This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "College Township Subdivision Regulations."
This chapter is enacted and ordained under the
grant of powers by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act of 1968, July
31, P.L. 805, as amended (53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.).
This chapter is enacted for the following purposes:
A.
To protect and provide for the health, safety and
general welfare of the municipality.
B.
To guide the future growth and development of the
municipality in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan.
C.
To protect the character and the social and economic
stability of all parts of the municipality and to encourage the orderly
and beneficial layout and development of the municipality; to establish
reasonable procedures for subdivision review; and to ensure proper
legal descriptions and monumenting of subdivided land.
D.
To protect and conserve the value of land throughout
the municipality and the value of buildings and improvements upon
the land, and to minimize the conflicts among the uses of land and
buildings.
E.
To guide public and private policy and action in order
to provide adequate and efficient transportation, water, sewerage,
fire protection and other public requirements and facilities; to provide
the most beneficial relationship between the uses of land and buildings
and the circulation of traffic throughout the municipality, having
particular regard to the avoidance of congestion in the streets and
highways and the pedestrian traffic movements appropriate to the various
uses of land and buildings, and to provide for the proper location
and design of streets; to ensure that public facilities and easements
are available and will have a sufficient capacity to serve the proposed
subdivision or land development.
F.
To minimize pollution of streams and ponds; to assure
the adequacy of drainage facilities; to safeguard the water table;
and to encourage the wise use and management of natural resources.
In their interpretation and application, the
regulations set by this chapter shall be held to be the minimum requirements
adopted for the promotion of the purposes of this chapter.
A.
Types of control. This chapter contains regulations
governing the following: submission procedures for the review and
disposition of subdivision and land development plans; graphic and
written information to be contained on or filed with such plans: the
design and installation of required improvements; the layout and arrangement
of lots and blocks; the reservation of land for public use; and methods
of handling storm drainage and erosion and sedimentation.
B.
New subdivisions and land developments.
(1)
No subdivision or land development of any lot, tract
or parcel of land shall be made, and no street, sanitary sewer, storm
sewer, water main or other improvements in connection therewith shall
be laid out, constructed, opened or dedicated for public use or travel
or for the common use of occupants of buildings abutting thereon,
except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(2)
This chapter shall apply to all plans submitted for
initial approval of a subdivision or land development after the date
of enactment of this chapter.
C.
Existing subdivisions and land developments.
(2)
This chapter shall apply to any subdivision or land
development which occurred without obtaining approval required under
this chapter or previous subdivision ordinances of this municipality.
(3)
The provisions of this chapter governing the design
and installation of improvements shall apply to any unbuilt portion
of a subdivision or land development for which a preliminary or final
plan was approved more than three years prior to the date of the enactment
of this chapter. Where final plan approval was preceded by preliminary
plan approval, the three-year period shall be counted from the date
of the preliminary plan approval.
(4)
Any preliminary plan approved within three years prior
to the date of enactment of this chapter shall be entitled to final
plan approval, within three years of the date of approval of the said
preliminary plan, according to the terms of said plan.
D.
Relationship to other restrictions. The provisions of this chapter are not intended to interfere with, abrogate or annul other rules, regulations or ordinances, provided that where this chapter imposes a greater restriction than that imposed by such other rules, easements, covenants, restrictions, regulations or ordinances, the provisions of this chapter shall control, except that for any development governed by Chapter 145, Planned Residential Development, where a provision of this chapter conflicts with a provision or provisions of Chapter 145, the provision(s) of Chapter 145 shall control.
E.
Exemptions. This chapter shall not apply to any subdivision
or land development exempted by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning
Code[2] or other laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, nor to the design and installation of improvements for developments governed by Chapter 127, Mobile Homes.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101
et seq.
F.
Subdivisions and land developments, existing or new, must be constructed and maintained in full compliance with their approved and recorded plan(s) and subsequent minor plan(s). Failure to comply shall constitute a violation with penalties as set forth in § 180-29A.
[Added 8-16-2007 by Ord. No. O-07-03]
A.
Word usage. For the purpose of this chapter, certain
terms and words used herein shall be interpreted as follows:
(1)
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.
(2)
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.
(3)
The word "person" includes an individual, firm, association,
organization, partnership, trust, company, corporation or any other
similar entity.
(4)
The words "shall" and "must" are mandatory; the words
"may" and "should" are permissive.
(5)
The words "used or occupied" include the words "intended,
designed, maintained or arranged to be used or occupied."
B.
ACREAGE OF PROPERTY
ALLEY
AMENDMENT
APPLICANT
ARCHITECT
ASSOCIATION, PROPERTY OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION
BIKE PATH
BLOCK
BOULEVARD
BOULEVARD-TYPE ENTRANCE
BOUNDARY
BUILDING
CARTWAY
CENTER LINE
CENTRE REGION
CERTIFIED NURSERY STOCK
COMMON ELEMENTS
COMMON FACILITIES
COMMUNITY SEWAGE SYSTEM
COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
CONTROLLED FACILITIES
COUNCIL
COUNTY
CUL-DE-SAC
CUT
DEAD-END STREET
DECLARANT
(1)
(a)
(b)
(2)
(3)
DECLARATION
DEDICATION
DESIGN PATTERN
DEVELOPER
DEVELOPMENT
DRIVEWAY
ELEVATION
ENGINEER
ENGINEER, TOWNSHIP
EROSION and SEDIMENTATION
(1)
(2)
ESCROW
EXCAVATION
FAR (FLOOR AREA RATIO)
FILL
FIRE APPARATUS ACCESS ROAD
FIRE CHIEF
FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTION
FIRE FLOW
FLOODPLAIN
FLOOR AREA
GOVERNING BODY
GRADING
HALF STREET
HEIGHT
IMPROVEMENT
LAND DEVELOPMENT
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
LAND PLANNING UNIT
LAND SURVEYOR
LANDOWNER
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
LOT
LOT, DOUBLE- OR REVERSE-FRONTAGE
LOT LINE
MAJOR VARIATION
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
MAXIMUM BUILDING COVERAGE
MOTOR-VEHICLE-ORIENTED BUSINESS
MUNICIPAL
NFPA
NORTH POINT
OFF-SITE SEWER SERVICE
ON-SITE SEWER SERVICE
OPEN SPACE
OWNER
PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPALITIES PLANNING CODE
PERIMETER BOUNDARY
PHASE
PLANNED COMMUNITY
PLANNED RESEARCH AND BUSINESS PARK DEVELOPMENT (PARK)
PLANNING COMMISSION
RECREATIONAL STRUCTURE
RIGHTS-OF-WAY or ROW
RUNOFF
SCHEDULE
SEDIMENTATION
SEED
SHARED ACCESS AGREEMENTS
SIDEWALK
SIGHT DISTANCE
SLOPE
STEEP SLOPE
STREET
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
SUBDIVIDER
SUBDIVISION
TOWNSHIP
UNITS
USE
WALKWAY or SIDEWALK
WATER AUTHORITY
Definitions. Unless a contrary intention clearly appears,
the following words and phrases shall have the meaning given in this
section. All words and terms not defined herein shall be used with
a meaning of standard usage. Where a definition given herein conflicts
with the definition of such term found in the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code,[1] the definition of such term in the Planning Code shall
prevail.
[Amended 1-8-1987 by Ord. No. 100]
The area contained within the property lines of a lot.
A street, usually located to the rear or side of properties
otherwise abutting a street, used primarily for vehicular service
access.
Any duly enacted change or revision of this chapter.
[Amended 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
A subdivider, owner or developer, as hereinafter defined,
who has filed an application for subdivision or land development,
including his heirs, successors and assigns.
A professional licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
to practice architecture.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
The organization governing a group of units with common elements
as organized under 68 Pa. C.S. § 5301.
[Added 7-21-2005 by Ord. No. O-05-11]
A minimum eight-foot-zero-inch-wide paved path intended to
furnish bicycle and pedestrian access.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
An area bounded by streets and usually divided into lots.
A broad internal street with landscaped medians and planted
rights-of-way lined with trees and grass cover.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
Any entrance with two distinct travel lanes, which are separated
by a median that is a minimum of 10 feet wide.
[Added 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
A line marking the limit or border of a lot or district.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
A structure, including any part thereof, having a roof and
used for the shelter or enclosure of persons or chattel.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
The portion of a street right-of-way designed or intended
for vehicular use.
A line running parallel to and equidistant from both sides
of a street.
A geographic area in Centre County, Pennsylvania, consisting
of the Townships of College, Ferguson, Halfmoon, Harris and Patton
and the Borough of State College.
A guaranty from a nursery that each shade tree ordered is
healthy and true to name.
Common facilities or controlled facilities. Common elements
may consist of, but not limited to, stormwater management facilities,
private recreation areas, shared access or parking, community center,
streetlights, etc.
[Added 7-21-2005 by Ord. No. O-05-11]
Any real estate or amenity within a planned community which
will be operated or used by multiple units.
[Added 7-21-2005 by Ord. No. O-05-11]
Any system for the collection of sewage or industrial wastes
of a liquid nature from two or more lots and the treatment and/or
disposal of the sewage or industrial waste on one or more of the lots
or at any other site.
Any public or private water system that serves more than
15 homes or 25 residents.
[Added 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
The officially adopted College Township Comprehensive Plan.
[Amended 12-20-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
Any real estate or amenity within a planned community, whether
or not a part of a unit, that is not a common facility but is maintained,
improved, repaired, replaced, regulated, managed, insured or controlled
by the association.
[Added 7-21-2005 by Ord. No. O-05-11]
The governing body of the Township of College, Centre County,
Pennsylvania.
The County of Centre, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any roadway with a single means of entry and exit. The cul-de-sac
has two parts: the stem and turnaround. The cul-de-sac is measured
from the end of the turnaround to the point where the stem intersects
with a roadway that has two means of entry and exit.
[Amended 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
The difference between a point on the original ground and
a designated point of lower elevation on the final grade; an excavation.
A street with only one vehicular traffic outlet.
[Added 7-21-2005 by Ord. No. O-05-11]
If a planned community has been created, the
term means any of the following:
Any person who has executed a declaration or
an amendment to a declaration to add additional real estate. This
subsection excludes a person holding interest in the real estate solely
as security for an obligation; a person whose interest in the real
estate will not be conveyed to unit owners; and, in the case of a
leasehold planned community, a lessor who possesses no special declarant
rights and who is not an affiliate of a declarant who possesses special
declarant rights.
A person who succeeds under 68 Pa C.S. § 5304
to any special declarant rights.
If the planned community has not been created,
the term means any person who offers to dispose of or disposes of
the person’s interest in a unit to be created and not previously
disposed of.
If a declaration is executed by a trustee of
a land trust, the term means the beneficiary of the trust.
Any instrument, however denominated, that creates a planned
community and any amendment to that instrument.
[Added 7-21-2005 by Ord. No. O-05-11]
The conveyance of land or objects to some public use, made
by the owner, and accepted for such use by or on behalf of the public
by a municipality, school district or public authority.
The generalized spatial distribution of development which
establishes an identifiable and legible relationship of buildings
to open space.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
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.
Any subdivision or land development activity as defined by
the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[2]
[Added 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
A corridor which provides motor vehicle access from a street
into a lot.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
Height, in feet, of a point on the ground above sea level.
A professional engineer licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
to practice engineering.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the engineer for the Township.
[Amended 12-27-1990 by Ord. No.
O-90-09]
EROSIONThe removal of soil, stone and other surface materials by the action of natural elements.
SEDIMENTATIONThe process by which mineral or organic matter is accumulated or deposited by the movement of wind and water or by gravity.
A deposit of cash in lieu of an amount required and still
in force on a performance or maintenance bond.
Any work in the surface or subsurface of the rights-of-way
including, but not limited to, opening the rights-of-way, installing,
servicing, repairing or modifying any facilities in or under the surface
or subsurface, and restoring the surface and subsurface of the rights-of-way.
[Amended 9-16-2021 by Ord. No. O-21-05]
The ratio of gross floor area of a building or buildings
within a land planning unit to the gross land area of the land planning
unit.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar
material is 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; the difference in elevation between a point
on the original ground and a designated point of higher elevation
on the final grade; the material used to make fill.
A road that provides fire apparatus access from a fire station
to a facility, building or portion thereof. This is a general term
inclusive of all other terms such as fire lane, public street, private
street, parking lot lane and access roadway.
[Added 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
The Chief of the Alpha Fire Company, Boalsburg Fire Company
or a duly authorized representative in the Alpha or Boalsburg Fire
Company Service Area, such as the Centre Region Fire Director.
[Added 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16;
amended 2-20-2014 by Ord. No. O-14-01]
Any hose connection utilized by the Fire Department to supply
water to a built-in fire protection system.
[Added 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
The flow rate of a water supply, measured at 20 pounds per
square inch (psi) residual pressure that is available for fire fighting.
[Added 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
Areas subject to frequent periodic flooding as defined in Chapter 200, Zoning.
The sum of the gross usable area of all floors of a building
measured from the face of the exterior walls.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
The Council of the Township of College, County of Centre,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[Amended 2-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
The act of excavating and/or filling land for the purpose
of changing natural slope.
[Amended 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
A street, generally parallel and adjacent to a property line,
having a lesser right-of-way width than required by this chapter for
improvement and use as a street.
The vertical distance of a structure, measured from the average elevation of existing grade at the proposed building perimeter prior to construction, to the finished ceiling of the highest habitable space. See figure below. Also see § 200-14 for exceptions.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09; amended 8-8-1997 by Ord. No. O-97-04]
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Those physical additions and installations required to render
land suitable for the use intended, including streets, curbs and gutters,
sidewalks, street signs and lights, walkways, sewer and water facilities,
monuments and markers, shade trees, grading and stormwater drainage
facilities.
[Amended 2-20-2014 by Ord. No. O-14-01]
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 buildings; or
The division or allocation of land or space 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.
The grading or filling of a lot or portion thereof whereupon
the contours of the land are altered in a manner that will impact
an adjoining property or public or private right-of-way by way of
stormwater runoff, erosion, or any other impact.
A subdivision of land.
A unit of analysis for planning purposes not to exceed a
certain acreage defined by district requirements. Boundaries of a
land planning unit are to be determined by natural or other physical
features that result in a contiguous land area.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
A professional licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
to practice surveying.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
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 persons having a proprietary interest in land.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
A professional licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
to practice landscape architecture.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09][3]
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.
[Amended 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
A lot with front and rear street frontage; a lot extending
between and having frontage on an arterial and minor street.
A boundary line of a lot; includes "property line."
Any of the following changes to the approved preliminary
plan may constitute a major variation:
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
An increase in the percentage of the total limited
uses as shown on the approved preliminary plan.
A decrease in the open space, as shown on the
approved preliminary plan.
A change in the location of vehicular access
points.
An increase in the FAR, as shown on the approved
preliminary plan.
A change that departs from the design pattern.
The percentage of area of the land planning unit which may
be occupied by the ground floor area of all primary, limited and accessory
use buildings.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09][4]
Any commercial business or any portion thereof which, by
design, type of operation or nature of business, provides service
to motor vehicles in a short period of time, including, but not limited
to, an automatic car wash, self-service car wash or self-service gasoline
station, or provides a service to occupants of the motor vehicle while
they remain in the vehicle, including, but not limited to, a drive-in
bank, drive-in restaurant, drive-in beverage sales, pickup window
or gasoline service station, or a business that by nature has a high-traffic
turnover, such as convenience stores, video rental stores, fast food
restaurants and takeout bottle and food shops.
[Added 12-19-1991 by Ord. No. O-91-13]
Of or for the Township of College, unless specifically in
reference to another municipality.
National Fire Protection Association. This organization is
a national association established for the purpose of proposing standards
that reduce the opportunity for injury or death from fire.
[Added 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
An arrow on a plan depicting true North.
A sanitary sewage collection system in which sewage is carried
from individual lots by a system of pipes to a central treatment and
disposal plant.
A sanitary sewage disposal system in which sewage is treated
and discharged on the same lot as the use which it serves.
That area within the perimeter boundaries of a plan that is intended to provide light and air and is designed for preservation of natural features, buffering or scenic or recreational purpose. Open space may include but need not be limited to lawns, decorative plantings, walkways, active and passive recreation structures and areas, children's playgrounds, fountains, pools or ponds, undisturbed natural areas, agriculture, wooded areas, and/or water bodies. Open space must also be open and accessible to all tenants or users of the proposed development. Open space for the purposes of required parkland and open space pursuant to § 180-26, Parkland and open space, shall not include areas within required setbacks and/or buffer yard areas and/or areas set aside for public facilities (e.g., schools, utilities or municipal facilities).
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09; amended 2-20-2014 by Ord. No. O-14-01]
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 owner; or
other persons having a proprietary interest in the land shall be deemed
to be an owner for the purpose of this chapter; landowner.
The Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805, as amended (53 P.S. § 10101
et seq.).
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
The line marking the outside limit of a plan.
[Amended 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
A component or definable part of a whole: a stage of development.
A phase of a development plan is that part of the entire plan which,
if implemented, is capable of standing on its own. A phase of planned
development shall be able to function independently of the undeveloped
phases, while being compatible with adjacent or neighboring land uses,
even if the remainder of the planned development were to be discontinued.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
Real estate with respect to which a person, by virtue of
ownership of an interest in any portion of the real estate, is or
may become obligated by covenant, easement or agreement imposed on
the owner’s interest to pay any amount for real property taxes,
insurance, maintenance, repair, improvement, management, administration
or regulation of any part of the real estate other than the portion
or interest owned solely by the person. The term excludes a cooperative
and a condominium, but a condominium or cooperative may be part of
a planned community. For purposes of this definition, “ownership”
includes holding a leasehold interest of more than 20 years, including
renewal options, in real estate. The term includes nonresidential
campground communities.
[Added 7-21-2005 by Ord. No. O-05-11]
An area of land, controlled by a landowner, to be developed
as a single entity for a mixture of research and business uses.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
The College Township Planning Commission, Township of College,
County of Centre, Pennsylvania.[5]
[Amended 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
A man-made structure or facility which occurs within the
open space which is intended for active and/or passive recreational
use by the park and is included in the calculation of required open
space. Examples of such recreation structures include, but are not
limited to, swimming pools, pavilions, gazebos, play equipment and
tennis courts.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
The surface of and space above and below any real property
in the Township of College in which the Township has a regulatory
interest, or interest as a trustee for the public, as such interests
now or hereafter exist, including, but not limited to, all streets,
highways, avenues, roads, alleys, sidewalks, tunnels, viaducts, bridges,
skyways, bike path, shared-use path or any other public place, area
or property under the control of the Township, and any unrestricted
public or utility easements established, dedicated, platted, improved
or devoted for utility purposes but excluding lands other than streets
that are owned by the Township. The phrase in the "right(s)-of-way"
means "in, on, over, along, above and/or under the right(s)-of-way."
[Amended 9-16-2021 by Ord. No. O-21-05]
A schedule of development is the projected time frame in
which the several phases of a development are to be implemented.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
The process by which mineral or organic matter is accumulated
or deposited by the movement of wind and water or by gravity.
To plant an area of ground with grass or similar vegetative
ground cover.
An agreement between two or more property owners which is drafted and recorded in a manner acceptable for recording in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Centre County to share all or a portion of the driveways, roads, parking spaces and the like as permitted in § 200-37B of the College Township Code.
[Added 7-21-2005 by Ord. No. O-05-11]
See "walkway."
The required length of cartway visible to the driver of a
motor vehicle at any given point in the cartway when the view is unobstructed
by traffic.
The angle of the surface of the land to the plane of the
horizon.
Land with a slope as defined by Chapter 200, Zoning.
A public or private corridor used as a means of vehicular
and pedestrian access to two or more lots; a highway, road or alley.
ARTERIAL STREETA major street with fast or heavy traffic of considerable continuity used primarily as a traffic artery connecting two or more neighborhoods or areas. Primary arterial streets extend through the entire urban area, while secondary arterial streets extend through only a portion of the area. For the purposes of this chapter, existing primary and secondary arterial streets are listed in Article VI of Chapter 177.
[Amended 9-16-2021 by Ord. No. O-21-05]
COLLECTOR STREETA major street which carries traffic from local streets to arterial streets. For the purposes of this chapter, existing collector streets are listed in Article VI of Chapter 177.
[Amended 9-16-2021 by Ord. No. O-21-05]
LOCAL STREETAny street not herein defined as an alley, arterial, collector or marginal access street.
NEIGHBORHOOD STREETA minor street serving only residential uses. For the purposes of this chapter, existing neighborhood streets are listed in Article VI of Chapter 177.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETA minor street parallel and adjacent to a major street which provides direct access to abutting properties and control of intersections with the major street.
The owner of a lot, tract or parcel of land to be subdivided
under the terms of this chapter.
The division or redividing of a lot, tract or parcel of land
by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions
of land, 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.
[Amended 1-8-1987 by Ord. No. 100; 12-27-1990 by Ord. No.
O-90-09]
The Township of College, County of Centre, Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
A physical portion of the planned community designated for
separate ownership or occupancy, the boundaries of which are described
pursuant to 68 Pa. C.S. § 5205(5) and a portion of which
may be designated by the declaration as part of the controlled facilities.
[Added 7-21-2005 by Ord. No. O-05-11]
Any purpose for which a lot or structure may be designed,
intended, maintained or occupied or any activity, occupation, business
or operation carried on in a structure on a lot.
[Added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09]
The walkway in a public area lying generally parallel to
the surfaced portion of the street between the edge of the traveled
way, surfacing, or curb line and the outer edge of the right-of-way,
intended for the use of pedestrians.
[Amended 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09; 9-16-2021 by Ord. No. O-21-05]
The company or agency responsible for providing water and
related services to its service area. College Township is served by
the State College Borough Water Authority and College Township Water
Authority.[8]
[Added 9-4-2003 by Ord. No. O-03-16]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101
et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101
et seq.
[3]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "licensed
engineer/land surveyor," which immediately followed this definition,
was repealed 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09.
[4]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "minor
variation," added 12-27-1990 by Ord. No. O-90-09, which immediately
followed this definition, was repealed 6-20-1996 by Ord. No. O-96-07.
[7]
Editor’s Note: This ordinance also provided for the
remembering of former Subsection (4) as Subsection (5).
