All plans and specifications and contracts for public improvements required by these regulations shall be approved by the Borough Council and the Borough Engineer.
All public improvements to be made under the provisions of these regulations shall be made under the direction and approval of a competent representative appointed by the Subdivision Committee. The salary and other expenses in connection with said inspection shall be paid for by the subdivider.
The Subdivision Committee may approve variations from these requirements in specific cases which do not affect the general plan or the spirit of these regulations. All such variations shall be communicated to the Borough Council, in writing, with the reasons therefor, before its final approval of the plan.
It shall be the duty of the Subdivision Committee and the Borough Engineer of the Borough of Punxsutawney to enforce these regulations.
Wherever there is a difference between minimum standards or dimensions specified herein and those contained in the Zoning Ordinance[1] or other official regulation, the highest standard shall apply.
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 235, Zoning.
[Amended 8-31-1987 by Ord. No. 943]
Any person, copartnership or corporation who or which shall subdivide any lot, tract or parcel of land, lay out, construct, open or dedicate any street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer or water main for public use or travel or for the common use of occupants of buildings abutting thereon, sell any lot or erect any building in a subdivision without first having complied with all the provisions hereof and the subdivisions adopted hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, such person or the members of such copartnership or the officers of such corporation responsible for such violation shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $1,000. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist on each lot shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such.
These regulations may, from time to time, be revised, modified or amended as prescribed by local and state laws.
The Subdivision Committee shall keep a record of its findings, decisions and recommendations relative to all subdivision plans filed with it for review.