The purpose of the sketch subdivision and/or land development
plan is to provide an opportunity for the applicant to consult early
with the municipality before incurring any costs associated with preparing
a preliminary or final subdivision and/or land development plan. During
the sketch subdivision and/or land development plan review process,
matters pertaining to access, circulation, water supply, sewage disposal,
lot layout, building layout, and conceptual drainage design are analyzed
relative to existing natural and man-made conditions, the municipal
comprehensive plan, the zoning ordinance, and any other pertinent
plans and ordinances.
A.
A licensed engineer, architect, landscape architect, surveyor, land
planner, or other design professional may prepare sketch subdivision
and/or land development plans. When the above-mentioned professional
does not prepare a sketch subdivision and/or land development plan,
the applicant can submit a to-scale drawing.
B.
The sketch subdivision and/or land development plan shall reflect
the following:
C.
Sketch subdivision and/or land development plans shall be submitted
on sheet sizes no smaller than 11 inches by 17 inches or larger than
30 inches by 42 inches.
D.
The sketch subdivision and/or land development plan checklist, which
appears in Appendix B[1] of this chapter, shall be completed and submitted as part
of the sketch subdivision and/or land development plan application
packet.
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix B is included as an attachment to this chapter.
E.
Upon submission of a sketch subdivision and/or land development plan,
the applicant shall and does authorize the municipality and DCPD to
enter the tract for the purpose of site evaluation.
A.
The following sketch subdivision and/or land development plan requirements
shall be met:
(1)
Location map based on a USGS quadrangle map with the tract outlined.
(2)
Legibly drawn sketch subdivision and/or land development plan
to a scale of not more than one inch equals 100 feet.
(3)
Name of the subdivision and/or land development.
(4)
Name, complete mailing address, and telephone number of the
holder of legal title of the land involved and the nature of the landowner's
interest, whether holder of legal title, equitable title, or other.
(5)
If the applicant is not the landowner, then the name, complete
mailing address, and telephone number of the applicant and proof that
the applicant is an authorized agent of the landowner to make application.
(6)
Name, complete mailing address, and telephone number of the
person who prepared the sketch subdivision and/or land development
plan, when someone other than the applicant prepares the sketch subdivision
and/or land development plan.
(7)
Zoning district and the degree to which the sketch subdivision
and/or land development plan conforms to such requirements, including
overlay districts. Include any variances, special exceptions, conditional
uses, or modifications requested and/or required.
(8)
A note pertaining to the degree to which the layout or arrangement
conforms to the municipal comprehensive plan and to any regulations
or maps adopted in furtherance thereof. (NOTE: See Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, Act 247, Section 503(2)(i)).
(9)
A note of the proposed intensity of use: gross density in residential
development or the number and type of prospective tenants in office,
commercial, or industrial developments.
(10)
North arrow and date.
(11)
Written and graphic scale.
(12)
Tract boundaries.
(13)
Total acreage of the tract, together with the approximate gross
and net lot area for each proposed lot.
(14)
Existing man-made features such as buildings and their uses,
streets, sidewalks, driveways, motor vehicle and bicycle parking areas,
sewer lines, storm drains, culverts, bridges, utility easements, and
water lines.
(15)
Significant natural features within the tract, including contours
measured at vertical intervals of not less than 10 feet, watercourses,
ponds, lakes, wetlands, tree masses, and proposed major changes in
these features.
(16)
Significant historic structures, buildings, ruins, sites, and
objects within the tract, including those identified as a National
Historic Landmark, a National Register of Historic Places (or eligible)
property or district, and those found on a Delaware county historic
and archaeological resources map/survey or any other county or local
inventory/survey and district.
(17)
Historic structures proposed to be adaptively reused, significantly
altered, and/or demolished.
(18)
Boundaries of all contiguous properties with owner names.
(19)
Proposed lot layout, with building setback lines and buildable areas as defined in Article II of this chapter.
(20)
Proposed open space and/or recreational areas, including notes
describing the proposed use and improvement.
(21)
Proposed method of water supply.
(22)
Proposed method of sanitary sewage disposal and anticipated
flows.
(23)
Proposed method of stormwater drainage.
(24)
Proposed streets on the tract with consideration of the potential
for further development of adjoining tracts and the existing street
network.
(25)
The one-percent annual chance flood and floodway based upon
a Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Map.
(26)
Proposed number, type, and location of all buildings and major
structures.
(27)
Proposed location of parking areas and parking lots.
(28)
A copy of the sketch subdivision and/or land development plan
checklist for a major subdivision and/or land development completed
and signed by the person who prepared the sketch subdivision and/or
land development plan.
In the case of sketch subdivision and/or land development plans
that call for development in phases or sections, a freehand map at
an appropriate scale showing the successive phases will be required.
