[Ord. 1997-1, 5/12/1997, § 101]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "East Nottingham Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance."
[Ord. 1997-1, 5/12/1997, § 102]
The purpose of this chapter is to assure sites suitable for building purposes and human habitation and to provide and promote flexibility, economy and ingenuity in the layout and design of subdivisions and land developments, assuring open spaces for traffic, recreation, light, and air and the proper distribution of population, thereby creating conditions favorable to the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the citizens of the Township of East Nottingham.
[Ord. 1997-1, 5/12/1997, § 103]
1. 
As stated in Article V, § 501 of Act 247, Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., as amended, the Board of Supervisors may regulate subdivision and land development within the Township by enacting a Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.
2. 
No subdivision of any lot, tract or parcel of land, or land development shall be effected and no street, alley, sanitary sewer, stormwater sewer, water main or other facilities in connection therewith shall be laid out, constructed, opened or dedicated for public or private use except in strict accordance with these regulations.
3. 
No lot in a subdivision or land development may be sold, no permit to erect, alter, or repair any building upon land in a subdivision or land development may be issued and no building may be erected in a subdivision or land development unless and until a subdivision or land development plan has been approved and, where required, recorded and until the required improvements in connection therewith have either been constructed or the completion thereof has proof of a bond or the deposit of funds or securities, in escrow, sufficient to cover the cost of the required improvements, as stipulated by the Township Engineer.
[Ord. 1997-1, 5/12/1997, § 104]
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 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 approval of subdivision and land development plans shall be referred upon submission to the Board of Supervisors.
B. 
With which applicants shall hold all preliminary consultations relating to the plans.
C. 
Which shall make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors concerning approval, disapproval, modification and conditions of approval 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. 1997-1, 5/12/1997, § 105]
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements to meet the above-stated purposes. Where the provisions of this chapter impose greater restrictions than those of any statute, other ordinance, or regulation, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail. Where the provisions of any statute, other ordinance or regulation imposes greater restrictions than those of this chapter, the provisions of such statute, ordinance or regulation shall prevail.