Act 247 of 1968 (as amended), the "Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code," grants the governing body of each municipality within
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the power to regulate subdivisions
and land development by enacting a subdivision and land development
ordinance. The proper enactment procedures require that a certified
copy of this chapter must be filed with the Clearfield County Planning
Commission within 30 days of adoption.
Applications and plans for subdivision and land
development located within Lawrence Township shall be forwarded on
receipt by Lawrence Township to the Clearfield County Planning Commission
for review and comment. The Township shall not approve such applications
and plans until the county comments are received, or until the expiration
of 30 days from the date the applications and plans are received by
the Township.
[Added 12-2-1997 by Ord. No. 97-7]
Where landowners ascertain that their grantor or previous grantors have conveyed a property without approval of a subdivision as required by this chapter or the prior subdivision ordinance, the landowner may seek a curative subdivision for the tract. The application shall be filed under an application for that purpose and shall be referred to the Lawrence Township Planning Commission as other applications. The Township Planning Commission shall review the application to determine whether the granting of the application shall achieve the goals of Article
I of this chapter and whether the applicant was at fault in failing to secure an application. If it determines the applicant was not at fault, it may recommend the approval of the subdivision as to the tract and recommend such waivers of the subdivision ordinance as is consistent with the overall goals of Article
I of this chapter. If it is determined the applicant was at fault, then the application shall meet all the requirements of either §
107-16,
107-17 or
107-18 depending on the number of lots involved in the subdivision. The Township Planning Commission shall render a recommendation to the Township Supervisors in the same manner as other applications.