The Board of Supervisors may, from time to time, after public
notice and hearing as hereinafter prescribed, amend, supplement, change
or repeal this chapter, including the Zoning Map. Any amendment, supplement,
change or repeal may be initiated by the Township Planning Commission,
the Board of Supervisors or by a petition to the Board of Supervisors.
Such amendment, supplement, change or repeal shall be submitted to
the Township and County Planning Commissions for their recommendations.
When an amendment, supplement, change or repeal is initiated
by the Township Planning Commission, the proposal shall be presented
to the Board of Supervisors, which shall then proceed in the same
manner as with a petition to the Board of Supervisors which has already
been reviewed by the Township Planning Commission.
When an amendment, supplement, change or repeal is initiated
by the Board of Supervisors, it shall submit the proposal to the Township
Planning Commission for review and recommendations.
The petition for amendment, supplement, change or repeal shall
contain as fully as possible all the information requested by the
Zoning Officer and shall be signed by at least one record owner of
the property in question whose signature shall be notarized attesting
to the truth and correctness of all the facts and information presented
in the petition. A fee, to be established by the Board of Supervisors,
shall be paid upon the filing of such petition for change and for
the purpose of defraying the costs of the proceedings prescribed herein.
The Township shall forward any proposed amendment to the Lancaster
County Planning Commission as and if required by the MPC and shall
await the recommendation of the County Planning Commission or act
without the recommendation of the County Planning Commission in accordance
with applicable requirements of the MPC.
Landowners may file requests for curative amendments in accordance with the provisions of Articles VI and IX of the MPC. The Board of Supervisors shall commence hearings, conduct hearings, render decisions, and serve decisions on curative amendment petitions in accordance with the requirements of Articles VI and IX of the MPC.
The Board of Supervisors, by formal action, may declare this
chapter or portions thereof substantively invalid and propose to prepare
a curative amendment to overcome such invalidity in accordance with
the procedures and with the time limitations set forth in the MPC,
as amended.
Whenever the Board of Supervisors is required to hold a public
hearing by the MPC, the Board of Supervisors shall provide notice
of the public hearing in the manner required by the MPC.
At the time and place specified, the Board of Supervisors shall
conduct a hearing on said petition to amend, supplement, change or
repeal the chapter or Zoning Map of the Township and shall thereafter
within a period of 30 days after the close of the last hearing either
reject the proposed change or adopt an ordinance implementing the
proposed change. The Board of Supervisors may adjourn said hearing
in its discretion to a time and place certain.
Whenever there has been a change in the boundary of a zoning
district adopted in accordance with the above, the change on the official
map shall be made, and shall be duly certified by the Township Secretary
and shall thereafter be refiled as part of the permanent records of
the Township.[1]
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Editor's Note: A list of Zoning Map amendments is included at the end of this chapter.
