(A) Submission of a final plan shall be within one year of the approval (or approval with conditions) of the preliminary plan by the Borough Council.
(B) Upon written request, the Borough Council may, but shall not be compelled to, grant an extension to this one-year period. Final plans submitted after one year, or as may be extended, shall be deemed a new preliminary plan.
(C) Final plans, including all required supporting data and fees, shall be submitted to the Borough Manager by the developer or his or her authorized representative not less than ten working days prior to the next scheduled meeting of the Borough Planning Commission. Incomplete submissions shall not be accepted for review.
(D) The final plan shall conform in all aspects to the approved preliminary plan, except that it shall incorporate all modifications required by the borough as a condition of approval of the preliminary plan, and such additional information as required by this chapter.
(E) The borough may permit final plan submission for residential and mixed-use developments in sections or phrases.
(1) Each section or phase, except for the last section or phase, shall contain a minimum of 25% of the total number of dwelling units as depicted on the preliminary plan, unless the Borough Council approves otherwise.
(2) The final plan for the first section or phase shall be submitted to the borough within one year of the preliminary plan approval of the entire development.
(3) (a) The final plan for the last section or phase shall be submitted within five years of the preliminary plan approval of the entire development.
(b) Borough Council may, but shall not be compelled to, permit an extension of this period upon written request by the applicant.
(c) Where no such extension is granted, any section(s) or phase(s) submitted for final plan approval after such five-year period shall comply with the applicable revisions and amendments to township ordinances and regulations which have been made since preliminary plan approval.
(F) Copies of the final plan, all required supporting data and payment in full of required fees shall be submitted to the Borough Manager by the applicant or his or her representative, who shall be authorized in writing to submit said final plan.
(G) A final plan submission shall include the following elements:
(1) Not less than nine legible black-line or blue-line paper prints of the complete final plan, showing all information required by § 154.052;
(2) Four copies of all other required information including the following, as may be applicable:
(a) All offers of dedication and covenants governing the reservation and maintenance of undedicated open space, reflecting any changes made during the preliminary plan process;
(b) Such private deed restrictions, including building reserve lines, as may be imposed upon the property as a condition of sale, together with a statement of any restrictions previously imposed which may affect the title to the land being subdivided; and
(c) If the applicant proposes to establish a private street, the Borough Council may require the applicant to submit and to record with the final plan a copy of an agreement made with the borough on behalf of his or her heirs, successors and assigns and approved by the borough, establishing the conditions under which the street may later be offered for dedication. The following conditions shall be included as a minimum:
1. The street shall be designed and constructed to borough specifications;
2. Any offer to dedicate the street shall be made only for the street as a whole;
3. The method of assessing repair costs shall be stated; and
4. The agreement by the owners of 51% or more of the frontage along such road shall be binding upon all property owners along said road.
(3) Wherever approval by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is required for on-site water supply or sanitary sewage disposal system(s) to serve a proposed subdivision, two copies of the approval verification shall be submitted with the final plan; and
(4) Fee: the Borough Manager shall be responsible for collecting the filing fee, the amount of such fee to be established by resolution or ordinance of Borough Council. Such fee shall be sufficient to cover administrative costs associated with and incidental to the examination and approval of plans.
(H) The Borough Manager shall be responsible for distributing the final plan to the reviewing entities. No distribution shall be made until all required fees have been paid in full. As a minimum, plans shall be distributed as follows:
(1) One complete set to the Borough Planning Commission, including all supplementary information, as submitted;
(2) One complete set to the Borough Engineer, including all supplementary information, as submitted;
(3) One set of agreements, covenants, easements and other legal devices affecting the plan shall be sent to the Borough Solicitor for review and comment; and
(4) One complete set of plan drawings and supplementary information shall remain on file at the Borough Hall.
(Prior Code, Ch. 22, § 305) (Ord. 173, passed 10-5-1970, § 305; Ord. 323, passed 7-6-1998)