(A) The scope of this chapter shall include all matters over which, by law, the borough is authorized to exercise control by enactment and enforcement of this chapter including, but not limited to, all improvements within the tract undergoing subdivision or land development and the improvement of adjacent public facilities, including streets and drainage facilities which border upon the tract.
(B) No lot, tract or parcel of land shall be subdivided; no land shall be developed; and no street, alley, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water main or concomitant facility shall be laid out, constructed, opened or dedicated for public use or travel or for the use of occupants of buildings abutting or to abut on them, except according to the provisions of this chapter and the borough’s zoning regulations, Chapter 155 of this code of ordinances.
(C) No lot in a subdivision may be sold; no permit to build, alter or repair any building on land in a subdivision or land development may be issued; and no buildings may be erected in a subdivision or land development until a final subdivision or land development plan has been approved and, where required, improvements have been completed or their completion has been assured by a corporate surety bond or the deposit in escrow of funds or securities to cover the cost of the required improvements as estimated by the Borough Engineer.
(D) Jurisdiction: Borough Council shall have jurisdiction of subdivision and land development within the borough limits. In order that the actions of the Council under this subchapter may be correlated with all relevant data and procedures, Council hereby designates the Borough Planning Commission as the agency of the Council, with the following rights and duties:
(1) All plans for subdivision or land development shall be referred upon submission to the Planning Commission for review;
(2) The Planning Commission shall make recommendations to Borough Council to approve, disapprove, modify or approve with conditions such plans; and
(3) The Planning Commission shall make recommendations to the Borough Council concerning the interpretation of this chapter and the appropriateness of granting modifications to the provisions of this chapter, as may be requested by applicants for subdivision or land development;
(Prior Code, Ch. 22, § 102) (Ord. 173, passed 10-5-1970, § 102; Ord. 323, passed 7-6-1998)