Preliminary plans shall be prepared by an engineer, land surveyor and/or landscape architect registered in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to perform such duties. Land surveyors shall prepare a plan of lots including metes and bounds for the property boundary and all proposed lot descriptions. Registered professionals with appropriate expertise shall prepare designs that entail their expertise. The preliminary plan shall show, be accompanied by or be prepared in accordance with the following:
A. Drafting standard.
(1) The plan shall be clearly and legibly drawn at a scale of 20 feet or 50 feet to the inch, except that if the average size of the proposed lots are two acres or more, the plan may be drawn to a scale of 100 feet to the inch. Profile plans shall maintain a ratio of 1:10 vertical to horizontal.
(2) Dimensions for the entire property boundary shall be in feet and decimals; bearings shall be in degrees, minutes and seconds. Lot line descriptions shall read in a clockwise direction. The description shall be based upon a survey and not have an error of closure greater than one foot in 10,000 feet. If it is the intention of the landowner to retain a single lot with a lot area in excess of 10 acres, the boundary of that lot may be identified as a deed plotting and may be drawn at any legible scale.
(3) The sheet size shall be no smaller than 18 inches by 22 inches and no larger than 24 inches by 36 inches.
(a) If the plan is prepared in two or more sections, a key map showing the location of the sections shall be placed on each sheet.
(b) If more than one sheet is necessary, each sheet shall be numbered to show the relationship to the total number of sheets in the plan (e.g., "Sheet 1 of 2")
(c) All sheets shall be folded to the size of 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches.
(4) Plans shall be legible in every detail to the satisfaction of the Township.
(5) All profile sheets shall include the corresponding horizontal alignment; utilities and stormwater facilities shall be located in a given area on the same sheet to show their interrelationship.
(6) All plan information shall be provided in an easy-to-read format. Applicants are encouraged to follow the standard plan format provided in Appendix No. 9.
B. Location and identification.
(1) The proposed project name or identifying title.
(2) The municipality in which the project is to be located. The location of the boundary shall be shown if the property is located in the vicinity of a municipal boundary line.
(3) A location map, drawn to a scale that clearly relates the property to at least two intersections of existing road center lines.
(4) The name and address of the owner, authorized agent for the land, developer, and firm that prepared the plans.
(5) Source of title to the land included within the subject application, as shown in the office of the Centre County Recorder of Deeds. Additionally, if the property is subject to an equitable owner, the name, address, and reference to the equity agreement shall be included.
(6) The Uniform Parcel Identifier Number assigned to the property by the Centre County Tax Assessment Office.
(7) The file or project number assigned by the firm that prepared the plan, the plan date and the date(s) of all plan revisions.
(9) Graphic scale and a written scale.
(10) The total acreage of the entire existing property.
(11) A statement on the plan identifying, with applicable date of decision, any existing waivers.
(12) Plotting of the entire existing tract boundary with bearing and distance. If the landowner is to retain a single lot with a lot area of 10 acres and no additional improvements are located with the tract, the boundary of the tract may be identified as a deed plotting and may be drawn at any legible scale.
C. Existing feature.
(1) Existing contours, at a minimum vertical interval of two feet for land with average natural slope of 10% or less, and at a minimum vertical interval of five feet for more steeply sloping land. Contours shall be accompanied by the location of the bench mark within or immediately adjacent to the subject property and a notation indicating the datum used. Unless required by the Township for site evaluation, contour data is not necessary beyond the property of the applicant. The United States Geodetic Survey shall be used for bench mark datum. This information is not subject to recording with the office of the Centre County Recorder of Deeds.
(2) The names of all immediately adjacent landowners, and the names and plan book record numbers of all previously recorded plans for adjacent projects.
(3) The location and description of existing lot line markers and monuments along the perimeter of the entire existing property.
(4) The following items shall be identified on the plan when located on the subject property or within 200 feet of the subject property. The Township may require the applicant to provide this information beyond 200 feet of the subject property when the item affects the property. The location and size, including right-of-way/easement, of the existing features, including, but not limited to:
(f) Electric transmission lines.
(g) Gas and oil transmission lines.
(q) Refuse collection stations.
(s) Sanitary sewer facilities.
(x) Surface and subsurface mine features.
(5) Important natural habitats when located within the subject property. For the purpose of this section, "important natural habitats" are defined areas plotted on the Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Inventory (PNDI) as confirmed extant plant and animal species and communities that are listed as Pennsylvania Threatened or Pennsylvania Endangered, or have a State Rank of S1 or S2.
D. Proposed feature.
(1) Complete description of the center line for all new streets. This description shall include distances and bearings with curve segments comprised of radius, tangent, arc, and chord. The description shall not have an error of closure greater than one foot in 10,000 feet.
(2) Approximate lot line dimensions and lot areas for all proposed parcels. The description shall utilize the existing deed lines along existing street rights-of-way.
(3) Lot numbers in consecutive order.
(4) The location and configuration of the proposed features, including, but not limited to, the following:
(j) Refuse collection stations.
(k) Sanitary sewer facilities.
(5) A statement on the plan indicating the proposed total number of lots, units of occupancy, density, minimum lot size, lot coverage, building coverage, types of sanitary sewage disposal, type of water supply, name of authority providing sanitary sewage disposal and water supply (if applicable), and proposed land use. The location of each land use, if several types of uses are proposed.
(6) Easements for utilities, access, stormwater facilities, etc.
(7) Building setback lines, with distances from the property and street right-of-way. A typical example may be used to identify side and rear yard setback; however, odd or unusual-shaped lots shall be plotted with all setback lines.
(8) Identification of buildings and other structures to be demolished. Additionally, the schedule for demolition shall be acknowledged on the plan.
(9) Typical street cross section for each proposed street, and typical cross section for any existing street, that will be improved as part of the application. Each cross section shall include the entire right-of-way width. Cross sections for improvements to existing streets shall be provided for each fifty-foot station location.
(10) Vertical and horizontal alignment on the same sheet for each proposed street, stormwater management facility, sanitary sewer (including manhole numbers), and water distribution system.
(a) All street profiles shall show at least the existing (natural) profile along the center line, proposed grade at the center line, and the length of all proposed vertical curves for streets.
(b) All water distribution and sanitary sewer systems shall provide manhole locations, size and type of material. This information is not subject to recording with the office of the Centre County Recorder of Deeds.
(11) Proposed names for new streets, pavement markings and traffic control devices.
(12) Location and material of all permanent monuments and lot line markers, including a note that all monuments and lot line markers are set or indicating when they will be set.
(13) Grading plan for all subdivision and land development plans. Grading shall identify all surface stormwater conveyance and storage facilities. This information may be provided on separate sheets and is not subject to recording in the office of the Centre County Recorder of Deeds.
(14) A statement on the plan indicating any proposed waivers. This statement must be revised, upon action on the request, to acknowledge the outcome of the requested waiver.
(15) Identification of any lands to be dedicated or reserved for public, semipublic or community use.
E. Report.
(1) Sketch plan. When, in the opinion of the Township, the application significantly impacts the undeveloped portion of the landholding, a plan drawn to the standards of a sketch plan shall identify the future development scheme.
(2) Sanitary sewer. When required by the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act 537 of 1966, as amended, a sewer facilities plan revision (plan revision module for land development), or exemption must be submitted.
(3) Stormwater management plan. Projects that include the installation of impervious or semi-impervious surfaces, diversion or piping of watercourse; removal of ground cover, or excavation shall comply with §
290-41 and include the following information:
(a) Calculations, assumptions, criteria, and references used in the design of stormwater management facilities, the establishment of capacities, and the pre-development and post-development peak discharge.
(b) For all basins, a plotting or tabulation of the storage volume and discharge curves with corresponding water surface elevations, inflow, hydrographs, and outflow hydrographs.
(c) For all proposed detention and retention basins which hold 87,120 feet cubic feet or more of water (two acre feet), or have an embankment that is six feet or more in height, soil structures and characteristics shall be provided. Plans and data prepared by a registered professional experienced and educated in soil mechanics shall be submitted. These submissions shall provide design solutions for frost-heave potential, spring-swell potential, soil bearing strength, water infiltration, soil settling characteristics, fill and backfilling procedures, and soil treatment techniques as required to protect the improvements or structures.
(d) Description of all erosion and sedimentation control measures, temporary as well as permanent, including the staging of land-moving activities, sufficient in detail to clearly indicate their function. All erosion and sedimentation control measures shall conform to the requirements for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Manual.
(e) Description of an ownership and maintenance program, in a recordable form, that clearly sets forth the ownership and maintenance responsibilities for all temporary and permanent stormwater management facilities and erosion and sedimentation control facilities, which shall include:
[1] Description of method and extent of the temporary and permanent maintenance requirements.
[2] When maintained by a private entity, identification of an individual, corporation, association, or other entity responsible for ownership and maintenance.
[3] When maintained by a private entity, a copy of the legally binding document that provides that the Township shall have the right to:
[a] Inspect the facilities at any time;
[b] Require the private entity to take corrective measures and assign the private entity reasonable time periods for any necessary action; and
[c] Authorize maintenance to be done by the Township, or an agent or contractor of the Township, and the lien of the cost of the work against the properties of the private entity responsible for the maintenance.
[4] Establishment of suitable easements for access to stormwater management facilities.
[5] An assignment of responsibility to the Township is acceptable only when accompanied by an acknowledgment of the Township's formal acceptance of the responsibility. This document shall be recorded in the office of the Centre County Recorder of Deeds upon issuance of a permit.
(f) A Pennsylvania Department of Transportation highway occupancy permit for any stormwater discharge onto, or stormwater management facility located within, the right-of-way of any state road.
(g) Notification from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection of approval for all stormwater facilities that are under their jurisdiction.
(4) Traffic impact report.
(a) When required.
[1] A traffic impact report shall be submitted for projects that generate greater than 750 vehicles per day.
[2] In addition to the above, the Board of Supervisors may require a traffic impact report when, in its opinion, the following conditions exist:
[a] Current traffic problems in the local area (e.g., high accident location, confusing intersection, congested intersection); or
[b] The questionable capability of the existing road system to handle increased traffic.
[3] The traffic impact report shall be prepared in accordance with PennDOT Publications 201 and 282; ITE's Recommended Practice "Traffic Access and Impact Studies for Site Development," and shall conform to the following.
[4] At the request of the applicant, the Township may approve a waiver of the traffic impact report and accept either a specific capacity improvement or contribution to the Township of a fee in lieu of a capacity improvement to be made at a future date.
(b) Area of traffic impact report.
[1] The traffic impact report area shall be based on the characteristics of the surrounding area. The intersections to be included in the report shall be adjacent to the site or have direct impact upon the access to the site. The intersections shall be mutually agreed upon by the Board of Supervisors, with the advice of the Township Engineer and the traffic engineer preparing the report.
[2] The Board of Supervisors shall resolve any disputes between the Township Engineer and the traffic engineer.
(c) Preparation by transportation engineer required. Traffic impact reports shall be prepared by a professional engineer registered in Pennsylvania with specific training in traffic and transportation engineering, at least four years experience related to preparing traffic reports for existing or proposed developments, and sufficient prior traffic study experience to qualify the engineer to render any opinions and recommendations in the report.
(d) Horizon year. The traffic forecasts shall be prepared for the anticipated opening year of the development, assuming full build-out and occupancy. The build-out year shall be referred to as the "horizon year" in the remainder of this chapter and shall be a minimum of 10 years.
(e) Traffic data, projections and analysis periods.
[1] Traffic data used in the report shall not be more than one year old.
[2] Estimates of non-site traffic shall be made and will consist of traffic generated by all other developments within the study area for which preliminary and/or final plans have been approved, and traffic from background traffic growth in and around the study area. Non-site traffic may be estimated using the "build-up" technique, or by way of area transportation plan data or modeled volumes. Background growth compounded annually shall be established using trends or growth rates from PennDOT.
[3] Analyses shall be conducted for the a.m. and p.m. peak hour periods. If the study area includes an intersection on an arterial roadway, or if the proposed development includes retail related uses, then the Saturday peak hour period shall be analyzed. Where the peak hour of the generator does not coincide with the peak hour of the adjacent street, then the peak hour of the generator shall also be analyzed.
(f) Trip generation rates required.
[1] The traffic impact report shall include a table showing the categories and quantities of land uses, with the corresponding trip generation rates or equations (with justification for selection of one or the other), and resulting number of trips. The trip generation rates used must be either from the latest edition of Trip Generation by ITE, or from a local study of corresponding land uses and quantities. All sources must be referenced in the report. The anticipated types and volumes of truck traffic using the site shall be identified.
[2] The methodology for determining trip generations shall be mutually agreed upon by the Board of Supervisors, with the advice of the Township Engineer and the traffic engineer preparing the report. The Board of Supervisors shall resolve any disputes between the Township Engineer and the traffic engineer.
(g) Consideration of pass-by trips. If pass-by trips or shared trips are a major consideration for the land use in question, studies and interviews at similar land uses must be conducted or referenced.
(h) Rate sums. Any significant difference between the sums of single-use rates and proposed mixed-use estimates must be justified in the report.
(i) Explanations required. The reasoning and data used in developing a trip generation rate for special/unusual generators must be justified and explained in the report.
(j) Definition of influence area.
[1] Prior to trip distribution of site-generated trips, an influence area must be defined which contains 80% or more of the trip ends that will be attracted to the development. A market study can be used to establish the limits of an influence area, if available. If no market study is available, an influence area should be estimated based on a reasonable documented estimate. The influence area can also be based on a reasonable maximum convenient travel time to the site, or delineating area boundaries based on locations of competing developments.
[2] Other methods, such as using trip data from an existing development with similar characteristics, or using an existing origin-destination survey of trips within the area, can be used in place of the influence area to delineate the boundaries of the impact.
(k) Estimates of trip distribution required.
[1] Trip distribution can be estimated using any one of the following three methods:
[b] Trip distribution model; or
[2] The methodology for determining trip distribution shall be mutually agreed upon by the Board of Supervisors, with the advice of the Township Engineer and the traffic engineer preparing the report. The Board of Supervisors shall resolve any disputes between the Township Engineer and the traffic engineer.
[3] Whichever method is used, trip distribution must be estimated and analyzed for the horizon year. A multi-use development may require more than one distribution and coinciding assignment for each phase (e.g., residential and retail phases on the same site). Consideration must also be given to whether inbound and outbound trips will have similar distributions.
(l) Trip assignments.
[1] Assignments must be made considering logical routings, available roadway capacities, left turns at critical intersections, and projected (and perceived) minimum travel times. In addition, multiple paths should often be assigned between origins and destinations to achieve realistic estimates, rather than assigning all of the trips to the route with the shortest travel time. The assignments must be carried through the external site access points and, in large projects (those producing 500 or more additional peak direction trips to or from the site during the development's peak hour), through the internal roadways. When the site has more than one access driveway, logical routing and possibly multiple paths should be used to obtain realistic driveway volumes. The assignment should reflect conditions at the time of the analysis. Assignments can be accomplished either manually or with applicable computer models.
[2] The methodology for determining trip assignments shall be mutually agreed upon by the Board of Supervisors, with the advice of the Township Engineer and the traffic engineer preparing the report. The Board of Supervisors shall resolve any disputes between the Township Engineer and the traffic engineer.
[3] If a thorough analysis is required to account for pass-by trips, the following procedures should be used:
[a] Determine the percentage of pass-by trips in the total trips generated;
[b] Estimate a trip distribution for the pass-by trips;
[c] Perform two separate trip assignments, based on the new and pass-by trip distributions; and
[d] Combine the pass-by and new trip assignment.
[4] Upon completion of the initial site traffic assignment, the results should be reviewed to see if the volumes appear logical, given characteristics of the road system and trip distribution. Adjustments should be made if the initial results do not appear to be logical or reasonable.
(m) Total traffic impacts. Traffic estimates for any site with current traffic activity must reflect not only new traffic associated with the site's redevelopment, but also the trips subtracted from the traffic stream because of the removal of a land use. The traffic impact report should clearly depict the total traffic estimate and its components.
(n) Analysis.
[1] Traffic analyses shall be completed for the existing conditions and opening day/build-out year and horizon year, both without and with development. Analyses may consider proposed roadway improvements only if said improvements have funding committed by the sponsoring agency (i.e., for state projects, this would include only those projects in the current TIP).
[2] Capacity analysis must be performed at each of the major street and project site access intersection locations (signalized and unsignalized) within the report area. In addition, analyses must be completed for roadway segments deemed sensitive to site traffic within the report area. These may include such segments as weaving sections, ramps, internal site roadways, parking facility access points, and reservoirs for vehicles queuing off site and on site. Other locations may be deemed appropriate depending on the situation.
[3] The recommended level of service analysis procedures detailed in the most recent edition of the Highway Capacity Manual must be followed. The Township considers the overall level of service ratings A, B and C to be acceptable; level of service ratings D, E and F are considered to be unacceptable.
[4] The operational analyses in the Highway Capacity Manual should be used for analyzing existing conditions, traffic impacts, access requirements, or other future conditions for which traffic, geometric and control parameters can be established.
[5] Capacity analysis, as defined by the Highway Capacity Manual, is a set of procedures used to estimate the traffic-carrying ability of a facility over a range of defined operational conditions. The capacity analysis uses levels of service (LOS) to describe the operational conditions. A brief description of the various levels of service is presented below. Levels of service are assigned letter designations "A" to "F," with A being the most desirable operating conditions. A level of service D is generally acceptable according to the Institute of Transportation Engineers standards.
[6] At an unsignalized intersection, the level of service measures the ability for turning traffic to find gaps in the major street traffic flow that permit the successful completion for the desired turning movement.
[7] For signalized intersections, the level of service measures the total control delay time per vehicle. Also, the volume-to-capacity ratio relates to the level of service at these facilities. This ratio relates the peak hour traffic volumes for a facility to a theoretical maximum traffic volume that the facility can carry.
[a] Level of Service A: A condition of free flow with low traffic density and high maneuverability within the traffic stream. No vehicle waits longer than one signal indication.
[b] Level of Service B: Stable flow of traffic with negligible impact from other vehicles in the traffic stream. On a rare occasion, drivers wait through more than one signal indication.
[c] Level of Service C: Still in the zone of stable flow, but ability to select operating speed and maneuverability is restricted. Intermittently, drivers must wait through more than one signal indication and backups may develop behind left-turning vehicles.
[d] Level of Service D: Approaching instability; drivers are restricted in their freedom to change lanes. Delay of approaching vehicles may be substantial during peak hours.
[e] Level of Service E: Traffic volumes are near or at capacity on the arterial. Long queues of vehicles may create lengthy delays, especially for left-turning vehicles.
[f] Level of Service F: Congested conditions of forced traffic flow where travel is slowed by stop and go conditions. Queued backups from locations downstream restrict or prevent movement of vehicles out of the approach, creating a storage area during part of all of the peak hour.
Level of Service Characteristics |
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| Unsignalized Intersection | Signalized Intersection |
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Level of Service (LOS) | Average Total Delay (seconds per vehicle) | Expected Delay to Minor Street Traffic | Stopped Delay (seconds per vehicle) | Expected Problems to Intersection |
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A | Less than or equal to 10 | Little or no delay | Less than or equal to 10 | Very low delay |
B | Greater than 10 and less than or equal to 15 | Short traffic delays | Greater than 10 and less than or equal to 20 | Stable flow of traffic with minimal delay |
C | Greater than 15 and less than or equal to 25 | Average traffic delays | Greater than 20 and less than or equal to 35 | Number of vehicles stopping is significant |
D | Greater than 25 and less than or equal to 35 | Long traffic delays | Greater than 35 and less than or equal to 55 | Influence of congestion becomes more noticeable |
E | Greater than 35 and less than or equal to 50 | Very long traffic delays | Greater than 55 and less than or equal to 80 | Limit of acceptable delay |
F | Greater than 50 | Extreme delays, usually warrants improvement to the intersection | Greater than 80 | Over-saturated and unacceptable |
[8] Where a Level of Service F results, the associated delay shall be noted in the study. Utilize existing peak hour factors and site specific truck and roadway grade percentages.
[9] Traffic signal warrant analyses shall be completed for each unsignalized intersection which is shown to have an approach operating at a Level of Service E or F.
[10] Where existing traffic signals are present or proposed, analyses of the need for signalized left-turn phases shall be completed in accordance with PennDOT Publication 149.
[11] Queue length analyses shall be completed for each lane group. The need for acceleration and deceleration lanes shall be presented in the report. The need for right-turn and left-turn lanes shall also be evaluated. For unsignalized intersection, the ITE Report, "Guidelines for Left-Turn Lanes" shall be used as the basis for determining the need for said lanes.
[12] Accident data for the most recent three-year period shall be presented and analyzed for trends, type of accidents and causation factors.
(o) Required levels of service. The traffic impact report shall identify the improvements necessary to meet the goals of the report. The applicant shall be responsible for the improvements required to meet the goals of the traffic impact report. The goals of the traffic impact report are to:
[1] Provide safe and efficient movement of traffic within the site and on surrounding roads.
[2] Minimize the impact of the project upon non-site trips.
[3] Not allow the levels of service at intersections currently rated A or B to be worse than C.
[4] Maintain the current levels of service at intersections with ratings of C or lower, and to ensure that the level of service for each specific lane group is maintained at current levels of service, or for level of service, the current level of delay.
(p) Documentation required. A traffic impact report shall be prepared to document the purpose, procedures, findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the report. The Township may, by waiver, allow an abbreviated traffic impact report when sufficient data is available to identify levels of service and required improvements, provided the applicant contributes a fair share of the improvement cost.
[1] The documentation for a traffic impact report shall include, at a minimum:
[a] Statement of purpose and objectives.
[b] Description of the site and study area. This site description shall include the size and location of existing and proposed land uses, current zoning, project phasing and opening/build-out year. Provide a description of the internal transportation system, including proposed vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle circulation, recommendations for traffic control and traffic calming devices and parking conditions. Provide a description of the external transportation system to include functional classification, ADT, right-of-way, cartway and shoulder widths, posted speed limits, and intersection controls and channelization.
[c] Existing conditions in the area of the development.
[d] Recorded or approved nearby development.
[e] Trip generation, trip distribution and modal split.
[f] Projected future traffic volumes.
[g] An assessment of the change in roadway operating conditions resulting from the development traffic.
[h] Recommendations for site access and transportation improvements needed to maintain traffic flow to, from, within, and past the site at an acceptable and safe level of service.
[i] An estimate of pedestrian trips generated by the proposed development and a distribution of those trips. Also include a description in the report of pedestrian facilities in and near the proposed development.
[2] The analysis shall be presented in a straightforward and logical sequence. It shall lead the reader step-by-step through the various stages of the process and resulting conclusions and recommendations.
[3] The recommendations shall specify the time period within which the improvements should be made (particularly if the improvements are associated with various phases of the development construction), and any monitoring of operating conditions and improvements that may be required.
[4] Data shall be presented in tables, graphs, maps, and diagrams wherever possible for clarity and ease of review.
[5] To facilitate examination by the Township Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors, an executive summary of one or two pages shall be provided, concisely summarizing the purpose, conclusions and recommendations.
[6] The report documentation outlined above provides a framework for site traffic access/impact reports. Some studies will be easily documented using this outline. However, the specific issues to be addressed, local study requirements and the report results may warrant additional sections.
(5) Wetland study.
(a) When a wetland is identified on an inventory conducted by a state or federal agency, or the Township suspects the presence of a wetland, a wetland study shall be performed by a professional soil scientist, biologist, hydrologist, wetland ecologist, or other demonstrated qualifications. The Township may require a second study, at the applicant's expense, by another mutually chosen professional or a "Jurisdictional Delineation" by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
(b) The wetland study shall identify the location of existing wetland as determined by the standards of either the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, PA DEP, or the U.S. Soil Conservation Service.
(c) All subdivision and land development plans shall identify by plan note the wetland study and the location of all wetland areas.
(6) Additional studies and reports. The Township may require the applicant to prepare studies and reports that address the proposal's coordination with the existing facilities necessary to service the development and Township according to the standards of this chapter or to the level of service that existed prior to the development.
F. Certification and notification.
(1) Where the land included in the subject application has an electric, telecommunication or telephone transmission line, a gas pipeline, or a petroleum or petroleum products transmission line located within the property, the application shall be accompanied by a copy of the right-of-way agreement, or a letter from the owner or lessee of such right-of-way stating any conditions on the use of the land and the minimum building setback and/or right-of-way lines. This requirement may also be satisfied by submitting a copy of the recorded agreement.
(2) A statement by the individual responsible for the data to the effect that the survey, plan and/or other general data are correct (see Appendix No. 1). This statement must be placed on both plans and reports.
(3) A copy of the current deed, along with a statement on the plan acknowledging that the subdivision or land development shown on the plan is presented with the consent of the landowner.
(4) A statement that a highway occupancy permit is required pursuant to Section 420 of the Act of June 1, 1945 (P.L. 1242, No. 428), as amended, before any improvements are initiated within a state highway, or a street, access drive, or driveway intersection to a state highway is permitted.
(a) Approval of this subdivision/land development plan shall in no way imply that a state highway permit can be acquired or that the Township will support, encourage or not oppose the granting of such a permit. It is possible that access to the property from a state highway will not be permitted by the commonwealth and the property, therefore, cannot be used for the intended purpose. Owners are accordingly warned and should govern themselves accordingly, acquiring state permits before purchasing any premises.
(b) The applicant shall include Township comments with the submission of a PennDOT highway occupancy permit. Evidence of such submission is required with the preliminary plan submission. Any conditions listed in a permit shall be noted on the plan.
(5) An application (see Appendix No. 6).
(6) (Optional) A statement acknowledging Township action (see Appendix Nos. 3 and 4).
G. Filing fee. The preliminary plan shall be accompanied by a check or money order drawn to Rush Township in an amount specified on the fee schedule adopted by resolution of the Board of Supervisors and available at the Township municipal office.