[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Town of Tinicum 4-10-1961 by Ord. No. 315. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Land development — See Ch. 188.
A Planning Commission consisting of five members
is hereby created and established for the Township of Tinicum, Delaware
County, Pennsylvania, pursuant to the provisions of Article II, Section
201, of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, as established
by the Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, as amended and reenacted.[2]
The Planning Commission shall be comprised of
five members who shall be appointed for terms of office of four years,
except that the terms of the members first appointed pursuant to this
chapter shall be so fixed that no more than two shall be reappointed
or replaced during any future calendar year. At least three members
of the Planning Commission shall be "citizen members," who shall not
be officers or employees of the Township. All of the members of the
Planning Commission shall be residents of the Township.
The Planning Commission shall have all the powers and duties
conferred and imposed upon it as set forth in the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, established by the Act of July 31, 1968, P.L. 805,
No. 247, as amended and reenacted.[2]
The Planning Commission shall make annually
to the Township Commissioners a report of their transactions. The
Planning Commission may, with the consent of the Township Commissioners,
retain the services of an engineer or engineers, as well as other
necessary employees, and may contract for professional planning services,
the costs and expenses of which, when approved by the Township Commissioners,
shall be provided for through proper appropriations. The Township
Commissioners shall appropriate such sum as they deem necessary for
defraying the expenses of the Planning Commission and in no event
shall the expenses of the Planning Commission, including the salaries
of the engineer or other employees, exceed the amount of the appropriation.
In addition to filing an annual report, it shall
be the duty of the Planning Commission to make or cause to be made
and to lay before the Township Commissioners maps and plans of the
Township or any portion thereof, showing the streets, highways and
other natural and artificial features and also any locations recommended
by it for any new public buildings, civic schemes, parkways, parks,
playgrounds or any other public grounds or public improvements and
any widening, extension or relocation of the same, and thereafter,
from time to time, the Planning Commission may lay before the Township
Commissioners any modification, change or supplement to any prior
plan or plans. The Planning Commission may also, from time to time,
make recommendations to the Township Commissioners with respect to
any and all matters and things referred to in this section, and in
so doing, shall have regard for the present conditions and future
needs and growth of the Township.
Any maps or plans so submitted shall not be
effective unless regularly approved and adopted by ordinance or resolution
of the Township Commissioners, and after such approval and adoption,
shall be subject to revision and change from time to time as the Township
Commissioners may deem expedient.
The Township Commissioners may at their discretion
from time to time submit to the Planning Commission any question or
proposal relating to any of the matters or things referred to in the
preceding section or any other matter or thing relating to the growth
or development of the Township, including any plans for the development
of any particular sections of the Township; and it shall be the duty
of the Planning Commission, in due course, to make a report with respect
to any such question or proposal, with its recommendation thereon.
