[Adopted 9-27-1984 by Ord. No. 84-1 as Part 3:100 of the 1984 Warwick Township Code]
[Amended 3-3-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-1]
The Board hereby adopts as the Official Road
Map of the Township the street index map dated August 1989.
No person, partnership, association or corporation
shall construct, open or dedicate any road or street or any sewer
or drainage facilities in connection therewith for public use or travel
in the Township without first submitting plans therefor to the Board
for its approval, and no road or street or sewer or drainage facilities
in connection therewith shall be opened, laid or constructed except
in strict accordance with plans approved by the Board.
Such plans shall show the profiles of such roads
or streets, the course, structure and capacity of any drainage facilities,
the method of drainage of the adjacent or contiguous territory, a
drainage profile of the streets and a plan showing drainage of the
whole property. All roads and streets shall be of a width of not less
than 50 feet, the cartway shall be not less than 20 feet and shoulders
adjacent to said road not less than eight feet, allowing nine feet
for sidewalk area and the erection of utility poles. All roads and
streets shall connect with dedicated roads and streets or proposed
roads and streets so as to form as nearly as possible through roads
and streets and a harmonious and systematic development of the Township.
The proposed names of the roads and streets shall not conflict with
the names of existing roads and streets, and all roads and streets
shall be designated by the names of existing roads and streets with
which they connect as extensions thereof.
Supporting shoulders shall be constructed on
all sections where a base course or pavement is to be constructed
without other permanent support along the sides. Shoulders shall be
constructed in accordance with drawings, cross sections and as directed
of suitable material firmly compacted. Shoulders shall be trimmed
and compacted with a power roller weighing not less than 10 tons or
as specified in the then current Pennsylvania State Highway Specifications,
whichever is more restrictive. The inside edges shall be cut to neat
lines and to grade prior to the placing of the material for the base
course of pavement. This work will not be considered as final completion
of the shoulders but they shall be satisfactorily completed after
the surface course of pavement is placed. Where a surface course is
to be constructed on a base course of greater width than the surface
course, approved forms shall be used for holding the surface course
material in the correct position, unless other satisfactory methods
are specified or permitted. Subgrade drains shall be installed in
and through the shoulders at the discretion of the Township Engineer.
The finished grade on the shoulders shall be 3/4 inch to the foot.
Three copies of such plans shall be filed with the Secretary to the Board. The Board shall not consider any plan which is required to be approved under subject regulations by the Bucks County Planning Commission until such approval has been obtained. Before acting upon any plan submitted pursuant to §§ 159-3 and 159-4, the Board may, at its discretion, arrange for a public hearing, after giving such notice as it may deem desirable.
The Board reserves the right to alter plans
and to specify any changes or modifications of any kind which it may
deem necessary with respect thereto and to make its approval of such
plans subject to any such alterations, changes or modifications.
Any and all plans when so approved shall be
signed by the Supervisors and shall be filed in the office of the
Secretary to the Board, where the same shall be available for public
inspection.
The action of the Board in approving any such
plans, and such plans themselves, shall be recorded by the person
applying for such approval in the office of the Recorder of Deeds
of Bucks County.
All roads and streets shown on said plans shall
be improved in accordance with such plans. Minimum specifications
for road construction shall be prescribed by the Board.
All sewers, sewer laterals and sewer connections
shall be laid in all improved streets before paving where connection
with a sewer is practicable and shall be required by the Board, and
all gas and water mains and all service connections shall be laid
before the paving of the streets where gas and water are available.
All other mains, pipes, conduits and the like shall be installed before
paving the cartway where it is proposed to install any such service
mains in the streets.
All applications for the approval of such plans
shall be in writing and signed by the owners of the property. Applications
must be filed with the Secretary to the Board; they shall set forth
in detail the character of the improvements to be made on the property
shown on said plan, in accordance with the provisions of this Article;
and in such application, the applicant shall agree to open, lay out
and improve the roads or streets and to construct all of the improvements,
including sewers and drainage facilities upon the property shown on
the plan, within the time or times therein specified.
The Board may require the applicant to enter
into a contract, in writing, to install, erect and construct said
improvements. In addition, the applicant shall be required to furnish
a certificate of a reputable title insurance company, satisfactory
to the Board, which, as of the date of approval, shall set forth the
name or names of the owner or owners of all property covered by such
plans and shall show and contain a list of all mortgages, judgments,
liens, easements, contracts and agreements of record in the office
of the Recorder of Deeds of Bucks County, which shall affect the property
covered by such plans. If said certificates of title insurance shall
disclose that any such property shall be subject to any mortgage,
judgment, easement, lien, contract or agreement or other matters of
record, then, at the option of the Board, the holders of such mortgages,
judgments, liens, easements, contracts or agreements shall be required
to join in and approve said application before the same shall be acted
upon by the Board. The applicant shall be required to furnish a bond
in such amount, under such conditions and form and with surety as
shall be approved by the Board to guarantee the performance of said
contract and to secure the completion of said improvements within
the times therein specified. In lieu of a bond, the applicant may
deposit cash to guarantee performance of said contract and to secure
completion of the improvements upon an escrow agreement to be prepared
by the Township Solicitor and approved by the Board. The escrow agent
for the deposits of such cash shall be designated and selected by
the Board.
All applicants shall bear all costs of inspection
of such roads or streets, and such costs shall include the expense
of the supervision of the work by the Warwick Township Engineer. Additionally,
all applicants shall pay a filing fee as set forth in the Warwick
Township Fee Schedule when the application is filed.[1]
No action taken by the Board pursuant to this
article shall be construed to require the Township to accept dedication
of any road, street, lane or alley.
