This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Straban
Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance."
This chapter is enacted for the purpose of assuring suitable
sites for building purposes and human habitation, to provide for the
harmonious development of the Township of Straban, for the proper
coordination of proposed streets, parks or other facilities, for ensuring
adequate land area for transportation, recreation, light and air and
for the proper distribution of population, thereby creating conditions
favorable to the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the
citizens of Straban Township. The approval of any subdivision plan
shall be based upon consideration as following:
A.
Recognition of a desirable relationship of the development proposed
to the general land form, topographic and geologic character, to natural
drainage and surface water runoff and to the groundwater table.
B.
Recognition of a desirable standard of subdivision design, including
adequate provision for pedestrian and vehicular traffic, and for suitable
building sites for the contemplated land use.
C.
Preservation of such natural assets as ponds, streams, shrubs, trees
and watershed areas.
D.
Provision for adequate and safe water supply, sewage disposal, storm
drainage and other utilities.
E.
Preservation of the Township's open spaces.
The provisions of this chapter shall be interpreted to be the
minimum requirements to meet the purposes of this chapter. Where the
provisions of this chapter conflict or are inconsistent with the provisions
of any statute, other ordinance, regulation or requirement, the more
restrictive provision shall apply.
