For any subdivision or land development project, requiring approval
or review of the Clinton Township Planning Commission, plans shall
be submitted to the Clinton Township Planning Commission and be in
conformity with the regulations as set forth in this section. Any
and all plans, drawings, data, specifications, tabulations that are
supplementary to a plan submission shall be considered as an integral
part of the submission.
The submitted plan shall show the ultimate layout proposed for
development to be considered by the Planning Commission for review
and approval, and if ultimately reviewed and/or approved, for legal
recording as thus shown.
All restrictions affecting the use of property within the submitted
proposal shall be detailed upon the plan.
[Amended 3-28-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-01]
In the preparation of preliminary and final plans to be submitted
to the Clinton Township Planning Commission for review, the following
specifications and standards shall be required:
A. All plans shall be drawn on sheets 24 inches by 36 inches in size.
B. A proposed subdivision or land development site plan shall be drawn
at a scale no smaller than one inch equals 100 feet, which has been
deemed sufficient by the Planning Commission to illustrate pertinent
land features.
C. All plans shall have the title block placed in the lower right-hand
corner of the drawing with the scale, parcel number, date, title,
engineer/surveyor name/seal, and location represented.
D. All site plans shall not have topographic lines nor soil survey mapping
information superimposed on the plan drawing. Topographic and/or soil
survey information shall be depicted on separate sheets 24 inches
by 36 inches in size and attached to the site plan drawing.
[Amended 10-9-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-01]
A. Plans and data involving subdivision or land development of minor
plans may be excused from the requirements for submission of a preliminary
plan. The developer shall, however, comply with the requirements for
submission of a final plan.
B. Minor plan. Plans and data involving subdivision or land development
of 10 lots or less with no street construction or changes in existing
streets, private roads or easement of access.
C. Major plan. A subdivision or land development plan which does not
meet the definition of a "minor plan."
All plans, drawings, data specifications, etc., that are submitted
to the Clinton Township Planning Commission for review and approval
shall be in conformance with the following specifications, submitted
in duplicate, and shall include, but not be limited, to the following:
A. The title under which the subdivision or land development is to be
recorded.
B. The date of the plan, the graphic scale and the North point.
C. The location of the plan by name of Township road.
D. The name and address of the owner of the subdivision or land development,
or of his agent, if any, and of the subdivider or developer.
E. The name and address of the engineer or surveyor together with his
registration number and seal attached.
F. Contours of vertical intervals of two feet for land with average
natural slope of 8% or less, and at vertical intervals of five feet
for more steeply sloping land.
G. Adequate information regarding the reference data used for elevations.
H. Proposed grading showing existing contours to remain, contours to
be altered and new contours at two-foot intervals.
I. The total acreage of the plan.
J. The plot and property lines of the proposed plan to include their
courses and distances and the interior angles of their intersections
with the boundary lines of adjacent property.
K. The property lines of adjacent property whether laid out as subdivisions
or not, with the names of owners of such property.
L. The names and dimensional data of proposed streets, roads, or other
ways which are, or will become, extensions of already established
streets, roads or other ways which are required to be shown. New street
names within the Township shall not duplicate or closely approximate
existing street names.
M. The layout and dimensional data for all streets, roads or other ways,
and buildings adjacent to or abutting the plan within 200 feet of
the proposed development boundaries.
N. The utilities on, or proposed for, and within 200 feet of the development
showing the locations, size and appropriate elevations for sanitary
and storm sewers, and water mains, gas mains, hydrants, power and
telephone lines, sewage lift stations, sewage disposal plants, water
wells and storage facilities. Points of connection with existing utilities
shall also be shown where applicable.
O. If on-lot sewage disposal (septic tank) is to be utilized in the
development, the developer shall submit soil percolation tests certified
by the Municipal Sewage Enforcement Officer or by the Department of
Environmental Protection, conducted in accordance with the provisions
of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, Rules and Regulations.
P. The approximate location, dimensions, and area of all property to
be reserved for public use or for use by the property owners in the
development, such as parks and recreations areas.
Q. The location, dimensions and purpose of all proposed easements.
R. The proposed plan for storm drainage systems including location of
storm sewers, culverts, inlets, easements, diversion terraces, sedimentation
basins, etc., and a determination of the amount of runoff from the
project area and the upstream watershed area.
S. If required by current regulations of the Pennsylvania DEP, wetland
areas shall be identified as to location and perimeter, and means
to protect and maintain them described.
T. The location of prominent topographic features such as streams, drainage channels, floodplains, wooded areas, and other pertinent features that may influence the design. Wooded areas and clusters of trees of at least 12 inches diameter at breast height shall be specifically noted to meet requirements of §
147-20.
U. The dimensioning of individual lots within the proposed plan shall
be in sufficient detail so as to enable the preparation of a complete
description and drawing thereof.
V. Specification of zoning district on the tract of the development
and contiguous tracts; identification of any variances obtained from
zoning regulations.
W. Where multifamily development or multi-tenant buildings are proposed,
the locations of these buildings shall be indicated showing height
of each, number of dwelling units or separate tenancy in each, minimum
distances between buildings and between buildings and road rights-of-way,
and proposed parking areas and number of spaces.
X. A separate street profile may be required for each established and
proposed street, road or other way, showing elevations along the center
line within the plan and at a distance of 200 feet beyond the plan.
Y. A general location map shall be submitted with the preliminary plan
and shall be drawn at a scale large enough to show the location of
the proposed development within the municipality and its relationship
to the existing community facilities, such as main traffic arteries,
and public water or sewer lines.
All plans, drawings, data specifications, etc., that are submitted
to the Clinton Township Planning Commission for final review and approval
shall be in conformance with the following specifications and shall
include but not be limited to, the following:
A. Title block in the lower right-hand corner of each sheet containing
the name of the subdivision or land development plan, graphic scale,
date, name and address of the owner of land and developer, if different,
and the name and address of professional engineer or surveyor who
prepared the plan.
B. Certificates and acknowledgments. (See Article
IX.)
D. Block and lot numbers (in consecutive numerical order), dimensions
by bearings and distances of all property lines and lot lines, area
of each parcel, and total number of lots and acreage of whole development.
E. Accurate boundary lines, with dimensions and bearings which provide
a survey of the tract, closing with an error of not more than one
foot in 10,000 feet.
F. Street right-of-way lines, street names, and pedestrianways.
G. Accurate dimensions by bearing and distances of all street right-of-way
lines as well as all curve data, deflection angles, lengths of arcs,
points of tangent and deflection and angles of all corners.
H. Street center lines with accurate dimensions in feet and hundredths
of feet, with bearings of such street center lines.
I. Location of all permanent existing and proposed monuments and lot
markers.
J. Accurate dimensions of existing public land, and of any property
to be dedicated or reserved for public, semipublic or community use,
and all areas to which title is reserved by owner.
K. Easements of utilities and any limitations on such easements.
L. Widths of all rights-of-ways, streets and easements.
M. Building setback lines, front, side and rear, not less than the minimum
as fixed by the applicable zoning ordinance, or by these regulations,
or by public authority or by deed restrictions, whichever is greater.
N. Names of owners of unplotted adjacent property and names of adjacent
lot plans or development plans depicting the zoning classification
of each adjacent property or properties.
O. The Planning Commission may require the submission of the following
maps at the same scale as the final plan:
(1) Map showing the sewage disposal.
(2) Map showing the water supply system.
(3) Map showing the location of gaslines, electric distribution lines,
telephone lines and streetlights.
(4) Map showing the design and development of recreation facilities.
(5) Map showing the location and design of group parking areas.
(6) Map showing the location of street trees, plantings, ground cover
or ground surface treatment to be undertaken by the developer.
(7) Map showing the grading and storm drainage plan.
(8) Map showing edge of the one-hundred-year floodplain, as designated
by maps prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Before final approval can be granted to the developer, he shall
present to the Clinton Township Planning Commission the following
documents:
A. Letter from the public provider of sewage disposal stating it can
serve the development; or if on-lot sewage disposal is to be utilized,
the developer shall submit soil percolation tests certified by the
Municipal Sewage Enforcement Officer or by the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection, conducted in accordance with the provisions
of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, Rules and Regulations.
B. A review of the sedimentation and erosion control plan may be required
from either the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
or the Butler County Soil Conservation District.
C. A copy of any covenants and/or rights of easement in the form in
which they will be filed as legal documents.
D. Highway occupancy permits issued by either PennDOT, if access is
to a state-maintained road, or the Township, if access is to a Township
road. This is to assure that there is a location for a "clear sight
triangle" and that the terrain does not create a hazardous condition
by location of the driveway. The location may be moved by the lot
owner with the permission of the proper authority prior to applying
for a building permit.
E. If water is to be provided by means other than by private wells owned
and maintained by individual owners of lots within the plan, the applicant
shall present evidence to the Board of Supervisors that the plan is
to be supplied by a certificated public utility, a bona fide cooperative
association of lot owners or by a municipal corporation, authority
or utility.
F. Stormwater management plan in accordance with Chapter
127, Stormwater Management.
[Amended 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]