This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Franklin
Park Borough Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance."
The purpose of this chapter is the promotion of the health,
safety, morals, convenience and general welfare of the present and
future inhabitants of Franklin Park Borough by:
A.
Guiding the future growth and development of the Borough.
B.
Providing for adequate natural light, air and privacy.
C.
Securing safety from fire, flood and other danger.
D.
Avoiding overcrowding of the land and undue congestion of population
and encouraging the orderly and beneficial development of all parts
of the Borough.
E.
Guiding public and private policy and action in order to provide
adequate and efficient transportation, water, sewage, recreation and
public improvements and facilities.
F.
Establishing reasonable standards of design and procedures for subdivision
and land development and the use of land.
G.
Ensuring the availability of public facilities and their capacity
to serve the proposed subdivision or development.
H.
Ensuring that streets in and bordering a subdivision or land development
be coordinated and be of such widths and grades and in such locations
as are deemed necessary to accommodate prospective traffic and facilitate
fire protection and the passage of other emergency vehicles.
I.
Ensuring the adequacy of drainage facilities, including adequate
easements and rights-of-way to be provided, and encouraging the appropriate
use and management of natural resources.
J.
Assuring that land that is subject to flooding, subsidence or underground
fires either shall be made safe for the purposes for which such land
is proposed to be used or that such land shall be set aside for uses
which shall not endanger life or property or further aggravate or
increase the existing menace.
K.
Encouraging and promoting flexibility, economy and ingenuity in the
layout and design of subdivisions and land developments, including
provisions authorizing the Borough Council, with recommendations from
the Planning Commission, to alter site requirements, and encouraging
other practices which are in accordance with modern and evolving principles
of site planning and development.
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this
chapter shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion
of the public health, safety and general welfare.
This chapter shall not, in general, apply to any existing lot(s)
or development(s), provided that such lot(s) or development(s) were
in a legally subdivided, recorded plan on the effective date of this
chapter. In cases where said lot(s) or development(s) are resubdivided
or become part of a future or new plan, such lot(s) or development(s)
may require compliance with any or all of these regulations as recommended
by the Borough Planning Commission and determined by the Borough Council.
The Borough Council of the Borough of Franklin Park is authorized,
subject to the holding of the required public hearing, to adopt rules
and regulations concerning plans for land development and subdivision
and may approve, conditionally approve or disapprove plans of development
and subdivision falling within its jurisdiction.
A.
The Borough Planning Commission is hereby designated as an advisory
body to the Borough Council of Franklin Park and is charged by Borough
Council with the duty of making investigations, reports and recommendations
on the plans, specifications and design of both improvements and the
construction of proposed land developments and subdivisions and is
hereby authorized to review and recommend to Borough Council that
Council either grant approval, conditional approval or disapproval
of applications for subdivision and land development.
B.
The Borough of Franklin Park Environmental Advisory Council is hereby
designated as an advisory body to the Planning Commission and the
Borough Council of the Borough of Franklin Park and is charged by
Borough Council with the duty of making investigations, reports and
recommendations on the plans, specifications and design of both improvements
and the construction of proposed land developments and subdivision
as they pertain to the environmental objectives of the Borough for
the following sections of this and other ordinances of the Borough:
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all the area within
the boundaries of the Borough of Franklin Park, Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania, excluding all land owned by the Borough of Franklin
Park. The use of all Borough land shall be at the discretion of the
Franklin Park Borough Council.
On or after the effective date of this chapter, no subdivision
or land development of any lot, tract or parcel of land shall be made
and no street, alley, sanitary sewer, storm drain, water main, gas,
oil or transmission line or other improvements in connection therewith
shall be laid out, constructed or dedicated for public use or travel
or for the common use of the occupants of a building abutting thereon
except in direct accordance with this chapter.
On or after the effective date of this chapter, no subdivision
or development, except those heretofore recorded, may be sold, no
permit to erect, alter or repair any building upon the land may be
issued and no building may be erected unless and until a plan of such
shall have been approved and properly recorded and the improvements
required by the Borough Council in connection therewith shall have
either been constructed or guaranteed as required by this chapter.
Attached to this chapter are appendixes detailing specifications
with respect to standards set forth in this chapter.[1] These appendixes may be changed from time to time by resolution
of the Borough Council, as Borough conditions and accepted engineering
practices warrant.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said appendixes are on file in the Borough
offices.
