This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "North Coventry Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance."
This chapter is designed in accordance with
the Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 (as amended), to regulate
subdivision and land development and to assist in implementing the
purposes of the North Coventry Township Comprehensive Plan (1989),
as amended, and the North Coventry Township Open Space, Recreation
and Environmental Resources Plan (1992), as amended, and summarized
as follows:
A. To protect the health, safety, and welfare of the
residents of North Coventry Township.
B. To provide for the orderly and integrated development
of the Township.
C. To ensure sound community growth that safeguards the
interests of the residents, landowners, the applicant, the investor,
and the local government.
D. To provide for the development of a range of housing
types that maintains the character of the existing community.
E. To provide for a safe, efficient road system, adequate
recreation and open space, and appropriate community facilities and
services.
F. To ensure conformance of Subdivision and Land Development
Plans with the Comprehensive Plans of Chester County and North Coventry
Township.
G. To secure equitable handling of all Subdivision and
Land Development Plans by establishing uniform procedures and standards.
H. To preserve, protect, and manage the natural and historic
resources of North Coventry Township.
I. To protect the people's rights to clean air, pure
water, and the preservation of the natural scenic, historic and aesthetic
values of the environment pursuant to Article 1, Section 27 of the
Pennsylvania Constitution.
The Board of Supervisors shall have jurisdiction
over subdivision and land development within the Township. In order
to aid in its consideration of subdivision and land development applications,
the Board of Supervisors hereby designates the North Coventry Township
Planning Commission as the agency of the Board of Supervisors in performing
the following functions:
A. The Planning Commission shall review all plans and
applications submitted to it by the Board of Supervisors.
B. The Planning Commission shall make recommendations
to the Board of Supervisors concerning application approval, disapproval
or modification, and the reasons for such determinations.
C. The Planning Commission shall make recommendations
to the Board of Supervisors concerning the interpretation and the
granting of modifications to provisions and standards of this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held
to be minimum requirements to meet the above stated purposes. Where
the provisions of this chapter impose greater restrictions than those
of any statute, other ordinance, or regulation, the provisions of
this chapter shall prevail. Where the provisions of any statute, other
ordinance, or regulation imposes greater restrictions than those of
this chapter, the provision of such statute, ordinance, or regulation
shall prevail.
Ordinance No. 10, the Subdivision and Land Development
Ordinance in place prior to the enactment of this chapter, is hereby
repealed.