All streets, watercourses, public grounds, public parks, playgrounds, open space, pedestrian ways and easements, stormwater management facilities, floodplains and any other public lands and/or facilities shown on the official map shall be deemed reserved for future taking or acquisition for public use for 25 years from the date of enactment of this official map or any amendment thereof. Any reservation for public grounds, however, shall lapse and become void one year after an owner of such property has submitted a written notice to the Board of Supervisors announcing his or her intention to build, subdivide or otherwise develop the land covered by the reservation, or one year after an owner of such property has made formal application for an official permit to build a structure for private use upon the land covered by the reservation. This lapse of the reservation shall not take effect if the township has acquired or begun condemnation proceeding to acquire the land covered by the reservation before the end of this one-year period.
(Ord. 160, passed 3-9-2005)