The preliminary plat shall conform to the provisions of Articles VI and VII as set forth in these regulations and shall have the following information insofar as possible:
A.
Map data.
(1)
Map scale not less than one inch to 100 feet.
(2)
Name of subdivision; names and addresses of the owner;
deed book volume and page; the signatures of the engineer or surveyor, and
the owners of adjacent land; and stamp of engineer or registered surveyor.
(3)
Date, North point and graphic scale.
(4)
Acreage of the land to be subdivided.
(5)
Boundary lines of the area to be subdivided and bearings
and distances.
(6)
Physical features on the site, such as major tree formations,
streams, rock outcrops, drainage ditches, retaining walls, etc.
(7)
Existing structures located on the site with a notation
of the existing use and proposed future disposition.
(8)
Existing and proposed easements, and their location,
width and purpose.
(9)
Controlled topographic mapping with contours at an interval
of not greater than five feet.
(10)
Existing streets on and adjacent to the tract and their
names, width, approximate grade and other dimensions as may be required.
(11)
Existing public utilities on and adjacent to the tract,
including line sizes or capacity and location.
(12)
Proposed lot lines, lot numbers, streets, street grades,
easements, crosswalks, building setback lines, etc.
(13)
Sites, and their acreage, if any, to be dedicated for
parks, playgrounds or other public uses and areas for semipublic commercial
or other use.
(14)
A permanent benchmark.
(15)
Survey closure information indicated with known error
of not more than one foot in 20,000 feet.
(16)
All distances, directions and legal descriptions.
B.
Supporting data.
(1)
An engineer's report on the feasibility of connecting
to the existing public water and sewage facilities if they are available;
or an engineer's report on the feasibility of installing a community project-type
sewerage disposal system; or an engineer's report on the feasibility of on-lot
water supply and sewerage disposal to include the results of soil absorption
tests and groundwater availability and quality.
(2)
An engineer's plan or report for handling storm drainage
if new streets are to be involved in the proposed subdivision.
The Board of Supervisors may establish, by resolution, a schedule of
fees and a collection procedure for review and inspection of all applications
for approval of a subdivision or land development plan.
A.
All such fees shall be payable to the Township of Richland.
B.
No plan shall be considered as having been filed or accepted
for review, inspection or approval unless and until all fees are first paid
in full.
C.
Disputed expenses.
(1)
In the event that the applicant disputes the amount of
any such expense in connection with the inspection of improvements, the applicant
shall, within 10 working days of the date of billing, notify the Board of
Supervisors that such expenses are disputed as unreasonable or unnecessary,
in which case the Board of Supervisors shall not delay or disapprove a subdivision
or land development application or any approval or permit related to development
due to the applicant's request over disputed engineer expenses.
(2)
If, within 20 days from the date of billing, the Board
of Supervisors and the applicant cannot agree on the amount of expenses which
are reasonable and necessary, then the applicant and Board of Supervisors
shall jointly, by mutual agreement, appoint another professional engineer
licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to review said expenses
and make a determination as to the amount thereof which is reasonable and
necessary.
(3)
The professional engineer so appointed shall hear such
evidence and review such documentation as the professional engineer in his
or her sole opinion deems necessary and render a decision within 50 days of
the billing date. The applicant shall be required to pay the entire amount
determined in the decision immediately.
(4)
In the event that the Board of Supervisors and applicant
cannot agree upon the professional engineer to be appointed within 20 days
of the billing date, then, upon application of either party, the President
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the judicial district in which the municipality
is located (or, if at the time there be no President Judge, then the senior
active judge then sitting) shall appoint such engineer, who, in that case,
shall be neither the Township Engineer nor any professional engineer who has
been retained by or performed services for the Board of Supervisors or the
applicant within the preceding five years.
(5)
The fee of the appointed professional engineer for determining
the reasonable and necessary expenses shall be paid by the applicant if the
amount of payment required in the decision is equal to or greater than the
original bill. If the amount of payment required in the decision is less than
the original bill by $1,000 or more, the Board of Supervisors shall pay the
fee of the professional engineer, but otherwise the township and the applicant
shall each pay 1/2 of the fee of the appointed professional engineer.
