For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADJACENT AREA. The area surrounding the immediate area of the permitted work which can reasonably be assumed to have been affected by the permitted work.
APPLICANT. The person or entity filing an application under this subchapter for a permit. Once a permit has been issued, the applicant, or his or her assignee if the assignment of the permit shall have been approved by the Borough Manager, shall be deemed the “permittee”.
BACKFILL. Material used to replace or the act of replacing material removed during construction.
BASE COURSE. The layer or layers of specified or selected material of designed thickness placed on a subbase or a subgrade to support a surface course.
BOROUGH. The Borough of Topton, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
BOROUGH COUNCIL. The Borough Council of the Borough of Topton, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
BOROUGH MANAGER. The person so designated by Borough Council or his or her representative so designated either by Borough Council or by the Borough Manager.
BOROUGH STREET. A street under the jurisdiction of the borough.
BRIDGE. A structure including supports, erected over a depression or an obstruction, such as water, street or railway, and having a track or passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads and having an opening measured along the center of the cartway of more than 20 feet between supports.
CARTWAY. The portion of a street improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the sidewalk or shoulder.
CLEAR ROADSIDE AREA. The portion of right-of-way beyond the pavement edge within which no existing obstructions are located.
CULVERT. Any structure under the cartway with an opening of 20 feet or less measured along the center of the cartway.
DESIGN MANUAL, PART 5. A publication containing PennDOT’s utility relocation and accommodation policies, including any amendment thereto and any substitution or replacement thereof.
EMERGENCY. An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy.
EQUIPMENT. All machinery and equipment, together with the necessary supplies for upkeep and maintenance, and also tools and apparatus necessary for the proper construction and completion of the work.
FACILITY. Includes all privately, publicly or cooperatively owned lines and systems for producing, transmitting or distributing communications, electricity, heat, gas, oil, crude products, water, steam, waste and other similar commodities, which directly or indirectly serve the public, and all appurtenances and attachments thereto.
FLEXIBLE BASE PAVEMENT. A pavement structure which maintains intimate contact with and distributes loads to the subgrade and depends on aggregate interlock, particle friction and cohesion for stability.
IMPROVED AREA. The area within the right-of-way which has been constructed for street purposes, including roadbed, pavement, shoulders, slope, sidewalks, drainage facilities and any other appurtenances.
INSPECTOR. The borough’s authorized representative assigned to inspect permit operations.
PAVEMENT. The combination of subbase, base course, and surface course placed on a subgrade to support the traffic load and distribute it to the roadbed.
PennDOT. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
PERMIT. A street occupancy permit issued by the borough pursuant to this subchapter.
PERMITTEE. See definition of APPLICANT.
PERSON. Any natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation or political subdivision.
PLOWING. Placing utility cables underground by means of a plow mechanism.
PUBLICATION 208 (Current Edition). A PennDOT publication containing information covering common conditions work crews may encounter during maintenance, construction, or utility work on or along Pennsylvania’s roadways, including any amendment thereto or number change covering the same subject and any substitution or replacement thereof.
PUBLICATION 408 (Current Edition). A PennDOT publication containing PennDOT’s highway construction specifications, including any amendment thereto or number change covering the same subject and any substitution or replacement thereof.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. The area between the right-of-way lines of a street.
RIGID BASE PAVEMENT. A pavement structure which distributes loads to the subgrade having as one course a portland cement concrete slab of relatively high bending resistance.
ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS. PennDOT Publication No. 72 containing design standards for roadway construction, including any amendment thereto or number change covering the same subject and any substitution or replacement thereof.
SHOULDER. The portion of the cartway, contiguous to the traffic lanes, for accommodation of stopped vehicles, for emergency use, and for lateral support of base and surface courses and pavements.
STREET. A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, open to vehicular use by the public. The term STREET shall include street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway, lane, alley or viaduct.
STRUCTURE. Any material or a combination of materials which are constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on or beneath the ground, or attached to something located on or beneath the ground.
UTILITY. A person owning a utility facility, including any wholly owned or controlled subsidiary, and including any plumber or any other contractor hired or engaged by the owner.
(Ord. 1-1984, passed 3-12-1984; Ord. 6-2022, passed 11-14-2022)