This chapter shall be known as the "Nockamixon Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance."
These regulations are adopted for the following purposes:
A. 
To protect and provide for the public health, safety, and general welfare of Nockamixon Township.
B. 
To guide the future growth and development of Nockamixon Township, in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan, Act 537 Sewage Facilities Plan and Open Space Plan of Nockamixon Township.
C. 
To provide for adequate light, air, privacy; to secure safety from fire, flood, and other danger; and to prevent overcrowding of the land and undue congestion of population.
D. 
To protect the character and social and economic stability of Nockamixon Township and to encourage the orderly and beneficial development of Nockamixon Township.
E. 
To protect and conserve the value of land throughout Nockamixon Township and the value of building(s) and improvements upon the land and to minimize the conflicts among the uses of land and buildings.
F. 
To guide public and private policy and action in order to provide adequate and efficient transportation, water supply, sewerage, stormwater management, schools, parks, playgrounds, recreation, and other public requirements and facilities.
G. 
To provide the most beneficial relationship between the uses of land and buildings and the circulation of traffic within Nockamixon Township having particular regard to the avoidance of congestion in the streets and highways, and the pedestrian traffic movements appropriate to the various uses of land and buildings, and to provide for the proper location and width of streets and building lines.
H. 
To establish reasonable standards of design and procedures for subdivision and resubdivisions, in order to further the orderly layout and use of land; and to insure proper, legal descriptions and monumenting of subdivided land.
I. 
To insure that public facilities are available and will have a sufficient capacity to serve the proposed subdivision.
J. 
To prevent the pollution of air, streams, lakes, and ponds; to assure the adequacy of drainage facilities; to safeguard the water table; and to encourage the wise use and management of natural resources in order to preserve the community and value of the land.
K. 
To control stormwater in a manner consistent with the Bucks County Stormwater Management Plan.
L. 
To regulate the subdivision and/or development of land within any designated floodplain district in order to promote the general health, welfare, and safety of the community.
M. 
To require that each subdivision lot in flood-prone areas include a safe building site with adequate access; and that public facilities which serve such uses be designed and installed to minimize flood damage.
N. 
To protect individuals from buying lands which are unsuitable for use because of flooding by prohibiting the improper subdivision and/or development of lands within the designated floodplain districts; and which are unsuitable for use because of topography, wetlands, steep slopes, and other environmental features.
O. 
To preserve the natural beauty and topography of Nockamixon Township, to ensure appropriate development with regard to these natural features, and to preserve and protect environmentally sensitive lands.
P. 
To provide for open spaces through efficient design and layout of the land.
This chapter shall apply to all subdivision and land development plans submitted after the effective date of this chapter and to all subdivision and land development plans submitted before the effective date of this chapter which no longer have protection from the effect of changes in governing ordinances granted by § 508(4) of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10508(4).
A. 
Subdivision control.
(1) 
No subdivision, as herein defined, of any lot, tract or parcel of land shall be effected and no street, alley, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water main or other facilities in connection therewith, shall be laid out, constructed, opened or dedicated for public use or travel, or for the common use of occupants of buildings abutting or to abut thereon, except in strict accordance with the provisions of this chapter. No lot in any subdivision may be sold, and no permit to erect, alter or repair any building upon land in a subdivision may be issued and no building may be erected in a subdivision, unless and until a subdivision plan has been approved by the Board of Supervisors and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds for Bucks County.
(2) 
There shall be no subdivision of any lot which has been restricted from further subdivision by a note or restriction on a plan or deed recorded at the office of the Bucks County Recorder of Deeds.
B. 
Land development control.
(1) 
Land development, as herein defined, must comply with the regulations contained herein. Such compliance shall include, but not be limited to, the filing of preliminary and final plats, the dedication and improvements of rights-of-way, streets and roads, and the payment of fees and charges as established by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
(2) 
Land development plans shall indicate the location of each structure and clearly define each unit and shall indicate public easements, common areas, and improvements, all easements appurtenant to each unit, and improvements to public rights-of-way. Developments are subject to the zoning regulations as they apply to use and density requirements, setbacks, parking and other features, and the same shall be indicated on the land development plan.
(3) 
No further improvements and/or development of a lot restricted against further improvements and/or development by a note or restriction on a plan, deed or other instrument recorded at the office of the Bucks County Recorder of Deeds Office shall be permitted.
A. 
Interpretation. In interpreting and applying the provisions of this chapter, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of public health, safety, comfort, convenience, and general welfare.
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Conflict with public and private provisions.
(1) 
Public Provisions. Where any provision of this chapter imposes restrictions different from those imposed by any other provision of this chapter or any other ordinance, rule, or regulation, or other provisions of law, whether local, State or Federal, whichever provisions are more restrictive or impose higher standards shall control.
(2) 
Private Provisions. This chapter is not intended to abrogate any easement, covenant of any other private agreement or restriction, provided that where the provisions of this chapter are more restrictive or impose higher standards or regulations than such easement, covenant, or other private agreement or restriction, the requirements of this chapter shall govern. Where the provisions of the easement, covenant or private agreement or restriction impose duties and obligations more restrictive, or higher standards than the requirements of these regulations, or the determinations of the Board of Supervisors in approving a subdivision or in enforcing this chapter, and such private provision are not inconsistent with this chapter or determinations thereunder, then such private provisions shall be operative and supplemental to these regulations and determinations made thereunder.
C. 
Municipal liability. The grant of a permit or approval of a plan for any proposed subdivision and/or land development to be located within any identified floodplain area or district shall not constitute a representation, guarantee, or warranty of any kind by Nockamixon Township or by any official or employee thereof of the practicability or safety of the proposed use, and shall create no liability upon Nockamixon Township, its officials or employees.