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Transportation Improvements
(1) The redevelopment of the Publicker Site for the uses permitted by the conditional use provisions of this article shall not be permitted to occur unless the Township receives adequate assurances that the Publicker Transportation Improvements will be substantially completed contemporaneously with the redevelopment of the various phases of the Publicker Site.

(2) The applicant's conditional use application shall be accompanied by a traffic impact study ("TIS") prepared in accordance with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's ("PennDOT") Policies And Procedures for Transportation Impact Studies Related to Highway Occupancy Permits. The TIS shall analyze the intersections and roadway sections agreed to by the applicant's traffic engineer and the Township's Traffic Engineer prior to the submission of the applicant's conditional use application.

(a) The TIS shall schematically depict each of the Publicker Transportation Improvements ("schematic improvements") to be constructed or installed in each of the intersections and roadway segments agreed to be improved by the Township Traffic Engineer and the applicant's traffic engineer. Prior to submission of a conditional use application, the applicant shall submit the TIS to PennDOT and obtain the consensus of PennDOT to the schematic improvements within the TIS.

(b) As a condition of approval of the applicant's conditional use application, the applicant shall (i) agree that the applicant's application for approval of its land development plans for the redevelopment of the Publicker Property shall be accompanied by drafts of the applicant's highway occupancy plans ("HOP") that depict the details of the schematic improvements, (ii) agree that that the HOP plans shall be reviewed, finalized, and agreed to by the Township's Traffic Engineer and the applicant's traffic engineer simultaneously with the finalization and approval of the applicant's land development plans, (iii) a declaration of covenants in form agreed to by the Township and the applicant guaranteeing the installation of the Publicker Transportation Improvements shall be recorded simultaneously with the approved final land development plan or first approved phase plan, as applicable.

(c) When the applicant desires to commence the construction of each phase of the redevelopment of the Publicker Property and requests that the final plans for such phase be recorded, the applicant shall post financial security for such phase and for the portion of the Publicker Transportation Improvements that are required to be constructed at the same time.

(3) The Publicker Transportation Improvements may be installed in phases as phases of the Publicker Site are redeveloped, and the phasing of specific improvements shall be mutually agreeable to the Township, applicant, and PennDOT. The approved HOP plans may contain a schedule for the construction of phases of the Publicker Transportation Improvements or a formula for determining the scope of the portions of the Publicker Transportation Improvements that are to be constructed with each phase of the redevelopment of the Publicker Property. If PennDOT requires changes in the scope of the Publicker Transportation Improvements as a condition of the issuance of the PennDOT approval it shall be the applicant's responsibility to obtain the PennDOT HOP and construct such additional or different transportation improvements required by PennDOT. Prior to recording of any land development plans for a particular phase, a PennDOT highway occupancy permit shall be issued for the required improvements of that phase.

(4) As a condition to the recording of each land development plan that depicts the construction of a building or buildings on the Publicker Site, the applicant shall post financial security in the form acceptable to the Township Solicitor and Traffic Engineer to secure to the Township that the portion or portions of the Publicker Transportation Improvements required to mitigate the impact of the construction of the building or buildings in the Publicker Site that is depicted in each such land development plan will be substantially complete at the time that the first certificate of occupancy for improvements to the interior of the first building or buildings to be constructed on that phase of the Publicker Site as depicted on the said approved land development plan is issued.

See § 184-246: Conditional use requirements for more detailed information.