Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms and words
used herein will for the purposes of this chapter have the meaning
indicated in this section.
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 words "includes" and "including" will 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 words "applicant," "person," "subdivider," "developer" and "owner"
apply to an individual, firm, association, organization, partnership,
trust, company, corporation, or any other similar entity.
D.
The words "lot," "plot" and "parcel" are interchangeable.
E.
The word "structure" includes "building" and the use of either word
will be construed as if followed by the phrase "or a part thereof."
F.
The words "will" and "must" are mandatory; the word "may" is permissive.
G.
The phrase "used or occupied" should be understood to mean "intended,
designed, maintained, or arranged to be used, occupied, or maintained."
H.
Periods of time stated as a number of days refer to consecutive calendar
days, unless specified as "working days."
A vehicular approach or entry to or exit from a multiunit
residential or any nonresidential land development.
See "building, accessory."
As applied to land, a change in topography as a result of
the moving of soil and/or 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.
A commercially operated park with a predominance of outdoor
games and activities for entertainment including motorized, mechanical,
aquatic or other devices that hold or carry passengers for amusement
over a fixed or restricted area. Also typically includes booths for
the sale of food and drink.
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has
filed an application for development including any heirs, successors,
and assigns.
Every application, whether preliminary, tentative, 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. Every application will include the
required and necessary application form, plans, fees, and any other
data or documentation submitted on behalf of a subdivision or land
development.
See "homeowner's association."
Material used to replace or the act of replacing the land
surface following the removal of material during construction.
The layer or layers of specified or selected material of
designed thickness placed on a subbase or a subgrade to support a
surface course.
A barrier, dam, and retention or detention basin located
and designed to retain water and/or rock, sand, gravel, silt, and
other material transported by water.
A raised earthen mound with landscape plantings that provides
visual screening.
 |
A unit of land containing one or more lots which is entirely
bounded by existing or proposed streets, public lands, cemeteries,
railroads rights-of-way, watercourses or any other barriers to contiguous
development.
The Lewisburg Borough Council and, where appropriate, its
staff.
An individual or professional consulting firm appointed by
the Borough of Lewisburg to perform independent review of engineering
and technical site design details of subdivisions and land developments.
A structure including supports having an opening measured
along the center of the pavement of more than 20 feet between supports
(i.e., undercroppings, abutments) designed to convey vehicles, pedestrians
or other moving loads over a watercourse, railroad, public or private
right-of-way, or any depression.
A portion of a site, together with any structures or landscape plantings thereupon, used and intended to provide a visual barrier between different land uses or to shield, block, or provide other protection from noise, light, or nuisance between adjacent parcels of land. For the purposes of this chapter the buffer yard is the applicable building setback distance requirement and any additional buffer distance required as per § 315-52 to lessen the impacts of incompatible land uses.
The area of a lot remaining after the minimum rights-of-way,
setbacks (front, rear, and side) and open space requirements have
been met.
Any combination of materials forming a structure which is
designed, intended or arranged for the housing, sheltering, enclosure,
or structural support of persons, animals, equipment, goods, process
or property of any kind.
BUILDING, ACCESSORYA detached subordinate building, the use of which is customarily incidental and subordinate to that of the principal building, which is located on the same lot as that occupied by the principal building. An accessory building is not used for dwelling purposes nor normally occupied by personnel associated with any use.
BUILDING, PRINCIPALThe main structure on a given lot, in which the principal use of the site is conducted.
 Figure 2-2
|
A line within a property defining the minimum distance as
established by this chapter between any structure to be erected or
altered and an adjacent right-of-way, street or property line. The
setback line will be measured at right angles and run parallel to
the adjacent street, right-of-way or property line.
The outside diameter of trees measured for buffering and
landscaping purposes at a point on the trunk six inches above the
natural ground line.
A sediment formed by the organic or inorganic precipitation
of mineral compounds characterized by the fundamental chemical ion
CO3, the principal element in limestone and dolomite strata.
The improved surface of a right-of-way that is available
and intended for vehicular traffic in the form of a street, alley
or driveway.
A line running parallel to and equidistant from both sides
of the traveled portion of a street.
Cement concrete meeting the requirements set forth in the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Publication 408, as amended.
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections or
street and driveway intersections defined by lines of sight between
points at a given distance from the intersection of the street and/or
driveway centerlines.
 |
In a karst geologic area, a distinct bowl-shaped depression
in the land surface; size and amplitude are variable, drainage is
internal. It differs from a sinkhole in that the ground surface is
unbroken and usually occurs in greater density per unit area.
A development design and site-planning concept in which several
buildings are concentrated in specific areas on the site to allow
the remaining land to be used for recreation, common open space and
protection of valued natural, historic, and cultural features and
resources.
The individual or organization appointed by the Borough to
administer the construction code officially adopted by the Borough.
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water within a development site that is designed and intended
for the use or enjoyment of residents of a development, not including
streets, off-street parking areas and areas set aside for public facilities.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A material meeting the specifications in the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation Publication 408, when placed and compacted.
The official comprehensive plan of the Borough of Lewisburg,
Pennsylvania adopted by the Borough Council which establishes broad
goals for land use and growth management and may include plans for
future land use, parks, transportation, public facilities and services,
and the like.
A building or group of buildings in which dwelling units,
offices or floor areas are owned individually and the structure, common
areas, and facilities are owned by all the owners on a proportional
and undivided basis and where there is an association of owners organized
for the purpose of maintaining, administering, and operating common
areas and facilities.
The Union County Conservation District.
The erection, fabrication, installation, demolition or removal
of any structure, facility, feature or addition thereto, including
all related activities such as clearing of land, grading, earthmoving,
paving and all other activities regulated by this chapter.
County of Union, Pennsylvania.
A publicly or privately owned designated area for pedestrian
use that crosses paved areas used for motor vehicles.
A street that provides a single means of ingress and egress
by intersecting another street at one end and terminating at the other
end in a vehicular turnaround.
A structure, typically constructed of metal, plastic or concrete,
not classified as a bridge, which provides an opening under a roadway,
rail bed, pedestrian path or other right-of-way designed to catch
surface water from side ditches and direct it away from a roadway,
rail bed, pedestrian path or other right-of-way and/or designed to
convey a stream under such a crossing without constricting water flow
or movement of aquatic species.
A concrete, stone or other improved boundary usually marking
the edge of the roadway or paved area.
A section of curb where the curb height is lowered to correspond
to the predominate street elevation in order to facilitate access
to driveways and sidewalks.
The measure of curve of the curb return at an intersection,
measured at the edge of the cartway.
The curved segment of curb connecting the curbs of two intersecting
streets or driveways.
 Figure 2-4
|
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.
Plants that drop their foliage annually before becoming dormant.
The deliberate appropriation or conveyance of land or an
interest in land by the owner to another party (i.e., municipality)
for public use through a written instrument and completed with an
acceptance by the municipality.
A legal document conveying ownership of real property.
A legal document conveying ownership of real property officially
on file in the Recorder of Deeds Office of Union County, Pennsylvania.
A restriction upon the use of a property, lot, or parcel
set forth in a deed that runs with the title of the land and is binding
upon subsequent owners of the property but which is enforced by the
landowners involved and not the county municipality or other public
agency Sometimes known as a private or restrictive covenant.
The number of dwelling units or units of occupancy permitted
to be constructed or situated on a specific unit of land generally
expressed as a "per acre" value.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) publication,
as amended, containing highway design criteria.
Speed, selected for a specific street, which takes into consideration
the geometric limits such as degree of curvature, super elevation,
sight distances, etc., and which controls the safe operation of the
vehicle as well as allowing for safe pedestrian traffic. The design
speed is governed by the volume of traffic, parking, speed limits,
turning movements at intersections, intersection controls, land width,
and pavement surface conditions.
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 Borough of Lewisburg 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.
Any landowner, agent of a landowner, or tenant with the permission
of a landowner who makes or causes to be made a subdivision of land
or a land development.
Any subdivision or land development that because of its character,
magnitude, or location will have a substantial effect upon the health,
safety, or welfare of citizens in more than one municipality.
The specific tract(s) of land for which an activity regulated
by this chapter is proposed.
That portion of the property line of the lot, tract, or parcels
of land being developed located such that all overland or pipe flow
from the site would be directed towards it.
A stormwater management facility designed to transmit stormwater
runoff and will include streams, channels, swales, pipes, conduits,
culverts, storm sewers, etc.
A right granted by a landowner to a grantee, allowing the
use of the landowner's private land for stormwater management
purposes and/or required for the preservation or maintenance of a
natural stream or watercourse or other drainage facility.
Any natural or artificial watercourse, trench, ditch, swale
or similar depression into which surface water flows.
A private cartway providing vehicular access between a street
and a parking area or structure.
DRIVEWAY, HIGH VOLUMEA driveway normally used by more than 1,500 vehicles per day and often requiring traffic signalization, such as those serving large shopping centers, multibuilding apartment, or office complexes.
DRIVEWAY, LOW VOLUMEA driveway normally used by more than 25 but less than 750 vehicles per day such as those serving office buildings, elementary and junior high schools or car washes.
DRIVEWAY, MEDIUM VOLUMEA driveway normally used by more than 750 but less than 1,500 vehicles per day and not normally require traffic signalization such as those serving motels, fast food restaurants, service stations, small shopping centers or plazas.
DRIVEWAY, MINIMUM USEA driveway normally used by not more than 25 vehicles per day, such as those serving single-family dwellings, duplexes, or apartments with five units or less.
See "dwelling, two-family."
Any structure, or part thereof designed or used exclusively
for human habitation. The term dwelling will not be deemed to include
dormitory, fraternity, motel, rooming house, sorority, tourist home,
hotel, hospital, assisted living facility or skilled nursing home.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILYA building on a single lot with three or more dwelling units.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHEDA single dwelling unit constituting the entirety of a building, designed for and occupied by not more than one family, and having no roof, wall or floor in common with any other dwelling unit.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI-DETACHEDA dwelling attached to one other dwelling by a common vertical wall and located on a separate lot. For determining setbacks and other requirements, each dwelling is understood to have only a single side yard.
DWELLING, TOWNHOUSEA single-family dwelling in a row of at least three such units in which each unit has its own front and 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.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILYTwo dwelling units attached side by side or one above the other, located on a single lot, where each unit has an individual access to the outside.
Two or more rooms in a dwelling structure designed for the
use by one or more individuals living together as a single housekeeping
unit, with cooking, living, sanitary and sleeping facilities.
Any activity, including, but not limited to, construction,
mining, 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.
A vertical distance above or below a predetermined and fixed
reference level i.e., above or below sea level.
An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances
that calls for immediate action or remedy.
A licensed professional engineer registered by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
The movement of soil particles by the action of water, windice,
or other natural forces.
A plan that is designed to minimize accelerated erosion and
sedimentation and to meet the requirements of the PA DEP.
A plant with foliage that remains green year round.
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock, or any other
similar material is dug into, cut, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced,
relocated, bulldozed, and including all methods of replacement.
The initial condition of a project site prior to the proposed
construction.
The plan of a proposed subdivision or land development including
all supplemental information required by this chapter, or by an applicable
municipal ordinance, submitted to obtain final approval and having
a form acceptable for recording in the office of the recorder of deeds.
A way cleared of obstacles and vegetation at all times so
as to permit ingress and egress for vehicles during a fire or other
emergency.
A general but temporary condition of partial or complete
inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of streams,
rivers, and other waters of this Commonwealth.
That portion of the flood hazard area outside of the floodway,
based on the total area inundated during the regulatory base flood
plus 25% of the regulatory base flood discharge.
Any land area susceptible to inundation by water from any
natural source and/or those areas delineated by Flood Insurance Studies
for Union County and its individual municipalities prepared by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) These areas are mapped
and shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps and/or Flood Hazard Boundary
Maps.
Any land area susceptible to inundation by water from any
natural source and/or those areas delineated by the FEMA Flood Insurance
Studies and associated maps for Union County and its individual municipalities
in which there is a 1% chance of inundation occurring in any given
year.
 |
The channel of the watercourse and those portions of the
adjoining floodplains that is reasonably required to carry and discharge
the 100-year frequency flood. Unless otherwise specified, the boundary
of the floodway is as indicated on maps and flood insurance studies
for Union County and its municipalities provided by FEMA. In an area
where no FEMA maps or studies have defined the boundary of the 100-year
frequency floodway, it is assumed, absent evidence to the contrary,
that the floodway extends 50 feet from the stream to the top of stream
bank on each side of the stream.
A vertical distance between the elevation of the designed
high water level and the top of a dam, levee, tank, basin, or diversion
ridge. The space is required as a safety margin in a pond or basin.
A side of a lot abutting on a street; the length of a lot
measured at the street right-of-way line.
As a noun. A slope, usually of a road, street, other public
way, channel or natural ground specified in percentage change in elevation
per horizontal distance and shown on plans as specified herein.
As a verb. To manipulate the land surface and its slope through
excavation, filling or leveling.
The surface of the ground or pavement as it exists prior
to disturbance in preparation for activities regulated by this chapter.
The final elevation of the ground surface after development.
The elevation of the ground level in its natural state before
construction, filling, or excavation.
A natural or constructed waterway, usually broad and willow,
covered with erosion-resistant grasses, commonly used to convey surface
water from cropland.
Replenishment of existing natural underground water supplies.
A mixture of cement, water and sand used to seal wellheads
and other structures to prevent the infiltration of liquids and solids.
Any building, site, structure, object, district, or area
that is listed on any officially adopted municipal, county, state,
or federal plan, registry, or inventory of historic resources and
features, such as the National Register of Historic Places, or has
received a Determination of Eligibility for the National Register
from the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. This
term will include the site, principal structures, accessory structures,
yards, vegetation, fences, road alignments, and signage associated
with such resource/feature.
An incorporated or unicorporated nonprofit, cooperative organization
operating under recorded land agreements through which: each lot and/or
homeowner in a described land area is automatically a member; each
lot is automatically subject to a charge for a proportionate share
of the expenses for the organization's activities, such as maintaining
a common property (i.e., streets, open space, stormwater facility);
and the charge if unpaid becomes a lien against the property.
A surface that prevents the percolation of water into the
ground. For the purposes of this chapter, impervious surface will
include, but not be limited to the following: concrete, asphalt, building
coverage, water impoundments, gravel and crushed stone areas, highly
compacted soil, etc.
Those physical additions and installations required and made
to a property to render land suitable for an intended use, including,
but not limited to, buildings, streets, curbs and gutters, sidewalks,
street signs and lights, walkways, sewage disposal and water supply
facilities, monuments, markers, shade trees and landscaping, grading,
stormwater management facilities, and the like.
A deposit of cash, a bond, a binding letter of credit, a
line of credit, an escrow account, or negotiable securities and an
agreement guaranteeing the developer will install all required improvements.
A deposit consisting of cash, a bond, a binding letter of
credit, a line of credit, an escrow account, or negotiable securities
and an agreement insuring that improvements constructed as part of
an approved subdivision or land development have been properly installed
and guaranteeing their integrity.
A structure designed to direct runoff into the ground (e.g.,
French drains, seepage pits, or seepage trenches).
A surface connection to a closed drain, a structure at the
diversion end of a conduit, the upstream end of any structure through
which water may flow.
A type of topography that is formed over calcareous minerals
such as limestone, dolomite, or gypsum by bedrock solution, and that
is characterized by closed depressions or sinkholes, caves and underground
drainage (from AGI Glossary of Geology, 1972).
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 written and graphic description of a development including,
as applicable, 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, rights-of-way, parking facilities,
common open spaces and public facilities.
Any activity, business, function, or purpose for which any
piece of land or structure is used or intended to be used.
Any activity involving grading, tilling, digging or filling
of ground or stripping of vegetation or any other activity that causes
an alteration to the natural condition of the land.
The legal or equitable 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 is
authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner,
or other person having a proprietary interest in land.
A professional landscape architect licensed by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A utility line between a main line, located in a utility
easement or street right-of-way, and the building the line serves.
A safe stopping area at the intersection of streets or the
intersection of a driveway and a street.
A rock that is chiefly formed by the accumulation of organic
remains, consisting mainly of calcium carbonate.
The Lewisburg Area Joint Sewer Authority (L.A.J.S.A.).
A parcel, tract, or area of land established by a plat or
as otherwise permitted by law and to be used, developed or built upon
as a unit.
LOT, CORNERA lot abutting the intersection of two or more streets.
LOT DEPTHThe mean (average) distance measured between the front and rear lot lines.
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGEA lot with street frontage at both the front and rear.
LOT, INTERIORA lot with only one frontage on a street.
LOT, REVERSE FRONTAGEA lot with front and rear street frontage where vehicular access is prohibited to and from the higher intensity street.
 |
LOT, OPEN SPACEA parcel intended not to be developed or encumbered with structures.
The computed area contained within the property lines of
a lot as shown on a plan, excluding space within a street right-of-way
but including the area of any easement.
A metal plate or pin set by a professional land surveyor
to permanently identify curves along property lines, angles in property
lines, and lot line intersections.
The property lines bounding the lot.
LOT LINE, FRONTThe line most closely parallel to the street identified by the official U.S. postal address of any structure on the lot.
LOT LINE, REARThe lot line opposite, generally parallel to and most distant from, the front lot line.
LOT LINE, SIDEAny lot line other than a front or rear lot line.
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured
at the shortest distance between the front and rear building lines
as determined by the prescribed front and rear yard requirements.
 |
For the purposes of this chapter, a monument will be defined
to mean a reinforced concrete monument, stone, or other permanent
object containing magnetic material set by a professional land surveyor
to permanently identify surface elevation and/or survey reference
points such as the intersection of lines forming angles in the boundary
of a lot or tract, rights-of-ways of streets and utilities, or at
other locations determined appropriate by the Planning Commission
for the purpose of reference in land and property surveys.
A body politic or corporate created pursuant to the Act of
May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, No. 164, known as the "Municipal Authorities
Act of 1945."[1]
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of
1968, P.L. 805, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., as from time to
time reenacted and amended.
Pollution that enters a body of water from diffuse origins
and does not result from discernible, confined, or discrete conveyances.
Natural Resource Conservation Service (Previously Soil Conservation
Service—SCS).
A map adopted by ordinance pursuant to Article VI of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of 1968 P.L. 805, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., as from time to time reenacted and amended.
A drainage element in which stormwater flows within an open
surface. Open channels include, but will not be limited to, natural
and man-made drainage ways, swales, streams, ditches and canals.
An area that is intended to provide land free of development
and is designed for environmental, scenic, or recreation purposes.
Open space may include but is not limited to lawns, decorative plantings,
walkways, active and passive recreation areas, playgrounds, fountains,
wooded areas and watercourses. Open space will not include driveways,
parking lots or other surfaces designed or intended for vehicular
travel, or detention and retention ponds. In addition, no area of
future road right-of-way will be counted as open space.
Point where water flows out from a conduit, pipe, stream
or drain, such as the point of discharge for a stormwater detention
basin.
Points of water disposal from a stream, river, lake, tidewater
or artificial drain.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
See "lot."
The original lot or tract of land from which a new lot is
being subdivided.
A tract of land dedicated and used by the public for active
and/or passive recreation.
Any public or private area designed and used for parking
motor vehicles, including parking lots, garages, private driveways
and legally designated areas of public streets.
Any off-street area or structure that is designed solely
for the transient storage of motor vehicles and includes the driveways,
passageways and maneuvering space appurtenant thereto.
An off-street parking area available and designated for the
parking of a single vehicle.
A sub-base, base course or surface course placed on a sub-grade
to support traffic load.
The layers of pavement which together comprise a roadway.
The maximum rate of stormwater runoff from a specific storm
event.
The hour during which the heaviest volume of traffic occurs
on a street or road.
A specified easement or right-of-way, publicly or privately
owned, which is designed and designated for the exclusive use of pedestrians.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
See "improvements guarantee."
A culvert, closed conduit, or similar structure including
appurtenances that convey stormwater.
A map or plat of a subdivision or land development along
with supplementary data if required. Types of plans are as follows:
AS-BUILT PLANA plan prepared and submitted at the request of Borough Council after all required improvements approved for a subdivision or land development have been completed.
FINAL PLANA complete and exact plan of a proposed subdivision or land development, prepared in accordance with this chapter and including all supplementary information required by this chapter or other applicable Borough ordinance that is submitted to obtain final approval.
LOT ADDITION (ADD-ON) PLANA complete and exact subdivision plan, including all supplementary data and prepared in accordance with this chapter intended to convey a parcel of ground that is located immediately adjacent to other property owned by the intended grantee and is being added to the grantees existing lot of record.
LOT CONSOLIDATION PLANA plan showing the entire areas of two or more adjacent existing lots of record combined or consolidated to effectually eliminate one of more of the original lots and create one new lot.
PLOT PLANA Final Plan which contains the original endorsement of the Borough the Lewisburg Borough Planning Commission and the Union County Planning Commission and is intended to be recorded with the Union County Recorder of Deeds Office.
PRELIMINARY PLANA plan of a proposed subdivision or land development prepared in accordance with this chapter and including all supplementary information required by this chapter or other applicable Borough ordinance that is submitted to obtain preliminary approval.
SKETCH PLANAn 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 or land development as prepared in accordance with this chapter.
Lewisburg Borough Planning Commission.
The area of grass or other plants, including trees, that
is located between the sidewalk and curb or, if there is no curb,
edge of roadway and that is not improved for use by pedestrians.
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether
preliminary or final.
See "lot."
The conservation and safeguarding of natural and historic
resources.
See "preservation."
Includes:
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the Borough
Council, Planning Commission, or Zoning Hearing Board intended to
inform and obtain public comment, prior to taking certain actions
in accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code or
prior to amending this chapter.
A forum held pursuant to notice under the Sunshine Act, Act
65 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation publication containing
highway construction specifications, as amended and supplemented.
A corridor of land reserved or dedicated, in whole or part,
with the intention of its being occupied as a street, alley, pedestrian
way, or other means of public or private transportation and access
or by an electric transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, water main,
sanitary or storm sewer or other similar use. A right-of-way includes
the entire area reserved or dedicated for the use.
 |
Precipitation that does not enter the soil but runs across
the surface of the land.
A method of visually shielding or obscuring one structure
or land use from adjacent properties by means of fencing, walls, berms
or densely planted vegetation.
The placement, discharge or any other introduction of sediment
into the waters of the commonwealth occurring from the failure to
design, construct, implement or maintain control measures and control
facilities.
The process by which solid materials are accumulated or deposited
by wind, water, or gravity.
An area of excavated earth filled with loose stone or similar
coarse, noncompactable material, into which surface water is directed
for infiltration into the ground.
See "building setback line."
A sewer collection and treatment system which serves developed
properties on a community, area-wide, or regional basis in which sewage
is collected from buildings and piped by means of a conveyance system
to a sanitary sewage treatment plant that is designed, approved and
permitted in accordance with the requirements of the PA DEP.
The improved or graded portion of the highway, contiguous
to the traffic lanes, for accommodation of stopped vehicles, emergency
use, or lateral support of base and surface courses or pavements.
A level improved concrete surface that is typically separated
from but located adjacent to a roadway and intended for pedestrian
travel.
The unobstructed distance a driver is able to see.
A localized, gradual or rapid sinking of the land surface
to a variable depth, which occurs in areas of carbonate bedrock and
is generally characterized by a roughly circular outline, a breaking
of the ground surface, and a downward movement of soil into bedrock
voids.
A classification of soils by the Soil Conservation Service
(now NRCS) 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.
The most recent edition of a series of aerial photographs
on which soils are classified according to a variety of characteristics
and accompanying explanatory text, prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service (now NRCS).
A depression in the embankment of a pond or basin that is
used to pass peak discharge greater than the maximum design storm
controlled by the pond.
The unit of measure used to express the area of a lot, tract,
or parcel involved in a subdivision or land development. It is determined
by multiplying the length of a lot, in feet, by the width of a lot,
in feet (L x W = square footage area).
The proper placing, grading, and/or covering of soil, rock,
or earth to ensure their resistance to erosion, sliding, or other
movement.
The staff of the Borough of Lewisburg, including both in-house
staff and contracted professional staff.
A system of pipes and/or open channels that convey intercepted
runoff and stormwater from other sources but excludes domestic sewage
and industrial wastes.
Precipitation reaching the ground surface.
Any natural or man-made structure that due to its condition,
design or construction conveys, stores or otherwise affects stormwater
runoff. Typical stormwater management facilities include, but are
not limited to, basins, open channels, storm sewers, pipes, swales,
and infiltration structures.
The plan, including data and calculations, that indicates
how stormwater runoff will be managed at the particular site of interest
according to this chapter.
The plan for managing stormwater runoff in a particular watershed
adopted by Union County and approved by the PA DEP as required by
the Act of October 4, 1978, P.L. 864, Act 167 of 1978 (32 P.S. § 6801
et seq.).
A public or private right-of-way, excluding driveways, intended
for use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation that provides
a means of access to abutting property. The word "street" will apply
to thoroughfare, avenue, boulevard, court, drive, expressway, highway,
lane, road or similar terms. Types of streets are as follows:
ALLEYA street, usually located to the rear or side of properties and used primarily for vehicular service access and a secondary means of access to abutting lots.
ARTERIAL STREETA high-capacity street that delivers traffic from collector streets to freeways or expressways, and between population centers at the highest level of service possible.
COLLECTOR STREETA street that carries traffic from local streets to arterial streets.
DEAD-END STREETA street with only one means of vehicular traffic ingress and egress.
HALF STREETA street, generally parallel with and adjacent to a property line, having a lesser right-of-way and/or cartway width than required by this chapter for improvement as a street.
LOCAL STREETA street that allows circulation of traffic within a neighborhood.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETA local street parallel and adjacent to a major street (but physically separated from it) which provides both access to abutting properties and control of intersections with the major street.
 Figure 2-9
|
PRIVATE STREETA street which is not public.
PUBLIC STREETA street ordained, maintained, or dedicated to and accepted by the Borough of Lewisburg or the state or federal government and open to public use.
The slope of a street or road between two points, typically
expressed as a percentage.
Any man-made object having an ascertainable stationary location
on or in land or water, whether or not affixed to the land.
The layers of material placed on a subgrade to support a
base course. Refer to Figure 6-2 and Figure 6-3 for typical roadway
sections diagram.
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 change in the boundaries of one or more lots, parcels
of land, or other divisions of land. Types of subdivisions are as
follows:
LOT ADDITION SUBDIVISIONAny subdivision that conveys a portion of a lot to a lot immediately adjacent to that portion.
CONSOLIDATION SUBDIVISIONAny subdivision by which the entire area of one or more lots is added to an adjacent lot thereby eliminating one or more of the original lots.
MAJOR SUBDIVISIONAny subdivision as defined herein involving six or more lots, parcels of land, or other divisions of land whether or not it involves new streets, additional utilities, or other improvements; all subdivisions not considered minor subdivisions for plan processing purposes.
MINOR SUBDIVISIONAny subdivision that abuts an existing public street or road, cumulatively involves no more than five lots, parcels of land, or other divisions of land from the same parent tract, and does not require a new street, access easements, or the installation of any other improvements.
The top surface of a roadbed upon which the pavement structure
and shoulders, including curbs, are constructed. Refer to Figure 6-2
and Figure 6-3 for typical roadway sections diagram.
The lot, parcel, or site proposed for a subdivision or land
development.
One or more layers of a pavement structure designed to accommodate
the traffic load, the top layer of which resists skidding, traffic
abrasion and the disintegrating effects of climate. The top layer
is sometimes called "wearing course."
A licensed professional land surveyor registered by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A low-lying stretch of land that gathers or carries surface
water runoff.
The publication of the NRCS entitled "Urban Unit Hydrology
for Small Watersheds."
The general configuration of a land surface, including its
relief and position of its natural and man-made features.
See "lot."
The lot or parcel created through subdivision that is the
remaining portion of the parent tract after subdivision occurs.
The movement of a vehicle in a single direction.
A portion of a tract of land which, due to physical or environmental
conditions, cannot support or is inappropriate for construction of
a road, structure, or any other man-made improvement.
Land in its natural state.
A decision by the Borough Council to grant an applicant's
request to be released from specific requirements imposed by this
chapter.
A system for the collection, treatment, storage and distribution
of potable water from the source of supply to the consumer.
A water collection, treatment, and distribution system which
serves developed properties on a community, area-wide or regional
basis.
A water supply system located on and serving a single property.
It typically takes the form of a well.
A permanent or intermittent stream of water or a channel
for water, whether natural or man-made.
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 entire region or area drained by a river or other body
of water, whether natural or artificial.
See "surface course."
An area that is inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater
at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under
normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of vegetation typically
adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.
A vegetated area that is predominated by trees.
Lewisburg Borough Zoning Hearing Board.
The individual or organization appointed by the Borough to
administer the Borough's Zoning Ordinance.
The Zoning Ordinance enacted by the Lewisburg Borough Council.[2]
