The College Township Council or its duly appointed
representatives shall have the duty and authority for the administration
and general enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, as specified
herein. Permits required by the Township for the erection or alteration
of buildings, the installation of sewage disposal systems or for other
appurtenant improvements to or use of the land shall not be issued
by any Township official unless in accordance with the procedures
specified herein.
A. Fees. The Council may establish, by resolution, a
schedule of fees and a collection procedure for review and inspection of
all applications for approval of a planned residential development
plan.
(1) All such fees shall be payable to College Township.
(2) No plan shall be considered as having been filed or
accepted for review, inspection or approval unless and until all fees
are first paid in full.
B. Zoning permit. In a planned residential development, a zoning permit shall be required prior to the erection, extension or alteration of any structure and prior to the use or change in use of a structure or land, as required by Chapter
200, Zoning, including §
200-50, Residential site plan review.
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C. Occupancy permit. Upon completion of the erection, extension or alteration of a structure in a planned residential development for which a zoning permit was issued, the applicant shall apply for an occupancy permit, as required by Chapter
200, Zoning.
No changes, including changes in use, bulk and
location of structures, quantity and location of open space and density
of residential uses, shall be made in the approved final plan, except
upon application to the Township under the procedures set forth in
this chapter. Any person, partnership or corporation who or which,
being the owner or agent of any lot, tract or parcel of land, shall
lay out, construct, open or dedicate any street, sanitary sewer, stormwater
sewer, water main or other improvements for public use, travel or
other purposes or for the common use of occupants of buildings abutting
thereon or who sells, transfers or agrees or enters into an agreement
to sell any land in a planned residential development, whether by
reference to or by other use of a plan of such development, or erect
any building thereon, unless and until a plan has been prepared and
approved in full compliance with the provisions of this chapter, shall
be subject to those penalties prescribed by Sections 515 and 616 of
the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended, which penalties provide for the imposition of fines and
other penalties.
A. The Township may initiate and maintain civil action:
(1) To obtain injunctive relief against the owner or agency
who attempts the improper sale or conveyance of land;
(2) To set aside and invalidate any conveyances of land
made prior to plan approval of any planned residential development;
or
(3) To enforce, at law or in equity, any of the provisions
of this chapter.
B. Nothing herein shall prevent the Township from taking
such other action necessary to prevent or remedy any violation.
Provisions of this chapter may, from time to
time, be amended through action of the Council in the manner provided
by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended.