A.
Application. Following the preapplication conference, the subdivider
shall prepare and submit to the Township Planning Commission, by delivery
to the Township Secretary at least 15 days prior to the regular monthly
meeting of the Planning Commission, copies of the preliminary plans
of the total land to be ultimately developed. The number of copies
to be filed shall be specified by the Township Planning Commission.
Upon receipt of the plan, the Planning Commission shall forward copies
to the Beaver County Planning Commission for a review and report,
together with a fee sufficient to cover the costs of the review and
report. Said fee shall be paid by the applicant. The Township shall
not approve such application until the county report is received,
or until the expiration of 30 days from the date the application was
forwarded to the county.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
Planning Commission review. The Township Planning Commission shall
review the plan submitted covering the requirements of this chapter
point by point and shall consult with the Township Engineer and other
officials as appropriate.
C.
Planning Commission action. The Planning Commission will notify the
subdivider of the scheduled meeting place, date, time and agenda.
Within 30 days following the scheduled meeting, the Planning Commission
shall submit a written report to the governing body recommending approval,
conditional approval or disapproval, each with reasons for the action.
D.
Action of the governing body. The governing body shall act on the
preliminary plan within such time limits as may be fixed in this chapter,
but the governing body shall render its decision and communicate it
to the applicant not later than 90 days following the date of the
regular meeting of the governing body or the planning agency (whichever
first reviews the application) next following the date the application
is filed, and the decision of the governing body shall be in writing
and shall be communicated to the applicant personally or mailed to
him at his last-known address not later than 15 days following the
decision. If approved or conditionally approved, the authorization
to submit a final plan shall be included with the notification.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
E.
Nature of approval. Approval of a preliminary plan shall not constitute
approval of a final plan, but rather an expression of approval of
the layout submitted on the preliminary plan as a guide to the preparation
of the final plan.
All applications for preliminary plan approval submitted to
the Township Planning Commission shall include, but not be limited
to, the following information:
A.
The preliminary plan shall be drawn at a scale of one inch equals
100 feet or greater.
B.
Zoning classifications shall be shown for the subject property and
adjacent land areas.
C.
A location map shall be included which relates the development site
to contiguous communities, highway systems and other significant developments.
D.
The plan shall show or be accompanied by the following:
(1)
Draft of protective covenants, if any.
(2)
Title, to include:
(a)
Name by which the subdivision will be recorded.
(b)
Location by municipality, county and state.
(c)
Names and addresses of the owner or owners.
(d)
Name and seal of the registered professional engineer and registered
surveyor who surveyed the property and prepared the plan.
(e)
North point, date and graphic scale.
(3)
Tract boundaries with bearings, distances and area in acres.
(4)
Existing easements, their location, width and distance.
(5)
Tract closures.
(6)
Contours at vertical intervals of two feet for land areas with slope
of 5% or less, and at five-foot intervals for land areas with a slope
of greater than 5%. Contour lines must extend 100 feet on all sides.
(7)
Datum to which contour elevations refer.
(8)
Bench marks.
(9)
Existing physical features to include:
(a)
Watercourses, culverts, bridges and drains.
(b)
Buildings, sewers, water mains and fire hydrants.
(c)
Streets and alleys on or adjacent to the tract, including name,
right-of-way widths and cartway widths.
(d)
Telephone conduit line, electric power transmission lines, petroleum
product lines and other significant man-made features.
(10)
Proposed improvements shall include (in scale dimensions):
(a)
Location, name and width of all proposed streets and alleys
and paved cartways.
(b)
All rights-of-way, easements and the purposes for which they
are to be established.
(c)
Lot lines of all parcels.
(d)
Building lines.
(e)
Reservations of ground for public or common use.
(f)
General drainage plan for stormwater to include proposed flow
of stormwater in relation to natural channels.
(g)
A plan of the proposed water distribution system or a plan showing
the location of individual wells.
(h)
A plan of the proposed sanitary sewerage system or a plan, where
required, showing the proposed location and type of on-lot sewage
disposal facilities. This plan shall be in accordance with the "Pennsylvania
Sewage Facilities Act" (Act 537), as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 750.1 et seq.
(i)
Proposed land use of the improvements.
(j)
Names and addresses of abutting property owners.
(k)
Where the preliminary plan covers only a part of the subdivider's
entire holding, a sketch shall be submitted of the prospective street
layout of the remainder of the land.
E.
The subdivider shall provide such additional information as may be
required by the Planning Commission, governing body, Zoning Officer,
Township Engineer, or other Township agency or organization in order
to more fully evaluate the proposed subdivision and its effect on
adjacent property or the Township as a whole. Such information may
include:
(1)
Street profiles showing existing ground elevations and proposed center
line street grades;
(2)
Subsurface condition of the tract;
(3)
Typical cross sections of roadways and sidewalks;
(4)
Sizes of water pipes and location of valves and fire hydrants; and
(5)
Location of manholes, invert elevations, grades and sizes of sanitary
sewers.
(6)
If the proposed subdivision, or a part thereof, is located in a designated
floodplain, base flood elevation data shall be contained in the plan.
