As used in this chapter, except where the context clearly indicates
otherwise, the following words or phrases shall have the meanings
indicated below:
A landowner or holder of an agreement to purchase land, lessee
or other person having a proprietary interest in land, or the heirs,
successors, assigns of such person, who has filed an application for
subdivision of land or land development.
An application, either preliminary or final, required to
be filed and approved prior to the start of land development or subdivision
and which is complete in all respects as required by this chapter.
The City of Clairton.
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections defined
by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection
of street lines.
The governing body of Clairton.
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
A short street having one end open to traffic and being permanently
terminated.
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 man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including but not limited to buildings or other structures, streets
and other paving, utilities, filling, grading, excavation, mining,
dredging or drilling operations and the subdivision of land.
The improvement of one or more contiguous lots, tracts or
parcels of land for any purpose involving a group of two or more buildings;
or a single nonresidential building or the division or allocation
of land 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; or a subdivision
of land.
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 or
she is authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner,
or other person having a proprietary interest in land.
A planned residential development as defined and regulated
herein.
At least five acres of land, controlled by one landowner, to be developed as a single entity for a number of dwelling units, the development plan for which does not correspond in lot size, bulk or type of buildings, density, lot coverage and required open space to the regulations established in any one residential district of Chapter 337, Zoning.
The Planning Commission of the City of Clairton Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania.
Any river, run, creek or other drainage course draining surface
water in which standing or flowing water is clearly visible throughout
most of the year.
A right-of-way intended primarily for vehicular traffic and
usually providing for utilities and pedestrian travel. A street may
be designated by other appropriate names, such as highway, thoroughfare,
boulevard, parkway, road, avenue, drive, land or place. A street may
also be identified according to type of use as follows:
ARTERIAL STREETSStreets providing traffic movements between traffic generation areas.
COLLECTOR STREETSStreets providing connection primarily between regional streets or regional and local streets.
LOCAL STREETSStreets serving primarily as access to abutting properties and not intended as major arteries carrying through traffic.
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 lots 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 division of land for
agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving
any new street, shall be exempted.
