All applications for preliminary plan approval submitted to the Township
Planning Commission shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
A. The preliminary plan shall be drawn at a scale of one
inch equals 100 feet or greater detail.
B. Existing land uses shall be shown for the subject property
and adjacent land areas.
C. A location map shall be included which relates the development
site to contiguous areas of the community, highway systems and other significant
developments.
D. The plan shall show or be accompanied by the following:
(1) Draft of protective covenants, if any.
(2) Title to include:
(a)
Name by which the subdivision will be recorded.
(b)
Location by municipality, county and state.
(c)
Names and addresses of the owner or owners.
(d)
Name and seal of the registered land surveyor who prepared
the plan.
(e)
North point, date and graphic scale.
(3) Existing easements, their location, width and distance.
(4) Contours shall be shown at vertical intervals of 20 feet.
Contour data of greater detail may be required for land areas with slope of
5% or less. Contour lines must extend a sufficient distance on all sides of
the property perimeter to determine adjacent topographic influences.
(5) Datum to which contour elevations refer.
(7) Existing physical features to include:
(a)
Watercourses, culverts, bridges and drains.
(b)
Buildings, sewers, water mains and fire hydrants, water
wells and septic facilities.
(c)
Streets on or adjacent to the tract, including name,
right-of-way widths and cartway widths.
(d)
Telephone conduit line, electric power transmission lines,
petroleum product lines and other significant man-made features.
(8) Proposed improvements shall include (in scale dimensions):
(a)
Location, name and width of all proposed streets and
paved cartways.
(b)
All rights-of-way, easements and the purposes for which
they are to be established
(c)
Lot lines of all parcels.
(e)
Reservations of ground for public or common use.
(f)
General drainage plan for stormwater to include proposed
flow of stormwater in relation to natural channels.
(g)
A plan of proposed water distribution systems.
(h)
A plan of the proposed sanitary sewerage system or a
plan, where required, showing the type of on-lot sewage disposal facilities.
This plan shall be in accordance with the "Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities
Act" (Act 537), as amended.
(i)
Proposed land use of the improvements.
(j)
Names and addresses of abutting property owners.
(k)
Where the preliminary plan covers only a part of the
subdivider's entire holding, a sketch shall be submitted of the prospective
street layout of the remainder of the land.
E. The subdivider shall provide such additional information
as may be required by the Planning Commission or governing body to more fully
evaluate the proposed subdivision and its effect on adjacent property or the
Township as a whole. Such information may include:
(1) Street profiles showing existing ground elevations and
proposed center-line street grades.
(2) Subsurface condition of the tract.
(3) Typical cross sections of roadways and sidewalks.
(4) Sizes of water pipes and location of valves and fire
hydrants.
(5) Location of manholes, invert elevations, grades and sizes
of sanitary sewers.
(6) If the proposed subdivision, or a part thereof, is located
in a designated floodplain, base flood elevation data shall be contained in
the plan.
(7) If the proposed subdivision is located in or within proximity
to a wetlands area, plans and measures for the protection of said area shall
be included as a part of the application for subdivision approval.
(8) The size, location and use of structures on adjacent
lands within 25 feet of the proposed subdivision shall be shown in all instances
where public rights-of-way or private accessways are contemplated along or
within 25 feet of the perimeter of the subdivision.
(9) Report on erosion control and related factors after consultation
with the Beaver County Soil Conservation District.
F. The subdivider shall pay the cost of planning, engineering
and related professional and technical assistance and studies determined necessary
by the Planning Commission and/or governing body.