[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Franklin Township 6-7-1990
as Ch. 1, Part 1A, of the 1990 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to the provisions contained in the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code and in order to carry the said provisions into effect, there
is hereby created in the Township a Planning Commission which shall have all
the powers and duties conferred upon it by law and any other powers vested
in it by law or ordinance.
The Township Planning Commission shall consist of seven members who
shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors and shall serve without compensation,
except that they shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in carrying out
their Commission duties. The term of each of the members of the Commission
shall be for four years, or until his successor is appointed and qualified,
except that the terms of the members first appointed pursuant to this chapter
shall be so fixed that no more than three shall be so reappointed or replaced.
The Chairman of the Planning Commission shall promptly notify the Board of
Supervisors concerning vacancies in the Commission, and such vacancy shall
be filled for the unexpired term. If a vacancy shall occur otherwise than
by expiration of term, it shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired
term according to the terms of 53 P.S. § 10201 et. seq.
The Township Planning Commission shall make an annual report to the
Board of Supervisors showing their transactions and recommendations. They
may employ planning consultants and other persons whose salaries and wages
together with other necessary expenses of the Commission shall be provided
for, with the prior consent of the Franklin Township Board of Supervisors,
by proper appropriations and resolutions. The Commission may also receive
and expend for the purposes of its planning work any gifts, grants and appropriations
of money from any other source, including Commonwealth, federal or local funds,
and may contract with governmental or private agencies or individuals with
respect thereto.
The Planning Commission shall have the power and duty to make, adopt
and maintain a Comprehensive Plan for the physical development of the Township
and the surrounding territory. Said Comprehensive Plan shall include among
other things a land use plan, a thoroughfare plan, a community facilities
plan and a public improvements program. In the preparation of the Comprehensive
Plan the Commission shall study population trends, existing land use, the
economic base, traffic, existing thoroughfare system and other factors related
to the development of the community and its environs in accordance with present
and future needs. The Commission shall have the continuing responsibility
for maintaining the Comprehensive Plan in an up-to-date condition, and in
so doing shall review and make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors
on all ordinances which pertain to the physical development of the Township.
The Planning Commission shall prepare and present to the Board of Supervisors
land subdivision regulations. The Commission shall assist the Board of Supervisors
to administer said regulations by reviewing and recommending to the Board
of Supervisors action to be taken on subdivisions submitted in accordance
to established procedures.
