The Board of Supervisors may introduce and consider amendments
to this chapter and to the Zoning Map as proposed by a Supervisor,
by the Planning Commission or by a petition of a person or persons
residing or owning property within the Township.
A landowner who desires to challenge on substantive grounds the validity of an ordinance or map or any provision thereof, which prohibits or restricts the use or development of land in which he has an interest, may submit a curative amendment to the governing body with a written request that his challenge and proposed amendment be heard and decided as provided by Act 247. The governing body shall commence a hearing thereon within 60 days of the request. The curative amendment shall be referred to the planning agency or agencies, and notice of the hearing thereon shall be given as provided in this article. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with public hearing procedures under Article
XXVII, and all references therein to the Zoning Hearing Board shall, for purposes of this section be referenced to the governing body.
Public notices of proposed zoning ordinance amendments shall
include either the full text thereof or the title and a brief summary
setting forth the principal provisions in reasonable detail and a
reference to a place within the municipality where copies of the proposed
ordinance or amendment may be examined, in addition to the time and
place of hearing.