[Ord. No. 103-86 § 2]
The purpose of this Chapter shall be to provide rules, regulations
and standards to guide land subdivision in the Borough in order to
provide for the orderly growth and development of the municipality
and to assure and promote the comfort, health, safety, convenience
and general welfare of the Borough. It shall be administered to ensure:
a.
Conformance with the various parts of the master plan, the zoning
ordinance and the official map of the Borough.
b.
Recognition of a desirable relationship to the general land form,
its topographic and geologic character, to natural drainage surface
water runoff, and to the ground water table.
c.
Recognition of desirable standards of subdivision design, including
adequate provision for pedestrian and vehicular traffic, for surface
water runoff, and for suitable building sites for the land use contemplated.
d.
Provision for such facilities as are desirable adjuncts to the contemplated
use, such as parks, recreation areas, school sites, firehouses and
off street parking.
e.
Preservation of such natural assets as ponds, streams, shrubs and
trees.
f.
Provision of adequate utilities, services and circulation.
