(A) After the applicant has received official notification that his or her preliminary plan has been approved and recommended changes, if any, have been made, he or she has five years in which to submit a final plan. If the applicant does not do so within a five-year period, his or her preliminary plan shall be nullified unless a written time extension is approved by the Township Board of Supervisors. The final plan must conform to the general scheme of the preliminary plan as approved and must contain the information specified in § 155.051.
(B) The final plan may be a portion of the entire subdivision shown on the preliminary plan.
(C) (1) Before requesting final plan approval, the applicant must submit to the Township Board of Supervisors either a certification by a licensed engineer that all improvements and installations to the subdivision required by this chapter have been made as required by this chapter and have been made in accordance with the specifications and approved plans or a bond which shall deposit with the municipality of financial security in an amount sufficient to cover the costs of such improvements or common amenities, including but not limited to roads, stormwater detention and/or retention basins and other related drainage facilities, recreational facilities, open space improvements or buffer or screen plantings which may be required.
(2) No plat shall be finally approved unless the streets shown on such plat have been improved to a mud free or otherwise permanently passable condition, or improved as may be required by this chapter, and any walkways, curbs, gutters, streetlights, fire hydrants, shade trees, water mains, sanitary sewers, storm sewers and other improvements as may be required have been installed in accordance with this chapter. In lieu of the completion of any improvements required as a condition for the final approval of a plat, this chapter provides for the deposit with the municipality of financial security in an amount sufficient to cover the costs of such improvements or common amenities, including, but not limited to, roads, stormwater detention and/or retention basins and other related drainage facilities, recreational facilities, open space improvements or buffer or screen plantings which may be required.
(Ord. 2-2011, passed 10-6-2011)