It shall be the responsibility of the owner of every proposed
subdivision to have prepared by a registered engineer, or registered
land surveyor, a complete set of construction plans, including profiles,
cross sections, specifications and other supporting data, for the
hereinafter required public streets, utilities and other facilities.
All construction plans shall be prepared in accordance with the following
public improvement standards or specifications as approved by the
appropriate officials.
Monuments shall be placed at all block corners, angle points,
points of curves in streets, and at intermediate points as shall be
required by the Township Engineer. Monuments shall also be placed
at any point of directional change in lot boundary lines. The monuments
shall be of such permanent material, size and length as may be approved
by the Township Engineer. The pins shall be of such size and length
as approved by the Township Engineer, but not less than 2 1/2
feet in length.
The requirements with respect to the grading and construction
of streets, roads, lanes, alleys, curbs and sidewalks set forth upon
subdivision plans shall be in conformity with "Bethel Township Road
and Street Specifications" adopted by the Board of Township Supervisors.
All drainage facilities shall be installed and the land graded
for adequate drainage as shown on the final plan. A detailed plan
of storm drainage, culverts, drains and inlets shall be required.
A.
Where an approved sanitary sewer is accessible to the development,
all necessary mains and laterals for connection from the lots to the
system, as shown on the preliminary plan, shall be installed by the
subdivider.
B.
The subdivider shall provide the highest type of sewage disposal
facility consistent with existing physical, geographical and geological
conditions. The following types of sanitary sewage disposal facilities
are listed in order of desirability:
C.
Soil percolation tests to determine the suitability of the soil for
on-lot sewage disposal facilities must be performed for all new subdivisions
where buildings are not to be connected to live public or community
sanitary sewers at the time of construction.
(1)
Such tests shall be supervised and certified by a registered professional
engineer. Where the approval of the Pennsylvania Department of Health
is required, a copy of its report of investigation and approval of
the proposed sewage disposal system may be submitted in lieu of certification
by an engineer.
(2)
The results of such tests shall be accompanied by a description of
subsoil strata to a depth of four feet greater than the proposed effluent
disposal field or seepage pit. These data shall be obtained from test
borings at or near the site of each percolation test hole.
(3)
Where possible, such tests shall be performed at or near the site
of the proposed sewage disposal facility for each lot according to
the specifications of the Pennsylvania Department of Health or as
outlined in the "Manual of Septic Tank Practice," U. S. Department
of Health, Education and Welfare.
(4)
The results of such tests shall be evaluated individually for each
lot in the light of information from test borings and topographic
features at each respective test hole location.
D.
All lots in any new subdivision that cannot be connected to a live
public or community sanitary sewer system at the time of building
construction shall be provided with an on-site sewage disposal system
consisting of a septic tank or tanks connected with the following:[1]
(1)
Tile disposal field, wherever test results indicated that this is
a desirable system.
E.
The design of proposed on-site sewage disposal facilities shall as
a minimum requirement meet the standards set up by the State Department
of Environmental Protection for the conditions found at each individual
site, and shall be consistent with the Plumbing Code of Bethel Township[2] and the sanitation code of Pennsylvania Act 537.[3]
F.
In all cases wherein trunk line sanitary sewer facilities are available,
the owner shall be required to install sanitary sewers and connect
the same to the trunk line sewer, irrespective of the size of the
lots included on said plan. If such facilities are not available,
such sewers, together with all necessary laterals extending from the
main sewer to the street curb, shall be installed and capped. In such
event, the owner shall also install on-site disposal units, provided
that they are so located as to permit easy and the least expensive
connections to the sewer, when it becomes usable.
[Amended 10–8-1978 by Ord. No. 79; 1-12-1988 by Ord. No. 101]
G.
All water mains and lines and required fire hydrants as indicated
on the approved preliminary plan shall be installed from each lot
in the subdivision to and connected with the municipal supply.
H.
Where no public water is accessible, water must be furnished by the
developer on an individual lot basis. If wells are installed on each
lot and the lot also contains its own sewage disposal facilities,
the well shall be of the drilled type cased and grout sealed into
bedrock. The well will be required to have a production of not less
than five gallons per minute as established by bailer tests, certified
by the well driller. Before being placed in consumer use it will be
disinfected by the use of sodium hypochlorite or other acceptable
solution and a sample collected for bacteriologic examination by an
approved state laboratory. A copy of the analysis shall be submitted
to the Board of Township Supervisors certifying that the water is
safe for domestic use.
Street name signs conforming to Township specifications shall
be erected and painted in accordance with said specifications at all
street intersections or junctions in all subdivisions at the expense
of the subdivider.
The owner shall install, or cause to be installed, at the owner's
expense such streetlighting facilities as may be deemed adequate and
as may be prescribed at the time the subdivision plan is approved,
and the owner shall pay the cost of operating said streetlights until
such time as the street or streets upon which said lights are installed
shall be accepted by resolution of the Board of Township Supervisors
and consented to by the Court of Common Pleas, as a part of the public
road system of the Township, or until the Board condemns such street
or streets for use as a public street.
Wherever the site is not naturally wooded, the subdivider may
be required to plant street trees of not less than 2 1/2 inches
caliper as measured six inches above the ground within the right-of-way
and at not more than 50 feet apart as measured along each side of
the street. For the purpose of these regulations, street trees are
limited to the following: Moraine Honey Locust, Little Leaf European
Linden, Pin Oak, Scarlet Oak, London Plane Tree, Red Oak, Columnar-type
Maples, Sugar Maple, Norway Maple and Sweet Gum.
