this Part 1, certain words used in this Part 1 are defined below. Words used in the present tense shall include the future. The singular number shall include the plural, and the plural the singular. The word "shall" is mandatory and not permissive. All other words, except for those words defined in the Lake City Borough Zoning Ordinance,[1] shall have their normal meaning as defined in the most recent printing of the Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged. Whenever the same terms are defined in both this Lake City Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance and the Lake City Zoning Ordinance,[2] and are defined differently, the definitions in this Part 1 shall take precedence.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 72, Zoning.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 72, Zoning.
As used in this Part 1, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
APPLICANT
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has filed an application for development, including his heirs, successors and assigns (Planning Code).
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
Every application, whether preliminary, tentative or final, required to be filed and approved prior to start of construction or development, including but not limited to an application for a building permit, for the approval of a subdivision plat or plan or for the approval of a development plan (Planning Code).
BLOCK
An area bounded by streets.
BOROUGH
Lake City Borough, Erie County, Pennsylvania.
BOROUGH COUNCIL
The duly elected governing body of the borough.
BUILDING (SETBACK) LINE
An imaginary line fixed by the required yard depth measured from the property line to the nearest point that a building may be constructed to the front, side and rear yards.
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 lines and the sight lines.
COMMON OPEN SPACE
A parcel or parcels of a land or an area of water, or a combination of land and water within a development site and 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 (Planning Code).
COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT
The Erie County Department of Planning, Erie County, Pennsylvania.
DECISION
Final adjudication of the Borough Council to do so, either by reason of the grant of exclusive jurisdiction or by reason of appeals from determinations. All decision shall be appealable to the Erie County Court of Common Pleas in Erie County, Pennsylvania (derived from Planning Code).
DETERMINATION
Final action by the Planning Commission charged with the administration of this Part 1 or applications thereunder (derived from Planning Code).
DEVELOPER
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 (Planning Code).
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
The provisions for development, including a planned residential development, a plat of subdivision, all covenants relating to use, location and bulk of buildings and other structures, intensity of use or density of development, streets, ways and parking facilities, common open space and public facilities. The phrase "provisions of the development plan" shall mean the written and graphic materials referred to in this definition (Planning Code).
EASEMENT
A right granted to use certain private land for a utility or physical access, which is not inconsistent with the general property rights of the owner.
IMPROVEMENTS
Those physical additions and changes to the land that may be necessary to produce usable and desirable lots, such as grading, water mains, sanitary sewers, storm sewers and drains, street shade trees, street signs and monuments, street paving and lights, and curbs and sidewalks.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
A. 
The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
(1) 
A group of two or more residential or nonresidential buildings, whether proposed initially or cumulatively, or a single nonresidential building on lot or lots, regardless of the number of occupants or tenure; or
(2) 
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;
B. 
A subdivision of land (Planning Code). Certain land development is excluded from the definition of land development only when such land development involves: the conversion of an existing single-family detached dwelling or single-family semidetached dwelling into not more than three residential units, unless such units are intended to be a condominium; the addition of an accessory building, including farm buildings, on a lot or lots subordinate to existing principal building; or the addition or conversion of buildings or rides within the confines of enterprise which would be considered an amusement park.
LANDOWNER
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 (Planning Code).
LOT
A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed or built upon as a unit (Planning Code).
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE
A lot, having at least two sides fronting on separate streets which do not intersect while adjoining the lot.
LOT, MINIMUM AREA OF
The area of lot computed exclusive of any portion of any street right-of-way.
LOT OF RECORD
Any lot which individually or as part of a subdivision has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in Erie County.
LOT WIDTH
A mean horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured along the front setback line.
MASTER PLAN
The Lake City Borough Comprehensive Plan, which is the comprehensive general plan, or any of its parts, for the future growth, protection and development of the borough. This includes but is not limited to the Borough Code, the Revitalization Plan (1992) and the Area Comprehensive Plan (1979).
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 (Planning Code).
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 (Planning Code).
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 (Planning Code).
MODIFICATION
When a subdivider can show that a provision of this Part 1 would cause unnecessary hardship if strictly adhered to and where, because of topographic or other conditions peculiar to the site, in the opinion of the Planning Commission a departure may be made without destroying the intent of such provisions, the Planning Commission may recommend and the Borough Council authorize a modification. Any modification thus authorized and the reasoning on which departure was justified shall be entered on the minutes of the Borough Council. A modification applies only to the particular subdivision for which it is granted (derived from the Planning Code).
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY
A body politic and corporate created pursuant to the act of May 2, 1945 (P.L. 382, No. 164), Known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945"[1] (Planning Code).
MUNICIPAL ENGINEER
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the engineer for the borough (derived from the Planning Code).
PLAN, FINAL SUBDIVISION
A complete and exact subdivision plan prepared for official recording as required by Article VI.
PLAN, PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION
A tentative subdivision plan showing existing features of land and proposed street and lot layout within and adjacent to a subdivision as required in Article VI.
PLAN, SKETCH
A freehand sketch showing the contemplated development of the subdivision and its relationship to adjacent land.
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 the 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 the municipal zoning ordinance[2] (Planning Code).
PLANNING CODE
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of 1968, as amended and/or re-enacted.[3]
PLANNING COMMISSION
The duly appointed (by Borough Council) planning agency of the borough.
PLAT
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether preliminary or final (Planning Code). A plat indicates the location and boundaries of individual lots.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. 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 not be more than 30 days and the second publication shall not be less than seven days from the date of the hearing (Planning Code).
RIGHT-OF-WAY
Land dedicated for use as a public street, alley or crosswalk, which may also be used by: sewer, water, storm sewer, sidewalk, electric, gas, telephone and cable systems, shade trees and parking.
SOLICITOR
A professional attorney licensed as such in Pennsylvania, duly appointed (by Borough Council) as the municipal counsel of the borough.
STANDARD DRAWING
A set of drawings, approved by Borough Council showing improvements; to include streets, sidewalks, cross-section, etc.
STREET
Includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway, lane, alley, viaduct and any other ways used or intended to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians, whether public or private (Planning Code).
A. 
The streets are classified by function as follows:
(1) 
LOCAL STREETA street used as the principal means of access to adjacent properties serving only a comparatively small number of businesses or dwellings.
(2) 
COLLECTOR ROADA street connecting local streets to each other, to community facilities and to arterial highways serving district centers or neighborhood traffic.
(3) 
MAJOR THOROUGHFARESA street connecting district centers, servicing large volumes of through traffic, preferably located outside or bounding the residential neighborhoods.
B. 
Other:
(1) 
ALLEYA small street serving as a secondary means of access to two or more properties.
(2) 
CUL-DE-SACA street with one end open for public vehicles and pedestrian access and the other end terminating in a vehicular turnaround. Culs-de-sac shall only be permitted in industrial development.
(3) 
CROSSWALKSA right-of-way which cuts across a block to furnish access for pedestrians to adjacent streets or properties.
(4) 
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETA street parallel and adjacent to an arterial highway providing direct access to abutting properties and controlled access with the major thoroughfare.
STRUCTURE
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land (Planning Code).
SUBDIVIDER
A person who is the registered owner, or authorized agent of the registered owner, of land proposed for subdivision or land development.
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, transfer of ownership or building or lot development; provided, however, that the subdivision by the 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 (Planning Code). The term "subdivision" includes any land development of a parcel of land, for example, as a shopping center, an industrial park or a planned residential development, which involves installation of streets and/or alleys, even though the streets and alleys may not be dedicated immediately to public use and the parcel may not be divided immediately for purpose of conveyance, transfer or sale.
SUBDIVISION, MAJOR
A subdivision containing more than three lots requiring the submission by the subdivider and approval by the Borough Council (either conditional or final) of preliminary and final subdivision plans, and any subdivision involving a new street, alley, crosswalk, right-of-way or new easement.
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
A subdivision containing three lots or less served by an existing public street wherein the Borough Council may waive the requirements of submitting a preliminary subdivision plan, provided that the final subdivision plan meets all the requirements of this Part 1.
SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED
Where, in the judgment of the Municipal Engineer, at least 90% (based on the cost of the required improvements for which financial security was posted) of those improvements required as a condition for final 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 use (Planning Code).
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 301 et seq..
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 72, Zoning.
[3]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.