A. 
Subdivision and land development control.
(1) 
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any parcel of land in the Township or any other person, firm or corporation, to subdivide any lot, tract, or parcel of land or to lay out, construct, open, or dedicate for public use or travel or for the common use of occupants of buildings within a subdivision or land development, any street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, drainage facilities, or other facilities in connection therewith, unless and until final plans of such subdivision or land development shall have been prepared by a licensed land surveyor, engineer, or landscape architect, in accordance with Section 503(1) of the PA MPC,[1] submitted to and approved in writing thereon by the Board of Supervisors, and recorded in the Bucks County Recorder of Deeds Office in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10503(1).
B. 
Sale of lots; issuance of building permits; erection of buildings.
(1) 
No lot in a subdivision may be sold, and no permit to erect, alter, or repair any building upon land in a subdivision or land development may be issued unless and until the public improvements required by the Board of Supervisors in connection therewith have either been constructed or guaranteed as specified in this chapter.
(2) 
No building in a subdivision or land development shall be permitted to be occupied before improvements are sufficiently completed to the satisfaction of the Township Engineer, such as improving existing paved streets to and across the frontage of the parcel or lot on which the building is located, and/or to a sufficient depth along the side of the lot to service any driveway, driveways, or parking spaces.
(3) 
No building requiring public water and sewer service shall be permitted to be occupied before any associated public water and sewer facilities are fully provided and operational.
A. 
Preventive remedies.
(1) 
In addition to other remedies, the Township may institute and maintain appropriate actions by law or in equity to restrain, correct or abate violations, to prevent unlawful construction, to recover damages and to prevent illegal occupancy of a building, structure, or premises. The description by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other documents used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the seller or transferor from such penalties or from the remedies herein provided.
(2) 
The Township may refuse to issue any permit or grant any approval necessary to further improve or develop any real property which has been developed or which has resulted from a subdivision or development of real property in violation of this chapter. This authority to deny such a permit or approval shall apply to any of the following developers:
(a) 
The owner of record at the time of such violation.
(b) 
The vendee or lessee of the owner of record at the time of such violation without regard as to whether such vendee or lessee had actual or constructive knowledge of the violation.
(c) 
The current owner of record who acquired the property subsequent to the time of violation without regard as to whether such current owner had actual or constructive knowledge of the violation.
(d) 
The vendee or lessee of the current owner of record who acquired the property subsequent to the time of violation without regard as to whether such vendee or lessee had actual or constructive knowledge of the violation.
(3) 
As an additional condition for issuance of a permit or the granting of an approval to any such owner, current owner, vendee, or lessee for the development of any such real property, the Township may require compliance with the conditions that would have been applicable to the property at the time the developer acquired an interest in such real property.
B. 
Enforcement remedies.
(1) 
Any person, partnership, corporation, or other entity who or which has violated the provisions of this chapter shall, upon being found liable in Magisterial District Court therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township, pay a judgment of not more than $500 for each such violation per day plus all court costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Township as a result thereof. No judgment shall commence or be imposed, levied or payable until the date of the determination of a violation by the Magisterial District Judge. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation, unless the Magisterial District Judge determining that there has been a violation further determines that there was a good-faith basis for the person, partnership, or corporation violating this chapter to have believed that there was no such violation, in which event there shall be deemed to have been only one such violation until the fifth day following the date of the determination of a violation by the Magisterial District Judge, and thereafter each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.
(2) 
The Court of Common Pleas, upon petition, may grant an order of stay, upon cause shown, tolling the per diem judgment pending a final adjudication of the violation and judgment.
(3) 
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed or interpreted to grant to any person or entity other than the Township the right to commence any action for enforcement pursuant to this section.
(4) 
Magisterial District Judges shall have initial jurisdiction in proceedings brought under this section.
C. 
Approval. Upon approval by the Board of Supervisors of the subdivision and/or land development plans, and the completion of all applicable public and/or site improvements to the extent determined necessary at the sole discretion of the Township, the developer shall thereupon apply for a building permit. Payment to the Township for the building permit shall accompany the application. If said documents are in proper form and the applicable fees submitted by the developer is approved by the Township, the building permit will then be issued by the Township.
D. 
Time limit for construction. All construction improvements must be completed within the time frame established within the development agreement pertaining to the subdivision and/or land development.
E. 
Completion certificate. After satisfactory completion of the work, the financial security posted in conjunction with the development agreement for any subdivision and/or land development will be released by the Board of Supervisors based upon recommendations provided by the Township Engineer.