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Township of Upper Providence, PA
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2024-04-22
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 270 Subdivision and Land Development
Administrative Legislation
Ch 1
General Provisions
Ch 5
Administrative Code
Ch 9
Authorities, Municipal
Ch 16
Environmental Advisory Council
Ch 23
Fire and Emergency Services Department
Ch 30
Human Relations Commission
Ch 37
Local Government Investment Trust
Ch 49
Parks and Recreation Board
Ch 54
Pensions
Ch 59
Planning Commission
Ch 65
Police Department
Ch 71
Purchasing and Contracts for Services
Ch 78
Salaries and Compensation
General Legislation
Ch 110
Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 117
Animals
Ch 124
Brush, Grass and Weeds
Ch 135
Construction Codes, Uniform
Ch 141
Curfew
Ch 159
Firearms and Weapons
Ch 166
Fire Prevention
Ch 173
Garage Sales
Ch 178
Grading and Excavation
Ch 181
Grease Traps and Interceptors
Ch 185
Hazardous Substances
Ch 192
Insurance
Ch 201
Municipal Claims and Liens
Ch 209
Parks and Recreation Areas
Ch 214
Peace and Good Order
Ch 220
Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 226
Property Maintenance
Ch 237
Sewers and Sewage Disposal
Ch 245
Solid Waste
Ch 251
Special Events
Ch 258
Stormwater Management
Ch 264
Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 270
Subdivision and Land Development
Ch 270 Art I
Title; Purpose; Interpretation; Subdivision and Land Development Control; Waivers; Enforcement
§ 270-1
Title.
§ 270-2
Purpose.
§ 270-3
Interpretation.
§ 270-4
Subdivision and land development control.
§ 270-5
Right to waive certain requirements.
§ 270-6
Enforcement.
§ 270-7
through § 270-16. (Reserved)
Ch 270 Art II
Definitions
§ 270-17
Word usage.
§ 270-18
Terms defined.
§ 270-19
through § 270-28. (Reserved)
Ch 270 Art III
Plan Submission Requirements and Processing Procedures
§ 270-29
Applicability.
§ 270-30
Plans required for approval of subdivision or land development.
§ 270-31
Tentative sketch plan.
§ 270-32
Preliminary plan.
§ 270-33
Final plan.
§ 270-34
Land development plans.
§ 270-35
Plan processing procedures.
§ 270-36
Recording the plan.
§ 270-37
through § 270-46. (Reserved)
Ch 270 Art IV
Design Standards
§ 270-47
General principles and requirements.
§ 270-48
Streets.
§ 270-49
Driveways.
§ 270-50
Parking areas.
§ 270-51
Sidewalk design and construction.
§ 270-52
Curbs.
§ 270-53
Blocks.
§ 270-54
Lots.
§ 270-55
Reverse-frontage lot requirements.
§ 270-56
Land with existing structures.
§ 270-57
Grading.
§ 270-58
Drainage.
§ 270-59
Reserve strips, rights-of-way, easements and utility construction.
§ 270-60
Sanitary sewers and on-site sewage disposal.
§ 270-61
Special drainage problems, flood-prone areas and watercourses.
§ 270-62
Public water facilities.
§ 270-63
Erosion and sediment control.
§ 270-64
Bridges and culverts.
§ 270-65
Survey markers.
§ 270-66
Natural or historic feature preservation.
§ 270-67
Preservation of, protection of and transplanting of existing vegetation.
§ 270-68
Planting.
§ 270-69
Recommended planting lists.
§ 270-70
Design standards for developments in the Interchange Office, Retail, Service, and Recreation (IO-3) District.
§ 270-71
Design guidelines for select commercial developments.
§ 270-72
Design Guidelines for developments in TDR Transfer of Development Rights District.
§ 270-73
Recreational areas and community assets.
§ 270-74
Use of standards; recommendations of Planning Commission.
§ 270-75
Signs.
§ 270-76
Lighting.
§ 270-77
through § 270-86. (Reserved)
Ch 270 Art V
Open Space and Recreational Facilities
§ 270-87
General purpose and intent.
§ 270-88
Open space requirements.
§ 270-89
Physical criteria for open space lands.
§ 270-90
Improvement requirements for open space lands.
§ 270-91
Ownership and maintenance provisions for open space lands.
§ 270-92
Fee in lieu of open space land dedication, residential zoning districts.
§ 270-93
Fee in lieu of open space land dedication, nonresidential zoning districts.
§ 270-94
through § 270-103. (Reserved)
Ch 270 Art VI
Improvements
§ 270-104
Required improvements.
§ 270-105
Release from liability.
§ 270-106
Public utilities and laterals.
§ 270-107
Inspection of work and materials.
§ 270-108
Off-site improvements.
§ 270-109
Construction sequence.
§ 270-110
through § 270-119. (Reserved)
Ch 270 Art VII
Mobile Home Developments
§ 270-120
Applicability.
§ 270-121
Use regulations.
§ 270-122
Applications for development.
§ 270-123
Site design.
§ 270-124
Common elements.
§ 270-125
Utilities.
§ 270-126
Permits, licenses, fees and inspections.
§ 270-127
Additional requirements.
§ 270-128
through § 270-137. (Reserved)
Ch 270 Art VIII
Fees; Conditions of Acceptance
§ 270-138
Fees and costs.
§ 270-139
Conditions of acceptance.
§ 270-140
through § 270-149. (Reserved)
Ch 270 Art IX
Amendments
§ 270-150
Amendment procedure.
§ 270-151
Referral to Planning Commission.
§ 270-152
through § 270-161. (Reserved)
Ch 270 Art X
Act 209 Traffic Impact Fees
§ 270-162
Title.
§ 270-163
Purpose.
§ 270-164
Findings and conclusions.
§ 270-165
Definitions.
§ 270-166
Enactment and imposition of transportation impact fees.
§ 270-167
Uses.
§ 270-168
Incorporation and adoption of supporting documentation.
§ 270-169
Special transportation studies.
§ 270-170
Uniform applicability of transportation impact fees.
§ 270-171
Imposition and payment of transportation impact fee as condition to issuance of building permit.
§ 270-172
Method of calculation.
§ 270-173
Establishment of transportation service areas.
§ 270-174
Calculation of per-peak-hour-trip fee for transportation service area.
§ 270-175
Nonbinding transportation impact fee estimates.
§ 270-176
Administration of transportation impact fees.
§ 270-177
Time, method and procedure for payment.
§ 270-178
Credit.
§ 270-179
Refunds.
§ 270-180
Additional and supplemental requirement.
§ 270-181
Retroactive application.
§ 270-182
Repealer.
§ 270-183
Revisions.
§ 270-184
Severability.
§ 270-185
When effective.
§ 270-186
Failure to enforce not a waiver.
Ch 277
Taxation
Ch 285
Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 292
Water
Ch 300
Zoning
Appendix
Ch A310
Franchises
Derivation Table
Ch DT
Derivation Table
Disposition List
Ch DL
Disposition List
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Chapter 270
Subdivision and Land Development
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Upper Providence
7-5-1976
by
Ord. No. 181
(Ch. 154 of the 1990 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
Article I
Title; Purpose; Interpretation; Subdivision and Land Development Control; Waivers; Enforcement
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§ 270-1
Title.
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§ 270-2
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 270-3
Interpretation.
chevron_right
§ 270-4
Subdivision and land development control.
chevron_right
§ 270-5
Right to waive certain requirements.
chevron_right
§ 270-6
Enforcement.
chevron_right
§ 270-7
through § 270-16. (Reserved)
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Article II
Definitions
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§ 270-17
Word usage.
chevron_right
§ 270-18
Terms defined.
chevron_right
§ 270-19
through § 270-28. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article III
Plan Submission Requirements and Processing Procedures
chevron_right
§ 270-29
Applicability.
chevron_right
§ 270-30
Plans required for approval of subdivision or land development.
chevron_right
§ 270-31
Tentative sketch plan.
chevron_right
§ 270-32
Preliminary plan.
chevron_right
§ 270-33
Final plan.
chevron_right
§ 270-34
Land development plans.
chevron_right
§ 270-35
Plan processing procedures.
chevron_right
§ 270-36
Recording the plan.
chevron_right
§ 270-37
through § 270-46. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article IV
Design Standards
chevron_right
§ 270-47
General principles and requirements.
chevron_right
§ 270-48
Streets.
chevron_right
§ 270-49
Driveways.
chevron_right
§ 270-50
Parking areas.
chevron_right
§ 270-51
Sidewalk design and construction.
chevron_right
§ 270-52
Curbs.
chevron_right
§ 270-53
Blocks.
chevron_right
§ 270-54
Lots.
chevron_right
§ 270-55
Reverse-frontage lot requirements.
chevron_right
§ 270-56
Land with existing structures.
chevron_right
§ 270-57
Grading.
chevron_right
§ 270-58
Drainage.
chevron_right
§ 270-59
Reserve strips, rights-of-way, easements and utility construction.
chevron_right
§ 270-60
Sanitary sewers and on-site sewage disposal.
chevron_right
§ 270-61
Special drainage problems, flood-prone areas and watercourses.
chevron_right
§ 270-62
Public water facilities.
chevron_right
§ 270-63
Erosion and sediment control.
chevron_right
§ 270-64
Bridges and culverts.
chevron_right
§ 270-65
Survey markers.
chevron_right
§ 270-66
Natural or historic feature preservation.
chevron_right
§ 270-67
Preservation of, protection of and transplanting of existing vegetation.
chevron_right
§ 270-68
Planting.
chevron_right
§ 270-69
Recommended planting lists.
chevron_right
§ 270-70
Design standards for developments in the Interchange Office, Retail, Service, and Recreation (IO-3) District.
chevron_right
§ 270-71
Design guidelines for select commercial developments.
chevron_right
§ 270-72
Design Guidelines for developments in TDR Transfer of Development Rights District.
chevron_right
§ 270-73
Recreational areas and community assets.
chevron_right
§ 270-74
Use of standards; recommendations of Planning Commission.
chevron_right
§ 270-75
Signs.
chevron_right
§ 270-76
Lighting.
chevron_right
§ 270-77
through § 270-86. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article V
Open Space and Recreational Facilities
chevron_right
§ 270-87
General purpose and intent.
chevron_right
§ 270-88
Open space requirements.
chevron_right
§ 270-89
Physical criteria for open space lands.
chevron_right
§ 270-90
Improvement requirements for open space lands.
chevron_right
§ 270-91
Ownership and maintenance provisions for open space lands.
chevron_right
§ 270-92
Fee in lieu of open space land dedication, residential zoning districts.
chevron_right
§ 270-93
Fee in lieu of open space land dedication, nonresidential zoning districts.
chevron_right
§ 270-94
through § 270-103. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article VI
Improvements
chevron_right
§ 270-104
Required improvements.
chevron_right
§ 270-105
Release from liability.
chevron_right
§ 270-106
Public utilities and laterals.
chevron_right
§ 270-107
Inspection of work and materials.
chevron_right
§ 270-108
Off-site improvements.
chevron_right
§ 270-109
Construction sequence.
chevron_right
§ 270-110
through § 270-119. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article VII
Mobile Home Developments
chevron_right
§ 270-120
Applicability.
chevron_right
§ 270-121
Use regulations.
chevron_right
§ 270-122
Applications for development.
chevron_right
§ 270-123
Site design.
chevron_right
§ 270-124
Common elements.
chevron_right
§ 270-125
Utilities.
chevron_right
§ 270-126
Permits, licenses, fees and inspections.
chevron_right
§ 270-127
Additional requirements.
chevron_right
§ 270-128
through § 270-137. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article VIII
Fees; Conditions of Acceptance
chevron_right
§ 270-138
Fees and costs.
chevron_right
§ 270-139
Conditions of acceptance.
chevron_right
§ 270-140
through § 270-149. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article IX
Amendments
chevron_right
§ 270-150
Amendment procedure.
chevron_right
§ 270-151
Referral to Planning Commission.
chevron_right
§ 270-152
through § 270-161. (Reserved)
chevron_right
Article X
Act 209 Traffic Impact Fees
chevron_right
§ 270-162
Title.
chevron_right
§ 270-163
Purpose.
chevron_right
§ 270-164
Findings and conclusions.
chevron_right
§ 270-165
Definitions.
chevron_right
§ 270-166
Enactment and imposition of transportation impact fees.
chevron_right
§ 270-167
Uses.
chevron_right
§ 270-168
Incorporation and adoption of supporting documentation.
chevron_right
§ 270-169
Special transportation studies.
chevron_right
§ 270-170
Uniform applicability of transportation impact fees.
chevron_right
§ 270-171
Imposition and payment of transportation impact fee as condition to issuance of building permit.
chevron_right
§ 270-172
Method of calculation.
chevron_right
§ 270-173
Establishment of transportation service areas.
chevron_right
§ 270-174
Calculation of per-peak-hour-trip fee for transportation service area.
chevron_right
§ 270-175
Nonbinding transportation impact fee estimates.
chevron_right
§ 270-176
Administration of transportation impact fees.
chevron_right
§ 270-177
Time, method and procedure for payment.
chevron_right
§ 270-178
Credit.
chevron_right
§ 270-179
Refunds.
chevron_right
§ 270-180
Additional and supplemental requirement.
chevron_right
§ 270-181
Retroactive application.
chevron_right
§ 270-182
Repealer.
chevron_right
§ 270-183
Revisions.
chevron_right
§ 270-184
Severability.
chevron_right
§ 270-185
When effective.
chevron_right
§ 270-186
Failure to enforce not a waiver.
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