[Ord. 88-9, 11/17/1988, § 201]
The purpose of this Subdivision and Land Development Chapter
is to provide for harmonious development of the municipality and county
by;
1.
Ensuring the orderly and efficient integration of subdivisions into
the development of the Borough of Hummelstown.
2.
Ensuring sites suitable for building purposes and human habitation.
3.
Ensuring conformance of subdivision plans with public improvement
plans.
4.
Ensuring coordination of inter-municipal public improvement plans
and programs.
5.
Ensuring the protection of water resources and drainageways.
6.
Ensuring the efficient movement of traffic.
7.
Ensuring the management of storm water run-off problem areas.
8.
Ensuring equitable handling of all subdivision plans by providing
uniform standards and procedures.
9.
Ensuring the greater health, safety, and welfare of the citizens
of the Borough of Hummelstown.
10.
Ensuring the efficient and orderly extension of community services
and facilities at minimum cost and maximum convenience.
[Ord. 88-9, 11/17/1988, § 202]
1.
The Hummelstown Borough Council shall have the authority to approve
or disapprove all preliminary and final subdivision or land development
plat applications as required herein.
2.
The Hummelstown Borough Planning Commission is hereby designated
as the agency which shall review and make recommendations on all subdivision
and land development plat applications as required herein, prior to
action on the same by Borough Council.
[Ord. 88-9, 11/17/1988, § 203; as amended by Ord.
93-3, 2/18/1993]
Applications for subdivision and land development located within
the Borough of Hummelstown shall be forwarded upon receipt, with the
appropriate review fee, to the Dauphin County Planning Commission
for review and report. The Borough Council shall not approve such
applications until the county review report is received or until the
expiration of 30 days from the date the application was forwarded
to the County Planning Commission. As evidence of their review and
report, officials of the County Planning Commission will sign final
plats which have been formally approved by the municipality before
such plats are presented for recording.
[Ord. 88-9, 11/17/1988, § 204]
1.
No subdivision or land development of any lot, tract or parcel of
land located in Hummelstown Borough shall be effected; no street,
sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water main, or other improvements 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
thereon unless and until a final subdivision plat has been approved
by the Borough Council and publicly recorded in the manner prescribed
herein; nor otherwise; except in strict accordance with the provisions
of this chapter.
2.
No lot in a subdivision may be sold; no permit to erect or alter
any building upon land in a subdivision or land development may be
issued; and no building may be erected or altered in a subdivision
or land development, unless and until a final subdivision plat has
been approved by the Borough Council and recorded, and until construction
of the improvements required in the manner prescribed herein.
[Ord. 88-9, 11/17/1988, § 205]
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this chapter,
they shall be held to be minimum requirements for the promotion of
public health, safety, comfort, convenience, and greater welfare.
Where provisions of this chapter impose greater restrictions than
those of any statute, other ordinance, restriction, or regulation,
the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling. Where the provisions
of a statute, other ordinance, resolution, or regulation imposes greater
restrictions than this chapter, the provisions of such statute, resolution,
ordinance, or regulation shall be controlling.
