[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Richland 9-18-1972 by Ord. No. 73. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Richland Township Planning Commission is hereby increased in size from five members to nine members. All members shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for necessary and reasonable expenses. All members must be residents of Richland Township, and at least six members shall not be officers or employees of Richland Township.
All appointments to the Commission shall be made by the Richland Township Supervisors. The term of each of the members of the Commission shall be for four years, or until his successor is appointed and qualified; excepting, however, that the terms of those members first appointed to said Commission shall be such that, in any future calendar year, no more than three members shall be reappointed or replaced. The Chairman of the Commission shall promptly notify the Township Supervisors of any vacancy on the Commission and the Township Supervisors shall fill said vacancy for the unexpired term.
Current lists of members are on file in the township offices.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The Commission shall elect its own Chairman and Vice Chairman and 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 township 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 governing body. Interim reports may be made as often as may be necessary, or as requested by the township body.
All the authority, powers, duties, rights, responsibility and liability vested in said Commission, and all authority, powers, duties and rights retained by the Township Supervisors as provided for in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 1968, July 31, P.L. No. 247, as amended,[1] are hereby conferred on said Commission and are hereby reserved in said Township Supervisors.
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.