The subdivider or land developer shall provide
all improvements required by these regulations. The specifications
for the improvements contained herein shall apply.
Monuments and markers must be placed so that the scored
or marked point coincides exactly with the point of intersection of
the lines being monumented. They must be set so that the top of the
monument or marker is level with the finished grade of the surrounding
ground. Monuments must be marked on top with a copper or brass plate
or dowel set in concrete.
Pavements. Streets must be surfaced to the grades
and dimensions drawn on the plans, profiles and cross sections submitted
by the applicant and approved by the Township Commissioners. Before
paving the street surface, the applicant must install the required
utilities and provide, where necessary, adequate stormwater drainage
for the street acceptable to the Township Commissioners.
Street projections, extending the depth of one
lot to the tract boundary, shall be rough graded and reseeded in accordance
with erosion control specifications and dedicated to public use.
At such time as adjacent development occurs,
the Township shall be responsible for constructing the roadway in
accordance with Township specifications.
Arterial streets. For the construction of arterial
roads or highways, the subdivider shall consult the Township Commissioners
and be governed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for
the method of construction to be used.
The Township Commissioners, on the recommendation
of the Planning Commission, shall decide if a collector or arterial
street is required as a direct result of the construction of this
subdivision.
Driveway entrances. Driveway entrances or aprons within
the street right-of-way shall be surfaced to their full width, and
the type of surface is to be the same as specified by the engineering
specifications for the streets. Where sidewalks are installed, the
required driveway surfacing shall end at the street side of the sidewalk.
Driveway entrances along streets, where curbs are
not required, shall be constructed to provide proper drainage along
the street and from the streets by the continuation of gutters, swales
or ditches. Such continuation may be provided by having an approved
pipe of not less than 18 inches in diameter cross such driveway entrance.
Driveway entrance along streets, where curbs are not
required, shall be constructed so that the driveway meets the edge
of the cartway as a continuation of the slope from the crown of the
street for not less than five feet.
Curbs cuts at driveway entrance. The curb height at
driveway entrances may be reduced to a minimum of one inch for driveway
entrances along streets where curbs are required.
Where a public sanitary sewer system is within 150
feet or where plans approved by the municipality provide for the installation
of such public sanitary sewer facilities to within 150 feet of a proposed
subdivision, the subdivider shall provide the subdivision with a complete
sanitary sewer system if in accordance with the engineering specifications.
Sanitary sewers and sewage disposal systems shall
not be combined with stormwater sewers and shall not be constructed
to receive effluents from any stormwater collection or drainage system.
Where a water main supply system is within 150 feet
or where plans approved by the Township provide for the installation
of such public water facilities, the subdivider shall provide the
subdivision with a complete water main supply system to be connected
to the existing or proposed water main supply system in accordance
with the engineering specifications.
Whenever the evidence available to the Township Commissioners
or recommendation of the Planning Commission indicates that natural
surface drainage is inadequate, the subdivider shall install storm
sewers, culverts and related facilities as necessary in accordance
with approved plans and profiles and the applicable engineering specifications.
Storm drainage facilities must be designed not only
to handle the anticipated peak discharge from the property being subdivided,
but also the anticipated increase in runoff that may occur when all
the property at a higher elevation in the same drainage basin is fully
developed.
Existing facilities. Where adequate existing storm
sewers are readily accessible, the subdivider must connect his stormwater
facilities to these existing storm sewers.
Abutting properties. In the design of storm drainage
facilities, special consideration must be given to preventing excess
runoff onto adjacent developed or undeveloped properties. In no case
may a change be made in the existing topography which would:
Result in increasing any portion of the slope
steeper than one foot of vertical measurement for three feet of horizontal
measurement for fill, or one foot of vertical measurement for two
feet of horizontal measurement for cuts within a distance of 20 feet
from the property line unless an adequate retaining wall or other
structure is provided.
Stormwater drainage and sewer systems shall
not be combined with sanitary sewers or sewage disposal system and
shall not be constructed to receive any effluents from, nor discharge
any effluents to, any sanitary sewer or sewage disposal system.
Wherever a proposed subdivision or land development
shall average three or more lots per gross acre included in the subdivision,
or where any subdivision is immediately adjacent to or within 1,000
feet of any existing or recorded subdivision having curbs and gutters,
curbs and gutters shall be installed on each side of the street surface
in accordance with the engineering specifications. The Township Commissioners
on recommendation of the Planning Commission may require installation
of curbs and/or gutters in any subdivision where the bulk of buildings,
area of parking, roads and the gradient of such areas or other evidence
indicates that such improvements are necessary for proper drainage.
Curbs and gutters. Where the applicant proposes to
subdivide a previously developed property by purchasing the undeveloped
portion and the Township Commissioners require installations of curbs
and/or gutters on the newly subdivided development, the applicant
shall be required to:
Where the portion not purchased does not have curbs
and/or gutters, install curbs and/or gutters on the portion not purchased
so that it matches the installation of curbs and/or gutters in the
new subdivision; or
Where the curbs and/or gutters in the portion not
purchased are in a state of disrepair, repair the curbs and/or gutters
on the portion not purchased so that it matches the installation of
curbs and/or gutters in the new subdivision.
Wherever a proposed subdivision shall average three
or more lots per gross acre included in the subdivision, where any
subdivision is immediately a subdivision having sidewalks, sidewalks
shall be installed on each side of the street in accordance with the
engineering specifications. Township Commissioners on recommendation
of the Planning Commission may require installation of sidewalks in
any subdivision where the evidence indicates that sidewalks are necessary
for public safety.
Sidewalks must be at least four feet wide. In the
vicinity of shopping centers, schools, recreation areas and other
such facilities, sidewalks must be at least five feet wide and located
within the street right-of-way.
The Township Commissioners may on recommendation of
the Planning Commission waive sidewalk requirements in low-density
residential subdivisions, where evidence is presented that, by virtue
of the location or design of the subdivision, the public safety would
not be substantially increased by the presence of sidewalks. No waivers
shall be considered within a one-half-mile radius of any public school.
Sidewalks. Where the applicant proposes to subdivide
a previously developed property by purchasing the undeveloped portion
and the Township Commissioners require installations of sidewalks
on the newly subdivided development, the applicant shall be required
to:
Where the portion not purchased does not have sidewalks,
install sidewalks on the portion not purchased so that it matches
the installation of sidewalks in the new subdivision; or
Where the sidewalks in the portion not purchased are
in a state of disrepair, repair the sidewalks on the portion not purchased
so that it matches the installation of sidewalks in the new subdivision.