[Amended 7-20-2023 by Ord. No. 1056]
Streets, sidewalks, and planting strips shall be constructed and designed according to the dimensional and design standards found set forth under Chapter 450, Subdivision and Land Development, unless otherwise waived by Borough Council.
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Editor's Note: Former § 500-702, Sidewalks, was repealed 7-20-2023 by Ord. No. 1056.
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Editor's Note: Former § 500-703, Planting strips, was repealed 7-20-2023 by Ord. No. 1056.
A. 
General to all zoning districts.
(1) 
Trees shall be selected from the recommended plant list on file with the Borough Secretary and situated to avoid conflict with overhead and underground utilities.
(2) 
In cases where unique physical characteristics or utilities prevent the location of the required street trees in the first lot layer, planting strip where present, or tree pit, Borough Council or the Zoning Officer may require that trees be located elsewhere on the property in the amount prescribed above, or a substitution of landscaping elsewhere on the lot and of an equivalent cost.
B. 
Specific to the 3a, 3b, 3c, and 4a Zoning Districts. A minimum of one street tree for each 30 linear feet of all frontage(s), or fraction thereof, shall be planted in the planting strip where the strip is at least three feet wide; or where none is present, too narrow, or overhead utilities exist, they shall be planted in the first lot layer.
C. 
Specific to the 4b, 5a, and 5b Zoning Districts.
(1) 
A minimum of one street tree for each 30 linear feet of all frontage(s), or fraction thereof, shall be planted in a tree pit located in the frontage or in the first lot layer.
(2) 
Tree pits shall be a minimum of 12 square feet at the sidewalk surface with no less than three feet of width in either direction and excavated to a depth of at least three feet.
(3) 
Where the installation of a tree pit with a tree grate would lessen the width of an existing sidewalk below four feet as measured from the edge of the opening in the tree pit grate to the outside edge of the sidewalk, an alternate location of the street tree, such as in the first lot layer, shall be provided. Where no feasible option exists, Borough Council or the Zoning Office shall require that trees be located elsewhere on the property in the amount prescribed above, or a substitution of landscaping elsewhere on the lot and of an equivalent cost.