[Ord. 158, 12/20/1994, § 701]
1. Proposals for amendment, supplement, change, modification or repeal
may be initiated by the Board of Supervisors or by the Planning Commission.
2. In case of an amendment other than that prepared by the Planning
Commission, the Board of Supervisors shall submit each such amendment
to the Planning Commission for recommendations at least 30 days prior
to the date fixed for the public hearing on such proposed amendment.
At least 30 days prior to the hearing on the amendment, the Township
shall also submit the proposed amendment to the Bucks County Planning
Commission for recommendations.
3. Within 30 days after adoption, the Board of Supervisors shall forward
a certified copy of any amendment to the this Chapter to the Bucks
County Planning Commission.
[Ord. 158, 12/20/1994, § 702]
1. Before voting on the enactment of an amendment, the Board of Supervisors
shall hold a public hearing. No amendment shall become effective until
after such hearing at which parties in interest and citizens shall
have an opportunity to be heard.
2. Notice shall be given once each week for two successive weeks, the
first notice being not more than 30 days, and the second notice not
less than seven days in advance of such hearings and shall be published
in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township. Such notice
shall state the time and place of the hearing and shall include either
the full text of the proposed amendment, or the title and a brief
summary prepared by the Township Solicitor and setting forth all the
provisions in reasonable detail. If the full text is not included:
A. A copy shall be supplied to a newspaper of general circulation in
the Township at the time the public notice is published.
B. An attested copy of the proposed ordinance shall be filed in the
County Law Library or other County office designated by the County
Commissioners.
[Ord. 158, 12/20/1994, § 703]
1. Preventive Remedies. In addition to the right of the Township to
enforce a subdivision or land development ordinance violation by means
of an action in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County,
and other rights the Township may have at law, including actions to
recover damages and to prevent illegal occupancy of a building, structure
or premises the Township may:
A. Refuse to issue any permit or grant any approval necessary to further
improve or develop any real property which has been developed or which
has resulted from a subdivision of real property in violation of this
Chapter. This authority to deny such a permit or approval shall apply
to any of the following applicants:
(1)
The owner of record at the time of such violation.
(2)
The vendee or lessee of the owner of record at the time of such
violation without regard as to whether such vendee or lessee had actual
or constructive knowledge of the violation.
(3)
The current owner of record who acquired the property subsequent
to the time of violation without regard as to whether such current
owner had actual or constructive knowledge of the violations.
(4)
The vendee or lessee of the current owner of record who acquired
the property subsequent to the time of violation without regard as
to whether such vendee or lessee had actual or constructive knowledge
of the violation.
B. As an additional condition for issuance of a permit or the granting
of approval to any such owner, current owner, vendee or lessee for
the development of real property which was subdivided in violation
of this Chapter, the Township may require compliance with the conditions
that would have been applicable to the property at the time the applicant
acquired an interest in such property.
2. Enforcement Remedies. Any person, partnership or corporation who
or which has violated the provisions of the this Chapter, upon being
found liable therefore in District Justice Court, shall pay a judgment
of $500 plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney fees incurred
by the Township as a result thereof. Each day that a violation continues
shall constitute a separate violation, unless the District Justice
determining that there has been a violation further determines that
there was a good faith basis for the person, partnership or corporation
violating this Chapter to have believed that there was no such violation,
in which event there shall be deemed to have been only one such violation
until the fifth day following the date of the determination of a violation
by the District Justice and thereafter each day that a violation continues
shall constitute a separate violation.