[Ord. 737, 1/19/2017]
For the purposes of this chapter, certain terms and words used
herein shall be interpreted as follows:
A.
Words used in the present tense include the future tense; the singular
number includes the plural, and the plural number includes the singular;
words of masculine gender include feminine gender; and words of feminine
gender include masculine gender.
B.
The word "includes" or "including" shall not limit the term to the
specific example, but is intended to extend its meaning to all other
instances of like kind and character.
C.
The word "person" includes an individual, firm, association, organization,
partnership, trust, company, corporation, unit of government, or any
other similar entity.
D.
The words "shall" and "must" are mandatory; the words "may" and "should"
are permissive.
E.
The words "used" or "occupied" include the words "intended, designed,
maintained, or arranged to be used, occupied or maintained."
F.
The words "lot," "plot" and "parcel" are synonymous.
G.
The word "building" includes the word "structure."
H.
The word "Supervisor" and the words "Board of Supervisors" always
mean the Warminster Township Board of Supervisors.
[Ord. 737, 1/19/2017]
Unless a contrary intention clearly appears, the following words
and phrases shall have, for the purpose of this chapter, the meanings
in the following clauses. Any word or term not defined herein shall
be used with a meaning of standard usage.
A practice, technique, or measure that is an effective, practical
means of preventing or reducing soil erosion or water pollution, or
both, from runoff both during and after earth disturbance activities.
These can include structural, vegetative, or operational practices.
An excavation; any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock
or any other similar material is dug into, cut, quarried, uncovered,
removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed and shall include the resulting
conditions; the difference between a point on the original ground
and a designated point of lower elevation on the final grade; also,
the material removed in excavation.
Unstabilized land area where an earth disturbance activity
is occurring or has occurred.
A construction or other human activity that disturbs the
surface of land, including, but not limited to, clearing and grubbing,
grading, excavations, filling, embankments, land development, road
maintenance activities, mineral extraction, increases in impervious
surfaces, and the moving, depositing, stockpiling, or storing of soil,
rock or earth materials.
The process by which soil and bedrock are worn away by the
action of wind, water, climate or chemical action.
A site-specific plan identifying best management practices
(BMPs) to minimize accelerated erosion and sedimentation.
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar
material is deposited, placed, replaced, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported,
or moved to a new location and shall include the resulting conditions.
The area along a natural watercourse which is periodically
overflowed by water therefrom and which has been designated by ordinance
of Warminster Township pursuant to the Warminster Township Floodplain
Ordinance and Map.[1]
The elevation of the existing ground surface at the location
of any proposed excavation or fill.
Surfaces which do not absorb water and which prevent the
infiltration of water into the ground. Any area which has been or
is proposed to be modified from grass, dirt, vegetation, wooded, or
groundcover, including but not limited to the area of all buildings,
streets, parking areas, driveways, roads, sidewalks, swimming pools,
and any areas in concrete, asphalt, porous pavers, packed stone or
other similar materials, shall be considered an impervious surface.
Impervious surfaces also include other areas determined to be impervious
by the Department of Licenses and Inspections or its duly authorized
agents.
Any lot, tract, or parcel of land, or series of lots, tracts,
or parcels of land, joined together where grading work is continuous
and performed at the same time.
The surface water discharge or rate of discharge of a given
watershed after a fall of rain or snow that does not enter the soil
but runs off the surface of the land.
Runoff that can be anticipated upon maximum development of
the tributary area of the watershed located upstream from the subject
tract, as permitted by prevailing zoning and/or the applicable municipal
comprehensive plans, and a rainfall with an average frequency of occurrence
as designated by the Township.
The process by which mineral or organic matter is accumulated
or deposited by moving wind, water or gravity. Once this matter is
deposited (or remains suspended in water), it is referred to as "sediment."
The face of an embankment or cut section; any ground whose
surface makes an angle with the plane of the horizon. Slopes are usually
expressed in a percentage based upon vertical difference in feet per
100 feet of horizontal distance.
Chemical, physical or structural treatment of a mass of soil
to increase or maintain its stability or otherwise improve its engineering
properties.
A site-specific plan identifying best management practices
(BMPs) to mitigate increases in stormwater runoff volume and/or rate
and impacts to water quality.
A low-lying stretch of land which gathers or carries surface
water runoff.
Surface soils and subsurface soils which presumably are fertile
soils and soil material, ordinarily rich in organic matter or humus
debris. Topsoil is usually found in the uppermost four inches.
Any natural or artificial swale, stream or structure in which
water flows continuously or intermittently.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Warminster Township Floodplain Ordinance
and Map are on file in the Township offices.
