Before approving any subdivision plan, the Board of Supervisors shall require a written agreement that necessary grading, paving and road improvements, sidewalks, streetlights, fire hydrants, water mains and sanitary sewers, as may be required by the Township shall be installed by the subdivider in strict accordance with the design standards and specifications of the Township, within a specified time period.
The written agreement, which shall include a bond, deposit of funds, or other securities sufficient in amount as shall be determined and approved by the Board of Supervisors to cover the cost of such improvements.
A. 
As a condition for the final approval of the plan of land subdivision or land development, the subdivider or land developer shall deposit with the Board of Supervisors a corporate bond, cash bond, or other security acceptable to the Township sufficient in amount and coverage as shall be determined by the Township Engineer to cover the cost of any and all improvements which may be required by the Township. Such bond, or other security shall provide for, and secure to the public, the completion of any improvements which may be required within the period of time specified by the Board of Supervisors for the completion of such improvements.
B. 
In the case where land development is projected over a period of years, the Board of Supervisors may authorize submission of final plans by sections or stages of development subject to such requirements or guarantees as to improvements in future sections or stages of development as the Board of Supervisors finds essential for the protection of any finally approved section of the development.
A. 
Procedure.
(1) 
When the developer has completed all of the required improvements, the developer shall notify the Board of Supervisors, in writing, by certified or registered mail, of the completion of the required improvements and shall send a copy thereof to the Township Engineer.
(2) 
The Board of Supervisors shall, within 10 days after receipt of such notice, direct and authorize the Township Engineer to inspect all of the aforesaid improvements. The Township Engineer shall, thereupon, file a report, in writing, with the Board of Supervisors and shall promptly mail a copy of the same to the developer by certified or registered mail. The report shall be made and mailed within 30 days after receipt by the Township Engineer of the aforesaid authorization from the Board of Supervisors; said report shall be detailed and shall indicate approval or rejection of said improvements, or any portion thereof; if said improvements shall not be approved or shall be rejected by the Township Engineer, said report shall contain a statement of reasons for such nonapproval or rejection.
(3) 
The Board of Supervisors shall notify the developer, in writing, by certified or registered mail, of the action of said Board of Supervisors with relation thereto.
(4) 
If the Board of Supervisors or the Township Engineer fails to comply with the time limitation provisions contained herein, all improvements will be deemed to have been approved, and the developer shall be released from all liability, pursuant to its performance guaranty bond.
(5) 
If any portion of the required improvements shall not be approved or shall be rejected by the Board of Supervisors, the developer shall proceed to complete the same and, upon completion, the same procedure of notification, as outlined herein, shall be followed.
(6) 
Nothing herein, however, shall be construed in limitation of the subdivider's or developer's right to contest or question, by legal proceedings or otherwise, any determination of the Board of Supervisors or the Township Engineer.
A. 
In the event that any improvement to which may be required have not been constructed and installed as provided for in the written agreement, this chapter and the requirements of the Board of Supervisors or in accord with the approved final plan, the Board of Supervisors shall enforce any corporate bond, or other security by appropriate legal and equitable remedies.
B. 
If proceeds of such bond or other security are insufficient to pay the cost of installing or making repairs or corrections to all the improvements covered by said security, the Board of Supervisors may, at its option, install part of such improvements in all or part of the subdivision or land development and may institute appropriate legal or equitable action to recover the monies necessary to complete the remainder of the improvements.
C. 
All of the proceeds, whether resulting from the security or from any legal or equitable action brought against the developer, or both, shall be used solely for the installation of the improvements covered by such security, and not for any other municipal purpose.
A. 
Before the Township Engineer shall issue to the Board of Supervisors a written certification that all improvements specified and required have been satisfactorily completed in accordance with the agreement and requirements relative to the land development and in compliance with the specifications, standards, ordinances and requirements of the Board of Supervisors, the subdivider or developer shall be required to deposit with the Board of Supervisors a corporate maintenance bond, in such amount, under such conditions, in such form and with approved surety as shall be required by the Board of Supervisors. Said maintenance bond to guarantee the repairs and maintenance by the subdivider or developer of the roads, pavement, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, storm drains and facilities, sanitary sewer and facilities, sewage treatment plant and facilities and any other improvements constructed and installed in the subdivision or development for a period of two years from the date of final and official acceptance of the above said improvements and facilities by the Board of Supervisors.
B. 
The repairs and maintenance required to be performed by the subdivider or developer shall extend only to making good any inherent defects which become manifested in the materials and workmanship under ordinary conditions and shall not be held to cover any breakage or damage caused by improper use or by accident resulting from circumstances over which the subdivider or developer has no control.
A. 
No road, land, way or related improvement shall be accepted as a part of the highway system of the Township or for maintenance unless opened, laid out, graded and improved in strict accordance with the standards and regulations of the Township. The requirements, specifications and standards of construction, material and appurtenances as designated herein are considered as minimum and the Township may, as it deems advisable, revise said specifications and requirements to secure a higher standard of improvements and community development.
B. 
No stormwater drainage facilities, sanitary sewer and sewage treatment facilities, water supply and water distribution system, and facilities or any other facilities or improvements will be accepted as a part of the Township's facilities for operation and maintenance unless designed and constructed in strict compliance with all the standards, specifications, rules, regulations, ordinances and requirements of the Township.
A. 
Within 90 days after the date of approval of the final plan, the subdivider shall record an approved duplicate copy of same in the office of the County Recorder of Deeds, and file with the Secretary of the Board of Supervisors, a recorder's certificate that the approved plan has been recorded, with the plan book and page numbers indicated, and approval shall not become final and effective until such certificate has been filed. The subdivider shall provide a duplicate tracing of the officially recorded plan to the Board of Supervisors Secretary for Township files.
B. 
After an approved subdivision plan shall have been officially recorded, the roads, parks, and other public improvements shown thereon shall be so considered to be a part of the official plan of the Township.
C. 
Roads, parks and other public improvements shown on a subdivision plan to be recorded may be offered for dedication to the Township by formal notation thereof on the plan, or the owner may note on such plan that any improvements have not been offered for dedication to the Township.
D. 
Every road, park or other improvement shown on a subdivision plan shall be deemed to be a private road, park or improvement until such time as the same shall have been offered for dedication to the Township and accepted by ordinance or resolution, or until it shall have been condemned for use as a public road, park or other improvement.