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Southampton Township
City Zoning Code

12-4.5 Capital

improvements.

[Amended 2-20-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-01]
a. 
Water supply. Where available, in the discretion of the Land Development Board in order to promote the public health, safety and welfare in potable water and safe water supply, all developments approved after the effective date of this chapter shall use public water in lieu of individual wells. If individual wells are used, they shall be a minimum of 100 feet in depth (unless the well penetrates an impermeable clay aquiclude, in which case the well shall be drilled and cased to at least 50 feet) and designed and installed in accordance with the standards of the Township, County or State agency having jurisdiction.
b. 
Public sewer. The following standards shall apply with regard to public sewer to promote compliance with the following criteria: to regulate growth such that development occurs on lands suitable for development based on analysis of the natural resource inventory and considering the cumulative impact on developable lands as a result of construction; to encourage the desired growth and densities only in areas where the Master Plan anticipates development and the growth of services to service said development.
1. 
Unless otherwise permitted by this chapter, no extension of the public sewer system will be permitted outside the designated sewer service area as depicted on the Wastewater Management Plan for Southampton Township.
2. 
Any increase in available public sewer capacity obtained or achieved after the effective date of this chapter shall be allocated as follows:
(a) 
Residential development: 60%.
(b) 
Nonresidential development: 40%.
3. 
At the time of approval of any development proposed to utilize public sewer, the Township Administrator, or designee, in conjunction with calculations to be supplied by the Township Engineer and department head of the Sewer Treatment Plant, shall provide to the approving authority an estimate of the then-remaining sewer capacity and the effect of approval of the development on the limitations established above.