§ 22-101. Short Title .

   These regulations shall be known and may be cited as the “Dover Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.”

(Ord. 2011-05, 3/14/2011, § 101)

§ 22-102. Purpose .

   This Chapter has been adopted by the Dover Township Board of Supervisors to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of the Township; to ensure conformance of subdivision and land development plans with the Township Comprehensive Plan, the Zoning Ordinance, public improvement plans and other adopted regulations; to provide for the harmonious development of the Township by insuring equitable handling of all subdivisions and land development plans by providing uniform standards and procedures; to provide for the general welfare by providing and protecting cultural facilities; by guiding the development and growth of structures, types and locations of streets, open spaces and public grounds, recreation, proper traffic flows, light and air, and the proper distribution of population to insure conditions favorable to the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the residents of the Township.

(Ord. 2011-05, 3/14/2011, § 102)

§ 22-103. Authority .

   The Planning Commission is hereby designated by the Board of Township Supervisors as the agency which shall review and make recommendations on all conservation by design submissions, preliminary and final plans, as required herein. The Board of Township Supervisors shall have authority to act on all conservation by design submissions, preliminary and final plans as required herein for the Township of Dover.

(Ord. 2011-05, 3/14/2011, § 103)

§ 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)