A. 
The scale and sheet size of sketch plans shall be as required for preliminary plans in § 435-23. The sketch plan shall be prepared by a landowner, engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect, or land planner. The sketch plan submission shall include an application (see Appendix No. 5)[1] and a plan.
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix No. 5 is included as an attachment to this chapter.
B. 
It is suggested that the plan show or be accompanied by the following data, legible in every detail, but not necessarily drawn to exact scale with precise dimensions:
(1) 
Name and address of the landowner and applicant (if applicable).
(2) 
Name and address of the individual and the firm that prepared the plan.
(3) 
Location map with sufficient information to locate the property.
(4) 
North arrow.
(5) 
Written scale and graphic scale.
(6) 
Approximate location of existing property boundaries.
(7) 
Significant topographical and man-made features (e.g., streets, buildings, other improvements, steep slope, bodies of water, quarries, floodplains, tree masses).
(8) 
Proposed street, parking, building, lot layout, type of water supply, type of sanitary sewage disposal, landscaping, recreational facilities, and other planned features.
(9) 
Proposed land use; if several land uses are proposed, the location of each land use shall be indicated.
A. 
Lot add-on requirements. Minor plans shall be prepared by an engineer, land surveyor, and/or landscape architect registered in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to perform such duties. Metes-and-bounds descriptions shall be prepared by land surveyors, and designs which entail engineering shall be prepared by registered engineers with appropriate expertise. The minor plan shall show, be accompanied by, or be prepared in accordance with the following.
B. 
Drafting standard.
(1) 
The plan shall be clearly and legibly drawn at a scale of 10 feet, 20 feet, 30 feet, 40 feet, 50 feet, or 100 feet to the inch.
(2) 
Dimensions for the entire property boundary shall be in feet and decimals; bearings shall be in degrees, minutes and seconds. Lot line descriptions shall read in a clockwise direction.
(3) 
The sheet size shall be no larger than 24 inches by 36 inches and proportional to the size required by the York County Recorder of Deeds. If the plan is prepared in two or more sections, a key map showing the location of the sections shall be placed on each sheet. If more than one sheet is necessary, each sheet shall be numbered to show the relationship to the total number of sheets in the plan (e.g., Sheet 1 of 15).
(4) 
Plans shall be legible in every detail to the satisfaction of the Township.
C. 
Location and identification.
(1) 
The proposed project name or identifying title.
(2) 
The municipality in which the project is to be located. If the property is located in the vicinity of a municipal boundary line, the location of the boundary shall be shown.
(3) 
A location map, drawn to scale, relating the property to at least two intersections of existing road center lines.
(4) 
The name and address of the owners(s), authorized agent for the land, developer and firm that prepared the plans.
(5) 
Source of title to the land included within the subject applications, as shown in the office of the York County Recorder of Deeds. Additionally, if the property is subject to an equitable owner, the name, address and reference to the equity agreement shall be included.
(6) 
The map and lot number assigned to the property by the York County Tax Assessment Office.
(7) 
The file or project number assigned by the firm that prepared the plan, the plan date, and the date(s) of all plan revisions.
(8) 
A North arrow, a graphic scale, and a written scale.
(9) 
The total acreage of the entire existing property.
(10) 
A statement on the plan identifying the Zoning Ordinance district for the subject property and surrounding land. Additionally, the lot size and/or density, lot coverage, building coverage, and yard requirements of Chapter 450, Zoning, as amended, shall be identified for the subject property.
(11) 
A statement on the plan identifying any existing waivers, variances, special exception, conditional use, and existing nonconforming structures/uses.
D. 
Existing features.
(1) 
Existing contours, at a minimum vertical interval of one foot within floodplains and land with average natural slope of 2% or less; two feet for land with average natural slope of 4% or less and at a minimum vertical interval of five feet for more steeply sloping land. Contours shall be accompanied by the location of the bench mark within or immediately adjacent to the subject property and notation indicating the datum used. Contours plotted from the United States Geodetic Survey may only be used for minor subdivision plans.
(2) 
The names of all immediately adjacent landowners, and the names and plan book record numbers of all previously recorded plans for adjacent projects.
(3) 
The location and description of existing lot line markers any monuments along the perimeter of the entire existing property.
(4) 
The following items when located on the subject property:
(a) 
The location, size, and name of existing rights-of-way and cartways for streets, access drives, driveways, and service streets.
(b) 
The location and size of the following existing features (e.g., public sanitary sewer facilities, public water supply facilities, fire hydrants, buildings, swales, watercourses, bodies of water, floodplain, wetland, and stormwater management facilities which affect stormwater runoff on the subject property) and any related rights-of-way or easements.
(c) 
The location and size of the existing individual on-lot sanitary sewer disposal facility and water supply facility when located on the subject property.
E. 
Proposed features.
(1) 
Lot line dimensions and lot areas for all proposed parcels.
(2) 
Lot numbers in consecutive order.
(3) 
A statement on the plan indicating the proposed total number of lots, minimum lot size, types of sanitary sewage disposal, type of water supply (if applicable), and proposed land use. The location of each land use if several types of uses are proposed.
(4) 
Easements for utilities, access, stormwater facilities, etc.
(5) 
Building setback lines, with distance from the property and street right-of-way.
(6) 
Identification of buildings, landscaping and other structures to be removed or demolished. Additionally, the schedule for removal and/or demolition shall be acknowledged on the plan.
(7) 
Location and material of all permanent monuments and lot line markers, including a note that all monuments and lot line markers are set or indicating when they will be set.
(8) 
A statement on the plan indicating any proposed waivers, special exceptions, conditional uses or variances. This statement must be revised, upon action on the request to acknowledge the outcome of the requested waiver or variance prior to recordation of the plan.
(9) 
Identification of any lands to be dedicated or reserved for public, semipublic or community use.
(10) 
A lot consolidation deed must be recorded with minor plan subject to solicitor's review.
F. 
Certification and notification.
(1) 
A statement on the plan by the individual responsible for the data to the effect that the survey, plan and/or other general data are correct (see Appendix No. 1).[1] This statement must be placed on plans.
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix No. 1 is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(2) 
A statement on the plan acknowledging that the subdivision or land development shown on the plan is presented with the consent of the landowner.
(3) 
A statement on the plan that a highway occupancy permit is required pursuant to Section 420 of the Act of June 1, 1945 (P.L. 1242, No. 428),[2] as amended, before any improvements are initiated within a State highway, or a street, access drive, or driveway intersection to a state highway is permitted.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 36 P.S. § 670-420.
(4) 
An application (see Appendix No. 5).[3]
[3]
Editor's Note: Appendix No. 5 is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(5) 
A statement acknowledging Township action (see Appendix Nos. 3 and 4).[4]
[4]
Editor's Note: Said appendixes are included as attachments to this chapter.
G. 
Filing fee. A check or money order drawn to Carroll Township in an amount specified on the fee schedule adopted by resolution of the Board of Supervisors and available at the Township Municipal Office.
H. 
Minor applications. All minor applications will be submitted in accordance with final plan application requirements of § 435-15.
I. 
Distribution. The Township Secretary, or designee, shall distribute the revised plan to the Township Engineer for review.
J. 
Reviewing agency. The Township Engineer shall review the plan to determine if the plan complies with §§ 435-15 and 435-21. The Township Engineer's report shall be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors.
K. 
Ruling. The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to approve or disapprove the plan. If the Board of Supervisors determines that the plan conforms with the above standards, the plan will supersede the previous submission.
L. 
Plan certification.
(1) 
The applicant shall, within 90 calendar days of the approval, present to the Township six paper copies of the revised plan. All six copies of the plan shall bear the original signatures on each certificate. The plan shall be signed by the Board of Supervisors. One paper copy of the plan will be retained by the Township. The Township shall submit the remaining plans to the York County Planning Commission for signature and the office of the York County Recorder of Deeds for a certificate. Two copies will be retained by the York County Recorder of Deeds one paper copy shall be returned by the applicant to the Township for certification of recording.
(2) 
The final plan shall be filed with the York County Recorder of Deeds within 90 days of the Board of Supervisors' certification of approval. No lot may be sold and/or construction initiated until the plan is filed with the York County Recorder of Deeds. The Township will not issue further approvals or permits until the evidence of recordation is provided by the applicant.
(3) 
Recording of the final plan shall have the effect of an irrevocable offer to dedicate all streets and other areas designed for public use shown thereon unless reserved by the landowner as hereinafter provided. The approval of the Board of Supervisors shall not impose any duty upon the Township concerning maintenance or improvement of any such dedicated street, or public use, until the Board of Supervisors shall have accepted the same by the prevailing procedures of the Township.
(4) 
If the final plan includes a notation to the effect that there is no offer of dedication to the public of common use areas, the title to such areas shall remain with the owner, their heirs and assigns, and the Township shall assume no responsibility for improvements or maintenance thereof, which fact shall be noted on the final plan.