A. A sketch plan of any proposed subdivision or land development may be submitted for review and report to the Township Board of Commissioners and Delaware County Planning Department for purposes of informal discussion among the Township, County Planning staff, and the applicant in order to provide a basis for review of the concept and general design of the proposal prior to the preparation of detailed design plans.
B. While the submission of sketch plans is not a required review stage, it is strongly encouraged for the benefit of the developer and the Township. The review of sketch plans can prove to be instrumental in resolving many issues at an early stage in order to conserve time, effort, and expense.
C. If members of the Township Planning Commission or county planning staff are consulted in person and no written report is sought, the sketch plan may contain any data that is deemed sufficient to advise the developer, the Township, or both as to the merits, deficiencies, or shortcomings of the plan.
D. A review of a sketch plan, whether resulting in verbal comments or in a written report, shall not be regarded as a formal site plan review and shall not constitute part of the official record of the development.

Sketch plan requirements.
If a written report of the sketch plan review is requested by the applicant, the following requirements shall be met:

A. Sketch plans shall be legibly drawn to a scale of not less than one inch equals 100 feet.
B. Sketch plans shall be accompanied by a brief narrative describing the intent of the proposal, major planning assumptions, issues, and objectives of the proposed subdivision or land development.
C. Sketch plans and all future subdivision or land development plans must be in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 505 and the provisions of Chapter 600, Zoning.
D. The following information is required to be included on the sketch plan:

(1) A location map at a scale of one inch equals 1,000 feet showing the entire parcel and its relation to the surrounding area.
(2) Name and address of the record owner.
(3) Name and seal of the engineer, surveyor, planner, architect, or landscape architect responsible for the sketch plan.
(4) Title of the plan, North arrow, scale, and date of the drawing, and any revisions.
(5) Approximate tract boundaries and a statement of the total acreage of the tract and each proposed lot.
(6) Zoning districts and district boundary lines.
(7) The nature of all contemplated uses.
(8) Significant natural physical features within the tract and adjacent peripheral strip, watercourses, ponds, lakes, wetlands, and proposed major changes to these features.
(9) The proposed general layout of lots in subdivisions or, in the case of land developments, the buildings or structures, along with the approximated locations of existing buildings.
(10) Proposed streets and their relationships to the existing network outside the site.
(11) Locations, widths, and purposes of all existing rights-of-way and easements and the substance of similar proposed restrictions.
(12) The one-hundred-year floodplain boundary line.
(13) When the preliminary plan included only a portion of a landowner's or developer's entire tract or such portion is contiguous to another tract of the landowner or developer, the dimensions, metes, and bounds of the balance of such entire tract of other tract shall also be shown.