[Added 6-24-1986 by Ord. No. 86-10]
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The purpose of this article is to establish and define the public improvements which will be required to be constructed by the applicant as conditions for final plan approval.
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All improvements shall be constructed in accordance with the specific conditions of the commitment and the accepted drawings and specifications, and in the manner acceptable to the Township Board of Supervisors.
C. 
If it is determined during the course of the review that off-site improvements are necessary to satisfactorily accomplish the objectives and requirements of this chapter, the applicant shall be also responsible for the installation of the off-site improvements or cost thereof.
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.
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The construction of streets, roads, lanes and driveways, as shown upon final plans and as contained in contract agreements, shall in every respect conform to such requirements as the Board of Supervisors may by resolution require for the construction of streets in the Township.
B. 
The minimum requirements shall be those contained in the Middletown Township Specifications and Design Standards for Streets and Roads, as last revised, in effect at the time of the approval of the applicant's final plan.
C. 
All streets shall be graded to the grades shown on the street profiles and cross-section plan submitted and approved with the final plan.
D. 
Along the existing street on which a subdivision or land development abuts, improvements shall be made to the street as required by the Board of Supervisors. The improvements to the existing street shall be determined by the width of the required cartway and built to the specifications established by the Township. At the discretion of the Board of Supervisors, an escrow account may be established to be used by the Township for the improvement of the cartway to the required standards.
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The developer shall erect at every street intersection a street sign or street signs having thereon the names of the intersecting streets. At intersections where streets cross, there shall be at least two such street signs, and at the intersections where one street ends or joins with another street, there shall be at least one such street sign.
B. 
Street signs are to be erected before the first dwelling on the street is occupied. Temporary street signs may be erected on the approval of the Board of Supervisors but shall be made permanent before final offer for the dedication of roads is made.
C. 
All street signs shall conform to those standards of § 440-418.
[Amended 12-1-1992 by Ord. No. 92-13]
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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.
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Monuments shall be placed at each change in direction of boundary, two to be placed at each street intersection and one on one side of each street at angle points and at the beginning and end of curves. Utility easements shall be monumented at their beginning and at their end; areas to be conveyed for public use shall be fully monumented at their external boundaries; and areas for open space shall be fully monumented at each change in direction of a boundary.
B. 
Monuments shall be placed in the ground after final grading is completed, at a time specified by the Township Engineer(s). The monument shall be concrete, the size and length as may be approved by the Township Engineer(s). Monumentation of the external boundaries of the subdivision must be completed prior to final plan approval.
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All monuments shall be checked for accuracy by the Township Engineer(s) or their accuracy certified by the developer's engineer. Accuracy of monuments shall be within 3/100 of a foot.
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Sidewalks shall be constructed on both sides of all proposed or existing streets within the subdivision or land development, unless in the opinion of the Board of Supervisors, with the advice of the Planning Commission, they are unnecessary for public safety and convenience. If the Board of Supervisors deems it to be in the public interest to waive the requirement for sidewalks, the developer shall contribute a sum comparable to the cost if the sidewalks had been installed.
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Within multifamily residential developments, it is required to install on-site walks for convenience and access to all living units from streets, driveways, parking areas or garages, and for convenient circulation and access to all project facilities.
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Width, alignment and gradient of walks shall provide safety and convenience for pedestrian traffic. Small jogs in the alignment shall be avoided.
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The alignment and gradient of walks shall be coordinated with the grading plan to prevent the passage of concentrated surface water on or across the walk and to prevent the pocketing of surface water by walks.
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Curbs shall be provided along both sides of all proposed or existing streets, unless in the opinion of the Board of Supervisors, with the advice of the Township Engineer(s), they are unnecessary.
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Along the existing street on which a subdivision or land development abuts (hereinafter called "boundary streets"), curbs shall be constructed and the existing paved cartway shall be widened to the curb. The location of curbing along a boundary street shall be determined by the width of the existing or future right-of-way of the road as established by the Board of Supervisors and in accordance with the specifications in § 440-410 of this chapter.
C. 
All curbs shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the standards and specification of the Middletown Township Specifications and Design Standards for Streets and Roads or the specifications of the Township Engineer(s).
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.
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The developer shall construct water mains in such a manner as to make adequate water service available to each lot within the subdivision or land development. The entire system shall be designed in accordance with the requirements and standards of the Middletown Township Construction Specifications for Water and Sewer Systems and shall be subject to Township approval. Wherever possible, the layout shall be a loop system rather than dead ends.
B. 
The system shall also be designed with adequate capacity and appropriately spaced fire hydrants for firefighting purposes. Review by the Fire Marshal shall be required in order to ensure that adequate fire protection is provided.
C. 
All on-site wells and all components of the distribution system shall be shown on all plans.
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Private water supply systems shall be prohibited, unless approved by the Township.
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Where no public water is accessible, water shall be furnished by the developer on an individual lot basis. If wells are installed on each lot, the well shall be of the drilled type, cased and grout-sealed into the bedrock. All standards of the Bucks County Department of Health shall be followed.
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The developer shall construct sanitary sewers in such a manner as to make adequate sanitary sewage service available to each lot within the subdivision or land development.
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All public sanitary sewers shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the Sewerage Manual issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Middletown Township Construction Specifications for Water and Sewer Systems.
C. 
No public sanitary sewer shall be constructed until plans and specifications have been submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection and to the Township Board of Supervisors and approved in accordance with existing laws.
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Private sewage disposal systems shall be prohibited, unless approved by the Township.
B. 
Where public sewer facilities are not available, the developer shall provide for sewage disposal on an individual lot basis according to the rules, regulations, terms, definitions and conditions of the individual sewage disposal system application and certification procedure for Bucks County, Pennsylvania, adopted by the Bucks County Board of Commissioners on March 24, 1971, and any amendments made thereto.
C. 
No plat for which on-site sewage disposal is proposed shall be finally approved until there appears upon it a signed statement by an authorized agent of the Bucks County Department of Health indicating that all such lots are capable of providing on-site treatment.
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All electric, telephone and communications service facilities, both main and service lines, shall be provided by underground cables, installed in accordance with the prevailing standards and practices of the utility and other companies providing such services.
B. 
Where practicable, all utilities shall be located within the street right-of-way but outside the cartway. Otherwise, easements or rights-of-way of sufficient width for installation and maintenance shall be provided.
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Preliminary and final plans shall show locations of all utilities and shall be coordinated with required street tree plantings.
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]
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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.
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The Board of Supervisors may, when it deems necessary for the health, comfort, safety or welfare of the present and future population of the area, and necessary to the conservation of water, drainage and sanitary facilities, prohibit subdivision of any portion of the property which lies within areas containing floodplain soils.
B. 
These areas shall be preserved from any and all destruction or damage by clearing, grading or dumping of earth, waste material, stumps or other material of any kind.
C. 
When there is any proposed alteration of a stream, the applicant shall show evidence that all required approvals by state agencies have been obtained.
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Additional community facilities may be required to serve the proposed lots or dwellings in a subdivision or land development. Where a proposed park, playground or other public facility is shown in the Comprehensive Plan or Community Facilities Plan and is located in whole or in part in a subdivision or land development, the dedication or reservation of such area may be required by the Board of Supervisors in those cases in which it deems such requirement to be reasonable.
B. 
The Middletown Township Park and Recreation Board shall review all plans where public recreation facilities are proposed.
[Amended 12-1-1992 by Ord. No. 92-13; 3-1-1994 by Ord. No. 94-02]
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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.