[Ord. 2000-02, 3/9/2000, § 1001]
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The Board of Supervisors may grant a modification of the requirements of one or more provisions of this chapter, if the literal enforcement will exact undue hardship because of peculiar conditions pertaining to the land in question; provided, that such modification will not be contrary to the public interest and that the purposes and intent of this chapter are observed.
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Any request for a modification shall be in writing and shall accompany and be a part of the application for development. The request shall state in full the grounds and facts of unreasonableness or hardship on which the request is based, the provision or provisions of the ordinances involved, and the minimum modification necessary.
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The Board may refer the request for modification to the Township Planning Commission for advisory comments.
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In granting modifications, the Board may impose such condition as will, in its judgment, secure substantially the objectives of the standard and requirements so modified.
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The Township shall keep a written record of all actions on all requests for modifications.
[Ord. 2000-02, 3/9/2000, § 1002]
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The Township shall assign a subdivision application number to all applications. All matters referring to this should be tied in with a file in accordance with the subdivision case number. The Township shall keep a record of its findings, decisions and recommendations relative to all subdivision plans filed for review.
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All such records shall be public records.
[Ord. 2000-02, 3/9/2000, § 1003]
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No application for preliminary or final approval shall be deemed to have been submitted until the fee and escrow deposit, as set forth below, shall have been paid.
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A subdivision or land development application fee (nonrefundable) and an escrow deposit shall be submitted with an application for preliminary or final plan approval to cover the costs of plan review and processing. Amounts of the application fee and escrow deposit shall be fixed by the Board of Supervisors by resolution. The escrowed funds shall be used to reimburse the Township for actual expenditures incident to these processes including, but not limited to, fees of the Township Engineer and legal fees in excess of the fee for review of the Township's standard forms. Any costs incurred by the Township in excess of the amount held in escrow shall be fully reimbursed by the applicant prior to the issuance of any permits.
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Following final plan approval and recording and the establishment of any required performance guarantee, a second escrow deposit shall be established to cover the cost of inspections of improvements, construction, materials or site testing prior to the acceptance of improvements by the Township. Any costs incurred by the Township in excess of the amount held in escrow shall be fully reimbursed by the applicant. Any unexpected balance in the escrow deposit following acceptance of dedication improvements to the Township shall be returned to the applicant. The amount of the escrow deposit shall be fixed by the Board of Supervisors by resolution.
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When escrow deposits have been exhausted, the Board shall immediately notify the applicant and require a meeting to arrange for additional escrow funds to be deposited. No further work will be permitted until additional funds are agreed upon and deposited.
[Ord. 2000-02, 3/9/2000, § 1004; as amended by Ord. 2008-05, 11/19/2008, § 1]
Any person, partnership or corporation who or which has violated the provisions of this chapter, upon being found liable therefore in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township of Franklin, shall pay a judgment of not more than $500 plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the municipality as a result thereof. No judgment shall commence or be imposed, levied or payable until the date of the determination of a violation by the Magisterial District Judge. If the defendant fails to pay the fine or timely appeals from the judgment, the municipality may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation, unless the Magisterial District Judge, in determining that there has been a violation, further determines that there was a good faith basis for the person, partnership or corporation violating the ordinance to have believed that there was no such violation, in which event there shall be deemed to have been only one such violation until the fifth day following the date of the determination of a violation by the said Magisterial District Judge and thereafter each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.
[Ord. 2000-02, 3/9/2000, § 1005]
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The Board may, from time to time, review, modify, or amend the terms of this chapter. Except for an amendment proposed by the Township Planning Commission, the Board shall submit any proposed amendment to the Township Planning Commission for review and recommendation. At least 30 days prior to the hearing on the proposed amendment, the Board shall submit any proposed amendment to the Chester County Planning Commission for review and recommendation. The Board shall take no action to approve or deny any proposed amendment until it has received a report on the proposed amendment from the County Planning Commission, or until 30 days have been allowed for the receipt of such a report.
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Notice of the date, time, and place of the public hearing on the proposed amendment, and the content of such notice, shall be in accordance with § 506 of the Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10506.
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In the event substantial amendments are made in the proposed ordinance or amendment, before voting on enactment, the Board, at least 10 days prior to enactment, shall readvertise a brief summary setting forth all the provisions in reasonable detail together with a summary of the amendments.
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Within 30 days following adoption, the Township shall forward a certified copy of any amendment to this chapter to the Chester County Planning Commission.
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Amendments may be incorporated in this chapter by reference with the same force and effect as if duly recorded herein.