[Amended 11-13-1972 by Ord. No. 11-13-72A; 11-14-1983 by Ord. No.
11-14-83G; 5-8-1989 by Ord. No. 5-8-89F]
69.68.1.
Planning Commission report.
1.
The Municipal Council may, from time to time, on its own motion or
on petition, amend, supplement, change, modify or repeal, by ordinance,
the boundaries of districts or regulations or restrictions herein
established. Any proposed amendment shall be first submitted to the
Planning and Zoning Commission for its recommendation and report.
If the Planning and Zoning Commission makes no report within 45 days,
it shall be considered to have made a report approving the proposed
amendment.
2.
At least three working days before a Planning Commission meeting,
written notice must be given by any applicant in order to request
that its rezoning application be withdrawn from any Planning Commission
agenda. "Working days" are defined as those days that the municipal
offices are open for regular business. All postponements of rezonings
will be placed on the next regularly scheduled Planning Commission
agenda for action. No applicant may request more than one postponement.
Any changes in the request after filing a rezoning request shall require
the filing of a new application with payment of a new filing fee.
[Added 3-12-1989 by Ord. No. 3-12-89B]
69.68.2.
Public hearing.
1.
Before voting on the enactment of an amendment, the Municipal Council
shall proceed to hold a public hearing thereon, pursuant to public
notice required by the MPC. For amendments involving real property,
at least four placards shall be posted in conspicuous places located
within the area affected by the proposed amendment. Additional placards
shall be posted for sites in excess of one acre at a rate of one additional
placard per acre up to a maximum of 10 placards. All placards shall
be posted at least one week prior to the date of the hearing. In addition,
the Municipality shall submit the proposed amendment to the Allegheny
County Planning Department for recommendation as required by the MPC.
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Editor's Note: Former Section 69.69, Adverse reports, as amended
12-9-1985 by Ord. No. 12-9-85A, was repealed 12-11-2006 by Ord. No.
12-11-06E.
[Amended 6-10-1974 by Ord. No. 6-10-74A; 12-8-1980 by Ord. No.
12-8-80A; 2-13-1984 by Ord. No. 2-13-84F]
69.70.2.
An additional public hearing fee of $400 shall be paid to the
Municipality at the time of the application. All fees shall be credited
to the general fund and are not refundable if said application is
withdrawn by the applicant or disapproved by Council.
[Amended 2-12-1996 by Ord. No. 2-12-96B; 11-12-2012 by Ord. No.
11-12-12E]
69.70.3.
Any application modified by the applicant after formal review
by the Planning Commission shall be considered a new application.
This provision shall not apply to modifications reducing the amount
of land area on an application submitted by a single applicant on
property solely owned by him, provided further that nothing in this
section shall be deemed to limit Council's right to alter, amend or
change requested boundary lines on its own motion.
69.71.1.
In the event Council refuses to enact an amendment, supplement,
modification or change as requested by petitioner, the petition requesting
amendment, supplement, modification or change may not be reconsidered
by the Council until one year of the date of Councilmanic action in
refusing to enact such requested amendment, supplement, modification
or change.
