[Ord. 2003-06, 8/21/2003, § 400; as amended by Ord. 2007-04, 10/17/2007, § 1]
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Membership. A Historical Architectural Review Board, hereafter referred to as "HARB," is hereby established to be composed of seven members appointed by the Board of Supervisors. Membership shall include Township residents or property owners in the Township, unless professions described in Subsection 1A through C below cannot be filled with Township residents or property owners. The membership of HARB shall be as follows:
A. 
One member shall be a registered architect.
B. 
One member shall be a licensed real estate broker.
C. 
One member shall be the Building Inspector.
D. 
Four members shall be persons with demonstrated interest, knowledge, ability, experience or expertise in restoration, historic rehabilitation, neighborhood conservation or history and who have interest in the preservation of Franklin Township. Special consideration should also be given to residents of the historic district(s).
2. 
Terms. The initial terms of the first member shall be so fixed that no more than two members shall be replaced or reappointed during any one calendar year. However, every member shall continue in office after expiration of the term until the Board of Supervisors has appointed a successor. Their successors shall serve for a term of five years. The position of any member of HARB who ceases to be so engaged shall be automatically considered vacant. Vacancies on the HARB shall be filled within 120 days. An appointment to fill a vacancy shall be only for the unexpired portion of the term.
3. 
Conflict of Interest. It shall be the duty of each HARB member to remain conscious of and sensitive to any possible conflict of interest including, but not limited to, financial considerations that may arise by virtue of his or her membership on the Board. A member, promptly upon his determining he has a conflict himself relative to any matter brought, shall disqualify himself from participating, in any manner, publicly or privately, in the presentation, discussion or deliberation of and the voting on any such manner, including temporarily absenting himself from the room in which the discussion is being held.
[Ord. 2003-06, 8/21/2003, § 401]
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Advisory Role. HARB shall give recommendations to Board of Supervisors regarding the advisability of issuing any certificate of appropriateness required in accordance with the said Act of June 13, 1961, 53 P.S. § 8001 et seq., as amended, and this chapter.
2. 
HARB Rule-Making Power. HARB may make and alter rules and regulations for its own organization and procedure, provided that they are consistent with the laws of the commonwealth and all provisions of this chapter.
3. 
Removal of Members. Any Board member may be removed for misconduct or wrongdoing, unlawful execution of this Act, or failure to perform his or her responsibilities pursuant to this Act, or for other just cause by a majority vote of the Board of Supervisors, but not before he or she has been given the opportunity of a hearing to defend to any alleged infractions of said Act.
4. 
Annual Reports. The members of HARB shall make an annual report to the Franklin Township Board of Supervisors, which shall include:
A. 
Any recommendations for changes in this chapter.
B. 
The number and types of cases reviewed.
C. 
The number of cases for which a certificate of appropriateness was either approved or denied.
D. 
Number of HARB meetings and attendance.
E. 
Historic preservation related training which each member attended.
F. 
A narrative summary describing the state of preservation in the Historic District(s) with recommendations in policy, goals, and objectives for the Board of Supervisors consideration.
5. 
Compensation. HARB may employ secretarial and professional assistance and incur other necessary expenses with the approval of Board of Supervisors. HARB members will not be compensated for regular HARB duties; they shall be compensated for expenses incurred for training or other member development activities.
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Meetings. HARB shall meet publicly at least once each quarter at regularly scheduled intervals. Further, HARB may hold any additional meetings it considers necessary to carry out its powers and duties indicated in this chapter. Such meetings shall be advertised and open to the public. A majority of HARB shall constitute a quorum, and action taken at any meeting shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present.
7. 
Training. The majority of HARB members and/or HARB support staff shall be required to attend a minimum of eight hours annually of seminars, conferences or workshops related to historic preservation and HARB administration.
[Ord. 2003-06, 8/21/2003, § 402]
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In addition to the above, HARB shall have the following powers and duties:
A. 
To conduct a survey of buildings, structures, objects and monuments within the historic district(s) for the purpose of determining those of historic and/or architectural significance and pertinent facts about them; action in coordination with the Franklin Township Historical Commission, Planning Commission, Zoning Hearing Board, and other appropriate groups and to maintain and periodically revise the detailed listings (resource inventories) of historic resources and data about them, appropriately classified with respect to national, state and local significance.
B. 
To propose, from time to time as deemed appropriate, the establishment of additional historic districts and revisions to existing historic districts.
C. 
To cooperate with and enlist assistance from the National Park Service, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Preservation Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and other agencies, public and private, from time to time, concerned with the preservation of historic sites and buildings.
D. 
To advise owners of historic buildings regarding rehabilitation, repairs, maintenance methods and technologies, adaptive use, economic and tax incentives and other historic preservation strategies within historic districts.
E. 
To cooperate with and advise the Township in matters involving historically and/or architecturally significant sites and buildings (such as appropriate land usage, parking facilities and signs, as well as adherence to lot dimensional regulations and minimum structural standards).
F. 
To promote public interest in the purpose of this chapter by carrying on educational and public relations programs.
G. 
To work with and assist the Historical Commission and other government entities for the purposes of promoting historic preservation in the Kemblesville Historic District, other historic districts, and throughout the Township.