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Borough of Akron, PA
Lancaster County
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[Ord. 00030, 7/11/2005, § 700]
The Borough shall assign a subdivision or land development application number to all subdivision and land development applications, and all matters referring to an application should be filed in accordance with the subdivision case number. The Borough shall keep a record of its finding, decision, and recommendations relative to all plans filed with it for review.
[Ord. 00030, 7/11/2005, § 701]
No application for preliminary or final approval shall be deemed to have been submitted until the fee and escrow deposits have been paid, which fee and escrow schedule shall be adopted, from time to time, by resolution of Borough Council.
[Ord. 00030, 7/11/2005, § 702]
The Zoning Officer shall notify in writing all adjoining property owners when a preliminary or final plan is filed. Additionally, a notice as to the filing of the plan shall be posted on the property (to be posted within 10 days of filing the plan and shall remain posted until the conclusion of the proceedings) visible from a public right-of-way and shall contain such information as Council, from time to time, shall establish by resolution.
[Ord. 00030, 7/11/2005, § 703]
Borough Council shall, from time to time, establish, by Resolution, appropriate forms for application, and language for documentation for purposes of establishing uniformity on plans. Additionally, Borough Council shall approve, from time to time, standard form agreements (such as stormwater management agreements and the like) prepared by the Solicitor for general use by applicants in processing plans.
[Ord. 00030, 7/11/2005, § 704]
Enforcement of this chapter shall be in conformance with the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
[Ord. 00030, 7/11/2005, § 705; as amended by Ord. 00037, 10/8/2007]
1. 
Any person, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, corporation, or other entity who or which has violated the provisions of this chapter shall, upon being found liable therefore in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Borough pay a judgment of not more than $500 plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney fees incurred by the Borough. No judgment shall commence or be imposed, levied or be payable until the date of determination of a violation by the magisterial district judge. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
2. 
The procedural and substantive provisions of § 515.3 of the Municipalities Planning Code are adopted by reference.
[Ord. 00030, 7/11/2005, § 706]
Appeals from the actions of Borough Council with respect to any application for subdivision or land development approval shall be governed by the provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., as they may be amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
[Ord. 00030, 7/11/2005, § 707]
All ordinances or parts of ordinances that conflict or are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter are hereby repealed to the extent necessary to give this chapter full force and effect. The Akron Land Subdivision Ordinance #174 of 1965, as amended, is hereby repealed totally except that the provisions thereof are hereby preserved as they relate to any actions currently pending in the Borough at the time of adoption of this chapter.
[Ord. 00030, 7/11/2005, § 708]
If any sentence, clause, section, word or portion of this chapter is for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, section or parts of this chapter. It is hereby declared as the intent of the Akron Borough Council of the Akron Borough that this chapter would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence, clause, section or part thereof had not been included herein.
[Ord. 00030, 7/11/2005, § 709]
This chapter shall become effective on August 1, 2005.