Preston Township Wayne County - Shepstone Management Company

Preston Township, Wayne County
Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance
28.2 Survey markers shall be made of iron pipe, iron or steel bars, concrete, stone, or other similar
durable material. Wooden stakes or other similar less durable material shall be prohibited.
28 .3 A wooden stake or other suitable object shall be placed or found near each survey marker as a
witness with a notation made on it which identifies the lot by number, letter, or name of landowner.
§ 29 Drainage Easements
Drainage along and across streets shall be designed so as to meet the applicable requirements of this
Ordinance, the storm water management ordinance and/or the road ordinance. All drainage facilities for
this purpose shall be located, to the best of the applicant's ability to adequately meet the engineering
requirements of the facility, within the street right-of-way. If this is not possible, additional drainage
easements shall be provided adjacent to the street right-of-way by the applicant and indicated on all plans.
Drainage easements shall also be provided along all side and rear lot lines. The easements shall extend a
minimum of 10 feet from each side and rear lot line onto the lot.
§ 30 Sewage Disposal
30.1 All subdivisions and land developments shall be required to have provisions for disposal of sewage
and all other waste water. The applicant shall provide for the most effective type of sanitary
sewage disposal facility consistent with existing physical, geographical, and geological conditions.
30.2 The applicant shall comply with all appropriate state and Preston Township regulations for inclusion
of the proposed subdivision or land development in the Township's Official Plan for sewage
systems.
30.3 If the applicant proposed to construct or connect to a public or private collection and treatment
system, the system shall be designed in accordance with specifications of the Department of
Environmental Protection and Preston Township.
30.4 If the applicant proposes that individual on-lot sewage systems will be used, the requirements of
DEP and Preston Township governing the location and design of such systems shall be followed by
the applicant and all present and future owners.
30.5 Approval of a subdivision or land development proposing the use of on-lot sewage disposal shall in
no way indicate or guarantee approval of any on-lot disposal system.
30.6 The applicant and/or all present and future owners shall be required to obtain appropriate permits
from the state and/or Preston Township prior to the construction of any sewage disposal system,
including holding tanks.
30.7 If the applicant proposes a community subsurface sewage disposal system as the means of
treating and disposing of sewage, disposal areas shall be on separate "sewage disposal lot(s)".
Each sewage disposal lot shall be a minimum of 1 acre.
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