It is the intention of the Council in enacting these procedures
to provide the applicant with a timely and comprehensive review of
plans submitted for subdivision and/or land development. To this end,
the following classifications of plans are established as hereinafter
provided:
Plans shall be submitted by the applicant on behalf of the Borough
to the following agencies for review at the same time that they are
submitted to the Borough. No application for development shall be
considered complete without compliance with this requirement.
A. Chester County Planning Commission. One copy of all sketch, preliminary
and final plans shall be submitted to the Chester County Planning
Commission for its review and comment.
B. Chester County Health Department. If a sketch plan is submitted as
hereinafter provided, one additional copy shall be submitted to the
Chester County Health Department for review of matters relating to
adequacy of the site to sustain on-site water and/or sewage disposal
systems. If no sketch plan is submitted, one additional copy of the
preliminary plans shall be provided for this purpose.
C. Chester County Soil and Water Conservation District. One copy of
preliminary plans shall be submitted to the Chester County Soil and
Conservation District for review of matters relating to drainage and
abatement of soil erosion. Where warranted, this requirement may be
waived by the Council.
[Amended 12-2-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-10]
No water system or sewer system including extensions to existing
or proposed Borough systems or new systems employing sewage treatment
plants shall be constructed prior to the issuance of appropriate permits
from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection or from
federal or local agencies as required.
No application for a building permit under Chapter
400, Zoning, shall be submitted and no building permit under Chapter
400, Zoning, shall be issued for any building in any subdivision and/or land development, and no building shall be erected in any subdivision and/or land development and no work shall be done on any building in any building in any subdivision or land development until the final plans for the said subdivision and/or land development have been approved as provided for in the chapter.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
If no improvements are constructed in accordance with an approved
final land development plan within five years after the date of the
preliminary plan approval by the Council, the said approval shall
be null and void.