A.
Unless a contrary intention clearly appears, the following words
and phrases have, for the purpose of this chapter, the meanings given
in the following subsections.
B.
For the purpose of this chapter, words and terms used herein shall
be interpreted as follows:
(1)
Words used in the present tense include the future.
(2)
The singular includes the plural, and words meaning plural include
the singular.
(3)
The word "person" includes a corporation, partnership, and association
as well as the individual.
(4)
The word "lot" includes the word "plot" or "parcel."
(5)
The term "shall" is always mandatory.
(6)
The word "Commission" and the words "Planning Commission" always
mean the Hatfield Township Planning Commission.
(7)
The word "Board" and the words "Township Commissioners" always mean
the Hatfield Township Board of Commissioners.
(8)
The word "engineer" always means the Hatfield Township Engineer unless
otherwise specified.
(9)
Except as may be otherwise qualified, the meaning of the word "subdivision"
also includes "land development."
C.
Any word or term not defined herein shall be used with a meaning
of standard usage.
D.
AASHTO
ACCEPTED ENGINEERING PRACTICE
AGENT
ALLEY
APPLICANT
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
AS-BUILT DRAWINGS
BASE FLOOD
BASE FLOOD ELEVATION
BLOCK
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BUFFER
BUFFER, BARRIER
BUFFER, SOFTENING
BUILDING
BUILDING SETBACK LINE
CARTWAY
CISTERN
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE
COMMON OPEN SPACE
CONSERVATION DISTRICT
CONSTRUCTION
COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
CROSSWALK OR INTERIOR WALK
CUL-DE-SAC
CULVERT
CURBLINE
CUT
DEDICATION
DESIGN STORM
DEVELOPER
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
DEVELOPMENT SITE
DRAINAGE EASEMENT
DRAINAGE FACILITY
DRIVEWAY
DWELLING UNIT
EARTH DISTURBANCE
EASEMENT
ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
ENGINEER, PROFESSIONAL
EROSION
FEEDER ROOTS
FILL
FINANCIAL SECURITY
FLOOD
GROUNDWATER RECHARGE
HALF OR PARTIAL STREET
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
IMPROVEMENTS
INFILTRATION STRUCTURES
LAND DEVELOPMENT
(1)
(a)
[1]
[2]
(b)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
LANDOWNER
LOT
LOT AREA
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
LOT, CORNER
LOT LINE CHANGE
MAINTENANCE GUARANTEE
MAJOR SUBDIVISION
MARGINAL ACCESS STREET
MINOR LAND DEVELOPMENT
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
MINOR SUBDIVISION
MOBILE HOME
MOBILE HOME LOT
MOBILE HOME PARK
MULTIPLE-DWELLING BUILDING
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY
ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR FLOOD
PEAK DISCHARGE
PERMANENT MONUMENT
PERVIOUS SURFACE
PLAN, FINAL SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING COMMISSION
PUBLIC GROUNDS
PUBLIC HEARING
PUBLIC MEETING
PUBLIC NOTICE
RELEASE RATE
RESUBDIVISION
RETENTION/DETENTION AREA
REVERSE FRONTAGE LOTS (THROUGH LOTS)
RIGHT-OF-WAY
RIGHT-OF-WAY, ULTIMATE
RIPARIAN CORRIDOR
RUNOFF
SCS
SEDIMENT
SEDIMENTATION
SEDIMENTATION BASIN
SEEPAGE PIT/SEEPAGE TRENCH
SEMI-IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
SEWAGE FACILITY
SEWERS, CAPPED
SIGHT DISTANCE, STOPPING OR CLEAR
SLOPE
SOIL-COVER COMPLEX METHOD
STORM SEWER
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
STREAM
STREET (includes private roadways, parking, etc.)
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(4)
STREET LINE
STRUCTURAL FLOOR ELEVATION
STRUCTURE
STUB STREET
SUBAREA
SUBDIVIDER or DEVELOPER
SUBDIVISION
(1)
(2)
(3)
SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED
SWALE
TOWNSHIP LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
TOWNSHIP SECRETARY
TREE DRIPLINE
TREE PROTECTION ZONE
UNDEVELOPED LAND
WATERCOURSE
WATER FACILITY
WATER SURVEY
YARD
(1)
(2)
(3)
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall, for
the purpose of this chapter, have the following meanings:
American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials, "A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets,"
latest edition.
That which conforms to accepted principles, tests, or standards
or nationally recognized technical or scientific authorities.
Any person, other than the subdivider, who, acting for the
subdivider or developer, submits to the Commission subdivision or
land development plans for the purpose of obtaining approval thereof.
A right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access to the
side or rear of two or more properties.
Any person who submits to the Commission subdivision or land
development plans for the purpose of obtaining approval thereof.
Every application, whether preliminary 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 land development plan.
Engineering or site drawings maintained by contractor as
he constructs the project and upon which he documents the actual locations
of improvements and changes to the original contract documents. The
documents or copy, certified by a Pennsylvania surveyor shall be submitted
to the Township at completion of the project.
The flood which has been selected to serve as the basis upon
which the floodplain management provisions of this chapter, the one-hundred-year
flood, as referenced in the current Flood Insurance Study (FIS), Hatfield
Township, prepared by the Federal Insurance Administration (FIA),
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and adopted by the Hatfield
Township Board of Commissioners.
The one-hundred-year flood elevation as referenced in the
Flood Insurance Study (FIS), prepared by the Federal Flood Insurance
Administration (FIA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Within the approximated floodplain, the base flood elevation shall
be established as a point on the boundary of the approximated floodplain
closest to the construction site in question or by acceptable hydrologic
and hydraulic engineering techniques, whichever indicates the highest
base flood elevation (elevations) on the site.
An area divided into lots and usually bounded by streets.
The Board of Commissioners of Hatfield Township.
A continuous strip of land of a prescribed width designed
and functioning to separate the elements and uses of land which abut
it and to ease the transition between those lands through the use
of vegetation and trees.
A buffer similar to the above but intended to isolate uses
through the use of more plantings. Barrier buffer is in addition to
other buffer requirements.
A buffer intended to mitigate the visual impact of adjoining
facilities, but not a screen or opaque type buffer.
Any structure having enclosed walls and roof, permanently
located on the land, intended for supporting or sheltering a use or
occupancy. The word "building" shall include structures.
A line within a property defining the required minimum distance
between any structure and the ultimate right-of-way line, side lot
line or rear lot line.
The portion of a street or alley intended for vehicular use.
An underground reservoir or tank for storing rainwater.
An area of unobstructed vision at street or driveway intersections
defined by the right-of-way lines of the streets and by a line of
sight between points on their right-of-way lines at a given distance
from the intersection of the right-of-way lines.
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water, within the 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.
Montgomery County Conservation District.
The construction, reconstruction, renovation, repair, extension,
expansion, alteration, or relocation of a building or structure, including
the placement of mobile homes.
Montgomery County Planning Commission.
A municipally or privately owned right-of-way, the purpose
of which is to provide access for pedestrian traffic to adjacent streets
or properties.
A street intersecting another street at one end and terminating
at the other in a vehicular turnaround.
A pipe, conduit or similar structure, including appurtenant
works, which carries surface water.
The outermost edge of the cartway or roadway.
An excavation; the difference between a point on the original
ground and a designated point of lower elevation on the final grade;
the material removed in an excavation.
The deliberate devotion of property by its owner for general
public use, by fee simple deed.
The magnitude of precipitation from a storm event measured
in probability of occurrence (e.g., fifty-year storm) and duration
(e.g., 24 hours) and used in computing stormwater management control
systems.
Any landowner, agent of such landowner, or tenant with the
permission of such landowner who makes or causes to be made a subdivision
or a land development.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures, the
placement of mobile homes, streets and other paving, utilities, mining,
dredging, filling, grading, excavation or drilling operations, and
the storage of materials or equipment.
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
development plan," when used in this chapter, shall mean the written
and graphic materials referred to in this definition.
The specific tract of land for which a regulated activity
is proposed.
A right granted by a landowner to a grantee, allowing the
use of private land for stormwater management purposes.
Any ditch, swale, gutter, pipe, culvert, storm sewer or other
structure designed, intended, or constructed for the purpose of diverting
or detaining surface waters from, or carrying surface waters off,
streets, public rights-of-way, parks, recreational areas, or any part
of any subdivision or contiguous land areas.
A minor vehicular right-of-way providing access between a
street and a parking area or garage within a lot or property.
A room or group of rooms within a building used as a complete
housekeeping facility providing living, sleeping, cooking, dining
and sanitary facilities, for one family; a residence.
A construction or activity which disturbs the surface of
the land.
A limited right of use granted in private land for public
or quasi-public purpose.
All engineering responsibilities as herein defined shall
be those of the engineer of the Township of Hatfield, hereinafter
referred to as the "Township Engineer." The Township Engineer will
review the plan and any accompanying material for the proposed subdivision
or land development and make his findings known in a report to the
Township Planning Commission and the Board of Commissioners. This
report will be considered by the Commission when reviewing the proposal.
For the purpose of clearly identifying the extent of the Engineer's
responsibility in the review of subdivision and land development proposals,
the following engineering considerations are defined. The Engineer
shall make recommendations concerning approval or disapproval of the
application based upon these considerations as they are reflected
in the plans submitted.
Dimensions and areas of lots or parcels.
Existing and proposed contours in relation to the proposed use
and that of adjacent properties.
Soil conditions; proposed erosion controls.
Surface and subsurface drainage conditions and proposed storm
drainage plans.
Lighting plans.
Utility plans and easement requirements.
Road specifications, widths, cross sections, alignment, profiles,
and intersections and future extensions.
Location and design of street, parking area or drainage entrances
and existing accessways, public and private.
Methods and treatment of sanitary sewage.
Conformance to the applicable zoning ordinance.
Acceptability of materials, methods and construction indicated
in final plans and specifications.
Conformance to applicable sections of this chapter.
A professional engineer duly licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in accordance with the Professional Engineer and Professional
Land Surveyor Registration Law, Act 367, as amended.[1]
The removal of soil particles by the action of water, wind,
ice or other geological agents.
The small roots of a tree, located within the top 12 inches
of soil.
Any act by which natural or man-made materials are placed,
pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved to a new location above
the natural surface of the ground or on top of the stripped surface,
as well as the material or condition resulting therefrom.
Any approved security which may be in lieu of a requirement
that certain improvements be made before the Township Commissioners
approval at final subdivision or land development plan, including
cash, and other similar collateral or security agreements.
A temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of
a normally dry land area.
Replenishment of existing natural underground water supplies.
A street parallel and adjacent to a property line having
a lesser right-of-way width than required for satisfactory improvement
and use of the street.
Those surfaces which are covered in any way so as not to
allow the ground beneath to absorb water at a natural rate, including,
but not limited to, buildings, walks, roofs, swimming pools, man-made
ponds, and paved or stoned areas.
[Amended 8-22-2012 by Ord. No. 637]
Those physical additions, installations and changes required
such as streets, curbs, sidewalks, water mains, sewers, drainage facilities,
public utilities, and any other appropriate items required to render
land equitable for the use proposed.
A structure designed to direct runoff into the ground (e.g.,
french drains, seepage pits, and seepage trench).
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; or
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.
"Land development" does not include development which 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 building,
on a lot or lots subordinate to an existing principal building; or
The addition or conversion of buildings or rides within the
confines of an enterprise which would be considered an amusement park.
For the purposes of this subsection, an "amusement park" is defined
as a tract or area used principally as a location for permanent amusement
structures or rides. This exclusion shall not apply to newly acquired
acreage by an amusement park until initial plans for the expanded
area have been approved by the proper authorities. (Only allowed in
the LI Light Industrial District.)
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 proprietary interest in land, shall be deemed
to be a landowner for the purposes of this chapter.
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.
The horizontal area of the lot lying within the lot lines;
provided, however, that the following shall not be included in lot
area:
Area within a street right-of-way or ultimate right-of-way.
Area within any required open space.
Area within any floodplain conservation district.
Area delineated as wetlands by a licensed engineer or soils
scientist.
Area within an existing easement or right-of-way of record.
Area within any proposed easement or right-of-way on the lot.
A lot which has an interior angle of less than 135° at
the intersection of two street lines. A lot abutting upon a curved
street or streets shall be considered a corner lot if the tangents
to the curve at the points beginning with the lot or at the points
of intersection of the side lot lines with the street right-of-way
lines intersect at an interior angle of less than 135°.
The revision, subdivision or resubdivision of two lots for
the purpose of the transferring of land area from one lot to the other
and not creating a new building lot.
Security that may be accepted by the Township for maintenance
of any improvement required.
Subdivision wherein lots abut existing streets of insufficient
width and/or streets prepared to be laid out through unimproved land
and have more than two lots. The plan shall conform to preliminary
plans approved, including modifications and revisions specified by
Hatfield Township. Major subdivisions shall also include multiple
dwelling projects, shopping centers, and industrial parks.
Minor streets, parallel and adjacent to major traffic streets,
providing access to abutting properties and control of intersections
with the major traffic street.
Any land development which meets all of the following conditions:
The proposal involves expansion of an existing building by no
more than 25% to a maximum of 7,500 square feet.
The proposal does not introduce a new use to the property.
The proposal does not involve the creation of additional dwelling
units.
The proposal does not involve the construction of a new building
larger than 7,500 square feet.
The proposal does not require any additional stormwater management
facilities or other public improvements.
The specific property involved has received deferral of land
development requirements no more than two times previous to the current
proposal.
The division of a single lot, tract or parcel of land into
two lots, tracts or parcels of land for the purpose, whether immediate
or future, of transfer, of ownership or of building development, providing
the proposed lots, tracts or parcels of land thereby created have
frontage on existing improved streets of sufficient width, and providing,
further, there is not created by the subdivision any new street, streets,
vehicular way, parking lots, easements or access or the need therefor.
The subdivision of land previously subject to a minor subdivision
shall be considered a major subdivision.
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.
A parcel 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.
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.
A building providing separate living quarters for two or
more families.
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."
[2]A flood that has one chance in 100 or a one-percent chance
of being equaled or exceeded in any one year. For the purposes of
this chapter, the one-hundred-year flood (base flood) as defined by
the Federal Insurance Administration (FIA), Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA), in the Flood Insurance Study (FIS), Hatfield Township,
or in such instances where the definition is approximated or indicated
by other less technical methods and is required by Hatfield Township
to be determined by acceptable hydrologic and hydraulic engineering
techniques.
The maximum rate of flow of storm runoff at a given point
and time resulting from a specified storm event.
A specified structure of masonry or steel permanently placed
on or in the ground, including those placed expressly for surveying
reference.
A surface that allows infiltration of water into the ground.
A complete and exact subdivision plan, prepared as for official
recording, to define property rights and proposed streets and other
improvements.
Hatfield Township Planning Commission.
Includes:
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Board
of Commissioners or Planning Commission, intended to inform and obtain
public comment, prior to taking action in accordance with this chapter.
A forum held pursuant to notice under the Act of July 3,
1986 (P.L. 388, No. 84), known as the "Sunshine Act," 53 P.S. § 271
et seq.
[3]Notice published once each week for two successive weeks
in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township. 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.
The percentage of the predevelopment peak rate of runoff
for a development site to which the postdevelopment peak rate of runoff
must be controlled to protect downstream areas.
Any subdivision or transfer of land, laid out on a plan which
has been approved by the Board, which changes or proposes to change
property lines and/or public rights-of-way not in strict accordance
with the approved plan.
A water impoundment made by constructing a berm, dam or device
to regulate flow of stormwater or made by excavating a pit for the
purpose of retaining precipitation and releasing slowly into the ground
or natural watercourses.
A lot extending between and having frontage on a major street
and a minor street with vehicular access solely from the minor street.
An easement or a strip of land occupied or intended to be
occupied by a street, alley, crosswalk, sanitary or storm sewer, stream,
drainage ditch, utility, or for another special use. The usage of
the term "right-of-way" for land plotting purposes in the Township
of Hatfield shall mean that every right-of-way hereafter established
and shown on a final record plan is to be separate and distinct from
the lots or parcels adjoining such right-of-way, and not included
with the dimensions or areas of such lots or parcels. These rights-of-way,
that involve maintenance by the Township of Hatfield, shall be dedicated
to public use by the subdivider of the plan on which such rights-of-way
are established.
Area surrounding surface water bodies, including creeks,
lakes, watercourses and wetlands etc.
That part of precipitation which flows over the land.
Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
[4]Solid material, both mineral and organic, that is in suspension,
is being transported or has been moved from its site of origin by
water.
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 usually referred
to as "sediment."
A barrier, dam, retention or detention basin designed to
retain sediment.
An area of excavated earth filled with loose stone or similar
material and into which surface water is directed for infiltration
into the ground.
A surface such as stone, rock, concrete or other material
which prevents some percolation of water into the ground.
Any sewer, sewage system, sewage treatment works or part
thereof designed, intended or constructed for the collection, treatment
or disposal of liquid waste including industrial waste.
Inactive or dry collector sewers installed during the process
of construction of other improvements. Capped sewers are not immediately
available to be junctioned to an active flowing operating collector
or interceptor sewer line. Capped sewers include the installation
of service laterals installed behind the curbline or to the right-of-way
line for each property or dwelling. These service laterals are capped
and sealed until such time as the collector line is junctioned to
an operating sewer line.
As defined in the current edition of AASHTO.
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 distance in feet per
100 feet of horizontal distance.
A method of runoff computation developed by SCS which is
based upon relating soil type and land use/cover to a runoff parameter
called a "curve number."
A system of pipes or other conduits which carries intercepted
surface runoff, street water and other waters, or drainage, but excludes
domestic sewage and industrial wastes.
The plan for managing stormwater runoff adopted by Montgomery
County for the Neshaminy Creek Watershed as required by the Act of
October 4, 1978, P.L. 864 (Act 167), and known as the "Storm Water
Management Act."
[5]A watercourse.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, and parkway, viaduct,
alley, or other way for the movement of vehicular traffic, which is
an existing state, county or Township roadway, or a street or way
shown upon a final drawing, heretofore approved, pursuant to law or
approved by official action, and includes the land between street
lines, whether improved or unimproved, and may comprise pavement,
shoulders, gutters, sidewalks, parking areas, and other areas within
the right-of-way. A public or private way used or intended to be used
for passage or travel by automotive vehicles. If private, such way
must be used or intended to be used as the principal means of access
to abutting lot or lots to more than two dwellings on a lot on which
a private way is exclusively used.
Arterials.
MINOR ARTERIALA street or highway which collects, carries and distributes medium volumes of traffic.
PRINCIPAL ARTERIALA highway carrying a high volume of traffic with restricted or controlled access between expressways and collector roads.
The entire length of the route proposed state highway currently
commonly referred to as the "309 connector" shall be deemed an arterial
street or arterial highway.
Collector roads.
MAJOR COLLECTORSDesigned to carry moderate to heavy traffic from arterial highways or expressways to local streets and distribute traffic throughout the Township and adjacent areas.
MINOR COLLECTORSDesigned to carry moderate volumes of traffic between arterial and local roads and distribute traffic within limited areas, sections or neighborhoods in the Township. Also known as a "feeder street."
Local streets.
ALLEY or SERVICE STREETA minor way used primarily for service vehicle access to the rear or sides of properties otherwise abutting directly onto another street.
CUL-DE-SAC STREETA street with one end open for vehicular access with the other end terminating in a turnaround of such length and geometries acceptable for PennDOT Liquid Fuels reimbursable purposes.
DRIVEWAYGenerally, a private way for the use of vehicles and pedestrians providing access between a public street and an interior area within a lot or property.
MARGINAL ACCESS OR FRONTAGE STREETA secondary street parallel and adjacent to an expressway, arterial or collector street, which provides access to abutting properties and separation from through traffic.
RESIDENTIAL STREETA street carrying low volumes of traffic used to provide access to residential properties and connect with other residential streets and streets of a higher classification.
EXPRESSWAYSThe highest classification of highway with controlled access carrying high volumes of through traffic. Also known as a "limited-access highway" or "freeway."
The dividing line between the street right-of-way and the lot. The street line shall be the same as the legal right-of-way line, provided that the street right-of-way shall not be less than that required in § 250-29B of this chapter and, where a future right-of-way width for a street has been officially established, the street right-of-way so established.
The lowest floor of a structure which shall be eight inches
minimum above finished ground elevation. A structural floor will include
all floors within a building, including garage floors, having direct
access to the outside. (Vehicular entrance into a garage shall be
met by macadam at floor elevation for access purposes.) However, a
structural floor will not include a floor with upward access to the
outside finished grade.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
A street or road extending to a maximum depth of one lot
from within a subdivision boundary and terminating with a temporary
vehicular turnaround. Stub streets are provided to permit adjacent
undeveloped parcels of land to be developed later with an adjacent
connecting street system.
The smallest unit of watershed breakdown for hydrologic modeling
purposes for which the runoff control criteria have been established
in the Neshaminy Creek Watershed Stormwater Management Plan.
The owner, or authorized agent of the owner, including, but
not limited to, an individual or corporation that undertakes a subdivision
or land development or any of the activities covered by this chapter,
particularly the preparation of a subdivision plan showing the layout
of the land and the public improvements involved therein. The term
"subdivider" is intended to include the term "developer" even though
the personnel involved in successive stages of the project may vary.
The division of a single lot, tract or parcel of land or any
part thereof into two or more lots, tracts or parcels of land, including
changes in street lines or lot lines for the purpose, whether immediate
or future, of partition by the court for distribution to heirs or
devisees, transfer of ownership, rent or of building development,
including commercial and industrial sites and mobile home parks; provided,
however, that divisions of land by lease for agricultural purposes
in parcels of more than 10 acres not involving any new streets or
easements or access shall be exempt from the provisions of this article.
Subdivision shall include land development. Any development of a parcel
of land which involves installation of streets and/or alleys, even
though the streets and alleys may not be dedicated to public use and
the parcel may not be divided immediately for purposes of conveyance
transfer, sale or rent.
Any development of a piece of land which involves installation
of sanitary sewers, storm sewers, water mains, gas main or pipes,
or other facilities for the use, whether immediate or future, of the
owners or occupants, of the land, or of buildings abutting thereon
shall be considered the same as subdivision.
The term "subdivision" includes resubdivision and, when appropriate
to the context, shall relate to the process of subdividing or to the
land subdivided, or land development. The recombination of lots previously
subdivided shall also be considered a subdivision.
Where, in the judgment of the Township Engineer, at least
90% (based on the cost of the required improvements for which financial
security was posted pursuant to the requirements of this chapter)
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.
A low-lying stretch of land which gathers or carries surface
water runoff.
A registered landscape architect of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
designated to perform the duties herein specified, or the Township
Engineer in lieu thereof.
The Secretary of Hatfield Township or the office of the Secretary
of Hatfield Township, or the authorized representative of the Secretary
of Hatfield Township.
A continuous line marking the outermost reaches of a tree's
branches.
An area of a site designated on the landscape plan in which
no construction activity or disturbance of any kind shall occur. Such
area shall include all land within the dripline of any tree to be
retained or any land otherwise within 15 feet of the trunk of a tree
to be retained.
Land in parcels sufficiently large for future subdivision
which is presently in agriculture, woodland or lying fallow.
Any channel of conveyance of surface water having defined
bed and banks, whether natural or artificial, with perennial or intermittent
flow.
Any water works, water supply works, water distribution system
or part thereof designed, intended or constructed to provide or distribute
potable water.
An inventory of the source, quantity, yield and use of groundwater
and surface-water resources within the Township.
An open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building
or other structure or use, open and unobstructed from the ground to
the sky, except for public utility lines or facilities.
FRONT YARDA yard extending the full width of the lot along the front lot line and extending in depth from the street line to the nearest point of any structure on the lot. The minimum required front yard shall not be less than the required front yard setback as specified for the applicable district in the Zoning Ordinance.[6]
REAR YARDA yard extending the full width of the lot along the rear lot line and extending in depth from the rear lot line to the nearest point of any structure on the lot. The minimum required rear yard shall not be less than the required rear yard setback as specified for the applicable district in the Zoning Ordinance.
SIDE YARDA yard extending the full depth of the lot along a side lot line and extending in width form such side lot line to the nearest point of any structure on the lot. The minimum required side yard shall not be less than the required side yard setback as specified for the applicable district in the Zoning Ordinance.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 63 P.S. § 148 et seq., the Engineer,
Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law.
[2]
Editor's Note: The Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 was
repealed by 2001, June 19, P.L. 287, No. 22, § 3. See now 53
Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
[3]
Editor's Note: The Sunshine Act of 1986, Act 84 (65 P.S. § 271
et seq.), was repealed 10-15-1998 by P.L. 729, No. 93; see now 65
Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq
[4]
Editor's Note: Now the Natural Resources Conservation Service
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
[5]
Editor's Note: See 32 P.S. § 680.1 et seq.
