(A) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BIKE PATH/PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY. A paved path for pedestrians and/or bicycles, usually constructed of asphalt.
CARTWAY. The portion of a street, alley, access drive or driveway, whether paved or unpaved, intended for vehicular use.
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE. An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections which is between two feet and eight feet from the ground and is defined by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection of the street right-of-way lines.
CURB. A raised line of concrete, stone or asphalt at and/or forming the edge of the paved cartway.
DAILY MAINTENANCE. Any and all activities necessary to generally preserve and maintain (including, but not limited to, structural integrity and normal functioning) a piece of property, a facility or a structure, including the clearing and/or removal of obstructions (such as debris, sediment, leaves, vegetation, snow, ice and the like), mowing, weeding, raking and sweeping, but not including replacement, repairs or long-term maintenance activities.
GUTTER. A paved, concrete, or stone ditch constructed along the edge of a cartway or between the cartway and the curb used to carry surface water runoff.
OWNER. The legal owner or owners of land within the township including a lessee, if he or she is authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the legal owner, or other person having a proprietary interest in the land.
PERSON. A natural person, partnership, corporation, association or any other legal entity.
RESERVE STRIP. A parcel of land whose primary function is to separate a right-of-way from adjacent properties or a cartway from sidewalks, bike paths or pedestrian walkways, while not being used or capable of being used as a building lot, open space or recreation area, or for legitimate environmental protection purposes.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. A strip of land over which rights are provided for various purposes, including, but not limited to, pedestrian and vehicular access and travel, storm drainage and utilities.
RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE. A line that forms the boundaries of a right-of-way.
SIDEWALK. A path for pedestrians alongside a street or alley, usually constructed of concrete, stone or brick.
STREET. The entire width between the boundary lines of any public highway, road or roadway within the township, including the cartway, curb and shoulder of such highway, road or roadway, that is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular and pedestrian travel.
STREET TREE. A tree installed or maintained in or near the right-of-way in accordance with approved subdivision or land development plans and/or in compliance with the township’s zoning ordinance and subdivision and land development ordinance (those trees adjacent to sidewalks and roadways).
SWALE. A lineal or curvilinear depression in the ground that channels surface water runoff.
TENANT. A person in sole possession and control of any dwelling unit, building unit, lot or parcel of land in the township.
TOWNSHIP. Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
VEHICLE. Any self-propelled motorized vehicle licensed to travel upon the streets, roads and highways of the township.
WINTER STORM. Precipitation in the form of sleet, ice, freezing rain, snow or combination thereof creating the need for snow or ice removal, salting or cindering operations or creating hazardous driving conditions. Any precipitation or snow that results in the deposit or accumulation of ice of one- quarter of an inch or greater in depth or of snow or a combination of precipitation, of one inch or greater in depth shall be presumptively deemed to created hazardous driving conditions, and this chapter shall go into effect when any precipitation first accumulates to such a depth.
(B) Any word or term not defined herein shall be used with a meaning of standard usage.
(C) The present tense shall include the future; the singular number shall include the plural; words used in the masculine gender shall include the feminine and the neuter; the word “shall” is always mandatory; and the word “may” is always permissive.
(Ord. 246, passed 1-14-2021)