A.
Subdivision and land development control. It shall be unlawful for
the owner of any land in the Township or any other person, firm or
corporation to subdivide any lot, tract or parcel of land or to open
or dedicate for public use or travel any street, sanitary sewer, storm
sewer, drainage facilities or other facilities in connection therewith
or for the common use of occupants of buildings within the subdivision
or land development unless and until final plans of such subdivision
or development shall have been prepared by an engineer, landscape
architect (limited to the practice of landscape architecture) or surveyor,
submitted to and approved in writing thereon by the Township Board
of Supervisors and recorded in the Bucks County Recorder of Deeds
office in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
B.
Sale of lots; issuance of building permits; erection of buildings.
(1)
No lot in a subdivision may be sold, and no permit to erect, alter
or repair any building upon land in a subdivision or land development
may be issued, unless and until the municipal improvements required
by the Board of Supervisors in connection therewith have either been
constructed or guaranteed as hereinafter provided.
(2)
No building in a subdivision or land development depending for ingress
and egress upon the improvement of any street or streets herein provided
for shall be permitted to be occupied before improvements are fully
completed from an existing paved street to and across the front of
the lot on which the building is located, and/or to a sufficient depth
along the side of the lot to service any driveway, driveways or parking
spaces.
(3)
No building without adequate water and sewer facilities shall be
issued a permanent occupancy permit before such facilities are fully
provided and operational and have the approval of the County Health
Department and/or Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
C.
Approval not required. Fractional portions of lots shown on a subdivision
plan which has received final approval in accordance with the requirements
of this chapter may be conveyed without the approval of a minor subdivision
plan, provided:
(1)
The portions of such lots are added to the contiguous lot or lots
for the purpose of such conveyances.
(3)
Prior to such conveyance the owner of the subject property files with the Township Manager's office at least three prints of a survey plan prepared by a surveyor, showing all lots affected and the new subdivision lines in such a way as to indicate conformance to Subsection C(1) and (2) hereof. No conveyance shall occur within 30 days of the date filed with the Township Manager, and if within this period, the Supervisors notify the owner by registered mail that subdivision approval shall be required.
(4)
Aforesaid conveyance shall contain a provision that said portion
of the lot may not thereafter be conveyed except as part of a conveyance
of the contiguous lot and the contiguous lot may not be conveyed without
conveying the portion.
D.
Exemption of accessory buildings or minor building addition. Accessory
buildings or minor building additions that meet the following criteria
are exempt from the land development process:
(1)
An accessory building or minor building addition that is less than
or equal to 20% of the principal structure ground floor area and will
not exceed 500 square feet in size; or
(2)
If the accessory building is placed over an existing impervious surface
area, is completely open on all sides, such as a service station canopy,
and the accessory building size shall not exceed 5,000 square feet;
and
E.
If the Zoning Officer determines that the accessory building, a minor
building addition, or its installation will significantly affect parking,
lot lighting, stormwater management, noise, odor, vibrations, dust
or other Township regulations, the Zoning Officer shall deny the applicant
the exemption and shall require the applicant to make an application
for the land development process.
