Township of Lower Merion, PA
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2023-12-13
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 135 Subdivision and Land Development
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 (Reserved)
- Ch 5 Administrative Code
- Ch 6 (Reserved)
- Ch 7 Board of Commissioners Procedural Code
- Ch 10 Cooperative and Intermunicipal Agreements
- Ch 12 Electoral Districts
- Ch 13 Environmental Advisory Council
- Ch 16 Health Advisory Council
- Ch 20 Library Services
- Ch 21 Lost Property, Disposition of
- Ch 23 (Reserved)
- Ch 25 (Reserved)
- Ch 26 Municipal Authorities
- Ch 32 Pensions and Employee Benefits
- Ch 34 Planning Agencies
- Ch 36 Police Department
- Ch 38 Township Records
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 49 Air Pollution
- Ch 51 Alarm Systems
- Ch 59 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 62 Building Construction
- Ch 64 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 67 Circuses and Carnivals
- Ch 68 (Reserved)
- Ch 69 Contractor Licensing
- Ch 72 Electrical Standards
- Ch 75 Fair Housing
- Ch 78 Fire Prevention
- Ch 82 Garbage and Refuse
- Ch 88 Historic Districts
- Ch 90 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 92 Housing-Property Maintenance
- Ch 93 Human Relations Commission; Discrimination
- Ch 95 Junk Dealers
- Ch 99 Littering; Handbill Distribution
- Ch 101 Natural Features Conservation
- Ch 102 (Reserved)
- Ch 103 Newspaper Separation and Collection
- Ch 105 Noise and Exterior Lighting
- Ch 107 Official Map
- Ch 109 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 111 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 113 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 115 Plumbing
- Ch 119 Real Estate Registry
- Ch 121 Stormwater Management and Erosion Control
- Ch 123 Security of Buildings
- Ch 126 Sewers
- Ch 128 Shade Trees
- Ch 130 Shopping Carts
- Ch 133 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 135 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 135 Art I General Provisions
- § 135-1.1 Enactment.
- § 135-1.2 Contents.
- § 135-1.3 Purpose and intent.
- § 135-1.4 Interpretation; greater restrictions apply.
- § 135-1.5 Jurisdiction.
- § 135-1.6 Waiver of requirements.
- Ch 135 Art II Definitions
- § 135-2.1 Language interpretations.
- § 135-2.2 Terms defined.
- § 135-2.3 Abbreviations.
- Ch 135 Art III Plan Filing, Processing and Review
- § 135-3.1 Applicability.
- § 135-3.2 Types of plans.
- § 135-3.3 Formal application and acceptance for filing.
- § 135-3.4 Tentative sketch and preliminary plan review process.
- § 135-3.5 Tentative sketch plan requirements.
- § 135-3.6 Preliminary land development plan; preliminary lot line change plan requirements.
- § 135-3.7 Preliminary subdivision plan requirements.
- § 135-3.8 Minor plan requirements.
- § 135-3.9 Final plan requirements.
- § 135-3.10 Final plan filing and review procedures.
- § 135-3.11 Recording of final plan.
- § 135-3.12 Other approvals.
- Ch 135 Art IV Design Standards
- § 135-4.1 General standards.
- § 135-4.2 Conformance with plans.
- § 135-4.3 Site organization.
- § 135-4.4 Lots.
- § 135-4.5 Blocks.
- § 135-4.6 Recreation and community amenities.
- § 135-4.7 Preservation and protection of existing vegetation.
- § 135-4.8 Preservation of existing structures.
- § 135-4.9 Complete streets and context sensitive design.
- § 135-4.10 Utilities.
- § 135-4.11 Stormwater management and drainage.
- § 135-4.12 Community solar.
- § 135-4.13 Alternate wastewater treatment.
- Ch 135 Art V Landscape Standards
- § 135-5.1 Shade trees and large canopy trees.
- § 135-5.2 General landscaping and buffer plantings design guidelines.
- § 135-5.3 Parking lot greening and landscaping standards.
- § 135-5.4 Additional plantings.
- § 135-5.5 Greening standards.
- § 135-5.6 Stormwater basin and natural resource protection area planting.
- § 135-5.7 General landscape design criteria.
- § 135-5.8 Plant material and planting specifications.
- Ch 135 Art VI Mobile Home Parks
- § 135-6.1 Governing provisions.
- Ch 135 Art VII Improvement Construction Requirements
- § 135-7.1 Applicability.
- § 135-7.2 Completion or guarantee of required improvements.
- § 135-7.3 Financial security.
- § 135-7.4 Release of financial security.
- § 135-7.5 Incomplete improvements.
- § 135-7.6 Inspection of work and materials.
- § 135-7.7 Conditions of acceptance.
- § 135-7.8 Guarantee of completed improvements.
- § 135-7.9 Private maintenance of improvements.
- § 135-7.10 Required contracts.
- Ch 135 Art VIII Special Studies and Reports
- § 135-8.1 Applicability.
- § 135-8.2 Transportation impact study.
- § 135-8.3 Conservation plan analysis.
- § 135-8.4 Community impact assessment.
- § 135-8.5 Transportation demand management plan.
- Ch 135 Art IX Administration Fees; Enforcement
- § 135-9.1 General administration.
- § 135-9.2 Fees and costs.
- § 135-9.3 Enforcement.
- Ch 135 Art X Amendments; Severability; Repealer
- § 135-10.1 Amendment procedure.
- § 135-10.2 Referral to Planning Commission.
- § 135-10.3 Severability.
- § 135-10.4 Repealer.
- Ch 135 Art XI Traffic Impact Fees
- § 135-11.1 Purpose.
- § 135-11.2 General findings and conditions.
- § 135-11.3 Definitions.
- § 135-11.4 Imposition.
- § 135-11.5 Uses.
- § 135-11.6 Documents adopted by Board of Commissioners.
- § 135-11.7 Special transportation studies.
- § 135-11.8 Applicability.
- § 135-11.9 Payment of fee required prior to issuance of building permit.
- § 135-11.10 Calculation.
- § 135-11.11 Establishment of transportation service areas.
- § 135-11.12 Nonbinding estimate.
- § 135-11.13 Administration.
- § 135-11.14 Credit.
- § 135-11.15 Refunds.
- § 135-11.16 Fee is additional and supplemental requirement.
- § 135-11.17 Retroactive application.
- § 135-11.18 Establishment of per trip cost.
- Ch 138 Taxation
- Ch 140 Telecommunications Facilities
- Ch 141 Transient Retail Businesses
- Ch 143 Uniform Construction Code
- Ch 145 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 149 Watercourses
- Ch 151 Weapons
- Ch 155 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A161 Agreements and Contracts
- Ch A162 (Reserved)
- Ch A163 Building Line Ordinances
- Ch A164 Civil Service Commission: Rules and Regulations
- Ch A165 Curb Ordinances
- Ch A166 Electrical Examining Board: Rules and Regulations
- Ch A167 Fees
- Ch A168 Park Rules and Regulations
- Ch A169 Police Department: Code of Discipline
- Ch A170 Sidewalk Ordinances
- Ch A171 Street Ordinances
- Ch A172 Zoning Hearing Board: Rules
- Ch A173 Security Regulations
- Ch A174 Fire Lanes
- Ch A175 Code of Ethics
- Ch A176 (Reserved)
- Ch A177 Planting Materials and Specifications
- Ch A178 Wastewater Control Regulations
- Ch A179 Administrative Appeals
- Ch A180 Historic Resource Inventory
- Ch A181 Human Relations Commission: Rules and Regulations
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Lower Merion 11-15-1978 by Ord. No. 1836;[1] amended in its entirety 5-18-2022 by Ord. No. 4243. Subsequent
amendments noted where applicable.]
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Table 3.1 Plan Requirements.
Attachment 2 - Table 3.2 Plan Requirements - Final Plans[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 135,
Subdivision and Land Development, adopted 1-15-1975 by Ord. No. 1733,
as amended.
