[Ord. No. 1974-1, 2/18/1974]
1.
Subdivision and Land Development Control. It shall be unlawful for
the owner of any land in the Borough, or any other person, firm, or
corporation, to subdivide any lot, tract, or parcel of land, or to
lay out, construct, open or dedicate for public use or travel, any
street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, drainage facilities, or other
facilities, or other facilities in connection therewith, or for the
common use of occupants of buildings within the subdivision or land
development, unless and until final plans of such subdivision or development
shall have been prepared by a registered professional engineer or
registered land surveyor, submitted to and approved in writing thereon
by the Borough Council and recorded in the Bucks County Recorder of
Deeds office in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
2.
Sale of Lots; Issuance of Building Permits; Erection of Buildings.
A.
No lot in a subdivision may be sold, and no permit to erect, alter,
or repair any building upon land in a subdivision or land development
may be issued, unless and until the municipal improvements required
by Borough Council in connection therewith have either been constructed
or guaranteed as hereinafter provided.
B.
No building in a subdivision or land development depending on ingress
and egress upon the improvement of any street or streets, herein provided
for, shall be permitted to be occupied before improvements are fully
completed from a now-existing paved street to and across the front
of the lot on which the building is located; and/or to a sufficient
depth along the side of the lot to service any driveway, driveways,
or parking spaces.
C.
No building depending upon public water and sewer facilities shall
be permitted to be occupied before such facilities are fully provided
and operational.
[Ord. No. 1974-1, 2/18/1974]
Any person, partnership, or corporation who or which being the
owner or agent of the owner of any lot, tract or parcel of land shall
lay out, construct, open or dedicate any street, sanitary sewer, storm
sewer, water main or other improvements for public use, travel or
other purposes for the common use of occupants of buildings abutting
thereon, or who sells, transfers or agrees or enters into an agreement
to sell any land in a subdivision or land development whether by reference
to or by other use of a plan of such subdivision or land development
or erect any building thereon, unless and until a final plat has been
prepared in full compliance with the provisions of this chapter and
of the regulations adopted hereunder and has been recorded as provided
herein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof,
such person, or the members of such partnership, or the officers of
such corporation, or the agent of any of them, responsible for such
violation pay a fine of not less than $100 and no more than $1,000
per lot or parcel or per dwelling within each lot or parcel. All fines
collected for any violation of this chapter shall inure to the benefit
of Doylestown Borough.
