This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Hopewell
Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance of 1992." This
chapter shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
This chapter is adopted for the following purposes:
A. To promote, protect and facilitate public health, safety and welfare
of the community.
B. To promote coordinated, practical and efficient community development
of the Township.
C. To ensure sites suitable for building purposes and human habitation.
D. To facilitate efficient movement of people and goods.
E. To ensure subdivision and land development plans conform to public
improvement standards of the Township.
F. To provide a systematic and uniform procedure for reviewing plans
to ensure equitable handling of all subdivision and land development
proposals.
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this chapter,
all requirements shall be held to be minimum requirements for promoting
the above-mentioned purposes. Where the provisions of this chapter
impose greater restrictions than those of any other act, statute,
ordinance or regulation, the more restrictive regulation shall be
controlling.
The Board of Supervisors shall have jurisdiction over subdivision
and land development within the Township limits. In order that the
actions of the Board of Supervisors under this chapter may be correlated
with all relevant data and procedures, the Board of Supervisors hereby
designates the Township Planning Commission as the agency of the Board
of Supervisors.
A. All major land developments and subdivisions shall be referred, upon
submission to the Board of Supervisors, to the Planning Commission
for review. All other applicants relating to subdivision and/or land
development plans may be referred upon request by the Board of Supervisors.
B. The Planning Commission shall make recommendations to the Board of
Supervisors concerning approval, disapproval, modifications and conditions
of approval of such plans.
C. The Planning Commission shall make recommendations to the Board of
Supervisors concerning the interpretation or modifications to provisions
and standards of this chapter.
Should any section or provision of this chapter be declared
by the courts as unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such
a decision shall not affect the validity of the chapter as a whole
or of any part thereof.
All ordinances, or parts thereof, inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed upon the legally effective date of this chapter.