§ 395-8. Submission and review requirements.

A. 

Hereafter, subdivision and land development plans shall be reviewed by the Borough Planning Commission, the County Planning Commission and other Borough, state or county officials as necessary, and shall be approved or disapproved by the Borough Council in accordance with the procedures specified in this chapter.

B. 

For all subdivisions and land developments, except those exempted from standard procedures in § 395-14 of this chapter, a preliminary plan and a final plan shall be submitted.

C. 

Department of Environmental Protection.

(1) 

In accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Borough shall revise its official plan for sewage disposal whenever a new subdivision is proposed, unless DEP determines that the proposal is for the use of individual on-lot sewage systems serving detached single-family dwelling units in a subdivision of 10 lots or less and certain criteria set forth in the rules and regulations of DEP are met.

(2) 

An official plan revision for new land development shall be submitted to DEP in the form of a completed sewage facilities planning module provided by DEP and including all information required by DEP.

(3) 

The applicant or his agent shall complete the DEP sewage facilities planning module and submit it to the Borough for action.

(4) 

No plan revision for new land development will be considered complete unless it includes all information specified within DEP's rules and regulations.

(5) 

The Borough shall not adopt a proposed revision to the official plan, conditionally or otherwise, until it determines that the proposal complies with Chapter 450, Zoning, and this chapterand comprehensive plan. If changes to the proposed revision or the applicable plan, regulations or ordinance are necessary, the changes shall be completed prior to adoption of the revision by the Borough.

(6) 

Upon adoption of a proposed revision to the Borough's official plan, or refusal to adopt such a proposal revision, the Borough shall forward the proposed revision or statement refusing to adopt to DEP. DEP may approve or disapprove a proposed plan revision for new land development.

(7) 

The time limits for actions by Borough and county agencies and DEP are set forth in the rules and regulations of DEP.

(8) 

Applicants are advised that no subdivision or land development plan will be released for recording by the Borough until all necessary approvals of the official plan revision or requests for exceptions to the requirement to revise the official plan have been secured from the Borough and DEP. This fact and time limits for action should be considered by applicants when submitting the DEP sewage facilities planning module to the Borough.