This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as "The Washington Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance."
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the provisions
of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (Act 247 of 1968,
P.L. 805), effective January 1, 1969, as amended,[1] for the purpose of promoting and protecting safety, health,
and morals; to provide for the coordinated development of Washington
Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; to provide for the general
welfare by guiding and protecting amenity, convenience, future governmental,
economic, practical, and social and cultural facilities; to guide
development and growth as well as to guide uses of land and structure,
type and location of streets, public grounds and other facilities;
to encourage and promote flexibility, economy and ingenuity in the
layout and design of subdivisions and land developments and to provide
control of accelerated erosion and the resulting sedimentation of
the waters of the Township.
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
A.
No subdivision or land development of any lot, tract, or parcel of land located in Washington Township shall be effected; no street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water main, or other facilities in connection, therewith shall be laid out, constructed, opened, or dedicated for public use of travel, or for the common use of occupants of buildings thereon unless and until a final subdivision plan has been approved by the Board of Supervisors in the manner prescribed herein, and recorded in the manner prescribed herein nor otherwise used except in strict accordance with the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 360, Zoning, as amended.
B.
No lot in a subdivision or any development may be
sold; no permit shall be issued to erect, alter, or repair any building
upon land in a subdivision, unless and until a final subdivision or
land development plat has been approved by the Board of Supervisors
and recorded, and until construction of the improvements required
in connection therewith has been guaranteed in the manner prescribed
herein.
It is the intent, purpose and scope of this
chapter to protect and promote safety, health and morals; to accomplish
coordinated development; to provide for the general welfare by guiding
and protecting amenity, convenience, future governmental, economic,
practical and social and cultural facilities, development and growth,
as well as the improvement of governmental processes and functions;
and to permit municipalities to minimize such problems as may presently
exist or which may be foreseen.
