[Adopted 1-21-1986 as Ch. 1, Part 2D, of the 1986 Code]
A.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the
"Upper Southampton Township Planning Commission Ordinance."
A.
There is hereby created and established in the Township
of Upper Southampton a Township Planning Commission to be known as
the "Upper Southampton Township Planning Commission" (hereinafter
referred to as "Planning Commission"), consisting of seven members,
who shall reside within the Township and who shall serve without compensation,
but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses. At least five members
of the Planning Commission shall be designated citizen members, which
means they shall not be officers or employees of the Township.
B.
The members of the Planning Commission shall be appointed
by the Board of Supervisors for the term of four years, or until a
successor is appointed and qualified, except that the terms of the
members first appointed, pursuant to this amendment, shall be fixed
so that no more than two members of the Commission shall be reappointed
or replaced during any future calendar year. The members of the existing
Planning Commission shall continue in office until the end of the
term for which they were appointed.[1]
The Planning Commission shall have all the powers
and duties conferred and imposed upon it as set forth in the Municipalities
Planning Code, as if said provisions were fully set forth herein.