A. 
Permit. For the purposes of preserving the integrity of the Coolbaugh Township Official Map, no permit shall be issued for any building within the lines of any public street or public ground shown on the Official Map or any land identified for acquisition/easement on the Official Map except in accord with this chapter. The applicant may:
(1) 
Apply for special encroachment permit in accord with § 275-9; or
(2) 
Apply for a permit or provide notice in accord with § 275-10.
B. 
Damages. No person shall recover any damages for the taking for public use of any building or improvements constructed within the lines of any public street or public ground or land identified for acquisition/easement 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.
A. 
Application. 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 so build.
B. 
Planning Commission review. 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 Coolbaugh Township Planning Commission and/or the Monroe County Planning Commission and allow each Planning Commission 30 days to review and comment on the special encroachment permit.
C. 
Public hearing. The Board of Supervisors shall give public notice and hold a public hearing within 60 days of the filing of a complete application at which all parties in interest shall have an opportunity to be heard.
D. 
Decision. The Board of Supervisors shall render a decision in accord with the procedures of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended,[1] for hearings before the Board.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
E. 
Issued permit. If the special encroachment permit is issued by the Board of Supervisors, the property shall remain on the Official Map and the time limitations in § 275-10A shall not apply.
F. 
Refusal; appeal. A refusal by the Board of Supervisors to grant the special encroachment permit may be appealed by the applicant before the Zoning Hearing Board in the same manner, and within the same time limitations, as is provided in Article IX of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as amended,[2] and § 275-20 of this chapter.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10901 et seq.
A. 
Time limitations on reservations. The Board of Supervisors shall fix the time for which land identified for acquisition/easement as shown on the Official Map shall be deemed reserved for future taking or acquisition/easement for public purposes. The reservation shall lapse and become void after the 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 a Township building 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 following time periods as measured from the date the property owner provided notice or made formal application to the Township:
(1) 
Accessory uses. The reservation period for any action which requires a building/zoning permit which is for an accessory use as defined by Chapter 400, Zoning, of the Code of the Township of Coolbaugh shall be 60 days.
(2) 
Driveways; buildings; zoning changes of use; sewage. The reservation period for any action which requires a driveway permit, building/zoning permit which is not for an accessory use, a zoning change of use permit and/or a sewage permit shall be 90 days.
(3) 
Subdivisions, land developments, conditional uses; special exceptions; others. The reservation period for any action which requires approval under Chapter 355, Subdivision and Land Development, of the Code of the Township of Coolbaugh, zoning conditional use approval, zoning special exception approval, or any permit or approval not listed in Subsection A(1) or (2) of this section shall be 180 days.
(4) 
Unspecified development. The reservation period for any action which is not specifically identified by the landowner shall be 180 days.
B. 
Early action. The Board of Supervisors may, in any case, take action to acquire the land or notify the landowner that the Township will not acquire the land at any time before the expiration of the above time periods.
The adoption of any street, street lines, or other public lands or easements 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 Coolbaugh Township to improve or maintain any such street or land. The adoption of land identified for acquisition/easement as part of the Official Map shall not, in and of itself, constitute or be deemed to constitute a taking or an acceptance of any land by Coolbaugh Township.
A. 
Coolbaugh Township may negotiate with the owner of land under the following circumstances:
(1) 
Whereon a reservation is made;
(2) 
Whereon releases of claims for damages or compensation for such reservations are required; or
(3) 
Whereon agreements indemnifying the Board of Supervisors from claims by others may be required.
B. 
Any such releases or agreements when properly executed by the Board of Supervisors and the owner, and recorded, shall be binding upon successor in title.