[Ord. 33, 1/14/1955, Art. 1; as amended by Ord. 356, 12/17/1986]
1. This Part 3C shall be known and may be cited as the "Lower Southampton
Township Planning Commission Ordinance."
2. The purpose of this Part 3C is to create and establish a planning
commission for the Township of Lower Southampton pursuant to the provisions
of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10101
et seq.
[Ord. 33, 1/14/1955, Art. 2; as amended by Ord. 183, 10/9/1969,
Art. 1; and Ord. 350, 4/9/1986]
1. There is hereby created and established in the Township of Lower
Southampton a planning commission to be known as the "Lower Southampton
Township Planning Commission" (hereinafter referred to as the "Planning
Commission"), consisting of nine members who shall reside within the
Township and who shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed
for necessary and reasonable expenses.
2. The members of the Planning Commission shall be appointed by the
Board of Supervisors. The terms of members appointed after January
1, 1969, to a vacancy created by the expiration of a term shall be
for four years or until a successor is appointed and qualified. Of
the two members first appointed to the positions created by Ord. 350,
one appointee shall serve until the first Monday of January 1989,
and the second appointee shall serve until the first Monday of January
1990, or until their successors are appointed and qualified.
[Ord. 33, 1/14/1955, Art. 3; as amended by Ord. 356, 12/17/1986]
1. The Planning Commission shall have all the powers and duties conferred
and imposed upon it as set forth in the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., as the said Act
of Assembly may hereafter be amended and supplemented, and as may
hereafter be conferred upon such commissions by Acts of Assembly of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
2. The Planning Commission shall have appropriated to its use from the
general fund of the Township of Lower Southampton by the Board of
Supervisors, in the same manner as other appropriations are made,
such money as in the opinion of the Board of Supervisors is necessary
and is available for the work of the Planning Commission for the year
in which the appropriation is made.
[Ord. 33, 1/14/1955, Art. IV; as amended by Ord. 356, 12/17/1986]
1. The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Lower Southampton may
establish as the Official Map of the Township any part of a development
plan prepared and adopted by the Planning Commission established hereunder
with respect to the location and width of streets, highways and parkways
and the location and extent of public parks and playgrounds. Establishment
of the Official Map shall be by ordinance, after public hearing, with
notice of such public hearing to be published in a newspaper of general
circulation in the Township at least 10 days prior to the hearing.
Such map, subject to amendments as hereinafter provided, is to be
deemed official and conclusive and is hereby declared to be established
to conserve and promote the public health, safety, morals and general
welfare.
2. The Board of Supervisors may, whenever and as often as it may deem
it for the public interest, change or add to the Official Map of the
Township in the manner and by the methods set forth in the Pennsylvania
Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq., or
as otherwise provided by law.
3. For the purpose of preserving the integrity of the Official Map of
the Township, no person shall be issued a permit for any building
in the bed of any street shown or laid out on the Official Map, except
that, when the property of an applicant of which such reserved location
forms a part cannot yield a reasonable return to the owner unless
such permit be granted, the Zoning Hearing Board may, in a specific
case, by a vote of a majority of its members, grant a permit for a
building in such street which will, as little as practicable, increase
the cost of opening such street or tend to cause a change of the Official
Map, and the Zoning Hearing Board shall impose reasonable requirements
as a condition of granting the permit so as to promote the health,
morals, safety and general welfare of the public.
4. No public sewer, water main or other Township street, utility or
improvements shall be constructed in or so as to serve any street,
highway, parkway, playground or park until the street, highway, parkway,
playground or park is duly placed on the Official Map.
[Ord. 33, 1/14/1955, Art. V]
The Board of Supervisors, before approving plans for proposed
subdivisions of land, shall refer such plans to the Planning Commission
for its recommendation. If the Planning Commission shall not make
its recommendation thereon within 30 days after such reference, the
Planning Commission shall be deemed to consent thereto.