A.
In subdividing land, it shall be done in a manner that will not have
the effect of debarring adjacent property from access to the streets
and ways of the allotment.
B.
All restrictions affecting the use of the property shall be detailed
upon the plan, unless the same are covered by existing municipal zoning
ordinances.
C.
In districts where desirable or expedient, adequate public recreation
areas shall be provided and dedicated as such.
D.
Easements for utilities; sewer system connections.
(1)
Where in the judgment of the Planning Commission it is desirable
or expedient, adequate easements or dedications for public service
utilities shall be provided for sewer, water, electric power and gas
lines and similar services; and no structure or obstruction of any
kind shall be placed or allowed to be placed where it will interfere
in any way with an easement.
(2)
Where possible and feasible, easements for utilities shall be provided
with a minimum width of 15 feet.
(3)
Within that portion of the City having the municipal sewer system
reasonably accessible to the subdivision, the subdivider shall provide the subdivision
with a complete sanitary sewer system, including collector lines,
to be connected to the City/Authority sanitary sewer system, and it
must become a public system, constructed in accordance with the sewage
manual procedures and requirements, with inspection by and approved
by the Lower Burrell Municipal Authority. Collector lines/branches
or whatever term is applied to them (e.g., multiple laterals connected
to a private sanitary sewage collection line, which is then tapped
into the public sanitary sewage collection facilities) is not permitted.
Each residential unit must be individually tapped into the public
sanitary sewage facilities. This does not apply to "high-rise" buildings
or "garden apartments" style buildings or whatever vernacular term
is applied to them. Within that portion of the City not having the
municipal sewer system or where it is not physically possible or feasible
for the subdivider to connect to this system, an approved private
sewage disposal system such as a septic tank and tile absorption fields
shall be provided with minimum standards as established and approved
by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
[Amended 9-10-2012 by Ord. No. 1-2012]
(4)
The minimum diameter of any sewer pipe shall be eight inches. Storm
sewers shall not be connected with sanitary sewers.
Streets and ways, etc., shall meet the following standards:
A.
Streets and ways already established will be continued at not less
than the existing width.
B.
Streets and ways, alleys, etc., already planned, though not established,
will be continued, at not less than the width as planned.
C.
Streets, ways, alleys, etc., will have grades of not less than 1/2%
nor more than 10%; except that grades in excess of 10% may be approved
at a hearing before the Planning Commissioners, where it is made clear
that no traffic hazard is, or will be created thereby.
D.
Dead-end streets shall be permitted when it is clear that through
traffic at such a street end is not essential to the street system
in the district, and under such conditions, a dead-end street must
have a circular right-of-way (cul-de-sac) with adequate turning space
for vehicles with a minimum diameter of 100 feet.
E.
The center lines of streets shall intersect as nearly at right angles
as possible.
F.
Intersections of more than two streets at one point shall be avoided.
G.
Proposed streets shall be adjusted to the contour of the land so
as to produce usable lots and streets of reasonable gradient.
H.
No street in a subdivision, plot or replot of land shall have a width
of less than 50 feet.
I.
When subdivisions, plots or replots abut on county or state highways,
or the aforesaid highways run through the property to be subdivided,
a minimum right-of-way of 60 feet will be required for all such highways
included in the major highway system, as approved by the Planning
Commission.
J.
A minimum right-of-way width of 50 feet will be required for all
City roads that abut or run through a subdivision.
K.
No ways or lanes will be permitted to have a width of less than 20
feet.
L.
Alleys shall ordinarily not be provided in residential districts
but shall be included in commercial and industrial areas where they
are necessary for loading and unloading or access purposes, and where
plotted, they shall be at least 20 feet in width.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 1-2010, adopted 5-10-2010, stated
that this section may be amended from time to time by resolution.
Said ordinance also ratified a resolution passed 10-9-1969, which
added Subsection L to this section.
[Amended 5-10-2010 by Ord. No. 1-2010[1]]
B.
Base, wearing surface, crown and curb shall conform with the Construction
Standards for Minor Access Streets and Major Streets set forth in
Appendix A as prepared by the City Engineer, Alpha Engineering Company.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Appendix A is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance further stated that this section
may be amended from time to time by resolution. Said ordinance also
ratified a resolution passed 10-9-1969, which added Subsection L to
this section.
Blocks in subdivisions shall meet the following standards:
A.
All blocks of lots in a subdivision shall ordinarily not exceed 1,
200 feet in length.
B.
Blocks shall be of sufficient width to permit two tiers of lots of
appropriate depth except where an interior street parallels a limited
access highway or arterial street, or except where it is adjacent
to a railroad, creek or some other natural barrier.
Lots in subdivisions shall meet the following standards:
A.
All lots shall abut on a street.
B.
Lot boundary lines shall be perpendicular to, parallel to, or concentric
with street lines, as the case may be, except where otherwise allowed
by the Planning Commission because it is desirable or expedient.
C.
Lots shall be at least 70 feet wide and shall contain a minimum area
of not less than 10,000 square feet, except where topographic conditions
make a change desirable.
D.
In a subdivision, a minimum building line of 30 feet will be required
on a highway, street, lane, etc., with a fifty-foot right-of-way,
and 40 feet will be required on a highway, street, lane, etc., with
a sixty-foot right-of-way, and the building line shall be established
from the required minimum right-of-way (or side line) of all present
or proposed, streets, roads or ways, etc.
E.
Corner lots shall, in addition to the above required building line,
provide a building line parallel to the existing or proposed side
street of not less than 30 feet. This being the case, corner residential
lots shall be wider than interior lots to permit appropriate setbacks
from both streets.
F.
Double-frontage lots shall not be plotted, except where desired along
arterial limited access highways or streets; lots may face on an interior
street and back on such thoroughfares or other prevailable natural
barriers.
Monuments and markers:
A.
Shall be placed so that the scored or marked point shall coincide
exactly with the intersection of lines to be marked, and shall be
set so that the top of the monument or marker is level with the surface
of the surrounding ground.
B.
Monuments shall be set at the intersection of all lines forming angles
in the boundary of the subdivision.
C.
Markers shall be set at the beginning and ending of all curves along
street property lines; at all points where lot lines intersect curves,
either front or rear; at all angles in property lines of lots; and
at all other lot corners.
D.
Monuments shall be of concrete or stone with a minimum size of six
inches by six inches by 30 inches, and shall be marked on top with
a copper dowel. Markers shall consist of iron pipes or iron or steel
bars at least 15 inches long, and not less than 1/2 inch in diameter.
E.
Any monuments or markers that are removed shall be replaced by a
competent engineer at the expense of the person removing them.
The subdivider shall provide the subdivision with a complete
water main supply system which shall be connected to a municipal water
supply, or a community water supply approved by the engineer and the
Pennsylvania State Department of Environmental Protection with satisfactory
provision for the maintenance thereof; except that when such municipal
or community water supply is not available, the subdivider shall provide
an individual water supply on each lot in the subdivision in accordance
with minimum standards approved by the Pennsylvania State Department
of Environmental Protection. The plans for the installation of a water
main supply system shall be prepared by the subdivider with the cooperation
of the applicable water utility company and approved by the Engineer.
Upon the completion of the water supply installation, one copy each
of the plans for such system as built shall be filed with the Planning
Commission and the City.
