[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Mount Joy 9-24-1970 as Ord. No. 3. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Board of Supervisors of Mount Joy Township hereby create a Mount
Joy Township Planning Commission.
[Amended 11-20-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-8]
The Mount Joy Planning Commission shall have the powers, duties and
responsibilities as provided for in Act 247, Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning
Code,[1] as amended. It is the intent of this chapter that all recommendations
of the Planning Commission to the Supervisors shall be advisory only.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
The Planning Commission shall consist of five (5) members, appointed
by the Board of Supervisors, all of whom shall be residents of Mount Joy Township.
No less than three (3) shall be citizen members.
[Amended 2-20-2003]
Members shall be compensated at the rate of $50 per meeting and/or workshop
which they attend, and which has been publicly advertised, not to exceed $1,875
annually. Members may also be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses
upon approval of such expenses by the Supervisors.
Terms of office shall be for four (4) years excepting for initial appointments
which shall be fixed so that no more than two (2) members shall be reappointed
or replaced in any one (1) calendar year. Initial appointments shall be as
follows:
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Two members
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Four year terms
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One member
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Three year terms
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One member
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Two year terms
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One member
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One year term
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The Planning Commission shall elect its officers and adopt its bylaws
in accordance with Act 247. The Commission shall keep a record of its activities
and business and shall annually provide a written report of its activities
to the Supervisors prior to March 1st. Interim reports may be made as deemed
necessary by the Planning Commission or as requested by the Supervisors.
