A. Application criteria and the subdivision and land development review process.
Applications for development within the Turnpike Interchange Overlay District shall include mandatory submission of a sketch plan (also referred to as a "master plan") and accompanying support data for the affected tract, or any portion thereof, then proposed for development. Information submitted shall include:
(1) Master plan. The master plan shall be drawn at the scale required by the Township's Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance for the submission of a preliminary plan. In addition, the submission shall contain in plan and textual format the following:
(a) The location and type of land use proposed within the tract and the total building area being proposed, represented by total square footage of buildings and approximate location of residential units.
(b) The general vehicular and nonvehicular circulation pattern for the entire tract, including points of access to the tract and the location, dimensions, and right-of-way of the major road networks that will service the tract.
(c) The source of and general methods by which public water service and public sewer service shall be supplied and provided to the development.
(d) A chart or other tabulation demonstrating compliance with the applicable development standards of the Turnpike Interchange Overlay District.
(2) Accompanying data. The following documentation shall accompany the plan and be made part of the application:
(a) An environmental impact study containing all components required by the applicable sections of the East Whiteland Township Code and a fiscal impact study.
(b) Conceptual renderings depicting potential building facades.
(c) A narrative generally describing proposed covenants, restrictions and development standards for the property proposed for development.
(d) A narrative description of existing zoning and land uses on and adjacent to the tract.
(e) A narrative description of the tract's natural and man-made features and any restrictions created thereby.
B. Procedure.
The following procedure shall apply to the review of applications for development in the Turnpike Interchange Overlay District:
(1) Master plan. The master plan shall be submitted to the Township, reviewed by the Township Planning Commission, and referred to the Board of Supervisors for a decision thereon.
(a) The Board of Supervisors may:
[1] Grant approval of the plan as submitted.
[2] Grant approval of the plan subject to specified conditions not included in the plan as submitted.
[3] Deny approval of the plan with citation to the statute or ordinance relied upon to deny the plan.
(b) Review and decisions on the master plan shall be in the time and manner prescribed by § 508 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10508, for preliminary and final applications, except that the ninety-day period referenced within which a decision must be rendered shall be extended to 120 days.
(c) From the time an application for master plan approval is filed, and while such application is pending approval or disapproval, no change or amendment of the zoning, subdivision, or other governing ordinance shall affect the decision on such application adversely to the applicant, and the applicant shall be entitled to a decision in accordance with the provisions of the governing ordinances or plans as they stood at the time the application was filed. In addition, when a master plan has been approved, the applicant shall be entitled to preliminary approval in accordance with the terms of the master plan approval.
(2) Vested right to proceed following master plan approval. The applicant or any successor to the applicant for all or any portion of the development plan shall have a vested right to proceed according to the approved master plan and no subsequent change or amendment to the Township Zoning or Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance nor to any other governing ordinance, regulation, or plan shall be applied to affect adversely the right of the applicant or any successor to commence and complete any aspect of the approved master plan for a period of 10 years from the date of approval of the master plan.
(3) Preliminary and final plans. Following approval of the master plan by the Board of Supervisors, the applicant shall be required to submit both preliminary and final subdivision and land development plans (or at the applicants option, a combined preliminary/final subdivision and land development plan of the tract, or portion thereof, intended for development) to the Township pursuant to the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance of East Whiteland Township and the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.
