All plans shall be prepared by an engineer, a surveyor or a landscape architect. The plans shall show, be accompanied by, and be prepared in accordance, with this Article and shall provide sufficient design information to demonstrate conformance with the requirements of Article VIII.
A. 
Drafting standards.
(1) 
Scale. The plan shall be clearly and legibly drawn at a standard scale of 20 to 200 feet to the inch.
(2) 
Sheets. If the plan is prepared in two or more drawing sheets, a key map showing the location of the sheets and a match line shall be placed on each sheet. If more than one sheet is necessary, each sheet shall be the same size and numbered to show the relationship to the total number of sheets in the plan (e.g., Sheet 1 of 5).
(3) 
Presentation. Plans shall be presented in a clear, legible, coherent, and organized manner.
B. 
Plan information.
(1) 
Location and identification.
(a) 
The name and address of the record owner(s) of the tract (or an authorized agent), the name and address of the equitable owner(s) of the tract (if different from the record owner), the applicant and the firm that prepared the plan.
(b) 
The file or project number assigned by the firm that prepared the plan, the plan date, and the date(s) of all plan revisions.
(c) 
A North arrow and a graphic scale.
(d) 
A location map, drawn to a scale of a minimum of one inch equals 2,000 feet relating the site to at least two intersections of road centerlines. The approximate distance to the intersection of the centerlines of the nearest improved street intersection shall be identified.
(e) 
If the tract of land is located within 200 feet of a municipal or zoning district boundary line(s), the location of such boundary shall be shown and labeled accordingly.
(f) 
The source of title (including the deed, lot, and plan of record number) to the subject tract.
(g) 
The tax parcel identification number(s) for the subject tract.
(h) 
If applicable, a plan note indicating the subject property is enrolled in the Clean and Green preferential assessment program.
(i) 
In the case of a plan for which the subject tract has an environmental covenant, the plan shall include a plan note indicating the recording information of the environmental covenant executed pursuant to the Environmental Covenants Act.
(2) 
Existing features.
(a) 
Existing contours. Lancaster County Geographic Information System (GIS) Topography may be accepted.
(b) 
The following items when located within the subject tract: Name and approximate location and approximate dimensions of existing rights-of-way or easements relating to streets, cartways, access drives, driveways or service streets, public utilities, stormwater management facilities, telecommunications, electric, gas, and oil transmission lines. The approximate location of railroads, buildings, environmental and topographic features, including, but not limited to, floodplains, wetlands, quarry sites, woodlands, habitats for threatened and endangered species, solid waste disposal areas, historic features, cemetery or burial sites, archeological sites, or areas with highly erosive soils.
(c) 
When available, the following items when located within 200 feet of the subject tract as inventoried in the Lancaster County GIS: The name and approximate location and approximate dimensions of existing rights-of-way or easements relating to streets, cartways, access drives, driveways or service streets, public utilities, stormwater management facilities, telecommunications, electric, gas, and oil transmission lines. The approximate location of railroads, buildings, floodplains, and wetlands.
(d) 
In the case of a plan for which the subject tract has an environmental covenant executed pursuant to the Environmental Covenants Act, the plan shall include the boundary limits of any contamination remaining on site. The application shall include a copy the Environmental Covenant agreement and any required engineering and institutional controls.
C. 
Additional information.
(1) 
The total approximate acreage of the entire existing tract.
(2) 
The zoning district and lot size and/or density requirements of the applicable zoning regulations.
(3) 
The approximate layout of lots, with approximate dimensions.
(4) 
The total number of lots, units of occupancy, density and proposed land use (if multiple land uses are proposed, the location of each land use shall be indicated).
(5) 
The approximate layout of streets, including cartway and right-of-way widths (Appendix G for reference[1]).
[1]
Editor's Note: This appendix is included in the online version of the Code of the (Township of Elizabeth) (eCode360®). Said appendix is also on file in the Township offices.
(6) 
The approximate location and configuration of proposed buildings, parking compounds, streets, access drives, driveways, and general stormwater facility locations.
(7) 
Building setback lines.
(8) 
A note on the plan indicating the types of sewer or water facilities to be provided.
(9) 
Identification of any modifications intended to be requested.
(10) 
A copy of any applicable zoning decisions.
A. 
Drafting standards.
(1) 
Scale. The plan shall be clearly and legibly drawn at a standard scale of 20 to 50 feet to the inch.
(2) 
Dimensions and bearings. The subject tract boundary dimensions shall be in feet and decimals; bearings shall be in degrees, minutes and seconds. The description shall read in a clockwise direction.
(3) 
Survey closure. The survey shall not have an error of closure greater than one foot in 10,000 feet.
(4) 
Sheets. If the plan is prepared in two or more drawing sheets, a key map showing the location of the sheets and a match line shall be placed on each sheet. If more than one sheet is necessary, each sheet shall be the same size and numbered to show the relationship to the total number of sheets in the plan (e.g., Sheet 1 of 5).
(5) 
Presentation. Plans shall be presented in a clear, legible, coherent, and organized manner.
B. 
Plan information.
(1) 
Location and identification.
(a) 
The proposed project name.
(b) 
The name and address of the record owner(s) of the tract; the name and address of the equitable owner(s) of the tract, the applicant and the firm that prepared the plan.
(c) 
The file or project number assigned by the firm that prepared the plan, the plan date, and the date(s) of all plan revisions.
(d) 
A North arrow and a graphic scale.
(e) 
A location map, drawn to a scale of a minimum of one inch equals 2,000 feet relating the site to at least two intersections of road centerlines. The approximate distance to the intersection of the centerlines of the nearest improved street intersection shall be identified.
(f) 
If the tract of land is located within 200 feet of a municipal or zoning district boundary line(s), the location of such boundary shall be shown and labeled accordingly.
(g) 
The source of title (including the deed, lot, and plan of record number) to the subject tract.
(h) 
The tax parcel identification number(s) for the subject tract.
(i) 
In the case of a plan for which the subject property is enrolled in the Clean and Green preferential assessment program, the inclusion of the following plan note:
"NOTICE: According to County records, the subject property may be subject to the Pennsylvania Farmland and Forest Land Assessment Act of 1974, (a.k.a. the Clean and Green Act), Act 319 of 1974, P.L. 973; 72 P.S. § 5490.1, as amended, and as further amended by Act 156 of 1998, as amended. These acts provide for preferential property tax assessment and treatment. It is the property owner's responsibility to be aware of the laws, rules and regulations applicable to his or her property, including the provision that: (a) preferential property tax assessment and treatment will remain in effect continuously until the land owner changes the agricultural use from the approved category, or if a transfer, split-off or separation of the subject land occurs; (b) if a change in use occurs, or if a conveyance, transfer, separation, split-off or subdivision of the subject land occurs, the property owner will be responsible for notifying the County Assessor within 30 days; (c) the payment of roll-back tax, plus interest, for the period of enrollment, or a period not to exceed seven years, whichever is less, may be required; (d) if the property owner fails to notify the County Assessor within the thirty-day period, prior to the land conveyance, the property owner may be subject to a $100 civil penalty; (e) if the property owner fails to pay the roll-back tax, a municipal lien could be placed on the property under existing delinquent tax law."
(j) 
In the case of a plan for which the subject tract has an environmental covenant executed pursuant to the Environmental Covenants Act, the plan shall include the boundary limits of any contamination remaining on site. The application shall include a copy of the Environmental Covenant agreement and any required engineering and institutional controls.
(2) 
Existing features.
(a) 
The names of all immediately adjacent landowners and the names and plan book record numbers of all previously recorded plans for adjacent projects.
(b) 
The location of the benchmark and a notation indicating the datum used.
(c) 
Existing contours at a minimum vertical interval of one feet for land with slope of 15% or less and at a minimum vertical interval of five foot for more steeply sloping land. Contours plotted from the United States Geodetic Survey will not be accepted, and Lancaster County Geographic Information System (GIS) Topography will not be accepted in areas where improvements are proposed but should be used beginning 50 feet outside the improvement boundary.
(d) 
The following items when located within the subject tract:
[1] 
The location, name and dimensions of existing rights-of-way or easements relating to streets, cartways, access drives, driveways or service streets.
[2] 
The location and size of the following features and related rights-of-way or easements: buildings, public utilities, on-lot utilities, on-lot water supplies, on-lot sewage disposal systems and related recharge areas, and stormwater management facilities.
[3] 
The location of existing rights-of-way for telecommunications, electric, gas and oil transmission lines, and railroads.
[4] 
The size, capacity and condition of the existing stormwater management system and any other facility that may be used to convey storm flows within and from the subject tract.
[5] 
The preliminary plan shall indicate any proposed disturbance, encroachment or alteration to such features including; floodplains, wetlands, quarry sites, woodlands, significant trees, habitats for threatened and endangered species, solid waste disposal areas, superfund contaminations, historic features, cemetery or burial sites, archeological sites, and areas with highly erosive soils.
[6] 
In the case of a plan for which the subject tract has an environmental covenant executed pursuant to the Environmental Covenants Act, the plan shall include if applicable the specific boundary limits of any contamination remaining on site. The application shall include a copy of the environmental covenant agreement and any required engineering and institutional controls.
(e) 
The following items when located within 200 feet of the subject tract:
[1] 
The location and name of existing rights-of-way or easements relating to streets, cartways, access drives, driveways or service streets.
[2] 
As available, the location of buildings, public utilities, on-lot utilities, on-lot water supplies, on-lot sewage disposal systems and related recharge areas, and stormwater management facilities including the location and size of related easements.
[3] 
The location of existing rights-of-way for telecommunications, electric, gas and oil transmission lines, and railroads.
[4] 
As available, the size, capacity, and condition of the existing stormwater management system and any other facility that may be used to convey storm flows from the subject tract.
[5] 
The location of woodlands, habitats for endangered and threatened species, and highly erosive soils.
C. 
Additional information.
(1) 
The total acreage of the entire existing tract.
(2) 
Identification and disposition of existing buildings and historic features.
(3) 
The location and configuration of proposed buildings, parking compounds, streets, access drives, driveways, landscaping and all other significant facilities (Appendix G[1]).
[1]
Editor's Note: This appendix is included in the online version of the Code of the (Township of Elizabeth) (eCode360®). Said appendix is also on file in the Township offices.
(4) 
Building setback lines required by Chapter 185, Zoning.
(5) 
Existing and proposed easements.
(6) 
A typical street cross-section for each proposed street and typical cross-section for any existing street that will be improved as part of the application. Each cross-section shall include the entire right-of-way width.
(7) 
A note on the plan indicating the types of sewer or water facilities to be provided.
(8) 
Identification of any modifications granted by the Board of Supervisors, if applicable.
(9) 
The zoning district and lot size and/or density requirements of Chapter 185, Zoning.
(10) 
For land within the Agricultural Zone, identification of the parent tract and all prior subdivisions from the parent tract, including recording reference of each prior plan for the parent tract.
(11) 
Identification of all prior recorded plans for the subject tract, identifying all notes and/or restrictions on such prior recorded plans affecting the current development together with a verification signed by the design professional that such list is complete and correct.
(12) 
The street centerline profile for each proposed street shown on the preliminary plan.
(13) 
The location and material of existing lot line markers along the perimeter of the entire existing tract.
(14) 
The layout of lots, with approximate dimensions.
(15) 
The total number of lots, units of occupancy, net density, gross density, and proposed land use (if multiple land uses are proposed, the location of each land use shall be indicated).
(16) 
The layout of streets, including cartway and right-of-way widths, and the proposed street names.
(17) 
Stormwater management plans and data designed in accordance with Chapter 150, Stormwater Management.
(18) 
In the case of a plan which requires access to a highway under the jurisdiction of PennDOT, the inclusion of the following plan note:
"A highway occupancy permit is required pursuant to Section 420 of the Act of June 1, 1945 (P.L. 1242, No. 428), known as the "State Highway Law," before driveway access to a state highway is permitted. Access to the state highway shall only be as authorized by a highway occupancy permit, and the approval of this plan by Elizabeth Township in no way implies that such permit can be acquired."
(19) 
In the case for the phased installation of improvements:
(a) 
A schedule shall be filed delineating all proposed sections as well as deadlines within which applications for final plan approval of each section are intended to be filed.
(b) 
Each section in any subdivision or land development, except for the last section, shall contain a minimum of 25% of the total number of dwelling units unless the Board of Supervisors specifically approves a lesser percentage for one or more of the sections.
(c) 
Sections of the development shall be sequenced in such a manner that each section (together with the previously approved and completed sections) shall be physically built to be in full compliance with this chapter and not be dependent on the construction completed at future phases, including, but not limited to, stormwater management facilities, streets, and utilities.
(d) 
Except for staged construction of streets intended to be extended in subsequent phases, all improvements for each section shall be installed in their permanent configuration. The final wearing course shall be carried in an improvement guarantee until it is finally installed and inspected.
(e) 
It is not necessary for construction in one section to be completed for the next section to be submitted.
(f) 
All subsequent phased final plans shall be submitted within five years of the date of Board of Supervisors action on the preliminary plan unless otherwise agreed upon by the applicant and Township. The applicant shall take the responsibility to provide the Board of Supervisors with reasonable notice of delays in the filing of final plans.
(g) 
The applicant shall annually update the Board of Supervisors regarding the schedule on or before the anniversary date of the preliminary plan approval.
D. 
Certificates, notifications and reports.
(1) 
Certificate, signature and seal of the surveyor to the effect that the survey is correct, and certificate, signature and seal of the surveyor, engineer or landscape architect that prepared the plan that all other information shown on the plan is accurate.
(2) 
Provide a note to be placed on the plan indicating that all zoning approvals, including zoning variances, special exceptions or conditional uses, have been obtained, if applicable, and the conditions imposed.
(3) 
Any improvement that encroaches upon an electric transmission line, telecommunications line, gas pipeline, petroleum or petroleum products transmission line, fiber optics, public sewer, public water, etc., located within the tract, the application shall be accompanied by a letter from the owner or lease of such right-of-way stating any conditions on the use of the land and the minimum building setback and/or right-of-way lines.
(4) 
Where the subdivision or land development proposal will generate 50 or more additional trips to or from the site during the development's anticipated peak hour, or the Board of Supervisors indicates a need for one, a traffic impact study as required by Article VII shall be submitted with the preliminary plan.
(5) 
Where required by Chapter 181, Water, a water feasibility study meeting all requirements of Chapter 181.
(6) 
Where the land included in the subject application has an agricultural, woodland, or other natural resource easement located within the tract, the application shall be accompanied by a letter from the party holding the easement stating any conditions on the use of the land.
(7) 
Where areas are reserved for future access strip usage, provide a plan note indicating that future access strip reservations are intended to be used in the future.
(8) 
Planning Commission certificate of review, Board of Supervisors certificate of approval and certificate from property owners that they are aware of the proposed project.
A. 
Drafting standards. The same drafting standards shall be required for a final plan or a preliminary/final plan as specified for a preliminary plan in § 160-43A.
B. 
Plan information.
(1) 
The same location and identification standards shall be required for a final plan or a preliminary/final plan as specified for a preliminary plan in § 160-43B(1).
(2) 
Existing features.
(a) 
The names of all immediately adjacent landowners and the names and plan book record numbers of all previously recorded plans for adjacent projects.
(b) 
The location of the benchmark and a notation indicating the datum used.
(c) 
Existing contours at a minimum vertical interval of one foot for land with slope of 15% or less and at a minimum vertical interval of five feet for more steeply sloping land. Contours plotted from the United States Geodetic Survey will not be accepted, and Lancaster County Geographic Information System (GIS) Topography will not be accepted in areas where improvements are proposed but should be used beginning 50 feet outside the improvement boundary.
(d) 
The following items when located within the subject tract:
[1] 
The location, name and dimensions of existing rights-of-way or easements relating to streets, cartways, access drives, driveways or service streets.
[2] 
The location and size of the following features and related rights-of-way or easements: buildings, public utilities, on-lot utilities, on-lot water supplies, on-lot sewage disposal systems and related recharge areas, and stormwater management facilities. This information may be provided on separate sheets and need not be recorded with the final plan or preliminary/final plan.
[3] 
The location of existing rights-of-way for telecommunications, electric, gas and oil transmission lines, and railroads.
[4] 
The size, capacity and condition of the existing stormwater management system and any other facility that may be used to convey storm flows within and from the subject tract and should show any existing on-site features to verify proposed design won't have negative effect with proposed improvements.
[5] 
The plan shall indicate any proposed disturbance, encroachment or alteration to such features including: floodplains, wetlands, quarry sites, woodlands, significant trees, habitats for threatened and endangered species, solid waste disposal areas, superfund contaminations, historic features, cemetery or burial sites, archeological sites, and areas with highly erosive soils.
[6] 
In the case of a plan for which the subject tract has an environmental covenant executed pursuant to the Environmental Covenants Act, the plan shall include if applicable the specific boundary limits of any contamination remaining on site. The application shall include a copy of the environmental covenant agreement and any required engineering and institutional controls.
(e) 
The following items when located within 200 feet of the subject tract:
[1] 
The location and name of existing rights-of-way or easements relating to streets, cartways, access drives, driveways or service streets.
[2] 
As available, the location of buildings, public utilities, on-lot utilities, on-lot water supplies, on-lot sewage disposal systems and related recharge areas, and stormwater management facilities including the location and size of related easements.
[3] 
The location of existing rights-of-way for telecommunications, electric, gas and oil transmission lines, and railroads.
[4] 
As available, the size, capacity, and condition of the existing stormwater management system and any other facility that may be used to convey storm flows from the subject tract.
[5] 
As available, the location of woodlands, habitats for endangered and threatened species, and highly erosive soils.
C. 
Additional information.
(1) 
The total acreage of the entire existing tract.
(2) 
Identification and disposition of existing buildings and historic features.
(3) 
The location and configuration of proposed buildings, parking compounds, streets, access drives, driveways, landscaping and all other significant facilities (Appendix G[1]).
[1]
Editor's Note: This appendix is included in the online version of the Code of the (Township of Elizabeth) (eCode360®). Said appendix is also on file in the Township offices.
(4) 
Building setback lines required by Chapter 185, Zoning.
(5) 
Existing and proposed easements.
(6) 
A typical street cross-section for each proposed street and typical cross-section for any existing street that will be improved as part of the application. Each cross-section shall include the entire right-of-way width.
(7) 
A note on the plan indicating the types of sewer or water facilities to be provided.
(8) 
Identification of any modifications granted by the Board of Supervisors, if applicable.
(9) 
The zoning district and lot size and/or density requirements of Chapter 185, Zoning. Net and gross density, the total number of lots, units of occupancy, and proposed land use (if multiple land uses are proposed, the location of each land use shall be indicated).
(10) 
For land within the Agricultural Zone, identification of the parent tract and all prior subdivisions from the parent tract, including recording reference of each prior plan for the parent tract.
(11) 
Identification of all prior recorded plans for the subject tract, identifying all notes and/or restrictions on such prior recorded plans affecting the current development together with a verification signed by the design professional that such list is complete and correct.
(12) 
A complete description of the centerline and the right-of-way line for all new streets. This description shall include distances and bearings with curve segments comprised of radius, tangent, arc, and chord.
(13) 
The location and material of all proposed and existing permanent monuments and lot line markers, including a note that all proposed monuments and lot line markers are set or indicating when and by whom they will be set.
(14) 
Lot lines, with accurate bearings and distances, and lot areas for all parcels. Curve segments shall be comprised of arc, chord, bearing and distance. Along existing street rights-of-way, the description may utilize the existing deed lines or road centerlines; along all proposed street rights-of-way, the description shall be prepared to the right-of-way lines.
(15) 
The final vertical and horizontal alignment for each proposed street and access drive. All profiles shall show at least the existing (natural) profile along the centerline, proposed grade at the centerline, and the length of all proposed vertical curves. This information may be provided on separate sheets and is not subject to recording with the final plan.
(16) 
A grading plan, which shall include finished land contours and grades, directions of water movement, type of soils, location of water bars or silt fences and ground floor elevations. This information may be provided on separate sheets and is not subject to recording with the final plan.
(17) 
Identification of any lands to be dedicated or reserved for public, semipublic or community use.
(18) 
The final street names as approved by Lancaster County-Wide Communications/US Post Office.
(19) 
Where land will be transferred from one lot to another, either as part of a final plan, preliminary/final plan or lot add-on plan, a copy of the deed with a perimeter legal description for the lot as enlarged. The applicant shall present the Township with proof that the deed with the perimeter legal description has been recorded within 30 days after the release of the final, preliminary/final or lot add-on plan for recording.
(20) 
In the case for the phased installation of improvements:
(a) 
A schedule shall be filed delineating all proposed sections as well as deadlines within which applications for final plan approval of each section are intended to be filed.
(b) 
Each section in any subdivision or land development, except for the last section, shall contain a minimum of 25% of the total number of dwelling units unless the Board of Supervisors specifically approves a lesser percentage for one or more of the sections.
(c) 
Sections of the development shall be sequenced in such a manner that each section (together with the previously approved and completed sections) shall be physically built to be in full compliance with this chapter and not be dependent on the construction completed at future phases, including, but not limited to, stormwater management facilities, streets, and utilities.
(d) 
Except for staged construction of streets intended to be extended in subsequent phases, all improvements for each section shall be installed in their permanent configuration. The final wearing course shall be carried in an improvement guarantee until it is finally installed and inspected.
(e) 
It is not necessary for construction in one section to be completed for the next section to be submitted.
(f) 
In the case of a plan calling for the installation of improvements beyond the five-year period, a schedule shall be filed by the landowner with the preliminary plan delineating all proposed sections as well as deadlines within which applications for final plat approval of each section are intended to be filed. Such schedule shall be updated annually by the applicant on, or before, the anniversary of the preliminary plan approval until final plat approval of the final section has been granted and any modification in the aforesaid schedule shall be subject to approval of the Board of Supervisors in its discretion. The applicant shall annually update the Board of Supervisors regarding the schedule on or before the anniversary date of the preliminary plan approval.
D. 
Certificates, notifications and reports.
(1) 
Certificate, signature and seal of the surveyor to the effect that the survey is correct, and certificate, signature and seal of the surveyor, engineer or landscape architect that prepared the plan that all other information shown on the plan is accurate.
(2) 
A statement, duly acknowledged before an officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds and signed by the landowner, to the effect that the subdivision or land development shown on the plan is the act and the deed of the owner, that all those signing are all the owners of the property shown on the survey and plan, and that they desire the same to be recorded as such. This statement shall be signed and dated on or after the last change or revision to said plan. If the applicant is not the record owner of the land, there shall be a certificate for the record owner, identifying the record owner as such, and a certificate for the equitable owner, identifying the equitable owner as such.
(3) 
Certificate for approval by the Board of Supervisors.
(4) 
Certificate of notification to be signed by the County Planning Commission.
(5) 
A note to be placed on the plan indicating that all zoning approvals, including zoning variances, special exceptions or conditional uses, have been obtained, if applicable, and the conditions imposed.
(6) 
Written notice from Lancaster County-Wide Communications/Post Office stating that the proposed street names are acceptable.
(7) 
Certificate of dedication of streets and other public property, if applicable.
(8) 
A note to be placed on the plan indicating any area that is not to be offered for dedication, if applicable.
(9) 
In the case of a plan which requires access to a highway under the jurisdiction of PennDOT, the inclusion of the following plan note:
"A highway occupancy permit is required pursuant to Section 420 of the Act of June 1, 1945 (P.L. 1242, No. 428), known as the "State Highway Law," before driveway access to a state highway is permitted. Access to the state highway shall only be as authorized by a highway occupancy permit, and the approval of this plan by Elizabeth Township in no way implies that such permit can be acquired."
(10) 
Any improvement that encroaches upon an electric transmission line, telecommunications line, gas pipeline, petroleum or petroleum products transmission line, fiber optics, public sewer, public water, etc., located within the tract, the application shall be accompanied by a letter from the owner or lessee of such right-of-way stating any conditions on the use of the land, the minimum building setback and/or right-of-way lines, and the centerline of such line.
(11) 
Where the land included in the subject application has an agricultural, woodland, or other natural resource easement located within the tract, the application shall be accompanied by a letter from the party holding the easement stating any conditions on the use of the land.
(12) 
Where areas are reserved for future access strip usage, provide a plan note indicating that future access strip reservations are intended to be used in the future.
(13) 
When connection to an existing water and/or sanitary sewer system is proposed, written notification from the authority providing sanitary sewer and/or water service indicating that sufficient capacity to service the proposed development has been reserved shall be provided (in accordance with current authority standards).
(14) 
Where required by Chapter 181, Water, a water feasibility study meeting all requirements of Chapter 181, if such study was not submitted with a preliminary plan.
E. 
Required prior to recording final plan or preliminary/final plan.
(1) 
An appropriately executed developer's agreement (Appendix D[2]).
[2]
Editor's Note: This appendix is included in the online version of the Code of the (Township of Elizabeth) (eCode360®). Said appendix is also on file in the Township offices.
(2) 
Posting of financial security in accordance with Article VI and Appendix D.
(3) 
An appropriately executed and recorded stormwater management maintenance agreement, if applicable.
(4) 
Written notices of approval by outside agencies, if applicable:
(a) 
When applicable, notification from the DEP that either approval of the sewer facility plan revision (or plan revision module for land development) or supplement has been granted or that such approval is not required.
(b) 
When required, notification from the Conservation District that an acceptable erosion and sedimentation control plan/NPDES plan has been submitted and approved by that agency.
(c) 
When applicable, notification from PennDOT that approval of the highway occupancy permit (HOP) has been granted.
(5) 
A controlling agreement when an application proposes to establish a street which is not offered for dedication to the public use.
A. 
General. Plans shall be prepared by a registered surveyor and shall be subject to the requirements of this section.
B. 
Drafting standards.
(1) 
Scale and sheet size. The plan shall be clearly and legibly drawn at a standard scale of 20 to 100 feet to the inch.
(2) 
Dimensions. Dimensions shall be in degrees, minutes and seconds with an error of closure no greater than one foot in 10,000 feet.
C. 
Plan information. The following information shall be provided on the sheet to be recorded:
(1) 
Location and identification.
(a) 
The project name.
(b) 
The name and address of the owner(s) of the tracts and all adjacent landowners affected by the proposed conveyance.
(c) 
The name and address of the firm that prepared the plan, the file or project number assigned by the firm, the plan date, and the date(s) of all plan revisions.
(d) 
A North arrow, a graphic scale and a written scale.
(e) 
A location map, at a scale not less than one inch equals 2,000 feet, with sufficient information to locate the specific property involved. All existing roads in the vicinity of the subject tract shall be identified.
(f) 
If the subject tract is located in the vicinity of a municipal or zoning district boundary line(s), the location of such boundary shall be shown and labeled.
(g) 
The source of title (including the deed, lot and plan of record number) to both the receiving and conveying tracts.
(h) 
In the case of a plan for which the subject property is enrolled in the Clean and Green Preferential Assessment Program, the inclusion of the following plan note:
"NOTICE: According to County records, the subject property may be subject to the Pennsylvania Farmland and Forest Land Assessment Act of 1974, (a.k.a. the Clean and Green Act), Act 319 of 1974, P.L. 973; 72 P.S. § 5490.1, as amended, and as further amended by Act 156 of 1998, as amended. These Acts provide for preferential property tax assessment and treatment. It is the property owner's responsibility to be aware of the laws, rules and regulations applicable to his or her property, including the provision that: (a) preferential property tax assessment and treatment will remain in effect continuously until the land owner changes the agricultural use from the approved category, or if a transfer, split-off or separation of the subject land occurs; (b) if a change in use occurs, or if a conveyance, transfer, separation, split-off or subdivision of the subject land occurs, the property owner will be responsible for notifying the County Assessor within 30 days; (c) the payment of roll-back tax, plus interest, for the period of enrollment, or a period not to exceed seven years, whichever is less, may be required; (d) if the property owner fails to notify the County Assessor within the thirty-day period, prior to the land conveyance, the property owner may be subject to a $100 civil penalty; (e) if the property owner fails to pay the roll-back tax, a municipal lien could be placed on the property under existing delinquent tax law."
(i) 
Tie bars indicating parcels to be joined-in-common.
(j) 
In the case of a plan for which the subject tract has an environmental covenant, the plan shall include a plan note indicating the recording information of the environmental covenant executed pursuant to the Environmental Covenants Act.
(k) 
For land within the Agricultural Zone, identification of the parent tract and all prior subdivisions from the parent tract, including recording reference of each prior plan for the parent tract.
(l) 
Identification of all prior recorded plans for the subject tract, identifying all notes and/or restrictions on such prior recorded plans affecting the current development together with a verification signed by the design professional that such list is complete and correct.
(2) 
Existing features.
(a) 
The names of all immediately adjacent landowners and the names and plan book record numbers of all previously recorded plans for projects adjacent to either the receiving or conveying tract.
(b) 
The location, name and dimensions of existing rights-of-way or easements relating to streets, cartways, access drives, driveways or service streets on or adjacent to both the receiving and conveying tracts.
(c) 
The location of the following features and any related rights-of-way on both the receiving and conveying tracts: buildings, utilities, on-lot water supplies, on-lot sewage disposal systems and related recharge areas, stormwater management facilities, telecommunications, electric, gas and oil transmission lines, and railroads.
(d) 
In the case of a plan for which the subject tract has an environmental covenant executed pursuant to the Environmental Covenants Act, the plan shall include if applicable the specific boundary limits of any contamination remaining on site. The application shall include a copy of the environmental covenant agreement and any required engineering and institutional controls.
(3) 
Additional information.
(a) 
The total acreage, total number of lots, density of development, present zoning classification and minimum lot area requirements.
(b) 
An accurate description of the parcel to be conveyed. If the remainder of the conveying tract has a lot area of 10 acres or less, it must also be described to the accuracy requirements of this chapter. If the remaining acreage is in excess of 10 acres, its boundary and the boundary of the receiving tract shall be described by deed plottings drawn at a legible scale.
(c) 
Location and material of all permanent monuments and lot line markers, including a note indicating when they will be set.
(d) 
Identification of any modifications granted by the Board of Supervisors, if applicable.
(e) 
The location of sight triangle easements and safe stopping distance at all street and driveway intersections in accordance with the latest edition of the PennDOT Design Manual.
(4) 
Certificates and notifications.
(a) 
A statement, duly acknowledged before an officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds and signed by the record owner of the receiving tract, to the effect that the conveyance as shown on the plan is in accordance with the intent of the landowner, that all those signing are all the owners of the property shown on the survey and plan, and that they desire the same to be recorded as such. This statement shall be signed and dated on or after the last change or revision to said plan.
(b) 
A statement, duly acknowledged before an officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds and signed by the record owner of the conveying tract, to the effect that the conveyance as shown on the plan is in accordance with the intent of the landowner, that all those signing are all of the owners of the property shown on the plan, and that they desire the same to be recorded as such. This statement shall be signed and dated on or after the last change or revision to said plan.
(c) 
Certificate, signature and seal of the surveyor to the effect that the survey is correct and that all plan information is accurate.
(d) 
Certificate for approval by the Board of Supervisors.
(e) 
Certificate of notification to be signed by the County Planning Commission.
(f) 
Certificate to accommodate the Recorder of Deeds information.
A. 
Drafting standards. The same drafting standards shall be required for a minor plan as specified for a preliminary plan in § 160-43A.
B. 
Plan information.
(1) 
Location and identification. The same location and identification standards shall be required for a minor plan as specified for a preliminary plan in § 160-43B.
(2) 
Existing features.
(a) 
A deed plotting of the subject tract at a scale not less than one inch equals 400 feet which accurately identifies the configuration and acreage, as well as the location of all structures, floodplain, drainage easements, points of ingress and egress, easements, and sewer and water facilities.
(b) 
The names of all immediately adjacent landowners and the names and plan book record numbers of all previously recorded plans for adjacent projects.
(c) 
The location of the benchmark and a notation indicating the datum used. Existing contours at a minimum vertical interval of one foot for land with slope of 15% or less and at a minimum vertical interval of five feet for more steeply sloping land. Contours plotted from the United States Geodetic Survey will not be accepted, and Lancaster County Geographic Information System (GIS) Topography will not be accepted in areas where improvements are proposed but should be used beginning 50 feet outside the improvement boundary.
(d) 
The following items when located within the subject tract:
[1] 
The location, name and dimensions of existing rights-of-way or easements relating to streets, cartways, access drives, driveways or service streets.
[2] 
The location and size of the following features and related rights-of-way or easements, buildings, public utilities, on-lot utilities, on-lot water supplies, on-lot sewage disposal systems and related recharge areas, and stormwater management facilities. This information may be provided on separate sheets and need not be recorded with the final plan.
[3] 
The location of existing rights-of-way for telecommunications, electric, gas and oil transmission lines, and railroads.
[4] 
The size, capacity and condition of the existing stormwater management system and any other facility that may be used to convey storm flows from the subject tract.
[5] 
The minor plan shall indicate any proposed disturbance, encroachment or alteration to such features including: floodplains, wetlands, quarry sites, woodlands, significant trees, habitats for threatened and endangered species, solid waste disposal areas, superfund contaminations, historic features, cemetery or burial sites, archeological sites, and areas with highly erosive soils.
[6] 
In the case of a plan for which the subject tract has an environmental covenant executed pursuant to the Environmental Covenants Act, the plan shall include if applicable the specific boundary limits of any contamination remaining on site. The application shall include a copy of the environmental covenant agreement and any required engineering and institutional controls.
(e) 
The following items when located within 200 feet of the subject tract:
[1] 
The location and name of existing rights-of-way or easements relating to streets, cartways, access drives, driveways or service streets.
[2] 
As available, the location of buildings, public utilities, on-lot utilities, on-lot water supplies, on-lot sewage disposal systems and related recharge areas, and stormwater management facilities including the location and size of related easements.
[3] 
The location of existing rights-of-way for telecommunications, electric, gas and oil transmission lines, and railroads.
[4] 
As available, the size, capacity, and condition of the existing stormwater management system and any other facility that may be used to convey storm flows from the subject tract.
[5] 
As available, the location of woodlands, habitats for threatened and endangered species, and highly erosive soils.
(3) 
Additional information.
(a) 
The total acreage of the entire existing tract.
(b) 
Identification and disposition of existing buildings and historic features.
(c) 
The location and configuration of proposed buildings, parking compounds, streets, access drives, driveways, landscaping, and all other significant facilities.
(d) 
Building setback lines, with distances from the street centerline or street right-of-way line, whichever requirement is applicable under the zoning regulations.
(e) 
Existing and proposed easements.
(f) 
A note on the plan indicating the types of sewer or water facilities to be provided.
(g) 
Identification of any modifications granted by the Board of Supervisors, if applicable.
(h) 
The zoning district, applicable zoning regulations, net and gross density, the total number of lots, units of occupancy, and proposed land use (if multiple land uses are proposed, the location of each land use shall be indicated).
(i) 
The location and material of all proposed and existing permanent monuments and lot line markers, including a note that all proposed monuments and lot line markers are set or indicating when and by whom they will be set.
(j) 
Lot lines, with accurate bearings and distances, and lot areas for all parcels. Curve segments shall be comprised of arc, chord, bearing and distance. Along existing street rights-of-way, the description may utilize the existing deed lines or road centerlines; along all proposed street rights-of-way, the description shall be prepared to the right-of-way lines.
(k) 
On and within 200 feet of the lots proposed for development, identify the location of all proposed structures, existing floodplain, drainage easements, points of ingress and egress, easements, and sewer and water facilities.
(l) 
The capacity and condition of all stormwater management facilities located on and within 200 feet of the lots proposed to be developed must be identified. Any adverse impact to such facilities resulting from increased flows from the site must be addressed in conformance with the Chapter 150, Stormwater Management.
(m) 
Identification of any lands to be dedicated or reserved for public, semipublic or community use.
(n) 
For land within the Agricultural Zone, identification of the parent tract and all prior subdivisions from the parent tract, including recording reference of each prior plan for the parent tract.
(o) 
Identification of all prior recorded plans for the subject tract, identifying all notes and/or restrictions on such prior recorded plans affecting the current development together with a verification signed by the design professional that such list is complete and correct.
(4) 
Certificates, notifications and reports.
(a) 
Certificate, signature and seal of the surveyor to the effect that the survey is correct, and certificate, signature and seal of the surveyor, engineer or landscape architect that prepared the plan that all other information shown on the plan is accurate.
(b) 
A statement, duly acknowledged before an officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds and signed by the landowner, to the effect that the subdivision or land development shown on the plan is the act and the deed of the owner, that all those signing are all the owners of the property shown on the survey and plan, and that they desire the same to be recorded as such. This statement shall be signed and dated on or after the last change or revision to said plan. If the applicant is not the record owner of the land, there shall be a certificate for the record owner, identifying the record owner as such, and a certificate for the equitable owner, identifying the equitable owner as such.
(c) 
Certificate for approval by the Board of Supervisors.
(d) 
Certificate of notification to be signed by the County Planning Commission.
(e) 
A note to be placed on the plan indicating that all zoning approvals, including zoning variances, special exceptions or conditional uses, have been obtained, if applicable, and the conditions imposed.
(f) 
Written notice from Lancaster County-Wide Communications/Post Office stating that the proposed street names are acceptable.
(g) 
Certificate of dedication of streets and other public property, if applicable.
(h) 
A note to be placed on the plan indicating any area that is not to be offered for dedication, if applicable.
(i) 
In the case of a plan which requires access to a highway under the jurisdiction of PennDOT, the inclusion of the following plan note:
"A highway occupancy permit is required pursuant to Section 420 of the Act of June 1, 1945 (P.L. 1242, No. 428), known as the "State Highway Law," before driveway access to a state highway is permitted. Access to the state highway shall only be as authorized by a highway occupancy permit, and the governing body's approval of this plan in no way implies that such permit can be acquired."
(j) 
For any improvements that encroach upon an electric transmission line, telecommunications line, gas pipeline, petroleum or petroleum products transmission line, fiber optics, public sewer, public water, etc., located within the tract, the application shall be accompanied by a letter from the owner or lessee of such right-of-way stating any conditions on the use of the land, the minimum building setback and/or right-of-way lines, and the centerline of such line.
(k) 
Where the land included in the subject application has agricultural woodland or other natural resource easement located within the tract, the application shall be accompanied by a copy of the agreement from the party holding the easement stating any conditions on the use of the land.
(l) 
Where areas are reserved for future access strip usage, provide a plan note indicating that future access strip reservations are intended to be used in the future.
(m) 
When connection to an existing water and/or sanitary sewer system is proposed, written notification from the authority providing sanitary sewer and/or water service indicating that sufficient capacity to service the proposed development has been reserved shall be provided (in accordance with current authority standards).
(n) 
Where required by Chapter 181, Water, a water feasibility study meeting all requirements of Chapter 181.
C. 
Required prior to recording a minor plan.
(1) 
An appropriately executed developer's agreement (Appendix D[1]).
[1]
Editor's Note: This appendix is included in the online version of the Code of the (Township of Elizabeth) (eCode360®). Said appendix is also on file in the Township offices.
(2) 
Posting of financial security in accordance with Article VI and Appendix D.
(3) 
An appropriately executed and recorded stormwater management maintenance agreement, if applicable.
(4) 
Written notices of approval by outside agencies, if applicable:
(a) 
When applicable, notification from the DEP that either approval of the sewer facility plan revision (or plan revision module for land development) or supplement has been granted or that such approval is not required.
(b) 
When required, notification from the Conservation District that an acceptable erosion and sedimentation control plan/NPDES Plan has been submitted and approved by that agency.
(5) 
A controlling agreement when an application proposes to establish a street which is not offered for dedication to the public use.