[Ord. 76, 9/8/1982, § 100]
This chapter and these regulations shall be known and may be
cited as the "East Fallowfield Township Subdivision and Land Development
Ordinance of 1982."
[Ord. 76, 9/8/1982, § 101]
1. This chapter is adopted for the following purposes:
A. To assist in the orderly, efficient, and integrated development of land in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan, East Fallowfield Zoning Ordinance [Chapter
27], and 537 Sewage Facilities Plan.
B. To promote thereby the health, safety, and general welfare of the
residents of the Township.
C. To facilitate the safe and efficient movement of traffic and to assure
that streets in and bordering a subdivision or land development shall
be coordinated and of such widths and grades and in such locations
as deemed necessary to accommodate prospective traffic and facilitate
fire protection.
D. To ensure coordination and conformance of subdivision and land development
plans with the public improvement plans of the Township.
E. To ensure equitable handling of all subdivision and land development
plans by providing uniform standards and procedures to be followed.
F. To ensure that land which is subject to environmental constraints
such as floodplains and steep slopes shall be either made safe for
the proposed use of land or shall be set aside for uses which shall
not endanger life or property or further aggravate, disrupt, or increase
the existing condition.
G. To ensure sound community growth and the safeguarding of the interests
of the homeowners, the subdivider, the investor, and the local government
by assuring that streets shall be graded and improved, and walkways,
curbs, gutters, street lights, fire hydrants, water and sewage facilities,
and other improvements shall be installed where appropriate, in an
acceptable manner.
H. To provide open spaces through the innovation in design and layout
of the land.
[Ord. 76, 9/8/1982, § 102]
As stated in Article V, § 501, of Act 247, Pennsylvania
Municipalities Code, as amended, 1972, P.L. 333, No. 93, and 1974,
P.L. 566, No. 194, 53 P.S. § 10501, the Board of Supervisors
may regulate subdivisions and land development within the Township
by enacting a Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.
[Ord. 76, 9/8/1982, § 103]
1. The Board of Supervisors shall have jurisdiction and control of subdivision
and land development within the Township limits. In order that the
actions of the Board of Supervisors under this chapter may be correlated
and consistent with all relevant data and procedures, the Board of
Supervisors hereby designates the Township Planning Commission as
the agency of the Board of Supervisors:
A. To which all applications relating to either preliminary or final
plan approval for subdivision and/or land development shall be referred
upon initial submission to the Board of Supervisors for review.
B. With which applicants shall hold all preliminary consultants relating
to the plans.
C. Which shall make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors concerning
approval, rejection, modification, and conditions of approval or reasons
for disapproval of such plans.
D. Which shall make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors concerning
the interpretation of and the granting of modifications to provisions
and standards of this chapter.
[Ord. 76, 9/8/1982, § 104]
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this chapter, all requirements shall be held to be minimum requirements for promoting the above purposes (§
22-102). Where the provisions of this chapter impose greater restrictions than those of any other statute, ordinance, or regulation, the more restrictive regulations shall be controlling.