This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Birmingham Township, Chester County, Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance."
This chapter is adopted for the following purposes:
A. 
To assist orderly, efficient, integrated and harmonious development of the Township.
B. 
To assure sites suitable for building purposes and human habitation.
C. 
To coordinate proposed streets with existing streets or other proposed streets, parks or other features of the Township Comprehensive Plan.
D. 
To provide adequate open spaces for traffic, recreation, light and air and for proper distribution of population.
E. 
To ensure conformance of subdivision and land development plans with the public improvements of the Township and coordination of intermunicipal, county and commonwealth improvement plans and programs.
F. 
To ensure conformance of subdivision and land development plans by providing uniform procedures and standards.
G. 
To regulate subdivisions and land developments within the jurisdiction of the Township and concurrently to promote the highest quality environment obtainable.
H. 
To ensure that the layout and arrangement of the subdivision or land development plan is in conformance with the approved articles or chapters of the Comprehensive Plan and to any regulations or maps adopted in furtherance thereof.
I. 
To provide proper procedures and regulation of the recording of all public and private easements and rights-of-way within the Township.
J. 
To ensure the preservation of floodplains and low-lying areas of the Township.
K. 
To provide a procedure and establish responsibility for the completion of all public improvements.
L. 
To regulate the earthmoving activities within the Township, to prevent soil erosion and to provide sedimentation control of Township streams.
M. 
To protect the rights of the residents of Birmingham Township to enjoy clean air, pure water and the natural, scenic, historic and aesthetic values of the environment, as set forth in the Pennsylvania Constitution and in other Pennsylvania and federal statutes, including the purpose to conserve environmentally sensitive areas as defined hereinbelow.
[Added 9-16-1991 by Ord. No. 91-08]
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements to meet the above-stated purposes. Where the provisions of this chapter impose greater restrictions than those of any statute, other ordinance or regulations, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail. Where the provisions of any statute, other ordinance or regulation impose greater restrictions than those of this chapter, the provision of such statute, ordinance or regulation shall prevail.
This chapter may be amended from time to time by the Board of Supervisors by proceeding as provided by law.