All provisions of this chapter shall be administered by the Board of Township Supervisors of Skippack Township, or by a Township official or the Township Secretary, as designated by the Board. All plans, applications, correspondence, complaints, requests for variances or appeals shall be delivered to the Township building and submitted through the Township Secretary.
Any amendment to this chapter shall be in accordance with Section 505 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[1] Resolutions adopted by the Board of Township Supervisors pursuant to the terms and conditions of this chapter regarding fees, paving and construction standards and timely changes in other design criteria as specifically permitted by resolution of the Board shall not require an amendment to this chapter.
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Power of amendment. The Board of Supervisors may, from time to time, amend, supplement, change, modify or repeal this chapter. When doing so, the Board shall proceed in the manner prescribed in this article.
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Sources of amendment. Proposals for amendment, supplement, change, modification or repeal may be initiated by the Board of Supervisors on its own motion, or by the Planning Commission, as follows:
(1) 
Proposals originated by Board of Supervisors. The Board shall refer every proposed amendment, supplement, change, modification or repeal originated by said Board to the Township Planning Commission and the Montgomery County Planning Commission. Within 30 days of the submission of said proposal, the Township Planning Commission shall submit to the Board of Supervisors a report containing its recommendations including any additions or modifications to the original proposal.
(2) 
Proposals originated by the Planning Commission. The Township Planning Commission may, at any time, transmit to the Board of Supervisors any proposal for the amendment, supplement, change, modification or repeal of this chapter.
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Hearings. Before voting on the enactment of any amendment, the Board of Supervisors shall hold a public hearing thereon with notice as required by law. No amendment shall become effective until after such hearing, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. If, after any public hearing held upon an amendment, the proposed amendment is revised, or further revised, the Board may hold another public hearing, pursuant to public notice, before proceeding to vote on the amendment.
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10505.
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If any mandatory provisions of this chapter are shown by the applicant, to the satisfaction of the Board, to be unreasonable and cause undue hardship as they apply to his proposed subdivision, the Board may grant a modification to such applicant from such mandatory provisions, so that substantial justice may be done and the public interest secured; provided that such modification will not have the effect of nullifying the intent and purpose of this chapter.B. In granting modifications, the Board may impose such conditions as will, in its judgment, secure substantially the objectives of the standards or requirements so modified.
If, during the course of construction or completion of a subdivision or land development, changes, alterations or modifications of a final plan become necessary, such changes may be approved only after written acceptance by the Township Engineer and written approval of the Board of Township Supervisors. Substantial revisions to any such final plan shall cause the re-recordation of the final plan after such approvals are obtained.
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The Township shall assign a subdivision application number to all applications, and all matters referring to this should be identified with and filed in accordance with the subdivision case number. The Township shall keep a record of its findings, decisions and recommendations relative to all subdivision plans filed with it for review.
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All such records shall be public records.
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Subdivision and land development application fees shall be fixed by the Board of Supervisors by resolution. In addition to such fees, all disbursements by the Township incident to plan review, approval and inspection of construction, including but not necessarily limited to engineering fees, inspection fees, costs of material or site testing and any maintenance costs prior to acceptance of improvements by the Township, shall be reimbursed to the Township by the applicant on the basis of the Township's actual costs. In addition, any legal fees incurred by the Township in excess of review of the Township's standard forms shall be reimbursed in the same manner.
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No application for review of a preliminary or final plan shall be accepted until all fees required have been paid in full. No final plan will be approved or signed until all fees as required by the most recent fee schedule have been paid in full.
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Inspection fees. The subdivider shall pay directly to the Township a fee per hour or portion thereof for field inspection by the Township Engineer as defined herein. Such field inspections shall be made by the Township Engineer as are necessary to insure compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
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Improvements.
[Added 6-22-1988 by Ord. No. 142]
(1) 
There shall be paid to the Township a sum to be used toward the cost of road and traffic improvements (including but not limited to off-site capacity enhancement projects), stormwater drainage improvements and facilities and open space throughout Skippack Township. The purpose of said payment is to provide funds toward the increased cost to the Township of road construction, repair and maintenance, stormwater improvements and facilities and open space which are necessitated by the impact of development and construction within Skippack Township. The payments shall be calculated as follows:
(a) 
For all residential subdivisions and developments of three or more lots, the sum of $500 per dwelling unit.
(b) 
For all nonresidential development and construction, the sum of $0.50 per square foot of total floor area. "Total floor area" is the floor area within the perimeter of the outside walls, without deduction for hallways, stairs, closets, thickness of walls, columns or other features.
(2) 
All payments pursuant to the terms hereof shall be deposited in a separate account and, thereafter, all disbursements shall be made therefrom to satisfy the cost of necessary improvements, construction and repair of roads and traffic, including but not limited to off-site capacity enhancement projects, as well as stormwater drainage facilities and open space projects.
(3) 
All payments due hereunder shall be paid to Skippack Township prior to the issuance of any building permit for the subject premises.
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Prior to the recording of the record plan, the developer shall provide the Township with the record plan on a three-and-one-half-inch disc in Auto CAD format. Each developer shall pay to the Township a parcel map integration fee, for each development, of $1,475.
[Added 4-13-2005 by Ord. No. 293]
Any person, partnership or corporation who or which, being the owner or agent of the owner of any lot, tract or parcel of land, shall lay out, construct, open or dedicate any street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water main or other improvements for public use, travel or other purposes or for the common use of occupants of buildings abutting thereon, or who sells, transfers or agrees or enters into an agreement to sell any land in a subdivision or land development, whether by reference to or by other use of a plat of such subdivision or land development or otherwise, or erect any building thereon, unless and until a final plat has been prepared in full compliance with the provisions of this chapter and has been recorded as provided herein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, such person, or the members of such partnership, or the officers of such corporation, or the agent of any of them, responsible for such violation shall pay a fine not exceeding $1,000 per lot or parcel or per dwelling within each lot or parcel. All fines collected for such violations shall be paid over to the Township. The description by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other document used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the seller or transferor from such penalties or from the remedies herein provided.