All applications for a subdivision or land development shall
be submitted to the Zoning/Planning Office. Once the application is
determined to be administratively complete, it shall be scheduled
for Staff Review. Following Staff Review, depending on the nature
of the request, the application shall be forwarded to the planning
commission and/or Board of Supervisors for review, recommendation
and/or decision. If the application is forwarded to the Planning Commission,
the planning commission shall review the application and submit a
recommendation to the Board of Supervisors for disposition. The Board
of Supervisors may thereafter take action to approve, approve with
conditions or deny the application pursuant to this chapter.
Applications for subdivision or land development shall be classified
according to the following criteria and definitions, and shall be
processed according to the provisions contained in this section. Questions
regarding the applicability of submission requirements for a particular
application shall be determined by the Zoning/Planning Office. Such
office should be contacted prior to the submission of the application.
A. Major subdivisions. A subdivision that includes either one or more
of the following characteristics:
(1) Multiple phasing of a plan;
(2) Public improvements, including one or more of the following: streets,
stormwater detention and stormwater retention facilities and public
utilities;
(3) An on-lot sewage disposal system that services more three or more
structures on an individual lot, or services any structure off the
lot on which the system is located;
(4) Any commercial development;
(5) A subdivision which does not qualify as a "Simple Subdivision" as
set forth hereafter;
(6) A subdivision which the Zoning/Planning Office requires to be treated
as a major subdivision.
B. Simple subdivisions. A subdivision which does not include any of
the characteristics included in the major subdivision category. In
general, a simple subdivision may be permitted by the Township for:
(1) The adjustment of lot lines for existing lots;
(3) The creation of not more than five new lots that are already serviced
by a public road, public utilities or a previously approved on-lot
septic system, and no new extension of any existing improvements or
facilities are required. No conditional approval shall be granted
for a simple subdivision.
C. Land developments. Land developments shall be deemed to include,
but shall not necessarily be limited to, the following:
(1) A nonresidential development located in or on two lots or more;
(2) All multifamily developments located on one lot or more;
(3) A new nonresidential development located on one lot;
(4) A change of use from an existing building or use of land to a nonresidential
use which also affects the land area by creating one or more of the
following:
(a)
Additional parking requirements, not currently being met on
the site;
(b)
New or improved stormwater management systems;
(c)
Change in ingress, egress or traffic circulation;
(d)
Required landscaping and buffer improvements necessitated by
the development.
(5) Any land development that includes the construction of new public
or private streets;
(6) Any Planned Residential Development or Planned Group Unit; and/or
(7) Any land development that includes construction within an environmentally
sensitive area.
D. Preliminary and final approvals.
(1) The application may be considered by the Planning Commission and
Board of Supervisors for preliminary and final approval. In the event
preliminary approval has been recommended by the planning commission,
and if the applicant has satisfied all plan requirements needed for
final approval, the applicant may immediately request the planning
commission consider the plan for final plan approval.
(2) An application classified as a simple subdivision may be granted
final approval by the Board of Supervisors without completing the
submission requirements for preliminary approval.