[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of West Donegal 4-29-2010 by Ord. No. 184-2010. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
A.
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code ("MPC")[1] authorizes the Board of Supervisors to adopt an Official
Map for the Township-designated areas reserved for future streets,
parks and open spaces, and other municipal facilities. In accordance
with Article IV of the MPC, the Township enacted Ordinance No. 139-02,
adopting an Official Map. Ordinance No. 139-02 was recorded at Document
No. 5113546 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania. The West Donegal Township Official Map was recorded
at Subdivision Plan Book J-214, Page 90, in the Office of the Recorder
of Deeds in and for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
B.
West Donegal Township, together with Elizabethtown Borough, Conoy
Township, and Mount Joy Township have undertaken the preparation of
the Regional Strategic Plan for Elizabethtown Borough and the Townships
of Conoy, Mount Joy, and West Donegal (the "Regional Plan"). The Regional
Plan includes recommended changes to the West Donegal Township Official
Map. In accordance with such recommendations, the Board of Supervisors
has prepared a revision to the West Donegal Township Official Map
and has solicited the reviews of the Township Planning Commission,
Lancaster County Planning Commission, and adjoining municipalities
into which road improvements will extend as shown on the proposed
Official Map. The Board of Supervisors has further held a public hearing
on the revision to the West Donegal Township Official Map in accordance
with the requirements of Article IV of the MPC.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of West Donegal hereby
adopts that map entitled "West Donegal Township Official Map Recreational
Facilities and Transportation Facilities," prepared by Traffic Planning
and Design, Inc., dated March 2010, attached hereto and incorporated
herein, as the Official Map of West Donegal Township.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Official Map is on file in the Township
office.
The proper officials of the Township are authorized to take
all steps necessary to record the Official Map in the Office of the
Recorder of Deeds in and for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, as required
by Section 402(c) of the MPC.[1] The proper officials of the Township are further authorized
to transmit certified copies of the Official Map to those entities
required to be provided with copies by the MPC.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10402(c).
The provisions of Article IV of the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, as amended, are hereby incorporated by reference to
govern the effect of the adoption of the Official Map, issuance of
permits and approvals for land reserved on the Official Map, and all
other matters relating to the Official Map.
