[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Derry 9-11-1962 by Ord. No. 315 (Ch. I, Part 3, Subpart
B, of the 1975 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby created in the Borough of Derry
a department to be known as the "Department of Borough Planning,"
which shall be in charge of a Borough Planning Commission to be known
as the "Derry Borough Planning Commission."
[Amended 3-7-1972 by Ord. No. 422; 1-30-1990 by Ord. No.
587; 3-14-2005 by Ord. No. 689; 2-9-2009 by Ord. No. 726]
The Derry Borough Planning Commission shall
consist of three members, each of whom shall be a resident of the
Borough of Derry, and at least two of whom shall be citizen members
who shall not be officers or employees of Derry Borough. All members
shall be appointed by motion duly adopted by the Council of the Borough
of Derry for a term of four years. An appointment to fill a vacancy
shall be only for the unexpired portion of any term. Any member of
the Borough of Derry Planning Commission may be removed from office
by the Borough Council after a public hearing in accordance with the
Local Agency Law,[1] and said removal based upon inefficiency, neglect of duty,
or malfeasance in office.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 2 Pa.C.S.A. § 105.
The Derry Borough Planning Commission shall
have such powers as will reasonably enable it to carry out its purpose
and promote Borough planning; and shall have all of the powers and
duties as provided for a Borough planning commission by the Acts of
Assembly by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Derry Borough Planning Commission may make
and alter rules and regulations for their own organization and procedure,
consistent with the ordinances of the Borough of Derry and the laws
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and shall elect their own Chairman.
The Derry Borough Planning Commission shall
keep complete accounts and records of its transactions, resolutions
and other business, all of which shall constitute and be a public
record.
The members of the Commission shall serve without
compensation, and the Commission shall make an annual report to the
Council of the Borough of Derry of its progress, activities and transactions.
The Commission may employ engineers and other
persons, whose salaries and wages and other necessary expenses of
the Commission, where approved by Council, shall be provided for through
proper appropriation by Council. The Commission may contract for professional
planning services, the costs and expenses of which, when approved
by Council, shall be provided for through proper appropriation by
the Council.
The Council of the Borough of Derry shall annually
appropriate from the General Borough Fund such money as it deems necessary
for the work of the Planning Commission.
All meetings of the Planning Commission are
public meetings and shall be open to the public.
