A.
Map elements. The Official Map, as enacted and as
subsequently amended, may show appropriate elements or portions of
elements of the Chestnuthill Township Comprehensive Plan, the West
End Open Space and Recreation Plan, the Chestnuthill Township Traffic
Study of September 5, 2002, and any other plan or study of the Township
with regard to public lands and facilities, and may include, but need
not be limited to:
(1)
Existing and proposed public streets, watercourses
and public grounds, including widenings, narrowings, extensions, diminutions,
openings or closing of same.
(2)
Existing and proposed public parks, playgrounds, and
open space reservations.
(3)
Conservation easements.
(4)
Pedestrianways and easements.
(5)
Railroad and transit rights-of-way and easements.
(6)
Flood control basins, floodways and floodplains, stormwater
management areas and drainage easements.
(7)
Support facilities, easements and other properties
held by public bodies undertaking the elements of Township plans and
studies.
B.
Identification and acquisition. For the purposes of
initially identifying land on the Official Map, property records,
aerial photography, photogrammetric mapping or other method sufficient
for the identification, description and publication of areas for reservation
on the Official Map will be sufficient. For the acquisition of lands
and easements, boundary descriptions by metes and bounds shall be
made and sealed by a licensed surveyor, registered in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
C.
Additions or modifications. The Board of Supervisors, by amending this chapter, may make additions or modifications to the Official Map or parts thereof by following the provisions included in Subsection A, and may, by Ordinance, also vacate any existing or proposed public street, watercourse or public ground, or part thereof, contained in the Official Map.
D.
Street design requirements. Unless otherwise specified on the Official Map or within other controlling ordinance provisions, all proposed public street rights-of-way and widenings of existing public street rights-of-way shall meet the design requirements specified in Chapter 98, Subdivision and Land Development, for the highway functional classification as designated by the Official Map or the Chestnuthill Township Comprehensive Plan.
[Amended 7-6-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-02; 4-7-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-02]
The amended Official Map, originally prepared by the Monroe
County Planning Commission bearing date "February 2015" as signed
and dated by the Board of Supervisors and including all notations,
references, and other data shown thereon, is hereby incorporated by
reference into this chapter as if it were fully described herein.
A.
A.
Certification of the amended Official Map. The amended Official Map
shall be identified by the signatures of the Board of Supervisors,
attested by the Chestnuthill Township Secretary, under the following
words: "This is to certify that this is the Official Map of Chestnuthill
Township referred to in the Official Map Ordinance of Chestnuthill
Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania," together with the date of
enactment of this section. The Map shall be kept on file with the
Chestnuthill Township Secretary.
C.
Changes in the Official Map. If, in accord with the provisions of this chapter, changes are made to the location of lines designating existing or proposed public streets, watercourses, or public grounds or easements, such changes shall be entered promptly on said map. All changes, except those resulting from subdivision and land development plans as specified in § 402, shall be certified by initialing of the map by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors together with the amending ordinance number and date of enactment, or by the republication of the Official Map and certification in accord with Subsection A.
If the Official Map shows any street or other
public land intended to lead into any adjacent municipality, a certified
copy of the Official Map, or amendment thereto, shall be forwarded
to such adjacent municipality in accord with § 408 of the
Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10408.
