This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Clinton
Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance."
In accordance with the authority granted to Clinton Township,
Butler County, through the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code
(Act 247, as reenacted and amended), through Section 501 of the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code,[1] this chapter is intended to: exercise the powers delegated
to the Township for the review and approval of subdivision and land
developments and establishment of standards for various public and
private improvements.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. §§ 10101 through
10501.
The purposes of this chapter are to:
A.
Provide the public with the assurance that necessary public facilities will be provided in the new subdivision and land development, in an amount and size commensurate with the size of the land development and the land uses to which the land will be allocated in conformity with Chapter 185, Zoning, of the Code of the Township of Clinton.
B.
Provide the public with the assurance that lot sizes, land uses,
streets and street extensions will be in conformance with the provisions
of the Comprehensive Plan for Clinton Township.
[Amended 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
C.
Provide the public with the assurance that future plats, subdivision,
or dedications will be improved with an established public policy.
D.
Provide the public with the assurance that land which is subject
to flooding shall be set aside for uses which shall not endanger life
or property or further aggravate or increase the existing menace.
E.
Provide the public with the assurance that soil, water and related
natural resources will be protected.
F.
Provide the public with the assurance that conditions will be created
favorable to the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the
public.
G.
Implement the Comprehensive Plan.
[Amended 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
A.
The Board of Supervisors shall have final authority and control over
the subdivision of land and land development, located within the Township
limits after receiving recommendations from the Township Planning
Commission. All subdivision and land development plans shall be first
submitted to the Township and County Planning Commission for review
and recommendations.
B.
Approval signatures shall be affixed to the original final plan to
be recorded first by the Township Planning Commission, second by the
Board of Supervisors, and third by the County Planning Commission.
No plan shall be recorded until all three bodies have signed the original
plan.
A.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to and control all subdivisions
and land developments whose plans have not been recorded in the office
of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Butler County, Pennsylvania, prior
to the effective date of this chapter.
B.
No subdivision or land development of any lot, tract or parcel of
land in Clinton Township shall be made, 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 abutting
thereon, except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Should any section or provision of this chapter by declared
by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall
not affect the validity of this chapter as a whole, or any part thereof
other than the part so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
