Any application for development shall conform to the standards
set forth in this article. The standards specified in this article
are minimum design requirements.
In reviewing any application for development, the Planning Commission
and the Borough Council shall refer the application for development
to the Borough Engineer for a recommendation concerning technical
compliance with these design standards and the Borough construction
standards.
Service streets, as defined by this chapter, may be permitted
in residential, commercial and industrial developments where needed
for loading, unloading or secondary access. Service streets shall
be constructed in accordance with Borough construction standards and shall meet the minimum design standards shown in Appendix
A for local streets, except that the minimum right-of-way
width may be reduced to 30 feet and the minimum cartway width may
be reduced to 16 feet.
Easements for sanitary sewers, waterlines and stormwater management
facilities shall be required to have a minimum width of 20 feet. Where
a subdivision or land development is or will be traversed by a watercourse,
there shall be provided a stormwater easement or drainage right-of-way
of a width sufficient for the purpose, but not less than 20 feet.
The following standards shall apply to all lots proposed to
be subdivided or developed in accordance with this chapter:
A. Area. Minimum lot areas shall conform to the requirements of Chapter
210, Zoning.
B. Frontage. All lots created by a subdivision shall have frontage along the right-of-way of a public street, and the width of the frontage shall conform to the requirements of Chapter
210, Zoning.
C. Double frontage. Double frontage lots shall be avoided; however,
where a double frontage lot is the only practical alternative, vehicular
access shall be limited to only one street, and that street shall
be the street with the lower volume of traffic, if physically feasible.
The final plan shall contain a notation restricting vehicular access
to one frontage.
D. Sidelines. Whenever practical, the sidelines of a lot shall be at
right angles or radial to the right-of-way lines of streets.
E. Building lines. Building lines of lots shall conform to the minimum requirements of Chapter
210, Zoning, and shall be shown on the final plat.
F. Grading. Lots shall be graded to provide drainage away from buildings,
and water shall be drained to the street rather than to adjoining
property. The developer shall be required to provide drains or other
drainage facilities, as approved by the Borough Engineer, to drain
off surface water within the development.
G. Driveways. No driveway shall have a slope of more than 15%. Driveways
may extend from the right-of-way line of the street to the cartway
of the street, but shall not change the grade or contour of the street
right-of-way, nor shall any person cut into, fill or in any way alter
any gutter, curbing, drainage ditch or storm sewer within the right-of-way
of a street or easement for the purpose of extending a driveway or
for any other purpose without first obtaining a permit therefor from
the Borough. All curb cuts shall conform to Borough specifications.
Paved driveways shall have a joint at the public street right-of-way.
Driveways shall not be constructed in such a way that creates a drainage
problem on adjoining property.
H. Accessibility. Every lot, building and structure shall be accessible
to emergency and public safety vehicles.
I. House numbers. House numbers shall be assigned by the United States
Postal Service in coordination with the Borough and shall be posted
at each house in accordance with the requirements of the Uniform Construction
Code.
Stormwater management facilities shall be provided for subdivisions
and land developments as required by existing ordinances of the Borough
of Dormont as now or hereinafter adopted or amended.
All subdivision and land development plans shall be designed
to meet the current standards of the commonwealth and federal law
with respect to handicapped accessibility.