[Amended 6-11-1973 by Ord. No. 73-18]
A.
Notification of property owners responsibility of
Township. When a proposed plan dealing with a land development or
subdivision, as defined by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning
Code, Act 247,[1] is presented to the Marple Township Planning Commission
or other review commission or board, it shall be the responsibility
and duty of the Township of Marple to notify all property owners located
within 500 feet of said project at least five days prior to the presentation
of the plans to the Planning Commission or other board or commission
scheduled to make the review, provided that failure to give the notice
required by this section shall not invalidate any action taken by
the Planning Commission.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101
et seq.
B.
Development plan to contain names and addresses of property owners. It shall be the duty of the developer to provide to the Township a development or subdivision plan upon which shall be shown the names and addresses of all property owners within 500 feet of the proposed development or subdivision not less than 20 days prior to the meeting of the Planning Commission or other board or commission making the review at which such plan is to be presented. Failure to submit such a plan including every name and address of the category of property owners above-mentioned or failure to comply with any other requirement of this section shall be a basis upon which such plan may be rejected in addition to the other penalties provided by § 265-36 of this chapter.
C.
Cost of notification to be borne by petitioner. The
cost of this public notification shall be borne by the petitioner
presenting the plans and assessed on the basis of a fee as set from
time to time by resolution of the Board of Commissioners for each
property owner notified by the Township.
[Amended 10-9-1984 by Ord. No. 84-18; 12-11-1989 by Ord. No.
89-27]
No subdivision or land development of any lot,
tract or parcel of land shall be made, and no street, sanitary sewer,
storm sewer, water main or other facilities in connection therewith
shall be laid out, constructed, opened or dedicated for public use
or travel or for the common use of occupants of buildings abutting
thereon, except in strict accordance with the provisions of this chapter
and subdivision or land development regulations adopted hereunder.
Applications for land development and/or subdivision review requiring
a variance and/or special exception will be submitted to the Marple
Township Planning Commission prior to submittal to the Zoning Hearing
Board and/or Board of Commissioners.
[Amended 10-9-1984 by Ord. No. 84-18]
No lot in any subdivision or land development
may be sold, no permit to erect, alter or repair any building upon
land in the subdivision or land development may be issued and no building
may be erected in a subdivision or land development unless and until
the subdivision or land development plan has been approved and, where
required, recorded, and until the improvements required by the Board
of Township Commissioners in connection therewith have either been
constructed or guaranteed as provided herein, and no permit to erect,
alter or repair any building or structure on land in a subdivision
or land development may be issued under the Township of Marple Building
Code, as amended, unless and until the owner or his successor in title
has complied with all of the provisions of this chapter, as well as
with the requirements of the Marple Township Building Code and Zoning
Ordinance, as from time to time amended.[1]
