No person who is the owner or the agent of the
owner of any lot, tract or parcel of land shall lay out, construct,
open or dedicate any street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water main
or other improvement, for public use, travel or other purpose, or
for the common use of occupants of buildings abutting thereon, or
sell, transfer or agree or enter into an agreement to sell or transfer
any land in a subdivision or land development, whether by reference
to or by other use of a plat of such subdivision or land development,
or erect any building thereon, unless and until a final plat has been
prepared in compliance with the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning
Code (Act 247, as amended) and these subdivision regulations and with the regulations
adopted pursuant to these subdivision regulations, and has been recorded
as provided in these subdivision regulations. This section shall apply
to all subdivisions and/or land developments and to all zoning classifications
in the Borough.
Council shall not approve any plat unless all
streets shown thereon are of a width and grade as set forth in Table
I, following these subdivision regulations, and are so located as to accommodate the projected volume
of traffic thereon, afford adequate light and air, facilitate fire
protection and provide access of firefighting equipment to buildings,
adequate community safety and a coordinated system of streets conforming
to the Borough's plan of streets. A subdivision abutting and having
its access upon a public street which does not meet the width requirements
of Table I shall not be approved by Council. In the case of a subdivision
for commercial, industrial and public purposes, no street giving access
upon an arterial street shall be located closer than 200 feet, along
the same side of such arterial street, to any driveway, public or
private street in the same or another subdivision.
Council shall encourage and promote flexibility,
economy and ingenuity in the layout and design of subdivisions and
land developments, as well as provide authorization for the Planning
Commission to alter site requirements and to encourage other practices
which are in accordance with modern and evolving principles of site
planning and development. Under these subdivision regulations, and
when recommended by the Commission, Council shall have the authority
to approve applicable changes within its jurisdiction that are otherwise
restricted by these subdivision regulations.