Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart B - Nonvehicle Code Provisions › Article III - Highways › Chapter 441 - ACCESS TO AND OCCUPANCY OF HIGHWAYS BY DRIVEWAYS AND LOCAL ROADS › Section 441.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Acceleration lane
-The portion of roadway
						adjoining the traveled way constructed for the purpose of enabling a vehicle
						entering a roadway to increase its speed to a rate at which it can safely merge
						with traffic.
Access
-A driveway, street or other means
						of passage of vehicles between the highway and abutting property, including
						acceleration and deceleration lanes and such drainage structures as may be
						necessary for the proper construction and maintenance thereof.
Central Permit Office
-The office for the
						control of issuance of permits located at:
Department of Transportation
Central Permit Office
400 North Street, 6th Floor
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120-0041
Combination
-Two or more vehicles
						physically interconnected in tandem.
Commonwealth
-The Commonwealth of
						Pennsylvania.
County office
-Any of the various
						maintenance district offices of the Department.
Curbline
-A line formed by the face of
						the existing curb or in its absence the outer edge of the shoulder, along which
						curbing is or may be located.
Deceleration lane
-The portion of the
						roadway adjoining the traveled way constructed for the purpose of enabling a
						vehicle that is exiting a roadway to slow to a safe speed after it has left the
						mainstream of traffic.
Department
-The Department of
						Transportation of the Commonwealth.
Director
-The director of the
						Department's Bureau of Highway Services.
District office
-Any of the 11
						engineering district offices of the Department.
Divided highway
-A highway divided into
						two or more roadways and so constructed as to impede vehicular traffic between
						the roadways by providing an intervening space, physical barrier, or clearly
						indicated dividing section.
Driveway
-Every entrance or exit used by
						vehicular traffic to or from properties abutting a highway. The term includes
						proposed streets, lanes, alleys, courts, and ways.
Driveway width
-The narrowest width of a
						driveway measured perpendicular to the centerline of the driveway.
Egress
-The exit of vehicular traffic
						from abutting properties to a highway.
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.
Form 408
-The latest revision of highway
						construction specifications issued by the Department.
Frontage width
-The distance along the
						right-of-way line in front of an abutting property.
High volume driveway
-A driveway used or
						expected to be used by more than 1500 vehicles per day.
Highway
-A highway or bridge on the
						system of State highways and bridges, including the entire width between
						right-of-way lines, over which the Department has assumed or has been
						legislatively given jurisdiction.
Improved area
-The area within the
						right-of-way which has been constructed for highway purposes, including
						roadbed, pavement, shoulders, slope, sidewalks, drainage facilities, and any
						other appurtenances.
Ingress
-The entrance of vehicular
						traffic to abutting properties from a highway.
Inspector
-The Department's authorized
						representative assigned to inspect permit operations.
Intermediate island
-The section of
						right-of-way between driveways from the pavement edge or curb to the property
						line.
Joint-use driveway
-A driveway shared by
						and constructed to provide access to two or three properties.
Limited access highway
-A highway to
						which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal
						right of access except at points and in the manner determined by the
						Department.
Local road
-Every public highway other
						than a State highway. The term includes existing or proposed streets, lanes,
						alleys, courts, and ways.
Low volume driveway
-A driveway used or
						expected to be used by more than 25 but less than 750 vehicles per day.
Median
-Any structure or area which
						separates the paved traveled ways for opposing directions of traffic.
Medium volume driveway
-A driveway used
						or expected to be used by more than 750 but less than 1500 vehicles per
						day.
Minimum use driveway
-A residential or
						other driveway which is used or expected to be used by not more than 25
						vehicles per day.
Owner
-A person holding:
(i) fee title to property,
(ii) an estate or other legal interest in
					 property, such as an easement, a lease, a license or subsurface rights,
					 or
(iii) an equitable interest in
					 property under a sales agreement or an option to purchase; provided that the
					 estate or other legal or equitable interest in property includes the use
					 requested in the permit.
Pavement edge
-The edge of the main
						traveled portion of any highway, exclusive of shoulder.
Permanent curbing
-Plain or reinforced
						cement concrete curb which meets Department standards.
Permit
-A highway occupancy permit (Form
						M-945P) issued by a district office pursuant to this chapter.
Person
-An individual, business entity,
						association, political subdivision, authority, Federal or Commonwealth agency,
						or other entity recognized by law.
Plans
-Drawings which show the location,
						character, and dimensions of the proposed occupancy and related highway
						features, including layouts, profiles, cross sections, drainage, and other
						details.
Property line clearance
-The distance
						measured along the pavement edge or curb between the property frontage boundary
						line and the near edge of the driveway.
Publication 43
-A Department publication,
						sometimes called "Bulletin 43," containing requirements for the maintenance and
						protection of traffic on construction projects.
Publication 68
-A Department publication
						containing regulations governing the design, location, and operation of all
						official traffic signs, signals, and markings on and along highways.
Publication 90
-A Department publication
						containing requirements for work area traffic control during highway
						maintenance operations and utility work.
Right-of-way
-The area which has been
						acquired by the Department for highway purposes.
Roadway
-That portion of a highway
						improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the
						sidewalk or shoulder.
Roadway construction
						standards
-Department Publication No. 72 containing the Department's
						design standards for roadway construction.
Secretary
-The Secretary of the
						Department.
Setback
-The lateral distance between the
						right-of-way line and the roadside building, liquid fuel pump island, display
						stand, or other object, which will result in space for vehicles to stop or park
						between such objects and the right-of-way line.
Shoulder
-The portion of the roadway,
						contiguous to the traffic lanes, for accommodation of stopped vehicles, for
						emergency use, and for lateral support of base and surface courses and
						pavements.
Shoulder line
-The intersection of the
						shoulder slope with the side slope or ditch slope.
Sidewalk
-A paved walkway, continuous for
						a reasonable distance and an integral part of the highway, constructed solely
						for use by pedestrians.
Stabilized material
-Any aggregate such
						as aggregate cement, aggregate bituminous or lime pozzyolan, placed in such a
						manner as to provide a smooth, stable, all-weather surface not subject to undue
						raveling.
Stopping sight distance
-The distance
						required by a driver traveling at a given speed to stop the vehicle after an
						object on the roadway becomes visible to the driver.
Supplement
-An amendment to a highway
						occupancy permit issued on Department Form M-945S.
Traveled way
-The portion of the roadway
						for the movement of vehicles, exclusive of shoulders and auxiliary
						lanes.
Traffic control device
-Any sign, signal,
						marking or device placed or erected for the purpose of regulating, warning, or
						guiding vehicular traffic or pedestrians, or both.
Turning radius
-The radius of an arc
						which approximates the turning path of the exterior corner of a vehicle.
Vehicle
-Every device in or by which any
						person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway. The term
						includes special mobile equipment as defined in the Vehicle
						Code.
The provisions of this §
													441.1 amended under section 420 of
						  the State Highway Law (36 P.S. §
														670-420).
This section cited in 67 Pa. Code §
													441.8 (relating to driveway design
						  requirements).