A. 
The Council of Washington Township (hereinafter referred to as "Council") shall have the power to make or cause to be made an Official Map of all or a portion of the municipality which may show appropriate elements or portions of elements of the Washington Township Comprehensive Plan adopted pursuant to the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of 1968, as amended,[1] with regard to public land and facilities, and which may include, but need not be limited to:
(1) 
Existing and proposed public streets, watercourses and public grounds, including widening, narrowing, extensions, diminutions, openings or closing of the same.
(2) 
Existing and proposed public parks, playgrounds and open space reservations.
(3) 
Pedestrian ways and easements.
(4) 
Railroad and transit rights-of-way and easements.
(5) 
Flood control basins, floodways and floodplains, stormwater management areas and drainage easements.
(6) 
Support facilities, easements and other properties held by public bodies undertaking elements described in the Washington Township Comprehensive Plan.
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
B. 
For the purposes of taking action under this section, the Council or its authorized designee may make or cause to be made surveys and maps to identify, for the regulatory purposes of this article, the location of property, trafficway alignment or utility easement by use of property records, aerial photography, photogrammetric mapping or other method sufficient for identification, description and publications of the Official Map components. For acquisition of lands and easements, boundary descriptions by metes and bounds shall be made and sealed by a licensed surveyor.
A. 
Prior to the adoption of the Official Map or part thereof, or any amendments to the Official Map, the Council shall refer the proposed Official Map or part thereof or amendment thereto, with an accompanying ordinance describing the proposed map, to the Washington Township Planning Commission for review. The Planning Commission shall report its recommendations on said proposed Official Map and accompanying ordinance, part thereof or amendment thereto within 45 days, unless an extension of time shall be agreed to by the Council. If, however, the Planning Commission fails to act within 45 days, the Council may proceed without its recommendations.
B. 
The County of Erie and adjacent municipalities may offer comments and recommendations during said forty-five-day review period in accordance with § 83-12 of this chapter. Local authorities, park boards, environmental boards and similar public bodies may also offer comments and recommendations to the governing body or planning agency if requested by the same during said forty-five-day review period. Before voting on the enactment of the proposed ordinance and Official Map or part thereof or amendment thereto, the Council shall hold a public hearing pursuant to public notice.
C. 
Following adoption of the ordinance and Official Map or part thereof or amendment thereto, a copy of the same, verified by Council, shall be submitted to the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the County of Erie and shall be recorded within 60 days of the effective date. The fee for recording and indexing ordinances and amendments shall be paid by Washington Township and shall be in the amount prescribed by law for the recording of ordinances by the office of the Recorder of Deeds.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Washington Township Official Map Ordinance." The map herein referred to, which is identified as the "Washington Township Official Map," and all the explanatory matter thereon are hereby adopted and made a part of this chapter.