McCandless Township hereafter shall be a Home Rule Charter Municipality
under the name of the "Town of McCandless". It shall continue as a
municipal corporation under the provisions of this Charter. Any reference
in this Charter to the "Town of McCandless" or to the "Town" shall
mean the municipal corporation previously known as McCandless Township,
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
The boundaries of the Town of McCandless shall be the boundaries
of McCandless Township on the effective date of this Charter, or as
lawfully changed thereafter.
(a)
Number and Boundaries. The Town of McCandless shall be divided into
seven (7) Councilmanic Districts of compact and contiguous areas,
as nearly equal in population as practical.
(b)
Initial Councilmanic Districts. The Councilmanic Districts of McCandless
Township on the effective date of this Charter shall remain in effect
for the Town of McCandless thereafter, unless and until changed pursuant
to Section 103(c).
(c)
Revision of Councilmanic Districts. Town Council shall review and
revise the boundaries of Councilmanic Districts by ordinance as and
when necessary or appropriate to cause them to comply with Section
103(a) and all other applicable requirements of law, but in any event
at least once very ten (10) years within a reasonable time after the
completion of the United states census for the decade. Whenever Town
Council intends to revise boundaries of Councilmanic Districts, it
shall first establish and appoint a Councilmanic District Commission
to develop a report and recommendations and then cause a public hearing
to be held on the report and recommendations of that Commission. Each
Councilmanic District Commission shall consist of three (3) residents
of the Town, not more than two (2) of whom shall be registered members
of the same political party. The members of a Councilmanic District
Commission shall receive no compensation, but they shall be reimbursed
for the reasonable expenses incurred by them in the performance of
their duties.
