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Township of Upper Pottsgrove, PA
Montgomery County
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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.
(7) 
To ensure that the layout and management of the subdivision or land development plan is in conformance with the Township's adopted comprehensive plan and the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 350), and to any regulations or maps adopted in furtherance thereof.
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:
(1) 
A subdivision plan has received final approval from the Township and has been recorded by the county.
(2) 
Either the required improvements from the lot or structure to an existing dedicated road have been constructed; or
(3) 
The Township has received a proper completion guarantee as required by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
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.
(a) 
These documents shall be submitted at least 30 days prior to recording.
(b) 
The Township Secretary shall transmit these documents to the Township Planning Commission, Engineer, and Solicitor and to the Montgomery County Planning Commission for information purposes only.
(2) 
In addition to the documents required under this Subsection C, the offering statement required under the Uniform Condominium Act for conversions shall be submitted to the Township for information purposes only.
(a) 
This document shall be submitted within 10 days of its issuance to the residents/lessees of the rental units to be converted.
(b) 
The Township Secretary shall transmit this document to the Township Solicitor for information purposes only.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 68 Pa.C.S.A. § 3101 et seq.