The final plat shall be submitted to the office of the Manager
within 60 days of the approval of the preliminary plat and shall meet
the following specifications:
A. The plat may include all or only a part of the plat as proposed in
the application. Additions to or deletions from the approved preliminary
plat shall be clearly noted as such.
B. The original linen tracing of the plat of the subdivision and eight
prints shall be included in the submission. The plan shall be in full
conformity with the format and forms for certificates and approvals
as adopted by the County Planning Commission.
C. The developer shall cause to be prepared an application and plans
and specifications for sanitary sewers for submission to the commonwealth.
The application to the commonwealth, along with the fee prescribed
from time to time by the commonwealth, and the plans and specifications,
shall be submitted to the Borough Engineer for transmission to the
commonwealth. If approval is required by the commonwealth, no work
shall be done in connection with the construction of sanitary sewers
until a permit is granted by the commonwealth.
D. The developer shall also present certificates from all utility companies
whose service it is contemplated will be employed in the subdivision,
stating that the final plan meets their requirements and specifications
insofar as the utility service which they provide is concerned.
E. The developer shall present detailed construction plans for all on-site
and off-site public improvements.
All of the following basic information shall be shown on the
drawings of the final plat:
A. Titles to the land of the total plat previously submitted for preliminary
approval and of adjacent land, all as shown on the deed registry sheets
of the County;
B. Accurate boundary lines, with metes and bounds, which provide a survey
of the tract;
C. Accurate distances between items shown thereon, as well as accurate
distances and directions to the nearest established street corners
or official monuments. Reference corners shall be accurately described
on the plan.
D. Accurate locations of all existing and recorded streets intersecting
the boundaries of the tract;
E. Street lines with accurate dimensions in feet and hundredths of feet
with angles to street, alley and lot lines;
G. Complete curve data for all curves included in the plan;
H. Lot numbers and dimensions;
I. Easements for utilities and limitations on such easements;
J. Accurate dimensions of any property to be dedicated or reserved for
public, semipublic or community use;
K. The locations of all monuments and lot markers;
L. The name of the subdivision;
M. The names and addresses of the owner and the developer;
N. The North point, graphic scale and date of the plat;
O. Certification by a registered professional engineer or a registered
land surveyor; and
P. Building setback lines, the minimum as fixed in the Zoning Code.
In order to defray a part of the costs incurred by the Borough
in inspecting the installation of the improvements required by this
chapter to ensure compliance with this chapter, the developer shall,
at the time he or she files the original tracing of the final plat
of a development, present a certified check or money order made payable
to the Borough in an amount equal to 2% of the estimate of the cost
of road construction, sanitary sewers and storm sewers approved by
the Borough Engineer.
Upon a finding by the Planning Commission that the final plat
submitted is in accordance with this chapter, the Chairman and Secretary
of the Commission shall endorse such approval on the plat and shall
submit the recommendation of the Commission to Council. When approved
by Council, the President and Secretary shall endorse such approval
and return the plat to the developer for recording purposes.
Approval of final plats by Council shall not be binding if county,
state or federal agencies find just cause to disapprove the development.
No plat shall be finally approved unless all of the streets shown on such plat have been improved, as may be required by this chapter, and until all walkways, curbs, gutters, streetlights, fire hydrants, water mains, sanitary sewers, storm sewers and other improvements required by this chapter have been installed in accordance with the same. In lieu of the completion of any improvements required as a condition for final approval of the plat, final approval may be granted if the developer has complied with §
300-57.
Upon recording the plat in the office of the County Recorder
of Deeds, the developer shall deliver to the Borough Secretary one
reproducible Mylar copy and four paper prints of the plat as recorded.