This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Lower Gwynedd Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance
of 1976," as amended.
These regulations are adopted to create conditions
favorable to the health, safety, convenience and general welfare of
the citizens of Lower Gwynedd Township:
(a) To ensure that sites will be suitable for building
purposes and human habitation, commercial and industrial operations
and other uses for which land may be used.
(b) To assist in the orderly, efficient, integrated and
harmonious development of land within the Township.
(c) To provide for the coordination of existing streets
and public utilities with new facilities.
(d) To ensure the conformance of subdivision and land
development plans with public improvements of the Township and coordination
of intermunicipal, county and commonwealth improvement plans and programs.
(e) To provide for the efficient and orderly extension
of community services and facilities at minimum cost and maximum convenience.
(f) To ensure conformance of land utilization with the
Lower Gwynedd Township Comprehensive Plan and the Lower Gwynedd Township
Zoning Ordinance, as amended.
(g) To provide for adequate open space, road improvements,
recreation, light and air, proper distribution of population, new
streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, streetlights, easements, rights-of-way,
stormwater management facilities and those improvements deemed necessary
for present and prospective needs of the community.
(h) To assure the equitable and just processing of subdivision
and land development plans by uniform procedures and standards for
the observance by both the applicant and the Township officials.
(i) To encourage and promote flexibility, economy and
ingenuity in the layout and design of subdivisions and land developments,
including authority for the Board of Supervisors to alter site requirements
in order to encourage other practices which are in accordance with
modern and evolving principles of site planning and development.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held
to be the minimum requirements to meet the above stated purposes.
(a) Where the provisions of this chapter impose greater
restrictions than those of any statute, other ordinance or regulation,
the provisions of this chapter shall prevail.
(b) Where the provisions of any statute, other ordinance
or regulation impose greater restrictions than those of this chapter,
the provisions of such statute, ordinance or regulation shall prevail.
(c) This chapter does not repeal, abrogate, annul or in
any way impair or interfere with existing provisions of other laws
or ordinances, except those specifically or impliedly repealed by
this chapter, or any private restriction placed upon property by covenant,
deed or other private agreement unless repugnant hereto.