Article 1363
CONDITIONS OF ACCEPTANCE

Sections:

1363.01  Conditions of acceptance within the city limits.

1363.02  Acceptance by council.

1363.03  Conditions of acceptance outside the city limits.

1363.01 Conditions of acceptance within the city limits.

Every acceptance of public improvements by city council, as shown on any approved final plat, shall be subject to the following conditions:

(A) The final plat for the subdivision on which the public improvement is to be accepted shall have been approved by the planning commission and council, or on appeal, the Court of Quarter Sessions of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and duly recorded in the office of recorder of deeds of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, in accordance with the Act of Assembly requiring the recording.

(B) The public improvement shall have been offered for dedication to council, which deed for dedication shall have been approved as to legal form and adequacy by the city solicitor, together with a fee of $10.00 to cover any legal or engineering expense incurred by council in the preparation of documents for inspection of or approval of any public improvement.

(C) Any bridge, culvert, viaduct or railroad crossing shall have been approved, where required by Act 247 (The Municipalities Planning Code) or the Third Class City Code, by the appropriate state agency or in accordance with any other controlling Pennsylvania Act of Assembly.

(D) All improvement construction requirements required by the requirements of the land subdivision regulations and other improvements, where specified by council before final approval of the final plat, shall have been installed in accordance with the standards and specifications of the city and have been certified as such by the city engineer, or a proper completion guarantee to cover all the improvements shall have been accepted by the city council or other suitable arrangements for the installation of the improvements have been accepted by the city council in accordance with Act 247 (The Municipalities Planning Code).

(E) The owner shall agree in writing that all utilities to be installed will be installed before paving any street or before constructing any curb or sidewalk, or if these utilities have been installed, they were either installed before the paving of any street or construction of any curb or sidewalk, or if installed afterwards, the contractor or engineer responsible for the improvement shall certify in writing that the replaced base, grading and surface of the street are in accordance with the standards and specifications of the city. (Ord. 2624, 1965)

1363.02 Acceptance by council.

The city shall not have any responsibility with respect to any street or other improvement, notwithstanding the use of the same by the public, unless the street or other improvement shall have been accepted by ordinance of the city council. (Ord. 2624, 1965)

1363.03 Conditions of acceptance outside the city limits.

Every acceptance of public improvements by the legislative body in which the subdivision is located as shown on any approved final plat shall be subject to the conditions of the municipal code governing the municipality and those conditions established by the legislative body of that municipality. (Ord. 2624, 1965)