This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority
conferred by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. 10101 et seq.
A.
All subdivisions included.
(1)
This chapter shall apply to all subdivisions and land
developments located within the Borough limits of the Borough of Jim
Thorpe which are subdivided and/or submitted after the effective date
of this chapter.
(2)
No subdivision or land development of any lot, tract,
or parcel of land shall be affected; no street, sanitary sewer, storm
sewer, water main, or other facilities in connection therewith shall
be laid out, constructed, opened or dedicated for public use and travel,
or the common use of occupants of buildings abutting thereon, except
in strict accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
B.
Approval required before recording. All plans for
subdivisions and land developments shall be submitted to the Borough
Planning Commission and approved by it and the Borough Council before
they shall be recorded.
This chapter has been adopted for the purpose
of regulating subdivision and land development within the Borough
of Jim Thorpe in order to create conditions favorable to the health,
safety, morals and general welfare of the citizens of the Borough
of Jim Thorpe through the provision of regulations that will insure
the harmonious development of the community.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as "The 1997 Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance of the Borough
of Jim Thorpe."
