§ 22-104. Application of Regulations .

   1.   No subdivision or land development of any lot, tract, or parcel of land located in Dover Township shall be effected; no street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water main, or other improvements in connection therewith shall be laid out or constructed unless and until a final approval of the preliminary subdivision plan is obtained from the Board of Supervisors. Streets or other public improvements shall not be opened or dedicated for public use or travel, or for the common use of occupants of buildings abutting thereon unless and until a final subdivision plan has been approved by the Board of Township Supervisors and publicly recorded in the manner prescribed herein; nor otherwise except in strict accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.

   2.   No lot in a subdivision may be sold; no permit to erect or alter any building upon land in a subdivision or land development may be issued; and no building may be erected or altered in a subdivision or land development, unless and until a final subdivision plan or land development plan has been approved by the Board of Township Supervisors and recorded, and until construction of the improvements required in connection therewith has been guaranteed in the manner prescribed herein.

(Ord. 2011-05, 3/14/2011, § 104)

Part 2 Definition of Terms

§ 22-201. Rules of Interpretation .

   1.   For the purpose of this Chapter, the terms and words listed in this Section shall have the meaning herein defined. Words not herein defined shall have the meanings given in Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary and shall be interpreted so as to give this Chapter its most reasonable application.

   2.   For the purpose of this Chapter, the following rules of interpretation shall apply:

      A.   Words in the present tense include the future tense.

      B.   Words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular.

      C.   The words “used” and “occupied” shall be construed to include the words “or intended, arranged or designed to be used or to be occupied, or offered for occupancy.”

      D.   The term “such as” shall be considered as introducing a typical or illustrative designation of items, and shall not be interpreted as constituting a complete list.

      E.   The words “person” and “owner” shall be deemed to include a corporation, unincorporated association and a partnership, or other legal entity, as well as an individual.

      F.   The words “building” and “structure” shall be construed as if followed by the phrase “or part thereof.”

      G.   The word “lot” includes the words “plot” and “parcel.”

      H.   The word “watercourse” includes channel, creek, ditch, dry run, spring, stream and river.

      I.   The word “shall” is to be interpreted as mandatory; the word “may” as directory and complied with unless waived.

      J.   The male gender shall include the female gender.

(Ord. 2011-05, 3/14/2011, § 201)