[Ord. 105, 12/13/1993, § 600; as amended by Ord.
169, 10/11/1999, § V]
1.
Application. Approval of a preliminary plan shall be prerequisite to the filing of a final plan with the Township Planning Commission, except that the requirement for a preliminary plan approval may be waived following a preapplication conference (See Part 4) provided that: (1) the subdivision plan complies with the definition for a minor subdivision; or (2) the subdivider does not contemplate further subdivision of the parcel, submits a scale drawing of the entire parcel which delineates the area to be subdivided and complies with all requirement for final plans and includes information required in § 22-501 of this chapter.
3.
Action of the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors shall
render its decision on the final plan and communicate its decision
to the subdivider not later than 90 days following the regular meeting
of the Planning Commission next following the date of application
filing.
A.
The decision of the Board of Supervisors shall be in writing and
shall be communicated to the applicant by certified or registered
mail at his last known address not later than 15 days following the
decision.
B.
When the application is not approved in terms as filed, the decision
shall specify the defects found in the application and describe the
requirements that have not been met and shall, in each case, cite
the provision of the statute or ordinance relied upon.
C.
Failure of the Board of Supervisors to render a decision and communicate
it to the applicant within the time and in the manner specified shall
be deemed an approval of the application, unless the applicant has
agreed in writing to an extension of time or change in the prescribed
manner of presentation of communication of the decision, in which
case, failure to meet the extended time or change in manner of presentation
of communication shall have like effect.
D.
From the time an application for approval of a preliminary or final
plan is duly filed as provided in this chapter, and while such application
is pending approval or disapproval, no change or amendment of the
subdivision or other governing ordinance or plan shall affect the
decision on such application adversely to the applicant, and the applicant
shall be entitled to a decision in accordance with the provisions
of the governing ordinances or plans as they stood at the time the
application was duly filed. However, if an application is properly
and finally denied, any subsequent application shall be subject to
the intervening change in government regulations. When an application
for approval of a plan has been approved or approved subject to conditions
acceptable to the applicant, no subsequent change or amendment in
the subdivision or other governing ordinance or plan shall be applied
to affect adversely the right of the applicant to commence and to
complete any aspect of the approved development in accordance with
the terms of such approval, within five years from such approval.
Where final approval is preceded by preliminary approval, the five-year
period shall be counted from the date of the preliminary approval.
In the case of any doubt as to the terms of a preliminary approval,
the terms shall be construed in the light of the provision of the
governing ordinances or plans as they stood at the time when the application
for such approval was duly filed.
4.
Nature of Approval. Approval of a final plan shall not constitute
authorization to commence construction. Prior to construction start,
all necessary permits, approvals, agreements and sureties must be
secured by the developer.
5.
Title Certificate. No final plan shall be approved by the Board of
Supervisors unless a certificate of title or other proof of a proprietary
interest in the land on the part of the subdivider is furnished.
[Ord. 105, 12/13/1993, § 601; as amended by Ord.
292, 4/12/2010]
All applications for final plan approval shall include but not
be limited to the following information:
A.
Shall be drawn on Mylar or other comparable permanent and reproducible
material, and shall be on sheets not larger than 24 inches by 36 inches,
including a border of 1/2 inch on all sides, except the binding edge,
which shall be one inch. More than one sheet may be used for larger
tracts and must be of the same scale and indexed, and provide space
for required certifications.
B.
Shall be drawn with waterproof black ink, and all records, data,
entries and statements thereon shall also be made with the same type
of ink or reproducible printing or typing, except that contour lines,
when shown, may be drawn with waterproof brown ink or with diluted
waterpoof black ink, so that the said contour lines will be shown
faintly on a print made from the said plan.
C.
Shall be drawn to scale on one inch equals 100 feet or such other
scale approved by the Planning Commission and shall be of sufficient
size to clearly show all notations, dimensions and entries. All dimensions
shall be shown in feet and decimals of a foot.
E.
All final plans submitted shall be drawn according to the following:
(1)
Streets and other ways by heavy solid line.
(2)
Perimetered property lines of subdivision by heavy dashed and
two dotted lines.
(3)
Lot lines by medium solid lines.
(4)
Restriction of building lines by medium dashed lines.
(5)
Easements or other reserved areas by light dotted lines.
(6)
Modifications of the above may be permitted to accommodate computer
drafting processes.
F.
The final plan shall show:
(1)
Primary control points or benchmarks approved by the Township
Engineer, or description and ties to which all dimensions, angles,
bearings and similar data shall be referred, tract closures, boundaries
with bearings, distances, acreage and tax parcel identification.
(2)
Acreage of each lot or parcel.
(3)
Tract boundary lines, right-of-way lines of streets, easements
and their purpose, and other rights-of-way and property lines of lots
and other sites with accurate dimensions, bearings or deflection angles,
radii, arcs and central angles of all curves.
(4)
Name and right-of-way width of each street or right-of-way.
(5)
Location, dimensions and purpose of all easements.
(6)
Number to identify each lot or site.
(7)
Purpose for which sites other than residential are to be used.
(8)
Front building setback line on all lots and sites.
(9)
Location and description of survey monuments.
(10)
Names of recorded owners of adjoining land and land use.
(11)
Certification of registered surveyor showing name, address,
registration number and seal.
(12)
Statement by the owner dedicating streets, rights-of-way, and
sites for public use.
(13)
Protective covenants, if any, in form for recording.
(14)
Such other certificates, affidavits, endorsements or dedications
as may be required in the enforcement of this chapter.
(15)
Certification blocks for the appropriate governing and planning
bodies.
G.
Submitted with the final plan shall be the following additional information:
(1)
Plan and profile sheets for all streets with horizontal and
vertical alignments and existing center line profiles along with the
location and size of storm sewer inlets, and invert elevation.
(2)
Typical cross sections of roadways and sidewalks.
(3)
A plan showing the size of water pipes and location of valves
and fire hydrants.
(4)
A plan and profile showing the location of manholes, invert
elevations, grades and sizes of sanitary sewers.
(5)
A final grading plan showing finished floor elevations for all
dwellings.
(6)
A sedimentation and erosion control plan approved by the County
Conservation District under authority of the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Resources, Rules and Regulations, Title 25, Chapter
102, Erosion Control, if determined necessary by the Planning Commission.
(7)
Planning modules specified by PADEP.
(8)
A plan for placement of water, sewer, gas, electric, telephone
and cable television service lines, as applicable, pursuant to the
rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission.
(9)
If the proposed subdivision is located in a designated floodplain,
base flood elevation data shall be contained on the plan.
(10)
A complete drainage and stormwater drainage plan for the subdivision,
which includes all storm sewers and appurtenances, along with the
method of disposal of all stormwater collected and the method of drainage
for adjacent territory.
(11)
If water is to be provided by means other than by private wells
owned and maintained by the individual owners of lots within the subdivision
or development, evidence shall be presented to the Board of Supervisors
that the subdivision or development is to be supplied by a certified
public utility, a bona fide cooperative association of lot owners
or by a municipal corporation, authority or utility. A copy of a certificate
of public convenience from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
or an application for such certificate, a cooperative agreement or
a commitment or agreement to serve that area in question, whichever
is appropriate, shall be acceptable evidence.
