The improvements set forth in this article shall be required in all developments, and shall be in addition to all other requirements established in this chapter, other applicable laws, ordinances or regulations and those imposed as conditions upon plan approval. All such required improvements shall be constructed and/or implemented by the date(s) set in the developer's agreement for their completion. If not constructed with completion accepted by the Township prior to release of the approved final plan for recording, the developer shall tender to the Township financial security to ensure completion of such improvements, which shall be tendered and held in accordance with provisions of Article V of this chapter.
A. 
Required improvements shall be constructed in accordance with design standards, criteria, specifications and construction standards as set forth in this chapter, Chapter 116, Stormwater Management, Chapter 29, Part 2, Public and Private Improvements, and other applicable laws, ordinances and regulations, as are then in effect, and with conditions on plan approval.
B. 
Failure or refusal by developer to construct and complete all required improvements in accordance with applicable specifications by the date(s) set for their completion in this chapter or the developer's agreement shall constitute a violation of this chapter and a default by the developer under the developer's agreement, and shall entitle the Board of Supervisors to exercise the Township's rights against financial security in order to effect completion of all required improvements.
C. 
The Board of Supervisors, upon request therefor and good cause shown, shall have discretion to grant or deny extension of time for completion of required improvements. The Board of Supervisors shall not be obligated to allow extension where good cause for delay is not found to exist, and the grant of one extension shall not obligate the Board to allow additional extensions.
D. 
Criteria, design and construction standards for improvements as set forth in Chapter 116, Stormwater Management, and Chapter 29, Part 2, Public and Private Improvements, are incorporated in this chapter by reference and, as may in the future be amended, shall constitute, together with other regulations of this or any other applicable ordinance, the standards for construction of such improvements.
E. 
Wherever standards for required improvements are not set forth in this chapter, Chapter 116, Stormwater Management, or Chapter 29, Part 2, Public and Private Improvements, the applicable standards, specifications and requirements of PennDOT shall govern.
F. 
All work must be open and available for inspections as required in Chapter 29, Part 2, Public and Private Improvements. The Township will not accept completion of improvements unless all required inspections have been made.
Minimum use driveways shall be constructed in accordance with the standards in § 29-44, Driveways, of Chapter 29, Code Enforcement, Part 2, Public and Private Improvements.
A. 
All monuments and landmarks required shall be installed in accordance with the construction standards set forth in § 29-45, Monuments and markers, of Chapter 29, Code Enforcement, Part 2, Public and Private Improvements.
B. 
Center-line monuments must be set, inspected and approved by the Township prior to paving of the street in which they are located.
C. 
Any monument or marker that is removed shall be replaced by an engineer or surveyor at the cost of the person removing it or, if the identity of such person is not determined and removal occurs prior to completion of required improvements, by the developer.
A. 
Off-street parking shall be provided in all residential developments so as to ensure a minimum of two paved parking spaces per dwelling unit.
B. 
Such off-street parking may be provided as an individual garage, carport or driveway located behind the property line of the lot or, in a multiple-family dwelling residential development, by way of a parking compound located within 300 feet of the dwelling unit(s) which it serves.
(1) 
A minimum of 200 square feet per individual parking space shall be provided.
C. 
All other developments shall provide at a minimum that off-street parking required for such use in Chapter 145, Zoning.
A. 
Excepting only land accepted for public recreation purposes, open space in a development shall be common or private open space.
B. 
Future development, subdivision, sale or alteration of use of land set aside on a development plan as approved shall be prohibited absent the prior written approval of the Board of Supervisors. A notation to this effect must be set forth on the development plan as submitted.
C. 
Ownership, maintenance and intended nature of use of set-aside open space must be defined on the developer's statement submitted with the plan application, and shall be confirmed by such covenants, deeds, agreements and other writings as the Township may in the circumstances require.
D. 
Where a development is required to develop a portion of set-aside open space for the recreational use of residents of the development, the developer shall submit with the plan application, in writing, detail of the portions of land to be developed for recreational purposes, the nature of the recreational use development and a schedule for completion of such improvements.
E. 
Where lands to be set aside and preserved as open space are to be disturbed in the course of constructing the development and then restored to their former or intended future condition, such restoration shall be a required improvement and the developer shall tender financial security to ensure such restoration is completed.
A. 
Sidewalks and walking and biking paths shall be constructed and installed in full accordance with the requirements of this chapter and Chapter 121, Streets and Sidewalks, Article V Sidewalks Construction and Maintenance, and with construction standards established in Chapter 29, Part 2, Article VI, Construction Standards for Public and Private Improvements.
B. 
Construction of required sidewalks along a lot shall be completed concurrently with completion of a dwelling or building on the lot, and not later than the date on which such dwelling or building is occupied. In any event, all sidewalks within a major subdivision developed in phases shall be constructed not later than four years after the date of the developer's agreement for the first development phase.
C. 
Construction of approved and required paths shall be completed concurrently with other improvements in the development. In any event, all paths within a major subdivision developed in phases shall be constructed not later than four years after the date of the developer's agreement for the first development phase.
D. 
Where a street is extended from an existing turnaround, sidewalks shall be constructed through said turnaround and along the street as extended, with permanent seeding on both sides of the sidewalk established promptly.
A. 
Whenever a public sanitary sewer system is reasonably accessible to the proposed development or, in the discretion of the Board of Supervisors, proper development requires provision of public sanitary sewer service, the developer shall provide the development with a complete sanitary sewer system to be connected to the public sanitary system.
B. 
Plans for installation of a sanitary sewer system shall be prepared for the development and all work shall be carried out and completed in full accordance with regulations of the Millcreek Township Sewer Authority and Millcreek Township, Township ordinances regulating connections to and use of the public sewer system, rules and regulations governing the sanitary sewer system and regulations or approvals of applicable state and Erie County agencies.
C. 
All materials used in construction of the sewer system shall be in accordance with specifications established by the Millcreek Township Sewer Authority.
D. 
All sanitary sewer construction shall comply with inspection requirements established by the Township and/or the Sewer Authority, and no sewer line shall be covered over prior to inspection thereof.
E. 
The regulations established in this section, elsewhere in this chapter, in Chapter 102, Sewers and Water, Article IV, Sewer Use, and/or Article V, Industrial Waste, and by regulations governing the sanitary sewer system and those of the Sewer Authority, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or County of Erie shall govern construction of all sanitary sewer systems, facilities and extensions, wherever located.
F. 
Where required under Pennsylvania law and/or regulations of Erie County or Millcreek Township, the developer shall submit to the Erie County Department of Health and the Township in required form an application for approval of a modification to the Township's sewage facilities plan, approval of which shall be a condition for approval of the development plan.
G. 
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter for any developer or any other person to effect or cause to allow connection or infiltration of stormwater discharge into the public sanitary sewer system and/or a connection or infiltration of sanitary sewage into the storm sewer system.
H. 
In areas not presently served by public sanitary sewer systems where, in the opinion of the Board of Supervisors, public sewers likely will be installed in the foreseeable future, the Board, as a condition on approval of any development plan not providing public sanitary sewer service, shall require that the developer install capped sewer mains and house connections in addition to required on-site septic disposal facilities.
I. 
The Board of Supervisors shall have authority to approve or deny an application for on-site sewage disposal.
J. 
If the Board of Supervisors approves a development providing for an on-lot sewage disposal system, such approval shall be subject to the express condition that the developer and/or its successors and grantees join in a later petition for extension of public sanitary sewer lines to serve the lots in the development and that such lot(s) connect to a public sanitary sewer system if constructed to serve the property(ies).
K. 
No preliminary or final development plan shall be approved unless the developer first submits written confirmation of an agreement with the Sewer Authority ensuring construction and acceptance of public sewer facilities.
L. 
All sanitary sewer lines and other facilities constructed within a public right-of-way and elsewhere as agreed by the Authority shall be dedicated to and, upon their completion, accepted as public improvements by the Millcreek Township Sewer Authority, subject to provisions of Chapter 102, Sewers and Water, Article IV, Sewer Use.
M. 
Where private sewerage disposal is authorized by the Board of Supervisors, the developer shall provide one of the following means of sewage disposal:
(1) 
A complete sanitary sewer system to convey the sewage to a treatment plant (package plant) to be provided by the developer, in accordance with requirements of PaDEP, the Department of Health and the Township, with adequate provision for maintenance of such plant; or
(2) 
A private sewage disposal system on individual lots, consisting of septic tanks and tile absorption fields laid out in accordance with minimum standards therefor established by PaDEP, the Department of Health and or Millcreek Township ordinance. Approval of each area in which a private sewage disposal system is proposed must be obtained from PaDEP and/or the Department of Health (see § 125-21) and the Township, and such system must be installed in accordance with the plan as approved.
(3) 
If the on-lot sewage disposal system is not provided by the developer, the developer shall require as a condition of the sale of each lot or parcel in the development that the required facilities shall be installed by the owner(s) of such lot or parcel in accordance with these regulations, in which event no building permit shall be issued unless confirmation of the owner's installation of the required facilities is first received.
A. 
All stormwater management facilities required under the stormwater management or grading plan approved for the development shall be constructed, installed, modified and reconstructed in accordance with such plans as approved and with standards set forth in Chapter 29, Part 2, Public and Private Improvements, Chapter 116, Stormwater Management, and this chapter.
B. 
The property owner shall be responsible for the proper construction, reconstruction and maintenance of stormwater collection and conveyance facilities, unless and until such facilities are accepted as public improvements of the Township. No person shall effect any modification to a public stormwater collection and/or conveyance facility without the prior written approval of the Township.
C. 
Where the design provides for underground facilities which will abut another property, the Board of Supervisors shall not approve the design or plan absent submission by the applicant of the written approval of all owners of the abutting property to the proposed design.
D. 
Connection of any storm sewer, groundwater or other stormwater discharge to a sanitary sewer is prohibited.
E. 
Stormwater collection, detention, conveyance and other storm management and drainage facilities shall be installed to:
(1) 
Ensure the drainage of all low points along the line of streets;
(2) 
Intercept stormwater runoff along streets at intervals reasonably related to the extent and grade of the area being drained;
(3) 
Permit the unimpeded flow of natural watercourses; and
(4) 
Meet all requirements of Chapter 116, Stormwater Management (incorporated herein as Article XII), and any additional conditions imposed upon plan approval.
F. 
The Board of Supervisors shall have authority to require that a developer complete construction of stormwater management facilities more promptly than projected in the approved plan if it determines that such development is causing damage to adjacent properties or lands within the development.
G. 
Those stormwater management facilities to be dedicated to public use and, upon their completion, to be accepted by the Township shall be identified on the development plan, the maintenance agreement and the developer's agreement for the development. All other stormwater management facilities shall be private.
H. 
In no event shall Millcreek Township accept downspout or sump discharges or other facilities servicing private properties as public improvements.
I. 
All stormwater management facilities to be privately owned and/or maintained shall be identified on the development plan, the maintenance agreement and the developer's agreement for the development.
J. 
The Board of Supervisors, in connection with approval of a development plan application, shall require appropriate provision for the future maintenance, repair and replacement of privately owned facilities and for the funding of costs thereof, in a written stormwater maintenance agreement. The name, address and telephone number of the owner or other person responsible for maintenance of such facilities shall be set forth on the maintenance agreement, and the responsible person shall ensure that the Township is advised, in writing, of any change in the name, address or telephone number of the responsible party.
K. 
The financial security required under this chapter as security for completion of required improvements shall include all improvements required under a stormwater management and/or grading plan as approved by the Board of Supervisors. Provisions of this chapter governing the tender, administration of and rights under such financial security shall apply. In the event of any conflict between financial security requirements in this chapter and those in Chapter 116, Stormwater Management, the greater requirement shall control.
L. 
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter and of a developer's agreement to construct, reconstruct, effect, modify or alter a downspout, sump discharge and/or other ground water or stormwater collection or conveyance facility in a manner which constitutes a violation of established criteria and standards therefor and/or which results in an improper conveyance or connection.
A. 
The developer shall lay out, locate, open, grade and drain all streets and alleys shown on the development plan as approved. The work in all respects shall be done as shown on the approved plan and in accordance with standards set forth in § 29-39 of Chapter 29, Part 2, Public and Private Improvements.
B. 
Streets and alleys shall be graded to the full width of the right-of-way, surfaced and improved to the grades and dimensions shown on the plan, plan profiles and cross-sections as submitted by the developer and approved by the Township.
C. 
Sidewalk areas shall be graded as required for sidewalks even if sidewalks are not required in the development as approved.
D. 
The cartway of all streets shall be constructed in accordance with construction standards in Chapter 29, Part 2, Public and Private Improvements Code, to the grade shown on the plan, profiles and cross-sections as approved.
E. 
All culs-de-sac and temporary turnarounds shall be of the width and radii required under this chapter, and shall be paved in accordance with the specifications set forth in Chapter 29, Part 2, Public and Private Improvements.
F. 
Prior to installation of the street surface, the developer shall provide and install adequate subsurface drainage for all streets and subsurface utilities, as required in Chapter 29, Part 2, Public and Private Improvements.
G. 
The maximum slope on banks adjacent to any street measured on a line perpendicular to the center line of the street shall be 3 to 1 for fills, and 2 to 1 for cuts.
H. 
The developer, with the prior approval of the Board of Supervisors, may construct the pavement to a higher standard than the Township's specifications.
I. 
General standards and design standards set forth in Articles VIII and X of this chapter shall apply.
J. 
Mountable type curbs may be required in residential subdivisions whose lots at the building line have an average width of less than 80 feet and in other circumstances, in the discretion of the Board of Supervisors.
(1) 
Whenever used, curbs shall be constructed in accordance with standards set forth in Chapter 29, Part 2, Article VI, Construction Standards for Public and Private Improvements.
A. 
Unless otherwise provided in the development plan as approved, the developer of a residential subdivision involving the construction or extension of a public street, or abutting an existing local street on which lots in the development will front, not later than the date on which the developer has conveyed 30% of the land fronting on any such street, submit to the Board of Supervisors a petition requesting creation of a public streetlighting district for all local public streets within the development and install such streetlighting facilities, in accordance with Township regulations for creation of lighting districts.
B. 
Unless extended by the Board of Supervisors to a later date deemed reasonable by it, streetlighting poles, lines and other facilities shall be constructed contemporaneously with construction of streets and other required improvements within right-of-way areas.
C. 
The cost of streetlighting shall be calculated by Millcreek Township and assessed upon owners of lands abutting the lighting district in accordance with Township ordinances and regulations governing streetlighting.
A. 
The developer shall erect and install at least two street markers to mark each intersection of two or more streets, one marker being required for each intersecting street.
B. 
Street marker signs shall comply with standards established in § 29-47, Signage, of Chapter 29, Part 2, Public and Private Improvements, and their location shall comply with regulations established by the Township.
C. 
Street markers shall be installed prior to occupancy of any dwellings or other buildings on the street(s) and prior to release of the developer's financial security.
A. 
The developer of a major subdivision or other development involving construction or extension of a public street shall submit with a plan application as required by this chapter such certified traffic circulation plan and engineering study as is required by the Township. Such plan and study shall, at a minimum, specify:
(1) 
Projected volume and circulation of traffic within the development during its construction, upon its completion and 10 years after its completion, and volume of access to the street(s) abutting the development, together with those items required in § 125-42; and
(2) 
Identity and location of traffic signage and markers proposed in accordance with the plan and study and applicable provisions of this chapter and PennDOT regulations.
B. 
The developer shall provide and install stop signs at the intersection of any local street with a state highway, arterial street and/or collector street, and, as required by the Board of Supervisors, at the intersection of local streets.
C. 
The developer shall provide and install speed limit signs along streets in the development in accordance with Township regulations for speed limitations on local and other streets.
D. 
If the Board of Supervisors determines that volume of pedestrian traffic or other conditions so warrants, the developer may be obligated as a condition of plan approval to install pedestrian crosswalk markings and signs.
E. 
All signage shall comply with standards established in § 29-47 of Chapter 29, Part 2, Public and Private Improvements, and shall be installed at the developer's cost by the date set for completion and prior to release of financial security.
F. 
Costs of required signage and its installation shall be a required improvement, and such costs shall be included within financial security tendered to ensure completion of required improvements. Alternatively, the Board of Supervisors may require that a developer, prior to recording of an approved plan, pay into the developer's cost deposit a sum necessary to defray costs of required signage and its installation.
G. 
Signs as determined necessary by the traffic engineering study as approved by the Township shall be purchased and installed by the Township on behalf of the developer, and costs paid for signage, parts and Township personnel shall be payable from the developer's cost deposit or financial security upon demand by the Township. Personnel costs shall be in accord with rates established annually by the Treasurer and may include overtime rates.
A. 
The developer shall provide the development with a complete water main supply system which shall be connected to a public water supply system, except where otherwise authorized under this section.
B. 
Plans for installation of a public water main supply system shall be prepared for the development and all work shall be carried out and completed in full accordance with regulations of the Millcreek Township Water Authority or Erie City Water Authority, as applicable.
C. 
All water mains, lines and other materials used in construction of the water supply system shall be in accordance with specifications established by the municipal water authority maintaining the public water system in the area of the Township in which the development is located.
D. 
All public water supply system construction shall comply with inspection requirements established by the municipal authority maintaining the public water system in that area of the Township in which the development is located.
E. 
Regulations established in this chapter and by regulations of the applicable water authority, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or other Township ordinance shall govern construction of all public water supply systems, even those constructed in developments whose streets are privately owned or where water mains and/or are not constructed within a public street right-of-way.
F. 
No preliminary or final development plan shall be approved unless the developer first submits written confirmation of an agreement with the Sewer Authority ensuring extension, construction and acceptance of public water facilities to and within the development.
G. 
Fire hydrants shall be installed by the developer in conjunction with installation of public water lines, shall be located such that no dwelling or other occupied building is located more than 600 feet from a hydrant, and shall be subject to these additional requirements:
(1) 
All hydrants shall be indicated and labeled as such on the plan and profile sheets required to be submitted with construction plans under this chapter; and
(2) 
All hydrants shall be installed, marked with flex stakes meeting Township specifications and fully operational prior to construction of any dwellings or other buildings within the development. No building permit shall be issued until all these requirements are met.
H. 
All plans for installation of the mains of a public water supply system shall be prepared for the development subject to the regulations and specifications and with the approval of the municipal water authority to provide service.
I. 
All water mains, lines and other facilities constructed shall be dedicated to and, upon their completion, accepted as public improvements by the municipal water authority having jurisdiction in the area of the Township in which the development is located.
J. 
If the Board of Supervisors shall find that a public water supply system is not accessible to the development and that the proposed development can be served properly by an on-lot water supply system, the Board of Supervisors may approve an individual, on-lot water supply system for the development and/or lots within the development, subject to the following requirements:
(1) 
Each lot proposed to be served by an on-lot water supply system meets minimum lot area requirements as established in Article X of this chapter;
(2) 
The proposed on-lot water supply system meets all specifications and regulations therefor as established and approved by the Department of Health; and
(3) 
If the on-lot water supply system is not provided by the developer, the developer shall require as a condition of the sale of each lot or parcel in the development that the required facilities shall be installed by the owner(s) of such lot or parcel in accordance with these regulations, in which event no building permit shall be issued unless confirmation of the owner's installation of the required facilities is first received.
A. 
The developer shall be responsible for the proper completion of all required improvements in the development.
B. 
Where the Township authorizes a developer to delegate actual construction of sidewalks, driveways or like improvements, the developer shall remain responsible for the proper and timely completion of such improvements in full conformity with applicable regulations. Such delegation shall not excuse or modify the developer's obligations under this chapter or the developer's agreement. The Board of Supervisors shall have authority to establish regulations governing any allowed delegation.