[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Chartiers at time of adoption of Code (see Ch.
1, General Provisions, Art. I). Amendments noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to the Agricultural Area Security Law,[1] the Board of Supervisors of Chartiers Township hereby
establishes the Chartiers Township Agricultural Security Area Advisory
Committee (hereafter Committee).
[1]
Editor's Note: See 3 P.S. § 901
et seq.
The Committee shall consist of three active
farmers, each representing a different private or corporate farm,
and one citizen residing within Chartiers Township and one member
of the Board of Supervisors, who shall serve as the Chairman of the
Committee.
The members of such Committee shall be appointed
by and shall serve at the pleasure of the Chairman of the Board of
Supervisors.
The members shall serve without salary, but
the Board of Supervisors may entitle each such member to reimbursement
for his actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance
of his official duties.
Such Committee shall advise the Board of Supervisors
and work with the Planning Commission in relation to the proposed
establishment, modification, and termination of agricultural security
areas. In particular, the Committee shall render expert advice relating
to the desirability of such action, including advice as to the nature
of farming and farm resources within the proposed area and the relation
of farming in such area to Chartiers Township as a whole.
