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Borough of East Stroudsburg, PA
Monroe County
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
A. 
Scale. The preliminary plan shall be at a scale of not more than 100 feet to the inch.
B. 
Plan information. The preliminary plan shall show or be accompanied by the following information:
(1) 
The proposed subdivision name or identifying title.
(2) 
The North point, scale and date.
(3) 
The name of the owner of the property.
(4) 
The name of the registered engineer, surveyor or architect responsible for the plan. In addition, the plan shall bear the seal of the responsible registered engineer, surveyor or architect.
(5) 
Tract boundaries, with bearings and distances.
(6) 
Contours at vertical intervals of five feet or, in the case of relatively level tracts, at such lesser interval as may be necessary for satisfactory study and planning of the tract.
(7) 
Datum to which contour elevations refer. Where reasonably practicable, data shall refer to known, established elevations.
(8) 
All existing watercourses, tree masses and other significant natural features.
(9) 
All existing buildings, sewers, water mains, culverts, petroleum product lines, fire hydrants and other significant man-made features.
(10) 
All existing streets on or adjacent to the tract, including the name, right-of-way width and pavement width.
(11) 
All existing property lines, easements and rights-of-way and the purpose for which the easements or rights-of-way have been established.
(12) 
The location and width of all proposed streets, alleys, rights-of-way and easements; proposed lot lines, with approximate dimensions; and playgrounds, public buildings, public areas and parcels of land proposed to be dedicated or reserved for public use.
(13) 
Wherever practicable, the preliminary plan shall show the names of owners of all abutting unplotted land and the names of all abutting subdivisions.
(14) 
Where the preliminary plan covers only a part of the subdivider's entire holdings, a sketch shall be submitted of the prospective street layout for the remainder.
(15) 
Copies of the proposed deed restrictions, if any, shall be attached to the preliminary plan.
A. 
Plan size and legibility.
(1) 
The subdivision plan submitted for final approval shall be a clear, legible white print on an ink drawing.
(2) 
Final plans shall be on sheets not larger than 34 inches by 44 inches overall. It is recommended that, as far as practicable, final plan sheets be held to the following overall sizes: 17 inches by 22 inches; 22 inches by 34 inches; 34 inches by 44 inches. Where necessary to avoid sheets larger than the maximum size prescribed above, final plans shall be drawn in two or more sections accompanied by a key diagram showing the relative location of the sections.
B. 
Plan scale and required information.
(1) 
The final plan shall be at a scale of not more than 100 feet to the inch and shall include the following information:
(a) 
The subdivision name or identifying title.
(b) 
The North point, scale and date.
(c) 
The name of the record owner and subdivider.
(d) 
The name and seal of the registered professional engineer or surveyor responsible for the plan.
(e) 
The boundaries of the tract.
(f) 
Street lines, lot lines, rights-of-way, easements and areas dedicated or proposed to be dedicated to public use.
(g) 
Sufficient data to determine readily the location, bearing and length of every street, lot and boundary line and to reproduce such lines on the ground.
(h) 
The length of all straight lines, radii, lengths of curves and tangent bearings for each street.
(i) 
All dimensions and angles or bearings of the lines of each lot and of each area proposed to be dedicated to public use.
(j) 
The proposed building setback line for each street or the proposed placement of each building.
(k) 
The location and width of all private driveways.
(l) 
The location, size and invert elevation of all sanitary, storm and combined sewers and the location of all manholes, inlets and culverts.
(m) 
All dimensions, shown in feet and in hundredths of a foot.
(n) 
Lot numbers.
(o) 
The names of streets within and adjacent to the subdivision.
(p) 
Permanent reference monuments shall be shown and shall be as specified by the Commission Engineer.
(q) 
Wherever practicable, the names of any adjoining subdivisions shall be shown.
(r) 
Wherever practicable, the names of the owners of any unplotted land shall be shown.
(s) 
A certificate of dedication of streets and other public property.
(t) 
A certificate for approval by the Commission.
(2) 
The final plan shall include thereon or be accompanied by:
(a) 
An affidavit that the applicant is the owner or equitable owner of the land proposed to be subdivided.
(b) 
A statement duly acknowledged before an officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds and signed by the owner or owners of the property, to the effect that the subdivision as shown on the final plan is made with his or their free consent and that it is desired to record the same.
(c) 
Certification by the Department of Environmental Resources when individual sewage disposal or water systems are to be installed as required by Article III of this chapter.
(d) 
Certification by the Commission Engineer that the subdivider has met the requirements of § 140-7, Article III, of this chapter.
(e) 
Typical cross sections, street profiles and drainage details for all streets. Such profiles shall show at least the following: existing (natural) grade along the proposed street center line; existing (natural) grade along each side of the proposed street right-of-way; proposed finished center-line grade of the proposed finished grade at tops of curbs; sanitary sewer mains and manholes; and storm sewer mains, inlets, manholes and culverts.
(f) 
Protective covenants, if any, in form for recording.