All members of the Perkiomen Township Planning Commission shall
be residents of Perkiomen Township. At least five members shall be
citizen members who are not officers or employees of Perkiomen Township.
All members of the Planning Commission shall be appointed by the Township
Board of Supervisors.
The membership of the Perkiomen Township Planning Commission
is hereby increased from five to seven members. The increase in membership
hereby established is to be effectuated by making two new appointments
to the Planning Commission.
If a vacancy in office shall occur by death, resignation, removal
from the Township or removal from office, it shall be filled by appointment
for the unexpired term.
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 majority vote of the Board of
Supervisors taken after the member has received 15 days' advance
notice of the intent to take such a vote. A hearing shall be held
before the Board of Supervisors 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.
In January each year, the Planning Commission shall establish
a schedule of meetings for the year. Additional meetings may be held
as required by the Board of Supervisors. All meetings shall be open
to the public.
A member's absence without excuse from two successive scheduled meetings, or absence without excuse from four scheduled meetings in a calendar year, shall constitute just cause for removal from office as provided in §
50-5 of this chapter.
The attendance of four members at a meeting shall be required
for a quorum for the transaction of business.
The affirmative vote of four members of the Planning Commission
shall be required for approval or disapproval of any matter brought
before the Planning Commission for review. Where, due to lack of a
quorum or other cause, the Planning Commission fails to approve or
disapprove a subdivision or land development plan, or otherwise fails
to take action on a matter requiring review, the subdivision, land
development plan or other matter shall be referred to the Board of
Supervisors, and the Planning Commission's failure to take action
shall have the effect of no recommendation.
The Planning Commission may make and alter bylaws and rules
and regulations to govern its procedures consistent with this chapter
and the laws of the commonwealth. The Planning 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 Board of Supervisors.
Interim reports may be made as often as may be necessary, or as requested
by the Board of Supervisors.