When changes from the accepted drawings and specifications become
necessary during construction, written acceptance by the Board of
Supervisors, with the advice of the Township Engineer, shall be secured
before the execution of such changes.
Adequate provisions for the satisfactory maintenance of all
streets shall be made by either dedication to and acceptance of maintenance
by the Township or by other acceptable means. Streets that are not
designed or built to the Falls Township Design Details and Practices shall not be accepted by the Township for dedication.
The developer, at his expense for cost of sign and installation,
shall erect at every street intersection a street sign or street signs
having thereon the names of the intersecting streets. At intersections
where streets cross, there shall be at least two such street signs;
and at intersections where one street ends or joins with another street,
there shall be at least one such street sign. A sign representing
all streets shall be present. Street signs shall be acquired from
the Township for all intersections and installed by the developer
at the developer's expense and shall be installed when any of the
buildings in a given development are occupied.
The developer shall install or cause to be installed, at his expense, metal pole streetlights serviced by underground conduit approved by the Board of Supervisors in conformity with a general standard of streetlighting established by the Board of Supervisors. The equipment of metal poles may be waived in such instances as approved by the Board of Supervisors. Provisions shall be made for energizing said lighting after any building in a given block or development is occupied. The developer shall be responsible for all costs involved in lighting the streets until such time as the streets are accepted or condemned as public streets by the Board of Supervisors. Installation of streetlights shall comply with the provisions of Chapter
182.
The developer shall construct stormwater drainage facilities,
including curbs, inlets, storm sewers, swales, retention basins and
detention basins, in order to prevent erosion, flooding and other
hazards to life and property. Size, type and installation of all stormwater
drains and sewers shall be in accordance with the plans and standard
specifications of the Falls Township Stormwater Management Ordinance and the Falls Township Design Details and Practices.
Where no public water is accessible, water shall be furnished
by the developer on an individual lot basis. All wells should be installed
in accordance with Bucks County Health Department and Pennsylvania
DEP regulations.
If public sewer facilities are not available, the developer
shall provide for sewage disposal on an individual lot basis according
to the rules, regulations, terms, definitions and conditions of the
Bucks County Board of Health and Pennsylvania DEP regulations.
If, at the time of final approval, public sanitary sewer facilities
are not available to the subdivision or land development but will
become available within a period of 10 years, the developer shall
be required to install or cause to be installed at his expense sanitary
sewer mains and sewer laterals to the street line and shall cap all
laterals in accordance with the requirements the Township of Falls
Authority or other supplier and shall be subject to its approval and
that of the Board of Supervisors.
Grading shall conform in all respects to the final plan and
the requirements and standards of this chapter and the Falls Township
Design Standards. Individual lot grading plans shall be submitted
to the Township Engineer prior to issuance of a building permit.
Additional community facilities may be required to serve the
proposed lots or dwellings in a subdivision or land development. Where
a proposed park, playground or other public facility is located in
whole or in part in a subdivision or land development, the dedication
or reservation of such area may be required by the Board of Supervisors
in those cases in which it deems such requirement to be reasonable.