Section 10707 - Application for tentative approval of planned residential developmentIn order to provide an expeditious method for processing a development plan for a planned residential development under the provisions adopted pursuant to the powers granted herein, and to avoid the delay and uncertainty which would arise if it were necessary to secure approval, by a multiplicity of local procedures, of a plat of subdivision as well as approval of a change in the zoning regulations otherwise applicable to the property, it is hereby declared to be in the public interest that all procedures with respect to the approval or disapproval of a development plan for a planned residential development and the continuing administration thereof shall be consistent with the following provisions:
(1) An application for tentative approval of the development plan for a planned residential development shall be filed by or on behalf of the landowner.(2) The application for tentative approval shall be filed by the landowner in such form, upon the payment of such a reasonable fee and with such officials of the municipality as shall be designated in the provisions adopted pursuant to this article.(3) All planning, zoning and subdivision matters relating to the platting, use and development of the planned residential development and subsequent modifications of the regulations relating thereto, to the extent such modification is vested in the municipality, shall be determined and established by the governing body or the planning agency.(4) The provisions shall require only such information in the application as is reasonably necessary to disclose to the governing body or the planning agency: (i) the location, size and topography of the site and the nature of the landowner's interest in the land proposed to be developed;(ii) the density of land use to be allocated to parts of the site to be developed;(iii) the location and size of the common open space and the form of organization proposed to own and maintain the common open space;(iv) the use and the approximate height, bulk and location of buildings and other structures;(v) the feasibility of proposals for water supply and the disposition of sanitary waste and storm water;(vi) the substance of covenants, grants of easements or other restrictions proposed to be imposed upon the use of the land, buildings and structures including proposed easements or grants for public utilities;(vii) the provisions for parking of vehicles and the location and width of proposed streets and public ways;(viii) the required modifications in the municipal land use regulations otherwise applicable to the subject property;(viii.1) the feasibility of proposals for energy conservation and the effective utilization of renewable energy sources; and(ix) in the case of development plans which call for development over a period of years, a schedule showing the proposed times within which applications for final approval of all sections of the planned residential development are intended to be filed and this schedule must be updated annually, on the anniversary of its approval, until the development is completed and accepted.(5) The application for tentative approval of a planned residential development shall include a written statement by the landowner setting forth the reasons why, in his opinion, a planned residential development would be in the public interest and would be consistent with the comprehensive plan for the development of the municipality.(6) The application for and tentative and final approval of a development plan for a planned residential development prescribed in this article shall be in lieu of all other procedures or approvals, otherwise required pursuant to Articles V and VI of this act.1968, July 31, P.L. 805, No. 247, art. VII, § 707. Amended 1982, June 23, P.L. 613, No. 173, § 7, effective in 60 days. Reenacted and amended 1988, Dec. 21, P.L. 1329, No. 170, § 72, effective in 60 days.