The following improvements shall be provided by the developer at his or her expense.
(A) Street grading.
(1) All streets, existing and proposed, including those to be dedicated and those not to be dedicated, shall be graded at full right-of-way width in accordance with borough regulations.
(2) Planting strips within street rights-of-way shall be graded, properly prepared, and seeded or sodded with lawn grass.
(3) Where wet conditions are encountered, the Borough Council may require underdrains, removal of soft and yielding soil and placement of geotextile.
(B) Cartway paving. All streets, existing and proposed, including those to be dedicated and those not to be dedicated, shall be paved to full cartway width in accordance with the borough road and street ordinance, Ord. 54, as amended.
(C) Curbs. Vertical curbs shall be installed along both sides of all existing and proposed streets within and abutting the subdivision or land development in accordance with borough specifications.
(D) Sidewalks.
(1) Sidewalks with a minimum width of four feet and meeting requirements of applicable borough regulations shall be installed on both sides of all existing and proposed streets within and abutting the subdivision or land development.
(2) Sidewalks shall be provided along all parking areas in apartment, townhouse, commercial, industrial and office land developments.
(E) Storm drainage. Storm sewers and related facilities shall be installed consistent with acceptable design principles and the standards contained in the borough stormwater management ordinance.
(F) Sanitary sewage disposal.
(1) Sanitary sewage disposal systems shall be provided consistent with the requirements contained in § 153.120.
(2) Whenever individual on-site sanitary sewage disposal systems are utilized, the developer shall either install such facilities or shall require (by deed restriction or otherwise) as a condition of the sale of each lot or parcel within the subdivision that such facilities shall be installed by the purchaser of such lot or parcel at the time that a principal building is constructed.
(3) If individual on-site systems are not used, the developer shall provide a community or public sanitary sewage disposal system. The design and installation of all systems shall be subject to the approval of the borough and the applicable public agencies. A community sewage disposal system shall be subject to satisfactory provisions for the maintenance thereof.
(G) Water supply.
(1) Water supply system(s) shall be provided consistent with the requirements of § 153.121.
(2) Where the developer proposes that on-site water supply systems shall be utilized within the subdivision, the developer shall either install such facilities or shall require (by deed restriction or otherwise) as a condition of the sale of each lot or parcel that the facilities shall be installed by the purchaser of such lot or parcel at the time that a principal building is constructed.
(3) The design and installation of public and community water distribution systems shall be subject to the approval of the borough and the applicable public agencies or private companies. The water shall be supplied by a certified public utility, a bona fide cooperative association of lot owners or by a municipal corporation, authority or utility. A copy of a certificate of public convenience from the State Public Utility Commission or an application for such certificate, a cooperative agreement or a commitment or agreement to serve the area in question, whichever is appropriate, shall be acceptable evidence. A community water distribution system shall be subject to satisfactory provisions for the maintenance thereof.
(H) Fire hydrants. Fire hydrants shall be installed in all subdivisions and land developments containing public or community water supply systems. The location, number and separation of hydrants shall be approved by the borough and fire company in accordance with the guidelines of the Insurance Services Office. The maximum distance between fire hydrants shall be 600 feet.
(I) Monuments.
(1) Permanent stone or concrete monuments shall be accurately placed at changes in direction of lines in the boundary of the property and at all lot corners.
(2) All streets shall be monumented on the right-of-way line or the five feet range line on one side of the street at the following locations:
(a) At least one monument at each street intersection;
(b) At changes in direction of street lines;
(c) At each end of each curved street line;
(d) At intermediate points wherever topographical or other conditions make it impossible to site between two otherwise required monuments; and
(e) At such other places along the line of streets as may be determined by the Borough Council to be necessary so that any street may be readily defined in the future.
(3) All monuments shall be placed so that the center of the monument coincides exactly with the point of intersection of the lines being monumented.
(4) Monuments shall be set with their top level at the finished grade of surrounding ground, except that where monuments are located beneath a sidewalk, access shall be provided for their use.
(5) Lot corner monuments shall be set at all lot corners prior to the sale of the lot.
(J) Street lights. In accordance with the conditions to be agreed upon by the developer, the borough and the appropriate public utility, street lights shall be installed in all subdivisions and land developments.
(K) Erosion and sediment control measures. Installations necessary to implement the erosion and sediment control plan shall be made on the tract by the developer as required improvements.
(L) Shade trees. Deciduous hardwood trees of a species approved by the borough having a minimum caliper of two to two and one-half inches shall be provided. The trees are to be placed outside the street right-of-way at a maximum distance of 50 feet between trees. Conditions of placement and inspection shall be specified by the borough. In addition, the developer shall preserve existing shade trees within the tract when feasible.
(M) Solid waste management. The developer shall provide a solid waste management plan for apartment, townhouse, commercial, office and industrial developments.
(N) Traffic-control devices. The traffic-control devices shown on the approved plan, including such items as traffic light standards, stop signs, speed limit signs, street name signs and signs restricting parking, shall be installed as required by the Borough Council.
(O) Rock removal. Provision shall be made for rock removal in the subdivision improvements agreement and guarantee.
(P) Backfilling. Utility excavations in areas of streets, access drives, parking areas and loading areas shall be backfilled in accordance with the following standards.
(1) Backfilling shall be done as promptly as possible.
(2) The trench shall be filled with hand-placed stone acceptable to the borough to a height of at least one foot above the top of the conduit, pipe or pipe bell.
(3) The remainder of the trench shall be backfilled with 2-A aggregate and promptly compacted. The backfill material shall be mechanically tamped in approximately six-inch layers.
(4) Where excavations are made behind the curb line, work shall be protected as required in these specifications and the opening covered with good topsoil to a depth of six inches and seeded or sodded to the satisfaction of the borough.
(5) Whenever the trenches have not been properly filled or if settlement occurs, they shall be refilled, compacted, smoothed off and made to conform to the surface of the ground.
(6) Frozen material shall not be used for backfill, nor shall any backfilling be done when materials in the trench are frozen.
(Q) Parking and loading area paving.
(1) All access drives and parking and loading areas for apartment, townhouse, commercial, office and industrial land developments shall be constructed of a minimum of six inches of 2A subbase material, six inches bituminous concrete base course, one and one-half inches ID-2 binder course, and one inch ID-2 wearing course.
(2) Alternate cross-sections may be permitted at the discretion of the Borough Council.
(3) All construction shall conform to PennDOT Publication No. 408, latest edition.
(S) Driveways. Driveways shall be paved in accordance with this chapter and the borough curb, sidewalk and driveway entrance ordinance, Ord. 55, as amended.
(Ord. 1-2006, passed 5-8-2006)