These regulations are adopted for the following purposes:
A. To protect and provide for the public health, safety and general welfare of Springfield Township.
B. To guide the future growth and development of Springfield Township, in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan and Act 537 Sewage Facilities Plan of Springfield Township.
C. To provide for adequate light, air, privacy; to secure safety from fire, flood and other danger; and to prevent overcrowding of the land and undue congestion of population.
D. To protect the character and social and economic stability of Springfield Township and to encourage the orderly and beneficial development of Springfield Township.
E. To protect and conserve the value of land throughout Springfield Township and the value of buildings and improvements upon the land and to minimize the conflicts among the uses of land and buildings.
F. To guide public and private policy and action in order to provide adequate and efficient transportation, water supply, sewerage, stormwater management, schools, parks, playgrounds, recreation, and other public requirements and facilities.
G. To provide the most beneficial relationship between the uses of land and buildings and the circulation of traffic within Springfield Township having particular regard to the avoidance of congestion in the streets and highways, and the pedestrian traffic movements appropriate to the various uses of land and buildings, and to provide for the proper location and width of streets and building lines.
H. To establish reasonable standards of design and procedures for subdivision and re-subdivisions, in order to further the orderly layout and use of land; and to insure proper legal descriptions and monumenting of subdivided land.
I. To insure that public facilities are available and will have a sufficient capacity to serve the proposed subdivision.
J. To prevent the pollution of air, streams, lakes and ponds; to assure the adequacy of drainage facilities; to safeguard the water table; and to encourage the wise use and management of natural resources in order to preserve the community and value of the land.
K. To manage stormwater in a manner consistent with Springfield Township Stormwater Management Ordinance and Tohickon Creek Watershed and Delaware River (North) Watershed (Act 167) Stormwater Management Plans.
L. To regulate the subdivision and/or development of land within any designated floodplain district in order to promote the general health, welfare and safety of the community.
M. To require that each subdivision lot in flood-prone areas include a safe building site with adequate access; and that public facilities which serve such uses be designed and installed to minimize flood damage.
N. To protect individuals from buying lands which are unsuitable for use because of flooding by prohibiting the improper subdivision and/or development of lands within the designated floodplain districts; and which are unsuitable for use because of topography, wetlands, steep slopes, and other environmental features.
O. To preserve the natural beauty and topography of Springfield Township and to ensure appropriate development with regard to these natural features.
P. To provide for open spaces through efficient design and layout of the land.
(Ord. 163, passed 2-28-2012, § 102)