Final authority for approval or denial of approval
for all preliminary and final subdivision plans shall be vested in
the Board of Supervisors. Prior to action by the Board of Supervisors,
all such plans shall be referred to the Township Planning Commission
for review and recommendation; provided, however, that the failure
to make such referral and/or the failure of the Planning Commission
to review and/to make a recommendation with respect to any such plan
shall not affect the validity of any action taken by the Board of
Supervisors with respect to any such plan.
Within 90 days of the applicant's execution of the subdivision and land development agreement and performance guaranty, as provided in §§
181-31 and
181-32, the final plan shall be recorded by the Township in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Chester County.
No construction or land disturbance activities
(not including soil testing, percolation testing, well drilling or
similar testing, engineering or surveying activities) shall be commenced
until the final plan has been recorded with the Recorder of Deeds
of Chester County and until the requisite subdivision and land development
agreements and performance guaranties have been accepted by the Board
of Supervisors.
The continuing validity of any approval of plans
in accordance with this article shall be subject to those limitations
established by Section 508(4) of Act 247, the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code.
Material modifications of the approved plan,
as determined by the Zoning Officer, shall be resubmitted and reprocessed
in the same manner as the original plan. All site disturbance and
construction activities shall cease pending approval of modified plans.