The adoption of any street, street lines, or other public lands or easements as part of the
Official Map shall not, in and of itself, constitute or be deemed to constitute the opening or establishment of any street nor the taking or acceptance of any land, nor shall it obligate Brecknock Township to improve or maintain any such street or land. The adoption of proposed public grounds or other land identified for acquisition or easement as part of the
Official Map shall not, in and of itself, constitute or be deemed to constitute a taking or an acceptance of any land by Brecknock Township.
No permit shall be issued for any building within the lines of any public street or public ground shown on the
Official Map or any land identified for acquisition or easement on the
Official Map except in accordance with this chapter, as amended. No person shall recover any damages for the taking for public use of any building or improvements constructed within the lines of any public street or public ground or land identified for acquisition or easement after the same shall have been included in the
Official Map. Any such building or improvement shall be removed at the expense of the owner.
By this chapter, the Board of Supervisors has not fixed a specific time for which streets and public grounds, identified for acquisition or easement, as shown on the
Official Map, shall be deemed reserved for future acquisition or easement for public use. However, the reservation for public grounds shall lapse and become void one year after an owner of such property has submitted a written notice to the governing body announcing his or her intentions to build, subdivide or otherwise develop the land covered by the reservation, or has made formal application for an official permit to build a structure for private use, unless the governing body shall have acquired the property or begun condemnation proceedings to acquire such property before the end of the one year.