[Amended 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 235-90]
A. Amendments to this chapter shall become effective only after a public
hearing conducted by the Supervisors after public notice published
once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general
circulation in Easttown Township. The notice shall state the time
and place of the hearing and the nature of the matter to be considered
at the hearing. The first publication shall not be more than 30 days
and the second publication shall not be less than seven days from
the date of the hearing.
B. In the case of an amendment other than that prepared by the Planning
Commission, the Supervisors shall submit each such amendment to the
Planning Commission and the Chester County Planning Commission at
least 30 days prior to the date fixed for the public hearing thereon.
C. Public notice of the hearing shall include the following:
(1) The time and place of the meeting at which passage will be considered;
(2) A statement that copies of the amendment may be examined without
charge or obtained for a charge not greater than the cost thereof
at the Township administrative offices; and
(3) The text of the amendment or the title thereof and a brief summary
setting forth all of the provisions in reasonable detail. If the full
text is not included, a copy thereof shall be supplied at the time
the notice is published to the newspaper in which publication occurs,
and an attested copy shall be filed in the Chester County Law Library.
D. Should
substantial amendments be made to the amendment during the hearing
process, before voting upon enactment, the Supervisors shall, at least
10 days prior to enactment, readvertise, in one newspaper of general
circulation in the Township, a brief summary setting forth all of
the provisions in reasonable detail, together with a summary of the
amendment.
E. Within
30 days after adoption, the Supervisors shall forward a certified
copy of the amendment to the Chester County Planning Commission.
F. Amendments
may be incorporated into the Township's official ordinance book by
reference with the same force and effect as if duly recorded therein.
[Amended 9-6-1989 by Ord. No. 224-89]
Any person, partnership, corporation or other legal entity (hereinafter
"person") who or which has violated any provision of this chapter
shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding
commenced by the Township, pay a judgment of not more than $500, plus
all court costs, including reasonable attorney fees incurred by the
Township as a result thereof. No judgment shall commence or be imposed,
levied or be payable until the date of the determination of a violation
by the Magisterial District Judge. If the defendant neither pays nor
timely appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce the judgment
pursuant to the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day that
a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation, unless
the Magisterial District Judge determining that there has been a violation
further determines that there was a good faith basis for the person
violating this chapter to have believed that there was no such violation,
in which event there shall be deemed to have been only one such violation
until the fifth day following the date of the determination of a violation
by the Magisterial District Judge, and, thereafter, each day that
a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.
[Amended 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 235-90]
Appeals from the action of the Supervisors in either approving
or disapproving a preliminary plan or a final plan, or from a conditional
preliminary plan or final plan approval unacceptable to the applicant,
shall be taken and made in accordance with the applicable provisions
of the MPC.