[Ord. 2010-10, 10/4/2010, § 201]
1.
For the purposes of this chapter, certain terms and words used herein
shall be interpreted as follows:
A.
Words used in the present tense include the future tense; the singular
number includes the plural, and the plural number includes the singular;
words of masculine gender include feminine gender; and words of feminine
gender include masculine gender.
B.
The word "includes" or "including" shall not limit the term to the
specific example, but is intended to extend its meaning to all other
instances of like kind and character.
C.
The word "person" includes an individual, firm, association, organization,
partnership, trust, company, corporation, unit of government, or any
other similar entity.
D.
The words "shall" and "must" are mandatory; the words "may" and "should"
are permissive.
E.
The words "used or occupied" include the words "intended, designed,
maintained, or arranged to be used, occupied or maintained."
F.
Terms not herein defined which are defined in the MPC, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., or Zoning Ordinance [Chapter 27] shall have the meanings assigned in the MPC or Zoning Ordinance [Chapter 27]. Terms not defined in this chapter, the MPC or the Zoning Ordinance [Chapter 27] shall have the meaning customarily assigned to them as found in the most recent edition of Webster's New World College Dictionary.
G.
References to codes, ordinances, resolutions, plans, maps, governmental
bodies, commissions or agencies or officials are to codes, ordinances,
resolutions, plans, maps, governmental bodies, commissions or agencies
or officials of the Township or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as
in effect or office, from time to time, including amendments thereto
or revisions or successors thereof, unless the text indicates another
reference is intended.
[Ord. 2010-10, 10/4/2010, § 202]
The removal of the surface of the land through the combined
action of man's activity and the natural processes of a rate
greater than would occur because of the natural process alone.
The Act of October 4, 1978, P.L. 864, No. 167, 32 P.S. § 680.1
et seq., as amended, and as may be amended in the future.
The work of producing crops and raising livestock including
tillage, plowing, disking, harrowing, pasturing and installation of
conservation measures. For purposes of regulation by this chapter
construction of new buildings or impervious area is not considered
an agricultural activity.
As applied to land, a change in topography as a result of
the moving of soil and rock from one location or position to another;
also the changing of surface conditions by causing the surface to
be more or less impervious; land disturbance.
The Brodhead-McMichaels Creek Plan depending on the watershed
in which the property is located.
A person who has filed an application for approval to engage in any regulated activities as defined in § 23-104 of this chapter.
Those maintained by the contractor as he constructs the project
and upon which he documents the actual locations of the building components
and changes to the original contract documents. These, or a copy of
same, are turned over to the Township and/or Township Engineer at
the completion of the project. At the discretion of the Board of Supervisors
such plan may be required to be augmented or superseded by plans prepared
from a field survey certified by a professional land surveyor.
The channel at the top-of-bank or point where water begins
to overflow onto a floodplain.
The portion of stream flow that is sustained by ground water
discharge.
A stormwater retention area which utilizes woody and herbaceous
plants and soils to remove pollutants before infiltration occurs.
Stormwater structures, facilities and techniques to control,
maintain or improve the quantity and quality of surface runoff and
groundwater recharge in accordance with the Pennsylvania Stormwater
Best Management Practices Manual as may be amended.
The governing body of the Township.
The Brodhead and McMichaels Creek Watershed Stormwater Management
Plan approved by the Board of Commissioners of Monroe County, Pennsylvania,
in December, 2005, and approved by DEP, and amended and adopted by
the Board of Commissioners of Monroe County in December, 2006.
The area of land immediately adjacent to any wetland, lake,
pond, vernal pond, or stream, measured perpendicular to and horizontally
from the delineated edge of the wetland, lake, pond, or vernal pond,
or the top-of-bank on both sides of a stream.
The widening, deepening, and headward cutting of small channels
and waterways, caused by stormwater runoff or bankfull flows.
Chapter 102, Erosion and Sedimentation Control, of Title
25, Pa. Code, Rules and Regulations of the DEP.
Chapter 105, Water Obstructions and Encroachments, of Title
25, Pa. Code, Rules and Regulations of the DEP.
Chapter 106, Floodplain Management, of Title 25, Pa. Code,
Rules and Regulations of the DEP.
An underground reservoir or tank for storing rainwater.
The Monroe County Conservation District.
A structure with appurtenant works, which carries water under
or through an embankment or fill.
An artificial barrier, together with its appurtenant works,
constructed for the purpose of impounding or storing water or another
fluid or semifluid, or a refuse bank, fill or structure for highway,
railroad or other purposes which does or may impound water or another
fluid or semifluid.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection or
any agency successor thereto.
A Pennsylvania registered professional engineer, registered
landscape architect or a registered professional land surveyor trained
to develop stormwater management plans.
The magnitude and temporal distribution of precipitation
from a storm event measured in probability of occurrence (e.g., a
five-year storm) and duration (e.g., 24 hours), used in the design
and evaluation of stormwater management systems.
The agent of the Monroe County Planning Commission, Conservation
District and/or agent of the Board of Supervisors involved with the
administration, review or enforcement of any provisions of this chapter
by contract or memorandum of understanding.
An impoundment structure designed to manage stormwater runoff
by temporarily storing the runoff and releasing it at a predetermined
rate.
Those subareas in which some type of detention is required
to meet the requirements of the applicable Act 167 plan and the goals
of Act 167.
The specific tract of land for which a regulated activity
is proposed.
Drainage discharge not confined to a single point location
or channel, such as sheet flow or shallow concentrated flow.
Land area where an earth disturbance activity is occurring
or has occurred.
That portion of the property line of the lot, tract, or parcels
of land being developed located such that overland or pipe flow from
the site would be directed towards it.
A stormwater management facility designed to transmit storm-water
runoff and shall include channels, swales, pipes, conduits, culverts,
storm sewers, etc.
A right granted by a grantor to a grantee, allowing the use
of private land for stormwater management purposes.
A permit issued by the Township after the drainage plan has
been approved.
The documentation of the stormwater management system, if any, to be used for a given development site, the contents of which are established in § 23-403.
A construction or other human activity which disturbs the
surface of land, including, but not limited to, clearing and grubbing,
grading, excavations, embankments, agricultural plowing or tilling,
timber harvesting activities, road maintenance activities involving
subbase disturbance, mineral extraction, and the moving, depositing,
stockpiling, or storing of soil, rock or earth materials.
A conveyance area that is used to pass peak discharge greater
than the maximum design storm controlled by the stormwater facility.
A structure or activity that changes, expands or diminishes
the course, current or cross section of a watercourse, floodway or
body of water.
The movement of soil particles by the action of water, wind,
ice, or other natural forces.
A site specific plan that is designed to minimize accelerated
erosion and sedimentation during construction.
Surface waters of high quality which satisfy Pennsylvania
Code, Title 25, Environmental Protection, Chapter 93, Water Quality
Standards, § 93.4b(b) (relating to anti-degradation).
The initial condition of a project site prior to the proposed
alteration. If the initial condition of the site is undeveloped land,
the land use shall be considered as "meadow" unless the natural land
cover is proven to generate lower curve numbers or Rational "C" value.
A temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of
land areas from the overflow of streams, rivers, and other waters
of this commonwealth.
Mapped as being a special flood hazard area.
Any land area susceptible to inundation by water from any
natural source or delineated by applicable Department of Housing and
Urban Development, Federal Insurance Administration.
The channel of the watercourse and those portions of the
adjoining floodplains, which are reasonably required to carry and
discharge the one-hundred-year frequency flood. Unless otherwise specified,
the boundary of the floodway is as indicated on maps and flood insurance
studies provided by FEMA. In an area where no FEMA maps or studies
have defined the boundary of the one-hundred-year frequency floodway,
it is assumed - absent evidence to the contrary-that the floodway
extends from the stream to 50 feet from the top of the bank of the
stream.
Planning and activities necessary for the management of forest
land with no change of land use proposed. These include timber inventory
and preparation of forest management plans, silvicultural treatment,
cutting budgets, logging road design and construction, timber harvesting
and reforestation.
A vertical distance between the elevation of the design high-water
and the top of a dam, levee, tank, basin, swale, or diversion berm.
The space is required as a safety margin in a pond or basin.
A slope, usually of a road, channel or natural ground specified
in percent and shown on plans as specified herein. (To) Grade —
to finish the surface of a roadbed, top of embankment or bottom of
excavation.
A natural or constructed waterway, usually broad and shallow,
covered with erosion-resistant grasses, used to convey surface water.
Replenishment of existing natural underground water supplies
without degrading groundwater quality.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hydrologic Engineering
Center (HEC) Hydrologic Modeling System (HMS) computer program.
Surface waters having quality which exceeds levels necessary
to support propagation of fish, shellfish, and wildlife and recreation
in and on the water by satisfying Pennsylvania Code, Title 25, Environmental
Protection, Chapter 93, Water Quality Standards, § 93.4b(a).
The hydrologic cycle or balance that sustains quality and
quantity of stormwater, baseflow, storage, and groundwater supplies
under natural conditions.
A classification of soils by the NCRS into four runoff potential
groups. The groups range from A soils, which are very permeable and
produce little runoff, to D soils, which are not very permeable and
produce much more runoff.
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.
A retention or detention basin designed to retain stormwater
runoff and release it at a controlled rate.
Development that occurs on smaller parcels that remain undeveloped
but are within or very close proximity to urban areas. The development
relies on existing infrastructure and does not require an extension
of water, sewer or other public utilities.
For stormwater to pass through the soil from the surface.
The entrance of surface water into the soil, usually at the soil/soil/interface.
A structure designed to direct runoff into the underground
water (e.g., French drains, seepage pits, seepage trench).
The upstream end of any structure through which water may
flow.
A soil horizon or condition in the soil profile or underlying
strata which includes one of the following:
A seasonal high water table, whether perched or regional, determined
by direct observation of the water table or indicated by soil mottling.
A rock with open joints, fracture or solution channels, or masses
of loose rock fragments, including gravel, with insufficient fine
soil to fill the voids between the fragments.
A rock formation, other stratum or soil condition which is so
slowly permeable that it effectively limits downward passage of water.
A part of a subdivision or a parcel of land used as a building
site or intended to be used for building purposes, whether immediate
or future, which would not be further subdivided.
Any stream segment or other runoff conveyance facility used
as a reach in the Brodhead-McMichaels Creek Plan hydrologic model.
A method for calculation of velocity of flow (e.g., feet
per second) and flow rate (e.g., cubic feet per second) in open channels
based upon channel shape, roughness, depth of flow and slope, "open
channels" may include closed conduits so long as the flow is not under
pressure.
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act of July
31, 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, as amended and reenacted, 53 P.S. § 10101
et seq.
(See hydrologic regime).
Pollution that enters a water body from diffuse origins in
the watershed and does not result from discernible, confined, or discrete
conveyances.
Methods of controlling stormwater runoff quantity and quality,
such as innovative site planning, impervious area and grading reduction,
protection of natural depression areas, temporary ponding on site
and other techniques.
Natural Resource Conservation Service (previously SCS).
A drainage element in which stormwater flows within an open
surface. Open channels include, but shall not be limited to, natural
and man-made drainage ways, swales, streams, ditches, canals, and
pipes flowing partly full.
Point where water flows from a conduit, stream, or drain.
Points of water disposal from a stream, river, lake, tidewater
or artificial drain.
Involves the use of parking areas as temporary impoundments
with controlled release rates during rainstorms.
The maximum rate of stormwater runoff from a specific storm
event.
The computer-based hydrologic modeling technique adapted
to the applicable Act 167 Plan. The model has been "calibrated" to
reflect actual recorded flow values by adjoining key model input parameters.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation or any agency
successor thereto.
Porous pavement consisting of a permeable surface course
underlain by a uniformly-graded stone bed which provides stormwater
management. The surface course typically consists of porous asphalt,
porous concrete, or various porous structural pavers laid on uncompacted
soil.
A culvert, closed conduit, or similar structure (including
appurtenances) that conveys stormwater.
The Township Planning Commission.
The flood that may be expected from the most severe combination
of critical meteorologic and hydrologic conditions that are reasonably
possible in any area. The PMF is derived from the probable maximum
precipitation (PMP) as determined based on data obtained from the
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
An alternative that is available and capable of being done
after taking into consideration cost, existing technology and logistics
in light of overall project purposes.
Undeveloped/natural condition.
Techniques employed in structural and nonstructural stormwater BMPs to provide storage or filtering to help trap coarse materials and other pollutants before they enter the system, but not necessarily meet the water quality volume requirements of § 23-303.
A rainfall-runoff relation used to estimate peak flow.
Undisturbed surface area or depression where stormwater collects,
and a portion of which infiltrates and replenishes the underground
and groundwater.
Original documents revised to suit the as-built conditions
and subsequently provided by the Engineer to the client. The Engineer
takes the contractor's as-builts, reviews them in detail with
his/her own records for completeness, then either turns these over
to the client or transfers the information to a set of reproducibles,
in both cases for the client's permanent records.
Any construction, alteration, or improvement exceeding 5,000
square feet of impervious surface on sites where existing land use
is commercial, industrial, institutional, or multifamily residential.
Actions or proposed actions that have an impact on stormwater runoff quality and quantity and that are specified in § 23-105 of this chapter.
The percentage of existing conditions peak rate of runoff
from a development site or subarea to which the post development peak
rate of runoff must be reduced to protect downstream areas.
A structure in which stormwater is stored and not released
during the storm event. Retention basins do not have an outlet other
than recharge and must infiltrate stored water in no more than four
days.
The average interval, in years, within which a storm event
of a given magnitude can be expected to recur.
A vertical pipe extending from the bottom of a pond that
is used to control the discharge rate from the pond for a specified
design storm.
Temporary ponding and gradual release of stormwater falling
directly onto flat roof surfaces by incorporating controlled-flow
roof drains into building designs.
Any part of precipitation that flows over the land surface.
The Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22].
A barrier, dam, retention or detention basin located and
designed to retain rock, sand, gravel, silt, or other material transported
by water during construction.
The placement, discharge or any other introduction of sediment
into the waters of the commonwealth.
The process by which mineral or organic matter is accumulated
or deposited by the movement of water or air.
An area of excavated earth filled with loose stone or similar
coarse material, into which surface water is directed for infiltration
into the underground water.
Runoff that flows over the ground surface as a thin, even
layer.
A method of runoff computation developed by the NRCS that
is based on relating soil type and land use/cover to a runoff parameter
called curve number (CN).
The zone through which contaminants, if present, are likely
to migrate and reach a drinking water well or surface water intake.
Watersheds for which the receiving waters are exceptional
value (EV) or high quality (HQ) waters.
A conveyance that is used to pass the peak discharge of the
maximum design storm controlled by the stormwater facility.
A reservoir routing procedure based on solution of the continuity
equation (inflow minus outflow equals the change in storage) with
outflow defined as a function of storage volume and depth.
The number of times that a given storm "event" occurs or
is exceeded on the average in a stated period of years. See "return
period."
A system of pipes and/or open channels that convey intercepted
runoff and Storm-water from other sources, but excludes domestic sewage
and industrial wastes.
The surface runoff generated by precipitation reaching the
ground surface.
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.
A natural watercourse.
A bridge, culvert or other structure in excess of 100 feet
in length upstream to downstream which encloses a regulated water
of this commonwealth.
The smallest drainage unit of a watershed for which stormwater
management criteria have been established in the applicable Act 167
Plan.
A low lying stretch of land which gathers or carries surface
water runoff.
See "forest management."
The time for surface runoff to travel from the hydraulically
most distant point of the watershed to a point of interest within
the watershed. This time is the combined total of overland flow time
and flow time in pipes or channels, if any.
Stroud Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, duly appointed or retained as the engineer for the
Township.
An isolated, contained basin depression that holds water
for at least two months in the spring and summer, critical to several
amphibians, reptiles and invertebrate species. They also provide important
storage for stormwater runoff and spring snowmelt that would otherwise
contribute to downstream flooding. A vernal pond is typically no bigger
than 300 feet long and 120 feet wide and can often be much smaller.
A channel or conveyance of surface water having defined bed
and banks, whether natural or artificial, with perennial or intermittent
flow.
Any and all rivers, streams, creeks, rivulets, ditches, watercourses,
storm sewers, lakes, dammed water, wetlands, ponds, springs, and all
other bodies or channels of conveyance of surface and underground
water, or parts thereof, whether natural or artificial, within or
on the boundaries of this commonwealth.
The point at which a groundwater well bore hole meets the
surface of the ground.
The surface and subsurface area surrounding a water supply
well, well field, spring or infiltration gallery supplying a public
water system, through which contaminants are reasonably likely to
move toward and reach the water source.
Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or
ground water 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.
The Stroud Township Zoning Ordinance [Chapter 27], as amended from time to time.
