A.
This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "West Bradford
Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance."
B.
This chapter shall become effective five days after adoption and
shall remain in effect until modified, amended or rescinded by the
Board of Supervisors of West Bradford Township.
The purpose of this chapter is to support the policies of the West Bradford Township Comprehensive Plan, as amended, the West Bradford Township Open Space, Recreation and Environmental Protection Plan, as amended, and to support and complement the provisions of Chapter 450, Zoning, as amended, and for the following purposes:[1]
A.
To assist in the orderly, efficient and integrated development of
land in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan.
B.
To provide for a safe, convenient and functional system of vehicular
traffic on streets of such width, grade and location as to accommodate
prospective traffic as determined by existing and probable future
land and building uses.
C.
To ensure coordination and conformance of subdivision and land development
plans with the public improvement plans of the Township and to coordinate
with the development of surrounding municipalities.
D.
To provide for the proper extension of community services and facilities
at minimum cost and maximum convenience.
E.
To establish uniform standards and procedures.
F.
To provide for arrangement of blocks and streets so as to assure
open spaces for traffic, recreation, light and air and the proper
distribution of population, thereby creating conditions favorable
to the general health, safety and welfare of the residents of the
Township.
G.
To assure that sites proposed for subdivision or land development
are suitable for development and human habitation.
H.
To encourage subdivisions and land development to be harmonious with
and protective of the existing natural resources of West Bradford
Township.
I.
To provide proper procedures for regulating and recording of all
public and private easements and rights-of-way within West Bradford
Township.
B.
No subdivision of any lot, tract or parcel of land or land development
shall be effected, and no street, alley, sanitary sewer, stormwater
sewer, water main, or other facilities in connection therewith shall
be laid out, constructed, opened or dedicated for public or private
use, except in strict accordance with this chapter.
C.
No lot in a subdivision or land development may be sold, no permit
to erect, alter or repair any building upon land in a subdivision
or land development may be issued, and no building may be erected
in a subdivision or land development unless and until a subdivision
or land development plan has been approved and, where required, recorded
and until the required improvements in connection therewith have either
been constructed or the completion thereof has been assured by proof
of a bond or the deposit of funds or securities in escrow sufficient
to cover the cost of the required improvements as estimated by the
Township Engineer.
A subdivision and/or land development shall be in conformity
with this chapter and all standards and specifications adopted as
part of such ordinance.
In the interpretation and application of the provisions of this
chapter, the said provisions shall be held to be minimum requirements
for the promotion and protection of the public health, safety and
welfare. Where the provisions of this chapter and all standards and
specifications adopted under it impose greater restrictions than those
of any statute, other ordinance, or regulations, the provisions of
this chapter and its standards and specifications shall be controlling.
Where the provisions of any statute, other ordinance or regulations
impose greater restrictions than this chapter, the provisions of such
statute, ordinance or regulation shall be controlling.
The Board of Supervisors shall have jurisdiction and control
of subdivision and land development within the Township limits. In
order that the actions of the Board of Supervisors under this chapter
may be correlated with all relevant data and procedures, the Board
of Supervisors hereby designates the Township Planning Commission
as the agency of the Board of Supervisors:
A.
To which all applications relating to either preliminary or final
approval of subdivision and land development plans shall be referred
upon submission to the Board of Supervisors;
B.
With which applicants shall hold all preliminary consultations relating
to the plans;
C.
Which shall make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors concerning
approval, disapproval, modification and conditions of approval of
such plans; and
D.
Which shall make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors concerning
the interpretation of and the granting of waivers to provisions and
standards of this chapter.
