There is hereby created, effective immediately, a Committee
pursuant to the Act providing for blighted vacant property removal
(Urban Redevelopment Law, June 23, 1978, P.L. 556, No. 94), consisting of at least four members as specified by the
Act and known as the "Vacant Property Review Committee."
One member shall be a member of the Council of the Borough designated
by resolution of Borough Council. One member shall be a representative
of the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County as designated by
said Authority. One member shall be a representative of the Borough
Planning Commission, or appropriate similar entity, as designated
by said Commission. One member shall be designated by the chief executive
officer of the Borough.
The initial members of the Vacant Property Review Committee
shall serve for a term ending two years from the date of enactment
of this chapter. Thereafter, successors shall be appointed for terms
of two years. Vacancies shall be filled by the appointment of a member
by the respective body or officer authorized by the Act and this chapter
to make appointments, and members appointed to fill vacancies shall
serve until the expiration of the then remaining unexpired term.
The Vacant Property Review Committee shall have power and authority
to operate under the Act to provide for the designation, certification
and removal of blighted property as defined in the Act, to operate
in conjunction with and cooperate with the Redevelopment Authority
of Allegheny County in bringing about the acquisition, by the exercise
of eminent domain or otherwise, as authorized by the Act, and elimination
of blighted property within the Borough; and, to this end, said Committee
shall have all power and authority to do such acts and deeds as are
necessary and appropriate to carry out the goals of the Act and of
this chapter.
Notice of the determination by the Committee that a property
is blighted property within the meaning of the Act shall be given
to the owner of the property or his agent, together with or including
an order from the Committee to the owner directing the elimination
of the conditions, by personal service of the Committee's notification
upon the owner or by certified mail, return receipt requested, or
by posting a copy of the Committee's resolution in a conspicuous
place on the property. The owner or his agent shall have the right
to appeal from the Committee's determination by filing a written
notice of appeal with the Committee within 30 days after giving of
such notice, in which event a hearing before the Committee shall be
scheduled.