The financial security required pursuant to §
300-59 shall be released only upon the completion of all improvements required by the approved plans and the approval thereof by the Township Engineer. In the event that the required improvements are not completed within the required time period, the Township may declare the developer in default, take control of the financial security, and use the financial security to pay for the cost of installing any required improvements.
All sewers (capped and operative), water, gas, electric, telephone
and other pipes and conduits, and all service connections or laterals
shall be laid to the full width of the ultimate right-of-way, where
the need therefor can be reasonably anticipated, before streets are
paved. The arrangements for said service connections or laterals shall
be the responsibility of the subdivider, developer or builder.
Certain improvements beyond the geographical boundaries of a site to be subdivided and/or developed, including but not limited to road improvements, may be required to be constructed where it can clearly be demonstrated that such improvements have been made necessary solely through the additional burden imposed by the subdivision and/or development of the site. The Solicitor shall render final judgment in any instances where a dispute arises as to the direct causal relationship for the improvement(s). The subdivider or developer may be required to cover costs which must be incurred by the Township or other governmental jurisdiction in order to make these improvements feasible (for example, but not limited to, right-of-way acquisition). The legal and financial arrangements to cover the costs of the off-site improvements shall be the same as those herein prescribed for §
300-59, Required improvements.
Where owing to special conditions a literal enforcement of this
section would result in unnecessary hardship, the Board may permit
the sale of lots, issuance of permits, or erection of buildings where
a guarantee has been furnished, conditioned for the satisfactory completion
of improvements in accordance with the provisions of this chapter
and other applicable Township regulations, in such portion or portions
of the subdivision which the owner immediately intends to improve,
or upon which he immediately intends to erect any building or structure,
or from which he immediately intends to sell any lot or parcel fronting
on an unimproved street or road, or the Board may grant other reasonable
exceptions to the provisions of this chapter as will not be contrary
to the public interest, subject to conditions necessary to assure
adequate streets and other public improvements.