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TRUCKSVILLE
Card Club Meets
Mrs. Donald Sherry, Spring Gar-
den Street, entertained her card
club at her home on Friday night.
Prize winners were Kate Newhart,
Mary Lou Bucan and Dorothy Grif-
fiths. Others attending were: Mes-
dames Margaret Dimmick, Florence
Fudge, Dorothy Tippitt, Pearl Wil-
liams and the hostess.
Thomas Hillyer, Davis Street, at-
tended the sports car convention
held in Philadelphia recently. Mr.
Hillyesyis regional executive of the
north Gstern division.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Lewis and
family, Springfield, N. J., were
week end guests of his father, C. F.
Lewis, Orchard Street.
Carol Is Ten
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Britt, Ather-
holt Drive, entertained at a party
honoring the tenth birthday of their
daughter, Carol, on Saturday, Feb-
ruary 13. Guests were Ruth Daley,
Carole Eddy, Doris Britt, Debra
Bonnie Baird, Linda Fink,
Ann Friedman, Patti Kush, the par-
ents, and the guest of honor.
Mrs. Bessie Olsen, Terrace Ave-
nue, left Saturday to spend a month
with her daughter, Mrs. Ida Stout
and family in Buffalo.
Mrs. Arline Bessmer has returned
to her home on Harris Hill Road
from Lehman where she was guest
of Mrs. William Hagenbaugh.
Richard Dymond, Collingswood,
N. J, was guest of his brother-in-
law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
Crane, and family, Meadowerest,
last week end.
Alan Wilkinson, Atherholt Drive,
has been confined to his home sev-
eral days by illness.
Mrs. Herbert R. Williams,
Streeta entered Nesbitt Hospital on
Tues¥®; for tests and treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Case Carver-
ton Road, spent the week end with
their gn and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and . Donald Case and family,
Cicero, N. Y. They will spend this
week end with another son, James,
in Lindenhurst, N. J.
Mrs. Wayne Long, Maple Street,
is convalescing at home after being
a surgical ‘patient in Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital.
Mrs. Alan Sulyk and daughter
Deborah, Brockton, Mass, are
spending the week with Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Fitser, Staub Road. Mrs.
Sulyk is a former resident of Holly
Steet. !
Hill
Has Birthday
Ruth Anne Nixon, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Nixon, Elm
Terrace, celebrated her tenth birth-
day with a party at her home on
Saturday, February 12. Guests
were: Bonnie Baird, Debra Break-
stone Jill Chernin, Barbara Long,
Nancy” Mathers, Ruth Owens, Do-
reen Rutkin, Dorothy Summers and
the fy of honor.
Mrs. Joan Barbuto and family,
Holly Street, spent the week end
with her brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. John Brady, Wind-
Gap.
Mr. and ' Mrs.
several days recently with his
mother, Mrs. Johanna Rydzewski,
Staub Road.
Mr. and. Mrs. David Mathers,
Staub Road, entertained at dinner
Harveys Lake
“Need a New Spring Hat ?”’ Come
to the Alderson Methodist Church
tomorrow night (Feb. 26) at 7 and
make your choice. Refreshments
will be served, and delicious home |
made baked goods will be on sale!
by the W.S.CS.
The@Vorld Day of Prayer for the
Alder#@n-Noxen Charge will be held
in the Alderson Methodist Church
on Ma®h 5 at 7:30 P.M. Mrs. Theo-
dore Heness is chairman, and all
women are invited.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wagner
spent Tuesday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Garinger. It was
Mr. Garingers’ birthday.
The community wishes to extend
deepest sympathy to the families of
the late Mrs. Mabel H. Keener and
Mrs. Doris B. Kelley. Mrs. Keener
passed away on Monday and Mrs.
Kelley on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Garinger
and family of Berwyn spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Ray-
mond Garinger.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Higgins
have been ill. with virus the last
week. Their daughter and family
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Shepperson and
Peggy of Danville have been here
to attend the funeral of Mrs. Keener.
Albert and I spent Sunday ‘in
Kingston celebrating our grand-
daughter Brendas’ second birthday,
with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Orin
Beckengyn and Mrs. Sadie Becker-
man. !
The Tamily of the late Mrs. Mable
Keener wish to thank all who as-
sisted in any way during their
bereavement.
on Sunday night Mrs. Frank Math-
ers III and children Michael and
Frank IV, and Mrs. Suzane Lohn,
Carverton Road. The occasion
marked the birthday of Mr. Math-
ers.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dewitt and
family, Wilmington, Del, visited
his father, Harry DeWitt, S. Pioneer
Avenue, recently.
Mrs. Frances Tuary, Harris Hill
Road, is recuperating at her home
after being a surgical patient in
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Mrs. Myrtle Stromer, Harris Hill
Road, sustained leg injuries when
she fell in the kitchen of her home
last week.
Birthday Dinner
Janet Evans, Holly Street, en-
tertained at Gus Genetti’'s Hotel on
Sunday for her mother, Mrs. Bertha
Evans, who celebrated her birthday
that day. Guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Hillard Thomas and children, Jane
Ann, Mildred and David, Vestal,
N. Y; William Strange, the host-
ess and the guest of honor, Trucks-
ville.
David Morgan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur D. Morgan, Maple
Street, observed his ninth birthday
on Saturday at his home. Games
and refreshments were enjoyed by
the group. Fifteen attended.
Idetown
The beautiful rosebud at the Sun-
day morning worship service was
in honor of Andrea Jane, new
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald A.
Anesi. At this same service Albert
Sweitzer 3rd, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Sweitzer Jr., Matthew Todd,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger White-
sell, were baptized by Rev. Winfield
Kelley. ‘In honor of the occasion
Mrs. Kenneth Calkins entertained
at ‘a family dinner. Present were
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Whitesell and
son Matthew Todd, Mr. and Mrs.
John Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Whitesell, Janet, Freddy, Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Brown, Randy Calkins.
Other callers were Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Calkins and children,
Marie Wright, Mrs. Clara McKenna
and Bess Cooke.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Laning Jr.
with Margaret and Louis III spent
where they attended a wedding.
Fernbrook
Willard Covert, Harris Street, is
a patient in Nesbitt Hospital.
Rev. Robert Sutton, Harris Street,
will be the guest speaker at the
First Welsh Church in Plymouth
next Sunday.
Andrew Opalicki, Marris Street,
has returned home after being a
patient in Nesbitt Hospital.
Rev. Andrew Derrick, pastor of
the weekend in Plymouth Valley |
the Glenview P. M. Church, has a
weekly radio broadcast “Springs of
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John Rydzewski |
and family, New York City, spent |
Living Water” over WNAK, Nanti- |
coke, 730 on the dial on Wednesday |
{morning at 7:30 A. M.
Miss Carol Sutton, a student at]
God’s Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, |
was taken ill while at school and |
returned home for some time.
There is quite a controversy |
{over East Overbrook Ave. De-|
imunds Road, Roushey Plot and |
Coalshute Hill as to the coverage by |
the ambulances and fire companies. |
Coin Cards were distributed by |
Shavertown to the many families |
last Sunday with a note saying the
Dallas Township supervisors had |
given their permission to solicit |
funds to help defray the cost of |
operations. The note went on to say |
service will be provided to all resi- |
dents from Clarence Myers's home, |
near Huntsville Dam to C. L. Tron- |
ics on Lower Demunds Road and all
homes east toward Shavertown.
Dallas is also on the way with their |
coin cards. It has been said it is up
to the individuals as to whom they
give to, but Dallas feels that the re- |
sidents live in Dallas Township and |
should give to them, while Shaver- |
town feels they are much closer and |
could respond quicker. Which ever |
Fire Company you decide to sup-
port, one or both, remember these
are all volunteers dedicated to do
their best, even if it means laying
down their own life to save some-
one’s else.
A welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Josef
Reese and family of Meadowcrest to
Demunds Road.
Little June Mary Ostrum, De-
munds Road, returned home -from
Nesbitt Hospital last week.
Mrs. Shaver, Honored
Mr. and Mrs. George Shaver, Jr.,
E. Overbrook Ave. entertained Mr.
Shaver’'s mother on her birthday
with a combined Valentine and
birthday party. The large decorated
cake was red and white with the
birthday candles.
Enjoying the party were Mary
Knorr, Wilkes-Barre, George Shaver
Sr., Trucksville, Skip, Tom and Al-
an Shaver, the guest of honor and
the host and hostess.
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP
SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP,
LUZERNE COUNTY, PENNSYL-
VANIA ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AND RESOLU-
TION OF FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP,
LUZERNE €OUNTY, PENNSYL-
VANIA, REGULATING THE SUB-
DIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT OF
LAND AND THE CONSTRUCTION,
OPENING AND DEDICATION OF
STREETS, ALLEYS ,SEWER DRAIN-
AGE, AND OTHER FACILITIES IN
CONNECTION = THEREWITH, - - IN.
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE
COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
SECTION I — SHORT TITLE
This resolution and ordinance
shall be known and may be cited
as the “ Franklin Township Sub-
division Ordinance of 1965.”
SECTION II — PURPOSE OF
ORDINANCE
The purpose of this resolution
and ordinance is to assure sites
suitable for building purposes and
human habitation and to provide
for the harmonious development of
Franklin Township and to provide
for adequate open spaces for traffic
recreation, light and air and for the
proper distribution of population,
thereby creating conditions favor-
able to the health, safety, morals |.
and general welfare of the citizens
of Franklin Township.
SECTION III — SCOPE
A. Inclusions
As used in these Regulations,
words in the singular include the
plural and those in the plural in-
clude the singular. The word “per-
son’ includes a corporation, unincor-
porated association and a partner-
ship, as well as an individual. The
word “building” inlowed by the
phrase “or part thereof.” The
word “building” includes structure
and shall be construed as if followed
by the phrase “or part thereof.”
The word “street” includes avenue,
boulevard, court, expressway, high-
way, land and road. The word
“water-course” includes channel,
creek, ditch, drain, dry run, spring
and stream. The word “may” is per=-
missive; the words ‘shall’ and
“will” are mandatory.
B. Subdivider and Subdivision De-
fined:
1. Subdivider:
“Any individual, partnership or
corporation (or agent thereof) who
undertakes to plan, lay out and/
or develop a piece, parcel or tract
of land as a residential industrial
or commercial area or community.
Inasmuch as the subdivision plan
is merely a necessary means to the
end of assuring a satisfactory de-
velopment, the term “subdivider”
is intended to include the term
“developer” even though the per-
sonnel involved in successive stages
of the project may vary. i
2. Subdivision:
The division in any period of
two years, of any part, parcel or
area of land by the owner or agent,
either by lots or by metes and
bounds, into lots or parcels, three or
Beaumont
Come on! Have a heart and give
generously when Sandra Goodwin
makes her call for the Heart Fund!
Merle Newberry, son of the Don-
ald Newberrys, remains a patient
at the General Hospital where he
would appreciate receiving cards.
Stanley Cook has purchased the
property of the late Mrs. Calla Par-
rish.
Samuel Davis
General Hospital.
Mrs. Madaline LaBarre is a pa-
tient at Hahneman Hospital, Pbil-
adelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Crispéu and
family of Bristol, spent last week-
end with: his mother, Mrs. John
Crispell.
Mrs. Norma Meeker was admitted
to Geisinger Memorial Hospital,
Danville, for tests and possible
heart surgery.
Mr. and Mrs. James Sloan and
daughter Betsy Jane of Long Island
were with the Harry Clarks for the
past weekend.
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-THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1965
more in number, for the purpose,
whether immediate or future, of
conveyance, transfer, improvement
or sale, having appurtenant roads,
streets, lanes, alleys and ways ded-
icated or intended to be dedicated
to public use or the use of pur-
chasers or owners of lots fronting
thereon.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the following types of transactions
are exempt from these Regulations:
a. Any division of land into par-
cels of two acres or, more not in-
volving '.'any new street, . even
though there be a private easement
or right-of-way.
b. Any division of property decid-
ed by court action.
c. The sale, exchange, or other
transfer of parcels between adjoin-
ing lot owners, where it does not
create additional building sites or
make existing lots of lesser with or
area than required by these Reg-
ulations,
d. Any sale or other transfer of
a parcel upon any part of which im-
provements have been made prior
to the effective date of these Reg-
ulations.
3. Board:
The Board of Supervisors of
Franklin Township.
SECTION IV — PROCEDURE
A. Preliminary Considerations
1. Regulatory: :
a. Grading - Recording Deeds - No
subdivider proposing to make or
have made a subdivision, within the
area or jurisdiction of these Reg-
ulations “shall proceed with any
grading before obtaining from the
Board the approval of the prelimin-
ary plan of the proposed subdivision,
and no deeds shall be recorded for
lots in any subdivision, before ob-
taining from the Board the ap-
provel of the final plan of the pro-
posed subdivision.
b. Access - Drainage - Geology -
No land shall be subdivided for res-
idential use (a) unless adequate
access to the land over adequate
streets or thoroughfares exists or
will be provided by the subdividers,
or (b) in case such land is con-
sidered by the Board to be unsuit-
able for such use by reason of
flooding drainage, objectionable
earth and rock formation, topogra-
phy or any other feature harmful to
the health and safety of possible
residents and the community as a
whole.
c. The design standards, required
improvements and plan require-
ments set forth in Sections V, VI
and VII of this report shall be
followed.
2. Advisory:
In order to make the most of
the opportunities related to the sub-
division and to conserve time, ef-
fort, and expense, the subdivider
: should consult with the Board and
‘other relevant public officials prior
to the preparation of the tentative
plan of the subdivision; this infor-
mal review should prevent unneces-
sary and costly revisions.
B. Applications for Approval
1. Preliminary Plan:
a. Submission - A subdivider de-
siring approval of a plan of a sub-
division of any land lying within
the jurisdiction of the Board, shall
submit a written application accom-
pained by six copies of the preli-
minary plan together with two cop
ies. of profiles, cross-sections,
percolation data, and other necess-
ary material at least ‘two weeks
prior to a regular meeting of the
Board.
b. Approval - After an application
for approval of a premliminary plan
of a subdivision has been filed, the
Board shall review the application
and shall approve the plan proposed
in the application subject to its re-
ceipt of an acceptable Final Plan,
or shall conditionally approve or
disapove the plan, setting fortl
its reasons i: #s own records and
providing the applicant with a copy.
If it be disapproved, the subdivider
shall submit a new preliminary
plan.
c. Improvements - The subdivid-
er, after the approval of the preli-
minary plan, shall secure from the
appropriate authorities, the necess-
ary permits to proceed with streets
and other improvements. Streets
shall be graded, surfaced and im-
proved as required by the Board.
Water and sewer lines (if any there
be) shall be installed to the ex-
tent that such improvements and
facilities are available to any lot
prior to the sale of such lot by the
subdivider. t
2. The Final Plan:
a. Submission - The subdivider,
upon completion of all improve-
ments required by these Regulat-
ions, shall file with the Board the
final or record plan of the .sub-
division for final approval, at least
two weeks prior to a regularly
scheduled meeting of the Board
which plan shall conform in every
respect with the requirements spec-
ified in Section IV of these Regul-
ations. Three (3) black line or blue
prints of the final or record plan
shall be submitted accompanied by
a deed to all lands to be dedicated
to the public and a certificate that
‘| the title thereof is free and unen-
cumbered.
b. Approval - The Board, after
said copy of the final plan has been
checked and provided that the final
plan is found to conform with the
preliminary plan as approved, will
approve the final plan and enter
such approval thereon in writing by
its Chairman.
1. The final or record plan of any
portion of a larger subdivision, the
preliminary plan of which has been
approved by the Board, may be sub-
mitted for final approval.
2. The approval of the final or
record plan by the Board shall not
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be deemed to constitute or effect an
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( acceptance by the public way, of the
dedication of any street or other
proposed public way, space, or area
shown on said plan.
SECTION V—DESIGN STANDARDS
The Preliminary Plan of the sub-
division shall substantially conform
to the following principles and stan-
dards of design:
A. Public Sites and Open Spaces
1. Where a proposed park, play-
ground, school, or other public use
is located in whole or in part in a
subdivision, ‘the Board may reguire
dedication “or reservation of such
area within the subdivision in those
cases in which the Board deems
such requirement to be reasonable.
Where said area is not dedicated,
it shall be reserved for acquisition
by the Township for a period of one
year.
B. Streets
1. Proposed streets shall be ad-
justed to the contour of the land so
as to produce usable lots and streets
of reasonable gradient.
2. Where appropriate, proposed
streets shall be extended to the
boundary line of the tract being
subdivided so as to eventually pro-
vide for normal circulation of traffic
within the vicinity.
3. Wherever there exists a ded-
icated or platted portion of a street
or alley along a boundary of the
tract being subdivided, the remain-
der of said street or alley to the
prescribed width shall be plotted
within the proposed subdivision,
where this would not adversely
affect the proposed subdivision.
4. The minimum right-of-way
width of streets shall be thirty-three
(33) feet. For cul-de-sac streets
with less than six (6) residential
properties fronting on them, the
pavement, where required, may be
widened to the full right-of-way in
a “T” or “Y” shaped background,
twelve (12) feet wide, with the
flared portions rounded by at least
twenty (20) feet in radii.
5. Alleys shall be provided in
commercial and industrial areas for
loading and unloading or access pur-
poses and shall be at least twenty
(20) feet in width.
6. The center lines of streets shall
intersect as nearly at right angles
as possible.
7. At intersections of streets the
property line corners shall be round-
ed by arcs with radii of not lass
than fifteen (15) feet, or by chords
of such arcs. For streets other than
residential streets, the Board may
require a larger radius.
8. Street curbs or edges of pave-
ment at street intersections shall
be rounded off concentrically with
property lines.
9. At intersections of streets and
alleys, property line corners shall
be rounded by arcs of at least twen-
ty (20) feet radii or by chords of
such arcs.
10. If the smaller angle of inter-
section of two streets is less than
sixty (60) degrees, the radius of
the arc at the intersection of prop-
erty lines shall be increased as
deemed advisable by the Board.
11. Intersections of more than
two (2) streets at one point shall
be avoided.
12. Whenever the proposed sub-
division contains or is adjacent to a
railroad, or a major highway and
particularly a “Limited Access High-
way,” provision shall be made for
a Marginal Access Street, properly
buffered by a planting strip from
sair railroad or highway, or a para-
lled street at a distance acceptable
for the appropriate use of the land
between the highway and such
street, or by a series of cul-de-sacs
or short loops entered from and
planned at right angles to such par-
allel street with the rear lines of
their terminal lots abutting the high-
aay.
13. Streets shall be so laid out
that there will ‘be unobstructed
sight distances along the center
lines thereof, measured from a point
five (5) feet above the proposed
grade line, to permit horizontal visi-
bility as follows:
a. Limited Access Highways: To
be determined by the Board but
Generally not less than six hun-
dred (600) feet.
b. Arterial Streets and Parkways:
Six hundred (600) feet.
c. Feeder and Residential Streets:
Three hundred (300) feet.
14. Vertical curvature measured
along the center line shall have a
minimum radius as follows, unless
topographic or other conditions are
such that, in the circumstances of
the particular case, the indicated
radius is not feasible and the Board
is of the opinion that a lesser radius
would adequately protect the public
interest:
a. Limited Acc ess Highways:
Eighteen Hundred (1800) feet.
b. Arterial Streets: One Thousand
(1000) feet.
¢. Parkways: Five Hundred (500)
feet.
d. Feeder Streets: Three Hundred
(300) feet.
e. Residential Streets: One Hun-
dred (100) feet.
15. Between reversed curves on
arterial streets, a tangent of not less
than two hundred (200) feet shall
be provided, and on feeder and res-
idential streets such a tangent shall
be not less than one hundred (100)
feet.
16. Maximum Grades:
a. Arterial Streets - preferably
five (5) per cent but not greater
than six (6) per cent,
b. Feeder Streets: - not greater
than eight (8) per cent,
c. Residential Streets - not great-
er than twelve (12) per cent. In
exceptional circumstances, sixteen
(16) per cent may be permitted, at
the discretion of the Board for short
distances on straight roads,
17, Minimum Grade: a...
approximately
straight streets and on radial lines
jon curved streets.
| from this rule is permissible, but
pointed or very irregular lots shall
be avoided.
The minimum grade of any street
gutter shall not be less than five-
tenths (0.5) of one (1) per cent.
C. Blocks:
1. Residential blocks shall ordin-
arily not exceed twelve hundred
(1200) feet in length and commer-
cial blocks, six hundred (600) feet,
except for unit shopping centers.
2. Blocks shall be of sufficient
width to permit two tiers of lots
of appropriate depth except where
an interior street parallels a Limit-
ed Access Highway or ,. Arterial
Street, or except where it backs up
to a railroad, creek, or other natural
barrier, or unsubdivided area.
3. Feeder or Minor Streets inter-
secting an Arterial Street and par-
ticularly a major highway shall have
a minimum distance of seven hun-
dred fifty (750) feet between center
lines, and the angle of intersection
shall not be less than seventy (70)
degrees, or greater than one hun-
dred ten (110) degrees.
D. Lots:
1. All lots shall abut either —
a. A public ‘street, or
b. A private street or lane in
which case the owner of each such
lot shall have unlimited right of
access (either solely or in common
with others) to each such lot over
the private street or lane.
2. Side lines of lots shall be at
right angles to
Some variation
3. Double frontage lots shall not
be platted, except that where de-
sired along Arterial Limited Access
Highways or Streets, lots may face
on an interior street, and back on
such thoroughfares.
a planting strip for a screen, at
least twenty (20) feet in width,
shall be provided along the back of
the lot.
railroad, the Board may also require
a twenty (20) foot planting screen.
In that event,
Where the lots back on a
4. Lot Width and Area for Res-
idential Lots - Within the area of
jurisdiction of these Regulations, the
widths and areas of lots shall be
not less than provided in the Zoning
Ordinance of Franklin Township for
the district in which the subdivision
is located, provided that, pending
such establishments of lot size re-
quirements, the following minimum
lot widths and areas shall apply:
a. In no case shall the width of
the lot at the building setback line
be less than one hundred (100) feet,
nor the area of the lot be less than
twenty thousand
feet.
100 x 200 feet).
(20,000) square
(i.e. Lots shall be minimum
b. Regardless of any other pro-
vision of these Regulations, the fol-
lowing lot width and area require-
ments shall apply in the following
circumstances;
(1) In subdivisions provided with
a public water supply system, but
not a sanitary sewer system: width
at building setback line - minimum
one hundred (100) feet: area-twen-
ty thousand (20,000) square feet.
(2) In subdivisions provided with
neither a sanitary sewer system nor
a public water supply system; width
at building setback line - minimum
one hundred (100) feet; area —
twenty thousand (20,000) square
feet, subject to the approval of the
State Health Department based on
percolation tests.
5. The depth-to-width ratio of the
usable area of a lot shall ordinarily
be at a minimum of 2.0 to 1.0.
6. Corner residential lots shall be
wider than interior lots to permit
appropriate
from both streets, except where lots
are back to back.
and equal setbacks
7. Area subject to periodic flood-
ing shall not be included as the re-
quired lot area of any lot.
8. Building shall be at least thirty
(30) feet from any street which
said lot abuts, and at least fifteen
(15) feet from side or rear lines
of such lot.
E. Easements:
Where alleys are not provided,
easements for underground or over-
head utilities shall be provided.
Such easements
mum widths of twelve (12) feet,
generally six (6) feet on both sides
of a property line.
mining the location of easements,
the plan shall be discussed with the
local public utilities to assure the
proper location of easements for
the installation of such service,
shall have mini-
Before deter-
SECTION VI—REQUIRED
IMPROVEMENTS
The final plat of the subdivision
shall conform to the following stan-
dard of improvements:
A. Streets
1. Streets shall have a base con~
forming to specifications of the
Pennsylvania Department of High-
ways for township roads.
2. Streets (and alleys where pro-
vided) shall be graded, surfaced,
and improved as required by the
Board. \
B. Sewers:
1. Within an area near a sewer
system, which is, in the judgment
of the Board, reasonably accessible
to the subdivision, the subdivider
shall provide the subdivision with
a complete sanitary sewer ‘system
to be connected to the sanitary
sewer system.
SECTION VII—PLAN
REQUIREMENTS
A. Preliminary Plan:
1. The application shall be sub-
mitted in writing for approval of
the preliminary plan and shall be
accompained by a certified check,
or money order, in the amount of.
ten dollars ($10.00) plus twenty-
five cents (25¢) for each lot in the
proposed subdivision, with a mini-
mum total charge of fifteen dollars
($15.00) to cover tthe cost of check-
ing and verifying the proposed plat,
and such amount shall be deposited
to the account of the Township.
2. The Preliminary Plan of the
subdivision shall be drawn to scale
of fifty (50) feet to one (1) inch or
one hundred (100) feet to one inch.
The Preliminary Plan shall show:
a. Proposed name of the sub-
division.
b. Names and addresses of owner
and subdivider and registered sur-
veyor or engineer who prepared the
plan.
c. Street layout, showing the
names (which, when not extensions
of existing streets, shall not dupli-
cate other names of streets in the
Township), and widths of rights-
of-way of streets, and widths of
alleys.
d. Layout of lots, showing dim-
ensions and numbers.
e. Parcels of land proposed to be
dedicated or reserved for schools,
parks, playgrounds or other public,
semi-public or community pur-
poses.
f. Legend and notes.
g. Building setback or front yard
lines.
h. Graphic scale, north point and
date.
i. A location map showing sub-
division name and location; major
existing thoroughfares related to the
subdivision, including the distance
therefrom; title, graphic scale, north
point and date,
j. Tract boundary lines, showing
dimensions, bearings, and corners.
k. Existing streets and rights-of-
way, on or adjoining the site, in-
way widths.
1. Easements - locations, widths,
and purposes.
m. Proposed utilities, including
sanitary ‘and storm sewers, other
drainage facilities; water lines; gas
mains, electric utilities and other
facilities. Size or capacity of each
should be shown and the locations
of or distance to each existing
utility indicated.
n. Existing platting of adjacent
land.
0. Areas subject to periodic flood-
ing.
p. Other features or conditions
which would affect the subdivision
favorably or adversely.
q. A description of the protective
covenants or private restrictions to
be incorporated in the deeds.
r. Site data including the number
of residential lots, typical lot size,
the acreage of the subdivision and
the acreage in proposed recreation
area,
B. Final Plan:
The final plan shall meet the fol-
lowing specifications:
1. The final plan may include all
or only a part of the preliminary
plan as proposed in the application.
2. The following basic information
shall be shown:
a. Accurate boundary lines, with
| dimensions and bearings, which pro-
vide a survey of the tract.
b. Accurate distances and direct-
ions to the nearest established
street corners of official monuments.
Reference corners shall be accurate-
ly described og the plan.
c. Accurate locations of all exist-
ing and recorded streets intersect-
ing the boundaries of the tract.
d. Street names.
e. Complete curve data for all
curves included in the plan.
f. Street lines with accurate di-
mensions in feet and hundredths of
feet.
g. Lot numbers, dimensions, and
areas.
h. Easements for utilities and any
limitations on such easements.
i. Accurate dimensions of any
property to be dedicated or reserv-
ed for public, semi-public, or com-
munity use. 4
j. Name of the subdivision.
k. Names and addresses of the
owners and subdivider.-
1. North point, graphic scale, and
date.
m. Certification by a registered
professional engineer or registered
land surveyor to the effect that
that the plot represents a survey
made by him.
n. Certificate of dedication of
streets and other public property.
o. Certificate for approval by the
Board.
p. Front yard setback lines, the
minimum as fixed by the applicable
Zoning Ordinance, and any other
setback or street lines established
by these Regulations and those spec-
ified in the deed restrictions.
SECTION VIII — MODIFICATIONS
AND EXCEPTIONS
A. The general principles of de-
sign and the minimum requirements
for the laying out of subdivisions,
stipulated in Section IV of these
Regulations, may be varied by the
Board in the case of a subdivision
large enough to constitute a more
or less self-contained neighborhood
to be developed in accordance with
a comprehensive plan safeguarded
by appropriate restrictions, which in
the judgment of the Board, has
made adequate provision for all es-
sential community requirements.
B. In the case of a small sub-
division of minor importance situat-
ed in a locality where conditions are
well defined, the Board may exempt
the subdivider from complying with
some of the requirements stipulated
in Section VII pertaining to, the
preparation of the preliminary plan.
C. In any particular ‘case where
the subdivider or his engineer can
show by plan written statement
that, by reason of exceptional top
ographic or other physical condit~
jons, strict compliance with any re-
quirements of these Regulations
would cause practical difficulty or
exceptional and undue hardship, the
Board may relax such requirements
‘to the extent deemed just and prop-
cluding dedicated widths and road- |
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or hardship; provided such relief
may be granted without detriment
to the public good and without im-
pairing the intent and purpose of
these Regulations or the desirable
general development of the neigh-
borhood and the community in ace-
ordance with any adopted long-
range plan. Any modification thus
granted shall be entered in the
minutes of the Board setting forth
the reasons which, in the opinion
of the Board, justified the mod-
ification.
SECTION IX — DEFINITION
OF TERMS
A. For the purpose of these Reg-
ulations, words used in the present
tense include the furture tense; the
term ‘shall’ is always mandatory;
other terms or words used herein
shall be interpreted or defined as
follows:
1. Alley - A permanent service
way providing a secondary means
of access to abutting lands.
2. Block - Property bounded on
one side by a street, and the other
three sides, by a street, railroad
right-of-way, waterway, unsubdivid-
ed area, or other definite barrier.
3. Cul-de-sac (Court or Dead End
Street) - A short street having one
end open to traffic and being per-
manently terminated by a vehicle
turn-around.
4. Lot - A portion of a subdivis-
ion, or other parcel of land intend-
ed as a unit for transfer of owner=
ship or for deve.opment.
5. Plan - A map or char: indi-
cating the subdivision or resub-
division of land, intended, in its
final stage, to be filed for record.
6. Street - A right-of-way which
affords the principal means of ac-
cess to abutting property. A street
may be designated as a highway,
thoroughfare, parkway, boulevard,
road, avenue, lane, drive, place, or
| other appropriate name. A street
may also be identified according to
type of use, as follows:
a. Arterial Streets are those in-
tended for large volumes of traffic
movement. Certain Arterial streets
may be classified as Business Streets,
Parkways, and Primary or Secon-
dary Arterials, and other as Limited
Access Highways to which entrances
and exits are provided only at con-
trolled intersections with no access
to abutting properties.
b. Feeder Streets are important
streets planned to facilitate the col-
lection ‘of traffic from Minor Streets,
and to provide circulation with
neighborhood areas and convenient
ways for traffic to reach Arterial
Streets.
c. Minor Streets are those intend-
|
abutting residential properties. Cer-
tain Minor Streets may be cul-de-
sacs and others may be marginal
terial Streets, which provide access
to abutting property and ways for
I orattic to reach access points on
Arterial Streets. s
SECTION X — VALIDITY
If any section, clause, provision
or portion of these Regulations shall
be held to be invalid or uncon-
stitutional by any court of compe-
tent jurisdiction, such decision shall
not effect any other section, clause,
provision or portior of these Reg-
ulations.
SECTION XI — REVISION
AND AMENDMENT
Any amendment to this ordinance
shall be in accordance with art. VII,
§ 702, Cl. XXV added to the Second
Class Township Code by the Act of
1945 P.L. 319, renumbered Cl. XLI
| and amended 1947 P.L. 1481, 1951
| PL. 370, 1956 P.L. (1955) 2021,
| 1961 P.L. 486 and 1963 P.L. 73 (53
P.S. 65741).
SECTION XII — PENALTY
“Any person, copartnership or
corporation who or which shall sub-
divide any lot, tract or parcel of
land, lay out, construct, open or
dedicate any street, sanitary sewer,
storm sewer, or water main, for
public use or travel or for the com-
mon use of occupants of building
abutting thereon, sell any lot or:
erect any building in a subdivision
without having first complied with
the provisions hereof and the sub-
division regulations adopted here
under, shall be guilty of a misdeme-
anor, and, upon conviction thereof,
such person, or the members of such
copartnership, or the officers of such
corporation, responsible for such
violation, shall be sentenced to suff-
er imprisonment not exceeding two
years, or pay a fine not exceeding
one thousand dollars, or both, in
the discretion of the court.” Act
of 1933, May 1, P.L. 103, art XII-A,
§ 1208-A, added 1951, May 24, P.L.
370, § 16.
SECTION XIII — SUBMISSION
OF PLANS OF PROPOSED
SUBDIVISIONS TO PLANNING
COMMISSION ]
“(a) When subdivision regulat-
ions have been adopted by the town-
ship supervisors under authority
ond Class Township Code, the super-
visors, before approving plans for:
proposed subdivisions, shall refer
such plans to the planning com-
mission, if any, for its recommen-
dation. Xs
(b) If the planning commission
shall not make its recommendation
thereon within thirty (30) days
after such reference, it shall be
deemed ‘to consent thereto.”
Act of 1933, May 1, P.L. 103, art.
XX-A, § 2055, added 1953, July 13,
P. L. 404, § 1. (53 P.S. 67055).
SECTION XIV — ENACTMENT
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