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There is hereby established the Northampton Township Park and
Recreation Board consisting of five members, who shall serve without
compensation.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the repeal
of former Part 2B, Northampton Township Park and Recreation Board,
as amended.
[Ord. No. 602, 12/19/2018]
The members of said Park and Recreation Board shall be appointed
by the Board of Supervisors from among the residents of the Township.
Appointees shall serve staggered terms so that the term of not more
than one member expires annually. Appointments under this section
shall be for terms of five years, expiring at the organization meeting
of the Board of Supervisors in January of the fifth year following
their appointment, or until their successors are appointed.
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All persons appointed to the Park and Recreation Board shall
serve their respective terms in full unless they shall voluntarily
resign, be removed by the Board of Supervisors for dereliction or
neglect of duty, become unable to serve or become a nonresident of
the Township. A vacancy in the Park and Recreation Board occurring
other than by expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired
term by the Board of Supervisors.
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1.
The members of said Park and Recreation Board, annually in January subsequent to the appointment dates set forth in § 1-212 hereof, shall elect a Chairman and Secretary and select all other necessary officers, to serve until the election of such officers in January of the following year, except in case of a vacancy, which shall thereupon be filled for the unexpired term.
2.
Said Park and Recreation Board shall have power to adopt rules and
regulations for the conduct of all business within its jurisdiction.
3.
The Park and Recreation Board shall meet a minimum of four times
per year. All meetings of the Park and Recreation Board are deemed
public meetings and must be duly advertised as required by the Pennsylvania
Sunshine Act, 65 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 701-716, and as amended
thereafter.
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1.
It shall be the responsibility of the Park and Recreation Board to
authorize activities in all parks within the Township; to provide
for recreational activities within said parks; to recommend the expenditure
of funds to improve said parks and provide for recreation programs
within said parks and recreation facilities; and to plan for the preservation,
continuance and expansion of said parks, recreation facilities, and
programs.
2.
The Park and Recreation Board shall submit an annual report to the
Board of Supervisors in accordance with Section 2204 of the Second
Class Township Code.
3.
The Park and Recreation Board shall adopt facility and field use
policies, rules and regulations governing the use of all recreation
facilities and fields owned by the Township.
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Use of Township-owned recreation facilities and fields for any
purpose is restricted. All use of Northampton Township facilities
and fields must be in compliance with the field and facility use policies,
rules and regulations and the policy on accreditation of user groups
adopted by the Park and Recreation Board.
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The policies, rules and regulations for facility and field use
as adopted by the Park and Recreation Board shall be enforced by the
Northampton Township Police Department.
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Any person or persons, partnership or other entity whatsoever in violation any of the provisions of § 1-216, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
