This article sets forth the design and construction standards
for required improvements, regardless of whether or not the improvement
will be dedicated to the Township.
Street names are subject to the approval of the Supervisors
and shall:
A. Continue the name of any street with the same or similar alignment;
and
B. Not duplicate or be closely similar to the name of another street
within the Township, the same fire company or ambulance service district
or the same five-digit zip code area.
The developer shall reimburse the Township for the costs of
supplying and installing needed traffic regulatory signs and street
name identification signs on public streets. The developer shall be
responsible to provide and install Township-approved signs on private
streets. All traffic regulatory signs shall meet current standards
of PennDOT.
See Chapter
440, Zoning, of this Code (Article
VI).
Easements shall be provided for the following:
A. Storm drainage, sanitary sewers, central water, emergency access
and other utilities as determined to be needed by the Township and
as indicated on the plans.
B. Locations. Unless waived or modified by the Township Engineer/consultant
or the Supervisors, all lots shall include a drainage and utility
easement around the perimeter of each lot, including adjacent to the
street right-of-way. However, such easements shall not be required
where buildings (such as townhouses) are to be attached at a lot line.
C. Width. The standard minimum width of an easement shall be 20 feet,
which may be reduced to 10 feet for each lot if a 10 feet minimum
easement exists on the abutting side of the abutting lot.
D. See also drainage easement provisions in Stormwater Appendix F of
this chapter.
E. Additional width of easements shall be provided for additional utilities if required by the water or sanitary sewage supplier or the Supervisors, based upon advice of the Township Engineer/consultant. The easement widths along side lot lines may be reduced if Chapter
440, Zoning, of this Code allows a principal building setback that is less than the width of the easement that would otherwise be required.
F. Separation. Minimum separation distances between utility lines shall
be as required by the applicable utility or as deemed necessary by
the Supervisors based upon advice of the Township Engineer/consultant.
G. Pipelines. If any activity is proposed within the right-of-way of
an underground fuel or gas pipeline, the applicant shall provide written
evidence from the operator of such pipeline that such activity is
acceptable under their safety standards and the terms of that right-of-way.
H. Easements shall be placed along lot lines or street rights-of-way,
to the maximum extent possible, as opposed to the center of a lot.
I. Snow plow easements shall be placed as required in §
375-57H(6) or as required by the Supervisors.
J. Maintenance and obstructions. The owner of the lot shall properly
maintain an easement or right-of-way in such a condition that does
not inhibit its intended purpose(s). Fill, structures or plantings
shall not be placed in an easement or right-of-way or adjacent thereto
in a way that inhibits its intended purpose(s). For example, structures,
grading or plantings that could alter or obstruct stormwater flows
in violation of the approved final plan shall be prohibited within
stormwater easements.
K. "The Township at its option shall have the right to enter a stormwater
easement or any municipal easement or right-of-way to maintain it
or improve it for its intended purpose(s), although the Township does
not accept the responsibility to complete such work." This statement
shall be included in the general notes of the final plan on a sheet
which will subsequently be recorded.