No person, partnership, association or corporation shall construct, open or dedicate any Township rights-of-way, road, street, lane, alley, bike path or shared-use path, or any stormwater facilities, water, gas, electric, sewer, cable, or other utility, or utility facility, in connection therewith for public use or travel in the Township of College without first submitting plans therefor to the Township Council or Council's authorized designee, and no road, street, lane, alley, bike path or shared-use path, nor sewer or drainage facilities, water, gas, electric, sewer, cable, or other utility, or utility facility, in connection therewith shall be opened, laid or constructed except in strict accordance with plans approved by the Township Council.
A. 
Such plans shall be prepared in triplicate in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by the Township Council and shall show the profiles of such roads, streets and alleys and the course, structure and Township of any drainage facilities and shall be complete as to lines, grades, rights-of-way, drainage, curbs, plot ownership, public utilities, water, sewer and gas lines, fireplugs, streetlights, street signs and any and all incidental details necessary to the complete development of the area as a residential, business or industrial area and such further details as may be required from time to time by rules and regulations adopted by the Township Council.
B. 
All roads and streets, where possible, shall connect with existing roads and streets or proposed roads and streets so as to form as near as possible through roads and streets and a harmonious and systematic development of the Township. The names of the roads and streets shall not conflict with the names of existing roads and streets, and all roads and streets shall be designated by the names of existing roads and streets with which they connect as extensions thereof; prior to naming of access and/or street the proposed name must be preapproved by the Township and Centre County 911.
C. 
No work shall be started until one set of plans bearing the approval of Township Council or Council's authorized designee, as hereinafter provided shall be returned to the applicant.
D. 
The right-of-way for all roads and streets shall conform to the Township street construction standards, to be adopted by the Council from time to time.
All such plans shall be filed with the Township Secretary at least 10 days prior to the regular meeting of the Township Council at which it is desired to seek approval thereof. Before acting upon any such plans, the Township Council may, in its discretion, arrange for a public hearing after giving such notice as it may deem desirable in each case.
The Township Council reserves the right to alter such plans and to specify any changes or modifications of any kind which it may deem necessary and to make its approval subject to any such alterations, changes or modifications.
Any and all plans when so approved shall be signed by the Council, and the duplicate copy shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Township, where the same shall be available to public inspection.
The action of the Township Council in approving any such plans and such plans shall be recorded by the person applying for such approval.
All roads and streets shown on the said plan shall be improved in accordance with the plans and specifications prescribed by this chapter.
All gas, sewer, water mains, and any other underground utilities; where water, sewer, gas, and other such utilities are available, all service connections shall be laid before the paving of the streets where water and gas are available, and all other mains and laterals, pipes and conduits and the like shall be installed before paving of the cartway where it is proposed to install any such service mains and laterals in the streets.
All applications for the approval of such plans shall be in writing on a form to be furnished for that purpose by the Township and signed by the owners of the property, which must be filed with the Secretary of the Township, setting forth in detail the character of the improvements to be made on the property shown on the said plan, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and in such application the applicant shall agree to open, lay out and improve the roads, streets, lanes or alleys and to construct all of the improvements, including sewers and drainage facilities upon the property, shown on the plan within the time or times therein specified, and agree to enter into a contract in writing prepared by the applicant to install, erect and construct the said improvements. The applicant shall furnish a bond in the amount of 110% of all uncompleted work within the right-of-way. The bond shall be under such conditions and form to guarantee the performance of the said contract and to secure the completion of the said improvements within the times therein specified. In lieu of a bond, the applicant may deposit cash to guarantee performance of said contract and to secure completion of the improvements upon an escrow agreement reviewed by the Township Solicitor and approved by the Township Engineer. Developer and/or their contractor are responsible for the completion of the work. Any work not completed to the standards as approved on the plan, may result in surrendering the bond to the Township for the costs incurred by the Township, including, but not limited to, staff time, materials, and equipment. The escrow agent for the deposits of such cash shall be designated and selected by the Township Council. Construction is to be completed in one year. Any extension of this time limit is at the opinion of and approval of Township Council or Council's authorized designee.
The applicant shall provide the Township with performance and payment bonds each in the amount of 100% of the total estimated costs of work within the Township right-of-way(s). The bonds shall be reviewed by the Township Solicitor and Township Engineer. The Township will not accept any responsibility for maintenance of the roadway, drainage facilities or appurtenances until the same has been officially accepted by resolution.
The applicant shall provide the Township with a maintenance bond or agreement guaranteeing the performance of all aspects of the newly constructed road and appurtenances for a period of 18 months from date of acceptance. The Township will not accept any responsibility for maintenance of the roadway, drainage facilities or appurtenances until the same has been officially accepted by resolution. The amount of the bond shall be 15% of all applicable costs. The applicant shall provide the Township Engineer a construction cost estimate, sealed by a professional engineer. The Township Engineer shall review and comment as necessary, and approve when deemed acceptable.
A. 
All applicants shall bear all costs of inspection of all such rights-of-way and deposit with the Township Treasurer such sum as the Township Engineer shall determine to guarantee payment of such costs.
B. 
All construction shall be inspected by the Township Engineer. It is the contractor's and/or developer's responsibility to notify the Township of the construction schedule and at least 48 hours prior to commencement of the following stages of work:
(1) 
Placement of sedimentation and erosion control plan.
(2) 
Excavation for and placement of any utilities within a proposed Township rights-of-way.
(3) 
Implementation of stormwater management plan.
(4) 
Rough grading of street.
(5) 
Fine grading of street (subgrade preparation).
(6) 
Placement of subbase.
(7) 
Placement of bituminous concrete base course and construction of curb and backfilling of curb.
(8) 
Placement of bituminous binder course (if applicable).
(9) 
Placement of bituminous wearing course.
(10) 
Placement of sidewalks.
(11) 
Backfilling, rights-of-way grading and installing street trees and street signs.
C. 
The contractor may not, under any circumstances, proceed with subsequent stages of construction until authorization to proceed is given by the Township.
D. 
Final inspecton of rights-of-way shall occur just prior to acceptance by the Township to assure it meets the standards and specifications herein.
No action by the Township Council shall be construed to require the Township to accept dedication of any rights-of-way.