It shall be the duty of the properly authorized official of
West View to administer the provisions of this chapter, enforce the
decisions of the Borough Council made hereunder and report any violations
thereof to the Borough Council.
Where any Borough street, including the paved area, gutters,
utilities and the right-of-way, is hereafter damaged in any manner
whatsoever, the person or persons directly responsible for said damage
and the subcontractor and/or general contractor for whom said person
or his superiors work, or with whom they have contracted, shall be
jointly liable for any and all damage to said Borough street and shall
repair said damage within 90 days of any written demand by the Borough.
All repairs shall meet Borough standards and shall be subject to Borough
inspection.
Challenges to the validity of this chapter shall be governed
by the following procedure:
A. When the Borough Council has held a public hearing pursuant to public notice upon an application for subdivision or land development, such hearing shall be deemed in lieu of a hearing by the Zoning Hearing Board, and appeal from any decision or determination of the Planning Commission or Borough Council shall lie directly in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in accordance with §
250-33C.
B. When the Planning Commission or Borough Council has not held a public hearing, and recognizing that challenges to the validity of this chapter may present issues of fact and of interpretation which may lie within the special competence of the Zoning Hearing Board, and to facilitate speedy disposition of such challenges by a court, the Zoning Hearing Board may hear all challenges wherein the validity of this chapter presents any issue of fact or of interpretation and shall take evidence and make a record thereon, as provided in Chapter
290, Zoning.
C. At the conclusion of any hearing, the Borough Council, Planning Commission
or Zoning Hearing Board shall decide all contested questions of interpretation
and shall make findings on all relevant issues of fact, which shall
become part of the record on appeal to the court.
This chapter may be amended from time to time in accordance
with the procedure established by Section 505 of the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code, Act No. 247, as follows:
A. Amendments shall become effective only after a public hearing(s)
held by the Borough Council pursuant to public notice, as defined
in this chapter.
B. Public notice shall include a brief summary, setting forth the principal
provisions of the proposed amendment, and a reference to the place(s)
within the Borough where copies of the proposed amendment may be secured
or examined.
C. Unless the proposed amendment shall have been prepared by the Planning
Commission, the Borough Council shall submit the proposed amendment
to the Planning Commission at least 30 days prior to the hearing on
such proposed amendment to provide the Planning Commission an opportunity
to make recommendations.
D. After enactment, if the advertisement of an amendment is required
by other laws respecting the advertisement of an amendment, such advertisement
may consist solely of a reference to the place or places within the
Borough where copies of such amendment shall be obtainable for a charge
not greater than the cost thereof and available for examination without
charge.
The Council of the Borough of West View, through the authority granted pursuant to Article
V, Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act No. 247, has adopted these regulations governing the subdivision
and development of land within the Borough limits.
Any person, firm, corporation or agent thereof who shall subdivide
or develop any lot, tract or parcel of land; who shall lay out, construct,
open or dedicate any street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer or water
main, for public use or travel, or for the common use of occupants
of buildings abutting thereon; or who shall sell any lot or erect
any building in a subdivision or development without first having
complied with all the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be responsible
as provided by Section 515 of Act 247.