A.
The provisions of this chapter may from time to time
be amended, supplemented, changed or repealed in accordance with the
following procedure. A proposal for an amendment may be initiated
in any of the following ways:
(1)
A request to the Planning Commission by the Board
of Commissioners;
(2)
An official proposal by the Planning Commission; or
(3)
A petition presented to the Planning Commission by
at least five property owners in the Township or a developer who has
entered into an agreement with a landowner to purchase property in
the Township.
A.
The Board of Commissioners may, from time to time,
amend this chapter in accordance with the following provisions. In
the case of amendments other than those prepared by the Township Planning
Commission, the Board of Commissioners shall submit the proposed amendment
to the Planning Commission for recommendations at least 30 days prior
to the date fixed for the public hearing on the proposed amendment.
B.
The proposed amendment shall be submitted to the Butler
County Planning Commission for review and recommendations at least
30 days prior to the public hearing on the amendment.
C.
The Board of Commissioners shall schedule a public
hearing pursuant to public notice, after which it shall vote approval
or disapproval of the proposed amendment within 90 days of the conclusion
of the hearing.
D.
If a proposed amendment is changed substantively after
public hearings, the Board of Commissioners shall hold an additional
public hearing, pursuant to public notice, before voting for or against
adoption.
E.
Notice and publication.
(1)
Proposed amendments shall not be enacted unless public
notice of the proposed enactment is given in the manner set forth
in this chapter and shall include the time and place of the meeting
at which passage will be considered, a reference to a place within
the Township where copies of the proposed amendment may be examined
without charge or obtained for a charge not greater than the cost
thereof.
(2)
The Board of Commissioners shall publish the proposed
amendment once in one newspaper of general circulation in the Township
not more than 60 days nor less than seven days prior to passage. Publication
of the proposed amendment shall include either the full text thereof
or the title and a brief summary prepared by the Township Solicitor
and setting forth all the provisions in reasonable detail. If the
full text is not included:
(a)
A copy thereof shall be supplied to a newspaper
of general circulation in the Township at the time the public notice
is published.
(b)
An attested copy of the proposed amendment shall
be filed in the county law library or other county office designated
by the County Commissioners, who may impose a fee no greater than
that necessary to cover the actual costs of storing said ordinances.
F.
In the event that substantial amendments are made
in the proposed amendment, before voting upon enactment, the Board
of Commissioners shall, at least 10 days prior to enactment, readvertise
in one newspaper of general circulation in the Township, a brief summary
setting forth all the provisions in reasonable detail, together with
a summary of the amendments.
G.
Subdivision and land development amendments may be
incorporated into official ordinance books by reference with the same
force and effect as if duly recorded therein.
H.
Within 30 days after adoption, the Board of Commissioners
shall forward a certified copy of the amendment to the Butler County
Planning Commission.
I.
Appeal from decisions of the Board of Commissioners
on amendments shall be to the County Court of Common Pleas.
J.
A proposed amendment, once finally denied, may not
again be considered for adoption in its original form for at least
one year after such denial, unless new circumstances would warrant
such reconsideration.
