All improvements shall be dedicated without
cost to the Township, as required by this chapter and/or as stipulated
in the improvements agreement and in a manner approved by the Township
consistent with sound construction methods. This includes the following:
A. Grading, including the following:
(1) Grading of road or street rights-of-way and grading
of slopes adjacent to the existing and proposed road or street rights-of-way.
(2) Grading of all drainage swales or basins on public
or private property and grading of individual lots to effect positive
drainage away from buildings and/or building sites and eliminate low
spots (except for vernal ponds and/or low spots approved by the Township).
(3) Implementation of soil erosion control and sedimentation
control facilities.
(4) Replacement of topsoil and vegetative restoration
in disturbed areas not stabilized with building, paving or other nonvegetative
ground cover.
(5) Removal of temporary soil erosion and sedimentation
control facilities when they are no longer required.
B. Street or road subbase, base and paving, for widened
portions of existing roads and/or proposed roads.
C. Curbs and gutters along existing and proposed roads.
D. Sidewalks, crosswalks, pathways and bike paths.
E. Underground facilities for electric, telephone and
television cable lines.
F. Storm sewers and drainage control facilities (public
or private).
G. A public or centralized sanitary sewer system, including
but not limited to sanitary sewer laterals, submains, mains, pump
stations (if required) and a treatment plant (if required).
H. A public or centralized water supply and distribution
system, including but not limited to wells, pumping equipment, water
laterals, submains, storage tanks and treatment systems (if required).
I. Street name signs at all street intersections and
official traffic control signs and markings.
J. Permanent monuments and lot pins.
L. Street trees and landscaping.
M. Open space improvements and/or recreational facilities
and buffer or screen plantings.
The developer shall construct and install, at
no expense to the Township, the improvements specified in this chapter.
Construction and installation of such facilities and utilities shall
be subject to inspection by appropriate Township, public agency or
public utility officials during the progress of the work and shall
be in conformance with Appendix A, Improvements Construction Standards,
of this chapter.
The following principles of subdivision and
land development, general requirements and the minimum standards of
design shall be observed by the developer in all instances:
A. Compliance with ordinances, statutes, regulations.
It is the developer's responsibility to comply with all applicable
plans, ordinances, statutes, regulations, etc., of the Township of
Lower Saucon, the Lower Saucon Authority, the County of Northampton,
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States of America,
including but not limited to Appendix A, the Improvements Construction
Standard, of this chapter.
B. Coordination. Proposed subdivisions and land development
shall be coordinated with the existing nearby development so that
the area as a whole may develop harmoniously. Provision shall be made
to assure that the street patterns included in a proposed subdivision
shall complement the existing or proposed streets, walkways or bikeways,
and open space and recreation areas shown on the current Comprehensive
Plan and Official Township Street and Road Map and on nearby
approved developments.
C. Standards incorporated in this chapter. In those cases
where precise design standards are not specified in this chapter,
design standards of the following organizations shall apply:
(1) Roads and streets: the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials.
(2) Sanitary sewer: the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection and the Township authorities.
(3) Water: the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, the American Public Works Association and the Township
authorities.
(4) Soil and erosion control: the Northampton County Soil
Conservation District and the Department of Environmental Protection.
(5) General engineering: the American Society of Civil
Engineers.