[Ord. 663, 6/20/1985, § 101]
This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Elizabethtown
Borough Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance."
[Ord. 663, 6/20/1985, § 102]
This Chapter has been designed and adopted to provide uniform
standards and procedures for the regulation of subdivision and land
development within the Borough of Elizabethtown. The purpose of such
regulation is to provide for the harmonious development of the Borough
by:
A.
Assisting in the orderly, efficient and integrated development of
land in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan of 1978.
B.
Assuring the coordination and conformance of subdivision and land
development plans with the public improvement plans of the Borough.
C.
Coordinating proposed streets and other proposed public improvements
with those existing.
D.
Assuring equitable and uniform handling of subdivision and land development
plans by providing uniform standards and procedures.
E.
Assuring the efficient and orderly extension of community facilities
and services at minimum cost and maximum convenience.
F.
Assuring that documents prepared as part of a land ownership transfer
fully and accurately describe the parcel of land being subdivided
and the new parcel(s) thus created.
G.
Assuring the greater health, safety, convenience and welfare of the
citizens of the Borough of Elizabethtown.
[Ord. 663, 6/20/1985, § 103]
1.
The Borough Council shall have the authority to approve or disapprove
all preliminary and final subdivision or land development plan applications
as required herein.
2.
The Borough Planning Commission is hereby designated as the agency
which shall review and make recommendations of all subdivision and
land development plan applications as required herein.
[Ord. 663, 6/20/1985, § 104]
1.
This Chapter shall apply to all subdivision and land development
plans submitted after the effective date of this Chapter.
2.
This Chapter shall apply to all subdivision and land development
plans, previously approved in accordance with any law or regulation
then applicable, the development of which has not been completed in
accordance with the terms of such approval within five years of such
approval.
3.
No subdivision or land development of any lot, tract or parcel of
land in the Borough of Elizabethtown shall be effected; no street,
sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water main, or other facilities in connection
herewith shall be laid out, constructed, opened or dedicated for public
use or travel, or for the common use of occupants of buildings thereon
unless and until a final subdivision or land development plan has
been approved by the Borough Council and publicly recorded in the
manner prescribed herein; nor otherwise in strict accordance with
the provisions of this Chapter.
4.
No lot in a subdivision may be sold; no permit to erect or alter
any building upon land in a subdivision or land development may be
issued; and no building may be erected or altered in a subdivision
or land development, unless and until a final subdivision or land
development plan has been approved by the Borough Council and recorded,
and until the improvements required in connection therewith have been
either constructed or guaranteed in a manner prescribed herein.
5.
All subdivision and land development plans are subject to the zoning
regulations as they apply to use and density requirements, setbacks,
height, parking and other such features.
[Ord. 663, 6/20/1985; as added by Ord. 829, 11/15/2001]
The following are exempt or partially exempt from the provisions
of this Chapter:
A.
The conversion of an existing single family detached dwelling or
single family dwelling semi-detached dwelling into not more than three
residential units, unless such units are intended to be a condominium;
B.
The addition of an accessory building, including farm buildings,
on a lot or lots subordinate to an existing principal building; or,
