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Municipal Planning Tools ForTrail Development
 
Jim CaldwellGroup Manager Civil/Municipal Engineering Services
 
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ennsylvania Municipalities
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lanning Code (M
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C) is Authority forMunicipalities to
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lan for Trails
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Article III, Comprehensive
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301.a.3 May include a plan for the movement of people . . . which mayinclude . . . pedestrian and bikeway systems . . . and other similar facilitiesor uses.
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Article IV, Official Map
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401.a.3 May include provisions for pedestrian ways and easements.
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Article V, Subdivision and Land Development
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503.2.i May contain portions for ensuring that the layout or arrangementof the subdivision or land development shall conform to the comprehensiveplan and to any regulations or maps adopted in furtherance thereof.
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503.2.iv May also include reservations . . . of any area designed for useas public grounds shall be suitable size and location for their designateduses.
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503.3 And may also include provisions governing the standards by which. . . walkways . . . and other improvements shall be installed as a conditionprecedent to final approval of plats . . .

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