A.
The purpose of this article is to establish required improvements.
B.
All improvements shall be constructed in accordance with the specifications
of this chapter.
C.
If it is determined during the course of the review that off-site
improvements are necessary to satisfactorily accomplish the objectives
and requirements of this chapter, the applicant shall be also responsible
for the installation of the off-site improvements or cost thereof.
The improvements included in this article are minimum requirements.
However, the Penndel Borough Council reserves the right in any case
to increase the same if conditions so warrant.
The minimum requirements of improvements shall be those contained
in the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's Specifications
(Form 408), as last revised.
Adequate provisions for the satisfactory maintenance of all
improvements shall be made by means acceptable to the Borough.
A.
The construction of streets, roads and driveways, as shown upon final
plans and as contained in contract agreements, shall in every respect
conform to such requirements as the Borough may by resolution require
for the construction of streets.
B.
All streets shall be graded as shown on the street profiles and cross-section
plan submitted with the preliminary plan and approved with the final
plan.
C.
Along the existing street on which a subdivision or land development
abuts, improvements required by this chapter shall be made.
A.
The developer shall erect at every street intersection a street sign
or street signs having thereon the names of the intersecting streets.
At intersections where streets cross, there shall be at least two
such street signs, and at the intersections where one street ends
at or joins with another street, there shall be at least one such
street sign.
B.
All street signs shall conform to those standards, whereas street
signs shall be acquired from the Borough for all intersections and
installed by the developer at the developer's expense and shall
be installed before any of the dwellings on the street are occupied.
The developer shall install or cause to be installed, at the
developer's expense, streetlights serviced by underground conduit
in accordance with a plan to be prepared by the developer's engineer
and approved by the Philadelphia Electric Company and by the Borough
Council. Provisions shall be made for energizing said lighting after
50% or more of the dwelling units in a given subdivision or land development
or section of a subdivision or land development have been occupied.
The developer shall be responsible for all costs involved in lighting
the streets.
A.
Monuments shall be placed at each change in direction of boundary;
two to be placed at each street intersection and one on one side of
each street at angle points and at the beginning and end of curves.
Utility easements shall be monumented at their beginning and at their
end, and areas to be conveyed for public use shall be fully monumented
at their external boundaries.
B.
Monuments shall be placed in the ground after final grading is completed
at a time specified by the Borough Engineer. Monumentation of the
external boundaries of the subdivision must be completed prior to
final plan approval.
C.
All monuments shall be certified for accuracy by the developer's
engineer to within 3/100 of a foot.
A.
All sidewalks shall be constructed in accordance with this chapter
and Borough specifications. These standards shall apply on all new
streets and on existing streets.
B.
Within multifamily residential developments, it is required to install
sidewalks, on-site walks for convenience and access to all living
units from streets, driveways, parking areas or garages and for convenient
circulation and access to all project facilities.
C.
Width, alignment and gradient of walks shall provide safety and convenience
for pedestrian traffic. Small jogs in the alignment shall be avoided.
D.
The alignment and gradient of walks shall be coordinated with the
grading plan to prevent the passage of concentrated surface water
on or across the walk and to prevent the pocketing of surface water
by walks.
A.
Curbs shall be provided as required by this chapter.
B.
All curbs shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the standards and specifications of this chapter, as set forth in § 355-38.
(1)
Curbs shall be provided along both sides of streets for they are
essential for drainage purposes, unless in the opinion of the Council,
with the advice of the Borough Engineer, they are unnecessary.
(2)
Along existing boundary streets, curbs shall be constructed and the
existing paved cartway shall be widened to the curb. The location
of the curbing along a boundary street shall be determined by the
width of the existing or future right-of-way of the road as established
by the Borough Council and in accordance with those standards, whereas
curb is required only where the Borough Engineer determines it is
essential for drainage purposes.
(3)
All curbs shall be designed and constructed in accordance with Pennsylvania
Department of Highways Specifications, Form 408, 1950, Section 2.25.
The developer shall construct stormwater drainage facilities,
including retention and detention basins, curbs, catch basins and
inlets, storm sewers, culverts, road ditches, open channels and other
structures required by this chapter.
Where public water is not accessible or required, water shall
be furnished on an individual lot basis. If wells are installed on
each lot, the well shall be of the drilled type, cased and grout-sealed.
A.
Sanitary sewers shall be installed and connected to the public sanitary
sewer system.
B.
All public sanitary sewers shall be designed and constructed in accordance
with the Sewerage Manual issued by the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection and the specifications of the Bucks County
Water and Sewer Authority.
C.
No public sanitary sewer or treatment plant shall be constructed
until plans and specifications have been submitted to the State Department
of Environmental Protection and the Penndel Borough Council and approved
in accordance with existing laws.
A.
If public sewer facilities are not available, the applicant shall
provide for sewage disposal on an individual lot basis according to
the rules, regulations, terms, definitions and conditions of the individual
sewage disposal system application and certification procedure for
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, adopted by the Bucks County Board of Commissioners
on March 24, 1971, and any amendments made thereto.
B.
No plat for which on-site sewage disposal is proposed shall be finally
approved until there appears upon it a signed statement by an authorized
agent of the Bucks County Department of Health indicating that all
such lots are capable of providing on-site treatment.
A.
All electric, telephone and communications service facilities, both
main and service lines, shall be provided by underground cables, installed
in accordance with the prevailing standards and practices of the utility
and other companies providing such services.
B.
Where practicable, all utilities shall be located within the street
right-of-way but outside the cartway. Otherwise, easements or rights-of-way
of sufficient width for installation and maintenance shall be provided.
C.
Preliminary and final plans shall show locations of all utilities
and shall be coordinated with required street tree planting.
A.
Street trees and other required planting shall be in accordance with
this chapter.
B.
Street trees and other required plant material shall not be planted
until the finished grading of the subdivision or land development
has been completed.
C.
Plans for proposed street planting or buffer zone planting shall
be reviewed by the Shade Tree Commission during the preliminary plan
process and approved by Borough Council.
D.
Replacements shall be made during the first spring or fall planting
season following the death of plants. The cost of such replacements
shall be borne by the developer.
