Words used in a special sense in this chapter are defined in Article II.
A. 
Words used in the present tense shall include the future. The singular number shall include the plural and the plural the singular. The word "shall" is mandatory and not permissive.
B. 
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
APPLICANT
A land owner 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.
APPLICATION
An application, either preliminary or final, required to be filed and approved prior to the use, improvement of development of any parcel or structure or the start of land development or subdivision and which is complete in all respects as required by this chapter.
BOROUGH
Borough of Churchill, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
BOROUGH ENGINEER
The person officially appointed by Council to enforce this chapter.
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE
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.
COUNCIL
Council, Borough of Churchill, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
CUL-DE-SAC
A short street having one end open to traffic and the other end terminating in a turnaround area.
DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT
A written agreement entered into between the borough and the developer, ensuring acceptance of conditions of approval, guaranteeing performance of all required improvements and amenities and recorded to run with the deed to the subject property.
DEVELOPER
Any present or prospective landowner or agent of such landowner who makes or causes to be made a development plan and an application for a site development plan, subdivision or land development.
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.
ENGINEER
A professional engineer, surveyor or architect who is licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
FRONT YARD DEPTH
The prescribed minimum open space extending across the entire width of the lot between the front line of the building and the street right-of-way.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
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 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.
LOT
A parcel of land occupied or capable of being occupied by one or more structures.
LOT, AREA OF
The horizontally projected area of a lot computed exclusive of any portion of the right-of-way of any public thoroughfare.
LOT, DEPTH OF
A mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.
LOT OF RECORD
Any lot which individually or as a part of a subdivision has been recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of the Allegheny County.
LOT, WIDTH OF
The distance between the side lines of the zoning lot measured at the shortest distance at or between the front and rear building lines as determined by the prescribed front and rear yard requirements.
MODIFICATION
An authorization to modify a subdivision application when the literal terms of the subdivision provisions would result in an undue hardship because of peculiar conditions pertaining to the land in question.
PLANNING COMMISSION
The Planning Commission of the Borough of Churchill, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
REAR YARD
The prescribed minimum open space extending across the entire width of the lot between the back line of the building and the rear lot line.
SIDE YARD
The prescribed minimum open space extending from the side of any building or accessory structure to the side lot line throughout the entire depth of the yard. Any lot line not a rear line or a front line shall be deemed as a side line.
STREET
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, lane or place. A street may also be identified according to type of use as follows:
C. 
ARTERIAL STREETS -- Streets providing traffic movements between traffic generation areas.
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COLLECTOR STREETS -- Streets providing connection primarily between regional streets or regional and local streets.
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LOCAL STREETS -- Streets serving primarily as access to abutting properties and not intended as major arteries carrying through traffic.
SUBDIVISION
The division or redivision of a lot, tract or parcel of land by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other division of land, including changes in existing lot 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 subdivision by lease of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving any new street or easement of access or any residential dwelling, shall be exempted.
YARD
An open space on a lot, other than a court, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground to the sky, not occupied by structure or used for parking or storage, except as otherwise provided, and not including any portion of a street or alley.