[Ord. 6-97-429, 6/12/1997, § 9.1]
1.
Deadline. The applicant shall record the final or preliminary/final
plan approved by the Board of Commissioners or the Planning Commission,
as the case may be, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Lehigh
County within 90 days of the release of such approved final or preliminary/final
plan by the Township. An extension of the ninety-day period may be
granted by the Township approving body following a written request
for an extension by the applicant.
3.
Failure to Record. If the plan is not recorded, or if a written extension
has not been granted by the Township approving body within the required
time period, the approval of the final or preliminary/final plan shall
lapse and become void.
[Ord. 6-97-429, 6/12/1997, § 9.2]
The record plan shall be a clear and legible blue or black line
print on mylar or paper, and shall be an exact copy of the approved
final or preliminary/final plan on a sheet of the size required for
final or preliminary/final plans. After the final or preliminary/final
plan has been recorded, one reproducible copy thereof and two prints,
on a stable base material, shall be supplied to the Township for its
permanent files.
[Ord. 6-97-429, 6/12/1997, § 9.3]
1.
Official Map. After a subdivision or land development has been duly
recorded, the streets, parks, and other public improvements shown
thereon shall be considered to be part of any official map of the
Township.
2.
Dedication of Improvements. Every street, park or other improvement
shown on a subdivision or land development plan that is recorded as
provided herein, shall be deemed to be a private street, park, or
improvement until such time as:
[Ord. 6-97-429, 6/12/1997, § 9.4]
1.
As-built plans shall be prepared by the developer's engineer from
information recorded by the developer's contractors during construction.
Such plans shall be submitted to the engineer upon the completion
of construction. Following are the as-built plan submission and drawing
requirements:
A.
Submission Requirements. The developer shall be required to provide
one mylar reproducible plan and three blue line prints of the final
as-built plan. Prior to submitting these plans, one blue line print
of the as-built plan(s) shall be submitted to the Township Engineer
for review and approval.
B.
Drawing Requirements. All construction changes shall be noted by
drawing a line through the design data and adding the record data
adjacent thereto. The following specific information shall also be
noted:
(1)
Water Distribution System. Stationing of each gate valve, bend,
tee, cross, plug, and lateral. Each curb stop and valve box shall
be stationed and defined with reference ties when necessary. The location
of the water main with respect to the street center line or utility
easement line shall be shown and dimensioned.
(2)
Sanitary Sewerage System. Depth, length, and station of each
lateral. In the case of skewed laterals additional reference ties
shall be provided. Stationing shall be based on the commonly accepted
practice of applying Station 0+00 to the center line of the nearest
downstream manhole base slab.
(3)
Storm Sewerage System. Invert elevations, sewer lengths, slopes,
pipe diameters, and types.
(4)
Roads. As-built curb and/or pavement grades for intersections.
Any significant deviations in the center line profile shall be noted
on the plan.
(5)
Other Underground Utilities. Location and depth of electric,
telephone, cable TV, and gas lines within the rights-of-way. The utility
locations and depths should be shown where they cross other utilities
or cross under streets. Any encasement of the above utilities should
be identified.
