Comprehensive PlanĪ comprehensive plan is a policy document adopted by the Board of Commissioners that establishes a variety of goals, objectives, and initiatives to be implemented to reach a desired vision for the future. For more information, please contact the Code Compliance Department. For example, when an individual desires to construct a small office building or home, a building permit must be obtained from the Township to allow the construction to proceed legally. Building PermitĪ building permit is the permission granted by a local government to build a specific structure or reconfigure an existing building at a particular site.

Codified OrdinanceĪ Codified Ordinance is simply the collection and organization of all Township adopted ordinances of a general and permanent nature into a numbered and organized document that is easy-to-read, search and easy-to-access. For additional information, visit the public works department portion of the website, under Stormwater Management. BMPs include but are not limited to infiltration, filter strips, low impact design, bio retention, wet ponds, permeable paving, vegetative swales, forested buffers, sand filters, and detention basins. Best Management Practicesīest management practices, commonly referred to as BMPs, are activities, facilities, designs, control measures or procedures used to manage stormwater impacts from regulated activities, to minimize accelerated erosion and sedimentation, to meet state water quality requirements, to promote ground water recharge. View the regulations regarding the installation of an Accessory Dwelling Unit (PDF). View the Accessory Dwelling and Zoning Hearing Board Application (PDF). An Accessory Dwelling Unit Permit is required. An Accessory Dwelling Unit is an independent, self-sufficient dwelling unit, with complete kitchen and bath facilities, which is either entirely contained within a single-family dwelling unit and has direct access to the outdoors, or which has a common hall with a single-family detached dwelling for occupancy by either an elderly, handicapped, or disabled person related by blood, marriage, or adoption to the occupants of the principal dwelling.

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