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PREFACE
Chapter C HOME RULE CHARTER
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 5 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Chapter 14 AUTHORITIES
Chapter 23 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND COUNCILS
Chapter 36 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES
Chapter 51 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
Chapter 62 PENSIONS
Chapter 70 PERSONNEL
Chapter 77 POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chapter 91 SALARIES AND COMPENSATION
Chapter 120 ALARM SYSTEMS
Chapter 127 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 141 ANIMALS
Chapter 166 CABLE TELEVISION
Chapter 173 COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY CODE
Chapter 180 CONSTRUCTION CODES
Chapter 185 CONVERSION THERAPY
Chapter 188 CURFEW
Chapter 201 ELECTRIC SERVICE
Chapter 212 FEES
Chapter 219 FIREARMS
Chapter 225 FIREWORKS
Chapter 231 FIRE INSURANCE PROCEEDS
Chapter 237 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Chapter 251 FOOD CODE
Chapter 272 GRAFFITI
Chapter 288 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 295 HISTORICAL AND CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
Chapter 302 HOUSE NUMBERING
Chapter 308 HOUSING
Chapter 317 INVASIVE PLANTS AND NOXIOUS WEEDS
Chapter 325 LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 328 LEAD POISONING PREVENTION
Chapter 332 LIBRARY
Chapter 339 LICENSES AND PERMITS
Chapter 346 LITTER AND ADVERTISING MATERIAL
Chapter 353 LOITERING AND PANHANDLING
Chapter 364 MASSAGE THERAPISTS
Chapter 378 MUNICIPAL CLAIMS AND LIENS
Chapter 387 NOISE
Chapter 396 PARKS AND RECREATION
Chapter 403 PAWNBROKERS
Chapter 410 PEDDLING AND SOLICITING
Chapter 424 POLES
Chapter 431 PROPERTY SALES
Chapter 433 PUBLIC ART
Chapter 438 RAIN BARRELS
Chapter 442 RECORDS, PUBLIC ACCESS
Chapter 453 SALES
Chapter 460 SCRAP METAL DEALERS
Chapter 467 SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Chapter 473 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
Chapter 479 SIDEWALK CAFES
Chapter 485 SIGNS
Chapter 496 SOLID WASTE
Chapter 502 STORAGE FACILITIES
Chapter 505 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Chapter 508 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter 515 SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 521 SUSTAINABILITY
Chapter 536 TAMPERING WITH PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter 540 TATTOO AND PIERCING ESTABLISHMENTS
Chapter 543 TAX ABATEMENTS
Chapter 546 TAX AMNESTY PROGRAM
Chapter 549 TAXATION
Chapter 555 TREES
Chapter 564 VEHICLE NUISANCES, STORAGE OF
Chapter 570 VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS
Chapter 576 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 583 VENDING MACHINES
Chapter 600 ZONING
Chapter A610 ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY
Chapter A611 BOND ISSUES AND LOANS
Chapter A612 FRANCHISE AND SERVICES
Chapter A613 GOVERNMENTAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Chapter A614 PLAN APPROVAL
Chapter A615 PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter A616 SEWERS
Chapter A617 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter A618 WATER
Chapter A619 ZONING; PRIOR ORDINANCES
Chapter DT DERIVATION TABLE
Chapter DL DISPOSITION LIST
Appendix C
Sample Drainage Plan Application
(To be attached to the “land subdivision plan or development plan review application" or “minor land subdivision plan review application.”)
Application is hereby made for review of the Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan and related data as submitted herewith in accordance with the City of Reading Stormwater Management and Earth Disturbance Ordinance.
______ Final Plan   ______ Preliminary Plan   ______ Sketch Plan
Date of Submission _______________________________________
Submission No. _______________________________________
1. Name of subdivision or development _______________________________________
2. Name of Applicant _______________________________________
Telephone No. _______________________________________
(if corporation, list the corporation’s name and the names of two officers of the corporation)
_______________________________________ Officer 1
_______________________________________ Officer 2
Address ______________________________________________________________________________
Zip _______________________________________
Applicant’s interest in subdivision or development
(if other than property owner, give owner’s name and address)
3. Name of property owner _______________________________________
Telephone No. _______________________________________
Address ______________________________________________________________________________
Zip _______________________________________
4. Name of Engineer or Surveyor
Telephone No. _______________________________________
Address ______________________________________________________________________________
Zip _______________________________________
5. Type of subdivision or development proposed:
___ Single-family lots
___ Two-family lots
___ Multifamily lots
___ Cluster-type lots
___ Planned residential development
___ Townhouses
___ Garden apartments
___ Mobile home park
___ Campground
___ Other ( _____________________________)
___ Commercial (multi-lot)
___ Commercial (one-lot)
___ Industrial (multi-lot)
___ Industrial (one-lot)
6. Lineal feet of new road proposed __________________________________ L.F.
7. Area of proposed and existing impervious area on entire tract.
A. Existing (to remain)   ___________ S.F. _______________% of Property
B. Proposed   ___________ S.F. _______________% of Property
8. Stormwater
A. Does the peak rate of runoff from proposed conditions exceed that flow which occurred for existing conditions for the designated design storm? _____________________
B. Design storm utilized (on-site conveyance systems) (24-hour)
No. of Subarea ______________________________________
Watershed Name ______________________________________
Explain:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
C. Does the submission and/or district meet the release rate criteria for the applicable subarea? _____________________________________________
D. Number of subarea(s) from Appendix D of the Watershed Stormwater Management Plan. _____________________________________________
E. Type of proposed runoff control _____________________________________________
F. Does the proposed stormwater control criteria meet the requirements/guidelines of the Stormwater Ordinance? _____________________________________________
If not, what variances/waivers are requested? _____________________________________________
Reasons __________________________________________________________________________________________
G. Does the plan meet the requirements of Subpart C of the Stormwater Ordinances? ___________________________
If not, what variances/waivers are requested? _____________________________________________
Reasons Why __________________________________________________________________________________________
H. Was TR-55, June 1986, utilized in determining the time of concentration? _____________________________________________
I. What hydrologic method was used in the stormwater computations? _____________________________________________
J. Is a hydraulic routing through the stormwater control structure submitted? _____________________________________________
K. Is a construction schedule or staging attached? _____________________________________________
L. Is a recommended maintenance program attached? _____________________________________________
9. Erosion and Sediment Pollution Control (E&S):
A. Has the stormwater management and E&S plan, supporting documentation and narrative been submitted to the Berks County Conservation District? __________________________
B. Total area of earth disturbance _____________________________________________ S.F.
10. Wetlands.
A. Have the wetlands been delineated by someone trained in wetland delineation? _____________________________________________
B. Have the wetland lines been verified by a state or federal permitting authority? _____________________________________________
C. Have the wetland lines been surveyed? _____________________________________________
D. Total acreage of wetland within the property _____________________________________________
E. Total acreage of wetland disturbed _____________________________________________
F. Supporting documentation _____________________________________________
11. Filing
A. Has the required fee been submitted? _____________________________________________
Amount _____________________________________________
B. Has the proposed schedule of construction inspection to be performed by the applicant’s engineer been submitted? _____________________________________________
C. Name of individual who will be making the inspections _____________________________________________
D. General comments about stormwater management at the development __________________________________________________________________________________________
   CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF APPLICATION: COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
   COUNTY OF [County Name] .
On this the ________ day of ___, 20___, before me, the undersigned officer, personally appeared ______________________ who being duly sworn, according to law, deposes and says that __________________ owners of the property described in this application and that the application was made with _________________________ knowledge and/or direction and does hereby agree with the said application and to the submission of the same.
_____________________________________________ Property Owner
My Commission Expires ___________________________________20 ______
Notary Public _____________________________________________
I hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief the information and statements given above are true and correct. I make this verification subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
   SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT _____________________________________________
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(Information below this line to be completed by the municipality)
_____________________________________________ (Name of Municipality) official submission receipt:
Date complete application received _____________________________________________
Plan Number _____________________________________________
Fees _____________________________________________
date fees paid _____________________________________________
received by _____________________________________________
Official submission receipt date _____________________________________________
Received by _____________________________________________
Municipality