Upon the adoption of a Master Plan by the Planning Board of
the Township of Mine Hill, the Township Council by amendment to this
chapter may adopt, and from time to time amend, an Official Map of
the Township which shall reflect the appropriate provisions of the
Master Plan.
The Official Map shall be deemed conclusive with respect to the location and width of streets and public drainageways and the location and extent of flood-control basins and public areas, whether or not such streets, ways, basins or areas are improved or unimproved or are in actual physical existence. Upon receiving an application for development, the Township may reserve for future public use the aforesaid streets, ways, basins and areas shown on the subdivision plat or site plan for a period of one year as provided in § 310-88.
For the purpose of preserving the integrity of the Official Map of the Township, no permit shall be issued for any building or structure in the bed of any street or public drainageway, flood-control basin or public area as shown on the Official Map, or shown on a plat filed pursuant to this chapter before adoption of the Official Map; provided, however, whenever one or more parcels of land, upon which is located the bed of such a mapped street or public drainageway, flood-control basin or public area reserved pursuant to § 310-51, cannot yield a reasonable return to the owner unless a building permit is granted, the Board may, in a specific case, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the full authorized membership of the Board, direct the issuance of a permit for a building or structure in the bed of such mapped street or public drainageway or flood-control basin or public area shown on the Official Map, which will as little as practicable increase the cost of opening such street, or tend to cause a minimum change of the Official Map, and the Board shall impose reasonable requirements as a condition of granting the permit so as to promote the health, morals, safety and general welfare of the public.
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No permit
for the erection of any building or structure shall be issued unless
the lot abuts a street giving access to such proposed building or
structure. Such street shall have been duly placed on the Official
Map or shall be an existing state, county or Township street or highway;
or a street shown upon a plat approved by the Planning Board; or a
street or a plat duly filed in the office of the County Recording
Officer prior to the passage of this chapter or any prior law which
required prior approval of plats by the Township Council or other
authorized body. Before any such permit shall be issued, such street
shall have been certified to be suitably improved to the satisfaction
of the Township Council, or such suitable improvement shall have been
assured by means of a performance guarantee, in accordance with standards
and specifications for road improvements approved by the Township
Council, as adequate in respect to the public health, safety and general
welfare of the special circumstance of the particular street.
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Relief from requirement of lot abutting a street. Where the enforcement
of this section would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship,
or where the circumstances of the case do not require the building
or structure to be related to a street, the Board may, upon application
or appeal, direct the issuance of a permit subject to conditions that
will provide adequate access for firefighting equipment, ambulances
and other emergency vehicles necessary for the protection of health
and safety and that will protect any future street layout shown on
the Official Map or on a general circulation plan element of the Township
Master Plan.
