In accordance with the administrative regulations promulgated
by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development,
Strategic and Operations Office, to implement the Pennsylvania Floodplain
Management Act, the following activities shall be prohibited within
any identified floodplain area unless a special permit has been issued
by Rostraver Township:
A. The commencement of any of the following activities or construction,
enlargement or expansion of any structure used or intended to be used
for any of the following activities:
B. The commencement of or any construction of a new manufactured home
park or manufactured home subdivision or substantial improvement to
an existing manufactured home park or manufactured home subdivision.
Applicants for special permits shall provide five copies of
the following items:
A. A written request, including a completed zoning permit application
form
B. A small-scale map showing the vicinity in which the proposed site
is located.
C. A plan of the entire site, clearly and legibly drawn at a scale of
one inch being equal to 100 feet or less, showing the following:
(1) North arrow, scale and date;
(2) Topography based upon the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1988,
showing existing and proposed contours at intervals of two feet;
(3) All property and lot lines, including dimensions and the size of
the site expressed in acres or square feet;
(4) The location of all existing streets, drives, other accessways and
parking areas, with information concerning widths, pavement types
and construction and elevations;
(5) The location of any existing bodies of water or watercourses, buildings,
structures and other public or private facilities, including railroad
tracks and facilities and any other natural and man-made features
affecting or affected by the proposed activity or development;
(6) The location of the floodplain boundary line, information and spot
elevations concerning the one-hundred-year-flood elevations and information
concerning the flow of water including direction and velocities;
(7) The location of all proposed buildings, structures, utilities and
any other improvements; and
(8) Any other information which the municipality considers necessary
for adequate review of the application.
D. Plans of all proposed buildings, structures and other improvements,
clearly and legibly drawn at suitable scale showing the following:
(1) Sufficiently detailed architectural or engineering drawings, including
floor plans, sections and exterior building elevations as appropriate;
(2) For any proposed building, the elevation of the lowest floor including
basement) and, as required, the elevation of any other floor;
(3) Complete information concerning flood, depths, pressures, velocities,
impact and uplift forces and other factors associated with the one-hundred-year
flood;
(4) Detailed information concerning any proposed floodproofing measures;
(5) Cross-section drawings for all proposed streets, drives, other accessways
and parking areas, showing all rights-of-way and pavement widths;
(6) Profile drawings for all proposed streets, drives and vehicular accessways,
including existing and proposed grades; and
(7) Plans and profiles of all proposed sanitary and storm sewer systems,
water supply systems and any other utilities and facilities.
E. The following data and documentation:
(1) Certification from the applicant that the site upon which the activity
or development is proposed is an existing separate and single parcel,
owned by the applicant or the client he represents;
(2) Certification from a registered professional engineer, architect
or landscape architect that the proposed construction has been adequately
designed to protect against damage from the one-hundred-year flood;
(3) A statement, certified by a registered professional engineer architect,
landscape architect or other qualified person, which contains a complete
and accurate description of the nature and extent of pollution that
might possibly occur from the development during the course of a one-hundred-year
flood, including a statement concerning the effects such pollution
may have on human life;
(4) A statement, certified by a registered professional engineer, architect
or landscape architect, which contains a complete and accurate description
of the effects the proposed development will have on one-hundred-year-flood
elevations and flows;
(5) A statement, certified by a registered professional engineer, architect
or landscape architect, which contains a complete and accurate description
of the kinds and amount of any loose buoyant materials or debris that
may possibly exist or be located on the site below the one-hundred-year-flood
elevation and the effects such materials and debris may have on one-hundred-year-flood
elevations and flows;
(6) The appropriate component of the Department of Environmental Protection's
Planning Module for Land Development;
(7) Where any excavation or grading is proposed, a plan meeting the requirements
of the Department of Environmental Protection to implement and maintain
erosion and sedimentation control;
(8) Any other applicable permits such as, but not limited to, a permit
for any activity regulated by the Department of Environmental Protection
under Section 302 of Act 1978-166;
(9) An evacuation plan which fully explain the manner in which the site
will be safely evacuated before or during the course of a one-hundred-year
flood.
Upon receipt of an application for a special permit by Rostraver Township, the following procedures shall apply in addition to those of Article
III:
A. Within three working days following receipt of the application, a
complete copy of the application and all accompanying documentation
shall be forwarded to the County Planning Commission by registered
or certified mail for its review and recommendations. Copies of the
application shall also be forward to the Township Planning Agency
and Township Engineer for review and comment.
B. If an application is received that is incomplete, the Township shall
notify the applicant, in writing, stating in what respect the application
is deficient.
C. If the Township decides to disapprove an application, it shall notify
the applicant, in writing, of the reasons for the disapproval.
D. If the Township approves an application, it shall file written notification,
together with the application and all pertinent information, with
the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development,
Strategic Planning and Operations Office, by registered or certified
mail, within five working days after the date of approval.
E. Before issuing the special permit, the Township shall allow the Pennsylvania
Department of Community and Economic Development, Strategic Planning
and Operations Office, 30 days, after receipt of the notification
by the Department, to review the application and decision made by
the Township.
F. If the Township does not receive any communication from the Pennsylvania
Department of Community and Economic Development, Strategic Planning
and Operations Office, during the thirty-day review period, it may
issue a special permit to the applicant.
G. If the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development,
Strategic Planning and Operations Office, should decide to disapprove
an application, it shall notify the Township and the applicant, in
writing, of the reasons for the disapproval and the Township shall
not issue the special permit.