[Ord. 963, 10/18/2006, § 101]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Borough of Forest Hills Subdivision and Land Development Regulations" or "Subdivision Regulations."
[Ord. 963, 10/18/2006, § 102]
This chapter is adopted in accordance with the authority granted to municipalities to regulate subdivisions and land developments by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of 1968, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., as amended.
[Ord. 963, 10/18/2006, § 103]
The purpose of these subdivision regulations is to regulate certain subdivision, consolidation and land development activities in the Borough by providing for a uniform method for the submission of preliminary and final plats to ensure the proper layout or arrangement of land, the proper design of streets to accommodate projected traffic and facilitate fire protection and the provisions of adequate easements or rights-of-way, gutters, storm and sanitary drainage facilities, walkways, stormwater management and other required public facilities.
[Ord. 963, 10/18/2006, § 104]
1.
These subdivision regulations are made in accordance with the community development objectives set forth in the Borough Zoning Ordinance [Chapter 27] and the 2003 Borough Comprehensive Plan and are intended to achieve the following goals:
A.
To promote, protect and facilitate one or more of the following: the public health, safety and general welfare; coordinated and practical community development; proper density of population; civil defense; disaster evacuation; the provision of adequate light and air, police and fire protection, vehicle parking and loading space, transportation, water, sewerage, schools, public grounds and other public requirements.
B.
To prevent one of the following: overcrowding of land; blight; danger and congestion in travel and transportation; and loss of health, life or property from fire, panic or other dangers.