For preliminary approval of a major subdivision
or site plan, the procedure shall be as follows:
A. An application shall be submitted to the proper administrative
officer in writing, in duplicate, on forms supplied by the Planning
Board, furnishing pertinent data such as names and addresses of owner,
agent, engineer and identification of property involved.
B. The application shall be accompanied by 10 copies of a preliminary plat of the proposed subdivision or of the site plan, accurate and to scale as to boundaries, existing features and proposed features. The accuracy of the boundaries and existing features shall be certified by a licensed land surveyor. All design shall be done by a licensed professional engineer. The details of the plat shall be in conformity with §
126-11.
C. Copies of plat.
(1) Simultaneously with the filing of the application,
copies of the preliminary plat shall be forwarded by the applicant
to the following persons:
(d)
The Department of Public Works.
(e)
The Fire Prevention Bureau.
(f)
The Shade Tree Commission.
(2) The applicant shall produce proof by affidavit of
the date such copies were sent. The said persons and boards may make
recommendations in writing to the Board within 30 days after service
of the preliminary plat on them. The Board shall take the said recommendations
into account, but shall have the authority to proceed in the absence
of such recommendations or to disregard or modify such recommendations.
Copies of all recommendations shall be sent to the applicant by the
recommending professionals and boards.
D. Upon receipt of a completed application, the Planning
Board shall schedule a public hearing. The applicant shall thereupon
give notice of such hearing in accordance with the requirements of
any ordinance and of law.
For final approval of a major subdivision or
site plan, the procedure shall be as follows:
A. The plat of a subdivision and an application for final
approval, in duplicate and in a form approved by the Board, shall
be submitted to the proper administrative officer, together with the
fee required by ordinance.
B. The original cloth tracing and five white prints (blue
or black on white) of the plat of a subdivision shall accompany the
application. No final plat shall be required for a site plan.
C. The plat of a subdivision shall not differ substantially
from the preliminary plat as approved.
D. The final plat of a subdivision shall be drawn in
ink on tracing cloth at a scale of not less than one inch equals 100
feet and in compliance with all the provisions of the Map Filing Law and with the plat details contained in §
126-14 of this chapter.
E. The administrative officer shall make a record of
the date of submission of the final plat and application to him and
shall forthwith transmit the final plat and application to the Planning
Board.
F. Prior to final approval, the Board, upon the advice
of the Borough Engineer, shall determine:
(1) The nature of the improvements to be required as a
condition of final approval.
(2) The estimated value of the improvements installed
or to be installed in accordance with this chapter.
(3) The nature and amount of performance guaranties, if
any, to be required as a condition to final approval.
(4) The amounts to be deposited to reimburse the Planning
Board and Borough for costs incurred or to be incurred for legal,
engineering and other consultant reports, for recording fees and for
any other costs anticipated by the Board.
(5) Any other conditions upon which final approval will
be granted.
G. Prior to final approval, the applicant shall submit
to the Board:
(1) A developer's agreement, prepared by the Board Attorney,
setting forth the obligations of the applicant in connection with
the final approval.
(2) A performance guaranty, in a form satisfactory to
the Board and Borough, complying with this chapter and guaranteeing
performance of the developer's agreement.
(3) Maintenance guaranties, if any, for work completed
prior to final approval.
(4) Deeds for any easements, rights-of-way or public lands,
in a form satisfactory to the Board Attorney.
(5) Funds to be deposited to reimburse the Board for costs
incurred or to be incurred for legal, engineering and other consultant
reports, for recording fees and for any other costs anticipated by
the Board.
(6) Evidence of compliance with any other conditions imposed
by the Board.
H. Within 45 days after submission of a complete application
to the proper administrative officer or within such further time as
may be agreed to by the applicant, but in no event less than the thirty-day
reporting period within which the County Planning Board may act, the
Planning Board shall approve, conditionally approve or disapprove
the final plat and report said action, whether it be approval, conditional
approval or disapproval, to the governing body. In case of approval,
the final plan shall be so certified. The applicant shall be notified
of the Board's action and the reasons therefor.
I. Upon final approval by the Planning Board and after
all required signatures are placed on the original tracing, the administrative
officer shall request the applicant's engineer to have one cloth print
and one Mylar reproductible and 10 copies made of such final plat
and file a copy thereof with each of the following:
(7) Superintendent of Public Works.
The final plat of a subdivision shall contain
the following:
A. Date, name and location of the subdivision, name of
owner, graphic scale and reference meridian.
B. Tract boundary lines, right-of-way lines of streets,
street names, easements and other rights-of-way, land to be reserved
or dedicated to public use, all lot lines and other site lines, with
accurate dimensions, bearings or deflection angles, and radii, arcs
and central angles of all curves, and areas of each lot.
C. The names, exact locations and widths of all existing
and recorded streets intersecting or paralleling the plot boundaries
within a distance of 200 feet.
D. The purpose of any easement or land reserved or dedicated
to public use shall be designated and the proposed use of sites other
than residential shall be noted.
E. Lot, block and street numbers as approved by the Borough
Engineer, including lot and block numbers of abutting property.
F. Minimum building setback lines on all lots and other
sites.
G. Location and description of all monuments.
H. Names of owners of adjoining unsubdivided land.
I. Certification by surveyor as to accuracy of details
of plat.
J. Certification that the applicant is agent or owner
of the land or that the owner has given consent under an option agreement.
K. When approval of a plat is required by any other officer
or body of a municipality, county or state, such approval shall be
certified on the plat or evidence shall be submitted that an application
has been made for such approval.
L. Proposed final grades of all streets shall be shown
to a scale of one inch equals five feet vertical and one inch equals
50 feet horizontal on sheets 22 by 36 inches, and drawings shall include
both plans and profiles and shall show elevations of all monuments
referred to United States Coast and Geodetic Survey level bench marks,
and such elevations shall be shown in feet and hundredths of feet.
M. Plans and profiles of storm and sanitary sewers and
water mains.
N. Certificate from Tax Collector that all taxes are
paid to date.
O. Written proof that the lands set aside or shown for
easement, public use or streets are free and clear of all liens and
encumbrances.