A. 
General terms. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated below:
(1) 
Words and phrases used in the singular include the plural, and words and phrases used in the plural include the singular.
(2) 
Gender-specific pronouns or references shall refer to all genders.
(3) 
The word "person" indicates any person or any corporation, unincorporated association, partnership, estate, or other legal entity.
(4) 
The word "lot" includes the word "plot" or "parcel."
(5) 
The word "structure" includes "building," and the use of either word shall be construed as if followed by the phrase "or a part thereof."
(6) 
The word "may" is permissive; the words "shall" and "will" are mandatory.
(7) 
Periods of time stated as a number of days refer to consecutive calendar days, unless specified as "working days."
(8) 
Words in the present tense include the future tense.
B. 
Specific terms. Other terms or words used in this chapter are defined as follows:
BEDROCK
The natural rock layer, hard or soft, in place at ground surface or beneath unconsolidated surface deposits.
BUILDING PERMIT
An official document or certificate issued by the Building Official which authorizes performance of a specified building activity.
CLEAN FILL
Uncontaminated, water-insoluble, nondecomposable, inert, solid material. This term includes clay, earth, rock, sand, and other unaltered, nontoxic geological materials which have not been used in any type of industrial process; paving brick and stone, asphalt and other paving material, including reinforced and nonreinforced concrete pavement; inert building materials such as concrete, brick, and clay tile which may accumulate as a result of construction or demolition operations.
COUNCIL
The governing body of the Municipality of Monroeville.
DBH (DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT)
Tree-trunk diameter, measured in inches, at a height of 4.5 feet above the ground. If a tree splits into multiple trunks below 4.5 feet, the trunk is measured at its most narrow point beneath the split.
DEVELOPMENT
Includes any lawful land use authorized under Chapter 359, Zoning, of the Code of the Municipality of Monroeville.
ENGINEER
A professional engineer licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
ENGINEERING GEOLOGIST
A person who holds a degree in geology from an accredited college or university and who has training and experience in the field of engineering geology.
EROSION
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water, wind, ice, or gravity, including such processes as gravitational creep.
EXCAVATION
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock, or any other material is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed, and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
FILL
Earth, sand, gravel, rock or other material used in the filling process, whether originally in place on the site or not.
FILLING
Any act by which fill is deposited, placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved to a new location.
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER
A professional engineer, licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with training and experience in geology, civil engineering, soil mechanics, the physical properties of soil and behavior of soil masses subject to various types of forces and conditions.
GRADE, FINISHED
The average elevation of the finished ground surface at the location of any proposed excavation, embankment, or fill.
GRADE, ORIGINAL
The average elevation of the existing ground surface at the location of any proposed excavation, embankment, or fill.
GRADING
An excavation or fill or any combination thereof, including the conditions resulting from any excavation or fill.
HAZARD
A danger or potential danger to life, limb, or health or an adverse effect or potential adverse effect to the safety, use or stability of property, waterways, public ways, structures, utilities and storm sewers, including stream pollution.
INSPECTION AGENT
An engineer or an individual with at least five years' experience in a specific type of inspection work and under the direct supervision of an engineer to be used by the Municipality in unusually difficult situations where the inspection is beyond the capabilities of the Municipality.
LAND DISTURBANCE
An ongoing or completed operation and related activities involving or primarily connected with reshaping of land, including grading, removal of trees, vegetation or ground cover, transporting fill or other material for disposal purposes and resurfacing of land.
LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT
The permit required by these regulations.
LANDSLIDE-PRONE AREA
Any geologic formation that is especially susceptible to landslides due to the presence of one or more conditions such as unstable rock formations, soils types, groundwater seepage or saturated soils, including, without limitation, areas containing soils identified as landslide-prone in the Soil Survey of Allegheny County or other applicable maps or surveys.
LOCATE
Construct, place, insert, or excavate.
MATERIAL
Includes soil, sand, gravel, clay, peat, mud, debris and refuse or any other material, organic or inorganic.
MUNICIPAL ENGINEER
A professional engineer or engineering firm, licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the engineer for the Municipality.
MUNICIPALITY
The Municipality of Monroeville.
OPERATIONS
Includes the locating, moving, or disposition of any material or any construction use or activity, or a combination thereof, which in any way modifies the conditions on lands subject to this chapter.
PERSON
Includes any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, organization, or legal entity of any kind, including governmental agencies conducting operations within the Municipality.
PUBLIC HEARING
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the governing body intended to inform and obtain public comment prior to taking action in accordance with this chapter.
PUBLIC MEETING
A forum held pursuant to notice under the act of July 3, 1986 (P.L. 388, No. 84), known as the "Sunshine Act".[1]
PUBLIC NOTICE
A notice published once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Municipality. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature of the matter to be considered at the hearing. The first publication shall not be more than 30 days and the second publication shall not be more than seven days from the date of the hearing.
RETAINING WALL
A structure constructed for the purpose of supporting a cut or filled embankment which would otherwise not comply with the standards set forth in this chapter.
SEDIMENT
Solid material, both mineral and organic, that is in suspension, is being transported or has been moved from its site of origin by air, water, gravity, or ice and has come to rest on the earth's surface either above or below the water level.
SEDIMENTATION
The process by which sediment is deposited on stream bottoms.
SITE
A lot, tract, parcel of land or a series of lots, tracts or parcels of land which are adjoining where grading work is continuous and performed at the same time.
SOIL ENGINEER
A professional engineer, licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and who has training and experience in soils engineering.
SOLID WASTE
All parts or combinations of, and including, but not limited to, ashes, garbage, refuse, radioactive material, combustible demolition materials and industrial wastes such as food-processing wastes, wood, plastic, and metal scrap.
STRUCTURE
Any assembly of materials above or below the surface of the land or water, including but not limited to houses, buildings, bulkheads, piers, docks, dams, waterway obstructions, towers, and utility transmission devices.
WATERCOURSE
A natural drainage route or channel for the flow of water.
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Editor's Note: P.L. 388, No. 84, was repealed 10-15-1988 by P.L. 729, No. 93; see now 65 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq.