A. At the time any application, petition or request is filed by any person, partnership, association or corporation for the approval of the construction, opening or dedicating of any proposed road or street, the Township shall be assured that said proposed street or road shall be satisfactorily completed and said assurance-shall be governed by the provisions of Section 509 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.
B. Any person, partnership, association or corporation making any application or request for the approval of the construction, opening or dedication of any proposed road, shall bear all costs of inspection of such roads and any drainage facilities connected therewith, all engineering costs, all costs of survey, and all other expenses and costs incidental to construction, approval and dedication of such street or road for public use, including legal fees.
C. Proposed streets shall conform to such county and state street and highway plans as have been prepared, adopted and filed as prescribed by law.
D. If lots resulting from the original subdivision are large enough to permit resubdivision, or if a portion of the tract is not subdivided, adequate street right-of-way to permit further subdivision shall be provided.
E. Dead-end streets shall be prohibited, except as cul-de-sacs and where permitted at the discretion of the Board of Supervisors as stub streets within mobile home parks.
**Webmasters Note: The previous section has been amended as per Ord. No. 95-175.
F. Private streets will be permitted only in the Residential Development (RD) District and within mobile home parks. No private streets shall be permitted except by express consent of the Township, in which case the private streets are to be designed and constructed to meet all requirements of public street standards and the recorded plan and other recorded documents shall disclose the parties or persons responsible for the cleaning, maintaining, improving and repairing of said private streets.
**Webmasters Note: The previous section has been amended as per Ord. No. 95-175.
G. New half or partial streets shall be prohibited, except where essential to reasonable subdivision or land development of a tract in conformance with the other requirements and standards of these regulations and where, in addition, satisfactory assurance for dedication of the remaining part of the street is secured by escrow funds or surety bonds that said construction will be completed.
H. Wherever a tract to be subdivided or developed borders on an existing half or. partial street, the other part of the street shall be platted within such tract.
I. Any applicant whose property encroaches within the legal right-of-way of a State highway is required to obtain a highway occupancy permit from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
J. Streets shall be logically related to topography so as to produce reasonable grades, satisfactory drainage and suitable building sites. Streets shall be so arranged as to be generally parallel to, rather than cross, contour lines, as well as to prevent the necessity for excessive cut and fill. Streets shall be laid out to avoid hazardous areas such as floodplains, steep slopes and other hazardous natural features.
A. Classification: Existing streets are classified on the Comprehensive Plan Map. Unclassified streets shall be classified according to their function, at the request of the applicant during plan review.
B. Standards
1 The following chart is a guide to the dimensional standards for the various classifications of existing streets.
Minimum Dimensions
As required by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
As required by the Solebury Township Board of Supervisors.
2. The cartway and right-of-way widths in this Article are minimum requirements. If it is determined by the Township during the course of review that in order to prevent an increase in traffic congestion, to provide safety from fire and unsafe turning movements additional widths of right-of-way and/or cartway may be required along the frontage of the proposed development.
A. Purpose
The purpose of these provisions is to establish appropriate standards for the design of streets in residential subdivisions that will
(1) promote the safety and convenience of vehicular traffic,
(2) protect the safety of residents,
(3) minimize the long term costs for the maintenance and repair of streets,
(4) minimize crime in residential areas,
(5) protect the residential qualities of neighborhoods by limiting traffic volume, traffic speed, noise and fumes,
(6) encourage the efficient use of land,
(7) minimize the cost of street construction, and
(8) minimize the construction of impervious surfaces.
B. Street Hierarchy
The intent of this section is to create an integrated residential street system by setting varying street standards within which the designer may design a residential subdivision or land development. The street hierarchy is related to Average Daily Traffic (ADT) levels, lot frontage and the need for on street parking. The following hierarchy is hereby established.
