[Amended 7-18-2018 by Ord. No. 426[1]]
In addition to any other actions required by law or by this
Charter to be taken by ordinance, those actions of the Board of Supervisors
shall be by ordinance which:
(1)
Adopt or amend an administrative code.
(2)
Provide for a fine or other penalty - or establish a rule or regulation
for violation of which a fine or other penalty is imposed - except
for fines of less than one dollar ($1.00) per violation.
(3)
Levy taxes, except to continue an existing levy.
(4)
Grant, renew, or extend a franchise.
(5)
Establish, alter, or abolish rates charged for any utility - or similar
service - supplied by the Township.
(6)
Authorize the borrowing of money, except for Tax Anticipation Notes.
(7)
Convey or lease - or authorize the conveyance or lease of - any lands
of the Township.
(8)
Amend or repeal any ordinance previously adopted unless such previous
ordinance action could have been taken by resolution or motion.
(9)
Create an Authority.
(10)
Regulate land use.
[1]
Editor’s Note: This ordinance was approved by referendum
on November 6, 2018.
The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be: "The Township
of West Deer hereby ordains:"
Every ordinance shall contain the date of its enactment, and
its enactment shall be verified by the signature of the presiding
officer of the meeting where final action thereon was taken. The official
seal of the municipality shall be affixed to the original copy of
each ordinance. However, failure on the part of the presiding officer
to sign an ordinance or affix the official seal shall not in any way
invalidate an otherwise valid ordinance.
The penalty for the violation of any ordinance shall not exceed
Three Hundred ($300.00) Dollars for each violation or thirty (30)
days imprisonment in default of payment of fine. The limit of fines
may be increased by the Board to the extent of the maximum fine that
may be levied by any non-charter municipality in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania as that limit is from time to time established by
the General Assembly.
After adoption, all ordinances shall be published one time in
a newspaper circulating generally within the Township. The full text
of the ordinance need not be published; instead the title and a general
summary of the substance of the ordinance will be sufficient to meet
publication requirement. Publication shall occur within thirty (30)
days of the enactment of the ordinance. The effective date of the
ordinance shall be the publication dates unless a later date is specified
in the ordinance, or required by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
All ordinances and resolutions of the Township shall be entered
verbatim in permanent separate record books for ordinances and resolutions.
No ordinance shall be considered in force until the same is recorded
in the ordinance book. The ordinance book and the resolution book
shall be open and available for public inspection at reasonable hours.
These books shall be in the custody and control of the Township Secretary
and all entries made therein shall be at the direction of the Township
Secretary.
No final action shall be taken on the following types of ordinances
and amendments thereto without public hearing thereon and at least
ten (10) days prior, public notice thereof released in a newspaper
or newsletter circulating generally in the Township:
(1)
Zoning ordinances and amendments thereto.
(2)
Adoption of the zoning map and amendments thereto.
(3)
Sub-division regulations.
(4)
Land development and land use regulations.
(5)
New taxes or increases in the rate of existing taxes. No prior public
notice shall be necessary for the reenactment of taxes levied annually
at the same rate.
(6)
Major projects (over 10% of the previous year's total budget inclusive
of all funds).
(7)
Technical codes regulating use of real or personal property.
