DEFINATIONS

• Action Plan – A plan that summarizes the many recommendations for activities and projects resulting from community input.
• Active Recreation – Recreation facilities programmable for organized activities such as ball fields, tennis courts & soccer fields.
• Conservation Area – Environmentally sensitive areas with characteristics such as steep slopes, wetlands, flood plains, high water tables, forest areas, endangered species habitat, or areas of significant biological productivity or uniqueness that have been designated for protection from any activity that would significantly alter their ecological integrity, balance or character.
• Environmentally Sensitive areas – Areas that contain native vegetation and natural features and/or natural resources.
• Flood Plain – A relatively flat or lowland area which is subject to partial or complete immediation from an adjoining or nearby stream, river or water course; and/or any area subject to the unusual and rapid accumulation of surface waters from any source.
• Greenways – Contiguous parcels of land that connect wild life habitat, stream buffers and passive recreation areas.
• Natural Area – A preservation of land for providing wildlife habitats, forests or scenic natural features that involves no buildings other than a nature education and/or study center.
• Official Map – Any official map that may be adopted or amended by the Board of Supervisors in accordance with the PA Municipalities Planning Code.
• Open Space – The area of a tract of land unoccupied by principal or accessory structures, streets, driveways or parking areas; but includes areas occupied by walkways, playgrounds, outdoor recreation or play apparatus, gardens or trees.
• Passive Recreation – Recreation facilities programmable for non-organized activities such as walking, picnicking, biking, etc.
• Recharge Areas – Open space that allows storm water to infiltrate into the ground water table.
• Riparian Buffer Zone – The land area along waterways providing shade and habitat that provide erosion prevention and the absorption of storm water pollutants.
• Steep Slopes – Those areas having slopes of 15% or more.
• Waterways – Lakes, streams, creeks and rivers.
• Wetlands – Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas.