All housing shall be designed with regard to the topography and natural features of the site. The effects of prevailing winds, seasonal temperatures and hours of sunlight on the physical layout and form of the proposed buildings shall be taken into account.

All housing shall be sited so as to enhance privacy and insure natural light for all principal rooms.

Variations in setbacks shall be provided where necessary to create a more pleasing layout.

Housing and other facilities near the periphery of the planned residential development shall be designed so as to be harmonious with neighboring areas.

No structure shall be within 20 feet of the right-of-way of access roads or of parking areas.

No structure shall be less than 50 feet from the property lines of the development and a planting strip of appropriate height for effective screening shall be provided along all property lines at the periphery of the development where necessary to protect the privacy of neighboring residents.

Existing trees shall be preserved wherever possible. The protection of trees shall be a factor in determining the location of open space, buildings, underground services, walks, paved areas, playgrounds, parking areas and finished grade levels.

The development shall be designed and programmed so as to minimize earthmoving, erosion, and the destruction of natural amenities.

Seeding, sodding and other planting shall be applied to stabilize topsoil on steep slopes.

Erosion control measures such as minimizing the area of exposed soil, mulching, building sites catchment basin, and planting temporary ground cover shall be instituted as necessary and as required to comply with the Pennsylvania Erosion and Sediment Control Act.

The street system shall be designed so as to relate harmoniously with land uses and adjacent streets, and to minimize through traffic in residential areas.

Collector streets and local streets shall be so designated and shall have a minimum right-of-way of 50 feet and a minimum cartway of 28 feet.

Culs-de-sac must have a paved turning circle of sufficient width to facilitate snow removal and to permit easy access for fire fighting equipment and delivery trucks. The minimum radius shall be 45 feet to the outside curb, and the maximum length from the center radius to the center line of the collector road shall be 500 feet.

All roads must comply with the specifications of the Township of Richmond as provided by resolution.

There shall be two off-street parking spaces, measuring 10 feet by 20 feet for each dwelling unit with aisles at least 20 feet wide.

There shall be one off-street parking space 10 feet by 20 feet for each 100 square feet of commercial space and for industrial development one off-street parking space 10 feet by 20 feet for each employee on a major shift.

Parking areas shall be arranged so as to prevent through traffic to other parking areas.

Parking areas shall be screened from adjacent structures, access roads and traffic arteries by hedges, dense planting, earth berms, changes in grade or walls. All parking areas shall be a minimum of 20 feet from all structures, access roads and traffic arterials.

No more than 15 parking spaces shall be permitted in a continuous row without being interrupted by approved landscaping.

No more than 60 parking spaces shall be accommodated in any single parking area.

All streets and any off-street loading area shall be surfaced with an asphaltic or Portland cement pavement.

Sidewalks shall be provided and must be at least four feet wide.

Along collector streets or in the vicinity of shopping centers, schools, recreation areas and other such facilities, sidewalks shall be at least six feet wide.

All sidewalks shall be a minimum of four inch Portland cement construction.

All parking areas shall be landscaped. The interior of each parking lot shall have one four-inch caliper shade tree for every four cars.

Shade trees shall be provided along all streets. No less than two four-inch caliper trees shall be planted for each twenty-five foot section of collector streets.

All streets and areas of high pedestrian use shall be adequately lighted.

The character, size and shape of all outdoor signs shall be in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.

Shopping areas, industrial areas and recreational facilities within a planned residential development shall be located so as not to interfere with nearby residential areas.

Refuse stations shall be designed with suitable screening and located where convenient for trash removal, and not offensive to nearby residential areas.

Adequate lighting shall be provided for outdoor areas used after dark. Appropriate lighting fixtures must be provided for walkways, to identify steps, ramps, and signs. Lighting shall be designed and located so as not to shine directly into nearby residences.

The organization is organized by the developer and operating with financial subsidization by the developer, if necessary, before the sale of any lots within the development.

Membership in the organization is mandatory for all landowners and purchasers of homes therein and their successors.

The organization shall be responsible for maintenance of and insurance and taxes on common open space.

The members of the organization shall share equitably the costs of maintaining and developing common open space, in accordance with procedures established by them.

The organization shall have or hire adequate staff to administer common facilities and maintain the common open space.

In the event that the organization established to own and maintain a common open space or any successor organization, shall at any time after establishment of the planned residential development fail to maintain the common open space in reasonable order and condition in accordance with the development plan, the Township of Richmond may serve written notice upon such organization or upon the residents and owners of the planned residential development setting forth the manner in which the organization has failed to maintain the common open space in reasonable condition, and said notice shall include a demand that such deficiencies or maintenance be cured within 30 days thereof, and shall state the date and place of a hearing thereon which shall be held within 14 days of the notice as to the deficiencies and may give an extension of time within which they shall be cured. If the deficiencies set forth in the original notice or in the modifications thereof shall not be cured within said 30 days or any extension thereof, the Township of Richmond, in order to preserve the taxable values of the properties within the planned residential development and to prevent the common open space from becoming a public nuisance, may enter upon said common open space and maintain the same for a period of one year. Said entry and maintenance shall not vest in the public any rights to use the common open space except when the same is voluntarily dedicated to the public by the residents and owners. Before the expiration of said year, the Township of Richmond shall, upon its initiative, or upon the request of the organization theretofore responsible for the maintenance of the common open space, call a public hearing upon notice to such organization, or to the residents and owners of the planned residential development, to be held by the Township of Richmond, at which hearing such organization or its residents and owners of the planned residential development shall show cause why such maintenance by the Township of Richmond shall not, at the election of the Township of Richmond, continue for a succeeding year. If the Township of Richmond shall determine that such organization is ready and able to maintain said common open space in reasonable condition, the Township of Richmond shall cease to maintain said common open space at the end of said year. If the Township of Richmond shall determine such organization is not ready to maintain said common open space in a reasonable condition, the Township of Richmond may, in its discretion, continue to maintain said common open space during the next succeeding year and subject to a similar hearing and determination in each year thereafter. The decision of the Township of Richmond in any such case shall constitute a final administrative decision subject to judicial review.

In accordance with Section 706 of the Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10706, the provisions of the development plan relating to (i) the use, bulk and location of buildings and structures, (ii) the quantity and location of common open space, and (iii) the intensity of use or the density of residential units, shall run in favor of the Township of Richmond and shall be enforceable in law or in equity by the Township of Richmond, without limitation on any powers of regulation otherwise granted the Township of Richmond by law. The development plan shall specify those of its provisions which shall run in favor of, and be enforceable by residents of the planned residential development, and, in addition, the manner in which such residents may modify or release such rights.

The location and size of the area involved, and the nature of the landowner's interest in the planned residential development.

The proposed use areas, the average gross residential density and the density of each proposed type of residential use area.

The location, function, size, ownership, and manner of maintenance of the common open space.

The use and the approximate height, bulk and location of buildings and other structures.

Information showing the feasibility of proposals for water, sanitary sewage and storm water disposition.

Utility systems.

The substance of covenants, grant of easements, or other restrictions to be imposed upon the use of land, buildings and structures including proposed grants and/or easements for public utilities.

The provision for parking of vehicles and location, rights-of-way and cartway widths of proposed streets and public ways.

In the case of plans which call for development in stages, a schedule showing the time within which applications for final approval of all parts of the planned residential development are intended to be filed, and which shall be updated annually on the anniversary of submission for final approval.

The application shall, insofar as possible, indicate compliance with the provisions set forth herein, governing the requirements for final approval.

Water Supply. If water is to be provided by means other than by private wells owned and maintained by the individual owners of lots within the planned residential development, applicants shall present evidence to the Board of Supervisors that the planned residential development is to be supplied by a certified public utility, a bona fide cooperative association of lot owners, or by a municipal corporation, authority or utility. A copy of a Certificate of Public Convenience from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission or an application for such certificate, a cooperative agreement, or a commitment or agreement to serve the area in question, which ever is appropriate, shall be acceptable evidence.

Plans at a scale of one inch equals 200 feet of existing natural features of the land including topography, vegetation, drainage and soil.

A site plan showing approximate locations of buildings, roads, parking areas at a scale of one inch equals 100 feet.

A plan at a scale of one inch equals 100 feet delineating common open space indicating size, nature of facilities, structures, if any, and uses.

A plan at a scale of one inch equals 100 feet delineating approximate locations, street types, rights-of-way and cartway widths.

Site plan illustrating phasing, including a time schedule for all on-site and off-site improvements to be dedicated for public uses.

A plan illustrating connection to existing public utilities, streets and rights-of-way accompanied by documentation as to the impact of the proposed development on said public utilities, streets and rights-of-way.

A plan illustrating the relation of the proposed planned residential development to the Township of Richmond comprehensive plan.

Grant tentative approval of the development plan as submitted;

Grant tentative approval subject to specified conditions not included in the development plan as submitted; or,

Deny tentative approval to the development plan.

In those respects in which the development plan is or is not consistent with the comprehensive plan for the development of the Township;

The extent to which the development plan departs from zoning and subdivision regulations otherwise applicable to the subject property, including but not limited to density, bulk and use, and the reasons why such departures are or are not deemed to be in the public interest;

The purpose, location and amount of the common open space in the planned residential development, the reliability of the proposals for maintenance and conservation of the common open space, and the adequacy or inadequacy of the amount and purpose of the common open space as related to the proposed density and type of residential development.

The physical design of the development plan and the manner in which said design does or does not make adequate provision for public services, provide adequate control over vehicular traffic, and further the amenities of light and air, recreation and visual enjoyment;

The relationship, beneficial or adverse, of the proposed planned residential development to the neighborhood in which it is proposed to be established; and

In the case of a development plan which proposes development over a period of years, the sufficiency of the terms and conditions intended to protect the interests of the public and of the residents of the planned residential development in the integrity of the development plan.

Drawn at a scale of one inch equals 100 feet as the tentative plan was drawn.

The final plan site map shall be drawn on tracing cloth or be transparent reproduction with black line on cloth or stable plastic base film. If the final plan site map is drawn in two or more sections, they must be numbered consecutively and accompanied by a key map showing the location of the several sections.

For all street rights-of-way and property lines within the PRD the following must be shown: accurate dimensions, bearings or deflection angles of all straight lines; error of closure may not exceed one foot in 10,000 for slopes of less than 10% or over two feet in 10,000 for slopes of 10% and over and radii, arcs and central angles of all curves.

For other rights-of-way and easements, the location, bearings, dimensions and purpose.

Survey data shall include primary control points or descriptions and ties to such control points to which all dimensions, angles, bearings and similar data on the map are referred.

Number to identify each lot and/or site.

Number of dwelling units and density by type.

Purpose for which sites other than residential lots are dedicated or reserved.

Building locations and building setback lines on all lots and other sites.

Names of record owners of adjoining unplatted land.

Reference to recorded land development plans of adjoining developed land by record name, date and number.

Notarized certification of title showing that applicant is the owner of the land, that the land development shown is his act and deed, and that it will be recorded as shown.

Certification by registered surveyor or registered professional engineer certifying to accuracy of survey and plan.

The location of all proposed monuments and street signs and the location and methods of street lighting facilities.

A location map corrected and updated from the tentative plan.

Source of title.

Provisions for approval signatures by the Township officials.

Provisions for review signatures by Township and Tioga County Planning Commissions.

Corrected and updated from the tentative plan, all detailed drawings and specifications for improvements shall be submitted.

Two copies of a center line profile and cross-section maps or diagrams of streets showing proposed grades, curbs, sanitary and storm water sewers, water lines and any other underground utilities at minimum scale of 40 feet horizontal and four feet vertical.

Two copies of deed restrictions and/or protective covenants for the development.

Water Supply. If water is to be provided by means other than by private wells owned and maintained by the individual owners of lots within the planned residential development, applicants shall present evidence to the Board of Supervisors that the planned residential development is to be supplied by a certified public utility, a bona fide cooperative association of lot owners, or by a municipal corporation, authority or utility. A copy of a Certificate of Public Convenience from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission or an application for such certificate, a cooperative agreement, or a commitment or agreement to serve the area in question, which ever is appropriate, shall be acceptable evidence.

From a registered professional engineer retained by the Township of Richmond certification that the developer has installed all improvements to the specifications of these requirements and has complied with any conditions attached to the approval of the tentative plan by the Township of Richmond; or that the developer has posted a surety performance bond or other acceptable security in amount sufficient to assure completion of all required improvements.

From state agencies, certification that method of sewage disposal and water supply have been approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources. Certification of Sediment and Erosion Control Plan bearing approval of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources.

Other certificates as may be required such as from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

An agreement that the developer will install underground utilities before paving streets and constructing sidewalks.

Refile his application for final approval without the variations objected; or

File a written request with the Board of Supervisors that it hold a public hearing on his application for final approval. If the landowner wishes to take either such alternate action, he may do so at any time within which he shall be entitled to apply for final approval, or within 30 additional days if the time for applying for final approval shall have already passed at the time when the landowner was advised that the development plan was not in substantial compliance. In the event the landowner shall fail to take either of these alternate actions within said time, he shall be deemed to have abandoned the development plan. Any such public hearing shall be held pursuant to public notice within 30 days after request for the hearing is made by the landowner, and the hearing shall be conducted in the manner prescribed in this Part for public hearings on applications for tentative approval. Within 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing, the Board of Supervisors shall by official written communication either grant final approval to the development plan or deny final approval. The grant or denial of final approval of the development plan shall, in cases arising under this section, be in the form of and contain the findings required for an application for tentative approval set forth in this chapter.