(1) The following development shall be permitted on tracts with a gross tract area of 10 or more acres only if the Zoning Officer determines that such development is consistent with an approved Master Plan for the tract, as provided for below:
 

(a) Any subdivision of land, including subdivisions for the purposes of lease or condominium, except that plans proposing only the merger of two or more lots into a single lot and no other development shall be exempt from the Master Plan requirement.

(b) Any land development requiring conditional use approval pursuant to § 325-124 of this chapter.

(2) Master Plan contents. See § 325-13E(2) for detailed information.

(3) Review and approval of the Master Plan. The Master Plan shall be reviewed and approved as a conditional use application in accordance with the provisions of § 325-124B and C of this chapter.

(4) Status of the approved Master Plan.

(a) An approved Master Plan shall have the same status as an approved conditional use application. The development of one or more phases shown on an approved Master Plan that is consistent with the Master Plan shall not require submission of a conditional use application, even if those phases involve development that would otherwise require such application pursuant to § 325-124A(1) of this chapter.

(b) A land development plan for any phase may be deemed consistent with the Master Plan where the use(s) proposed by the land development plan is the same as proposed by the Master Plan and the area of the building footprint(s), the total square footage of nonresidential floor space, the total number of residential units, and the total square footage of proposed open space shown on the land development plan are all within 10% of what is shown for that phase on the Master Plan. If the building configuration(s), and/or massing of the proposed buildings, and/or public amenities shown on a land development plan are, in the determination of the Zoning Officer, significantly different from the approved Master Plan, or if they are inconsistent with the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance, the Township reserves the right to deny approval of the land development plan even if it complies with the preceding quantitative standards.

(c) If the Master Plan indicates a sequence for the development of its phases, out-of-sequence development of a phase or phases shall not be deemed inconsistent with the Master Plan, provided that the new sequence still represents a logical progression in the development of the tract in the determination of the Zoning Officer.

(5) Amending the Master Plan.

(a) A Master Plan may be amended. Amendments to the Master Plan or any conditions of approval shall be reviewed and approved as a conditional use application in accordance with the provisions of § 325-124B and C of this chapter.

(b) Amendments may affect one or more unbuilt phases of an approved Master Plan, but the application must still comply with the standards of § 325-13E(2).

(c) The configuration of the unbuilt phases may be amended, provided that no phase shall be smaller than 10% of the gross tract area of the tract shown on the original. Master Plan.

(d) An approved Master Plan shall not be amended within five years of the date of its approval by the Board of Supervisors.

(e) An amended Master Plan shall not be amended again within five years of the date of the approval of the most recent amendment by the Board of Supervisors.