The improvements included in this article are minimum requirements.
However, the Board of Supervisors reserves the right in any case to
increase said requirements if conditions so warrant.
When changes from the accepted drawings and specifications become
necessary during construction, written acceptance by the Board of
Supervisors with the advice of the Township Engineer(s) shall be secured
before the execution of such changes.
Adequate provisions for the satisfactory maintenance of all
streets shall be made by dedication to and acceptance for maintenance
by the Township or by other acceptable means. During the course of
development and prior to dedication, maintenance of streets shall
be the responsibility of the developer.
[Amended 12-1-1992 by Ord. No. 92-13]
A. The developer shall install or cause to be installed, at the developer's
expense, streetlights acceptable to the Township and serviced by underground
conduit in accordance with a plan to be prepared by the owner's engineer
and approved by the Township Streetlight Engineer and approved by
the Board of Supervisors. Provision shall be made for energizing said
lighting after 50% or more of the section within the phase in a given
subdivision or land development has been occupied. The developer shall
be responsible for all costs involved in lighting the streets until
such time that the streets are accepted or condemned as public streets
by resolution or ordinance assessing all costs of the lighting to
the property owners along the street. The developer shall continue
to pay for the cost of streetlight maintenance until December 31 of
the year of dedication.
B. Where sidewalks are provided, streetlights shall be located on the
same side of the street.
The developer shall construct stormwater drainage facilities,
including retention and detention basins, curbs, catch basins and
inlets, storm sewers, road ditches and open channels in order to prevent
erosion, flooding and other hazards to life and property, including
off-site facilities that are necessary to meet the objectives and
requirements of this chapter. All such facilities are to be of adequate
size and grade to hydraulically accommodate maximum potential volumes
of flow, and size, type and installation of all stormwater drains
and sewers shall be constructed in accordance with the approved plans
and standard specifications of the Middletown Township Specifications
and Design Standards for Streets and Roads.
Grading shall conform in all respect to the approved final plan
and the Middletown Township Specifications and Design Standards for
Streets and Roads.
[Amended 12-1-1992 by Ord. No. 92-13; 3-1-1994 by Ord. No. 94-02]
A. Street trees and other required plantings shall be in accordance with §
440-417 of this chapter.
B. Street trees and other required plant material shall not be planted
until finished grading of the subdivision or land development has
been completed.
C. Plans of proposed street tree planting or buffer yard plantings shall
be reviewed and approved by the Middletown Township Planning Commission.
[Amended 12-1-1992 by Ord. No. 92-13; 3-1-1994 by Ord. No. 94-02]
A. Preliminary inspection.
(1)
The applicant shall notify the Township Manager in writing when
all required improvements desired to be accepted by the Township have
been constructed and installed in accordance with the Township specifications.
The Township Engineer(s) may require the applicant to supply spot
elevations and finished floor elevations to verify compliance with
the approved grading plan.
(2)
The Township Manager shall notify the Township Engineer(s) of
the completion of the required improvements.
(3)
The Township Engineer(s) shall:
(a)
Inspect the completed required improvements; and
(b)
Submit in writing a report to the Board of Supervisors and the
applicant specifying those items of construction, material and workmanship
which do not comply with the Township specifications or the approved
final plans.
(4)
The applicant upon notification from the Township Engineer(s)
shall:
(a)
Proceed, at his own cost, to make such corrections as shall
be required to comply with the Township specifications and approved
final plans; and
(b)
Notify the Township Engineer(s) and the Board of Supervisors
upon completion, requesting final inspection.
B. Final inspection.
(1)
The Board of Supervisors and Township Engineer(s) shall make
a final inspection with the applicant of all required improvements.
(2)
The Township Engineer(s) shall:
(a)
Run the finished center-line profile of the completed streets;
(b)
Submit a report to the Board of Supervisors indicating the final
elevations; and
(c)
Affix to the final profile plan such elevations.
C. Acceptance.
(1)
The Board of Supervisors shall notify the applicant of acceptance
of the required improvements if satisfied that the applicant has complied
with all specifications and ordinances of the Township.
(2)
The applicant shall:
(a)
Furnish the Township with three linens and paper prints of the
completed required improvements, including drainage profiles and off-site/on-site
utilities.
(b)
Pay all costs for the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of
Bucks County on the petition and resolution or ordinance of the Board
of Supervisors to the said Court for its approval of the acceptance
of the required improvements.
(c)
Pay all legal and engineering costs in connection with the dedication
process.