The Board of Commissioners hereby officially creates and establishes
the Township of North Huntingdon Planning Commission.
[Amended 4-12-1989 by Ord. No. 715; 11-17-1993 by Ord. No. 838]
A. The Township of North Huntingdon Planning Commission shall consist
of seven members.
[Amended 1-18-2006 by Ord. No. 2063]
B. Except for elected or appointed officers or employees of the municipality,
members of the Commission may receive compensation in an amount fixed
by the governing body. Compensation shall not exceed the rate of compensation
authorized to be paid to members of the governing body. Without exception,
members of the Planning Commission may be reimbursed for necessary
and reasonable expenses.
C. Elected or appointed officers or employees of the Township of North
Huntingdon shall not, by reason of membership on the Planning Commission,
forfeit the right to exercise the powers, perform the duties or receive
the compensation of the municipal offices held by them during such
membership on the Planning Commission.
D. All members of the Planning Commission shall be appointed by the
Board of Commissioners of the Township of North Huntingdon, and the
term of each of the members of the Planning Commission shall be for
four years or until the successor is appointed and qualified.
E. All members of the Planning Commission shall be residents of the
Township of North Huntingdon, and, on a Planning Commission consisting
of seven members, at least five of the seven members of the Planning
Commission shall be "citizen members" who shall not be officers or
employees of the Township of North Huntingdon.
[Amended 1-18-2006 by Ord. No. 2063]
All provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code,
Article II, entitled "Planning Agencies," and particularly with reference to Sections 201 through
and including 211, and as the same are subsequently amended, changed,
altered or repealed by the Legislature, are incorporated by reference
as fully as though the same are set forth herein at length, inasmuch
as the Township of North Huntingdon is bound by the provisions thereof,
being: Section 201, entitled "Creation of planning agencies"; Section
202, entitled "Planning commission"; Section 203, entitled "Appointment,
term and vacancy"; Section 204, entitled "Members of existing commissions"; Section 205,
entitled "Membership"; Section 206, entitled "Removal"; Section 207,
entitled "Conduct of business"; Section 208, entitled "Planning department
director"; Section 209.1, entitled "Powers and duties of planning
agency"; Section 210, entitled "Administrative and technical assistance";
and Section 211, entitled "Assistance."