The following materials shall be submitted with an application for review and approval of a preliminary plat:
A. 
Ten copies of the plat in the form of a map or series of maps drawn to a scale not smaller than 100 feet to the inch and showing the following:
(1) 
The limits and dimensions of the tract(s) to be subdivided or developed and the proposed name or identifying title of the subdivision or land development. The date, scale, and north point. The tract's(s') present deed reference(s) by book(s) and page(s).
(2) 
Existing and proposed streets, both public and private, including the name, widths of the right-of-way and cartway.
(3) 
The location and dimensions, where applicable, of existing property lines, buildings, railroads, easements, rights-of-way and land reserved for public purposes; streams, trees, masses and wetlands; and the location, courses and dimensions of existing sanitary and storm sewer and water facilities.
(4) 
The location and dimensions of proposed easements, buildings, property lines, building setbacks, rights-of-way and land reserved for public purposes; and the location, courses and dimensions of proposed sanitary and storm sewer and water facilities.
(5) 
Existing topographic contours at not more than five-foot intervals or at such intervals that the contours shall have a maximum horizontal spacing of 100 feet. The Planning Commission may also require supplemental plans showing proposed final contour.
(6) 
The name, address and telephone number of the owner and developer. The name, seal and signature, address and telephone number of the engineer, architect or surveyor who prepared the plat. The name(s) and address(es) of the owner(s) of the tract(s) and the names of the owners of adjoining tracts along with their respective deed references.
(7) 
A location map taken from the applicable USGS quadrangle at a scale of not less than 1:24,000 showing the proposed subdivision or land development in relation to adjacent properties and existing streets in that vicinity of the Township.
(8) 
Approximate dimensions, lot numbers, and the approximate area and proposed use of each lot. Areas shall be indicated as both gross and net area.
(9) 
Parcels of land intended to be dedicated or reserved for schools, parks, playgrounds, parking, common open space or other public, quasi-public or community purposes.
(10) 
Location of all proposed driveways, clear sight triangles, and sight distance provided at each proposed street and/or driveway intersection.
(11) 
Details of any requested modifications of requirements from this chapter.
(12) 
Existing and proposed uses of the subject property.
(13) 
Signed certification statement by a registered surveyor or registered engineer certifying to the accuracy of the survey and plat.
(14) 
Signed and notarized statement certifying that the undersigned applicant has legal or equitable title in the land shown on the respective plat, and a dedicatory statement to the Township for proposed Township streets, public utility easements and/or lines, or other proposed Township improvements.
B. 
Cross-section drawings for all proposed streets showing rights-of-way, cartway widths, location of sidewalks and planting strips. Profile drawings of all proposed streets showing existing and proposed grades.
C. 
Plans and profiles of proposed sanitary and storm sewer systems, water distribution systems and any other pertinent utilities. Such plans shall include grades, pipe sizes and the location of valves and fire hydrants.
D. 
Six copies of the appropriate sewage planning documentation pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Such documentation shall be prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. When necessary, sewage facilities planning modules shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following information:
(1) 
A plot plan indicating within the site the location of existing and proposed buildings, lot lines, sewage or sewerage systems, all sources of water supply such as wells, springs, ponds, streams, and other bodies of water, rights-of-way, streets, roadways, highways, and access routes.
(2) 
Information relating to the type of water supply and sewage supply provided or to be provided, including soil conditions and limitations for on-lot sewage disposal if applicable.
(3) 
Information relating to adjacent properties, buildings, sources of water supply, ponds, streams, sewage, or sewerage systems, rights-of-way and streets that may have a significant effect on the environmental and sanitary aspects of the proposed subdivision or development.
(4) 
Direction to north, direction of slopes and degree of slope.
(5) 
Direction and distance to the nearest sewage treatment plant and information as to its present or future accessibility in terms of time, finances and load capacity, as well as the sources of this information.
(6) 
Location and results of preliminary soil percolation tests, which shall be conducted by a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection certified Sewage Enforcement Officer approved by the Township, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Such soil percolation tests shall be required in conjunction with all preliminary plat applications, unless waived in advance in writing by the Township and the Department of Environmental Protection.
(7) 
Signatures of the applicant, Township Sewage Enforcement Officer, and the County Planning Commission.
E. 
All plats shall contain a note regarding the status of wetlands on-site based upon a minimum of three factors: (1) the presence or absence of hydric soils or soils with inclusions of hydric components as classified by the Franklin County Conservation District, (2) National Wetlands Inventory mapping, and (3) an inspection of the property by the responsible surveyor or engineer. Where deemed necessary by the Board of Supervisors and upon recommendation by the Planning Commission, an analysis of wetland conditions on the subject property shall be performed. Such analysis shall be prepared by a recognized professional wetlands consultant and shall clearly state the existence or nonexistence of any wetlands and shall delineate the field determined boundaries of those areas should they exist. A note shall also be added which states that Metal Township assumes no responsibility with regard to wetlands analyses and delineations. This note shall also state that the accuracy of each delineation presented to the Township shall be the responsibility of the applicant and his consultant. A final determination of each delineation's accuracy may be made by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, or any subsequently empowered governmental regulatory agency. Plats shall also include the location and boundaries of any one-hundred-year floodplain and/or floodway within the subject property as identified on the latest edition of FEMA's Flood Insurance Rate Maps for the Township.
F. 
Whenever a subdivision or land development, proposes earthmoving, construction or development of any type, the applicant shall prepare, for the use and review of the Township, two copies of an Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan, pursuant to the Rules and Regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection relative to Erosion Control (Chapter 102). The design standards and specifications for said Plan are contained in said Chapter 102. Said plan shall also be submitted to the Franklin County Conservation District for review and approval.
G. 
Whenever a subdivision or land development is subject to the requirements of § 22-29 of this chapter, the applicant shall submit three copies of a traffic impact study for the Township's review and approval. The traffic impact study shall be prepared in accordance with the criteria set forth in § 22-29 and the recommendations of the Township Engineer.
A. 
Upon receipt of the required plat and application materials, the Township Secretary shall forward one copy to the Township Engineer, four copies to the Franklin County Planning Commission for review and report (in accordance with § 22-10 of this chapter), and one copy to the Franklin County Conservation District.
B. 
The Engineer shall review the plat in the context of the standards and requirements of this chapter, from the standpoint of planning and engineering requirements and considerations, and shall prepare and transmit a written report thereon to the Planning Commission in such a fashion as not to delay the Planning Commission's action on the application in accordance with the provisions of this article.
C. 
The Planning Commission shall receive and review the report of the Township Engineer, the Franklin County Planning Commission, and, when applicable, the Franklin County Conservation District. The Planning Commission shall not take action upon any application until the county review and report is received, or until the expiration of 30 days from the date the application was received by the county agency.
D. 
The Metal Township Planning Commission shall take action on a preliminary plat within 62 days of the Township Planning Commission's first meeting at which consideration of the application is given. The Commission shall note its action on four copies of the plat. The four copies of the plat shall then be forwarded to the Metal Township Board of Supervisors, along with the Planning Commission's recommendation concerning the Supervisors' approval or disapproval of the preliminary plat. In the event that the Planning Commission recommends disapproval by the Board of Supervisors of the application, it shall furnish along with such recommendation a written statement of the defects in the application, citing the specific provisions and section numbers of this chapter with which the application does not comply. Upon its approval of the preliminary plat, the Planning Commission shall also recommend to the Metal Township Board of Supervisors that the appropriate sewage planning documentation be formally adopted and submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for its review. In the event that the Planning Commission determines to recommend approval of the application subject, however, to certain conditions, the Planning Commission shall procure the applicant's written acceptance or rejection of any and all conditions proposed for imposition relative to the application, prior to submitting the application to the Metal Township Board of Supervisors. In the event of the applicant's failure to accept such conditions in writing within 62 days of the first meeting at which the application was considered, the Planning Commission's recommended approval of the application shall be rescinded automatically.
E. 
The Metal Township Board of Supervisors shall, upon receipt of the Planning Commission's recommendation, take official action on a preliminary plat application by either approving or denying the same. Such official action by the Metal Township Board of Supervisors shall be taken within 90 days of the Township's first meeting at which consideration of the application is given. The Metal Township Board of Supervisors shall note its action on all four copies of the preliminary plat. One copy shall be retained for Township use. In the event that the Metal Township Board of Supervisors denies a preliminary plat application, written notice of such denial shall be furnished to the applicant, by first class mail, postage prepaid, by the Township Secretary, which notice shall inform the applicant of the defects in the application, citing the specific provisions and section numbers of this chapter, or other applicable laws or regulations, with which the application does not comply. Such written notice of denial shall be mailed within the aforesaid ninety-day time limit. The applicant shall be likewise informed of the approval of his preliminary plat application. The Board may also conditionally approve a preliminary plat by so notifying the applicant in writing, which notification shall include a specific statement of any and all conditions proposed for imposition. In the event of the applicant's failure to accept such conditions in writing within 31 days of the conditional approval, the proposed approval of the plat shall be rescinded automatically; provided, however, that, in such event, the Board shall comply with the requirements of this section relating to written notice of preliminary plat denial.
F. 
Failure of the Township Supervisors to render a decision and communicate it to the applicant within the time and in the manner required herein shall be deemed an approval of the application in terms as presented unless the applicant has agreed in writing to an extension of time or change in the prescribed manner of presentation of communication of the decision, in which case, failure to meet the extended time or change in manner of presentation of communication shall have like effect.
G. 
Approval of the preliminary plat shall not constitute approval of the final subdivision plat by the Township Supervisors.