[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Manheim 12-27-1976 by Ord. No. 1976-12 (Part 2, Ch. 4, Art.
C, of the 1976 Code of Ordinances); amended in its entirety 8-10-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-18.[1] Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance, which increased the number
of members of the Planning Commission from seven to nine members,
also provided that the initial terms for the two newly created Planning
Commission members shall be established by the Board of Commissioners
of Manheim Township at the time of the appointment so that there are
no more than three Planning Commission members' terms expiring in
the same year; thereafter, the term of each member of the Planning
Commission shall be four years.
A Township Planning Commission, composed of nine members, appointed
in the manner provided by law, is hereby created and established in
and for the Township. The Township Planning Commission shall perform
all of the duties and may exercise any and all of the powers vested
by law in planning agencies in townships, provided that the individuals
constituting the Township Planning Commission now functioning in the
Township shall constitute the Planning Commission hereby created,
and nothing in this chapter shall affect the tenure of the present
Township Planning Commission. All vacancies hereafter occurring in
the Planning Commission, regardless of their cause, shall be filled
in accordance with the provisions of the law governing planning agencies
in townships at the time of the occurrence of the vacancy.
