In these regulations when not inconsistent with the context:
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A street serving large volumes of comparatively high-speed
and long-distance traffic, and including facilities classified as
main and secondary highways by the Pennsylvania Department of Highways.[1]
Borough of Montgomery.
The surface of a street or alley available for vehicular
traffic.
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections. It
is defined by lines of sight between points at a given distance from
the intersection of the street center lines.
A street which, in addition to giving access to abutting
properties, intercept minor streets and provide routes, carrying considerable
volumes of local traffic to community facilities and to arterial streets.
The governing body of the Borough of Montgomery.
A street intersecting another street at one end and terminating
at the other in a vehicular turnaround.
A building designed for permanent living quarters and containing
only dwelling or housing units, but not including hotels, rooming
houses or other accommodations used for transient occupancy.
A building or portion of a building designed to provide complete
living facilities, including eating and plumbing facilities, for a
family or a single person.
A building containing one dwelling unit only.
A building containing two dwelling units with one unit above
the other.
A right-of-way granted for a limited use of land for a public
or quasi-public purpose.
A complete and exact subdivision plan prepared for official
recording as required by statute.
A street which is used primarily for access to the abutting
properties.
A parcel of land intended as a unit for transfer of ownership,
use, improvement, or dedication.
The area contained within the property lines of a lot shown
on a subdivision plan, excluding space within any street, but including
the area of any easement.
The width of a lot measured at the building setback line.
Borough of Montgomery Planning Commission.
A tentative subdivision plan, in lesser detail than the final
plan, indicating the approximate proposed layout of a subdivision
as a basis for consideration prior to preparation of the final plan.
A minor street which is used primarily for vehicle service
access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on
a street.
The horizontal distance between a structure and a street
or property line.
An informal plan, not necessarily to exact scale, indicating
salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the
general layout of a proposed subdivision.
Local office of the Pennsylvania State Department of Health.
The property line or limit of a right-of-way.
A person, partnership, or corporation who is the owner of
land to be subdivided or his authorized agent.
The division of a parcel of land into two or more lots or
parcels for the purpose of transfer of ownership or building development;
or, if a new street is involved, any division of a parcel of land.
However, a division of land for agricultural purposes into lots or
parcels of 10 acres or more and not involving a new street is not
a subdivision. The term includes resubdivision and, when appropriate
to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land
subdivided.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now the Department of Transportation.
