[Ord. 1997-1, 5/12/1997, § 101]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "East Nottingham
Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance."
[Ord. 1997-1, 5/12/1997, § 102]
The purpose of this chapter is to assure sites suitable for
building purposes and human habitation and to provide and promote
flexibility, economy and ingenuity in the layout and design of subdivisions
and land developments, assuring open spaces for traffic, recreation,
light, and air and the proper distribution of population, thereby
creating conditions favorable to the health, safety, morals, and general
welfare of the citizens of the Township of East Nottingham.
[Ord. 1997-1, 5/12/1997, § 103]
1. As stated in Article V, § 501 of Act 247, Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., as
amended, the Board of Supervisors may regulate subdivision and land
development within the Township by enacting a Subdivision and Land
Development Ordinance.
2. No subdivision of any lot, tract or parcel of land, or land development
shall be effected and no street, alley, sanitary sewer, stormwater
sewer, water main or other facilities in connection therewith shall
be laid out, constructed, opened or dedicated for public or private
use except in strict accordance with these regulations.
3. No lot in a subdivision or land development may be sold, no permit
to erect, alter, or repair any building upon land in a subdivision
or land development may be issued and no building may be erected in
a subdivision or land development unless and until a subdivision or
land development plan has been approved and, where required, recorded
and until the required improvements in connection therewith have either
been constructed or the completion thereof has proof of a bond or
the deposit of funds or securities, in escrow, sufficient to cover
the cost of the required improvements, as stipulated by the Township
Engineer.
[Ord. 1997-1, 5/12/1997, § 104]
1. The Board of Supervisors shall have jurisdiction and control of subdivision
and land development within the Township limits. In order that the
actions of the Board of Supervisors under this chapter may be correlated
with all relevant data and procedures, the Board of Supervisors hereby
designates the Township Planning Commission as the agency of the Board
of Supervisors:
A. To which all applications relating to either preliminary or final
approval of subdivision and land development plans shall be referred
upon submission to the Board of Supervisors.
B. With which applicants shall hold all preliminary consultations relating
to the plans.
C. Which shall make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors concerning
approval, disapproval, modification and conditions of approval of
such plans.
D. Which shall make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors concerning
the interpretation of and the granting of modifications to provisions
and standards of this chapter.
[Ord. 1997-1, 5/12/1997, § 105]
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements
to meet the above-stated purposes. Where the provisions of this chapter
impose greater restrictions than those of any statute, other ordinance,
or regulation, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail. Where
the provisions of any statute, other ordinance or regulation imposes
greater restrictions than those of this chapter, the provisions of
such statute, ordinance or regulation shall prevail.