This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as "The Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance of the Township
of Middletown."
This chapter is enacted for the following purposes,
among others:
A. To provide for the submittal and processing of plans,
including provisions for approval of sketch, preliminary and final
subdivision and land development plans.
B. To provide for the processing of final approval by
stages of development.
C. To provide specifications for all sketch, preliminary
and final subdivision and land development plans and standards for
all public improvements installed as a condition precedent to final
approval of plans.
D. To ensure that the layout or arrangement of the subdivision or land development conforms to Chapter
275, Zoning.
E. To provide standards for roads to facilitate the movement
of traffic and fire protection.
F. To provide standards for public improvements such
as roads, walkways, curbs, gutters, streetlights, fire hydrants, water
sewage facilities and other improvements and to ensure that such improvements
are installed as a condition precedent to final approval of plans.
G. To provide standards to ensure adequate easements
for pedestrians, drainage and utilities.
H. To promote the general health, safety and welfare
of the residents of the Township.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805, Art.
V, as amended, 53 P.S. § 10501 et seq.
The following are subject to the regulations
of this chapter:
A. The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous
lots, tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving: a group
of two or more residential or nonresidential buildings, whether proposed
initially or cumulatively, or a single nonresidential building on
a lot or lots regardless of the number of occupants or tenure; or
the division or allocation of land or space, whether initially or
cumulatively, between or among two or more existing or prospective
occupants by means of or for the purpose of streets, common areas,
leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features; except
that the addition of an accessory building, not to exceed 400 square
feet in area, on a lot or lots subordinate to an existing principal
building is exempt only from the aforementioned definition and plan
review and requirements process of this chapter and not the building
permit process and other applicable Township regulations.
B. A subdivision of land, including the division or redivision
of a lot, tract or parcel of land by any means into two or more lots,
tracts, parcels or other divisions of land, including changes in existing
lot lines, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of lease,
partition by the court for distribution to heirs or devisees, transfer
of ownership or building or lot development.
[Added 1-8-1990 by Ord. No. 460]
[Amended 11-20-1978 by Ord. No. 227; 12-14-1981 by Ord. No.
296]
A separate sanitary sewer agreement shall be
executed by the owner and the Middletown Township, Delaware County,
Sewer Authority, providing for the approval of the plans and specifications
by the Sewer Authority where sanitary sewers are to be installed and
for an appropriate inspection during the course of said construction.
The owner shall also provide a separate maintenance bond, approved
by said Sewer Authority, for an amount that will insure adequate maintenance
of said sewer system. The above-mentioned sanitary sewer agreement
shall also include an appropriate method of conveying said sanitary
sewer lines to the Middletown Township, Delaware County, Sewer Authority
and for the payment of all engineering and legal fees incurred by
said Sewer Authority in connection with said application, sanitary
sewer agreement and/or the construction of the sanitary sewer lines.