[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of West Hempfield 7-3-1984 as Ch. 1, Part 1, of the 1984 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Salaries and compensation — See Ch. 34.
Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 130.
Zoning — See Ch. 145.
A Planning Commission is hereby established for the Township of West Hempfield as provided for in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of 1968, as amended.[1] Said Commission hereby established shall hereafter be known as the "West Hempfield Planning Commission."
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
The West Hempfield Planning Commission shall consist of five (5) persons who shall be residents of this municipality. Said members shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
All members shall be appointed by resolution of the Township Board of Supervisors The term of each member shall be for four (4) years or until his or her successor is appointed and qualified, except that of the terms of the members first appointed, no more than two (2) shall be reappointed or replaced during any future calendar year.
[Amended 12-29-1986 by Ord. No. 4-86]
The powers and the duties of the Planning Commission shall include but may not necessarily be limited to those powers and duties as set forth in Act 247 of 1968, as amended and referred to in 53 P.S. § 10201 et seq.