In this chapter, the following rules of interpretation shall
be used:
A.
The word "lot" includes the word "plot" or "parcel."
B.
Words in the present tense may imply the future tense.
C.
Words used as singular imply the plural.
D.
The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter genders.
E.
The word "person" includes a partnership, corporation, association,
trust, estate or any other legally recognized entity, as well as an
individual.
F.
The word "shall" is to be interpreted as mandatory, the word "may"
as permissive.
G.
References to codes, ordinances, resolutions, plans, maps, governmental
bodies, commissions, agencies or officials are to codes, ordinances,
resolutions, plans, maps, governmental bodies, commissions, agencies
or officials of Jackson Township as in effect or office from time
to time, including amendments thereto or revisions or successors thereof,
unless the text indicates another reference is intended.
Unless otherwise stated, the following words and phrases shall be construed throughout this chapter to have the meanings indicated in this section, provided that any terms or words not defined herein shall be interpreted consistent with the definitions and meanings referenced in Part 2 of the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 27):
A private drive providing pedestrian and vehicular access
between a public or private street and a parking compound on a single
lot. An access drive shall not include and shall not be considered
a driveway.
A detached, subordinate building or structure, the use of
which is customarily incidental to that of the principal structure
or use and which is located on the same lot as occupied by the principal
structure or use.
A use on the same lot with, and of a nature customarily incidental
and subordinate to, the principal use.
Baseball/softball fields, tennis courts, basketball courts,
playgrounds and other similar facilities which offer the ability to
play an active sport and constructed in conformance with natural standards
including those of the National Recreation and Parks Association.
[Added 6-16-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-02]
An application that has been submitted to the Township along
with all documents, exhibits, plans, and fees required by this chapter
and any other Township ordinances, and has been declared by the Township
Zoning Officer as a completed application and therefore officially
received for review.
Any person, other than a landowner or developer, who, acting
for the landowner or developer, submits to the Township subdivision
and/or land development plans for the purpose of obtaining approval
thereof.
The use of land for farming, dairying, pasturage, agriculture,
horticulture, floriculture, viticulture and animal and poultry husbandry
and the necessary accessory uses for packing, treating or storing
the produce and equipment for housing and feeding the animals and
housing the equipment. The use of land for a dwelling site is not
an agricultural purpose.
See definition of "alley" under "street."
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has
filed an application for development, including his heirs, successors,
assigns or agents.
Every application, whether preliminary or final, required
to be filed and approved prior to the start of construction or development,
including, but not limited to, an application for a zoning use, zoning
occupancy and/or building permit, for the approval of a subdivision
plan or for the approval of a land development plan.
United States Army Corps of Engineers or any agency successor
thereto.
A plan showing the actual location of easements, curbs, paving,
catch basins, manholes, storm and sanitary sewers, wye branches, waterlines,
drainage channels, utilities, guardrails and retaining walls and the
surface and flow line elevations of storm and sanitary sewers at every
catch basin and manhole. The as-built plan must be based on actual
field measurements made during and after construction.
An area bounded by streets.
The Board of Supervisors of Jackson Township, Butler County,
Pennsylvania.
Any structure occupied or intended for supporting or sheltering
any occupancy.
An expansion of the floor area or the increase in the building
area of an existing building or structure, the increase or expansion
of which shall be included within, or attached to, the existing building
or structure.
The total area of the greatest outside dimensions, on a horizontal
plane, of a building or structure.
That area of the lot which has no building restrictions.
The building envelope shall not include the area of any required setbacks
(except for driveways which cross yards), yards, buffer yards or floodplains.
See "principal building."
A line parallel to a lot line, defining the yard required by the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 27).
The building setback line that is parallel to the front lot line, located at a distance equal to the front yard required by the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 27).
The building setback line that is parallel to the rear lot line, located at a distance equal to the rear yard required by the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 27).
The building setback line that is parallel to the side lot line, located at a distance equal to the side yard required by the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 27).
The portion of a street right-of-way intended for vehicular
use, as required by this chapter or the Township Construction Standard
Details.
[Amended 10-11-2012 by Ord. No. 12-06]
An area of unobstructed vision at the intersection of two
or more streets, access drives or alleys. The triangle shall be measured
100 feet from the intersection of the center line, unless otherwise
determined by the Township Engineer based on sound and accepted engineering
practices on a case-by-case basis.
A private driveway utilized by two or more separate lots
or dwelling units for access to a public or private street.
A parcel or parcels of land, 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.
A parking compound utilized by more than one principal use,
structure or dwelling on a single lot.
A water supply system, other than a public water system,
providing water for more than two units of occupancy, which shall
comply with all applicable regulations of the Department of Environmental
Protection or other regulatory agency.
A form of mitigating for wetlands lost due to construction
by planning, excavating and planting a new wetland area.
The Comprehensive Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan of
the Township, as amended from time to time.
[Added 6-16-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-02]
The Comprehensive Plan of Jackson Township, as amended.
The combination of two or more lots, tracts or parcels of
land for any purpose, including sale or lease of a building or lot.
A consolidation shall be generally referred to as a "subdivision"
under the provisions of this chapter.
See "lot, corner."
The Butler County Planning Commission.
A street intersecting another street at one end and terminating
at the other in a vehicular turnaround.
The raised edge of a pavement to confine surface water to
the pavement and to protect the abutting land from vehicular traffic;
all curbs shall be constructed in accordance with the specifications
in this chapter or any other ordinance enacted by the Board of Supervisors
setting requirements for the construction of roads, curbs and sidewalks
or PennDOT specifications (if applicable).
The deliberate appropriation of land by its owner for general
public use.
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania or any agency successor thereto.
The Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
or any agency successor thereto.
The speed used for the design of streets. For purposes of
this chapter, design speed shall equal the proposed or posted speed,
plus a minimum of 10 miles per hour. The minimum proposed or posted
speed in the Township is 25 miles per hour, unless otherwise approved
in accordance with PennDOT regulations.
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; a subdivider.
The provisions for development, including a planned residential
development, a land development, a plot 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 written and graphic materials
referred to in this definition.
Any ditch, gutter, pipe, culvert, storm sewer, or other structure
designed, intended or constructed for the purpose of carrying surface
waters off streets, public rights-of-way, parks, recreational areas,
or any part of any subdivision or contiguous land areas.
A private drive providing access between a public or private street or access drive and a parking area for a single-family residential dwelling unit and/or a lot utilized for a single-family dwelling, which shall comply in all respects with the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 27), Driveway and Street Access Ordinance (Chapter 21, Part 1), Township Construction Standard Details, and any other chapter or Township ordinance regulating the placement and/or construction of driveways.
[Amended 10-11-2012 by Ord. No. 12-06]
A building or portion thereof providing complete housekeeping
facilities for a single family and which includes exclusive sleeping,
cooking, eating and sanitation facilities. Buildings with more than
one set of cooking facilities are considered to contain multiple dwelling
units unless the additional cooking facilities are clearly accessory,
such as an outdoor grill.
Grant by a property owner for 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.
Any driveway or other entrance from a public or private road.
A field road providing access to agriculturally used fields and not
providing access to any residential, commercial or industrial structure
is not considered an easement of access.
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
The natural process by which soil and rock material moves
on the earth's surface through the forces of wind and water.
A complete and exact subdivision and/or land development plan, including all supplementary data specified in § 22-403 of this chapter.
A lot that has any portion of its front lot line or front
yard about the rear or side yard of an adjacent lot rather than a
road right-of-way and where access to the road right-of-way would
typically be by a narrow, private right-of-way or driveway.
The area of inundation which functions as a conveyance, storage
or holding area for floodwater to a width required for a one-hundred-year
flood.
The total area within, and/or adjacent to, a building or
structure utilized for the primary use or uses, including area used
for subordinate uses necessary to sustain the primary use.
The length of a lot line directly bordering and adjacent
to a street that is open to vehicular traffic.
The slope expressed in a percent which indicates the rate
of change of elevation in feet per 100 feet.
Excavation or fill or any combination thereof, including
conditions resulting from such activities.
That portion of a right-of-way carrying surface drainage.
A condition, not economic in nature, not caused by the applicant
or developer, for which he may request a waiver.
Consists of trees of a deciduous nature with a minimum height
of six feet at planting and a caliper of 1 1/2 inches at planting
and trees of an evergreen nature with a minimum height of six feet
at planting. All measurements and plant quality shall be consistent
with the American Standards for Nursery Stock published by the American
Nursery & Landscape Association, Washington, D.C., latest edition.
[Added 10-11-2012 by Ord.
No. 12-06]
An unincorporated association or not-for-profit corporation
whose membership consists of the lot owners of a residential development.
A homeowners' association shall also include a condominium unit owners'
association. All such associations shall comply with the requirements
for unit owners' associations contained in the Pennsylvania Uniform
Condominium Act, 68 Pa.C.S.A. § 3101 et seq.
A surface which resists the entrance or passing through of
water or other liquids and prevents the percolation of water into
the ground.
A complete and exact subdivision and/or land development
plan, the sole purpose of which is to permit the construction of only
those improvements required by this chapter, as an alternative to
guaranteeing the completion of those improvements by a corporate bond
or other surety.
Pavements, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, water mains, sanitary
sewers, storm sewers, stormwater management facilities, grading, street
signs, plantings and other items for the welfare of the property owners
and/or the public.
Any system of piping tanks or other facilities serving a
single lot and collecting and disposing of sewage, in whole or in
part, into the soil and any waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
or by means of conveyance to another site for final disposition, and
which is located upon the lot which it serves.
Any of the following activities:
The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts
or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
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.
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.
A subdivision of land.
Development in accordance with Section 503(1.1) of the MPC,
53 P.S. § 10503(1.1), as amended.
As used in this definition, the term "improvement" shall include,
but not be limited to:
Construction of a new principal building.
Construction of an addition to an existing building.
A change in the use of an existing building or lot resulting
in an increase in the area of the lot covered by a building and/or
an impervious surface.
Construction, reconstruction, and/or renovation of an existing
principal building, the cost of which is equal to or greater than
40% of the fair market value of the subject property as established
by the current Butler County property assessment records.
See "minor land development."
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.
A professional landscape architect licensed as such in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Acting with the purpose of meeting specific criteria regarding
uses of outside space, including ground cover, buffers and shade trees.
A lot, tract or parcel of land divided or redivided from
the parent lot, tract or parcel by lease.
A map showing the site with relation to adjoining areas.
A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by
a plat or otherwise permitted by law and to be used, developed or
built upon as a unit.
The area contained within the property lines of the individual
parcels of land as shown on a subdivision plan, not including any
area within a street right-of-way.
A subdivision that involves the consolidation of two or more
lots, tracts or parcels of land.
A lot abutting upon two streets at their intersection.
See "flag lot."
Any boundary of a lot.
A lot line separating the lot from the street. For corner
lots, the front lot line abuts the street upon which the main entrance
of the structure is located. If a structure is angled and faces neither
street but the intersecting points of the streets, then the front
lot line will be determined by the location of the pedestrian access.
The lot line not intersecting a front lot line that is most
distant from and most closely parallel to the front lot line. A lot
bounded by only three lot lines will not have a rear lot line.
A subdivision plan that revises the lot lines of an existing
plat without creating new lots, parcels, buildings, public improvements,
or revising existing easements and/or rights-of-way.
Any lot line which is not a front lot line or a rear lot
line.
The mean horizontal distance across a lot between the side
lot lines as measured at the front building setback line, unless otherwise
stated.
Consists of shrubs and any other plant species that is greater
than two feet in height at planting and less than six feet in height
at planting. All measurements and plant quality shall be consistent
with the American Standards for Nursery Stock published by the American
Nursery & Landscape Association, Washington, D.C., latest edition.
[Added 10-11-2012 by Ord.
No. 12-06]
Financial security required to be posted as a condition of
the Township's acceptance of dedication of public improvements following
completion, by and in accordance with the requirements of this chapter,
the Township Construction Standard Details, Township ordinances and
the MPC.
[Amended 10-11-2012 by Ord. No. 12-06]
A land development plan that contains less than 25,000 square
feet of new building area.
A subdivision plan of not more than five lots.
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.
A unit of land in a mobile home park, improved with the necessary
utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for the erection
thereon of a single mobile home (also known as a "mobile home space").
A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which have been so
designated and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots
for the placement thereon of mobile homes.
A building providing separate living quarters for two or
more families.
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10101
et seq., as amended and reenacted.
Any use other than single-family or multifamily dwellings.
Also, an institutional use in which persons may reside, such as a
dormitory, prison, nursing home or hospital, shall be considered a
nonresidential use.
National Wetland Inventory.
A resident or tenant on a temporary or permanent basis.
Consists of trees of a deciduous nature with a minimum height
of six feet at planting and a caliper of 1 1/2 inches at planting
that will not ultimately exceed 25 feet in height. All measurements
and plant quality shall be consistent with the American Standards
for Nursery Stock published by the American Nursery & Landscape
Association, Washington, D.C., latest edition.
[Added 10-11-2012 by Ord.
No. 12-06]
The owner of record of a parcel of land.
An area on a lot utilized for the parking of vehicles for
a single residential unit of occupancy.
An area on a single lot containing any use other than agricultural
or one single-family detached dwelling for the parking of three or
more vehicles. (See also "common parking compound.")
An off-street space available for the parking of a vehicle.
Occupancy of one space shall not restrict ingress or egress to another
space, unless the subject parking spaces serve a residential use.
A partition erected on a property boundary, partly on the
land of one owner and partly on the land of another, to provide common
support to the structures on both sides of the boundary.
A lot line revision plan that revises lot lines along as-built
party walls.
Financial security required to be posted as a condition to
final plat approval, by and in accordance with the requirements of
this chapter, all Township ordinances and the MPC, in order to assure
completion of improvements required by this chapter.
Unless otherwise specified, shall mean both the singular
or plural, male or female, firm, business, partnership, association,
limited-liability company or corporation, or any other legal entity.
See "final plan."
See "lot consolidation plan."
See "lot line revision plan."
The Jackson Township Planning Commission.
The Planning Director of Jackson Township.
A revision to the Township Official Plan submitted in connection
with the request for approval of a subdivision or land development
in accordance with DEP regulations.
See "party wall subdivision plan."
See "preliminary plan."
A map or plan, either preliminary or final, presented to
the Township for approval, indicating the subdivision, consolidation,
redivision of land or a land development.
A subdivision and/or land development plan, including all required supplementary data specified in § 22-402 of this chapter, showing approximate locations.
A building or buildings in which is conducted the main or
principal use of the lot on which the building is located.
The main use of land or structures as distinguished from
a subordinate or accessory use.
All roads, streets, walkways, gutters, stormwater management
facilities, curbs, sewers and other facilities to be owned, maintained
or operated by a private entity as an individual, corporation or homeowners'
association for which plans and specifications must comply with the
provisions of this chapter, the Township Construction Standard Details,
and all other Township ordinances.
[Amended 10-11-2012 by Ord. No. 12-06]
See definition of "private lane" under "street."
Persons who provide expert or professional advice, including,
but not limited to, architects, attorneys, certified public accountants,
engineers, geologists, land surveyors, landscape architects and/or
planners.
All roads, streets, walkways, gutters, stormwater management
facilities, curbs, sewers and other facilities to be dedicated and
accepted by or maintained by the Township for which plans and specifications
must comply with the provisions of this chapter, the Township Construction
Standard Details, and all other Township ordinances.
[Amended 10-11-2012 by Ord. No. 12-06]
A municipal sanitary sewer system approved and permitted
by DEP and owned by the Sewer Authority or Township.
A municipal water supply facility approved and permitted
by DEP and owned by the Water Authority or Township or a water supply
facility owned by a public utility and operated in accordance with
a certificate of public convenience granted by the Pennsylvania Public
Utility Commission.
A circular or square plot of a given area used to determine
the dominant plant species within a site.
The Recorder of Deeds of Butler County, Pennsylvania, or
any agency successor thereto.
A final plan which contains the original endorsement of the
local municipality and the Planning Commission which is intended to
be recorded with the Butler County Recorder of Deeds.
A capital improvement program used to guide the allocation
of land to be developed or funds received in lieu of mandatory land
dedication, said program being included in the Comprehensive Parks,
Recreation and Open Space Plan.
[Added 6-16-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-02]
The service radius of existing or proposed Township parks and recreation facilities as defined by National Recreation and Parks Association standards as outlined in § 22-615N of this chapter.
[Added 6-16-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-02]
Any subdivision or transfer of land laid out on a plan which
has been approved by the Township which changes or proposes to change
property lines and/or public rights-of-way not in strict accordance
with the approved plan.
Land set aside for use as a street, alley or other means
of travel, as required by this chapter or the Township Construction
Standard Details.
[Amended 10-11-2012 by Ord. No. 12-06]
The Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, 35 P.S. § 750.1
et seq., as amended.
The Western Butler County Authority.
The length of street, measured along the center line, which
is continuously visible.
An informal plan, not necessarily to exact scale, indicating salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings, with the general layout of a proposal prepared in accordance with § 22-401 of this chapter.
A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, utilized
as a means of vehicular and pedestrian travel for more than one lot
or parking compound. "Street" includes an 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; however, "street" shall not include a driveway,
common driveway or access drive as defined herein. Unless the existing
streets within the Township are officially classified, the following
general classifications will prevail:
ARTERIAL STREET; HIGHWAYA street or road which is used primarily for fast or heavy traffic, including, but not limited to, all roads classified as main and secondary highways by the Department of Transportation. The arterial streets in the Township shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
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Franklin Road
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Hartmann Road
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Lindsay Road (State Route 528)
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Little Creek Road
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Perry Highway (State Route 19)
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Prospect Road (State Route 528)
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Seneca School Road
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State Route 68
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COLLECTOR STREETA street which carries traffic from minor streets to the major system or arterial streets, including the principal entrance or circulation streets of a residential development and all streets within industrial and/or commercial subdivisions or developments. The collector streets within the Township shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
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Dutch Road
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Evans Road
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Evergreen Mill Road
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Fanker Road
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Gudekunst Road
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Hartzell Road
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Jo Deener Road
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Kaufman Road
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Lutz Road
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Magill Road
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Mercer Road
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Pattison Street Extension
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Ramsey Road
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Ridge Road
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Spring Street
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Steeb Road
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Tara Drive
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Textor Hill Road
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Textor School Road
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Tollgate Road
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Tomlinson Road
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Whitney Drive
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Wise Road
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Zehner School Road
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LOCAL STREETA street which is used primarily for access to the abutting properties. The local streets in the Township shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
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Aloha Road
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Briar Hill Road
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Center Street Extension
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Cobblestone Court
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East Solomon Court
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German Street
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Gregg Drive
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Gregg Drive Extension
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Gristmill Lane
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Gristmill Circle
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High Acres
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Kline Road
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Lindsay Way
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Maple Glen Drive
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Metcalf Road
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Muntz Run Road
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Nickle Road
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Oak Hill Drive
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Oakridge Trail
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Old Little Creek Road
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Parkedge Drive
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Perry Way
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Pine Way
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Plunkett Road
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Porters Cove Road
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Rock Lake Court North
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Rock Lake Court West
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Rock Lake Drive
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Rolling Hill Road
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Russell Road
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Sahli Road
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Saltarka Lane
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Schar Road
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Senns Way
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Shaffer Drive
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Soloman Court
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St. Ives Way
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Swain Hill Road
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Timberview Trail
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Twin Oaks Lane
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Wahl Road
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West Solomon Court
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Willowood Lane
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Youngblood Road
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Zeigler Drive
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ALLEYA minor street which is used primarily for vehicular access to the rear or side of two or more properties and otherwise abutting a street or for placement of utilities.
PRIVATE LANEA private street which is used for access to no more than five abutting lots that are utilized for single-family detached dwellings and/or agricultural operations.
A line defining the edge of a street right-of-way and separating
the street from abutting property or lots. Also known as the "street
right-of-way line."
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land. The term "structure" includes buildings, communications towers, parking areas, sidewalks and similar construction, all as defined by this chapter and the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 27).
A developer.
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 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.
See "minor subdivision."
A professional land surveyor licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Jackson Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
The Township's accepted methods, materials, designs, details
and practices for building and site improvements prepared by the Township
Engineer and as approved by the Board of Supervisors by resolution,
as may be amended from time to time. Copies of the current Township
Construction Standard Details are on file in the office of the Township
Manager.
[Added 10-11-2012 by Ord.
No. 12-06]
The professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and duly appointed as the Engineer of Jackson Township
or his designee.
The Manager of Jackson Township, or his designee, or the
designee of the Board of Supervisors of Jackson Township.
A line along which quadrants are placed at intervals.
A unit, the use of which is not subordinate or customarily
incidental to a principal unit. A unit of occupancy can be either
residential or nonresidential and can be an independent unit within
a structure or a separate detached structure.
A facility that is not physically occupied by persons on
a regular basis, and the operation and control of which is not performed
by persons physically located on the site of the facility.
An entity that provides utility service(s) to a property
or use, including but not limited to the provider(s) of sanitary sewage,
water, stormwater conveyance and management, telephone, electricity,
natural gas, cable television and Internet services.
The granting of an exception or modification to these regulations
which in the opinion of the Board of Supervisors will not be detrimental
to the general welfare, impair the intent of those regulations or
conflict with the Comprehensive Plan.
A system of piping and appurtenances, whether municipally
or privately owned, designed for the transmission and distribution
of potable water from a centralized water supply or source to residences,
commercial building, industrial plants or institutions (not including
individual on-lot wells).
The Western Butler County Authority or any successor entity
thereto.
Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water
or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support,
and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation
typically adapted for life in saturated soil condition. Wetlands include,
but are not limited to, swamps, bogs and similar areas. Wetlands shall
be identified by a person appropriately qualified and trained to delineate
wetlands, using the current delineation manual and other protocols
and guidance required by the DEP, the United States Environmental
Protection Agency, and/or the Army Corps of Engineers.
An open space at grade between a building and the adjoining lot lines, unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a structure from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided herein or the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 27).
That individual authorized by the Board of Supervisors to
be the administrator of the day-to-day application of the provisions
contained in this chapter.
Chapter 27, Zoning, of the Code of Jackson Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, as amended.
