[Ord. 2-80, 11/17/1980; as added by Ord. 91-4, 9/3/1991]
An application for final approval may be for the entire land
development plan, or to the extent set forth in the tentative approval,
a section thereof. Said application shall be made to the Township
of Richmond and within the time or times specified by the official
written communication granting tentative approval. If the application
for final approval is in compliance with the tentatively approved
development plan, a public hearing need not be held.
[Ord. 2-80, 11/17/1980; as added by Ord. 91-4, 9/3/1991]
The application for final approval shall contain:
1. Site Map. Six copies of the final plan:
A. Drawn at a scale of one inch equals 100 feet as the tentative plan
was drawn.
B. The final plan site map shall be drawn on tracing cloth or be transparent
reproduction with black line on cloth or stable plastic base film.
If the final plan site map is drawn in two or more sections, they
must be numbered consecutively and accompanied by a key map showing
the location of the several sections.
C. For all street rights-of-way and property lines within the PRD the
following must be shown: accurate dimensions, bearings or deflection
angles of all straight lines; error of closure may not exceed one
foot in 10,000 for slopes of less than 10% or over two feet in 10,000
for slopes of 10% and over and radii, arcs and central angles of all
curves.
D. For other rights-of-way and easements, the location, bearings, dimensions
and purpose.
E. Survey data shall include primary control points or descriptions
and ties to such control points to which all dimensions, angles, bearings
and similar data on the map are referred.
F. Number to identify each lot and/or site.
G. Number of dwelling units and density by type.
H. Purpose for which sites other than residential lots are dedicated
or reserved.
I. Building locations and building setback lines on all lots and other
sites.
J. Names of record owners of adjoining unplatted land.
K. Reference to recorded land development plans of adjoining developed
land by record name, date and number.
L. Notarized certification of title showing that applicant is the owner
of the land, that the land development shown is his act and deed,
and that it will be recorded as shown.
M. Certification by registered surveyor or registered professional engineer
certifying to accuracy of survey and plan.
N. The location of all proposed monuments and street signs and the location
and methods of street lighting facilities.
O. A location map corrected and updated from the tentative plan.
Q. Provisions for approval signatures by the Township officials.
R. Provisions for review signatures by Township and Tioga County Planning
Commissions.
2. Supporting Data.
A. Corrected and updated from the tentative plan, all detailed drawings
and specifications for improvements shall be submitted.
B. Two copies of a center line profile and cross-section maps or diagrams
of streets showing proposed grades, curbs, sanitary and storm water
sewers, water lines and any other underground utilities at minimum
scale of 40 feet horizontal and four feet vertical.
C. Two copies of deed restrictions and/or protective covenants for the
development.
D. Water Supply. If water is to be provided by means other than by private
wells owned and maintained by the individual owners of lots within
the planned residential development, applicants shall present evidence
to the Board of Supervisors that the planned residential 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 the area in question, which ever is appropriate, shall be
acceptable evidence.
3. Certificate Required.
A. From a registered professional engineer retained by the Township
of Richmond certification that the developer has installed all improvements
to the specifications of these requirements and has complied with
any conditions attached to the approval of the tentative plan by the
Township of Richmond; or that the developer has posted a surety performance
bond or other acceptable security in amount sufficient to assure completion
of all required improvements.
B. From state agencies, certification that method of sewage disposal
and water supply have been approved by the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Resources. Certification of Sediment and Erosion
Control Plan bearing approval of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Resources.
C. Other certificates as may be required such as from the Pennsylvania
Public Utility Commission.
D. An agreement that the developer will install underground utilities
before paving streets and constructing sidewalks.
4. Fees. The final plan shall include thereon or be accompanied by filing
fees and any other fee that may be required.
[Ord. 2-80, 11/17/1980; as added by Ord. 91-4, 9/3/1991]
1. In the event the development plan as submitted contains variations
from the development plan given tentative approval, the Board of Supervisors
may refuse to grant final approval and shall, within 45 days from
the filing of the application for final approval, so advise the landowner
in writing of said refusal, setting forth in said notice the reasons
why one or more of said variations are not in the public interest.
In the event of such refusal, the landowner may either:
A. Refile his application for final approval without the variations
objected; or
B. File a written request with the Board of Supervisors that it hold
a public hearing on his application for final approval. If the landowner
wishes to take either such alternate action, he may do so at any time
within which he shall be entitled to apply for final approval, or
within 30 additional days if the time for applying for final approval
shall have already passed at the time when the landowner was advised
that the development plan was not in substantial compliance. In the
event the landowner shall fail to take either of these alternate actions
within said time, he shall be deemed to have abandoned the development
plan. Any such public hearing shall be held pursuant to public notice
within 30 days after request for the hearing is made by the landowner,
and the hearing shall be conducted in the manner prescribed in this
Part for public hearings on applications for tentative approval. Within
30 days after the conclusion of the hearing, the Board of Supervisors
shall by official written communication either grant final approval
to the development plan or deny final approval. The grant or denial
of final approval of the development plan shall, in cases arising
under this section, be in the form of and contain the findings required
for an application for tentative approval set forth in this chapter.
[Ord. 2-80, 11/17/1980; as added by Ord. 91-4, 9/3/1991]
In the event the application for final approval has been filed,
together with all drawings, specifications and other documents in
support thereof, and as required by this chapter and the official
written communication of tentative approval, the Township of Richmond
shall, within 45 days of such filing, grant such development plan
final approval.
[Ord. 2-80, 11/17/1980; as added by Ord. 91-4, 9/3/1991]
A development plan, or any part thereof, which has been given
final approval shall be so certified without delay by the Board of
Supervisors and shall be filed of record forthwith in the Office of
the Recorder of Deeds before any development shall take place in accordance
therewith. Upon the filing of record of the development plan the zoning
and subdivision regulations otherwise applicable to the land included
in such plan shall cease to apply thereto. Pending completion within
a reasonable time of said planned residential development or of that
part thereof, as the case may be, that has been finally approved,
no modification of the provisions of said development plan, or part
thereof, as finally approved, shall be made except with the consent
of the landowner.
[Ord. 2-80, 11/17/1980; as added by Ord. 91-4, 9/3/1991]
In the event that a development plan, or a section thereof,
is given final approval and thereafter the landowner shall abandon
such plan or the section thereof that has been finally approved, and
shall so notify the Board of Supervisors in writing; or, in the event
the landowner shall fail to commence and carry out the planned residential
development within such reasonable period of time as may be fixed
by ordinance after final approval has been granted, no development
or further development shall take place on the property included in
the development plan until after the said property is re-subdivided
and is reclassified by enactment of an amendment to this chapter.