The Board of Supervisors may introduce and/or consider amendments
to this chapter and to the Zoning Map as proposed by a member of the
Board of Supervisors, the Planning Commission, or by a petition of
a person or persons residing or owning property within the Township.
Petitions for amendments shall be filed with the Zoning Officer;
and the petitioners, upon such filing, shall pay an advertising deposit
and a filing fee, in accordance with a fee schedule fixed by the Board
of Supervisors' resolution.
Any proposed amendment presented to the Board of Supervisors
without written findings and recommendations from the Township of
Potter Planning Commission and the Beaver County Planning Commission
shall be referred to those agencies for their review and recommendations
prior to the public hearing by the Board of Supervisors. The Board
of Supervisors shall not hold a public hearing upon such amendments
until required reviews and recommendations are received or the expiration
of 30 days from the date that such proposed amendments were submitted
to the Township of Potter and the Beaver County Planning Commission.
(See also Section 304 of the MPC.)
In accordance with the provisions of Act 39 of 2008 and Section
108 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, the Township of Potter may publish a notice of municipal
action. This notice may include amendments to this chapter or certain
decisions that have been entered under this chapter. Typically, these
decisions would be the approval of conditional uses or special exceptions.
Such notices shall include, among other items, any amendments to this
chapter or the Zoning Map, decisions concerning conditional uses or
special exceptions or any other decision as defined by Sections 107
and 108 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code. Such notices are intended to set limits on the time for
certain challenges.
A. Content of a notice of municipal action relating to this chapter:
(1)
Municipal ordinance number, name, and a brief statement of the
content of the ordinance.
(2)
Address of the Township Building and time when the ordinance
can be read or viewed by the public.
B. Content of a notice of a decision entered under this chapter. Said
notice may contain:
(1)
The name of the applicant or owner of the subject property.
(2)
Street address, location of the property.
(3)
The type of decision and the file or docket number of the decision.
(4)
A brief description of the nature of the decision.
(5)
The date of the decision.
(6)
Address and business hours of the Township Building where the
decision can be read by the public.
C. Statement of purpose. Notices provided under this section may contain
the following statement: "The publication of this announcement is
intended to provide notification of the adoption of an ordinance or
entering a decision and that any person claiming a right to challenge
the validity of the procedures or the process of adoption or enactment
of the ordinance or decision must bring a legal action within 30 days
of the publication of the second notice on this matter."
D. Notice. This notice shall be published in a newspaper of general
publication once each week for two successive weeks. The dates of
publication shall be included in the notice.
E. Proof of publication. The Township shall obtain and keep in its records
a proof of publication of the notice.