Applications for final approval shall include
the following:
A. Completed application form supplied by the Borough
(15 copies).
B. Application filing fee, as required by §
197-48 of this chapter.
C. Copy of the approved preliminary plat (one copy).
D. Construction plans (15 copies) for public and private
improvements prepared by a registered engineer or registered land
surveyor drawn on sheets measuring 24 inches by 36 inches which show
the following:
(1) Conformity with the design standards specified in Article
V of this chapter and the Borough Construction Standards (Article
IX).
(2) Plans in profile of each street in the plan and at
least 200 feet beyond the limits of the plan.
(3) At least three cross sections at intervals not to
exceed 100 feet and extending 50 feet on each side of the street center
line or 25 feet outside of the street right-of-way, whichever is greater.
(4) All drainage easements over private property.
(5) The location of all necessary sewers, manholes and
catch basins.
(6) The top and invert elevation of each inlet and manhole,
together with the grade of each sewer line.
(7) The grade line, distance and pipe size of each line
in the storm drainage system within the plan and any storm drainage
system immediately adjacent thereto.
(8) All pipe sizes, bearings and distances shown by plan
and profile.
E. Performance security to guarantee proper installation of public and private improvements as required by §
197-14 of this chapter.
F. Final covenants and restrictions applicable to the
plan, if any.
G. Final plat (15 copies) in accurate and final form
for recording which clearly delineates the following:
(1) Accurate boundary line, with dimensions and bearings.
(2) Accurate locations of all existing and recorded streets
intersecting the boundaries of the tract of land described in the
final plat.
(4) Complete curve data for all curves included in the
final plat.
(5) Street lines with accurate dimensions in feet and
hundredths of feet, with angles to at least the nearest one minute
of street and lot lines.
(6) Lot numbers and dimensions.
(7) Easements for public and private improvements and
any limitations on such easements.
(8) Accurate dimensions and area of any property to be
reserved for public, semipublic or community use.
(9) Location, type and size of all monuments and lot markers
in accordance with the standards and requirements of the Allegheny
County Planning Agency.
(10)
The name of the subdivision, consolidation or
land development.
(11)
The names and addresses of the developer, and,
if the developer is not the landowner, the names and addresses of
the landowner.
(12)
The north point, graphic scale and date.
(13)
Certification by a registered professional engineer
or registered surveyor to the effect that:
(a)
The plat represents a survey made by him and
that all monuments indicated thereon actually exist and their location,
size and material are correctly shown.
(b)
All engineering requirements of this chapter
have been fully complied with.
(15)
The indentures, acknowledgments and endorsements in the form provided in Article
VIII of the Allegheny County Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance as determined applicable by the Borough Engineer.
H. Certification of water system. If water is to be provided
by means other than by private wells owned and maintained by the individual
owners of lots within the subdivision, consolidation or land development,
the developer shall submit evidence that the subdivision or land development
is to be supplied by a certificated public utility, a bona fide cooperative
association of lot owners, or by a municipal corporation, authority
or utility. A copy of a certificate of public convenience from the
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission or an application for such
certificate, a cooperative agreement of a commitment or agreement
to serve the area in question, whichever is appropriate, shall be
acceptable evidence. When water is to be provided by a centralized
private water system serviced by a well, the developer shall submit
a letter from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
approving a well site. Fifteen copies of such evidence shall be submitted.
All water systems shall comply with all other requirements of this
chapter.
I. Text and graphical material. The following text or
graphical materials shall be provided:
(1) Final covenants, grants and easements. The substance
of the final covenants, grants, easements or other restrictions proposed,
in a form and manner acceptable to the Borough Solicitor.
When requested by the developer, in order to
facilitate financing, the Borough Council shall furnish the developer
with a signed copy of a resolution indicating approval of the final
plat contingent upon the developer providing satisfactory completion
security. The final plat shall not be signed nor recorded until the
performance security and development agreement are executed and all
other conditions of final approval are met.
Approval of final plats by Borough Council shall
not be binding if county, state or federal agencies find just cause
to disapprove the development. It shall be the developer's responsibility
to obtain all necessary approvals from county, state or federal agencies.
Upon the approval of a final plat by the Borough,
the developer shall, within 90 days of such final approval or within
90 days after the date of delivery of an approved plat signed by the
Borough Council, following completion of conditions imposed for such
approval, whichever is later, record such plat in the office of the
Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds.
Upon recording of the final plat in the office
of the Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds, the developer shall deliver
to the Borough one reproducible Mylar and four paper prints of the
plat as recorded.
The developer of a minor subdivision or minor consolidation may proceed simultaneously for preliminary plat and final plat approval, following the procedures set forth in §
197-13 for final plat approval. The Borough, through its Zoning Officer, may waive, where appropriate, any of the requirements of §§
197-11 and
197-12 of this chapter with the exception of § 197-12A, B, E, F and G.
Provided all the requirements of Article
III are met, a developer may request simultaneous preliminary plat and final plat approval of any subdivision, consolidation or land development.