This chapter restating and amending Ordinance
No. 67, as amended, is adopted by authority of and pursuant to the
provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247
of 1968, as amended by Act 170 of 1988 and all subsequent amendments.
This chapter has been designed and adopted to
provide uniform standards and procedures for the regulation and control
of subdivision and land development within the Township of West Deer.
The purpose of such regulation and control is to provide for the safe
and coordinated development of the Township by assuring the availability
of sites suitable for building purposes and human habitation, by coordinating
proposed streets and other proposed public improvements with those
existing, by assuring that adequate easements and rights-of-way are
provided for drainage facilities and the extension of public utilities
and by assuring that any reservation of land for public use shall
be suitable in size and location for the use intended. This chapter
is designed to protect the natural resources of the Township and to
promote public health, safety and general welfare.
No landowner shall subdivide, resubdivide or
propose a land development or lay out, construct, open or dedicate
any street, sewer, water main or other improvement for public use,
travel or other purpose or for the common use of occupants of buildings
abutting thereon or sell, transfer, or enter into an agreement to
sell any land in a subdivision or land development located in the
Township, whether by reference to or by other use of a plat of such,
or erect any building thereon unless and until a final plat has been
prepared in full compliance with the provisions of this chapter, where
applicable, and such has been finally approved and recorded as provided
herein.
The provisions set forth herein shall be held
to be the minimum requirements necessary to meet the stated purpose
of this chapter and the general purposes of the aforesaid Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code, as amended. In addition, compliance with the provisions enumerated
herein and all current land use regulations cross-referenced within
this chapter amendment text shall be deemed to be in compliance with
the community development goals and objectives as stated in the West
Deer Township Comprehensive Development Plan.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "West Deer Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance."