This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority conferred by Pennsylvania State Act No. 247 of 1968, as amended by Act 170 of 1988, as further amended, the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[1]
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
This chapter shall apply to all subdivisions and land developments located within the Borough of Wilson. This chapter has been adopted for the purpose of regulating subdivision and land development within Wilson Borough in order to create conditions favorable to the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the citizens of the Borough.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements to meet the above-stated purposes. Where provisions of this chapter impose greater restrictions than those of any statute, other ordinance or regulation, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail. Where provisions of any statute, other ordinance or regulation impose greater restrictions than those of this chapter, the provisions of such statute, ordinance or regulation shall prevail.
The Council of the Borough of Wilson (the "Council") will receive and review all plans submitted under this chapter to determine compliance with this chapter, and the Council is hereby granted the power to approve, disapprove or approve with conditions all plans required to be submitted under the terms of this chapter.
No subdivision or land development (as defined herein) of any lot, tract or parcel of land shall be carried out; no street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water main or other facilities in connection therewith shall be laid out, constructed, opened or dedicated for public use and travel or the common use of occupants of buildings abutting thereon, except in strict accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
A. 
Within 90 days of the approval of the final plan for any subdivision and land development, the subdivider shall record a copy of said final plan in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Northampton County, as required in § 153-19.
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The Recorder of Deeds of Northampton County shall not accept any such plan for recording unless it is the record plan, as defined herein, which shall contain the official original endorsements of approval by the Council, the Wilson Borough Planning Commission, the review by the Joint Planning Commission and evidence that the plan has complied with the requirements of Pennsylvania Act 247.[1]
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
C. 
Failure to record the final record plan as required herein shall render all approvals null and void.
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Any subdivision or land development plan recorded prior to the effective date of this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter in the event that any change or resubdivision is made or legally required to be made in said plan.
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When a final record plan has been approved and recorded, subsequent to the effective date of this chapter and in conformance with the terms of this chapter, then no subsequent change or amendment in any zoning, subdivision or other governing ordinance or plan shall be applied to affect adversely the right of the applicant to commence and to complete any aspect of the approved development in accordance with terms of such approval within five years from such approval. Where final approval is preceded by preliminary approval, the five-year period shall be counted from the date of the preliminary approval. In the case of any doubts as to the terms of a preliminary approval, the terms shall be construed in the light of the provisions of the governing ordinances or plans as they stood at the time when the application of such approval was duly filed.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance of Wilson Borough."
The Wilson Borough Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance adopted on March 24, 1975, and all amendments thereto, are hereby completely repealed by this chapter. All other existing ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this chapter, to the extent of such conflict and no further, are hereby repealed.