[Ord. 1997-1, 5/12/1997, § 403; as amended by Ord. 2000-2, 7/10/2000; and by Ord. 2001-5, 8/13/2001]
1. Final plans shall be prepared in accordance with the Act of May 23, 1945, P.L. 913, No. 367, known as the "Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law," 63 P.S. § 148 et seq., except that this requirement shall not preclude the preparation of a plat in accordance with the Act of January 24, 1966, 1965 P.L. 1527, No. 535, known as the "Landscape Architects Registration Law," 63 P.S. § 901 et seq., when it is appropriate to prepare the plat using professional services as set forth in the definition of the "practice of landscape architecture" under § 2 of that Act. The final plan shall show, be accompanied by, or be prepared in accordance with the following and shall provide sufficient design information to demonstrate conformance with the requirements of Part
5 of this chapter:
A. Drafting Standards.
(1) The same standards shall be required for a final plan as specified for a preliminary plan in §
22-402, Subsection
1A, of this chapter.
(2) An AutoCAD file (.dwg or .dxf) shall be provided to the Township for the record sheet(s) of a final subdivision plan showing all existing and proposed property boundaries.
B. Location and Identification. The same standards shall be required for a final plan as specified for a preliminary plan in §
22-402, Subsection
1B, of this chapter.
C. Existing Features.
(1) Contour lines representing the topography of the site, if a preliminary plan was not required or the contours identified with the preliminary plan were altered. Such contours shall show elevations at a minimum vertical interval of two feet. Contour information shall be accompanied by the location of the bench mark and a notation indicating the datum used. Contours plotted from the United States Geodetic Survey will not be accepted except for minor subdivision plans. This information may be provided on separate sheets and is not subject to recording with the final plan.
(2) The names of all immediately adjacent landowners and the names and plan book record numbers of all previously recorded plans for adjacent projects.
(3) Significant environmental and topographic features including but not limited to floodplains, wetlands, quarry sites, solid waste disposal areas, historic features, cemetery or burial sites, archeological sites, areas with highly erosive soils, and woodlands. Additionally, the final plan shall indicate any proposed disturbance, encroachment, or alteration to such features when located upon the site proposed for development.
(4) The following items when located within 100 feet of the subject tract:
(a) The location and name of existing rights-of-way and cartways for streets, access drives, and service streets.
(b) The approximate location of the following features and any related rights-of-way: sanitary sewer mains, water supply mains, fire hydrants, and stormwater management facilities which affect the stormwater runoff from the subject tract.
(c) The size, capacity, and condition of the existing stormwater management system and any other facility that may be used to convey storm flows from the subject tract.
(5) The following items when located within the subject tract:
(a) The location and size of the following features and related rights-of-way: on-lot sewage disposal systems, on-lot water supplies, sanitary sewer mains, water supply mains, fire hydrants, buildings, and stormwater management facilities. This information may be provided on separate sheets and need not be recorded with the final plan.
(b) The location of existing rights-of-way for electric, telecommunications, gas and oil transmission lines and railroads.
(c) The size, capacity, and condition of the existing stormwater management system and any other facility that may be used to convey storm flows.
D. Plan Information.
(1) Complete description of the center line and the right-of-way line for all new streets. This description shall include distances and bearings with curve segments comprised of radius, central angle, tangent, arc and chord.
(2) Lot lines, with accurate bearings and distances, and lot areas for all parcels. Curve segments shall be comprised of radius, central angle, tangent, arc and chord. Along existing street rights-of-way, the description may utilize the existing deed lines or road center lines; along all proposed street rights-of-way, the description shall be prepared to the right-of-way lines.
(3) Lot numbers in consecutive order. Street addresses as assigned by the Township.
(4) The location and configuration of proposed buildings, parking compounds, streets, access drives, driveways, landscaping, and all other significant facilities.
(5) Total number of lots, units of occupancy, density, and proposed land use (if a multiple land use is proposed, an indication of the location of each land use).
(7) Building setback lines, with distances from the street right-of-way line.
(8) Identification of buildings and historic features proposed to be demolished.
(9) Typical street cross section for each proposed street and a typical cross section for any existing street which will be improved as part of the application. Each cross section shall include the entire right-of-way width.
(10) Final vertical and horizontal alignment for each proposed street, sanitary sewer, and water distribution system. All street profiles shall show at least the existing (natural) profile along the center line, proposed grade at the center line, and the length of all proposed vertical curves for the streets. All water distribution, sanitary sewer and storm sewer systems shall provide manhole and inlet locations and size and type of material. This information may be provided on separate sheets and is not subject to recording with the final plan.
(11) Source of title to the land included within the subject application, as shown by the books of the Chester County Recorder of Deeds.
(13) Location and material of all permanent monuments and lot line markers, including a note that all monuments and lot line markers are set or indicating when they will be set.
(14) A grading plan. The grading plan shall include finished land contours and grades, directions of stormwater movement, type of soils, and ground floor elevations. This information may by provided on separate sheets and is not subject to recording with the final plan.
(15) Identification of any waivers granted by the Board of Supervisors.
(16) Identification of any variances or special exceptions granted by the Zoning Hearing Board.
(17) Identification of any lands to be dedicated or reserved for public, semi-public, or community use.
(18) The following stormwater management data for all plans designed in accordance with §
22-508 of this chapter. This information may be provided on a sheet with other data or on separate sheets and need not necessarily be recorded with the final plan. In the case of any dispute in the methodology used in the design of any stormwater management plan and/or in the presentation of such information, the Board of Supervisors shall make the final determination on design criteria, methodology, and form of presentation.
(a) All calculations, assumptions, criteria, and references used in the design of the stormwater management facilities, the establishment of existing facilities capacities, and the pre- and post-development peak discharges.
(b) All plans and profiles of the proposed stormwater management facilities, including the horizontal and vertical location, size, and type of material. This information shall be to a detail required for the construction of the facilities.
(c) For all basins, a plotting or tabulation of the storage volumes and discharge curves with corresponding water surface elevations, inflow and outflow hydrography.
(d) For all basins which hold two acre feet or more of water and/or have an embankment that is six feet or more in height, soil structure and characteristics shall be provided. Plans and data shall be prepared by a registered professional engineer. These submissions shall provide design solutions for frost-heave potential, spring-swell potential, soil bearing strength, water infiltration, soil settling characteristics, fill and backfilling procedures, and soil treatment techniques as required to protect the improvements for adjacent structures.
(e) All erosion and sedimentation control measures, temporary as well as permanent, including the staging of the earth moving activities, in sufficient detail to clearly indicate their function.
(f) The guidelines for lot grading within subdivisions. This information shall identify the direction of stormwater runoff flow within each lot and the areas where stormwater runoff flows will be concentrated.
E. Certificates, Notifications and Reports.
(1) When applicable, notification from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, or its designated agent that either approval of the sewage facility plan revision or supplement has been granted or that such approval is not required must be received by the Township.
(2) When applicable, notification from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, or its designated agent that either approval of the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Stormwater Permit has been granted or that such permit is not required must be received by the Township.
(3) Notice from the postmaster of the postal district in which the tract is located stating that the proposed street names are acceptable.
(4) Certificate, signature, and seal of the surveyor, to the effect that the survey is correct and certificate, signature and seal of the surveyor, engineer, or landscape architect that prepared the plan that all other information shown on the plat is accurate. (See Appendix 22-1 and 22-2)
(5) Certificate for approval by the Board of Supervisors. (See Appendix 22-6)
(6) A certificate of review of the plan by the Planning Commission of East Nottingham. (See Appendix 22-8)
(7) Certificate of review of the plan by the Chester County Planning Commission. (See Appendix 22-9)
(8) A statement, duly acknowledged before an officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds and signed by the landowner, to the effect that the subdivision or land development shown on the plan is the act and the deed of the owner, that all those signing are all the owners of the property shown on the survey and plan, and that they desire the same to be recorded as such. This statement must be dated following the last change or revision to said plan. (See Appendix 22-4)
(9) A certificate of dedication of streets and other public property.
(10) A certificate to accommodate the Chester County Recorder of Deeds information. (See Appendix 22-10)
(11) A note to be placed on the plan indicating any area that is not to be offered for dedication, if applicable.
(12) Such written notices of approval as required by this chapter, including written notices approving the water supply systems, sanitary sewage systems and stormwater runoff to adjacent properties.
(13) In the case of a plan which requires access to a highway under the jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, the inclusion of the following plan note:
| "A highway occupancy permit is required pursuant to § 420 of the Act of June 1, 1945, P.L. 1242, No. 248, known as the "State Highway Law," 36 P.S. § 670-101 et seq., before driveway access to a state highway is permitted. Access to the state highway shall only be as authorized by a highway occupancy permit, and the Township's approval of this plan in no way implies that such permit can be acquired." |
(14) For all stormwater management facilities that encroach into an existing watercourse, notification from the Department of Environmental Protection of approval is required.
(15) Where the subdivision involves a site meeting any of the following criteria, a statement from the Chester County Conservation District that an acceptable erosion and sedimentation control plan has been submitted, reviewed and approved by that agency:
(a) Sites of five acres or greater.
(b) Sites where piping of stormwater or the alteration of natural or man-made water courses occur.
(c) Sites that contain or border a stream or body of water.
(16) Where the land included in the subject application has an agricultural woodland, or other natural resource easement located within the tract, the application shall be accompanied by a letter from the party holding the easement stating any conditions on the uses of the land. This requirement may be satisfied by submitting a copy of the recorded agreement.
(17) An improvement guarantee which has been accepted by the Board of Supervisors or Authority accepting dedication.
(18) Such additional agreements as may be required by the Board of Supervisors for the maintenance of open spaces, storm drainage facilities, etc.