[Ord. No. 4-2005, 8/9/2005]
1. 
Submission of a final application for approval shall occur not more than three years following the date of approval of the preliminary application. Failure to submit the final application within this period of time shall make the approval of the preliminary application null and void unless an extension of time has been granted. In any case, the applicant shall demonstrate his ability to substantially complete the required improvements within the five-year period provided by Act 247, as amended by Act 170 of 1988, the Municipalities Planning Code,[1] by providing the Township with a proposed schedule of completion.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
2. 
Except for any modifications or changes required, the final application shall conform basically to the approved preliminary application. Where significant modifications or changes, other than those required, are made to an approved preliminary application, the application shall be submitted again as a preliminary application.
[Ord. No. 4-2005, 8/9/2005]
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All final applications and all required accompanying documentation shall be submitted by a developer or his authorized representative to the Township Secretary. Applications submitted up to and including the first day of a month shall be considered by the Planning Commission at their regular monthly meeting of the month following the month of submission. Applications filed after the first day of the month will not be considered by the Planning Commission until their regular monthly meeting two months following the month of submission.
2. 
Submission shall consist of the following:
A. 
Twenty copies of the appropriate application form and one copy of the recorded deed which is being subdivided/developed.
B. 
Twenty blue-line or black-line paper prints of the final application showing all the information required in §§ 22-406 and 22-407.
C. 
Twenty copies of all other required documentation.
D. 
A filing fee as set forth in the Sugarloaf Township Schedule of Fees.
E. 
All submissions and resubmissions must be submitted to the Sugarloaf Township Secretary for distribution to all appropriate agencies, compiled in 20 separate packets. The Township will not assemble submission paperwork. Distribution of copies to all appropriate agencies shall be the responsibility of the Township.
[Ord. No. 4-2005, 8/9/2005]
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Action on the final application shall be taken in the same manner as for preliminary applications. If a final application is approved, the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors and the Township Secretary shall sign the record application and all prints.
2. 
Failure of the Board of Supervisors to render a decision and communicate it to the developer within the time and in the manner required by this chapter shall be deemed an approval of the application in terms as presented unless the developer has agreed to an extension of time.
3. 
The Board of Supervisors shall not approve such application until the County Planning Commission and the County Conservation District reports are received or until the expiration of 30 days from the date the application was forwarded to the county.
4. 
In the event the Board of Supervisors grants conditional approval to the applicant's submission, such approval shall be automatically rescinded upon the applicant's failure to accept or reject any and all of the conditions. The applicant's acceptance or rejection shall be given to the Board of Supervisors, in writing, within 15 days after receipt of the Board of Supervisors's written notification to the applicant of the imposition of said conditions.
5. 
Before any final application is approved, the developer shall either install all the required improvement or shall provide, for deposit with the Township, a corporate bond or other security acceptable to the Township in the amount of 110% of the cost of such improvements as estimated (itemized estimate) by the applicant's engineer for review and approval by the Township Engineer. Such bond or security shall provide for the completion of all required improvements within a stated period, which shall not be longer than the date specified in the approval of the final application.
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The approval of the final application by the Board of Supervisors shall be deemed an acceptance of the application and shall authorize the Recorder of Deeds to record the same, but shall not impose any duty upon the county or the Township concerning maintenance or improvements of any streets, highways, or other portions of the same until the Township Supervisors shall have accepted same by dedication for public use.
[Ord. No. 4-2005, 8/9/2005]
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The final application submission shall be prepared by a registered surveyor and be drawn on reproducible Mylar or other stable transparency, using black ink for all data, including approval signatures.
A. 
Scale.
(1) 
Tracts of one acre or less shall be drawn at a scale of no less than one inch equals 50 feet.
(2) 
Tracts of one acre to 10 acres shall be drawn at a scale of no less than one inch equals 100 feet.
(3) 
Tracts in excess of 10 acres shall be drawn at a scale of no less than one inch equals 200 feet.
(4) 
Tracts to be used for commercial, industrial or high-density housing development shall be drawn at a scale of no less than one inch equals 50 feet.
B. 
Size. All final plans shall be drawn on a reproducible Mylar or other stable transparency 24 inches by 36 inches in size, using black ink for all data, including approval signatures. If the final application requires more than one sheet, a key diagram showing the relative location of the several sections shall be drawn on each sheet.
[Ord. No. 4-2005, 8/9/2005]
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The final application shall show the following:
A. 
All those items required to be shown on the preliminary application as enumerated in §§ 22-308 and 22-309.
B. 
Bearings in degrees, minutes and seconds and distances to hundredths of a foot for all lot lines, and thousandths of an acre for all lot areas.
C. 
The location of approved sewage percolation sites.
D. 
A certification of ownership, acknowledgment of an application and offer of dedication shall be lettered on the application and shall be duly acknowledged and signed by the owner(s).
E. 
Three inches by five inches approval blocks for the following:
(1) 
Sugarloaf Township Planning Commission.
(2) 
Sugarloaf Township Supervisors.
(3) 
Luzerne County Planning Commission.
[Ord. No. 4-2005, 8/9/2005]
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Unless previously submitted, the final application shall be accompanied by the following supplementary data where applicable:
A. 
Typical street cross-section drawing(s) for all proposed streets. Cross-section drawing(s) may be shown either on the final application or on the profile sheets.
B. 
Profile sheets for all proposed streets within the tract. Such profiles shall show at least the following information, properly labeled:
(1) 
Existing (natural) profile along both cartway edges or along the center line of each street.
(2) 
Proposed finished grade of the center line, or proposed finished grade at the top of both curbs or proposed finished grade at both cartway (pavement) edges.
(3) 
The length of all vertical curves.
(4) 
Existing and proposed sanitary sewer mains and manholes.
(5) 
Existing and proposed storm mains, inlets, manholes and culverts.
C. 
Whenever a subdivider proposes to establish a street which is not offered for dedication to public use, the Board of Supervisors may require the subdivider to submit, and also to record with the application, a copy of an agreement made with the Township on behalf of his heirs and assignees, and signed by the Township Solicitor, and which shall establish the conditions under which the street may later be offered for dedication and shall stipulate, among other things:
(1) 
That the street shall conform to the Township specifications or that the owners of the abutting lots shall include with the offer of dedication sufficient money, as estimated by the Township Engineer, to restore the street to conformance with Township specifications.
(2) 
That an offer to dedicate the street shall be made only for the street as a whole.
(3) 
That the method of assessing repair costs be as stipulated.
(4) 
That agreement by the owners of more than 50% of the front footage thereon shall be binding on the owners of the remaining lots.
D. 
An agreement that the applicant will install all underground utilities before paving streets or constructing sidewalks.
E. 
Final designs of any bridges or culverts which may be required. Such designs shall meet all applicable requirements of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
F. 
Where the final application covers only a part of the entire land holdings, a sketch of the future street system of the unsubmitted part shall be furnished. The street system of the submitted part will be considered in light of adjustments and connections with future streets in the part not submitted.
G. 
Water and sewer feasibility reports as may be required, including any updated information which may have become available since the submission of the preliminary application.
H. 
A application for the control of erosion and sedimentation for review by the County Conservation District Office as required by the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law.[1] The erosion and sedimentation plan must display a PA One Call System incorporated symbol, including the site identification number.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 691.1 et seq.
I. 
A storm drainage plan and storm drainage calculations. All stormwater detention ponds are required to be fenced with not less than a four-foot chain-linked fence with locked gate.
J. 
A map showing the location of the proposed development with respect to flood-prone areas, including information of the regulatory flood elevation, the boundaries of the flood-prone areas, proposed lots and sites, fills, flood or erosion protection facilities and areas subject to special restrictions. In addition, where the proposed development lies partially or completely in any flood-prone area, or borders on any flood-prone area, such map shall also show the location and elevation of proposed roads, public utilities and building sites.
K. 
An approved planning module as required by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
L. 
Such private deed restrictions, including building setback lines, as may be imposed upon the property as a condition to sale, together with a statement of any restrictions previously imposed which may affect the title of the land being subdivided.
M. 
Any other certificates, affidavits, endorsements or dedications, etc., that may be required by the Board of Supervisors.
N. 
When a proposed plan has been submitted to the County Conservation District office for review and recommendations, a plan and/or other documentation to show what has been, or will be, done in response to their recommendations.
[Ord. No. 4-2005, 8/9/2005]
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Upon approval of a final application, the developer shall, within 90 days of such final approval, or 90 days after the date of delivery of an approved plat signed by the governing body, following completion of conditions imposed for such approval, whichever is later, record such application in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the county, and the streets and public grounds on such plat shall be, and become, a part of the Official Map of the Township without public hearing.
2. 
Offers of dedication of such public improvements to the Township shall be submitted on a written, recordable document setting forth by metes and bounds the offer; or the owner may note on the applications that such improvements have not been offered for dedication to the Township. Every street, park, erosion and sediment facility or other public improvement shown on a recorded subdivision or land development application shall be deemed to be a private street, park or improvement until such time as the same has been accepted by ordinance or resolution.
3. 
The applicant shall provide a copy of the receipt of recording from the Recorder of Deeds office as written evidence of filing.