[Ord. 664, 7/8/1964, § 4.1]
1. 
When a subdivider is ready to subdivide his property, he shall prepare penciled sketches which shall show the following:
A. 
The tract in relation to the rest of the community and the nearest community facilities, such as schools and playgrounds.
B. 
The tract in relation to adjacent properties.
C. 
Existing tree clusters, watercourses, water, sanitary and storm mains and natural drainage patterns, all within 200 feet of the tract.
D. 
Topography with contour intervals of five feet.
E. 
The approximate layout of proposed lots, streets and other improvements.
2. 
The subdivider shall then request through the Manager an informal review by the Borough Engineer. Upon completion of this review, the Manager shall transmit the sketches and the Engineer's report to the Planning Commission for its informal review. The subdivider is encouraged to attend this review session. Revisions to the sketches and more than one informal review may be necessary before the subdivider and the Planning Commission can agree on a course of action leading to a formal application for subdivision approval. However, this preliminary agreement shall be tentative only and shall not commit the Planning Commission or Council in any way.
[Ord. 664, 7/8/1964, § 4.2]
The subdivider shall then submit his formal application, meeting the requirements of § 401, to the Manager, who shall:
A. 
Forward one copy of each of the three documents submitted to the Borough Engineer.
B. 
Forward one copy of each of the three documents to the Secretary of the Planning Commission, plus one additional copy of the final subdivision plan.
C. 
Retain one copy of each of the three documents for his files.
[Ord. 664, 7/8/1964, § 4.3]
The Borough Engineer shall approve the construction plan when it meets all Borough standards and specifications applicable to the improvements called for in §§ 601 through 606.
[Ord. 664, 7/8/1964, § 4.4]
1. 
The Planning Commission, in consultation with the Borough Engineer or other interested officials, shall approve or disapprove the final subdivision plan. If the plan is approved, the Chairman shall so signify on one copy and forward it to the Secretary of the County Planning Commission for review by that body. After report of review has been received, and after any changes recommended by such report have been incorporated in the final subdivision plan, the Chairman of the Borough Planning Commission shall approve and sign one copy of the plan for presentation to Council for its approval.
2. 
If no report is received from the County Planning Commission within 20 days, the plan shall be considered to have its approval and may be presented to Council.
3. 
If the plan is disapproved by the Borough Planning Commission, the subdivider shall be so notified, and the reasons for disapproval shall be given to him in writing.
[Ord. 664, 7/8/1964, § 4.5; as amended by Ord. 762, 2/6/1970, § 1]
1. 
Upon receipt of approval from the Borough and County Planning Commissions, the subdivider shall submit to Council for its approval the following:
A. 
One tracing of the final subdivision plan as approved by the Planning Commission.
B. 
The approved paper copy of the final subdivision plan.
C. 
The approved construction plan.
Before acting on a subdivision plan, Council may arrange for a public hearing, giving that notice as it may deem advisable in each case.
2. 
If Council approves the final subdivision plan, the President of Council shall so signify on the linen tracing, as well as on the paper copy previously approved by the Planning Commission. The approved linen tracing shall be returned to the subdivider for filing with the Recorder of Deeds in Bucks County. Filing shall be made within 90 days of the date of approval by Council. The approved paper copy shall be passed to the Manager; it shall then be filed in his office as a public record.
3. 
Council may disapprove the plans if it finds that the plans do not conform to Borough standards and specifications legally in effect at the time of Planning Commission approval or if a waiver of one or more of those standards or specifications by the Planning Commission would be prejudicial to the intent of this chapter. If disapproved, the Council shall return the plans to the subdivider and notify him in writing of the reasons for disapproval.
[Ord. 664, 7/8/1964, § 4.6]
1. 
Within 30 days after approval of a subdivision by Council, the subdivider shall deliver to the Secretary a performance guarantee in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of all public improvements, excluding buildings, required by this chapter, as estimated by the Borough Engineer, in a form approved by the Borough Solicitor and with surety represented by a bond or a deposit of funds or securities in escrow, guaranteeing the construction and installation of all the improvements within a stated period, which shall not be longer than three years from the date of subdivision approval; and if that performance guarantee is not so delivered, the approval shall expire 30 days after the date of subdivision approval.
2. 
Upon written application signed by both obligor and surety of a performance guarantee in a form approved by the Solicitor, Council may, at its discretion, extend the period by not more than three additional years or (when the improvements have been partially completed) reduce the amount of the performance guarantee by formal resolution. In the event of the default under a performance guarantee, the proceeds of the performance guarantee received by the Borough shall be used to construct and install the improvements.
[Ord. 664, 7/8/1964, § 4.7; as amended by Ord. 762, 2/6/1970, § 2]
Any person, partnership or corporation who or which, being the owner or 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 improvements for public use, travel or other purposes or for the common use of occupants of buildings abutting thereon, or who sells, transfers or agrees or enters into an agreement to sell any land in a subdivision or land development, whether by reference to or by use of a plat of the subdivision or land development or otherwise, or erect any building thereon, unless and until a final plan has been prepared in full compliance with the provisions of this chapter and of the regulations adopted hereunder and which has been recorded as provided herein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, the person, or the members of that partnership, or the officers of that corporation, or the agent of any of them, responsible for the violation shall pay a fine not exceeding $100 per lot or parcel or per dwelling within each lot or parcel.
[Ord. 664, 7/8/1964, § 4.8]
Any person aggrieved by action of the Planning Commission may make appeal in writing to Council within 10 days of the date of action of the Planning Commission. Any person aggrieved by refusal of Council to approve a subdivision plan may appeal by petition to the Court of Common Pleas within 30 days.
[Ord. 664, 7/8/1964, § 4.9]
Where strict application of the standards and specifications contained in this chapter would present an undue hardship on the developer, upon recommendation of the Planning Commission and in the interest of the community, Council may waive certain of the standards and specifications, which waiver shall be clearly defined and approved on the final subdivision plan signed by the President of Council.