[Amended 1-3-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-3]
The Planning Commission may require that the following materials shall be submitted with an application for review and approval of preliminary plans:
A. 
Eight copies of the plan in the form of a map or series of maps drawn to a scale not smaller than 200 feet to the inch and showing the following:
(1) 
The limits and dimensions of the tract to be subdivided or developed and the proposed name or identifying title of the subdivision or land development. The date, scale and North point.
(2) 
Existing and proposed streets, including the name, widths of the right-of-way and cartway.
(3) 
The location and dimensions, where applicable, of existing buildings, railroads, easement, right-of-way, public lands, tree masses, streams and other features, and monuments.
(4) 
The location and dimensions of proposed easements, existing property lines, rights-of-way, and land reserved for public purposes; and the location, course, and dimensions of existing and proposed sanitary and storm sewer and water facilities.
(5) 
Existing topographic contours at not more than ten-foot intervals or at such intervals that the contours shall have a maximum spacing of 100 feet. The Planning Commission may also require supplemental plans showing proposed final contour.
(6) 
The name and address of the applicant. The name, seal, and signature of the engineer, architect, or surveyor who prepared the plan. The name and address of the owner of the tract and the names of the owners of adjoining tracts.
B. 
Eight copies of a sketch or map, drawn approximately to scale, showing the location of the proposed subdivision or land development in relation to adjacent properties and existing streets, and showing any proposed connection with existing sewer and water facilities and a summary table of the number of structures and dwelling units proposed.
C. 
Eight copies of a statement of proposed improvements, including streets, curbs, gutters, and sidewalks, including a typical cross-section diagram of proposed street construction, and including the proposed means of water supply and sanitary drainage.
D. 
In the event that the plans propose the enlargement of utility or any other services extending from another municipality, a statement or certificate indicating that the proposal has been reviewed by the municipality or municipal authority concerned and is considered to be reasonable.
E. 
Whenever a single tract or parcel of land is to be subdivided into three or more lots, the applicant shall prepare, for the use of the Borough, four copies of a formal revision to the Borough's Official Liquid Wastes Disposal Plan, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Such revision shall include but shall not be limited to the following information:
(1) 
A preliminary plot plan indicating within the site the location of existing and proposed buildings, lot lines, sewage or sewerage systems, all sources of water supply such as wells and springs, ponds, streams, and other bodies of water, rights-of-way, streets, roadways, highways, and access routes.
(2) 
Information relating to the type of water supply and sewage supply provided or to be provided including soil conditions and limitations for on-lot sewage disposal if applicable.
(3) 
Information relating to adjacent property, buildings, sources of water supply, ponds, streams, sewage or sewerage systems, rights-of-way, streets, that may have a significant effect on the environmental and sanitary aspects of the proposed subdivision.
(4) 
Direction to North, direction of slopes, and degree of slope.
(5) 
Direction and distance of the nearest sewage treatment plant and information as to its present or future accessibility in terms of time, finances and load capacity as well as the sources of this information.
A. 
Upon receipt of the required plans and application materials, the Borough Secretary shall forward four copies of the plan and supporting data to the Borough Planning Commission, one copy of the plan and supporting data to the Engineer, and one copy to the Zoning Officer; and one copy to the County Planning Commission.
B. 
The Engineer shall review the plans from the standpoint of engineering requirements and considerations and shall transmit them to the Planning Commission with a copy of his report, and the Zoning Officer shall review the plans to determine compliance with pertinent Borough ordinances and shall transmit the plans and a report to the Planning Commission.
C. 
The County Planning Commission shall review and report on the plans at county expense. The Borough shall not approve the plans until the county report is received or until the expiration of 30 days from the date the application was forwarded to the county.
D. 
The Borough Planning Commission shall take official action on a preliminary subdivision plan within 60 days of Borough receipt of the plans and data. The Commission shall note its action on five copies of the plans. The five noted copies of the plan shall then be forwarded to the Borough Council along with a recommendation concerning preliminary approval. Upon its approval of the preliminary plans the Commission shall recommend to the Borough Council that the revision to the Borough Official Liquid Waste Disposal Plan be formally adopted and submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for their review.
E. 
All applications for approval of a preliminary plat shall be acted upon by the Borough Council and its decision communicated to the applicant not later than 90 days following the date of the regular meeting of the Borough Council or the Planning Commission (whichever first reviews the application) next following the date the application is filed, provided that should the said next regular meeting occur more than 30 days following the filing of the application, the said ninety-day period shall be measured from the 30th day following the day the application has been filed.
(1) 
The decision of the Borough Council shall be in writing and shall be communicated to the applicant personally or mailed to him at his last known address not later than 15 days following the decision.
(2) 
When the application is not approved in terms as filed the decision shall specify the defect found in the application and describe the requirements which have not been met and shall, in each case, cite to the provisions of the statute or ordinance relied upon.
(3) 
Failure of the Borough Council to render a decision and communicate it to the applicant within the time and in the manner required herein shall be deemed an approval of the application in terms as presented unless the applicant has agreed in writing to an extension of time or change in the prescribed manner of presentation of communication of the decision, in which case, failure to meet the extended time or change in manner of presentation of communication shall have like effect.
(4) 
Public hearing. Before acting on any application, the Borough Council may hold a public hearing hereon after giving public notice.