As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A registered architect licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A drawing showing the final as-built location, elevation
and/or depth, size and materials of all completed public and private
improvements as well as all easements.
The Borough of Zelienople, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
The Code of the Borough adopted by the Council and as amended
from time to time.
The appointed Engineer of the Borough or his designee.
The appointed Manager of the Borough or his designee.
The Uniform Construction Code.
That paved road surface from front of curb to front of curb.
The construction standards for streets, stormwater management
facilities, pedestrian circulation, driveways, parking areas, fire
hydrants, guide rails, and other facilities as set forth in this chapter.
The Council of the Borough.
Anticipated posted speed limit plus five miles per hour.
A stormwater facility that collects and temporarily stores
surface runoff and releases it at a controlled rate. Detention basins
may be classified into the following categories:
DRY BASINA detention basin designed to completely drain following a storm event.
NATURALIZED BASINA detention basin designed to completely drain following a storm event and which blends into the surrounding environment by being curvilinear in shape and using native plants to provide soil stabilization.
UNDERGROUND BASINDetention storage located in underground tanks or vaults designed to provide water quantity control through detention of stormwater runoff.
WET PONDA basin that has a permanent pool of water throughout the year. A wet pond also may be called a "wet basin" or "retention pond."
Any landowner not a public utility company, agent of such
landowner including the landowner's contractor or resident or superintendent
or tenant with permission of such landowner, who constructs or causes
to be constructed any public or private improvements anywhere in the
Borough not under a contract.
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.
A private area used exclusively for circulation and ingress
and egress to a street by the owner or owners or visitors of the lot.
All driveways shall meet the requirements of this chapter.
A residential building containing one dwelling unit occupied
by one family and which is the only principal building on the lot.
Any unforeseen circumstance which calls for immediate action.
The Engineer who is charged with the design and inspection
of the work, and with determining the quantities of materials and
labor to be paid for. During the execution of the work, the Engineer
shall also be interpreted to mean the assistant, inspector or other
representative acting within the authority given. The Engineer is
to be considered an agent of the Borough.
A corporate bond letter of credit or escrow account from
a surety or a financial institution acceptable to the Borough, naming
the Borough as obligee.[1]
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.
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot, including
the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such
option or contract is subject to any conditions), a lessee (if he
is authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner)
or other persons having a proprietary interest in the lot.
A landscape architect licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The width of the travel lane. Typically set at 12 feet when
painted with yellow and white lines.
A flood that, on the average, is likely to occur once every
100 years (i.e., that has a one-percent chance of occurring each year,
although the flood may occur in any year).
A public or private garage or a paved, open off-street area
other than a driveway or street with adequate means of access, which
meets the requirements of this chapter and which is used exclusively
for the parking of vehicles of occupants or visitors of the lot; however,
a driveway serving a single-family dwelling or which is for the exclusive
use of an individual dwelling unit in a residential building may be
used as a parking area.
A natural person, but also includes a partnership, corporation,
trust, association or any type of legal entity.
A street, sidewalk, walkway, gutter, curb, waterline, driveway,
parking area, streetlight, street sign or related facility, to be
operated and maintained by a private entity, but which must comply
with this chapter.
A street, sidewalk, walkway, gutter, curb, waterline, streetlight,
street sign or related facility to be dedicated to or maintained by
the Borough, and which must comply with this chapter.
Any company subject to the jurisdiction of and control by
the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission or Pennsylvania Municipalities
Authorities Act.
A walk for pedestrians constructed to the standards set forth
in this chapter.
A lot, tract or parcel of land, or a series of lots, tracts
or parcels of land which are adjoining and with respect to which grading
work is to be continuous and performed at the same time.
Those portions of the contract documents consisting of written
technical descriptions of materials, equipment, construction systems,
standards and workmanship as applied to the work.
An avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway, lane,
viaduct and any other ways used by vehicular traffic, but not including
driveways, parking areas or walkways. "Street" includes the entire
right-of-way.
Excavation of 18 inches or more performed within public rights-of-way
or easements within the Borough.
A public service, including but not limited to electric service,
gas service, cable TV and sanitary sewer service.
A walk for pedestrians constructed to the standards set forth
in the Public Improvements Code in this chapter.
