[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of Hampton 11-11-1953 by Ord. No. 15 (Ch. 1, Part 4A, of the
1995 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 9-16-1969 by Ord. No. 125; 4-26-1995 by Ord. No. 505]
A.
Hereby created and established is a planning commission to be known
and designated hereafter as "Hampton Township Planning Commission."
B.
The Township Council shall appoint no less than three nor more than
nine residents of the Township of Hampton to serve on the Planning
Commission and designate the term each shall serve. The term of each
of the members of the Commission shall be for four years, except that
the terms of the members first appointed shall be fixed so that if
the Commission has eight members or less, no more than two shall be
reappointed and replaced during one future calendar year and if the
Commission has nine members, no more than three shall be reappointed
or replaced during one future calendar year. An appointment to fill
a vacancy shall be only for the unexpired portion of the term. In
making appointments to the Commission, the Council shall give due
consideration and regard to representation from various geographic
sections within the Township, so that all members of the Commission
shall not be from the same general area. No member appointed by authority
of this section shall also be a member of the Hampton Township School
Board, Hampton Township School Building Authority, Hampton Joint Recreation
Board, Hampton Township Sanitary Authority, or the Hampton Township
Municipal Authority.
A.
The Hampton Township Planning Commission shall elect its own chairman
and create and fill such other offices as it may determine.
B.
The Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to make and alter
rules for its procedures consistent with the ordinances and resolutions
of Hampton Township and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
C.
The Hampton Township Planning Commission shall keep a record of its
resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations, which record
shall be a public record.
D.
The Hampton Township Planning Commission may enter into joint agreements
with county, regional or other planning agencies covering cooperative
financing of planning, studies and such other cooperative relationships
as are necessary to attain the objectives of this chapter only with
the consent of the Township Council.
A.
The Hampton Township Planning Commission shall prepare and adopt
a plan of development for the Township. The plan, with accompanying
maps, charts, drawings and descriptive matter, shall show the Commission's
recommendation for the development of the Township. It may show the
Commission's recommendations for the most desirable use of land
for agricultural, residential, recreational, commercial, industrial
and other purposes; for the most desirable density of population in
the several parts of the Township; for a system of principal thoroughfares,
parkways, bridges, streets and other public ways; for airports, parks,
playgrounds and public grounds; for the general location and extent
of facilities for water, sewage, light, power, transit and other purposes,
whether publicly or privately owned; for the general location, character
and extent of community centers and neighborhood units; and for the
replanning of blighted and slum areas; for the extent and location
of public projects; and for such other things as, in the opinion of
the Commission, are of public concern.
B.
The development plan shall be based on studies of the physical, social,
economic and governmental conditions and trends, and shall be designed
to promote with the greatest efficiency and economy the coordinated
development of the Township and the general welfare and prosperity
of its people.
C.
As the work of preparing the whole development plan progresses, the
Commission may from time to time adopt parts thereof, any such part
to cover one or more major sections or divisions of the Township or
one or more of the functional matters to be included in the plan.
The Commission may from time to time amend, extend or add to the development
plan. The Planning Commission shall, wherever possible, cooperate
with the County Planning Commission if one exists. It shall be the
duty of the Commission to file a copy of all maps and plans and amendments
thereto adopted by the Commission with the County Planning Commission
within 30 days of the completion of such maps or plans.
D.
Proposed subdivision plans shall be referred to the Hampton Township
Planning Commission by the Township Council for its recommendations,
and if the Planning Commission shall not make its recommendation thereon
within 30 days after such reference, it shall be deemed to consent
thereto.
E.
All powers and duties conferred upon municipal planning agencies
are hereby conferred and imposed on the Hampton Township Planning
Commission.
A.
The Hampton Township Planning Commission may make reports and recommendations
to the Township Council, agencies and citizens regarding public and
private improvements in relation to its plans and general community
development. It may publish the development plan or sections thereof
and such other reports and recommendations as, in the opinion of the
Commission, are necessary to attain the objectives of this chapter.
The Commission may yearly recommend to the Council a long-range program
of public improvements, together with a long-range financial plan.
B.
All public officials shall, upon request, furnish to the Commission
such available information as the Commission or its staff may require
for its work.
C.
The Commission or its employees may, while performing necessary work,
enter upon any land in order to examine or survey it or to place and
maintain necessary temporary markers thereon.
D.
In general, the Planning Commission shall have such powers as will
reasonably enable it to carry out its purpose and promote Township
planning.
