The procedure of the Zoning Hearing Board shall be governed
by the provisions of applicable laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and such rules, not inconsistent herewith, as the Board may adopt.
In general, the procedure for appeal from action of the Zoning Officer
shall be as follows:
A. Any appeal from the requirements of this chapter shall be taken by
filing with the officer from whom the appeal is taken and with the
Zoning Hearing Board a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof.
The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall forthwith transmit
to the Board all of the documentary material constituting the record
upon which the action appealed was taken.
B. Each appeal shall be tried on its merits at a public hearing. Notice
of such appeal shall be given by publishing in a newspaper of general
circulation in the Borough of Mars and in accordance with the applicable
law. Written notice to all landowners within 150 feet in all directions
of the subject property shall be provided by registered mail. applicants
shall provide a list of all adjacent landowners to the Borough Secretary.
The Board shall give the additional notice required by law to all
parties in interest, and they may join any hearing for the purpose
of giving such further notice.
C. The Planning Commission shall furnish all pertinent narrative material,
maps, charts and other data relative to the problem involved for reference
by all concerned. The Board may join any hearing for the purpose of
reviewing such data as may be pertinent to the problem involved and
to request interpretations of said data by a representative of the
Planning Commission.
D. The Board shall decide each appeal within a reasonable time, and
notice thereof shall be given to all parties in interest. The Board's
decision shall be immediately filed in its office and be a public
record. In the exercise of its functions upon such appeals or upon
exceptions, the Board may, in conformity of the law, reverse or affirm,
wholly or partly, or modify the order, requirement, decision or determination
as, in its opinion, ought to be made.
E. Any person aggrieved by any decision of the Board or any municipal
officer affected thereby may appeal therefrom within 30 days to the
Court of Common Pleas as provided by law.