Pursuant to the provisions of Pennsylvania Planning Code, 53
P.S. § 10101 et seq., the Borough hereby re-creates and reestablishes
the Planning Commission of the Borough.
The Planning Commission of the Borough as re-created and reestablished
in this chapter shall consist of seven members, as permitted by the
Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, and all such members shall
serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for necessary and
reasonable expenses.
The Borough Planning Commission shall have and exercise all
rights and powers conferred on a planning commission by the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
All members of the Planning Commission shall be residents of
the Borough. At least five members of the Planning Commission shall
be citizen members, who shall not be officers or employees of the
Borough. No more than two members of the Planning Commission shall
be officers or employees of the Borough.
Any member of the Planning Commission, once qualified and appointed,
may be removed from office for malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance
in office or for other just cause by a majority vote of the Council
of the Borough taken after the member has received 15 days' advance
notice of the intent to take such a vote. A hearing shall be held
in connection with the vote if the member shall request it in writing.
Any appointment to fill a vacancy created by removal shall be only
for the unexpired term.
The Planning Commission shall elect its own Chairman and Vice
Chairman and create and fill such other offices as it may determine.
Officers shall serve annual terms and may succeed themselves. The
Commission may make and alter bylaws and rules and regulations to
govern its procedures consistent with the ordinances of the Borough
and the laws of the commonwealth. The Commission shall keep a full
record of its business and shall annually make a written report by
March 1 of each year of its activities to the Council of the Borough.
Interim reports may be made as often as may be necessary, or as requested
by the Council of the Borough.
The Council of the Borough shall appropriate annually such sums
as it deems necessary for defraying the expenses of the Borough Planning
Commission.