[Ord. No. 501, 8/9/2022]
These definitions shall apply to this chapter.
A landowner who filed an application for a development with
the Township grading permit, as defined by the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, Act 247 of 1968, as amended, or who has filed an application
for other Township permits associated with land use, earth disturbance
activities or installation of infrastructure, including but limited
to a grading permit, stormwater management permit, or zoning permit.
A drawing showing the final as-built location, elevation
and/or depth, size, and materials of all completed public and private
improvements including the location of all easements.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of North Fayette.
The Township Building Code.
That portion of the street right-of-way surfaced for vehicular
use.
An area of unobstructed vision at the intersection of two
streets or the intersection of a driveway with a street, measured
at the height of a driver's eye, which is assumed to be 3.75
feet above the road surface, between points at a given distance from
the intersection of the center lines of the two streets or of a street
and driveway as specified in this chapter and the SALDO,[1] intended to allow the operators of vehicles approaching
simultaneously to see each other in time to prevent a collision. Any
obstruction that impedes line-of-sight should be removed upon notification
from the Township. Further, a triangular area of unobstructed vision
as defined by PennDOT Publication No. 70M: Guidelines for the Design
of Local Roads and Streets.
The Public and Private Improvements Code of the Township
of North Fayette.
The construction standards for streets, stormwater management
facilities, sanitary sewer systems, pedestrian circulation, driveways,
parking areas, fire hydrants, guide rails, cable TV and other facilities
as set forth in this Code.
Any landowner or agent of such landowner or tenant with the
permission of such landowner who proposes, makes or causes to be made
an application for development, permit or approval pursuant to this
chapter; see also "applicant."
A private area used exclusively for circulation and ingress
and egress to a street by the owner or owners or visitors of the lot.
All driveways shall meet the requirements of this code.
A residential building containing one dwelling unit occupied
by one family and which is the only principal building on the lot.
A registered professional engineer licensed as such in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and knowledgeable in civil engineering.
During the execution of the work, the engineer shall also be interpreted
to mean the assistant, inspector, or other representative acting within
the authority given. The engineer is to be considered an agent of
the Township.
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice, or gravity, including such processes as gravitational
creep.
The elevation of the existing or proposed ground surface
at the location of any proposed excavation or fill.
An excavation or fill or a combination thereof.
Any danger or potential danger to life, limb or health, or
any adverse effect or potential adverse effect to the safety, use
or stability of property, waterways, public ways, structures, utilities,
and storm sewers, including stream pollution.
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or parcel
of land, including the holder of an option or contract to purchase
(whether or not such option or contract is subject to any conditions),
a lessee (if he authorized under the lease to exercise the rights
of the landowner) or other persons having a proprietary interest in
the lot.
A landscape architect licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A public or private garage or a paved, open off-street area
other than a driveway or street with adequate means of access, which
meets the requirements of this code, and which is used exclusively
for the parking of vehicles of occupants or visitors of the lot; however,
a driveway serving a single-family dwelling or which is for the exclusive
use of an individual dwelling unit in a residential building may be
used as a parking area.
A natural person, but also includes a partnership, corporation,
trust, association, or any type of legal entity.
A street, sidewalk, walkway, gutter, curb, sewer line, waterline,
driveway, parking area, streetlight, street sign or related facility,
to be operated and maintained by a private entity, but which must
comply with this code.
A street, sidewalk, walkway, gutter, curb, sewer line, waterline,
streetlight, street sign or related facility to be dedicated to or
maintained by the Township, and which must comply with this code.
Any company subject to the jurisdiction of and control by
the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission or franchised cable television
company.
A walk for pedestrians constructed to the standards set forth
in this code.
A lot, tract or parcel of land, or a series of lots, tracts
or parcels of land which are adjoining and with respect to which grading
work is to be continuous and performed at the same time.
The upward or downward slant or inclination or degree of
slant, expressed either as a horizontal-to-vertical ratio or as a
percentage of vertical inclination from the horizontal.
Those portions of the contract documents consisting of written
technical descriptions of materials, equipment, construction systems,
standards and workmanship as applied to the work.
An avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway, lane,
viaduct, and any other ways used by vehicular traffic but not including
driveways, parking areas or walkways. "Street" includes the entire
right-of-way.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township.
North Fayette Township, a second-class Township located in
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
The Code of the Township adopted by the Board of Supervisors
and as amended from time to time.
The appointed engineer of the Township of North Fayette.
The Manager of the Township of North Fayette.
An excavation made for installation or replacement of utilities
where the depth exceeds the width of the trench.
A public service including but not limited to electric service,
gas service, telephone service and cable TV service.
A walk for pedestrians constructed to the standards set forth
in the Public Improvements Code.
