[Amended 7-9-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-5]
From and after the effective date of this chapter no subdivision or development of any lot, tract, or parcel of land within the Township shall be made, and no street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water main or other facility in connection therewith shall be laid out, constructed, opened or dedicated for public use or travel or for the common use of occupants of buildings abutting thereon, except in strict accordance with the provisions of this chapter. No lot in a subdivision or land development may be sold, no permit to erect, alter or repair any building upon land in a subdivision or land development be issued, no building may be erected, and no changes may be made in the contour of the land, no grading, excavating, removal or destruction of the topsoil, trees or other vegetative cover of the land may be commenced in a subdivision or land development unless and until a plan for the subdivision or land development has been approved by the Board of Supervisors and recorded, and until the improvements required by the Board of Supervisors in connection therewith have either been constructed in strict accordance with the standards and specifications of the Township or guaranteed as provided in §
85-20 of this chapter. Said standards and specifications, particularly as presented in Article
X of this chapter are declared to be a minimum guaranty that all streets shown on any proposed plan are of sufficient width and proper grade and so located as to accommodate the probable volume of traffic thereon, afford adequate light and air, facilitate fire protection, provide access for fire fighting equipment to buildings and provide a coordinated system of streets conforming to the Township's Official Plan of streets; and further, that the land whereon buildings are to be constructed is of such character that it can be used for building purposes without danger to health or peril from fire, flood or other hazard and that all necessary or required erosion and sedimentation facilities be installed prior to or during the initial phase of construction of the subdivision or land development. Where, owing to special conditions, a literal enforcement of the provisions of this chapter would result in unnecessary hardship, the Board of Supervisors may, on the basis of an approved preliminary plan, make such reasonable exception thereto as will not be contrary to the public interest and may permit the issuance of a permit for erection of a building, subject to conditions necessary to assure adequate streets and other public improvements.
If a tract or parcel of land is planned and designed for separate developments or uses, although said tract or parcel remains under single ownership, each such development or use shall contain the minimum lot area, setback, and yard requirements as stipulated in Chapter
105, Zoning. In the event the ownership of a particular development or use is to be subdivided for transfer or sale, such subdivision shall contain the minimum area, setback, yard and be subject to all other requirements of the Township.
Upon approval of a final subdivision or land
development plan, the developer shall within 90 days of such final
approval record such plan in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of
the county, and the streets, parks, erosion and sedimentation and
water management control facilities and other public improvements
shown thereon shall then be considered to be a part of the Official
Plan of the Township. Offers of dedication of such public improvements
to the Township shall be submitted on a written, recordable document
setting forth by metes and bounds the offer; or the owner may note
on the plan that such improvements have not been offered for dedication
to the Township. Every street, park, erosion and sediment facility
or other public improvement shown on a recorded subdivision or land
development plan shall be deemed to be a private street, park, or
improvement until such time as the same has been accepted by ordinance
or resolution.