For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms
and words used herein shall be interpreted or defined as follows:
A.
Words used in the present tense shall include the
future.
B.
Words used in the singular number shall include the
plural.
C.
Words used in the plural number shall include the
singular.
D.
The word "person" includes a corporation as well as
an individual or an association of individuals.
E.
The words "shall" and "will" are always mandatory.
F.
The word "may" is permissive.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated, unless otherwise specifically
stated. Words not defined herein shall be observed and applied according
to their generally accepted dictionary definitions.
A use or structure located on the same lot with the principal
use or structure, that is subordinate and incidental to the principal
structure or use of the property and that may occupy a separate structure
and/or area on or in the ground, including, but not limited to storage
sheds or other storage structures, off-street parking, signs, off-street
loading, gazebos, children's playhouses, greenhouses for personal
use, garages, swimming pools, detached decks, fences and similar structures.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A minor right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access
to the side or rear of two or more properties.
A landowner or developer, as hereinafter defined, who has
filed an application for development, including his heirs, successors
and assigns.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
Any application, whether preliminary, tentative or final,
required to be filed and approved prior to the 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.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
See "street, arterial."
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
An area bounded by streets, utility, railroad, public facility
or other rights-of-way or easements or other definite barriers.
Borough Council of the Borough of Economy, Beaver County,
Pennsylvania.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, duly appointed by Borough Council to serve as the
engineer for the Borough.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
The Borough Secretary of the Borough of Economy, Beaver County,
Pennsylvania.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
The line of that face of the building nearest the front line
of the lot at the street right-of-way line.
An independent and detached structure having a roof supported
by columns or walls or resting on its own foundation, including but
not limited to principal structures, mobile homes, garages, greenhouses
and other accessory buildings.
That portion of the total street right-of-way surfaced or
otherwise prepared or meant for vehicular use. Width is determined
from face of curb to face of curb or from one edge of driving surface
to the other edge of driving surface.
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections, defined by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection of the center lines of streets. (See Illustration in Appendix B.)[1]
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
See "street, collector."
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
The Economy Borough Planning Commission as duly appointed
by the local governing body.
See "driveway, common private."
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
The Comprehensive Plan of the Borough that guides physical
development of the Borough and that consists of maps, charts and textual
matter in accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code.[2]
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A development where each dwelling unit or structure is individually
owned and the owner of each dwelling unit or structure has an undivided
interest in the common areas and facilities of the structures and
surrounding grounds.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
The combination of two or more lots, tracts or parcels of
land for the purpose of a land development. For purposes of this chapter,
a consolidation shall be considered a subdivision.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A document entitled "Construction Standards of the Borough
of Economy" prepared by the Borough Engineer, adopted and amended
from time to time by resolution of Borough Council upon recommendation
of the Borough Engineer, copies of which are on file in the office
of the Borough Secretary or his/her authorized designee and are available
for sale to residents or other interested parties.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
See "lot, corner."
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
County of Beaver, Pennsylvania.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
Beaver County Planning Commission.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
An obligation defined by law or agreement, the violation
of which can be restrained by court action; these are usually stated
in the deed. Private "covenants" are not legally enforceable by the
Borough.
A street open to traffic and pedestrian access, with one
end permanently terminated by a vehicular turnaround.
Any person, individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
estate trust or any other group acting as a unit who or which makes
or causes to be made a subdivision of land or a land development.
A vehicular access route serving two or more residential
lots or parcels or two or more businesses on a single lot which provides
access to a public street.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A vehicular access route serving only one parcel or lot which
provides access to a public street, but which does not provide access
to any other lot or parcel under separate ownership.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
One or more rooms that are used as living quarters for one
family and that have permanent facilities for sleeping, cooking and
eating, as well as sanitary facilities.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A residential building designed exclusively for occupancy
by three or more families living independently of each other and containing
three or more separate dwelling units, including triplexes, fourplexes,
townhouses and garden apartments.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A residential building containing one dwelling unit that
is the only principal structure on the lot, surrounded on all sides
by open space.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A residential building designed exclusively for occupancy
by two families living independently of each other, and containing
two dwelling units, each with a separate entrance directly to the
outside, including double houses, duplexes and carriage homes.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A grant by a property owner for the use of land, which is
given to persons, corporations or the public for purposes such as
access, utility placement or similar activities.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
An individual, or two or more persons related by blood, marriage,
adoption or foster child care, including domestic servants or gratuitous
guests, thereof; or a group of not more than three unrelated persons
living together without supervision in a dwelling unit, or not more
than eight persons living together in a group living arrangement with
supervision, provided that the group living arrangement meets all
of the following criteria:
It provides nonrouting support services, including supervision,
personal care, social or counseling services, and transportation,
to persons who need such assistance in order to use and enjoy a dwelling
or to avoid being placed within an institution, because of physical
disability, old age, mental retardation, or other handicap or disability
as defined by the Fair Housing Amendments Act[3] or the Americans with Disabilities Act;[4]
It provides for the joint occupancy of a dwelling unit where
the residents maintain a common household and practice, on a permanent
or long-term basis, a joint economic, social and cultural life.
It does not involve the housing of persons on a transient basis;
It does not involve the housing or treatment of persons accepted
for residence in the group living arrangement on the basis of their
status as criminal offenders, juvenile offenders or delinquents, or
who would otherwise qualify for residence by virtue of having been
found by any governmental tribunal, court or agency to be a danger
to society or are on release or under the jurisdiction of the criminal
justice system, a government bureau of corrections or similar institution.
Family shall not include persons living together in a group
care facility, personal care boarding home or transitional dwelling,
as defined in the Borough Zoning Ordinance,[5] or any other supervised group living arrangement for persons
not protected by the Fair Housing Act or for any persons who constitute
a direct threat to others or their physical property.
The required charge, payable to the Borough, established
from time to time by Resolution of Borough Council, collected to defray
the costs of processing an application, reviewing an application or
inspecting the installation of public improvements pursuant to this
chapter.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
The written and graphic materials specified by this chapter
to be submitted to the Borough in order to obtain final approval of
a proposed subdivision or land development plan.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
The map or plan of a proposed subdivision or land development
containing all the information required by this chapter and any subdivision
regulations or other requirements adopted by the County of Beaver
for final plat approval and in a form acceptable for recording in
the office of the Beaver County Recorder of Deeds.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A lot that does not have the minimum required lot width at
the public or private street frontage and which has a strip of land
that is narrower than the minimum required for width, which strip
serves as an access corridor to the buildable area of the lot which
meets the lot width requirement at the building line and which is
located behind another lot that fronts on a public street. The layout
of a flag lot is such that the access corridor appears to be the "flagpole"
and the wider buildable area behind the existing lot is the "flag."
(See Illustration in Appendix A.[6])
[Added 4-8-2003 by Ord. No. 386]
A flat or low land area subject to inundation from a stream,
river or watercourse and/or any area subject to the rapid accumulation
of surface waters from any source.
A line parallel to or concentric with the front lot line,
the minimum measurement of which is the front yard depth required
by the Borough Zoning Ordinance.[7]
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
See "yard, front."
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
The duly elected Borough Council of the Borough of Economy,
Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
The entire land area of a tract, as distinguished from net
acreage.
A strip of land equal to or less than 1/2 of the required
rights-of-way reserved or proposed for street purposes along the property
line. "Half streets" are prohibited except to complete another "half
street".
Those physical changes to the land necessary to produce usable
and desirable lots from raw acreage, including but not limited to
grading, paving, curbs, gutters, storm sewers and drains, improvements
to existing watercourses, sidewalks, crosswalks, street signs, monuments,
water supply facilities, sewage disposal facilities and stormwater
control facilities.
All roads, streets, walkways, gutters, stormwater management
facilities, curbs, sewers and other facilities to be owned, maintained
or operated by a private entity such as an individual, corporation
or homeowners' association for which plans and specifications must
comply with the construction standards of the Borough.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
All grading, paving, curbs, streets, walkways, gutters, stormwater
management facilities, water distribution facilities, sanitary sewerage
collection facilities and other facilities to be dedicated to or maintained
by the Borough for which plans and specifications must comply with
the construction standards of the Borough.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
See "driveway, individual private."
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
The Borough Engineer or any other authorized representative
assigned by Borough Council to make any or all necessary inspections
of the work performed and materials furnished by the developer or
the contractors selected to install the improvements required by this
chapter.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
See "lot, interior."
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
Any of the following activities:
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
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.
A subdivision of land.
A plan which encompasses a proposed land development, which,
in addition to a plat of subdivision, if required, includes all covenants
relating to the use of the land; the proposed use, location and bulk
of buildings and other structures; the intensity of use or density
of development; public improvements; private improvements; and common
open space. The land development plan shall include all of the written
and graphic information required by this chapter.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
An area characterized by unstable slopes and land surfaces
whose history, geology, soil, bedrock structure and climate indicate
a potential for landslides as identified by the United States Geological
Survey or the Borough Engineer.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
The legal or beneficial 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 persons having a proprietary interest in land.
See "street, local."
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A tract or parcel of land designated for the conveyance or
transfer of ownership, improvement or sale, whether immediate or future.
The total area within the lot lines, excluding the area within
a street right-of-way.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A lot at the intersection of, and fronting on, two or more
street rights-of-way.
[Amended 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
The mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and
the rear lot line.
A lot that has access to a public right-of-way from both
the front yard and backyard. "Double frontage lots" may be permitted
only as a variance due to unnecessary hardship or unique physical
circumstances that are not created by an appellant.
A lot, other than a corner lot or a double frontage lot,
having frontage on only one street other than an alley.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
Any lot that individually, or as part of a subdivision, has
been recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Beaver County.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A lot abutting a public right-of-way along both the front
and rear yards, having access to only one of the public rights-of-way.
The total horizontal distance across the lot between the
side lot lines, measured at the building line.[8]
Surety, in a form acceptable to the Borough, in the form
of cash, a certified check, a letter of credit or corporate bond from
a surety company licensed to do business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and approved by the Borough Solicitor which guarantees the repair
or maintenance of the public improvements required by this chapter
for a specified period after their completion and acceptance by the
Borough.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
See "subdivision, major."
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A voluntary negotiating process in which parties in a dispute
mutually select a neutral mediator to assist them in jointly exploring
and settling their differences, culminating in a written agreement
which the parties themselves create and consider acceptable.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
See "subdivision, minor."
[Amended 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, contained in one unit, or in two or more units designed
to be joined into one integral unit capable of again being separated
for repeated towing, which arrives at a site complete and ready for
occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations,
and constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation.
[Amended 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the
necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for
the erection thereon of a single mobile home.
[Amended 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which has been so designed and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots for the placement thereon of mobile homes, as controlled by Chapter 119 of the Borough Code, Mobile Home Parks, governing mobile home parks.
[Amended 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
Relief granted by Borough Council, upon recommendation by
the Planning Commission and the Borough Engineer, when an equal or
better specification is available to meet the Borough design or construction
standards or, in a particular case, when by reason of exceptional
topographic or other physical conditions, strict compliance with any
requirement of this chapter would result in undue physical hardship.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
See "dwelling, multifamily."
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
The Borough of Economy, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
The total acreage of a development site minus the areas utilized
for accessways, on-grade utilities and facilities, lakes, ponds or
similar water surfaces and parking facilities.
A sanitary sewage collection system in which sewage is carried
from an individual lot or dwelling unit by a system of pipes to a
central treatment and disposal plant, which may be publicly or privately
owned and operated.
A potable water distribution system in which water is carried
to individual lots or dwelling units by a system of pipes from a central
water source, located beyond the limits of the lot being served, which
may be publicly or privately owned and operated.
A system of piping tanks, or other facilities serving only
a single lot and disposing of sewage in whole or in part into the
soil.
A single system of piping, tanks or other facilities serving
only a single lot and obtaining the water either in whole or in part
from a primary source located within the limits of the lot being served.
An unoccupied and undeveloped space open to the sky.
See "lot."
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
For purposes of this chapter, off-street parking and loading
areas shall be defined as follows:
An outside surfaced courtyard or inner area having no roof.
An area, other than a sidewalk, reserved by easement for
pedestrian circulation across private property which is improved with
a dust-free, all-weather surface.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
Surety, in a form acceptable to the Borough, in the form
of cash, a certified check, a letter of credit, a corporate performance
bond or a labor and material payment bond from a surety company licensed
to do business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and approved by
the Borough Solicitor which guarantees the satisfactory completion
of the public and private improvements required by this chapter.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A complete and exact subdivision plan, prepared by a registered
land surveyor for official recording as required by statute, to delineate
boundaries, define property rights, proposed streets and all other
improvements.
A tentative subdivision plan of an entire tract, prepared
by a registered professional engineer, land surveyor or landscape
architect, showing approximate street and lot layout as a basis for
consideration and review prior to preparation of a final plan.
A map or plan, either preliminary or final, indicating the
subdivision, replatting or consolidation of land or a land development.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
See "improvements, private."
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
See "street, private."
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
Persons who provide expert or professional advice, including,
but not limited to, attorneys, certified public accountants, engineers,
geologists, land surveyors, landscape architects or planners.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
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 action in accordance with
this chapter.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
See "improvements, public."
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A forum held pursuant to notice under the Act of July 3,
1986 (P. L. 388, No. 84), known as the "Sunshine Act."[9]
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
Notice published once each week for two successive weeks
in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough. Such notice
shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature
of the matter to be considered at the hearing. The first publication
shall be not more than 30 days and the second publication shall not
be less than seven days from the date of the hearing.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
Includes gas, electric, telephone, sewerage, water and communication
cable services.
See "yard, rear."
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
See "resubdivision or replatting."
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
The modification of a recorded subdivision, in whole or in
part, by a redesign of lots, size, area or street layout. Such action
requires subdivision approval.
Land reserved for use as a street, interior walk or other
public purpose and dedicated for public use; all must be recorded
in the County Recorder of Deeds office. For purposes of this chapter,
public right-of-way lines shall prevail over private parcel lines
that are designated as falling within the public "right-of-way." When
a lot abuts a "right-of-way" of a public thoroughfare, all applicable
lot area and front, side and rear lot requirements shall be computed
from the public right-of-way line.
The minimum distance that a structure can be located from
a right-of-way or property line or another structure, thereby creating
a required open space on a lot.
The designated official of the Borough who issues and reviews
on-site sewage permit applications and conducts such investigations
and inspections as are necessary to implement the Pennsylvania Sewage
Facilities Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.[10]
See "yard, side."
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
The maximum unobstructed vision along a street from a vehicle
located at a given point on a street.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
See" dwelling, single-family."
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
The degree of rise or descent of the land surface calculated
by dividing the number of feet of vertical rise or descent in elevation
by the number of feet of horizontal distance, expressed as a percentage.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A plan to control the increase and concentration of runoff
of stormwater caused by land development or predeveloped conditions.[11]
A public street which serves large volumes of local and through
traffic and which collects and distributes traffic from collector
streets through the region.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A public street which, in addition to giving access to abutting
lots, intercepts local streets and provides a route for carrying considerable
volumes of local traffic to community facilities and arterial streets.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A public street, other than an arterial or collector street,
designed to provide access to abutting lots and to discourage through
traffic.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
The procedure applied to new or existing streets or streets
under construction, including but not limited to resurfacing, regrading,
drainage improvement, pothole repair, dust prevention practices and
snow removal.
A street, including the entire private right-of-way, which
is privately owned and maintained through private agreement and which
is intended for private use. A private street provides access to several
lots or parcels which do not have access to a public street and which
require access to a public street through the private street.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
The owner or authorized agent of the owner of the 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 divisions
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 division 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.
A subdivision containing four or more lots or a subdivision
of any number of lots that involves the construction or extension
of a public street or the construction or extension of any other public
improvements, including, but not limited to, storm sewers or sanitary
sewers.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A subdivision, consolidation or replatting, as defined herein,
that creates no more than three lots, including the residual lot or
parcel, if any, both of which have frontage on an improved public
street, and not involving the construction or extension or creation
of a public street or any other public improvements, as defined herein,
and which does not adversely affect the future development of the
remainder of the parcel or any adjoining property.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A registered, professional land survey or licensed as such
by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A map showing ground elevations by contour lines and the
location of important natural, man-made and other features.[12]
A plan prepared as part of the traffic study required by
this chapter that proposes recommendations for moderating negative
impacts and maximizing positive impacts of the expected trip generation
from a proposed development.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
An analysis prepared, signed and sealed by a qualified traffic
engineer, in accordance with the technical requirements specified
in this chapter, calculating the expected trip generation from a proposed
development using the current manuals of the Institute of Transportation
Engineers (ITE) for methodology and trip generation ratios and analyzing
the impact of the traffic generated by the proposed development on
the capacities and levels of service of all streets and intersections
in the vicinity of the site.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
See "dwelling, two family."
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
The purpose or activity for which the land or building is
designed, arranged or intended or for which it is occupied or maintained.[13]
A stream, intermittent stream, river, creek, channel or ditch,
whether natural or man-made, which carries water.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A yard extending between the side lot lines across the full
lot width from the front lot line to a line parallel to, or concentric
with, the front lot line known as the "front building line," the minimum
horizontal distance required by the Zoning Ordinance.[14]
[Amended 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A yard extending between the side lot lines parallel to the
rear lot line and being the minimum horizontal distance from the rear
lot line required by the Zoning Ordinance.[15]
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
A yard extending from the required front building line to
the rear lot line parallel to the side lot line, the minimum horizontal
distance from the side lot line required by the Zoning Ordinance. [16]
[Amended 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
The Zoning Ordinance of the Borough of Economy, Ordinance
No. 417, adopted March 25, 2008, as now or hereafter amended.
[Added 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434]
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix B is located at the end of this chapter.
[2]
Editor’s Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[3]
Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.
[4]
Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.
[6]
Editor's Note: Appendix A is on file in the
Borough offices.
[8]
Editor’s Note: The former definition of “master
plan,” which immediately followed this definition, was repealed
4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434.
[9]
Editor’s Note: See 65 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq.
[10]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 750.1
et seq.
[11]
Editor’s Note: The former definition of “street
classifications,” which immediately followed this definition,
was repealed 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434.
[12]
Editor’s Note: The former definition of “unit,
dwelling,” which immediately followed this definition, was repealed
4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 434. See now "dwelling unit."
[13]
Editor’s Note: The former definition of “variance,”
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 4-10-2012
by Ord. No. 434.
