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Lower Makefield Township
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XVII

Ownership and Maintenance of Open Lands

§ 200-74 Ownership.

[Amended 8-2-2023 by Ord. No. 440]
A. 
Open lands include the following:
(1) 
Resource-protected lands, including farmland which is part of a farmland preservation conditional use development.
(2) 
Open space as defined in § 200-7.
B. 
Open lands shall be owned and/or maintained by any one of the following entities, provided that there shall be no building, development or use of open lands, except as is consistent with the recorded plans and with the purposes of providing for open lands for recreation, conservation and the aesthetic satisfaction of the residents and/or general public:
(1) 
The Township of Lower Makefield;
(2) 
A property owners' association;
(3) 
The Farmland Preservation Corporation of Lower Makefield;
(4) 
A conservancy or land trust;
(5) 
The owner of a nonresidential development or multifamily development created pursuant to an approved subdivision or land development plan;
(6) 
An individual property owner with preserved open space subject to a recorded declaration of restrictions and/or conservation easement as approved by the Township.

§ 200-75 Plan requirements.

All open lands shall be shown on preliminary, final and record plans in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 178, Subdivision and Land Development.

§ 200-76 Methods of conveyance.

All open lands, shown on the final development plan, as filed with the Township of Lower Makefield and subsequently recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Bucks County, must be conveyed in accordance with the methods stated in the subdivision and land development plan. The recorded plan and the deeds must indicate that there shall be no building, development or use, except as is consistent with the purposes of providing for open lands for recreation, conservation and the aesthetic satisfaction of the residents of the Township and/or general public.

§ 200-77 Open lands maintenance.

A. 
All open lands shall be kept free of litter and debris. No open lands shall be used for the dumping of waste.
B. 
Where grass mowing is required it shall be in accordance with Chapter 84, Brush, Grass and Weeds.
C. 
All maintenance of plants and trees and all pruning shall be done in accordance with the requirements of the landscape maintenance provisions of Chapter 178, Subdivision and Land Development.