A.
The Township Board of Commissioners shall establish, by resolution,
a collection procedure and schedule of fees to be paid hereunder by
the landowner and/or developer at the time of filing a preliminary
plan. Said resolution shall also establish a fee for public hearings.
B.
Review fees shall be assessed for each subdivision and land development
preliminary and final application, based on a specific fee schedule
adopted by resolution, reflecting the actual costs incurred by the
Township in reviewing the plan.
C.
In order to defray a portion of the cost incurred by the Township
in inspecting the installation of the improvements required by this
chapter, and to ensure compliance with these regulations, the landowner
and/or developer shall present a check or money order, made payable
to the Township, in an amount equal to 2% of the estimated cost of
the improvement(s) used in the determination of the construction guarantee,
as determined by the Township Engineer. This fee is separate from
and in addition to any application fees required by the Township.
The fee shall be paid at the time of submission of the development
agreement, and kept in a separate account used solely for the purposes
this section. Upon completion of all inspections and other requirements,
the remainder of the funds held in this account retained by the Township
shall be returned to the landowner and/or developer along with an
itemized statement evidencing the expenditures of the funds from the
account. This fee shall be paid at the time of submission of the development
agreement.
D.
Said schedule of fees shall be posted in the municipal offices and
shall be available for inspection upon request.
E.
No final plan shall be approved unless and until all fees and charges
are paid in full.
Before acting on an application for approval, the Township Board
of Commissioners, and/or the Planning Commission, may hold a public
hearing thereon, pursuant to public notice, as defined by this chapter.
No lot in a subdivision shall be sold, no permit to erect, alter
or repair any building upon land in a subdivision or development shall
be issued, and no building shall be erected in a subdivision or development,
until a final plan has been approved by the Township and properly
recorded, and further, until the required improvements have been constructed
or their construction guaranteed.
Where any road, public in the Township, including the paved
area, gutters, utilities and the right-of-way, is hereafter damaged
in any manner whatsoever, the person or persons directly responsible
for said damage and the subcontractor and/or general contractor for
whom said persons or their superiors work, or with whom they have
contracted, shall be jointly liable for any and all damage to said
Township roads, and shall repair said damage within 90 days of any
written notification by the Township. All repairs shall meet Township
standards and shall be subject to Township inspection.
As per § 508.1 of the MPC,[1] as amended, each month the Township shall notify in writing
the superintendent of the school district in which a plan for a residential
development was finally approved by the Township during the preceding
month. The notice shall include, but not be limited to, the location
of the development, the number and types of units to be included in
the development and the expected construction schedule of the development.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10508.1.
