This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Nottingham
Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (SALDO)."
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this
chapter shall be held to be the minimum requirements adopted for the
protection of the public health, safety and welfare.
The purpose is to assure sites are suitable for building purposes
and human habitation; to provide for the harmonious development of
the Township; to coordinate existing streets with proposed streets,
parks or other features of the Official Street Plan of the Township;
to ensure adequate open spaces for traffic, recreation, light and
air; to create conditions favorable to the health, safety, and general
welfare of the citizens; to support the goals set forth in the community's
Comprehensive Plan; and to establish subdivision and land development
regulations, including definitions, design standards, plan requirements,
plan processing procedures, improvements and construction requirements,
and conditions of acceptance of public improvements by the Township.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Zoning Officer or his authorized representative.
A landowner, subdivider or developer, as hereinafter defined,
who has filed an application for development, including his heirs,
successors and assigns.
Every application, whether preliminary, tentative or final,
required to be filed and approved prior to start of construction or
development, including but not limited to an application for a building
permit, for the approval of a subdivision plat or plan or for the
approval of a development plan.
An architect registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Natural rock layer, hard or soft, in place at ground surface
or beneath unconsolidated surficial deposits.
A piece or parcel of land entirely surrounded by public highways,
streets, streams, railroad rights-of-way, or parks, etc., or a combination
thereof.
The Zoning Hearing Board of the Township.
Any structure or part thereof affixed to the land.
UCC; Uniform Construction Code.
A line parallel to, or concentric with, the right-of-way
line of the abutting road right-of-way which is at a distance therefrom
equal to the depth of the front yard required for the zoning district
in which the lot is located.
Any day when the Township offices are open for regular business.
The improved, traveled portion of a street as measured from
the front bottom of curb to front bottom of curb or from edge of pavement
to edge of pavement where there are no curbs.
Reference to this chapter of the Nottingham Township Code
of Ordinances itself, when used generally, and to another chapter
of the Township Code of Ordinances if referenced specifically.
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections, defined
by lines of sight between points of the center line at a given distance
from the intersection of street lines.
The Planning Commission of Nottingham Township, Washington
County, Pennsylvania.
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water, within a development site and designed and intended
for the use or enjoyment of residents of a development, not including
streets, off-street parking areas, and areas set aside for public
facilities.
Washington County, Pennsylvania.
A right-of-way which cuts across a block to furnish access
for pedestrians to adjacent streets or properties.
The diameter of a tree trunk at breast height, measured at
4.5 feet above natural grade.
Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership,
corporation, trust or any other legal entity commencing proceedings
under this chapter to effect a subdivision or development of land
hereunder for himself or for another. The term may be used interchangeably
with "applicant."
The provisions for development, including a planned residential
development, a plat of subdivision, all covenants relating to use,
location and bulk of buildings and other structures, intensity of
use or density of development, streets, ways and parking facilities,
common open space and public facilities. The phrase "provisions of
the development plan," when used in this chapter, shall mean the written
and graphic materials referred to in this definition.
A grant by the owner of land for the use of all or a portion
of such by others, including the public, for a specified purpose or
purposes.
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A person who holds a degree in geology from an accredited
college or university and who has training and experience in the field
of engineering geology.
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice or gravity, including such processes as gravitational
creep.
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar
material is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced,
relocated or bulldozed, and shall include the conditions resulting
therefrom.
Shall be defined as either of the following: those slopes
as identified on the soil group map as steep slopes of 25% or more;
or any virgin area where, in a 100-foot horizontal distance, the average
slope exceeds 25%.
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material
is deposited, placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved
to a new location, including the condition resulting therefrom.
The plan of a proposed subdivision or land development, including
all supplemental information required by this chapter or by an applicable
Township ordinance to obtain final approval.
The final map of a subdivision or land development which
is submitted for approval by the Supervisors and which, if approved,
will be filed with the County Recorder of Deeds.
Areas designated by the Federal Emergency Management Administration
and other areas known to be subject to flooding.
A report prepared by a soils engineer or engineering geologist.
The Board of Township Supervisors, Nottingham Township, Washington
County, Pennsylvania.
The elevation of the existing or proposed ground surface
at the location of any proposed excavation or fill.
Excavation or fill, or any combination thereof, including
the conditions resulting from any excavation or fill.
A grading operation in excess of 5,000 cubic yards and performed
in conformance with a grading plan prepared by a professional engineer.
A grading operation of less than 5,000 cubic yards. Where
the site conditions warrant, the Zoning Officer or his authorized
representative may require the submission of a report on the site,
as prepared by a professional engineer, soils engineer or engineering
geologist.
Any danger or potential danger to life, limb or health, or
any adverse effect or potential adverse effect to the safety, use
or stability of property, waterways, public ways, structures, utilities
and storm sewers, including stream pollution.
Those physical changes to the land necessary to produce usable
and desirable lots from raw acreage, including but not limited to
grading, pavement, curb, storm and sanitary sewers, gutter, drains,
and betterments to existing watercourses, sidewalks, street signs,
crosswalks, shade trees, sodding or seeding, street name signs, and
monuments.
Any of the following activities:
The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts
or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
A group of two or more residential or nonresidential buildings,
whether proposed initially or cumulatively, or a single nonresidential
building on a lot or lots regardless of the number of occupants or
tenure; or
The division or allocation of land or space, whether initially
or cumulatively, between or among two or more existing or prospective
occupants by means of or for the purpose of streets, common areas,
leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features.
A subdivision of land.
Land development shall not include:
The addition of an accessory building to a residential principal
use, including farm buildings on a lot or lots subordinate to an existing
principal farm building; or
The conversion of an existing single-family detached dwelling
or single-family semidetached dwelling into not more than three residential
units, unless such units are to be a condominium.
Improvements to a residential principal use, which may include
and not be limited to decks, porches, additions, outdoor recreation
space, and other similar improvements.
The expansion of an existing building footprint such that the
expansion footprint is 1,000 square feet or less and no greater than
25% of the existing building footprint.
The addition or conversion of buildings or rides within the
confines of an enterprise which would be considered an amusement park.
For the purposes of the definition, an amusement park is defined as
a tract or area used principally as a location for permanent amusement
structures or rides. This exclusion shall not apply to newly acquired
acreage by an amusement park until initial plans for the expanded
area have been approved by proper authorities.
Any of the following:
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land including
the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such
option or contract is subject to any condition), a lessee if he is
authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner,
or other person having a proprietary interest in land.
A landscape architect registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Those soil formations whose characteristics are classified
as being landslide-prone or otherwise sensitive in the Soil Survey
of Washington County.
A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by
a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed
or built upon as a unit.
An interior lot which abuts streets in both the front and
rear.
The Comprehensive Plan (which may consist of several maps,
data, etc.), or any portion thereof, made and adopted by the Washington
County Planning Commission, the Cross Creek Valley Regional Planning
Commission, the Airport West Council of Governments (AWCOG), or the
Township Planning Commission, which shows the location and extent
of physical facilities, including major streets and main thoroughfares,
parks, schools and other public open spaces, and public building sites.
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, contained in one unit, or in two or more units designed
to be joined into one integral unit capable of again being separated
for repeated towing, which arrives at a site complete and ready for
occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations,
and constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation.
A parcel of land in a mobile home park, improved with the
necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary for
the erection thereon of a single mobile home.
A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which has been so
designated and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots
for the placement thereon of mobile homes.
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of
1968, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., and as it may be amended.
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether
preliminary or final.
The plan of a proposed subdivision or land development, including
all supplementary information required by this chapter or applicable
Township ordinance to obtain preliminary approval.
Any of the following improvements for which plans must comply
with the minimum requirements of this chapter: streets, walkways,
parking areas, gutters, curbs, water lines, sewers, stormwater management
facilities, landscaping or other facilities to be owned, maintained
or operated by a private entity, such as an individual, corporation
or homeowners' association, including temporary erosion and sedimentation
control or stormwater management control methods undertaken during
construction.
Owned, operated or controlled by a government agency (federal,
state or local).
Includes:
A formal meeting held pursuant to public notice by the governing
body or planning agency, intended to inform and obtain public comment,
prior to taking action in accordance with the Municipalities Planning
Code.
All streets, walkways, gutters, curbs, water lines, sewers,
stormwater management facilities, landscaping and other facilities
to be dedicated to or maintained by the Township or a public entity
for which plans and specifications must comply with the standards
of this chapter.
A forum held pursuant to notice under the act of October
15, 1998, P.L. 729, No. 93, (65 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq.),
known as the "Sunshine Act."
Notice published once in a newspaper of general circulation
in the Township. Such notice shall state the time and place of the
hearing and the particular nature of the matter to be considered at
the hearing. The publication shall not be more than 60 days and shall
not be less than seven days from the date of the hearing.
Any letter, review, memorandum, compilation or similar writing
made by any body, board, officer or consultant other than a solicitor
to any other body, board, officer or consultant for the purpose of
assisting the recipient of such report in the rendering of any decision
or determination.
A strip of land controlling access to or egress from other
property (including land dedicated to public use) or to or from any
street or alley, or having the effect of restricting or damaging the
adjoining property for subdivision purposes, or which will not be
taxable or assessable for special improvements.
A fee enacted to be used to restore the ground and/or area
adjacent to where a road or development was constructed.
The total width of land reserved or dedicated for streets,
sidewalks, alleys or any other public purpose.
The Secretary/Treasurer of Nottingham Township, Washington
County, Pennsylvania.
Method for developer to secure structural integrity and functioning
of public improvements in accordance with the design and specifications
depicted on the final plan approved by the Township, for a period
of time following the date of acceptance by the Supervisors of dedication
of such improvements. The maintenance security shall be in the form
of a performance bond, federal or commonwealth-chartered lending institution
irrevocable letter of credit and restrictive or escrow accounts in
such lending institutions or such other security as may be acceptable
to the Supervisors. Such financial security shall be posted with a
bonding company or federal or commonwealth-chartered lending institution
chosen by the party posting the financial security, provided that
said bonding company or lending institution is authorized to conduct
such business within the commonwealth.
Method for developer to guarantee proper installation of
public and private improvements specified in the final application.
The performance security shall be in the form of a performance bond,
federal or commonwealth-chartered lending institution irrevocable
letter of credit and restrictive or escrow accounts in such lending
institutions or such other security as may be acceptable to the Supervisors.
Such financial security shall be posted with a bonding company or
federal or commonwealth-chartered lending institution chosen by the
party posting the financial security, provided that said bonding company
or lending institution is authorized to conduct such business within
the commonwealth. The performance security shall include an agreement
between the developer and the Township in which the developer agrees
to install the required improvements in the development.
The maximum distance of unobstructed vision in a horizontal
or vertical plane from within an automobile located at any given point
on a street.
The angle of the existing or proposed ground surface plane
to the horizontal expressed as the ratio of the horizontal to the
vertical, or in percentage of slope (rise or fall per 100 feet).
The Soil Survey of Washington County, Pennsylvania, as prepared
by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
A registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania having training and experience in soils engineering.
The Solicitor or legal advisor of Nottingham Township, Washington
County, Pennsylvania.
A way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a street,
arterial highway, collector, cul-de-sac, parkway, throughway, road,
avenue, boulevard, lane, place, alley, or however otherwise designated
and whether public or private.
ARTERIAL HIGHWAYA principal or heavy traffic street of considerable continuity and used primarily as a through traffic route for intercommunity travel.
COLLECTOR STREETA street which carries traffic from local streets to arterial highways, including the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within such a development.
LOCAL STREETAny street, including cul-de-sac and marginal access streets used primarily for access to the abutting properties.
CUL-DE-SACA local street with only one outlet.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETA local street which is parallel and adjacent to the arterial street and which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
ALLEYA way which is used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
The shortest distance between the lines delineating the right-of-way
or cartway of a street.
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership,
corporation, trust or any other legal entity commencing proceedings
under this chapter to affect a subdivision or development of land
hereunder for himself or for another. The term may be used interchangeably
with "applicant".
The division or redivision of a lot, tract or parcel of land
by any means into two or more lots, tracts or parcels of land including
changes in existing lot lines, for the purpose, whether immediate
or future, of lease, partition by the court for distribution to heirs
or devisees, transfer of ownership or building or lot development;
provided, however, that the subdivision by lease of land for agricultural
purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving any new
street or easement of access or any residential dwelling, shall be
exempted.
An adjustment to a final subdivision plat for any of the
following:
Adjustment of lot lines between lots where no new lots are created,
no new streets or easements of access are created, and no public or
private improvement extensions are involved.
Consolidation of lot lines.
Survey corrections, including final survey corrections of lot
lines for townhouses and other attached dwellings after construction
when in conformance with the previously recorded plan.
A subdivision of land into two lots, not involving any new
street or easement of access or extension of public or private improvements.
Where, in the judgment of the Township Engineer, at least
90% (based on the cost of the required improvements for which financial
security was posted pursuant to Section 509 of the Municipalities
Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10509) of those improvements required
as a condition for final approval have been completed in accordance
with the approved plan, so that the project will be able to be used,
occupied or operated for its intended use.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township.
A surveyor registered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Nottingham Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
A professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, duly appointed by the Supervisors as the Engineer
of Nottingham Township.
Utilities which extend beyond service meters or public utilities,
often on to privately owned property. Examples of private utilities
can include electrical feeders and gas mains running through parking
lots or to critical facilities, such as hospitals or fire stations.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any organization which provides services to the general public,
although it may be privately owned. Public utilities include electric,
gas, telephone, water, and television cable systems, as well as streetcar
and bus lines and are regulated by state, county and/or city public
utility commissions under state laws.
Any area declared by the appropriate state or federal agency
to be a wetland.
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10401 et seq.
This chapter shall not apply to any lot or lots forming a part
of a subdivision or land development created and recorded in the office
of the County Recorder prior to the enactment of this chapter, nor
is it intended by this chapter to repeal, abrogate, annul or in any
way impair or interfere with existing provisions of other laws or
ordinances, except those inconsistent with this chapter, or with private
restrictions placed upon property by deed, covenant or other private
agreement, or with restrictive covenants running with the land to
which the Township is a party. Except that where this chapter impose
a greater restriction upon land than is imposed or required by such
existing provision of law, ordinance, contract or deed, the provisions
of this chapter shall control.
A.
The Board of Supervisors by virtue of the provisions of the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of 1968, as amended (53 P.S. § 10101
et seq.), is authorized, subject to the holding of required public
hearings, to adopt rules and regulations covering plans for subdivisions
and land developments, and to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove
plans of subdivisions and land developments falling within their jurisdiction.
B.
The Planning Commission is hereby designated as the reviewing authority
of and for the Supervisors and is charged with the duty of making
investigations, reports and recommendations on the design and improvement
of proposed subdivisions and land developments; and shall submit such
reports and recommendations to the Supervisors.
C.
Procedural regulations. The Supervisors are authorized to publish
procedural regulations to implement the procedural and substantive
content of this chapter, including but not limited to forms for applications
for development.
D.
Reports. All reports drafted by the Planning Commission shall be
deemed recommendatory and advisory only, and shall not be binding
upon the recipient, board, officer, body or agency, nor shall any
appeal lie therefrom. Any report used, received or considered by the
body, board, officer or agency rendering a determination or decision
shall be made available for inspection to the applicant and all other
parties to any proceeding upon request, and copies thereof shall be
provided at cost of reproduction.
A.
The provisions of this chapter will apply to the area within the
boundaries of Nottingham Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
B.
No subdivision or land development of any lot, tract or parcel of
land shall be made, and no street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water
main, or other improvements in connection therein shall be laid out,
constructed, opened, or dedicated for public use or travel, or for
the common use of occupants of buildings abutting thereon, except
in strict accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
C.
Plans of subdivision or land development shall be subject to review
by the Planning Commission and final approval or rejection by the
Supervisors. In the event that such a plan is disapproved, the reasons
therefor shall be set forth in writing, stating the specific provisions
of this chapter or other applicable regulations which were not met,
and given to the applicant. Any party aggrieved by the decision of
the Supervisors may appeal to the Court of Common Pleas of the County,
as hereinafter provided.
D.
On and after the effective date of this chapter, no lot in a subdivision
may be sold, no permit to erect, alter or repair any building upon
land in a subdivision may be issued, and no new building may be erected
in a subdivision, unless and until a subdivision plat has been approved
and recorded and until the improvements required herein in connection
therewith have either been constructed or guaranteed as required by
this chapter. The provisions established in this chapter shall not
retroactively apply to existing structures.
Changes to or amendments of Chapter 425, Zoning, this chapter, or other governing ordinance or plan shall affect the approval of applications for preliminary or final plan approval as provided in the MPC.
A.
Effect on pending applications. From the time an application for approval of a preliminary or final plan is duly filed as provided in this chapter, and while such application is pending action by the Supervisors, the applicant shall be entitled to a decision in accordance with the provisions of the governing ordinances or plans at the time the application was filed and shall not be subject to any subsequent changes to this chapter, Chapter 425, Zoning, or other governing ordinances or plans.
B.
Effect on other applications; vested rights.
(1)
Five-year protection period. When an application for preliminary or final plan approval has been approved, no subsequent change to Chapter 425, Zoning, this chapter, or other governing ordinance or plan shall be applied to adversely affect the right of the applicant to commence and complete any aspect of the approved development in accordance with the terms of such approval within five years of the date of such approval.
(2)
Calculation of five-year protection period. When approval of a final
plan is preceded by approval of a preliminary plan, the five-year
period shall be counted from the date of the preliminary plan approval.
If there is any doubt as to the terms of a preliminary plan approval,
the terms shall be construed in the light of the governing ordinances
or plans as they stood at the time when the application for such approval
was duly filed.
(3)
Protections afforded. When the applicant has substantially completed
the required improvements as depicted upon the final plan within the
aforesaid five-year limit, or any extension thereof as may be granted
by the Supervisors, no change to a Township ordinance or plan enacted
subsequent to the date of filing of the preliminary plan shall modify
or revoke any aspect of the approved final plan pertaining to zoning
classification or density, lot, building, street or utility location.
(4)
Protection periods for multiphase developments. In the case of a
preliminary plan calling for the installation of improvements beyond
the five-year period, the aforesaid protections afforded by substantially
completing the improvements depicted upon the final plan within five
years shall apply, provided that the applicant has not defaulted with
regard to or violated any of the conditions of the preliminary plan
approval, including compliance with applicant's schedule of submission
of final plans for the various sections. For any section or sections,
beyond the initial section, in which the required improvements have
not been substantially completed within said five-year period, the
protections shall apply for an additional term or terms of three years
from the date of final plan approval for each section.
(5)
Loss of protections. If an application is properly and finally denied, any subsequent application shall be subject to the intervening change in governing regulations. Failure of the applicant to adhere to the schedule of submission of final plans for multiphase developments shall subject any such phase to any and all changes in Chapter 425, Zoning, this chapter, and other governing ordinance enacted by the Township after the date of the initial preliminary plan submission.
In any case where the Supervisors disapprove a subdivision or
land development plan, any person aggrieved thereby may, within 30
days thereafter, appeal therefrom by petition to the Court of Common
Pleas of the county.
A.
Enactment following public hearing and notice. The Supervisors may
amend this chapter after holding a public hearing on the amendment
pursuant to public notice. A brief summary setting forth the principal
provisions of the proposed ordinance and a reference to the place
in the Township where copies of the proposed amendment may be secured
or examined shall be incorporated in the public notice.
B.
Planning Commission review. The Supervisors shall submit proposed
amendments to this chapter to the Planning Commission for recommendations
at least 30 days prior to the date fixed for the public hearing on
such proposed amendment, unless such proposed amendments shall have
been prepared by the Planning Commission.
C.
County Planning Commission review. The Township shall submit the
proposed amendment to the County Planning Commission for recommendations
at least 45 days before the date fixed for the public hearing on such
proposed amendment.
D.
Publication, advertisement and availability of ordinance.
(1)
Notice of proposed enactment. Before enactment of an amendment, the
Township Secretary/Treasurer or the Township Secretary/Treasurer's
designated representative shall publish notice of proposed enactment
of an amendment to this chapter. The notice of proposed enactment
shall include the time and place of the meeting at which passage will
be considered and a reference to a place within the Township where
copies of the proposed amendment may be examined without charge or
obtained for a charge not greater than the cost thereof.
(2)
Publication of proposed amendment. The Township Secretary/Treasurer
or the Township Secretary/Treasurer's designated representative
shall publish the proposed amendment once in one newspaper of general
circulation in the Township not more than 60 days nor less than seven
days prior to passage. Publication of the proposed ordinance or amendment
shall include either the full text thereof or the title and a brief
summary, prepared by the Township Solicitor and setting forth all
the provisions in reasonable detail. If the full text is not included:
(a)
A copy thereof shall be supplied to a newspaper of general circulation
in the Township at the time the public notice is published; and
(b)
An attested copy of the proposed amendment shall be filed in
the Washington County Law Library or other Washington County office
designated by the Washington County Commissioners.
(3)
Substantial amendments to proposed amendments. In the event substantial
amendments are made to the proposed amendment before voting upon enactment,
the Supervisors shall, at least 10 days before enactment, readvertise,
in one newspaper of general circulation in the Township, a brief summary
setting forth all the provisions in reasonable detail together with
a summary of the amendments.
(4)
Incorporation in ordinance books by reference. Subdivision and Land
Development Ordinance amendments may be incorporated into official
ordinance books by reference with the same force and effect as if
duly recorded therein.
E.
File certified copy. Within 30 days after adoption, the Township
Secretary/Treasurer or the Township Secretary/Treasurer's designated
representative shall forward a certified copy of any amendment of
this chapter to the County Planning Commission.
A.
Township fees. All Township fees for review of applications for subdivision
and land development, for inspection of required improvements, and
for other purposes in accordance with this chapter shall be assessed
based on a specific fee schedule adopted by resolution of the Supervisors
and reflecting actual costs of the Township. The review fees may include
reasonable and necessary charges by the Township's professional
consultants or Township Engineer for review and report on the application.
The applicable fees must be paid in accordance with this chapter as
follows:
(1)
The preliminary plan filing fee shall be paid when the application
for development for preliminary plan approval is filed;
(2)
The final plan filing fee shall be paid when the application for
development for final plan approval is filed;
(3)
An inspection fee deposit for the cost of inspecting the installation
of the improvements shall be paid at the time of filing of the original
tracing of the final plat of a subdivision and prior to the commencement
of the installation of the improvements. The deposit shall be in an
amount equal to 3% of the estimate of the cost of required improvements
approved by the Township Engineer. Any unused portion of the inspection
fee deposit shall be returned to the developer. The developer shall
be required to pay the full costs of inspection fees whether or not
the inspection fee deposit is sufficient to cover the costs of inspection.
B.
Effect of disputed fees. The applicant shall notify the Township
within 10 days of the billing date of any dispute of review fees charged.
The Township shall not delay or disapprove a subdivision or land development
application due to the applicant's request over disputed fees.
C.
Dispute resolution. If the Township and the applicant cannot agree
on the amount of review fees which are reasonable and necessary, then
the applicant and the Township shall follow the procedure for dispute
resolution set forth in Section 510(g) of the Municipalities Planning
Code [53 P.S. § 10510(g)].
D.
Form of payment. All fees due to the Township shall be paid by a
check or money order payable to Nottingham Township. The Township,
in its sole discretion, may request a certified check or cashier's
check. All fees shall be deposited with the Treasurer for transfer
to the general fund.
