Pursuant to Act No. 247 of 1968, known as the "Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code," 53 P.S. § 10101, as amended, supplemented and in
effect, there shall be a Planning Commission in and for the Township of Hempfield.
The Planning Commission shall consist of not less than three nor more
than nine members, as the Board of Supervisors may from time to time determine
by resolution. The members 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 member of the Planning Commission shall be for four
years or until his successor is appointed and qualified; provided, however,
that the members of the Planning Commission as it exists at the time of the
adoption of this chapter shall continue as the members of the Planning Commission
established by this chapter. Subsequent terms of office shall be so arranged
that if the Commission consists of eight members or less, no more than two
members shall be reappointed or replaced during any future calendar year,
and if the Commission consists of nine members, no more than three members
shall be so reappointed or replaced.
The Commission shall elect its own Chairman and Vice Chairman and shall
create and fill such other offices as it may determine. Officers shall serve
annual terms and may succeed themselves. The Commission may make and alter
bylaws and rules and regulations to govern its procedures, consistent with
the ordinances of the municipality and the laws of the commonwealth. The Commission
shall keep a full record of its business and shall annually make a written
report, by March 1 of each year, of its activities to the Board of Supervisors.
Interim reports may be made as often as may be necessary or as requested by
the Board of Supervisors.
The Commission shall have the right to exercise all of the powers and
rights conferred by the Act of Assembly under which it is established and
shall perform all of the mandatory duties imposed by said Act of Assembly.