This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Marlborough
Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance of 1994."
This chapter has been enacted in conformance with the provisions
of Act 247 of 1968, the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code,
as amended.
This chapter contains regulations which include, but are not
limited to, the following:
A. Provisions for the submittal and processing of plats for subdivisions
and land developments, and specifications for such plats, including
provisions for sketch, preliminary, and final plan processing and
approvals, and for processing of final approval by stages or sections
of development.
B. Provisions governing the standards by which streets shall be graded
and improved, and walkways, curbs, gutters, streetlights, fire hydrants,
water, sewage, and storm drainage facilities, and other improvements
shall be installed as conditions precedent to formal approval of plats.
The following are the purposes of this chapter:
A. To insure that development within the Township will be orderly, efficient,
integrated, and harmonious.
B. To insure that the layout and arrangement of subdivisions or land
developments shall conform to the Marlborough Township Comprehensive
Plan and to any regulations, maps, studies, and reports adopted in
furtherance thereof.
C. To insure that streets in and bordering a subdivision or land development
shall be coordinated, and be of such design, and in such locations
as deemed necessary to accommodate prospective traffic and parking,
and to facilitate fire protection and other emergency services.
D. To require adequate, appropriately located easements or rights-of-way
for utilities and storm drainage facilities.
E. To insure that any lands offered for dedication or otherwise reserved
for use as public or common grounds shall be of suitable size, configuration,
and topographical character for their designated uses.
F. To insure conformance of subdivision and land development proposals
with the availability of municipal services and public facilities,
and the coordination of intermunicipal programs.
G. To preserve lands subject to inundation or flooding from subdivision
or land development which would endanger life or property or further
aggravate or increase the existing flooding or inundation conditions.
H. To encourage and promote flexibility, economy, and ingenuity in the
layout and design of subdivisions and land developments, including
provisions authorizing the Township to modify the requirements of
this chapter in accordance with concepts and practices consistent
with the modern and evolving, generally accepted principles of site
planning and land development.
I. To provide equitable handling of all subdivision and land development
proposals by providing uniform procedures and standards.
J. To encourage subdivision and land development in accordance with
principles and practices which conserve energy, both during and after
construction, and which encourage the use of alternative energy sources
by the layout of the proposal and the siting of buildings.
K. To ensure conformance of subdivision and land development plans with
the public improvements of the Township, and coordination of intermunicipal,
county, and commonwealth improvement plans and programs.
L. To provide adequate open space for traffic, recreation, light and
air, and for proper distribution of population.
M. To preserve and protect natural resources such as, but not limited
to, wetland areas and groundwater reserves so as to maintain the quality
of life within the Township and adjacent lands.
The provisions of this chapter shall be the minimum requirements
to meet the above-stated purposes. Where the provisions of this chapter
impose greater restrictions than those of any other statute, ordinance,
or regulations, then the provisions of this chapter shall prevail.
Where the provisions of any other statute, ordinance or regulations
impose greater restrictions than those of this chapter, the provisions
of such statute, ordinance or regulations shall take precedence.
[Added 8-8-2007 by Ord. No. 07-08-01]
Lighting shall be designed in accordance with a plan developed by a utility company in accordance with the standards recommended in the IES Lighting Handbook and in Chapter
275, Zoning, Article
VIII, §
275-55, Lighting, applying whichever standards are strictest. Construction of highway lighting shall be in conformance with PennDOT Specifications Publication 408.