[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Montgomery 10-1-1962 by Ord. No. 9. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
By the enactment of this chapter, the Supervisors
of Montgomery Township create and establish a Township Planning Commission
to be known as the "Montgomery Township Planning Commission."
[Amended 6-22-1992 by Ord. No. 92-1]
The initial members of the Montgomery Township
Planning Commission are hereby appointed. The list of initial members
is on file in the Township offices.
[Added 2-3-1969 by Ord. No. 9A; amended 6-22-1992 by Ord. No. 92-1]
The Montgomery Township Planning Commission
shall have the powers and responsibilities of planning agencies and
planning commissions as set forth in the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, Act No. 247 of 1968 (53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.),
effective January 1, 1969, as the same shall be amended from time
to time.
[Added 2-3-1969 by Ord. No. 9A; amended 5-16-1972 by Ord. No. 9B; 8-11-1975 by Ord. No. 9C; 6-22-1992 by Ord. No. 92-1; 11-24-2008 by Ord. No. 08-233]
Appointments, terms, vacancies and membership
of the Montgomery Township Planning Commission shall be in accordance
with Article II of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code,
53 P.S. §§ 10101 to 11202, as amended.[1] The appointing authority of Montgomery Township shall
be its Board of Supervisors.
[1]
Editor's Note: For Art. II, see 53 P.S. §§ 10201
through 10212.
[Added 11-24-2008 by Ord. No. 08-233]
Removal from the Montgomery Township Planning
Commission shall be in accordance with Article II of the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. §§ 10101 to 11202,
as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: For Art. II, see 53 P.S. §§ 10201
through 10212.
[Added 11-24-2008 by Ord. No. 08-233]
Conduct of business of the Montgomery Township
Planning Commission shall be in accordance with Article II of the
Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. §§ 10101
to 11202, as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: For Art. II, see 53 P.S. §§ 10201
through 10212.
[Added 11-24-2008 by Ord. No. 08-233]
For the administration of each planning department,
a director of planning may be appointed in accordance with Article
II of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. §§ 10101
to 11202, as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: For Art. II, see 53 P.S. §§ 10201
through 10212.
[Added 11-24-2008 by Ord. No. 08-233]
The Montgomery Township Planning Commission,
with consent of the Board of Supervisors of Montgomery Township, may
accept and utilize any available assistance, county, state, federal
or otherwise, in accordance with Article II of the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, 53 P.S. §§ 10101 to 11202, as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: For Art. II, see 53 P.S. §§ 10201
through 10212.
[Added 12-19-2016 by Ord. No.
16-302]
The Township Board of Supervisors may appoint, by resolution,
up to three Township residents to serve as alternate members. Such
alternate member appointments are subject to the following:
A.
The term of office of an alternate member is designated as four years.
B.
Alternate members may be appointed to substitute for any absent,
recused, or disqualified Planning Commission member.
C.
Alternate members may be designated to cases as needed on a rotating
basis according to declining seniority among the alternates.
D.
Alternate members are entitled to participate in all proceedings
and discussions of the Planning Commission to the same and full extent
as provided by law for Planning Commission members, including specifically
the right to cast a vote as a voting member during the proceedings,
and shall have all the powers and duties as otherwise provided by
law.
E.
Any alternate member may participate in any proceeding or discussion
of the Planning Commission but shall not be entitled to vote as a
member of the Planning Commission nor be reimbursed unless designated
as a voting alternate member in accord with applicable law.
F.
Alternate members will continue to serve on the Planning Commission
for any proceeding in which they were originally appointed until the
Planning Commission reaches a decision on the matter.
G.
Alternate members may not serve as members of the Township's
Zoning Hearing Board or as a Township's Zoning Officer.
