The contents of the Fairview Township Official Map show the
following elements and are on file in the office of the Zoning Administrator.
A. General mapping (from the Fairview Area Comprehensive Plan):
(1) The Long Range Highway System Plan Map.
(2) The public recreational/conservation element of the Future Land Use
Types Plan Map.
(3) The government portion (Township and school district) of the institutional
element of the Future Land Use Types Plan Map.
B. Specific mapping:
(1) North interchange area highway system.
(2) Fairfield Drive. Future extension of Fairfield Drive.
[Added 8-21-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-1]
(3) Platz Road. Future extension of Platz Road.
[Added 8-21-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-1]
(4) Eaton Road. Future extension of Eaton Road.
[Added 8-21-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-1]
(5) Fairview Township Referenced Road Name Map, December 2002.
[Added 8-21-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-1]
After adoption of the Official Map, or part thereof, all streets, watercourses and public grounds and the elements listed in §
241-1 on final, recorded plats which have been approved as provided by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, shall be deemed amendments to the Official Map. Notwithstanding any of the other terms of this article, no public hearing need be held or notice given if the amendment of the Official Map is the result of the addition of a subdivision or land development plat as provided by Chapter
334, Subdivision and Land Development.
The adoption of any street, street lines or other public lands
pursuant to this article as part of the Official Map shall not, in
and of itself, constitute or be deemed to constitute the opening or
establishment of any street nor the taking or acceptance of any land,
nor shall it obligate Fairview Township to improve or maintain any
such street or land. The adoption of proposed watercourses or public
grounds as part of the Official Map shall not, in and of itself, constitute
or be deemed to constitute a taking or acceptance of any land by Fairview
Township.
For the purpose of preserving the integrity of the Official Map of Fairview Township, no permit shall be issued for any building within the lines of any street, watercourse or public ground shown or laid out on the Official Map. No person shall recover any damages for the taking for public use of any building or improvements constructed within the lines of any street, watercourse or public ground after the same shall have been included in the Official Map, and any such building or improvement shall be removed at the expense of the owner. However, when the property of which the reserved location forms a part cannot yield a reasonable return to the owner unless a permit shall be granted, the owner may apply to the Board of Supervisors for the grant of a special encroachment permit to build. Before granting any special encroachment permit authorized in this section, the Board of Supervisors may submit the application for a special encroachment permit to the Planning Commission and allow the Planning Commission 30 days for review and comment and shall give public notice and hold a public hearing at which all parties in interest shall have an opportunity to be heard. A refusal by the Board of Supervisors to grant the special encroachment permit applied for maybe appealed by the applicant to the Zoning Hearing Board in the same manner, and within the same time limitation, as is provided in Chapter
395, Zoning.
The Board of Supervisors may fix the time for which streets,
watercourses and public grounds on the Official Map shall be deemed
reserved for future taking or acquisition for public use. However,
the reservation for public grounds shall lapse and become void one
year after an owner of such property has submitted a written notice
to the Board of Supervisors announcing his intentions to build, subdivide
or otherwise develop the land covered by the reservation, or has made
formal application for an official permit to build a structure for
private use, unless the Board of Supervisors shall have acquired the
property or begun condemnation proceedings to acquire such property
before the end of the year.