All of the required improvements specified in this article shall be constructed in accordance with the municipality's standards for construction and all other applicable municipal, county, and state regulations.
Concrete monuments shall be set at the intersection of all lines forming angles in the boundary of the subdivision. Iron or steel markers shall be set at the beginning and ending of all curves along street property lines; at all points where lot lines intersect curves, either front or rear; at all angles in property lines of lots and at all other lot corners.
The streets shall be graded to the grades and dimensions shown on plans and profiles approved by the Council and shall include the following improvements:
A. 
Suitable drainage structures, culverts, storm sewers, ditches and related installations shall be provided to ensure adequate drainage of all points along the streets.
B. 
Street and underground construction shall conform to Municipal Standard Specifications, which by reference is made a part hereof as if attached hereto.
C. 
The curbs, base depth and surface depth shall be in conformance with Table 303, Minimum Improvement Standards for Public Ways.
D. 
All streets shall be constructed on a prepared subgrade conforming to Section 210 of the publication of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Highways, Form 408 Specifications (latest editions).
E. 
Paving shall be required on all streets.
[Amended 2-11-2019 by Ord. No. 298[1]]
The construction of a storm drainage system shall comply with Chapter 147 of the Borough Code of Ordinances, "Stormwater Management."
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Appendix E, Stormwater Management, which was included as an attachment to this chapter.
The developer shall construct a system of water mains with a connection for each lot utilizing public water supply. If water is to be provided by means other than by private wells owned and maintained by the individual owners of lots within the subdivision, applicants shall present evidence to the Council that the subdivision is to be supplied by a certificated public utility, a bona fide cooperative association of lot owners or by a municipal corporation, authority or utility. A copy of a certificate of public convenience from a Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission or an application for such certificate, a cooperative agreement or a commitment or agreement to serve the area in question, whichever is appropriate, shall be acceptable evidence.
The developer shall provide the subdivision with a complete sanitary sewer system to be connected to the municipal sanitary system.
Every lot in a subdivision shall be capable of being served by utilities, and the necessary easements shall be provided. Electric, gas and other utility distribution lines shall be installed within public rights-of-way or within properly designated easements. To the fullest extent possible, underground utility lines located in street rights-of-way shall not be installed beneath existing or proposed paved areas except at intersections and, in any case, shall be placed in conduit which has been installed prior to the placement of any paving.
Sidewalks may be provided in all new residential subdivisions and may be required in commercial and industrial developments, where appropriate. Sidewalks built under this section shall be of reinforced concrete, not less than four feet in width and not less than four inches in depth.
Shade trees of a variety approved by Bell Acres Borough and having a caliper not less than 1 1/2 inches shall be planted on the developer's side of any existing street and on both sides of every new street in the subdivision. The number of trees planted shall not be less than that required by a uniform spacing of the trees of 60 feet apart for each side of the street.
Street name signs of a type adopted or approved by the Council shall be installed at each street intersection by the developer, on a location specified by the Municipal Engineer.
On a corner lot or any point of entry on a public road, nothing shall be erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner which obscures vision between the height of 1 1/2 feet and 10 feet above ground level as measured from the center-line grades of the intersecting streets and within the area bounded by the street lines of such corner lots and a line joining points on these street lines of such corner lots 25 feet from their intersection along the lot lines.