1. Minimum improvements and construction standards required of all subdivisions shall be as set forth in this Section, and as listed in Table 22-3-2. Where not set forth, they shall be in accordance with the prevailing standards as established by the Commission upon advice of the Borough Engineer. Alternative improvement standards may be permitted if the Commission deems them equal or superior performance characteristics to the specified improvements. Additional or higher type improvements may be required in specific cases where the Commission believes it necessary to create conditions essential to the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the citizens of the Borough. [Ord. 350]
2. Monuments and Markers. Monuments shall be placed so that the scored or marked point shall coincide exactly with the intersection of the lines to be marked, and shall be set so that the top of the monument or marker is level with the surface of the surrounding ground.
A. Monuments shall be set at the intersection of all lines forming angles in the boundary of the subdivision. Monuments maybe of the following three types:
(1) Cut stone 5" x 5"x 3'0" long with a drill hole in the center.
(2) Concrete 5" x 5"x 3'0" long with a ½-inch round brass pin in the center.
(3) A 2-foot round galvanized 3'0" long pipe with a brass cap with a punch hole for center.
B. Markers shall be set at the beginning and ending of all curves along street property lines; at all points where lot lines intersect curve; either front or rear; at all angles in property lines of lots; at all corner lots. Markers shall consist of steel bars at least 15 inches long and not less than ¾-inch in diameter.
3. Streets.
A. Required improvements and construction standards shall be in accordance with Table 22-3-2.
B. Streets (and alleys where provided) shall be graded, surfaced, and improved to the grades and dimensions shown on plans, profiles, aid cross-sections submitted by the subdivider and approved by the Commission.
4. Public Water Supply. Where public water supply, in the opinion of the Commission, is reasonably accessible, the subdivision shall be provided with a complete water distribution system, including a connection for each lot and appropriately spaced fire hydrants. Where public water supply is not in reasonable distance, an alternate supply, approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources Protection, shall be furnished. [A.O.]
5. Public Water Supply. If water is to be provided by means other than private wells owned and maintained by the individual owners of lots within the subdivision or development, applicants shall present evidence to the Borough Council that the subdivision is to be supplied by a certified public utility, a bona fide cooperative association of lot owners, or by a municipal corporation, authority or utility. A copy of a certificate of public convenience from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission or an application for such certificate, a cooperative agreement or a commitment or agreement to serve the area in question, whichever is appropriate, shall be acceptable. [Ord. 350]
6. Public Sanitary Sewer System.
A. Where the public sanitary sewer system, in the opinion of the Commission, is reasonably accessible, sanitary sewers shall be installed to adequately serve all lots with connections to the public system. Where lots cannot be served by the extension of an existing public sanitary sewer, the subdivider shall obtain approval of lot sizes as provided in Table 22-3-1. In addition, individual septic tanks and disposal fields, and/or neighborhood disposal systems, shall be approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources. [Ord. 350]
B. Where the Borough of Blossburg has a plan for extending the public sanitary sewer system into an area that is being subdivided, and it is reasonably expected that the area will be serviced by the public system within a period of 5 years, capped sewers shall be installed to adequately service all lots in the proposed subdivision.
7. Storm Sewers. Storm sewers shall be installed when, in the opinion of the Commission, it is deemed necessary to provide adequate drainage for the subdivision.
(Ord. 164, 8/20/1965, § 3.200; as amended by Ord. 350, 5/6/1991, §3, as amended by A.O.)