[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]
1.
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.
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]
1.
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.
[Ord. No. 4-2005, 8/9/2005]
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]
1.
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]
1.
The final application shall show the following:
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).
[Ord. No. 4-2005, 8/9/2005]
1.
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]
1.
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.
