Permanent monuments and markers shall be placed in all subdivisions in accordance with the following requirements:
A. 
General requirements. The location and installation of monuments and markers shall be planned to ensure that they will be permanent accessible and recoverable. All monumentation shall conform to recommended practices of the surveying professional as contained in the most recent edition of the Manual of Practice for Professional Land Surveyors in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or equivalent standard of professional practice acceptable to the Township.
B. 
Placement. Intervisible monuments shall be placed sufficiently far apart to ensure accuracy control within survey procedures. Monuments shall be placed with priority consideration for permanence and accessibility.
(1) 
Placement of monuments shall consider the ultimate use of the land where the monuments are to be placed, exposure to future roadway maintenance, and landscaping of the lot. To that end monuments shall be located in the following order of priority.
(a) 
On a five-foot or appropriate survey line only where sidewalks are to be installed.
(b) 
If no sidewalks are to be installed then the center line of the roadway shall be monumented.
(c) 
Other locations along or in the right-of-way line giving due consideration to the lot owner's use of the land and the likelihood that future changes in elevation or landscape which would affect the monument's location or its intervisibility.
(2) 
Monuments shall be placed in a sufficient number of locations to define the boundary of a subdivision and the location of all streets. Sufficient monuments shall be placed to locate intersections culs-de-sac and curves in horizontal street alignments. Monuments shall be intervisible.
(3) 
Markers shall be placed at the corner of all lots or at such other locations as may be required to locate all lot lines.
(4) 
The location of all monuments and markers shall be shown on the plat for recording with the distance between them and the curve data shown. A notation shall be included on the plat indicating whether the monuments were found or set and a description of their type size material condition and position shall be included.
(5) 
Monuments shall be identified on the Pennsylvania Plane Coordinate System NAD 83 or 27, where it is feasible to do so. This requirement may be waived for minor subdivisions where the control locations are so distant that the cost of complying would be burdensome in relation to the total survey cost.
C. 
Materials.
(1) 
Monuments shall be of durable materials of sufficient length and cross-sectional areas to be reliably permanent and shall clearly indicate the survey point. Concrete or stone monuments with a minimum width of four inches and a minimum length of 30 inches shall be acceptable. Other materials may be accepted with the approval of the Township Engineer.
(2) 
Markers shall be iron pins or pipes that are 30 inches in length or other material acceptable to the Township Engineer.
(3) 
Monuments and markers shall be detectable with conventional ferrous metal or magnetic locators.
D. 
Certification of installation and escrow deposit to guarantee installation. The installation and certification shall be made by a registered surveyor prior to the approval of the subdivision. In lieu of such prior installation, the applicant shall furnish a monument escrow deposit at the time of filing the final application in an amount established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Commissioners to guarantee the proper installation of the required monuments and markers. Upon installation and certification by a registered surveyor, the deposit shall be refunded to the applicant.
A. 
Each lot shall be served by public water and public sanitary sewers or a private system approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The developers shall be responsible for obtaining all necessary approvals and entering into a developer's agreement with Neville Township or its assigns to provide such facilities in accordance with its rules and regulations.
B. 
Where public water lines are extended to serve a lot or lots in a proposed subdivision or land development, the water lines shall be extended across the full frontage of the lot or lots served so that additional connections can be made to the next immediately adjacent property, unless that property is already served.
C. 
Where public sewers are available to serve a lot or lots in a proposed subdivision or land development, the Township shall require that laterals and feeder lines be extended within the proposed subdivision or land development to the right-of-way closest to the proposed trunk line location. The end of said laterals and feeder lines shall be capped until the connection to the trunk lines can be made.
D. 
Storm sewers and drainage facilities shall be provided by the developer in each plan and shall be constructed in accordance with the design standards of Article IX and the Township construction standards. If required by § 290-62 of this chapter, stormwater management facilities shall be constructed in accordance with the Township's requirements.
E. 
The developer shall be responsible for contracting with private utility companies and for providing any easements required by those utility companies to guarantee that each lot shall be served by telephone, gas and/or electricity and cable TV.
F. 
Except where utilities are being extended from existing aboveground facilities, all telephone, gas, electric and cable TV lines shall be installed underground in any subdivision which consists of five or more lots, in any multifamily development which contains five or more dwelling units and in any nonresidential land development in excess of 10 acres. The design standards for such lines shall be in accordance with the specifications of the applicable regulatory agency. All installations shall be made prior to paving of the street.
A. 
Public street frontage required for single-family dwellings and two-family dwellings. Each lot proposed for a single-family dwelling or two-family dwelling shall have frontage on a public street, as defined by this chapter, which is constructed in accordance with the design standards of Article IX and the Township construction standards. An exception to this requirement may be granted in accordance with the provisions of Article X of this chapter and the following criteria:
(1) 
The lot or lots have no other access to a public street.
(2) 
No more than three lots shall front on a private street.
(3) 
An existing private street shall not be extended; however, additional lots may be recorded on the existing private street, provided the total number of lots fronting on the private street shall not exceed three lots.
(4) 
The cartway for any newly constructed private street shall be improved to meet the Township construction standards for a public street, unless a modification to one or more of those requirements is granted in accordance with Article X of this chapter.
(5) 
The width of the right-of-way for a newly constructed private street may be reduced to no less than 20 feet, provided the property at the terminus of the private street cannot be further subdivided.
(6) 
The width of the cartway on a newly constructed private street may be reduced to no less than 16 feet, provided the property at the terminus of the private street cannot be further subdivided.
(7) 
The plat for recording shall contain a notation and the deeds for each lot fronting on the private street shall contain a reference to an executed and recorded agreement obligating the property owners to maintain the private street.
B. 
Private streets authorized for multifamily and nonresidential developments. In any subdivision or land development that proposes two or more multifamily or nonresidential buildings on a lot or lots, a private street may be authorized by the Board of Commissioners, provided the following criteria are met:
(1) 
The private street shall be built in accordance with the specifications in the Township construction standards for a public street.
(2) 
Approval shall be subject to the review by the Township Solicitor of the draft documents creating an organization of homeowners or business owners proposed to maintain the private streets.
(3) 
The private street shall be subject to the street tree planting requirements of § 290-66A for public streets.
A. 
On all arterial and collector streets and at intersections of local streets and at other locations where the Planning Commission, upon recommendation of the Township Engineer, determines streetlighting is necessary for public safety, streetlighting shall be installed in accordance with the specifications of the regulatory agency, subject to approval by the Township. Where required by this chapter, the developer shall prepare a streetlighting plan for submission to the public utility company providing electricity. For the safety and convenience of the public, the developer shall furnish and install streetlights approved by the Township on metal poles prescribed by the Township on public and private streets. The development agreement shall be conditioned upon presentation of a lighting plan certified by the public utility company providing electricity for installation of said streetlight poles and fixtures.
B. 
The developer shall pay energy charges for the installed streetlighting system until such time as one lot in excess of 50% of the lots is sold. After one lot in excess of 50% of the lots is sold, energy charges shall be assumed by the Township.
Fire hydrants shall be located no more than 500 feet apart in the public street right-of-way. The final design, placement and spacing of the hydrants shall be subject to review and approval by the Township Fire Marshal and Township Fire Chief.
The developer shall install street name signs, approved by the Township, at all street intersections. The cost of the street signs and posts shall be assumed by the developer. Street signs shall be installed in accordance with the Township construction standards.
A. 
Sidewalks shall be required in all residential subdivisions and land developments. Sidewalks or pedestrian walkways shall be required within all subdivisions and land developments proposed for nonresidential use. If walkways are proposed in lieu of sidewalks, they shall be located to maximize pedestrian safety and convenience and to minimize contacts with vehicular traffic, holding street crossings to a minimum. Where pedestrian walkways are proposed to cross private property, an easement shall be provided that has a minimum width of 10 feet. Sidewalks along the public street frontage shall be located in the public street right-of-way or, if located on private property, shall be located in an easement with a minimum width of 10 feet.
B. 
Sidewalks shall be constructed in accordance with the Township construction standards. Where a sidewalk is proposed to connect to an existing sidewalk, the proposed sidewalk shall match the width of the existing sidewalk. All other sidewalks across the frontage of lots proposed for a single-family or two-family dwelling shall be a minimum of three feet in width. Sidewalks proposed for any lot or lots adjacent to public street intersections shall extend to the cartway and include pedestrian ramps compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act[1] standards then in effect.
[Amended 11-10-2016 by Ord. No. 842]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.
C. 
All sidewalks proposed across the frontage of a lot or lots on Grand Avenue shall be five feet in width. All other sidewalks proposed across the frontage of a lot or lots containing an existing or proposed commercial use shall be four feet in width, except where a sidewalk is proposed to connect to an existing sidewalk the width of the proposed sidewalk shall match the existing sidewalk. Sidewalks shall be provided within a commercial land development to provide pedestrian access between the buildings and parking areas, if determined to be necessary by the Planning Commission based on the type of use proposed and the design of the site.
D. 
Sidewalks shall not be required across the frontage of a lot or lots containing existing or proposed industrial uses; however, sidewalks or pedestrian walkways shall be provided within an industrial land development to provide pedestrian access between the buildings and between buildings and parking areas, if determined to be necessary by the Planning Commission based on the type of use proposed and the design of the site.
E. 
Maintenance responsibility for sidewalks shall be the responsibility of the landowner or shall be incorporated in homeowners' association, building owners' association or condominium documents, if such an association is proposed, and/or shall be recorded as a restriction within the deed for the property.
A. 
Multifamily developments. Within a subdivision or land development proposed for multifamily dwellings, each dwelling unit shall be located within 150 feet of a refuse collection facility intended for disposal of household garbage, trash and recyclable materials. The required 150 feet shall be measured along the pedestrian or vehicular travel ways between the entrance to the dwelling unit and the refuse collection facility.
B. 
Nonresidential developments. Within a subdivision or land development proposed for nonresidential uses, refuse collection facilities shall be located within 200 feet of each proposed building or within 200 feet of each tenant space within a building, if a building contains more than one tenant. The required 200 feet shall be measured along the pedestrian or vehicular travel ways between the entrance to the building or tenant space and the refuse collection facility.
C. 
Screening of refuse collection facilities. Each refuse collection facility shall be screened by an opaque fence, solid wall or compact evergreen hedge at least six feet in height or by an enclosure within a building. Any gate in the fence, wall or other enclosure shall be opaque.
D. 
Location of refuse collection facilities. Refuse collection facilities shall be located so as to provide safe and convenient pick-up by refuse collection agencies. No refuse collection facility shall be located in, nor shall it obstruct access to, a designated loading space, parking space, parking aisle, driveway or access drive. Refuse collection facilities shall not be located in any front yard or in any landscaped or required buffer area. Refuse collection facilities shall be located a minimum of 50 feet from any property line adjoining a single-family or two-family residential use or residential zoning district classification.