A.
Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the
"Sharon Hill Borough Land Subdivision Regulations of 1973."
B.
Purpose. The purpose of the chapter is to assure sites are suitable
for building purposes and human habitation and to provide for the
harmonious development of the Borough; for the coordination of existing
streets with proposed streets, parks or other features of the Borough
official plan of streets and alleys; for adequate open spaces for
traffic, recreation, light and air; and for proper distribution of
population, thereby creating conditions favorable to the health, safety,
morals and general welfare of the citizens of the Borough.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements
to meet the above-stated purposes. Where the provisions of this chapter
impose greater restrictions than those of any statute, other ordinance
or regulation, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail. Where
the provisions of any statute, other ordinance or regulation impose
greater restrictions than those of this chapter, the provisions of
such statute, ordinance or regulation shall prevail.
A.
Subdivision of a lot; construction, opening or dedication of a street.
No subdivision of any lot, tract or parcel of land shall be effected
and no street, alley, sanitary sewer, storm drain, water main or other
facilities in connection therewith shall be laid out, constructed,
opened or dedicated for public use or travel or for the common use
of occupants of buildings abutting thereon, except in strict accordance
with the Subdivision Regulations adopted hereunder.
B.
Sale of lots; issuance of building permits; erection of buildings.
No lot in a subdivision may be sold, no permit to erect, alter or
repair any building upon land in a subdivision may be issued, and
no building may be erected in a subdivision, unless and until a subdivision
plan has been approved and, where required, recorded and until the
required improvements in connection therewith from the lot or building
to an existing improved street have either been constructed or the
Borough has been assured by means of a proper completion guaranty
in the form of a bond, or the deposit of funds or securities in escrow,
sufficient to cover the cost of the required improvements, as estimated
by the Borough Engineer, that the improvements will subsequently be
installed. Where, owing to special conditions, a literal enforcement
of this requirement would result in unnecessary hardship, such reasonable
exceptions thereto may be made as will not be contrary to the public
interest, and the sale of a lot, issuance of a permit or erection
of a building may be permitted, subject to conditions necessary to
assure adequate street and other improvements.
The subdivision regulations adopted hereunder to carry out the
intent and purpose of this chapter shall include definitions, design
standards for streets, alleys, sidewalks, blocks, lots, recreational
areas and community assets, monuments, storm drains, culverts, bridges,
sanitary sewers and other improvement construction requirements; plan
requirements and processing procedures for both preliminary plan and
final plan, including record plan and improvement construction plan;
and conditions of acceptance by the Borough of sanitary sewers, streets
and other improvements. Such regulations shall be prepared and approved
by ordinance of the Council and, when so approved, shall have the
same force and effect as provisions of this chapter. Said regulations
may be amended, modified or repealed by ordinance of the Borough Council.
[Amended 7-14-1988 by Ord. No. 1180]
Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of any of the
provisions of this chapter before any Magisterial District Judge shall
be sentenced to pay a maximum fine as provided from time to time by
state statute, together with costs of prosecution, or to imprisonment
in the county jail for a maximum term as provided from time to time
by state statute, or both.
