The Board of Supervisors of Doylestown Township may, from time to time, amend, supplement, change, modify or repeal this chapter by proceeding in the following manner:
A. 
The Board of Supervisors, by resolution adopted at a regular or special meeting, shall fix the time and place of a public hearing on the proposed amendment and cause public notice thereof to be given as follows:
(1) 
Notice shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township. Such notice shall state the time and place of hearing and the particular nature of the matter to be considered at the hearing. The first publication shall not be more than 30 days and the second publication shall not be less than seven days from the date of the hearing. A copy of the amendment shall be supplied to a newspaper of general circulation in the Township at the time the public notice is published.
(2) 
The notice shall state that full opportunity shall be given to any citizen and all parties in interest to be heard at such hearing. The notice shall state where in the Township copies of the proposed amendment may be examined without charge or obtained for a charge not greater than the cost thereof.
(3) 
An attested copy of the proposed amendment shall be filed in the Bucks County Law Library.
B. 
All proposed amendments not originating with the Township Planning Commission before adoption shall be referred to the Township Planning Commission. All proposed amendments shall be forwarded to the Bucks County Planning Commission at least 45 days prior to the public hearing for its written recommendations.
C. 
In the event substantial amendments are made in the proposed ordinance or amendment, before voting upon enactment the Board of Supervisors 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.
D. 
Within 30 days after adoption, the Township shall forward a certified copy of any amendment to the Bucks County Planning Commission.