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.