[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Warwick 3-9-1992 by Ord. No. 92-3. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A significant features impact disclosure statement containing the matter and conditions set forth in Exhibit A[1] shall be submitted by the applicant for Township approval as a part of the final plan and filed as required herein, and the same referred to hereinafter as the "disclosure statement". Said disclosure statement (Exhibit A) may be modified by the Township from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is included at the end of this chapter.
The purpose of the significant features impact disclosure statement
is to advise and notify the Township and any prospective purchaser of a residential
lot or unit of the existence and location of significant matters, features
and conditions which may have an impact upon the residential lot or unit to
be purchased within a multifamily residential subdivision or land development.
A.
A fully executed disclosure statement shall be attached
as a rider or addendum to each agreement of sale for a lot or unit within
any residential development in the Township, and a fully executed copy of
the disclosure statement shall be delivered to the Township Code Enforcement
Officer not later than seven days after the execution of the agreement of
sale and also prior to the issuing of both the building permit and the use
and occupancy permit for the lot or unit to be sold under the subject agreement
of sale.
B.
The disclosure statement shall notify and advise a purchaser
of the existence and location of the matters and conditions which may have
impact on the property to be purchased subject to the agreement of sale. Such
matters and conditions shall be identified on the disclosure statement by
the purchaser's initials next to the particular item listed thereon, and the
same shall be disclosed on a copy of the plot plan for the applicable portions
of the subdivision or land development, which shall be attached thereto, in
reduced size, as necessary.
C.
The disclosure statement shall contain a statement signed
by both the developer/seller and the purchaser acknowledging the full disclosure
and location of the items required by the disclosure statement and a representation
that the disclosure statement shall be made a part of and incorporated by
reference in the agreement of sale for the particular lot or unit to be sold
thereby.
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, corporation or entity
to sell a residential lot or unit within any residential subdivision or land
development in Warwick Township without first filing with the Township Code
Enforcement Officer a significant feature impact disclosure statement duly
executed and fully completed to the extent that the provisions thereof are
applicable to the residential lot or unit proposed for sale and as required
by this chapter.
Any person, partnership, corporation or other entity which shall violate
this chapter shall, by suit or summary proceeding brought in the name of Warwick
Township before the District Justice having jurisdiction over Warwick Township,
be sentenced to pay a fine and penalty not exceeding $600 for each violation,
plus court costs. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction or
by proceeding by summons on default of the payment of a fine or penalty imposed
and the costs for violation of this chapter, the defendant may be sentenced
and committed to the Bucks County Prison for a period not exceeding 30 days.
All fines and penalties collected for violation of this chapter shall
be paid over to the treasury of Warwick Township.
