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: