Words in the present tense include the future tense; words used
in the masculine gender include the feminine and the neuter; words
in the singular include the plural, and those in the plural include
the singular.
A.
The words "applicant," "person," "subdivider," and "owner" includes
a corporation, unincorporated association and a partnership or other
legal entity, as well as an individual.
B.
The word "street" includes road, thoroughfare, avenue, boulevard,
court, expressway, highway, lane, arterial road, cul-de-sac or any
other similar term.
C.
The word "building" includes structures and shall be construed as
if followed by the phrase "or part thereof."
D.
The term "occupied or "used" as applied to any building shall be
construed as though followed by the words "or intended, arranged or
designed to be occupied or used."
E.
The word "lot" includes plot, parcel, tract, site or any other similar
term.
F.
The word "watercourse" includes channel, creek, ditch, drain, dry
run, river, spring, stream or any other similar term.
G.
The word "abut" shall include the words "directly across from."
H.
The words "should" and "may" are permissive.
I.
The words "shall" and "will" are mandatory and directive.
When terms, phrases, or words are not defined, they shall have
the meaning as defined in The Latest Illustrated Book of Development
Definitions (H. S. Moskowitz and C. G. Lindbloom, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, 2004) or if not defined therein, they shall
have their ordinarily accepted meanings or such as the context may
imply.
Terms or words used herein, unless otherwise expressly stated,
shall have the following meanings:
A use of land or of a structure, or portion thereof, customarily
incidental and subordinate in extent or purpose to the principal use
of the land or building and located on the same lot with such principal
use. A portion of a principal building used for an accessory use shall
not be considered an accessory structure.
See "lot improvement subdivision."
A building which houses an agricultural use, such as barns,
milk houses, pole barns and equipment sheds. This shall not include
buildings used for the processing or transformation of agricultural
products such as slaughter houses, canning plants, dairy bottling,
and sawmills.
The use of any parcel of land for an enterprise that is actively engaged in the commercial production and preparation for market of crops, livestock and livestock products and in the production, harvesting and preparation for market or use of agricultural, agronomic, horticultural, silvicultural and aquacultural crops and commodities. The term includes an enterprise that implements changes in production practices and procedures or types of crops, livestock, livestock products or commodities produced consistent with practices and procedures that are normally engaged by farmers or are consistent with technological development within the agricultural industry. It includes necessary structures within the limits of the parcel and the storage of equipment necessary for production. It excludes agricultural products processing operations; riding academies, livery or boarding stables and dog or other animal kennels as defined by Chapter 400, Zoning.
A public or private way affording only secondary means of
access to abutting property.
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has
filed an application for a subdivision or land development, including
his heirs, successors and assigns.
A written submission, 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 development plan.
A tract of land, a lot or groups of lots, bounded by streets,
public parks, watercourses, boundary lines of the Township, unsubdivided
land or by any combination of the above.
The Board of Supervisors of Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania.
Any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering
any use or occupancy.
An area on a lot or development parcel which has been designated
as the area in which development may occur. Building envelopes are
identified by building setbacks, conservation areas, site conditions
and other factors, and shall be specifically designated on the development
plan and established by deed covenants and restrictions.
A building in which is conducted the main or principal use
of the lot on which said building is situated.
A plot of ground upon which two or more campsites are located,
established or maintained for temporary occupancy by persons using
tents or recreational vehicles, and which shall not be used for long-term
residency of occupants.
A defined area within a recreational vehicle park or campground
to be used for camping purposes, and acting as a site for travel trailers,
truck campers, camper trailers, motor homes, or tents, marked by the
developer on a plan as a numbered, lettered, or otherwise identified
tract of land.
The portion of a street right-of-way paved or unpaved intended
for vehicular use, including the travelway and shoulders.
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections defined
by the right-of-way lines of the streets and by a line of sight between
points on the street right-of-way lines at a given distance from the
intersection of the right-of-way lines.
A building which houses a commercial use.
Any use of land involving an occupation, employment, or enterprise
that is carried on for profit by the owner, lessee or licensee.
The Coolbaugh Township Planning Commission.
All of the real property and improvements dedicated for the
common use and enjoyment of the residents of a particular development;
including, but not limited to, open land, development improvements,
common facilities, and recreation area.
Improvements in a development that are not required by the
Township but have been constructed as part of a development for the
common use and enjoyment of the residents of that development; including,
but not limited to, community centers, recreation buildings and structures,
and administrative and maintenance buildings.
The Coolbaugh Township, Borough of Mount Pocono, Tobyhanna
Township, and Tunkhannock Township Regional Comprehensive Plan including
all maps, charts and textual matter.
Those areas of a development tract which are comprised of
environmentally sensitive lands on which development is not permitted.
Those areas of a development tract which are somewhat less
sensitive than primary conservation areas and which may be critical
to the effect the development will have on both the natural environment
and the character of the community.
A development or subdivision designed at the dwelling unit density specified in Chapter 400, Zoning, for the zoning district in which the development or subdivision is located where individual lots are reduced in size, important natural resources are conserved, and the resultant open space is preserved in perpetuity.
A right or interest in land granted primarily for the preservation
of the land in its undeveloped state but which may allow limited development
(e.g., a residential structure) and other compatible uses such as
agriculture and forestry.
The County of Monroe, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Planning Commission of Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
A minor street having one end open to traffic and being permanently
terminated by a vehicular turnaround.
The deliberate appropriation of land by its owner for any
general and public use, reserving to himself no other rights than
those that are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment of
the public uses to which the property has been devoted.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
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, including, but not limited to, a person,
subdivider, owner, and corporation, an unincorporated association
and partnership or other legal entity, as well as an individual.
All the physical additions and changes to a tract and the
constructed facilities necessary and/or required by the municipality
to produce a usable and functional development; including, but not
limited to, roads, parking areas, stormwater controls and drainage
easements, landscaped areas, utilities, and water supplies and sewage
disposal systems.
Any area of land which has been altered so that the surface
of the soil has physically been graded, excavated or otherwise exposed.
Piping and the ground surface to the outside edges of the
irrigated perimeter used for the application of sewage effluent.
A privately owned and constructed vehicular access from an
approved private or public road into a lot or parcel having frontage
on said road.
A structure or portion thereof which is used exclusively
for human habitation.
One or more rooms with private bath and kitchen facilities
constituting an independent, self-contained dwelling unit in a building
containing three or more dwelling units.
(See also "multifamily project.") A building or buildings
designed for occupancy by three or more families living independently
of each other in separate dwelling units. The term "multifamily dwelling"
shall include condominium as well as non-condominium housing units,
including the following construction types:
TOWNHOUSEA dwelling unit located in a multifamily dwelling structure not exceeding 2.5 stories or 35 feet in height in which each unit has its own front access to the outside and may have a rear access to the outside, no unit is located over another unit and each unit is separated from any other unit by one or more vertical common fire-resistant walls.
GARDEN APARTMENT BUILDINGA multifamily dwelling structure, originally designed as such, containing three to 10 apartment units and not exceeding 2.5 stories or 35 feet in height, with access to each apartment unit usually from a common hall with the apartment units located back-to-back, adjacent, or one on top of another.
APARTMENT BUILDINGA multifamily dwelling structure, originally designed as such, containing three or more apartment units which is more than 2.5 stories but not exceeding the height limitations (in feet) of this chapter.
RESIDENTIAL CONVERSION TO APARTMENTThe conversion of an existing single-family detached dwelling into three to five dwelling units.
One or more rooms, designed, occupied, or intended for occupancy
as separate living quarters, with cooking, sleeping, and sanitary
facilities provided within the dwelling unit for the exclusive use
of a single family maintaining a household. Any part of a dwelling
structure which is not connected with full unrestricted access to
all other parts of the dwelling structure is considered a separate
dwelling unit.
A single-family, detached dwelling on an individual lot,
with the building set on, or close to, one side property line, so
that the lot essentially has only one side setback. This side setback
and the rear setback constitute the primary outdoor living areas for
the dwelling. Typically, no windows are placed in the building wall
that is on the lot line. If the building is set on the lot line, a
five-foot easement is provided on the adjacent property along the
lot line for necessary access and maintenance of the building wall.
Four attached single-family dwellings in one building in
which each unit has two open space exposures and shares one or two
walls with adjoining unit or units.
A building containing one dwelling unit that is not attached
to any other dwelling by any means and is surrounded by open space
or yards.
A single-family dwelling unit that is attached to one other
single-family dwelling unit by a common vertical wall with each dwelling
located on a separate lot.
A building containing two dwelling units either attached
side by side through the use of a vertical party wall and having one
side setback adjacent to each dwelling unit; or upstairs/downstairs
units. (See also "multifamily project" for two-family dwellings in
a multifamily project.)
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Any activity, including, but not limited to, construction,
mining, farming, timber harvesting and grubbing, which alters, disturbs
and exposes the existing land surface.
A grant of one or more of the property rights by the property
owner to and/or for use by the public, a corporation, or another person
or entity. (See also "right-of-way.")
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, duly appointed by the Board of Supervisors as the
engineer for the Township.
A surface that prevents the percolation of water into the
ground such as rooftops, pavement, sidewalks, driveways, gravel drives,
roads and parking, and compacted fill, earth or turf to be used as
such.
For the purpose of classification as a major subdivision
or a land development as defined in this article, a physical addition
or change to the land that may be necessary to make the land suitable
for the proposed use or extension of use, including but not limited
to, buildings, structures, additions to buildings and structures,
roads, driveways, parking areas, sidewalks, stormwater controls and
drainage facilities, landscaped areas, utilities, water supplies and
sewage disposal systems, and any work involved with highway reconstruction.
A building which houses an industrial use.
Any commercial use engaged in the basic mechanical, chemical
or other transformation of extracted or raw materials or substances
into new products or materials, including, but not limited to, the
assembly of component parts, the manufacturing or transformation of
products for use by other manufactures, the blending of materials
such as lubricating oils, plastics, resins or liquors, or other basic
production processes; or any commercial use producing products predominately
from previously prepared materials, finished products and parts, including,
but not limited to, research, engineering or testing laboratories,
assembly from components, fabrication of products, textile and clothing
manufacturing, warehousing, distribution centers, furniture or other
wood products production and the like.
A building which houses an institutional use.
Any use of land owned and operated by a government body or
agency, including, for example, public schools, parks, civic centers,
municipal buildings, solid waste disposal facilities, nursing homes,
and hospitals; or uses operated by nonprofit, community-based organizations
for the general use of the public, including, but not limited to,
churches, fire houses, ambulance buildings, libraries, nursing homes,
hospitals, sanitariums and clinics.
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.
The definition of land development shall not include the following:
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 buildings,
on a lot or lots subordinate to an existing principal building;
The addition or conversion of buildings or rides within the
confines of an enterprise which would be considered an amusement park.
For 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 proper authorities.[1]
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), or 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 land.
Occupancy of a dwelling, generally for periods of more than
180 days, as opposed to temporary visits to bed-and-breakfast establishments,
motels, hotels, campgrounds and recreational vehicles, and which serves
as the legal address for the occupant. It also includes any dwelling
or structure where children who attend school reside.
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.
A lot or parcel of land abutting upon two or more streets
at their intersection or upon two parts of the same street forming
an interior angle of less than 135°.
Any lot or parcel of property which was legally in existence
and properly on file with the County Recorder of Deeds prior to the
effective date of the original Township Zoning Ordinance.[2]
A lot not meeting minimum frontage requirements and where
access to the public road is by a narrow, private right-of-way or
driveway.
A lot other than a corner lot, the sides of which do not
abut a street.
A through lot with frontage on two streets with vehicular
access restricted to only one of the streets.
A lot that fronts on two parallel streets or that fronts
on two streets that do not intersect at the boundaries of the lot.
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The horizontal land area contained within the property lines
of a lot measured in acres or square feet.
That portion of the lot covered by all created improvements,
including but not limited to primary buildings, decks, porches, accessory
buildings, paving, patios, sidewalks, pools and other impervious areas;
provided that where a municipal boundary bisects a lot, the total
area of the lot, regardless of the municipal boundary, shall be used
for the purpose of determining compliance with the permitted lot coverage.
The horizontal distance between the midpoint of the front
lot line and the midpoint of the rear lot line. On corner lots, lot
depth shall be measured along the longest dimension of the lot.
The horizontal distance between side lot lines or the projection
of the side lot lines, measured along a straight line drawn perpendicular
to a line joining the midpoints of the front and rear lot lines at
a point equivalent to the minimum front setback applying to the lot.
(Also known as add-on subdivision, lot joinder or lot combination.) The realignment of lot lines or the transfer of land to increase the size of an existing lot or lots, provided the grantor's remaining parcel complies with all provisions of this chapter and Chapter 400, Zoning, and no new lots are created; or the combination or re-allotment of small lots into a larger lot or lots.
See "lot improvement subdivision."
A line of record bounding a lot that divides one lot from
another lot or from a public or private street or any other public
space. See also "setback."
The lot line(s) separating the lot from any street.
The lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line. In the case of triangular or otherwise irregularly shaped lots, a line 10 feet in length entirely within the lot, parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line. (See § 400-16H for corner lots.)
Rear Lot Line on Triangular Lot
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Any lot line other than a front or rear lot line.
The horizontal distance between the side lines of a lot measured
at right angles to its depth along a straight line parallel to the
front lot line at the minimum required or approved front building
line. In the case of a lot fronting on a cul-de-sac turnaround or
curve, along a chord perpendicular to a radial line located equidistant
between the side lot lines, said chord shall intersect the radial
line at a point located at the required or approved building setback
line.
To reduce to the smallest amount possible. "Minimize" does
not mean to eliminate, but rather that the most substantial efforts
possible under the circumstances have been taken to reduce the adverse
effect of the action (such as grading, clearing, construction, etc.).
See § 355-19.
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy contained in one unit, or in two 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, and which is
subject to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations.
A parcel of land in a mobile home park which is leased by
the park owner to the occupants of the mobile home erected on the
lot and which is 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.
Any development of a single parcel of property that includes
one or more buildings containing three or more dwelling units. Any
residential development which proposes the construction of two or
more two-family dwellings on one parcel of property is also considered
a multifamily project. Two-family dwellings in a multifamily project
are considered townhouses.
Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
A building which houses a nonresidential use.
Any commercial, industrial or institutional use of land,
or any other use of land which is not for residential purposes, but
excluding agricultural uses.
As applied to any building, shall be construed as though
followed by the words "or intended, arranged or designed to be occupied
or used."
An area that is intended to provide light and air, and is designed for environmental, scenic, recreational, resource protection, amenity and/or buffer purposes and which contains no development improvements which are not specifically permitted by this chapter or Chapter 400, Zoning.
Open space that is part of a particular development tract
set aside for the use and enjoyment of residents of such development.
Open space that is part of a particular conservation design
subdivision development tract set aside for the protection of sensitive
natural features, farmland, scenic views and other primary and secondary
conservation areas and which is permanently restricted from further
development except as permitted by this chapter and cannot be used
as a basis for density for any other development. Conservation open
space may be accessible to the residents of the development and/or
the Township, or it may contain areas of farmland or forest land which
are not accessible to project residents or the public.
Open space that is dedicated or reserved for the use of the general public in accord with § 355-61.
A written instrument which may be accepted by the Township
Supervisors in lieu of a requirement that certain improvements be
made by a developer before the final plan is granted final approval
and released for recording, which shall provide for the deposit with
the Township of financial security in an amount sufficient to cover
the costs of any improvements or common amenities including, but not
limited to, roads, sanitary sewage facilities, water supply and distribution
facilities, stormwater detention and/or retention basins and other
related drainage facilities, recreational facilities, open space improvements
and buffer or screen planting which may be required.
A map or drawing indicating the subdivision or resubdivision
of land or a land development which in its various stages of preparation,
including the following:
SKETCH PLANAn informal plan, identified as such with the title "Sketch Plan" on the map, indicating salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the general layout of the proposal to be used as a basis for consideration by the Township. This plan is drawn on tracing paper or similar material enabling municipal officials to see the relationship between the proposed layout and the property's features as identified on the existing resources and site analysis.
PRELIMINARY PLANA complete plan identified as such with the wording "Preliminary Plan" in the title accurately showing proposed streets and lot layout and such other information as required by this chapter, such plan prepared by a qualified professional (see definition of "qualified professional").
FINAL PLANA complete and exact plan identified as such with the wording "Final Plan" in the title, with a qualified professional's seal (see definition of "qualified professional") affixed and prepared for official recording as required by this chapter to define property rights, proposed streets and other improvements.
RECORD PLANThe copy of the final plan which contains the original endorsements of the Township Planning Commission, the County Planning Commission and the Township Board of Supervisors and which is intended to be recorded with the County Recorder of Deeds.
The Planning Commission of Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County,
PA.
A nonprofit corporation organized by the developer or lot
owners for the purpose of establishing an association of all property
owners in a planned development which purposes shall include the ownership
and maintenance of open space common areas and all development improvements.
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the governing
body or planning agency, intended to inform and obtain public comment,
prior to taking action in accordance with this chapter and the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code.[4]
A forum held pursuant to notice under the "Sunshine Act,"
65 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
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.[5]
An individual authorized to prepare plans pursuant to § 503(1)
of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code,[6] which states that plats and surveys shall be prepared
in accordance with the Act of May 23, 1945 (P.L. 913, No. 367), known
as the "Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law,"[7] except that this requirement shall not preclude the preparation
of a plat in accordance with the Act of January 24, 1966 (P.L. 1527,
No. 535), known as the "Landscape Architects Registration Law,"[8] when it is appropriate to prepare the plat using professional
services set forth in the definition of the "practice of landscape
architecture" under section 2 of that Act.
A vehicle primarily designed and utilized as temporary living
quarters for recreational, camping or travel use, whether self-propelled
or mounted on, or drawn by another vehicle, and including travel trailers,
recreational trailers, camping trailer, truck camper, motor homes
and similar types of vehicles.
A parcel of ground in separate ownership separating a street
from other adjacent properties or from another street.
A building or portion thereof which is used exclusively for
human habitation, including, but not limited to, single-family, two-family
and multifamily dwellings, and mobile homes.
Any revision, replatting or resubdivision of land changes
to a recorded plan.
Land reserved for use as an access, street, drainage facility
or other private, public or community use.
The required minimum open space extending the full width
of the lot between the principal structure(s), accessory structures,
or other improvements and the front lot line. See also yard and lot
line.
The required minimum open space extending the full width
of the lot between the principal structure(s), accessory structures,
or other improvements and the rear lot line. See also yard and lot
line.
The required minimum open space between the principal structure(s),
accessory structures, or other improvements and the nearest lot line
or right-of-way as provided by this chapter. See also yard and lot
line.
A required minimum open space extending from the front setback
to the rear setback between the principal structure(s), accessory
structures, or other improvements and the side lot line. See also
yard and lot line.
Setbacks and Associated Yards
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Any substance that contains any of the waste products or
excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals
and any noxious or deleterious substances being harmful or inimical
to the public health, or to animal or aquatic life, or to the use
of water for domestic water supply or for recreation, or which constitutes
pollution under the Act of June 22, 1937 (P.L. 1987, No. 394), known
as the "Clean Streams Law," as amended.[9]
The system of pipes, tanks, pumps and other equipment used
to carry sewage from individual lots or dwelling units to an off-site
sewage disposal system. Septic tanks and grinder pumps serving individual
lots or dwelling units connected to an off-site sewage disposal system
shall be considered part of the collection and conveyance system.
A sewage collection and disposal system in which sewage is
carried from more than one individual lot, dwelling or other unit
by a system of pipes to a central treatment and subsurface or other
type of disposal area or stream discharge in compliance with the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection regulations and/or regulations
of the Coolbaugh Township Municipal Authority, whichever may be more
stringent.
Any structure designed to biochemically treat sewage within
the boundaries of an individual lot from one individual dwelling or
other type unit.
The Township official certified by the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection who reviews permit applications and sewage
facilities planning modules, issues permits as authorized by the Pennsylvania
Sewage Facilities Act, as amended,[10] and conducts investigations and inspections that are necessary
to implement the Act and the regulations thereunder.
The required length of roadway visible to the driver of a
passenger vehicle at any given point on the roadway when the view
is unobstructed by traffic.
The face of an embankment or cut section; any ground whose
surface makes an angle with the plane of the horizon. The change in
elevation, measured in consistent units, from one point to another
measured perpendicular to the contours (lines of equal elevation)
of the land. Slope is generally expressed as a ratio based on the
vertical difference in feet per 100 feet of horizontal distance or
as a percentage.
Any structure, natural or man-made, that, due to its condition,
design, or construction, conveys, stores, or otherwise affects stormwater
runoff quality and quantity. Typical stormwater management facilities
include, but are not limited to, detention and retention basins, open
channels, storm sewers, pipes, and infiltration structures.
See "watercourse."
A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, whether
public or private, designed to provide access by vehicular traffic
or pedestrians.
ARTERIAL STREETDesigned primarily to carry traffic and generally does not provide access to land which would interfere with its primary traffic functions. Designated as "limited," "controlled," or "partial" access streets. Arterial streets serve an unlimited number of dwelling units and unlimited average daily traffic.
CONNECTOR STREETCollects traffic from lower class streets and also provides a connection to arterial streets and expressways and between connector streets and has average daily traffic of more than 4,000.
COLLECTOR STREETProvides access to abutting properties, intercept minor streets, and provides routes for considerable volume of traffic to community facilities and major streets and has average daily traffic of 1,501 to 4,000.
MINOR STREETProvides access to abutting properties and has average daily traffic of 500 to 1,500.
LOCAL OR MARGINAL ACCESS STREETProvides access to abutting properties and has average daily traffic of less than 500.
ALLEYA service roadway providing rear access to abutting property and not intended for general traffic circulation.
PRIVATE ACCESS STREETProvides access to abutting properties and serves not more than two dwelling units.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
A structure or, where the context so indicates, a group of
structures in or on which is conducted the principal use of the lot
on which such structure is located.
See "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.
MINOR SUBDIVISIONA subdivision that creates five lots or less, or the cumulative development on a lot by lot basis for a total of five lots or less of any original tract of record (i.e., not subdivided or developed subsequent to July 2, 1976, the effective date of the original Township Subdivision Ordinance); and which does not require the construction or extension of any streets or municipal facilities and creates no public or private community facilities such as, but not limited to, stormwater control facilities, a central water supply, a central sewage disposal system, streets or other improvements.
MAJOR SUBDIVISIONAny subdivision that is not a minor subdivision.
Where, in the judgment of the municipal engineer, at least
90% (based on the cost of the required improvements for which financial
security was posted pursuant to 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.
The Coolbaugh Township Board of Supervisors.
A professional land surveyor licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
The Coolbaugh Township Secretary or other person authorized
by the Board of Supervisors to carry out the duties established for
the Township Administrator by this chapter.
The portion of the cartway used for normal movement of vehicles.
Any natural or man-made freshwater pond, lake or stream.
This shall not include any pond or facility designed and constructed
solely for stormwater management.
A public or private utility system designed to supply and
transmit water from a common source to two or more users in compliance
with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection regulations
or regulations of the Coolbaugh Township Municipal Authority, whichever
may be more stringent.
A system for supplying and transmitting water to a single
dwelling or other buildings from a source located on the same lot
in compliance with the Coolbaugh Township Municipal Authority regulations.
Any channel of conveyance of surface water having a defined
bed and banks, whether natural or artificial, with perennial, intermittent
or seasonal flow.
Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface 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 conditions, including
swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, and similar areas and which and defined
as such by the Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional
Wetlands.
The area between the principal structure(s) and the adjoining
lot line or right-of-way. See also "setback."
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Setbacks and Associated Yards
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[3]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10401 et seq.
[4]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[6]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10503(1).
[7]
Editor's Note: 63 P.S. § 148 et seq.
[8]
Editor's Note: See 63 P.S. § 901 et seq.
[9]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 691.1 et seq.
[10]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 750.1 et seq.
