The following information and data shall be included on or accompany all preliminary minor subdivision plans. If the applicant chooses to seek preliminary/final approval, then the requirements for final plans must be submitted.
A. The plan shall be clear and legibly drawn at a scale of not less than one inch equals 100 feet, indicating date, scale and north arrow.
B. The name of the subdivision or land development.
C. The Tax Map parcel number, the Tax Map sheet, block and lot numbers for the tract and for all adjacent lots.
D. The name and address of the owner/applicant.
E. The name and address of the engineer, surveyor, landscape architect or architect who prepared the plan.
F. Existing tract boundaries indicating the area of original tract in acres or square feet.
G. All existing and proposed structures and uses indicating all setback lines as well as shortest distances between buildings.
H. The existing and proposed street layout, including all streets adjacent to the tract and all proposed access points and parking areas.
I. Existing and proposed easements and rights-of-way within and adjoining the tract.
J. The zoning district and boundaries and zoning on adjacent tracts.
K. Zoning requirements, including applicable district, lot size and yard requirements, open lands, impervious surface amount and ratio, buffer yards, height, resource protection standards and proof of any variance or special exceptions which may have been granted by the Township Zoning Hearing Board.
L. Existing and proposed lot lines.
M. Contours and the basis for topography and vertical datum base.
N. A key map with a north arrow for the purpose of locating the site to be subdivided at a scale of 800 feet to the inch showing the relation of the tract to adjoining property and to all streets, roads and municipal boundaries existing within 800 feet of any part of the property proposed to be subdivided.
O. The names of the owners of all abutting properties.
P. Significant physical features such as but not limited to streams, lakes, ponds and drainage rights-of-way, including the direction of flow; and the location of all environmentally sensitive features, including floodplains, floodplain soils, wetlands, lake and pond shorelines, woodlands, large trees standing outside of woodlands and steel slopes.
Q. The original date, dates last revised, sheets revised, north point and scale shown graphically and numerically on the front sheet of the plan.
R. Restrictions in the deed affecting the subdivision or development of the property, including any underground, overhead or surface utility easements or rights-of-way. Copies of easements shall be submitted for review.
S. Dimensions shall be in feet and decimal parts thereof and bearings shall be in degrees, minutes and seconds. All radii, arc and chord lengths and central angles of curves shall be indicated.
T. Where any revision is made, or when the plan is a revision of a previously approved plan, dotted lines shall be used to show features or locations to be abandoned and solid lines to show the currently proposed features for the latest revision only.
U. The sheet or sheets shall be one of the following sizes: 24 inches by 36 inches, 30 inches by 42 inches or 36 inches by 48 inches. If more than one sheet is necessary, each sheet shall be the same size and consecutively numbered to show its relation to the total number of sheets comprising the plan, i.e., Sheet No. 1 of 5, etc.
V. All plans must be acknowledged and sealed by a land surveyor responsible for the plan in compliance with the Land Surveyor Law. If an environmental consultant, architect or landscape architect collaborated in the preparation of the plan, his/her name and address shall also appear.
W. A complete outline survey of the property to be subdivided or developed shall be provided, showing all courses, distances, areas and tie-ins to all adjacent intersections. The survey shall not have an error of closure greater than one part in 10,000.
X. The location, name and widths of all streets bordering the land to be developed or subdivided, including legislative and traffic route numbers and their existing and ultimate rights-of-way.
Y. The location of all existing buildings, towers, sewers, water mains, culverts, petroleum products or gas mains, fire hydrants and other significant manmade facilities and their existing and proposed use or disposition.
Z. The location of wells, on-site septic systems, stormwater management facilities and similar features on and within 200 feet of any part of the land to be subdivided or developed.
AA. Natural features. The developer shall furnish on appropriate maps or other documents all natural features, including floodplains, alluvial soils, steep slopes, forested areas, lakes, ponds, watercourses, wetlands, quarries, rock outcroppings and the location of any unique plants or other vegetation. All applications shall include maps showing the location of the resources.
(1) The location of any designated floodplain district, the one-hundred-year-flood elevations and the boundaries of the floodplain districts, including those determined by soil classification or other studies. The location of floodplain soils associated with the Delaware River Floodplain shall be shown.
(2) The species and size of large trees standing alone, mature trees with a diameter of 15 inches or greater measured four feet above grade level, woodlands as defined herein and the location of any unique plants or other vegetation. The developer shall as part of the preliminary presentation submit to the Township a proposal to preserve as much as possible the natural features which would be desirable to leave intact, including tree masses and a tree count and girth of all trees greater than fifteen-inch girth, measured at a point four feet above grade, indicating which are to be removed and which are to remain. Trees need not be individually identified in wooded areas declared to be set aside for undeveloped resource protection land.
(3) The soil classifications and boundary lines of all soils located on the tract with specific reference to any alluvial soils boundary. Soil descriptions for all soil types shall be provided and any building restrictions due to wet soils, seasonally high water table or other restrictions shall be provided on the plans.
(4) Lakes, ponds and waters of the commonwealth. All lakes, ponds and waters of the commonwealth shall be shown.
(5) Wetlands delineation. If any of the three wetlands parameters (hydric soils, hydrophytic vegetation or evidence of hydrology) are present on a site proposed for development, a separate wetlands delineation of sufficient detail to allow for thorough review by Township officials must be submitted to the Township. As part of the delineation process, a field investigation shall be performed and wetlands boundaries on the site shall be verified and flagged. Delineation and verification shall be performed by a qualified wetlands professional. The delineation shall be incorporated into the plan. The person or organization performing the delineation shall certify that the delineation has been performed in accordance with the criteria for wetlands delineation established in the Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands, or any more restrictive amendments thereto. Wetlands shall be defined by metes and bounds.
BB. Any existing buildings and structures, including structural remains which are located on or adjacent to the site and a statement as to whether or not these buildings have any historical significance. Any buildings identified by the Township Historical Commission as having historical significance shall be identified.
CC. The location of zoning district boundary lines affecting the subdivision and an indication that each lot is equal to or in excess of the applicable zoning district requirements.
DD. Where on-site sewage disposal facilities are proposed, a statement from the Bucks County Health Department or the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, with regard to the suitability of the soil to absorb sewage wastes.
EE. Statements from the County Health Department or other agency with jurisdiction as to the sufficiency and acceptability of the proposed means of water supply and sanitary sewers and from the Bucks County Conservation District as to soil erosion and sedimentation control to be provided.
FF. An indication of any lots in which other than residential use is intended, the total number of lots created and the gross lot area and net lot area for each lot.
GG. A statement or certificate by the applicant indicating that, to the best of his or her knowledge, the plans are in conformity with engineering, zoning, building, sanitation and other applicable Township ordinances and regulations and, if they are not so conforming, to detail the areas of nonconformance and the reasons for requesting a modification to the Township standards.