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Borough of Charleroi, PA
Washington County
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All plans presented to the Planning Commission shall be accompanied by or include the following data:
A. 
Preliminary plans of lots shall be at a scale of 100 feet to one inch or larger. Smaller map scales shall be permissible in the case of large developments where approved by the Planning Commission.
(1) 
Existing conditions data shall include the following:
(a) 
Boundary lines with bearings and distances.
(b) 
Easements: location, width, and purpose.
(c) 
Streets on and adjacent to the tract.
(d) 
Utilities on and adjacent to the tract.
(e) 
Ground elevations on the tract based on a datum plane approved by the Planning Commission. Contours to be at an interval of not less than five feet for land sloping more than approximately 2%. For land sloping less than 2%, show contours with an interval of not more than two feet.
(f) 
Subsurface conditions on the tract if required by the Planning Commission. Show location and results of tests made to ascertain subsurface soil, rock and groundwater conditions; location and results of soil percolation tests if individual on-lot sewage disposal systems are proposed.
(g) 
Proposed public improvements. Highways or other major improvements planned by public authorities for future construction on or near the tract.
(h) 
Title and certificates. Present tract designation according to official records in office of appropriate recorder, scale, North point, bench marks, date of survey, certification of survey by registered surveyor or engineer.
(2) 
Proposed development data shall include the following:
(a) 
Streets: names, right-of-way and roadway widths, approximate grades and gradients.
(b) 
Other rights-of-way or easements: location, width and purpose.
(c) 
Location of utilities, if not shown on other exhibit.
(d) 
Lot lines, lot numbers and block numbers.
(e) 
Sites, if any, to be reserved or dedicated for parks, playgrounds, or other public uses.
(f) 
Sites, if any, for multifamily dwellings, shopping centers, churches, industry or other nonpublic uses, exclusive of single-family dwellings.
(g) 
Minimum building setback lines.
(h) 
Site data, including number of residential lots, typical lot size and acres in parks, schools, etc.
(i) 
Title, scale, North point and date.
A. 
The preliminary plan of lots shall be accompanied by a profile showing existing ground surface and proposed street grades along the center line of all proposed streets, including the extensions for a reasonable distance beyond the limits of the proposed subdivision as necessary; a site plan showing dwellings or other structures; revised elevations and contours; proposed grading; roadway; and proposed sanitary and stormwater sewers, with grades and sizes indicated, at all changes in gradient and where tapped into trunk lines.
B. 
A draft of protective covenants shall be submitted whereby the developer proposes to regulate land use in the subdivision and otherwise protect the proposed development.
Cross sections and profiles of streets and the improvement plan shall be drawn in black India ink on tracing cloth on sheets 18 inches by 24 inches or six-inch multiples thereof and shall be at a scale of 100 feet to one inch or larger. Where necessary, the plan may be on several sheets accompanied by an index sheet showing the entire subdivision. For large subdivisions, the final plat may be submitted for approval progressively in continuous sections satisfactory to the Planning Commission.
A. 
A final plan of lots shall show the following:
(1) 
Primary control points, descriptions and ties to such control points to which all dimensions, angles, bearings and similar data on the plan of lots shall be referred.
(2) 
Tract boundary lines, right-of-way lines of streets, easements and other rights-of-way, and property lines of residential lots of other sites, with accurate dimensions, bearings or deflection angles, radii, arcs and central angles of all curves.
(3) 
Name and right-of-way width of each street or other right-of-way.
(4) 
Location, dimensions and purpose of any easements.
(5) 
Number to identify each site or lot.
(6) 
Purpose for which sites, other than residential lots, are dedicated or reserved.
(7) 
Minimum setback line on lots and other sites.
(8) 
Location and description of monuments.
(9) 
Names of recorded owners of adjoining unplatted land.
(10) 
Reference to recorded subdivision plats of adjoining platted land by record name, date and number.
(11) 
Certification by registered surveyor or engineer certifying to accuracy of survey and plan of lots.
(12) 
Certification of title showing that applicant is the landowner.
(13) 
Statement by owner dedicating streets, right-of-way and any sites for public uses.
(14) 
Title, scale, North point and date.
B. 
Cross sections and profiles of streets showing grades.
C. 
An improvement plan showing pavement and curblines with dimensions of all utilities properly designated and with sizes noted, lots numbered and streets identified, at the same scale as the final plan of lots.
D. 
A certificate by a registered professional engineer certifying that the developer has complied with one of the following alternatives:
(1) 
All improvements are installed as required by this chapter or those regulations applicable at the time of such installation. The Planning Commission may require improvement of previously dedicated streets in accordance with this chapter, plus security or assurance from the lending or mortgage agency that an amount deemed adequate by the Borough Council to insure completion of such improvements and the maintenance thereof for one year following completion will be provided.
(2) 
Assurance from the lending or mortgage agency, or other security of such type and amount as may be determined by the Planning Commission, has been posted and is available to the Borough to insure completion of all required improvements and the maintenance thereof for one year following completion.
E. 
Protective covenants in form for recording.
F. 
Other data. Such other application certificates, affidavits or endorsements as may be required by the Planning Commission or Council, and shall be available at the office of the Borough Secretary and be in such form as shall be determined by Council.