[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Bethel 9-13-1966 by Ord. No. 26. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Planning Commission shall consist of seven members, all
of whom shall be residents of the Township of Bethel. The terms of
office of the members shall be four years or until a successor is
appointed, except that no more than two members shall be reappointed
or replaced during any calendar year.
[Added 3-11-1969 by Ord. No. 28-A]
The powers and duties of the Bethel Township Planning Commission
shall be as set forth in Article II of Act 247 of 1968, the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
The members of the Planning Commission shall serve without compensation
and shall reside within the Township.
The members shall hold no other Township office except that
of member of the Township Zoning Hearing Board or Township Zoning
Commission.
Any appointment to fill a vacancy, if any occurs, shall be only
for the unexpired portion of the term.
The Commission shall elect its own chairman and secretary.
The Commission may make and alter rules for its procedure consistent
with the Township ordinances and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Commission shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions,
findings and determinations.
The Planning Commission shall neither incur nor make expenditures
other than those for which appropriations were made by the Board of
Supervisors.
The Commission shall make such studies, prepare and formulate
such plans of development of the Township as it shall deem necessary
and proper, and in accordance with the requirements of the ordinances
of the Township and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
In general, it shall have such powers as will reasonably enable it
to carry out its purpose and promote Township planning.
