These regulations shall be known and may be cited as the "Carroll Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance."
This chapter has been adopted by the Carroll
Township Board of Supervisors to protect the health, safety, morals
and general welfare of the citizens of the Township; to provide for
the harmonious development of the Township by insuring equitable handling
of all subdivision or land development plans by providing uniform
standards and procedures; to provide for the general welfare by providing
and protecting cultural facilities; by guiding the development and
growth of structures, types and locations of streets, open spaces
and public grounds, recreation, proper traffic flows, light and air,
and the proper distribution of population to insure conditions favorable
to the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the citizens
of Carroll Township.
The Carroll Township Planning Commission is
hereby designated by the Carroll Township Board of Supervisors as
the agency which shall review and make recommendations on all preliminary
and final plats and/or plans as required herein. The Carroll Township
Board of Supervisors shall have authority to approve all preliminary
and final plats and/or plans as required herein for the Township of
Carroll.
Applications for review of subdivision and land
development within Carroll Township must be forwarded upon receipt
by the Carroll Township Secretary/Treasurer to the Perry County Planning
Commission for review and report, and the municipality shall not approve
such applications until the county report is received, or until the
expiration of 45 days from date the application was forwarded to the
county.
A.
No subdivision or land development of any lot, tract
or parcel of land in Carroll Township shall be effected, and no street,
sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water main, or other facilities in connection
therewith shall be laid out, constructed, opened or dedicated for
public use or travel, or for the common use of occupants of buildings
thereon, unless and until a final subdivision or land development
plat has been approved by the Board of Supervisors and publicly recorded
in the manner prescribed herein, nor otherwise, except in strict accordance
with the provisions of this chapter.
B.
No lot in a subdivision may be sold, no permit to
erect or expand any building upon land in a subdivision or land development
may be issued, and no building may be erected in a subdivision or
land development, unless and until a final subdivision plat has been
approved by the Carroll Township Board of Supervisors and recorded,
and until construction of the improvements required in connection
therewith has been guaranteed in the manner prescribed herein.
In interpreting and applying the provisions
of this chapter, they shall be held to be minimum requirements for
the promotion of public health, safety, comfort, convenience and general
welfare. Where provisions of a statute, other ordinance, resolution
or regulation impose greater restrictions than this chapter, the provisions
of such statute, resolution, ordinance or regulation shall be controlling.
This chapter shall become effective in accordance
with applicable law and may be amended from time to time in accordance
with procedure established by law.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall relieve the owner or developer from complying with the applicable provisions of Chapter 138, Zoning. It is the expressed intent that this chapter and Chapter 138, Zoning, be reenforceable and together foster the stated planning goals and objectives of the Township.
