This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Susquehanna
Township Official Map Ordinance."
This chapter is enacted and ordained under the grant of powers
by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code, Act of 1968, July 31, P.L. 805, as amended,
53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
This chapter is enacted for the purpose of serving and promoting
the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare; to facilitate
adequate provision of public streets and facilities; to improve traffic
circulation; to provide for the recreational and open space needs
of the community; to provide pedestrianways and easements; to protect
and enhance water resources; to provide for flood control basins,
floodways and floodplains, stormwater management areas and drainage
easements; and to facilitate the subdivision of land and the use of
land and watercourses.
Should any section or provision of this chapter be declared
by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall
not affect the validity of any other section or provision of the chapter
than the one so declared.