City of Easton, PA
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2023-11-13
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 520 Subdivision and Land Development
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Article VIII Acceptance of Improvements
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- Ch 520 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 520 Art VIII Acceptance of Improvements
- § 520-56 Conditions of acceptance.
- § 520-57 Acceptance by Council.
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Every acceptance of public improvements by Council as shown
on any approved plan shall be subject to the following conditions:
A.Â
The plan for the subdivision and/or land development on which the
public improvement is to be accepted shall have been approved by the
Planning Commission and Council or, on appeal, the Court, and duly
recorded in the office of the Recorder, in accordance with the Act
of Assembly requiring the recording.
B.Â
The public improvement shall have been offered for dedication or
petitioned to Council, which deed for dedication or petition for improvement
shall have been approved as to legal form and adequacy by the City
Solicitor, and the legal fees to cover any legal expense incurred
by Council in the preparation of documents for the approval of any
public improvement shall have been paid.
D.Â
That all improvement construction requirements required by Article VII of this chapter, or where specified by Council before final approval of the plan, shall have been installed in accordance with the standards and specifications of the City and have been certified by the City Engineer, or a proper completion guarantee to cover all the improvements shall have been accepted by Council, or other suitable arrangement for the installation of the improvements shall have been accepted by Council in accordance with the Third Class City Code.[2]
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Editor's Note: See 11 Pa.C.S.A. § 10101 et seq.
The approval of the Planning Commission of the plan, which automatically
is deemed an acceptance of any proposed dedication, shall not impose
any duty upon Council concerning the maintenance or improvement of
any such dedicated parts until Council has made actual appropriation
of the same by acceptance, entry, use of improvement.
