A. 
Application. When filing an application for approval of final plan, upon approval of the preliminary plan, the subdivider shall submit to the Planning Commission Secretary, at least 15 days prior to a regular meeting of the Planning Commission, an original plus four copies of all plans and information. All final plans and other exhibits required for approval shall be submitted to the Planning Commission within three years after approval of the preliminary plan. Otherwise, such approval shall become null and void unless an extension of time is applied for and granted by the Planning Commission. Upon receipt of the plan, the Planning Commission shall forward a copy to the Tioga County Planning Commission for a review and report at county expense, provided that the Township shall not approve such application until the expiration of 45 days from the date the application was forwarded to the county.
B. 
Disposition of plans. One copy of all final plans submitted for approval shall be retained by the Planning Commission, one copy forwarded for review and comment to the Tioga County Planning Commission, one copy retained by the Board of Supervisors, one copy returned to the subdivider and the original shall be returned to the subdivider for recording according to Article X, § 235-1006 upon deposit of a fee established by the Board of Supervisors. The copy retained by the Board of Supervisors shall be an approved reproducible copy of permanent material.
C. 
Planning commission review and action.
(1) 
The Planning Commission shall review the final plan and prepare a written report for the Board of Supervisors. The report shall contain recommendations for approval, conditional approval or disapproval with specific reasons for the recommended action.
(2) 
At the Planning Commission meeting when considering the final plans, the subdivider shall be given an opportunity to discuss any matters in the final plan which might assist the Planning Commission in making its recommendations to the Board of Supervisors.
(3) 
Unless withdrawn by the subdivider at the meeting, the Planning Commission shall, within 10 days after the meeting, issue its written report to the Board of Supervisors.
D. 
Action of the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors shall render its decision on the final plan and communicate its decision to the subdivider not later than 90 days after the application is filed.
(1) 
The decision of the Board of Supervisors shall be in writing and shall be communicated to the applicant personally or mailed to him at his last known address not later than five days following the decision.
(2) 
When the application is not approved in terms as filed, the decision shall specify the defects found in the application and describe the requirements which have not been met and shall, in each case, cite to the provisions of the statute or ordinance relied upon.
(3) 
Failure of the Board of Supervisors to render a decision and communicate it to the applicant within the time and in the manner required herein shall be deemed an approval of the application in terms as presented unless the applicant has agreed in writing to an extension of time or change in the prescribed manner of presentation of communication of the decision, in which case, failure to meet the extended time or change in manner of presentation of communication shall have like effect.
(4) 
From the time an application for approval of a final plan is duly filed as provided in this chapter, and while such application is pending approval or disapproval, no change or amendment of Chapter 300, Zoning, this chapter, or other governing ordinance or plan shall affect the decision on such application adversely to the applicant and the applicant shall be entitled to a decision in accordance with the provisions of the governing ordinances or plans as they stood at the time the application was duly filed. However, if an application is properly and finally denied, any subsequent application shall be subject to the intervening change in governing regulations. When an application for approval of a final plat has been approved or approved subject to conditions acceptable to the applicant, no subsequent change or amendment in Chapter 300, Zoning, this chapter, or other governing ordinance or plan shall be applied to affect adversely the right of the applicant to commence and to complete any aspect of the approved development in accordance with the terms of such approval within three years from such approval. Where final approval is preceded by preliminary approval, the three-year period shall be counted from the date of the preliminary approval. In the case of any doubt as to the terms of a preliminary approval, the terms shall be construed in the light of the provisions of the governing ordinances or plans as they stood at the time when the application for such approval was duly filed.
(5) 
Before acting on any subdivision plan, the Board of Supervisors may hold a public hearing thereon after public notice.
E. 
Title certificate. No final plan shall be approved by the Board of Supervisors unless a certificate of title or other proof of a proprietary interest in the land on the part of the subdivider satisfactory to the Board of Supervisors is furnished.
F. 
Application fee. At the time of filing the application of plans, the subdivider shall pay to the Board of Supervisors for use by the Township a fee to defray the cost of processing such plans and drafting same on the Official Map of the Township. The fee shall be determined based on the Township Engineer's estimated cost of processing such plans, and it shall be set by Board of Supervisors.
All applications for final plan approval shall include but not be limited to the following information:
A. 
Plans shall be drawn on Mylar or other comparable permanent material and shall be on sheets of at least 17 inches by 22 inches and not larger than 24 inches by 36 inches, including a border of 1/2 inch on all sides, except the binding edge, which shall be one inch. More than one sheet may be used for larger tracts and must be of the same scale and indexed.
B. 
Plans shall be drawn with waterproof black ink and all records, data, entries, statements, etc., thereon shall also be made with the same type of ink or reproducible typing, except that contour lines, when shown, shall be drawn with waterproof brown ink or with diluted waterproof black ink so that the said contour lines will shown faintly on a print made form the said plan.
C. 
Plans shall be drawn to a scale of one inch equals 100 feet or greater and shall be of sufficient size to clearly show all notations, dimensions and entries. All dimensions shall be shown in feet and decimals of a foot.
D. 
Plans shall contain a title block in the lower right corner with the following:
(1) 
Name under which the subdivision is to be recorded.
(2) 
Date of plan, graphic scale and location of subdivision.
(3) 
Name of subdivision owner.
(4) 
Name and address of the registered professional engineer or registered surveyor preparing plan.
E. 
All final plans submitted shall be drawn according to the following:
(1) 
Outside of subdivision:
(a) 
Roads and other ways by medium solid lines.
(b) 
Property lines of adjacent subdivisions by medium dashed and two dotted lines.
(c) 
Lot lines by light dashed and two dotted lines.
(d) 
Restriction lines, easements, etc., by light dashed lines.
(2) 
Within subdivision:
(a) 
Roads and other ways by heavy solid lines.
(b) 
Property lines of subdivision by heavy dashed and two dotted lines.
(c) 
Lot lines by light solid lines.
(d) 
Restriction of building lines by light dashed lines.
(e) 
Easements or other reserved areas by light dashed and two dotted lines.
F. 
The final plan shall show:
(1) 
Primary control points, or benchmarks, approved by the Township Engineer or description and ties to which all dimensions, angles, bearings, and similar data shall be referred.
(2) 
Acreage of each lot or parcel.
(3) 
Tract boundary lines, right-of-way lines of roads, easements and their purpose, and other rights-of-way and property lines of residential lots and other sites with accurate dimensions, bearings or deflection angles, radii, arcs and central angles of all curves.
(4) 
Name and right-of-way width of each road or right-of-way.
(5) 
Locations, dimensions, and purposes of all easements.
(6) 
Number to identify each lot or site.
(7) 
Purpose for which sites other than residential are to be used.
(8) 
Building setback line on all lots and sites.
(9) 
Location and description of survey monuments.
(10) 
Names of recorded owners of adjoining unplotted land and zoning classification.
(11) 
Certification of surveyor or professional engineer showing name, address, registration, number and seal.
(12) 
Statement by the owner dedicating roads, rights-of-way, and sites for public use.
(13) 
Protective covenants, if any, in form for recording.
(14) 
Such other certificates, affidavits, endorsements or dedications as may be required in the enforcement of this chapter.
(15) 
Certification blocks for the appropriate governing and planning bodies.
(16) 
Street profile data showing existing ground elevations and proposed center-line road grades.
G. 
Submitted with the final plan shall be the following additional information:
(1) 
Profiles showing existing ground and proposed center-line road grades.
(2) 
Typical cross sections of roadways and sidewalks.
(3) 
A plan showing the size of water pipes and location of valves and fire hydrants.
(4) 
A plan showing the location of manholes, invert elevations, grades and sizes of sanitary sewers.
(5) 
A final grading plan.
(6) 
A sewage disposal plan approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the "Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act," (Act 537),[1] as amended and all supplemental documentation which may be required to update the municipality's sewage facilities plan required under said Act.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 750.1 et seq.
(7) 
A plan for placement of gas, electric, telephone and cable television service lines, as applicable, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission.
In the combination or recombination of lots or portions of previously plotted lots, when the resultant lots are increased in road frontage and total area size, so that they reach or exceed the standards of this chapter, and the road pattern is in conformity to the Township General Development Plan, the procedures and regulations heretofore described shall be followed except as they may be modified on application to the Planning Commission.