§ 265-5.5. Minor plans., Article 5. Information to be Included on or With Plans, Chapter 265. Subdivision and Land Development, Part III. Land Use Legislation, Code of Ordinances, East Hempfield

Plan information. The following information shall be provided on the sheet(s) to be recorded:

(1)

Location and identification.

(a)

The project name.

(b)

The name and address of the landowner(s) of the subject tract (or an authorized agent), the developer and the individual and/or firm that prepared the plan.

(c)

The file or project number assigned by the individual and/or firm that prepared the plan, the plan date, and the date(s) of all plan revisions.

(d)

A North arrow, a graphic scale and a written scale.

(e)

A location map, drawn to a scale of a minimum of one inch equals 2,000 feet relating the subdivision and/or land development to at least two intersections of street centerlines.

(f)

If the subject tract is located within 200 feet of a Township or zoning district boundary line(s), the location of such boundary shall be shown and labeled accordingly.

(g)

The entire subject tract boundary with bearings and distances. [If a landowner is to retain a single lot with a lot area in excess of 10 acres, the boundary of that lot may be identified as a deed plotting and may be drawn at any legible scale; if the remaining lot has a lot area of 10 or fewer acres, it must be described to the accuracy requirements of this chapter.]

(h)

The source of title (including the deed, lot and plan of record number) to the subject tract.

(i)

The (tax) parcel identification number(s) for the subject tract.

(j)

In the case of a plan for which the subject tract is enrolled in the Clean and Green preferential assessment program, the inclusion of the following plan note:

NOTICE: According to County records, the subject tract may be subject to the Pennsylvania Farmland and Forest Land Assessment Act of 1974, (a.k.a. the Clean and Green Act), Act 319 of 1974, P.L. 973; 72 P.S. § 5490.1, as amended, and as further amended by Act 156 of 1998, as amended. These acts provide for preferential property tax assessment and treatment. It is the landowner's responsibility to be aware of the laws, rules and regulations applicable to his or her property, including the provision that: (a) preferential property tax assessment and treatment will remain in effect continuously until the landowner changes the agricultural use from the approved category, or if a transfer, split-off or separation of the subject tract occurs; (b) if a change in use occurs, or if a conveyance, transfer, separation, split-off or subdivision of the subject tract occurs, the landowner will be responsible for notifying the County Assessor within 30 days; (c) the payment of roll-back tax, plus interest, for the period of enrollment, or a period not to exceed seven years, whichever is less, may be required; (d) if the landowner fails to notify the County Assessor within the thirty-day period, prior to the land conveyance, the landowner may be subject to a $100 civil penalty; (e) if the landowner fails to pay the roll-back tax, a municipal lien could be placed on the property under existing delinquent tax law.

(k)

Tie bars indicating lots to be joined-in-common on lot consolidation plans and lot add-on plans.

(l)

A list of all prior actions taken by the Township with regard to the subject tract including, but not limited to, the Township's Code Enforcement, Planning, and Zoning personnel; Zoning Hearing Board; and Board of Supervisors.

(2)

Existing features. To the extent required for the specific type of minor plan, the following information shall be provided:

(a)

The names of all immediately adjacent landowners and the names and plan book record numbers of all previously recorded plans for adjacent projects.

(b)

The location and elevation of the benchmark and a notation indicating the datum used.

(c)

Existing contours at a minimum vertical interval of two feet for land with slope of 15% or less and at a minimum vertical interval of five feet for more steeply sloping land. Contours plotted from the United States Geodetic Survey will not be accepted. Lancaster County Geographic Information System (GIS) topography will not be accepted in areas where improvements are proposed but could be used beginning 50 feet outside the improvement boundary.

[1]

If GIS data is utilized for any portion of the subject tract's topographic mapping, the limit of same shall be clearly delineated and a note shall be added to the plan indicating that the future planning of these portions of the subject tract shall not rely on the accuracy of the GIS data.

(d)

The following items when located within the subject tract, including, but not limited to:

[1]

The location, name and dimensions of existing rights-of-way and/or easements relating to streets, cartways, access drives, driveways or service streets.

[2]

The location and size of the following features and related rights-of-way and easements: buildings, public utilities, on-lot utilities, on-lot water supplies, on-lot sewage disposal systems and related recharge areas, and stormwater management facilities.

[3]

The location of existing rights-of-way and easements for telecommunications, electric, gas and oil transmission lines, and railroads.

[4]

In the case of a plan for which the subject tract has an Environmental Covenant executed pursuant to the Pennsylvania Uniform Environmental Covenants Act, Act No. 68 of 2007, 27 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 6501-6517 (UECA), the plan shall include the boundary limits of any contamination remaining on site. The application shall include a copy of the Environmental Covenant agreement and any required engineering and institutional controls.

(e)

Items in close proximity.

[1]

The following items when located within 200 feet of the subject tract:

[a]

The location and name of existing rights-of-way and easements relating to streets, cartways, access drives, driveways or service streets.

[b]

The location of buildings, public utilities, fire hydrants, on-lot utilities, on-lot water supplies, on-lot sewage disposal systems and related recharge areas, and stormwater management facilities including the location and size of related easements.

[c]

The location of existing rights-of-way and easements for telecommunications, electric, gas and oil transmission lines, and railroads.

[d]

The location of woodlands, habitats for endangered and threatened species, and highly erosive soils.

[2]

The above items may be depicted on the basis of Lancaster County Geographic Information System (GIS) or better mapping unless any of these items are to be continued, expanded, or altered as part of the proposed subdivision and/or land development. If so, the exact location of these items shall be shown by survey.

[3]

GIS can only be used for the above purposes if the GIS information is current and accurately depicts the above items that currently exist. If the GIS information does not accurately depict all of the above current conditions within 200 feet, the information missing from GIS must be obtained by field or aerial survey.

(3)

Additional information.

(a)

The total acreage of the entire subject tract.

(b)

Identification and disposition of existing buildings and historic features.

(c)

The location and configuration of proposed buildings, parking compounds, streets, access drives, driveways, landscaping, and all other significant facilities.

(d)

Setback lines, with distances from the street centerline or street right-of-way line (whichever requirement is applicable under the zoning regulations) and side and rear lot lines.

(e)

Existing and proposed on-site and off-site easements and rights-of-way shown on a separate plan with accurate bearings and distances. In the case of required off-site easements and rights-of-way, the applicant shall provide evidence to the Township that such off-site easements and/or rights-of-way have been secured.

(f)

A typical street cross section for each proposed street and a typical cross section for any existing street that will be improved as part of the application. Each cross section shall include the entire right-of-way width.

(g)

A note on the plan indicating the types of sewer or water facilities to be provided.

(h)

Identification of any modifications granted or denied by the Board of Supervisors, relative to the proposed application.

(i)

The zoning district and lot size and/or density requirements of the applicable zoning regulations; this information should also include the requirements of any overlay zoning districts or environmental protection ordinances of the Township that apply to the subject tract.

(j)

The total number of lots, units of occupancy, density, and proposed land use (if multiple land uses are proposed, the location of each land use shall be indicated).

(k)

The location and material of all proposed and existing permanent monuments and lot line markers, including a note that all proposed monuments and lot line markers are set or indicating when and by whom they will be set.

(l)

Lot lines, with accurate bearings and distances, and lot areas for all lots. Curve segments shall be comprised of arc, chord, bearing and distance. Along existing street rights-of-way, the description may utilize the existing deed lines or street centerlines; along all proposed street rights-of-way, the description shall be prepared to the right-of-way lines. Provide block letters and lot numbers in consecutive order.

(m)

Stormwater management plans and data designed in accordance with the East Hempfield Township Stormwater Management Ordinance.

Editor's Note: See Ch. 260, Stormwater Management.

(n)

For developments proposing common open space and/or recreation land, a plan showing the layout of the common open space and/or recreation land, including accurate bearings and distances, along with plans for any proposed improvements.

(o)

In the case of a plan which requires access to a highway under the jurisdiction of PennDOT (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation), the inclusion of the following plan note:

A highway occupancy permit is required pursuant to Section 420 of the Act of June 1, 1945 (P.L. 1242, No. 428), known as the "State Highway Law," before driveway access to a state highway is permitted. Access to the state highway shall only be as authorized by a highway occupancy permit, and the Board of Supervisors' approval of this plan in no way implies that such permit can be acquired.

(p)

Identification of any lands to be dedicated or reserved for public, semipublic or community use.

(q)

Identification of all corrections, changes, and/or amendments that are being addressed by the plan and stipulate that all other features of the previous plans, as applicable, remain unchanged.

(4)

Certificates and notifications.

(a)

Certificate, signature and seal of the surveyor to the effect that the survey is correct. ()

Editor's Note: Said appendix is included as an attachment to this chapter.

(b)

Certificate, signature and seal of the surveyor, engineer or landscape architect that prepared the plan that all other information shown on the plan is accurate. ()

Editor's Note: Said appendix is included as an attachment to this chapter.

(c)

Certificate, signature and seal of the engineer or landscape architect that prepared the stormwater management plan. ()

Editor's Note: Said appendix is included as an attachment to this chapter.

(d)

A statement, duly acknowledged before an officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds and signed by the landowner, to the effect that the subdivision or land development shown on the plan is the act and the deed of the landowner, that all those signing are all the landowners of the property shown on the survey and plan, and that they desire the same to be recorded as such. This statement shall be signed and dated on or after the last change or revision to said plan. ()

Editor's Note: Said appendix is included as an attachment to this chapter.

(e)

Certificates of the East Hempfield Township Engineer, Planning Commission, and by the Board of Supervisors. ()

Editor's Note: Said appendix is included as an attachment to this chapter.

(f)

Certificate of notification to be signed by the Lancaster County Planning Commission. ()

Editor's Note: Said appendix is included as an attachment to this chapter.

(g)

Provide a note on the plan indicating that all zoning approvals, including zoning variances, special exceptions or conditional uses, have been obtained, if applicable, and the conditions imposed. Also identify any prior subdivision and/or land development approvals that have previously been obtained for the subject tract.

(h)

Certificate of dedication of streets and other public property, if applicable. ()

Editor's Note: Said appendix is included as an attachment to this chapter.

(i)

A note to be placed on the plan indicating any area that is not to be offered for dedication, if applicable.

(j)

Any improvement that encroaches upon an electric transmission line, telecommunications line, gas pipeline, petroleum or petroleum products transmission line, fiber optic line, public sewer line, public water line, and the like located within the subject tract, shall be accompanied by a letter from the owner or lessee of such right-of-way stating any conditions on the use of the land, the minimum setback and/or right-of-way and easement lines, and the centerline of such line.

(k)

Where an agricultural, woodland, or other natural resource easement is located within the subject tract, the application shall be accompanied by a letter from the party holding the easement stating any conditions on the use of the land. This requirement may also be satisfied by submitting a copy of the recorded agreement.

(l)

Where areas are reserved for future access strip usage, provide a plan note indicating that future access strip reservations are intended to be used in the future.

(m)

When connection to an existing water and/or sanitary sewer system is proposed, written notification from the authority providing sanitary sewer and/or water service indicating that sufficient capacity to service the proposed development has been reserved shall be provided (in accordance with current authority standards).

(n)

Provide those reports required in Article 7 that apply to the subdivision and/or land development proposal.

(o)

Provide those additional reports and supplementary data that the applicant or his surveyor, engineer, and/or landscape architect relied on in order to design specific site improvements and/or structural elements. Conclusions and recommendations from these reports may, at the discretion of the Board of Supervisors, become conditions of minor plan approval. Such reports/data include but are not limited to:

[1]

Geotechnical reports (soil studies, bearing, compaction, and percolation test results and recommendations).

[2]

Bridge and culvert design calculations.

[3]

Retaining wall design calculations.

[4]

Specialized traffic devices.

[5]

Design and detail information for park, pedestrian, and recreation structures and mass transit shelters.

[6]

Specialized maintenance instructions and requirements for the above.

(p)

Any such environmental, legal, or land use documents or reports that have an effect on the use of the land including, but not limited to, water and sanitary sewer approvals, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Inventory and geotechnical investigations as may be required as part of the stormwater management plan.

Editor's Note: Said appendix is included as an attachment to this chapter.