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
50 feet or greater detail.
B. Existing land uses, current zoning classifications, and adjacent
landowners shall be shown for the subject property and contiguous
land areas.
C. A to-scale location map shall be included, which relates the development
site to contiguous areas of the community, 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 land surveyor who prepared the
plan.
(e)
North point, date and graphic scale.
(3) Existing easements, their location, width and distance.
(4) USGS topographic contours shall be shown at vertical intervals of
20 feet. Contour data of greater detail may be required for land areas
with slope of 10% or less. Contour lines must extend a sufficient
distance on all sides of the property perimeter to determine adjacent
topographic influences.
(5) Datum to which contour elevations refer.
(6) Bench marks. Monuments or pins must be shown delineating all property
comers.
(7) Existing physical features, to include:
(a)
Watercourses, culverts, bridges and drains.
(b)
Buildings, sewers, water mains and fire hydrants, water wells
and septic facilities.
(c)
Streets 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.
(8) Proposed improvements shall include (in scale dimensions):
(a)
Location, name and width of all proposed streets 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.
(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. (See Chapter
369, Stormwater Management.)
(g)
A plan of proposed domestic water distribution systems.
(h)
A plan of the proposed sanitary sewage system or a plan, where
required, showing the type of on-lot sewage disposal facilities. This
plan shall be in accordance with the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities
Act (Act 537), as amended.
(i)
Proposed land use of the improvements.
(j)
Names and addresses of abutting property owners.
(k)
Where the preliminary sketch 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 or governing body 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.
(5) Location of manholes, invert elevations, grades and sizes of sanitary
sewers.
(6) A residential dwelling will not be permitted to be constructed in
a designated floodplain; base flood elevation data shall be contained
in the plan.
(7) If the proposed subdivision is located in or within proximity to
a wetlands area, plans and measures for the protection of said area
shall be included as a part of the application for subdivision approval.
(8) The size, location and use of structures on adjacent lands within
25 feet of the proposed subdivision shall be shown in all instances
where public rights-of-way or private accessways are contemplated
along or within 25 feet of the perimeter of the subdivision.
(9) Report on erosion control and related factors after consultation
with the Washington County Soil Conservation District.
(10)
Certification and acknowledgments which shall include:
(a)
Individual or corporate adoption, notarized.
(b)
Individual or corporate acknowledgment, notarized.
(c)
Guarantee of title and mortgagee's consent to record (if
applicable).
(d)
Surveyor's certification and seal.
F. The subdivider shall pay the cost of planning, engineering and related
professional, technical and legal assistance and studies determined
necessary by the Planning Commission and/or governing body. All application
and review fees must be paid in full prior to final approval by the
Township governing body.