Physical improvements to the property being
subdivided shall be provided, constructed, and installed as shown
on the record plan, in accordance with the requirements of these regulations
or other Township ordinances or regulations, whichever is more restrictive.
A. As a condition to review of a final plan by the Township
Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors, the applicant shall
agree with the Township as to the installation of all improvements
shown on the plan and required by these or other Township ordinances
or regulations. Before the record plan is endorsed by the Township
Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors, the applicant shall
submit a completed original copy of the Subdivision Improvements Agreement
(a sample copy of this agreement is found in the appendix).
B. All improvements installed by the subdivider shall
be constructed in accordance with the design specifications of the
Township, including any promulgated by a Township Authority.
C. Where there are no applicable Township specifications,
improvements shall be constructed in accordance with specifications
furnished by the County Engineer, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation,
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, or such other
state agency, as applicable. If there are no applicable Township or
state regulations, the Board of Supervisors may authorize that specifications
be prepared by the Township Engineer or a consulting engineer.
D. Supervision of the installation of the required improvements
shall in all cases be the responsibility of the Township or of the
appropriate state regulatory agency.
Soil percolation tests are required for all
subdivisions and land developments where a new on-site sewage disposal
system is to be provided.
A. Soil percolation tests shall be made in accordance
with the procedures required by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection under the supervision of the Township Sewage Enforcement
Officer.
B. The Sewage Enforcement Officer shall enter the result
of the test and all other information on five copies of the Subdivision
Sewage Disposal Report form and shall submit these with the preliminary
plan. Where approval of the proposed sanitary sewage disposal facilities
by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is otherwise
required, two copies of its report of investigation and approval may
be submitted in lieu of the Subdivision Sewage Disposal Report.
C. Soil percolation tests shall be performed at the site
of the proposed on-site sanitary sewage disposal facility.
D. The results of the soil percolation tests shall be
examined by the Township Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors
as advised by the Township Sewage Enforcement Officer.
E. No residential lot shall be approved unless soil percolation
tests provide evidence that there are at least two sites upon the
lot which are acceptable locations for an on-site sewage disposal
system. One such site shall become the location of the system and
the other site shall be reserved by deed restriction from construction
activity of any kind (including the erection of accessory structures)
so that it may be utilized as a site for a sewage disposal system
in the event of the failure of the first disposal system.
F. If the analysis of the soil percolation test results
reveals that the soil is unsuitable for the intended use at the lot
size proposed, the Board of Supervisors may require that the lot size(s)
be increased in accordance with the test results or that additional
tests be made on each proposed lot at the location of the contemplated
disposal facilities, and the data submitted for review.