Subdivision
and land development control. It shall be unlawful for the owner or
any other person, firm, or corporation owning or controlling any land
in the Township to subdivide any lot, tract, parcel of land, or interior
or exterior space by leasehold or other means, or to lay out, construct,
open or dedicate for public use or travel, any street, sanitary or
storm sewer drainage facility, or other facilities in connection therewith,
for the common use of occupants of buildings within the subdivision
or land development, unless and until final plans of such subdivision
or land development shall have been:
(1) Prepared
and signed by and sealed by a professional engineer or land surveyor
or landscape architect, as permitted by the Landscape Architects'
Registration Law, duly and currently registered in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;
(2) Signed
by the record owners of the land, with said signature notarized;
(3) Submitted
to and approved in writing thereon by Council and recorded in the
Bucks County Recorder of Deeds Office in Doylestown, Pennsylvania;
and
(4) The
improvements required by Council in connection therewith have either
been constructed or Council has been assured of proper completion
by the deposit of funds or securities in escrow, sufficient to cover
the cost of the required improvements and inspections as determined
by the methods set forth by this chapter.