A.
Title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Upper Pottsgrove Township Subdivision and Land Development
Ordinance."
B.
Purpose. This chapter is adopted for the following
purposes:
(1)
To assist the orderly, efficient, integrated and harmonious
development of the Township.
(2)
To assure sites suitable for building purposes and
human habitation.
(3)
To coordinate proposed roads with existing roads,
parks, and features of the Township Road Map including all amendments.
(4)
To provide adequate open spaces for traffic, recreation,
light and air, and for proper distribution of population thereby creating
conditions favorable to the health, safety and general welfare of
the citizens of the Township.
(5)
To ensure conformance of subdivision and land development
plans with the development of public facilities in Upper Pottsgrove
Township.
(6)
To secure equitable handling of all subdivision and
land development plans by providing uniform procedures and standards.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements to meet the purposes stated in § 310-1 of this chapter. Where the provisions of this chapter impose greater restrictions than those of any other statute, ordinance, or regulation, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail. Where the provisions of any other statute, ordinance or regulation impose greater restrictions than those of this chapter, the provisions of such statute, ordinance or regulation shall prevail.
[Amended 3-8-1993 by Ord. No. 243]
A.
Subdivision of a lot or construction, opening or dedication
of a tract. No subdivision of a lot or construction, opening or dedication
of a road, or land development of any lot, tract or parcel of land
shall be made, and no road, sanitary sewer, storm drain, water main,
gas, oil, and electric transmission line, or other improvements in
connection therewith, shall be laid out, constructed, or dedicated
for public use, or for the common use of occupants of a building abutting
thereon, except in strict accordance with this chapter.
B.
Sale of lots, issuance of building permits, or erection
of structures. No lot in a subdivision or land development may be
sold, and no permit to erect, alter or repair any structure in a subdivision
or land development may be issued until the following conditions have
been met:
C.
Condominiums. The sale of dwelling or commercial units
as condominiums under the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act[2] shall be permitted in accordance with this chapter, and
no regulations within this chapter shall be constructed to prohibit
the condominium form of ownership.
(1)
The declarant shall submit the proposed declaration,
declaration plan or, when appropriate, amended declaration to the
Township for informational purposes only. These documents shall be
submitted for new condominiums and for conversions of existing real
estate to the condominium form of ownership.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 68 Pa.C.S.A. § 3101
et seq.