[Amended 5-18-2022 by Ord. No. 4245]
A conservation plan as described in § 135-8.3 shall be submitted to and approved by the Board of Commissioners for any of the following activities:
A. 
Any activity listed in § 101-7 of this chapter, except activities listed in § 101-7A(2).
B. 
Any application for approval for which such plan is required under Chapter 135, Subdivision and Land Development.
C. 
Any activities which would interfere with the use of a pedestrian or equestrian trail.
A conservation plan shall include the following minimum information. When any of this information has already been prepared as part of an application under the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, then it shall be duplicated and inserted into the pertinent section(s) of the conservation plan
A. 
Inventory.
(1) 
Property base map. A base map of the applicant's property shall meet the requirements for preliminary plan approval, as set forth in Chapter 135, Subdivision and Land Development, with respect to sheet size, scale, property acreage calculations, delineation of courses and distances of property boundaries, dedicated street rights-of-way and easements.
(2) 
Boundary and adjoining property conditions. The following information shall be indicated on the property base map: existing zoning and minimum setback requirements applicable to the applicant's property and adjoining properties. A smaller scale map, drawn as an inset on the base map sheet, may be used to present information on adjoining property conditions.
(3) 
Existing natural features. The following information shall be shown on the property base map as outlined in Chapter 135, Subdivision and Land Development, Table 8.3.1.
B. 
Mitigation and maintenance. For all activities listed in § 101-7 of this chapter, the conservation plan shall include provisions for impact mitigation and long-term maintenance, as follows:
(1) 
Depiction on the property base map of mitigation measures proposed by the applicant, including number and placement of plantings and of other landscape or design improvements, as specified in §§ 101-8, 101-9 and 101-10 of this chapter.
(2) 
Documentation showing the extent to which the landscape planting and design measures conform to the requirements of §§ 101-8 and 101-10 of this chapter. Where they do not conform, the applicant shall demonstrate one or more of the following:
(a) 
That other mitigation measures chosen will produce comparable or superior results.
(b) 
That, through design excellence in site planning, landscape architecture and architecture, the requirements of §§ 101-8 and 101-10 are unnecessary or inappropriate.
(c) 
That the need to mitigate in accordance with the requirements constitutes an unreasonable or unnecessary financial burden.
(3) 
Sufficient information to demonstrate that all maintenance standards in § 101-11 will be complied with.