The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Washington, Berks County, Pennsylvania, pursuant to the Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, Article V, Section 501,[1] as amended, hereby adopts these regulations governing
the subdivision of land.
The Board may grant a modification of the requirements
of one or more provisions of this chapter if the literal enforcement
thereof will exert undue hardship because of peculiar conditions pertaining
to the land in question, provided that such modification will not
be contrary to the public interest and that the purpose and intent
of this chapter is observed.
All requests for a modification shall be in writing
and shall accompany and be a part of the application for subdivision
or land development. The request shall state in full the grounds and
facts of unreasonableness or hardship on which the request is based,
the provision or provisions of the chapter involved and the minimum
modification necessary.