This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Borough of Carlisle Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance." The chapter shall constitute Chapter
226 of the Code of the Borough of Carlisle and its provisions shall be editorially renumbered consistent therewith.
The Borough of Carlisle Subdivision and Land
Development Ordinance has been designed and adopted to provide uniform
standards and procedures for the regulation of subdivision and land
development within the Borough of Carlisle. The purpose of such regulation
is to provide for the harmonious development of the Borough by:
A. Assuring that sites are suitable for building purposes
and human habitation.
B. Coordinating proposed streets and other proposed public
improvements with those existing.
C. Assuring that adequate easements and rights-of-way
are provided for drainage facilities, public utilities, streets and
other public improvements.
D. Assuring equitable and uniform handling of subdivision
and land development plat applications.
E. Assuring coordination of Borough and intermunicipal
public improvement plans and programs.
F. Assuring the efficient and orderly extension of community
facilities and services at minimum cost and maximum convenience.
G. Regulating the subdivision and development of land
within any flood hazard area or floodplain district in order to promote
the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Borough.
H. Requiring that each lot in flood-prone areas include
a safe building site with adequate access and that public facilities
which serve such uses be designed and installed to minimize flood
damage.
I. Assuring the reservations, if any, by the developer
of any area designated for use as public grounds shall be suitable
in size and location for their designated uses.
J. Guiding the future growth and development of the Borough
in accordance with the adopted Comprehensive Plan.
K. Assuring that all documents prepared as part of a
land ownership transfer fully and accurately describe the parcel of
land being subdivided and the new parcel(s) thus created.
L. Assuring the greater health, safety, convenience and
welfare of the citizens of the Borough.
M. Effecting any additional purposes provided for in Article
V of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.
In any case where a provision of the Borough
of Carlisle Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance is found to
conflict with the provisions of a zoning, building, fire, safety or
health ordinance or code of this Borough or law, rule or regulation
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the provision which establishes
the more restrictive standard for the promotion and protection of
the health and safety of the people shall prevail. In any case where
a provision of the Borough of Carlisle Subdivision and Land Development
Ordinance is found to be in conflict with the provision of another
ordinance or code of this Borough or law, rule or regulation of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which establishes a less restrictive
standard for the promotion and protection of the health and safety
of the people, the provisions of the Borough of Carlisle Subdivision
and Land Development Ordinance shall be deemed to prevail.
The provisions of this Subdivision and Land
Development Ordinance, so far as they are the same as those ordinances
in force immediately prior to the enactment of this chapter, are intended
as a continuation of such ordinances and not as new enactments. The
provisions of this chapter shall not affect any act done or liability
incurred, nor shall they affect any suit or prosecution pending or
to be instituted to enforce any right or penalty or to punish any
offense under the authority of any ordinance repealed by this chapter.