The Larksville Borough Planning Commission is hereby created
under the authority of Section 201 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code (53 P.S. § 10201).
The Larksville Borough Planning Commission shall consist of
three regular members and one alternate member who shall be appointed,
as more fully set forth herein, by an official action of Larksville
Borough Council.
In accordance with the requirements of Section 203 of the MPC
(53 P.S. § 10203), one regular member of the Larksville
Borough Planning Commission shall be appointed to serve a four-year
term of office, while the remaining two regular members shall be appointed
to serve three-year terms of office.
The alternate member of the Larksville Borough Planning Commission
shall be appointed to serve a four-year term of office.
The alternate member's presence at a meeting of the Planning
Commission shall be counted for the purpose of determining whether
a three-member quorum of the Commission is present. The alternate
member shall be entitled to participate in all of the meetings, studies,
reviews, public hearings, preparation of reports, and other Planning
Commission procedures necessary to or involved in accomplishing and
completing such tasks as may be requested of the Planning Commission
by Larksville Borough Council, except that the alternate member shall
not be entitled to vote on the passage of any recommendations to be
made by the Planning Commission to Borough Council.
The Larksville Borough Planning Commission shall have and possess
all of the powers and duties as set forth in Section 209.1 of the
MPC, as the same may be from time to time amended.
The Borough Engineer and Borough Solicitor shall serve the Planning
Commission as engineering and legal advisor, respectively, and the
Planning Commission shall not employ additional engineering or legal
services without the authority to do so having first been obtained
from Larksville Borough Council.
All administrative and/or technical assistance requests form
the Larksville Borough Planning Commission shall be presented to Larksville
Borough Council for its consideration, and the Planning Commission
shall have no power or authority to contract for or obligate the Borough
to make payment for any such administrative and/or technical assistance
without the official approval of Borough Council having first been
obtained.