No person who is the owner or the agent of the owner of any
lot, tract or parcel of land shall lay out, construct, open or dedicate
any street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water main or other improvement
for public use, travel or other purpose, or for the common use of
occupants of buildings abutting thereon, or sell, transfer or agree
or enter into an agreement to sell or transfer any land in a subdivision
or land development, whether by reference to or by other use of a
plat of such subdivision or land development, or erect any building
thereon, unless and until a final plat has been prepared in compliance
with the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (Act 247, as amended) and this chapter and with the regulations adopted pursuant
to this chapter, and has been recorded as provided in this chapter.
This section shall apply to all subdivisions and/or land developments
and to all zoning classifications in the Borough.
Council shall not approve any plat unless all streets shown
thereon are of a width and grade as set forth in Table I, following
this chapter, and are so located as to accommodate the projected volume
of traffic thereon, afford adequate light and air, facilitate fire
protection and provide access of fire-fighting equipment to buildings,
adequate community safety and a coordinated system of streets conforming
to the Borough's plan of streets. A subdivision abutting and
having its access upon a public street which does not meet the width
requirements of Table I shall not be approved by Council. In the case
of a subdivision for commercial, industrial and public purposes, no
street giving access upon an arterial street shall be located closer
than 200 feet, along the same side of such arterial street, to any
driveway, public or private street in the same or another subdivision.
Council shall encourage and promote flexibility, economy and
ingenuity in the layout and design of subdivisions and land developments,
as well as provide authorization for the Planning Commission to alter
site requirements and to encourage other practices which are in accordance
with modern and evolving principles of site planning and development.
Under this chapter, and when recommended by the Commission, Council
shall have the authority to approve applicable changes within its
jurisdiction that are otherwise restricted by this chapter.