Erie County Department of Planning and Community Development

Subdivision & Land Development Plan Approval (county SALDO)

A business that subdivides land or carries out a land development, which the county ordinance defines to include "a single non-residential building on a lot or lots regardless of the number of occupants or tenure", in Amity Township, Concord Township, Conneaut Township, Cranesville Borough, Elgin Borough, Elk Creek Township, LeBoeuf Township, Mill Village Borough, Platea Borough, Union Township, Wattsburg Borough and Wayne Township needs plan approval from the Erie County Department of Planning and Community Development. The county's Subdivisions and Land Development page states that the Erie County Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance "applies for plans located in" those 12 municipalities, and §104.1 of the ordinance makes it inapplicable in municipalities with their own locally adopted ordinance. Per the Subdivision Fee Schedule published on that page, the fees are $50 for a replot, $50 plus $10 per lot for a minor subdivision, $150 for a major subdivision preliminary plan, $150 plus $10 per lot for a major subdivision final plan, $150 for a land development plan, $50 for a subdivision waiver request and $300 for a modification request, plus a $500 initial escrow deposit for county engineering review and inspection. Section 1002 states that the fees follow "a fee schedule established by resolution of the County of Erie". The page states that the approved survey must be recorded with the Recorder of Deeds within 90 days of county approval.