Planning Commission approval is not required for a land development
if all of the following criteria are met:
A. The proposal is in compliance with zoning requirements, including
proper decisions by the Zoning Hearing Board or Council;
B. The proposal has no off-street parking;
C. The proposal does not necessitate improvement to public properties
or facilities;
D. A subdivision is not required; and
E. No alterations are proposed which will affect vehicular or pedestrian
circulation.
Any person who believes that his or her plan meets the above
criteria shall submit the following by hand delivery or registered
mail to the City of Altoona Community Development Department:
A. An original plan to be recorded.
B. Seven contact prints of the original plan.
C. Two original executed copies of the application form.
D. Fees as established by resolution of the City Council from time to
time.
E. A project narrative, which shall include the evidence necessary to show that the plan meets all the criteria in §
640-45 above.
F. At the applicant's option, a diskette containing line drawings of
the plan in either data exchange format (.dxf) or ESRI exchange format
(.e00), registered to Pennsylvania State Plane (South) Coordinates,
North American Datum of 1983.
The plan submitted shall be suitable for recording with the
Blair County Recorder of Deeds and shall include at least the following:
A. The title: "Low-Impact Land Development Plan drawn for (name of owner)."
B. Date, scale, and north point.
C. A locus at a scale of one inch equals 1,000 feet (or scale acceptable
to the Planning Administrator) sufficient to identify where in the
City of Altoona the property is located and indicating the boundary
lines of proposed lots.
D. Sheet size shall not exceed 24 inches by 36 inches but shall be at
least 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches.
E. The name, seal, and signature of the surveyor who prepared the plan.
F. The inscription:
|
ALTOONA PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR
|
---|
|
Approval of a No-Impact Subdivision Plan
|
---|
|
DATE:
|
---|
|
BLAIR COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
|
---|
|
____________________________Date: _____________________
|
G. Boundaries of the entire original tract in a dark heavy line.
H. The name(s) of the abutting street(s) shall be identified on the
plan, and the following shall appear for each lot:
(1) Frontage and area noted in feet.
(2) Lot number. All lots and parcels shall be designated by street address.
I. Building footprints, including notations for dimensions and square
footage.
J. All pedestrian and vehicular facilities within 50 feet of the lot,
including sidewalks, doors, streets, alleys, and any other facility
relative to pedestrian or vehicular circulation on or around the lot.
K. The applicable zoning district shall be noted on the plan.
L. The location of all easements and improvements on all lots to be
created or altered shall be shown and identified.
M. If the plan submitted has been relieved of certain zoning requirements
by a decision of the Zoning Hearing Board, the following shall appear
on the plan: "Subject to an action taken by the Altoona Zoning Hearing
Board on (Date)."
N. Lots which do not appear to conform to zoning requirements may have
the following notation placed on the plan by the Planning Administrator:
"This approval is not a determination as to conformance with zoning
regulations."
Any aggrieved applicant may appeal the decision of the Planning
Administrator to the Altoona City Planning Commission. Such appeal
shall be filed with the Commission within 30 days of the Planning
Administrator's written decision. The Planning Commission shall have
60 days from such filing to render a decision.