Plans will be submitted, received and processed in accordance with the Municipalities Planning Code and instructions in the application.
A. 
Fees. Fees for the initial application and preliminary and final plan submissions, reviews and approvals for any sketch plan, subdivision or land development plans shall be charged to the owner or developer, or persons submitting such plans on their behalf and with their prior written authority, and will be required to be paid in advance in accordance with the Whitpain Township Fee Resolution adopted from time to time by the Board of Supervisors of Whitpain Township. Fees charged for such purposes shall only be those authorized by the Municipalities Planning Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as amended.
B. 
Contributions to Township.
(1) 
The developer shall pay such sums as will defray the necessary cost of outfall stormwater sewers necessitated in the opinion of the Township Engineer by the development.
(2) 
A developer shall pay a fee for each linear foot of the development's frontage on an existing street, plus an additional fee for each linear foot of any interior existing or proposed street to the Whitpain Township Outfall Stormwater Fund, regardless of whether such existing or proposed interior street is intended to be offered for dedication to the Township. The required fee shall be established by the Board of Supervisors from time to time by resolution.
C. 
Developer's reimbursement of Township staff and consultant fees. The developer shall also post with the Township at the time of the financial security is posted a cash escrow in the amount of 10% of the estimated construction costs of the public improvements required to be built under the improvement construction plan, or such other amount as may be determined to be appropriate by the Township Engineer, to reimburse the Township for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by the Township for the Township Engineer's inspection of and reports about the required improvements and any fees incurred by the Township for legal reviews in connection with the plan and the agreements related thereto. Such fees shall also include the fees of those acting under direct supervision and control of the Township Engineer for such purpose, including consultants. The Township Engineer and other Township consultants shall periodically bill the Township for all inspection, engineer, legal and other consultant fees and shall send a copy of the bill to the developer. The developer shall at no time permit the cash escrow required by this section to be reduced below an amount reasonably estimated by the Township Engineer to be necessary to reimburse the Township for the remaining fees, costs and expenses which the Township is reasonably likely to incur prior to the completion of the development. Upon receipt of notice from the Township that the balance of the escrow required by this section is deemed inadequate to cover the reasonable costs and expenses likely to be incurred by the Township, the developer shall post such additional monies as have been specified in the notice. The requirements of this section are subject to the dispute resolution procedures set forth in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.
D. 
Recording. The actual cost of recording a record plan shall be paid by the developer.
E. 
Permits. A Township improvement construction permit is required. An improvement construction permit does not constitute approval of the work to be performed thereunder. Such permit will become void if work is not commenced within six months, provided that an extension of six months may be granted by the Township upon written request thereof.
F. 
Material field and drainage tests. The actual cost of any material, field and drainage tests shall be paid by the developer.
G. 
Inspection. A fee, as scheduled by the Board of Supervisors, for each day or portion thereof each Township inspector is engaged on the work shall be paid by the developer.
H. 
Dedication. Legal fees, recording, advertising and other costs involved in the dedication of streets and public improvements to the Township shall be paid by the developer.
I. 
Financial security. The developer shall provide to the Township financial security, in a form which shall be subject to approval by the Township Solicitor, in accordance with the requirements of the Municipalities Planning Code. As phases of the required installations are completed, certain portions of the escrow funds may be returned to the developer as approved by the Township Engineer when requested by the developer in accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.
J. 
Stormwater drainage facilities: state highways. Any project that requires the installation of or modification to an open or enclosed surface stormwater facility draining or conveying drainage within the legal right-of-way of a state highway, whether or not connected to an existing or proposed state highway stormwater facility, shall comply with all rules, regulations and requirements of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation. In the event that a Highway Occupancy Permit is required for such facility and the Township is required by the Department of Transportation to be the applicant or coapplicant for the Highway Occupancy Permit, the developer or landowner, as appropriate, shall enter into an agreement with the Township with regard to the future maintenance of such stormwater facilities. Such agreement shall be subject to the review and approval of the Township Solicitor.
K. 
Modifications and waivers. The Board of Supervisors may grant a modification (waiver) 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 purpose and intent of the chapter is observed. All requests for modification (waiver) shall be in writing and shall accompany and be 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 chapter involved, and the minimum modification necessary. Requests for modification (waiver) shall be referred to the Planning Commission for advisory comments.
Upon the approval of a final plan, the developer shall within 90 days of such final approval or 90 days after the date of delivery of an approved plan signed by the Board of Supervisors, following completion of conditions imposed for such approval, whichever is later, record such plan in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Montgomery County. Whenever such plan approval is required by the Township, the Recorder of Deeds shall not accept any plan for recording, unless such plan officially notes the approval of the Board of Supervisors and review by the Montgomery County Planning Commission.