The following requirements relate to all major subdivision and
land development plans.
All major plans shall require preliminary and final approval,
wherein preliminary approval shall precede the acceptance or approval
of a final plan application involving land related thereto.
An applicant may request simultaneous preliminary and final
plan approval where no phases are denoted on a plan and where all
required application materials are submitted for each. The application
shall be treated as one approval, wherein denial, approval, or approval
with conditions shall apply to the preliminary and final approval.
A.
The applicant for any major plan approval may request one advisory meeting with the Planning Commission or Plan Administrator. The applicant shall provide all items required by Article VI of this chapter.
B.
No fees shall be assessed to the applicant for consideration of the
sketch plan.
C.
Where a meeting with the Planning Commission is requested and upon
submission of all required items, the Plan Administrator shall notify
the Planning Commission Chair, who shall make a good faith effort
to place the item for consideration on the next available regular
Planning Commission meeting agenda.
D.
The submission of an advisory meeting request shall not constitute
submission of an application for subdivision or land development.
Additionally, written or verbal communication provided by the Plan
Administrator or Planning Commission shall be considered advisory
in nature and subject to the evaluation of preliminary and final approval
reviews. Therefore, no deemed approval shall occur in connection with
the review or discussion of an advisory meeting request.
B.
For preliminary plans, the Municipal Engineer, Plan Administrator, or Planning Commission may require the submittal of additional items cited in § 240-27 for final plans, where said item or items are required to determine conformity with the standards of this and other Borough ordinances.
C.
Application acceptance, review and procedural actions.
(1)
The Plan Administrator shall review the submitted application within
10 business or working days of submittal. Where an application is
found to be deficient by virtue of the submission of an incomplete
application or where the application proposes activities which violate
any other Borough ordinance, the Plan Administrator shall return all
submitted materials to the applicant, citing the basis for said deficiencies.
Otherwise, the Plan Administrator shall inform the applicant of application
acceptance within 10 days of submittal. Said notification shall constitute
the official date of filing. The applicant shall forward the plan
to the Butler County Planning Commission for review and comment.
[Amended 4-13-2009 by Ord. No. 792-09]
(2)
The Plan Administrator shall present the application to the Planning
Commission at its next regular meeting held within 15 days of application
filing. The Planning Commission shall recommend denial of the plan,
approval, or approval with conditions to Council.
(3)
Council shall not act on the plan until a recommendation from the
Planning Commission is received or until 60 days lapse from the first
regular meeting of the Commission at which the plan was initially
reviewed.
(4)
Council shall not act on the plan until recommendations are received
from the Butler County Planning Commission or until 30 days have lapsed
since the plan's submittal to the County.
(5)
Council, within 90 days of the official date of filing or within
120 days of the date on which the application was submitted, in the
event that a regular meeting of the Planning Commission does not occur
within 30 days of submittal, shall act to deny, approve, or approve
with conditions. Failure to act within the stated timelines, unless
waived in writing by the applicant, shall result in a deemed approval.
(6)
Where approval or approval with conditions takes place, Council shall
acknowledge and affirm the required amount of performance bonding
associated therewith.
