Planning Commission approval is not required for a division of land if all of the following criteria are met:
A. 
Every lot to be created or altered has the frontage required by zoning on:
(1) 
A public street;
(2) 
An unbuilt street, for which surety is posted, that is shown on a subdivision plan approved by the City of Altoona within the five-year period immediately preceding the date of application; or
(3) 
A private street in existence before July 24, 2003, which, in the opinion of the Planning Administrator, is of suitable grade and construction to provide adequate access and municipal services to every lot therein.
B. 
Every lot to be created or altered has the minimum area required by zoning.
C. 
Existing water and sewer utilities are adequate to service all lots to be created or altered.
D. 
All lots proposed or altered by the plan are located in the same zoning district.
Any person who believes that his or her plan meets the above criteria shall submit the following by hand delivery or registered mail to the City of Altoona:
A. 
An original plan to be recorded.
B. 
Seven contact prints of the original plan.
C. 
Two original executed copies of the application form.
D. 
Fees as established by resolution of the City Council from time to time.
E. 
A project narrative which shall include the evidence necessary to show that the plan meets all the criteria in § 640-14 above.
F. 
At the applicant's option, a diskette containing line drawings of the plan, in either data exchange format (.dxf) or ESRI exchange format (.e00), registered to Pennsylvania State Plane (South) Coordinates, North American Datum of 1983.
The plan submitted shall be suitable for recording with the Blair County Recorder of Deeds and shall include at least the following:
A. 
The title: "No-Impact Subdivision Plan drawn for (name of owner)."
B. 
Date, scale, and north point.
C. 
A locus at a scale of one inch equals 1,000 feet (or scale acceptable to the Planning Administrator), sufficient to identify where in the City of Altoona the property is located and indicating the boundary lines of proposed lots.
D. 
Sheet size shall not exceed 24 inches by 36 inches but shall be at least 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches.
E. 
The name, seal, and signature of the surveyor who prepared the plan.
F. 
The inscription:
ALTOONA ANNING ADMINISTRATOR
Approval of a No-Impact Subdivision Plan
  DATE:
REVIEWED BY THE BLAIR COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
_____________________ Date: __________________________
G. 
Boundaries of the entire tract from which the subdivision is derived in a heavy line.
H. 
The name(s) of the abutting street(s) shall be identified on the plan, and the following shall appear for each lot:
(1) 
Frontage in feet.
(2) 
Total lot area in square feet.
(3) 
Lot number. All lots and parcels shall be designated by street address.
I. 
The original boundaries, if any, shall be shown in a dashed line.
J. 
The applicable zoning district shall be noted on the plan.
K. 
The location of all easements and improvements on all lots to be created or altered shall be shown and identified.
L. 
If the plan submitted has been relieved of certain zoning requirements by a decision of the Zoning Hearing Board, the following shall appear on the plan: "Subject to an action taken by the Altoona Zoning Hearing Board on (Date)."
M. 
Lots which do not appear to conform to zoning requirements may have the following notation placed on the plan by the Planning Administrator: "This approval is not a determination as to conformance with zoning regulations."
A. 
Upon receiving the application package and the fee and determining it to be complete, the Planning Administrator will distribute copies of the plan to the County Planning Commission, the City of Altoona Code Enforcement Department, the Zoning Officer, City of Altoona Public Works Department, and Altoona City Authority, and keep the other two copies for technical review.
B. 
With the exception of the Blair County Planning Commission, the agencies undertaking the technical review shall have 20 days to make written recommendations and comments on the plan. Failure of an agency to respond in writing within 20 days shall indicate that agency's approval of the plan as submitted. The comments of the Blair County Planning Commission must be received within 30 days of the forwarding date to be considered.
C. 
If the Planning Administrator determines that the plan does not depict a no-impact subdivision or is somehow deficient, he or she shall notify the applicant of such in writing within 35 days of the submittal date, giving specific reasons for the determination.
D. 
If the Planning Administrator, in consultation with the other reviewing agencies, determines that the plan depicts a no-impact subdivision, he or she shall endorse the plan and issue a certificate of approval within 35 days of the submittal date. The original plan will then be returned to the applicant, who is responsible for its recording with the Recorder of Deeds within 90 days. Copies of the recorded documents shall then be returned to the Planning Administrator for recording in City files.
Any aggrieved applicant may appeal the decision of the Planning Administrator to the Altoona City Planning Commission. Such appeal shall be filed with the Commission within 30 days of the Planning Administrator's written decision. The Planning Commission shall have 60 days from such filing to render a decision.