Township of Upper Providence, PA
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2023-08-10
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Charter
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Chapter C Home Rule Charter
- Adopting Ordinance
- Ch AO Adopting Ordinance
- Comparative Section Table
- Ch CST Comparative Section Table
- Charter
- Ch C Home Rule Charter
- Ch C Art I Applicability and Legal Status
- § C-1.01 Legal applicability.
- § C-1.02 Status and name.
- § C-1.03 Boundaries.
- Ch C Art II Powers of the Township
- § C-2.01 General grant of power.
- § C-2.02 Interpretation.
- Ch C Art III Township Council
- § C-3.01 Governing body.
- § C-3.02 Legislative powers.
- § C-3.03 Composition.
- § C-3.04 Qualifications.
- § C-3.05 Terms.
- § C-3.06 Vacancies; forfeiture of office; filling of vacancies.
- § C-3.07 Compensation.
- § C-3.08 Organization.
- § C-3.09 Procedures.
- § C-3.10 Records.
- Ch C Art IV Other Elected Officials
- § C-4.01 Auditors.
- § C-4.02 (Reserved)
- Ch C Art V Ordinances
- § C-5.01 Requirements for ordinance.
- § C-5.02 Form.
- § C-5.03 Enactment procedure.
- § C-5.04 Emergency ordinances.
- § C-5.05 Standard codes or technical regulations.
- § C-5.06 Recording and compilation.
- § C-5.07 Appeal.
- § C-5.08 Action by resolution.
- Ch C Art VI Township Administration
- § C-6.01 Administrative code.
- § C-6.02 Township departments.
- § C-6.03 Personnel system.
- § C-6.04 Township solicitor.
- § C-6.05 Township engineer.
- § C-6.06 Township secretary.
- § C-6.07 Township manager; township secretary and treasurer.
- Ch C Art VII Financial Procedures
- § C-7.01 Fiscal year.
- § C-7.02 Township financial plan.
- § C-7.03 Adoption of the financial plan.
- § C-7.04 Amendment of the financial plan.
- § C-7.05 Lapse of appropriations.
- § C-7.06 Receipts and disbursements.
- § C-7.07 Contracts.
- § C-7.08 Audit.
- Ch C Art VIII Boards, Commissions and Authorities
- § C-8.01 General.
- § C-8.02 Composition.
- § C-8.03 Term.
- § C-8.04 Organization.
- § C-8.05 Planning Commission.
- § C-8.06 Zoning Hearing Board.
- § C-8.07 Recreation Board.
- § C-8.08 Code of Ethics Commission.
- § C-8.09 Environmental Commission.
- Ch C Art IX Environmental Bill of Rights
- Ch C Art X Citizen Participation
- § C-10.01 General.
- § C-10.02 Initiative.
- § C-10.03 Referendum.
- § C-10.04 Limitations of initiative and referendum.
- § C-10.05 Commencement of proceedings; petitioners' committee; affidavit.
- § C-10.06 Petitions for initiative and referendum.
- § C-10.07 Procedure after filing.
- § C-10.08 Action on petitions.
- § C-10.09 Results of election.
- § C-10.10 Recall.
- Ch C Art XI Upper Providence Township Code of Ethics
- § C-11.01 Code of Ethics.
- § C-11.02 Violations of the Code of Ethics.
- Ch C Art XII General Provisions
- § C-12.01 Severability.
- § C-12.02 Gender.
- § C-12.03 Amendment.
- § C-12.04 Election procedures.
- § C-12.05 Voting districts.
- § C-12.06 Vacancies in office.
- § C-12.07 Township employees.
- § C-12.08 Bonding.
- § C-12.09 Subpoena powers.
- § C-12.10 Writ of mandamus.
- Ch C Art XIII Transition Provisions
- § C-13.01 Nature of article.
- § C-13.02 Continuance.
- § C-13.03 Pending matters.
- § C-13.04 Transition Committee.
- § C-13.05 Transition to the new township council.
- § C-13.06 Other elected officials.
- § C-13.07 Officers and employees.
- § C-13.08 Departments, offices, agencies, boards and commissions.
- § C-13.09 Administrative code.
- § C-13.10 Effective date.
- § C-13.11 Interpretation.
- The Code
- Part Two: Administrative Code
- Title Two: General Provisions
- Ch 202 Codified Ordinances
- Ch 204 Official Standards
- Ch 206 Lines and Boundaries
- Ch 208 Contracts, Purchasing and Finance
- Ch 210 Meetings of Public Bodies
- Title Four: Legislation
- Ch 220 Council
- Ch 222 Ordinances and Resolutions
- Title Six: Administration
- Ch 230 Township Manager
- Ch 232 Township Solicitor
- Ch 234 Township Secretary
- Ch 236 Township Auditors
- Ch 238 Township Tax Collector
- Ch 240 Township Engineer
- Ch 241 Township Planner
- Ch 242 Police Department
- Ch 244 Volunteer Fire Company
- Ch 246 Bureau of Fire Prevention
- Ch 248 Highway Department
- Ch 250 Sewer Department
- Ch 252 Recreation Department
- Ch 254 Code Administration Department
- Ch 256 Public Works Department
- Title Eight: Authorities, Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 260 Authorities, Boards, Commissions and Committees Generally
- Ch 262 Authorities
- Ch 264 Planning Commission
- Ch 266 Zoning Hearing Board
- Ch 268 Recreation Board
- Ch 270 Environmental Commission
- Ch 272 Code of Ethics Commission
- Ch 274 Cable Television Advisory Committee
- Title Ten: Employment Provisions
- Ch 280 Employees Generally
- Ch 282 Uniformed Employee Personnel Administration
- Ch 284 Nonuniformed Employee Personnel Administration
- Ch 286 Police Pension Plan
- Ch 288 Nonuniformed Employees' Pension Plan
- Title Twelve: Judiciary
- Ch 298 District Justice and Court of Common Pleas
- Part Four: Traffic Code
- Title Two: Vehicles and Public Ways
- Ch 420 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
- Ch 424 Operation of Vehicles
- Ch 428 Streets and Traffic Control Devices
- Title Four: Parking
- Ch 440 Parking Generally
- Ch 444 Off-Street Parking
- Ch 448 Snow Emergency Parking
- Ch 452 Residential Parking Program
- Part Six: General Offenses Code
- Ch 610 Air Pollution Control
- Ch 614 Animals
- Ch 660 Peace Disturbances
- Ch 680 Safety, Sanitation and Health
- Ch 690 Vegetation
- Ch 694 Weapons and Explosives
- Part Eight: Business Regulation and Taxation Code
- Title Two: Business Regulation
- Ch 820 Cable Television
- Ch 870 Transient Merchants
- Title Four: Taxation
- Ch 880 (Reserved)
- Ch 884 Realty Transfer Tax
- Ch 886 Local Services Tax
- Part Ten: Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code
- Title Two: Street and Sidewalk Areas
- Ch 1020 Construction and Repair of Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 1022 Street Excavations and Obstructions
- Ch 1023 Township Rights-Of-Way
- Ch 1024 Small Wireless Facilities
- Title Four: Sewers and Stormwater Management
- Ch 1040 Sewer District No. 1
- Ch 1042 Sewer District No. 2
- Ch 1044 Connections and Capping
- Ch 1046 Sewage Facilities Plan
- Ch 1048 Stormwater Management Facilities
- Ch 1050 Ridley Creek Stormwater Management
- Ch 1052 Community On-Lot (Colds) and Stream Discharge (Csdds) Sewage Disposal System Management Program
- Ch 1054 Stormwater Management
- Ch 1056 Sewage Retaining Tank Procedures
- Title Six: Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Disposal
- Ch 1060 Licensing of Solid Waste Collectors
- Ch 1061 Regulation of Solid Waste Containers
- Ch 1062 Solid Waste Collection
- Ch 1064 Solid Waste Disposal
- Ch 1066 Recycling
- Title Eight: Other Public Services
- Ch 1080 Media-Upper Providence Free Library
- Ch 1082 Parks and Playgrounds
- Part Twelve: Planning and Zoning Code
- Title Two: Planning
- Ch 1210 Planning Commission
- Ch 1212 Comprehensive Plan
- Ch 1214 Stormwater Management; Erosion and Sedimentation Control
- Title Four: Subdivision and Land Development Regulations
- Ch 1220 General Provisions and Definitions
- Ch 1222 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
- Ch 1226 Procedure
- Ch 1228 Plan Requirements
- Ch 1230 Development Design Standards
- Ch 1232 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 1234 Construction and Acceptance of Public Improvements
- Apx A-H Appendixes to Title Four
- Title Six: Zoning
- Ch 1250 General Provisions and Administration
- Ch 1252 General Definitions
- Ch 1254 Establishment of Districts
- Ch 1256 Use Regulations and Standards
- Ch 1258 Area, Bulk, and Dimensional Standards
- Ch 1260 Buffer Requirements
- Ch 1262 Off-Street Parking and Loading
- Ch 1264 Nuisance Standards
- Ch 1266 Steep Slope Conservation Overlay District
- Ch 1268 Ridley Creek Watershed Overlay District
- Ch 1270 Floodplain Management
- Ch 1272 Planned Residential Overlay District
- Ch 1276 Signs
- Ch 1278 Nonconformities
- Ch 1280 Conditional Uses
- Ch 1282 Zoning Hearing Board
- Ch 1284 Repealer and Effective Date
- Part Fourteen: Building and Housing Code
- Title Two: Building Standards
- Ch 1420 Boca National Building Code
- Ch 1422 (Reserved)
- Ch 1424 International Plumbing Code
- Ch 1426 International Mechanical Code
- Ch 1428 (Reserved)
- Ch 1430 Uniform Construction Code
- Title Four: Miscellaneous Building Regulations
- Ch 1440 Alarm Systems
- Ch 1444 Certificates of Use and Occupancy
- Ch 1448 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 1454 Smoke Detectors
- Ch 1456 (Reserved)
- Ch 1458 Water Conservation Standards for Plumbing Installations
- Title Six: Housing Standards
- Ch 1460 International Property Maintenance Code
- Ch 1462 Apartment Registration
- Ch 1464 Vacant and Abandoned Property
- Ch 1466 Hotels, Motels and Inns
- Part Sixteen: Fire Prevention Code
- Ch 1610 Boca National Fire Prevention Code
- Ch 1620 Miscellaneous Regulations
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
PREAMBLE
WE, THE CITIZENS of Upper Providence Township, in order to insure
the power of self government, strengthen the structure of our Municipal
Government, make it more clearly responsible and responsive to the
people, provide Municipal services and facilities with the highest
degree of efficiency and economy, and promote the general welfare
and security within the Township to ourselves and for the future,
do ordain and establish this Home Rule Charter for Upper Providence
Township.
DEFINITIONS
The following words, when used in this Charter, shall have the
following meanings:
A. "Charter" shall mean the Home Rule Charter adopted by the
voters of Upper Providence Township and effective on the fifth day
of January, 1976.
B. "Township" shall mean Upper Providence Township.
C. "Council" shall mean the governing body of Upper Providence
Township.
D. "Elector" shall mean any person who shall possess all of
the qualifications enabling him to register to vote.
E. "Registered elector" shall mean any person who shall possess
all of the qualifications of an elector and who has legally registered
to vote.
F. "Voter" shall mean any person who votes.
G. "Election" shall mean any general, special, municipal or
primary election unless otherwise specified.
H. "General election" shall mean the election which the Constitution
of this Commonwealth requires to be held in even numbered years.
I. "Municipal Election" shall mean the election which the Constitution
of this Commonwealth requires to be held in odd numbered years.
J. "Primary election" shall mean any election for the nomination
of candidates.
K. "November election" shall mean either the general election
or the municipal election or both, according to the context.
L. "Certification of the election results" shall mean that certification
of election results prepared by the County Board of Elections as prescribed
by the laws of the Commonwealth.
M. "Majority" shall mean the number greater than one-half of
any total.
N. "Quorum" shall mean a majority of the whole body.
O. "Oath" shall include affirmation, and "swear" shall include
affirm.
P. "Advertising" shall mean publication in one newspaper of
general circulation issued daily, intended for general distribution
and circulation and sold at fixed prices per copy to subscribers and
readers without regard to business, trade, profession or class as
well as publicizing in one other publication which is circulated throughout
the Township on at least a weekly basis.
Q. "Proof of publication" shall mean a printed or written statement,
declaring the name of a newspaper of general circulation, a legal
newspaper, a legal periodical, official newspaper, or official legal
newspaper its place of business, when the same was established, date
or dates, and issue or issues, in which a printed notice or publication
appeared, and to which is securely attached, exactly as printed or
published, a copy of the official advertisement, official notice,
legal notice, or legal advertisement, verified with a statement of
the owner, publisher, or the designated agent of the owner or publisher,
of such newspaper or periodical in which the official or legal advertisement
or notice was published, duly sworn to before a person authorized
to administer oaths, and also declaring that the affiant is not interested
in the subject matter of the notice of advertising, and that all of
the allegations of the statement as to the time, place, and character
of publication are true.
R. "Ordinance" shall mean an enactment of the Township Council.
S. "Resolution" shall mean a formal expression of the opinion
or will of the Township Council adopted by vote.
T. "Motion" shall mean the formal mode in which a member submits
a proposed measure or resolve for the consideration and action of
the meeting.
