Development in Stages. See
§ 27-50520 for details.
Deposits Required with PRD Application.
The application for tentative approval shall be executed by or on behalf of the landowner and filed with the Township Secretary. An initial deposit as set forth in the current fee schedule of the Township shall be paid upon filing of the application to be applied against such expenses, and additional deposits shall be made from time to time as required by the Township to be applied against the expenses of processing the application, not to exceed actual expenses incurred by the Township.
Documentation to Accompany Application. See
§ 27-50522 for a list of application requirements.
Review of Application by Other Agencies.
One copy of every application for tentative approval received by the Township Secretary shall be promptly forwarded to the Planning Commission and to the County Planning Commission for study and recommendation as required by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code. The Township Planning Commission and the County Planning Commission shall review and report upon the application to the Township within 30 days of such referral. One copy of the reports of the respective planning commissions shall be furnished to the landowner not less than five days before the appointed time of the public hearing provided for in § 27-510. Additional copies may be required as deemed necessary by the Township Secretary.
Informal Consultation Prior to Application.
The landowner, the Township, the Planning Commission and the County Planning Commission may consult informally concerning the proposed planned residential development prior to the filing of an application for tentative approval, provided that no statement or representation by an official of the Township or of the planning agencies shall be binding upon the Township.
Public Hearings. See
§ 27-50525 for detailed information.
The Findings. See
§ 27-50526 for details.
Status of Plan After Tentative Approval.
A. Notification of Approval. The official written communication provided for in § 27-511 shall be certified by the Secretary of the Board of Supervisors and shall be filed in his office, and a certified copy shall be mailed to the landowner. Where tentative approval has been granted, the same shall be noted on the Zoning Map.
B. Actions Not Permitted by Tentative Approval. Tentative approval of a development plan shall not qualify a plat of the planned residential development for recording nor authorize development or the issuance of any building permits. A development plan which has been given tentative approval as submitted, or which has been given tentative approval with conditions which have been accepted by the landowner (and provided the landowner has not defaulted or violated any of the conditions of the tentative approval), shall not be modified or revoked nor otherwise impaired by action of the Township pending an application or applications for final approval, without the consent of the landowner, provided an application for final approval is filed, in the case of development over a period of years, provided applications are filed within the periods of time specified in the official written communication granting tentative approval.
C. Abandonment of Plan. In the event that a development plan is given tentative approval and thereafter, but prior to final approval, the landowner shall elect to abandon said development plan and shall so notify the Board of Supervisors in writing, or in the event the landowner shall not fail to file application or applications for final approval within the required period of time or times, as the case may be, the tentative approval shall be deemed to be revoked and all that portion of the area included in the development plan for which final approval has not been given shall be subject to those local ordinances otherwise applicable thereto as they may be amended from time to time, and the same shall be noted on the Zoning Map and in the records of the Township Secretary.
Application for Final Approval.
An application for final approval may be for the entire land development plan, or to the extent set forth in the tentative approval, a section thereof. Said application shall be made to the Township and within the time or times specified by the official written communication granting tentative approval. If the application for final approval is in compliance with the tentatively approved development plan, a public hearing need not be held.
Required Documentation. See
§ 27-50529 for a list of required final application documents.
Refusal of Final Application.
In the event the development plan as submitted contains variations from the development plan given tentative approval, the Board of Supervisors may refuse to grant final approval and shall, within 45 days from the filing of the application for final approval, so advise the landowner in writing of said refusal, setting forth in said notice the reasons why one or more of said variations are not in the public interest. In the event of such refusal, the landowner may either:
A. Refile his application for final approval without the variations objected.
B. File a written request with the Board of Supervisors that it hold a public hearing on his application for final approval. If the landowner wishes to take either such alternate action, he may do so at any time within which he shall be entitled to apply for final approval, or within 30 additional days if the time for applying for final approval shall already passed at the time when the landowner was advised that the development plan was not in substantial compliance. In the event the landowner shall fail to take either of these alternate actions within said time, he shall be deemed to have abandoned the development plan. Any such public hearing shall be held pursuant to public notice within 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing the Board of Supervisors shall by official written communication either grant final approval of the development plan or deny final approval. The grant or denial of final approval of the development plan shall, in cases arising under this Section, be in the form of and contain the findings required for an application for tentative approval set forth in this Chapter.
Approval of Final Application.
In the event the application for final approval has been filed, together with all drawings, specifications and other documents in support thereof, and as required by this Chapter and the official written communication of tentative approval, the Township shall, within 45 days of such filing, grant such development plan final approval.
Certification and Recording of Final Approval.
A development plan, or any part thereof, which has been given final approval shall be so certified without delay by the Board of Supervisors and shall be filed of record forthwith in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds before any development shall take place in accordance therewith. Upon filing of record of the development plan the zoning and subdivision regulations otherwise applicable to the land included in such plan shall cease to apply thereto, Pending completion within a reasonable time of said planned residential development or of that part thereof, as the case may be, that has been finally approved, no modification of the provisions of said development plan, or part thereof, as finally approved, shall be made except with the consent of the landowner.
Failure to Act on Plan.
In the event that a development plan, or a section thereof, is given final approval and thereafter the landowner shall abandon such plan or the section thereof that has been finally approved, and shall so notify the Board of Supervisors in writing; or, in the event the landowner shall fail to commence and carry out the planned residential development within such reasonable period of time as may be fixed by ordinance after final approval has been granted, no development or further development shall take place on the property included in the development plan until after said property is re-subdivided and is reclassified by enactment of an amendment to this Chapter.
See
§ 27-505: Planned Residential Development Regulations for complete, detailed information.
