This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority contained in Article
V, Section 501, of Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247, as amended by Act 170 of December 21, 1988, and all subsequent amendments.
This chapter shall become effective upon adoption
by the Township of Brighton Board of Supervisors pursuant to procedures
outlined in Sections 504, 505 and 506 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance of the Township
of Brighton."
No subdivision of any lot, tract or parcel of
land shall be effected, no street, sanitary sewer, stormwater sewer,
water main or other facilities in connection therewith shall be laid
out, constructed, opened or dedicated for public use or travel, no
grading of the property shall be commenced or for the common use of
occupants of buildings abutting said improvements, except in strict
accordance with the provisions of these regulations.
No lot in a subdivision may be sold, no permit
to erect alter or repair any structure or building upon land in a
subdivision shall be issued and no building shall be erected in a
subdivision or grading of the property commenced unless and until
a subdivision plan has been approved and recorded where required,
and until the improvements therewith have either been constructed
or guaranteed as hereinafter provided.
This chapter is adopted for the following purposes:
A. To guide the orderly and efficient development of
the Township.
B. To promote the health, safety, morals and general
welfare of the residents of the Township.
C. To provide for the equitable processing of subdivision
and land development plans by establishing uniform procedures and
standards.