Pursuant to the Act of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
of July 31, 1968, No. 247, known as the "Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code," as supplemented and amended, a Planning Commission is
hereby created which shall have all of the powers and duties conferred
upon it by law.
The Planning Commission hereby created shall consist of nine
members who will serve without compensation but who may be reimbursed
for necessary and reasonable expenses. Each member shall be appointed
by the Council of the Borough of Kittanning and shall serve for a
term of four years or until his or her successor is appointed and
qualified, except the initial terms as hereinafter provided.
Members of the Planning Commission established under former
ordinances of the Borough of Kittanning shall continue in office for
the terms for which they were appointed, but shall continue in such
office as members of the Planning Commission created hereby. The additional
four members shall be appointed as herein provided for such terms
to the end that no more than three members shall be reappointed or
replaced annually.
Members of the Planning Commission shall be adult citizens and
residents of the Borough of Kittanning, and, insofar as possible,
two members shall be residents of each of the four wards of said Borough,
and the ninth member shall be a resident of any of said wards.
The Chairman of the Planning Commission shall promptly notify
the Council of the Borough of Kittanning of any vacancy in office
by reason of death, resignation, removal of residence from a ward,
or otherwise, and such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term
by appointment by Council.
The Planning Commission created hereby shall also serve as a
Zoning Commission under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
and shall have all of the powers and duties of such.